necessarily wanting in continuity, without which no education can be complete. But I have been compelled to make choice between two evils-broken time, or inferior masters; an interrupted course of study, or the loss of the assistance of men capable of impressing the county with the weight of their talents, and under whom there should be no risk of perpetuating mediocrity by the exhibition of a low standard of scientific knowledge. I have preferred to make the sacrifice of time; and I hope that the value of that sacrifice will be taken into account in estimating the proficiency of the students. I now turn to the remaining part of my engagement, namely, that which is still prospective; and the following plan has suggested itself to me: 1. That a college shall be erected at Truro, with an establishment of professors and tutors. 2. That for the requisite buildings a sufficient sum shall be raised by private subscription. I think that this sum should be about 5000/. 3. That for the salaries of the professors, and for the current My contribution to this undertaking shall be as follows:- 2. Five hundred pounds to the building fund. 3. I will, as far as I am able, provide that a sum of not less than 10,000l. shall, at my death, be placed in the hands of trustees, for the use of the college; and should this sum ultimately prove insufficient for the purpose contemplated, I am willing to make it 20,000. The laws respecting mortmain may prevent my making this bequest at the present moment absolute. The Mining College being intended for the common benefit of a population professing different religious opinions, I think it best to state at once the principles on which it appears to me desirable that religious instruction should be conducted in it; and I feel myself especially called upon to make this statement now, lest it should be thought hereafter that I should have attached conditions to my bequest which were not contemplated at the present time. That the college shall be essentially a Church-of-England establishment, the archdeacon of the district being ex-officio a member of the governing body, and a visitor of the college. That a knowledge of the Christian religion shall be required of all; but that perfect academical equality shall exist amongst the members of the college of whatever religious persuasion they may be. That due provision shall be made for the religious instruction of those who belong to the Established Church in the principles of that church, and in conformity with her liturgy; but that Dissenters shall not be compelled to receive instruction in any doctrines, or to be obliged to attend any place of public worship, which their parents or guardians shall declare to be objectionable to them; provided always, that they do attend some place of public worship, and are, by their parents or guardians, placed under the superintendence of some minister approved of by them, who shall be responsible for their religious instruction, and shall certify to the same, as also to their attendance at Divine worship, to the governing body of the college; and that such certificate shall stand in the place of personal examination. Some repugnance, I am well aware, will be found to the idea. of a tax on the miners, however temporary; but an establishment, such as is contemplated, cannot prosper unless it be maintained by the county and at some public sacrifice; and the willingness to make this sacrifice is the test to which I now appeal, in order to determine the value and importance which, in the estimation of the county at large, belong to the object in view. The above scheme for a college at Truro has been submitted to the Committee of Privy Council on Education, and to the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall, and has received from both their sanction and approbation. I have it also in my power to state that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to signify her consent to the institution proposed, and has kindly expressed her hope that it may prove advantageous to an important class of her subjects in this her duchy. It therefore only remains for the county to decide whether the advantages in prospect would be too dearly purchased by the temporary sacrifice to which I have referred; and steps will shortly be taken to obtain its decision, as a guide for future proceedings. (Signed) I have, &c. CHARLES LEMON. E. To the LORDS, ADVENTURERS, ENGINEERS, and others interested in MINING. Carclew, December 12, 1840. GENTLEMEN,-I am now in possession of answers respecting the proposed mining-school from a large proportion of the mines of the county. The dissents, computed according to the contribution of each mine to the Stannary Courts, are represented by the sum of 4767.; the total contribution having been, in the year ending March 25, 1840, 19767. Other mines, not included in the above-mentioned dissents, have also passed resolutions adverse to the school, though they have not favoured me with an answer to my application to them; so that I may venture to assume that an absolute majority of the Adventurers have declared against accepting the offer made to them. Under these circumstances it is not necessary to make any application to the Lords of the mines, for it is only with the concurrence of both Lords and Adventurers that I should be willing to bring a Bill into Parliament placing any burden upon them; and no one, I trust, will accuse me of hastily abandoning a pledge by which I had bound myself if I withdraw, as I now do withdraw, my offer of contributing to the present establishment of a mining-school, and finally making an endowment for its maintenance hereafter. While this pledge existed, it was my duty, really and in earnest, to endeavour to persuade the county to accept an offer which I thought conducive to the prosperity of the mines; but it is far from my wish to press that offer on an unwilling recipient, or to set up the authority of my opinion against that of a majority of the Adventurers. Here, then, my engagement and my responsibility end. But the experience gained may yet be useful. The time may come when the value of technical education will be felt and acknowledged; when it shall be thought of sufficient importance to justify a trifling tax; and when the county may be willing, by its own exertions, to support such a school as I have endeavoured to exhibit experimentally before it. With a view to assist any endeavours which may follow such a change of sentiment, I will take care that all papers and correspondence relating to the present undertaking shall be preserved in some place of public deposit, and rendered easily accessible whenever there may be occasion to reconsider the proceedings to which they relate. I have, &c. F.