statistical information bearing upon the subject, calculated to strengthen the conviction already held by our readers,-that the Education hitherto afforded the people of this country, scarcely deserves the name; that in many instances it is a gross deception upon the public; and that it has often had the tendency to crush the mental energies instead of developing them, as it ought to have done.

We are not attached to any sect or party, and therefore we feel it a pleasure to give our humble tribute of thanks to the exertions of all. We neither pretend to know, much less to question, the motives of any party; these can be known only to the Divine Being, who is alone the searcher of hearts. We have a more simple duty to perform, namely, to give all who may be at work in the good cause, credit for what they have done. At the same time we would point out (and always with due deference), what we conscientiously believe they ought to attempt, if they are sincerely desirous of removing the vast load of ignorance, wretchedness, and vice, which still hangs like Egyptian darkness upon our land. It is of the highest importance that those who perform the maternal office to the rising generation, should advance upon correct and stable principles. This secured, what we are anxious for is, that every class of society, from the highest to the lowest, should be provided with the most truly philosophic, the most rational, and the most religious Education that can be imparted, suited to the station in life of the individual; and enabling him to play the man" in all the civil and domestic relationships of his age and country, so that he may become a good subject, a good citizen, a good husband, father, and friend, doing honour not less to his species than to his nation-and exemplify his faith by the purity of his motives, the rectitude of his conduct, and that nobility of soul which dares not do an evil thing, and cannot do a mean one.

We believe that Education is the mighty lever which must elevate the world. To that we look as a means by which the reign of peace, and truth, and righteousness, shall be spread abroad. But we are equally certain, that none of the several discordant systems now in operation, can be regarded by itself as leading to this object. A system which we might contemplate with satisfaction, must differ from them all. It must be above all sect and party-it must be above the unholy influence of this or that man's particular feelings and

opinions; it must form part of our very constitution; be the safeguard of religion and the security of the throne, and become the people's birthright and everlasting inheritance. The true friends of religion in this country have a duty to perform, from which they cannot escape even if they were desirous of doing so. This duty is now become imperative, and we may be certain that in a very short time the Education of all classes, by a plan of universal adoption agreeable to our most valued institutions, will be demanded by the people; a plan which shall be calculated to bind England stronger to herself, and endow her with that intellectual and moral greatness, which will make her a blessing to of the world and the glory of surrounding nations.

NEW SERIES.

CONTENTS.

LEADING PAPERS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THE
THEORY OF INSTRUCTION.

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MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, POETRY, &c.