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OPINION IN SCOTLAND ON THE FACTORIES‘ EDUCATION BILL.

W1: are glad to observe the intelligent and vigorous resis- tance made by the English Dissenters of all denominations to some ofthe clauses ofa bill introduced by Sir James Gra— ham, with the professed object of promoting education in the fiictory districts of England. We shall not be suspected of any indifference to the cause ofcducation in general, nor of any objection to a national system ofeducation, if based on right principles; but we are all alive to the manifest dan-

‘ gcr of establishing a compulsory system of thoroughly secta-

rian education.

'iVe have watched, with some little attention, the recent momentous and somewhat characteristic movements of the Church of England. We have not failed to see that whilst her bishops have looked on with complacent delight whilst our venerable Establishment has been going to pieces, and whilst their own has become corrupted to the core, the more bigotted members ofthe English Church have evidently been

rasping at supremacy in the British dominions. They have Eden flooding the Colonies with their emissaries,—filling England with Puscyite Churches at the public expense, and now, whilst not a word is said about the worse than brutal ‘i;iiorance ofthe rural districts, (witness the exhibitions of Thom, ofCanterliui‘ t,) an attempt is opeiily'made to grasp the whole education of such districts as are determined to be instructed at any rate, and to turn it into a means of advanc- ing, not the cause oEChrist, or of sound eduCatio'n, but the mere dominancy ofthe Church of England. We refer to another column for some ofthe details. The Church ofEng- land Catechism is to be taught in all the schools. No teacher is to be appointed without the sanction and approbation of the Bishops, whilst the board of management is so arranged that the whole power will be vested in the clergy ofthe Church of England. \VeI do not wonder, especially at the present moment, that such a bold and daring plan should meet with uncompromising opposition from Weslyans, In- dependents. and, indeed, all sects of Dissenters in England, and ,even fi’om many in the Church of England herself. Thercis no analogy between such a scheme and the nation- al education of Scotland. The Church of Scotland has al- ways' been most zealous in the cause ’of ediicntion,-—tlie schools of the country owe their existence to her zeal, and she has spread them even into the wildest districts ofthe kingdom. The Church of'England, on the other hand, has never, asa‘body, manifested any zeal in behalf ofthe edu— cation ofthe people, and at present it is too evident that she is onlyvattempting to spike the guns of the Wesleyans and Dis- seutei‘s for a sectarian purpose. The education ofScotland again is not compulsory,—evcry man is left to the freedom of his‘own will. Not so with the proposed scheme. The education of Scotland cannot be sectarian. 'l‘lio Assembly’s Catechism expresses merely the doctrine ofsaving truth, the

~ sentiments ofalmost every denomination in Scotland. Not so, ofcourse, the feeble and thoroughly sectarian Catechism of the Church of England. The schools of/Scotland have never been prostituted to sectarian purposes; all denomina- ‘tionl havetheir children educated at them, and there has been no dispute. What may be the effect ofthe approach- ing disruption in this respect, it is impossible to say; but we can speak confidently for the past. Therefore we say, this part of the proposal ofSir James Graham, however much‘ 'in accordance with the intolerant principles of Laud and his modern disciples, meets with no countenance from the Christian and catholic system which has so long blessed Scotland. \ ' Ofcourse there is an extreme on the other side. Educa- tion, to be .fivany v'alue, must be based on Christianity, and pervaded by the oracles ofDivine truth; but in England the problninaf who shall superintend the process of education is one of peculiarly difficult solution. But, meantime, we re- joice 'to see ayigorous opposition to what we believe would soon crush allsound education together, and convert the proposed blessing to the fiictory/ districts into a curse. Let the Christians of England remember that the great drift of Puseyism is to seize the young and in‘oculate them with their pestiferous and soul-destroying principles—Edinburgh Witness. ' ‘

Love or Jews FOR JERUSALEM.—-Wltll all this accumu- iafed misery, with all this insult and scorn heaped upon the Israelite here, more even than in any country, why, it will be asked, does he not fly to other and happier lands? \Vliy

s be seek to rest under the shadow ofJerusulem’s wall? Independent of the natural love of country which exists among this people, two objects bring the Jew to Jerusalem—

