has been followed, I must say, in a very marked manner. I may instance the fact of the public institutions being open to the people, and established more for the people, and also the very fact of this great Exhibition of the Art Treasures of the kingdom, which I believe would have been impossible some years ago. The very fact of some of the leading men of Manchester having originated that Exhibition, and the readiness with which they have been met and been able to collect from every source the treasures which have been concealed from the eyes of the people for centuries, shows the sort of impulse now given to the public taste. The spread of education tends very much to it; and there are also other things. I was reading the other day an account of most interesting words used by a Frenchman on the union of arts and commerce, and he particularly dwelt upon this point, that he did not mind our rivalry when carried on by exiles of his own country, because there was something not fully vital in that, but that he did foresee great danger to their supremacy in what he remarked was taking place in England now, which was the recurrence to the old simple principle of art, and a determination to adapt the ornament and the design to the parts of the object which were ornamented or designed. But with regard to these schools of art, I believe it is possible that, in this sort of institutions, the indirect effects are much greater than the direct effects. I believe it is perfectly possible to point out some very tangible results. I believe it is a result to find that the students in these schools in the last ten years have become exactly ten times more numerous than they were ten years ago. I think it is a result to find that our education costs exactly one-fourth of what it did seven years ago. I think it is a result to find, as a positive fact, that almost all the most eminent porcelain manufacturers, almost all the most eminent cabinet makers and upholsterers and paper hangers, and almost all the most eminent ornamental metal work men, have got in their establishments at this moment men whom they have drawn from schools of art in different parts of the country. I think this is a great result, and that from those local examinations referred to by Mr. Redgrave, you will find that there are not merely many persons now learning to draw, but that you have a positive proof, in the drawings they produce, that they have profited by the lessons.

TELEGRAM.-The battle about this word resembles on a small scale that on Rotation. Mr. Shilleto stands to his guns, and in reply to a host of advocates for the new word maintains it to be abhorrent to scholars and that all who have "any pretensions to scholarship have given it warning." This sufficiently proves Mr. Shilleto to be wrong. Mr. Walford and many others who have undoubtedly these pretensions, and very well founded ones, maintain on the contrary that rñλε may be used as a preposition, that it will outlive Mr. Shillito's anathemas, and that it is useful it should so do. Mr. Shilleto's answer in "The Times" of October 23rd, is very weak. His argument is, just as well may you use oμou in the same way and invent ομούησε “he sang in concert." How charming he says that would be both to eye and ear! Repugnant to each no doubt: and that is the very reason why such a combination would not be just as good as nλeypaμμа. Euphony and use must and will decide each case.

It stands on nearly the same footing with povòypaμμa and many similar words already named by Mr. Shilleto's opponents: words which are universally recognized by Greek scholars; and any allusion to which, that gent eman conveniently avoids in his letter of the 23rd! He is too

good a scholar; and an example of the ultra refinements which often deprive scholarship of its practical uses. The stuff about "Telepomp" fails even in being witty.

"Nemo," who is civilly charged with lying and ignorance by a Dr. Donaldson, quietly rejoins in "The Times" of the 26th ult." The scholars of England will determine on which side the ignorance lies in this discussion, as the gentlemen of England will determine on which side the manners are."

THE NEW COMPLEMENT TO THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY.-We erred in calling this a New Dictionary. It is only a Supplement, but it will be a most valuable one, and as such we think our objection to the retention of all obsolete words, &c. is removed.

The Annual Meeting of the Gloucester Diocesan Association of Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses will be held on Friday, the 20th of November, at Gloucester. The Lord Bishop will preside, and the Rev. H. Moseley, Canon of Bristol, will deliver a lecture on some subject connected with education.

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY AND THE ARMY.-The Religious Tract Society have placed £5. worth of their publications at the service of every ship carrying troops to India.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

We intend for the future to give this Intelligence regularly.

CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 24.-The Jacksonian Professor gives notice that on Wednesday November 4, at one o'clock, he will commence a course of lectures at the room in the Botanic Garden on mechanics and mechanism, and their application to manufacturing process, the steam engine, &c.

The lectures will be delivered daily.

