The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-20 00:00:00

TB h SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870.

CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH ON
EDUCATION.

Who had taken his father-in-law and wife in his cart to
market. It was contended that the conveyance of these
persons for shopping was not the use of the cart solely
for the purposes of the respondent's trade, as stipulated
in exemption of the Act. The Court held that however
harsh it might seem, a cart so used was liable to the tax
of fifteen shillings. The new Act did away with many of
tho exemptions allowed under the old law. The Excise
intimating that only a declaration of the law was sought,
the minimum of penalty of £5 was imposed without
costs.

Yesterday afternoon the Bishop of Peterborough pre-
sided at a meeting held in the County Assembly Rooms,
Leicester, of the friends and supporters of Church Edu-
cation, when the subject under discussion was the best
mode of providing for the sufficiency and efficiency of
Church schools in the archdeaconry. The meeting, which
was convened by the Leicester Archdeaconal BJard of
Education, was largely attended by ladies, clergy, and
laity. The Bishop of Peterborough said he would net
criticise the Education Bill nor the motives of those who
promoted it, as it was now the law of the land, and we
must endeavour to carry it out frankly and loyally. On
the face of it it was a compromise, and therefore it was
unsatisfactory to all. It was effected by compromise
between Churchmen and Nonconformists, who desired
definite religious instruction between Nonconformists
and Dissenters, who desired indefinite religious teaching,
and between anti-religionists, who disliked religious
teaching. It upheld secular instruction, and only
permitted religious instruction under limitation.
Rate-paying schools were divided into two classes—
one in which the patron decided how much religious in-
stru,tion should be given, and the other in which the
State stepped in and defined how much should be given.
Their conduct to rate-paid schools must be regulated by
the judgment they formed of them. They could not
give up existing schools because they had no guarantee as
to teaching in years to come. As laid down by the law, it
would be forfeiture of the grant to teach a child " I
believe in one God the Father Almighty ; " but not to
teach him "I believe there is no God," because the latter
was recognised. And the greater would be the tendency
to secularism according to the number of seats on the board.
As to Churchmen holding aloof from the board, he hoped
they claimed it as their right and duty to be on it, and
would not obstruct the carrying out of the Act or attempt
to make the board a Church board, or to obtain undue
advantage for the Church, • but simply to further Chris-
tian teaching. In the course of his further observations,
his lordship stated he could not agree with those who de-
clined to snake their schools elementary schools, as he
could bear testimony to the success of the time table and
Conscience Clause in Ireland.

THE HEALTH OF ARCHDEACON DENISON.
The accounts which have appeared in reference to the
health of Archdeacon Denison bear traces of considerable
exaggeration. About a fortnight ago fresh matter having
formed in the limb affected, a new operation had to be
performed. Since then the Venerable Archdeacon has
been progressing favourably, and no alarming symptoms
have appeared.