They must treng và åen two parts of sheets, and six hand xweis Stetten vs presented under de bei und 4th of Victoria, c. 7", by the present ah, AY KATOT DI Sevet në the Surm. Faveseri Grammar-school and Hos%, KP, The Vartens of the past, praying the Court to extend ma egacitor a the schoo incert and modern history, geography, and MUCH A BATHTITES, Mo the Engis anguage, writing, LANC fra races of mathematics so taught in the school, and 170 m See LITROS Bt he might to suce boys only as should for at usher of the school get be in fotore beid 7 TV Prst, And that no boy should be allowed Ta antring to the will of the founder. The 1556 24 Dr Jone 2, the rector of Kirby being long tosset to and fro on the waves of this WORST CT, and some aching assing a ts events, but knowing for cerIN ART NAD by al mist and that nothing was more ascertain than the an asag most beltly to bem bas errors, ignoGAY XXX #pil I the reins of his youth that had been 15, TN ZANcated the harbour of eternal rest, be bad resolved SPS 15, Mavor then is it is De Was ADE, 24 bestowing an alms1m 11 God and intrated to has disposal by ་་་་ IN Π NE TAČNE, THE SChori LNÉ dosje in honour of St. John THE KINAL be the Punzier's can hand, it was ordained, that as a cha m ̧P SOLÍ NETTET TO DE TRcant, the wardens, with MSN, KN the dit wandung, should meet Motrat another scharenase in the mace part of them should The Ty_c37 ???ME & TEKST, DIT FURION, Dor at the least benehowing after het ant sed in grammar, That arst that shout resort to him, and this The cures of every day in grammar, rhe25 per annum for his salary, and @huc Masing &'t forex or other gains, IN THE LI ZONE that should resort unto Recording to the statutes, and would not read unto them any corrupt or reprobate book set forth at any time contrary to the determination of the universal Catholic church, whereby they might be infected with any kind of heresy or corrupt doctrine, or be induced to an insolent manner of living. With regard to the system of education to be pursued, the statute went on to declare, that "since youth is naturally prone to evil, and as Horace writes,' with what flavour the cask is tinctured while it is fresh it will long retain it,'" the founder, therefore, ordained that the schoolmaster should regard as a principal concern honestly and decently to form the manners of his scholars, and strictly to restrain them from theft, lying, swearing, and filthy talking; and that he read and interpret to the boys those books which may induce them to virtue, piety, civility, and morality, and not to lasciviousness or sauciness; those generally taught being, the Decalogue in Latin, Cato, Esop's Fables, Cicero de Officiis, or Moral Duties of Friendship and Old Age, and his Epistles; Sallust, Virgil, Terence, and others of the like sort, with respect to the age and capacity of every boy." The statutes also provided one usher, who should be chosen and removed at the pleasure of the master, and should be a poor boy of good morals, born within the parish, and that he should, as well in the presence as the absence of the master, teach the boys, and assist the master to the utmost of his power. The petition having set forth the statutes of this charity, went on to state that a commission was issued under the authority of the great seal in 1803 to regulate the future administration, and to apply the surplus revenues. Under this commission it was declared that it was the charitable intention of the founder, and agreeable to the wishes of the parishioners of Kirby Ravensworth, that other branches of useful knowledge should be also taught in the school to the boys resorting thereto for classical learning, and that the funds appeared sufficient for the purpose, besides amply fulfilling the other intentions of the charity. It was therefore directed that the salary of the usher should be increased, and that it should be his duty, not only to assist the master in teaching grammar and other branches of classical instruction, but also to teach the English language, writing, arithmetic, and the different branches of mathematics, gratis to all who should resort to the school, and that in case there should be no person in the judgment of the master properly qualified for the office of usher, who had been educated in the school, and was the son of poor parents, that it should be lawful for the master to appoint some other person to the office. The petitioners represented that the parish of Kirby Ravensworth was purely agricultural, comprising upwards of 14,000 acres of land, and about 1,500 inhabitants, and, as the great majority of the boys attending the school had little occasion for the Greek and Latin languages, the portion of time they were obliged by the decree to spend in learning those languages would be much more profitably employed in learning English, writing, arithmetic, ancient and modern history, geography, and the