The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-11 00:00:00

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—l was much pleased with the letter in your last
Saturday's paper respecting the above society, and much
astonished that no notice has been taken either by the com-
mittee, Messrs. Tobin, Charles Turner, J. B. Lloyd, Arthur
Henderson, Joseph Hubback, and Robertson Gladstone, or
by Mr. Hackett, of the very reasonable demand, made by
your correspondent, for a statement of the society's accounts
for the last four years. I humbly think these gentlemen
should take some decisive step to satisfy the subscribers, who
form a large and influential body of the inhabitants of
Liverp Dol.

I quite coincide with all your correspondent has said,
and think the Sacred Harmonic Society, recently designated
by one of your cotemporaries as a " local myth," has been
so long shrouded in mystery, that it is high time the curtain
was raised, and the machinery exposed.
I thank you, in the name of the subscribers, for taking
the matter up, and am, yours, &c.,
ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE,

MESSRS. MARE'S BANKRUPTCY.-At the audit meeting
held at the Court of Bankruptcy before Mr. Commissioner
Hlast, Mr. Lee, the official assignee
reportedolroyon
thaMt the 'dagovernment and other contracts were
progressing favourably under the direction of the
assignees, and that the whole of them were expected to
be completed before the dividend meeting, which is fixed
for the 20th of May. The amount of assets in hand at
present is not large, but it is thought probable that a
dividend of 10s in ;the pound will be declared at the first
dividend meeting.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THERSDAY
Their lordships met at five o'clock.
A discussion took place on the subject of the su
in reference to the road through St. James's Pal

expression of opinion was generally against r
Duke of York's column.

CAVALRY

HORSES IN THE CRIMEA.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE enquired as to the truth of the
report that the horses belonging to the Calvalry
Artillery, now in the Crimea, were to be sold there
instead of being brought home. He believed that such a
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proceeding was disparaging to British arms, anti
the horses might be purchased by Russians to eetibiL 39
trophies.
Lord PANMURE explained that only
the horses would be sold, not
take thossetahliatn::nerbeeruoolf
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considered worth bringing home. The sale would °'
take place in the Crimea, but in Turkey.

ANNEXATION OF ODDS.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE offered sonic obsery.tr ,qty
regarding the annexation of Oude, stating that the ally
of 1837 with the King of that province had been w "
ignored in the transaction. aty 1°
The Duke of ARGYLL in reply, said that the t,.rentr 1.
question had never been ratified by the Board of Con of
He deprecated discussion on the subject till the NO P'
Lord Dalhousie, who was now on his way home.
Their lordships rose at a quarter to seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TffuRs
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock

NEW MEMBER,

Mr. R. NESBITT took the oaths and his

penham.

seat for GYP'

11014
Mr. D!LLWAL gave notice that on April 17th, he svublie
move an address to the Crown, praying that
ons,
executions may be carried within the walls of the przs
in which the culprit may be in custody.

NOTICE OF MOTION

COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

In reply to Mr. EWART,
Lord PALMERSTON acknowledged that the
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regula.ions of Russia, were prejudicial to eoramer,cielait
transactions, but he thought that the period at
negotiations for peace were pending, was not the taus,
for introducing such a subject. The Rouse might t•
assured that the subject should not escape the attentwu
of her Majesty's Government. intern.

THE EDUCATION RESOLUTIONS. jb eet
The House having gone into committee on the Su
of education,
Lord J. RUSSELL proposed the following resolution :.0
That in the opinion of this House it is expedient
extend, revise, and consolidate the minutes of the
mittee of Privy Council on Education." helve
Mr. HENLEY observed that Lord J. Russell's se, the
contained all that was objectionable without any
safeguards and advantages which were to be fount
Fro
that propounded by Sir J. Pakingten last year.
,rthe
the indefinite expression " To extend the minutes
the t 61.5
Council of Educationw,' which mixed up , not
resolution with the hole scheme, he woulu ht
consider the resolutions separately, and he thottgafe
that under the circumstances the course most hsiar
to the House and country and to the noble lord fie
self would be to move the previous question.
wer
(Mr. Henley) objected, in the first place, to the Pftersi
which the noble lord proposed to give to the inspect in
by which they would be authorised to enter any scP°,2ised
London, to report the system of education. He crit''-his
at some length the various propositions, and stateu
belief that the proposition with regard to insPee.tsion
would excite hostility, and that the effect of the 0
div'..
of districts would be to destroy the parochial sPLste,
With regard to the propositions as to charitable ies
he urged that it would add considerably to the diffiee` 5
of the question. It was proposed that the scriptuore
lst
should be required to be read in the rschools, and meat
further religious teaching should be left with the Mr
school committees. This would lead to different deserto
tions of education in different places, and changg woi
of
be constantly made according to the religious opinionoes
the majority of the committees, until in the end all relic•
teaching would be abolished to put an end to disPAu
the
He objected to the rate for education altogether, aec:,B of
also objected to the proposition to make ereploye
children under a certain age, pay a sum for the educatio t
the effect of which, he apprehended, would be to prey °,
such children from being employed, and thereby create
dislike to education.
Mr. ADDERLEY considered that snch'a, course as till!
proposed by Mr. Henley would be equivalent to assert
ing that the education of the country was in a satisfactory
,
condition. He agreed as to the advisability of educati4
by a rate, but expressed his opinion that it could not 4
carried out in this country at the present time, and tir
noble Lord had made the same proposition over an 'gt7h
again, and had failed to carry out that design. 1",
regard to the first of the series of resolutions, he was pre
pared to support it, and he did not see what ()Weal
there was to the extension and revision of the minutes °
the committee of council on education. of
Mr. ELLICE was opposed to any compulsory system
education, but thought that the House should fairly 03'
sider any proposition that offered itself to their consider-
ation on this great question, especially one coming iron
the noble lord, the member for the city of London, wh°
had given much attention to the subject.
Mr. WARREN admitted that the voluntary system 111c1,,
been very beneficial, but thought that it was necessary
resort to a compulsory system, such as that proposed b.,
Lord J. Russell, to co-operate with the voluntary sYsteriii
He generally agreed with the noble lord's plan, but urLen

