The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-28 00:00:00

LANCASHIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSO-

CIATION.

A so'ree, 'mart Han %tut res tf this la was
het at ld seawater co Wednesday lost—A! lemma 11MM!
to the ehait. Tee atunikuse uses t owe-rout anti ii Au-
The Ray. J. I. lislaD read • paper on The Lance-
olate ffe:bool Pisa M Ikcslar Education M relation to the
Bible." After whisk
Ms. DYER thought that that pordon ta the Christen
wield who objected on the grouod of criaseketious rerripler
to the systole et secular education promulgotad by the u- •
eisti!te Public SA. of Ao•oei inon, owl to which that us
lies had endeavoured. by quits and careful argumentation,
to cal the public at:: ~ilea, mate a great misuse as is what
ouseieutious scruplas were, lot no right of 110111(44 see could
thin to do a man wrong. (Hear.) The association was
intended to Mit TO th ue portions of society who had not
Hu means to subsenbe to mechanics' iustitutioes, or other
popular infatuation., and who were on the verge of paupa nom.
n Anvers t • queatiow, Mr. SurtillTHWAlrlt said that
them ware school% sufficiently secular in their principles
to rear. the practicability of the Lencubire Public School
Associasi mum header carried tffect. but he did rot
thtuk that thee had may %Herta which taxed itself for such a
purpose. .at Flowery Field, he believed that the establ.st.
nand of Mime. Ashton sod C. v.. saluted in a village
vela was nearly entirely thi it own. and they did, to some
intuit, um the population of the village fur the support of a
eshool esubliabid by them.
The C HAIRMAN said that great fault had been found with
them far n. t tarry iSli the principles they i.dvocated into effect.
Dr. BEARD conVered they stood in two relations—as
•• emaciation and u individuals ; es individuals he believed
guy would not be found wanting. Ile bad mentioned the
*abject some time Mace to Mr. Loess, their late chairman,
who said that there might be adsantages in c 'fluxion with
the etiettliebeseet tot a sort of model uhdol, but that they
had sot sufficient means. (Hear. hear.)
Mr. DYER said the great pilot was to persuade the com-
munity to submit to the school rate. (Hear, hear.) It
then became a monetary question, and they should convince
them that the school rate would, by diminishing considi r-
attly the poor rat-, be economical, instead of an addi-
tional borates. The English law d. creed that every die
trio- should take charge of everything connect. d with Ira
local condition ; and why no: educate the children of the
district
Mr. POUNTNEY here alluded toe plan which was being
advocated in Scotland, which he Mai was simi shouldis, and
sugguted that the scheme of this asociationbe en
tended in the country also.
Mr. M'CALL stated that the ocretary had had some
communications nn the subject.
Mr. WINTERED 11011 suegeotel that a certain day of
the weak should be set apart to enaole the scholars to re-
Calve religious initrumimi from patties approved of by the
patents.
Mr. M'CALL referred Mr. Winterbottom to the essay
delivered by Mr. Ryland., which showed the compatibility
of the system with religious instruction. He expressed his
concurrence on the aulbjeet of raise with Mr. Dyer.
Mr. SLATER incimred if the bill would be introduced
before pari anent this so talon.
Mr. R. W. SMILES said that the executive committee
lad beef considering the prevent/of preaenting petitions to
parliasiend in support of Mr. Fiat's motion. Mr Smiles
further stat%d that the reaolutious lately petal...bed ia
Effiatiargh, in coastal a with a scheme of education
diff.red essentially from the plan art the lAncialare
FINK &hoot Aseereiatklet. The former were based ou
the priacipie that the ratepayer electing the scho 1 board
were to have the power of prescribing the teaching of
doe:rise! redgion. (Hear.) Moreover, there was no ems '
dated lacy to promote the mustiness to Edinburgh, and
they had • .t. thereto re, had the muss of official mamma.
ones with them.
Dr. JOHNS was es far an advocate of secular educatin n
that he whited the society bad oricinally formed their plan
el as to exclude ea ligi nis ketnntios altogether. He thought
it was beyond their duty to join to a crusade to estab.ish, as
it were, a unison religion.
Mr. GRINDON aided that in Penal* the very system
suguatut tasted, sib only this differ, nee, that the pastors
and instruct, re came to the children, and taught them In
rooms set apart foe the pup me.
The company uparated about 9 *Wok.