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THE NEWSPAPER. 



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relizion : but, unfortunately, that is not the case. We 

 ill know how rife dissent is ; moreover, we see yearly 

 and monthly new sects arising, some of which more or 

 less detach persons from the Church of England ; and 

 there can be no doubt that the whole body of Dissenters 

 from the Church in England is a very considerable one. 

 Now they all, undoubtedly, contribute towards these 

 irants. Every man, whether Churchman or Dissenter, 

 oars the taxes out of which this fund is to be provided ; 

 and therefore, they are to be considered in this matter ; 

 and'this being so, I don't think the clergy of the Church 

 can set up a right to teach those persons who do not 

 belong to the church of which they are ministers. It 

 was therefore thought necessary in some degree to guard 

 against that ; and the result was, that Parliament, when 

 jt voted the money, stated that the grants should be 

 made not only to schools in connection with the Esta- 

 blishment and the National School Society, but also to 

 schools In connection with the British and Foreign School 

 Society — a Society which differs, undoubtedly, from the 

 National Society in several respects, and especially in 



tD i s that the National Society requires the Catechism to 



be taught in the schools connected with it ; whereas 

 the British and Foreign School Society, while it incul- 

 cates the necessity of reading and exercises in the Old 

 and New Testaments, does not admit of a Catechism of 

 my description." In regard to the clergy, his Lordship 

 said, " A notion has gone abroad, especially among some 

 of the clergy, that there is a disposition in the Com- 

 mittee of Council to assume to itself the whole of the 

 direction of the education of the people, or so to inter- 

 fere, at all events, as to indicate a disposition to separate 

 the clergv from the people with respect to education. 

 Now, I won't enter into the question of the right of the 

 clergy, but this I am quite sure of — that if the people 

 who profess the doctrines of the Established Church are 

 to be taught, the clergy are the instruments through 

 which the education must mainly be carried on. They are 

 the parties with whom the bulk of the people are almost 

 constantly in communication, they are always on the 

 spot ; they are in a station between the higher classes 

 and the lower classes ; they are themselves generally 

 persons of education and talent ; they have influence not 

 only with the lower classes, but with the upper classes ; 

 and, whatever may be said of the voluntary zeal of 

 country gentlemen or of tradesmen in the cause of edu- 

 cation, I say that it is the business of the clergy to be 

 zealous in that cause. I say that if education is to be 

 carried on at all, it is absurd to think that you must not 

 make the clergy the active means of carrying it on." 