. to study the Scriptures and the Talmud; and then to die,

and have his bones laid with his forefathers in the valley of

Jehosliaphat, even as the bones ofthe patriarchs were car- i'icd up out of Egypt. No matter what or how far distant the country where the Jew resides, he still lives upon the hope that he will one day journey Zionward. No clime can change, no season-quench, that patriotic ardor with which the'Jew beholdsJerusalem, even through the vista of along futurity. On his approach to the city, while yet within a day’s journey, he puts'on his best apparel; and when the first view ofit bursts upon his sight, he reads his garments, falls down to weep, and prays over the long sought object of his pilgrimage, and with dust sprinkled on his head, he enters the city of his forefathers. No child ever returned home after long absence with more yearnings of affection; no proud baron beheld his ancestral towers and balls, when they had become anotlier’s, with greater joy than the poor Jew when he first beholds Jerusalem—This, at least, is pa- .triotism. ‘It is curious,’ says the learned author from whom I have already quoted, ‘ after surveying this almost total de— cor-tion of Palestine, to read the indications of fond attach- ment to its very air and soil, scattered about in the Jewish writings; still, it is said, that man is esteemed most blessed, who, even after his death, shall reach the land of Palestine, and be buried there; or oven shall have his ashes sprinkled by a handful ofits sacred dust. ‘ The air ofthe land oflsrael,’ says one, ‘ makes a man wise ',’ another writes, ‘lie who walks four cubits in the land of Israel is sure of being a son for the life to come.’ ‘The great wise men are wont to kiss the borders ofthe Holy Land. to embrace its ruins, and roll themselves in its dust.’ ‘Tlie sins of all those are forgiven who inhabit the land of Israel.’ He who is buried there is reconciled with God, as though he were buried under the altar. The dead buried in the land of Canaan first come to life in the days of the Messiah.’ It is worthy of remark, as stated by Sandys, that so strong is the desire this singular people have always manifested for being buried within those sacred limits, that in the seventeenth century large quan- tities of'their bones were yearly sen-t thither from all parts of the world, for the purpose of being interred in the valley ofJehoshaphat; for the Turkish rulers at that time permit- ted but a very small number ofthe Jews to enter Palestine. . Baiidys saw ship loads of this melancholy freight; Joppa

and the valley of Jehoshaplnit, are literally paved with Jaw:

ish tombstoiies,—.~Wild,’s Tra‘vel’ .

, NEWFOUNDLAND. Newfoundland dates to the 28th Agril have been received. St.‘ George’s Day was celebrated on the 25th ult.

Society, who,with_their guests, numbered 120, upon the oc- casion. ' '

The Seal Fishery has been tolerany successful as to the patch, but upwards oftweuty sail of craft, of a superior de— scyiption, have been tomlly wrecked, and many lives-lost in this hazardous employment. 'One ofthe papers mentions the arrival up to April 11, of38 vessels, having 105,000 seals —and subsequent dates swell the number. The Indicator recordsthe following remarkable. instance oflfilial piety :—

“It has seldom occurred that the Journalist should have to re cord so many lllSIallCRs of loss on‘ tho ' sealing .Voyage ofNeW. foundland as at the present season. Already has rumourbrouglit no account oI'uo fewer than twenty vesselsitohilly lost, and sore- ral entire crown, with a great number of h'a‘nds from various ves-

' ;mta.~?A'hoin aforinigbt shice, as” manySchooners drifredlp'a'st this ,harbour, first zlocked in‘ the ice,‘ the Breton. Hearn, Master, was «fcpfll‘ledvdRMngd and in danger, within about two miles of the Shore. “(minnows reached-tho Catholic clergyman about the hour of Massin the morning, and they immediately prayed the congre- gat‘o‘iitn lend their assistance; upon which a large number of per-

