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Class Education.

M.P., to propose the first resolution ; and

PRICE 4d.
STAMPED sd.

guard of the Paraguayan army, has issued a procla-
mation, congratulating the Corrientinos on their
escape fro►u the yoke of a National governor, whom
—following the role of Field-Marshal Lopez—he
designates as the demagogue Mitre. The Para-
guayans are reported as devastating Corrientes pro-
vince by capturing and killing cattle—with what
truth it would be impossible to say unless one were
on the spot. Theirsquadron, within call, is credited
as 22 steamers, four of them being iron-plated, 10
war ships under sail, and 80 canoes, each of which
is furnished with a large gun. _ .

However this war maiterminatc, one good effect
can result from it, if the Argentine people have any
impression connected with the fable of the bundle of
sticks. For it might tend to bury among things
that were the factious cabals of " Blancos," " Colo-
rado's," " Crudos," " Cocidos," and " Mashor-
queros ;" thus uniting the nation into one brotherly
Confederation.

A most cogent evidence of the general sympathy,
excited by the unprovoked and unwarrantable ag-
gression of the Paraguayans exists in the fact that
several hundred thousand dollars have been already
subscribed by various persons all through the Argen-
tine Republic for the exigencies of the war. The
National Exchequer of this Government not being at
present in a very flourishing condition, Senor Don
Noberto 4iestra, one of our most clever financiers,
and a man of high credit and responsibility, goes to
England, I believe by the present mail, to obtain a
loan.

The Chancellor9f the Exchequer on Middle

Yesterday a public meeting took place at Willis's
Room, King-street, St. James's, for the purpose of
furthering the interests of self-supporting public
boarding-schools for 1,000 boys, in connection with
St. Nicholas College, Sussex, at a charge for board
and education of 14 guineas a year. The Archbisop
of CANTERBURY presided, and in opening the pro-
ceedings stated that he had received letters from

Earl Granville, Lord Devon, Mr. Beresford Hope,
and others, expressing theirregret that circumstances
had prevented them from being present on the oc-
casion. His grace then called on Mr. Gladstone,

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and
said that the task which devolved upon those who
might undertake to address the meeting was a very
simple one, because if there was ever a cause which
could afford to plead for itself, and dispense with the
presence of those admirable advocates whose names
they had heard read, it was this. He appeared before
them for the purpose of bearing hearty testimony to
the great work going on in the midst of them, and

which has been described in all the advertisements

concerning these schools. It had been written by
Mr. Woodland on the forehead of his undertaking—
it was, he understood; self-supporting education—
sound in all its branches, based upon the religion of
the Church of England, for the middle-classes of this
country. If they ventured to look back for half a cen-

tury, in reference to the progress of education, they
would find that there was provision for the educa-
tion of the higher classes—he meant in those old
schools which constituted perhaps not one of the
least important of our national institutions. Those

public schools, both good and bad, performed at all
times a great and important work. Far be it from
him to dissemble their many faults and shortcom-
ings, some of which undoubtedly remained to the
present day. But, nevertheless, in their original

idea and in their actual capabilities they were a
noble and a worthy provision for the highest classes
in this country. (Hear, hear.) No doubt they

might undoubtedly be said to have been at the
time the only provision of the kind worthy of this

country. As regarded the lower classes, they had
only the prior itdimentary efforts of education, and

those in the most crude and defective forms. They

passed from that time by a quarter of a cen-
tury, and then, under the auspices of the pre-
sent archbishop's predecessor (Dr. Howley), a
great and powerful and well - organised and
deliberate movement was set on foot for the purpose
of arranging a worthy system of popular and na-
tional education. He said this not in disparagement
of those who had gone before ; but still he appre-

hended that it was not to be denied that the educa.

tion which was given was very partial in its cha
ratter, defective in quantity, defective in almos
every point that constituted quality. The system
for-the education for the lower classes was, as he
had said, most imperfect. Besides the system of
education for the higher. classes, they had now also
at work a system of education for the lower classes
of the community. But between the two wide-
spread organisations he had mentioned a great gulf
remained, and into that gulf Mr. Woodard had
thrown himself, like the old Roman hero, but with
a better fate, for self-destruction had not been
the consequence ; and the result was that he
stood before the world enjoying the esteem and
approval of his fellow-churchmen and fellow-
countrymen. (Hear, hear.) They must not for a
moment forget that an extensive provision had been
made in this country for the education which ought
to be middle-class education, he meant through the
medium of the ancient grammar schools ; but still
it might be observed that the ancient grammar
schools did not reach down so far as the efforts of
Woodard were intended to reach down ; and there
was this to be said, that although the grammar
schools had been in many respects distinguished
through the liberality of their endowments and the
energy of their teachers, they could not flatter them-
selves that they were in the most perfect state of effi-
ciency. These schools might be said to have been
among the first fruits of the Reformation. It was
sometimes remarked that if all school funds were
properly administered, they should not have to sub-
mit themselves to taxation in order to meet the de-
mands of philanthropic gentlemen like Mr. Wood-
ard. But in this country it was an undoubted fact
that all reform of ancient foundations, all attempts
to modify, all attempts to revivify, when the exist-
ing state of things was intimately and closely mixed
up, hand in hand with local feelings, and on the
other hand with private interests—all these processes
of improvement were in such cases indefinitely slow.
They had seen within a very short time a measure
adopted for a careful inquiry into the condition of
those foundations, and doubtless the measure was a
wise and prudent one ; yet they must not be too
sanguine as to its early results. Even the labour of
inquiry was great, and after the inquiry had been
made a long time might elapse before they could see
the practical effects. (Hear, hear.) They had re-
cently seen in the case of their public schools an in-
quiry of the most efficient character, but even in
that, although the report of the commissioners had
been made public, no great practical result had yet
followed, no very great progress had yet been made
towards definite legislation upon the subject. (Hear,
hear.) It was unwise, however, to reckon upon
speedy results ; and therefore it was that Mr. Wood-
ard deserved the greatest encouragement in his
praiseworthy exertions. It was needless to dilate in
this country upon the vast importance of educa-
tion to the middle classes, because it was the fashion
of the day, and perhaps he might venture to say the
view of the day, to show a disposition almost to
idolise the middle classes, but without inthe slightest
degree giving countenance to the ideas of those who
show distinctions between the needless classes of this
country and the other classes of the country, in re-
spect to their general capacities to fill honourably
the sphere in which Providence had placed them.
There was no doubt that the existence of a great
and powerful middle class had for many generations
been one of the principal characteristics of English
society, and one of the principal means for securing
the political and social equilibrium of the country.
It was also, he apprehended, beyond doubt that,
until a very recent period, therewas notthe slightest
reason to suppose that the me= which the middle