The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-27 00:00:00

md part is devoted to an exhibition of the scale of

9th to the 16th year,

Sce., for the youthful pianiste, from the
—the course of instruction being marked
tion, and the daily exercise of which on

ssive tra

sears cannot fail to make th

tudent perfect, not merely in the initiatory but in the more
isite melodies. To this succeeds suit-

complicated and ex

semi-adult beginners,

when having corn-

oo late, are anxious to acquire in the least

possible time a flexible, brilliant, and expressive finger."
in of the little volume exhibits the powers of the
thorough musician and a practised pianiste in a
It. Upon the whole we have rarely seen a work
of greater practical ability, or one that handles the subject of
which it treats in a more able, effective, and popular man-

author a

Remarks on a late Advertisement from Oxford. By an
Aged Layman. London : Hatchard and Son.
nent from Oxford" which has called forth

The advert

ions tract, is the announcement, by the advocates of
ommon parlance is called " Puseyism," of " The
f Anglo-Catholic Theology," the design of which,

ioters state, is to inculcate " the doctrines and disci-
sn branch of the Catholic and Apostslic
The " Aged Layman," in a very happy style,
clearly establishes that, whilst making this profession, " The
Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology" is not permitted to
include the works of Hooker, Usher, and others, whose

f the A

Church

gs have been justly recognised as the ablest exposition

and defences of our church's doctrines, of her formularies
and discipline. This inconsistency in the Oxford tractarians
is, in our judgment, treated far too temperately by the " Aged
' All his remarks, however, whilst inflexibly
maintaining sound principle, are expressed in a tone of mo-
deration which forcibly illustrates his singlemindedness and

Layman

purity of motive

MONS. LAFONTAINE IN DUBLIN,

a nigh respect for the faculty, and the Dublin
.e, we imagine, quite as good as any other similar
any other city. But we would not give one jack-
for the opinion they profess upon the subject of what
is called—we suppose, for the want of a better term—animal
'tism. Upon this subject there was never a more per-
union amongst them than since, in the seventeenth cen-
, they one and all decided against Harvey's theory of the
dation of the blood. But, indeed, this has been their
int" at all times. Anything new or extraordinary—any-
; which they could not at cnce assimilate to their doe-
s, or explain by their theories—has been denounced as
ical, damnable, and idolatrous. The only " novelty"-
1-..3 called—that seems to have found some
.. some of the faculty is that bight phrenology—
..ore properly, we think, the doctrine of skulls. Now,
being learned persons, we suppose we never could make
oursel—

(From the Dublin Evening Post.)

tors ar

1 it may now

up to the philosophy of -bumps, though, we doubt
)t, half the profession are fast and firm believers. But,
ith regard to animal magnetism, they are all, with a very
w exceptions, stout and uncompromising sceptics—nay, not
:eptics merely, but denouncers. And there is not one of
'ern, from the unfledged apprentice just introduced into the
,ysteries of the dissecting-room. to the knight or the baronet
sat rolls in his chariot, who will not furnish you with rea-
sons and arguments, as long as to-day and to-morrow, on the
gross delusions of mesmerism. It is considered not only un-
professional, but almost fatal to a man's prospects in his pro-
fession, to admit, for a moment, that he has the slightest
doubt as to the utter impossibility of what he sees before his
eyes. Or, if you press a learned friend to explain the mode
by which the delusion is practised, he forthwith enters into
a learned disquisition upon the nervous system, upon hyste-
ria, catalepsy, and most of the ills which flesh is heir to—a
disquisition which will leave you, at the conclusion, as wise
as when he began. We have had the honour—we believe
that is the word—of conversing with some of the highest
men—or at least the most fashionable practitioners in Dublin
—on the subject, after the publication of some extraordinary
experiments in London, and, really, all we heard on the
matter was some gibberish about hysteria and catalepsy.
We did not then, nor do we now, in the least, doubt the
correctness of the theory or the mode of treatment. There
• ) person we would sooner call in, in cases of this kind,
Surgeon-General, for instance ; but we must say
guments made little impression upon us, as to the
ie London cases. Granted, and it must be con-
ceded, we imagine, that the patient is nervous, liable to hys-
teria, epileptic,—and that it is alone upon such patients the
magnetiser can produce an effect. Granting this, however,
we demanded not the apparent mode (that was obvious), but
he secret and subtile influence by which such effect is pro-
uced. To this we never received, even from the most emi-
ent men in Dublin, a satisfactory or sufficient answer.
hey, indeed, were never so bull-headed or silly as to deny
Acts. When pressed upon these points, they gave evasive,
r, what they called in lieu of a better phrase, scientific an-
wers. But we did not look for science ;we think the phe-
omena, as already developed, beyond the reach of an induc-
-- process, which can be applied to its explication. All
we required to know was this—Did you believe what
saw, or did you not? If you did not believe it, will you
ood enough to point out the mode in which the delusion
practised ? Will you tell us why you think it was a
t ? And if a cheat—why has it not been exposed long