wards she again received severe injuries, so much that it was de-. termined to abandon her, but the master (Ilearne) unable to un- dertake the task oftiavelliug to the shore on the ice, could not be prevailed on to leave her. His son, ii. lad of about 18 IyearIs of ugé,implnred his father with tears to make the effort, but In vainI; upon which lie at once determined to remain to share his father s furor-Heron scene the Hills! liourt-i‘endliig took place. The afflicted FilIllOI‘ besnnglit, conjured, commanded his son to leave the vessel, but tears were his only reply ; the boy remained un— cliniigea‘blt-,'aml at length they were left to their futh \Ve are delighted to find, however, that both father and son have reached Si. John’s, having been taken oll‘llic wreck by a Sclionner be- longing to Mr. Daniel Green, ofifrirbnur Grace—Surely the youths ofSt. Julio's will testify tlioir_est_imatii.in ofiliis virtucus act of filial devotion bv bestowing on this truly deserving young man some mark of public esteem.”. . I ,

The Right Rev. Dr. Fleming returned to St. John’s on the 7th ult., alter a fatiguing visitation to the outports, at that inclement season. .

The Legislature was still in’Session at the latest advices, but nothing ofimportance' had resulted from their labours.

“stint (actuarial secrets.

SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1843. -

Ata late hour on Thursday evening, the ST. GEORGE, steamer, arrived fr'om l’ictoii, with the first English May Mail, brought out to Halifax by the I’. M. Steamship CALE- ania. Our London dates are to the 3d, and Liverpool to tile 4th inst.

The naive furnished by the English papers is not altoge- tlierof an uninterestieg character. The most important items, however, are the melancholy and unexpected demise ofthe DUKE or Sussex, and the gratifying intelligence of the Birth 'ofa PRINCESS. His Royal Highness departed this life on the 21§t ultimo, and will be long and sin- cerely regretted by men of all parties, both at home and abroad. Her Majesty’s accouchcment took place on the 25th ult., and was, at the latest advices, together with the infant Princess, “ doing extrciii‘cly well.” -

We are gratified to observe that the Commercial prospects ofthe United Kingdom continue to brighten, and that there is every probability of a good and plentiful harvest.

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GENERAL SUDIDIARY. Ds‘a'rii or His Rovxi. HIGHNESS THE DUKE or‘S‘usscxp— It is our melancholy duty to announce the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who -expired~at Kensington Palace at aquarter-past twelve on Friday afternoon. The fatal termination of his illness, though sudden, was not wholly unexpected. For the preceding few days the most serious fears were entertained that his Royal Highness could not survive many hours. It was not until quite the close of the week before last, that His Royal Highness’s illness exci- ted the slighiestauxieiy. It was known for some days pre- viously that he was indisposed, but there seemed every pro- bability that medical care would shortly restore him to health. His illness commenced with the appearance ofa large carbuncle on his face. Dr. Holland, his usual medical attendant, was called in, but the affection, though unpleasant, excited no uneasiness till symptoms ol'ei'yuipelasgbegau to appear. At the close ofthe week, Dr. Chambers was called in, and on Saturday the first bulletin wasissued, announcing that his Royal Highness was suffering from an attack of erysipelas, but without any unfavorable symptom. The subjoined announcement appeared in the Gazette of Friday night :— “Wliitehall. April 2i.

This day, at. a quarter past, 12 o‘clock,Iliis Royal Highness Au- v

gustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, uncle to her Most Gracious Majesty, departed ibis life, at Kcusingtnn Palace, to the greai gi'ieful'lier Majesty and ofall the royal family.”

A Supplement lathe London Gazette was published on Sa- turday, which contains an order fortlie court to go into mourning for his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, from Sunday last, the 23d iiist., to.Suuday the 14th May. A general mourning is also ordered, for ten days, to Com- mence from Sunday last. .

The remains of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex are to be deposited in a mausoleum to be erected in the Kcnsal-grcen Cemetery, and for the first time a Prince of the blood Royal will repose in a _public cometary. It ap- pears that a clause in the .will of his Royal Highness directs that his body should be buried in the cemetary at Kcnsal- green. It was, however, necessary to obtain the approba- tion of her Majesty before this very unusual mode of pro— needing could be carried out. The application to her Ma- jesty has, however, resulted in her most gracious permission and desire that the wishes of her Royal relative should be fulfilled in every respect.

