The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-13 00:00:00

Sir J. GRAHAM, who made a few observations.
Colonel WOOD said, that if the Hon. Member your
come to the workhouse, of which he (Colonel Wood)
was one of the guardians, he would find that they b,ll
there a schoolmaster with a salary of 20/. a-yea.';
(Ironical cheers.) They had also a master shoernao,
to teach his trade at a salary of 15s. a-week.—(A laugh')
He thanked his Right Hon. Friend (Sir J. Graham) L,'
his suggestion, and he would more that clause 35 e
omitted.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that he had before or
posed the institution of district schools, in which the chit,
dren would be removed to a great distance from their frien.l
that
would and relatives. But under clause 35 of this Bill no district
and
would be of more than fifteen miles' diameter,
would not include a large population, except in Londn,
Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool. The distrielf
would be so narrowed, that on Sundays and holidays
the parents and relations could go to see the children'
On that point they had had reports of Committees fre,tu
a very early period, and all those reports earnestly IT.,
commended the adoption of schools of this character. 7
many cases, at present, the schoolmasters were pauPera
He proposed to give to each schoolmaster a salary of 2 a year. The school at Norwood, which had been Cr
,
ferred to by the Honourable Member for H ertfo
was a perfect model-1,100 children were educated tilers
at a small expense, and had the best education. The,
were 8,000 pauper children now in the workhouses of the
metropolis requiring education. By establishing foul: or
five institutions similar to the one at Norwood, wttbtoe
few miles of the metropolis, the best education, phYsi
moral, and religious, would be provided for these childre.
He was certainly anxious that these clauses should passe
They would go far to secure to the 'most destitute
pauper in the country an excellent education. Thera
m,
was nothing in the clauses against the principles 0,
leration and free self-government ; they had been off'
fully prepared in a most cautious spirit, and he hop"
they would not be postponed.
Mr. WAKLEY was :glad to hear the Bight god'
Gentleman express his determination .o adhere to thej
clauses. The subject of the education of the IN or bad
always been postponed in that House to other subjects;
and, in consequence, they now had the most ignelt
population on the face of the earth. They were a rig
not
feeling and a right thinking people, but they ban.„,,,'",
the materials for thought. If the people bad been pre'
perly educated would they have had the incendiarirso
si.
which they now had in Norfolk and Suffolk ? The ow
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physical, and intellectual education of the masses
been neglected. The religious question had be_e,,
made the great bone of contention, and the ri
children had been neglected. He could bear testi.nlii%
to the healthy appearance of the pauper children in tilt
Gallant Colonel's union, and he believed the Gat!
Colonel exercised his functions morelike a parent t"Le
a guardian.—(Hear, hear.) They ought not to P',
meanly of education, because they occasionally founu...,,
learned man—a man educated at the university
the most stupid animal in existence.—(Hear, sr.
)
It was most ridiculous to see to whom the words
Honourable and Learned Gentlemen were applied.
of
(Laughter.) Ile thought they did a great deg .°
harm by calling a very stupid person the Learned Gee'
tleman.—(Laughter.) The education which he wished
to see adopted was such as would make the children rei'd
spectable members of society. He denied that that COto
be done in the workhouse schools. He was opposed
the system of centralisation, but if it was the opliii°ned,
that House that the Commissioners should be retain d
he thought they should be made as useful as possible,
in no particular could they be made more beneficial di.eit
in superintending the system of education under vvill,
the children in the poor-houses were to receive instile
tion.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped the Right Hon. Gent'y,
man would not relax any of the clauses.
ir
Mr. S. WORTLEY said there could be no great - 001
j.ction to this power being conferred. He could
conceive a greater boon that could be conferred lg.;
these poor children, than that of giving them facib°
for obtaining the benefits of education.
Mr. WOI)EHOUSE said that the crime of in—.
diarism was as common in other counties as in Nurfou"
Mr. BUCK was understood to support the clause.
[LEFT SITTING.I

