The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-11 00:00:00

.NO. 22,217.

H E t X F 0 RI),
A, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry IL Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's
MUSKETEERS (first time in England).
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, finish, ctc., with full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglimans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean Ate.

Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any (Wrier man "), Ewrene,
W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and (3 eorg-,e Hodson.
_ _ _

Ais a PeLformance by Herr SIIALKIINBACH on his
wonderful instalment, the PIANO oRCII14:T RN, contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments.
-

i he HALL Irts just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ;
private boxes, 10s. Gd.

ANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In ordt,
-NJ to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing. crowds,
Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor P pper snd Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, "THlt GHOST," from the ricture Gallery to the
Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected,
affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal-
cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr.
A. bilvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im-
provements and effects), REPRES6NTATIONS EACH
EVENL'G, at Ten o'clock.

All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern
Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - The
GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COML3
GHOST !! ! -The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A
Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannica
and Signor Guiseppe France,co, assisted by a corps of
Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas :
Principals, Miss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini, and
Mr. Vernon Rigby.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - Gr, t
Musical Attraction Immense success or SIGNOR
ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every
Evening.
RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor, will make his
first appearance on Monday next.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly,
Th. se el,eant Hooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redecorated.
Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of mot,ster concerts cele-
brity. The band ,s selected from the CryMtal Palace, the
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty.

Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, ls.
Manager—M. GRENET.

ESTABLISHED 1833.

1001 OWDEN'S ERATFD GINGER BEER, in
II glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve
months. Lemonade, Soda-water, f-otass, Seltzer, and every
description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, No. 3, hite
Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C.

PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE
MACHINE', for hand, horse, or steam power, are the
most simple and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars and prices
obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney
place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where
they may be seen in operation daily.

nEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER
INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in-
vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It tits Into
the ear, not perceptib e, removes singing noises in the head,
and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at
public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly.

MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a
Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without
removal'. Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions,
&a, in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 38, Queen-
street, Cheapside.

F~-

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STAMPED

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town
or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willinti to MAKE
ADVANCES of CASH, without delay, to respectable person •
(male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy
can be relied on.—Apply (if by letter enc'ose four stamps) to
•t'., at Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40, King William-street
London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants.

ANEVER FAILING REMED
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER t'ILLS, pre-
„ ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
ieott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
4uffer from bilious end fiver complaints, indigestion, wind,
F•pasms, giddiness, i.izziness of the eyes, &a For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, thOY create appe ite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls, lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine ore a square
green pmkaire, with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY-
ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded
to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862,
This Powder is quite harmless to an mal life, but is un-
rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches,
Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, xoths in furs, and every other
species of Insect
Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy-
ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs.
_ .

Being the original importer of this now invaluable article,
which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to
vend a so-called article,-the public are thareLarw,ca►utioned to
observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the
autogrngh Of THOMAS KEATING
Sold In packets, le., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 64. each, or post free for
it or 36 pottage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St.
Paul's-churchyar ~ London, E.O

Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scylla, 21
guns, 400 horse-power, was commissioned for cer.
vice on the East India and China stations, on Wcd•
aesday last, at Sl;&ruess, the pennant being hoisted
by Mister John Jones, for Capt. S. G. Cress.veli.
The vessel's fitments are being completed wiLh the
greatest rapidity, and she will be ready for sea in a
few days.

it UPT IMES.—BY ROYAL LETTEIIS PATENT.
1N-HIT E'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
y (l'ErtrEffeED AND EXII/DITED IN THE GREAT
';ximitTiorkis or lilt AND 162), is allowed by upwards of
Two H unfired Medical Gentierien to tile most effective
.uvention in the curative treatment of II EItN 1 A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
.s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
uody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Koc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
nid closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the
cir-
-3:o:Mere:ice of the body, two inches below the hips, being
ion, to the manuffsetnrer,
Mr. WHITE. 228, Piccadilly.
A Single 'DIM, 165., 215., 26e. 60., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is.
I Double Truss, 31s. Bd., 42e., and 525. Bd. Posage, is Bd.
In Umbilical Truss, es. and 525. Postage,
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
office,Piccadilly.
NEW PATENT ls.t led.
ELAST IC STOCKINGS)
KNEE-CAPS, tw„ for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling* of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are
porous, light in texture, rind inexpensive, and are drawn on
.11,e an ordinary stocking. Price 9s. 6c1., 75. 6d., 10s., to Hs*
ea.ih. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE. Manufauturer. 22A. Piccadilly.