Bia'rn or A Famous—0n the 25th iilt. at four o’clock, the Queen was safely delivered ofa Princess. In the room with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse; and in the rooms adjoining were the other medical attendants, Sir James Clarkaiul Dr. Ferguson; also the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward of her Majesty’s household.

The following bulletin was issued in the course of the

‘ morning :—

“ The Queen was safely delivered ofa Princess at five minutes past four o’clock this morning.

“Her Majesty and the Infant Princess are going on well.

“JAMES CLARK, M. I). “CHARLES LococK, MD. “ Runner Fencesou, M. D.

“ Buckingham Palace, April 25, 1843, Six A. M."

At nine o’clock the park and tower guns announced the joyful event to the inhabitants ofthe metropolis, by a double Royal salute of42 guns.

Summonsen were issued, by order ofthe Lord President, for n Privy Council to assemble at the Council Office at two o’clock yesterday afternoon, at which the Archbishop of Canterbury was ordered to prepare a form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God for the safe delivery of the Queen, and the happy birth ofa Princess. '

The intelligence from Constantinople, through the medium of the Gazette d’ .flugsburg, is confirmed by letters ofthe 7th from Constantinople. It ‘now appears certain that Russia, backed by Austria, has delivered its ultimatum to the Porto, and that the Sultan has to choose between a Rossian war, or a virtual abolition of his power as a Sove- reign, by ordering anew election in Servim—Herald.

ComizRCiAL.——'I‘he advices from the principal manufac- turing districts indicate a gradually improving trade. The demand for produce continues; good, and considerable busi- noss has been done, though, comparatively speaking, little activity has prevailed, and no iri'iprovement can be noticed

I-lis , Excellency Sir John Harvey dined with the St. George’sl

in prices. For home consumption there is a full amount of business doing, and export orders are decidedly on the in- crease. There is decidedly more buoyancy than for sortie time past, which plainly indicates advancing prosperity. The cotton mills, generally, are at full work, and increased activity prevails throughout the woollen districts, ‘WlllCll is evident by the advanced prices obtained for the raw material at the public salesjust concluded. In the Potteries employ- ment, is becoming more plentiful, and an increase of action is observable in the liardwaretrade. 0n the whole,appear— ances are very favourable. and a brisk trade may reasonably be expected, tl':ougli, from the vast extent ofthe sources of supply, there is little probability.“ any material advance in prices, even with a moderate amount of speculative transac- tions. The increased consumption of provisions may be also adduced as an evidence ofimprovement in the condi- tion ofthe labouringpopulation. In the agricultural districts, the state of things is not by any means so encouraging, though it is to be hoped that the harvest may prove sufl‘i- ciently good to obviate the evil effect in this quarter of the fall in the price ofpi'ovisions. ‘

HopsE or.COMMONS.~On the 28th ult. the number of pe- titions against the Education clauses ofthe Factory Bill was unusually large, and seemed to emanate from the country generally, rather than, as is'in most instances the case, from any distinct district or separate interest.

Mr. W. S. O’BaiEN gave notice that whenever the motion

for the repeal of the union ofthis country with Ireland should

mm, PM.“ch on the ice, and having unloaded herof‘ her seals, be made, he would move, as an amendment, an extract from

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29th April, 1834, which 1'

Ireland themselves.

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subjects. FACTORY EDUCATION BILL.

the education clause of the Factory Bill. question at issue. dreii in factories and workliouses. to establish.

education,

from that in which dissenters are instructed. bishops.

the direction oftheir parents.

forma,'nnd was re-committed for Monday, 22nd inst.

more manifest in this Province.

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deposited in a cavity prepared for their reception:

“ The first stone of this Building was laid by His Excellency Sir Henry Vere Huntley. Knight, Lieutenant Governor of Prince ‘ Edward Island, on the Sixteenth ,day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-three (1843) , and in the sixth year ofthe reign of Her most gracmus Majesty Queen Victoria—assisted by the SLJohn’s Lodge, No. 833, of free and

accepted Masons.

