Star. — London, England, 1818-08-05 00:00:00

. . .ime much Movecih—The conauct avid d f That Prince had given p atron them a throne sl ,11 , bosom. Under such p it confidently look forward to the tri ,seledge over ignorance, of morality Over been said that the etforts of the Society I grant, because, in spite of ail they had 1 till existed mach delinquency. But was 1 ?feted that they should have in a few{ ed vicious habits of long standing? Ma its work slowly, but every child with e Society from idleness and ignorance, made in the progress of social improve as he was, he still hoped to live to wit reform, and that confidence was a mo. abated perseverance. He was happy to rous an assemlelage of Ladies and Gen tle hoped it was not mere curiosity which m there. That they should all desire w strious persons who had honoured them p r esence, was natural ; but he was confi se collection would skew, that while they e d themselves, they would not forget the I the Society. He concluded with the Led in the commencement of his speech, carried unanimously, ,Irraan Wools observed, that it had been sake the boys, who received the medals, verses from the Bible, but at that late 'ommittee were of opinion that the reading lispensed with. ceof KttT thought, that as the Meeting rs depend on the judgment of the Com ic distribution of the prizes, there appeared or making those boys read to whom it was ermined to give the prizes. swing boys then received medals from his (mess for their progress in reading, viz. Ling, Henry Falconer, Henry Jones, John William King, James Bonnar. The pe ti boys had respectively attended the 1 the religious opinions of their parents 1. It appeared that most of them had ed a few months, and that the three or n the list were Members of the Church eived medals for pro7ess in writing, viz. k, Win. Frank, Wm. Rolland, and Wm. id two for arithmetic, viz. George Bland Watkins. wine moved a Resolution, expressive of de of the Society to the Duke of Kent, tinned patronage. AL HIGHNESS, in returning thanks, stated probation of the Meeting would be with ice for fresh efforts in favour of the Society. erman WOOD alluded to the pledge which rank given for the establishment of a fe- A. Notwithstanding the debt which from lent of the Secretary it appeared the So nwed, he had no doubt but that the great s tending instruction to the other sex would )lisped. He had written on the subject to Iv, had formerly given £5OO to the Institu he expected in a day or two a favourable oiat her. There were some buildings ad +e boys school, which could easily be pro id a place fur the instruction of females sly be fitted up at a verysmail expense. pa:Tared a list of Ladies, from whom a 'at would be formed, and he was happy to tbe bad authority to place the Duchess of t the bead of that list. Her Royal Highness aciously consented to become the Patroness of itution, and they might, therefore, confidently ae success. He had besides on the list the offiedford, Lady Darnley, the Marchioness nshiae, Lady Elizabeth Whitbread, and va ier Ladies of distinction. He concluded by ig the appointment of a. Committee of Ladies. lee. Roam CROSBYN moved the Thanks of ting to the Duchess of Kent, for her conde in becoming Patroness of the Female School. )uke of Kam. rose and said, he hoped the would permit him to return thanks for the . as she was not yet perfectly conversant with :lish language, and if she were, her feelings of permit her to express what she wished on ant occasion. He could assure them that she arm interest in the success of the institution, egged leave to state that she wished to offer )Cession her first subscription to any English which would be £5O to this institution. :EL), in a short speech, pronounced an elo• ilogium on the Duke and Duchess of Kent, he institution, which he said was the only tionai School. :OBERT WILSON, (the new :AL P. for South- Qs happy to have the opportunity of express admiration of the principles on which the ion was founded. Here Charity was clothed sire robe, unstained by any illiberal distinc tnd extended her bounty to all who required without asking what might be their religious While instruction improved the morals of the , and withdrew them from vicious habits, the edge it Spread was the bestsecurity for the cl oijoyment of 'Constitutional Liberty. Those Icocraged this Institution would have the sa on of mowing that they were giving the means !ling men how to pay that homage which was the ALUICHTV—that obedience