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I$itkmg3 from the gperiobicals. A white cloud makes a very nice parasol, but a black nc is a very poor umbrella. Love often corrupts pure hearts, and as often puri- leg corrupt ones, Men will refrain from evil speaking when their fel- low-men refrain from evil hearing. The greatest truths are the simplest the greatest Ben and women are sometimes so, too. Some persons can be everywhere at home others can it musingly at home and be everywhere. It is an old proverb that" boys will be boys." What 3 pitv 't?s.'t equally true that men will be men. hQn a man has been intemperate so long that shame 110 longer paints a blush upon the cheek, his liquor senerallv does it instead. Wh) is Ilig Ben like an article sold by auction ? Be- cause after having been put up some time it has at last rone-uuder the hammer. Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk, and truth the roof. Bat IVOCAL. A writer in one of our local papers speaks of a friend of his that has always been accus- tomed to the quill. Is the friendj an author or a joose: b h' f b h "It may be a thing of pure imagination, but umour involves sentiment and character. Humour is of a genial quality, and is closelv allied to pity. Right is a plant of slow growth. You cannot tell how foiig Justice herself was a baby at the breast of Truth, before Justice could run alone. If a woman could talk out of the two corners of her moutt. at the same time, there would be a good deal to be said on both sides. A man, who employs people to work for him should not be morc careful to feed his stomach than his hands. What are you fencing that pasture for? Forty acres of it would starve a cow." Certainly; and so I am fencing it to keep my cows out." A man can do without his own approbation in society but he must make great exertions to gain it when alone; without it solitude is not to be en- dured. Gentlemen," said a tavern keeper to his quests at midnight, I- 1 don't know whether you have talked enough or not, but as for myself, I am going to shut ul A popular writer says it is not the drinking, but the getting sober, that is si terrible in a drunkard's life. Some persons, influenced probably by this important consideration, seem to have deliberately resolved never t:, The material world has its links, bv which it is made to shake hands, as it were with the vegetable; the vegetable with the animal; the animal with the in tellectuai; and the intellectual with what we may hope to be the angelic. Flowers are the terrestrial stars that bring down heaven to earth, and carry up our thoughts from earth to heaven—the poetry of the Creator, written in beauty and fragrance. The absence of legitimate employment has probably made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and as many suicides as despair. A woman in Whitby was chided for not going to see her husband, who had been badly injured. Her excuse was, that she had only heard of it through the papers, and they don't always tell the truth." It is out of the power of a vulgar and base man to do you the least harm, and out of yours to do him any. He is perfectly invulnerable by his degradation, and, from the same cause, innoxious. An inventor is attempting to make a flying machine, and an editor calls it "an old trap." Perhaps he thinks it a fly trap. A doctor ordered one of his patients to drink flour of sulphur and water; the patient expressed his disgust in signific ant grimaces. "It is only the first glass that is hard to drink," said the doctor. "Then," rejoined the invalid, "I will begin with the second." MOTHER !-The Emporor of China, on certain days of the year, pays a visit to his mother, who is seated on a throne to receive him and four times on his feet, and as often on his knees, he makes her a profonnd obeisance, bowing his head even to the ground. Bad c-impniy is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first or second blow, may be drawn out with little clUiculty; but being once driven up to the head the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, it can ouly be done by the destruction of the wood. He is base-and that is the one base thing in the universe, to receive favours and render none. In the order of nature we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom; but the benefit we receive iniist be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, to somebody. A DISTINCTION.—" Waiter," said Tom Hood once at ahotel, I'll get you a place in London as a first-nte packer." Packer, sir!" said the astonished waiter, with the white cloth under his arm, slightlr agitated, "I never learned to pack." "All the better, replied Tom, "it is a natural gift, for see howyouhave picked my bot lie of wine in a pint decanter." A gc'r;tlem.1I1' JUce introduced his son to Rowland Hdl. bv a letter, as a youth of great promise, and likely to d,? honour to the university of which he was a mem- ber hut he is shy," added the father, "and I fear bur:"s his talents in a napkin." A short time after- 'w?trd? the parent, anxious for his opinion, inquired what he thought of his son ? "I have shaken the nap- kin," said llowland, "at all the corners, and there is nthing in it." TH i, PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. -It is not only for the sick nUll, it is for the sick man's friends, that the doctor comes. How we have all watched after him! hat an emotion the thrill of his carriage-wheels in the street, and at length at the door, has made us feel H ev we hang upon his words, and what a comfort we Set from a smile or two, if he can vouchsafe that sun- shine to lighten our darkness'. Who has not seen the mt)¡er prying into his face, to know if there is hope for the sick infant that cannot speak, and that lies yonder, its little frame battling with fever ? Ah, how se looks into h's eyes What thanks if there is light there; what grief and pain if he casts them down, and dares not say hope!" T WHAT IS LIFE ?-The mere lapse of years is not life. eat, and drink, and sleep--to be exposed to dark- ness and the light- to pace round in the mill of habit, and turn truth into an implement of trade-thia is not e, In all this but a poor fraction of the conscious- Bess of humanity is awakened, and the sanctities still Illlmbc-r whieh make it worth while to be. Know- ldge, truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith, alone can gte vitality to the mechanism of existence. The laugh mirth that vibrates through the heart-the tears that r'h(U the dry wastes within-tlie music that brings childhood back—the praysr that calls the future near -te doubt which makes us Mitate-the death *hich startles us with mystery-th? hardship which orce. us to struggle-the anxiety that ends in trust- arc the true nourishment of our natural being.

I VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN AT HYTHE. An interesting lecture has been delivered at Birken- head by Captain V. A. King, of the 2d Cheshire Rifttes, on the Rifle Practice at the Hythe School of Musketry. Captain King said,— Y ou will perhaps like to know what we did at Hvthe, and I will try to tell you as briefly as possible: We assembled there on Saturday, the 23d of July, and reported ourselves to the General. Now, a word about Major,General Hay; he is a fille, handsome man, of very pleasing manners, and much be- loved by all about him; he is a splendid shot. and is seldom seen without his rifle in his hand. There were 42 of us from all parts of the kingdom, of all classes j there were country gentlemen, there were barristers, there were merchants, there were tradesmen-all classes, in fact. We required no introduction; we were good friends as soon as we met. We felt we were all brethren who had a grand natural object in view, the defence of our native land, and this was sufficient in- troduction. The peer was treated with no more respeet than the tradesman, or the tradesman than the peer; and here let me say, for the honour of the aristocracy of England, that the peers worked quite as hard as any of us, there was no distinction; they were drilled by the sergeants just the same as all of us. On Monday, the 25th of July, we assembled in the barrack tent-a rifle, knee-cap, and book of instructions were delivered to each of us. We were then formed into six sections, containing from six to nine each. We were No. 1 Sec- tion, and consisted of the seven men from the four com- panies in this neighbourhood. We were then ushered into the presence of the General. He thanked us for our zeal in coming so far for instruction, and stated that it would give both him and his Staff the greatest pleasure to impart to us all they could in the very h:detie ¿:d for the lo:' cOHd tht: I that if the volunteer force could not shoot, they were worst than useless; for su po ,t" said he, "there are 20( ,000 volunteers enroiies, and Govemment de- pended on them, and when the hour of trial comes it turns out that not one of them can shoot, why, then it must be clear we had much better not have a volunteer force at all; for, if they could not shoot, we should be hanging on a rope of sand. Much better to have 20,000 men, even 2,000 men who can shoot, than 200,000 men who cannot." He then combatted and ridiculed the popular error which has been so much dwelt upon of late in the newspapers, that nothing but plenty of ball practice would ever make men good shots. He told us that such practice only perpetuated error, in fact, made it worse; that he could bring for- ward many instances where men shot worse and worse by mere practice. He told us that the less shooting we had previously had the better; for those of us who had never fired a gun were probably the best, as he had merely to teach us to shoot, while those of us who had been in the habit °i:on!r:ae probably the worst, as he would have first to break t ?%,Im .7 bad habits, and, until they were broken of them, it was useless to teach them to shoot. He then told us that it was position drill alone which could teach us to shoot; i the more of this a man had the better. A man had never had too much of position drill until he had not a single fault. The first object of this position drill was to teach men to shoot without ever firing a shot; and I have not the slightest doubt that this can be done I am certain of it. He told us that we volunteers ought to be such good shots that our fire would be effective at 600 to 900 yards; for it would not be safe to employ us in the field at a less distance than this, as, of course, our drill and discipline could not be expected to be such as would enable us to come to close quarters with such troops as the Zouaves, for instance. He then told ItS that it was an extraordinary fact that the riflemen of the British army shot worse than any other troops until the last few years. He asked if there were any volunteer riflemen present who had been embodied some years. There was a gentleman fron South Devon. The General asked him if thev practised aiming drill ? He said, No." Exactly so," said the General, you, like all the rest, are Riflemen only in name." He told us that the great object of the instructions at Hythe was to raise the intelligence of the soldier, to make him consider himself an unit, and not a machine. T hlim s, from my short experience, I can fully bear out; I feel certain the course of instruction is framed for this object. Now, gentlemen, I will tell you our daily work for the first week. The course of instruction was, clean- ing of arms, theoretical principles, aiming drills, posi- tion drills, judging distance drills. In the cleaning of arms we were not only taught to clean our rifle, but every part of the weapon was named and explained to us. We were taught to dismount and remount the lock,] and name every part of it, After all this expla- nation we were questioned, to ascertain if we understood all which had been told us. The lectures on theoretical principles explained clearly to us the force which drives the bullet forward, the force which stops its flight, the force which draws it to the ground. Thecourseofthe bullet through the air was clearly described, and the reason of having to take a greater elevation when firing at a very distant object. In the aiming drills we placed our rifle upon a tripod, with a sandbag at the top, and laid our aim at the target at all distances, from 1.50 to 900 yards. Afterlaving the aim, it was examined by one of the Staff, or the sergeant, who pointed out any fault that might be in the aim, such as too full or a little to the left or to the right. In the position drills we were taught to handle the rifle, to bring the body in the proper position for firing, to bring the rifle to the "present" quickly and steadily. We were taught always to aim at an object, and never to draw our trigger until we had aligned the eye, the object, the back sight, and the fore sight. The greatest pains were taken with us in this position drill, as it is the founda- tion of good shooting. In judging distance drills, we were marched out to the shingles, where points were placed at different distances for us to observe, and we then had to judge the distance of men placed'at various distances from us. We were many of us at the barrack- yard at 6 30 a.m. for an extra drill. We assembled at 9 010 a.m. and worked till 1 p.m.; then assembled at 2 30 p.m., and worked till 4 30 p.m. then each section went to the quarters of one of them, and discussed and