“ Ilonbles. A. Lane, , T. H. Haviland, IJames Peako, Edward Palmer, John M. Hull,

1, Committee appointed by

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“Coins deposited iherewith,—a sovereign, a halfsovereign, a half crown, a shilling, a Sixpence, a fourpence, a tlireepence, a tw'ipeiice, a one pennny half-penny, a penny, a lialfpenny, and a farlhing, all of‘tlie reign oflier present Majesty Queen Victoria.”

Want of space compels us to omitany further particulars at present; we may, however, possibly revert to this subject

in our next. I ‘ m_-—i=._z=——- ~— To-raa Eniror. or run: COLONIAL Hanna.

Sin—“There is nothing so. cantemptible,” said Brasidas, when be seized a mouse, and being hit by it, let it go, “ but what may be safe, it has the courage to defend itsel .” Most msguanimous Wniz ofthree shots—“Hurrah my bo d cap- tain.” Now really “shiver my timbers” ifyou have not proved, beyond a doubt, that your heart is bigger than a piu’s bead ; that it is not in your stomaCh,nnd that you are truly “larned.” In fact, this great work, under the classical coguomen of

ecorded the fixed determination of the then existing House ofCommons to maintain unimpaired and undisturbed the legislative union betWeen Great Bri- min and Ireland, which they considered to be essential to the strength and stability ofthe empire, to the continuance ofthe connection between the two countries, and to the peace, security, and happiness of all classes of his Majesty's subjects. This determination was as much justified by vieWs ” , , I, ofthe general interests of the state as by the conviction that them-tries, and cannot escape ). With a consanglllll“! as rm to no other portion ofher Majesty’s subjects was the main- tenance ofthe union more important tlianto the people of ‘ Though it was the intention of the house to maintain the legislative union inviolate, all perse- verance would be used, on their part, for the removal of all just causes ofcomplaint and the promdtion of all well-con-

Mr. LnFitoY inquired ifthe attention 'of‘ government had been directed to agreat meeting which had lately taken place. in Ireland, avowedlyfortl’ie purpose of repeal; “the- tlier the government considered such meetings legal, and I whether any measure was contemplated fortheir prevention. it appears, nnulagous ,0 nothing_..r,ity ans Hue,

Lord ELLIOT replied-that the subject had attracted the ‘ ‘ flnXlOIlS attention of go’vernmeut,—thnt such meetings un- doubtedly disturbed the t'nuquillity which was essential to the prosperity of the country,——aiid that every power IWlllCl] belonged to the executive should be employed to preservIe the peace and protect the prosperity ot all her Majestys

On the Ist iiist.,,Sir James Graham announced the altera- tions which it. was‘tl'ie intention of government to make iii' I He said that con.- sidernble excitement prevailed throughout the country on this subject, and that the dissenters seemed generally opposed to it; it was, therefore, the duty of government to meet the There was no compulsion in the scheme ol'education, except in two instances, with reference to chil- ’ There was no intention on his part to make any great change in education, or to make too sudden an introduction of the system which he proposed The resolutions ofthe Wesleyan Methodists on the sbbject, from the number ‘Of.{l)ttl denomination, and the efforts which they had made for the advancement of were worthy of respect and consideration. It was his intention to make the sending ofcliildren to Sunday schools entirely optional on the part oftheir parents, by which one ofthe material objections would at once he re- moved. The sauction of the inspector could not be obtained unless the authorized version ofthe scriptures were taught in the schbol, except in the case ofRomau Catholics. It had been provided that instruction in reference to the Catechism and Liturgy ofthe Church should be given at a convenient time in aclass‘rooui set apart for the purpose, and separate The books to be used were to be under the direction ofthe two arch- It was proposed that dissenters should rcceive.iii- structioii in their respective creeds during week-(lays under The hon. baronet then stated that by these proposed alterations all the reasonable objec- tions which had been raised against the original bill would be completely met; and having expatiated on the general principles ofthe bill, be concluded by stating that these con- cessions had been made in the hope that they would allay that animosity and party spirit which unhappily prevailed, and be the means ofpromoting a spirit of concord and Chris- tian cliarity.——After some observations from Lord J. Russell and other members, the bill went through committtee pro