its name, and, with the addition of a small piece of bacon, or other meat, is highly relished. The common people feed on a dish called Gaspacho, composed of bread and vegetables of various kinds, with oil and vinegar, all boiled together, and set before them in the pans in which it is cooked, from which each feeds himself with a spoon, so as to render the use Nike Air Max of plates, knives, and forks, quite superfluous.I have been pleased with the general cleanliness of the people in their houses, especially with that in which we lodge; they are continually washing and dusting, and keep every thing very neat, though, as you may suppose, very homely brick floors, limewashed walls, brick stairs, and windows with very little glass, are objects perfectly new to me; but as cleanliness is prevalent, I do not, and have no reason tp complain.PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS NATIONAL EDUCATIONWANT OF INFORMATION IN THEHIGHER CLASSES UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE FEMALE EDUCATION.SEVILLE, OCT. 1809.IT is a question which has been frequently agitated in England, whether a system of national education would be productive of beneficial or Oakley Sunglasses injurious consequences many ingenious arguments have been advanced on both sides, and it is but lately, that a distinguished member of the House of Commons framed a plan for this purpose, which, though it displayed the benevolence of the proposer, was, after mature deliberation, found impracticable.In Spain, however, such a plan has been adopted and carried into execution; so that there is no person born within the last thirty years, who has not been instructed in the first rudiments of knowledge. When the society of the Jesuits was abolished, and their property confiscated, Count Florida Blanca and Campomanes succeeded in obtaining the appropriation of part of the funds of that order to the purposes of parochial education, and schools were established in every part of Spain for the gratuitous education of the children of the poor. J have naturally wished to inquire how far their morals have been benefited, or the enjoyments of Nike Shoes Australia the Nike Air Max 90 people secured by this institution. Those with whom I have conversed on the subject praised the benevolent designs of its authors, but at the same time they assured me, that no change had taken place North Face Outlet in consequence of it; that neither the moral nor religious conduct of the people had undergone any alteration; that, generally, though the peasantry learnt to read in their youth, yet that they relinquished and lost the practice as they advanced in years, but this they attributed to the scarcity of books, and the still greater scarcity of such as afford entertainment, and to a distaste which all, who are not by profession compelled to it, naturally feel at reading lives of saints and didactic homilies.It is not sufficient to teach the art of reading; to make it useful, more time is The North Face Outlet required than the peasants can bestow, and books are necessary, very different from any that are to be found in Spain, to Nike Australia induce them to retain the art when they have North Face Outlet Store acquired it; besides, it may be doubted, whether the indulgences of labourers in those athletic exercises which form their chief amusements, be not more productive of health, spirits, and consequently happiness, than a course of reading such as they are likely to fall into. This is a subject, however, on which I would rather doubt than decide, because I cannot shut my eyes to the important fact, that the moral character of the Scotch peasantry, as much excels that of the Irish, as the habits of early industry in the former country, exceed the idle propensities among The North Face Outlet Store the youth of the latter; on the other hand it must be remarked, that mechanics and manufacturers in England, though generally better instructed, are less sober, prudent, and virtuous, than the agricultural