which they o the Sovereign and the law—and of rightly that freedom which was the birth-right of Such was the happy consequences of lust m of knowledge in this country, but the cai rely ditiztent in despotic Governments : the educated man became unhappy and dis d, but in England no such danger was to be cnded—ln making these observations, how e felt th at i t was proper to render to some des c).vertigns that justice which was their due, Inch he was in particular bound to pay to the , ct o; Russia. That Sovereign, following the e:ample he had seen in this country, had en ured to diffuse through his extensive dominions 7,owiedge which could alone serve to prepare ),;ectsfc,r a hi g h er state of civilization. When .tue , of the present institution was c on s id ere d, r.ttcn ough t not the country to feel itself in -1:o an honourable Member of the House of ' to es , who has done so much to rescue from corription the excellent institutions which Litevors had f.,unded for the education of tha Ucte te>t that Honourable Member within t.O Vrvald say tnorr on this subject. At pre-, tent be should only add, diet id long as 6 might share a seat in the Hodge of Co coons, that Gentle— man might always rely•os Ms nimble assistance in su benevolent a cause. He coul i aot sit down with out expressing his gratification a eeing their illus trious Chairman presiJing on this •icc.tsion. He was himself neither a courtier nor a flatterer. He has! been breJ in camps, and was now the Representative of freemen, ia a free country. The language of adu lation was unknown to hire—he felt that it would disgrace the giv er and the receiver—(applause.) The nation had already been long in possession of the active virtues of the Royal Chairman; as a patron he had been benevolent to them—as a soldier he had faithfully served his country—as a senator he had uniformly supported the true interests of the Crown, and the best liberties of the people—(applause.) His Royal• Highness had identified himself with this In stitution in the hour of its weakness, and he now _ . came to congratulate them upon the day of its strength. He had brought with him a great acces sion of strength to their benevolent cause ; he had brought his consort, to the reputation of whose ami able qualities they were no strangers, and which she might at a future day be called upon to exercise on the Throne of these Realms—(Great applaure.) There was another person of her Illustrious House present, of whom, were he to consult his own feelings, it would perhaps be better to say nothing. All he should, however, say was, that it was on the field of battle he had first witnessed with admiration, in common with the whole combined army, the he roism of that Prince—(Grent arplause.) His domes tic virtues the people of England had since seen ex ercised in the soft endearments of private life. By them he had endeared himself to the nation, and gained the universal affection and esteem of that peo ple who had, in poignant anguish, lamented his mis fortune, and deeply participated in his loss and his calamity—(Great applauie.) This was a subject on which he cuuld not trust his feelings; he would, therefore, no longer touch upon it. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by paying a just tribute to Mr. Alderman Wood, who was the principal sußject of the Resolution he held in his hand. Mr. Alderman Worm returned thanks, and ex pressed the deep interest he had always felt in the progress of this Institution. Mr. WILKE then proposed a Resolution of Thanks to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Co hourg, a name endeared to every British heart for his manifold virtues. They had this day heard from competent authority, of his military services—they required no monitor to inform them of his domestic virtues, which were universally known throughout the Empire—(Great applause.) His Royal highness Prince LEOPOLD came forward under evident emotion, to return thanks. He said,, that he could not express what he felt on this trying and interesting occasion. Ile could never forget the favours conferred upon him by the people of this, country, or the sympathies they had manifested for his situation. These would never cease to be imprin ted upon his memory. He now most cordially thanked them for this fresh proof of their regard, and assared them he would ever take a deep interest in the benevolent object they were in the act of pro znoting.