 The condition of schoolmasters was thus adverted to:— 

 " You are aware that normal schools are institutions for 

 the purpose of educating persons who are intended for 

 the office of schoolmaster ; an object most important in 

 every point of view. Nothing is more deplorable than 

 the state of education (speaking generally) of the school- 

 masters who affect or pretend to teach the people. No 

 system of education, no efforts for education, can be of 

 much value until we shall have masters who shall be 

 able to combine the improvement of the moral and reli- 

 gious knowledge of their pupils, as well as of their man- 

 ners, with the general education they may impart. T 

 wish I could say that the business of a schoolmaster 

 could be truly called a profession. I wish that the middle 

 and lower classes of the people in this country could see 

 in the situation of the schoolmaster a situation to which 

 they might hope to arrive, and which would not only 

 afford them a decent livelihood, but raise them in the 

 scale of society to a station which the important trust 

 reposed in their hands seems to require. This must be 

 done by degrees ; and yet, perhaps, there is no object more 

 important. What we shall be able to do, or what persons 

 may expect us to do, I cannot say ; but no person is 

 more convinced than I am that upon the improvement of 

 your schoolmaster does, in fact, depend the improvement 

 of education. We have done something. By the last 

 Order of Council upon the subject, we have agreed to do 

 something towards building schoolmasters' houses. That 

 is a great point. In order that a schoolmaster should be 

 held in proper regard and respect, and that he should 

 hold the rank and station which I have already stated I 

 think it desirable that he should hold, I am of opinion 

 that he ought to be provided with a suitable residence— a 

 house by no means too large, so as to exalt him too much 

 10 the scale of society, but he should be taken out of a 

 cottage and put into a decent residence, which would be 

 calculated to make those persons of the class lower than 

 tmself inclined to show a proper feeling of respect for 

 the schoolmaster who teaches their children. I need not, 

 ? er wna t I have said, assure you that the great object I 

 a .! e at beart is, that in the performance of the duty I am 

 ted upo n to perform, no act of mine shall give good 

 8 °und for jealousy or ill feeling to any class or to any 

 person, whether churchman or dissenter." His Lordship, 

 woi ^ DcIu8ion > expressed his belief that if the clergy 

 tn - u,d C( >-operate with the Government, the people of 

 « country would in due time become the best educated 

 P eo Pie on the face of the earth. 



v,p'W-- During the autumn of 1833, Mr. Ferrand, 

 wh" k lntroduc ed the allotment system into this parish, 

 nich has produced the most beneficial results. A field 

 Air u Cre8 in extent » watered on two sides by the river 

 vid?H k pro P ert 7 of Mrs. Walker Ferrand, was pro- 

 of th ii lady for the P ur P ose of testing the merits 

 tinnp!f ♦ ment s y st em, on condition that she con- 

 into ?o i. reCeive the accustomed rent. It was divided 

 which lotments > ^e rent of each averaging about lis., 

 rent « Z*l* d,stribut ed among 59 labouring men. The 

 ana taxes levied on the field amount to about 40/., 

 cropping the same to about 60/., making the sum 



total expended 100/., whilst the crops produced amount 

 in value, at a moderate calculation, to the sum of 500/. 

 During the whole summer and autumn these 59 men and 

 their families have been provided with wholesome vege- 

 tables, almost all of them are keeping one or two pigs, 

 whilst there still remains growing on nearly every allot- 

 ment the winter crop of Potatoes. The cultivation of 

 these field gardens has employed hundreds of their 

 leisure hours, which would otherwise have been passed 

 in the beer-shops ; and their wives and families may be 

 seen almost daily assisting in the cultivation, or enjoying 

 the beautiful walk on the banks of the Aire. Mrs. W. 

 Ferrand has promised to add on the 1st of January 

 between 50 and CO acres to the present allotments, and 

 this land is already bespoken by the operatives and 

 tradesmen of the town. A cricket club has also been 

 lately formed, and numbers among its members every 

 class of society in the parish. To celebrate the com- 

 mencement of the allotment system in this neighbour- 

 hood, as well as the revival of the manly game of cricket, 

 the owners of the allotments, the members of the cricket 

 club, as well as the friends and supporters of both, have 

 determined to dine together on the 11th of this month. 

 Lord John Manners, who has promised to attend the 

 dinner, will be invited to preside, and it is expected that 

 Mr. D' Israeli, Mr. Walter, late M.P. for Nottingham, 

 and other gentlemen will join the party. 



Gloucester.^ The Musical Festival closed on Friday 

 with the Messiah. The collections at the Cathedral 

 doors after each performance, which are appropriated 

 entirelv to the Clerical and Orphan Funds, were as 

 follow :'— Tuesdav, 103/. 18t. -id.; Wednesday, 111/. 9t.4£; 

 Thursday, 791. lft. ; Friday, 175/. 0*. Ad. Total, 

 5;i0/. Is. This amount does not include the donations, 

 so that, compared with the returns of 1841, there is a 

 deficiency of 8/., but including the sums that are given, 

 the chanty will have gained. The attendance generally 

 was good. The nobility and gentry of the county took 

 little interest in it, and but for the exertions of the inha- 

 bitants of the city the present Festival would not have 



taken place. 



Gravesend. — On Monday there was a full meeting of 



the Commissioners of Pavements of this town, to take 

 into consideration the propriety of making an applica- 

 tion to the Home-office to remove from the commission 

 of the peace Messrs. Cruden, Smith, and Troughton, on 

 the ground that they, are notoriously in the habit of 

 desecrating the Sabbath, by employing touters in the 

 Star Packet-office (being themselves directors of the 

 Star Company) on the Sundays, during divine service. 

