The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-20 00:00:00

NEW MINUTE ON EDUCATION.

A Treasury Minute has been printed, establishing a
new code of regulations on education. At the Council
Chamber, -Whitehall, on the 7th of February, the
Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council
on Education having considered the various sec-
tions of the Elementary Education Act, 1870,
which affect the Parliamentary grant for public
education, administered by the Education Department,
resolved to, substitute for the code of minutes and
regulations under which the grant is now distributed the
new code, and to adopt the following course in intro-
ducing this new code :—Grants to elementary schools
which fall due up to the 31st of March, 1871, inclusive,
will be made according to the terms of the code of 1370.
Grants to elementary day schools which fall duo
on and after the 30th of April, 1871, will be
made according to the terms of the new code.
Grants to united schools, and to evening schools, which
fall due up to the 29th of February, 1872, inclusive, will
continue to be made at the rate prescribed by the Code of-
-1870, and according to the terms of Articles 135-149 of
that. code. The deduction prescribed by the Article 32 (c)
of the New Code will not be enforced during the year
ending the 31st of March, 1872, if the number of
candidates admitted at the inspector's visit in the
course of that year be sufficient to complete the
staff of pupil-teichers required by that article. Grants
d to
r. -
training schools for the current year will be made ac is
ing to the terms of the New Code. In Scotland grants In
aid of the establishment and maintenance of elementary
schools will, until further notice, continue to be made
according to the regulations now in force. Subject to the
above exceptions, all the articles of the Code of Minutes
and Regulations hitherto in force are hereby cancelled,

PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK.
The third reading of the Princess Louiso's Annuity
Bill is fixed among the orders of the day for Monday'
Mr. William Ormsby Gore intends to ask the Chief
Secretary for Ireland whether the Government intends to
introduce any measure for the reform of the railway
system in Ireland or not, and, if so, on what day. Mr
Harvsy Lewis will raise a question as to the advisabilitl
of having uniformity of colour and pattern in volunteers
uniforms and equipments. Mr. Hinde Palmer
will move for some statistics relative to the work'
ing of the savings' banks, and the Marquis of Hartingtou
will propose that a select committee should be appointed
to inquire into the operation of the law relating to the area
of rating in Ireland, and to consider whether such area roil
be extended. On Tuesday Mr. Graves, member for
Liverpool, will ask if the committee appointed in 1869 W
investigate certain complaints of the officers of H.M.
toms in London has completed the inquiry, and if the hives!"
gation has been extended to the complaints of the Liver
pool officials. Mr. Hanbury Tracy will ask if it is Or
posed to extend post-office patronage to time-served uleAli
of the navy as well as of the army. Mr. Muntz 'Ol7,
ask the reasons of Sir John Rose's sudden retot"
to England, and whether he has been recalled, and V.
Trevelyan will move his resolution on the subject of At%
Reform. On the same day Mr. William Johnston intell;
to move an address for copies of Mr. Gladstone's letter'
the member for the Queen's County respecting the Vey
and will make some observations thereon. On Thursat`j
the Army Reorganisation Bill will come up for sec°l)l3o
reading. On the same evening Mr. Raikes will ask to
Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether the Gove.oo
ment intend to take any steps during the Ses'4o
to protect the masters of National Schools
Ireland against arbitrary removal by the patros,A
managers of those establishments, and Mr. Maguire
ask if the Government intend to improve the condition b,
the teachers. Mr. Cave will put a question on 0° °tot
ject of the candidates who passed their examinations io
autumn, and will inquire what course will be take 'Sr,
securing for them their commissions. On Fricls3,, of
O'Reilly will call attention to the forcible oCcuPt!';',eli
the Papal States by the Italian troops, and Mr- I?„lsreatY
will put a question respecting the provisions of the '-
of Paris (1856).

• We learn from John Bull that Mr. Vance Sn'itP '
seriously ill. . _Jo of
Professor Jowett's "Plato "is now in the De'
the booksellers. 250
The Bank of Ireland has voted a sum of 'g..,,,,- treso
the Dublin Mansion House Fund for the Relief a v-- .
in France. II tliei
The Rev. Dr. Liddon is announced toprosetualoY,
University sermon at St. Mary's, Oxford, 01:., aro, ay
morning, and the Very Rev. the Dean of St•
r a
St. Mary's, in the afternoon. Or
The Queen has sent to the committee of theevoieoD
wrecked 'Fishermen and Mariners' Royal 13?,a. on the
Society £25 to mitigate the distress which prevle iv, the
north-east coast, in consequence of the loss of .i.
recent gales. \ who, 3fooll//i
THE ABOLITION OF PI7II,CHASE.---"w Gover";
Advertiser understands that in the scheme of the,,e valq.
ment any officer accepting promotion•will lose ,'Pon ; th_li
of his commission, unless he retires on pro
isaloe'ecj
" being an extension to the lower ranks of CT% cofieerg
officers of the principle which has hitherto I?_ise. Dice 0
to colonell on their promotion to be c'euera'coptieg
had better, therefore, take care,. lest in a
nominal good they embrace a real evil. C;
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govern the operations of digestion and nutrit 0"
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carefulsapplication of the fine properties of we_ith a dej_ctos
Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast' tables vv ~,3 40o;
flavoured beverage which may save us man Y.."
& CO., liOC,
bills," Each packet is labelled—JAMEs EPP_
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pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of bP.W.
very thin evening beverage.—Advt.