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London, England, 1854-08-07 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. _HUME.

On Saturday, at one o'clock, a number of friends and
admirers of Mr. flume, including four Cabinet Mini-
sters, assembled at his residence, Bryanstone-square, to
witness the presentation of his portrait by Lord John
Russell, on behalf of the subscribers, as an acknowledg-
ment of his long public services, and a testimony of re- ,
spect for his personal character. Among those present
were :—Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., Sir James Duke,
M.P., Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. Harrison, Lord Dudley
Stuart, M.P., Mr. Taylor, Dr. Arnett, Mr. Cobden,
M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. Glyn, M.P., Mr.
Harris, Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Mr. Greaves, Sir W.
Molesworth, M.P., Mr. Peto, M.P., Mr. Morris, Mr.
Heyworth, M.P., Mr. Duncan, M.P., Lord John Rus-
sell, M.P., Sir Charles Wood, M.P., Mr. A. Stevenson,
M.P., Lord Palmerston, M.P., Mr. R. Gardner, M.P.,
Mr. J. B. Hume, Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., esc.
A deputation attended to represent the Council of
University College, of which Mr. flume is an active
member. It comprised Earl Fortescue, vice-president,
Mr. H. C. Robinson, Mr. G. Grote, Mr. E. Remaly,
and Mr. Atkinson, secretary.
The members of the family having assembled with the
visitors in the drawing-room, and the portrait—which
is a good characteristic likeness as well as a finished
work of art—being placed in the room,
Lord J. RUSSELL read the following address to Mrs.
Hume :
" Madam —I have the honour to present to you a full-
length portrait' of Mr. Hume. This portrait has been
painted by that distinguished artist, Mr. Lucas, at the re-
quest of a large body of subscribers, among whom are 75
members of the legislature. I will mention a few of those
who have held conspicuous situations in the councils of the
Crown, or who have guided in critical moments the deli-
berations of Parliament. Among the former are Lord
Palmerston, Lord Broughton, Lord Panmure, Mr. Disraeli,
Sir. George Grey, Sir Charles Wood, and Sir W. Moles-
worth ; among the latter are Mr. Cobden, and many others
whose opinions have great weight both in Parliament and
in the country. The list of those who share in the senti-
ments of the subscribers, but whose names do not appear,
would indeed be a long one. It would comprise the whole
Liberal party, and many whose views do not agree with
those of that numerous party. The sentiments to which I
here allude are those of respect and affectionate regard for
one whose services to his country have been able, indefati-
gable, and disinterested ; who, through a long career, has
never been turned aside from his path by the calculations
of selfishness. or the animosities of political strife ; who has
supported without forfeiting his independence, and opposed
withoutprovoking personal hostility. To themembersof the
Liberal party long engaged, though with various modifica-
tions, in the same task of political improvement, other re-
collections will occur. They will recal the time when dis-
ability on account of religious difference was the rule and
not the exception - when the green mounds of Old Sarum
had their representatives, and the thriving community of
Manchester had none ; when by prohibition and by duties
the common food of the people was restricted in its pas-
sage, and burdened on its entrance ; when the popular
cause was prostrate, and men of liberal views proscribed.
"Mr. Hume has laboured long, with perseverance, with
courage, with energy, to change this state of our laws and
of our legislature. More especially in the cause of economy
and retrenchment his untiring efforts have been conspicu
ous and successful. The voice of the people has encouraged
his efforts, and a spotless reputation is a part of his reward.
The consciousness that he has served his country as an
honest and disinterested patriot will, we all trust, brighten
his remaining course, and after the heat of the day give
calmness and serenity to the evening of his honourable
life."
Lord John Russell having presented the addfess to
Mr. Hume,
Mr. HUME said—My lords and gentlemen, I assure
you on behalf of Mrs. Hume, that she is deeply sensible
Of the great and unexpected compliment which you have
thus paid to us. No person has been more desirous
than herself to see this country prosper ; or, at the same
time, less inclined to meddle in political affairs. It has
been otherwise with me. I have for a long period been
actively engaged in public life ; and a stern sense. of
duty has often compelled me to differ from those with 1
whom I was desirous of co-operating ; but, my lord, I
can assure you, that no man can have more regretted
the necessity of such difference than myself. It is, how-
ever,
a great consolation to me to look back to the
period to which your lordship has alluded ; for I recol-
lect with pleasure that an humble subaltern in the ranks
has aided in bringing about the changes which have
taken place in civil and religious liberty. In all
matters I have been guided by one general prin-
ciple—the interest of the many. (Cheers.) Before
I entered Parliament I adopted the principle—not
at that time very much in favour—known as Ben-
-1 thaw's principle, that, namely, of securing for the
greatest possible number the greatest possible ad-
vantages which good government could afford.
From the hour that I first entered Parliament that has
been my leading principle. I have always been anxious
to promote economy and retrenchment as a means of les-
sening the burdens of the people, and of making the
administration of public affairs honest and pure ; and had
that system been more fully carried out, we should have
