The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-18 00:00:00

EARL RUSSELL ON BROAD CHURCH BISHOPS.

Apropos to the opposition to Dr. Temple, a
summary of the letter which Lord John Russell
wrote to the clergy of the diocese of Hereford in
1847 may be interesting. His lordship first
demanded that the charge made against Dr.Hampden
that he taught unsound doctrine should be substan-
tiated. No proof had been given, and none could be
found,. except some garbled extracts. Concerning
these latter, Lord Russell says, "We might extract
from Scripture the dogma ' There is no God' and the
precept Go and sin. Breaking out then into
justpassed, Lord John points out the altered position
wofatrilheinCgshurcageihnient thethe easy quietness of the days then
days then coming :
Let us not mistake our position. The Church is not
in that easy security of the last century which gave birth
to so much negligence, to so much abuse of her wealth,
to such a perilous apathy. The Church of Rome on the
' one side, with abundant knowledge, with imposing autho-
rity, seduces many to her communion. The right of pri
vate judgment is by many avoided as a dangerous snare ;
the duty of private judgment is thrown off by many
more as too heavy a burthen. On the other side, the Pro-
testant Dissenter assails the Church Establishment as an
engine for fettering the conscience and taxing the 'property
of the subject. Novelties have their charm ; the High
Churchman and the Independent speak alike with com-
placency of separating Church and State. I know no bet-
ter security against such a danger than an'able and learned
episcopal bench ; a zealous and God-fearing parochial
clergy. Thus may the Reformation be defended; thus
may the Establishment Le maintained ; otherwise neither
Parliament nor premunire can beat off the assailants of our
Church constitution.

EARL SPENCER ON EDUCATION.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland distributed the
prizes and made a speech, on Thursday, at Queen's
University Dublin. The greater part of his address
was taken up by remarks as to the occasion
itself. One or two observations, however,
on competition, and the voluntaryism (if we
may use the term) of study, are worth notice.
I believe (he said) that of late years a very great
impetus has been given to education in the United
Kingdom by the system which has been adopted of
holding up public places and the public service to
open competition. I believe that that has increased
the desire for sound, good, and enlightened education.
Ireland has had her full share in the benefit of those
appointments." His Excellency also commended the
university for allowing students to take their own
special subjects. " A greater latitude has been given
to the students in the university. That has been one
of the greatest changes, I believe, in the education of
this country ; for it is now ascertained that after a
certain amount of preliminary education it is not
right or necessary that all men or all youths should
follow the same track. It is acknowledged now that
men's minds are not all moulded in the same form,
that one man may succeed in classics, while another
may succeed in mathematics or in any other branch
of education. It is, therefore, most important to give
an opportunity, after a certain time, to a young man
to select that branch of science or education in which
he feels he has particular qualifications."