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cmly amounts to a declaration of opinion by tlie JBtpiiSe ' of Cbmmons , that in any modi 6 cations of the rwjes of the National Schools Commission in trdand , the futidamen ^ l ^ nfeipjgs of the jgetem iouBt ^? be adhered % o , ' ¦ j , JjiiPiVJ " W ? ^!! gSr < ^ scholars of pverv denonflggtiogn-om mttJTere *^ with their T , elig jows tenete . W | V ^ at ^ JSJ " solution-as , ft wunterpoise tMat ot Mr . WW * t ^ ous , is measured b ^ the jacifWat Mr , WamWWT himself declared tHne attappTrt , and lUPWlcd -ib > iAt !; It could Be resisted , in truth , only by the , most open , avowed , and rancorous opponents of * the National system ; not by those who , Hke > Mr . Waijolb , are compelled by their position * to defer to public opinion and hope to twist- the 1 National sysUeftj- if © # try jiu 6-it ? dbwii . the
Xbrd PAiM * ls ^< 5 ^ r cBfose ; to consider carryi » £ this resolution as having rescinded Mr . Wal"tpii ' s , which had been practically carried out . It is quite clear that the majority of the Comjnons-do not intend to give up the National system V& ©§ flcatibn in , Ireland—at present ; but , it is ti ^ naliy- clear that Ministers would not head the forlorn hope if that system required determined defence .- They t *» ll follow the majority ^
• No' wonder , tbrenjthat they have no command oftfer the flouse of Common ^ or that the House igainVgave Mr . &p < k > nbk a victory on the second reading of ti ! s bfll for ; abolishing the annual i&tvalrce of nidtifey to Itfayribotb . College . Pjeel ^ QjSavplHred 1 tp- settle that- question , by substitutfhgf £ . tfgyrnent out ; of the Consolidated Fund ftB ^ anentfy settleid" by Act of Parliament , in lieu e ^ the grant annually voted amongst the miscellaneous estimates . But the settlement is not permanent *; and Ministers feel so little confidence Gii flnfe subject , that they cannot arrest the proof
g ^ Sss Mr . Sp 5 oiSb * 's \ Ml : they put their trust 5 ^ , ite »\ falling through during the session ; and ,: f ! iJ > tfc &s&Bi' helped- them-t-ibr he withdrew it , pro-. bably under the-mistaken notion that theadjournmejitby the clock on Wednesday , without the Ibills being actually read" a second time , was fatal . ¦'" HeP Efce riwihiier nobody expects the bill which J ^ 'HaettAB te BBTPHrBLi . has in hand , to abolish the ' ^ rltsejjtr antiquated te " stttmentary jurisdiction , esta' tfliMiriijoi court and a central wills deposit in Lon--l ^^^ w t ^ ^ raiich offices throughout the country , . wnprejpeopl ^; could register , obtain information , ! , « rct ' ' ^ he Drll ' wo «! d be an immense imprbvemetit , 'Vfi ^ aifei a modeirni tribunaladministered on prinft fcmfm -- ¦ r-
. , *> p ^ Y V - _ M * % I ' ^ - »**^^^»^^ - » <^ - ^^* - **»«* v ~^ —— ^ - »«* . — — - — ¦ — — — — — — — — — . ;« aiptes Of common law , and placing the whole busij > jjie $ a onn isdclv a- footing that it may be conducted Man ordinary tittorney in any country town , e" SoMcrroK-GENEBAi has the bill in charge , ' % i 3 & ! of cbtir ' se' he' cannot command a success , al-- * &HHg ^ a great' majority of the House of Comy ! -itfov £ J ; aoA- of fho publie agree with him , and " # eufci thankfully support any Minister that could iqaKfr them stand- by him . '"^ . ^ TEefe is of course quite as little chance for the , ^) # o ' r . « e' andMatrimonial Causes Bill—an eX-<; ei * Bhffly poor measure , slightly improving the htl
