The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-18 00:00:00

A MODEL PRIVATE SCHOOL.

Mr. Fearon, in his report on the state of education in
Manchester and Liverpool gives some strange accounts of
private schools in both towns. On one in Manchester he
say :—" When I visited this school I found the
person who filled up the return, as master, for the regis-
trar had left, and his place had been taken by a new
teacher. The new teacher, said that the cause of the
departure of the old teacher was that he had
been arrested as a deserter from the Regi-
ment. The new master had been a manuscript
reader to the press, but was dismissed from his
employment, according to his own statement, for refusing
to come to work at three o'clock on Christmas Day, 1868,
and since then had been more or, less out of work. He
seemed a clever and intelligent man, but was In rags, and
said that all his clothes and effects being in pawn he could
not get work.. My visit was on a Monday morning, and
he said he had eaten nothing .since Saturday. His
schoolroom was once a master carter's office ; the ap-
proach to it from the court is by a narrow, filthy entrance,
then up a sort of staircase-ladder which leads to A
first floor of a deserted and dilapidated building, whence
another ladder staircase conducts to the school-room. The
room was utterly without furniture of any kind exoept a
low settle round two sides of it, and one small chair on
which the master sat. The floor was much broken and
seemed dangerous and the staircase-ladders • very
dangerous. For this room the master paid ls. ad. a week
rent. There were fourteen children present, eleven boys
and three girls. There were only four reading-books in the
sohool, and one copy-book, but as there was no table to write
at, the copy-book could not be used. I found one scholar
present, aged 11-i years, who had been examined in a
neighbouring inspected Roman Catholic school in Stan-
dard IV., but who here was only learning to read. The
master showed me his method of teaching. He makes the
scholars all put something. into a "sweepstakes." They
put in pins, or anything picked up in the streets ; he then
tries them competitively in reading, and the best reader
carries off the sweepstakes."

Connecticut proposes to pass a law restricting
people from procuring divorces until they have been
married at least two weeks.
ROYAL SOCIETY.—Fifty-three candidates have
sent in their claims this year for the much-coveted F.R.S.
and as only fifteen candidates can be elected annually,
thirty-eight of these gentlemen will be disappointed. The
election will take place in June next:

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STRIKES IN AUSTRIA.—A serious disturbance has just
occurred in the factory of Svarow, Bohemia, in the weavers'
strike for an increase of their wages, and a diminution of
their hours of labour. They destroyed the machinery,,
and threatened the officials, but the superintendent ulti-
mately granted their requests. The bakers of Vienna
threaten a strike. The compositors' strike in the capital
still continues, and there is not the smallest prospect at
present of a compromise being arrived at.
We are enabled to state that there is no truth
whatever in the report which appeared on Wednesday night
in an evening contemporary to the effect that the President of
the Board of Trade was about to resign his office and to
be replaced by Mr. Cardwell. There is nothing in the
latest accounts of Mr. Bright's progress towards recovery
to justify the-rumour of any rearrangement of the Cabinet.
—Daily News.

THE SHAKESPEARE FOLIOS.—The first folio edi-
tions of Shakespeare have been sold bynuction In London.
The first folio (1023), the first -collected edition of the
plays, was knocked down for £360, to Mr. S. Addington.
The second folio (1632) was purchased for 225 10s. by Mr.
John Kershaw; The third folio (1664), a very rare copy!
excited a fine competition, and was eventually knocked
downto Mr. Addington, for the sum of 2200. The fourth
folio (1685) was also purchased by the same gentleman for
£2olos. Several reprints and fac-similes of the quarto
plays were afterwards submitted for sale, and realised ex-
cellent prices.

EARTIIQUAKES AT TRIESTE.—A letter from
Trieste says that three shocks of earthquake have lately
been felt there. The town has suffered no damage, but
some places in Dalmatia have suffered severely, At
Clana, in the district of Volosia, 140 houses have been
damaged and 37 destroyed. The population had to pass
the night in the open air, exposed to a severe frost, for
during the night flifteen hocks of earthquakes occurred.
At one moment the village was in danger of being de-
stroyed by two immense masses of rock, which rolled down
from a neighbouring' mountain ; fortunately they were
stopped in their course by a thick wood. But however
great the disaster may be, no loss *of life has to bb de-
plored. •

