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

NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND•

The subjoined letter has been appended to a new ed i'
tion of the Archbishop of Dublin's "Address" upontbe
late proceedings at the Board of National Education
" Sept. 3, 1853.bs
"My dear Lord Archbishop,—Though it may vot s
necessary, I think it may prevent misunderstanding,
ds
your Grace suggested, to state in a few words the gr°,.,,,uni.
on which I most reluctantly resigned the place of aunt
misioner of National Education. They are, that retiu
resolutions of the board withdrawing certain books iredp,
the course of secular instruction have been passed, in b.
rogation of a principle of the system of education, esta
lished when, and long before, I consented to becolne
min
commissioner. That system, as it existed, ought I
nt
to have been maintained in its integrity, and abunal' f
reasons for this are to be found in the great authority e,
those who performed and matured it,
and extension by so many successive Parliaments and Lic'a
vernments, and in the testimony borne to its merits 311
success while it remained unchanged. • de'
in its maintenn,l,3:
" These, with many others, afforded, as I conceive, a,
cisive grounds for resisting the innovation which has ibei.b'e
effectei, and by which the institution has incurred "ef
risk of losing one of its strongest claims to a large 013°4
the confidence and support which it had previcit'
enjoyed.

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

A.! Of
THE MASONS' STRIKE.—A well attended meeting
the masons of London was held in the large
Broadway, Westminster, on Friday last, in consequen
re of some of the master builders having offered their '"
ss. 6d. per day, apparently to divert their attention fro°
the agitation to reduce the time of labour to nine 11011 rs h per day. Mr. R. Gray took the chair, and said -„8
hoped the masons would not on this occasion sacrifice
their reputation for consistency and unity of purpose b.
accepting the sop proffered to them, and thereby dos
calculable injury to the Q 0 nine hours' movement.' .fle
solutions were passed pledging the meeting to In
hours' work per dry, and a refusal of the extra sixper'..,,,e
THE DYERS' STRIKE AT MANCHESTER.—Efforts
now making to bring this dispute to a settlement hYde,
bitration, and we understand that with this view a of
putation from the men on strike waited on the Marjo.
Manchester yesterday morning. Meanwhile, Ann," ve
branch of the trade—the cotton skein-dyers, li_jegi
struck for an advance of 15 per cent. It is repelye.
that about 13 establishments have acceeded to this
mand. mand. whilst the hands in 22 others turned out Yeste,ir of
morning. An aggregate meeting of the iron trals,,
Manchester and Salford is announced for Wednesniolg
to take into consideration the propriety of renderscho
assistance to the dressers, dyers, and finishers, eof
have been on strike for nine weeks, for an advanfave
6d. per day on their former wages. Meetings '‘l,jeg
been held by several other trades in Manchester, 1°
the same object in view.
, far
BARNET CATTLE FAlR.—This fair, which is
the largest of its character for cattle and horses in tbe
land, opened yesterday morning. At an early lien.irand
town of Barnet was very full of persons intereste",,,en
engaged in the proceedings of the day, and it has I'd' of
calculated that upwards of thirty thousand beefrars
beasts were collected together for the occasion eo.
different districts throughout the United 10!;1)d are
The same consisted chiefly of young stock, v‘ble f the
brought up by the numerous graziers and fanners °yin in
midland and eastern counties, who lay them de, the
the salt marshes to fatten, until they are fit to enJand
beast markets for slaughtering. The black Seoteoogh
Welsh cattle greatly prevailed in numbers, alth
there was a general good supply of young Dev,ebn were
Herefords, as well as mixed cattle, all of whle 004
readily inquired after, and, by ten o'clock a•n''' etire
droves had left the fields, proceeding to their rescieog to
destinations. The prices of stock varied aeoeruted
at
the age and size of the animals, but might be Vein fall
101. a piece for beasts of two years old. 07°7561, per
milk, with their small calf, realised from 141. to 1
most of
lot. There was a tolerable show of sheer), clver/
which consisted of breeding ewes • but trader olieentifal,
heavy in this feature of the fair. 'Horses were Pia] pot'
and such lots as were of any character met 7'
_stall,
chasers, particularly heavy draft horses and teaule was
which fetched from 50/. to 601. per head. There all
also a considerable number of ponies exhibite",: 10/. °
sizes, which were taken up freely at from 601 f. ttbuf,isialnci
piece. Those of the Welsh droves
broken) changed hands at from 31. to 121. eohensinesa
were in great request. Up to ten o'clock a•rn•hiffs were
was exceedingly brisk, and the slopes of the
_mina•
completely crowded with men and cattle of all den° '
sdaP) tic
tions. The fair terminates to-morrow (Wedne Apia
. THE CHOLERA IN HAMBURG.—It is said thata„ Again"
cholera, which for several weeks has appeared.
,!.)-what
burgh in single or isolated instances only, foralo_gsionisq
is technically called "sporadic" cases, is now, as is alnli
an epidemic form. There appears to have Doeybfras
from 160 to 180 cases of the disease, about tw
oveS the
f
which have been fatal, a circumstance which PreraL
extreme virnlence of its character. It is gun woof
known that since the great fire one part of the_citeeditiat,‘
been materially improved in its sanitary '
_a excel"
having now a complete system of drainage and, des not
lent supply of water ; but this improve Men "The re,
extend over above a fourth part of the city:rerowded,
maining portion continues in the same e
nveldeo
filthy, damp, and undrained state as in the tip
s,
ts
and the pestilence, true to its character, has
.t ii'the
.1
abode in localities of this description. During_ eh
epidemic the improved portions of the tovt'o ,res%n.v
comparative immunity, in the meantime, the i)glii!
seats of the malady are the places where the poor_d spec!
sailors, to the number of about 800, lodge
their time on shore. They are at present whollybersueflivet
for. During the epidemic of 1848 great num
0., the taos
among this class of men were boat for want
_rot _ copergi:
common precautions. The last accountsdfea
OS rato
hagen give for that city attacks 7,287, and
the salne
out of a population of about 200,000, At ,
_root °
of mortality the deaths in London woula
40,000. sty
SCHOOLS AND HOSPITAL 1 --The e
AT JERIISAL.--;,e gebre
blishment of a Protestant bishopric in teu___oetben
metropolis has been al
habitaready followed by t
religicaauno
ficial results. The innts, to .what hv.o
profession they might have previously bet ;ere are
now retwos Bible without molestation.
already hools of Protestant children a,U
t_,Lert"al oiso,
B
numbering 100 pupils of both sexes. The 'if erclt
attended by the Prussian Protestant Sisters
g.
scfairujigidsh-ten
is doing immense good. CATtgr4t6 '0
THROWING A PAPER INTO HER MAJESTY:Ber ~,:estvir
- The man who threw a folded
Paper juYshocholo Dnjre,
carriage as she was leaving the Nation his own
s.
lin, has been liberated, on his entering into
gistrates of the Capel-street office
cognisance in the sum of 101. to apwpheeaorobselifietd:.eB,nt:.:r;lr
be fiahre
prisoner at once signed the bail-bond ahn.dozVfac
On leaving the office he said that not i
ther from his intention than to annoymol,_is anxiety
Qu,‘en, and he expressed a hope that,.si n
alarmed ortirso;/
obtain justice, he had not unconscwius y_
icher. -- to
lilted her Majesty. His name
PBruortneestttan, bicphrurofcehssaiotnNaaaimu. and organiat to