--EThis brief address. which was delivered with a very perfect knowledge of the pronunciation of our language, and in the mildest and most unas suming manner, received universal plaudits after its conclusion.] Mr. BROUGHAM now came forward, and was loudly cheered. He commenced by congratulating the Meeting on the valuable services of their Royal and illustrious Patron. Before he proceeded further, he could not help pausing to express the feelings of de light with which he beheld the spectacle of this day— a spectacle unfolding the most exhilarating prospect of the support of all that was good, aided by the most illustrious personages of the land—(Applause.) The people of England lived happily, in a country where the Monarch on the Throne set the great example to his family—that he deemed the diadem he wore, and the great and enviable sway he held (great and en viable, because it was limited) of less substantial va lue than the constant participation with his people, which the habits of his country allowed, in works of charity and benevolence.—(Great applause.)— The King of England preferred to rule over a free than a great people, in the general acceptation of the latter term ; he preferred being the first citizen of an enlightened and virtuous community, rather than the armed leader of millions of men aiming at the des truction of their fellow creatures—(Applause). The bright example of the Monarch was felt and followed by the members of his august family. Their example had spread abroad—it was now enlightening the dark and frozen regions of the North—so that the Autocrat of All the Russias, though at the head of millions of barbarians, disdained any longer to hold such a sceptre, unless it could be wielded over them in a more educated and civilized shape—(applause). It was a no less gratifying . spectacle for the Meeting to behold two great warriors, who had fought side by side against the common enemy of all that know ledge which lcd to the arts of civilization and peace —against him who was the patron of mere brute force against the principles of national freedom—it was no less gratifying, he said, to see two such sol diers meet for the first time since they had fought together on the field of battle, to see them meet now to co-operate in the promotion of that great work what could be seared without drawing one drop of blood or shedding one tear, and which would indelibly conduce to the great benefit of mankind—(applauses). The trophies they were here to gain in this good work were the consciousness that by diffusing universally the blessings of education, they were promoting the cause of religious liberty, the corner stone of human happiness.—( Applause.)—As to the inquiry into the abuses in Public Charities, to which his Honourable Friend had alluded, all he should say was, that when the next Parliament saw the Report of the Committee which was now preparing on that subject, they must, unless warped by evil influence, see the imperative necessity of carrying . the inquiry one step farther.— What would the meeting say when they were inform ed that there were now in the country millions of Cha ritable Funds divertei from their proper sources— millions intended for the poor, and from which they had now and for ages past been robbed—( Bursts of indiptation)—funds originally destined, an the true spent of the Gospel, to feed the hungry, clothe the na ked, a:unseal the sick, but now plundered to swell the means of the luxurif,,es and the xbradt).r?d revelling of those who were already watiowtng in other Wealth. The public would be shocked and disgusted at hear ing that thee were those who had plunged their un holy hands into the miserable pittances destined for the poor, and who had not the plea of poverty to cover the crime of their plunder—thousands a-year were taken out of such funds by a single overgrown grandee, and taken without remotse—(Cries a/shame! ha me I) aye, there were Members and Mniisters of the Established Church—he begged pardon for pol luting this name, by applying It to such characters, he ought rather to call them hypocrites and recreant violaters of its Christian ordinances—there were such characters who were (if they valued their solemn ob ligation) bound to preach the Gospel to the poor, I but yet who robbed the funds that were intended to solace poverty and misery, to pamper their own in satiable appetites. He knew one instance of a great estate, partly torn by violence and partly by fraud, from purposes of charity, until at last it totally sunk into the hands of a Borough jobber, to secure corrupt influence in the exercise of his vocation.