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AMERICA. PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 13. The fchooner Henry, Dickinfon, lixteen 'days from St. Bartholomew's, brings intelligence, that two,days before file failed, letters had been received thereonen- , tinning the arrival of five fail tif the line of French (hips at Porto Rico, which Mind it was Rated was ceded to France. Letters by the laft mail from Wafhington, give the fAlowing reafims for believing that the Senate will be convened to confider the treaty lately negotiated with Great Britain : " The Prefidun has laid that the carrvi•l trade was placed on a footing favourable to American !hipping. " That the American intercourfc with India was favourably ad jutted. " That the general fyftem of blockade wns abandoned; and that of the twenty five articles which compote the treaty, twenty-three were altogether unexceptionable." Such being the Prefident's opinion on the perufal of the naked copy of the treaty, which was handed to him by the Brun Minifler at Wafhington, we can not doubt fur a moment that when he receives the original, accompanied by the explanatory notes and obfervations of his Minifters Monroe and Pinksey, be will deem it not only expedient, but effential to the public welfare, to ;Amble the Senate, and to fubmit to their confederation an inftrument, on the rejeetim or adoption of which Co many important interells depend. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. SIXTY-NINTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. Finkenftein, April 4. The Gees d'Arrnes of the Ordnance have arrived at Marien warder, and Mat-that Beffiem has fet out for that place, in order to review them. They base behaved remarkably well, and have difplayed great courage in all the affairs in which they have been engaged. General Tealie, who Rill fuperintends the blockade of Colberg, has, in that command, exhibited great adivity and (kill. The concluding of the fiege is now entrufted to General Loifon. On the 19th of March the redoubts of Selnow were attacked and carried by the sft regiment of Italian Light Infantry. On this oc cafion the Garrifon made a fortie—but the company of Carbineers of the eft regiment of Light Infantry, and a company of Dragoons drove them back. The Voltigeurs if the z9th regiment of the line, diftiognifhed thendelves greatly in the attack on the village of Allfladt. In that affair the enemy loft three pieces of cannon, and two hundred pri• loners. Marfhal Lefebvre commands at the fiege of Dantzic, and General Lariboffiere has the Ziredion of the artillery. The letter corps thews Welt in all circumnances worthy of the fame which it has fo juftly acquired. The French Cannoniers will merit the name of fekdt troops. The manner in which the battalions of the train have performed their fervice, has alto afforded pedal fatif fanion. The Emperor has given audience at Finkenftein to a Peputation from the Chamber of Marienwerder. It confined of Count Von Groeben, Counfellor Baron Von Schleinitz, and Count Von Dohna, Diredor of the Chamber. The Deputation reprefented to his Majefly the great hardthips which the inhabitants had fuf fered from the war. The Emperor anfwered, that lie entertained a lively feeling for their fufferings, and that be would relieve Ma rienwerder, as well as Flbing, from the burthen of any extraor dinary contribution. He farther obferved, that there were evils belonging to the theatre of War. which could not be avoided—that he participated in the regret which thole evils eccafioned, and would do every thing in his power to mitigate them It is believed that hia Majelly will this day fit out on a (port journey to Marienwerder and Elbing. The fecond Bavarian di vifion has arrived at Warfaw. The Crown Prince of Bavaria has gone to Pultufk to take the command of the fire divifion. Ihe Hereditary Prince of Baden has marched at the head of his cot pa of troops to Dantzic. The contingent of SaxeWeimar has arrived upon the Warta. 