The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-28 00:00:00

EASi' INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals.—June 26, the Mary Catherine, Campbell, from
Bengal, off Portsmouth, sailed Jan 22, St. Helena, April 21 ;
the Malcolm, Eylei, from China, Pff Kingsbridge, sailed Jan.
12, St. Helena, April 24 ; the Singapore, Lock, from Singa-
pore, off Plymouth, sailed March 2, St. Helena, May 14 ; the
Helen, Henderson, from the Mauritius, at Liverpool, sailed
Feb. 27, Cape, April 13, St. Helena, May 2; the. Constitul
tion, Gledding, from Manilla, off Portsmouth, sailed Feb. 20
the De Cock, Schutz, from Batavia, off Portsmouth, sailedi
March 7, St. Helena, May 8 ; the Janet, Leitch, from Vani
Diemen's Laud, off Kingsbridge, sailed Dec. 19, Bahia,/
April 18. June 27, the Georgiana, Thomas, from Bengal,-offi
Falmouth, sailed Feb. 22 ; the Rowley, M'Lachlan, from;
Bengal, off Cowes, sailed Feb. 12, Cape, April 19 ; the Lord!
Lynedoch, Baker, from Batavia, off Plymouth, sailed Jan. 23,1,
Cape, April 8 ; the Protcetn.r, Davidson, from the Mauritius,;
off Portsmouth, sailed March 18, St. Helena, May 2; the/
William Forster, Young, from the Cape, in the River, sailed
March 7.
Arrival at Siam.—The Renown, Go.-d‘o
,sond,n, from
May 4,
from
Siam.
Arrivals at the Cape —The Eliza, }a
Algoa Bay; William Wilson, Miller, May 4, from the Mau-1
ritius, fur London ; Upton Castle, Daggert, from Bombay. 1
Arrivals in Algoa Bay.—The Time, April 23, from the
Mauritius; the Elizabeth, April 25, from London; the
Theme, April 26, and Emma, April 27, from Table Day.

EDUCATION.—It is a matter of congratulatio:ll
that tho public mind is so effectually roused on the subject of
Education. The attention it engrosses is fully as great as
that bestowed on our political and religious institutions.
Joined with the increased desire for the wider progress of
education, we everywhere perceive a laudable anxiety ex-
pressed, that the portion of instruction dealt out should be of.,
the highest quality of which circumstances will admit. We.
do not know any establishment where the system of instruction
pursued by the conductor is mare calculated to ensure both
these advantages, than that of Mr. T. M. Burt, at Windsor
House, Plymouth. NiVe can speak from the experience of
many years' communication (with both masters and scholars,
and it is our firm conviction that the system adopted by this
gentleman is one of the best we have ever seen in operation. te
No branch of knowledge is unduly depressed, to give another.,
a disproportionate importance. The Classics, for instance,
are not pursued to the entire extiusion of the vast field of
thought, which is opened by the study of Mathematics ; •
and no such anomaly is here presented, as a boy able to
repeat by heart the names of Actmon's hounds, yet totallys
ignorant of the principle of the air-pump, or the action of t`le
steam-engine, and unable to exchange ideas with the inhabi-
tants of any part of Europe but his own. At the same time t
as a proof that the study of the classics and ancient languages
is not neglected, it is only necessary to mention that the gen-
tleman by whom this department of the school is conducted,
was educated at Eton, and graduated at Oxford. The study
of the French language, which is now so universally used, that
it is an indispensable adjunct to a liberal education, is pursued
under the auspices of Mons. De Larne, a native of the country
whose language he teaches, from which fact the attainment off
a pure and corsect pronunciation may be ensured. EnglishN
Literature and Composition are also carefully attended to; and
there are other important branches of education which are cul-
tivated with an assiduity we have but too rarely seen elsewhere :
Drawing, for instance, and Land Surveying. The scholars are
not merely taught these from the book and hand of the master.
We have seen the pupils actively engaged in measuringand sur-
veying land themselves, thus gaining as much experience as
they could under the expensive guidance of a professional
man ; and we have had an opportunity of inspecting maps and
plans of their delineating, which would have done credit to
the office of any land-surveyor in England. Mr. Burt in-
structs the pupils in the Mathematics himself; and, in fact,
nothing is omitted that can tend to the intellectual improve-
ment of the scholar. Not the least important feature of the!
establishment, is the great attention paid to the pupils' health. 1
All that good diet and exercise can do td insure the blessingi
of a " sound mind in a sound body," is here made a duty.'
Mrs. Burt and her sister attend to all the domestic arrange-
ments of the establishment, which we know to be such as to,
insure to the student all the comfort of the most indulgent
borne. Sea-bathing, and salubrious air, may also be reckoned
among the advantages. After many years' experience, Mr.
Burt can point, for a proof of the working of his system, to
the success of many of his pupils in their 'different walks 0.1
life ; and we should not, most certainly, have spoken in terms
of commendation of his establishment, had we not been cer-
tain that they were well deserved.—Dsvonport Independent.
The London Missionary SucietY have just put fortiv
a notice that they arc "solicitous to obtain well-qualified me-
dical men of decided piety, and capable of performing the
surgery, to labour as missionaries
most important operations in
in China." •