Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-08 00:00:00

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take •
on additionat artisans,- for the purpose of com-
Wiling the ships.ef-war now on the stocks.
The Admirdtv.will' issue a circular to the navy in a
few days, • adapiing a late regulation of the Horse
Guards regarding flogging in the army to the navnl.
service

Th 6 Miles has a leader on Mr. Bright's speech; and
La.theoriesof the Financial Reformers of Tiverpool ;
and also one on Roman Catholic .dertionstrations' in
favour of the Pope.
The meeting, yeit.3rdaY, between the directors of. the
Sot% E?stern and London, ,Chatham,_and Dol'er East
Kent, on the amalgamation, has been again adjourned
ttntil to-day (Wednesday). •

Signor Mortara, whose child was lately abducted, in
consequence of having-been surreptitiously baptised, has
arrived in London, and has had interviews with si\xeral
of the leadiro• promoters of the Mortara protest.
Lord Palmerston arid tie Earl of Elgin have accepted
the invitation to a banquet to be given at Southampton,
by the Chamber of commerce, to celebrate `the selection
of the port of Southampton for the Great astern steam-
ship.
The. Norwich Town Council, at a special meeting,
_decided to stop the bribery inquiry so far as they
are concerned. -This decision was arrived at by 28
votes to 111 Further proceedings will be taken by the
Liberal party.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

A good Playing Card for ls. 6d. Sold by Mawdsley
and 50n2.4, Ca.stle,street. d 22
REWARD OF BRAVERY.—Yesterday -Joseph Rogers, 1,
the Maltese sailor -who swam ashore with the rope from I
the Royal Charter, was, in ackno-wlodgment of hisgallaut
totduct in connection with the loss of that vessel, pre-
I]ented by the Local Marine Board with the sum. of :Cit),
atthe request of the Board of Trade. The silver medal,
also awarded by the honourable board, will be presented
'on the return of the Great Britain.
THE LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE FRENCii
-tAIPEROII.--Oit aTit the original letter, written by Messis.
'Shaw, Mellor, Irving, anti Gaskell. 'to the Emperor of
?the 'French, the answer
-tin. which -has caused so much
'comment, was of so laconic and curt a nature, that both
'the writers and the recipient of it are alike indisposed to
have it published. At a meeting of the Law Society,
held yesterday, it is rumoured that the subject was
formally discussed, and a rosolution,passed to the effect
that if the .Attorney7General should, in the exercise of
his public duty, deem .it requisite to institute proceed-
.lngs against the four gentlemen, named, for correspond=
mg with the Sovereign of a foreign country, the society
Rill be ready to lend professional assistance in carrying
out the prosecution.
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STANLEY VILLAG LECTU --iRES.ne -second lecture
of present session (connected with St.' Anne's Work-
ing Men's Association) was delivered on Tuesday
evening by Mr. It: S. Harding, who selected for his
subject " Sayings 'a:7:d Doings of
In the' course of the evening many ans is and
eating circumstances connected with r,ssious musical
celebrities were introduced and caused considerable
a„.,l,Ousement, the songs being greeted with applause.
The lecture was divided into two parts, in the
latter of which,- more .particularly, a song 'on the
anxious circumstances pictured as attending a volnr.-
teer'S early drilling caused much incrriment. The
entertainment was conchided aniidst•considerible applauSe,
and the audience would not be satisfied Without a repeti-,
lien of the last song-introduced. The room was crowded,'
and tie lecturer reeeived a most hearty vote of thanks,
as well as Mrs. R.' S. Harding, who kindly presided at
at the piano-forte, In the absence of the president, T.
13irchwood, Esq., occupied the chair. It is purposed to
continue these free lectures during the winter months.
IRISH VOLUNTEER 'RIFLE' BRIGADE. Yesterday
evening a preliminary meeting was held in the London
Clayton-square; to-take measures for forniing un
Irish Volunteer Rifle Brigade. Mr. S. J. Meany Wa.S
Proposed to take the chair, -but he excused himself by
saying, that he did not attend to take any prominent
part in the proceedings_ of the meeting ; and as - a mem-
ber of the press, he -would. content himself with being ,
their trumpeter. On the motion of -Mr. Barrett-Capt.
"'alkner took the chair. 'Mr. Barret then read a, letter
from Mr. S. R.G .:raves, expressing. his regret that he
,r.ould not attend, owing to a - prior
.engagement.
