The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-10

lhe progress d eflalr.
The number II persons e0mmi:ted, or
hailed in Ensland and Msles Was.
IN ISIS. 1864. ID 1888. 20.0s2.
Ia 1879. 1864. Ia 1884. 22.i5l.
In Isa0, lS.lO7. la 1888. 20.s5i.
IN Is3l. 1851. In 1886. 20.9si.
Ia 1882. 20.s29. ln 1887. 23.6l2.
Giving an average Cor the last four years
al 2I,aii commitments IN . yeAr.-a
mast nrIaReholy TACT.
For q comparison Leiween the three
Kingdoms. We give one year. 10 1884
Ihere were committed or b.lled.
seasearrd Eexseu-
10 dsa'h. tel.
In Ear,ana s Males. - 81 40 -
ireland. al,5sl ~ ~
Scotland. s1ii
In Ireland, education is most neglected;
the gibhel takes account OF u. BeecarIa.
in 1867. predicted thai the punishment
of Lealh would not survive tina. happy
period. " when knowledge, instead Of
ignorance, shall become the portion Of
The greater number"
"To show the effect Of ignorance in
the production Of these crimes. we give
the degrees Of instruction Of offenders for
1897: aud To prove the gratifying iaet
tina, the proportion Of educated offenders
dlIninshes. We give the per eeusage Of
each c.sss for 1896 and 1897.
Mae Female. 1856. 1857.
Whole Nc. Of com
m,tmen,s. I9.4l7 4.sOj
81 ~rile, 6.ssi 1850 3i5a 35s5
Able 10 read aud write
irnprrfeetly. IOI7 s.I5O So 81 So o.
Able Iofesd audwrts
well, 2.0j7 III 10 So 9.ie
Instruction superior
- IagTe Fsadmsand
writing well. D Og Oi3
Instruction could not
be asceTtaned, 42t - 26S AIS
or all the criminal offenders. therefore,
be It remembered. less than one hall ol
one per cent. have received any educa-
tiun be, ond reading aud ~riling. There
we're 35S of. nders Of twelve years or w.
der. aud more than bali Of these young
sinners were totally uninslructeJ.
Ar,rd Justice Clerk having noticed the
inferior number Of criminals IN Srolsnd.
proceeds IL say that, surprising his cal
culaton To be accurate, q calls upon W.
for very serious reflections. 10 discover
the Causes Of this proud imleriori,y.
- think We have not far 10 Look"
says his Lordship. " for the causes of the
good order and morality Of our people.
The institution Of parpchisl schools. in the
manner and Ia the extent in which they
are established in Scotland. is. | believe.
peculiar Ia ourselves; and il is an insri
tuition to which, however simple in it,
nature. and unoblrusiye in its operation,
! am persuaded We are chiefly To ascrlbe
the regularity Of conduct By which We are
distinguished. The child uf the meanes,
peasant. Of the lowest mechanic in this
country may, and must of them dn, re.
ceive vlriuous education from their ear.
hest youth. Al our psiochlal srhools.
they are moi only early minated in the
principles Of our holy religion. and in the
soundesI doctrines Of morality, but most
Of them receive different degrees Of edu.
cation IN other respects, which qualify
The mtu earn their bread in life 10 various
ways: aud which. independent even nf
religious instruction. by enlsrging the
understanding. necessarily raises a man
IN his own estimation, and seIs him above
the mean and dirty crimes tn which the
temptation and hardships Of life might
otherwise expose him.
In twenty-five years, from 1850. there
were | l6execuli"ns in the Midland com.
Ties, aud III in the Norfolk circuit: and IN
twenty-five years. from l7I9. there were
CTS IN London. or about thirty per ann.
while IN Scotland, as near the same peri.
oil as we can ascertain. they averaged
less Than four per snnum.
The Scotch sch""l system vas origin.
ated by an act Of King James the sixth,
Of The 10Th Of Dec. 1915. four. yeats be-
fare the landing Of the pilgrims, aud rat.
lied by an act 81 Charles the first, 1893:
but the first etfectual provision was BY
al act Of 1916. Tor the first time conpell.
ing the assessment of tax aud pay,nen,
OF masters salary. in every parish in
The kingdom. for the express purpose of
educating the poor; 4" law" says the
enthusiastic Scotch writer last quoted,
&" which may challenge comparison with
any act Of legislation TO be found in the
records Of history. whether we consider
the wisdom of the ends in view. the sim.
pliciIy Of The means employed. or the
provisions made To render those means
effectuaI To their purpose" This exrei.
lent statute was. Of course, repealed on
the restoration NJ Charles The second, in
1860; but u was re-enac,ed in 1906, in
precisely The same terms. and is the basis
OF the present. the noble legacy OF the