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The New London Railways.

Eleven new bridges across the river were projected, nut
only one has been approved, and it is quite out the town,
being situated in the neighbourhood of Kew. The only
new terminus authorised is that of the Great Eastern, at
Finsbut y-circus—but the Midland and Great Northern get
access by new branches to the Metropolitan and then to the
heart of London, while the North Western and Charing-
cross line connects the North Western with the large depot
at the latter spot. The Great Western is, as our readers are
aware, already in direct communication with the Metropoli-
tan. Thus we have in the central part of the metropolis
four great termini, to one or other, or in some cases more
than one, of which all the railways have access—Charing-
cross, Cannon .street, Liverpool street and Finsbury-circus.
The next thing required is to connect the various systems
—and this is accomplished by the following lines—Metro-
politan (Extension to Trinity-square),Metropolitan District
and Grand Union, Metropolitan (Notting-hill and Bromp-
ton Extension), and a short line sanctioned by the Addi-
tional Powers Bill of the same company. These lines form
a continuous railway,which, starting from Moorfields (Fore-
street), runs eastward towards the Minories,where, curving
round, it proceeds by Trinity-square, Eastcheap, Cannons
street, to the Thames Embankment, which it traverses as
far as Westminster-bridge. Then its course lies by the north
side of the Abbey, Victoria-street, close to Victoria station,
Sloane-square,and South Kensington toNotting-hill, where
it turns once more to the east, in order to join at Lisson-street,
Edgware-road, the present line of the Metropolitan, which
completes the circuit back again to Moorfields. This inner
circle is connected by a branch with an outer cii cle,of which
the West London Junction forms an important part. The
importance of this series of communications can hardly be
over-rated. The Great Western and Great Eastern are di-
rectly united ; so are the North Western and South Eastern,
the Great Northern, and the London, Chatham, and Dover.
The Midland also has access to the last named comprehensive
system, and by means of the Metropolitan both the Midland
and the Great Northern can get to the South Eastern at
Cannon-street, The Metropolitan and St. John's-wood
lino runs between the Finchley•road station of the Hamp-
stead and City junction and the Baker-street station of the
Metropolitan; while the Finchley, Willesden, and Acton
connects the new Midland with the Great Western and
South Western. Tim Great Eastern having got admission
to the interior of the metropolis, is laying itself out largely
for suburban traffic, to accommodate which it has obtained
powers for a line running from Liverpool-street parallel
with the present main lino as far as Cambridge-road, then,
turning due north, to Hackney, where it branches into two
parts, one passing by Stamford-hill to Tottenham and Ep-
ping, and the other going through Claptcn to Walthamstow,
where it meets another branch from a little above Stratford,
and the two run north in one line to Woodford. A short
link places Alexandra Park in connection with the Edg-
ware, Highgate, and London Railway. Coming to the
Surrey side of London, we find the South Western, which
will obtain access to the City side of the river by the aid of
the South Eastern Extension to Cannon-street, s pitteing

its Richmond and Windsor line in connexion with the
North Western and West London Junction by a Kensing-
ton, Hammersmith, and Richmond branch ; and by a little
deviation, with the new Battersea rails of the London and
Brighton, and the London, Chatham, and Dover, The
London and Brighton have received sanction for a con-
tinuation of their Peckham Extension across Grove-
park—and that interesting road, which one can call either
Cut-throat-alley or Love-lane, according to ono's taste or
feelings, for it rejoices in both names—to the Dulwich and
the Norwood part of its system. The London, Chatham,
and Dover are also g )ing to have a little offshoot in the
same direction, By this means these two railways will
communicate with an odd-looking line, like a noose,
called the Tooting, Wimbledon, and Merton Extension,
which, on the west, has also a connection with the South
Western. Several short branches servo to form a union
between the North Kent and the Crystal Palace and South
London Railway.—Railway _Yews.

The Earl of Harrowby on Middle-Class
Education.

On Tuesday last there was a public distribution of prizes
at the Grammar School at Chipping Campden, an old foun-
dation recently restored, and, by public subscription, pro-
vided with newly-erected and admirably complete school
buildings.

The prize-giving was preceded by a service in the parish
church, at which an excellent and thoroughly practical ser-
mon was preached by the Ven. J. Sandford, 8.D., Archdea-
con of Coventry. The prizes were distributed in the school
room, the chair being taken by the Right lion, the Earl of
Harro w by, K . G.

