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scripture with the young and the uneducated is one mode of obtaining that difficult art, the art of reaching and interesting the ni ds of the more educated and advanced in years. It shows the need of adding line to line. It shows the need of taking nothing for granted, in regard to intelligence in the hearers, but of making sure that we are understood. It acquaints us with errors which must be guarded against, and could hardly have been anticipated. It habituates us to the interpretation of scripture by scripture. It familiarises us to the useful practice of illustration. Whoever is the best adept in all these various arts, will be the best teacher in the pulpit as well as in the school; and will insensibly practise there those lessons which he has himself learnt, unawares, whilst teaching others. The probability is, that the most assiduous catechist will prove the most effective preacher; and there may be a reason not always reckoned on by those who have left the fact on record, why of all the labours of their ministry, those hours have been the most profitable which they had spent in catechising.-Ibid.

Documents.

SCHOOL SITE ACT.

An Act to secure the terms on which Grants are made by Her Majesty, out of the Parliamentary Grant for the education of the Poor; and to explain the Act of the Fifth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, for the conveyance of Sites for Schools. [19th July, 1844.]

ANNO SEPTIMO ET OCTAVO VICTORIE REGINE. CAP. XXXVII.

I. The terms and conditions upon which parliamentary aid has been given towards the building of schools secured upon the site.-Whereas, during several years last past divers sums of money have been granted by Parliament to Her Majesty, to be applied for the purpose of promoting the education of the poor in Great Britain, and similar grants may hereafter be made: and whereas Her Majesty hath appointed a committee of her council to receive applications for assistance from such grants, and to report thereon, and to advise her as to the terms and conditions upon which such assistance shall be granted, and many such reports have been made, and approved of by Her Majesty, and the terms and conditions having been assented to by the applicants, grants have been made out of the said fund: and whereas in some cases, by reason of the deeds

the clergy strive hard, and in many cases with wonderful success, against a vicious system; but yet that which is conceived according to the idea of a written essay cannot, by any effort in the delivery, be converted into a warm and living sermon. We do not, in preaching, follow the path which nature spontaneously dictates to a man desirous through the gift of speech to persuade his fellow men. A speech of two hours is often heard with less wandering of mind than a sermon of thirty minutes, and that by men whose hearts are interested in the subject of the sermon to a degree infinitely exceeding their care for that of the speech: but the latter is a dissertation, and does violence to nature in the effort to be like a speech; the former is, at least, more like what nature prompts. We long for the day when not by mere amendments in detail, but by the prevalence of a new idea of the proper basis of the practice of preaching, the church of England shall avail herself of this mighty engine for promoting the glory of God, and the conversion, edification, and salvation of the souls of men."-" On the present aspect of the church," Foreign and Colonial Quarterly, No. IV.

A German writer, M. Ukeden, professing to give a "View of the Anglican Church in the 19th century," speaks of the general mode of preaching as follows:"The practice of incessantly declaiming against the erroneous views entertained

of endowment of schools, in respect of which such applications have been received, having been executed before the grant has been made, such terms and conditions have not and can not be made permanently binding on the estate; but the parties prom ting the said schools have entered into personal obligations or assurances, for the due performance of such terms and conditions, though deriving no beneficial interest from the charitable institution which they have established; and it is desirable to provide permanent security to Her Majesty, and her successors, for the due fulfilment of the terms and conditions, and to relieve the parties from the personal liabilities so entered into for the purpose aforesaid: be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that where any grant hath been made, or shall hereafter be made, out of any sums of money heretofore granted, or hereafter to be granted by parliament, for the purposes of education in Great Britain, under the advice of any committee of the council on education for the time being, upon terms and conditions, to provide for the inspection of the school by an inspector appointed, or to be appointed by Her Majesty and her successors, which shall not be inserted in the conveyance of the site of the school, or in the deed declaring the trusts thereof, and such grant shall be made in aid of the purchase of the site, or of the erection, enlargement, or repair of the school, or of the residence of the master or mistress thereof, or of the furnishing of the school, such terms and conditions shall be binding and obligatory upon the trustees or managers of the said school, or other the premises for the time being, in like manner, and to the like effect, as though they had been inserted in the conveyance of the site of the said school, or in the declaration of the trusts thereof; and henceforth all personal obligations, entered into for the purpose of securing the fulfilment of such terms and conditions, shall, so far as they relate thereto, but no further, be null and void; provided nevertheless, that such terms and conditions shall have been or shall be set forth in some document in writing, signed by the trustees of the said school, or by the major part of them, or by the party or parties conveying the site, in the case where there shall have been a voluntary gift thereof.

