The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-14 00:00:00

NOVEMBER

Liverpool 3 I Leamington l7
Shrewsbury 9 I

Bank of England Returns.

An Account, pursuant to t:
cap. 32, for the week ending
ISSUE DEL

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1868.
P AILTMENT.

Notes issued ....f,34,631,490

Governmt. Debt-611,015,100
Other Securities S,Vdi,VUO
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

X 34,631,490,
BANKING D.

£34,01,49J

Proprietors' Capi-
tal .£11,553,000
R. 3,314,783

,PARTMENT.
Goverumt. Seen-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) .... £14,390,131
Other Securities 16,149,757
Notes 10,04230
Gold and Silver
Coin

Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Coznmicsioners
of National
.Debt, and Div.
Accounts ..... 3,083,830
Other Deposits.. 20,206,73.)
Seven Days and
other 8i115,.... 614,000

£41,8U7,357

X41;807,337
:o. FORBES, Chief Cashier.

" ENGLISH MASTER WANTED."—In every public
school, grammar school, or iustitution on a large scale, an
" English department" should be organized, with its stuff
of teachers. The head master should be not merely a
classical scholar, but a thoroughly educated man, imbued
with large views of the philosophy of speech, and not
only acquainted with the leading modern languages, but.
well versed in the sources of our own. Hu should be
deeply read in our literature, especially from the Eliza-
bethan period to recent times. He should write and
speak the best English, and teach his pupils to clothe
their thoughts in clear, simple, and vigorous prose. Were
it not a digression from our present subject, we should say
that his written lectures should be so naturally read as to
sound like impromptu speeches ; while his extemporaneous
addresses should be so accurate in style as to seem pro-
cJinposed. His accent ought to be simply that of a well-
educated Englishman, without any trace of local intonation
London or provincial, Seotch or Irish. For such a man
wo claim an equal place with the other masters, and for his
work a fair share of every boy's time and attention. Of
course wo shall be told by those who are ever ready to
start difficulties, and who see in every projected improve-
ment a dangerous innovation, that such masters could
not be had ; that, if they could, it would be putting
them out of their place to give them an equal social
status with the teachers of classics and mathematics ;
and that the introduction of English would interfere with
the more important work of the school, and with its chance
of obtaining university distinctions. All those objections,
may be answered by an appeal to the "logic of facts.'
Wherever the experiment has been tried under proper
circumstances it has succeeded. We could name more
than one gnat school in which English is not neglected,
and which, so far from hindering, it has rather helped the
other studies of the pupils. We feel absolutely certain
that if Eton would lead this reform by founding an " Eng-
lish D.,partment," and offering £l,OOO year to its
master, the example would bo quickly followed by every
school in the kingdom that aimed at k3eping pace with the
requirements of the age. —Rm. Alex. D'Orssy.
A GOOD EXANIPLE.—The City Press, referring to
a gift of £lOO to the great Northsrn Hospital, Cakdonian-
road, by Walter Cave, Esq., says :—" In au advertisement
published by one of our London charities this week, there
is an acknowledgment of 'a donation of £lOO from Wal:er
Cave, Esq., being in lieu of legacy.' The giver of that
money has set an example well worthy of imitation. It is
so easy for a man with a good balance at his bankers to
promise a legacy, which, after all, has to bo paid by some-
body else; and one cannot but admire the common sense
of this donor, who takes the burden upon himself and man-
fully puts his hand into Lis pocket and enjoys the satis-
faction of knowing that he has helped on a good work by
a little WI-denial."