the assurance that, to the last moment of his connexion with them, he enjoyed their undiminished respect, and their entire confidence. "In thus expressing their high estimate of the character and ability of their friend and fellow-worker, and recording their grateful sense of the many services he has rendered, not only to the British and Foreign School Society, but to the cause of education generally; and in now taking leave of him, the Committee would unite in a cordial and fervent wish that the remainder of his life may be distinguished at once by usefulness and repose; that he may continue to enjoy, to a distant day, the respect and love of attached friends; and that, while thus blessed in himself, he may have the opportunity of benefiting others by still contributing to the advancement and success of what he has done so much to promote, -the cause of sound, comprehensive, and scriptural education." At a meeting of the General Committee, held January 16th, it was unanimously resolved that the name of Henry Dunn, Esq., be added to the General Committee. Mr. Wilks, who for the past ten years has represented the Society in the north of England, advocating its interests and inspecting its schools, has been unanimously appointed by the Committee to succeed Mr. Dunn. Mr. Wilks entered on the duties of his office as secretary at the commencement of the year. NORMAL COLLEGE. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS FROM DEC. 1, 1856, TO MARCH 1, 1857. Two hundred and fifty-six students have been in training at the Normal College. Eighty-six have been appointed to the charge of schools. Fourteen have withdrawn, either from a desire to change their occupation, from failing health, or some other disqualification. One hundred and thirty-eight remain in the Institution. The following are among the places which have been supplied with teachers: Egerton, Clifton, Bristol, Chippenham, Plymouth, Street, Swansea, Totness, Oundle, Cricklade, Bowdon, Hastings, Oswestry, Llanrwst, Blakeney, Dwyran, Canterbury, Sedburgh, Godalming, Brighton, Rhydlewis, Purfleet, Woolwich, Stratford-on-Avon, Radclyffe, Halifax, Daventry, Whitchurch, Dorking, Battersea, Blackheath, Baldock, Beaufort, Cardigan, Farringdon, Liverpool, Kidderminster, Gulworthy (Tavistock), Hutton (Bolton), Ffestiniog, Mile End Road, London; Hinton, Thirfield, Frome, Burwell, Kingsbridge, Stroud, Romsey, Sutton Courtney, Rotherham, Morpeth, Ashton, Ashborne, Abertillery, Cheltenham, Llanelly, Worcester, Ruabon, Wolf's Castle, Mayland, Liskeard, Dover, Lutterworth, Brentford, Barbican, Pershore, Woburn, Doncaster, Woodhurst. CHRISTMAS EXAMINATIONS, 1856. We announced in our last that the Examinations were held in December, under Messrs. Bowstead and Matthew Arnold, H.M. Inspectors of Schools. The results have since been published. QUEEN'S SCHOLARSHIPS. The following are the names of the successful Candidates, who have since been -received into the Normal College. I. MALES. First Class Scholarship of £23, with a personal Allowance of £4. Henry Roch, Pembroke Dock, B.S.; William H. Griffey, Bideford, B.S.; Alfred Sharp, Hull, Holderness Ward, B.S.; William Cooper, Stockport, B.S.; Charles J. Rodgers, Milford (Derby), B.S.; Thomas W. Good, Devonport, Naval and Military S.; William Newman, Fenstanton, B.S.; Samuel Mann, Bristol, Redcrossstreet, B.S.; Edwin Dakin, Westbourne Park School; Edwin Savage, Warrington, B.S.; George E. Mellor, Manchester, New Jerusalem Ch. School; Wilkinson Northrop, Cullingforth, W.S.; William Rees, Caermarthen Lancasterian School; Hugh Jones, Rhosybol, B.S.; Samuel Leigh, Hurst, B.S.; Thomas B. Hicks, Liskeard, B.S.; Henry Ball, Hurst, B.S.; Napoleon S. Batterbee, Somers Town, B.S.; Henry B. Berry; Matthew E. Griffiths, Tortworth, Ducies School; David Hughes, Holyhead, B.S.; John Roberts, Beddgelert, B.S.; Isaiah Cole, Wottonunder-Edge, B.S.; Benjamin Dennison, Great Bardfield, B.S.; Henry Miles, Birmingham Domestic Mission School; Thomas Worth, Bodmin, W.S.; William Leetham, York, Hope-street, B.S.; Walter Browning, Croydon, B.S.; Robert Hooper, Plymouth, Public Free B. School; Isaac Mitchell, Ilkeston, B.S.; William Harris, Caermarthen, B.S. Second Class Scholarship of £23.