— He stood pledged to prosecute the inquiry iato these spoliations, and he would redeem his pledge in the next Parliament, and if honestly supported, he I pledged himself to rescue by main force these pollu ted funds from such profligate hands as had usurped their application.—(Great applause.) In prosecuting this inquiry, he looked up for assistance to a higher c quarter than the House of Commons, he meant to the Prince Regent, who ruled during the dispensation which it pleased PROVIDENCE to inflict upon his re vered Parent, who had ever fondly cherished and patronized the education of the poor. The Prince Regent had, in his munificent patronage of Institu tions having the same object, unequivocally shewn his desire to follow the gre it example of the revered Monarch. He had steadily continued his support to the British System, and also to the National one, which some slight-sighted persons called its rival, but which was, on the contrary, its sister and auxiliary— (applause). lie relied therefore on these strong acts of his Royal Highness, as a sure presage that m the progress of the inquiry into the abuse of funds cha•• ritably destined for education, he (Mn. Brougham) could rely on that august protection and assistance 'which it was in the power, and, he was sure, would be in the inclination, of the Prince Regent to afford. Mr. Brougham concluded, amid great applause, by moving the Vote of Thanks to the Prince Regent and ' the other branches of the Royal Family for their mu nificent patronage of this and similar Institutions. Mr. SIOISMITND BILLING, a Member of the French Legion of Honour, came forward to second this motion. He said, hat being called upon very unex pectedly by the worthy Secretaty to second this mo tion, lie begged leave to crave their excuse, while he took this opportunity of expressing his sincere admi ration at the many instances of true philanthropy he had witnessed during a short sojourn in this happy and free country—( Applause ).—H is prayer was, that long may she enjoy the blessing of having in her bosom such Princes as these Institutions had for Pa trons—Princes who were worthy to be proposed as models of example to all those who by the Constitu tions of their respective countries were, or may be placed, in the government of their fellow-creatures! -4: - .(Aippfause).—His humble efforts should be devo ted in his own country, to which he was now on the eve of returning, to the promotion of such Institu tions as this Meeting patronized, fur the ameliora tion of the moral and intellectual state of thz , children of the poor, which can alone fit them for the pro per enjoyment of civil rights. He was also most happy in communicating to this Meeting, that the prejudices at first existing in parts of France against the British System of Education, were fast dying away, and it was gaining ground in every direction. The ROYAL CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, con curred in and corroborated the credit given by Mr. Brougham to the Interest and exertions of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent in the cause of general education. He also concurred in the Honourable Gentlenian's very proper and just descriptions of tin National Schools as auxiliaries to the British and Fo reign School System. The Royal Chairman expres sed-, in decided terms, his cordial approbation of the present Institution, and his conviction of its ultimate success. At half past four o'clock the Meeting separated.— Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT, as she withdrew through the crowd of Ladies and Gentle men of which the Meeting was composed, seemed extremely pleased at the marked respect which was paid her. She appeared highly gratified on ascend ing her carriage, at hearing the shouts of the school children, who were drawn up near the building. Prince LEOPOLD drove off in his own chaise, ac• companied by Sir ROBERT G.VRDINER. IliS Roy' Highness seemed strongly and visibly affected who allusion was made to his own conduct, and his cal; mity ; he hung down his head, and repeatedly al plied his handkerchief to his eyes. The Duchess KENT seemed also at times much affected at obser ving her brother's agitation. Dr. Settivaae, the active and intelligent Foreign Secretary of the British and Foreign School Socict attended behind the Duchess of KENT to explain her Royal Highness the business of the day, in it progress, and she appeared to be extremely anxious to avail herself of this favourable opportunity to col lect every particular. These Illustrious Personages gave practical proofs (if any were wanted) of their desire to promote the great work of general education. His Royal Highness the Duke of KENT and Prince LEOPOLD subscribed fifty guineas, and the Duchess of KENT fifty guineas. Mr. J. Smrrir, M. P. contri buted twenty guineas. Several other liberal contri butions were given in. Eight Preceptors have recently been admitted into the Lamcasterian School established at Pau, who wil' give instructions for the purpose of extending thl new method. This primary Institution is active] pursuing its labours. The number of scholars is creases daily. Thirty-two assistants are completel ' masters of this plan of teaching. Tuesday se'nnight, a boy about ten years of age, son of Mr. Morrish, of Exeter, got out of his depth whilst bathing in the river Exe, on the Noith side called Sandy Point, and was drowned. Yesterday seeveral men and boys were brought Bow-street Office, and convicted in ;.he penalty of for bathing in the Regent'. Cattil. • 1 1 ,l i . 1. 1 CONFESSIONS OF HUSSEY. ,! 1 The Kentish Gazette, in its account of the last '' i moments of this wretched man, varies in some par- i ' ticulars from the other accounts we have seen, with , • respect to the cOnfe•sion made by him. After • • • e saying that he had " his suspicious," he is stated 9 Li to have added, " /know of the robbery, and partook - t of the plunder." Mr. BIRD% son, it is farther stated, • 1 1 311 visited him in his cell, after he had taken the Sacra- I 1 4 , ment, and put the same question to him as Mr. RLIDOR did, "Do you know who did this deed r To 4 which Hussey replied, " I did not see therm do it." ' When Mr. RUDGE had finished praying with him on 1 the scaffold, it appears that he again asked Hussey if he was innocent of the murder? to which he re- plied, " Yes, I ans." And when the Reverend Gen- tleman re-ascended the scaffold a secoed time, at the e I request of Hussey, it is said that Hussey,. in a low ' voice, begged it to be understood, " that he corvi- dared his to be a rightemesjudgment; that he was equally I guilty in point of taw, brit not the murderer." , i Another Account.—After administering the Sacra- •t i . ' . i i ment, Mr. RUDGE was left alone with Hussey, at his 1 ' i request, and was with him for nearly two hours. h I 1 t• ' ' has been conjectured that most important cornmeal- e , cations respecting the whole transaction were then made, but nothing has, as yet, transpired. It is c thought that Hussey's having desired to see Mr. 's HUDGE on the scaffold, had a reference to it. To 4, '$ • • , $ all inquiries on the stlbject, Mr. Renoe's uniform an• swer has been, "itis a righteous judgment." ' We add the following important facts from The I . z . , Maidstone Gazette received this morning, the Con- , o ductors of which "pledge themselves for the correct- : 7 4 • i . ness of the statement" tires publicly made:— " A short time previous to Laving the prison, ht (Hussey) ,• ' promised the Rev. Gentleman (Mr. Budge) that he would, at :. , t t • 1 1 the place of execution, answer ' Yes' or ' No' to the question respecting the murders • do you kr . tow who did this deed?' He 1 • ' said he was in the house after the murders were perpetrated; ', .11 ' I I he committed the ralbery, but he did no. commit the- mural-a. - lie also acknowledged that the gaiters found in his box were in i ' the house, and were sprinkled with the blood of the victims, as ; he walked over dse bodies. Mr. Bird (son of the deceased Mr. . Bird) also visited him in the cell, and in auswer to a question j I s : from that Gentleman, he sod—' I did not see aces do it. . --...— r We feel great pleasure in stating that the poeulous 1 Town of Stockport continues to remain tranquil, butl\ '. \'• - the spinners of Manchester have not yet returned to their employment. A MANCHESTER, 4.—Five A Companies the , .1 i of 1 , .It s 95th Regiment, under the conmtand of Major ADAMS, marched into this town on Friday last, from Chester. • l • ',- 1 _ Monday William H. Davis, Robert Fry, and Sa- e mud Holniyard, %vete fully committed to Southgate l I a prison, for forging notes on the City Bank. in Fezeter. e Tile He evzsr.—We are favoured v. ith the follow- I r , ing view of the state of the current crops, horn an . I u intelligent Correspondent, in Kent :—Wheat, bar- t 1 1 1 ; k i• , vest begun ; very abundant and fine; and straw K L ., quite as long as it is usually.