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      Imperial Parliament* Monday, March 3rd. ...

      tszg ? jrtt ?^ tt £ ? - s ^ r ^ sr ^ tr s = v * 5 ia formerly . Education therefore seems to be depreciating . A clergyman , who writes to one of the inspec - tors from Ipstone , says : " I really think that comparing the present time with several years ago , there are now fewer who can read and write - in my parish than there were a-yjfcat time . " "With respect to the means of remedyingthe present imperfect system of education in this country , Lord John Russell dissented from Sir John Pakington ' s proposal that rating should be permissive , and that education should be free , as it appeared clear to him that we could hardly maintain the present system of grants from the Comtree buuu

      which had hitherto prevailed in nearly all the colleges of Oxford , in elections to scholarships and fellowships namely , the pecuniary position and means of the candidate . —Sir Georgk Gkey said that the matter had been referred to the law officers of the Crown . — The statutes , nevertheless , underwent a good deal of discussion chiefly with reference to the point raised by Sir John PaKington in regard to the Exeter statutes , Sir William Heathcote , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . Hknley , Mr . Cardwell , Mr . Fortesqud , Mr . Walpole , Mr . Robert Phillimore , Mr . Wigram , and Mr . Gladstone taking part in it . The motion and the amendment were both withdrawn .

      mifctee ot irnvy uouncii ana " «> « , " « " ^ = — " *~ time . Bearing in mind that it was intended to appoint a Minister of Education , he proposed to extend , reviae , and consolidate the minutes of the Committee of Privy Council on Education ; to appoint a larger staff of sub-inspectors , whose individual duties should be concentrated upon special districts of manageable proportions ; to define the powers and responsibilities of these sub-inspectors ; to provide for the constant preparation , of reports concerning the state of education in every district for the inspection of the Committee of Council ; to facilitate the application to their designed objects of the charitable funds which had been bequeathed in vast numbers for educational purposes , without requiring the costly intervention of Chancery j and to provide that , in places where schools are deficient , the Council of Education should have power to order the levy of a comand scale ' "

      pulsory rate , under conditions upon a to be hereafter determined . With respect to the character of the education—whether it should be religious or secular—he proposed that , in every school either wholly or partially supported by grants from the State or by compulsory rates , provision should be made for reading the Scriptures and affording instruction of a moral and religious character , but that every parent who entertained conscientious scruples might forbid his children from participating in those exercises . The testimony of the state schools in Massachusetts was , it must be admitted , in favour of a secular education not being necessarily irreligious . The teachers in those schools are bound to impress on the minds of their pupils a regard for piety ; but no especial form' of religion is enjoined ; and some of the greatest intellects in America have spoken highly of the beneficial effects of those schools . For himself , however , he was of opinion that morals could not be taught separate f * r » m the Christian relidion . As regards expense ,

      the calculation was that the education of each of the $ , 600 , 000 children who ought to be under tuition would cost 18 s ., making a total of £ 3 , 240 , 000 . That sum was large ; but it would be contributed by sub- I scriptions , school pence , grants , charitable endowments , and rates . „ Mr . Henley approved of many of the suggestions they had just heard ; but more information was re- ] quired . He was gratified with Lord John Russell ' s declarations with respect to religioua instruction . — lord Robert Grosvenor , Mr . Adderije y , Mr . Denihon , Mr . George Butt , Sir John Pakington , and others also spoke in favonr of the plan , taken in the ¦ whole . —Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Milner Gibson , and Mr . Miall , spoke in favour of religion being purely secuthat the

      lar ; and Mr . Baines thought voluntary system had made great strides of late , but held nevertheless that parents should be compelled by law to provide for the instruction as well as for the maintenance of their children . —Lord Palmerston said he was sure the House would feel deeply grateful to Lord John Russell for bringing forward these propositions , to which he gave a willing acceptance , hoping that they would bo found to overcome the difficulties which had hitherto beset this most important quos-1 tion . Ho particularly approved of tlie retention of the religious element . —Lord John Russell , in reply , I thankod the House for the cordial reception which his I proposals had mot with , and stated tliat it had boon suggested to him that it would be bettor for the resolutions to be discussed in a committee of the whole House . Ho therefore proposed to withdraw them , and to move instead a resolution that the House would on Thursday , the 10 th of April , resolve itself into a committee to consider the state of public education . This proposition was agreed to , and the x'osolutions were for the present withdrawn . OXFORD STATUTES . Mr . Heywoo » moved an address to her Majosty , praying that she will bo pleased to withhold her approbation from the regulations and ordinances recently sanctioned by the Oxford OotnmiBsionors for tho amendment of the Statutes of JSxotor , Lincoln , and Corpus Christi colleges , in tho University of Oxford , such regulations aud ordinances being in many points inconsistent with tho spirit of tho Oxford University Act of 1854 . —To this , Sit-John Paking .-ton moved an amendment , with a view to calling tho attention of the Government to tho omission in tho now etoktutea of any reference to a ground of preference

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      H ^ H ^ HH ^ B ^^^^^^^ ' ~»^^ THE LEADER . 221

      - Thejvar. The Resolution With Reference...