The chairman then proposed the following, resolutien :
"Resolved that, in, the, presence of the armed de-
konstration now being made . throughout this country,
slid to which our Scotch and Welsh fellow-subjects have
respectively attached a distinctively !national character,
we, on the part of thelrish inhabitants of Liverpool, .
consider it our duty to form, after the model of our
countrymen in London, a Liverpool Irish Irelunteer
I„.•`'ille Corps." Mr. Meanly seconded the resolution.
'lr. Redmond did not think that such a movement would
.11,e successful, inasmuch as a number of young Irishmen
444 already joined.other corps,-and on these groan& lie
considered they should not be distinctive. After eon-
EjElerable conversation .on the subject, a committee was
formed to carry out the object 'of the above resolution,
and the meeting separated. • . -
SOCIETV -OF FINE AUTS.2---Last year, the douneil of.
this Society introdueedthe first RuyalAcademician who'
ever visited Liverpopl.; that visit _is now followed by
another of that illintrious body, • 'under the seine aus-
-
Vces. Professor Westmacott is to delifer, at the Royal
astitution, the first of his two lectures on sculpture,
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evening. The'aecond will be delivered to-morrow.
' e underitandthat our eXcellent chief magistrate will.
ue unavoidably aksent to-night in discharge of his niu-'
'"ficent civic hospitality, but he has announced his' n-
t:ention of presiding to-morrow night. We anticipate
that a large audience .will avail themselves of'this op-
:Portnnity of hearing Mr: Westmacott:
CRESCENT CHAPEL LITERARY Sotrixy.—The fourth
annual soiree of this, society took
_place last night in the'
sehool-room under the chapel, EVerton-crescent. The room
Ras completely filled with a highly-respectable audience;
a- considerable portion of which consisted of the fair
sex. Mr. James Mahood, president of the society men-
Pied-the chair. -After tea number -of addresses were
'delivered, and papers read by members ,of the assoeia-
lion. In general they displayed very considerable
literary .taste and ability. .The opening piper, on
" Literary Societies," was read by Mr. Reader, the
secretary of the society: • In it he set forth the
,Iloantages, both moral and intellectual,, 'to be derived
a association, for the purpose .of acquiring
more extensive acquaintance with literature, and
Pointed out the fallacy of the arguments advanced
ate.inst it 'Mr. H. B. Wyatt followed with an address
(141" Unity ;" Mr. j: Maltman, on "-Joseph Addison;"
J. M. ,Labouchere, on " The sure things of life ;"
r.r. r. James Baxter, on "Woman." Mr. Lewis Mor--
:on concluded the intellectual part of the entertain-
a. ~t by a paper on " Humbug.". A Anumber of
v".'.e.erus and glees were sung during the evening in a
~,
ery superior style. After the usual compliments by
t)tes of thanks, the meeting separated.
~,
the
A.NNE'S DISoIiENSARY.—We understand that it is
e intention to hold a ball either at St. George's-hall,
ot' the Town-hall,' on Thursday, the 12th January, in
aid,of the funds of the St. Anne'-s Dispensary and Eye
Ear Institution; Rose-hill. This institution extends
usefulness over the north-ea Stern portion of the tOwn,
Which there is a population of about 70,000 inhabi-
tants ; - and we believe the' number of patients it will
have relieved this year will be upwards of 16,000. The
I:fatitution is'greatly in debt, only two donations having
en received within the current year by the treasurer.
R hope .this ball will be Well attended, and by its
..t ttsfactory result encourage those on whose shoulders.
he burden 'and candid of the institution rest. Mrs:
William Preston has -kindly consented to be .the lady.
riess upon 'the occasion. "
th I,ANKESTER'S LECTURE.--IThO third lecture of
110.° Present course was delivered last night by-the above-,
Nt,4l€4 gentleman, at the Concert-hall. The niidience
rt," extremely large--a fact which speaks volumes for the'
4utation which .he enjoys as a lecturer, as it is not:
tIleZ that lectures upon scientific subjects meet with:
thi,4 au•amoiint 'of encouragement as has'so far attended
• course in Liverpool. Dr. Lankester, by treating his
betlbeFt in a popular manner, combines entertainment'
g Instruction; and the large audiences he has Obtained
fitii,l'alnple testimony to the success of his.endeavours:_The
ati,iet of last night's lecture was "Flesh-forming; foods,"
Whi it.t was illustrated by diagrams and experiments,'
)(I!.l4tter were-performed in just sufficient number to•
naterfln the more difficult parts of his subject, without
The lest
with the inttruction intended to be conveyed.