—No personal Allowance. Stanley Reeves, Birmingham, Ch. of Saviour, B.S.; Daniel Smith, Skipton, B.S.; John Ferguson, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Pres. S.; George Jenks, Bermondsey, B.S.; Thomas Young, Lyme Regis, B.S.; John Buckley, Lees Zion, Methodist N.C. Day School; Ellis Jones, Llangollen, B.S.; Edwin W. Whereat, Bristol, Redcross-street, B.S.; John Patterson, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Pres. S.; David Hitch, Spalding, B.S.; Samuel Beddow, Swansea, B.S.; John H. Asbridge, Spalding, B.S.; William B. Gunn, Birmingham, Domestic Mission S.; Joseph Newham, Hull, Holderness Ward, B.S.; Edmund Wood, Birmingham, New Jerusalem Ch. S.; Joseph Birkett, Stockport, B.S.; Henry M. Brookes, Saffron Walden, B.S.; Robt. W. Solomon, Devonport, Naval and Military S.; David Owen, Towyn and Pennal, B.S.; James Richardson, Arundel, B.S.; Thomas Mayo, Cromhall, Ducies School; Thomas Birkby, Altrincham and Bowdon Downs, B.S.; William Hemmingway, Manchester, New Jerusalem Ch. S.; William Baker, Spitalfields (Wood-street), B.S.; Thomas Viccars. II. FEMALES. First Class Scholarship of £17, with a personal Allowance of £3. Sarah H. Gordge, Romsey, B.S.; Annie Jarratt, Leicester, B.S.; Jane Tucker, Pembroke Dock, B.S.; Frances Sarah Else, Faversham, B.S.; Ruth Ings, Boroughroad, B.S.; Eleanor Williams, Blaina, B.S.; Caroline Burroughs, Norwich, Octagon Chapel S.; Ellen Webber, Taunton, B.S.; Caroline Robinson, Saffron Walden, B.S.; Alicia Bullen; Ann Barningham, Manchester, B.S.; Mary Jane Potts, Hull, B.S.; E. E. Varey, Salford, Pres. School; Jane Moss, Manchester, New Jerusalem Ch. School; Eliza Evans, Caermarthen, Lancasterian School; Martha Wigley, Caermarthen, Lancasterian School. Second Class Scholarship of £17.-No personal Allowance. Jane Edbrooke, Bedminster, B.S.; Ann Wood, Tenterden, B.S.; Mary Ann Watson, Devonport Naval and Military School; Ellen Harper; Sarah Henderson, North Shields, P.S.; Isabella Bell, Liverpool, Harrington B.S.; Emma Ash, Birmingham, Domestic Mission School; Mary Coles, Pill, B.S.; Mary Dungey, Somers Town, B.S.; Drusilla Fox; Elizabeth France, South Shields, Jarrow Chemical Company's Works School. EXAMINATION FOR CERTIFICATES. Fifty-nine MALE STUDENTS in residence at the Normal College presented themselves for examination, who passed as follows : STUDENTS OF THE SECOND YEAR. First Class.-Jonas Ashton, *Edward Henry Jennett, Charles Augustus Porter, *James Cross Reeves, Andrew Stevens, John Walmsley Whaley. Second Class.-*John Annely Fewings, George Rooke, *Eli Whitehead. STUDENTS OF THE FIRST YEAR. First Class.-*Richard Balchin, *John Stanley Brown, *Richard Burrows *William Catchasides, *John Collett, *Dan Isaac Davies, *William Eckersall, William Floyd, *David Haysman, *Joshua Ingamells, *William Jarvis, *Ebenezer Lloyd Jones, *Charles Naish, *Thomas Ogden, *Alfred James Pearce, *Henry Smith, *John Steane, *Henry Tinker, *William Harewell Woolnough. Second Class.-*Thomas Painter Allen, *John Crossman, *Norton Hardy, *Baines Hawkins, *Robert Hay, *William Horton, David Jones, *David M'Michael, *Richard Nunweek, James Thomas Presley, *John Thomas Simpson, *Henry Francis Uren, *James Vipond, *William John Rowe Vivian, *Frederick John Webb, Samuel Willett, Griffith Williams. Third Class.