Uniformity, and the 49th article of Queen Elizabeth's Injunctions, will supply, there comes in aid of this sort of constructive warranty, the notice which was given in the title-page of an edition of the old version in 1575. "The Booke of Psalmes, &c. with apt notes to syng them withal faythfully perused, and allowed according to the Queenes Majesties injunctions. Imprinted at London by John Day, cum gratiâ et privilegio regiæ majestatis per decennium;" which advertisement, with some variation, has continued ever since; neither ought it to be omitted, that they have never ceased to be sung in the church from its establishment; that they were bound up at the end of the Bibles and Prayer-Books, both tunes and words, for a great length of time, whilst the words with references to the tunes continue to be so bound up in the present day; that almost all the translations, before the time of Sandys as well as since, have been adapted to these tunes; that King James's metrical version of the psalms was not only fitted to them, but published with them; that the King's version with the music are found bound up with the Liturgy prepared by Archbishop Laud for the church of Scotland in 1637, in the same way as Sternhold's version with the music was bound up with the English Liturgy. The new version of the psalms was constructed upon these same tunes; and the music published in 1700 (in that which was called the supplement to that version) consisted either of the old tunes of 1562, or of new tunes in the same style, so that it may be stated with certainty that all the old masters composed their psalm music upon one and the same model, in which they have been followed by all the modern but those who, studious of novelty or ambitious of ornament, have loaded their music with most capricious decorations; decorations as unsuitable to the place where the music is to be performed, as unfit for the powers of those who are to perform it.

The result then of these facts and observations is, that as to the proper mode of psalmodic music, it is that which is pointed out by Archbishop Cranmer; which accords with the Injunctions of Queen Elizabeth, and the article in the Reformatio Legum; which has been so clearly characterised by Hooker; which is exemplified in the old tunes, and those set by Tallis for Archbishop Parker; and which has served as the principle of almost all the tunes and translations of the psalms from the earliest times.

The music produced by an observance of these rules may be called by some monotonous. It certainly will be without those figures which diversify and adorn the popular ballads of the day; it will possess an idiom and character of its own; a style agreeable to the reason of the thing, for the distinct pronunciation of the words of the psalms may be effected by it. It is a style which will distinguish it from secular music, and is well adapted to the purposes of religion; it is such as the occasions of piety and the offices of devotion require; such as individuals may easily learn, and congregations correctly execute. This

thereby the service or any part thereof") has been generally considered to refer to the singing of metrical psalms. Strype says the practice was authorized by this proviso, Ecclesiast. Mem. vol. ii. p. 86. So says Burnet, History Ref. P. 2, book ii. p. 24. See also Burney, vol. iii. pp. 12, 49.

is the mode of musical composition, which will enable those who sing psalms to articulate the words of them, and those who listen to understand them; it is, in short, that kind of music which best accords with the apostle's injunction, to sing praises with the understanding.

V.T.

NATIONAL EDUCATION.

WE feel it to be our duty to submit to the deliberate perusal of the christian world, the faithful address of the Lords spiritual and temporal, to the Queen, and her Majesty's answer, without comment.

The Address, founded in the following resolutions, was presented on the 11th July.

RESOLVED,

"That this House has had under its consideration the various documents which have been presented by her Majesty's commands, respecting public education, including those which refer to the application of public money in former years, in aid of the building of school-houses in connexion with the National Society and the British and Foreign School Society; and also the letters of the Secretary of State and the President of the Council of the 4th, 6th, and 9th of February respectively; the order in council of the 10th April, appointing a committee of council; the minutes of proceeding of that committee of the 13th April; and the report of the same committee of the 3d of June.

"That it appears from the documents last-mentioned, that a committee of council has been appointed, consisting exclusively of members of her Majesty's government, for superintending the application of any sums which may be voted for the education of the people.

"That on the 13th of April last, it was proposed by such committee to establish a model school, which might serve as an example for other schools, and a normal school, in which a body of schoolmasters might be found competent to assume the management of similar institutions in all parts of the country.

"That it appears by the report of the committee, approved by her Majesty in Council on the third of June, that the committee is empowered to retain the right of inspection, in order to secure a conformity with such regulations as they may approve of for the management and discipline of all schools to which aid may be granted; and to make grants of public money to any schools which may appear to them to require such aid, irrespectively to the religious doctrines which may be inculcated in such schools.

"That it appears to this House that the powers thus entrusted to the committee of council are so important in their bearing upon the moral and religious education of the people of this country, and upon the proper duties and functions of the Established Church, and at the same time so capable of progressive and indefinite extension, that they ought not to be committed to any public authority without the consent of Parliament.

"That it appears to this House that the particular scheme of education set forth in the minutes of the committee of council of the 13th April, is open to grave objection with reference to the arrangements made for the religious instruction of children, to the use within the school of any other than the authorized version of the scriptures, and to many other important details; and although it is stated in the report of the committee of council of the third of June, that it is not in the power of the committee to mature a plan for the formation of a normal school without further consideration, and that they therefore postpone taking any steps for the purpose until greater concurrence of opinion is found to prevail, yet the report gives no assurance that the scheme approved by the committee on the 13th of April may not be hereafter carried into execution at the discretion of the committee.

"That under these circumstances, this House considers itself bound by the obligations of public duty to present an humble address to her Majesty, conveying to her Majesty the resolutions into which it has entered, and humbly praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to give directions that no steps shall be taken with respect to the establishment or foundation of any plan for the general education of the people of this country, without giving to this House, as one branch of the legislature, an opportunity of fully considering a measure of such deep importance to the highest interests of the community."

Her Majesty received the Address on the Throne, surrounded by the Cabinet Ministers and usual officers of state, and returned this answer :"I duly appreciate your zeal for the interests of religion, and your care for the Established Church.

"I am ever ready to receive the advice and assistance of the House of Lords, and to give to their recommendations the attention which their authority justly deserves.

"At the same time, I cannot help expressing my regret that you should have thought it necessary to take such a step on the present

occasion.

"You may be assured that, deeply sensible of the duties imposed upon me, and more especially of that which binds me to the support of the Established Church, I shall always use the powers vested in me by the constitution for the fulfilment of that sacred obligation.

"It is with a deep sense of that duty that I have thought it right to appoint a committee of my Privy Council to superintend the distribution of the grants voted by the House of Commons for public education. Of the proceedings of this committee, annual reports will be laid before Parliament, so that the House of Lords will be enabled to exercise its judgment upon them; and I trust that the funds placed at my disposal will be found to have been strictly applied to the objects for which they were granted, with due respect to the rights of conscience, and with a faithful attention to the security of the Established Church."

LAW REPORT.

No. LXVII.A BILL ENTITLED, AN ACT FOR REMOVING DOUBTS AS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEAN OF EXETER, OR OF ANY OTHER CATHEDRAL CHURCH.

No. LXVIII-A BILL ENTITLED, AN ACT FOR APPORTIONING THE SPIRITUAL SERVICES OF PARISHES IN WHICH TWO OR MORE SPIRITUAL PERSONS HAVE CURE OF SOULS GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. BY THE LORD BISHOP OF EXETER.