questioned each other on all they had heard during the ay work was over at 7 p.m., when we dined. So, you see, your representatives were not idle. On Monday, the 1st of August, we fired blank cartridge, and on Tuesday we began firing ball cartridge, and then commenced such excitement as I never witnessed before. The first course was the third class. We fired five rounds at 150 yards, five at 200 yds. five at250 yds. and five at 300 yds. and, if we did not make 15 points, we were kept in the 3rd class. Our gallant lieutenant made 29 points another man, Warner, of Oxford, made the same; and this was the largest score. I only made 14 points, and, like all block- :!J:: ::sr'e:t )I{:r4 class 'b:l:v:llt: j tisfaction to say, I got out of it, And am now a second-[ class man. Lieutenant Horner is a first class man, and Ensign Bower, of the Rockferry Company, has the honour of being a marksman. The second class was five rounds at 400 yards, five at 500 yards, five of 550 yards, and five at 000 yards. It was necessary to make 12 points out of these to get into the first class, and 17 of :It num b er tt itoteseltlsn I first class was five rounds at 650 yards, five at 700 yards, five at 800 yards, and five at 900 yards. And it was necessary to make seven points out of these to become a marksman, and there were no less than 14 who did this, This practice lasted from Tuesday to Saturday, and I cannot describe to you the excitement of it. It exceeded anything I ever saw. Hunting, or cricket, or boating is nothing to it. I felt, when I saw it, that there was no mistake about the volunteer movement; an,) there is no reason why there should not be the same excitement when the Cheshire companies march from their parade ground for ba'l practice aR there was at the barrack yard at Hythe. I ought to tell you that we subscribed for three rifles-oie for the best shat of the whole; one for the best shot of the riht wing; one for the best shot of the left wing. Warner, of Oxford, won the first; Robert Tinley, of Liverpool, the second; Coxe, of Derby, the third. I cannot attempt to describe to you the excitement on Saturday afternoon. The struggle was between Warner and Tinley for the first prize; they were firing at 900 yards, There were many spectators, and as each of these two men knelt to fire there was not even a whisper heard all seemed afraid even to breathe. They both got 11 points-a tie but Warner won, as in the previous classes he had made 53 points, and Tinley 51. Tinley had unfortunately twice aimed at the wrong target, and hit it, and these two points did not count, otherwise Warner and Tinley would have been ties throughout. On Monday we fired ten rounds file firing, ten rounds volley firing, and ten rounds skirmishing. The last is beautiful work. We loaded as we ran, and fired at distances of 400 to 200 yards; but we had to judge our own distances, and we were kept advancing, and retiring as much as possible, so as to confuse us, Now, you know, if 200 yards dis- tance we fired at an elevation of 400 yards, our bullets would go at least five feet above the target. If, at 400 yards' distance, we tried fire at an elevation of 200 vards then the bullet would strike the ground at 280 ýards: Now for the result of our ball practice. You must understand that every shot which is fired at Hythe is registered. If a man fires badly or carelessly he Is sure to be found out. All is reduced to figures. There cannot be a question about who shot best and who shot worst. The shooting is estimated by figures, vl?i?h tell li,?s. I will now give you the figures of merit of each section No. 2 Section stands first-namely, first period, 22-00; file firing, 11'66; volley firing, 12-00; skirmishing, 5'00; total, 60-68. No. 4 Section -First period, 20'66 file firing, 11'55; volley firing, 9-55; skir- mishing, 7'88; total, 49 64, No. 5 SeelOn.-Flfst period, 18'00; file firing, 13'28; volley firing, l1' I Ikirmishing, 7'88; total, 48-82. No. 6 SeelOn.-Flrst period, 21-14; file firing, 10'10; volley firing, 11'33; skirmishing, 5.3'1; total, 47-96. No. t Section. -First I period, 18*14 file firing, 18-00;: TOlley firing, 9-16 skirmishing, 3-83 total, 44'l3. No, 3 Section.—First period', 17*00; file firing, l'2-66 volley firing, 8-00;; skirmishing, 3-66; total, 41-32. And the mean average figure of merit of the battalion was- as follows, namely.: -Single Third Class, 19-36'; file firing, 28-08; volley I firing*. 10-13; skirmishing). 5'30;; total, 47 07. Whieh meang. that out of 50 rounds each man on an avLlW. hact made 47'07 points. Some, of eonrse, had not dons so. well, and others had done much better. I will now give you the comparison- with officers and soldiers who. had; passed through theprevioustbreeoourses at Hythe. You will, no doubt, oocertain that we voltinteers,were. a long way behind them for beer in mind they had' 16 position drills-we had only six; they have a prelimi- nary course of 20 rounds of ball cartridge—we hadt not any, but fired at once in the third class. The, mean averages are as follow: —1859, January—offieeM,46-08; soldiers, 43-97. April-officers, 46-94; soldiers, 4,4-25. July-officers, 45-62; soldiers, 42-62. The- mean of this is-officers, 46-22; soldiers, 43-65. The- General was surprised at this result; he said he expected us to beat the soldiers, because, in shooting, intelligence is what tells, but he eould not understand om-beating the officers. He could only account for it by the fact that we had worked so much harder. You see, gentlemen, we have done you no discredit. On Monday night we gave the General and his Staff a splersdid dinner, and on Tuesday we left Hythe with heavy hearts, for we all felt we were leaving kind friends; for, from the General 've were leaving kin and his Staff we had met with nothing but kindness and attention. If ever it is my lot to visit Hythe again, I should be certain of a warm welcome. Gentlemen, I think it right to tell you all this, because I feel I have been at a great school, and, as a good disciple, I ought to try and impart the knowledge I have obtained to others. I am proud of your drill already; but I will tell you what I shall be much prouder of—to see you, at your first ball practice, show a mean average of 47 j others have done it, and why should not you ? While at Hythe we formed a volunteer association, the object of which is to hold a meeting in some part of the country once a j ear, where rifles will be shot for. Now, there is nothing to prevent one of the fine fellows I see before me winning the first prize, and a high honour it will be. All I can say is that the man who wins it must work for it.-Polmtiln qni ineruiffemt.

