The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

TEE BISHOP OF CHESTER OY THE
VOLUYTEERS.

On Friday, at the distribution of the prizes of the Liver-
pool Collegiate Institution,
The Bishop of CHESTER flbserved—Everything that was
going on around us ought to make us feel that, for many
years past, we have been making great and successful efforts
in all great towns, but in no town more than in Liverpool,
to raise the standard of education among the masses of the
people. No ene could rejoice at that more than himself;
he thought it was working and would work for good. He
did not mean to say that great intellectual attainments were
always coupled with good moral principles in every indivi-
dual. Alas, some of the very greatest names in the roll of
literary fame were sad examples to the contrary. But he
said this, that as a general rule intellectual cultivation was
in itself favourable to moral improvement. But far more
than that, and far more confidently he said it, education
when based, as in our country happily it was based, upon
religion, was the great instrument which the providence of
God had put in our power for elevating the moral character
of the population. (Hear.) But the more immediate ob-
ject he had in view was to remind his friends how impor-
tant it was that when the education of the lower classes
was thus continually on the advance, the education of the
higher and middle class should not be suffered to go down.
His young friends, when they left the school and grew up
to be men, would branch off into different ranks of life. No
doubt some would go to the universities, and enter into the
liberal professions ; and some in this town would engage in
the pursuits of commerce ; and others would betake them-
selves to the useful and respectable occupations by which
they might hope to advance themselves, by God's blessing,
in the world. They would not all have the same position,
but all those young gentlemen would have duties to perform
most important both to themselves, to their parents, and to
society at large, Now, he did not here mean to say that
no one but a man of education could perform those duties,
but he said without hesitation, other things being equal,
natural abilities being equal, a man of education would
always perform the duties of his station better, more easily,
more gracefully, t han a man without education would do. On
that ground he wished them to bear in mind the great value
of that institution to them ; they had there the means of
getting education for their sons suitable to their future pros-
pects in life ; and they had this advantage. that they could
keep their children at home, under the parental roof,
watched by the parental eye, and under the blessed influ-
ences of the parental heart. It would be a very sad conse-
quence indeed, if, when the ranks below them were con-
tinually rising in the scale of education, the rank to which
they belonged was to go down, or even to remain stationary.
They ought to rise as the lest were rising. A sense of noble
ambition and a sense of duty ought to stimulate their to
use every effort in their power to keep pace with this on-
ward movement in education, for that was what was essen-
tial to their usefulness, their influence, their respectability,
their dignity, and their future life. His lordship went on
to say that he had received three addresses from the prin-
cipal to the pupils—one on drill, one on music, and another
on the prayers of-the school. The system of drill was part
of the school system at all times, and a verygood part it was.
It taught them not merely the duty of soldiers, but it en-
abled them to bear themselves like gentlemen. (Applause.)
But, after all, the drill itself was but a stiff, formal, mecha-
nical thing. He hoped that now, however, it was animated
with a spirit of loyalty and patriotism. He hoped there
never would be any need for the arms of volunteers except
on the parade ground ; but if there should be need, the
young mien of England had shown they had a noble and
manly spirit, and were prepared to defend their country,
their wives, their sisters, and mothers. If ever the need
should arise, there was that noble spirit in the country
which would drive back again into the sea any rash in-
vaders that might venture on the soil. (Applause.)
Dr. M'NEILE, in seconding the vote of thanks to the
chairman, remarked that we had all been rejoicing in this
volunteer movement. It had been a gratification to us all
to find that men of every grade of society had been willing
to sacrifice their time, at considerable inconvenience, to as-
semble themselves together, and, under proper tuition, to
qualify themselves to be, if need be, the defenders of their
country. (Applause.) The movement had been sanctioned
by men of peace, because it had been held as a peace pre-
serving movement. They had all felt that when it was
known on the Continent of Europe that there were. in ad-
dition to the regular army, 100,000 or 200,000 tnen in Eng-
land who had had such practice that at 200, 300, or 400
yards they could hit the bull's eye—and a fortiori a
Frenchman—that being known, he felt that our respected
allies on the other side of the Channel would think twice
before they ventured to land once on the shores of England.
(Applause.) This was all very well so long as the persons
engaged in this movement were men whose occupations
in life were already fixed, for there was little fear that
employers or employed would allow the business of their
respective stations to be interfered with by drill. But
when this system was extended to our universities, and
still more when it was extended to , our schools, it did
require a caution ; because it was quite possible that
the effect might here be more than was intended; that
in some cases it might be different from, and very much in
the advance of, a peace-preserving movement; that it might
be a martial, spirit-inspiriting movement; that it might
disturb some of those boys from the hitherto peaceful anti- '
cipations of life. It was quite possible that after being
ensigns, and lieutenants, and captains', for a little while,
there might be felt a tameness, a disagreeable repugnance
to going back again to plain mister, or common John, or
Tom, or Harry, instead of being lieutenant or captain. And
it was quite possible that, after wearing those pretty belts,
with their ornaments, there might be a repugnance to go
back to a common unornamented waistcoat, especially if, as
was most likely, some young ladies in the meantime had
expressed their great admiratian of these belts. (Laughter
and applause.) Now, the caution he would wish to give
them was just this—that they should guard against the
rising of this martial spirit in themselves, and look upon
this drill as a sort of superior gymnasium, in which
they were learning good exercise, but in which
it was not at all intended they should be taught to be
soldiers. They should be learning how to walk, as was
well said. He had been delighted to see, in consequence of
the movement, that some of cur commercial men, who for-
merly walked with their head before them, now walked
with their heads behind them—(laughter)—chiefly occa-
sioned by the right rov. chairman, who has got what is
called the scholarly bend or stoop, suddenly erecting his
head. Now, if he was not mistaken, there were mothers in
Liverpool who would remind them, if they got rather too
military in their tone—'- John, you must not be getting
those soldier notions, for you are not to be a soldier." We
could get soldiers enough when the time came, and he was
only afraid of the movement unsettling the minds of the
boys. Ho did not say a word against the drill, but only
against the abuse of it; and he was sure they would take
this caution in good part from one of their old friends.

The vote of thanks to the bishop was carried by loud
cheering.
His LORDSHIP, in returning thanks, bid the audieno•
good-bye, and wished that the coming year might be a hap-
piness to all.

The national anthem was sung, to the accompaniment of
the organ, and the benediction having been pronounced by
the bishop, the proceedings terminated.

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