The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-07 00:00:00

NATIONAL EDUCATION.

The following letter, addressed to the Editor, appeared in the
Ulster 'Times of Saturday:—

" Sir,—ln reply to the Rev. Daniel Sharkey's letter of the
21st inst., I beg to inform him, througlryour paper, that I was
not in the least disappointed in the perfect satisfaction expressed
by the Commissioners of Education, through their secretary,
with his explanation,' whatever that explanation might have
been, as from that quarter I looked for nothing less; but whe-
ther Dr. Cooke and Protestant Ulster would be so perfectly
satisfied with,itir. Sharkey's explanation, were it permitted to see
the light of day, is quite a different question. Surely it would
have been Mr. Sharkey's duty, had be pretendecj an r degree
of candour, to have given his explanation public y, rather than
to have imputed fabrications to me and Dr. Cooke, thinking
thereby to beguile the public with Mr. Kelly's specious little
note of approbation, tricked out and garnished with his trite,
school-boy, puerile quotations ? Please, Sir, permit the copy
of the letter sentto the Board to appear in your paper, and then
let Mr. Sharkey refute the statement contained therein, touch-
ing the treatment received by the little Presbyterian girl in his
school, if he can. Yours, &c., _ •

"WALTER BOYD."

TO THOMAS F. KELLY, SECRETARY, &C.

Sir,—Although I do not expect a result favourable to my
wishes respecting the National School introduced into this
parish ia'st year (under the most partial circumstances), yet I
feel it my. duty to mention to you, for the information of the
Commissioners, a feature in the machinery of said school that
must render it, if possible, more obnoxious than ever to the
Protestant inhabitants, thus defeating "one of the main objects
of his Majesty's government, the uniting in one system children
of different creeds."

It is as follows :—The only Protestant child (Rebecca Quin)
that has been received into this School since its commencement
(now nearly a year and half) was admitted a few weeks ago.
It. appeared that the children of the School felt great curiosity
to know who and what she was. Questions were resorted to,
such as—how many Gods are there? what brought you here?
where do you go on Sunday? The little stranger, under no
very composed state of mind, ventured to answer the 'queries;
and in reply to the litter, said—To Meeting '(meaning to 'the
Presbyterian place of worship,) when one of the most ji,rward
of the scholars (Elizabeth King) immediately retorted with all
due emphasis—" To Meeting! 'lf Mr. Sharkey knew you went
to Meeting he would- kick you out like a dog, and so 71e aught to
kick you out." The poor little Protestant girl, under considera-
ble distress of mind, reported these sayings to her parents
(James and Sarah Quin, of Glassdrummond), who immediately
discontinued her attendance; alarmed, also, at the threat held
out by the Rev. Mr. Sharkey. "That if he did not see every"
scholar at the' Chapel next Sunday, they should not be in that
school." In consequence of the absence of the little girl, the
Secretary sent for her mother, and inquired into the cause of
hieesrsatbesseticoe.n'y The following Monday the matter. was investi-
gated in the school before' Mr. Sharkey and his Secretary,
when the foregoing facts were established by the clear and art-
of the matter,oervlietrtyle Rebecca Quin. inw.as TooffPerreedve to
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any doctrine her parents chose should be taught her. '•
Now, Sir, permit me, with great respect, to remark, that if
such are the general features of the (so-called) National System
Education for Ireland, none need be surprised at tire seces-
sion of those clerical individuals who had been heretofore dis-
posed to yield a patient and impartial trial to your System of
Education have the honour to be, Sir, yours; &c., • •
CHARLES' Boys, Vicar of Magheradroll.

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ficiently conservatives gave thei
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their annual dinner,
the Hon. Coln. nel
Windsor, Sir Charles Blois, Bart., Edward 'Fuller, H. Bence
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Laosrsde Ilni la) lyendin a
W. F. Schreiber, T. F. Leathes, R. Coluier, J. J. Bedingfieldi
John Barthrop, C. W, Brook, John Sltafto, George Parkyns,
Charles Liglingston, Esqrs.; Major Schreiber; the Reverend
Doctors Etough, Owen, and Crowford, and the Rev. W. C.
Fonnereau; besides a number of the wealthy members of the
TO T. P.NAUNSELLy,,Ewshsic,
conservative party, and some scores of,divities, were among the
company. General Sir E. Kerrison, Bart., presided.—Suffilk
Chronicle.
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CONSERVATIVE TAIBUTE.
ra°teßlyNCeinlipAriesPeTn°tNeds,Hcolti-ZohfisanSeifeegnadliti silvertroph candelabrum
of six lights. It is a beaotifnl piece of workmanship—of an im-
posing 4640a—standing on a three-sided base, with inscriptidns
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with a
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ard-arm;;rial bearings; richly ornamented with oak wreaths and
grand
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and wheat,
crown on oemblematical
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lying points in the memorable contest of December, 1835; the
shaft surmounted by a figute of Victory. The Hon. Colonel
Sttipfotd was the organ of communication with ilr. Maunsell
on the occasion, at the request of a committee of management.
--7NOrthampton Herald. ,- .
The requisition to Sir FI. Vivian to become a candidate for
the representation of East Cornv, all is already nuincrously
signed, and upwards of .£2,000 is subscribed to carry on the e,n-
test, to which Sir William 11fOlesworth.,an`d111r. Rundle, NI:P.
for Tavistock, have put their nausea down for 2110 each.—
Falmouth Packet.