      THEJVAR . The resolution with reference to an armistice , which was agreed to in the Conferences on the 25 th ult ., was known in . the Crimea on the 28 th , and on the following day a conference was held at Traktir Bridge between the chiefs of the stair ot the allied armies , on the one band , and General Tutchimeff , delegated by the Commander-m-Chief of the Russian army , " on the other . On this occasion it was decided that there should be a complete suspension of hostilities . But _ it has been emphatically announced by the allied Governments that , should peace not be concluded , no extension of the armistice will be granted after the 31 st of March . ' _ , Notwithstanding this temporary peace , aud the prospect of a permanent accommodation , warlike bottt sicies ieaxu

      preparations continue on . vye from Marseilles that ; the preparations for the embarkation of troops destined for the East are on a very larger scale . They contemplate the despatch of 20 , 000 men . From St . Petersburg we are told ] that the Minister of Marine , by command of the Grand Duke Constantine , has ordered all the buoys and landmarks in the Baltic to he removed , and all the lighthouses to be extinguished ; and ^ a private letter from Stockholm , of the 19 th ult ., mentions that the Russians are sending troops in considerable numbers to Finland , concentrating a large force round St . Petersburg , and strengthening the barriers near Cronstadt , so as completely to close up the entrance . DESPATCH FROli GENERAL CODRINGTON . Sebastopol , Feb . 16 . Mv Lord , —I have the honour to acquaint your lordship that a Russian force , estimated & t about and i * i b

      ^^ HK ^ B ^ HM ^ M - ' " ^^^^^^ HH ^^^^ H ^ MM ^^^^ HH ^^^ V that your Excellency has not taken any notice of Brigadier-General Williams Her Majesty ' s Government desire to receive your Excellency ' s observations on the despatch of General Williams which . I need hardly say liave been read by them with great regret , after the anxiety they have felt and the remonstrances which they have in vain addressed , through your Excellency , to the Porte . " In answer to an inquiry from Lord Clarendon as to whether General Williams had been officially recognised by the Sultan , and a request that a copy of the document containing the recognition , Lord Stratford confesses that he never obtained it , conceiving it was not wanted . Lord Clarendon concludes : " Your Excellency will understand that her Majesty ' s Government require to be furnished with a full and detailed report of everything that las passed between the Embassy and . the

      frequently , but in vain , have been addressed to your Excellency . " Lord Stratford , in his reply to the charges brought against him , says he fulfilled all General Wiliiams ' s requests with respect , to the Turkish Government , but that Turkish ministers are slow in carrying out then * measures . He adds :--" The well-known proverb which contrasts the facility of bringing a horse to water with the impossibility OT- * forcing him to drink , is no less true at Constantinople than in London or Paris . Unfortunately , too , the horses whose reluctance I have to overcome are mot without circumstances to excuse , though not entirely to justify , the slowness of their pace . ' English , ministers informer times , he urgeB , have been ^ eqilally corrupt . With regard to the non-answering of General Wiliiams ' s despatches ( which ultimately amounted to a much larger number than fifty-four ) , the ^ Ambaathe xtne oi tne ireoiauuu i ^

      sador alleges ertauroy ^ v-w as an excuse , and his desire " not to occasion disappointment by announcing measures which might not ? he carried into effects He disclaims all intention of disrespect to General Williams . ' ,-. ^ It appears that , in the course of last July , Omar Pacha desired to induce the allied Generals to semi ' a portion of their army from before Sebastopol-U * the relief of Kars . This they opposed . '¦ OmBr £ final expedition into Asia was discountenanced at tost bv the French Government , but urged by the English . The opinion of Mr . Brandt , English consul at Erzeroum , was that Omar ' s army should have been directed on Ears by way of Erzeroum , and not on . Georgia . Had the -former been effected , he thinktr-Kars might have been saved . He also cond ^ nmsthe / - apathy of the Porte and thecowardice pf SelimPacha . The proposed expedition of General Viv ^ s _ Anglo-Turkish contingent was disapproved of by the luigiistt Government as being impracticable .