We have always premised, in speaking of the ford
of the French navy, that it was not the events or the li I.
of 1840 which occasioned its formidable development. 4
law of 1837 fixed the peace establishment of the French r,...11
at 40 ships of the line and 50 frigates; one-half of this 070
ber, both vessels and frigates, to be afloat, whilst 401401
men-of-war and 50 frigates were to be on the stocks--fiu'lle
22 parts out of 29. And besides, there was to be a reset
of 13 men-of-war and 15 frigates, and advanced tolfsco.
completion 10 parts out of 29. Such was the law.
was the fact in 1840, according to official statements
,o
,ur
There were then 21 men-of-war afloat, 14 armed, Itho
in disponibilite, and three disarmed. There were 00
stocks 25, only 12 of which were advanced 22 parts 0010
24 to completion. There were 34 frigates afloat, andA•
advanced to 22 parts ont of 24 to completion. Of the 21 101,,0
of-war afloat in 1840, three have been condemned, whilst toe
have been launched, leaving a fleet of 20 sail, which, bi,„
new regulations and classification could all be ready Ze4
month. Besides the Friedland and the Gemappes, launc'd,
in 1840, there were, in that year 23 more men-of-war „ 11,4,
vanced nearly to completion, viz.: the Ville de ra•;"0,
Louis XIV., Valmy, of 120 guns ; the Fleurus, Tage, Navarro,
Henry IV., Eylau, Austerlitz, Annibal, Duguay Trouin, u'rd,
Turenne, Wagram, of 100 guns ; the Tilsit, Breslau, BrfiPti
Donawerth, Duguesclin, Fontenoy, Hector, Sceptre, Cast
hone, of 90 guns. The Times mentions but six of these,
„„t
ing them second-rate and fourth-rate. Its understateinc4'
of the reserve of the French navy is, therefore, enormous'.... Chronicle.
BETHLEM HOSPITAL.—We have just learned ing'
dentally, that it was resolved unanimously at the last Wee
ing of the Committee, in addition to the numerous eaten'
sions and improvements that have taken place, and are 3tl
going on, within the walls of this noble institution,to_.filY
crease the salaries of the physicians by the sum of 501 igs
annum ; and farther to add the amount of four pupils'
Bar,
governors the whole, the tickets being placed at the disposal efi,tar,
governors and medical officers of St. Thomas's and St. P
t
tholomew Hospitals to be awarded as prizes to the two 11'('
deserving pupils in each school respectively.—Medica
zette.