ARMY CONT PACTS.
Commissariat Office,
Aldershot, 2d September, 1863.
TENDERS will be received at this office, until
noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863,
from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for
the supply of

The Gibraltar, 81, screw ship, 3,721 tons, and
800-horse power, fitting for sea at Devonport, is to
have a complement of 860 officers and men, and
will be commanded by Capt. James Charles Pre-
vost. The Gibraltar was launched at Devonport on
the 16th of August, 1860, and is now for the first
time being put into commission, and it is reported
her first station is to ba the Mediterranean. Capt.
Prevost entered the Navy in 1829, and, previous to
his promotion to commander, which took place on
the 22d of October, 1814, he served in the Mediter-
ranean, at Lisbon, on the North America and West
India Station, and at Portsmouth. He was com-
mander of the Vernon, 50, on the South American
station and in the East Indies; of the Portland, 50,
flagship in the Pacific, from August, 1850, to the
spring of 1854; and commanded the Satellite, 21,
on the last mentioned station from September, 1856,
until the spring of 1861.

The massive screw shaft for the iron frigate
Achilles was landed yesterday at the Centre-wharf,
Chatham Dockyard, from one of the transports
which had conveyed it round from the establish-
ment of Messrs. John Penn and Son, Greenwich,
who are making the 1,250-horse power engine
for the Achilles. The screw shaft is one of the
finest specimens of brass castings ever produced in
this country, and it is finished and polished in the
most perfect manner. Its gross weight is 3 tons,
Bcwt., 2qrs., 31b., and its diameter clear, 2ft. 2in.
The mechanics are now boring the passage in which
the shafting will be inserted. This operation, which
has been some days in progress, will be completed
during the present week.

The steam
ev de
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pacahs machine
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orsr a
has
boveeinngemployed
at the entrance to Chatham harbour, near Folly
P
sand and in deepening the river at the spot selected
for mooring the large iron frigate Achilles, 6,079
tons, when she has been floated out of the dock,
where she is rapidly approaching completion. Under
the direction of Commander Pope, Queen's harbour-
master at Chatham, suitable moorings are being laid
down at the harbour's mouth, as she could not be
moored alongside the dockyard without taking the
ground at low tides.
Two dockyard transports are now employed in
removing the collection of stores from the naval
establishment at Deal to Chatham, prior to the Deal
dockyard being abolished, and its site disposed of
by the Government. The quantity of stores already
landed is very large, but a considerable proportion
is altogether useless for naval purposes. In accord-
ance with instructions from the Admiralty, Mr.
"Hutchens, one of the assistant master-shipwrights
at Chatham, proceeded yesterday to Deal to make a
survey of the remaining stores, in order that the
delay and expense of removing materiel ultimately
proving valueless may be avoided. The stores con-
vected with the victualling department will not be
landed at Chatham, bat are to be forwarded direct
to Deptford.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SHA.KSPITI ARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. Th- Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.8.. is Chairman; are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTION,, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, 'Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne. and co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co , banke,s, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
rest their claims upon the gTollfti that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeace. hut the centre of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

RO fAL NATIONAL LIF E-BOAT
INSTITUTION •
(Ineorperated by Royal Charter).
PAruorness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northtunberland,
R.G„ F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thou. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., P.p.
DEPDTT-CRAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, since
he beginning of the year 1880. the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments ,•11 the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotland, and Ireland.
The number
Society, ••,nd other means, since its formation, IS 12,800;
of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and
£16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £87., 00 an Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-can cages, and Boat-itonsea
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have relayed from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kiev=
sensible, however, of
%le dinbtyhea linare4genganeindeliPtel
Deeply the great responsibility that
res's on these to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
boats, whir` Cary
the earn tl
state, and i' sCrewslyphreaceiffi
annual income, , they et y appeal to all clasAes of their
.3 aid em In upholdino•
, and perpetuating so
countrymen
i national a work, an their
en t
at and tru,Ytee
gratefulty acknowledg
The Co e the following con-
tributions :
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Her Majesty the Queen ~•.. annual 80 p 0
Mrs• G. .. ' , • .. annual 50 0
Campbell, the lion. •
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • .. ~ • . annual 11 0
Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. ... annual, 10 0 0
Currie, Wm., Esq., • • " .. ~ 4ritdon.lo 0 0
on 0
I'lee, Lord Chief Justice ..
_._._ _ .. . • 1 10 0
Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., KALB. .. 2d dnn. 26 0 0
Fenwiek, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-
sporting Carriage • • • • • ' • • _.. 250 0 0
HarveY, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. .. don. 30 0
Illarlln, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • " 7th don. 10 0 0
310 ore, Rev. G. B. • • • • •• • • don. 515 0
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .- •• • • 30 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K,(3.13. • • • .
Thom, a, Lady We ton-super-Mare, collectedby her
annual 2 0 0
liatlYshi " • 8 .. 16 18 0
Willo 0.1, P • • • • • • • • annual 50 0
u—by d'Eresby, Lord .• • • • •
Donations and An 1 Sul scriptions will be thankfully re-
eived by the Rankersa CI the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-
.4**,o ; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., 50, Strand ; messrs Berries, Farquhar, g,nd Co., H. St.
James's-street, Loud • by 1 the Collectors of Cuetents
a/34 Bankers In the on ; a and by the Secretary
Richard Lewis, United Kingdom;
Institution, it,
„1,... „ -`""ri" Es treet,., at the Office of the
j‘cm,.. Undon, 1TA.;..-.