ASSASSINATION OF COUNT ANVITI. Intelligence was received in London, on Saturday, of the murder of Count Anviti, on the 5th, at Parma. The following details are furnished by the correspon- dent of the Daily Neves;— Colonel Count Anviti was a man 48 ;years of age, a native of Piacenza, and a member of an old family of that city. Early in life he entered the army of Maria Louise, and soon became known to the people of Parma for his hatred to the liberal party of the duchy. At the accession of the late Duke of Lucca he was still a captain, but, having discharged with great eagerness all the missions which were entrusted to him when the Italian patriots were to be persecuted, he rapidly rose to the ranks of colonel and chamberlain, and was made a knight of three different orders. At the restoration of Charles III., Colonel Anviti became the intimate friend of the young duke, and the agent of those deeds which brought the first-named prince to his blood-stained grave. The cruelty of the colonel was so great, the victims of his barbarity so numerous, that at the death of the duke he was already an object of uni- versal execration. The bastinado was administered al- most daily by his orders, old men were sent to the Ergastolo without trial, merely under the pretext that they were liberals. On more than one occasion he has rus?ed out of the caf6, and forced one or another of the citizens into a barber's shop, where by his orders their beards were cut off-for large beards were, in his opinion, a revolutionary manifestation. These violences had multiplied themselves to such an extent, that in 1855 a pistol was discharged against him whilst he was crossing the street of Santa Lucia. The supposed per- petrators of this attempt were condemned, and one of them, Andrea Carini, was shot, in spite of the recom- mendation to mercy which had been presented to the Duchess by the president of the military commission before Carini had been tried. The attempt against Count Anviti had been perpetrated opposite to a bar- ber's shop, kept by a man named Mauro Ferrari. In the early stage of the prosecution, the evidence of the barber went so far as to prove the innocence of Carini and his companions. In consequence of this, the poor man was arrested and two days a fter his imprison- ment he was found hanging from the iron bars of the prison window. Public opinion charged Colonel An- viti with having secretly ordered the death of the barber, in order to get rid of the only evidence which would have saved the author of the attempt. Carini was the father of a large family, and had two brothers, who are butchers lby trade. As was to be expected, the violent death of the barber and the execution of a man whom public opinion declared to he innocent, had the result of rendering Colonel Anviti the object of universal hatred-he being violent, inhuman, and madly cruel to the people supposed to belong to the liberal party. At the first outburst of the national movement An- viti sought refuge in the States of the Church. He was living, some say at Pesaro, some at Perugia, when, it appears, he came to the conclusion of coming back to his native town with the object of conspiring against the new government of the duchy. On the morning of the 5th he had left Bologna by the one o'clock train, in the dress of a farmer. Things went on smoothly enough till the train had reached the bridge which crosses the Enza terrent, where the train is now obliged to stop, as the bridge is broken; passengers are, there- fore, taken in omnibuses to the other side of the tor- rent. Colonel Anviti had scarcely entered one of the omnibuses when, in spite of his disguise, he was recog- nised by a man to whom the bastinado had been admi- nistered by his order. The consequence was that when the train had reached the Parma station the unfortu- nate colonel was not allowed to continue his journey to Piacenza. The man who had recognized him dragged him out of the carriage, and amidst the imprecations of the crowd took him into the town. The wrath of the people was so highly excited that the few men of the national guard, who happened to be at the station, had the greatest difficulty in contending with them. It seemed, however, as if Providence had designed to pro- tect the life of the Count, for when the crowd had reached the gate of the town it was met by Colonel Doda, who, having been informed of the occurrence, rode at the side of the prisoner with the view of pro- tecting him. A post of Carabineers was near at hand; Anviti was given into its custody, and the crowd dis- persed. But the affair was not to end here. The new, of Anviti's arrest was brought to a house where the wife, the brothers, a and the children of Carina were still mourning the execution of a dear and inno- cent relative. The name of the Count soon roused the sentiment of revenge; a cry was given, and in a few minutes the mob of Parma hastenedto the Carabineers' barrack thirsting for blood. At the first roar of the popular wave the Carabineers, six in number, had shut the gate of their barrack but it was not strong enough to resist the impetuosity of an infuriated mob. The gate was soon smashed to pieces, the barrack invaded, the rooms searched. "We will have him! we will have him!" was heard on every side; "The govern- ment shall not deceive the people by saving Anviti as it has done other villains." Tne first, the second, the third floor of the barrack was searched, and likewi-e the roof, but Anviti was not there. The mob, mad and infuriated, was turning its wrath against the carabi- neers, when a dreadful cry, like that of a hyena, was heard on the ground floor. A man had at last found the unhappy prisoner-Anviti was lost. The scene was a disgusting one, the revenge was terrible, such as the pen refuses to relate. The dead body was dragged through the street of San Barnaba by the infuriated mob, and the Count's head was cut off, perhaps by the merciless cutlass of Carini's brother. Then began a tremendous blood orgy, one of those which we only read of in the annals of La Terreur." It was six o'clock, and the fainting light of the day was spread- ing its last rays on the crowded piazza of the Town Council Palace. A marble monument stands there, erected by the Bourbons to honour the memory of Joseph I. The head of Count Anviti was placed on the top of it. The scene did not last more than a quar- ter of an hour, scarcely the time necessary to have the public force directed 011 the spot. The drums of the national guard began to call the armed citizens out of doors, the troops of the line hastened to join them, and at half-past six the mob was dispersed, the severed head removed from the monument, and the body of the vic- tim carried to the dead-house. The government of Parma did what could be done by human foresight to prevent this great crime, but it was perpetrated so sud- denly that it was impossible to avert it. A great many arrests were made, but it is said the real authors of the crime have already left the town. The Intendente of Parma, a Cavaliere Cavallieri, has just published a proclamation in which he tells the citizens of Parma that the crime Jwill have the conse- quence of making the enemies of Italian independence rejoice.

