AGENCY AND INSPECTION. During the months of September, October, and November, Mr. Vardy has paid sixty-eight visits to sixty-five places in the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire; he has also inspected ninety-three schools, conducted a public examination at Reading, and attended a public meeting at Sutton Valence. Mr. Davis's engagements during the last quarter have extended to the counties of Durham, York, Leicester, Lincoln, Derby, Chester, and Westmoreland. In addition to these counties, his attention has been largely directed to Manchester and other parts of Lancashire. Fiftyseven visits have been paid to forty-nine towns and villages; fifty educational institutions, containing seventy-five separate schools, have been inspected; seven conferences with Committees held; one public examination conducted, and one lecture delivered. Mr. Milne has inspected sixty-seven schools, visited sixty-five towns and villages, held four public examinations, addressed eight public meetings, and met two Teachers' Associations. Public meetings have been held at Woodhurst, Writtle, Ampthill, East Dereham, Diss, Burwell, and Willingham. At Ampthill, the Committee by a vigorous effort have paid off a debt of £230. At Diss, a new school-room is contemplated, and will be commenced as soon as the plans have been approved of by the Committee of Council. A site has been presented by an influential resident, who also contributes largely to the building fund. On the 2nd of October, the British teachers in the neighbourhood of Peterborough took tea with the Inspector for the district. The attendance was small; but the evening was spent pleasantly and profitably in discussing matters connected with school management. A similar meeting, but more numerously attended, was held at Leighton Buzzard, on the 13th of November. In the morning two lessons were given in the boys' school-room-the one on a secular, the other on a sacred subject—to a class of deeply interested children. In the afternoon, the members of the Association were kindly and handsomely entertained at tea by J. Bassett, Esq., to which, including some members of the Committee, and one or two of his own family, twentyseven persons sat down. After tea, Mr. Rose, of Newport Pagnel, read a very able Essay on "Schools, Past and Present." The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the kind host, the long-tried friend and munificent supporter of the British Schools in Leighton Buzzard. Mr. Baxter's engagements have been curtailed by illness. He has visited thirty-five towns and villages, and sixty-four schools. Eight public school examinations have been conducted by him, and he has addressed sixteen public meetings. Some of these meetings have been of an exceedingly interesting character, especially those in South Devon and Cornwall. Some of the most effective may be mentioned : : CONSTANTINE.-The meeting here consisted chiefly of parents whose children attend the schools. It was suggested in the course of the evening that new class-rooms should be added to the present building, and that the parents should do it without calling on the manager for the means. The idea was taken up by the meeting, and is in a fair way of being realised. TRURO. Here a good meeting was held in the Town-hall. It was well attended by the supporters of the school, but comprised fewer of the parents of the children than might have been brought together in the school-room. It was suggested here that steps should be taken to interest former scholars in the schools in which they obtained that education by means of which many of them occupy the stations they are now filling; and to obtain from them pecuniary assistance, however small, toward the support of the schools. CAMBORNE.-Though the public announcement was rather late, yet a company of parents, chiefly, filled the boys' school-room, and manifested a very deep interest in the matter of the address. Some of them returned home to put the advice given them into practice the same night. FALMOUTH.-Here about 100 of the parents took tea together in the sewing school, and then adjourned to the large school-room, where a numerous audience was assembled. The upper section of the school was then put through a brief and rapid examination in the chief subjects of their studies, in which they acquitted themselves in the most satisfactory manner, and proved to their parents and friends that they were not less at home in the hands of a stranger, than among their teachers at their usual annual examination. An address to the parents followed, which was listened to with intense interest. MOUNT CHARLES, St. Austel.-A good meeting of parents was collected here at a few hours' notice; and it may be hoped that good results will follow to benefit the newly-revived school at this place. LISKEARD. About 120 parents took tea together in the girls' school-room, and then adjourned to the boys' room for the address, which was well received by a large and attentive meeting. LAUNCESTON.-The two schools were put through a brief examination, which, though but elementary, was satisfactorily passed by the children. The meeting was very numerously attended, and the address was listened to with marked attention. Some questions were asked on various matters relating to school management by persons in the meeting, and replied to, giving a special interest to the proceedings. TAVISTOCK.-More than 400 parents assembled at tea in the girls' and infants' rooms, the management of which was most admirably conducted. An adjournment to the boys' large school-room followed, when the parents of the children were addressed. Several gentlemen present took part in the proceedings, and the meeting was of a very effective kind. CASTLE HILL, Near SouthmoltoN.-After inspection of the school during the day, the parents of the children were invited to take tea together at Earl Fortescue's. About 120 parents were present. After tea, the elder children were examined in the presence of their friends, with very satisfactory results. An address was then delivered to the parents, and an interesting meeting was brought to a close by some brief remarks by several gentlemen present. KINGSBRIDGE.-The usual annual meeting was held here on the 30th September. A numerous assembly sat down to tea, and a very spirited meeting followed. It is much to be desired that a public examination of these interesting and improving schools should be held during another year, in order to bring the public into more BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. BOOK DEPOSITORY, BOROUGH ROAD, SOUTHWARK. Open daily, from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. (On Saturday, from 9 till 3 o'clock.) IN issuing a new Catalogue of Lesson Books, Maps, Slates, and other School Materials, to the Committees, Managers, and Teachers of British and other Schools, attention is respectfully called to the greatly reduced prices at which all articles are now sold at the Depository. It will be perceived that the Lesson Books are offered at about half the retail price, and that nearly every other book in the Catalogue can now be obtained at a discount of 25 per cent., or one-fourth less than the published price. The Committee are anxious that their friends should be able to obtain everything that may be required, of an educational character, at the Borough-road, on the lowest terms; and as the degree in which this can be accomplished necessarily depends on the amount of their sales, they trust that both the committees and teachers of local schools will see the importance of sustaining the attempt by making all their purchases at the Depository. Catalogues will be sent by post, gratis, on application. Particular attention is requested to the notices found on the front page of the Catalogue, as, if disregarded, it is often impossible to avoid delay. All remittances should be enclosed to Mr. SAMUEL BRADFORD, Accountant, as above, and Post Office Orders made payable to him, at the Borough Post Office, London, S. E. EDWARD D. J. WILKS, Secretary. N.B.