The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-26 00:00:00

THE MANCHESTER OUTRAGES.

The man Ryan, who has been in custody on his
alleged confession of being the incendiary at Johnson's
timber-yard, Ancoats, and who was remanded after
examination at the City Police-court, on Saturday
last, has been discharged from custody. The police have
not been able to obtain further evidence, or to chew that
the prisoner was near the timber-yard on the night of
the fire. An inspector of detectives said he had examined
the books of the Brickmakers' Union and found no entry
of payment such as the prisoner confessed to the
informant he had received. The stipendiary magis-
trate remarked it was not likely •they would
keep a record of such a payment. The Deputy Chief
Constable having stated that it was not possible to obtain
further evidence, the Stipendiary said the prisoner's con-
fession must be regarded as arising from the delusion of
a drunken man, and therefore he discharged him.

THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH AND THE

EDUCATION BILL.

A meeting in support of the general principles of the
Education Bill was held at Daventry yesterday afternoon.
The Bishop of Peterborough presided, and amongst
those present were Sir Rainald Knightley, Baronet,
M.P., Major Cartwright, M.P., Mr. C. Sackville
Stopford, M.P., Sir H. E. L. Bryden, Bart., Hon. and
Rev. Lord Alyne Compton, General Sir F. Horn, K.C.8.,
Captain Stopford, R.N., Mr. E. Ashworth Briggs, Mr.
M. W. Dickins, J. P., Rev. W. L. Collyns, Rural Dean,
and a large number of the clergy, gentry, and agricul-
turists of the district. The Bishop, in the
course of his speech, dealt at length with the
subject of education, and said that to forbid
religious teaching would be as atheistical as to impose
religion would be tyranny. But to permit religious teach-
ing would meet the wishes of the country. The con-
science clause he thought indispensable, and a time table
under suitable regulations. He was in favour of unde-
nominations' inspection, which he thought a good
feature of the bill. He had been the patron
of a school in Ireland for some years, and he found the
system work no harm. He thought Earl Russell, with
many others, confounded things that differ when he spoke
of denominational schools in Ireland and in England. He
hoped the No-Popery prejudices of the people would not
lead them into mistake respecting education in Ireland.
The question of education would distract the national
mind, and we shall need to exercise great care, tolerance,
and forboarance.

A BISHOP ON THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

ACT.

At a meeting of the Manchester and Salford Sanitary
Association, held yesterday, the Bishop of Manchester,
who presided, referred to the agitation going on in
respect of the Contagious Diseases Act. He
said the controvery was raging with extreme bitter-
ness, which almost precluded calm discussion.
The controversy was exceptional, because the facts with
reference to the operation of the Act in garrison towns.
were stated by the two parties in direct anta-
gonism, the one to the other. One party alleging
that moral, and the other that immoral effects were
produced. He thought the subject must be made
one for an authorised and competent inquiry. Looking
to the prevalence of zymotic diseases, which were a form
of scrofula, and the fact that scrofula was propagated
more than by any other cause by syphilitic taint,
this question being also at the root of the
opposition to the Vaccination Acts, it seemed
to him that there was a case made out for calm dispas-
sionate investigation as to how far these contagious
diseases are preventable, and the sanitary question ought
to be kept entirely separate from the moral one. The
moral question must be dealt with by its own proper
remedies.