MR. HARDY, M.P., ON EDUCATION. Th-3 annual meeting of the Canterbury Diocesan As sociation for the Promotion of Education was held on Thursday, the Archbishop of Canterbury preside. j Among the noblemen and gentlemen present were Vis- count Camden, the Earl of Romney, Sir Brook Bridges M.P., Mr. Deedes, M.P., Mr. Hardy, M.P., Sir Walter James, the Dean of Norwich, and n large number of the clergy of the diocese and of the-geutry of the neighbour- hood. The report which was. read gave an interesting aceount of the great progress which the society had made and the benefits which had rCHtlIted from its es- tablishment. It tailed particular attention to the gwul which had resulted from the establishment of evening schools in many parts<of the-dibeese. by means of whiih the instruction (,i the children who had left the national schools to enter upon work was kept up. Viscount Camden movcdlthe adoption of the report, which was seconded by the Dean of Norwich. Mr. Deedes, M.P., mowed a resolution expressive of the satisfactions of the meeting at the effect whiJt, the efforts of the -soocia- ion had had upon national educa- tion, and pledging thoie- present to support it. IIIr, Gaythorne Hardy, M.P., in seconding the reso- lution, said—111. undertaking this duty perhaps, your grace and this, meetieg will permit me to say a few words upon what I think ought to be done byassocia- tions of this. kind. I appear here, for the first time, in support of theCantewnry Diocesan Association, as a young offiier under my honourable friend. who tells you that ke has been connected with the association for twenty years. I shall not be afraid to say,, Come on," instead of." Go on," but shall do my best to promote the cause of national education. M.n "re always think. ing of new schemes, new plans, new systems, by which to effect some desirable object. Now r am happy to find that we are working under an association the nature of which is as old as the foundation of Christian- ity itself, and we are acting with a machinery which we find ready made to our hands. Instead of having new committees, new secretaries, and new officers, we take that which is ready to our hands, and we find it con- nected with principles of religion, that being a base upon which we safely go, without at all reflecting upon the prineiplejof secular education. tn this anocia,ion we find people meeting together, having but one obj ect in vie-to place the education of the poorer classes on the same foundation as the education of our own chil- dren-titat is, to siake them good subjects, good citizens, and good men. I cannot help thinking that it is for- getfulness of the main object of education which: has led to all that confusion which, undoubtedly, exists in the minds of men with reference to this question of education. (Hear, hear). A great deal has been said about the schools, and about the early age at which the children leave the schools; but, inasmuch as education does not terminate in the schools, but only begins there to a certain extent, it is by attending, not merely to the schools of hte j eople, but by attending to tho homes of the people, that you make any great progress. The children of our labouring classes have to earn their bread at ten or eleven years of age, because at that period their labour becomes available. In the manu. facturing districts thev are precluded from working at certain employments he fore they are thirteen years of age. but in the main they get to work very early, and earn a considerable amount of wages, When, there- fore, you consider that the parents of these poor chil- dren have to choose whether they will add 3s. or 4s. a week more to the;r wages, or whether they will continue to pay 2d. a week for the continuance of their educa- tion, can you wonder that the poor man will prefer the 'immediate advantage 01 the money to the remoter ad- vantages which hi, children will gain byproonging their education ? He sees his children crying out more for food than for ins, riaction he sees their present neeessi ties arising day by day he therefore values the money and relinquishes the education. I am sorry to say also that I donot consider the reward givento the pupil teach- ers at all commensurate with the money they might ern-especially in the north of England-by devoting their energies to some other employment. I haw seen homes in a condition which I think cannot be for the benefit of those who are living in them and you cannot expect education to go on upon a religious and moral foundation, unless when thechild returns from school, or from his work, he finds his home a place for moral in struction, instead of immoral contamination. A great deal has been said, ofthe dwelling-places of the working classes in the manufacturing districts, and though I grieve to say you often find squalid abodes among them, yet. generally speaking, when the artisan leaves his work, he can obtain admission to a room in which there is, at all events, light and warmth. But what is the condition of an agricultural labourer, who is often seen returning home weary and wet, covered with mud and soil? He goes to a cabin, where he finds, perhaps, one tallow candle casting a feeble ray of light around; he gathers up a few sticks to make a wretched fire, round which the whole family huddle. Is that the sort of place in which to continue the moral instruction which has been begun at school? Is that the place to put the boy who has acquired habits of cleanliness and decency at school, and to retain those habits of decency ? How can he pursue his studies in a dwelling in which the only place in which the labourer's family can obtain anything like warmth is the bed into whicnthey crowd altogether, or, at least, all in the same room, in a way which must and which does cause immorality. I can- not help thinking, in my own mind, that there is good ground for saying that we aie all more or less to blame for this. The object of education in this country, which is a free country, is that we should be blended to- gether, that we should act together with cordial sym- pathies; and, therefore, we should endeavour, not merely to educate the children of the labouring classes when they are young, but that we sheuld carry out a system of education and improvement during the whole of their lives. (Hear). It is to the credit of this country that there are more voluntary teachers in it than there are in any other part. On the other hand, there is a general complaint that, when the children leave the school, or take up with the occupation of every-day life, the teachers fail to keep up their in- fluence, and that not only the teachers but the clergy lose sight of the children almost the moment they have left school. I believe that that is true, but then you must remember that these people whom you are edu- cating are fashioned in the same mould as yourselves, the hearts of these poor children are subject to the same feelings, animated ii t?e same emotions as the hearts of your children, anf if they were treated in the same manner as your children they would probably look back to their school days with the same fond rememberance with which we do. Take the case of those who have been educated at the superior class of schools and in our public seminaries. With what pride they revert to their school days-with what respect do they speak of their masters. I am speaking now of the new sys- tem, for really the schools which I first went to were very different to the present elementary schools, and were institutions upon which I cannot look back with any great feeling 0 p satisfaction. It is not the mind of man that answereth to the mind of man, but the heart of man that answereth to the heart of man and if you make these children confidants, and show them that you are interested in them, not merely as children, but that you intend to be so when they are grown up into men and women, that you keep up the acquaintance after the period of youth has passed away, and that in their school days they will gain friends upon whom they may calculate for advice and assistance in all the difficulties of life, then you will awaken a feeling in their hearts which will effectually prevent your instruc- tion being thrown away, and though they are dispersed abroad, though their youthful training and education seem to be utterly forgotten and lost sight of, nay. even though in their degraded homes they become polluted by the accursed literature with which the country is flooded, yet a recollection of their school days will at times come back to them, all will not be forgotten, but those precepts which were early instilled by you will prevent that utter degradation which is the result of ig- norance and -tiee combined. (Cheers.) I feel that you, have done good. (Hear.) I think we can all look back with satisfaction to the progress which education has made in this country within the last twenty years. Con- sidering the difficulties of the subject, and that we have here no despotic power to put the machinery of a na- tional education into motion, but that all that has been done has been done by voluntary efforts, I think, when we look upon the rapid strides of education since the year 1839, we ought not to despond. (Hear.) It may be that much yet remains to be done, but we must re- member that prior to that period the people as a body could scarcely be said to beeducated at all, and wherever such an attempt was made the instruction given was of a different and inferior kind, and the schoolmaster him- self was generally a person of very little influence or character. I believe now that the class of schoolmasters of the present day teach the lowest forms of elementary instruction far beter than they were taught in any dame school, or indeed in any ordinary ?l prior to the time to which I have alluded. After all, what we have to consider is not so much the attainments of the master himself as his capacity for teaching. I have known some of the cleverest masters least able to impart elemen- tary instruction. All attempts to induce children to remain longer at school will be