Educational Intelligence.

CANADA.

MONTHLY SUMMARY.

M. A. McLachlan, President of the County of Elgin School Teachers' Association, in a circular to the members, published in one of the local papers, says:-" With no less pride than gratitude, I intimate, that the County

Council, at their last session, have placed at the disposal of the Association, the sum of Ten Pounds, to aid in establishing a Library, and in giving it a per

manent character. I believe that no other similar association in Canada can acknowledge a like favor-that the County Council of the County of Elgin is the first to acknowledge the importance of Teachers' Institute and to make a grant of money in their favor. I shall only remind you that this generous act will reflect no less credit on the enlightened liberality of the County Council than it will disgrace on you if you neglect promptly to improve the advantages that they so kindly extend to you. The grant is made to stimulate you to increased activity in extending your own knowledge, and in raising the standard of instruction in the schools under your influence." ....The Norfolk Messenger states that, "the long-wished for library for that town, will shortly be opened. It consists of 750 volumes purchased at the Education Office, Toronto, by Stephen J. Fuller, Esq. The cost of the collection is estimated at £150-half of the expense is borne by the Government and the remaining half by the ratepayers. The public schools have also been furnished with some splendid maps and globes....The foundation stone of St. Michael's R. C. College was laid at Clover Hill, in Toronto, on Sunday the 16th instant, with appropriate ceremonies.

HAMILTON COLLEGE.

The trustees in corporated under the Act of last Session, to establish a College in Hamilton, feel it their first duty, on meeting for organization, to make known their views as to the objects for which they are appointed. The system of Education intended to be carried out in this Province embraces, 1st. The Common Schools—to communicate elementary instruction to all, and a good common English education to those who desire nothing more. 2nd. The Grammar Schools-to communicate the higher branches of English education to those requiring them, and the elements of Classics and Mathematics to those preparing for. 3rd. The College-giving instruction in the higher Classics and Mathematics, and the whole of the Sciences, Mental, Physical, and Natural, but especially excluding the Reli gious teaching of any Sect or Denomination—this third or Collegiate branch of the system of Education being affiliated with an University incorporated for the purpose not of teaching but of examining candidates, and conferring Scholarships, Honors and Degrees on those found qualified. The object and aim of the Trustees will, therefore, be to establish, and carry out for the benefit of Hamilton and the surrounding country, such a College, affiliated to the Provincial University. They cannot, of course, expect to be able to do this at first to the full extent specified, but they must commence with such a staff of Professors as will qualify students for taking the two first degrees (those of Bachelor and Master of Arts) at the University; and Professor of the various Sciences will be added from time to time, as means and circumstances admit, until the establishment is complete. Entertaining these views, and believing the system of Education complete, and perfectly suitable to the state and wants of the Province, the Trustees consider it to be the duty of all parties, corporate and individual, to carry it out in all its branches fairly and honestly, and they therefore rely on the aid and co-operation of the Municipalities of the City, and of the neighboring Counties, Townships, and Towns, as well as of the citizens individually, and the inhabitants of the adjoining country-especially those interested in the establishment of a high standard of Education. Should they meet with cordial assistance and support from the Municipalities and the Public, the Trustees pledge themselves that no exertions will be spared, on their part, to secure the success of the undertaking.-Trustees' Manifesto.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

School, where there were at the time upwards of 300 pupils; each of the 90 female teachers under training in this and the Infant School were engaged in examining classes as the Lord Lieutenant passed along. The Male School, in which there were upwards of 500 lads and boys, was next visited, and each of the 115 national teachers in training, who were subsequently to undergo examination themselves, took a class and examined the boys in the different branches of education inculcated in this establishment. "God save the Queen" and "Rule Britannia" having been sung by the male class, M. O'Sullivan, the Head-Master, examined one of the more advanced classes upon the subject of steam power as applied to mechanism, &c.; and the Lord Lieutenant was then conducted to the Lecture Hall, where the teachers, in addition to the 75 agricultural pupils, had by this time assembled. A series of questions propounded in reference to natural philosophy and chemistry, by the Rev. Professor Mac Gauley; upon the principles of elocution, grammar, and composition, by Mr. Rintoul; and in surveying, mensuration, and different branches of mathematics, by Mr. Sheehy, were answered in the majority of instances with singular accuracy, by the pupils. The questioning having been brought to a close;

His Excellency addressed the students in the following terms:"I have been asked to say a few words about what has afforded me so much pleasure to-day; and you will allow me to observe that all I have heard I think most creditable both to yourselves and to those from whom you have received instruction and training. Some of you will now be dispersing to your different spheres of future action, and all I can say is, that if you apply yourselves to the work you have in hand concientiously-with so much of conscience as will compel you to leave nothing undone that you can do, and with so much of heart as will make you do it well- I am convinced you will, in your separate spheres and opportunities, have the means of doing extensive good to your fellow-creatures; and while there are many who may doubtless do less, I am convinced none can do more.".... A boy in one of the London ragged-schools, who had shown a great tact for acquiring languages, has been sent to the Crimea as an interpreter, and frequently has the honor of dining with the commander-in-chief..... Among the medical graduates of the Edinburgh University who obtained their diplomas at the last examination, were a Chinese and four Egyptians. The Chinese graduate, Wong Fun, is believed to be the first of the Celestials who has ever graduated at a British University....The Pope is founding a college at Rome for the education of the English clergy.

JOHN WILLIAM DAWSON, ESQ., F. G. S.

The International Journal thus remarks,-We need no other proof of the rapid strides which the British North American Colonies are making in the career of improvement, than the high position, which many of their literary, and scientific men have attained within the last few years. Haliburton Howe, Logan, Hincks, Perley, and several others, have acquired a European fame, and their abilities in their respective walks are calculated to command attention in the most advanced communities.

Among those who have distinguished themselves in scientific pursuits, no name on this side of the Atlantic stands higher than that of the individual who forms the subject of the following paragraph

M. J. W. Dawson, of Pictou, has unexpectedly been offered the office of President of McGill College, Montreal. In connection with this incident, so highly complimentary to our talented young Nova Scotian, a friend relates that Mr. Dawson had come to town early in the week, intending to take passage by the last steam packet for Liverpool, having been apprised, previously, that he was appointed Professor of Natural. History in the University of Edinburgh. On the arrival of the mail from England, however, he received intelligence that the Professorship promised to him was conferred upon another gentleman. Yet just as he had finished the perusal of this piece of information, a telegraph message was handed to him, conveying the invitation to proceed to Montreal, to take charge, as principal, of the best endowed University in British America.-Recorder.

UNITED STATES.

MONTHLY SUMMARY.

At the recent examination of the National Normal and Model Schools Dublin, His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant was present. The vice-regal party were first conducted into the Infant School, containing 172 boys and 130 girls, in all 302 children, were then taken to the Female Model

MONTHLY SUMMARY.

The total amount of money appropriated by the State of Ohio, and raised by the townships for public school purposes during the year 1854, was $2,266,457 12, of which sum $59,904 45 was appropriated by the State for School District Libraries. There are in the State 816,408 youths of school age, being an increase of 4,451 over the total of 1853....The people of Kentucky have voted by ten thousand majority to levy a State tax for

the support of common schools.....The Faculties of various first class Colleges are taking decided ground against the institution of secret Societies among the students; and the Trustees of Princeton College have directed the President to announce publicly, at the opening of the session, that any student will be promptly dismissed who may after that time be known to be a member of any such Association....The will of the late Abbot Lawrence bequeaths $130,000 for the following objects:-The Lawrence Scientific School, $50,000; for building model lodging houses, $50,000; Boston Public Library, $10,000; Franklin Library in the city of Lawrence, $5,000; American Bible Society, $5,000; American Tract Society, $5,000 and Home Missionary Society, $5,000...The late Thomas P. Cushing, of Boston, has made a munificent bequest to the town of Ashburnham, in Worcester county, of which place he was a native. He left by will a large portion of his estate for the foundation and endowment of two seminaries of learning to be located in Ashburton, the one for males and the other for females over 10 years of age. We hear that the bequest is of interest to the neighboring towns; as the benefits to be derived from the schools are to be enjoyed in common by all who choose to avail themselves of their advantages. The property bequeathed for the purpose above named, is now valued at fifty thousand dollars. It is to be held by trustees until it has accumulated to $100,000 when it is to be applied to the schools. At the decease of the widow of Mr. Cushing, certain other property is to be applied to the same object. This is now estimated to be worth fifty thousand dollars to place the schools upon a permanent basis....The corner stone of Wayland University has been laid at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The institution is named in honor of the Rev. Francis Wayland, late president of Brown University....The New York Teacher for September in reporting the proceeding of the State Teachers' Association, states that, "Professor Ormiston of the Normal School Toronto, made a noble speech on the dignity of the Teachers' Calling, and the necessity of his effort to place his profession among the highest, and placing his character and worth among the highest in the land. He was exceeding happy in his address, and was greeted with hearty applause."