than t

that his ar
facts of tl

We must say that to these questions, put to some eminent
n in Dublin, we never received a satisfactory answer.
are answered loudly enough by the whole herd of the
secondaries, and of the third and the fourth in place. With
one accord they declare that it is all a d—d humbug—all
folly—all nonsense. And we dare say the majority of the
physiculi think it so ; but, as we have already said, we would
not give a twopenny ticket for a whole theatre of such opi-
nions. In the first place it is fashionable—it is just a parcel
of the doctor's profession to deride pretensions of the kind.
There is no probability that any man who professes himself
a believer will make any progress in his calling. He is sure
to be designated as a dreamer and an enthusiast, and, as
your stupid fellows never dream, and scarcely can compre-
hend what enthusiasm means, they join in full cry with the
bellwethers. They raise a shout—they repeat a sarcasm—
they propagate a sneer—and a practitioner who may have the
honesty, the fatuity, or the folly, to avow his belief in Mes-
merism, as they call it, is at once run down, and soon hooted
from his pursuits. This has occurred more than once in
England—once in the case of a very eminent practitioner—
and to him the result has been so disastrous, that we maybe
perfectly assured no man of consideration in his art will,
hereafter, venture even to argue on the question. It is much

But w(

osier to scoff.
We have
given, very fairly, in the preceding lines, our im-
'l°os before ever we saw an exhibition of Mesmerism.
exam ples or the
last autumn, we were told of some extraordinary
opportunity kind—but we missed, through accident, an
much regrett4 being present—an accident which we very
might, through It was much the same in London. We
received in g introduction to Dr. Elliotson. which we
ranee
ever, we weve,sihave had an opportunity of which, how-
of our stay, repeated availing ourselves by the shortness
presented itself. 1;47 evening last was the first occasion that
as they call it in the'were present at M. Lafontaine'ssoiree,
what we saw ; ouro04"„, spapers. We shall not describe
entiv explicit in their d '"Deraries are fair enough and suffici-
we do not offer it as a eerrogen- In making this assertion,
impertinent—we only re,,, ration—that would be, perhaps,
wood faith, and true. 'eat
their statement is in perfectly
With regard to the young w
'ely out of the hamsqueetio:erised, trick was
.3 might be acting ; we 'were put to sleep, but
think it was—but we fairly adraitliallee r her •we do not
sidered by others. But the process to AtLelight'be so con-
to her
jetted during her somnambulency, she was sub-
We shall say nothing of the strong azejolNj applied trick.
weseaother phe-
the lucifer matches, or the ace/null!
I_ was fair but these, perhaps, as weliare• We do
_:bited, might be explained. But
us ho he
,cstand—and no doctor has been able to tell
evf her
legs were put in a state of catalepsy, so that for an hour
she
held them in nearly a horizontal position during the exr'n-
runt, and an hour after she had been restored to eon
ness. Was there, could there, be a trick here? licitZ"er,;
was, we should like Sir Philip Crampton to explain it to us,
or Professor Lloyd of the University, on any doctrine of
physics, which he knows so well, and explains so lucidly.
With regard to the deaf and dumb boy, there was, beyond
a doubt, no trick at all. He is the child of a gentleman
in respect
hen'sabl-
known to most of the young people in Dublin,
life, Mr. Macmahon, the professor of dancing, in Stepe
,reen. The child was deaf and dumb from his infancy ; he
as mesmerised—certain sounds were conveyed to him when
‘emi-sleep—he repeated them faintly and indistinctly
-nd he repeated them also when awakened. M. I

compl

nostrils,

lomena ex

Fontaine thinks he will effect a cure. Of this, Iv.
nothing ; but if he succeeds, he will have accomplished a
great achievement. We did not wait to witness the third
experiment; but we understand it was completely successful.

