The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-08 00:00:00

EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

We trust that the Commissioners who are. at preset
er reiog ee their it:quirk-4 ellen this interesting sehjec.,
will futilisii Parliament with such results as may kail io
the establiehtinea of some practical and effhetive. systere.
All that we cm subtract from the reign of vice and igeel
ranee is SJ much giir.cd to the happii.ess of Ireland, and to
the ewes: of geed government. There is a moral power of
gravitation, which, if it could be brought into action, taicht
by degoos tunic the Protestant and the Catholic in the
bunele of pore. At present they are placed at too glee;
dentate. :rem each ether. by an epprossive policy, and v
unwise laws, to give any hope of such approximation wloje
tillse obstacles to good-telletrabip last. The present hoe:,
!tat TCNANT has done more for the repote of Ireland than
was ever effected by all the Viceroys, taken colleenvely, dot
ever presided in the: country. But hebrought with Lim at
energy of wind and char.:cter, fitted to the task. Too
principlee of his administretiou are pure and legitiore,
and they have made their way, in spite alike of mated:Eel
res:stance and of open faction. As the popular noel! to
Ireland becomes disciplined by education, the Insb eb,.
teeter, among the lower classes, will give forth its hoof ot.
tributes, and viii enable us to appreciate it with merejeciie.
At present they require to he better familiarised with the
laws of civil order, and to keep their turbulent paadans to
due suljection. An enlightened Clergyman of their owe
Chuicie whose eloquent diecourses breathe the spirit of
genuine piety, has well inculcated this lessen cf Chtistaa
ferbearar.ce. " The object of human laws," saes be, eis
the preservetion cf the public peace ; and aerefore the
fiat brcaeli of that peace is what the law of the land seeks
to (Ito:ever, al.ii what it deems especially deserving of Do.
LiSIIMCM. It does not commend retributive vioierce. tut
in toleration to human iefirmity, admittlue that a certain
degree of perkeution may excuse it, the law visits on the
first aggreesim those offences which is the general state of
human passions ere so fr.queraly its latnenteble result.
IVet see bow little encouraeement it gives to violence, when
!beanie orovocation which it admits to be a sufficient one,
is tetwil "violence offered : fur words, in their most offeusire
extent, the law does not consider as a jnatifieasien. See
how little sanction it girds to outrage and malinuity, abet
i it ie neits retributive force only at the instant; Lo ties
must intervene for passion to cool, and reason and justtei
to resume their control. From the moment when an ap.
peal to judicial decision lies open, force becomes ctiinirol,
i and he who then presumes to act on any supposed right of
retribution is ccesidered as a new aggessor. Every fair
tribunal wctehl counu.raoce such appeal, in referetlet ti
the individual's taking into his own hands the inhictiag of
the punishment; for the mischiefs which result from
mans assuming judgment in his own case, are what the
Civil Law Las been enacted to remove. But i:s reach is
limited; its prides is slow; its view is superficial; it
punish, s what i: were to be wished it could have prevented ;
it looks to overt acts t. it cannot invitee% the sources of ac-
:ion. The Gospel is a rule for the affections: it cceleter.s
the crime in thought; it commands forgieccess of the
i• ;try received; it commands the return of good for evil.
're titan, imperfect in underatatiling and prejudiced by ea-
love—to man, impassioned sod exasperated, it leavers not to
deed cut his heaped-up measure of retribution. It belongs
to eyes that spy into the secrets of the heart, to hands that
hold the balance in undeviating exactness; it belongs to
him 'these principles of justice are meat pure, and where
loving mercy is equal towards all, to judge between the
matures of his weft!, to decide, and to avenge. '•
If a sufileieet number of schools are provided, and the
manners ant morals of the rising generation arc framed aril
roperintended by conscientious and weft-appointed teachers,
Ireland, even in its werst districts, willsoon wear a different
fur. The present systetn lif education abounds with null,
cal, but not incurable defects. It requires to be hid
anew, and upon another and a very difileent focedstien.
It must not send forth its pupils into the world with their
prejudices chained to their creed ; religion should be u a
cord of sympathy round their hearts, instead of being
made, as it is, a source of hatred and heart-burning. It
education is conducted with the hones: view of Lettering
their condition, and of cultivating without them those
liberal feelings which alone snake a man's existence worth
any thing to himself or to others; the benefit of such a
course of discipline will be ismstimatle. But tench still.
remains to be done on the part of Government, tensors,{
rescuing. the lower . orders from that state of indigerce,
which, If it does not preclude instruction, makes all prcEt
from it hopeless. It is a vain attempt to make men seher
and honest who have no portion but filth and rags, and
who can never keep poverty at arms* krogdo There has
been a long reign of injustice in Ireland: put an end to
that, give the Irish of every class reason to be geeteful,
and you wid God little difficulty in elevating their minds
by. education to the level of die kelings you inspire.
• Sermons by the Ityr. Robert BUTTOWeII. D.D., 01.R.LA..
Chaplain to his Ltaler.cy the Lord Letaersat, &c. &c.