present absurd-law , but very sligy ; -. j >^ MJni 9 ter&- seeat scarcely to know their own mindB in such a question as appointing a Bishop - ^ OBtJ Of the lightest of all duties of a Ministry in tteifr <* rV it wa | tf first announced that the vacant 'BiMfopric of Grlotifeefeiter and Bristol had been given 'W « jte &ev %¥ 6 ftcf Ridirt * KD GHBNEvist Tbbncht , an fiferg ^ m * pfcijlblogist' and ; moralist , rather of the High Ohurch order .. It is ojcplained that that . Jgfftf , A hftsty interpretation of something which passed , and that there never was any intention of appointing Mr . Tbench . Plow then are we to - ;« fcplai « i > the assurance , somewhat formally put fbrtrifthat he accepted the biahopric subject to < Ae division of tho two dioceses' ? Whatever may '• fee ffie ' reason , tlie clerfryman actually appointed 1
& * the Reverend' GtiA-auBis "Bkitikd—a gentleman 'W ¦ ¦ $ & Tim Ckt iroh . O ^ he Frertiier , lilte Al good ' oldKngliah g ^ Dfl « man and a practical p hilosopher ,. JBurli& is , belongs to "the Broad Church •/ ' but Sir * ^ ^ P ^ qb , Gbjby is ., ^« cidedly Low . iL / lXhe meeting of the Administrative Reformer * * 8 ib > ijkn ( a London Tavern , on Saturday , was a sue--'AlSKftt ^ cOtnitterlcement of their appearantee befOrei 4 > 8 «^ * wiWio , » 'JFrx > tii Mr : Robbdck ' s epoeeh , We * infpj ^ tbirt ' tliey Intend not only to grapple with reToWto witU tbo evils whk-H OtfrV mtJ * 'h * I > hrWj »>>^ Smbill >>> 1 < r < fit I vil ¦ <* r - ' > : : / ' * l"J- » JP ' r ' VjJ Ji ffisfiw' vf / p ^ OsnBr it ° -. ° i * fts an a $ ffi * y , ¦ ¦ * ? ' pttDno , ' in oraw ^ w ^ cpdtijol ' , the omeial ^ oyern-j dHMltbi / ij . 9 «^^ Ww > , ^ . ' ^ ample , *• . " , a- w » p ton A 4 jMWfnQPi <» f pux ^ W ^| yj ^ fttKom . Wi » WiA >^ e ¥ i » al . >; The Harrow boys , old and young have been aubscribing for a monument to those Harrovians
who have AlerP S * ^ ierwar the East ; aind . thje first stbn ^ pf the ' liaorfcimeht had to be laid . Sir ty ixjXAijt ' 6 r KiBis was the representative of moderrft «( i ( valry ^ ^ rlorn tfee Harrow boj ^ selectkd as ~ -Tp ^ p&i - - ;| lfcF . the dW ^ wny ^ we ' dgj 08 & . know , excMfl- th ^ ll he had H « en »_ 6 onTimanaW oiKV one Ha « l ^ bomthehe <^ orT ? urkish Asidw- ^ onel LAdHPft anJs ^ olonel 1 & * £ e '; # ill present onMfe occasiWu 4 i&eace of <|| faol < K Sir V f ^^ m ^ O ^ proor % K * Be facuIt ^ lPBicW B 6 possesse ^«! H ! he faculty o * being unable- to make a set speech . He uttered a few phrases , fresh from his heart and straight to- the . nnirrow of th » subject ^ stieh » as-Would in mWny mikds fey the" first idea v afr welt as
tne firWstene , i « confnexidh witfc that menumenfc i Lord AsHBUKtbif , ta > o , has beert saying some sensifcle things at thfr annual" meeting of the Sopiety of Arts , most especially on the deficiency ofthe means afforded by our school machinery for carrying out any education at all . That point is engaging the attention of all who have the different branches of the ^ subject under reflection . Miss Burdett Comers , for example has been distributing prizes to the pupils at Whiteland ' s Training Institution , for the special purpose of making
them turn their attention to the teaching of " common things "—the most uncommon things which are taught at the present day . And the Reverend Sydney Tubneb has been expounding to the Law Amendment Society , how difficult he finds it to procure mea who can teach young boys ; the reason being , he saysj that teachers are sought more for their intellectual attainments or parts than for their capacity in working or their apti ^ tude to sympathize with their pupils , and be their guides in life as well as their teachers iri school .
