The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-14 00:00:00

whose superintendence the religious instruction is ordinarily
afforded to the school.

" With respect to the general management and discip-
line of the school, the inspectors will be instructed to
inquire and report, but not to interfere cr to regulate.
I have been instructed to add that you arc quite at
liber y to itnzle: public use of this letter. A ' I h.; ve the
honour to be,"&e. &c.
The absence of all interference in the management
of the Schools, and of all examination of the method of
imparting religious instruction, seems to us so calcu-
lated to disarm the fears excited by the numerous mis-
representatiens of the intentions of the Govercrecni,
which have for various purposes been circulated, that its
publication will, we do not doubt, effect the removal cf
these apprehensions from all who are not williuglydeceived.
The advance of national improvement, as respects the
management of the schools, can only proceed, pari
vzsszt, with the spread of information on this subject. ;
and to this end the establishment of a system of inspec-
tion, by which the wants of the promoters of schools
nosy be made known, and their exertions encouraged
by the diffusion of useful information, must contribute—
perhaps not in so powerful a degree as
,the sanguine
promoters of primary instruction may desire—but cer-
t.:icily so as to prepare the way for the realization of
their hopes.
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(From the Courier.)
The justice and generosity of the grand measure of
emancipation - do not rest on the contracted rules by
which Mr. Scoble would .square and pare. down its
magnificent proportions. The twenty millions are there
in evidence that it was no huckster's affiir of profit and
loss. That splendid gift was in the nature of an atone-
: tnent and peace offering. What sacrifice more sublime
and seltdenying was ever offered up on the altar
of national repentance ? We believe that with
the few— wants of the negro race under such a
elitiite, it is vain to expect - the perfoini•
nice of distasteful work beyond the average amount of
subsistence required, and the example of St. Domingo
pOrrahorates this opinion. Lord Stanley, the able and
couscie itious statesman who planned andicarried through
the great nLaisure of emancipation, would pkr:iaps have
IKsitoted to have awarded twenty millions sterling of
compensation to the West Incian proprietary, had the
suspicion crossed his mind ever so slightly that
the freed negroes were to • remain still the ad-
scri pli glebe, the serfs of the soil, bound to
toil and expected to produce as much as ever. That
result may )et be arrived at with increasing civilization,
leading to new and increasing woofs udder c•ontinualii
progressing changes and advances of society. In th«,
meanCme the Colonies, and Colonial Proprietors, will
do well to persevere in their projects to promote imini-
gration from all parts of the world upon equitable princi-
pies, and with liberal provision. Taus, with the progres-
sive increase of an easy •and well-satisfied population,
indigenous and attached to the. soil, must in the re-
gular
order of nature gradually effect the cure for pre-
sent disappointments.

(From the Standard.)
This, so far as the general' principle goes, is plau-
sible enough ; and so -fur as his " conduct may have
entitled hint to the character of a good peace officer,
Admiral Fleeming (had he not been disqualified by
the -number and value of the appointments which
have already been bestowed upon him) would have
been as for Greenwich Hospital as any other
candidate whose services have been of the same
description. But it will not surely be denied by ow
hard-run Contemporaries, that those men who, besides
being " thorough seamen," have not only seen longer and
more severe service, but have earned a title to the grab-
tutfr of theii• country by the number and brilliancy of their
exploits; have a far stronger claim to reward titan he can
possibly exhibit. But tae very negative merit which
the apcbgists of this atrocious job have attributed
to their fortunate protege, are, un'tappily for Lint,
So general in the British navy that it would be
,eiffieuit to find half a dozen officers in the higher
ranks of the service who cannot fairly lay claim
to it. To escape censure in the performance of
that routine duty, which mast devolve upon every
sailor of Admiral Fleming's rank ; to 8,—
that. the -rations provided for the men under his comma! d
are sufficient, and of the proper quality ; to be
a. courteous,' g• bland," and even " friendly." to those
about him, (under circumstances but little calculated
to ruffle the evenness of his temper ;) are all
virtues of that negative kind which are among the
easiest and more gratifying portions of the duty
which devolves upon s naval commander. Not to have
at•eided to matters so indispensable to the maintenance
of nautical efficiency would have deserved the penalty
pr,v:ded for disgraceful neglect of duty; but to have es-
caped the censure with which such neglect is usually visited
cut never be assigned as a sufficient pretext for one half
of ,he good things of which Admiral Fleeming has alrea.ly
been the recipient ; much less for the appointment
w i Ix o; g it to have been consecrated to the rcw.rd
of an officer to whom the country ,e dly owes
son.e:hinu. Were the balance of s, rvices rendered
by, and berwfits. conferred on, Admiral Fleeming, sum-
med um, the account -would, even a tro t.h a:,o, have
presented an awful balance again t him.

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