The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-03 00:00:00

EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF
THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDU-
CATION, SEPTEMBER 24, 1839.

Read an account of the applications for pecuniary aid
to schools in Great Britain, not including applications
for endowment under Ist and 2d Vict. c. 87.
The Lords of the Committee deliberate as to the
best manner of effecting the objects contemplated in the
rote of the last Session. The sum voted is 30,0001.,
the number of applications is already 307 ; the number
of scholars to be educated in the proposed schools is
58,302, and the amount applied for is 48,590/.
The Lords of the Committee observe that in a large
proportion of the applications now before them the me-
morialists have commenced or undertaken the erection of
school-houses, in the expec- ation of receiving pecuniary
assistance from her Majesty's Government upon condi-
tions similar to those which were required by the Lords
of the Treasury ; and the Lords of the Committee
resolve to be guided by the regulations contained in the
Treasury minutes, in so far as will be consistent with
the terms of her Majesty's Order in Council of 3d
June, 1839.
The following regulations will, therefore, govern the
appropriation of the sum entrusted to the superinten-
dence of the Committee for the present year :

" REGULATIONS.

1. Every application for a grant is to be made in
the form of a memorial, addressed To the Right Ho-
nourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on
Education.'

" t. The Committee will consider the memorials in
order according to the dates at which they have been,
or shall b! received.

" 3. The right of inspection will be required by the
Committee in all cases. Inspectors authorised by her
Majesty in Council will be appointed from time to time
to visit schools, to be henceforth aided by public money.
The Inspectors will not interfere with the religious in-
struction, or discipline, or management of the schools,
it being their object to collect facts and information, and
to report the result of their inspections to the Commit-
tee of Council.

"4. Before any application for aid shall be enter-
tained, the Committee will require to be satisfied, by
reference either to the Inspectors, or to the National or
British and Foreign School Society ; or, if the school
be in Scotland, to some competent authority there.
" Ist. That the case is deserving of assistance.

"?d. That there are no charitable or other funds or
endowments which might supersede the necessity of a
grant.
"3d. That the site of the school-house has been ob-
tained with a good legal tenure, and that by conveyance
to trustees it has been duly secured for the education of
the children of the poor.
" 4th. That it is reasonable to expect that the school
will be efficiently and permanently supported.
" 5. The Committee will require that every building,
on behalf of which any application is entertained, shall
be of substantial erection, and that in the plans thereof
not less than six square feet be provided for each child.
" 6. All recipients of grants will be required to bind
themselves to submit to any audit of their building ac-
count, and to furnish any reports of their schools which
the Committee of Council may require.
" 7. The Committee will require that the certificate
hereto annexed shall be signed by the applicants, and
presented to the Committee, before their Lordships will
authorize the payment of any grant which may be made
to a school.

8. In all ordinary cases the grants will be made in
aid of the erection of school-houses (exclusive of resi-
dence for master or assistant), upon the following fur-
ther conditions :-
Ist. That for every ten shillings to be granted by
the Committee, the means of educating one child (at

least) shall be provided.
" 2d. That the amount of private subscription shall
be received, expended, and accounted for before their
Lordships will authorise the payment of the grant.
" 9. In every application for aid to the erection of a
school-house in England or Wales, it must be stated
whether the school is in connection with the National
Society or British and Foreign School Society ; and if
the said school be not in connection with either of those
Societies, the Committee will not entertain the case, un-
less some special circumstances be exhibited to induce
their Lordships to treat the case as special.
" 10. Under the head of special the following may
be included :

" Ist. Cases of peculiar urgency, arising in poor and
populous places.
" 2d. Peculiar cases in which sums may be required

for the aid and support of existing schools.
" 3d. Cases of schools in England or Wales which
are not connected with the National or British and Fo-
reign Society.

" CERTIFICATE.

" We, the undersigned promoters of the school at
hereby certify for the information
of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee
of Council on Education ;

" Ist. That the new school-house in aid of which your
Lordships were pleased to grant £ is completed
in a satisfactory and workmanlike manner, being built
of the proper dimensions, and in all respects according
to the plan and specification proposed to and approved
by your Lordships.
"2d. That the amount of private subscriptions spe-
cified in our memorials to your Lordships has been re-
ceived, expended, and accounted for ; and that there
does not remain any debt, charge, or claim of any kind
on account of the building except what will be liquidated
by your Lordship? grant, the payment of which is now
prayed for.
" 3d. That the site of the school-house has been ob-
tained with a good legal tenure, and has been duly con-
veyed to trustees, so as to secure the building tor the
purpose of educating the children of the poor.
" 4th. That we are ready to submit to any audit of our
accounts for building which your Lordship may direct—
to make such periodical reports respecting the state of
our schools as your Lordships may call for, and to admit
your Lordships' Inspectors according to the annexed re-
gulation marked A.
" In testimony whereof we affix our signatures, and
request the payment of the sum appropriated to the
school at aforesaid.

" Signed and dated
" REGULATION A.

" The right of inspection will be required by the
Committee in all cases. Inspectors authorised by her
Majesty in Council, will be appointed from time to time
to visit schools to be henceforth aided by public money.
The Inspectors will not interfere with the religious in-
struction, or discipline, or management of the school,
it being their object to collect facts and information,
and to report the result of their inspections to the Com-
mittee of Council."

ARRIVALS AT BATH.-Lord Bagot, Lady
Duncan, Hon. Alfred Harbord, Sir Henry and Lady
Johnson and family, Lady Elizabeth Fielding, Lady
Grenville, the Rev. Claude Beresford, Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Kingswill, Lady le Poer Trench and family.

The whole of Lord Monteagle's establishment
have removed from his late official residence in Down-
ing-street to his Lordship's family mansion in Mans-
field-street, adjoining Lord Petre's. The Noble Lord's
visit to Mount Trenchard has been postponed, owing
to the ill-health of Lady Monteagle.
The Court of Chancery has directed Mr. George
Robins to sell, on the 10th instant, seven renter shares
in Covent Garden Theatre. It is thus Mr. Robins has
spoken of our fair manageress in his announcement of
the sale :—" Madame Vestris is the lessee of Covent
Garden Theatre, which will demonstrate beyond the
_possibility of doubt, that unapproachable tact and good
taste will prevail in every department ;. and it is not too
much to conclude that triumphant success will reward a
system of management which she has constituted her
own, and one not to be in dread of rivalry elsewhere."