 After some animated discussion, a committee was ap- 

 pointed, with but little opposition, to draw up a memo- 

 rial to Sir J. Graham for the removal of the parties in 

 question from the commission of the peace. 



Liverpool.— On Friday last the Mayor of this city 

 gave a public dinner to Sir Robert and Lady Sale, who 

 had arrived a few days before from Londonderry. About 

 72 persons were invited to meet them. After the usual 

 routine toasts, the health of Sir Robert and Lady Sale 

 was drank separately, and most cordially received. 



Maidstone.— Last week, the Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury held his triennial visitation at A1F Saints' Church 

 in this town. There were present A. B. Hope, Esq., 

 M.P., Archdeacon Lyall,and upwards of 100 clergymen, 

 and great anxiety was evinced as to the views which his 

 Grace was likely to take upon matters of great and stir- 

 ring interest, which have of late agitated, and in some 

 measure divided the Church. His Grace commenced by 

 adverting to the efforts made for the extension of educa- 

 tion among the mass of the people and for the building 

 of new churches, deducing from the facts he quoted, the 

 conclusion that the clergy and the laity have formed a 

 permanent union for the spread of religion and the bene- 

 fit of society. His Grace expressed his humble grati- 

 tude to that gracious Providence which has already 

 lengthened his days beyond the ordinary term of human 

 existence, that he might behold what he trusted was but 

 the commencement of brighter prospects to come. " I 

 look forward," he said, "with hope, though I am not 

 altogether free from anxiety, to the future destinies of 

 our Church. It is not from direct violence from without, 

 or from dissension from within, that I apprehend imme- 

 diate danger, but what may eventually be the result of 

 her external dissensions, and the differences now existing 

 within her own bosom, if they should ever proceed to 

 extreme lengths, it is painful to contemplate. 'If ye 

 bite and devour one another, take heed that ye are not 

 consumed one of another/ was the warning of the 

 Apostle to the Galatians. I am far from asserting that 

 that language is applicable in all its significancy to the 

 state of our own Church, but I fear there is enough of 

 division to weaken those resources which, if applied 

 in conjunction, might much more effectually aid the 

 common object of promoting the glory of God and | 

 the happiness of our fellow-countrymen, than they can 

 be promoted whilst that division is to be found which, 

 unfortuuately, it is notorious does exist amongst us. 

 By these indications of discord, the hopes of the 

 Romanists have been raised— without any sufficient 

 ground I fully believe. From the extent of resources 

 at their command, and from the unity of purpose which 

 marks their proceedings, they have succeeded in making 

 an impression in our colonies ; but, notwithstanding the 

 gigantic resources which they possess, their success in 

 this country will probably be limited to a few converts. 

 At the time of our separation from Rome it was satis- 

 factorily shown that we could not partake of her commu- 

 nion without partaking of her sins ; and as no material 

 alteration has taken place in her system, and as her doc 

 trines are unchanged, and, in her own estimation, are 



unchangeable, it may be presumed that few persons who 

 have considered the grounds on which our reformers 

 were justified, will be disposed to return to her commu- 

 nion. Among the Dissenters, within the last few years, 

 so far as I can judge from some of their writers, and the 

 expressions employed at their meetings, a feeling of dis- 

 like to the Church appears to be gaining ground. After 

 reasonable allowance is made for temporary excitement 

 I see enough to convince me that serious designs are in 

 agitation for the subversion of our national Church, 

 nder the circumstances alluded to above, I see no 

 reason for alarm, but much to regret iu the partial 

 estrangement of the people from the Church, as well at 

 in the defeat of measures by them useful to society ; the 

 successful opposition, for example, made to the plan pro- 

 posed by the Government for the education of children 

 employed in the mining and manufacturing districts 

 affords a melancholy proof of this. The principles of 

 dissent indeed appear to me to be essentially faulty, as 

 they open an inlet to errors of every description, and act 

 directly in opposition to thnt spirit of unity which Christ 

 acted upon when he founded the Church. In this latter 

 principle of unity the strength of the Church consists. 

