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Several educational speeches have also been delivered, usually against the

Revised Code issued by the Committee, which seems to have excited the clergy to a very unusual degree. Archdeacon Denison, in particular, denounced it violently, and made an effective point by his exposure of the rules for examining children of three years of age. The opponents of the Code, however, are pushing the "vested interest" idea, till they run the risk of producing reaction. The "vested right" of 20,000 officials, who may become 40,000, is not a safe topic for the House of Commons. Sir John Coleridge also animadverts on the decrease of religious instruction, proved by the middle class examinations; and there seems every prospect of sharp religio-social debates next session.

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