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The Public is respectfully informed, that the
PRESENT MANAGF,AIENT WILL TERMINATE
WITH THIS SEASON ;
The following Programme is therefore given of its final ar-
rangements :
THE TWO FOSCARI will he performed for the Last Time
To-Night.
The Historical Play of KING HENLY V., from the Text
Shakspeare, will b, produced early in June.
RICHELIEU. will be repeated on Friday next.
THE TEMPEST will be performed, for the Last Time, on
Wednesday next.
THE LADY OF LYO&S, on Thursday next.
THIS EVENING, MAY 27,
Will be presented Lord Byren's Historical Tragedy of
THE TWO FOSCARI.
Prancis Foscari, Mr. Macready; Jacopo Foseari, Mr. Ander-
son; Marina, Miss Helen Faucit.
To conclude with
FRA DIA VOLO.
Illarquis San Carlos, Mr. Frazer ; Lorenzo, Mr. Burnett ;
Zerlina, Miss Rainforth.
To-Morrow, As You Like It, with The Slave.

ponents.

It is not enough to tell us how many children
Nourish in the books of the National Schools—
such returns are often false, always fallacious. The
real question is what are the character and quality
of the instruction they receive ? With all the
uproar that is made about religious training, we
fear it will be found that even in this respect the
system is vicious in the extreme, mistaking the
shadow for the substance, and loading the memory
of childhood with words and phrases to which no
sort of meaning can by possibility be attached. To
repeat the Catechism and Creeds, and to gabble the
responses with the true orthodox twang, are
doubtless great accomplishments in their way, but
they are not sufficient to constitute a religious edu-
cation. As to the other kinds of knowledge to be
acquired in these establishments, we know perfectly
well that the teaching is generally of the most super-
ficial description. The sole object is to make the
children cut a decent figure at Church, without
any regard to the really useful results which ought
to be produced—such results as would tend
to increase their happiness, and made them valuable
members of a civilized community. We can
scarcely doubt that in the eyes of the clergy, the
substantial objection to the Goverment plan, is
that "y the estahNshment of a Boa:d of Inspection,
the wretched management of their schools would
become notorious, together with the necessity of a
thorough change. There would be au end to paro-
chial jobbing in the appointment of the masters—
the petty and paltry patronage which gives such
importance to a fussy parson, would be removed
into other and better hands ; and the fear of the
shovel hat would gradually subside into contempt,
unless converted into reverence for the head beneath
it. If the clergy, instead of carping at all pro-
posals for charge, would at once open their eyes
to the nobleness of their own vocation, and aid in
giving a right direction to that movement which
must go on in spite of them, how different would be
the prospects of the Church

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
.28 Romer, Mr. Templeton, and Air. I3alfe, in Donizetti's
L'Elisir d'Amore," to be produced for the first time on the
English Stage, and entitled " The Love Spell." Unparal-
leled success of " Alice Gray"— Nightly overflows.
THIS EVENING, MAY 25,
(Seventh time) a Domestic Drama, called
ALICE GRAY, THE USI)ECTED ONE.
After which,
DON PEDRO, THE CRUEL.
To conclude with,
BLACK E VED SUSAN.
of oTnii:Vtlzessdapyellwill positively be produced, Donizett's Opera
•

A FULL REPORT OF THE
ELECTION OF SPEAKER,
WILL BE GIVEN IN ()Int
SECOND EDITION.

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MONDAY, MAY 27, 1839.

Iljr. A
'InERcRomBY is to be created Lord
IClNitoss.

Air' RA NDLEY proposes Mr. LEFEVRE, as
Peaker, and Dr. LVSHINGTON seconds him.
.crt.