Pree„,,eettte was commenced by a brief review of his
niili;:tung lecture, and he :their proceeded to ;enter- more
1),
ectely upon his subject. The body, he said,' might
rooqB""Pared to a steam engine, and the heat-producing
repro of which he had treated in his last lecture would "
rpesent the coal, while. the flesh-producing food would:
the represent
the iron casing of the engine. He then noticed
tho.4'l..fferent kinds of food, the peculiarities of each, and
valialeet on the system. The lecture contained much-
e information, and was listened to with that
"Rt:of attention. which it so well deserved.

MALTA PROTESTANT
COLLEGE.

THE EAaL OF SIIAFTESBURY ICY LIVERPOOL.

Last night a public meeting Was:held in the lecture
hall of the Collegiate Institution, for the purpose-of promo-
ting the religious and social `improvement of Turkey, and
other 'countries of ASia and Africa, through the instru-
mentality of the Malta Protestant College, the .objects of
which are :=1" ist: The religious arid social amelioration
of above two'hundred millions of the inhabitants of the
East, by the ed4eation, chiefly of 'a native agency,. as
.schoolinasters, 'Missionaries, interpreters, consular agents,
phySicians, ; . 2nd, the foundation of English
Branch Schools • throughout the Levant, 'where
numerous Preach Roman Catholic Schools already
exist ; and 3rd, the preparation 9f an Anglo-
Oriental literature. If one hundred Oriental free
pupils could be admitted, their education occupying five
years, from fifteen to twenty qualified labourers might
be sent out annually in various capacities. But, as the
average cost of each free student is £4O a-year, the ip.-
stitlition requires, in order to carry out this design, a
permanent income of £4,000 a-year. 7.

T. B. Hon.SFILL, Esq., M.P., for Liverpool, occupied
'the chair, and amongst those present were the Earl of
:Shafteshury, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Dr. Craw-
ford, Adam Hodgson, Esq., W. Gregson, Esq., M. W.
Collett, Esq., W. Jones, Esq., H. E. Webster, Esq.,
and J. Banner, Esq. The Revds. Dr. AP_Neile, C.
Lawrence,-Dr. Taylor, F. Harke, T. 'Cowan, T. M. Lester,
W. H. Vernon, D. Ttycroft, J. Bardsle-y, W. Bannerman,
J. Ball, E. Green, R. C. King, C. Jape, F. M'Allon,
S. Sampson, E. Pilkington, Ciementson, W. Eliaby,
and W. Baugh.
The proceedings having been opened in prayer by the
Rev. Charles Laurence,

The Ciissinsissis said, we are assembled this evening
for a great missionary object---the promotion of the
spread of Christianity in the East, through the instru-
_ .
mentality of the Malta Protestant College. • This insti-
tution has now been established thirteen years—long
enough to test its usefulness, but not, long enough to
inform its promoters of the blessings it has already con-
ferred. The chief objects of the Malta Protestant
College is to give an education—a sound Scriptural and
literary education—to the natives of Turkey and the
sarrounding countries. Many of the,pupils are educated
gratuitously, but those' who can afford to pay fsr their
education are called upon to do so on fair and equitable
terms. The great object of our. present meeting is to
hear from the noble president of the institution—(ap-
plause)—und the other gentlemen who will be called
upon to address you, something of the past history
and futint prospects of the institution. I have been
requested, in conjunction with this object, to mention
I to you a project which has been concerned, and which,
I trust, you will help.to carry out, by raising a large
sum of Money for extending the usefulness of this,insti-
tution. (Hear, hear.) It is set forth in a circular,
'which perhaps some of you may have read ; but pro-
bably some may have not, and I will, therefore, venture
to read a short extract, from it, which will put • you in
Possession of every information which you may desire to
have, 'better than I should do by any 'observations of
mine.—" For the original purchase of the land and
'premises at Malta, the adaptation of the
.buildings
• to collegiate purposes, and the. supply -of books,
map's, and Other educational apparatus, a debt
was incurred, of which about £3,000 is still un-
licuidated: The necessary expenses of the College, on
its present- lithited scale, are nearly £4,000 a-year,
towards which the amiudsubscriptions are as_ yet 'only
about £9OO, the remainder of the income being made
up of donations, as is the case with all religious societies.