II. Terms upon which aid shall be granted to trustees of antient endowed schools. And whereas there are many endowments for the purpose of education of the poor in Great Britain of antient date, the schools whereon have become dilapidated, and the funds of such endowment being insufficient for the restoration thereof, application is made by the trustees, or by the persons acting in the discharge of the trusts thereof, for aid out of the said parliamentary grant, but the same hath been declined, because such applicants could not impose upon their lawful successors in the said trust the conditions which the said committee would have advised Her Majesty to require to secure the due in

by other sects would almost seem to be an affair of conscience, and they are only the most distinguished individuals who take leave to preach a sermon without interweaving their discourse with polemical allusions. The preponderating interest taken in the controversy upon church government, explains why English preachers address themselves so little to the condition of the soul. The contrary might have been expected, when we consider how pre-eminently happy English authors have been in their delineations of character. It is rare to hear the natural inferences from the text gone into the extreme value of scripture in religious polity is enlarged upon, and identically the same application is made of a prophecy of the Old Testament as of an extract from St. Paul's epistles."-p. 135.

If this were any thing approaching to a just description, which I do not believe, no one could wonder at the inefficiency of the English pulpit. It is singular, however, and worthy of consideration, that a foreigner should have conceived this idea of the general style of preaching from the examples which fell under his observation.

spection of such schools; and it is expedient to enable them to do so, be it therefore enacted, That where the major part of the trustees of any endowed school for the education of the poor duly appointed under the terms of the deed of endowment, or, when such deed cannot be found or cannot be acted upon, of the persons who shall be in the possession of the endowment, and shall be acting in the execution of the trusts or the reputed trusts thereof, shall, and in cases where there shall be a visitor of such school with the consent of such visitor in writing, apply for aid out of such parliamentary grant to enable them to re-build, repair, or enlarge the school belonging to such endowment, or the residence of the master or mistress thereof, or to furnish such school, and shall in writing assent to the said school being open to inspection on behalf of Her Majesty and her successors, if the said committee shall deem fit to advise that any such grant shall be made, it shall immediately after the making of such grant, and thenceforth from time to time, be lawful for any inspector of schools appointed by Her Majesty and her successors, in conformity with the terms contained in the writing testifying such consent as aforesaid, to enter the said school at all reasonable hours in the day, for the purpose of inspecting and examining the state and condition of the school and the scholars thereat, and of making such report thereon, as he shall deem fit.

III. Death of the donor within twelve calendar months not to avoid grant.— And whereas by an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled" An Act to afford further Facilities for the Conveyance and Endowment of Sites for Schools," it is enacted, that any person, being seized in fee simple, fee tail, or for life of and in any manor, or lands of freehold, copyhold, or customary tenure, may grant, convey, or enfranchise, and subject to the provisions therein mentioned, any quantity not exceeding one acre of land as a site for a school or otherwise, as therein likewise specified; and it is desirable to prevent any such grant, being of so limited an interest, from being defeated by the death of the grantor; be it enacted, That where any deed shall have been or shall be executed under the powers and for the purposes contained in the said Act, without any valuable consideration, the same shall be and continue valid, if otherwise lawful, although the donor or grantor shall die within twelve calendar months from the execution thereof.

IV. Site may be granted to the minister and churchwardens.—And whereas it was provided by the said Act that grants of land or buildings, or any interest therein, for the purposes of the education of poor persons, might be made to the minister of any parish, being a corporation, and the churchwardens or chapelwardens and overseers of the poor and their successors, and it is sometimes found inexpedient or impracticable to introduce the overseers as parties to the legal estate; be it therefore enacted, That such grants may be made to the minister and churchwardens of any parish, such minister being the rector, vicar, or perpetual curate thereof, whether endowed or not, to hold to them and their successors, subject to the provisions contained in the deed of conveyance thereof, for the management, direction, and inspection of the school and premises.