-James Michael Bartlett, *Jos. Ananias Chamberlain, *Henry Dixon, *John Grayston, James Griffiths, *John Jones. Schedule.-John Burn, Charles Henry Damarell, William Gray, William Mel mer, Jabez Moden, John Pilkington, *Richard Anthony Rowse. FEMALE STUDents, Fifty-seven presented themselves, of whom Fifty-three passed as follows : STUDENTS OF THE SECOND YEAR. First Class.-Sarah Davis, Martha Green, Mahalah Jenman, Fanny Grace King, Lucy Anne Martin. Second Class.-Jane Crouch, Elizabeth Furlong, Caroline Hall, *Fanny Chapman Maizey, Susan Smith. STUDENTS OF THE FIRST YEAR, First Class.-*Emma Louisa Deneulain, Jane Hart, Jane Parry, Elizabeth Richardson, Jane Winniatt. Second Class.- Caroline Albery, Ann Isabel Bolton, Clara Cresswell, Mary Ann Jones, *Mary Elizabeth Olney, Ellen Thomas, Jane Wilson. Third Class.-Elizabeth Allen, Elizabeth Barclay, Emma Alice Chipchase, Elizabeth Daniel, Charlotte Elizabeth Davis, Emma Flower, Louisa Keey, Hester Ann Lightfood, Emma Marshman, *Jane McConnell, Elizabeth Moore, Mary Nelson, Lucy Oatway, Elizabeth Ann Roach, Emma Robinson, Agnes Rutherford West. Schedule.-Anne Olivia Berry, Lucy Betts, Jane Boaden, Mercy Clara Ann Bryant, Elizabeth Dunford, Mary Evans, Sarah Godson, Clara Lambert, Anne Moss, Augusta Pickett, Emily Murray Potter, Esther Roe, Jane Hayton Selkirk, Ellen Williams, Grace Williams. To those marked thus drawing prizes have been awarded. Forty-five Masters and Thirteen Mistresses of British Schools competed in the examination, of whom the following were successful : MASTERS. A.-Teachers above 35 years of age. Third Class.-Richard Bushell, Bolton, B.S.; John Horrocks, Lambeth, George. street B.S.; John Poole, Corby, B.S. B.-Teachers under 35 years of age. First Class.-Thomas Gleave, Leominster B.S. Second Class.-Matthew J. Bailey, Frome, Milk-street B.S.; Charles Broadbent, Brompton B.S. (York); William Chadwick, Droylesden B.S.; William Cochran, Sudbury, B.S.; William John Fitch, Hitchin B.S.; John Holmes, Athelhampton S. Third Class.-Edwin Bamford, Bushey B.S.; John Hill Beale, Banbury B.S.; Thomas Bevan, Abertillery B.S.; Henry Harris, Brixham B.S.; George Haynes, Finchdean B.S.; John Holroyd, Ilkeston B.S.; John Lewis, Llandovery B.S.; Alfred W. Loane, Rotherham-park-gate S.; William Parker, Ross B.S.; William F. Pollard, Peterboro' B.S.; John Roberts, New Quay B.S.; *Samuel Tomkins, Frampton Cotterill B.S.; Edward E. Tregenza, Camborne, B.S.; George Wells, Spitalfields, Bell-lane, Jews' Free S. MISTRESSES. Second Class.-Rachel Bond Manning, Liverpool, Hope-street B.S. Third Class.-Jane Flintoft, Somers Town B.S.; Elizabeth Fulcher, Banbury, Central Infant S.; Sarah Hadfield, Patricroft B.S.; Elizabeth Patching, Gloucester B.S.; Elizabeth Sarah Rachel Page, John-street, Old Kent-road, Wes. S.; Julia Ann Savery, Downton B.S. AGENCY AND INSPECTION. Mr. Davis, who has recently been appointed to succeed Mr. Wilks in the north-western district, has been engaged among the schools in and around Manchester. In addition to this he has extended his visits to thirty-six other places. In London and its vicinity Mr. Saunders has inspected several schools during the present year. His engagements will lie chiefly among schools on the south of the Thames. Forty-two towns and villages in North Wales have had the advantage of Mr. Phillips's visitation. He has been much engaged in advocating the New Normal College, as well as in inspections, lectures, &c. South Wales, chiefly the agricultural portions, has been under the visitation of Mr. Roberts. Twenty-one places have been visited, several of them repeatedly, for the promotion of