which this vigilance in the formation of character is deemed superfluous; or a principal, the guileless simplicity of whose character is not strengthened by the wisdom of experience. A fair outward show of order and industry, and great intellectual development, may, in either case, be consistent with the latent progress of a rank corruption of manners, mining all beneath. Unless the searching intelligence of the principal is capable of discerning the dispositions of his charge, and anticipating their tendencies, he is unequal for the task of moulding the minds of his pupils, by the power of a loftier character and a superior will. In that case, or when the principal deems such vigilance superfluous, and is content with the intellectual labours of his office, leaving the little republic, of which he is the head, to form its own manners, and to create its own standard of principle and action, the catastrophe of a deep ulcerous corruption, is not likely to be long delayed.

In either case it is easy to trace the progress of degeneracy. A school, in which the formation of character is not the chief aim of the masters, must abandon that all important end to the republic of scholars. When these are selected from the educated, and upper ranks of society, the school will derive its code of morals from that prevalent in such classes. When the pupils belong to a very humble class, their characters are liable, under such arrangements, to be compounded of the ignorance, coarseness, and vices of the lowest orders. One pupil, the victim of low vices, or of a vulgar coarseness of thought, escaping the eye of an unsuspicious principal, or unsought for by the vigilance which is expended on the intellectual progress of the school, may corrupt the private intercourse of the students with low buffoonery, profligate jests, and sneers at the self-denying zeal of the humble student; may gradually lead astray one after another of the pupils to clandestine habits, if not to the secret practice of vice. Under such circumstances, the counsels of the principal would gradually become subjects of ridicule. A conspiracy of direct insubordination would be formed. The influence of the superior would barely maintain a fair external appearance of order and respect.

Every master issuing from such a school would become the active agent of a degeneracy of manners, by which the humbler ranks of society would be infected.

The formation of the character is, therefore, the chief aim of a trainingschool, and the principal should be a man of christian earnestness, of intelligence, of experience, of knowledge of the world, and of the humblest simplieity and purity of manners. - (From the Second Report on the Schools for the Training of Parochial Schoolmasters at Battersea. By J. P. Kay Shuttleworth and E. C. Tufnell, Esqs.)

Training Schools—Rules and Regulations.

OXFORD DIOCESAN TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MASTERS.
Principal, Rev. Johu Thorp.

THE Diocesan Training School for masters is situate at Summertown, near Oxford. The object of this institution is to train masters, who shall be fit to undertake either parochial or commercial schools in different parts of the diocese.

The following regulations have been adopted as general rules.

Pupils must be at least 15 years of age, and will remain in training from 1 to 3 years, according to their age, character and attainments.

Candidates will be required to read, spell, and write well and correctly, to be

Þei versei a de irst four rules of arithmetic, to possess a general knowledge if the lot and new pants and to know perfectly the church catechism. They must als being a certificate of their baptism, as well as a testimonial Sm dhe derryma é their parish to the following effect:

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do hereby cern, that I have kawa and believe him EN ELLENÉ Ny character, abilities and attainments to become a candidate the Pcesan Training School.”“

A SA score will emat race the following studies:

1.

Elements of Geometry, Algebra, and
Mechanics.

Linear Drawing and Mapping.
Book-keeping.
Psalmody.

Theory and Practice of Teaching.

The outlines of Ecclesiastical History, with so much of general History and Geography as will serve to illustrate the Bible and Prayer Book.

a in the Latin lamage will also be given to the more advanced De elaranx and lodging are provided gratuitously. The charge for 28 £2 per annum to be paid quarterly in advance); and where even STACH SIE is beyond the means of a promising boy, the committee will have it in their power to award exhibitions to the half (or more) of the expenses; boss to be depen tant upon good conduct. As each pupil is judged leave the schäell it will be the endeavour of the board to provide him

in a parochial or middle school, or where the knowledge and

de bac gonamed will be beneficial to the diocese.

cwing Jeclarations are signed upon admission:

1 by the permet ar pandora I hereby solemnly declare, that it is my ið øl Nebel that my son A.B. stall and will be ready to accept the office of under and in connection with the Oxford Diocesan Board of

so ser as he call be required.