/CAI'
MISS ANN SEYTON'S DRAMATICAL AND THUS-- 0
ENTERTAINMENT AT TIME LONDON TAVERN.—Miss C 1,4,
Seyton gave her lecture on Comedy at the London Tev,°„`;
last evening, under the patronage of the Right Hon.
Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, and, judging from
reception she met with, she bids fair to become as grlbe
favourite in the City as she already is at the West-end.
large room was crowded; she was enthusiastically applane7l
throughout, and was encored in " Where the bee sucks 0110
the "Maypole." We understand that Tuesday will be t
last time she will repeat her very successful entertainment °a
Comedy during the present season.
ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER AND NARROW ESCAP.-__,-"
This morning about eight o'clock as two young lads, aceom.';
panied by a female, were proceeding towards Paul's. wharf id
one of those small boats, no person being at the helm,
they not keeping a proper look-out ahead, the wherry 1/
ran right athwart of a coal barge which was drifting ;li,r
with the tide. The men in the barge called out to t
,e 1
party to remain still, but the female in her alarm atteniPte
to grasp the edge of the barge, and in so doing fell head'f
foremost into the water, but was fortunately saved by one °a
the men in the barge, who let himself down by a rope aria
caught her by the hair before she was drawn under t
barge. The wherry at this moment was nearly filled lyi°,ll
watr, and it was only by the most praiseworthy exertnt
on the part of the bargemen that the two boys could 11"
brought on board.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A PUBLICAN.--Ye3terdag
morning Mr. Samuel Gurney, the landlord of the
Cee!,,,
I makers' Arms, Marylebone-lane, expired from inhaling tr noxious effluvia arising from the spirits in his cellar,
11°4g
the following extraordinary circumstances :—lt appears to t
on Saturday evening last, Mr. Gurney left the bar, and wen
into his cellar for the purpose of selecting some wine W ,
customer. Astonished at his absence, one of the barmen
went into the cellar to look for his master, and found bid
f;
extended on the ground in a state of insensibility, and bibs
candle he had taken, extinguished, lying :by his side. -IL
immediately removed him up stairs, and as he continued S-
a state of stupor for some time, medical aid was sent fo,',
and he recovered slightly. On Sunday morning, the stuPt
again returned, accompanied by a dreadful fever and 11491„
withstanding the exertions of Dr. Watson and one or Or;
other eminent physicians, he continued in the same state
until shortly after one o'clock yesterday morning,
death terminated his sufferings. It is the opinion of lc
Watson that the noxious gases arising from the Spirits I:
the cellar, owing to its bad ventilation, had so powerful 07
effect on his nervous system as to produce congestion
the brain. Mr. Gurney was a young man, about
thirty-gt
years of age, and to render the sad occurrence the more
rly-
plorable, Mrs. Gurney has only been nine days in her C0._41„,..
finement, and has become in such a state as to render
o°.
life also in danger.
The indisposition of Grisi has occasioned the Most,'
ponement of the repetition of Anna Bolena, which. was ,
'-
have been performed to-night.
GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAIe•'.."'
The minute surveys now going forward, and the estimate'
of traffic taken, as preliminary to an application to parlor
ment next session for this line, are, we understand, of a
te°l,lt
1
satisfactory character. Mr. Miller, the engineer, is doing
in his power to conciliate local interests.—Railway Record.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester Lady OHO°
Montagu, and Doctor Evanson, arrived at Tandragee castle'
st
Ireland, on the 9th instant, from Brampton Park.
T FAALATeAvr.::
e STEAM-BOATACCIDENT Ofd
r
.
forenoon A,
rr.
LADI BHEET I I_p
sumed, at the Ship, Fore-street, Lambeth, the adjourned lit-
quiry, touching the deaths of Henry Tucker and
inWqurightiry lasted , the particulars of which have already appear
hours, and there bein about teed'l_, are
witnesses to examine, it was again adjog urned to Tues'A',
morning next.
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, LAMBETH.--A grati;
fying mark of respect and regard was
yesterday presented t°
the Rev. William Curling, A.M., for fifteen years the evet;il
preacher to the charity. It consisted of a very beautiful sitv' tea service of the newest design, and a purse of fifty guinea—,
,
A deputation waited on the Reverend gentleman to make presentation.

SIX POUNDS of TEA, and upwards, sent, carriage free, , tell
part of the Kingdom, at the Wholosale Price, on receipt of a re.-
tance, or Post-office order.
it
Black, 2s. Bd., 38., 3a. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 4s. Bd., ss.
Green, 3s. 4d., 35, Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 58., 55. 4. 65., 7s,
Coffee, 9d„ Is. Is. 2d., Is. 4d., Is., 6d., 18. Bd., Is. lUd-, 2s.
I. T. MANSELL an
IDE d CO., Wholesale Tea Dealers, 2, Bu 40
parties-
LERSBURY, CIIEAPS. Agencies will be given to respectA'

BIRTH.
On the Gth inst., at Mount Cyrus, Kincardineshire,
Forsyth Grant, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Windmill-place, Camberwell the lady
of Henry Meyers, Esq., of a son. ,

MARRIED.
On the 11th inst., at St. Andrew's Church, Newcal
upon-Tyne, W. PaimeT, eldest son of Mr. Ord, of Reading: Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late Mr. T. ° the fonlaer place,

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on the 6th hut., At
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. ,“ged 69. e _....
ion-place, Alexander 51101°
one 7th Inst., at Worthing, the Rev. Joseph Cbaries
Helm, M.A., aged 57.
On the 7th inst., Louisa, third daughter of Waring Biddle'
Esq., of Longham, 'Dorset.
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