Thb Sete for the . New National GtaIjL . erx . —Mr . Edgar A . Bowring , -writing on behalf of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 , and addressing the Secretary of the Treasury , for the information of the Lords of- the Treasury , says " her Majesty ' s Commissioners are prepared , in conformity with their Lordships ' proposal , to give up so much of the Kensington-gore estate as may be required for the" site or the new National Gallery , with suitable approaches and a sufficient surrounding , space , , to the intent that it may be vested in the Commissioner ^ pf Public Works in trust for the proposed object , such portion' of the estate to be taken from th © main block lying within the great boundary roads . " The National Obphan School . —After the Duke of Cambridge has laid , the first stone of the new
buildings of » he National Orphan Schools at Ham Common , on Wednesday next , there will be a defeAner in the grounds of the institution . The " Home" already shelters upwards of seventy girls . It is anticipated that the assemblage on this occasion will be ' very influential . An American Compliment-. —It has been proposed by Mr . Mason , in tad American Senate , to purchase the remains of the British barque - Resolute , -which was ' abandoned by her crew , and found derelict in the Arctic Ocean by an American wtaler , to refit the vessel , and send it- back as a < present to the English Government , which- has relinquished all claim in-favour of the salvors . This was . agreed to , and it is to be hoped that the present will be considered as equivalent to " the pipe of peace /'
• Pkrsia and Herat . —The Persian letters speak of nothing but Herat . A large Persian force entered the Herat territory some time ago , in understanding with Mirza / Toussdf Khan . Lettera lately received from Teheran bring the news that a messenger had arrived from the army with the intelligence that Herat was in the hands of the Persians by capitulation . This news , which waa considered-as official at Teheran , is now again contradicted ; bat it Is rendered probable by letters from the best Bovtrcea .- ^ - Tim ^ a Thsrkiah Correspondent . Elkotion or Sheriffs . —Mr . Mechi and Mr . Keats were on Tuesday elected Sheriffs for London and Middlesex ^ respectively ; for the ensuing year . Sir John Key wns re-electod Chamberlain of the City , and tho other officers appointed by tho livory were also r eelected .
Cakltolb CAa'HitXMiAii . —Thie venerable edifice , which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners during the last throe years have been ondoavourkig to restore to its ancient splendour , was reopened for public worship last Sunduy morning . iNDiA .- ^ Tha last moils froni the East state that public works in India aro stopped . Tho Santiils are again unquiet . An insurrection is on foot nonr Viisagapatam . The King of Oiid ' o has arrived at Calcutta . A band of rebels was approaching Foochow , in China , eighty union distant from Shanghai . Evro * -HANi > Er > ifusTicic . —A gamekeeper nt Tindonend , in Essex , has boon shot in the log ' s by a spring-gun -which he had hlrirtrif Jaid ttnd charged with deadly oxploaives , for Dh « "purpose of protecting a nest of pheivaanta' eggs . Th < vman ' s legs were amputated , but mortiftcation ensuea " , 'AWd ho dieti . < < ,
) THHfe ift ^ ciftWw ^ imxmiH&i- 'JthH'QtKift of Cotnriion Council has agreed to a vote of f > 00 / . for the relief of tho tjuflororg by tho Into inundations .
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I , ; BmteUL PARLIAMENT .
' " ¦' .., ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦;•¦' ¦ . •'• Monday ^ June 23 rd . . . ' : ' OATtt OF ABJURATION BILL . . In tbt ifer / SE c > pLobd 3 , Lord I / JTNi > HUBST ,. in moving t « S *|*»*? reaa > ng of this bill , argued that the taking ;< ff thj * oalfl ^ in the > present day , is a mere act of folly * ajwi "ffllpW'fy , - since the descendants of the Pretender ( Ijggtnst DfttSftt ii was l ^ elled , are now all dead . The dath wab originally frameVl-io meat the case ot the Roman Caffeolics > but , since £ be- passing of the Cathoh > Emancipation Act , no Papist is bound to take it and therefore the words " on the true faith of a Christian " are practically abolished , as far as they are concerned . With respect to the Jews , he thought that no native ^
bom subject ottgtit to be disfranchised unless by an express legislative provision . The opinion of Lord Somers , of Lord Ghangellor Talbot , and of other eminent lawyers of former 1 j | jyB , showed that in their time the Jews were in the same condition as other natives . Asregards the common observation , that the country would be " un-CKristianized , " he would ask if it could be said that Parliament during the reign of William III ., or the pious King Edward , was less Christian than it is flow ? The general demeanour of the Jews is quiet and inoffensive ; they are not proselyte-makers ; and they have never shown any desire to interfere with the national religion ; He therefore thought their Lordships were not justified in repeatedly throwing out billa Which had reference merely to the composition of tho other House .