him to re-consider the resolution relating to the alienate'
of the property of charities.
Mr. W. EWART reminded the House that the Comm. l;
sioners of Education had reported that 836 applicatuiog
had been received by them from trustees of charitableto
funds, praying them to take the trusts off their hatuishie
prevent spoilation. He did not agree with all the
lord's resolutions, but he was of opinion that, for hoWeV`.
long they delayed the levying of a rate for education, thet
must at last admit it as the plan most worthy of this Coun-
try. He thought that religion of different denominations
could be best taught by the ministers of those denoraiß _
tions, and he would prefer that ministers should teach ti?ou
children the foundation of their religion at a fixed hourillo
the day, according to the proposition of Lord 1°
Russell.

Lord R. CECIL did not believe that, under any circuniet
stances, a rate for the support of education would IDeti
with the approbation of the public. He agreed that e
education of the country was a national duty, and bewbl
a national duty and conferring a national benefit, all "gt
to contribute to it, but he would propose to carry this,a,
by charging education upon the funds of the natly°3l
rather than by taxing the smallest portion of nations
property for its support. He objected to eompuls°,l.4,
education on the ground that its effect would be to dept' d
a poor man in many cases of one-third of his income, a„ilds
he objected to allow religious teaching to be in the ha' es
of the local commissioners, on the ground that chaub:,of
would be constantly taking place in the constitution
the committee, and that each change would prodecend
change in religious teaching which would lead in the e-
to infidelity.
d
Mr. M. MILNES supported the resolutions, and states
his opinion that the objections raised against them exists
only in theory.
Sir JAMES GRAM kM pointed ourthe benefits that resulted
from the voluntary system, which was now making raPie
io
progress, and refused to assent to the resolutions, ,tO.
effect of which would be to impede its further extensi?of
He disputed the statement that the people of this count
were uneducated, declaring that by free efforts the me,s' to
of instruction were rapidly increasing. He proceed
comment upon the resolutions verbatim, objecting t° toe
first three, on the ground that they interfered with 1- to
discretion of the executive government. With regard
rating uneducated persons, he objected to that propositiod
of the noble Lord, amongst other reasons, on the grail°,
that it placed a veto in the power of rating in the Privy
d 11 Council. On the plan of religious teaching propos, , ,e. 6
also took exception, as it were to a majority of the r 3.„,,
a
payers having the control of the religious instrue"
of the children. He pointed to the system °a
national education pursued in America, t show that. ,b
voluntary system was the only one that could meet
success. The resolutions of Lard John Russell were neither

religious nor secular, and he expressed an opinion
system should be founded upon the voluatary prit.(
combined with religious instruction.
Sir J. PAKINOTON replied to some of the reasons addac'd
by Sir G. Graham against the resolutions, and observ%
that in the general spirit of the pl,,n he agreed with Of
noble lord, he, however, recommended the withdrawal °8
the resolution relating to charitable trusts. His objeetif4lt o
on this subject of the resolutions was that they would
educate the people, but he would vote for the propositi(bue
of the noble lord, in the hope that they would lead t° t d
introduction of a bill, embracing all the subjects contained
in the resolutions, with the approbation of the house.On the motion of Mr. BRETHERTON, the debate was then
adjourned.
The Joint Stock Bank Bill, on the motion of Sir J°ll
SHELLEY, was read a second time.
The Medical Profession Bill was ordered to be referred t°
a select committee.

The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means sy
brought up and agreed to