Captain J. D. Cochrane, the lade:443We trarerer, ar.
rived at Darbadocs on the rith of August last. Ile is ow
'Jill way to South America, intending to explore on foot
the yet *mar/died part of that couttry, and to ascend the
An•ies.

Mr. is about to lecture on polltizel economy
at Liverpeol.
M-. Secretary Peel has, it is said, appointed Mr. thlwaril
Newman and Mr. John Waring, as ling's .Ilessin7,ers for
Foie:len Serviiv upon the new establishinct.t. IVe co:.
gran:late the country on the improvement which liii.sters
have sueccealed eifecting in the case of miss.r.gers. Ife
decayed butlers and valets of Noblemen used to be feud
upon Ministers for that office. cf which the emolum.nts are
china! ter the procuring the services of men of abilithr a::.l
o,uostiim Alinisnrs hare at length emancipated them-
selves (rent this thraldom, laid as many of the old incur:-
be-is on the shelf as rouible, and endeavour.l w ohtein
men of a hieher character, familiar with the v....J.7;m
languages. We give them credit fur this a.t of ;
.1f ,rnin,.; Parer.
A meeting was held on IVednesilay at the City of Ur..
don Tavern, for the formation of a new Water Curr.p.u.y.
which was numerously attentleil. The r.iinieit.:
Was announc...l to bare been subscribed before ter meci.ng
brt;ke up.
It is very generally understood that on the nest rac trey
Mr. Tinney will offer bi— self as a tamlidate to rcpitsent
the city et Salisbury in Parliantent.—J).
It is said to be the intention of the Friannen et I.t ILI, to
start the sou of one of the Members for the county as a
candidate fur the representation of that city. %Ve con.
fess we do not know how this w ill tend to promote the
" Fr,:cdcin of Election;" but no doubt a centest, upon
any grounds. is a thing very much desired I.y vi-
sor., there. In the mesa time, we perecire that !h IT:).•
aer.t Mtinficro ilk) net think it a wise policy to despise the
threatened oppc-aition. t):: the We. they cave a ifinia r
to tlis fr:cmen, at the Red Lint Which tittnicr7
ously attended.—/Itt.l J creel.

the Malherbe er.actl one/ flay
his:et? of ILetten, who was famous for he•ir,;P to. 01. Li,
tiull preacher. Diteter was 3.•.1ta1y over be few,.
fel as:v.7), but was awoke I.y the pre:ate, ar.el
go and hear 1111 preach. " I Ix socele y:ur
:Alanerhe, '• to excuse me. I c..ta sleep ex..ce.';:trg v.,:l
whtre I am."

A retiree of danger from tize us.: of cti7;nary I . f
c.)rrr, has recent!! I...sen cliseovcry,ll b 7 5..: H. I\.:%•;-,
thAt weak sclutiens of e.ann:.•n soh, fuel' as ar:4l:l,:y
by a.!4:ing a little nit to boiling cega:.bk et.. 0:!1„, tr.t-
a:,:r: in our kitA:ens, act str-a4;ly coprer,
stronc ones do not affect it.

Sir Ererard /bane, in a paper 10Ceney IT3-1 bt:f. re t!.c
tho anatomy and habits of se..l and
recnitrks the can-saran:sly ceinei.Lnice tkesw.,en
f... 1 of the latter unti-ie!dv aninhil and :lilt ins et
class of creation, by which tiny are cnabl:d w :cuter'
well or a Ceiling. Sr E. }lonic. on exaci...n.:: tile 1:::11
I feet of a large walrus, bruniett home by Czt>4lcl Sa. ha:
front the Ar.nic regions. found it provided wish a 11.,-3.•ts
spit boawauth, by which the animal is 1.:1nt1...1 at pleast::e
to produee a vacuum with the muscular action of the tOCI
AO as to adhere with considerabile power to a rock cr ether
declivity.
The fallowing method of randkving linen and other Ira-
tee.ali lots coinhustibla is given in the F..labmsgat :—Thits
desirable objeet 'nay be in 'acne degree eiftcted, by immer-
sing the rtittli.e6 in a strong volution of slur.:-wasi:.
which eill neitlier irjl9 O: co:our nor the (*LI:::