Star.
London, England, 1829-11-09 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN GREECE.

We give the following extracts from the correspon-
ilence of the BRITISH and Fonutuw SCHOOL SOCIRTT.
This Institution, which does the highest honour to our
.country, continues to pursue its philanthropic labours
with equal success and perseverance. We need not add,
that it is especially entitled to the encouragement and
support of the public :
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30ow, 1929.
As I have not seen any Report of your very useful Society fur
some time. I am not aware whether or not you have received any
accounts lately respecting the schools in the lonian Islands; but
from a letter I resolved about two months ago, from Mrs. Ken-
nedy. I concluded that a statement of the schools in Corfu. and
the other Islands. u far as I could obtain information on the sub-
ject. would not be unacceptable. I, therefore, applied to Dotter
Politi, inspector-general of the Lancasterian Schools, and be has
kindly favoured me with the report of his visit to the different Is-
lands las: summer ; there ate according to this report in
Cods Schools 17 Teachers 17 Scholars 545
Sta Maim de. 16 do. 19 do. 543
Cephalonia do. 17 do. 17 do. 739
Zante de. 13 do. 13 do. 392
Ithaca do. 6 do. 6 do. lal

so 72 MOO
Is the above account Pan and Cedgo are not included, as they
were not visited ; but once then schools have been established ales
in those Wands, and in a fetes* occasion they may rank among the
rest. The Lancasterian schools are, I trust, likely to be muck bet-
ter attended to in future. Since the lamented death of the Earl of
Orman's, many professors have been removed from the lasi=
nolvenity (the number being reduced to seven) and several of those
who have been removed are now placed as directors of public in-
'trued= in the different islands, and while they attend to their own
department of instruction, they will also tindook that of the Lan-
easterianochods. Dr. Pond has propoeed various alterations, which
when carried into effect, aselikely to be very beneficial. The Manual
of the B. and F. School Society hai been printed by the American
brethren at Malta, bat as, In some respects, it needs alteration, in
order to meet the different* of cams, &c. between here and.
England, another Manual will probably be printed which D. Palle
has prepared. The school established by Mrs. Kennedy, at Ithaca,
has condoned till very lately ; but on the 110th elt.:the mistress was
married, and I have not learned whether or not she will continue
the school. To the last she had nearly twenty scholars. Mrs.
Dickson bas had a convent ceded to her ie Cephalonia, where she
keeps a female boarding-school. She had, when I last heard of
her number, sixteen scholars. About two years since a school
was established for females principally, and atonal respectable
Ceram sent their children. It is both a day and a bearding-
school, and the ornamental branches of educed= are taught as
well as first principles.
In January, 1829, a charity day.school was established for poor
children, of which H. B. Sir F. Adam, Lord High Commis
slow, is Patron, and much support Is gives to it, as useful educe-
d= is aimed at, and straw-bonnet making has been introduced
through it for the first time into Corfu. Mrs. Lowodes devotes
much of bee time to this school, the plan and design of which are
similar to that established by Mrs. K. at Ithaca, and those esta-
blished by the British and Foreign School Society. In general,
English is taught, as well as Greek. There are at present forty
scholars. In addition to the above, there are various private
schools kept by individuals.
With regard to Cerigo, we have reason to know that
owing to the personal exertions and enlightened views of
Colonel Mc PHAIL, the resident, there cannot, by this
time, be less than from twelve to fifteen hundred scholars
of both, sexes receiving education there. It may, in fact,
be regarded as a nursery for the whole of the Archipelago
and Levant. There are also a number of Moreote fa-
milies in this Island, whose children are received into
the public schools on equal terms with the natives.
lILIWIAOT or a OMNI /SOW DR. coact, rms, ltsz ma, 1529.
avail myself of die &Future of Mr. Barker, the Agent of the
Bible Society, to inform you of the great want there Mot Scripture
Lessons for the,School. You will certainly be mock pleased to
hear that I am asked for them on all sides. sad am DOW on the point
of giving the very last to Poem and Timid&
I intend sending you, in a few days,. very circumstantial account
of my proceedings, which I shoold have dose before, had I not
wished to forward some of the needle work done in the Girls*
School.

I write now entirely to lay the pressing wants of Greece before
you. I feel thankful to GOD that we are allowed to labour in one
of the most promising fields. Schools are opened on every side.
The Scriptures are bought with eagerness—about 1,600 copies have
been soldby my man in the last five months; 2,600 have been given
gratis, for the use of the schools, or as rewards, for the more ad-
vanced boys, by Mr. Barker, the American missionaries, and
myself. The Government has allowed Mr. Basher to put dm
Gospel into the tends of every poor boy in the Orphan Institution
in Egina ; there the Scriptures am read three times a day. I
myself base now introduced the reading of the Scriptures Isis
almost every Wand of the Archipehgo, and in some places in she
Mores. Scripture portions are learned by heart.
In Tino they even read the Scriptures, In modern Greek, in the
Church. In fact, our beans are cheered with the fair prospect
that presents itself to us, but at the sime time it ought to increase
our exertions. Tour gifts have been most precious, not only useful
in the establishment of schools, but have also bees the means of in-
ducing the people to read the word of GOD.
AU the labourers in Greece agree in the persuasion that Schools
and the Able will do every thing for the happiness of &nee,
therefore we ought to be active in these two objects, supporting
them with Christian energy and love to the kingdom of Jesus.
I pray you, my dear friend, to engage the School Society tossed
as a similar supply to that which it has aleady senti Scripture lass-
sons, Lessons in Arithmetic, Slates, Pencils, and Ending Lessons.
I am about to establish a Ladies Committee for the edscatioa of
girls, and have, indeed, already formed one, and hope by their
arsons more will be done than has yet been the case. Wear, about
to erect a separate bundling for the_ Girls' Sth.ol.
Calcutta Papers to the I Ith June are this day re-
ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house.
The John Bull says, " It is stated that a memorial has
been presented by his Majesty and the Hon. Company's
troops engaged in the Burmah war, praying that the
Court of Directors would relinquish to them as prize, the
crore of rupees paid by the Court of Ava, as the rice of
the peace granted to that state in 1826. It is further al-
ledged, that a much larger amount of treasure would have
been found in Armerapoore, had the army proceeded to
its capital. It is likewise stated, but upon what authority
we know not, that the Duke of Wellington is favourably
inclined to this claim. We shall be happy to find the
report well founded."
The Montreal Papers to the 9th October, give this
review of the market: " Since our last observations,
Wheat has been gradually advancing in this market, and
may be now quoted, on good demand, at 6s. 3d, per
bushel of both, with a prospect of further improvement.
During the active shipping month, fine Flour is steady
at 355. to 365. 3d ; some older stand put for 375. 6d ;
Pork continues in demand. We understand by advice*
from Quebec, that the feverish excitement of the limber
Market, by the great number of arrivals, has somewhat
subsided. Pine timber, which had got up to 9d. per foot,
is now offered at 7d. and Bd.

THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY.