Star. — London, England, 1816-07-06 00:00:00

- Manes, and licensed Minister of tie Free Epislopall Chapel, 'in West-street, Seven Dials, stated&that there were gre4t numbers of children in St. Clement's Parish who did not attend any school. The mason assigned was thir ragged condition; many mete the children of mendicants, who derived profit froM their begging. There are Sunday schools of Dissenters in the parish one, a large one, in prpry-lane, in which are from five to. 600 children ; and two cha. city schools—one for clothing and educating 60 boys, another for the education and blard of 20 females. He was4uspicious there had been another school on a foundation which had disappeared, through some mismansgement : it was cafled, he believed, the Blue School. Whether the fu:id arose from any thing transitory, he could not tell ; but he rather thought it did not, but had been handed over to the present school. The building had been pulled down many years ago, but within the memory of many of the inhabitants. There is, besides, within the parish, a school in New-court, Carey-street, connected vaith a chap' tiers, containing 2 or 300. There is another Parochial Sunday School, which was first established three years ago by the witness and others, containing about 3(X) boys and girls. The annual expense was int) or £BO. At this schNol some children had learnt to read in 18 months, but he should prefer two years and a half. The witness had also a school in West -street, in winch 400 children were taught, of who'll *Xi regu larly attended, it was now sdpported by the children having i:een begun upon subscription; the whole ex noise was rE2IO; the master's salary BUJ ; his wile £3O, with a donation to them of ,ClO annually. Each child gave DI per calendar month, which was paid before-hand. The school was free It) all reli gions, and many Catholics attended, though the catechism was, taught, and attended the free chapel, to which the school was attached. If he had ac commodation fur them, he thought 1,200 children might be educated in the same way for B'3SO a-year. The wit:l.:as stated that great mischief arose from the want of room in.the churches for the poor, and he thought the best ohm would be to procure school rooms in each parish, which should be consecra.ed mod licensed as chapels fur the poor. In St. Cie. ment's, which contained 12,000 inhabitants, the Church, if crowded, would only bold 4,000, and the fitly acconittudation for Cie pour was twelve benches in the nri.idle aisle. The Key. C. Nl‘Cnicritr, Citrate of Sr. Giles, stated the numerous applicati ,ns vdrich were made for admissibia to the Charity-school io that Perish, which proved theie Wab no geninal disinclination in the loner tad& rs to send their children to school. He eiought that in tia: List eleven years the genetal ap pearance of the parish as to rhorais hail improved. Mr. T. COOKE, of one of the Trus tees of the Parociii::l School of Giles and St. George, 131uoinshury, gave an account of that in stitution. It is for the clothing and education and apprenticing of 101 buys, and ti.e board, clothing, ' and education of GO girls. The School was esta blished in 1706, and has Seen siipprted by annual subscriptions and donations, wit!' funded property raised from ele subscriptions and from bequests,— The cliddroi who :Ire admitted, are rather ai:ove the lower cadets, io'ne tieing admissible who receive pa rochial aid. They are elected by the Trustees. The average expense was £1,700 at least. The witness being asked whether there was. any thing to prevent sm.!) a change in the rules of the charity as might leave the fund -free for the education of 1,000 or 1,500 children, instead of clothing and - • b carding a much smaller number ? sad, that he did not know of any endu..vment to prevent it; but that obj-ctions would be made to it as a departure from the plan of 17(4, as much money had been raised ethich would not h.ive been obtained, but for the idea of boarding 25 additional girls, who had been taken a few years ago. Tue same objection would be made to a proposal, instead of clothing 100 te educate 800, which might be done for the same expense; he did int think, howevt r, that any objection would be made to the introduction of t! c new system of education, by which 1,100 boys might Be taught in addition to t:lose NOW clothed, provided they had room. He thought there would be objections to apply any part of the funded property to the purpose of enlarging the premises. Mr. 1). Brauumir, Treasurer of the St. George's , Bloomsbury School, gave two annual accounts of its receipts and disbursements in the years ending April 13, 1815 and 1816. The disbursements iri the former year were £2,460 18s. the receipts £2,507 15s. 10d. In the latter year, the disbursements £2,155 12s. 9d. the seeeipts, including the balance on the former year, £2,286 7s. It is to be remarked that in the tin mer year the sum of £E2634as applied to the pur. chase of stock, and in the latter year £32.5, both which sums stand in the Account of disbursements. The funds of the establishment are £lO,OOO 3 per' cents.; £6uo 4 per cents.; two annual bequests amounting to £l5, and a house which lets at £45. Mr. Cootie being again called, explained that the children were only arprenticed to persons of the Esta blished Church. Otiier children were not excluded because they were Dissenters or Catholics, but they' were obliged to conform to the rules of the schGol. Mr. R. MURPHY, one of the Trustees of the Bloomsbury School, and Mr. F. TIMMER, were ques tioned wilether any objection existed to A change in' the nature of the establishment, on account of the terms of beques . s and donations ? The result of their answers was, that they were aware of nothing which would .prevent such a change. Mr. CARMICHAEL, the School-master of the same.] .establishment,sa:d the boys were not admitted under eight years of age. They remained till 14—which time was occupied in teaching them reading, writing,. and arithmetic. He did not think be could teach a greater number of boys on his present plan to do Ahem justice. Yesterday a Common Hall was held, for the election of a Sheriff, and, together with ROBERT KIRBY, Esq. Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, in the room of Waxiest MOUNTORD, Esq. who had refused to give bond to take upon him the same. The following gentlemen being the only ones in nomination, viz. Gaosog BRIDGES, Esq. Alderman of the Company of VV:ilelwrights, and WILLIAM PLEKBENG, Esq. of the Company .of Vintners, were then put up, *ten Wu, s.t.cat Pict:Also, Esq. WAS declared duly electea. • f fr a 4 .11 ' 4 THE EVEN ING • STAR. • LONDON. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1816. ,PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY . AT '1 WELVE O'CLOCK: Reduced 841—Cone. 84 ti ex. div.—far ace. 64/1 tL &V. 4 per Cram 74 78—S per Cent. Navy 92f1 ex. div. Bowls Si. Si. pm—Exchequer Bilis, as. Se. pre. By the last arrivals, we have received letters from Halifax, and from the Virgin Islands. The Military and Naval Intelligence which they bring will be found under their proper heads. The following extracts present some other particulars worthy of notice: I' HALIFAX, JUNE U. " Arrived four transports, viz. the Lord Eldon, William and Ann, Walker, and Mary and Dorothy, in sixteen days, from Dominica, with the Sd Batta- lion of the 60th Regiment on board. These ships are to be immediately refitted, and return to the West Indies to bring the 15th Regiment to this place. " JUNE 13.—Arrived the Lune transport, in 15 days, trom Newfoundland. with the Royal Newfound. land Fencibles on board. to be immediately disbanded. 4• Tile American ship Washington, lately put to sea, rated as a 7-1, carries 90 guns, and has a crew of nearly 900 picked men, and all her guns are thirty• two pounders (long and short), and cArtonadcs. •6 A war between America and Spin is very con. fidently expected to take place before long ; at all events, the, United States appear to be preparing for a war of some kind. ,‘ There has not been, for upwards of forty yens, io backward a season known in Nova Scotia as the present. Although now k the middle t.f June, but little` vegetation has taken place, and there is scarcely any seed sown in the ground. Ice was seen on the morning of the II th at the harbour, and a few days since snow was falling in different parts of the coun try. The weather in the southern parts of the United States is equally extraordinary, and the farmers have been obliged to plough up the ground, and plant a second time their spring seed." " Sr. THOMAS'S, (Wet Indies) MAY 6. “ The Independents are gaining ground rapidly on - the continent of America ; and, in addition to their own force, very lately it has been augmented by four thousand of retion's troops, from the island of St. Domingo. Tile: passed this island a few days since, on their way up to Saba, belonging to the Dutch, where they were to rendezvous, and have since sailed to Cirthagena, or some port near it, in fifteen vessels, twelve of which were men of war ; the largest are cot vettes, mounting 84 guas. Five of their vessels of war were cruising round the Virgin Islands, a few days ago. from which it is said they were enabled to pick up 400 men ; and we are informed, from the best audit:l'kb that they have issued Proclamations, whereia they declare, that letters of marque, found cruising off, and impeding the commerce of their dif ferent poi ts, shall, if taken, be treated with a severity unknown among civilized nations; that is, by hang. 'ing the masters, orates, and every• filth man, of ye& sels belonging to any country, found so cruizing.” A Mail from Holland arrived this morning. The Dutch and German Papers which it has brought contain the following intelligence 3 BRUSSELS, JUNE 29. The nomination of ail the superior .and subaltern officers of the several legions of infantry and cavalry which are organizing in the Northern French De partments. has now taken place. Fur subaltern offi cers young men are mostly chosen who have distill"- guished themselves by their attachment to the cause of the Bourbons. Some officers of the army of Bonaparte have been likewise admitted, but net without the greatest pre caution. Repeated orders have been received to com plete the several corps at Bethune, Dunkirk, ac several legions have arrived to form the garrisons, and to be made complete. They are not, one with another, above 44)0 or ZOO strong. The French Colcnel Latapie, who escaped from Aiz-la-Chapelle, but has been since retaken, has al ready arrived at Verviers, where the police has re- ceived particular instructions concerning him. The Editors of several Papers, written by French Emigrants and published as well bere as at Ghent and Antwerp, will be prosecuted before the compe tent Tribunals for inserting in their papers offensive articles respecting the French Government. BERLIN. JUNE SI The report that the fortifications of Cologne are to be razed and 'hp site of them converted into gar dens, is wholly groundless. On the contrary, the greatest activity is exerted in strengthening this place, which is in many respects of such great importance. HAGUE, JULY a. SECOND CHAMBEkt OF THE STAVES GEIiaRAL. SITTINGS OF JULY 2. A Message was read from his Majesty, accom panied by a changed project of a law respecting' Loans opened in the kingdom for foreign Poweri or private persons abroad, which, on the inotipn of the President, Avu aeferaed to the Sections for eusi nation. Another Message from his Majesty, 'acquainting the Chamber that his Majesty bad acceded to the Treaty concluded on the 26th of September, 1815, between their Majesties the Emperor of Auntie, the King of Prussia, and thaniperor of R{tssia,•ander the name of the' Holy Alliance, 'Stich Treaty was read, • . Sit DP 4 Wat . resolved tO deposit till Apo 4hea• . 'amen fa fhb Archives of the Chamber. A letter was read from Mr. Jacob - Schellems, offering a copy of the last Campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte—honourable mention. and (veered to be deposited in the Archives.—Adjourned till to morrow. ST. PEI rRSBURCIi. The Russian Gazette of the Senate, of 23d May, announces, that the widow of Lieutenant Bankowsity,' for having harboured a sailor, convicted of theft, was, in the year 1808, deprived of her nobility, and sent into exile : but his Majesty the Emperor has now given an• Ukase, declaring that the son of this woman, Lieutenant in the 12th regimert of Yarn, had, by his bravery in the late campaigns, and the blood of his wounds, atoned for the fault of his mother, she is therefore pardoned, and her nobility restored. The lawless and outrageous conduct of the Alge rives seems to threaten them with an host of enemies. The Expedikion fining out at Constan:inople it is no,/ said i des,int:d against these robbers, who have lately paid no attention to the /mast of the GRAND Stiostoa. The Neapolitan Government is also arming against the Barbary POwers ; and what will all better in the settlement of accounts between Civi lization and Barbarism, an armament of some force is now fitting out in our own ports, destined for the same service. It is certainly high time that these nests of pirates should be rooted out. The following Notice has been just posted at LLOYD'S " By a vessel which arrived at Malta, the 17t1r of May, from Coro», it appear• that the piratical squadron from Tunis had sunk an ktiglish merchant brig, near Navarina, and murdered the crew ; and that a British and a Russian vessel, loaded with wheat, Lad been found off Milo, deserted, and ►upposed to have bee; taken by the pirates, as theirilecks were ►trewed with arms and ammunition." On the subject of Lwrd Exstourn's Expedition against the Pirates, our Portsmouth Letter, received this n - ,orning, contains the following information: 4• Toe Comus, it is supposed, will be ordered to Algiers, as all the ships here that are manned are ordered, even those destined for the List Indies. The Qt:CLU CHARLOTTE, the Port Admir.d's ship, is going with Lord EXSIOUTIL" • 2111: 4101 F. COLONIAL. LTentenunt-Colonelown', of the Royal Engi ne's, has been appointed to act as Deputy-Qoarter. Master-General to the Forces serving in Novi Scotia and New Brunswick. The 2..1 Battalion of the 60th Regiment, or Royal American, has been ordered from the %Vest Indies to Canada. The 15th Regiment has been ordereTfrom the Leeward Islands to Halifax, Nova Scotia ; and the 3d Battalion of the 60th Regiment has arrived at the lattfer place from the West Indies. The garrison of Halifax and Nova Scotia now consibts of detachments of Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and Royal Sappers and Miners, six com panies of the 7th Battalion of the 60th Regiment, 3d Battalion 60th Regiment, five companies 62d Regi ment, five companies 98th (Lite 99th) Regiment, detachments of the Nova Scotia Fencibles, which are waiting the arrival of the remainder of the regiment from Canada, in order to be disbanded; and the Newfonrdland Fcncibles are daily expected from the latter place for the same pu►pose. Major-General GOSSELIN at present commands the garrison, but pro. ere& shortly to England, on being removed from the Staff of the Army; and Major-General SMYTH is shortly expected from New Brunswick to assume the command (4' the troops on the departure of Sir JOHN SuennnooKa for Quebec. Four companies of the 98th, late 99th, or Prince's Tipperary Regiment, are quartered at Newfoundland. Five companies of the 62d Regiment are statiiined at Bermuda, wider the command of Lieutenant- Colonel tistxxL3. The 4th (late 10th) Royal Veteran Battalion are about leaving Canada for f.ngland, to be reduced. The 70th Regiment are quartered at Kingston, Upper Canada 19th Light Dragoons at Cliambly lt)3d and 104th Regiments at Quebec; 37th Regi ment in the neighbourhood of Like Etie. Lieutenant-Colonel RIMY, Inspecting Field Officer of blilitia in Nova Scotia, has been appointed Com mandant at Moose Island, in the Bty of Passama quody. Tke 102 d Regiment is quartered at St. John's, Now Brunswick, St. Andrews, and Moose Island. - Our letters from Buenos Ayres, dated the 20th of April, state the arrival of two vessels in the River Plate, from England, laden with merchandize: in return they were to take in freights,of hides and tal low.; but the merchants there had advanced those ar ticks 50 per cent. ; the consequence was, that they could procure no cargoes, and there was every pro bability of their remaining for several months in this distressing situation. , Estract of a letter from an Officer on board his Majesty's ship Bavv, dated Spithead, Thursday evening, July The last time 1 wrote to you was from Slel ra Leone, on the 26th of April, where we bad just arrived with two valuable prizes (Puttu ibuese slave ships). We sailed the following day on receiving informat;.on of two Spanish vessels slaving at the Galinas, a favourite trading place of die Spa niards, about 100 miles to leeward of Sierra Leone : having light baill•ng winds, we found, on cur arrival there, that they had sailed three days bekre, and carried away 900 slaves. However, we were .not altogether disappointed, for the following morning 'we tell In with and captured, after a chace of seven hours, a large armed felucca, under Spanish colours, called the Signora del Carmen, belonging to Cadiz, and bound , when he had completed his cargo of slaves, to the Havannah. ' Having only one month's provisions remaining, after dispatching :he prize to Sierra Leone, made sail for the West Indies ; we • were not quite four months on the coast of Africa, in which time we were fortunate enough to rescue from slat. ry nearly 1000 it:Anton:ate beings, and capture lour valuable pi izek," A'iIYAL !M'XLLIQEIYCB. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Company's ship PRINcEss Ctiarture Tt WALES, having been docked and surveyed, Nat el pected An sail from Bombay for Madras sh e 1- March—she had received bit: little damage. The extra ships WI/to Scot.; and CAltsraßylit; sailed from Bombay the 13th February. FALMOU TH, pr./. s. Arrived the TAttxlx, from 13 irbadoe ; W.N.W.. Pi.ymou rH, !MX 4. Caine in the Frederica Sophia, Attricisoy, New-Yolk in •1.5 days, for orders. PCIRTSMOUTH, JULY b. Arrived the BANN 510 ,, p oi war from Afslea ;...; spoke the ship Fame, of Liverpool, sth J u i varl, et the coast ; and on the 27th February spoke the ho e of Callabar River, and the brig Minerva. S a il ed the Su warrow, American Company's ship, f or s aint Petersburgh ; his Majesty's ship PILOT for Plym outh and GRECIAN for Guernsey; the Isabella , s ninn : and Baltic Merchant transport, for London. . DEAL, JULY s. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Knap p. CHRISTIE, from J4mAica ; and Pomona, 1-1,04.0; from Teneriffe and Madeira. Remains his N evi ship GANYMEDE. GREENOCK, JULY 2. Arrived this morning, the American ship P ac k et. HOLDEN, from Charleston, after a passage of 38,14 1 .. Left loading the Homer, and Sybil, fi r Clyde, tomtit about the Ist ultimo—spoke no vessels on the pass age . The St. George, M'Colun, arrived here yesierday from Para ; sailed thence 16th May—left loadi ng fie London, the brig Statira, and for Li verpoo l the ' An. bella, HAMMOND, and cutter Dispatch. On the 18th May, spoke in the River, the Apollo, of and from Liverpool, and on the %Lb ult. off Warerf-rd, the Ocean, from Liverpool for New York, all well, GRAVESEND, JULY 3. Arrived the Sir William Pulteifey,...--. and Lord Melsle, Cribb, from Colcutia ; Lowjee Family, Seaton, from Bombay; William Pitt, Graham, from Bengal; Louisa, Coots D ale, Hodnett ; Prince Regent, Richmond; and Ann, Hinds!, from Jamaica. Saih:d the ludu,try, Aveys, for Dunkirk; Shand, for Quebec ; and isielantbo, Young, for Hamburgh, The 1 heti% Kerr, from London to Aberdeen, was carried la•s Harwich yesterday, in a very bad state, having stru:k upon the shipWaslt:and._ 'he Lady Hood, Kenner, from .----, was on chart "re Esinada, in the River /late, the middle of April , and 1i:611e her keel and rudder. HALIFAX, (NOVA SCOTIA) JUNE A. Arrived his Majesty's Chips Acamt, of 10 gums and AHAB brig-, Captlin JANE, from Bet muda ; the former bearing the flag of Rear Admiral GRIFFITH, commanding on that station. The NICER ftigate, Captain Jnc::sow•, sails shortly for Quebec, with his Excellency Sir JOHN SHERIMOOKE, the new appointed Governor Cletikral of Mirth America. JUNE 10.—Arrived his Majesty's brig SARACEN, of 18 guns, for Portsmouth, via Bermuda, bay left the former place on the 25th of April. Stitell.