'I here has not been a (hot fired for a fortnight raft at the ad vanced pofts df the army . The heat of the Sun begins to he felt, but it is not yet fufficientiv powerful to penetrate and thaw the earth. All is Rill bound in froft—Spring approaches (lowly in this coup try. A number of Couriers arrived at the head-quarters from Con flantinople and Perfia. The health of the Emperor continues excellent—it is even re marked that it appears better than formerly. Some days his Ma jefty makes excurfions to the diftance of forty miles on borfeback. At Warfaw, it was left week believed that the Emperor had as rived there about ten o'clock at night. 'I he whole town was im mediately and voluntarily illuminated. The fortreffes of Praga, Sicrock, Modlin, Thorn, and Mari enburg, begin to be put into a Rate of defence. The works of Marienwerder are planned. All thefe fortreffes form tete, p,t on the Vitlula. The Emperor praifes the ad ivity of Martha! Kellerman in forming the provifional Regiments, many of which have arrived in good condition, and are incorporated in the army. His Majefly alto beftows great praife on General Clarke, Go vernor of Berlin, who difplays equal a divity and zeal in the impor tant poft confided to him. Prince Jerome, who commands the troops in Silefia, has alto given proofs of great adlivity, and has exhibited a degree of (kill and penetration which is, in general, only the fruit of long experience. PARIS, APRIL 16. - - The Official Paper contains a number of Decrees for the promotion of officers and foldiers. One ap points Prince Jerome, who is already railed to the 'attic of a Rear Admiral in the fea lervice, a General Lf Divifion in the army. APRIL 17.—Befides the laft Bulletin, which is d.ited from Finkentlein, a place not far from Mat ;en werdcr, and dole upon the Vinola, the Morrikur contains a circunillantial account of the events at Conttantinople, accompanied with Notes and Letters. From this account, it appears that the Eng fleet :,as semi ned through the Dardanelles into the A rchipelago. The 5 per cent. Confols for March 22, are 75 francs zo centimes. CONSTANTINOPLF, MARCTI t r. Our Court, petfevering in its fylletn, declared, even before the retreat of the Englith fleet, the liti tilt flag the enemy of all the liaitlyid. Fir mans have been fent to all the Barbary Regencies, charging them to fend rut their cruizers again:l the Englith merchantmen ; a me :Cure carried into excco:i.n here according to the exarnt.ie of other c:ltinttics, and • from which the greater advantage is expeaed, as the event of the Englifh continerce equals the Itrength of their naval power. Anothzr rnealure which mull p: efs fe.'erely on trade the general Decree adopted both in the Ottoman and Pet Ilan States, not only Englith merchandize hilt againa the Lnglith fa,''.toties. Esc! y thing that is Englith i:, ordered to be clrfileated in Loth Empires. FROM TUE FRONrir.Rs OF TURKEY, MARCII 20. The Turks have obtained a new advantage over the Ruffians. Peelivan Aia, Ayan of Silitiria, with a co! ps Turkilh and '[attar Cavalry, attacked 4000 Italians. He killed woo of them, and took three pieces of artillery and flame flandards. The rema i ns o f t h e Ruiflan corps fled tnwards Bender.— Peelivan Aga had the fit affairs with the Ruilians bztween the 3d and the z9th of January, and on thefe occ.tiluns took 7co prif;llers. The enemy has only a corps of ic,coo Mel in lVallachia. In all the anions which have taken place between 11.ichatett and the Dannlv!, the Ruffians have been driven back by the 'Turks. On the 2 t h of January tgoo Ruffians advanced to the neighbourhood of Sillon. The Turksattacked them, killed too, and compelled the ref! to lir.- In another affair at Piatra, fume miles from Bucbarea, which was fought on the soh of Febtuary , the. Ruf fians had 1200 men killed and taken prifoners, and loft betides a piece of artillery and Soo honks. The enemy being quite difconcet ted by this refinance, has called in his advanced polls and retreated behind the River Alyie. Muflapha Bayraar, who commands the Ottoman army, until the art itial of the Grand Vizier, has al ready 4o,cex) men under his command, who are ready to advance into Wallachia. Molls Aga, the new Governor of Widiin, is at the bead of 20,000 men, and forms his arrangements in concert with Muftapha. Little Wallachia is polfef fed by his troops. In that part of Wallachia where the Ruffians Rill are, aic greateft