The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-19 00:00:00

BET TING AT MANCH ES I'ER-FRIDAY.

The betting was confined to the Great Metropolitan
Handicap, for which Emerald Isle wa+ backed at 6 to 1,
Rufus at 7 to 1, Crozier at 8 to 1, Jenny Wren at 10 to
1, Sheraton at 11 to 1, and Hannah Raine at 15 to 1,
and the winner not mentioned. The quotations up,n
the other events did not vary from the London prices of
Thursday.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

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LITERATURE.
NATIONAL EDI:l CA ION; W HAT 1T IS,
D ;,s FIAT N HOLILD BE.
A very able and j whet, ;:•atopnle-, bearing the above
title, has just proc oin psn or the Reverend
John Doro,n, Rector in WI-trehtit K -nt. The subject
of education itself falls peculiarly within the province of
the minister of religion; and at the pr.-sent moment the
attenten or ad, who are ready interested in the welfare
of our rapidly increasing industrial caieses, seems to be
earnestly fixed upon this grt at question. Nor can We
wonder that it should be so. In a country, and in an
age like ours, of high civilization and pregressive
scieuce, where the value of mere brute labour is every
year being depreciated, the only lever by which the ins
dustrial classes can be raised to a mere favourable posi-
tion iu society is the lever of education. Without t du-
cation those classes, constituting as they do a vast P.rT,
portion of our whole population, must gradually le"
lower and lower, until they become little better than 11
many beasts of burden, e hewers of wood and drawers °f
watt r," as hepeles.sly doomed, from youth to old age, to
one unvarying round of toilsome drudgery, and as cony
pletely excluded from all possibility of amelioration 10
their social con tition, as the manacled felon of Norfolk
Island. The stupid booby, staring in amazement as the
rushing train is hurried past by the irresistible newer °f
steam, is only a fair illustration of the way in which the
efforts of the ignorant labourer are outstripped by ter
chanical force scientifically applied. And, unless 131
willing hands and sinewy limbs be aided and directeio.
!by the improved intelligence of an educated min
the labourer's exertions to earn his daily bread ea
every year fs less availing. We cannot wonder, there'
fore, that the philanthropist should have his attendee
especially attracted by education. It is folly to t,
about feeding and clothing the people, and Men edues::
ing them. It is madness to attempt to stem the toffee'
of increasing crime by building prisons and multiplY,l
penal statutes. Educate the people, and they
all the better able to clothe and feed themselves; wu"--
statistical returns abundantly prove the close connexial
existing betwixt ignorance ant vice. We hail !fir'
Dation's pamphlet as a most well-timed production's:
calculated to render invaluable service to this unport,snr
cause. It is the successtul endeavour of a man of elf
aid comprehensive intent ct to grapple with a reef
difficult subject. In supporting his own views 110!%;
hibits a rare itegree of talent combined with moderaw%
and the measures which he suggests are alike indicatlY
of sound judgment and of much practical experielet:
We will attempt a brief outline of this clever pan3Pbe s•
Mr. Dufton begins with showing that the question et
issue is not betwixt education and non-education, we
betwixt a good education and depraved knowledge.
„;se
have not to inquire, Shall we, or shall we not ed°"-se
the people? but, Shell we educate the rising geners,"i -ta
to be useful members of society? or allow thee" of
be trained and instructed by the zealous agents d
vice ? " Vice," says Mr. Dufton, " opens schools...A
well as virtue ; crime has rewards for the zealous, 'la
punishments for the refractory, quite as efficacious
th
those at the disposal of rectitude. Let this great tiler
be once thoroughly apprehended ; let it once be u° oct
stood that we have not to choose between education 9,00
non-education, for the simple reason that non-eduest;o!
is au utter impassibility ; let it be not only knoriocnir.
felt, that our choice is confined to education erl,ble
education—that we have to decide between pe7w,"
good arid positive evil—and nine-tenths of the
tub'
troversies which have been raised on the „ceil.e°
jest will be dismissed as sheer insperti°e
Our author next describes some of the lamentable el"
sequences flowing from that depraved know
manly called ignorance, and by indisputable facts es 0,
blihbes the necessity of national education. Thisnlftere
ledge, lamentable,
be considered the first part of Mr. Dufton's Parersend,
In the second part he enters upon delicate gr.'"s-tiag
namely, the insufficiency and inadequacy. of all tidos.
educational systems to meet the exigencies of ti_isett
is delicate ground. But Mr. -vgesre •
This, undoubtedly,
writes in a kindly and conciliatory spirit. He is, ilf,l cosy
nest, and expresses his opinions strongly and with fit
dour ; yet the tone and temper of his 'Ages 1":000t
from being offensive. He may convince he gibes
annoy ; and our prejudices are not roused even
our prepossessions are opposed. With the utmos% 'llOl
partiality he lays bare the imperfections of the Ito!
Society on the one hand ; and on the other he s" the
the testimony of Dr. Vaughan to demonstrsTittei