The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Comman-
der F. C. Robinson (acting), arrived at Spithead
yesterday morning, from the Australian station,
after a long passage, having sailed from England
from Sydaey, on the 12th of April last. The
Pioneer arrived at St. Vincents, Cape de Verde, on
the Bth of August, and sailed from there again on
the 11th, bringing with her a mail from her Ma-
jesty's steamer Himalaya, which was coaling there
in prosecution of her voyage outward from England.
She called at Madeira on the 27th day of August,
and ascertained that the Virago, 6, paddle sloop,
sailed thence on the previous day for Halifax, Nova
Scotia. Fine weather was experienced by the
Pioneer on her passage home until making the
Channel, where she fell in with strong S.W. winds.
Mr. Phillips, late paymaster of her Majesty's ship
Eclipse, a few naval invalids, and two naval invalids
from the Tien-tsin, Commander Nicolas, received on
ibnoatrhdeatptihoeneCearpaesofpaGseseong
dHerosp. The Pioneer wase, came to England
commissioned at Portsmouth in May, 1869, by Com-
mander May, and proceeded to China. While on
that station Commander May received this promo-
tion to post rank, and was succeeded by Comman-
der O'Reilly, who remained in the ship until after
her arrival on the Australian station, to which she
had been detached from the China squadron.
Having lost his life by an accident while on horse-
back ashore at Brisbane, Commander O'Reilly was
succeeded by first Lieut. Robinson, who brought
the vessel home to England. The acting rank of
this officer will doubtless be confirmed by the
Admiralty on paying the ship out of commission.,

The following appointments were made on Wed-
nesday at the Admiralty :—Capt. S. G. Cresswell
to the Scylla ; Lieut. J. A. F. Luttrell, Lieut.
Duncan Stewart, Lieut. Q. G. Hunt, and Lieut. J.
E. Pringle, to the Scylla ; Albert Warren, assis-
tant paymaster to the Blenheim ; and R. J. Willis,
assistant clerk, to the Duke of Wellington.

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On Thurzday afternoon the whole of the lot
sion, Depot Brigade, Rayul At tilicry,
by Lieut.-Col. R. Talbot, was assembled ott the
parade ground of the hettd.qtrartele at Sneernuss, to
witness the distribution of medals for long service
and good conduct to several members of the bri-
gade. The troops formed three sides of a hollow
square, when they were addressed in a few appro-
priate words by Col. W. R. Nedham, emnmanding
the garrison at. Shf•erness, who afterwards handed
Phan to tLe forrunale mcipientß,.—Sg. Rolle,
13,,rniyiiivi Hull, and Gunners Win. tilf-plaens lied
.1- m z-_7s Graham, who. have each served for a period
of 21

Thu following detachments of the depot -Royal
Artillery yesterday left head quarters, Wo& wich, for
Gravesend, and embarked on board the trcopship
Canning, for Madras :—Lieut.-Col. Macintire, Capt.
Purvis, Capt. Laurie, lai,Lits. Macurthy, Gambiur,
CarabEis, Haynes, Tohnsuzi
end Llvie, Capt. Jaelcsun, three officers' wives, 149
men, 15 women, and 16 children.
Roberts, Knot, Deus,

Improvements in Modern Schooling.