futile and indeed are impossible, unless you can coerce the parents and com- pel the children to remain. But vou cannot do that, because the freeborn feeling of the whole country revolts from it, and you cannot hope to compensate the parents for the loss of their children's labour consequent upon their attending school after that period of life at which their labour commences to become valuable. You must therefore, look to some other means of continuing the education commenced at school. I have upon a previous occasion and in another place- and I have been taken to task for it-repudiated entirely what I call the fantastic tricks of schoolmasters that is to say, the introduction of a system of cramming previous to examination, which is not of the slightest use to them afterwards. I would far rather see a child under moral training taught simply to read and write and cast accounts, than cram- meT with a load of material which he can neither digest nor understand, which is forced upon him to the total exclusion of any bat the evident knowledge of the th e elements I have spoken of, which places them in a false ?peosition in the eyes of the children, who become scarcely conscious ef thei?great value. What is the duty of the I StKte? Are we 6o enter upon a thorough course of in- struction with t'r't? children as wedh with our own, or are we not rathcj to furnish them with materials which they themselve> can make use of; If you put a knife into the hands of a man who has never before seen it, he may, perhaps, use it to eat his dinner but a man of genius will put it to a thousand different uses. I think, if with a competent religious instruction, the arts of reading and writing and the science of arithmetic are taught, enoii; ji will have been done to enable the boys to turn their education to a practical use,, if they possess geniu3 at all. A man of genius, indeed, will not remain ignorant whether he is assisted or not. The late Mr. G. Stephenson did not know how to read or write till he was twenty years of age he had not the ordinarv machinery. to become eminent, but he made it for him- self, and achieved a position which will render his name eminent among the engineers of the present age. All that you. haye to do in this- country is to give the ma. terials. leaving the rest to the exertions of the boys themselves. That is all you do for your children, and it is all that you can do for the children of the labour- ing classes. It is for them to carry the education you give them still further; but how far depends upon their own genius and application. This is to me a subject of deep interest, and it is one which appears to affect the future well-being of the country more than any other. If these little children are allowed to grow up withou the. ballast. whicx education affords, or if they receivet that education unaccompanied by religious teaching- which fills the mind with deistical notions-you will need no millstone to hang round your necks, for they will be the millstone which will bring this country to destruction. (The hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst cheers.) The Archbishop of Canterbury observed that much had been said with respect to the early age at which children left school, the consequence of which was that in after life they were little benefitted by the instruction they received. Whether that, was thecause'of the defi- ciency or not he did not know, but it was perfectly clear that they read very imperfectly and could hardly write at all. He was astonished the other day to find, from a very high authority, that among the labouring classes on y one third of the men and women who came to the church to be married could write their names. He con, fessed that he could not explain that, unless by suggest- ing that it was a somewhat nervous occasion. It cer- tainly was not very easy now to find a child who could not read or write; but ke supposed that constant occu- pation in the fields, and little opportunity of making any progress in what they knew already," rendered learning literally with them a dead letter. He quite concurred in the importance of keeping up the evening schools, but he confessed that he thought it ct task upon the clergy to expect them to give up their time of an evening and perhaps walk half a mile through wet lanes on a night to attend an evening school. Everything seemed to depend upon keeping up the influence which the teacher possessed over the minds of his pupils, Recon- gratulated the meeting on the progress of the association, and the good it had effected, and said that he should consider himself very remiss if he allowed anything but illness or unavoidable business to keep him away from their meeting.

ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS. A STATION MASTER KILLED.—A shocking accident occurred on the Ripley branch of the Midland Railway, six miles from Derby, on Thursday last, by which the station master at Denby-gate lost his life. It appears that as the first coal train in the morning came near the Denby gate, the station master heard the whistle, and proceeded to open the gate, but from some cause he was not so quick in the performance of this duty as was required, and the train came upon him just as he was crossing the line, and crushed him fearfully against the gate, the latter being smashed to atoms. The body was urled some distance by the force of the concussion, and when picked up was found to be dreadfully muti. lated. The poor man died almost immediately. lIe has left a wife and two children. FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH A HOUSE,—On Friday evening, about half-past eleven o'clock, an accident occurred at the terminus of the Lancashire and York. shire goods station, Bradford, by which Francis Frost, employed in the company's goods department, chiefly for shunting, loading, and unloading trucks, lost his life. He, it appears, had a loaded truck to draw for- ward with a horse, but as the animal appeared unable to move it, he imagined that the drag was on the wheels, and he stooped down to inspect it, the truck meantime being between two platforms, upwards of three feet above the rails. While he was doing so the animal began to move, no drag being afSxed, and the unfortu- nate man was jammed up in a narrow space between the truck and one of the platforms, and as tke horse moved a few yards along, until stopped by the other men present, lie was whirled round by the motion. He was extricated as soon as possibla, but as his ribs had been broken and crushed in upon his chest, heart, and lungs, he died in about three minutes afterwards. The deceased was an exceedingly temperate man, 35 years of age, and has left a wife and two children.—Manckej- ter Examiner. THE EXPLOSION AT LEWES.—The investigation into the cause of the explosion of a locomotive engine on the Lewes brand) of the London and Brighton Rail- way, on Monday night, was brought to a conclusion on Friday afternoon. Evidence having been given that the boiler and the engine had heen regularly tested and examined, and Mr. Craven, the locomotive superinten- dent of the London and Brighton Company, having given his opinion that the explosion was caused by excess of pressure, and not from an insufficiency of water, the jury proceeded to examine several practical men respecting the construction and condition of the boiler. After the sununing up of the coroner, the jury deliberated about twenty minutes, and then returned the following verd'ct That the explosion was caused by an excess of steam pressure beyond that to which the steam vaNe was screwed down, but there is no evidence to show how such increased pressure was obtained. The jury recommend that every locomotive engine should be provided with a locked-up safety taire beyond the control of the driver, in addition to the valves now in use, and that some regulation should be prescribed for ascertaining with more exactness than at present the weight to be taken by engines on railway goods trains." In the course of his evidence, Mr. Cra- ven stated that since th;s explosion he had seriously thought of the advisability of putting an extra safety valve in addition to the two now in general use. A GUARD KILLED.—Yesterday evening a telegram from the Falkirk railway station conveyed to Glasgow the mournful intelligence that an "Il and respected public servant, Mr. John M'Intosh, mail guard between Edinburgh and Glasgow, had been accidentally killed. The precise manner in which this mournful catastrophe occurred is not clearly reported at this end of the line, and all that is known is that it took place in tne mail compartment, and while the deceased was in the act of his duty. Mr. M'Intosh was widely known both in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and various other districts of the country. He was for many years guard of the Highland mail, and subsequently of the mail betwixt Edinburgh and Dumfries, in the old coach days. For the last fourteen years he has been on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line. He was a warm and steady friend of the temperance cause, among the adherents of which as well as among an extensive circle of personal ac- quaintances, h's untimely death will be a source of poignant regret.—Glasgtw Morning Journal. A MAN KILLED AT A RAILWAYCROSSI.VO.—On Satur- day night, about half-past nine o'clock, Barnard Fielden, of Havelock-street, Blackburn, fire heater in a cotton mill, left home, accompanied by his wife, intending to go to Nova Scotia. As a short cut, they determined upon going by the way of the level, crossing over the East Lan?a,??,e Railway, near Hollin-bank. On ar- riving on the line Mrs. Fielden says her husband pointed out to her that a train was approaching, but said he would cross the line before it came up, as he could do so in less than a minute. He then hurried from her, and in an instant the train came up, but when it had passed by she could not see or hear anything of her husband. Some time after, his mangled lifeless body was found on the line, about 40 yar d s from the place where he left his wife.

