The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-15 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS.

On Friday last there was a meeting of the Catholic
Clergy to take this subject into consideration, and the
result was the following resolution and address, which
were read at all the Catholic Chapels on Sunday, and
have been placarded on the walls :
Resolved, " That in consequence of the late alterations
in the constitution of the Corporation schools, the Ca-
tholic Clergy of Liverpool can no longer conscientiously
sanction the attendance of Catholic children in those
schools.

" By the new arrangement, the Catholic translation of
tho Scripture has been excluded from the schools, so that
all the children will be required to use the Protestant
Bible, which, for different reasons, the Catholic Clergy
cannot sanction. Another objection is, that should any
Catholic children attend, they will he required to join
with the rest in a form of worship, from which, both in
practice and belief, they must conscientiously differ.
" There is too much reason to fear that these new ar-
rangements have been entered into with a view of prose-
lytizing, and of seducing Catholic children from their
religion ; but whatever the intentions the authors of
these alterations may have had, the Catholic clergy feel
it their duty, under present circumstances, to denounce
those schools, and to tell Catholic parents they cannot
conscientiously send their children to them."
After quoting from the Liverpool Times the account
of the number of children who have left the schools,
which appeared in The Sun on Thursday, the Liverpool
Mercury. adds :
"We were yesterday informed that the number of
scholars in attendance has still further diminished, and
that on Wednesday, at the South School, there were only
70 boys, of whom about three were Roman Catholics,
and 100 girls ;
.whilst at the North School there were
only 120 boys and 70 girls ; and, as we are inforined,'not
a Catholic amongst them. Nay, we are told, that the
number of Protestant children has actually diminished ;
a proof, perhaps, that amongst Protestant parents there
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EDWARD Ho IVA RD, ESQ.—The literary world
has sustained a great loss in the death of this popular
writer. Few of the nautical novelists of the day in the
highest repute have done more to earn their well-esta-
blished fame than Edward Howard ; and his " Rattlin,
the Reefer," " Outward Bound,„ " Jack Ashore," and
other productions of nearly equal merit, which fully en-
title him to the highest rank amongst the Coopers, Mar-
ryats, and Chamiers, his competitors for public favour,
will be eagerly perused for years to come by all classes
of readers, as affording the truest and most amusing
pictures of the sailor's life, which modern times hare
afforded. We are pleased to hear that he had fully com-
pleted, some time before his death, his romance of the sea,
entitled " Sir Henry Morgan, the Buccaneer," which has
been announced to appear during the present month. It
is understood to present a most interesting narrative of
the life and extraordinary adventures of that daring
rover, and a more exciting subject could scarcely have
been conceived.

DIABOLICAL InCaAmLed OjaUmTeßs
FEMALE.—
Threelarchant, and
Robert Pentony, hare been committed to the convict
gaol, Springfield, for trial at the next Assize, charged
AFGenßn,OjNarnAes
with having severally committed a rape upon Elizabeth
Steady, at Ardleigh.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
A GAMEKEEPER SHOT.--A most unfortunate
accident happened at Baylimin on the 3d instant,
just at the close of a day's shooting. A rabbit sprung
up at which Sir William Middleton shot, and, unfor-
tunately, at the moment he pulled the trigger, Hick-
ling, one of the keepers, not seeing that any one was
about to shoot at the rabbit, sprung forward to strike
it with his stick, and throwing himself directly into
the line of fire, part of the charge passed across the
upper part of his face, lacerating the bridge of the nose.
Ile was immediately taken to-his cottage, which is near
the spot where the accident happened. We are happy
to say that the wan is going on well.— AS'ujblk Chronicle.