      3 , 000 infantry CossacKS , appeareu » u _ « «»« .- « . of the 12 th insfc . on the ridge of Kardoubel , above the valley of Baidar , but retired after a short reconnaissance . , * , in ,, . , The French engineers blew up , on the 12 th mst ., I two portions of the aqueduct which formerly supplied the docks of Sebastopol . Some blasting experiments have been made on the walls of the large barracks , uear the dockyard , and the mining ia in progress . The weather for some days past has been showing the gradual approach of spring , and the health of the army continues excellent . General Sir Colin Campbell rejoined this army on the 14 th inst . —I have , & c . TV X PdnnTKOTrvN .

      General Commanding . The Lord Panmure , & c . A later despatch , dated February 19 th , contains nothing more than an account of the extreme seventy of the weather , which , on the 17 th ult ., prevented the assembling of the infantry of the English army on the brow of tho plateau . TI 1 E FALL OF KARS . The papers relating to the fall of Kars , recently laid on the table of the House of Commons , confirm tho accounts previously given of the ™ n appeals of General Williams to Lord Stratford de Redchffe to exert his influence with tho Porte in getting reinforcements for the beleagured and starring garrison . On arriving at Kars , -General Williams found tho army in a dreadful state of corruption , the men without pay , almost without clothes , dosertions constantly taking place , and tho Pachas cheating the soldiers of thendue to fill their own pockets . Tho English General was looked on , with distrust , and was almost ausulted , Omar Pacha tolling him he would not bo permitted to interfere , and the Turkish officers even vef using to _ call on tho officers of hia staff . In thia state of things General Williams wroto to Lord Stratford < lo ltcdolitfe for aauiBtanoe ^ By December 8 th , 1854 , tho General had written fifty-four despatches , each accompanied by a private letter , to tho Ambassador . but no reply was received . At length , General Wilhama brought tho matter before tho attention of tho fcnglwh Government ; and Lord Clarendon , who from tho flrat had urged Lord Stratford do Kedohffo to support tho English Gonor . vl , immediately wo to to our Arobaasador at Constantinople a doepatch which contained tho ensuing passages : — " It would Boom

      War Miscellanea. ' The Baltic— Notwithst...

      WAR MISCELLANEA . ' The Baltic— Notwithstanding the prospect ofpeace , our Baltic fleet is beginning to take up its posiion in the north . On the 29 th of February ^ the Samson , the Falcon , and the Pylades arrived at ElBinore , and the screw frigate Imperieuse sailed tlirpugtt the Belt . The MURDERER Day has bean hung . Symptoms of Peace . — The right siege tram before Sebastopol has begun to embark forEngland . Threecompanies * marched down to Balaklava on the 15 th ult ., preceded by several of the Light Division bands , which played them some way on their road , and cheered by the men in the camps they passed throuch . . __ . _ :.. j . - Methodist

      Skot in the Camp — The preacner se ^ to the Crimea by th Wesleyan Missionary Soc : ety and wliose presence here has been sanctioned by Lord Panmure , has arrived . It woul ( i \ ^ W ^ incorrect to say that be has commenced hia spiritual labours , for he finds Himself much in the position of a shepherd without a flock , the formation of which , it is presumable , is the real object of hiB coming . Judging from the result of inquiries I ta-ve made , ^ -ttttSpsfSSS O « Sb ^ W ? LLl " MS—Lottor . toTO boon ewe * gS « ar , r syrw . K medical attendants despair of his lite . Omah Paoha . — The resignation tendered by Omax * t : * t l 7 ™ A « mv , ~ A report from Dr . Hall , daed ? ebruary T l ? th , states that " the B-nita ^ con-SiMoi of tho army continues moBt eatiflfaotory . T o Doctox ooaorveJ : « Taking the last eight weeks tho ratio of mortality has only been at tho rate of . lA ^ er thousand pe ? annum , which b comiderably umle ? that of tho Foot Guards when doing duty in L AnothBr AMERiOAxr View of the WAB .- ^ -The Daifu New * i ) ubli « he 8 tho letter of an American fonUcman ong ro » ident in St . Petersburg , giving a fearfuuSount of the syetom of doapotism existing in SSSlrSlly acknowledging the justice and ncceesity

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08031856/page/5/