This states the nature of the testimonials required as to moral and religious character, and contains the queries to be answered by the applicant. No guarantee of admission is given until the result of the examination has transpired.

Besides the ordinary classes, others will be formed for the study of mathematics, chemistry, and physical geography, in connection with the Science and Art Department. Students attending these classes will be eligible for certificates and prizes. The former will qualify them for teaching the subjects in which they have passed, and for receiving the remuneration granted by the Department to the teachers of Science classes.

MODEL SCHOOLS.

The prizes usually received from the Science and Art Department, as the result of the Drawing examination held in May, have been distributed.

The number of boys giving evidence of having been satisfactorily instructed (of whom 39 "passed," while 15 showed excellence and had prizes awarded them) was 184. Five passed in the second grade. The annual examination of the Stockwell Girls' and Infants' Schools took place on Wednesday, the 30th June, when J. W. Pease, Esq., M.P., presided, and, in the course of an interesting speech, referred to the attachment felt by his family and himself to the British School system. The specimens of needlework exhibited received special approbation, and Mr. Pease kindly contributed a sum of £2 to be spent in additional prizes for sewing and cutting out.

The examination, which was chiefly conducted by Mr. Saunders, Miss Potter, and another friend, was repeated in the evening, in presence of a crowded and enthusiastic meeting of the parents of the children.

CERTIFICATES.

The following teachers have announced the receipt of their certificates during the quarter:

Mr. W. E. Cooke, Cottingley.

Mr. W. Inchbold, Doncaster.

Mr. Benjamin Kershaw, Greenacres (Oldham).

Mr. G. A. Lewis, Doncaster.

Mr. George Rooke, Worthing.

Mr. Samuel B. Rose, Waltham Abbey.

Mr. W. Sparks, Holt.

Mr. M. W. Tattam, Ilfracombe.

Miss M. A. Ainsworth, St. Helen's (Swansea).

Miss Charlotte Carpenter, Lymington.
Miss Bessie Ely, Wellingborough.
Miss Emily Floyd, Hastings.

Miss Rebecca Hogg, Swansea.

Miss Matilda Jarvis, Octagon Schools, Norwich.
Miss R. Nicholson, Landport.

Miss Ann E. Owens, Bethany Branch, Swansea.

Mrs. Rowlands, Llansamlet, Neath.

Miss M. Turney, Wisbeach.

APPOINTMENTS.

The following teachers have been appointed to schools:

Mr. W. Beaumont to Hill Street, Leicester (assistant).

Mr. S. Eyre to Great Harwood.

Mr. W. H. Moore to Inagua, Bahamas.

Miss M. L. Davies to Hatfield.
Miss Gibbons to Pensnett (assistant).
Miss E. Palmer to Calne (assistant).
Miss Smith to Bovey Tracey.
Miss M. J. Weller to Eynsford.

Mr. E. Price to Westminster Chapel (assistant).

REMOVALS.

Mr. H. Andrews to Bolton (Commission Street). | Mr. Riddell, Little Horton to Kennington Lane.
Mr. H. J. Barnard, Kingstanley to Loughton.
Mr. H. Beeby, Mapleworth to Brighton.
Mr. E. W. Begrie, Bocking to Nassau.

Mr. H. Boggis, Howsham to Hebden Bridge.
Mr. J. Bolton, Rotherham to Penrith.
Mr. J. Daniell, Whitland to Penydarren.
Mr. John Davies, Brynhyfryd to Velindre.
Mr. Joseph Davies, Dowlais to Lantwitvardre.
Mr. C. J. Dawson, Burradon to Alderley Edge.
Mr. Ebenezer Field, Ebbwvale to Groeswen.
Mr. A. Ford, Downham to Sheffield.
Mr. Hayward, Berwick to Llanelly.
Mr. Titus Jenkins, Velindre to Bryn.
Mr. R. H. Jones, Groeswen to Caerphilly

Mr. William Jones, Caerphilly to Forest Coalpit.
Mr. S. Jordan, Street to Keynsham.
Mr. W. Leeland to Charrington Street.
Mr. O. Pearce, Yealand to Street.

Mr. C. Quarmby, Pleasley Works to Nottingham.
Mr. M'Michael, Louth to Audenshaw.