The Earl of HARROWBY, after alluding in eulogistic terms
to the Sermon of Archdeacon Sandford, who had travelled
over the whole field so exhaustively as to leave little for him
to say, remarked that it was generally admitted at the pre-
sent day that sufficient attention had not been paid to the
education of the great middle class of the country. Happily,
it was difficult to define any class in this land strictly, for
there were no hard lines of separation, but, like the colours
in the rainbow, they shaded gradually into each other; but the
middle class was most clearly defined as the intermediate link
between that which was undoubtedly the highest in social
position and that which was the lowest, and between which
an undoubted separation existed. It certainly was a class
that was not intended to be neglected at the time of the Re-
formation, for as soon as that great event took place it was
one of the very first objects of the leading minds in the
Church, and, though only partially, he was sorry to say of
those in the State, to make some provision for the education
of the middle class, in order that men might constantly be
rising out of that class to verve God both in Church and
State. But, unhappily, that noble project did not meet in
this country with the same success as in a sister country, and
under other auspices, Our great Archbishop Cranmer had
noble projects of attaching to all our cathedrals eminent
seminaries of instruction, comprising every branch of edu-
cation which at that moment was known; but unfortunately,
through various causes, the cathedral schools had dwindled
in most cases to nothing, though within the last few years
there had been attempts to revive them, which he hoped
might prove successful. What, however, was not afforded
by the State was effected to a great extent by individuals.
It seemed to have been the first thought of men, especially
those who had sprung from the middle class themselves, to
provide for others the advantages which they had not always
enjoyed themselves, and in this spirit the leading merchants
or tradesmen had laid the basis of foundations which had
since acquired a world-wide reputation. To whom did we
owe the great foundation of the Charter-house ? To Thomas
Sutton, a worthy tradesman in London. To whom did we
owe the foundation of Harrow ? To John Lyon, a yeoman,
And so might one go all over the country, and find in most
of our ancient towns establishments which owed their
existence to the desire of men of the middle class, who had
acquired wealth, to offer the means of instruction to those
who, like themselves, might rise to higher station. But
these in process of time had fallen into that decay which
affected all human things, except there was from time to
time a renovation. He hoped the time of renovation had
now arrived, and that these old grammar schools would be-
come the foundation of that education of the middle class
which we all desired to see. (Applause.) As the archdeacon
had well observed, it was a wholesome fashion in England,
when we wanted any good thing, to see if we could not
attach it to some old one. He for one should be very sorry
if they were to attempt that which prevailed so much in
foreign countries, and make the education of the middle class
part of a Government system. Such system, of course, had
the advantage of being spread equably over the whole face
of the country, and of attaining a certain mechanical coma
pleteness of result which was often wanting in our looser and
more irregular proceedings ; but, on the other hand, by a
Government system the mind of the country was cabined,
cribbed, confined, and lost all that energetic self-reliance,
which was, after all, the source of prosperity to a nation, as
it was of success to the individual. (Applause.) As many
of them might be aware, a royal commission was about to
issue to look into this question, and the commissioners would
no doubt be sending round queries to all the old grammar
schools, and make all the inquiries they could of private
schools, with the view of ascertaining what the deficiency
was, and of suggesting some remedy. His hope wag that
before any new remedy was attempted they would try to
throw health and vigour into our old grammar schools. He
trusted we should find within a reasonable distance of every
district some old foundation which, with proper care and
assistance, might be so revived as to supple'
neighbourhood. It might be asked, why the wants of each
should they be so
anxious to take up the old grammar schools Well, in the
first place, because they were old, and it was a feeling deeply
planted in the human heart to be attached to anything that
had long existed. Independently however of this, he looked
to the principles which had guided the founders of these
schools, and he should be sorry to he left to the chance of
new discoveries to supersede those ancient principles. He
should be sorry to see new foundations totally unconnected
with our national Church—new foundations which, with
cthonesviewt of inelcilmudininagteperresloignisouosf allte
teaching
iinetg altogether. He
of faith, should
should be sorry to see an attempt at any new system in the
way of education which should not in some degree take its
roots in the foundations of our old grammar school system.
Of course there would be various difficulties. In the first
place, there were trustees who had to be consulted ; then
there were the wills of founders to be looked into, and more
or less to be respected. There were difficulties also as to
funds, which in many cases were very insufficient ; the
funds for buildings were often still more deficient, and very
frequently there was the existence of an old master who
could not be easily displaced —a man who might have all
sorts of private virtues, but no qualifications for bis special
function. He hoped they were free from all these difficulties
here; they had not an old effete master—(laughter)—
wedded to old things, and accustomed to a jogtrot mode of
life—as he recollected one in a neighbouring town in the
county perfectly content to walk up and down an empty
hall, "vacua se jactans in aula," enjoying a salary of £3OO
a year, having beaten on the head all his scholars till they
refused to come any more, but quite satisfied wills his posi-
tion, and rejoicing in the leisure which he possessed.
(Laughter.) That was the case in a not uncelebrated school,
one that had produced some of the most remarkable men in
English history. Here, however, they had an active mas-
ter, intent upon giving new life and spirit to the grammar
school of his old associations, one who had been accustomed
to see better things elsewhere, and was desirous of making
the intellectual structure of the school commensurate with
its architectural elevation. They had this advantage, and
also that of having a body of trustees who were at least
desirous of doing whatever they could for the benefit of the
school, and of expanding the structure on the old foundation
to the utmost extent, Bo as to meet the wants of the age.
One observation of the archdeacon's was deserving of atten-
tion in regard to the practical working of the school. He
urged them above all things
to be sure to give to the children
that practical education which their parents required as di-
rectly bearing upon the immediate business of their lives.
Let them keep in view higher objects besides, but at least
let them show the parents that the immediately practical
objects for which they sent their children to school were as
well, and if possible, better answered than elsewhere. He
was aware that there was something very attractive in the
higher branches of study; if a master, himself a highly
educated man, could find here and there a boy of higher
abilities and aspirations than his fellows, it was naturally
his delight to lead that boy on and hand him over to the
university. This should not be neglected. but, on the
other hand, they must be provided adequately for the ma-
jority, the average ordinary race of boys, that they should
be well taught in those special departments of knowledge
for which their parents sent them to school. Particular
attention must therefore always be paid to the simpler and
more humbler branches of education. (Hear,) It was their
duty, too, to try and insense, as the Scotch would say, the
middle classes themselves with the idea that education, in-
stead of being rather an obstruction in practical life, which
was too common an opinion, was really an advantage. He
wished he could put strongly before them the success of our
neighbours, the Scotch, to whom ho had previously alludet,.
At the time of the Reformation our leading men in Church
and State desired to accompany it with an extension of
education to the middle classes especially, but the same
view was pursued, he must say, more consecutively, vigo •
rously, and successfully in the sister country, Under the
system which there prevailed, the whole country was spread
over with parish schools, which educated all classes, or—
far there might have been some change of later years, which
for centuries did so, the humblest being taught Latin as
well as their native tongue. It was not the feeling of the
Scotch middle class that to learn much was an obstruction
toj practical work ; they did not think that a man was a
worse ploughman because his mind was developed, but, on
the contrary, they felt that a man was better practically the
Ingre,hl.3 wind was cultivated, and the re57,41t was that in the