V. Rector, vicar, or perpetual curate may grant to the minister and churchwardens, or to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of his parish.—And be it enacted, That if the rector, vicar, or perpetual curate of any parish shall be desirous of making a grant of any land for the purposes and under the powers of the said Act, being part of the glebe or other possessions of his benefice, and shall, with the consent of the patron of the said benefice, and of the bishop of the diocese within which the same shall be situated, grant the same to the minister and church or chapelwardens, or to the minister, church or chapelwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish, such grant shall be valid, and shall henceforth enure for the purposes of the trust set forth therein, if otherwise lawful, notwithstanding such minister is the party making the grant.

VI. Act may be altered this session.—And be it enacted, That this Act may be altered by any other Act in this session of Parliament.

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specimens of stained glass, the liberal gift of the Rev. Edward Coleridge. It is understood that the assistant-masters of the school have arranged to fill in the easternmost window on the south side with stained glass, containing figures descriptive of some part of Scripture history. It is believed that the easternmost window on the north side will also be filled in with stained glass, at the expense of a nobleman educated at Eton. It seems to be not improbable that in the course of a few years the whole of the windows of this beautiful chapel will be composed of stained glass; thus rendering it one of the most solemnly gorgeous places of divine worship in the kingdom. Active steps are being taken for having the roof, which is of wood, emblazoned with heraldic and other devices, in keeping with the sacred character of the chapel.

Prince Albert's Prizes at Eton College. -The examination for Prince Albert's prizes, for the promotion of the study of modern languages, took place October 17th, the examiners this year being M. De Vericour, ex-professor à l'Athenée Royal de Paris (in French), and Sig. Panizzi, of the British Museum, London. The sum of £50, given annually by his Royal Highness (the prizes having been instituted in 1841), has this year been distributed, agreeably to the arrangements of the provost and the head master, as follows:-To the best French and Italian scholar £25 in money, and £15 in books; and £10 in books to the boy who stood next in point of merit. The following boys, including the prizemen, were mentioned by the examiners as having particularly distinguished themselves:- French.-1 Boileau, ma.; 2. Beaumont; 3. Stratton; 4. Barton; 5. Peel; 6. Foster. Italian.-1. Beaumont; 2. Boileau; æq., Barton, Close, Stratton. The first prize was awarded to Beaumont, and the second to Boileau, ma. It is gratifying to observe that all the successful competitors for Prince Albert's Prize have always been distinguished boys in classics. The present year furnishes no exception, for the two prizemen are next to each other in the school; they have both gained several public honours; and are also at the head of their remove, the middle division of the fifth form. The examinations, last year, were in the French and German languages.

A New Admission Regulation at Eton. -The Rev. Dr. Hawtrey has given notice, that after Easter next he will not admit any boy who shall have completed his fourteenth year.

Durham.-Ralph Lindsay, Esq., of London, solicitor, has declared his intention to found a scholarship in this university, of the annual value of £40, for natives of the diocese of Durham. It will be tenable for three years by boys, who must have been two years at Durham school. Mr. Lindsay was himself a "King's Scholar" at that school.

Durham Grammar School.-The new buildings which have lately been constructed by the Dean and Chapter of Durham, on an extensive scale, and in a healthy situation near the Prebendaries'bridge, at Durham, were opened on the 24th inst. The school-room will accommodate about 200 boys, and the head master's house from 40 to 50. The foundation consists of 18 scholarships of from £25 to £30 each, which are open to boys under 15, and are bestowed, after examination by the dean and chapter, according to merit. The classical instruction is such as is given at other public schools, and there are, besides, masters for mathematics and modern languages. The terms are £60 a year for boarders in the head master's house, and £50 for those in the second master's, besides £88s. for the classical, and £3 3s. for the mathematical instruction. Boys are also boarded in a suitable house, situated near the school, at a lower rate. The head master is the Rev. Edward Elder, of Balliol College, Oxford. There are two scholarships in the University of Durham appropriated to boys elected by examination from this school, besides some small exhibitions at Oxford and Cambridge.

Classical Education.-A new expurgated edition of the classics, both Greek and Latin, is about to be issued. The editors are the Rev. C. Girdlestone, late Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, who is responsible for the expurgation, and for the notes of a religious or moral character, and the Rev. W. A. Osborne, who takes charge of the classical depart

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Diocese of Bath and Wells.-The anniversary of the Board of Education was

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