The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-14 00:00:00

THE NEW EDUCATIONAL MINUTE.

A soiree to celebrate the anniversary of the Man-
chester Church Institute wss held on Tuesday evening in
the large room of the Town-hall ; the chair was taken by
the Hun. WILBRAHAM Estaron, M.P. The Hon. Algernon
Egerton, M.P., was amongst those present. In the course
of theproceedings some reference was made to the much
dabs subject of the sew educational minute.
The Ca AIRMAX said, in the course of his opening address,
the distinctive feature of the Manchester Institute was,
that it was founded entirely on • religious besis —(scar,
hear)—• distinction which ought not to be lest sight of
in the present day, when there was an opinion abroad
that secular educatioo, without religious instruction,
might be promulgated throughout the land. lie might
briefly allude to the recent cducAthund fnionto iq
which all mention of religious instruction wos entirely
avoided. He did not mean to say it was the intention of
those who framed the minute to avoid religious instruction,
but until it was explained by those who framed it, they
could not otherwise conclude but that religious instruction
we, rather veer and put in the background. For
his own part, he thought there could be no education with-
out religious instruction, the two were so intimately ani-
mated.

The Hoe. A. EannrOtr, 11LP., alluding to what, he
said, would be a subject that would come very prominently
before the House of Commons Duct sesaiou, remarked that
the educational minute was at present a very iiiii;s"ftalit.
matter, because it made a greet change in the system of
government grants in aid of education iu this country.
The time wheu it came out was the last day of the lidit
session, and therefore the government could not be much
astonished if soma little suspicion was felt on that amount,
more especially as it was uuderstood iu parhament that no
change would be made during last session in the Educa-
tional grant. The fact of its coming out on the last day of
the session had, however, done good, because it had been
dismissed in every corner of the laud, soda vast variety of
opinions had been expressed upon it, and no doubt some
good decision would be arrived at next session with regard
to it. There was some doubt whether the minute did else.
'innate the inspection of religious instruction in schools.
Mr. Adderley had declared that the minute did not elinii-
uute it, but that it still reodured it incumbent upon the
inspectors to report on the religious instruction. Whether
the minute did so or not, lie thought onlers would
be given next session that the inspectors should be
obliged to report on the state of reugious instruction
in their schools. (Applause.) There was a differeuce of
opinion as to whether the change in regard to church
schools was good or bad, some persons thinking that there
should be a diocesan, iu ',Merano° to a govermental inspec-
tion. Fur himself, be thought the government should
inspect the schools, because the more government and reli-
gion were ideutitied the better it would be, (Cheers.) The
mioute might be looked at in two ways—first, as to the
effect it would have on the prevent teachers and pupil
teachersl and the effect it would have on edmation. He
was inclined to think that the minute might do good, as
far as it went, in maul to the points of learning which
were to be inspected, namely, reeding, writing, sod arith-
metic ; and according to the proficiency of the scholars, so
was the amount of the grant. That simplified matters very
much, compared with the present educational grant.
With regard to the teachers and pupil teachers, the minute
add nothing, but there was no doubt their position would
be altered much for the worse. The question would be
fully discussed before parliament, and he hoped justices,
and perhaps something more would be dune to the tenchete
and pupil teachers. (Applause.)

PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY PROM LONDON TO
BRINTOL.—A staff of engireers crumected with the London
sad South Western Railway have been, for the last few
days, busily empsged in surveying a line from Gillingham to
Bristol, the details of which will, it is said, be published
almost immediately, and will give, it is promised, a second
route from London to Bristol, and direct narrow gauge ccum
munication between Bristol and the Midland Railway, and
Southampton and the south coast. This is probably In
competition with a line which the engineers of the Great
Western Railway Company are surveying, and which will
peas from lilidsomer Norton and Timebury to Bristol.
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