educational measures. Mr. Baxter has visited fifty-two towns and villages, chiefly in the Eastern Counties. The schools in Norwich and its neighbourhood have had his special attention. Several parents' meetings have been held by him with very happy effect upon the parents themselves, as well as upon the children and the schools. He has also held numerous and repeated conferences with local committees, with a view to the improvement of their schools, and not without good results. An aggregate meeting of the British School Committees of Norwich was held on the evening of March 5th, at which Mr. Baxter explained and urged various modes in which committees might bring their influence and efforts to bear practically upon the improvement of the schools, and the encouragement of the teachers. A resolution was adopted by the meeting conveying the thanks of the local committees to the Committee of the Society, and requesting that the schools might again, at some early period, receive the attention and aid of the Society's agents. NEW TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. A numerous meeting of British teachers was held in Norwich on the afternoon of March 7th, at which was formed the "Norfolk and Norwich British Teachers' Association," of which Mr. Steel, of the Pockthorpe School, was elected secretary. About fifty persons sat down to tea, after which they were addressed by Mr. Baxter, and then by several of the local teachers. The first meeting of the association will be held on June 6th, when Miss Burrows, of the Crook's Place School, will give the collective lesson, and Mr. Tomkins, of Yarmouth, will read a paper on some scholastic subject afterward to be discussed. If the association be conducted with spirit and high purpose, it will be the means of much good to Norfolk. Its inauguration was full of promise. A meeting of a similar kind was held at St. Ives, Hunts, on Saturday, January 10th, at which the "Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire British Teachers' Association" was formed. Mr. Roberts, of the British School, St. Ives, was elected secretary. Mr. Pegler, of Erith, engaged to give the collective lesson, and Mr. Peck, of the Fenstanton School, to read an essay for discussion at the first meeting of the association. OXFORD. The Girls' British School-room in this city has recently undergone considerable alterations and repairs, and was formally re-opened on Monday, January 5th. The committee, subscribers, and parents of the children attending this school took tea together, after which the Annual Meeting was held, at which the Mayor of Oxford presided, who "In opening the proceedings, expressed the pleasure he experienced in being present at that Christian festival, and particularly because that room was one of the first places he was led to visit after he came to Oxford, 40 years ago. He was anxious during his year of office to be courteous to men of all parties, and not to confine his support to any particular religious denomination, and he had, therefore, much pleasure in taking the chair on that occasion, at the annual meeting of an institution which was entirely unsectarian in its character and aims; and because it was, in his opinion, of the highest importance that they should educate those who were to be the future mothers of England, and upon whom the stamp and tendency of society must mainly depend, as well as the Christian character of the future generation. The rising generation would have the great battle to fight against all sorts of errors, and it was, therefore, of the utmost importance that they should be taught right views. The strength and greatness of England depended upon her enlightened Christianity, |