AN EXAMPLE.—Sir Harry Featherstonhaurh has in-
creased the wages of his Sussex labourers, and
given
each a quantity of malt to brew their own beer—upon condi-
tion that they abstain from frequenting beer shops and pub-
lic houses.

FATAL ACCIDENT.--Monday forenoon, a slater, who,
along with others, Was employed in " rough casting" the
walls of Eglinton-street Secession Church, lost his balance,
fell to the ground, and was killed on the spot. The unfortu-
nate individual was working at a height of only 12 feet from
the ground, but having fallen on his head he instantly ex-
pired.—Glatgow

CORRESPONDENCE OF ARCHBISHOP SECKER

AND DR. WATTS

(From the Manchester Guardian.)
Amongst the splendid collection of autographs, contributed
by numerous friends to the anti-corn-law bazaar, held here
in January last, we noticed at the time, a letter in the follow-
ing terms :

" Cuddesden, near Oxford, June 19, 1741.
" Sir,—l am extremely obliged to you for the agreeable
present of your Book; which is peculiarly well adapted for the
Direction and Improvement of Students in the University;
where your Logic is by no means the only piece of yours, that
is read with high Esteem. You have been a diligent pro-
moter of useful and especially Religious Knowledge, of
Christian Faith and Christian Morals. On these accounts I
have always respected you, from the time that I had, so many
years ago, the Advantage of your Conversation ; and always
rejoyced in the just Honour, which hath been universally
paid you. And as this Opportunity of expressing my Regard
gives me much pleasure; so, if the Favour of letting me see
you this next winter will not be inconvenient to you, it will
be a great satisfaction to,

" Sir,
" Your affectionate humble servt.
" THO. OXFORD."
In the signature " Tho. Oxford," it is scarcely to be ex-
pected that the ordinary reader would recognise Secker, then
Bishop of Oxford, but afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury.
The letter is interesting as coming from such a man to Dr.
Watts; as referring to " Watts's Improvement of the Mind;"
and to the estimation in which the doctor's works were held
in the university ; but it is still more curious and interesting
from containing, on the fly leaf, Watts's draught of his reply
to the above, in short hand, with his signature, " I. Watts,"
in a good, upright, legible hand, at the foot. The short-hand
is a system long since obsolete; one which was invented
many years before Byrom, or Mayor, or even Gurney, pub-
lished his. It is extremely difficult to decypber ; the more
so, because Dr. Watts has apparently engrafted upon the
systemitself some alterations and adaptations of his own ;
but the writer of this article having succeeded in decyphering
the letter, thinks it worthy of record and preservation. It
is remarkable, that the reply to a letter dated June 19, 1711,
should not be written before the March of the following year,
an interval of nearly nine months. It will be seen that Dr.
Watts writes both the old and new style of year. Now, after
remaining concealed beneath these old, almost unknown
short-hand characters, for a hundred years, the doctor's let-
ter again sees the light :
" To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Oxford, near
St. James's, Westminster, March 1, 1741-2.

" My Lord,—Perhaps in the middle of last summer, I had
the honour of a line from your lordship, wherein you were
pleased to take very kind notice of a book I presumed to offer I
to your understanding, and amongst many occasional civili-
ties by which you honoured me, you gave me a friendly invi-
tation to wait upon you in the winter.
" Indeed, my lord, I scarcely designed it; for my strength
and capacities are not the same which your lordship 'anew
former years. My spirits are few and low, and old age bath
made its advances upon me, in so far adding those of the
mind; so that I dwell much at home, and feel a sort of shy-
ness of great company, which is a usual attendant on feeble
nerves. Besides, the late important revolution in state affairs
must needs employ your lordship's thoughts in them, that
you stand in need of no such interruption. _

" I cannot but congratulate your lordship on the share you
are spared to have in the fast reconciliation of the two first
persons in the kingdom. May peace and blessings from on
high ever attend the royal house, and may all your lordship's
acts for the welfare of the church and the state be under a
most effectual word of Scriptures from the God of heaven
" Adding all duty, submission, and respect, I am, my lord,
your lordship's most obedient, humble servant,_