The I FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7tb. Bankrupts. Craven Temple, Filey, Yorkshire, lodging house keeper. David Goodman, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, watchmaker. Thomas Tidiweli, Nottiughtm. lace maker. Alonz i Augustus WildbDre. Old street, chemist. Charles Tarberer, Saltisford, Warwick, beer oeller. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11th. Bankrupts. Chsrlei Bolton, Morton street. Pi.n'ieo, upholsterer. John Barrs, Sedgley. Stafford'hire. chemist. Edwin Hodges, Shrewsbury, boot and shoe maker, John Jackson, Digby, J.inc iluahiae, cattle dealer. Michael Williams Bawden, Liskeard, Cornwall, a3sayer of minerals. George Hearn, Truro, Cornwall, grocer, Edward Poatilt, York, druggist. Thomas Harper, Sheffield, ooiper. James Haigh and Joseph Haigh, Moseley, Lancashire, brash makers. Bankruptcies Annulled. Nathaniel Taylor, Eingston-upon-Hull, llnendraper. Owen Evans, Liverpool, innkeeper.

Ibt Hotrtiott ifflarftrte. r CORN EXCUANGE-NIONDAT. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were fairly supplied with wheat, for which there WIIa a mode- rate inqlJ ry, on former terms. Barley commanded more attention, and the value of other articles was supported. The continental markets continue steady for most kinds of prlltlce, In the United State. prices of both wheat and flour are still fluctuating. Up to our market last week, the arrivals of home grown produce were only moderate. The quantity of English wheat received freh np to- day. coastwise, both from Essex and Kent, was limited, and the general, condition of the supplies was very infe- rior. The a'tenoance of both town and country mmer. was small, yet the finest qualities-were in steady request, at an advance in the quotations compared with Monday last of Is. per quarter. Low and damp parcels moved ofT sl"w"y, at last week's quotations. There was rather a large quantity of foreign wheat on the stands. Good and fine qualities were in improved reqtie,t, at I s. rer quarter more money. In other kinds verv little business was transacted, at late rates. We had a fair demand for floating cargoes of grain off Falmouth,"at full pr;ccs. Good and fine barley WAS taken off readily at fully last week's currency. Ifi other kinds very little was doing, at late quotations. Most kinds ofmslt met a slow inquiry. Last week's prices were supported. Owing to a large influx of fereign, oats moved off slowly, at 6d. per quarter less money. We had a slow inquiry for beans and reas, at previous quotations. Flour sold to a fair extent, at full prices. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY. Tho total imports of foreign stock into London las' week amounted to 7,627 head. In the corresponding week of 1858 we received 7,589; in 1857, 10,204; in 1856, 5,069; in 1855, 65,18; in 1854, 8,002; and in 1853, 11,417 head. There was a fall average supply offoreigu sheep here, !o.,hy, in good condition. The shew of foreign beasts and calves was limited and beneath average quality. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts, fresh up this morning, wera only moderate in number, and very deficient in quality. For most kinds, especially tor prime Scots, oxen, and orossec, the demand ruled steady, at, in most instances, an advance in the quota- tions realised on Monday last, of 2d. per 81b. The gene- ral top figure for beef was 4s. IOd, per 81b. The arrivals from Linco'nshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to 2,000 short-horns and crosses: from other parts of England, 320 of various breeds from Scotland 40 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland 40'1 oxen and heifers. There was a slight increase in the supply of sheep, but the eondition of moit kinds was far from prime. The best Downs and hall-breeds were in steady request, at fully last week's prices. Heary sheep were a slow in- quiry at previous currencies, The general top price for mutton was 5s. 2d. per 81b. Although the supply of calves was very limited, the veal trade ruled heavy, at last week's price'. On the whole, a fair amount of business was trnuc. ted in pigs at fully late rates. Pernios, sinking the offill. g, d. 3. d. 9. d. 9. d. lnf. coarse bouts 2 8 2 10 Prime Southdown 4 10 a 2 Second quality 3 0 3 4 Large coane calves 3 6 4 2 Prim large oxen 3 6 4 4] Prime small 4 4 4 8 0 I ;II 0 6 Prime &otss, heep 3 2 3 41 Neat small por.?eri 3 8 4 6 S?nd qumity 3 6 4 2 Ukl"g c Ive4, each 19 0 24 0 Prime ?oarse woolled 4 4 4 6 Qr. old st.,? pig?, d.. 19 0 .j 0 NEWGATE AND LEADE.VHALL.-Vo.vDAr. The supplies of both town and country killed meat on lale in these markets are seasonably exten-ive, and in somewhat improved condition. The trade generally is inactive, as follows:- Per Sib by the carcase. d. d. d. s. d Inferior Beef. • .210 3 0 Tnferior Mutton 3 2 3 6 Middling ditto 3 2 3 6 Middling 3 8 4 0 Prime large ditto .3 8 3 10 Prime d 't to 4 2 4 6 Ditto small ditto. 4 0 4 4 Large Port 3 4 3 8 3 4 4 2 Small Pork 4 2 4 6 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. For all new bops-the show of whice is large-the de. mand continues active, at very full prices. Other kind, however, are a dull inquiry. New hops are selling as foil awe:— MM and East Kent Dockets. 90s. to 150s. per cwt Weald of 58s. to 761. i, Sussex 58s. to 67s. „ 00s. to 115s. It Country ditto 70s. to 105s. „ THE NEW MALT ACT.