54 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, 



'we take advantage of no man's perplexities; we revere 

 'the rights of conscience in him as well as in ourselves ; 

 'we set them fax above all considerations of convenience'; 

 'we undertake that the pupil shall not be subjected to 

 'the necessity of learning that which his father's con- 

 'science disapproves; and we are (upon this one point) 

 'content to receive something less than a full and com- 

 'plete delegation of the paternal authority into our hands, 

 'iest any father should ever be tempted to sacrifice the 

 'sacred rights of conscience to the difficulties which here 

 'stand in the way of obtaining a classical education for 

 'his son, and lest the name of the Church of England be 

 'sullied by our failure duly to represent the free spirit 

 'which is her distinguishing excellence." 



'''While, therefore, the system of education is in all 

 'points which are not points of conscience left to the 

 proper authorities, the Hutchins School is open to all, 

 'and a father has only to put his finger upon this portion 

 'or upon that of the religious formularies, and to' say 

 'that hisi conscience disapproves of it on his son's behalf. 

 'Such is the homage we would pay to the supremacy of 

 'consciemce ; and, if I have expatiated somewhat at length 

 'upon this important topic, it is because I am anxious 

 'that all should learn, and that our friends should not 

 'forget the real freedom of the Church of England system 

 'of education." ("Courier," 4/9/1847.) 



Owing to the "Warden of Christ's College being resi- 

 dent at ifishopsbourne, the carrying out of the building 

 scheme had to be left almost entirely to the Building Com- 

 mittee. 



In the Prospectus issued, they state: — "£2,000 have 

 been guaranteed towards the new Building by the 

 Trustees of Christ's College, and the work is now in pro- 

 gress. £5,000 will be required to complete the whole 

 design, including the Public Museum and Library, 

 which will occupv one portion of the site, and to the 

 maintenance of which an estate of 400 acres is set apart." 

 The Committee seem to' have understood that the £2,000 

 guaranteed by Christ's College was to be in addition to 

 the subscriptions collected by them, until the whole of 

 their scheme could be carried out, for on the 4th Septem- 

 ber, 1848, we find them writing to the Trustees of Christ's 

 College requesting the Trustees to place £2,000 at their 

 disposal on dates therein specified, and informing them that 

 they had alread}' incurred an outlay of £2,070 lis. 6d. 

 They stated that, for the laying out of the grounds, offices, 

 etc., thev woaild require a further sum of £1,000. They 

 also stated that the whole amount which had been in the 



