Whatever difference of opinion there may be on the Borough Schools Bill brought into the House of [Representa tives by Mr Tancred, it will be ad mitted that the cause of education gains very materially by being discussed in the General Assembly, This is evi dent when we come to read the speeches made during the debate which took place on the motion for the second reading of the Bill referred to. With hardly any exception, the speakers appeared to recognise the necessity of dealing with the education question from a Colonial, as opposed to a strictly Provincial, point of view, and we are encouraged to hope that the General Government will at no dis tant date consider themselves in a position to take the subject in hand —

So that none, However destitute, be left to droop By timely culture unsastained; or run Into a wild disorder ; or be forced To drudge through a weary life without the help Of intellectual implements and tools ; A savage horde among the civilized, A servile band among the lordly free.