been spared many of those scenes which have recently
disfigured the aspect of our representative institutions.
My lord, lam now an old man. It is forty-three years
since I first entered Parliament, and for the last thirty-
six years my political hie has been uninterrupted. I
have undoubtedly committed many errors in its course,
but my faults have not been those of intention ; and it is
most gratifying to me, towards the close of my political
career, to see around me on this occasion not only those
with whom I have acted, but many also who formerly
differed, and still continue to differ from me, but who
no doubt feel that we had the:same object in view, though
our means of attaining it may be different, It is pleasing
to me, however, to believe that we aro all gradually
approximating towards the same views as to the mea-
sures and principles best calculated to secure the future
welfare of our country. Nothing, my lord, could give
me greater satisfaction than to see so many friends as-
sembled around me, to pay me a compliment so unex-
pected, and so far beyond anything to which I am en-
titled. Numerous as are the marks of approbation which
I have at different times received from different parts of
the country, I reckon none equal in value to that which
you have now conferred upon me. I can only say further,
that this portrait having been originally designed to
be placed in some public institution, Mrs. Hume and
myself having consulted together on the subject ; and
as no public question has engaged my attention more con-
stantly than that of education—(cheers)--ever since the
year 1811, when I was a member of the Lancasterian
School Society, at a time when we had still to dispute
the question whether education for the masses was a
good or an evil, it has appeared to us that, more espe-
cially as I had the honour of being a member of the first
council of University College, that nothing could be
more gratifying to us both than to see my portrait placed
in that institution. (Cheers.) Having been for years a
member of its council, I know how much that institution
has done to raise the standard of education and the qua-
lifications of instructors throughout the country, and I
hope the council will accept the offer which Mrs. Hume
desires to make of placing this portrait under their care
and at their disposal. My lords and gentlemen I have
only to thank you forthe kindness which you have shown
me, and to assure you that nothing can efface the im-
pression it has made, and I trust that no act of mine,
while I continue.my labours, will tend in any degree to
forfeit the feelings of friendship and esteem which you
have honoured me by thus manifesting towards me.
Earl FORTESGUE said, on behalf of the deputation
which attended there that day to represent the council,
and, he might add, all the members of the London Uni-
versity, he begged to return' their grateful thanks for
this valuable gift. Connected as he had been with that
institution from the commencement down to the present
time, he could truly say that there was no individual
to whom it was more indebted for constant and ener-
getic support than to his excellent friend Mr. Hume.
He knew no place in which a portrait of one who had so
persevering advocated the cause of civil and religious
liberty could be more appropriately deposited than in
a conspicuous part of that institution—an institution
founded, as his noble friend near him (Lor&John Russell)
knew, amidst much difficulty and much detraction, to
extend the benefits and rewards of education in arts,
in mechanics, and in general science, at a time
when a great majority of the upper classes were
of opinion that all collegiate education should be wholly
dependent on the Church, and consequently should
be confined to members of the Church. But, great as
was the value of the gift on this account, he must say it
acquired a far higher and nobler value as a monument of
the affection and esteem of that assembly in which Mr.
Home's voice had been so often heard. Hsi entirely
eoneurt::4 in 'what his noble friend had said With regard
to the disinterested services of Mr. Hume in the promo-
tion of measures connected with civil, religious, arid
'Consineriis.l freedoili ; measures which, in the!course of
his long and Useful lfe, he had happily seen crried out
to an extent which could hardly have.been a ticipated,
and he had now the satisfaction of seeing his country ,
reaping the fruits of those measures. He need not, in ‘
the presence of his honoured and excellent friend, say
all that he might otherwise be tempted to say 'in the ex-
pression of his own opinion of his character ;' but this he
-might say, that he could himself testify from observation,
that his friend's object throughout the whole of his poli-
tical life had been, as he himself had stated, to secure,
by means of good government, the greatest amount of
4PPilless to the greatest portion of the people. He 1
was happy to think that this portrait would be pre,served
in, TJniversity College as a memorial of his useful career,
and as an example to the youth who might be brought
up in that' establishment for their guidance and imita-
tion. (Cheers.) o Long,... however," continued the
-
noble earl, " m
House of commons,still live to raise his voice in the
in support of the same principles, 1
and in advocacy of
the same cause ' - and long, madam, i
may you enjoy the happiness of witnessing the grateful I
estimation in which he is held, I may say generally, by
the people of this country."
he had an apology to make fTorheLo rd noble
Brougham,earl added twhohat
very much regretted that he could not be present, and '
oht,isifohwenh,atdo beeri present, it would have fallen,
acknowledge the gift which had
beer, presented to thecolle o
college.
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of lunch, and shortly after-
. wards retired.