Mr. Peter Rigby, Dartmouth to Thornton.
Mr. Swithenback to Pleasley Works.
Mr. G. Turnbull, South Shields to Berwick.
Mr. Viccars to Chalford.

Mr. Lewis Williams, Peniel to Llanpumsaint.
Mr. R. J. Wright to Westbury.

Miss G. Bailey, Orford to Erdington.
Miss E. Blackman, Ryde to Red Hill.
Mrs. Burnall to Western Day School.
Miss Burns, Great Harwood to Wednesbury.
Miss M. A. Escott to Highgate.
Miss A. Evans to Blackburn.

Miss H. Hayward, Woodhurst to Wellingborough.
Miss Hope, Red Hill to Ashford.

Miss H. Horswill, Bourton-on-the-Water to
Bridgewater.

Miss M. A. Morgan to Bowling.

Miss H. C. Ogden, Blackburn to Miles Platting.
Miss E. Williams, Ashford to Llanelly.

SCHOOLS TEMPORARILY SUPPLIED.

AGENCY DEPARTMENT.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.-Mr. Salter's report extends over the period of five months, ending with August last.

In the course of his engagements he has travelled in Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Durham, and Hereford. In these counties he has paid 130 visits to 120 towns and villages, inspecting 230 schools. Of public meetings and examinations he has attended eight, and taken part in sixteen conferences with gentlemen wishing to promote education on the Society's principles. Mr. Salter remarks that the special movement which was commenced about two years ago, in the direction of Government aid, amongst those elementary schools that for a protracted period had clung to

the purely voluntary principle for support, is still in progress, and likely to continue till the list of such schools is exhausted. The large and long-established British schools at Dudley and Scarborough are among the most recent cases in which Government inspection and Parliamentary grants have been successfully solicited. That they have maintained their popularity and efficiency so long as they have done, in vigorous competition with schools receiving “annual grants," speaks volumes for the zeal of their committees, as well as for the high quality and devotion of their teachers.

Of public examinations, the first to be named is that of the Cavendish Schools, Manchester. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. Parker, and the work commenced with the girls. This school has an attendance of somewhat less than a hundred. The results elicited in most of the subjects were very satisfactory, and gave clear proof of the ability and care with which the school was conducted. At the close the scholars received the commendation of the chairman, who also during the proceedings interspersed critical and characteristic remarks, enlivening the interest and quickening the attention of the meeting. A liberal distribution of prizes having been rapidly got through, the audience adjourned to the boys' room, where an eager throng of parents and scholars awaited the coming ordeal. The Rev. chairman lost no time in commencing the work, he himself beginning by subjecting the large first class to a severe and trying examination in the art of reading. The other elementary subjects were thoroughly sifted, after which followed grammar, geography, history, Euclid, and drawing. The least that can be said of the whole is that the results brought out justified the expectations of the committee, reflected great credit upon the skill and labours of the teachers, and fully sustained the reputation of the school. At the conclusion, Dr. Parker, in a humorous speech on behalf of the schools, and instead of a vote of thanks, presented to Mr. Salter a handsome copy, in two vols., of the last edition of "Roby's Traditions of Lancashire."

GLOUCESTER. The public examination of the boys' British school in this city was held on the evening of June the 18th. The meeting was presided over by one of the members of Parliament for the city, supported by the mayor and other influential gentlemen. The progress of the examination was one continued success-t s-the examiners doing their work with admirable tact and skill, the scholars, in all the subjects taken, exhibiting accuracy and proficiency of a high order. The reading was singularly clear and distinct, so as to be heard in the remotest corners of the room-the little provincialisms that every now and then cropped up really adding a peculiar piquancy to the general effect. Scripture history, taken by Mr. Norton, and English history, by Mr. Moore, of Cheltenham,

were most interestingly treated, and gave great pleasure. Though the examiners traversed their respective fields rapidly, and in all directions, the children were always ready and almost always right.

Mr. Salter left the meeting with regret before its conclusion, but such were the impressions made upon his mind by what he witnessed, as to the general high character of the school, and the value of the labours of its well-tried master, Mr. Norton, that he thought it better to give an imperfect sketch of the proceedings rather than none at all. It should be noted that the addresses of both the chairman and the mayor were thoughtful, earnest, and appropriate to the times, breathing throughout advanced educational sympathies.

