The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-12 00:00:00

THE HUNGARIAN ADDRESS.

Mr. DttNCOM RE wished to ask the Secretary of State
for Foreign Alfons if it was true that the English Am-
hess.elor at Vicuna recommended the Emperor of Austria
not to receive the Illitipirian address, agreed to by the Diet
at Froth, unle.4 such address fully recognieed his move.
reignty end title no King of Ilungary ; an.l, if so, whether
the British amhasoolor was acting under instructions from
the government et home.
Lon! PALM F.RSTON said he had not seen the report
alluded to, but he ',odd not hesitate to any that there was
not thealightem totireLition for such a report. (Haar.) It
was highly improbable that the Austrian government would
have asked for any advice of the kind, and, on the other
hand, the foreign ministers accredited to Austria knew too
well the habits and feelings of the government to intrude
their opinion without being invited to do so. (Hear.)

THE LAW BILLS.
Mr. HADFIELD wished to ask the Attorney-Genesi
when it was intended to proceed with the consolidation of
the Criminal Law Bill, Offences against the Person Bill,
and the Baokruptcy sal insolvency Bill (Lords' Amend-
tarots).
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the offences
against the Pr non Bill would stand second on the order of
the day for Mousy next. h was proposed with the per-
mission of the house to report progrPoil ii, committee of sup-
ply between eleven sad twelve o'clock, iu order to give an
opportunity of discussing the only clause of the bill which
was likely to mi.. iliseussioa. It was important that no
delay should occur in this bill, as the progress of the other
hills in the other house of parliament was delayed thereby.
It was the intention of the government to bring on the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill for discussion on this day
week.

Lord HOTHAM maid it would be for the geuend conve-
nience if the nolde lord were to state how it was proposed
to deal with the Lonls' amendments to the Bankruptcy Bill.
Lord PALMERSTON hoped that by Monday he would
be able t‘p state to the house how it was proposed to deal
with those amendments.
FIMCATION.

On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mir J. eAKINI ;TON called attention to the report of the
Education Commission, with the view of learning (accord:ll
to the tenns of his notice) to what extent her Majesty
government intended to adopt it. recommendations. He
recapitulated the views and the arguments he had
urged upon the Louse in former yeses on the sub-
ject of nation.! education, in relation to the
number of the uneducated, the want of school.,
the early age at which children left the schools,
the necessity of local agency, and of a larger amount
of public aid, and he read extracts from the report,
which, h. said, supported, and in some respecta adopted
ideutioally those views. Ile gave a summary of the coo-
elusions at which the commiseicione had arnved, and of
their recut lelatimis. They said that, whatever might
be the merits of the present system, it wan not adapted to
agreed education so widely as was required. Among their
recommendations they iscluded lead iespection and con-
Ind, and a lend rite. Flo drew the attention of the bowie
to the position iu which thin question stood with refer.
mice to public grunts, which there woe a disposition on
et the government to discourage, and he
eseapWued of the denial of aid to ragged school., a
edam greatly needing such assistance, sad espewally
deserving it. It was proposed, he remarked, in the esti.
mates to vote 100,000 f. for the improvement of science and
art, out of which sum prizes awarded to youths of the
higher classes were paid, while 15,000 schools were lan.
malaise for aunt of succour. The general character of the
report justified him, he thought, in saying with confidence
that tie present system could not meet the requirements
of the Nation. He did oat, however, press the government
to reek* say datiaite announcement of their intention,
considering the voluminous and complicated nature of the
report, but he hoped tbst the subject would receive their
anxious attention, and that at nu distant date they would
be prepared to le- .eilate upon it.
Mr. lIESLEYsaid that the report tended towards the
adoption of a system or secular education, of which Sir J.
Paltington had toileni,wred to obtain the adoption in that
house ; but, at the same time, it admitted that the present
system was the only cue which could secure religious educe-
tad, inch aa was thought necessary in the present stets of
public opinion. The right hon. gentlenieu defended the
present system in contradistinctioe to that which the report

SUPPLY.

