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      M I S C E L L A N K Ous. Tim Court—Tho Q...

      Mb . F . W . Cobden , a brother of the celebrated Richard Cobden , died at Dunford , Midhurst , a few days jgo , after a painful and protracted illness . He was in Ms fifty-eighth year . _ _ . . . _ , , . ,

      JToRWiCH Cathb : drax . — The north side of this cathedral , next the episcopal palace , is about to berestored * by the Dean , and Chapter- ia accordance with . tto original design . Mb . John Fjjbdebick Foster , chairman of the Salford Quarter Sessions , died suddenly , on Friday week , while attending a meeting of the Moravian Missionary Society at Cnorley Church , Alderley , Cheshire . He ffaa seized with a fit of apoplexy while playing a volnu .-tflTV * Italy dublno the Middle Ages . —A lecture on this interesting topic was delivered on Tuesday at the Royal Institution , Albemarle-street , by Signor J . P . Lacaita , an Italian , gentleman connected with England by marriage . The Signor spoke extempore , and exhibited great mastery over Ithe * language . The lecture was the first of a series , and was received with great applause . .

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      Lieadek Office, Saturday, April L7th. La...

      LiEADEK Office , Saturday , April L 7 th . LAST EIGHTS PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . ' he Customs Duties 13 ill was read a second tiuie r ad the House adjourned at a quarter past five .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . COMMUNICATION WITH IRELA . NI > . In answer to Mr . Dkasy , Mr . G . A . Hamilton said that the improved postal ad general eomniunleation between England and reland required the junction of the London and North restern , and Chester and Holy head Railways , and the lublin Steam Packet Company ; and last year an rangement was made with those companies with that lew . The contract was sent to the companies last sbruary , but had not been returned to the Post-office , i a few days , however , it wo aid be concluded , and the iject would be accomplished .

      THE CAGLIARI . Iii answer to Mr . Headlaji :, Mr . Disraeli said that the Government had re . ee ived ie opinion of the law officers of the Crown , to the effect lat the detention of Park and Watt , the engineers of ie Cagliari , was illegal , and a despatch had been Idressed to Naples , demanding compensation for the juries that Park and Watt had sustained . With reird to the international question of the seizure of the jssel , the opinions of the law officers had not been iceived . COMPENSATION TO PROCTORS . In answer to Mr . IIadfield , Mr . Disraeli said that aims for com pensation to the amount of 250 , 000 / . per inum had been made by the Proctors of Doctors ' ommons , under the late act for the abolition of the eclesiastical Courts .

      NETUCY HOSPITAL . In answer to Mr . Wegueun , General Pkel said mt the reports of persons appointed to inquire into ie probable advantages of Netley Hospital were very ntradictory , and he had ordered further inquiry . The orks had been stopped . THIS RKl'ORM HILL OF THE LATE GOVERNMENT . In answer to Mr . Duncombk , Lord Pai . mkrston said iat last Session the lato Government did pledge them-Ives to propose a liefonn Bill in the present year , and was their intention to redeem the pledge , but , conilering the question of the Government of India was

      ie most pressing subject , a bill with reference to that atter wau brought in ; the Reform Bill was not actually •© pared when the Government went out of oulee , and would not be in his power to lay it on the table . e did not think it would bo . proper that . such u measure tould bo brought forward by any one but the rosponblo advisors of the Crown . Ho thought , from certain dictations , that tho present Government would bring such a Bill next year . —Mr . Locitu Kino hoped that , i no measure for Parliamentary Reform was before tho ouso , his two Bills to equalize tho frnnchiHO and to jolish the property qualification would bo allowed to

      . I'ASSPOKTS IS IWCLOIUM . Mr . Monokton Mii . nun drew attention to tho state of Jo passport system in Bolgium , complaining of its ringoncy and ineonvonionco . — Mr . iSiavMouit Fitz-BRALD aafd it was true that in ( ho laat two or three » y » rthfi . » y « tein-Uud . Jl > Qou . JM ^^ olgium ; but it did not cuuho ao much inconvonionooas as represented by Mr . Milnos . Ho referred to tho : atoment of Lord Alalniesbury on tho previous evening , lowing tho increased facilities of obtaining pnaaporta om our Foreign-ollico . NATIONALITY OV l'MSONUItH AT VOMCK-OI'TJOKS .