inability of Dissent, to supply the universally-IZ, she
deficiency. In short, veluntaryism—whether it;riterla
voluntaryism of tbe National Society, or of the %es of
and Foreign Schools ; whether it be the voluntaql.o he
the Established Church or of Dissent—he holds
of
utterly inadequate to provide an enlarged sYltiontss
national education, co extensive with the nations' end
He therefore invokes the assistance and ieterfeiretrst
of the State. " For the same reasons," says ih:of rks.
State intervention is necessary in the dispet'Ll6and 10
done' charity, in establishing national security,
enforcing general rights, we hold that State erode,
fion is necessary in national education, not to OP . The
but to aid individual and voluntary exertionn•ded the ,
strongest advocate of poor-laws never recontrne . 5, the
destruction of asylums, hospitals, and infirnsurl,evis'e yi
firmest supporter of a police force would not s° umeot
to dispense with bolts, bars, watchdogs, and wale" s.tee
the greatest admirer of law will not withhold bisp-od,
from private arbitration; and in the same way Pu.d
vocates of State intervention would not recoil:noelN.
single individual to withhold his subscription or contsl.
don from the err cdon and maintenance of schOO,'
And again, " We invoke the assistance of the State, w`
cause it can alone interfere efficiently and beneficiallYi ....„
it alone can escape the imputation of mixed and 00;
worthy motives. We trust the cause of midriffs;
education to the Stare, because the State is the nation-6
In the remaining part of his pamphlet Mr. Dula
brings forward the details of the measure whiehAs
submits for the adoption of the State. For these detli
we must refer our readers to the pamphlet itself, °,:tor3 e rsrld
observing that the proposed plan is at once sinspi
comprehensive, practicable and efficient. Many ere
subjects, to which we have not space for alludinkos
admirably discussed in these pages; such as then:ol4oes
of the cuckoo cry, " Will you separate religii3
itintf
education?" and the paramount importance or to she
such an education as shall have a direct bearing 11:44 to
future career of the pupils. In conclusion, wfbeleel
recommend this pamphlet most cordially to nil their
an interest in this important question, whateve,hom
peculiar views may be, and to tender our wannest
to Mr. Dufton for his tabours in this great cause" ,
di"
HISTORY OF EUI?tiPE. Vets. IL, 111, a"„
By Archibald Alison. ~oneanP:;
As this admirable reprint of Aiison's Dthar,,,,betef't,
tory proceeds, we cannot discern any abatement centObtsi
in the carefulness of its revision. The intetspogreo.
to he of the same elaborate completeness, the 1.401 aPrhe
of the same beauty and precision, and the gliedsgante':4o
ante cf the volumes of the same compact an voad elr'el!
racter. The narrative is brought town to the,'„elyge"-tbe
of the French Revolution, when Democracy TlT,T„"stesW,..," ea
the supreme predominance, but began " "et cr""yo
extasy of its jubilations by the cominis-4°,_°„wise,,-bs,o
more awful and ruthless than we could etueess From
conceived humanity to he capable of perpetrAti Loci`
the of the vaccillating and uosortnol Goer::
Sixietne to the establishment of the Directorial dely
went and the close of the National Convention, redus
gogues, whether Girondists or Mounraiueer9l g.tiodg'
ui feoel
extended their power, until it merged into a ding
Isere 0
potism, and became unindurable to the poPkogthes
whose credulity it had imbibed its vitality. ythepalseo
interval of bloodshed and legalised sensuality, he aete.°,
of Paris became the lairs of men more akin tol perenlisl
of Gehana than to the Adam of the Asiatic et insenhile
In the person of Marat the spirit of a Crn
sniets
seemed to be embodied ; in Hebert, that of a:reatieso
blasphemy ; in " the Incorruptible," that of eAseity
egotism ;in St. Just, that of a barbarous sue neerithe
Couthon, that of an execrable heartlessness;thl4ll
that of a drunken domination ; and so on, ,his terrible
hideous catalogue of murderers. It is igloo 'is enter
but enthralling epoch that Mr. Alison res
od,
when the third volume closes, leaving I"sssceT.,
solicitous for the publication Of tile bee
h are t
ing chapters. Even to those who
....„Oettione
acquainted with this extraordinary ogeffinsurniol?sese
style as well as the subject will possess, "only ceaseedia
fascination. Every successive peruseibeted aVI be
one the more that Mr. Alison has coritri
and l.
work to the literature lot his countrS'..roue teaudlir
cannot divest himself of certain PreP"stfy the PaSS9e
he still enables us, by the very ardour 0
...„5 of bitb
la
which they are contained, to avoid the wasiorf the fotion a
tellect and judgment. Upon the opening
crime') el
volume we find the whole of the inesrna sans g 4,
sufferings of France detailed with scrlloll3l/c„, cif lila
and impartiality up to the memorable natorae idt of 'PA
when the Republic had to withstand the 050- boll"'
nst
handed sovereigns of Europe. Among the 03,-,norinns
ful descriptions in this portion of Allson'S 1,0'."-h" the"
be particularly mentioned the executions of Maies-neg the
of Chenier, and of the sister of Louis XVI. ; ato°-1,00
most impassioned is the account of Tatlien's eloqn,.. of
in impeaching the Terrorists, and the horr.ble
Robespierre and his accomplices.