various branches of mathematics and mechanics, and the general interests of the parishioners greatly promoted thereby. They also stated, that for several years the school had greatly declined, and that there had been very few boarders at the school, the present number of the boys who were instructed in Greek and Latin being not more than 30, and only three of them boarders. The salary of the master had been increased to £200 per annum, and, on the promotion of the Rev. Mr. Holme to a benefice, in August 1842, the Rev. Mr. Easther, of Richmond, was elected to the mastership. This gentleman was the only party who offered any opposition to the petition, and he complained by his affidavit, that although all the petitioners but two participated in his election, there was no intimation ever given him of their intention to apply for any extension of the system of education then prevailing in the school; but, on the contrary, that they endeavoured to impose on him a restriction that he should not take more than eight boarders, and that he engaged not to take more than ten at any time during the first four years after his election. He insisted that the charity was a "free grammar school," and had been so adjudged by the decree of 1803; but that, if the prayer of the petitioners were granted, instruction in grammar and classical learning would cease to be considered the principal object of the foundation, and the school would degenerate into a mere commercial academy, or become assimilated to a national school; and, moreover, that the revenues were not adequate to justify so great a deviation from the object of the foundation. The petitioners, in reply to this affidavit, swore, that at a meeting of the electors which took place at the Shoulder of Mutton, to receive the report of the examiners of the qualification of the candidates for the Board determined, in the first instance, to open the Diocesan Church School, under the charge of the Rev. G. Elliot, B.A., at Southampton. In the last Report it was announced, that very eligible premises had been secured, of which Mr. Elliot expected to take possession at Lady-day last, and the best hopes of the Board, in reference to this school, are now in the course of fulfilment. An examination of the pupils of the school, which was conducted by the Rev. J. Keble and the Rev. W. Orger, has given the Board the greatest satisfaction. Upon receiving the Report in question, the following resolution was agreed to: "Resolved-That, after the very satisfactory statement of the condition of the Southampton Diocesan Church School, the Board empower the examiners, who shall be appointed to examine the school at the end of the next half year, to award books as prizes to such scholars as shall appear to them most deserving." Since the last Report, a favourable opportunity for the interference of the Board has occurred, and has been taken advantage of in the town of Dorking, where, with the concurrence of the Local Board, it was determined if possible, to establish a school similar to that at Southampton. Mr. Jackson Hooke, formerly classical and mathematical assistant-master at the King's School, Sherborne, was appointed Master. He entered upon his duties after Midsummer holidays, and already the Board is furnished with good evidence of the efficiency and prosperity of the school. Upon receiving from the S. W. Droxford Decanal Board a very full account of the state of education, as regards the middle classes, in the populous parish of Portsea, the Diocesan Board was encouraged to attempt the establishment of a school in that town also. Mr. Jeremiah Andrews, mathematical and assistant-master at the Royal Academy, Gosport, was elected master, and he was to enter upon his duties after the Christmas vacation. The Board has thus succeeded in establishing three schools for the agricultural and commercial classes, in three of the most important towns in the diocese, under very encouraging circumstances. The course marked out for the Board seems obvious to go onwards, until there are seminaries of the Church, schools of true religion and sound learn ing for all the children of our yeomen and tradesmen within the extent of the Board's operations. As mistakes are still prevalent in regard to the design of the Board "in promoting schools for the agricultural and commercial classes," it is right again to repeat a former statement-"That the Board does not desire to be proprietors, or to interfere in the proprietorship, of any school, or to engage as a company in scholastic speculations. The promotion of good Church of England schools is the chief and paramount object. This guarantee being given, the Board will aid individuals in the establishment of such schools, when required, according to its means."