Earl Stanhopk still thought , as he always had thought , that , although Jews should be allowed to fill civil offices , and to" administer the law , they should not be permitted to take part iri framing the laws . True , the oath did not always exclude unbelievers in Christianity ; but it prevented them from openly avowing their opinions . They are obliged to adopt a decorous and reverent tone in speaking of the Christian faith , and ar& precluded from making any of thobe unseemly attacks upon it against which such an oath appears to be the only barrier . What would have happened if such a man as Tom Paine had become a member of the English legislature without swearing " on the true faith of a Christian ? " That was certainly no extravagant supposition , inasmuch as he was an Englishman ; and could it be believed that in the absence of an oath he would have been restrained from indulging in constant
invectives against the doctrines of Christianity and even the character of Christ ? There are already disqualifications on various grounds ; why then should there not be a religious disqualification ? &eneving that Jews ought to be excluded from the Legislature , he moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . —The measure was further opposed by Lord Dungajsnon , and was supported by the Marquis of Claniucabde , Loid Ravbnsworth ( who thought there might be inconveniences front admitting Jews to Parliament , but who conceived himself bound to aid in repealing an oath which is obsolete , and therefore impious ^ Earl St . Germans , and Lord Lansdo ^ nb . —The House , on a division , rejected tie second reading of the bill by a majority of 32 ; the contents being 46 present , and 32 proxiestotal , 78 ; and the non-contents , 66 present , and 44 proxies—total , 110 .
IRISHT NATIONAL EDUCATION . In tho House of Commons , Mr . Portescuk moved " That tho House has observed with satisfaction the progressmade in the instruction of tlie poorer classes of her Majesty ' s Irish subjects under the direction of tho Commissioners of National Education , and is of opinion that in the administration of that system there should be maintained a strict and undevlating adherence to its fundamental principles , by excluding all compulsory religious teaching , being convinced that no plnn for tho education of the Irish poor can be carried into oflectual operation unless it bo explicitly avowed nnd clearly understood that no attempt shall bo made to influence or disturb the peculiar religious tenets of any sect or
denomination of Christians . " This motion was supported by Mr . Foi'tcscne in a long speech , in which ho argued that to carry out the principle embodied in Mr . WalpoleB recent motion ( the rescinding of which was tho object of tho present resolution ) would be to inflict great injuatico on-the Eoman Catholics of Ireland , and to endanger u system of education which had had tho very best eilect . Mr . KniK cordially seconded tho motion , and observed that , if mixed education had not Buccceded in Ireland , it wan owing to tho opposition of the Cliurcn Education Society . The carrying out of the address ( founded on Mr . Wiilpole ' n motion ) would work injuof Ireland tvhon
riouHly to Protestants in those parts their children are tho minority in tho schools . —* " Walpomc contended that it was very unusual , when an address lias been voted to tho Crown , for th « House w recur to tho subject boforo recoiving an nnawer . « secmod to him that to do this was very disrespectim w tho Crown , He denied that his object w « h to mibvm tho National nystem of education in Ireland , un w contrary , it waa his object to supp lement Mu * syatern , Equally , incorrect wan it to Hay thai < desire d ; ¦«» ¦ substitute for a rule of tho N « Uo »«' Board another rule of the Church Education » ocw * which would facilitate pro » olytinm . Nothing t 0 "
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Leader (1850-1860), June 28, 1856, page 602, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2147/page/2/
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