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tr-Itt 14 AjrjAT y' g I, 7V:4T R E. every explanation respecting his conduct that can
—l--.• 6,o44Mipsul4nee at Matti's. JOILA.I'MA Vi ACinR. TQ•MORROW (Tuesday), June 17, will be performed, _,, i.
,e required, and to satisfy Lord CLARRN-DoN that
Zollini's Opera,,• -
he has not deserved the outrage
I CAPULETrI ED I MONTECCHL ous treatmen
'Romeo, Madlle.•Johanna Wagner (her second appearance) ; which he received. It is due to him and to thol Juliet, Madlle Jenny tsar (her second appearance); Tebaldo, involved in the same category that no furthe.
Signor Reichardt (his second appearance at th s theatre) ;
Lorenzo, Signor &who ; and Capel io, Signor Beneventano diplomatic CO'llmunication be held with Mr
In the Ball Scene will be introduced a Divertissement Pas -,-,
de Deus—mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and M. Charles. ' AJALLAS, and that the dismissal of the United
To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement, Pas do Quatro—
Mesd States :Minister should promptly and decidedly
lles. Katrine, Lizereux, Colby, and Pierrou.
*" Li. Seguidilla"—Mdlle. Marie Taglioni and M Charles. I follow his own. We need not say that there
Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at
the BOx-oftlce of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. lis no personal objection to Mr. DALLAS ;
on the contrary we should have been
delighted to display every possible courtesy
to a gentleman in every way worthy of
respect and honour. But there is no alternative ;
the decision of General PIERCE is final, and every
hour that the essential solution of the problem is
withheld adds to the disgrace of our own Govern-
ment.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, >dr. c. bnutti.
ENGLISH OPERA.
THIS EVENTING will be produced
THE 310UNPAI SYLPH.
To conclude with
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.

MATER ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
trader the Management of Mr. Buokstone.
TIII3 EVENING,
THE EVIL GENIUS.
Altos which PEREA. NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear.
Followc.l by
THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF WOMAN.
To conclude with

Under the circumstances of the case it would
have been impossible to have complied with the
demand of the Cabinet at Washington for his
withdrawal. It would have been an admission
of his guilt, and of the complicity of the English
Government. The moment, however, that ti-
complaint -.wan withdrawn against our Govern-
ment, we might have appointed him =to another
diplomatic position, and substituted &Minister
more agreeable to General PIERCE. The desired
object- would thus have been obtained without
offence or insult on either side. That, however,
did not suit the policy of the candidates for a
renewed tenure of office, and hence the difficulty
that has so materially endangered the amicable
relations between the great branches of the Anglo-
Saxon race.
It is to be regretted that the Parliamentary
discussion on this interesting and all-important
topic will not take place before Thursday. In
such matters promptitude is indispensable. "It
'twere done well 'twere well it were done quickly."
The delay even of a single hour is inexcusable,
more especially when Government might easily
have foreseen the step so recklessly adopted by
their opponents. We trust, however, that the
announcement will be made this evening. Lord
JOHN' RUSSELL has given notice of exhibiting an
interrogatory, and judgingfrom the terms in which
he expressed his intention we only hope that
the answer may not be in accordance with his
wishes or expectations. He once disregarded the
honour and interests of his country, and in so
doing irretrievably forfeited the confidence of his
fellow-citizens. He will therefore no longer be
regarded as a safe counsellor in matters of inter-
national policy. Thera is now but one course to
adopt, and that is to dismiss Mr. DALLAS, and
patiently to await the next movement on the part
of the Government and people of the United
States

ROYAL PRINCESS'S PEIPJATRE.: ox ?ORD-STREET.
tradrziho Management of 'lr. CRAILES Klux.
TFIES EVENING, • -
A PRIN%3E FOR Ali HOUR.

After whten,
Tft E WINTER'S TALE.

ROYAL THE A.TRE ADELPHI.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVERTING.
THE: FLYING DITTCtIMAN.
Followed by
LIKE AND UNLIKE.

11.0YAL OLYMPIC TLIEITEtfI.
L:sse© and Mana7er, Mr. Alfrei Wigan.

T ;lli EVENING

A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL.

After which,

RETRIBU lON.

To conclude with
CATCHIW; A 31 R3l-IID.

ROYAL SURREY THEA.TRE.
Lessees, Maws. Shepherd and Crewla,
THIS EVENING,
LITCREZIA BORGIA.

To conclikla with
A BALLET INTER I4SEUEN

ASTLEY'S ROYAL .I.IIP(IITIIKATRE.
Lessee and Nfana;rer, tfr. Wm. Cooke.
EVENIVG
The Romantic spectacle, THE. lIOR4F, OF THE CAVERN, or the
3[ punted Brigands of the Abruzzi, with Mr. W. Cooke's Stud of
beautiful horses, trained by him.