      In anawar to Lord lion rut Ciccil , Mr . IIahwy mud » at he would cause arrangements to bo ina < lo by which >» nationality of priaonora at polioe-oiHooa would be acortulned ,

      THE © HBBW PARK . FARS * W » FEWSBtrRTT . Lord Elcuo called attention , to the alterations going on in the Gre . en Park * whers it waa supposed there would ba ereeted two publie convenieaees , or two- shrubberies , either of which , would spoil the park . —Mr . Cox inquired whether anything was to be done wtth , regard . to a park for Fiusbury . —Lord Johh Manners said nothing had been , done : by him since be- came into office in the Green : Park , and the matter was under consideration ; but he did not mean to have any shrubberies . With regard to a park for Finsbury , no steps had-been taken by the Metropolitan Board of Works to make such a park . THE "WESTERX BANK OF SCOTLAND ..

      Mr . Brady brought Son ward the case of the Western Bank of Scotland , and urged that the law should be set in motion agaittst the directors . —The Lobd Advocate stated that ao steps had been taken to lay informations before the Government authorities . —A discussion followed before the subject dropped .

      THE NELSON MONUMENT . Admiral " Walcot brought forward the subject of the state of the Nelson Monument . —Mr . Disraeli said he would undertake that it should be completed . The House then went into Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates .

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      A CARD FOR MR . EDWIN JAMES . A correspondent suggests an important question with reference to the charge against M . Simon Bernard . " Supposing him to have sent the grenades to Paris , with . a view to kill Louis Napoleon . Could he * know that the grenades would be thrown when the Emperor was in the midst of a crowd ? Could lie have known that they would not be thrown at the Emperor when , his Imperial Majesty was taking an unescorted ride ? If not , how * can it be argued that M . Simon Bernard is responsible for the deaths in theliueLepelletier ? If he sent the grenades knowing they would be hurled into a popular concourse , he is guilty of murder ; hut has it been even attempted to prove so much ? " According . to'Lord Campbell , the law holds a man responsible for a murder which he has not intended to commit , when it is the natural consequence of another murder designed by him but not perpetrated ; but if M . Simon Bernard sent the grenades to Paris to assassinate Louis Napoleon , was it demonstrably ' natural' that , instead of attacking the Emperor only , Orsini should of necessity attack a multitude at the doors of the Opera ?"

      A Marital Fact I--Rom Fhance.—Statistica...

      A Marital Fact i--rom Fhance . —Statistical returns , the Paris Union asserts , have just revealed the fact that there are now in France 1 , 800 , 000 young females of a marriageable age , who are on the look-out for husbands ! The Prince of Wales ( says the Dublin Evening Mail ) will not visit the Irish capital during his stay in Ireland . Tiik Con-ti . veut . — Madame Orsini , with her two daughters , has , it appoars , gone to Nice , and not to

      England , as was announced . She will probably reside in Florence , her native town , where her mother ia livj Ug . —Ferukh Khan , the Persian envoy in Paris , baa left for Marseilles on his return to the East . —" There is a prospect , " says tho Morning Star , " of settling tho dispute about the Cngliari by arbitration , the King of Holland being spoken of as the arbitrator . The application of the principle to the settlement of international quarrela may prove a valuable precedent . "—Tho French Emperor hus left Paris for his estate of Motho-Bcuvron , in the Sologne .

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      In This »Bi>Aiit>Iknt. As Al.L. 'Jimnion...

      IN THIS » BI > AIIT > IKNT . AS Al . l . 'JIMNIONS , I 1 OWI ! VKH KXTIIKMU , AICE AI . 1 . O \ VICI > AN MSrillCf . SION . TUU lilllTOH NlSOliSSAUILY HU 1 . UH I 1 IMsklv lmai'ONddiLu rou nonh . 1

      Thore Is No Lonrned Man But Will Confess...

      Thore is no lonrned man but will confess no hath much proUted bv rending controversy , his senses awukcnocl , nud liie judgment sharpened . U , then , 1 be prorltablo for him to rend , why should it not , n least be tolerable forruaudversnry to writej-Mjx / roK

      The Duty Of The Liberal Party In Hkfbius...

      THE DUTY OF THE LIBERAL PARTY IN HKFBIUSNCE TO TUM IRISH NATIONAL EDUCATION QUESTION . ( To the Editor of the header . ) j 5 iR )—Ireland has often been pronounced tho battle-Hold of English political parties , and thero nre not wanting indications that it will maintain its character fluriirg"tlTb ~ pro 8 Gnt-seBsion ;—r-T-liw-iiQwvQovernmcnt has already boon interpellated lu both Houses as to its policy upon tho important question of Irish national education . A combination of tho aristocratic Whig with the Irish prieet party , if but nidod by the Liberals , may yet defeat tho Government upon this very question . As nn English Liberal , resident for tho last few years in / Ireland , with opportunities of comparing the public opinion of this country with , that of my own ,