-To afford greater facilities for the supply of materials to elementary schools in the North and West of England, Depôts have been established as under, to which the teachers and managers of schools in those districts are respectfully referred :— MANCHESTER-Messrs. Fletcher and Tubbs, 43, John Dalton Street. Borough Road, September, 1858. LEGACY, DONATIONS, AND NEW ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS, &c. Lefroy, C. E., Esq............ LEGACY. 19 14 2 Annesley, Earl, 25, Norfolk Street, Hyde Park, W. Corss and Co., Messrs., 63, Shoreditch, Ñ. E... Dunn, Henry, Esq., Norwood... Granville, Earl, 16, Bruton Street, W. Hanbury, Robert, Jun., Esq., M.P., 3, Sussex Gardens, W. Kemble, Mrs. V., Leggett's Potters Bar Palmer, George, Esq., Reading Richards, W., Esq., 10, New City Chambers, E.C. Rudall, J., Esq., 4, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C. (Additional) White, Mrs. R, Morden Road, Blackheath, S.E. SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTIONS-£5,000 FUND. Ball, William, Esq., 5th Instalment................... Remittances from Auxiliary Societies and Corresponding Committees, &c., from June 1st, 1858, to August 31st, 1858. Leicester Lynn... £ s. d. 1 11 0 310 813 0 100 Subscriptions and Donations will be thankfully received by Messrs. HANBURYS and Co., Bankers to the Society, 60, Lombard-street; and at the Society's House, Borough-road. Printed by JACOB UNWIN, of No. 8, Grove Place, in the Parish of St. John, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex at his Printing Office, 31, Bucklersbury, in the Parish of St. Stephen, Walbrook, in the City of London; and Published by THE SOCIETY, at the Depository, Borough Road.-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1858. 7 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. NORMAL COLLEGE. DURING the Session just closed, one hundred and twenty-three students have been in residence, of whom sixty-six were male, and fiftyseven female students. The Annual Examination before the Committee of the Society took place on Friday evening, December 10th, when Robert Forster, Esq., presided. The Principal, Vice-Principal, and the other officers of the Institution were present, and the results of the recent examinations, which had been conducted by means of written papers, were communicated to the Committee and the students. A selection from the written answers was read at the meeting, and the students were addressed by the Chairman, and by Hugh Owen, Esq., one of the Committee. On Tuesday, December 14th, the examinations for Certificates of Merit commenced in the large school-room, and was conducted by Joseph Bowstead and James Laurie, Esqs., Her Majesty's Inspectors of schools. Sixty-five young men and fifty-six young women students in the Normal College presented themselves for examination; besides twenty-five masters and sixteen mistresses. The examination terminated on Saturday, December 18th. On the following Tuesday, the 21st of December, an examination of candidates for Queen's Scholarships took place in the same room, and under the supervision of the same Inspectors. Ninety-eight young men and eighty-seven young women—an unusual number—were candidates on this occasion. The examination terminated on Thursday, the 23rd of December. The examination of the students at the Temporary Normal School, Bangor, took place simultaneously with that at the Borough Road. John D. Morell, Esq., Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, was appointed to conduct it. We hope to publish the results of these examinations in our next number. AGENCY AND INSPECTION. During the months of September, October, and November, Mr. Vardy has paid sixty-eight visits to sixty-five places in the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire; he has also inspected ninety-three schools, conducted a public examination at Reading, and attended a public meeting at Sutton Valence. Mr. Davis's engagements during the last quarter have extended to the counties of Durham, York, Leicester, Lincoln, Derby, Chester, and Westmoreland. In addition to these counties, his attention has been largely directed to Manchester and other parts of Lancashire. Fiftyseven visits have been paid to forty-nine towns and villages; fifty educational institutions, containing seventy-five separate schools, have been inspected; seven conferences with Committees held; one public examination conducted, and one lecture delivered. Mr. Milne has inspected sixty-seven schools, visited sixty-five towns and villages, held four public examinations, addressed eight public meetings, and met two Teachers' Associations. Public meetings have been held at Woodhurst, Writtle, Ampthill, East Dereham, Diss, Burwell, and Willingham. At Ampthill, the Committee by a vigorous effort have paid off a debt of £230. At Diss, a new school-room is contemplated, and will be commenced as soon as the plans have been approved of by the Committee of Council. A site has been presented by an influential resident, who also contributes largely to the building fund. On the 2nd of October, the British teachers in the neighbourhood of Peterborough took tea with the Inspector for the district. The attendance was small; but the evening was spent pleasantly and profitably in discussing matters connected with school management. A similar meeting, but more numerously attended, was held at Leighton Buzzard, on the 13th of November. In the morning two lessons were given in the boys' school-room-the one on a secular, the other on a sacred subject to a class of deeply interested children. In the afternoon, the members of the Association were kindly and handsomely entertained at tea by J. Bassett, Esq., to which, including some members of the Committee, and one or two of his own family, twentyseven persons sat down. After tea, Mr. Rose, of Newport Pagnel, read a very able Essay on "Schools, Past and Present." The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the kind host, the long-tried friend and munificent supporter of the British Schools in Leighton Buzzard. Mr. Baxter's engagements have been curtailed by illness. He has visited thirty-five towns and villages, and sixty-four schools. Eight public school examinations have been conducted by him, and he has |