Si de vară, tins56) “I hereby solemnly declare, that I will submit myself to the appointed discipline of the Diocesan Training School; that it is my wid a prepare myself, by diligence and study, for the office of a school master, under and in connection with the Diocesan Board of Education; and that I shall be ready to accept such appointment when required by the board.” The washing, if dove in the house, will be charged £2 per annum. The purils will be expected to bring two pairs of sheets and three towels.

Schools in union with the diocesan board will have a priority in recommending pupils

The board of examiners will meet at the training school on the first Tuesday after the 10th of January; the first Tuesday after the 25th of March; the last Tuesday in July; and the first Tuesday in October, at 12 o'clock, for the admission of pupils, when there will also be an examination of the school.

Applications for admission must be addressed to the Rev. T. Chamberlain, Hon. Secretary, Christ Church, Oxford.

Masters from existing schools, (being in union with the board,) who are desirous of improving themselves, will be admitted for short periods to the full benefits of the institution. Economical arrangements will be made for their boarding and lodging, and part of the expenses so incurred will occasionally be defrayed by the diocesan board; or one of the more advanced pupils in training may be allowed in the mean time to take the management of their schools

TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MISTRESSES.

Mistress, Miss Lennox.

This school is situate at Reading. It is also under the direction of a committee. The religious instruction is superintended by the Rev. G. Hulme.

Candidates for admission must produce a certificate of their baptism, and be at least 17 years of age. They will be required to read, write, and spell well and correctly; to be acquainted with the first four rules of arithmetic (simple and compound); to possess a general knowledge of the old and new testaments, and to know perfectly the church catechism. They must also be well skilled in plain needlework. There will be an examination in these subjects before admission.

They must likewise produce a testimonial from the clergyman of their parish to the following effect:

"I

Incumbent (or Curate) of
for

do hereby and believe her

certify that I have known to be qualified in moral and religious habits, as well as in ability and attachment to the church, to become a candidate for admission to the Diocesan Training

School for mistresses."

The instruction embraces the theory and practice of teaching, as well as improvement in religious and general knowledge.

The shortest period for which persons will be received is six months.

The charge for boarding and instruction is £9 for six months, or at the rate of £16 a year-the payments to made quarterly in advance. It is competent for the committee to render assistance occasionally to such as remain in the school for periods exceeding six months. The washing will be a small extra charge. Each person must bring two pairs of sheets and three towels.

Mistresses of existing schools in union with the board, who are desirous of improving themselves, will be admitted for shorter periods; and economical arrangements will be made for their boarding and lodging.

Applications for admission must be addressed to "the Rev. G. HULME, Reading."

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LONDON DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION.

President, The Right Hon. and Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF LONDON. THE limited resources hitherto placed at the disposal of the Board have been nearly exhausted in providing for the inspection and periodical examination of of schools in union; but by the recent appointment of the Rev. F. C. Cook to to the office of inspector of schools under the authority of the government, the board has been relieved from the largest item of its annual expenditure.

The committee now propose to turn their attention to those other objects for which the board was originally formed.

One object is to bring into union with the board as many as possible of the schools existing in the diocese, the terms of union being similar to those which are proposed by the National Society. One hundred and forty-five schools of all descriptions are now in union; but it is desirable to increase the number, that information as to the state of education in the diocese may be collected and circulated, with a view to promoting its extension and efficiency. And such increase will, it is hoped, be made in due course.

In the mean time, it is proposed, for the encouragement of such children as

may remain at school until the age of 14, as well as for the advantage of large schools generally, where there is but one master or mistress, to contribute towards the maintenance of a certain number of pupil teachers; and thus to raise up a succession of masters and mistresses for national and other schools out of the schools in union with the London Diocesan Board of Education.

The board has for some time had this measure in contemplation, hoping that considerable improvements may be made in some of the largest schools and in the poorest districts, The selecting one or more of the best scholars in a national school, and making them assistants in teaching the lower classes, has been very successful in several instances; but in most cases where such assistance is especially needed, the managers of the schools find considerable difficulty in raising the necessary funds.

The board is now prepared to receive applications on behalf of either boys or girls, of the age of 14, who are willing to submit to an examination in which the age, character, and attainments of the candidates, will be taken into account, as well as the necessity of the school or district where they may be placed.