In order, therefore, to pay off the debt, which is a
heaTy.drag on the institution, and so improve its funds
as to increase the number of free pupils by enlarging
the buildings, the committee have determined to make a
great effort throughout the kingdom to raise £lO,OOO.
As it is' found that many would gladly contribute if they
were sure that by so doing their object would be accom-
plished, it is proposed that no contribution which may
be promied shalibe asked for, unless the whole RlO,OOO
shall be subscribed. It is also hoped that, should any
of the present subscribers wish to•contribute to the spe-
cial fund, they will do so in additior s to their usual sub-
scriptions ; for, if these were withheld; the permanent
resources on which the 'committee now partly depend for'
the current expenditure would materially stiffer." I
will not anticipate the observations which the noble
president will 'address to you, but -I 'Would just make
this" one remark. This college is, as its title denotes,
a Protestant college—(applause)—and it is conducted
upon the principles of our national church. (Applaute.)
The articles of our church are there understood and
tatig-,ht in their plain' grammatical and natural sense.
With these -few observations, I beg to call upon the
noble president of this institution, the Earl of Shafts-
bury. ,(Cheers.) - •
The Earl of SHAFTBSBITRY, on rising, was received
with loud applause. He said—Mr. Horafall, ladies and
gentlemen, it is right, and indeed indispensable, that
when a stranger offers himself to the attention of so
large a commuity as that of Liverpool, he should assign
some'reason for his appearance. The short statement
of that reason is simply this. A number of gentlemen
in Liverpool being interested, by what they had heard,
in the affairs of . the Malta College, met together,
and basg anxious to know more of that institution,
they' iv'ere good enough to address an invitation to me,
because it was known that I had been connected with it
from the beginning, and that I was cognisant of most of
its proeeedings. That invitation was addressed to me,.
and I felt very deeply the honour which was conferred
upon me ; and having also very deep convictions of the
great value-nay, I may say, the necessity—of such an
institution as that, I did not hesitate tosaccept the invi-
tation ; and although a stranger in the municipal sense,
I am sure I am not a stranger in the English sense.
(Applause.) I am come here ; and I hope that I may
be enabled to impress upon your minds the conviction
that is so deeply impressed upon my own. Now, the
statement that • has been circulated imprint, and what
you have heard from my friend, Mr. Horsfall, would
make perhaps any detail of the origin of the institution
unnecessary; and, therefore, I will say no more than
that the project of an institution such as this is not of
recent date. The subject was first propounded to me as -
early as the year 1823, when I was resident in Rome.
There I met 'the Lord Hastings, who had just returned
from his governor- generalship of India, and who, after
a short perioduf holiday, was to assume the government
of the island of Malta. He then stated to me that he
had a notion which he would endeavour to carry into
effect during:the period of his government there—the
project of founding an institution where the natives of
the . east should be gratuitously taught. He had not
formed so large a conception as we have since
formed ; and, 'certainly, at the time I had not any
conception of the plan we now • desire to carry
into full.effeet. The subject, however, workedin my
niiid very much. I Felt that a very great suggestion
had been made. The longer I lived, and the more l-
examined the plan, the more was I led to consider that.
the possession of that island of Malta by Great Britain,
touching upon the confines of two great quarters of the:
world, in the centre of the Mediterranean, having access' to
all the sources of ancient and modern civilisation, could
not but feel that it was given by Providence ' to Great
Britain for some great, though, at that tithe, unseen and
undiscovered purpose. It did so happen then, by the bles-
sing of God, that the same thought had entered: into the
nundrof my friend Dr. Crawford; who froni the-beginning
hat been the living soul—the rtry this:institu-
tion. Ho opened the matter to. me. A meeting was
convened at the Thatched House Tavern;, the subject
was proposed to the few gentlemen who were there
assembled. We opened to them a, somewhat larger
plan ;than that opened by Lord Hastings ; but by
degrees the plan has grown up to the present propor-
tion ; and that plandnow submit: to you this day for
your most favourable and I hope hearty consideration:
(Applause.) Now, our plan was Simply this. The:
object was.to afford gratuitously to the natives of the
East the means of education in a college to be founded
at Malta. There they were to be trained for every
department of industry—for every calling and profession
that you can well imagine—to be trained as school-
masters, traders, commercial 'agents, physicians-sin
short, I may say in every form of useful profession.