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THR. SUN, N D 0 N,.

LORD BROUGA AM'S RESOLUTIONS ON
NATIONAL EDUCATION.

The following resolutions were adopted by the House
of Lords on Friday night, on the motion of Lord
Brougham .-
1. That the increase in the means of education for the
people which had begun a few years before the year 1818,
when the first returns were made, and had proceeded
steadily till the year 1833, when the next returns were
made, has been continued since, although less rapidly as re-
gards the number of schools and teachers, but with consi-
derable improvement both in the constitution of the addi-
tional seminaries, and in the quality of the instruction
given :
2. That the returns of 1818 give as the number of day
schools of all kinds 19,230, attended by 674,883 scholars; of
Sunday schools, 5,463, and Sunday school scholars, 425,533;
the returns of 1833, 38,971 day schools, and 1,276,937 scho-
lars, and 16,828 Sunday schools, and 1,548,890 scholars ;
the returns of 1851, 46,042 day schools, and 2,144,378
scholars, 23,514 Sunday schools, and 2,407,642 scholars :
3. That the population having increased during these
two periods from 11,642,683 to 14,386,415 and 17,927,609,
the proportion of the day scholars to the population in 1818
was 1-17'25, of Sunday scholars 1-24.40; in 1833 of day
scholars 1-11.27, of Sunday scholars 1-9.28 ; in 1851 of day
scholars 1-8.36, of Sunday scholars 1-7.45 ; showing a more
rapid increase, but more especially of Sunday scholars, in
the first period than in the second, while the population
has increased more rapidly during the second period, its
increase being at the rate of 180,000 a year during the first
period, and 197,000 a year during the second :
4. That there is reason to believe that the returns of
1818 are less than the truth, that those of 1833 have con-
siderably greater omissions, and that those of 1851 ap-
proach much nearer the truth, from whence it may reason-
ably be inferred that the increase during the first fifteen
years was greater than the returns show, that the increase
(luring the last eighteen years was less than the returns
show, and that the increase proceeded during the last
period at a rate more diminishing than the returns show :
5. That before the year 1833 the increase was owing to
the active exertions and liberal contributions of the differ-
ent classes of the community, especially of the upper and
middle classes, whether of the Established Church or of
the dissenters, the clergy of both Church and sects bearing
a largo share in those pious and useful labours :
6. That in 1833 the plan was adopted which had been
recommended by the Education Committee of the House
of Commons in 1818, of assisting by grants and money in
the planting of schools, but so as to furnish only the sup-
plies which were required in the first instance, and to dis-
tribute those sums through the two school societies, the
National and the British and Foreign :
7. That the grants of money have since been largely in-
creased, and that in 1839 a committee of the Privy Council
being formed to superintend their distribution, for increas-
ing the number of schools, for the improvement of the in-
struction given, it has further applied them to the employ-
ment of inspectors and the training of teachers.
8. That of the poorer and working classes, assumed to be
four-fifths of the population, the number of children be-
ween the ages of three and fifteen are 3,600,000, and at
the least require day schools for one-half, as the number
which may be expected to attend school, regard being had
to the employment of a certain proportion in such labour
as children can undergo ; and that consequently schools
for one-eighth of the working classes of the poor are the
least that can be considered as required for the education
of those classes :