humble trade of mason, as he had been told by builders,
they could get men who worked 30 per cent. cheaper than
in England, because the Scotch mason was a better edu-
cated man, and gave the stroke to his hammer with more
attention, vigour, and success, (Applause.) He knew
how deeply engraved in the English character was the op .
posite impression; it was evinced in the distinction which
the Englishman commonly drew between the theoretical
and practical man. Now, of course, a fine theory was a
waste of time, but theory combined with practice gave to
practice its direction, its intensity, and its success. There
was an instance from this school at the present moment.
A young man having distinguished himself as a scholar,
the first feeling of his father, one of the most extensive and
most intelligent farmers, was, that he should not be a farmer.
He (Lord Harrowby), on the contrary, hoped he would stay
and be a farmer, and show his neighbours that a man was
not the worse farmer for having a cultivated mind. They
found in Scotland that educated men could drive the plough
and handle the shovel, and do all kinds of practical work,
as well or more successfully than in this country, and those
who had more intelligence than their neighbours rose
to high positions in Church and State. Half India indeed
had been governed by the eons of Scottish farmers. Ho
wished they could inspire the middle class with something
of this respect for learning. It was good to be a practical
people; but we might lose sight of the great advantage of
having a developed understanding, and a leading principle
which should guide all our practical concerns. (Applause.)
The prizes were then distributed by the noble chairman.
Afterwards ono or two complimentary resolutions, includ-
ing a vote of thanks to the Earl of Harrowby, were moved
by Lord Redesdale, Viscount Sandpn, &c., and the meeting
then dispersed. The proceedings of the day were brought
to a close by a public luncheon, at which the Rev. C, E.
Kennaway, vicar of Canapden, presided.

THE HARVEST.

CORNWALL.

Only a few acres remain to be cleared. The thrashing
machine is at work in several districts, and farmers state
they are now enabled to give a tolerably correct estimate of
the value of the harvest. Wheat is a full average in quan-
tity, and of excellent quality, but the bulk of the straw is
small. Such variation as there is in the barley crop has not
been known for 30 or 40 years. There are fields of upwards
of 45 imperial bushels per acre, and others in the same
neighbourhood of hardly 10. The insects have done much
damage, and the crop will be below 'a good average. The
oat crop on thin soils is light and miserably poor iu quality,
but on good oat soils in condition it is very satisfactory.
Altogether, the crop will show a deficiency. Potatoes are
very abundant, and of first•rate quality; scarcely any dis-
ease. Marigolds, Swede and common turnips must prove
very light crops, under the most favourable circumstances;
but, like the pastures, they hare been vastly improved by
the frequent showers of rain which have fallen during the
past fortnight. Fat stook very scarce.