Likewise, -we intended to receive' into the college or
school, such pupils whose parents 'could afford to pay
for their education and maintenance, Our great desire
was also, by means of a good sound theolonPical eduei-

tion, Conducted upon the basis of the .doctrines and
discipline of the Church of England, to impart to the mem.
bars of the Greek and Armenian Churches, true, sound,
and saving knowledge of God's holy word, in precept
and in practice. (Loud applause.) We desired
also to found, a school for the benefit of the
children of European parents living upon the
shores of the Mediterranean, or living in the interior
and not having access to good places of education and
discipline for their children; and we likewise though it
would be extremely advantageous to those parents who,
being in India, wished to send their children for a short
time to receive the benefits Of a European education.
We'considered we would afford .them great advantages
by opening such a school as that which now exists in:
the island of Malta. Many things were favourable for
that consideration. In the first place, there is the great
salubrity of the climate. There is next, the particular
position of the island of Malta, affording such means of
communication with all parts of the civilised world. The
climate is of that favourable character that it. is not too
severe fOr the Asiatie, and it is not too relaXing for the
European. The Asiatic may by' degrees be accustomed
to the milder climate, and the European acclimated to
one somewhat more ardent than his own. And this will
explain a question often put to us—" But why was it
that you did not found the college in England itself ?
why found it in the island of Malta ?" Why, for this
reason e-The object of this college is not, so to speak,
to dis-Orientalise the Orientals. The object is to receive
the Orientals, and give them just so much of English
habits, English mannei, English knowledge, and
English principle, as shall qualify them to serve in
English interests. And the object is also with respect
to Englishmen not to uneAncrblicise them altogether, but
to give them such knowledge of Asiatic will, Asiatic
manners, and Asiatic feelings as shall enable them to
conduct themselves with propriety and :vigour in the
-great responsibility they may be called upon to assume,
as consular, diplomatic or commercial agents. Neither
is it desirable we should bring the Orientals from their
own country into the heart of our great cities, there to
be exposed to every contaminating influence. But in
Malta, there within a given 'compass, and with the
college somewhat remote from the larger town, they
could all ise under the. supervision of.one president or
ruler 'and there trained in the great subjects propounded
to their notice, and • the great principles which we hope
will be the guide, of their life. (Applause.) Well, then,
this is the plan -that we have before us ; and that plan
has been attended with very great preliminary difficulties.
You. are to judge of this college—you are to judge of
the future by what is past. I will indicate a few of
those difficulties that stood in the path of the early insti-
tution. In the first place, there was the great and
normal difficulty that besets every institution at its first
outset, and oft-times during the whole of its career, which
was a deficiency of the necessary funds. Next, there was
a difficulty in giving sufficient publicity to the institution,
in its claims upon the natives of the East, and the benefits
it propounded to their notice. Again, there was a diffi-
culty when it was more known, in begetting that con-
fidence without which no institution of the kind can
prosper. Again, we had considerable difficulty, from
a variety of. causes, in finding the fit men to under-
take so very new, so very responsible, and so very
arduous a charge ; and that difficulty is increased by
the fact of this necessity, that the central or goVerna
ing power must necessarily be in England, at k very
considerable distance from the seat of our opera-
tions. Notwithstanding all these difficulties, 'which
beset our path at every step, we have been enabled' to '
make- very considerable progress. 'We have received
into the institution since its first foundation, no less
than 215 free and paying pupils. On the roll at the
present time, there are 44.. I believe now it is 51, but
these 61 represent no less. than 13" different Asiatic
languages. It appears The languages spoken or
understood at various times by the inmates of the:insti-
tution are, English, Maltese, Italian, German, Spanish,
French, Latin, ancient and modern Greek, Ethiopic,
Amharic, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Cabalistic,
Hebrew, Nestorian, Chaldee, Syriac, Armenian, ancient
and modern Coptic, Albanian, and Bulgarian. At this
moment' there are in the college and school pupils
speaking 13 different languages, viz., English, French,
German, Italian, Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Amharic,
Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Albanian, and Bulgarian. It
is pleasing to reflect that the rich promises of God's Holy
Word will be disseminated by the pupils in most of those
languages, on returning, to their respective countries."