9. That the means of education provided are still de-
ficient ; because, of the 2,144,378 day scholars now taught
at the schools of all kinds, not more than about 1,550,000
are taught at public day schools, the remaining 500,000
being taught at private schools, and being, as well as about
50,000 of those taught at endowed public schools, children
of persons in the upper and middling classes, so that little
more than 1,500,000 of the day scholars are the children of
the poor, or of persons in the working classes; and thus
there are only schools for such children in the proportion
of 1 9.6 of the numbers of the classes to which they belong
instead of leaving a deficiency of 300,000, which must
increase by 20,000 yearly according to the annual increase
of the population :
10. That this deficiency is considerably greater in the
large towns than in the other parts of the country, inas-
much as it amounts to 130,000 in the aggregate of the
towns which have above 50,000 inhabitants, and is only
170,000 in the rest of the country; the schools in these
great towns being only for 1-11.08 of the working classes,
and in the rest of the country for 1-9.2 of these classes,
deducting 50,000 taught at endowed schools :
11. That the deficiency in the number of the teachers is
still greater than in the number of scholars inasmuch as
eight of the largest towns appear to have public day-
schools with 208 scholars on an average, the average of 411
England and Wales being 94 to a school ; that there are
assistant and pupil teachers in many of these schools, and
paid masters in others ; but that there is the greatest ad-
vantage in increasing the number of teachers, this being
one of the chief benefits of Sunday schools, while the plan
formerly adopted in the new schools of instructing by
monitors among the scholars themselves, is now properly
allowed to fall into disuse :
12. That the education given at the greater number of
the schools now established for the poorer classes of people
is of a kind by no means sufficient for their instruction,
being for the most part confined to reading, writing, and
a little arithmetic ; whereas, at no greater expense, and in
the same time, children might easily be instructed in the
elements of the more useful branches of knowledge, and
thereby trained to sober, industrious habits :
13. That the number of infant schools is still exceedingly
deficient, and especially in those great towns where they
are most for improving the morals of the people and pre-
venting the commission of crimes :
14. That while it is expedient to do nothing which may
relax the efforts of private beneficence in forming and sup-
porting schools, or which may discourage the poorer
classes of the people from contributing to the cost of edu-
cating their children, it is incumbent upon Parliament to
aid in providing the actual means of instruction where
1 these cannot otherwise be obtained for the people.

15. That it is incumbent on Parliament to encourage in
like manner the establishment of infant schools, especially
in larger towns.
16. That it is expedient to confer upon the town coun-
cils of incorporated cities and boroughs the power of levy-
ing a rate for the establishment and support of schools
under the authority of and in co-operation with the Edu-
cation Committee of the Privy Council, care being taken
as heretofore that the aid afforded shall only be given in
cases of necessity, and so as to help and encourage, not dis-
place, individual exertion :
17. That the permission to begin and to continue the
levying of the rate shall in every case depend upon the
schools founded or aided by such rate being open to the
children of all parents, upon religious instruction being
given, and the scriptures being read in them, but not used
as a school book, and upon allowing no compulsion either
as to the attendance at religious instruction or at divine
service in the case of children whose parents object thereto,
and produce certificates of their attending other places of
worship:

18. That the indifference which has been found of the pa-
rents in many places to obtain education for their children,
and a reluctance to forego the advantages of their labour
by withdrawing them from school, is mainly owing to the
ignorance of their parents, and this can best be removed
by the encouragement of a taste for reading, by the estab-
lishment of mechanics institutions, apprentices libraries,
and reading rooms, and by the abolition of all taxes upon
knowledge :
19. That in towns there have been established upwards
of 1,200 of such institutions and reading-rooms, with above
100,000 members, but that by far the greater number of
these members are persons in the upper and middle classes,
a very small proportion only belonging to the working
classes ; but it has been found in some parts of the country,
particularly in Cumberland, that when the whole manage-
ment of the affairs of the institutions is left in the hands
of the working men themselves, a very great proportion of
the attending members belong to that class, and both by
frequenting the rooms and taking out the books to read,
sho their desire of profiting by the institution :
20. That in every quarter, but more especially where
there are no reading-rooms in the country districts, the
great obstacle to diffusing useful knowledge among the
people has been the newspaper stamp, which prevents
papers containing local and other intelligence from being
added to such works of instruction and entertainment as
might at a low price be circulated among the working
classes, and especially among the country people, along
with that intelligence :
21. That the funds given by charitable and public
spirited individuals and bodies corporate for promoting
education, are of a very large amount, probably when the
property is improved and the abuses in its management are
corrected not less than half a million a year ; and that it is
expo ilea to give to the board formed under the Charitable
Trusts Act of 1853 such additional powers as may better
enable them, with the assent of trustee and special visitors
(if any), to apply portions of the funds now lying useless
to the education and improvement of the people.

VARThRLY RETURN OF THE MARRIAGES,
BIRTHS, AND DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE
DIVISIONS. COUNTIES, AND DISTRICTS OF
ENGLAND.

(From the Registrar-General's Return)

This return comprises the births and deaths registered
by 2,191 registrars in all the districts of England during
the spriar, quarter ending June 30, 1854 ; and the mar-
riages in 12,039 churches or chapels, about 3,504 regi-
stered places of worship unconnected with the Estab-
liihed Church, and 625 superintendent registrars offices
in the quarter that ended March 31, 1854.
All the returns present a favourable view of the state
of the country. The marriages in the first quarter of
the year exceed the average proportion. In the quarter
ending June 30, the- number of births that have been
re,i •
ostered greatly exceeds the numbers returned in any
previous quarter ; and the mortality has been below'the
average. Cholera has not prevailed to any extent, but
Mortality of the town districts has slightly exceeded the
average, and the diminution in the mortality is to be
found chiefly in the country districts,