The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-18
Car English correspondence.

! LONDON, Dec n, 1851
Grand sohee Norihampfon- TIE Dismissal Of Lord Pal.
mUstoa, ScJHe Chancellor ef the Ereleguer and BIr
Golden or. Education,
The annual soiree Of the Mechanics Institute at Halt
fax in Yorkshire, held last week, and attended by
than twelve hundred persons including the elite Of
| the district Among others present Sir Charles
Wood the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Cobdea
Both gentlemen made admirable speeches upon tbs
utility and beneficial effects of mechanics institutions
The Chancellor in his address among other things said
he could not but look to these institutions great
branch of that gener education, which he felt deeply
anxious to promoted throughout the length and
breadth of the land lie glad to state to them his
opinion that the strong feelings which had nter.ered
with he progress of general education fast
irg away He believed that the general conviction was
that education of the first things which they
ought to promote and though it of those thing,
which had been bsset with difficulties he believed that
in few years they would see much more rapid pro.
gress made in favor Of general education than had
the case for many years past.
Mr.. Cooden sad, they had everybody speaking in IA
vor of education. and of the difficulties in the way
extending it. They found some were in favor of
voluntary education exclusively and others in favor
Of combination of voluntary effort and Of COM
pusory rating They must so on, however either by
means Of voluntary Of come other effort; they must
go ana MuCn faster, C0o than they had
done or they would be left behind by great nation
at all events As far practical education was con.
cerDed, England was in the of America and both
the American ambassador and Mr. Walker had coup.
,esd them to better to the general education OF the
people This ought to make them in look about
them and urge on what wac yet to be done in
1t is therefore to be hoped that national system Of
education will be adopted 1t ia .isn that the
subject is not overlooked but taken into con sJera
tion by the Minhtry, when the Chancellor speaks SO
openly regarding it Many the prrjudices religious
and oherwise to be but for the advancement
OF tie nation rust these difficulties will not be in
suImeunabe. There three distinct principles pro-
pounded by different parties to the public at present
Ftt TO establish merely secular schools at the publ
co. and religious instruction to be given separately
zach class OF neophytes by their minister Second
to ha religion in general taught by Bible
religion in particular ii the children want it, by their
own minister before Third, hat the govern ment
should in every district keep up separate schools for
separate Denominations interfering with either the
method or manner OF education and only helping whore
help is eedet
ahe last would undoubtedly be best if i. could meet
every But 1t does not provide for The youthful
poor and he vagrant; it does render edu.stion
open to all nor 10 compulscry we should wish to
1t ard does rot deal With places there no
school or apparent wish for II the government
take the question Of education it be to bring
within the reach of the lowest classes the people for
the Others pay and OF choose the system OF
education which is most in accordance with their own
whole
tion and give satisfaction to all parties we consider the
first method better than the second since society d.
yided into numerous secs and social equity demands
that the members Of all churches be eligible teachers
a system Of schoels established all in which
should be taught those branches OF education which
there diversity Of opinion such letters numbers
measures, grs nmar, Languages natural science, the
nature Of the human frame far as to show the oeau
fu harmony in which the world stands to the
internal faculties Of man and that physiological know
ledge which would lessen the bills OF mortality by eevat
ing the general habits Of the people, why should this
IN n TrIq fharp
is nothing directly religious in IL, neither is any
thing directly or indirectly irrelisious 1t is but the
division Of labor Let certsn hours be devoted this
by teachers competent to the task of unexcep
tionable moral character, and who shall be adequately
remunerated for their laborous and important work
Let other hours be devoted the incucaton religion
BY that order Of set apart for that purpose Men
are not agreed the facts and truths Of though
they with regard to those of natural science hence
the proprey and necessity Of separating the secular and
the religious in primary schools such schools are in
tended for the whole people But 1t is not fair to argue
that secular education Is goddess and rreligeus and
that 1t will brng up of sceptcs and nfdels.
secuar educators do not say and have ait that
secular education was complete education do they
wish that secular and religious education shold nsces-
sary be dssocated but they say that botn in the ma
ture Of the and the circumstances Of the country
the government cannot do than provide good |
schools for the incubation Of REGULAR knowledge leaving
the religious education to the parents and TO the differ
ent bodies Of the clergy. Ana should imagine that
this scheme, nstead OF pepg opposed by the latter,
should rather be favoraby received by them they
feel each Of them persuaded doubt they do Of the
correctness Ct their own views on religious matters
ing will readily receive and carefully retain
their doctrinsl teaching The ignorant are open to
sductiop will the clergy prefer that the people should
continue in ignorance rather than admit of secular eiu
cation! Are they far behind the age to wish ali
rone Do they forget the aiage, that i loafis bet
ter than no bread 1t lie indeed wonderful and
cus spectacle to behold urging zeal for relgien
plea fer resisting the only feasible method Of sdvanc
ing the knowledge Of the people, aud preparing their
minds the worthy reception OF the truths Of religion
On the same evening upon which the annual soiri
Of the Halifax Mechanics Institute was held auo-
on a toOk
lace at Northampton, to commemorate the opening
Ct suite Of buildings, destined for the occu.
patton Of the Northampton and Northamptonshir,
Mechanics Institute 1t numerously
attended than the Halifax meeting and included all
ranks and classes. from the operatives of the town
10 the principal nobility ana gsnry re.i lent Ia
the neiehborhood Earl Fitzwilam occupied the chair.
Mr. Layard the author OF "NineveaN WAS there. and
portion Of his speech we consider, will be interesting to
your readers. lie was about going he Fad 70 regions
where there we're no mechanics institutes, but where
still Wild wondered the face Of the Ta0se
men. however. wondered among the remains of greet
cities the existence Of which indicated state civli
zation which equs,d IL 1t did not excel That
solemn reflection. In speaking Of the ruins OF
Babylon isyrie they must picture 60 themselves
teIcs and monuments such we're to bs seen ia Italy
Those ruins the contrary consisted oi vsst mounds
Of earth somethug ike the ancient burrows 70 be found
10 this county AND some Of them much three
thousand yards IN length and occupied many squass
acres Of ground Those vast mounds literally
the hears q which the prophet Isaiah referred
when sptakug q the ultimate tate of those CITIES
which wsfe, IN hs days aourisdlng, an great
aud - porulous IS our own London at pre-
tent 1ht NoluH Wlch the prophet ufef N speaking Of
NuovCh IN particular, had literally been fufled go
much that u he wished to convey t. them correct
idea q the present stale ot the ruins o Babylon aud
syria be could not do SO 20 greater advantage than by
quoting the words propheticay employed IL the sacred
soriptuIss They must rcmsmber that TIA moaads t0
which be had rciered, consisted of vast platforms IL
earth bopeath which the remains of pal2ces "
ed The mede OF construction employed n those
accounted Tor the pre,ent state Of their ruins They
chic y erected in the midst Of great pgln' where
the want Of rendered solid masonry exceedingly
difficult and expensive The consequence that the
builders driven to the Oh msra mui
4 in the erection OF those palaces mixing 1t up
with chopped straw. ara making Il into bsck'