difgun prevails be -1 tween them and the oyards. Their faftion grows weak as their power deereafes. PRESBURG, APRIL Letters from Semlin thus account for the mancre of the Turks in Belgrade While toleration ex• tends on all fides, according t 3 one of thefe letterr, and the Emperor Napoleon grants equal rights to all religions wherever his power or influence extends, the fury of making profelytes has feized upon the Ser• vians. Their fanaticilm gave birth to the dreadful maffacre lately perpetrated upon the Tusks at Bel grade. They with to propagate their religion among the hfahometans by fire and (word, and thought they fhould perform a meritorious work, in murdering all that remained faithful to their belief, and refufcd to adopt the religion of the Gieek church. Hitherto 733 perfons of both fexes have been baptifed, merely to lave their lives. It was in the midft of thefe bloody fcenes that the Servians have proclaimed Czerni Georges their Chief, Prince of Servia. The latter continues his military prepatations : he has provi• flor.ed Belgrade and Schabatz, and is collecting a number of troops at Ufchitza. Extra& of a Letter from M. Lamarre, to his Excellency the Minitler of Foreign Affairs : • " Rutfchuk, Feb. 25, 1.807. "The Turks have obtaincd'advantages iu feveral affairs with the Ruffians. On the 3d of January, Peelwan Aga, Ayan of &Dada, attacked the Ruffians near Galata, killed re), and made 200 prh; loners, who were fent to Multapha Pacha, with Come lacks of heads and cars. On the 28th of the fame month, isco men, Ruf fians and Wallachians, advanced from Buchareft to Zemizza, a Walachian village, oppofite to Siftow. The Turks killed or took upwards of Zoo of them ; the reft were put to flight. A more important affair tout place on the 29th, near Ifinailoff, under Peelwan Aga. The Ruffians loft Soo men killed, sco prifoners, three pieces of cannon, and Tome colours. Peelwan Aga com manded 15,000 excellent cavalry, the half of it compofed of refo lute Tartars. On the 9th of February, a partial affair occurred 'near the village of Patra, fome leagues beyond Buchareft. The Ruffians had boo killed, 6co made prifoners, loft one piece of cannon, and 8:o horfes. The army of Muftapha Pacha is fixty thoufand flrung. He never pardons any Rajah he finds among the Ruffians, but he is kind to his prifoners. It appears certain, that dilcord prevails at Buchareft between Ypfilanti, Michelfon, and the Iloyards. 'I he Ruffians have almoft all left the place. It is fuppufed they intend to ripafs the Dniefter. Their numbers do not exceed 5,c00. Prince Suzzo, who has been here Tome days, has fent his Spatar to Crajova, in Little Wallachia, to culled the faithful Boyards, and arm the inhabitants. It is clear, that a fin gle Boyard will not remain with Ypfifanti. I am, yours, (Signed) " LAMARRE. " Extra& of a Letter from Guflavus Coigny, to his Excellency the Minitler of Foreign -Affairs : Rutfchuk, March t. 14 1 fent to Muflapha Pacha, by General Sthaftiani, to inform hint of the movements of the Turk& army; and afterwards to give your Excellency an account of the fame. I have the honour of addreffing to you the following details Since the Ruffians have feized on Bu:barell, they have had fcveral engagements with the Turki(h troops, in which the latter have conftantly had the advantage; fo that out of Ispoo Ruffians that paired the Dniefter, not more than moo° remain. They are now intrerching thernfelves at Buchareft; they arc in depair. and have already demanded a truce of Muflapha, which has been refufed them. The Turks, on the other hand, are encouraged by reiterated [meccas. About Eve days ago, a trifling affair occurred, I 1 miles from Ifnuil. There the Ruffians loft 18.)c men, and fix pieces of cannon, with their eaiLfons. (Signed) " cusnvos COICNT." Extraet of a Letter from M. image, Adjutant Commandant, to his Excellency the Miniiier for Fo reign Affairs u Virid lin, March 5. 'CThe uncle of Prince Suzzo has arrived at Crajuva, as Caimai ran, or Governor of Little Wallachia, Molla Aga, nominated to fuceeed Pafwan Oglou, is organizing his troops. His advanced guard already occupies Little Wallachia. Muftapha will put him (elf in motion on the zcth, to march agtinft Bucharcft. " All the right bank of the Danube is occupied by the Semi- Icier, the troops of the Ayan of Siliftria, and thole of Ifirnailow.