New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-27
Ragged schools, &c.

| TEE LONDON QUARTERLY REvIEw.-The De
cember Number of this Review has recently been n
published By Leonard Scott Co. u Unusually ADJ
and interesting 1t opens with Defence OF the Charae
ter Of the Great Marquis Of Montrose against the STAN
which have been cast upon I, then follow review
Tales by a BarrisieT' notice OF Mr. Fsrsdsy' reoen
Discoveries In Magnetism, An account Of tue Rage
Schools OF London, The stuars in Italy An article Of
the Writings Of the Portuguese Poet Gil Vicente Al
Exhibition Of the Present State Of Agriculture and tn
Agricultural Population Of France and stsiement
the State of ireland and the Causes which have led
it--sll from the Tory point Of view, Of course w
have been particularly interested in the reviews
Faradsy Discoveries of Ragged Schools and OF trencf
Agriculture From the former we extract two or three
paragraphs containing some of Faradsys general de
auctions from the positive results he has obtained
when we consider the magnetic condition OF the
Earth whole without reference 10 us poesioe reia
ton the sun, and reflect upon the enormous amount
of diamagnetc matter which forms Its crust and when
we remember that magnetic curves OF certain amount
of force and universal in their presence, are passing
through these matters and keeping them constantly IN
that state of tension and therefore OF Acuor we cahno
doubt but that great purpose o. utility to the sys
tenn. and its inhabitants, is thereby fulfilled
If Saturn were magnet as TIE bsrth IL, and ms
ring composed of dsmagnetc substances the tendency
OF the magnetic forces would be to place II where II
actually 10.
"If the sun have anything to do with the magnetism
OF the globe then il probable thit part Oi THIS eject
is due to the action OF the light that comes TO US from
it and in that view the air seems most strkingy placed
round our sphere investing II with transparent dis
magnetic, which therefore lie permeabe TO his rays,
snd At the time moving with great velocity across
them"
If Mr. Faraday were an American, he would perhaps
deem necessary to declare that this IS not Fourier
ISM as do so many of contemporaries when they
hit upon truth which that iustrous thinker had pre-
viousy arrived al, We beg to assure our readers be-
forehand that in these the distinguished Eng
lishman does teach downright Fourerism.' Fourier
following wholly different track OF investigation, by
generalization Of unequsled genius and brliancy, do
cared the same thing long ago.
From the article on Ragged Schools only want OF
space prevents us from making coplous extracts The
following describes the subjects Of these Schools
1t is in Lambeth and in Westminster that we hnd
the most fragrant Of their swarming activity
There the foul and dismal passages arc thronged WIN
children OF both sexes and of every age IRON three 10
thirteen Though wan and haggard they are singuary
viyacous and engaged In every sort Of occupation but
that which would be beneficial TO themselves and credi
able 10 the neighborhood. Thsi- ~rroa' s"ee - "u n
matted hair the disgusting min thh' ieiiuefs neces'a
closer inspection before the besh can he disesrnsd Pc
,,a ,hs ,ag. which hang avour II and tho barbarian
freedom from ali supernsndence and restraint oil the
mind Of the novice In these things with Perpexiy and
dismay. Visit tpeSe ttklDns IN h-o Soth'ii yce
are overwhelmed by the exhsations visit them IN the
Winter and you shocked by the spectacle OF
hundreds shvering in apparel that would DO scany In
the tropics many are all but naked those that are
clothed are grotesque the where they have
them seldom pass the knee the tailed coats very ire
quenty trail below the heels In this guise they run
about the streets and line the banks Of the river at low
water seeking Goals sticks corks for nothing comes
smiss as treasure screams OF delight burst occs
sonaly from the crowds and leave the passerby If be
be in a contempstive mood TO wonder and 10 rejoice
a.. upH phvs NgrradatlOns
broken every spring OF their youthful energies
we have penetrated alleys terminating in a Guide.