We hope the Government will have firmness
()fire
to persevere in their F/lin-ation scheme, in
();Ite of the roaring, the braying, and the canting
:rarrtfhaerier
~T,eory opponents. Of these three modes of
have excellent specimens in the Times
Saturda
ith y 3. In " the lion's part" we are told that
e Legislature of Great Britain " has played the
4tattle of the Romish Priesthood with reference to
has
training of youth;" that the British monarchy
'as fostered their unrighteous undertaking by ap-
ttopriating large sums out of Protestant revenues
that a scheme of education is praposed for the
ftltribler classes of English children, " which, so
taht from diligently avoiding the pernicious errors of
that which has in substance established Popery
kughout Ireland, has studiously embraced and
trended these errors to Great Britain."
These are potent strains, and might pass for
wttine leonine effusions but for what follows;
Itrli,ch, by attempting too much, becomes so truly
titiine that nature peeps out from the disguise,
tl shows what is hidden beneath it :
ihisu
er this pestilent " voluntary" system, there is no-
gt,2o desolating, nothing so monstrous, that by assum-
tbl",,qle Garb and vocabulary of a religion, it may not he
to
.the deprivation. of English faith and morals.
ofj.nier it the S:rennan teacher, who denies the thvinit)
41.,:aui, may draw upon the Queen of England's tree
to reward him for disseminating unbelief.
tr,t'nder it the graduate in the school of Joanna Scuth-
Chbe may be pail from taxes kvied on members of the
Yeh for continuing to another generation the lunacy of
huthcotian parents.
Vinder this notable voluntary scheme Jesuits, banished
tpi thre,..qu,;rters of a century, because of their recorded
rk's and conspirlcies, &c., &c.
ktvflut we must drop both the lion and the donkey,
q bring upon the stage the third auxiliary—no
„41 personaae than Mother Cole in her cups,
t"°, with dronken sighs and maudlin rears, laments
pie depravity of the age, and, for the nonce, grows
°LIN in spite of hei profession :
P.
de,,ln4lly, nowever, this 9 so-eulation which Proui-
ishl 'e• in its mercy to the youth, the manhood, and the aye
will not permit to prosper. It is one with
ip nire r! ckle,s and desporAte uthors will be
;414)1. 4thed, while itshile Cloisti,i.ity shall live within this land,
h *Ede the spirit of pare r. ligion shall he upheld amongst
loCr4 re9illafor of social action, es a guardian o/ human
and right, and happiness.
vibe ask our readers, in all seriousness, is it not dis-
\.!titig to see the Press thus prostituted and degraded
fa is it not horrible to find a tissue of falsehood,
ricated for the purpose of sustaining the cause of
It:llorance and vice, and winding up with a blaspite-
-4,11s appeal to Providence, find the spirit of pure
? " The lunacy of SuitL parents"
'Rli/ °llly be prevented from " continuing to another
liti.eration" by securing proper instruction to their
,p,,'ltirett ; and so all errors and all absurdities, to be
itmt"ttially, eradicated, must he grasped by the
!the'',; hand of knowledge. If we would promote
cause of truth we must avoid all sectarian seclu-
-1,(41'--we must encourage the collision of minds-
41tOust boldly face both falsehood and folly. But
ocat care the mercenary supporters of the exclusive
t, 11''s of the Church, either for the cause of truth,
I the triumph of knowledge ? The errors of
itijoians, Roman Catholics, or any other sect,
shy flourish with any degree of rapidity, so that the
tireh gets all the money
04 \'‘'llen the London University was first planned,
the principle of furnishini; a literary and scientific
titueation for all classes, without interfering ill any
itrtee with the everlasting question of religious in-
fil;e•tion; the Tories raised the old wanery of in-
ItY, and !Handed the founders of a noble Insti-
-1,11.4ti°4 with the epithets of Atheists and Deists.
eo came the scheme of Irish Education, in which
alteulpt was made to conciliate these wretched
11(43
meats' by introducing religious instruction, by
N, 8 of selections from the Bible, not involvitip
or`t:o.versigcl points. This, however, was more
afol still, for it was " a mutilation of the
which (according to the Times, as
45,)vf--) has ill substance established Popelj

All the accounts we have received from the
country, referring to the simultaneous meetings of
the Chartists, concur in saying that they have
passed over without causing any disturbance or riot.
Our own report of the great meeting at Kersal
Moor represents it as perfectly quiet and
The meeting at Carlisle, though
greater than the Reform meeting held in
October, was not disfigured, as the Carlisle
Patriot assures us, " by any disturbance, either
before, at, or after the meeting." Of course, there
was at these meetings the usual quantity of idle va-
pouring talk, the usual exaggerations and boasting,
which certainly have the effect of deluding and de-
ceiving the speakers themselves and their friends,
though they have very different effects on
others. Why the talk of the Chartists,
however, contrary to the proverb, that
" hard words break no bones," should be
considered so peculiarly dangerous and head-
breaking by other persons, we know not. To let
them have their talk ow is probably the best way,
sis with children who cry themselves to sleep, to
bring them speedily to rest. Only union can
make tl'em dangerous, and the inevitable conse-
quence of much speaking, particularly if it be ex-
aggeration and incorrectness, is sure to beget differ-
ences U f opinion,which speedily puts an end, to union.
We know positively that the violent language used
in the Convention by several speakers, as reported
in our Paper, caused the secession of several indi-
viduals, the alarm of many others, and a disposition
to disagree and separate. The great meetings, at
which no violence whatever has been exhibited,
except violent language, fully confirms our opinion,
that it is far better to let all such meetings alone,
and quietly talk themselves out.

orderly.