But I will go furthers We have also, by the effect of
whit we have done—we have sufficiently proved in our
results the truth of the principle we laid down. We laid
down this principle—that we were quite sure education
was required for the natives of the East. 'We said we
were.quite sure the natives of the East would accept,
education when they understoodT. the benefits offered to
them ; and we stated moreover that we were quite sure
we should produce a most -beneficial and lasting effect
upon the minds of those educated in our college. We have
abundant proofs of this. At this. time we have 210 less ,
than twelve missionaries in different parts, who are
carrying on their high vocation with singular vigour
and effect, and the blessing of God manifestly rests
upon their endeavours. A number of laymen have also
been sent forth
.from the college after being trained
there, and have discharged 'secular duties with
great credit and. effect in various parts of . the
East. Of these, two were officers in the English army,
and one was an officer in the English navy, while five
others held situations as interpreters and in the Commis-
sariat department in the Crimean war. Three were
greatly distinguished for their bravery, one of them, who
was employed in the Naval Brigade during the siege of
Sebastopol, having been mentioned in the public de-
spatchesior his conduct,- and obtained the decoration of
the French Legion of Honour. They preserved in the
camp the piety they had imbibed in 'college,
their letters exhibiting the' spirit of Hedley •Vicars.
All those who have inspected the college have reported
upon it Most favourably. We had the testimony of
Lord Lyon, and of the excellent and good Bishop Gobat.
I could quote the: testimony of those gentlemen most
conversant with Eastern matters7-of Mr. Layard and
Sir Henry Rawlins On. LOrd LYon expresses hiS aston-
ishment that so admirable an institution is not better
known, and better supported. But some of you may
perhaps say—" With all those efforts you have made,
hew is it you have produced so little effect ?" My
answer is, it is not that we have produced so little '
effect, but that we have been so little supported. If you
had given us greater support, we 'would have produced
greater results. It is not we have done so little, but I
venture to say that' we have done' so much.; because
I will put before you, other difficulties that have stood
in our path, which show, so far from falling short of
what may have been expected, we have exceeded that
which the most sanguine on the committee ever dared
to believe we should achieve. (Applause.) Look at
what has happened. In the first place, owing .to the
'difficulty of making known the institution, and its
several advantages, we were fully three years before we
had a single Oriental pupil. *During the period of
the Crimean war, not only no Oriental pupils
came to us, but many of those in the College were
taken away, so anxious were their parents or relatives
to find employment for them in the British army, ordn
the commercial houses who were engaged in provisioning
the British army. So five years are taken out of the
fourteen during which the institution has existed. This
leaves but nine years to account for. But remember,
'that the course of education in the college requires full
five years before we can indicate any results. This
leaves but four years for which we have to account.
Depend upcin it, these four years have not been mis-
applied. These four years would have been turned to.
to . more account if We had had the means of
meeting the necestities "of the case. But when
you see that we have not even been able to
offer to the functionaries.adequate salaries—that we are
obliged to employ , a principal at the salary of a vice-
principal ; and. that at the present moment we are
looking for a first-rate classical master, and have not
the means of giving him an adequate salary—how. can
you say we are the parties to blame, because no more
has been done, when we have appealed year by year,
and hour by hour;' and when the people have sat as
dumb as statues when we spoke to-them, and never put
their hands either to their eyes to weep, or to their:pockets
to draw out the money. (Applause). But, nevertheless,
matters are brought to this . pass, that, indeed, nothing'
is required but means of putting into operation .the
machinery we have formed, and :.carrying out to their
full extent the plans we have laid down. . At this mo-
ment the accommodation is 'sufficient for, say at least 100
pupils. At. this moment, the staff we are obliged to
maintain could be dedicated to the instruction of at
least twice the number of pupils that are there. And
can there be any doubt that, if we afforded these addi-
tional means, that the Easterns would be ready to accept
the bounty we proposed ; and, can there be any doubt
whatever that it is only for the want of opportunity
that our courts and our halls in Malta are not thronged
with anxious Orientals, praying for introduction ; and
what does Sir Henry Rawlinson state ? He says that
the great and besetting evil of -things in the East is the
total want of *education ; and that the total want