The house then went into committee, and upon the Tots
of 643,7241. being proposed for public education in Great
agtein. _ -

hlr. r. LORE said the estimate for this year was neemearily
forwarded to the Treasury before the report of the coma-
[ragmen, sod the consequence was that no trace wee
to be found in it of any opiraort, or of any maims
the government night have adopted upon the report.
The edit:nate was of a very ordinary character, being only
740001. in seems of the estimate of last year. Notwithstand-
ing the fault toned with the present
_system the corn-
mullions?' recommended that it should be coutinned.
He would Dot ray that in that they expressed the opioioa of
the whole country, or that of philosophers and abstract
thinker., het he believed they expressed the views of those
to whom the exideDee of general education in this country
was due. If the government spent 4,1409,0001. in educating
the be
it ivate liberality lout spout doable that sum,
nod be ralt pi:needed that the questiou of education would
be regulated by the opinion prevalent amongst those in
whom hands the system was now. An long as they who
paid the money °moldered that the present system was the
bed, so long would it he coutioned. (Hear, Lear.) He
might, therefore, se! at once, that there WWI no intention
on the part of the government to tufriuge on the
or„unic priscipts of the system--(hear, hear)—Le
meant the deuce, • atioual origin of it, it being founded on
the support of the religious bodies—the aystern of grants
from a entre' ofdoe in aid of local sulecriptions and the prin-
ciple of inspection. liters was nu intention of chimp in
any of these respects—Omni—end so far it was the deter-
mivatiou of the governmeat to continue it unimpaired. The
next poiet was, how they should remedy the faults printed
out ; and in order to dud the remedy he looked into the
report itself. The ilingeosis of the commissioners was good,
and he wished to know if they supplied a cure. First, as
to the question of expense, they recommend the abolition
of book grants, rud they originated a scheme which
might relieve the grant from the central board.
But as it consisted of • transfer of payment
front the central to county boucle it was a transfer like the
late 11,. Liston's joke, who need to tine bimetal by tranafer-
. ring his money from his right-band pocket to Lis left-hand
one. (Laughter.) Next, with a view to remedy the com-
plexity of the prevent system, the defects in teaching, and
the imperfect development of the system over the country,
they recommeniletl two kinds of grants, one paid out of the
fund of the government, and the other out of the county
rata The (unit :it the dispoul of the government for cept-
tstion grants they promote.) should le paid in certain propor-
tions not easy to be uuderstood, as the children were meter
a certificated or melee • pupil telpher. That was the idam for
the one. The for theother wasthata county beard eliiiiild
lie appointed, that they should appoint the schoolmaster,
that be ea. to e..avniim the chit/tree, and that • certain sum
cif money shell he paid for each child who anew ereul
fares:wily in reading, writim), and arithmetic. It seemed
that that plan had the support of the ri,;lit h.. gentleman
rippoeite. [Sir J. PAIIIIM7OII-1 dill not say No.] Well, it was
asked if the goy. rained would I,rin; in a bill to effect that
object. Now the houee would observe that the duty thrown
upon the count) beard by this plan was purely ministerial.
They had no docretion. The only discretion was a the
schoolitisater, who might make • report favourable or other-
wise, and es inducer. the amount to be paid out of the
county rate. Having done this the rest woe nuereiy
toohaoicaL The advantage of boil control was guest,
1e,113,10 it led to economy and closeness of management.
But the pretreat he warn now omaidering wetned to retain
the evil sod reject the good, for it impelled on the couuttea
the louden of pay meet but did tint give them the indemnity
of management. (Hear, deer.) Neither, ea far an lie could
Jude' feint the tone Of the house, was there any disporation
t.. impose no the county rates say aiklitiowal burden. (Hear,
hear.) These greets were to be given to all schools, sot
merely to the wheels M counexion with the, board lout to
ordinary adventure erliode. In this respect he thought
they might take a wine lesson from the history of the emit-
tattoo grants. Mom grants were given in the first ta-
dame ta order to afield meistanos to the small rural
whook Bat se sees as they were gives to those schools