Gentlemen who attend these lectures with the intention of obtaining the professor's certificate which, by graces of the Senate (Oct. 31, 1848, and March 21, 1855,) is now required under certain conditions for the degrees of B.A., Honorary M.A., and B.C.L., must be provided with the professorial lecture ticket, for which they are requested to apply to the registrary or to their college tutor.

Gentlemen who do not require the certificate may attend the course upon payment of two guineas, and are requested to leave their names at Messrs. Deighton, Bell, and Co` in the usual manner.

GEOLOGY.

The Professor of Geology will commence his course of lectures in the Gel Museum on Monday, October 26th, at twelve o'clock.

Days of attendance :---Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, to the course.

DUBLIN, OCTOBER 22nd.

TRINITY COLLEGE-MICHAELMAS TERM.-The General Exa senior freshmen terminated on Thursday evening. The number attending double that of the degree. The names of the students are arranged in merit.

"THE LITERARIUM DISCOURSETH ON ITSELF AND DR. HUMPHREYS.The Preamble.-"In our last number we pointed out generally the aims of our Journal, the mission it was designed to accomplish, and the means by which it could be made the efficient representative of the great and important interests of education. On the present occasion, and at future intervals, it will be our duty to define more specifically some of the points which shall claim our best attention, and which we deem to be equally necessary, both to the success of education, and the proper elevation of the scholastic profession. We think that for one and for both, a distinct weekly journal is indispensable; not a journal, merely, that takes up their interests one day to abandon them on another for some more urgent claim on its attention; but one unremittingly employed in their cause, and whose every page shall reflect the nature and character of its employment. It is only by frequent repetition, and repeated remonstrance, that abuses are removed and improvements effected, &c."

Position I.-"Now that we have made out a title for appearing in the public arena, and presented our claims to a fair share of popular support, we will take up the profession of the teacher as one that shall receive our constant attention and support."

Position II.-"The educator and his office will be protected against insult and injustice."

Position III.-"The obtaining of increased powers for the College of Preceptors, and a higher authoritative recognition of its merits and services in the cause of middle-class education will be another main point to which our journal shall be devoted."

Position IV.-"And we will [sic] have the greater confidence in pressing its claims, and the fuller assurance of success, because we will [sic] have the aid and support of its accomplished President, Dr. Humphreys, a man who has done the state some service, who has long maintained the cause of National Education, and advocated the necessary reforms, and is now more than ever fully resolved to maintain the one and advocate the other. There is no essential difference between Dr. Humphrey's principles and those advocated in our Journal. From the beginning he has been the steady and liberal supporter of THE LITERARIUM, and has laboured by his pen and his influence to commend it both to the public and the educational body. On the day this appears, too, he will place us under deeper obligations to him by reading a paper in the educational section of the Conference, now holding in Birmingham, in which he will advocate the necessity of maintaining "The Literarium" as a weekly organ of education, and as a bond of union between all classes of the profession. Although it is hardly possible entirely to suppress personal feeling in a matter so complimentary as this generous act on the part of Dr. Humphreys, yet we do assure him it is chiefly on public grounds that we value his kindness, and because we feel convinced that so vitally important a question as education, which bears some relation to every want and exigency of man's nature, should not be without a distinct weekly journal, and that so numerous and progressively influential a body as the scholastic profession, cannot fully and freely make known their wants, and successfully advocate their views and interests, unless through the medium of a journal like "The Literarium," zealously devoted to their cause, and appearing at weekly intervals. With these feelings and opinions, we beg to offer him our grateful thanks for this spontaneous public mark of his interest in the success of "The Literarium," &c. &c.

BRISTOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLMASTERS' AND SCHOOLMISTRESSES' ASSOCIATION.

The members of this Association held their fourth annual meeting on Saturday, Oct. 3rd at the Belle Vue School, Clifton, when the Treasurer's accounts, which presented a very favourable balance, were audited, the Secretary's report was read and adopted, the lessons to be given next year were appointed, and several essays volunteered. Messrs. Biggs, Sergent, and Wilson were re-elected to the office of President, Treasurer, and Secretary, respectively, and unanimously thanked for their services during the past year. The following is an extract from the Report