-Report of the Winchester Diocesan Board, 1843. The new His New College in Ireland. college, in which young men, members of the Established Church, will receive instruction on the plan pursued in the English universities, has been established at Stackallan, in Ireland, and will be opened with the usual ceremonies on the 1st of August. The college is dedicated to St. Columba. The governors have already founded five scholarships, which will be held, cæteris paribus, by the sons of the clergy, with a preference to those who are acquainted with the vernacular of the Irish language. Grace the Archbishop of Armagh, the Primate of all Ireland, has consented to become the visiter of the college, and the following noblemen and gentlemen have been appointed governors :- The Earl of Dunraven; Viscount A dare, M.P.; Mr. A. S. O'Brien, M.P.; the Very Rev. Henry Cotton, D.C.L., Dean of Lismore; the Rev. R. C. Ebrington, D.D., Regius Professor of Divinity in Trinity College, Dublin; the Rev. J. Hawthorn Todd, D D., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin; and the Rev. W. Sewell, B.D., Fellow and Subrector of Exeter College, Oxford. The following appointments have also been made:-Warden, the Rev. Robert Corbet Singleton, M.A.; Professor of Greek, the Rev. Matthew Morton, B.A.; Professor of Latin, the Rev. Henry Tripp, M.A.; Professor of Mathematics, the Rev. Robert King, B.A. The remaining arrangements will be made in the course of the present month. Winchester Diocesan Board.-At the quarterly meeting, held in the Chapter House of the Cathedral, on the 4th inst., the Rev. W. G. Huntingford was appointed Treasurer of the Board. The additional sum of £5 was voted in aid of building the parochial schools at Dibden, and £15 that of Baughurst. Mr. W. Potter, assistant-master of the Wonston School (son of Mr. Potter, of Stratton), has been appointed by the Bishop of Winchester master of the Farnham Common School, in the room of Mr. Martin, chosen master of the Farnham Parochial School. Mr. Martin and Mr. W. Potter were pupils of the Diocesan Training School. Eton College. It is not, perhaps, generally known that the scholars, to be qualified to be elected on the foundation of Eton, must be born of parents legally married, and within the limits of the Kingdom of England (infra regnum nostrum Anglia). Persons born in Ireland or Scotland are ineligible, Henry VI. (by whom the college was founded and endowed in 1441) having been only " Dominus Hiberniæ," while Scotland was an independent kingdom. Scholars are not admissible earlier than the age of eight, nor later than that of sixteen; and are superannuated at eighteen, unless placed on the indenture as nominated for King's at seventeen, when they may remain till they have attained their nineteenth year. Even at eighteen they may retire from the foundation, and remain at the school as Oppidans. The election generally, though not necessarily, takes place on the last Monday in July; the statutable period extending from the feast of St. Thomas à Becket (July 7th) to that of the Assumption (August 15th). The Provost of King's names two days within this period, from which the Provost of Eton selects one. At this period the examination of the applicants takes place. The names of the successful candidates are then placed in indentures, and they succeed to King's in the order there determined, as vacancies occur in that college. The vacancies at King's thus supplied from Eton have amounted upon an average to about four in every year. For the first time since the foundation of Eton College there are no vacancies this year (at present) on the foundation of King's; nor, indeed, is there any probability of a vacancy in that college being declared within the short time now to elapse before the limited period expires. The election is vested in the Provosts of Eton and King's, the Vice-Provost of Eton, two Fellows of King's (the Posers) of the degree of M.A., and the Head Master of Eton. Eton College Chapel.-The great west window has just been fully exposed to view by the removal of the massive and unsightly woodwork on either side, which was accomplished during the extensive repairs and alterations which have been recently completed within the interior of the sacred edifice. Considerable anxiety has been manifested for some time past amongst the upper boys at the college (and, indeed, throughout the establishment) to have the present plain glass of this window (which ranks amongst the finest of any of the windows of our cathedral churches in the kingdom) entirely removed, and replaced with stained glass, containing devices and emblems from the Holy Scriptures. The upper boys of the college have applied to the authorities of the college for permission to carry this intention into effect, and to defray the whole expense from out of their own pockets. In this liberal undertaking there is no doubt that very material pecuniary assistance will be rendered by many old Etonians. Mr. Eastlake, the Royal Academician, has just been applied to on the subject, and he has consented to furnish a design in conformity with the views of the liberal originators of the contemplated improvement and ornament to the chapel. Westminster School.