Not only are the books now used in teaching the
rudiments of Greek and Latin vastle improved, but
the method of using them indicates on the parr of
the teacher a much higher style of scholarship, and
leads oa the part of the pupils to a more intelligent
appreciation of what they learn. Although we are
surprised to find some clinging with amiable
tenacity to the old " Eton Latin Grammar,"—which.
we had fancied the labours of Kennedy, Donaldson,
and others had long superseded,—we congratulate
these on their adoption of "an easy and pleasant
method for the perfect acquisition of that gram-
mar." Until quite lately, the only idea of teaching
Latin consisted in making the boy learn by rote
unintelligible rules, written in the very language he
was studying to acquire, in the fond hope that some
time or other he would be able to understand and
apply them. It is encouraging nowadays to find
masters using the grammar as a book of reference
before it is committed to the memory as a system of
rules, explaining beforehand the form, usage, or
construcrion on which the rule is founded, and in
various ways leading their pupils to regard the
grammar as made for the acquisition of the lan-
guage, and not the language for the acquisition of
the grammar. To be able to repeat the rule was
the first and great commandment with the school-
master of the last generation ; to understand the
principle and quote an illustration of it is the wiser
demand made by our present teachers on their
youthful scholars. It were needless to enlarge on
the benefits, direct and indirect, resulting from the
single change.
Another improvement, hardly less valuable, seems
to us to lie in the greater attention paid to philology
in its various branches as an aid in teaching. How
many boys, for example, thirty years ago, under-
stood the meaning of a e ease ?" On the other
hand, what a light must be thrown now on the
chaos of genitives and datives, when most pupils
are shown by their teachers at these c the beginnieg that
case-endings only serve the purpose of the
prepositions which are placed before English words
—that the "i " and "o" in " domini," " domino,"
simply express the "of" and " to" of their ow tongue, and when the knowledge of even the rudi
tents of French and German will be made to illus-
trate by contrast the point in question ! The same
holds in a still greater degree with etymology.
Nothing is calculated to enlist a young pupil's at-
tention, improve his memory, and make him see the
use of what he is learning so much as the percep-
tion of the likeness between his own speech and
what he hears called " the dead languages." It is
not that this was omitted by former schoolmasters,
but their attempts were, to say the least, infelici-
tous—even if their false etymology has not cone
ributed in some degree to discredit the true. Hap-
pily, we shall not hear again (the -.l' I breatlee,"
derived from the first and lust letter of the alpha-
bet, as the first and last thing done in life ; or OLS
traced to the reptile "o yeas" to Eve, Every
new dictionary and.lexicoa adds something valua-
ble to this branch of study, end the increased ac-
quaintance with the modern languages makes its
introduction still more welcome to the learners. Let
an intelligent boy once have the likeness, not be-
tween single words mcrely, but (say, for instance)
between the French and Latin conjugations pointed
out to him, and a curiosity and mode of inquiry will.
have been awakened in him, which will go on rais-
ing for itself and solving after a fashion similar pree.
blems in each day's lesson.
A third point on which we cannot but think we
have advanced is the diminished stress laid on mak-
ing Latin verses. We are perfectly aware of all
that can be urged in their favour, as teething the
delicacies of the language, cultivating general taste,
supplying a correct pronunciation, arid so
forth ; but
while we should be the last to undervalue these re-
sults when gained by the few, we cannot forget the
time wasted, the honest labour sacrificed, the more
valuable subjects neglected, byhe many who never
gain any of the said results at all. t
Of all the unsavoury
sacrifices presented at the shrine of Parnassus we can
conceive none equal to the " nonsense verses" written.
by boys at their first school. Yet till quite recently
Latin versification formed a necessary and impor-
tant part in the classical training of private as
well as public schools ; and there was no greater
epoch in a boy's life than when he first succeeded
in making Bland's horse " wander in wide fields,"
according to the correct measure of a LaCtre
hexameter. We have a hearty satisfaction in 'the
thought that it is no longer deemed necessary for a
boy to have made some ten thousand Latin 'verses
(more than are contained in the " eEneid before
he is nineteen years old ; that except for bops who
are likely to distinguish themselves at Univer-
sity, the system is now rarely retained ; and that
the time
once, expended in hunting
but epithets in
the
Geus free to be used more wisely on
subjects not less beneficial to the mind, and infinitely
more valuable for life.
And here, perhaps, lies the crowning improve-
ment of all. While the classics are taught more
intelligently, other subjects are made of scarcely
less importance. Arithmetic, mathematics, history,
and perhaps the rudiments of natural science, are
linev put on, nearly an equal footing with the study
of Virgil and Homer, Ccesar and Xenophon. It
can no more be said of the young Englishman or
his preceptor, that his great object is " not to
reason, to imagine, or to invent, but to conjugate,
decline, and derive." Many are beginning to
believe, with Dr. Donaldson, that the study
of Lain and Greek should not even be entered
upon till the tenth or eleventh year of
age', and that the previous years of boys
are better spent in acquiring the geography
and history of their own country, and storing their
memory with passages from their vernacular litera-
ture. However this may be, it is certain that in all
the better private schools a wiser adjustment be-
tween the classical and non-classical part of instruc-
tion is now made with due reference to what !rely
be known or conjectured respecting the prepil's
work and prospects in life. The boy who is to enter
business at fifteen or the army at sixteen; has not
only not to swellow the same dose of Greek para.
digms send Latin exerciser es his compenien who is
destined for the University, but he is also furnished
with the instruction that will best, fit him for his
callieg. Such subjects as mathematics and modern
languages are not regarded in the light of " extras,"
to be left to chance teachers, but are being more and.
more incorporated with the regular schoolwork,
taught with the same precision and treated with the
same importance as the rest. There is yet, no daubt,
much to be done; but with improved books, 'better
qualified teachers, and juster notions of &lineation,
with the various examinations challengina; emula-
tion, testing acquirements, exposing the incapable
schoolmasters, and recommending the, successful—
we may fairly hope to see a still greater improve-
ment in the method and results, of our private
school teaching than any we have? hitherto attained,
—London Review.