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION took place in the Chapel of the University of New York on the 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st August, under the Presidency of the Hon. Henry Barnard, of Connecticut. An address was delivered by the retiring President, Dr. Bache. The session was an interesting one. Papers were read by Dr. Tappan, of Michigan, Rev. E. B. Huntingdon, Rev. Charles Brooks, Mr. Olmstead, Mr. Taylor Lewis, Mr. Anderson, and others. During the session Mr. McElligott offered the following resolution as a substitute for one presented by Prof. Davies.

Resolved, That appropriate portions of the Holy Scripture ought daily to be read in all schools and other institutions devoted to secular education, as a public recognition of the Divine authority of the Bible, as a confirmation of the religious teachings which the pupils are always presumed elsewhere to receive, and as a means of diffusing, directly from their source, the wholesome influence of sound morality.

The resolution of Prof. Davies, in place of which this was offered as a substitute, was to the effect that religious instruction should form a prominent element in our systems of public instruction.

Bishop Potter, of Penn, thought the discussion of this subject very unfortunate. He was satisfied that religious teaching to any extent could not be made effective in the public schools, and that no matter now the Association voted on the question, their decision would be of no practical use. The Bible was already read in two-thirds of the public schools, and a resolution that it should be read was unnecessary. He could conceive of a case where the obligatory reading of the Scriptures would be attended with greater evil than good effect.

Prof. Agnew coincided with Bishop Potter, and while he would vote for the substitute under certain circumstances, he was opposed to any expression on the subject by the association. He moved an indefinite postpone ment. Lost-24 to 25.

A motion to lay on the table then prevailed by a large majority, and the meeting adjourned, after unanimously adopting the following, presented by Dr. Tappan :

Resolved, That the sentiment expressed in the remarks of Professor Bache in retiring from the presidential chair of this association, that religiou and morality constitute the foundation and the best part of education, is worthy. alike of the Christian and the man of science.

Resolved, That the association in embodying this sentiment, mean to indicate thereby their full belief that the most perfect harmony exists between

the word and the works of God, and that the scientific and erudite theolo gian who expounds the first, and the devout and reverent philosopher who investigates the history and the laws of the second, cannot essentially differ, but must move toward the same and co-work for the good of man and the glory of God.

In reference to Canada, the New York Courier and Enquirer states :— "A paper on the subject of Education in Canada West, was read by Mr. J. G. Hodgins, the Deputy Superintendent. It was explanatory and statis. tical, and exhibited a satisfactory progress, under liberal legislation in the cause of education in that delightful portion of the British empire. The atendance upon Common Schools in that province is fully equal in proportion to the attendance in Massachusetts and New York. The thanks of the Association were returned to Mr. Hodgins for his interesting paper, and a copy solicited for publication in their transactions. A gentleman remarked, in seconding the motion of thanks, that he regarded the system in operation in Canada West, in so far as it differs from ours, is a decided improvement, particularly as regards the provision made for libraries and the maintenance of teachers.

"The President made some remarks on the difficulty of procuring proper libraries for schools-keeping out bad books, procuring good ones at reasonable rates, &c., and commended the system adopted by the Educational Department at Toronto, Canada West."

The following gentlemen were appointed as officers of the Association for the ensuing year: President, Prof. H. P. Tappan; Secretaries, Joseph Cowperthwaite, Robert L. Cooke; Treasurer, John Whitehead. The New York Observer of the 6th instant, states that :— The convention adjourned at 8 o'clock on Friday, after having had a pleasant and profitable session. The meetings of each day were opened with prayer. The addresses delivered, and the various papers read, were of great interest and ability; and the discussions consequent thereupon, were marked with earnestness, pointedness, and good feeling. Such a gathering of accomplished scholars as this annual meeting occasioned, is not often seen.