—Arrived his Majesty's brig OPosstna, of 10 guns, Captain Lord JOHN HAY, from Plymouth, having sailed from that place on the 2d of May.— Rear Admiral MIL?: e is daily expected in the PAC. TOLLS frigate, Captain DounE, from Portsmouth, in order to relieve Rear Admiral Garreart in the command of the squadron on the Halifax station.— Reard Admiral GRIFFITH will proceed to England in the AcEAR, of 50 guns, Captain CHARLES BULL'S, accompanied by the ARAB, of 18 guns, Captain JANE. The HARRIER brig, of 18 guns, Captain Sir C. Joxes, is shortly expected from Gibraltar t 3 join the squadron on this station ; and the CARRON, Cap. tain PATTESHALL, is also expected from Bermuda. Lieutenant HENRY KENT at present commands the TECUMSETH schooner on Lake Erie, Canada. Lord Joust HAY proceeds shortly from Halifax to Canada, to be employed on the naval service on the Lakes.— The JASEIJR, of 18 guns, Captain LCCICIt t is at Ber• muda. The Naval Dock-yard at Antigua has beta broken up, and the Commissioner thereof been re moved to Bermuda. The Correit:oN, of 50 guns. the guard ship at Halifax, has been put out of cormi mission. The Rapid packet, Captain STERILE% ar. rived at New York from ialmouth and Halifax, on the 27th of May ; and the Express, Capt. (21:.c., was to leave New York f . ..r Halifax on the sth or Sth of June. His Majesty's brig Axes salt; imme diately with dispatches for England. A Bill for constructing a light-house on Manyer's Beach, at the entrance of Halifax Harbour, has passed the House of Assembly and Council at that place, and been approved of by his Excellency Sit JOHN SHERBROOKE. CAUTION TO MARINERS.. The following letter, sent by the Captain of a West Indiaman to the Governor of Honduras, makes known a practice, of which it may be useful for . the, maritime interest in general to be informed : " ?hip George Belisle, Apri! 14, IMO,. " HONOUR A ULF. Sta—lti juvice to the commercial t!.tereit of the settlement td Hondutas,of which you are Governor, I cern der it my duty to state to you the mansuvres of a [mall sch it , ner on the I itit list. apparently cruising in a situatioi. to ti-coy :tap ping Into imminent danger; Was nearly the cat:. wt . .: :116 ship under my commatid. Considering the said selo.oiser to pilot boa-, I made will towards her, writ I di.covei e I t hat she was in very almal water, and to the northward of the satrhern four Keys; and 1 am fully of opinion,• cre.aiug in that snorkel tor no other purpose Ins: as above stred. •• I have a;,so to observe to you, that the Intricate navigation from the otaliern four keys to Bellise, requires a Gale nice vi gilance on the part of the pilots of this port. I anchored tattler Kay Baker on the evening of the 11th inst. after laying too sonic time in expectation of a plut, firing :cetera/ guns, with signal evt for Coat purpose, hut to no (Get. On the morning of the lent, I Kt-tersest anti proceeded for English Key, firing guns as 1 'r proached; observing a small Acta:toner at anchor under the Key. I lowered my boat don n, and sent her fu fittest of a pilot .: finding none there, I took a boy out of theichooner,lty the of Abraham, who said lie was no pilot, but would etvge anchor the ship in safety until a pillt came. 'lbis, bowel. r , not done, as a pilot boat was scea approaching the ship iron: e south point of Water Key Idand, and took charge of the st-p within a mile of Englid: Key, about one P..M. aryl breogia ti e said ship into safe anchsrage at this port on the same day. " I am truly sorry in having occazton to imolai- you with wch a long narrative, seriously injurious to the mercantile interertef , the settlement, as well as humanity ; and I trust that Iva wills in your good judgment, take such Steps as you may thick pr , dent to remedy evils of such a serious nature.—l an,, with re•pect,lionourable Sir, you: modsoluilient Servo.r, (Signed) " ItoNERT " To the Hoe. Qeorre Arthur, Governor ot the Set. lement of Honduras," &c. Sec dm. Upon the rece.pt at this letter, the H:11. GEORC , S ARTHUR, the Governor, sent a vessel to look after tise schooner, and made wrsingemetit.s for a better s f nay of the shipritig w4:l piles . P