Mr. Webster then replied to the remarks of Mr. Binney, in relation
to the Liverpool Blue Coat School, and read from the report of Mr.
Bache on education in Europe, Mr. Bache having been sent abroad by
the city of Philadelphia to investigate this whole matter of
education.
If Mr. Girard had established such a school as that, it would have been
free from all those objections that have been raised against it. This
Liverpool Blue Coat School, though too much of a religious party
character, is strictly a church establishment. It is a school
established on a peculiar foundation, that of the Madras system of Dr.
Bell. It is a monitorial school; those who are advanced in learning are
to teach the others in religion, as well as secular knowledge. It is
strictly a religious school, and the only objection is, that in its
instruction it is too much confined to a particular sect.
Mr. Binney observed that there was no provision made for clergymen.
That is true, because the scheme of the school is monitorial, in which
the more advanced scholars instruct the others. But religious
instruction is amply and particularly provided for.
Mr. Webster then referred to Shelford, p. 105, and onward, under
the head "Jews," in the fourth paragraph, where, he stated, the
whole matter, and all the cases, as regarded the condition and
position of the Jews respecting various charities, were given in
full.
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