--Oats, straw very , LS short, ear full of seed, and as good as most years. 1 , 4 4 i ' ' —Beans, failed almost every where.—Pease, very bad i pe and not many.—Hops very fiat:, and shew well; • , I should the fine showers continue, will in most places e•• `be plenty.—Barley, a very scanty crop every where. '. :a i ! 1 • e —Apples abundant.—The general stave of the coon- tlf e- / 01 , try is much greener than nearer indo•i. The springs le are all as high and running as ever. It is now be- „ ginning to resin, and we hope.it will continue. . . D- The ,Marquis of Marrone% Gardener. at Rae- st , cut, • ley, early in the last month, in his LordshiPs te Pinery, a pine, which weighed ten pounds ten ounces \ 1 if II; st avoirdupoise. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARS: -LANE, AUGUST .5--1-Tht • tg ,i 1.. 11 . :, ) . arrivals of Wheat and Oats from abroad this week n _ have been very considerable; which, in aldition to the ', •', ~ [ r• immense quantity previously on hand, hes corn- glutted the Market; and !teeing scarcely any al pletely . „ 2 1 demand this morning for both the above article., t ' t 111' de sales were exceedingly heavy, and purchases might e'• 1 h e have been made on loner terms than on Monday. In e . : ' 1 ' o- Peas, Beans, and other articles, no alteration. ; :II ; '*. ' I .:s- The supply of Grain is excessively abundant, no a ) . • I h e less that 100 sail reached the River on Monday, with •: , i I I rte cargoes of Wheat, Barley, Sec. Although the decline 4 , • ; ' i in price has already been considerable, a further re- I • 1 _ duction must he the consequence. . l' • , he DREADFUL . Acctover.—Saturday morning the fol. / he _ lowing most lamentable and unfortunate occurrence • e d took place, on Messrs. Houtteets' premises, in the - as Second Back-lane, in Exeter. Three men, William d_ Middlewick, Nicholas Eust ice, and William name !. l o h more, were employed in making a pit, for the recep. r I 4 4 tion of the contents of a sewer. Middlewick having • nearly completed an adit, was in the act of ascending • 1, lc-' ' { ;al 'the ladder, when he dropped his shovel, and, on his . en returning for the same, need \ the whole contents of • lie i a „ the privy burst upon him, and caused instant sun. I I d cation. His companion, Eustace, immediately de- . • ip- o f wended to his assistance, and 'ere he had got half er- way down the ladder, the noxious vapour precipi- tated him to the-bottom, and he sleeved a similer fate. i 1. ! •: i en A thirJ man, William Finnemote, then went down, . • b and he fell in ; and on a person, of the name of I ty, Giles Tozer, in the employ of Mr. G. Telma, iii- I i . to i ts versmith, being apprised of the shocking citcum- >us • ~3 1 I stance, he volunteered his services, and he also tcll • 1 td _ from the ladder. Another man then went down, • 1 with a rope affixed round his body, who was imme- , 1 1 ' ) 1 I i ofs diately drawn up in a state of insensibility; in con, the sequence of which no others could be found to under. . • I take the haeardous task of descending the pit, until I ,e. I ' • t • ice Mr. John Rouse, of Exeter, plumber, - having been in. 1 '4l. ' V formed of the melancholy event, instantly repaired a,• ass r , tr i_ to the spot, and, with that humanity which ought ; ''!. • rx i_ never to be forgotten, went down the ladder, and . succeeded in brining up three of the unfort u nat e ik men, viz. Tozer, 'linnet:re:re, and i Middlewick, and • with the assistance of a person named Risme% (Mr. I ' nto Rouse being nearly exhausted with his humane ef gill forts), got up the other poor fellow, Eustace, who a le :'. 1 • . the together with Michllewick, were lifeless; and every , I i : • ely means used for their recovery by several professional an- 1 gentlemen proved ineffectual. Finnemoie and Tozer ely were immediately put to bed in a very dingo - ore ( t ,l t : t stete; and we are sorry to say, that on Monday more- , 1 i . 4 , ! .ge, ing, about six o'clock, the latter breathed his last... i f pth leaving a wife and one child, in the most indic . 4 1. ide, I circums ances, to lament his unhappy demise. • i nemore, we are informed, still lies extremely i 11.—.. i i A 4 f 1 t to ' Thus three individuals lost their lives—two of these 1 .• •ss. I in the cause of humanity, in endeavouring to earl," 1 tette a fellow-crzatere front .t pi c mature death. I . • i 4 1 1 • . . .1 / ,kf . . ..