BROWN UNIVERSITY-RETIREMENT OF DR. WAYLAND.-The election of a President of Brown University has not been an event of frequent occurrence. The Rev. James Manning, D. D., was elected its first President in 1765, and held office till his death, which occurred in 1791. The Rev. Jonathan Maxcy, D. D., was chosen in 1792, and resigned in 1802. The Rev. Asa Messer, D. D., was elected in 1802, and resigned in 1826. Dr. Wayland became President in 1827, and has held the office to the present time. There have been but four Presidents, therefore, in the long period of ninety years. Dr. Manning held office twenty-six years, Dr. Maxcy ten, Dr. Messer twenty four, and Dr. Wayland having more than completed twenty-eight years, graduates his twenty-ninth class on Wednesday next.

Dr. Manning, the first President, was a gentleman of rare accomplishments, uniting elegant culture with a fine address, and amiable disposition, and practical habits. Dr. Maxcy, but twenty four years of age when be became President, was an orator whose eloquence is remembered by his pupils with undiminished admiration. Dr. Messer, whose connection with the University as student, tutor, Professor and President, continued through a period of forty years, was an able and successful teacher-and it need not be said of the President now retiring, that from the period of his accession, he has been without a superior among Presidents of American colleges. Dr. Manting graduated his largest class in 1790, twenty-two in

number.

Dr. Maxcy's largest class was that of 1802, numbering twenty-eight, and embracing the names of Henry Wheaton and John Whipple. The class of 1825, numbering forty-eight, and among them Barnas Sears, the now President-elect, was the largest class of Dr. Messer. The largest class graduated by Dr. Wayland was that of 1837, consisting of thirty-eight. Dr. Wayland leaves the University with a larger number of students in attendance than at any former period in its history, the last catalogue embracing the names of two hundred and fifty-two under-graduates, in classes numbering, respectively, thirty, seventy-four, eighty-one, and sixty-seven.

There have been to the present time not far from two thousand graduates of Brown University. Of these about five hundred have been ministers, and of these five hundred we think not more than about two hundred have been Baptists. Down to 1852, we are able to identify with tolerable certainty one hundred and fifty names of Baptist ministers of whom ninety-six have been graduates during the Presidency of Dr. Wayland.

Dr. Wayland retires, leaving the Institution in eminent prosperity, and with the means of indefinite progress and usefulnesss. He retires in the full po-session of his great powers, held in honor by his numerous pupils, by all admirers of consecrated learning and by his countrymen generally.-Exa

miner.

Literary and Scientific Intelligence.

MONTHLY SUMMARY.

Mr. Logan has been awarded the gold medal for the best collection of Minerals and Geological Map at the Paris Exhibition....The American Association for the Advancement of Science held its ninth annual meeting at Brown University, Providence, R. I., early last month....Sir John Herschell has just been elected foreign corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, vacant by the death of the celebrated mathematician Gauss....M. A. Dumas has been appointed by the French Government to collect all the popular ballad poetry of the South of France....The University of Konigsberg intends to erect a monument to the philosopher Kant. It is to be a statue in bronze, and will be placed on the daily promenade of the great man, which, after him, has been called der Philosophensteig (the Philosopher's Path).... Mr. Louis Batissier, Vice-Consul of France at Suez, has just sent to the Museum of the Louvre a papyrus nearly 2,000 years old. It contains a fragment of the 18th book of Homer's Iliad....James J. Sylvester, Esq., formerly professor of mathematics in the University of Virginia, has been appointed examiner in chief to the Artillery and Royal Engineers at Woolwich, England. It is said that Lord Brougham and other gentlemen of high reputation in the literary and scientific world, were very urgent for this appointment, as the appointed was considered to have pecu. liar qualification in the department of military science.....A letter from Algiers states that M. Duplat, a chemist attached to the military hospital at Blidah, had succeeded in producing oil and alcohol by distillation from acorns growing in the oak forests which cover Mount Atlas. Oue hundred pounds' weight of acorns produce half a pound of oil and five pounds of al cohol, perfectly suited for chemical purposes ...The London Critic remarks: "It is a singular coincidence that the same year in which we find an English divine publishing in Germany, and in Latin language, a Neologian exposition of the Book of Genesis, we should have a learned German Jew publishing in London, and in English, a quite orthodox commentary upon the book of Exodus."....A valuable and curious library is to be sold at St. Peters