THE CABINET HISTORY OF ENGLAO
Vols. XXIII and XXIV.
As brilliantly written as heretofore, the present volo
of Mr. Macfurlane's national history possess aPo the
and almost paramount interest, seeing that they are tbs
cunderis d record of perhaps the grandest epoch tilirred•
whole existence of man. But the work is flawed, is 1"11,00
is mi.erably warped in spirit. Its offence is Tor)

and its
"Offence is rank, it smells to fleeces!"
..b 00
We never rt ad volumes so small crammed wifrotich
many errors, so many monstrous misstatements' is a
inveterate and abhorrent bigotry. The bistoritl,Loon
worshipper of legitimacy ; he resembles Lord I.,,five
too, in one particular, for he seems actually 4*
ber9
imbibed a hatred for the French with his 7;4 truer
milk." Whatever the English do is noble, tinu ri,bll
and glorious. Whatever the French do is bad, exec, hir
and irredeemably bad. Is that the disposition for up
torian ? A party man should never presume t° °l‘
the pen of history.
TRUTH AND FA— LSEHOOIr. A Ronance.
Ofoll'
•
By Elizabeth Thornton.
Seeing that we have noticed the piecemeal Puby,
of this clever fiction on its commencement in 6-011%
P'
gaztne, it is unnecessary to give either an
tsbe her
of its merits, or an epitome of its plot. Fr Tempts
ried production of Mrs. Gore's last work, .je
and Atonement." in the panes of the PeFi"„ddeol,7,
mentioned, the romance by Mrs. Thornton Was gor
discontinued, and the authoress here reoelielid 000:
compensation for this (probably unavoidable die wort
tentiona,l) injury by the publication of the eau, to 841
in the customary three volumes. We are induce...line:oV
that Mrs. Thornton thereby receives ample en";,:"-hera
Lion, from a conviction that the amusing Darr!! otatit
presented to the public cannot but add to the i'ff:ota
already acquired by that lady as a rowanciOuling sr,
composition of " The Marchioness:. SPltr 1""
interesting as that story was, it is eclipsed to

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