LAUGHING GAS.—An important debate in the
.11Iedical Society of London this week, on the best form of
an sesthetie agent, on the occasion of a papas' by Dr.
Richardson, led to a curious difference of opinion amongst
the faculty as to the safety of this agent, now exten-
sively administered by dentists to annul the agony of
tooth-drawing. Dr. Sansom and Dr. Kidd, both au hors
of standard books on chloroform, pronounce the nilroils
oxide or laughing gas the safest of all anaesthetics for
short operations, to which Dr. Richardson on theoretic
grounds demurred. Dr. Kidd made the further announce-
ment that this "gas " is now condensed into the form of
a fluid, and is likely to supersede all other anesthetics in
tooth-drawing cases.
DEATH OF A CLAIMANT TO A PEEHAGE.—On
Sunday Mr. John Campbell, lately messenger-at-arms,
died at Fort-William, at the age of 93 years. Deceased
was the elder brother of Lieutenant Donald Campbell,
late of the 57th Regiment, who died a few months ago,
and whose name figured so conspicuonsly among the
Breadalbane peerage claimants. John Campbell was a
great genealogist, and could, to his own entire satisfaction
trace his descent direct back to lan Glas, heir of Lord
Breadalbane, who got the £lO,OOO from the Government
of the day to quash rebellion in the Highlands, and for
which he refused to account when demanded. Deceased
held the post of messenger-at-arms in Fort William for
the long period of fifty years, and only resigned about two
years ago. He died a bachelor.

ANOTHER GREAT BILLIARD MATCH.--W. Cook,
jun., the champion, and J. Roberts, sen., from whom he
wrested the honour, met again at Wandsworth on Wed-
nesday night before a very large audience. The score was
1000 up. At 8.25 Roberts broke the balls by trying to
screw in off the spot, but failing to score he let in his op.
ponent, who at once gave a sample of his execution by
making 65 before breaking down. Roberts, however, was
the first to complete the first 100, and at one time, after a
fine break of 101, was at 240 to 108 for Cook. The young
champion, nothing daunted, quickly responded to
this by breaks of 177 (44 spot strokes) and
6,7 the latter being a grand specimen of all round. ',lay.
When the interval for refreshments took place Cook had
just added a magnificent sum of 204, which comprised 48
consecutive spot strokes, and in which his precision in
hazard striking, his wonderful delicacy of touch, and
knowledge of strength were fully exemplified. On
resuming play, Roberts at one time lessened the great
gap between himself and his opponent, but his efforts
were all in vain, as Cook at 11.40 went out with an unfi-
nished break, the winner by 245 points, Roberta goring
755 only.

ANOTHER THIEVES' SUPPER.—Ned Wright has
given another soup supper to about two hundred thieves
in the New Cut Gospel Hall. The scene has been de,
scribed before, but a passage from an article in the Dail
News may be interesting. " Having in view the man and
his mission, criticism proper should be silent as to the
merits of Ned Wright's address. Of one thing there can
be no doubt —he commanded the ear of a
body of thieves ;_ affected them visibly ; mad
them at a word bend their' heads meekly,
while he offered prayer; called forth the tear at one mo,
ment, and the smile at the next; and played upon their
feelings, as a master who commands every string. The
secret of this success, for which so many educated and
wise in vain sigh, was very apparent—simplicity and
earnestness. The speaker did not preach to his hearers
so much as talk to them, and the touch of nature, after
little management, made them all kin. Considerable
tact was shown in the selection of a subject.
Wright read, in homely accents, with a dramatic
force of which the narrative almost naturally admitted,
but which unfortunately, so very rarely characterises Bible
readings of any kind, the trial before Pilate. He carried
his strange audience with him from Step to step—the
release of the robber, Barrabbas, the adornment of the
popular victim in mock raiment, the derisive smiting with
the reed, the jibes of the unbelieving crowd, the toilsome
journey to Golgotha, and the vivid incidents of the Crud-
fixion. All this was told amidst profound silence, and the
earnest eyes, and parted lips below were a strange, and,
indeed, touching sight to the krivileged srectatcrii uPOU
the platform."
It is ruruoured that a selection 'of about one
hundred of the late Mr. ICeble's letters to various persons
who were in the habit of consulting him on " cases of
Conscience " will shortly appear. It is needless to say that
all names of individuals and of places will be strictly
!uPPVl3ecii_

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HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY.
The SPEAK= took iho chair four o'clock.
EDUCATION.

A great many petitions were presented for and against the
Educ•ition Bill. -

TILE YEOMANRY.

In reply to Mr. STOFFORD,
Mr. CARDWELL said it was not proposes to disband the
yeomanry, but they wcro not going to Like a vote for them
that year in the estimates.
STEAM MACHINERY IN PRISONS.
In reply to Col. BERESFORD,

Mr. BRUCE said it was true there was steam machinery iu
Wakefield prison, but the articles made by the prisoners were
not sold below the market price.
STAMPS ON LEASES.
In reply to Mr. PIMM,

Mr. GLADTroxii: said the Chancellor of the Exchequer was
considering the subject, but he doubted whether they could
lower the duty to Is.
REGENT'S PARK RAILINGS.
In answer to Mr. PLIMSOLL,

Mr. AYRTON said it was not intended to extend the style of
iron railing further than now existed, as the inhabitants ob-
jected to them as obstructing the view from their windows.
THE PEACE PRESERVATION BILL.

Mr. GLADSTONE said the second reading of the bill for the
Preservation of Peace in Ireland stood for Monday, and he
should proceed with it as rapidly as possible.