BOLTON, HULTON SCHOOLS.-The annual examination of these schools took place on July 1st, and was presided over by C. Darbyshire, Esq. The Rev. J. Worthington and the Rev. J. Deans were also present, and the room was filled by an attentive audience of the parents. At the close there was a liberal distribution of prizes, also a very sensible address by the master. No doubt he works laboriously, is often discouraged, and would sometimes faint, did he not remember that perseverance in well-doing will in the end not fail of its reward.

EASTERN DISTRICT.-Since the last notice on this district Mr. Saunders has been occupied in visiting schools in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hunts, Herts, and Northamptonshire. In addition to which he has been engaged in public examinations and meetings in Kent and Surrey, and in several cases in the metropolis. In respect of many of these extended reports have been furnished to the committees and boards of management.

The following notices are selected from a great number of very similar character:—

NORWICH LANCASTERIAN SCHOOL. This school, one of the early ones opened by Joseph Lancaster, and supported by Joseph John Gurney, Thomas Geldart, and others, who formed an illustrious band of Christian philanthropists adorning this city more than half a century since, has once more had its pretensions and claims placed before the citizens by a public examination, as it was accustomed to have when the former much-esteemed Diocesan Bishop Stanley was wont to manifest a large interest in the success of this and similar institutions.

On this occasion the meeting was presided over by J. W. Dowson, Esq., a warm friend to this and many other unsectarian agencies in the city and neighbourhood. The examination was of a very satisfactory character throughout, and clearly presented manifestations of a wider and more exact course of instruction than was anticipated by most of those who were present, thus showing that the school deserves, to a much greater extent than it receives, the confidence and support of the citizens.

An additional guarantee for its future efficiency may be afforded, in the estimation of some, in the fact of its having now been placed under Government inspection in connection with the Committee of Privy Council on Education.

NORTH WALSHAM, NORFOLK.-After a long season of depression, arising from various untoward circumstances, including repeated change of teachers, this interesting school seems to be in a fair way of recovering its former, or more than its former efficiency. The teacher now in charge appears to have entered on his work in a right spirit, and with much energy and skill. The public examination, presided over by the Rev. W. Goffe, although held only a few weeks after Mr. Rowlett's appointment to the mastership, was of such a character as to give entire satisfaction to the friends and supporters of the institution, while it excited no little surprise in most, especially as it was almost entirely conducted by the inspector who had not previously seen the school.

DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. The public examination of this school took place on the evening of August 12th, the chair being occupied by the mayor of the town. The room was filled by a crowded audience, who appeared to be in full sympathy with the proceedings, and who manifested their approval by repeated expressions of applause. Much credit is certainly due to the teacher for the high state of instruction and discipline by which the school is distinguished. The usual subjects which enter into a public examination came successively under notice, and it was very evident that much good teaching on the part of the master, combined with a commendable amount of attention and trained thought on that of the scholars, were united to produce so gratifying a result.

The school certainly deserves better accommodation than is at present available, and the committee and friends are endeavouring to accomplish that object.

GODALMING, SURREY.-The public examination of the British schools for boys and girls in this town was conducted by Mr. Saunders on the evening of August 5.

For several years past, owing to various causes, the public examinations of these schools have been intermitted, and no doubt the schools. have suffered in consequence. In the interval old and tried friends have been removed, teachers have been several times changed, former scholars have all passed into the various occupations of life, and a new race of pupils is found occupying the desks and classes of the schoolrooms. One old and valued friend of the schools, after a long period of enforced retirement, the consequence of a railway casualty, has again been enabled to resume an active part in the management, and hence the present public proceedings.

The room was densely crowded by a very attentive audience, who were evidently much interested in the examination, and who frequently manifested their delight by loud applause. The whole of the proceedings were well calculated to renew and confirm the interest of the townspeople in these valuable schools. Very emphatic testimony was borne in the addresses towards the close of the meeting to the value of the schools in the past, and very warm expressions of hope and confidence were uttered

as to the future.

TYDD COTE, NEAR WISBEACH.-The establishment of this school is largely due to the exertions of Mr. S. Miller, the master of the Wisbeach