sac long and narrow like tobaccopPe where air and
sunshine were never known. On one side rose walls
several feet in hight backened with damp and slime
on the other side stood the dwellings sii more revolt
ing while the breadth of the wet and besrewed passage
would by no means allow the full expansion OF our
arms We have waited at the entrance of another Of
similar character and dimensions but forbidden, by the
force and pungency OF the odors' to examine ITS re
cesses Pass 10 another district you may
think il less conhned-but there you will see flowing
before each howell and within few feet OF IL broad
black uncovered drain, exhaing at every point the
most unwholesome vspors II there De moi dram
there is stagnan pool touch either with your stick
and the mephitic mass will yield up It's poisonous gas
like the corruscatons OF soda water
The children sit along these repositories OF death or
roam through the retired courts in which the Abomna-
ton of years has been suffered TO accumulate Here
reieus melancholy silence seldom broken but by an
rritaied scod OF pugnacious drunkard. The pale dis
colored of the inhabitants their shrveled forms
their abandoned exterior recall the living skeletons OF
the Ponne Marshes and sufficiently attest the presence
OF secret agency, hostile 10 every physical and moral
improvement of the human race
Here is an account of the commencement Of the good
work.
The Rasssd Schools owe their origin to some excel
lent persons in humble life who went forth into the
streets and alleys not many years ago and invited these
miserable ouicsss to Listen 10 the language OF sympathy
N1a hon IN he Fra
beginning made, to spporton the merit OF the
earlier efforts but praise and fame the last things
such men thought or think Of. Much, no doubt must
be sscribed TO the Jealous humanity Of the Cry MS
sonsries II is certain that those who undertook the
task were OF various enominstons-Church people
and Disseniers-a animated all Of them, by a common
sentiment of compassion and pety which they proved
by the ready and liberal contributions Tor THIS good pur
pose from their precarious and scanty earnings Rooms
hired In the localities and at the cheapest
rate lights provided and Sunday after sunday as the
evening closed in band Of voluntary teachers both
male and female, continued TO struggle, IN patience ana
faith agaps, the repulsve difficulties of their obscure
occupation We have heard the various
teachers nsate most graphically the drumming At the
doors the rafting at the windows by those who de-
manded admittance the uproar OF their entry the I'M
mediate extinction OF the lamps the dirt and the stones
that flew In al directions rendering this service OF love
IN no slight degree q service oil danger. Oihnumes
these lads got possession OF the apartments and re-
using either TO learn retire, continued lords para
mount until the arrival of the Police But Patience and
Principle have conquered them all and now We may
zee on each evening Of the week, hundreds Of these
young msnscs engaged in dhgent study, clothed and
N their right mind.
Ladies and gentlemen who walk IN purple and rne
incn and fare sumptuousy every day, can form no
adeQuse idea OF the pain and the toll which the found
ers and conductors OF these Schools have oyfuy sus
ained in their simple and fervent piey. Surrenderng
nearly the whole OF the sabbath their only day of rest
md often after many hours of toll giving beside, an
evening in the week they have plunged into the ouesi
localities ietd apartments and haTasssg duties we
have heard OF schoorooms otosey packed that three
ada have sat in the fireplace. each hob and the
bird in the crate with his head up the chimney and
requent are the occasions which the female teachers
rave returned 70 their homes covered with the vernin
If their tstcred pupils All this they have done, and
Till DO in the genuine spirit OF Christian charity without
he hope OF recompense OF money, or VI Ane-ii stag
.ers at first our belief but nevertheless II u true and
many Sunday School teacher, thus poor and jealous
S rise up in Judgment with lazy ecclesisstcs, Bolster
,us sec,srisns and self seeking statesmen
OF the necessity OF effort OF the kind, the TACT
hat in the year ls4s the Police OF London took into
hrge, for various offences l4se7 persons OF both
exes, under 20 years Of age, is sufficient demon
traton OF the success Of the Schools some judgment
nay be formed from tie following statement
The las, Report shows return OF 70 Schools with
average attendance Of Abou, goo children and 80
sachers. Since that period 4 more have been ADDED
4 i. = IL -