      I am an-xiot *» that the party with : wfticfr I sympathize should noli be misled by false impressions , and 3 the erroneous : though positively expressed statements which will probably be made in Parliament and elsewhere . I am anxious , I repeat , that- that party should not be induced , through a fear of siding with Tory ascendancy , practically to arrest the-, developmenfcof a healthy national education in this country , though as a result of ' Conservative' measures . Well were it for Ireland , no doubt , and well for England , if public- opinion had advanced to a perception of the injustice and political folly of Church establishments , and of a state religion . National .

      education would not be- the only popular question to be simplified and promoted thereby . But as- evert " araongst themselves Liberals are nob agreed upon this- subject , we must accept existing- institutions , and be careful , in our wish to deal possible justice to alL not t & underrate the claims of the established seet to fair play , or s-till worse , in seeking to show our abhorrence of Tory principles not to-wrong the people of Ireland . With your permission I will enter somewhat at large into the present state of national education in Ireland , after which I will venture to give my impression on the duty of reformers in legislating upon the subject .

      The recommendation of the Commissioners of Education , in 1812 , was to establish ; a system of schools in Ireland , to be conducted on independent principles , and to supplement the existing Protestant parish schools , which were also to be maintained and increased with a view of encouraging a generous rivalry between the two , whereby the education administered in both , it was thought , "would be improved . In 1831 , however , a national system was established upon the principle of compromise , The parochial schools were entirely thrown aside , and the Board of Commissioners composed of Protestants

      and Roman Catholics agreed upon a common scheme of education , which while it embraced the elements of useful secular instruction , included so much oi the religious element as was common to the two creeds . This latter was embodied in lessons on ' the proofs of Christianity , ' ' sacred poetry , ' and ' extracts from the Scriptures , * compiled from various versions . These lessons received the formal though ( as it afterwards proved ) the insincere sanction of the late R . C . Archbishop Murray , one of the Commissioners under the Privy Council , and were reported to have received also the sanction of the Pope . thes

      The Board strongly recommended tho use of e religious and moral lessons during school hours , and it was thought that the basis of a mixed system of education for the rival sects had at last been found . Why has that mixed system , promising so much , not succeeded ? For three reasons : —The non-adhesion of the Ulster Presbyterians ; the nonadhesion of a large rna ° rity of tne Established Church ; and the departure of Board from their primary rules in favour of th e Presbyterians and tiie Koman Catholic party . The Ulster Presbyterian Syn od * in 1832 , refused to countenance the national sche me > if tne Scriptures were to be excluded from the sc hools in any way . They were then—in defiance of the Commissioners ' own resolutions—allowed to draw up rules for themselves , which after receiving the sanction of the Board were to bo binding . National Schools upon this principle are established in Ulster to the

      number ot about 60 O , vested in local patrons . The first plan of tho Commissioners was to establish , none but schools vested in themselves , and over which they were to possess supreme control . Hay ing 1 conceded , however , so much to tho Presbyterians , they were prepared to do the same for the Roman Catholics , and accordingly they admitted , and continuo to admit , with provisions for a very modified control on their part , a vast number of convent and other Roman Catholic schools to share in the advantages of the Government grant . Tho Established Church , rightly or wrongly , stood aloof , with a few marked exceptions , from . the , whole scheme as soon as the exclusion of tho Scriptures was made a fundamental rule ; and up to tho present time it has not the Ulster

      been treated with tho same favour as Presbyterians . Tho extent of tho National system , in 1855 , was ns follows :- — Vested schools , 152 ( 5 ; nonvested , 3 ( 500—total , 5192—i . e . tho Board of Education could professedly carry out its normal systum in 29 per cunt , only of tho schools connected with its management . In tho remaining 71 per cent , tho mixed ' National system' was and continues to bo virtually abandoned . In this 71 per cent , are included 19 percent , of Presbyterian schools in which the Scriptures are admittod without restriction—the remaining 62 per cent , are schools oithor attached to HffveTTtT'in ^ ivli ! cJl-tho "' -Ave--Marift '^ is--ropPtttfiU .-every hour—to Hoinan Catholic churches m which . «™ . »/ ir ! im instruction is admittedly mingled with .

      Bcculur—or schools in which Roman Catholics , chiefly priests , are tuo patrons , with Roman Catholic teacher * and diueiplino , and where it ia manifest the mixed system must bo at a discount . Accordingly , in 18 S 3 , there were 1740 Roman Catholic echoola out of -1704 in which there was no admixture of the

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17041858/page/11/