-The PREAMBLE and some of the CLAUSES of a BILL proposed to be brought into PARLIAMENT at the next SESSION. WHEREAS the general prosperity of the county of Cornwall mainly depends on its mines: and whereas the application of science to the working of such mines, and to the construction of the engines and machinery used therein, has been and is a most desirable object, and highly advantageous, as well to the lords or owners of the soil as to the adventurers in such mines: and whereas it is expedient, for the better accomplishment of the said object, to establish at Truro, in the said county, a school or college for the especial instruction of such persons as may be brought up to professions connected with mining in the said connty: and whereas it is necessary to make some permanent provision for the establishment and maintenance of such school or college, 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the registrar of the Court of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall shall and may select from the list of miners for the time being, assessed to the support of the Courts of the Stannaries of Cornwall, under the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to make Provision for the better and more expeditious Administration of Justice in the Stannaries of Cornwall, and for enlarging the Jurisdiction and improving the Practice and Proceedings in the Courts of the said Stannaries," the names and localities of the 20 mines which, during the then next preceding two years, shall have been assessed in the largest sums of money towards the support of the said courts; and that he shall, on or before the day of send to the head manager of each and every of the same mines a notice under his hand, requiring such manager, by and with the consent of the adventurers in such mine or a majority of the same, to make a return to the said registrar of the names of 20 persons to form and constitute the governing body of the school or college to be instituted and founded under or by virtue of this Act; and that, on receipt of such notice, the head manager of every such mine shall forthwith, and within days at the farthest, return and transmit to the said registrar a list containing the names of 20 persons accordingly. 2. That within days next after the receipt of such list as aforesaid by the said registrar he shall, by writing under his hand, summon the several persons named in the said lists so obtained from the said several head managers of such 20 mines, requiring the said several persons to assemble at the borough of Truro aforesaid, at a time (not later than days from the date of such summons) to be appointed by the said registrar, and at such place within the said borough as he shall name, for the purpose of their selecting from such list the names of 20 persons of those returned by the greatest number of suffrages; and that the 20 persons so selected as last mentioned, together with the archdeacon of the county of Cornwall, and a head or rector, to be chosen as hereinafter described, shall form the governing body of the said school or college, and shall be styled governors. 3. That the 20 persons so chosen as last mentioned shall, immediately after their election, ballot for the order in which their names shall stand in the list of governors, and the first four on such list shall, at the expiration of each succeeding year, retire from the government of the said school or college, and their places shall thereupon, and from time to time, be supplied by the same process of election as herein before described: Provided always that every person so retiring shall, nevertheless, be eligible for a governor at the next succeeding election, and in case of his being chosen shall be placed at the bottom of the list of governors. 4. That the governors so appointed and elected respectively as aforesaid shall, within days next after their appointment and election, meet in the said borough of Truro, at such time and place as may be found convenient to the majority of them, and elect a head or rector, whose duty it shall be, when present, to preside over all meetings of the governors; and that upon all divisions which shall take place on any question discussed at any such meeting upon which the governors shall come to a division, and whereon there shall be an equality of votes, he shall have a casting-vote; and that any of the said governors shall be considered a quorum, and be competent to transact business, and decide on questions brought before them. 5. That there shall be paid and payable one-half of a farthing in the pound sterling on the value of all metals and metallic minerals which shall be, from time to time, brought to sale in, or withdrawn from, any mine or stream-work within the said county of Cornwall; and that the same shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as the assessment of one farthing in the pound is now made and collected for the support of the said courts of the said Stannaries, under the provisions of the said hereinbefore mentioned Act of Parliament; and that the registrar for the time being of the Vice-Warden's Court aforesaid shall forthwith, after every such assessment and collection, pay over the proceeds to the treasurer of the said school or college for the use and maintenance of the same. 6. That every mine so being assessed at, and having paid, 107., or upwards, annually towards the funds of the said school or college, shall be entitled for and in respect of every 107. of such annual assessment to nominate one student, who shall be admitted to the said school or college, and receive his education on the payment of such fee as shall be determined hereafter by the governors; and that two or more mines having paid together 107., or upwards, annually towards the said funds, and every single mine which shall, |