The candidates approved as pupil teachers will be placed on the books of the board for two years, with the privilege of being continued for a third year, if circumstances, in the judgment of the board, appear to recommend it, receiving in weekly payments as follows:

Boys.-For the first year, £10; for the second year, £13; for the third year, £16.

GIRLS.-For the first year, £9; for the second year, £12; for the third year, £14.

At the end of two years it is proposed to elect out of the whole number of pupil teachers, three males and three females, to be nominated free of expense, to some of the National Society or Diocesan Training Schools.

Applications may be addressed to the honorary secretary, 79, Pall Mall, stating the name, age, and qualification of the candidate, and of the schools from which they come.

None but schools in union with a Diocesan Board will be allowed to furnish candidates.

At a meeting of the committee of management of the London Diocesan Board of Education, held 11th March, 1844, it was resolved:—

"That the statements and plan for raising up pupil teachers now read, be adopted, and that the same be printed and circulated among the metropolitan clergy."

79, Pall Mall, 11th March, 1844.

(Signed)

C. J. LONDON, President. RICHARD BURGESS, Hon. Sec.

OBJECTS OF THE BOARD.

1. To form a medium of communication and mutual suggestions between the clergy and other persons of the diocese interested in the cause of religious and general education in accordance with the doctrines and discipline of the church of England.

2. To collect and circulate information as to the state of education in the diocese, and the obstacles which impede its progress or efficiency.

3. To take measures for the extension and improvement of education in connection with the church of England throughout the diocese.

4. To bring into union with itself as many as possible of the schools existing

in the diocese, on the terms adopted by the National Society.

5. To establish an effectual system of inspection and periodical examination of the schools in union with the board, with the concurrence of the managers of such schools, and under the sanction of the bishop.

Terms upon which Schools will be taken into union with the Board :—
I. FOR PAROCHIAL AND NATIONAL SCHOOLS.

1. The children are to be instructed in the holy scriptures, and in the liturgy and catechism of the established church.

2. With respect to such instruction, the schools are to be subject to the superintendence of the parochial clergy.

3. The children are to be regularly assembled for the purpose of attending divine service in the parish church or other place of worship under the establishment, unless such reason be assigned for their non-attendance as is satisfactory to the managers of the school.

4. The masters and the mistresses are to be members of the church of England.

5. In case any difference should arise between the parochial clergy and the managers of the schools, with reference to the preceding rules, respecting the religious instruction of the scholars, or any regulation connected therewith, an appeal is to made to the bishop of the diocese, whose decision is to be final.

N. B.-The following Form of Certificate to be used in the case of Infant Schools:

We, the undersigned, (being desirous of establishing, &c.) an infant school, for the benefit of the poor of (the parish of) do hereby certify that the education in such school is to be conducted on the principles of the established church, and by masters or mistresses who are members of the same;-and we further declare, that we shall be ready to report upon the state and progress of the school, from time to time, in the usual manner.

II. FOR MIDDLE OR COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS.

Middle or commercial schools may be received into connection with the board, upon a declaration from the proprietors or managers, that religious instruction in conformity with the doctrine and discipline of the established church shall be given therein, and that the schools will be open to the occasional visitation of the parochial clergy.

Form of a Declaration for Parties who desire their School or Schools to be taken into union.

Sir,-Having received your circular explanatory of the objects of the London Diocesan Board of Education, I have to request that my school, known by the name of may be considered in union with the board.

To the Secretary of the London
Diocesan Board of Education.

I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,

Entelligence.

Vacant Scholarships at Oxford.—There will be an election of two scholars on Mrs. Eaton's Foundation, in Worcester College, on the 22nd of June next. Candidates must deliver to the provost, on or before the 18th of June, a certificate signed by the ministers of their respective parishes, and by two or more respectable inhabitants of the same, that they are sons of clergymen of the church

of England, and want assistance to support them at the university, together with letters testimonial of their religious and moral character.

King's College, Cambridge.-Mr.Johnson has just gained the Craven scholarship. Within the past six years five gentlemen of the same college have obtained the university scholarship. This