(Signed)
" I.'WATTS."
The letter is endorsed in the same handwriting as the signa-
ture, " Ld. Bp. Oxford, June, 1741." Then in short-hand
characters, " Thanks for the ' Improvement of the Mind ;' "
and again, in ordinary writing, " Answd. March, 1742." It
is clear that this letter had escaped the notice, or the draught
of it in short-hand eluded the inquiries of Watts's biographer,
Dr. Thomas Gibbons, who, in his life of that divine, inserts
several letters from Seeker to Watts ; amongst them the one
given above ; and adds, as a note to the words, " your book,"
—" Dr. Watts's Improvement of the Mind, or a Supplement
to the Art of Logic," as if doubtful to which Seeker alluded;
whereas Dr. Watts's endorsement of the letter shows that it
was the former. At the period of this correspondence, Dr.
Seeker was about 48, Dr. Watts about 69, an age at which
his own touching description of his feeble state might natu-
rally be expected to be given; and the rather as, in a letter
to his father, written six years previously, he says, " As I
feel old age daily advancing on myself, I am endeavouring to
be ready for my removal hence." " The late important re-
volution in state affairs" appears to refer to the change of
ministry, when Sir Robert Walpole resigned the premiership,
and was succeeded by Mr. Pulteney (afterwards Earl of
Bath). The " fast reconciliation of the two first persons in
the kingdom," doubtless alludes to the public reception, in
February, 1741, by George 11., of his son, the then Prince
of Wales, after a long estrangement. Shortly before, when
Sir Robert Walpole found his power declining before the
growing majorities in the parliament of what was called the
country or Leicester House party, at his instance a message
was sent by the Bishop of Oxford (Seeker) to the Prince of
Wales (regarded as the head of that party), offering, if he
would write a submissive letter to the king, that he and all
his counsellors should be taken into favour; that £50,000
should be added to his revenue, £200,000 be immediately
disbursed for the payment of his debts, and suitable provision
be made for his followers. The prince, however, declined
this proposal, declaring that he would accept no such condi-
tions so long as Sir Robert Walpole continued to direct the
public affairs. The resignation of that minister, therefore,
paved the way for the reconciliation of the king and the prince.

SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS'
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

The fourth anniversary festival of the above charity was
celebrated on Saturday at the London Tavern, when about
150 gentlemen, principally consisting of officers of the army
and navy, and of the Hon. East India Company's service,
sat down to an entertainment of the most recherche descrip-
tion. Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford presided, sup-
ported by the Bishop of Norwich, Admiral Sir G. Cockburn,
Admiral Sir W. Gage, Admiral Sir H. Digby, Admiral
Sykes, Major Oliphant, Sir C. Lemon, M.A., Admiral
Young, Hon. Captain Pelham, Admiral Skipsy, and the Rev.
Dr. Croly. Upon the removal of the cloth,
The hon. and gallant chairman proposed " The health of
her Majesty the Queen," which was received with all due
honour.

The Chairman then gave " Her Majesty the Queen Dowa-
ger, the vice-patroness of the institution," and in doing so,
octliled aka groat bonofita tho inhabitant., of maim had expe-

rienced from-the visit of her Majesty to that island. He par-
ticularly alluded to the great want of church accommodation
under which the inhabitants had laboured for many years
past. This, he observed, had now been supplied by the pious
and munificent liberality of her Majesty, who had expended
upwards of £7OOO in the erection of a Protestant church.
(Cheers.) And he would further remark, that when an ad-
dress of thanks from the people of Malta was presented to her
for her munificent gift, she replied that their thanks were not
due to her personally, but to the people of England, who had
enabled her to aid this and other works of a similar character.
(Loud cheees.)
The toast was enthusiastically responded to.
Glee—" Sleep, gentle lady."
The other loyal toasts having been drunk, that of " The
Army and Navy " followed.
Sir G. Cockburn returned thanks for the navy, and Major
Oliphant for the army.
Air—" Rule Britannia."

The health of " The Bishops of Norwich and the other
prelates and clergy who had lent their valuable assistance to
the society," was the next toast proposed.
The Bishop of Norwich returned thanks.

-----
Solo and chorus—" Sound the loud timbrel."
The Chairman then rose amidst loud cheering to propose
" The Shipwrecked and Mariners' Benevolent Society, and
the health of the President, Sir G. Cockburn." The esta-
blishment of this institution, he observed, completed the list
of our naval charities—(hear)—for they had now afloat a
number of the most useful institutions. He would com-
mence with the noble charity, Greenwich Hospital, where
they clothed and daily fed 2,700 veterans, besides maintain-
ing 100 boys (and they were soon to have another hundred),
to whom they gave good nautical instruction, in addition to
which they were taught various trades to enable them to earn
an honest and respectable livelihood while going through
life. They then had the Dreadnought, where sailors of all
nations were received, distress and disease being the only
passports for admission. Next they had the Marine Society,
where some hundred of boys were trained for the sea. Then
the Sailors' Home, for the reception of distressed mariners,
and last, though not least, the present excellent charity.
(Cheers.) He would now propose " The Shipwrecked and.
Mariners' Benevolent Society, and the health of the Presi-
dent, Sir G. Cockburn."