burg. It is that of the Councillor of State, Liprandi, brother of the General of that name, now acting against us in the Crimea, and consists entirely of works on Turkey, in which respect it may be called unique. It contains thousands of volumes, which for centuries have been withdrawn from the trade; besides a great many maps, plans, drawings, and manuscripts. It has taken the possessor thirty-seven years to collect.... Mr. Heywood, the member for Lancashire, has given notice in the British House of Commons that, next session, he shall move "An address to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to appoint a commission to inquire into the state of the authorized version of the Bible, and to prepare a plan for the futher revision of that translation."....The American Institution, at their recent session in Bath, Maine, refused to entertain a resolution to inquire into the relative merits of Webster's and Worcester's dictionaries of the English language....One of the most celebrated poets of Sweden, P. D. A. Atterbom, died at Stockholm, on the 21st of July last, aged 65 years. He was also the author of a romance entitled Blommorna, and other prose works....A monument has been erected at St. Petersburg to the Russian fable-writer, Krylow (born 1768, died 1844.) It is a colossal "sic sedebat" statue of the poet, surrounded by allegorical groups of animals, and has been modelled by the well-known Russian sculptor, Baron Kloots.... The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M. P., has presented an extensive and valuable donation of books to the library of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, of which he is president. The collection, which is handsomely bound, embraces some of the most important works in English history and literature.

GOVERMENT PATRONAGE OF LITERARY MEN.-Now that public attention is drawn to the subject of the distribution of the Civil List-and especially with a popular Minister in power-we have little fear that the wrong committed by Lord Aberdeen will be renewed. But while the subject is under consideration, it is to be desired that Ministers will come to some clearer understanding as to the principle which should regulate the distribution. Except Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen, we are not aware that any Minister has ever made a public statement of his view; but these Ministers held opinions on the subject diametrically opposed, not only as to the rights of literature to the sun granted, but also as to the character of the men of letters to whom it ought to be awarded. Sir Robert Peel began with the principle that the fund is voted by way of reward-Lord Aberdeen by way of charity. Sir Robert gave it to the best men-Lord Aberdeen to

the poorest. Before he considered a man's claim, Sir Robert asked, “Is he distinguished?"-Lord Aberdeen, "Is he starving?'

In his excellent letter to Southey-offering a baronetcy and a pensionthe Great Minister laid down the rule with regard to the Literary Civil List. The money, he said, was intended "as an encouragement of literature." He consequently selected the worthiest objects for the nation's gratitude; and it is to his generous interpretation of the national desire, that Southey, Wordsworth, Sharon Turner, M'Culloch, Tyler, and Montgomery, owed their pensions; and that Messrs. Airy, Faraday, Tennyson, and Mrs. Somerville, owe the state rewards which they still enjoy. The late Minister, Lord Aberdeen, instead of seeking the best men, sought out the least successful, and refused to grant a shilling unless the applicant would sue in the form of a pauper. In this we think Lord Aberdeen took a false view of the case. Literary paupers have the Literary Fund to fall back on, that Literary Fund which adds to its capital every year, because it cannot find enough of pauperism to relieve. But the Civil Pension Fund is properly a reward; and national rewards are not, we imagine, the right of the unsuccessful. Sir Robert Peel's principle was we submit, the true one.Athenæum.

DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT GREEK SCULPTURE.-Letters from Athens mention the discovery of 300 antique statues, or fragments of sculpture, recently brought to light by excavations at Argos, on the site of the Temple of Juno. These precious remains of ancient art have been recovered by the Greek Government; and if it had any large spirit or interest in archæology Argos possesses within its classic soil quarries of invaluable works of sculp ture buried in the ruins of the ancient city, and which might be reclaimed at no great cost. Indeed, the sites of the old Greek temples in many districts, excavated by the Government or by the capital of associations, would probably, by sale of the works discovered, amply repay the outlay. We have evidence of value received in the voluntary and enterprising exertions of our own countrymen, Sir Charles Fellowes and Mr. Layard, and in the produce of the rival labours of M. Botta and M. de Sauley, under the auspices of the French Government. The small village of Argo sta: ds on the ruins of the ancient Argos. The old town is described by Strabo as the