After which,
The EQUESI'IItAS EXER ISE; in the CIRCLE. The GER.
- MAN BROTHERS, as the Double R-volving Athletm, &c.,
To conclude with
The Xew Drama, THE FESTIVAL. OF PEACE; or Honour to
the Brave.
N.B.—Morning Performances will take place on Monday, June
23d and WO, at Two o'clock.
Box-office open from Eleven WI Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Weit. Equestrian Director, Mr. Y. Cooke. Joe.

The cause of National Education has at least
secured ono thing, a vote of nearly half a million
of money in furtherance of the system now in
force. Not less than 451,0001. was given without
a division, almost without objection, for Mr.
BARNES' amendment to reduce the vote to that of
last year, namely, 396,921/, was meant rather as a
pe for his speech than as a business proposition.
The feeling is strong in the House that Govern-
ment should do something, and hence though
few are satisfied either with the practically irre-
sponsible powers of the Cenamittee of Privy
Council, or with all the decrees they have issued
under the name of minutes, yet the money is
cheerfully voted, and perhaps double the amount
would be were it but demanded.,
So far as we can judge from the representations
of both friends and foes of the preSent system, it
has been honestly worked on the part of Govern-
ment ; the causes of complaint are either inciden-
tal to Government operations or inherent in the
very nature of the subject. Government Inspec-
tors will be a costly and meddlesome class of
persons, and disposed to bother others with their
oivn crotchets. The educational Bishops must be
expected to imitate the Bishops who superintend
another class of teachers, but, on the whole, they
appear to advantage in the comparison. The
reports of many of them also have been worth
much, as sources of authentic information, .what-
ever we may think of their opinions and theories.
Nor is it easy to see how, if pecuniary aid be
afforded to schools, it could be safely given with-
out some verification of the mode of its application.
It is a psrt of the present scheme, however, as
likely 'as any to degenerate into jobbery and
favouritism, and the House was quite
justifisd, therefore, in ics strong aversion
to .L >rd JOHN Russzrz's resolution, which
would have increased the number of inspectors
and arranged their grades, till we should have
had a psrfect Educational Hierarchy, with Sir
JOHN IC NYE SHUTTLEWORTH, or the Minister of
E location, as the Archbishop—his subordinate
Diocesans, Archdeacons under the name of Sub-
Inspectors, and a clergy in the form of Government
Dominies in every parish school. There is hap-
pily no disposition to go further than is absolutely
necessary in the erection of a costly establishment,
easy enough to build up, but which, if it be found
too cumbrous and expensive, will be defended on
the eternal plea of vested interests. Better waste a
few grants than create too many salaried officers.
On one point we think the minutes very arbi-
trary—the refusal of aid to send tr schools.
Schools have been opened, in AI oichester
cially, which cenfiue the school instruction to the
impartation of secular knowledge, and leave
the religious instruction where it is, in our
opinion, best the hands of the S today-
school teacher and the minister. The division of
labour alone is a great gain, and one practised in
the education of all the superior classes of society.
The schools are, therefore, perfectly un se itarian,
and their general instructiou of a decidedly supe-
rior class. It is, however, Lord JoaN RUSSELL'S
crotchet that the Hely Scriptures shill be read
daily, even if profaned by rolling, in all.schools
aided by Government ; and hence some merito-
rious schools are excluded from their fair share of
the public grants. We trust Mr. IVlir,NEit G IBSON
and Mr. Fox, who have taken up the case, will not
permit the continuance of this injustice. It is the
more flagrant since it was shown that 90 per cent.
of the children actually frequent Sunday Schools,
and itis surely worth something that the mental
ilakedness of. the other ten per cent. should be
solved—the edncatio
To a vary groat extenn
9overed-Ivith the fig leaves of the despised secular
educatieducation.Batter that for society than an abso-
lute state or nature.
The grand problem, however, still remains un-
" Arab population."
the half-million now spent
t, of our
would educate themselves
is spent on those who
Without it. The children of
parents who could
:easily pay for their own childrett's instruction,
or who at the worst must only sacrifice a pint or
two of beer a week to do it, is the rule in most
of the schools. The indifference of parents, or
the desire for their children's 'earnings, is the

great obstacle to school attanda,nco ; and the low

charge and the capitation paymeiVs are designed
if possible to meet the difficulty. They do
boxrever, but imperfectly. The cl,ts3 which most
needs education we seldom catch till we catch

them in a gaol. The unhappy offspring of
our bo2gars, prostitutes, and thieves, and also
of vast numbers who do not come under