The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH l6, 1847.

ecclesiastical or educational ; and so strong a hold
hag the apprehension of such a result taken of their
minds, as apparently to have disabled them from dis-
passionately and calmly deliberating upon any scheme
that might be propounded for the intellectual culture
of the people. Who on earth could form a fair
opinion of the Government scheme from the repre-
sentation that " it will most extensively and dan-
gerously increase the patronage and power of the
Government and of the clergy of the Established
Church, by making the instructors of the masses of
the youthful population dependent upon the Govern-
ment for stipends, premiums, and pensions, and on
the clergy of the Establishment for certificates of
satisfactory conduct to enable them to obtain such
payments ?" Yet such is the actual description given
of the plan in the body of the petition, which nume-
rous congregations are to be invited to sign. The
description is erroneous in every particular. This is
rendered manifest in the able, temperate, and con-
clusive letter of Dr. SHUTTLEWORTH, who establishes
that the proceedin).,s of the Committee of Council on
Education have been strictly in keeping with the
principles and remarks which we put forward on this
subject on Friday last. The letter of Dr. SHUTTLE-
WORTH comes most sea.onably before the public. It
will serve to disarm suspicion and dissipate error.
It will prove that, by the plan proposed, civil and re-
ligious liberty will not be " insidiously assailed," and
that it is not to be apprehended that "the principles of bi-
gotry and hostility against all classes of Dissenters, and
of slavish subserviency to every measure of Govern-
ment or of the State Church, will be strongly incul-
cated on the ris'ng generation." What is the hinge
upon which the hostility of the Rev. Mr. EcKETT to
the educational scheme turns? As he alleges, it is this
—before making any grants to Dissenting schools,
Government insist upon appointing an inspector, who
shall be approved of by an archbishop. But Govern-
ment not only do no such thing, but never have done
it. In Church of England schools, and in them
only, the approval of an archbishop to the inspector
has been rendered requisite to their nomination. All
the other inspectors have been elected without
clerical sanction, and they never interfere (unless
especially invited) in religious matters where the
establishments they visit differ either in doctrine or
form from the Church of the State. It is by their
scrupulous adherence to the maintenance of this
principle of non-interference that the Council of
Education have secured to themselves so large a
share of public confi lence. The premiums, pensions,
&c., will be equally open to all classes; and we hope
the Wesleyans and other sects will avail themselves
of the advantage of the proposed system. There can
be nothing objectionable in public patronage, humble
as it will be in its character, being bestowed upon
those who do justice to the education for which the
public funds are being liberally allocated.

The iVurentburg Correspondent publishes a letter
from Munich, of the Bth inst., which states, that on
the preceding night the King of BAVARIA visited the
theatre, where he was received with the most en-
thusiastic applause. His MAJESTY appeared to be
much affected at this demonstration. It is said that
the KING has given orders to his representative at the
Germanic Diet to support the representatives of
Wurtemburg and Baden in their applications to extend
the liberty of the press in Germany.

Intellizence has been received from Lisbon to the
10th, and from Oporto to the 11th inst., by the Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Montrose.
SALDANIIA still continues at Oliveira de Azemis, four
leagues from Oporto. POVOAS, the Miguelite Gene-
ral, has arrived at Oporto, and has been received in
the most distinguished manner by Das ANTAS and
SA I/A BANDEIRA. On the 25th ult. DAs ANTAS
reviewed the garrison of Oporto, amounting to 6,000
men.

The blockade of the Douro is strictly enforced
The English merchant-ships, the Emma Graham, the
Laura, the Lusitania, and the Wilberforce, all
freighted with wine, were captured by the brig of
war Sera di Polar, and sent to Lisbon for adjudica-
tion. It is, however, said that they are not lawful
prizes, as no information of the final and efficient
blockade had been transmitted to the Consul at
Oporto.
The QUEEN'S troops on the 26th ultimo captured
Almeida, which surrendered on terms without firing
a shot. The only force in the town was the
movable battalion of Almeida. The capture of
Almeida frees the district of Guarda from insurgents.
A meeting of the shareholders in the Bank of
Portugal was held at Lisbon on the 9th, and the
following resolutions were adopted :
" 1. That the Bank will cancel 50 contos per month of its
notes, on condition that Government pay a m,,nthly sum of
32 contos by way of liquidating its debt with the Bank.
"2. That from the Ist of April all payments shall be
made, halt in paper, the rest in specie."
The suspension of guirantees" for another
month has been renewed. Count TOJAL has, in
consequence of the arrears due to the state employes,
subjected them from the Ist February to a deduction
of one decima and five per cent. instead of two
decimas. lie has also caused the Junta of Public
Credit to affix its sal to Bank of Lisbon notes, with
a view to greater security, and has fixed the re-
lative values of the native and foreign coins now in

circulation.
The Bask of Portugal published, according to
stipulation, the following statement of its condition
(none); Deposits, 797,305
162,940 562 ; Gold and
on the 27th of February :—Notes of the Bank of
1
506. Exchange, 52i- to
0 ; Five per Cent. Inscrip
Four per Cent. Inscription, 45i to
.B,B:7laos3tr.
iet:ru gsAianilhoa
nirbi
Shares,
bars,
in met,
clamttloie4ot na3l2,
Notes, 1,600 last night; price this
4ti6on;,D4sisicottoint4o6n;
morning, 1,500.

Madrid papers of the Bth have arrived.
The QUEEN had refused to accept the resignation
of the Ministers, and General PAVIA had been ap-
pointed to supersede General BRETON in Catalonia.
It was rumoured that the QUEEN had consented
to the appointment of General MANUEL CONCHA as
Captain• General of Old Castile, and that he would
also assume the command of the army of observation
on the frontiers of Portugal.
Senor ISTURITZ accompanies Queen CHRISTINA to
Paris, doubtless to receive his instructions before pro-
ceeding to London.
MADRID Bonsa, MARCH B.—The Three per Cents. closed
on the Bth inst. at-30% for cash; the Five per Cents. at
19% cash ; the Passives at 5:%; and Coupons at 17, cash.