The toast was drunk with three times three, and one cheer
more frequently repeated.
Song—" The Fisherman's Widow."
Sir G. Uockburn, in returning thanks, said his gallant
friend had stated to them that this society was alone wanting
to complete the numerous benevolent associations in the me-
tropolis relative to maritime life. He would own that it had
been a matter of astonishment to him that an institution
like this had not long before been established, particularly
when it was known that the annual average number of wrecks
on the coasts of the United Kingdom was upwards of 1,000.
(Hear.) Formerly, a poor fellow, after being wrecked and
cast ashore. could obtain no assistance till he got to his re-
lations and friends ; and it often occurred that he was obliged
to wander as a beggar and a vagabond through the country.
Now, however, his wants were supplied by the agent of this
charity ; and, if wounded or sick, he was attended to by that
officer with fraternal kindness, and provided with medical
advice till he became convalescent. Then, again, the poor
widow left by the death of her husband in the greatest dis-
tress, perhaps with a large family of children, was visited at
her cottage by the agent, who informed her that, although
the friends of the charity could not restore to her the man of
her heart, her husband and protector, yet that the institu-
tion would do all in its power to assuage her grief, and pro-
vide for the immediate wants of herself and family. (Cheers.)
Various other toasts were drunk, and the company did not
break up till shortly before 12 o'clock.

The subscriptions of the evening amounted to £914, in-
cluding £67 subscribed by the ladies.

A SHOWER OF "RED" RAIN.—The Courrier Grec states
that a red rain had recently fallen at Tripolitza and elsewhere,
and that the minister of the interior had collected information
respecting that remarkable phenomenon, which would be
submitted to the examination of the medical board.
INTERESTING TO ARTISTS.—The commissioners appointed
by her Majesty for the encouragement of the fine arts in the
United Kingdom, have issued a notification to artists, in-
viting them to compete in the production of designs for
frescos to decorate the walls of the new houses of parliament.
The inducement held out shapes itself into the form of pre-
rniams for the best sketches in the following proportions :
Three premiums of £3OO each, three of £2OO each, and five
Of £lOO each, to be given " to the artists who shall furnish
the result will cartoons, which shall respectively be deemed worthy of one
ortheother of the said premiums." It is satisfactory to
Perceiveittilthattight
the royal. commissioners. have begun their task
ePeertunity ot
end, by inviting competition ; and we doubt not
to ,indicatelitthe that native talent will thereby be enabled
a personal subscri
aes pretensions which it has often lacked the
serting.
spoken of slightin I
We regret t
magnificegnYt anli
Majesty's stibsc'en.Bo7, by letters from Hamburgh that her
subscription for that devoted city, whichtis strictly
the more on, and comes from her privy purse, is
disparagingly. It is compared to
of £9,000, and re,ard„s,"„eriPtion of the Era •of •
pei•or Russia
Queen. We ---", therefore
must remind the • re, as unworthy of England's
the Emperor of Russia' • e Inhabitants of Hamburg'', that
ment—that of her Majesstgylfitsis as the head of the govern-
The British government can ai gift from a private person.
parliament ; and in the presen:e nothing but by a vote of
that is not to be recommended. o,p,itition of our own people,
sanction. The great distinction, ther.?'3aPeror needs no such
sums is, that the £9,000 sent by the itiaosrae, between the two
gift of the government of Russia—her iyial!'eu Emperor is the
'of a private, but exalted person. Let u! afturs gift is that
that Russia will probably not contribute mucritlher observe,
merchants and citizens, while England has alreadyte subsety its
less than twenty thousand pounds, and probably doable
not
five times that amount will be collected7 double
or perhaps
few remarks, have . Nve
trust that, by these we placed her
subscription,wia-
as compared to that of the Emperor ••
jesty's
light before the citizens of Hambur °f
Russia, in a proper gh.
Her Majesty,i instead of disapprobation, deserves great praise
for her prompt and spontaneous contribution.—Sun.

NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE EDUCATION OF

THE POOR

The annual meeting of this society was held on Wednesday,
at the Central School-room, in the Sanctuary, Westminster.
when there was an unusually numerous assemblage of all
classes. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided.
Amongst those present we noticed their Graces the Arch-
bishops of Canterbury and 'York, the Lords Bishops of Lon-
don, Worcester, Bangor, Salisbury, Gloucester, and Bristol,
Barbadoes, Winchester, Chester, Norwich, and Gibraltar ;
Archdeacons Manning, Wilberforce, and Spooner; Deans of
Chichester, Hereford, Norwich, and Salisbury ; Drs. Walms-
ley, D'Oyly, Spry, Stoddart, Rowlands, and Williamson ;
Rev. Sir H. Dui:infield ; Lords Courtenay, Sandon, Rad-
stock, Kenyon, and Redesdale.

After the usual examination of theichildren,
The Rev, M. Sinclair, the secretary, read the report, which
was of great length, and contained matter of the most inter-
esting character. The principal features in this document
were those having reference to the grants which had been
made by the committee during the past year, the want of
school-accommodation in various parts of the country, the
means taken to educate the poor children who are employed
in mills and factories, the establishment which had been
opened for the training of masters and mistresses for the
schools, the method of organising, and the management of
existing schools, the improvement of the teachers, and the
success which had attended the efforts of the committee on
each of these particular points. The report stated that "in
the disposal of your fund for school-building, the object
which your committee have invariably kept in view has been
to call forth the largest possible amount of local efforts, and
to produce the greatest attainable extent of church education.
The whole number of cases is 316; the total sum granted is
£15,881 ; and the number of scholars accommodated is
52,180, being a larger number by 11,907 than in any preced-
ing year. _ _

On the subject of " school accommodation," the report
went on to say—" As a proof of the inability now existing,
even in populous places, to supply school accommodation of
any kind, a clergyman near Manchester, after stating that
' during the last eight weeks he had been distributing provi-
sions weekly to more than 1000 persons,' thus proceeds—
' My only school-room is an empty cotton mill, from which
we are liable to be ejected every moment, the mill being part
of a bankrupt's estate. In this room, which contains neither
fire-place nor stove, we have assembled throughout the win-
ter 200 children. A great many more would have attended,
if a fire could have been made in the room.' "

This statement is followed by many others, each showing
the pressing necessity there exists for further accommodation
for the administration of education amongst the poorer
classes. In many instances there are not any school-houses,
and instruction is now given in public-houses and beer-
shops. Another communication stated "that it was estimated
that in the towns of Ashton-under-Line, Stalybridge, and
Dukinfield, there was a population of nearly 60,000 within
seven miles of Manchester. About 90 percent. of this popu-
lation belonged to the working classes. Now, there was not
for that enormous mass a single endowed day-school, no na-

