The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-22 00:00:00

POLITICAL STATE OF EUROPE.

Lord PALMERSTON gave notice that on Friday next
he would call the attention of the house to the present
state of European countries, and ask the Government
if they intended to make any communication to the effect
that the peace of Europe would not be disturbed. (Hear.)
In bringing forward his motion, he assured the right hon.
Bart. (Sir J. Pakington) that he would not interfere with
the naval estimates which the right hon. baronet was to
lay before the house that evening.

THE PRINCIPALITY OF DHAR (INDIA).
Mr. J. B. SMITH asked the Secretary of State for India,
whether any steps had been taken by the Government of
India to.carry into effect the orders of the Home Govern-
ment, to restore the Principality of Dhar to its native
rulers ?

Lord STANLEY said that up to the piesent time no
communication had been received from Lord Canning as to
what steps had been taken in the matter.
QUEEN'S COLLEGES (IRELAND).
Lord DUNKELLIN asked the Chief Secretary for Ire-
land whether her Majesty's Government proposed taking
any steps to give effect to the suggestions contained in the
report of the commissioners appointed by her Majesty to
inquire into the condition and progress of the Queen's Col-
leges in Ireland ?
Lord NAAS said that the report had recommended that
the principals of these schools should reside in the colleges,
and that the recommendation had been complied with. The
question of the salaries of these gentlemen was under con-
sideration, but it was not intended to bring in any bill in
reference to it.
NATIONAL EDUCATION

Mr. COWPER called attention to the circular of the
Committee of Council on Education, dated the 22d day of
May 1858, and moved that the efficacy of the school inspec-
tion provided at the public cost depending mainly
on the publicity given to its results, the general
reports of her Majesty's Inspectors, when prepared
in accordance with the instructions of the Conunittee
of Council on. Education, should continue to be laid upon
the table of the house unaltered and unabridged; and that
the detailed reports, tabulated according to districts, should
be printed and made public as heretofore. He contended
that the documents in question were of considerable im-
portance in enabling- the Government and the house
to understand correctly the position in which the sub-
ject to which they referred stood. (Hear, hear.) He
thought it most desirable that persons who were not inspec-
tors should not interfere with these reports, as they were
not in a position to decide on what portions of the
same should be published. It must be remembered
that these reports were the result of the independent
judgment of individuals who derived their information
from practical knowledge. He did not mean to imply
that the extracts which might be selected would not be
judicious, but still ho contended that the house should be
placed in the position of forming their judgmwepnretersevedone4nt
unaltered and unabridged doeuments which were so im-
tt.nhhgee
rtant to the correct understanding of tho subject to which
Poshould be remembered
a withrelates.
n o less
than
£620,000 per
annum, thatand
they etrtyoeh
revelations aatni oyn s
publication of full information on the subject would
bo one of the most extraordinary
the penny-wise and pound-foolish policy
This was a question
of.
schools, but one 00-f
appliedve
thatrn md i Go-
vernment
to
001 itsacellitiffeeeesi
affect
r 1
ni guiltynbeeregin eparticularra i,
and
of
fhteh infOrmation thatcon-
tained in these reports might prove
question of national education.
4., allied that the heomn.omat member
rrtwanast
practical utility to the
DI nDo E
errorß LEi Yn ereferencex
reports
the subject, and stated
underi*ir. As
o
that the chief value of the
upon their immediateness afterth . in
question depended
e inspection of the schools,
which was at present not more than 10 days subsequent.
The Government had directed h
should be tabulated and sold at cos tat the detailed reports
price, and there would
also be supplied to the house the substance
It would of such reports.
not be advisable to give these
reports literally,
because i
local in many cases they contained dissertations relative
to
development in matters that did not bear on the
subject of education. When anything pertinent was
stated, the ipssissimo verbn of the inspectors were
given in the extracts ; and in order to show
how injudicious it would be to give these documents fully,
he would that one report, which formed a volume and
cost £lOO contained a disquisition of the peculiarities of the
Saxon and Celtic races. The right hon. member's
views :were based on an entirely erroneous view of the
function of the inspectors, and would if carried out lead
to positive enquiry. All that the right hon. member re-
quired that was-of benefit to be published was
already sup-
h ted.b t
plied under the existing mode that had been a
laidd bed ore 2p y
the
e
Council of Education. The report would be
d if it was
house in manuscript, an considered that they
were not satisfactory any hon. member might move that
they be printed in extenso.
Mr. M. GIBSON said he was not one of those who advo-
cated economy in matters of such importance as education.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

Mr. Otto Goldschmidt announces three eluts_
ber morning concerts, consisting of classical and instru-
mental music, which ,will take place at Willis's Rooms
during the mouths of April and Nay.