-The Right Rev. Dr. Carey, Bishop of St. Asaph, has lately placed in the hands of trustees the munificent sum of £20,000, for the benefit, after the death of his Lordship and Mrs. Carey, of students elected from Westminster School to Christ Church, Oxford. Church Schoolmasters' Association for Essex. The first meeting of the Association was held at Chelmsford on the 8th inst., the Rev. the Rector of the parish in the chair. The design is to hold quarterly meetings on a Saturday at Colchester, Chelmsford, Brentwood, and Witham, to be presided over by a clergyman; to provide a library of books for circulation among the members; to read a paper, or to have a lecture delivered; and also to discuss some question connected with education. Secretaries, the Rev. John Bramston, Witham, and Mr. Wm. Forsyth, Chelmsford. Schoolmasters' Union for the Deanery of Bedminster.-A numerous meeting of the Clergy of the Deanery of Bedminster, which was also attended by several parochial Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses, and many ladies and gentlemen of the neighbourhood, was held at the National School-room of the parish of Long Ashton, on the 28th of June, for the purpose of forwarding the objects contemplated in the formation of the Schoolmasters' Union. The Rev. H. F. Gray, the Diocesan Inspector of Schools, examined the children The Rev. Diocesan Inspector delivered a very interesting and practical Lecture on Education, tracing the Madras system to its origin, and particularly impressing on the teachers the necessity of making the scholars thoroughly understand what they were doing, and not to be over-anxious to hasten their progress. At two o'clock, many of the clergy, and the schoolmasters and schoolmistresses dined together. There are four prizes to be given at the next annual meeting:-one of £5, kindly promised on behalf of the Bishop to the master of the best parochial school in the Deanery; one of £3, from the funds of the Society, to be given to the mistress of the best school conducted by a female teacher:-another prize of £1 from a member of the Society, to the schoolmaster or mistress who shall compose the most approved Essay on the best means of giving separate instruction to Monitors; and a prize of ten shillings to the author of the second-best Essay on the same subject. A very general desire was expressed, especially by the schoolmasters, that the meeting might be repeated more frequently than once a year, and it was proposed that local meetings should be held. Sheffield Church of England Instruction Society. A very beautiful piece of mechanism for illustrating the motions of the earth, moon, &c., has been presented to the Institution by Mr. Botham, of this town, the ingenious artist, who devised and executed the whole. The sun in the centre is represented by a globular lamp, round which a small terrestrial globe slowly moves, to represent the annual path of the earth in its orbit: the diurnal rotation of this globe on its own axis, presenting the alternations of day and night in the most beautiful manner; while the monthly phases of the moon are simultaneously exhibited with perfect accuracy of effect. There are also other illustrations of various lunar and geocentric planes, &c., which are easier understood and admired on a sight of the machine, than they can be intelligibly described in words. The whole of the mimic orbs and satellites are kept in equable relative motion by a secret spring acting through trains of exquisite wheel work. The execution of the apparatus is as highly creditable to the ingenuity, as the gift of it is honourable to the generosity, of the artist. Vocal Music as a branch of ordinary Instruction. In all the public schools in Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, and other German States, instruction in vocal music is introduced as an elementary branch of education. The same thing is the case in military schools, in which the common soldiers are instructed in music along with reading, writing, arithmetic, and those branches of mathematics which are applicable to the military world.Musical World. DEATH. Knox, Rev. Dr., Head Master of Tunbridge School, on Sunday, 23rd July, 1843. To our Correspondents and Readers. We have received letters from both the author and publisher of "The National School Expositor," explaining in some measure the confusion of which H. W. K. and other correspondents have complained. It appears, that there are two Editions of the work now on sale, the one from which our extracts were made, being a "New Edition;" the other, however, being still on sale by hundreds. We have the pleasure of renewing our recommendation,-only purchasers must make sure of the right edition. |