tional school, no Lancasterian school. At the eastern extre-

mity of Stalybridge a large school was in the course of
erection. In Dukinfield, with a population of 20,000,"
continued the statement, " there had never been a church or
chapel belonging to the establishment. A church, however,
was about to be consecrated." With respect to the pro-
vision of education fur the children in mills and factories,
the report said, " In the last report, it was stated that your
committee had resolved on making more than ordinary ex-
ertions to provide the means of education for children em-
ployed in mills and factories—not so much with a view of
supplying the deficiency as of showing what might be done,
even under existing legal provisions, for the moral and re-
ligious improvement of that unhappy class. Your committee
have now to state, that their experiment has been followed
by the most gratifying results. The factory inspector for the ,
West Biding of Yorkshire (Mr. R. Saunders), after stating
that the number of factory children in his district amounts
to 10,000, thus proceeds :—"The success which has attended
the exertions of the National Society in behalf of factory
children is very encouraging. Nearly every factory child in
the districts assigned to the society's schools at Leeds and
Bradford now attends them. The last official returns give
about 180 in attendance at Leeds, and nearly 300 at Brad-
ford. No objection to the mode in which these schools are
conducted has been made since they have been in full oper-
ation, either by a parent or child."'
The school-room which has been built by the society in
the Manchester road at Bradford " is now attended by 950
children on Sundays, and 330 on week days.; In reference
to the " Training Establishment," the report thus pro-
ceeded :
" Your committee last year stated, that in accordance with
public opinion, preparations had been made to open an es-
tablishment for training youths to be schoolmasters at Stan-
ley-grove, Chelsea, where an eligible site bad been purchased
by the society for that purpose. Your committee have now
to report, that the dormitory for the accommodation of 56
pupils has been completed ; that a chapel to contain 400
persons has been erected and consecrated ; and that a model
school, as a place of practical instruction for the pupils in
the art of teaching, is now in operation, and attended by 110
scholars. The original outlay upon this establishment is
large, it exceeds £20,000. But taking into account the ex-
tent of ground purchased, the number of buildings to be
erected and fitted up, and the respectability of appearance
considered necessary in edifices of a somewhat collegiate
character, the society could not, perhaps, expect to do so
much on cheaper terms. The annual expense to the society
is estimated at £2,000, and will be strictly limited to that
sum. The payments of pupils are at the rate of £25 annu-
ally from each pupil during his period of training, which, by
recent arrangements, may vary from one year and a half to
three years. Each pupil, after a probation of three months,
is apprenticed to the society till the completion of his 21st
year. The number of apprentices is at present 33, of whom
10 are entirely free, and 10 partly so, being charged £l5 a
year instead of £23. For these exhibitions, which were con-
sidered necessary at the opening of the institution, special
grants have been voted.
The reading of the report elicited frequent demonstrations
of approbation.
The Bishop of Chester rose to move that this report be ap-
proved and adopted, and in doing so availed himself of the
opportunity to dilate with considerable force on the endless
benefits which certain portions of his diocese had derived
from the efforts of the society to disseminate a system of
education based on the principles and tenets of the esta-
blished church. The statements which were to be found in
the report were calculated to awaken every rightly directed
mind to the vast importance of such a system of education
being disseminated throughoutthe country.
The Rev. A. M. Campbell seconded the resolution, which
was unanimously carried.

The Bishop of Worcester then moved the following reso-
lution That the exertions of the committee to extend
and improve elementary education, by providing schools for
children employed in mills and factories, by establishing
institutions for training young persons to be schoolmasters
and schoolmistresses, and by sending efficient teachers to or-
ganise schools in union with the society, have the entire con-
currence of this meeting, and form a new claim to support
from the friends of education and of the church ;" and
proceeded to point out the innumerable advantages which
were to be derived from the rules laid down and the course
pursued by the society. In no part of the country
would the system be more beneficially felt than in the
manufacturing districts—districts, in which, from the
existence of ignorance, the deepest corruption bad grown
up. The children of the manufacturing districts were
peculiarly objects for the consideration of that society.
(Hear.) He might here mention that in the time of Edward
VI. applications had been made to the crown for grants for
the education of youth from two particular places within his
diocese. Of these Birmingham was one. In the one case
there was awarded a grant of the annual sum of £2O, and in
the other, that of Birmingham, a grant of certain lands which
at that period yielded the like amount. But what was the
present relative position of the two grants? Why, in the
one instance the payment of the £2O a year was continued,
whilst in the other the grant of land produced no smaller a
sum than £B,OOO per annum. (Hear, hear.) There was,
therefore, no lack of funds for the education of children at
Birmingham. (Hear, hear.)
Lord SANDON seconded the resolution, which, like the one
that preceded it, was unanimously agreed to.
Archdeacon Wilberforce moved the next resolution, to the
effect, " That the best thanks of the meeting be conveyed to
the noblemen and gentlemen of the committee appointed to
collect subscriptions in behalf of the society, and for their
zealous and unwearied exertions during the last three years,
to enlarge the circle of its supporters."
Archdeacon Manning seconded the resolution, which was
carried with acclamation.
The Bishop of London then rose to move a vote of thanks
to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, for his constant
attention to the concerns of that society, and for his conde-
scension in taking the chair on that occasion.
Mr. Whately having seconded the resolution, it was carried
unanimously.
The Archbishop of Canterbury briefly, but effectively re-
sponded to the compliment.
The meeting then separated.

THE NEW TARIFF.-DIVISION ON THE FIRST

CLAUSE

The following statement is an analysis of the division on
the question " That in lieu of the present rates of duty now
payable upon the articles enumerated in the annexed sche-
dules there shall be raised, levied, and paid upon the impor-
tation of the said articles into the United Kingdom the rates
of duty proposed in the said schedules ;" to which an amend-
ment was proposed to add. the words, " All live stock im-
ported from foreign countries, calculated for the purposes of
food, being charged by weight," when the numbers were—
for the amendment, 113; against it, 380; majority against
the amendment, 267 ;