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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

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persuasion in the prisons

Sir. DE LACY EVANS tendered some observations "--,,nd
the insufficiency of the number of army chaplains,
the inadequate remuneration and reward that they at
present received. f the
Lord PALNENSToN recognised the importance °
services that the chaplains had performed in the ea3"„"0-
acknowledged their claims to reward, adding 03t
rn•
missions had been given to some, and the G°sebat.
ment would avail themselves of any opportunity `the
presented itself, of conferring a like reward upon
others.

THE HORSES IN THE • tia6P
Mr. PALK enquired whether the causes of the,&sooo
and mortality amongst the horses in the Crimea, Ord of
come within the scope of the enquiry of the boa
officers presided over by Sir H. Woodford. „ ithi.'
Mr. PEEL said that such matters would not con, -2c, OIL'
the scope of the enquiry, unless they arose 11"—coo-
defence of the officers, whose conduct had b°°l-1
mented upon by the Crimean Commissioners. the
After some further miscellaneous conversat
motion was agreed to.

CRIMEA

THE EDUCATION DEBATE.

The House having gone into committee on the re""
tions respecting education.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to make some observ3 the
in reply to the speech of Sir J. Graham, delivered on in;
previous night. The noble lord commenced by ehargtba
Sir J. Graham with inconsistency in advocatin, a,.
volnntary system, he having been a member of the to
mittee of Council on Education, and then proceew n 5,
refer to the propositions contained in his resoluTst,
observing in answer to the objections raised to the the
that it would have been unconstitutional not to take rt„
voice of the House before allowing the Executive Goveco.
ment to carry such a measure into effect. After be
a
be
menting upon the details a O his resolutions, he 'lc
was at a loss to understand how his measure, which ', r
it to the ratepayers whether they would levy a I'? —to on
education or not, could be called despotic. One obieetwi
to his plan was that he proposed -to take away liwfact.
given for purposes:of charity. But this was not the
this
He only proposed to deal with useless Tri”ts, and red,
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was advocated by the Trustees themselves. . r°yc"--.
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by his measure, to reach cases of neglected eu and
that could not be reached by the voluntary
he thought that the fact that many children were„:'ion
ployed during the whole of childhood, whose edne—tbe
was altogether neglected, was sufficient to maintain
proposition he had introduced into his reso
would not, however, now propoie
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resolutions, which proposed the cO-nsolid
ion, and revision of the minutes of the (

council of Education, and the appointment o

to ascertain the condition of education
In conclusion'the noble lord said it was
Christian country to educate its peoples
morality, and was it to be said that "Protastantl
alone had neglected this great duty.
Sir G. GRAY said he was sure the House was nn
in its appreciation of the motives of the noble
member for the City of London, and he believo
mere fact of the subjectbeing being brought un:-
consideration would be beneficial. The example
free and despotic states were before them, but. he'
the House would not be ready to adopt the purely
system pursued in the free states as to the con
teaching of the religion of the state adopted in the.
states. The noble lord having agreed that -th
should go into committee on the first five resolu,
should not have to detain the House long, but h
his duty to state the views of her Majesty's Glv(
resolutions that were wit]

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cation should be revise,.,
the second, the Government could not u.
admitting to the expediency of obtaining ac
oration, they thought that the measure she
into effect by means of a bill.
Mr. lIENLCY agreed 'to withdraw hi
decision had been given on the first IT

Mr. E. BALL objected to the resolimunt.., --
lord, on the ground that they tended to deatro
voluntary system, which had been found to work wee(
well.

Sir S. NOATHCOTE thought the plan of Lord J. .•11cielL
inadequate to the religious wants of the country. the
Mr. MILNEs having offered some criticism upon

scheme,
Mr. GLAnsroNE criticised the proceedings,
with regarL
to the resolutions, intimating that Lord Russell,
withdrawing some of the resolutions. was to avoid defeat•
Mr. DISRAELI alluded to all the proceedings °ftbe
resolutions, and remarked that the House had wished ~,
night to come to a definite result upon the question,ie
education, but as the whole of the imnortant parts of "1
resolutions had been removed, he hoped the noble lord you..of
not call upon them to give a vote as to the appointniCal
a number of iitspectors.
Lord J. RUSSELL observed that though perhaps it :would.
be more advantageous to himself to ha e taken a divilloo
upon the resolution, but he considered that it would be tan
re
beneficial to the cause of education if he withdrew -
of the resolutions. He wished, however, that the
should come to a decision upon a portion of the resolt
and he could not therefore concede to the appep'
right hon. gentleman.

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Lord PALMERSTON urged that Mr. Henley s
withdraw his motion, and allow the House to co
some decision on the question that night.
Mr. LENLEY had no great objection to the firs
thought it would be for the convenience of the House I
decided upon the scheme as a whole.
The House then divided upon the question, that the
man do not leave the chair—
For 9170

Against

Majority
The chairman accordingly left the chair.
The Bankruptcy (Scotlind) Bill went through corn
The other business was disposed of, and the
adjourned shortly after one o'clock. ,

Both the Peninsular and Oriental and Roy
Steam Packet Companies have tendered to the
inent for the conveyance of the Australian mail
terms on which various parties have agreed to
them vary from £BO,OOO to £120,000 a-year.
THE PERNAMTIITCO RAILWAY.—Among the pas'
the Tamar, which is to leave Southampton for
on Wednesday next, are the lion. Major
financial agent, Messrs. Farness and Bayliss, th,
and several other parties interested in the c.
the Pernambuco Railway.
AN' EXTENSIVE TRAVELLER.—Mr.
whip celebriLy, who formerly drove the " Star"
Cambridge lo London, has travelled fifty-five m'
twenty years, and 110 miles a day for thirty ye:
excepted), which makes a grand total of one r
hundred and seventy-eight thousand, three hu
or fifty-five times round the globe, and 8,800
Mr. Walton is still hale and hearty, and tray
and back to Cambridge every day, by the E.-
Railway.—Bury Post.

Joseph

EASTINDIA HOUSE, Wednesday.—Election or
The ballot opened at nine o'clock this rnornir
lowing are the names of the outgoing director:
themselves for re-election :—Charles Mills, Esq
Tucker Smith, Esq., M.P. ; Elliot Alacnaghten,.
Donnelly Mangles, Esq., M.P. ; and John Harr
Esq. In addition to the above, three new clndi
placed themselves upon the list, namely—w
Esq. ; John Carnac Morris, Esq., and
Whiteman, Esq. As the polling will not close 0,
o'clock this evening, after which the scrutineers wn
to examine the lists, the result will not be known ,

John L

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