—The new Nlalt Act took effect on Saturday, tha 1st inst. In respect cf all malt began to be made on and after that day, the duty of excise is to be paid in twelve weeks in lieu of eighteen as hereto- fore; and on payment a diicount of four per cent. per annum for the six weeks now reduced in the credit is to be allowed in respect of all malt made on or after tho 1st October and before the 1st April next on amounts paid within the time appointed. WoRCESTEa HOP MARKET, OCT, S.-Since our last report of the Worcester hop market there bat been a ma- terial change in the trade, A fortnight cr three weeks ago, at the opening of the season, hops advanced in price, fetching 70s. per cwl. and up to 75s. Subsequently very large supplies were sent in, and the price fell to 60s., but choice samples still keep up their value. The quantity of hops that have arrived during the past week has been very large, and the city is impregnated with the odour of the bitter herb. All the warehouses are full, and every spare place is crammed with them. The Guildhall is, for the occasion, converted into a hop warehouse, and hop weighers are found at their vocation in the public streets. 1171 pockets passed the public scales last Saturday. and 3065 during the week. The picking is now pretty well completed, and with it the last harvest of the agriculturists in this part of the country, for fruit (the last) is a failure, except in a few favoured situations.

WETHILL FAIR.—On Monday this great fair, weU known as a large sheep, stock and horse mart, and cele. brated as being the most extensive hop fair in the county of Hants was commenced, continuing six days. The tirst two days are for the sale of stock, &c., and the remainder for hops, cheese, bacon, and merchandize. The highest importance is attached to this great annual gathering by sheep breeders and flock masters, stock keepers and hors:! dealers, hop planters and merchants, agriculturists, cheese (..lirvmen and bacon dryers, not only in Hamp. shire, but neighbouring and all other hop growing coun- ties contribute land produce to this great emporium, and the interests of alarge and important class of persons are thus cemented. There was a very large attendance of sheep jobbers, and many acres of land on the hill were covered with slie:p; the pens contlined the best breeds from Dorsetsh ire, Wiltshire, Sussex, Somerse:sbire, and Hampshire and contained some of the choicest descrip. tions and although this fair follows so closely upon Wil. ton great sheep fair, yet the usualdemand for sheep here was undiminished. Prices ran as followsDorsets (horned sheep), full mouthed ewes, 36s. to 409. ahead; vonng ditto, lambing early, 43.. to 46s.; ditto couples (ewe anf lamb) 48s. to 555.; well bred stock lambs (ewes) 27s. t 34s. West Country Downs: Useful well condi. tioned wethers, 40s. to 46s.; two-tooth ditto, for turnip feeding and folding, 36s. to 40s. a head; and useful well bred tegs varied from 3is. to 35s. Southdown wetbers, 38s. to 44».; half breds, 30s. to 38s.; pure bred ewes, 33s. to 37s.; choice ditto from celebrated flocks, 39s. to 439.; wether lambs, 23s. to 28».; ewe lambs for stock, 21s. to 18s.; and plain lambs, 19g. to 21s. a head. Upwards of 300,000 sheep were penned, the greater portion of which was sold. Second day. -Oa Tuesday, the fair was resumed with ths sale of horses and stock. The supply of cattls was very large, and comprised extensive droves of Welsh cattle, store beasts, and dairying cows, the best descrip- tions of which commanded a good sale. Inferior quali- ties met a dull demand. A very extensive business was transacted in the cattle field, at the following prices:— Store beasts,-well grazed steers for the fatting shed, 141 to 16i; useful ateets for stall feeding, Ilf. to 14f.; bullocks fat and in high condition made 201. to 241.; do. cows and heifers 16f. to 181. Oxen,—Sussex bred and other beasts broke to the yoke, and accustomed to serf- cultural work, sold at from 182. to 23/. each. Welsh Cat- tle,-Two year old steers, 8/. to 101 heifers, 71. to 81.; and milking cows 91. to 121. Several large droves were bought for the grazing counties, and left the fair early. Dairy Stock,-NVell bred cows in full profit made 161. to 181.; ditto useful milch cows, forcheese and butter dairys, laf. to 151.; oboice bred Alderney cows 121, to 141.; Guernsey and Jersey ditto, 91. to 12/; well bred cows, down calving, 81. to lol.; ditto in-calf heifers, 8L to Ill., and yearlings, 5 to 6,. Well bred shorthorn bulls fetched from 12/. to 161., and home bred ditto 10/. to 131 Much stock remains on hand. There was a large supply of horses on offer, and the horse-field comprised many draves of well bred and useful colts which sold as follows; -Well built seasoned young cart horses suitable for Lon- don purposes, 38 to 45 guineas; high stepping horsss for pair harness, 35 to 50 guineas; compact ditto for machine work, 28 to 38 guineas; high-mettled yoang horses suit- able for hunting and riding, 37 to 55 guineas; neat road. sters and backs, 215 to 35 guineas; cobs, 20 to 32 imineav cart colts, three years old, 30 to 35 gaingall; two year old ditto, 20 to 25 gaineu; yaahogs, 12tol6?iMM; brood to sT^inw 16 to ?'°"" ?"" WUh 0011" f00t> 25 to 32 guiow,