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"The Association has continued during this year, as it did in preceding years, to do the work it was established to perform, in a noiseless, unpretending, but no less effectual manner. Five teachers have been admitted as members, and five of them have ceased to be such, since the last annual meeting. Of the latter one has gone to be trained at Cheltenham, one to undertake a very responsible post in La Martinière College, Calcutta, whither our prayers for his safety and welfare follow him; two have taken situations in

distant parts of the country, and one is not, for God has taken her to himself. The present number of members is 23, representing most of the more important Church Schools of the city and immediate neighbourhood. The following is the order in which the lessons have been given, and essays read, during the year just elapsed. Lessons, 1. Elisha causing iron to swim-Miss Stickley. 2. Generosity-Miss Perry. 3. The Feudal System-Mr. Ullathorne. 4. The Skin-Mr. Vernon. 5. Music-Mr. King. 6. Fractions-Mr. Darwent. 7. The Passover-Mr. Thurlow. 8. Coal Gas-Mr. Biggs. 9. The Brazen Serpent-Miss Evans. 10. The Hand-Miss Smallcorn. 11. The Saxon's Home-Mr. Courtney. 12. Presence of Mind-Miss Dadswell. Essays. 1. Haughton's Arithmetical Exercises, their adaptation for class, as well as individual teaching-Mr. Wilson. 2. The Cultivation of the Mind more important than Fact Teaching-Mr. Baker. 3. The importance of General Knowledge-Miss Morgan. The failings of our Training-Mr. Vernon. 5 Perseverance-Miss Perry. 6. The Influence of Home on the Children, the School and the Teacher-Miss Dadswell. The subscriptions to the Schoolmasters' and Schoolmistresses' Benevolent Institution will amount, it is hoped, to upwards of £7 in connection with this Association; and when the objects of that excellent Society are more fully understood, this amount will in all probability, be much increased.

GNOLL COLLEGE.-The council of this college, which is situated in the Vale of Neath, and is about to be incorporated as the Western University of Great Britain, have elected their staff of professors. The professor of mathematics is Mr. Arthur Cayley, F.R.S., and barrister-at-law, late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge, and moderator and examiner in that University. He was senior wrangler and Smith's prizeman in 1842, and is the author of several papers in the "Philosophical Transactions." The chair of mechanics they have conferred on the Rev. C. B. Wollaston, of Exeter College, Oxford, Vicar of Felpham, Sussex, and diocesan inspector of schools; and that of physics on the Rev. A. Bath Power, one of the honorary examiners of the Society of Arts, and formerly superintendent of electric telegraphs on the Norfolk railways. Professor Rodgers, well known as a lecturer at the school of medicine adjoining St. George's Hospital, London, is to be professor of chemistry, while the chair of natural history will be filled by Dr. Spencer Cobbold, lecturer on botany at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington; that of human history by the Rev. A. Wilson, late senior tutor of Leamington College; and that of design by Mr. E. H. Wehnert, member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours. The professors will be assisted by resident tutors and lecturers. The object of the institution, to use the words of their prospectus, is "to complete the education of the sons of gentlemen above 16 years of age, in the practical application of science to the management of land, manufactures, and commerce, to the public services, the liberal professions, and other pursuits."

NON-ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.-The attention of the New York Board of Education has been directed, recently, to the numerous children who absent themselves from the public schools. From information received, there must be about thirty thousand children, between the ages of five and sixteen, who are not partaking in the benefit of public education in the city of New York.

Cause.-The Board of Education referred this subject to a select committee of which Robert H. Shannon, Esq. is chairman; and this committee have reported that the causes of the non-attendance of the children are various. The principal reason appears to be the poverty of a large portion of our foreign 'residents, compelling them to employ their children in petty street trades during the school hours of the day. Besides this, numbers are wilfully truant, and are engaged in pilfering and begging. With others, the ignorance of our language, the indifference of parents, or the idle habits of the family, are causes of the absence of the children from the schools.

Remedy. The committee think that much may be done to remedy the evil, by cooperating with the Children's Aid Society, in the establishment and support of "Industrial Schools." They also recommend a more stringent enforcement of the truant law by the police and magistrates. By this act, on complaint of any citizen, a child between the age of seven and fourteen, found vagrant, may be taken before a police magistrate for examination; and the parent or guardian can be compelled to enter into an engagement to keep such child from vagrancy, and send him or her to school "at least four months in each year." The act provides also for the punishment of the parent if this engagement be broken. It further makes it the duty of all police officers who shall find truant and vagrant children, to make complaint as before described.