principal city of Peleponnesus, next to Sparta. In Lumber and magnificence of temples and public edifices, in schools of art and great artists, it perhaps only yielded the palm to Athens. In sculpture the Sicyonico-Argive school, under Polycletus, rivalled the attic studios of Phidias and Praxiteles, Pausanias, in his discription of the temples, statues, and paintings remaining in Greece, when about A. D. 177, he travelled throughout all its States, describes the classic relics with the detail and accuracy of a Murray's Handbook, and devotes several pages to the remains of Argos in his time. The temples and their inestimable works of art were then generally complete and perfect. Their marbles and casts of metal were of priceless value, comprising many statues in marble and brass by Lysippus and other eminent sculptors, besides the works of local artists. The Temple of Juno, in its architecture and riches of art, competed with the Parthenon. The Roman generals, the barbarians, and the pirates we know plundered the Greek cities, both before and after the visit of Pausanias. Neverthзless, the great bulk of treasures escaped, the majority of the "Temples of God" being preserved from sacrilege out of regard for the common sentiment of religion and the faith of the conquered races. Rome, Florence and Naples, and private collections on the continent and in England doubtless contain many first-class works of Greek sculpture; but the mass, probably, remains, whole or fragmentary, beneath the ruins of their ancient resting places. Indeed, the Elgin Marbles have only within this century been rescued from ruin and destruction by their transference from the architraves of the Parthenon to the British Musuem. The recent discoveries therefore at Argos have occasioned the deepest interest on the continent among artists and lovers of art. There may come to light unquestionable works of Polycletus. Although inferior to Phidias "in the fashioning of gods in general," he was the most celebrated of Greek sculptors in the perfection of his collossal statues and in the superior representation of beautiful gym. nastic figures. One of his statues, the Doryphorus, became a canon of the proportions of the human frame. Pliny ascribes to him the establishment of the principle that the weight of the body should be laid chiefly on one foot, whence resulted the contrast, so significant and attractive, of the bearing and more compressed, with the borne and more developed side of the human body. Polycletus is recorded to have conquered Phidias, Ctesilaus, Pradmon, and Cydon with his Amazon in a contest of artists at Ephesus. We are glad to learn that the Greek Governm: nt will permit casts to be taken of these newly-discovered sculptures, which we may therefore

expect will soon become as general and as valuable models as the Niobe and the Elgin Marbles. The excavations also, we understand, are to be

continued. We hope that this spirit of antiquarian research in Greece, tions on the sites of the Argive Temples of the Lycian Apollo, Bacchus, Minerva, and of other monuments of Argos. Their localities are minutely described by ancient and modern travellers. The majority of our readers may not know that Pausanias commonly gives the distances and measurements of the Greek temples with minute accuracy, as tested by travellers of our own times. He,, moreover, records particularly all the chief works of sculpture in every building. His account, also, of pictures is equally singular and full. The description of one great work of Polygnotus-the

thus rewarded and excited, will induce King Otho to direct similar explora

augmented, upon receiving a list of the articles required by the Trustees. In all cases it will be necessary for any person, acting on behalf of the Trustees, to present a written authority to do so, verified by the corporate seal of the Trustees. EDUCATION OFFICE,

Toronto, 18th June, 1855.

SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION OF COMMON SCHOOL TEACHERS, COUNTY OF YORK.

occupies several pages. The new Ministry at Athens will find a useful guidebook if they only first exhaust Pausanias. If Greece will not progress, Ilis Majesty may as well increase the stores of Dresden and Munich.

Departmental Notices.

THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The present session of the Normal School will close on the 15th of October. The next session will commence on the 15th day of November. Candidates for admission must apply during the first week of the session.

TEACHERS' SCHOOL REGISTERS.

A sufficient supply of School Registers having been sent in October last to the county clerks for distribution through the local superintendents, parties requiring Registers should apply for them to their local superintendent. Should the stock of any county clerk be exhausted, it can be replenished on application to the Educational Department; but the Department should not be put to the additional inconvenience and trouble of supplying isolated school sections direct, (as is frequently done,) in addition to the local facilities which it has already given to supply wants of this kind.

PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

To Municipal and School Corporations in Upper Canada. Until further notice, the Chief Superintendent of Schools will apportion one hundred per cent. upon all sums which shall be raised from local sources by Municipal Councils and School Corporations, for the establishment or increase of Public Libraries in Upper Canada, under the regulations provided according to law.