Now that the Chartists have dermonstrated thatthey
are a peaceable, orderly, but eloquent set of men,
the terror which has been excited by their conduct
ought to be at an end ; and the middle classes will
be disposed, we hope, to look with a much more
calm and favourable eve on their pretensions.
The Chartists, too, must be convinced, by this
time, that to ensure the c9-operation of the middle
classes, they must be moderate. They must
show that they are worthy of the confidence
of the middle classes before the latter will
support their views. Now, when the Ministers
have taken a new lease of office under circumstances
which throw them on the people for power even
to protect the QUEEN, the time seems favourable
for a union of Reformers to obtain the common end.
The Ministers very naturally feel averse to be pressed
by the friends on whom they are dependent, and
generosity would now keep the Radicals from being
too immediately urgent. Last year the Chartists
lost an opportunity of getting rid of the Corn-
laws by refusing all co-operation with the middle
Classes. Let not both classes lose the present
opportunity of obtaining something which each
desires by a cordial union. The extreme orderly
behaviour of the Chartists can but recom-
mend them to the middle classes, and a
present reconciliation between them, having
for its object to obtain, by supporting the Ministers,
a present extension of the suffrage, though it be a
small one, the abolition of the rate-paying
clauses of the Reform Act, and the uniform
penny postage, would be a great improvement,
and would speedily lead to further and more ex-
tensive changes. For Lord JoHN RUSSELL to
propose such a change only in the Reform Act
as would carry out the suggestions in his
pamphlet, would completely put an end to all be-
lief in the finality doctrine and again revive the
hopes of all. IC we .)nci: si-,vs, au hope of rife lte-

17 NI FORM PENN Y PO STAG E. ' thron2hout Ireland." Another controversy has now
IL) A PUBLi C MEETINci of the BANKERS, NlER-
arisen concernir, the introduction of the nucleus of
CHANTS, and TR.-:DERS of the Cl l'Y LoNDON,
Kt b..- held at the E,ptian Hall of the Alansion House, on a new system in England, and we find it carried on
inAr, May 31, at Two o'clock preci&eiv. to petition Parlia-
ment for the adoption of Mr. Rowland Hill's Plan of a UNl-
with all the zeal and fury of former days. The
PORM PENNY POSTAGE, as recommended by the Scicct
Committee of the [louse of Commons. disputants on the side of intolerance appear altoge-
-111, Right Hon. the LORD MA YOR will take the Chair. thA. to have forgotten that the plan, in its present
The Metropolitan Aleinb:rs are expected to attend shape, includes only a single school, and remains
open for such modifications as experience may
suggest. The object is to establish an Institution
for training teachers ; which, of course, would be
useless without a model school in which they might
approptiattd to educational purposes, no class or
sect can claim an exclusive right to the benefit of
such an appropriation. Had we the means of es-
tablishing a sufficient number of normal and mo-
del schools to train separate sects in separate
schools, it would then fairly remain open for argu-
ment as to how far it might be desirable to do so ;
but if we must make the attempt at first on a small
scale, we are compelled either to mingle all parties
together, or to confine the benefits of the establish-
ment to one.
If it be contended that the latter course would be
the most correct, a question would arise as to which
of the numerous claimants should be preferred.
In reference to the Church, we should venture to
suggest, that its ample endowments of a permanent
character, with their varied augmentations through
the medium of Church-rates, Easter-offerings, Sur-
plice fees, &c., &c., constitute a sufficient provision
for all purposes. Let the preference be given where
there is most need ; ar.d, as Dissenters are com-
pelled to contribute to the support of the Church,
let the State show some degree of liberality in re-
turn, and not be deterred froth doing justice by the
outcries of a factious priesthood, and the vulgar
clamour of their paid or unpaid advocates. Till
stimulated and shamed by the Dissenters, the
Church never bestirred itself at all in the cause of
education—and, even at the present day, that cause
languishes and declines in all places where the
clergy have their own way, and flourishes only
when they are pushed onwards by their active op,