The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND'

The subjoined letter has been appended to a net the
tion of the Archbishop of Dublin's "Address" ve- ---
late proceedings at the Board of National Educatloo •
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" Sept. 33 18 be
" My dear Lord Archbishop,—Though it may P",„ 0
necessary, I think it may prevent misunderstattdiollo
your Grace suggested, to state in a few words the Ocors•
on which I most reluctantly resigned the place of colt
misioner of National Education. They are, thet refroo
resolutions of the board withdrawing certain books. Jr
the course of secular instruction have been passed, 'nob,
rogation of a principle of the system of education, e 5 e
lished when, and long before, I consented to beanoic
commissioner. That system, as it existed, ought
to have been maintained in its integrity, and abut' sot
reasons for this are to be found in the great authoritygo
those who performed and matured it, in its mainten,4 Go'
and extension by so many successive Parliaments and spa
vernments, and in the testimony borne to its merits
success while it remained unchanged. ; dr
" These, with many others, afforded, as I concefr-ll
cisive grounds for resisting the innovation which hod the
effectel, and by which the institution has incurred of
risk of losing one of its strongest claims to a large nr, 11
the confidence and support which it had Prey"-
enjoyed.

"I remain, with sincere regard,
"Your Grace's most faithful servant,
"F. BLACKBITES.
" To his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin."

THE MASONS' STRIKE.—A. well attended meetiegg'
the masons of London was held in the large
Broadway, Westminster, on Friday last, in consecla`"ecii
of some of the master builders having offered their aila
ss. 6d. per day, apparently to divert their attention fr,,rs
the agitation to reduce the time of labour to nine hrhe
per day. Mr. R. Gray took the chair, and saiu.6,6
hoped the masons would not on this occasion Satre
their reputation for consistency and unity of purPlio•
accepting the sop proffered to them, and thereb3c,"°j/e'
calculable injury to the "nine hours' movement. jot)
solutions were passed pledging the meeting to I'oo
hours' work per dry, and a refusal of the extra sill: ire
THE DYERS' STRIKE AT MANCHESTER.—Eff°I; or
now making to bring this dispute to a settlement P.' de
bitration, and we understand that with this view 1:r of
putation from the men on strike waited on the Melilla
Manchester yesterday morning. Meanwhile, aliace
branch of the trade—the cotton skein-dyer* atea
thl'
struck for an advance of 15 per cent. It is rel)'Q de'
that about 13 establishments have acceeded to of
mand, whilst the hands in 22 others turned out yeatede of
morning. An aggregate meeting of the iron tid#,
Manchester and Salford is announced for Wedee,i-priog
to take into consideration the propriety of rea"-oo
assistance to the dressers, dyers, and finisher* of
have been on strike for nine weeks, for an advall-afe
6d. per day on their former wages. Meetings
aging
been held by several other trades in Manchester, b'
the same object in view.
BARNET CATTLE FAlR.—This fair which, niCu 18 bY pig:
the largest of its character for cattle and horses in r the
land, opened yesterday morning. At an early heeud aocl
town of Barnet was very full of persons interest eeo„
engaged in the proceedings of the day, and it has
calculated that upwards of thirty thousand headfrola
beasts were collected together for the occasieridoal'
different districts throughout the United I:_r!'h are
The same consisted chiefly of young stock, 07°1 ef the
brought up by the numerous graziers and farmers
we at
midland and eastern counties, who lay then' detertlie,
the salt marshes to fatten, until they are fit to en h 0,.a
beast markets for slaughtering. The black Se+chotlg
Welsh cattle greatly prevailed in numbers, a"es an
°
there was a general good supply of young Deli were
Herefords, as well as mixed cattle, all of whic
readily inquired after, and, by ten o'clock aim' ective
droves had left the fields, proceeding to their resSieg to
destinations. The prices of stock varied aee°reted t
the age and size of the animals, but might be cle ie full
101. a piece for beasts of two years old. Cel6/. Pei
milk, with their small calf, realised from 141. to est o
lot. There was a tolerable show of sheep, ,le_d veri
which consisted of breeding ewes • but trade rUrentiftilt
heavy in this feature of the fair. 'Horses were Pith pa'
and such lots as were of any character met wit
tern'
chasers, particularly heavy draft horses and teams
re Fns
which fetched czom 50/. to 601. per head. Tilde, of all
also a considerable number of ponies exhibite 0 10/. A
sizes, which were taken up freely at from 61. t, nn'
piece. Those of the Welsh droves (most of
b and
broken) changed hands at from 31. to 12/• eab`iisines3
were in great request. Up to ten o'clock a•rn.4 were
was exceedingly brisk, and the slopes of the _pox
completely crowded with men and cattle of all den'
tic
tioas. The fair terminates to-morrow (Vire-ne' Asia
t'
CHOLERA IN EIAMBCRG.—It is said thatgait
cholera, which for several weeks has appeared at 00_
burgh in single or isolated instances only, forrolns6eoil
is technically called "sporadic" cases, is now 4e, in
an epidemic form. There appears to have u_thirds,!e
from 160 to 180 cases of the disease, about tw'reyes tit
which have been fatal, a circumstance which P _eeralv_
extreme virulence of its character. It is g.%0 bas
known that since the great fire one part of the
been materially improved in its sanitary ?v.., oceol•
having now a complete system of drainage ann..70,0 no
lent supply of water ; but this improvem.nni. Thera°•
extend over above a fourth part of the
maining portion continues in the samecouvlealerii°vgtjan!ee.'„
filthy, damp, and undrained state as in the. 3,1% up ito
and the pestilence, true to its character, has t nhe last.;
abode in localities of this description. Daring enjoYel
epidemic the improved portions of the town en
English
comparative immunity, in the meantime, b
seats of the malady are the places where the Po7_4 spell
sailors, to. the number of about 800, lodge'"iiaoar&_
their time on shore. They are at present wholly oflives;
for. During the epidemic of 1848 great num De in
of the - 00.
among this class of men were lost for want CoPe
common precautions. The last accountsdrro q 946,
eaths rate
hagen give for that city attacks 7,287, and
..e earae ra,e
out of a population of about 200,000. amount
of mortality the deaths in London would
40,000. The e'qta'
SCHOOLS AND HOSPITAL 'AT JERUSALEM:tv gebre
blishment of a Protestant bishopric in est be le,
metropolis has been already followed by th religioa;
ficial results. The inhabitants, to whateve.anged, cla
profession they might have previously. b 1 mere
ore
now read the Bible without molestation. _ r
_sale ,
already two schools of Protestant children
.at_•Lettusi also,
numbering 100 pupils of both sexes. The na"Fr gercP
attended by the Prussian Protestant Sisters
'
ag.
is doing immense good. 'a '0
THROWING A PAPER INTO HER MAJESTY .4-a:estf
- The man who threw a folded pNapaetiroinn;she.ehrflasw,j
carriage as she was leaving the
the ;
lin, has been liberated, on his entering
cognisance in the sum of 101. to appear
called on.
gistrates of the Capel-street office when
could ° 100
he said that nothing _
On leaving the office
prisoner at once signed the bail-bond and was
annoy or toga; to
rinhtoefahrie
Queen, and he expressed a hope t
tber from his intention than to ahat,
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alarmed °drg
he had not unconsciously
obtain justice,
stilted her Majesty. His name
organist to •
profession a musician, and
is Richard An the
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Protestant Church at Naas.
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