In selecting from the General and Supplementary Catalogues, parties will be particular to give merely the catalogue number of the book required, and the department from which it is selected. To give the names of books without their number and department, (as is frequently done,) causes great delay in the selection and despatch of a library. The list should be on a distinct sheet of paper from the letter.

County of YORK, will be held at the COURT HOUSE, City of TORONTO, at NINE A. M., on TUESDAY, the 16th day of OCTOBER next, for the EXAMINATION of those TEACHERS who did not present themselves at the recent Annual Examinations in said County.

All Teachers and others, presenting themselves for examination, will be required to select the particular class in which they propose to pass, and previous to being admitted for examination, must furnish to the Examining Committee satisfactory proof of good moral character, such proof to consist of the certificate of the clergyman whose ministration the candidate attended, and in case the party has taught in a Common School, the certificate of the Trustees of the School section will be required. First Class Teachers not required to be re-examined.

JOHN JENNINGS, Chairman.

ADELAIDE ACADEMY,
(INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.)

For tho Education of Young Ladies, Hamilton.
IIE next Academic Year will commence on the first of September. All

the branches of a thorough and comprehensive Course of Education

for Ladies, will, as usual, be taught in Adelaide Academy, embracing the common and higher English studies, Music, Instrumental and Vocal; Drawing, Painting in Water Colours and Oil, Crayons, &c., and Modern Languages. The Academy is furnished with a large Library, Globe, Maps, and the necessary apparatus.

Particular attention is given to the Moral and Religious instruction of Pupils, and every possible effort used to combine the comforts and superintendence of the family circle with the advantages of a Public Institution. Reference is politely permitted to the following gentlemen, and to the numerous Patrons of the Academy:

The Hon. Chief Justice Sir J. B. Robinson; The Hon. Robert Baldwin;

The Hon. Malcolm Cameron; The Hon. J. H. Price; Henry Ruttan, Esq., Sheriff Newcastle District; Rev. Matthew Richey, D. D.; Rev. E. Wood, President, W. M. C.; Rev. R. Burns, D. D.; W. S. Conger, Esq., Sheriff Colborne District.

diately. The salary liberal and the situation permanent. diately. The salary liberal and the situation permanent.

One Teacher for Pianoforte and one for higher English, required imme

J. B. HURLBURT, A. M., B. C. L.,
MRS. J. B. HURLBURT,

Principals.

Hamilton, August 8, 1855. HE Subscribers have now in the Press, and will shortly Publish THE TEDUCATIONAL MANUAL FOR UPPER CANADA, containing the Statutes affecting the Educational Institutions of Upper Canada, from the Common School to the University, forming a valuable handbook of reference to all concerned in the working of our Educational system. THOMPSON & CO.,

52, King Street East,

Toronto, July 26th, 1855.

Publishers.

ADVERTISEMENTS inserted in the Journal of Education for one halfpenny per word, which may be remitted in postage stamps, or otherwise. TERMS: For a single copy of the Journal of Education, 5s. per annum;

commence with the January number, and payment in advance must in all cases accompany the order. Single numbers, 74d. each.

All communications to be addressed to Mr. J. GEORGE HODGINS, Education Office, Toronto.

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VIII. MISCELLANEOUS.-1. One by One (Poetry.)
Colonies. 3. Colonies and the Patriotic Fund. 4. A Pious Soldier... 156
IX. EDUCATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.-1. Canada Monthly Summary. 2.
British and Foreign Monthly Summary. 3. Australia. 4. Yale
College

X. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.-1. Monthly Summary,
2. Libraries and Museums in England.. 3. Department of Science
and Art. 4. Editors in Parliament. 5. Arabian Desert as an Ocean.
6. Canadian Institute. 7. Clay Time-Keeper. 8. Varieties of Speed.
9. Notes on Science and Art. 10. Smithsonian Institution. 11. Brock's
Monument.
XI. Departmental Notices and Advertisements

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THE NIAGARA SUSPENSION BRIDGE. The International Railroad Suspension Bridge-one of the most magnificent structures of the kind in the world-was erected in 1853-4, and was designed to connect the Great Western Railroad of Canada with the railroads of the State

of New York. The bridge spans a narrow part of the Niagara river, two miles below the celebrated Falls of Niagara, and three-quarters of a mile from the Whirlpool. The east end of the bridge commands a fine view of the Falls, and of the rapids under and below the bridge. The water of these rapids, where