— It is very certain, that in five or fit affairs with the advanced pofts, the Turks have i.onitantly had the ads- image over the Ruffians. And I can alTum you, that without very canfiderable means, the I.lter will not be able to maintain themfelves upon their frontier. .1 he Turks hem allure me, that a confiJetable army, commanded by Juni Pacha, has entered the Crimea, feconded by a divifion of Pcrfians In Georgia. (Signed) " MERIAGE." P4ALIAMENTART PR OCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 24. ford MANNERS was introduced by Lords MD.% c 'and Et naouovo it. His patent of creation having bccn mad at the table, his Lordillip took the oaths and his feat, as did alto the Earl of Errol. A Bill to empower the Summoning of Copyholders by Attor ney in Cullomary Courts paired through a Committee. The Loan Intereft Bill was read a third time and pawed. Lord ALTHOR PE, Mr. FAWKES, Sir MARTIN FOLKF.S, and feveral other Members of the Hr tee of Commons, brouoht up Conic private Bills, which were read a Brit time. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lor.ISTOPFORD, and the Hon. Mr.WELL,ESLEY POLE. tool: the Oaths and their feats. A Nit.lT.lge !a •bm the Lords Rated their Lordthip: affent to the 0.6 s Bark Bill and the frills loan Bill. The Part& Apprentices bill was rzportcd, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday 'fête hiuufc,iu Committee. went through the Bill to prevent the granting of Places in reverfion s and the Report was ordered to be brought up on luefday. r. R OSCOE prefenterl a Petition from Livetpoul, the objedt cf which we could nut Mr. I .0 NG, adverting to the petition prefented yefterday from the 'l'mflees of the Britifh Mufeum, relative to the purchafe of rettaia Manuf.:rints in the Colledion of the Marquis of Landf &low ne, moved an itillrudion to the Committee to whom the laid Petithm was referred, that they thould confider the propriety of the Tiultees difpoling Of certain parts of their own collediun, for the purpofe of obtaining the • bjed mentioned in the laid Petition. ALECTION COSTS. Sir J HENDERSON gave notice of his intention to move, on Tuefil.,y neat, for leave to bring in a Bill for making better provi fions to enable Members agaiult whofe Elcdtions petitions may be pi-dented, to recover colts from fuch Petitioners as may after wards abandon their petitions without due notice to fuch Mem bers. The Hon. Baronet Rated, that In confequence of due no tice not having been given in a recent cafe, the fitting Member was at the expence of bringing fmral witneffes front a (aflame of no kfs than eon miles, and was proceeding to remark upon the prnhability and injußice of ruany fimilar inßances, when 'rite SPEAKER Itopt him, by Rating the irregularity of offer • log more on this occafion than apt src Ratentot of the motion he natant to bring forward. • SHREWSBURY ELECTION. Mr T o ili t rFAßT appeared at the bar, and read the Report of the ee upon the .hrew'bury Elettion. This Report. Rated, that the Hon. H. G. Bennet was not duly qualified accord ing to law, and therefore that he ought not to ha,re been elated ; that the petitions againft him from Mr. C. Jones and others, and I the defence made againft him, were not frivolous or vexstioo. ; and that the ch. dion, fo far as regarded the laid H. 0 t, was void. After the Report was delivered in at the tabte, a new Writ was ordered for the Medical of a Reprefixtative for Shrewfbur)', iu roam of Mr. Bennet. INDIA. Mr HORNER gave notice of a ' Motion for Wednefilay, for the production of Papers relative to the Polygar War, adding, that he thould bring this motion forward after the bounds with regard to the Carnatie, which an Honourable Bapnet (Fir I'. Tula on) had announced his intention to bring for w ard, Ihould he difpored of . Sir P. FRANCIS laid, that he meant it the cote , : of next week, upon a day which early in the week, he should take ocrafion to mention, to bring forward a motion for the produdion of all the Papers and Information received by Government or the India Company, with refped to the late Tranfadtions at Vellore, or the probable confequences of chore tranfadi , ms. At the fame time, the Honourable Baronet feting the Chancellor of the Ezebtquer in his place, took °matron to ilk whether it was intended, on the part of Miniftu a, to propofe, or to fupport any Grant to the India Compaay from the public money, by loan or otherwife, in the courfc of the prefent Seflions : and if to, whether it was meant that , fuch Grant fhould he made before the Ratement of the gencral ' concerns of India (the India Budget) fhould be laid before the Horde. The CHANCELLOR of the FXCHEiZIER, in reply, Rated, Government did nut entertain the intention to which his queftion referred. THE POOR. Mr. WHITBREAD moved the order for the fur ther confederation - of the Parochial School Bill; ob ferving, that it was his intention to propofe the re committal of the Bill, in order to introduce farther amendments. The Hon. Member obferved, that whether it was deemed expedient to make any alte ration in the general fyltem of the Poor Laws or not, the palling of this Bill would not at all interfere with that objeEt, and therefore could not be fairly argued ith reference to fuel' an alteration. This formed the firil pat t, quite unaltered, of tie Bill which he had originally fubmitted to the Ilottle fn far back as Feb ruary lalt, and to which no objeCtion was made, although before the Houle and the Country fence February !aft. Mr. ELLISTON thought it highly advifeable, for the purpofe of affording an opportunity to the Houle and the Public for the fullell confidcratiou of this fobjea, that this as well as the other Bills propoled by the Hon. Gentleman fheuld Itanti over until the next Seißons. Mr. ROSE was lorry that there was not in the plan prop, fed by this Bill that defirahle combination of endeavour at once to communicate indult:y and in firtmetion to the children of the poor. It pimpled to give them two years education, front the age of 7 to 14 years of age, and according as it appeared to him, to place them for thofe two years in a flare of va grancy. If fo educated, he was mach afraid that t:.e effea would be to unfit children for the r urfuits of labonr, to place them above their bufinefs. Ile knew hum his own experience, that it was difficult to per• fuade the children of the poor to go to fchool, and 0111 more to work. So adverfe indeed were they to the latter, that he could not help conlitlerinp, it neceffary that the Magiftrates Ihnuld be invefted a power of moderate coertion over the children of the poor. The Right Hon. Gentleman adverted to a 'Taft which he wrote fome years (ince, recommend ing the eftablifhment of Maritime Stools, in which from 70 to-80,000 children might he educated 14 lets titan half the expenfe which the fame number of chil dren already colt the parifhes, while this fyflem of education, combining at the fame time both labour and inftruZlion, would naturally difperfe to the naval profeffion a volt number of the youth of the country. Mr. FULLER was for poftponing the finaldifcuf fion of the bills, and expreffed his apprelienfions that the plan of education propofed by the prefent bill would be prodalive of an immediate increafe of ex pence, without any immediate effect that would pro mile an early alleviation to the Poor Ratec. On the contrary, it would increafe, probably, to fixteen (kil lings in the pound, the Rates already fohigti as eight (billings. Mr. ROSCOE thought, that the heft poflible ground work for producing the great objet under conlideratiln, was the education of the lower orders, which, when obtained, might afterwards be turned ' to their advantage in maritime life, 11110 d-that be their dellination—withont it, labour would be their only fource and reliance, but by education they would be enabled to add (kill to labaur ; and he iiillanced the happy effeas of education in Scotland, fince it commenced in the year 1696, at which time there were no lefs than 200,000 beggars in that country, where now there was fcarcely a tingle pauper to be found depending on public cha, ity. He thought the plan propofed by this Bill fimple, plain, and piai• cable. He read an extra& from the Pamphlet of Mr. Malthus, in approbation of the plan, and con cluded by giving it his (import. Mr. CALCRAFI' was an advocate for further delay. In order that the fyflem of the Poor Laws (mould be fully confidered, lie thought it would be wife to appoint a Committee, at an early period of the next &Ilion, to inquire into the fulled. The Honourable Member argued in favour of the idea of combining perlimal labour with in(truflion ; and, after complimenting the fyllem of education purfued by Mr. Lancaller, took occakon to mention, that the merit of originating that fyftem did nth belong to Mr. Lancaller, but to Mr. Bell, who was k friend of his, and who had ellablithed the fame (Pam, long (ince, at Madras. The Hon. Mr. ERSKINE found it impollible for him to give a filent v;;te upon the fohjell. He could not help haEing this Bill as a meafore aufpicious in the highelt degree to the induftry, the morality,the happi nefs, and good order of the people of this country. He was happy to give an example of the praaical die& of education in the country from which he came (Scotland.) It was to that that he attributed the total exemption of Scotland from the heavy burden of the Poor Laws, which opprefs fo much the mid dling clafles ci fociety in this country. It was edu cation which gave the poor of Scotian.] too much pride and fpirit to apply for parochial relief in their own country; and it was education which enailled them to diflinguifh themfelves fo much in every line when they left it. As to the emigrations from Scot land, they were generally fuppofed to proceed from the barrennefs of the country, and from the principle of the proverb " need makes the old wife r: ;" (a had &nigh; ) but he" confidered that it rather pro ceeded from their talents being cultivated by ccjuca- I: tion, and their having,. in this refpdt, an advanta ge over the people of in Al nations to which they et ,. grated. Scotland was, to be lure, a barren country, and yet there were no people on earth more ditli a , guifhed in horfi:ulture. Scotch gardeners were tot e found every where through England and Wales, aa i it was not only in this art that his countrymen er , celled, but in fuch a variety of alts and fciences, th, t unlefs the Houfe were to attribute it entirely to ingeniuri Scotorrim, they mutt allow that thole adva s , gages had been derived by the diffution of education, and therefore they might expea the fame refults from an equal diffuffion of it in this country. The Scott had alfo learnt the virtue of frugality from educatios, as it gave them all that pride that was neceffary to mainta;rl themfelves in independence. Kr.DAVIES GIDDY mentioned, that in the pan of England that he lived in, (the county of Corn. wall,) education was pretty generally diffufed ; a t teat In mum of it, that Aiwa every perfon there had learned reading, writing, and fometlting of arithmetic. He thought that it was eafy to perfuads parents, that it was to their advantage that their children {Could be brought up in the habits of indaL try. He thought that Education would not be the better for being made compulfory ; he thought it as better that it timid, be voluntary, and not forced ; that " it fhould defcend like the gentle dew of Ele a . yen," and be received as a general bleffing. He dii not think it would be eary to induce parents to cos, fent to any forced fyttem of education for tlsi ? children. Mr. SPENCER STANHOPE gaveueredit to Mr. Whitbread for his intentions; but thought jhat th t fuccefs of thofe meafures was very doubtful. le had himfelf experienced the difficulty of 'minding parents to fend their children to a fchool in his neighbourhood, although luppotted entirely at his own expence. Mr. SHARPE was furprifed at fo many Gentle. men coinciding entirely with the principle of his Hoz Friend's Bill, and yet calling for nothing but 44 delay, dn'ay. They all of them. however, agreed, that the children of the poor ought to be educated: and that the education ought not to be confined merely to the fchool or the nurfery ; but that it flrmld be fuch an education as would qualify them for fome profitable employment. If all other things flaould be forgotten that were taught in the two years education prefcribed by this 11 , 11, the hours of attention and in. duliry, of obedience, good order, and difcipline, could not b- In loon forgotten. It was impoffible that this education thould not confer fume advantage upon them. Lord PORCHESTER fupported the motion: he viilhed, however, that the Bill thould go into a Committee, in order to receive thofe improvements ollit:11 would render it 171,r:: generally acceptable.