 While she has unity in herself there is little to dread' 

 from external violence, but she may suffer irremediably 

 from divisions within herself. What is wanted at pre- 

 sent to insure her efficiency is peace. In speaking of 

 peace I am far from recommending the compromise of 

 principle with indifference, or the sacrifice of the truth — 

 th.it peace which alone can be lasting and useful is to be 

 found in the Church, and in the determination of her 

 ministers to act cordially together in the discharge of the 

 duties assigned to them, abstaining from unprofitable 

 controversies, or from an indulgence in rancour, through' 

 slight differences (for differences must needs exist), but 

 discussing them with temper, and with no other desire 

 than that of elucidating the truth. In speaking thus of 

 the Church, I do not deny the existence of piety or the 

 hope of salvation out of its pale ; but, as all revela- 

 tion proceeds from our blessed Lord, I can hardly be 

 wrong in the belief, that he who brought down the word 

 to the Church from on high has also provided the means 

 of transmitting it to all generations." The most Rev. 

 Primate then proceeded to detail at great length the 

 operations of the Incorporated Society for the Propaga- 

 tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and strongly recom- 

 mended the formation of auxiliarv branches in its aid 

 throughout the diocese. His Grace then proceeded 

 to remark on the especial duties of the clergy towards 

 their flocks and towards one another. " In the perform- 

 ance of these duties it is evident that gentleness, firm- 

 ness, and coolness, are essentially required, and that 

 your success in most instances will be in proportion as 

 you act on that principle. Consideration to men of low 

 estate should be visible in all the proceedings of the 

 parochial minister. The poor are easily won by kind- 

 ness, and to a certain degree repulsed by austerity ; they 

 have many wants and many hardships, and much may be 

 done by the clergyman for their relief and consolation. 

 His advice, exhortation, and even reproof, will be received 

 with attention, when the people are convinced that they 

 can trust in his judgment and his disposition to promote 

 their welfare ; but allowance must always be made for 

 their errors and their prejudices. The conversation with 

 them at their homes, and the service at the church 

 should be suited to their capacity. Discourses on 

 abstruse points of theology can never be useful to ordi- 

 nary congregations, but may have the effect of unsettling 

 their minds, and occasioning misinterpretation anderror." 

 His Grace proceeded again to recommend, in the case of 

 differences arising among the clergy on points of disci- 

 pline, that care should be taken to speak at all times dis- 

 passionately and with moderation. By Christian gentle- 

 ness and prudence they would best promote the efficiency 

 of the Church, whilst they could not be certain of the 

 consequences of discussion in public assemblies upon 

 such matters. Again enforcing the necessity of unity 

 amongst ourselves, his Grace concluded in the following 

 words : — " Our Church would then approach as nearly 

 as is consistent with human infirmity that blessed 

 condition which shall be attained hereafter, when as an 

 integral part of the Church Universal, she shall be 

 presented to 'the Father of Love without spot or 

 blemish. Return all separatists to her bosom, and the 

 restoration of union among all the Christian Churches 

 may seem impossible, humanly speaking ; but shall we 

 limit the Divine omnipotence ?— shall we say that He who 

 brought light from darkness, and who has so long pro- 

 tected His church against the malice of men, is unable to 

 tranquillise the passions, and still the commotions which 

 impede the efficiency of the Church and obscure her 

 glory ? It is for us to set a bright example by merging 

 all strife and dissension amongst ourselves in such an 

 entire devotion to our duties as to produce a hearty con- 

 currence in doing the work of the Lord, and to leave no 

 avenue open for the entrance of contention and discord." 

 Oxford. — The present Vice-Chancellor laving nearly 

 completed the usual term for holding that office, another 

 head of a house will be nominated before the commence- 

 ment of term on the 10th inst. On that occasion the 

 letters of nomination will be read in Convocation by the 

 senior proctor, and then submitted to the approbation of 

 the house. If the nomination be approved the new 

 Vice-Chancellor will be immediately sworn and admitted 

 into office. The next in rotation for the office is Dr. 

 Symons, Warden of Wadham College, and he being one 

 of the six doctors whose report of Dr. Pusey s sermon 

 led to the sentence which prohibited him from preaching 

 within the precincts of the University for two year, 

 those members of the University who disapprove of that 