— ' Scotlitnd had been often brought forward as an ex• ample in the COMIC of the debate on the quelion.— The true ar;trment• to be derived in favour of the example of Scotland was this—that there was a voi.l occafi.oted in England through Brian) inaaivity and Britifh ignorance, which was filled up by the better educated natives of Scotland. It was ridi culous and chimerical t ) fay, that by educating the r lower claffes it would diminith the number of agri. col , nral labourers, by inducing them to aim at higher employments ; it might be inducing likewife. that by educating the people to maritime employment, it would alfo take from the number of agricultural labourers. He wi(heJ the Bill to ga into a Committee, becaufe it would be perhaps divelled of thofe parts of it which were operofe or impraElicable in execution. Mr. ROSE expla:ned. He had always raid that no man could rate more highly the value of educating the poor than he did; and he had Paid fo in various publications—(a loud laugh). Mr. SIMEON thought there was no need of going to the North for illutirations, nor to fay much to that Houle upon the value of education. He thought it deferable that every one Paould be taught to read, brit did not fee the neceffity of teaching every one to write. He difapproved of an addition a one (billing in the pound on the Poor Rates, which would be the Kea of this Bill, laid on for the profpeta, at fame years hence, afforded to Come poor educated perfon of railing himfelf from his fituation. He ceo tended that it was by no means to be admitted tha, becaufe Scotland, in 5698, had received an ettabliti ment of kharls, and had profited by it, therefore Eng• laud, in her present 'tate, in 5807, fhould adopt fimilar regulations. He bad taken great pains to examine the time of the poor, and thould partial• lady fpeak of the town he reprefented (Reading), which contained to ' 000 inhabitants, of whom 7,500 were poor ; bust hardly a chili of ten years old was to be found who had not learned to read, at fome of the threepenny fchoois which are kept by the poor oh people. He law nn necetlity for writing or arith ; metic. He knew of no deficiency in the number o; candidates for Banker's Clerks, and fuch fituations He condemned she mode in which the Bill was to be carried into tired, but praifed highly the Sunday Schools, which he regretted he found great difficulty in prevailing upon the poor people to attend. cenfured the conduit of thole in the higher chiles d fociety, who thought the poor Ihould receive no edt cation, but feil his objeaions to the prefent plan to be radical and fundamental. His opinions refulted frog experience, and not from fpeculatinn and theory. Mr. G. vANsITTART was clear as to the pro. priety of the landed intereft providing means of teaching all poor per lons to read, but not quite In clear of the neceffity of teaching writing to them. In his own pa:ifh there were feveral cheap fchoois for the poor, and a fubfroiption fchool for girls, be. fides a Sunday fchool. It the plan was to overfet all of them, it would do harm. He hoped it would be modified in the Committee. Mr.BRAGGE BATHURST had great difficolty in oppofing a Bill, the objeft a which was to Indio• rate the condition of the poor. His fentiments were pretty nearly the fame as thole of tire preceding Speaker. Thole who employed children were at prefent very adverfe to fending them to any other than the Sunday fchoois, and that would be a great oblation to this Bill. He paid very high compli. mints to Mr. Whitbread. but had ffrong doubts as to the operation of the Bill. Mr. WILBERFORCE would fay but a word or two in favour of going into the Committee. No one wks a greater friend than he' was to inttrufling the 1 poor, and he thought himfelf and the country highly obliged to Mr. Whitbread for the very great, piing he had taken, and the great zeal be had aleara iA