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LITERATURE. The following important Works are Just Published, by Colman and Co. viz :-1. The Second Limbo@ of Na poleon's Own Memoirs, in 4 Voss.-2. Sinnondrs History of the Montan of the Sends of Europe, with Notes, by T. Roscoe, Esq.-3. The Lids et Wilton Bayley, En. the friend and biographer of Cswper, written by himself, 2 Vols,—and 4. 1 The lianuseriptV idle, written at the eammesd of Napoleon, I by puma Fain, and illustrated with a variety of Secret Cot; respondence. THE IMPROVED ENGLISH SYSTEM OF LIBERAL EDUCATION. Besides the systems of mutual instruction invented! and promulgated by M. M. Bell and Lancaster, which serve for the cheap instruction of the children of the poor, another system has been invented, and generally adopted, within the last twenty years, throughout the British Empire, for the liberal instraction of children belonging to the middling and sipper classes. For the introduction and perfection of this latter system, the' world is indebted to the perseverafice of Sir Richard Phillips; who, in 1798, for the purpose of rendering it practical, undertook the publication of a series of Elementary Books, the plan of which is identified with this legitimate principle of conveying instruction. He calls it the lorzattoo.trtva &atm ; and, as distinguished from the desultory and mechanical sys tems in general use, also confers on it the title of THE THINKING, or INTELLECTUAL SYSTEM. He assumes no originality of discovery, but merely claims a new and extended application of an old and recognized principle in Education. For example, ever sive Arithmetic has been taught in Schools, the method has been first to develope a rule, and then require 'i, the Pupil to work Problems in subserviency to that rule. It would obviously, he says, be absurd to pre tend to perfect a young person in Arithmetic, by merely directing him to commit the rules to memory, and then a.suming that he had becomea proficient. The more rational plan has been to require the Pupil i to learn the rule, and then to exercise him- on its sense and application by a variety of questions; in preparing the answers to which he is obliged to think for himself, and to work, so to speak, in the science of which it is proposed he should acquire a practical knowledge. By these means, Arithmetic has al ways been taught with success, and few persons have learned this science at School, who, in consequence of the practical method of teaching it, are not better acquainted with its elements than with any other parts of their School learning. The improvement, therefore, which Sir Richard Phillips has made, has been to extend the same prin ciple to various branches of Knowledge; and, in deed, to all the subjects of liberal Education which it is customary or desirable to introduce into Schools of either sex. With this view he has produceda series of Elementary Books, by which the Pupil is enabled to work at the subject of Study, just as in Arithmetic. He has effected his purpose by means so simple and unassumiag, as to create no feeling of surprise; ne vertheless, they are such as completely effect the de sign, by a happy combination of the several parts to the end. Thus he has produced very superior TErr- sautes in Natural Philosophy, History, Geography, Cia,sic.rl Literature, Ecc. &c. and, in some cases, he has a.lopted standard works for Tex r• Domes, as the 01.1 and N.:w Testament, Gifford's abridgment of Blackstone, Robinson's Histories, Murray's English Grammar, &c. am adapting to each his own work ing or practical system. - - The System itself consists of Miscellareous Ques tiors,- Exercises, and Experiments, referring to dif- ferent passages in the Text-books, sometimes simple or applicable to a single fact, and at other times complicated and applicable to various facts and prin ciples scattered ihroughout the Text-book. This series Ef mingled questions generally extends to about five hundred in number; and the Pupil is required, as a private exercise, to furnish an answer to each ques tion in his own phraseology. The questions ate pur posely mingled, and are riot in the order of the Text, with a view to compel the young Student to turn over and examine every part of the Teat-book; with which, it is presumed, he must and will become fa miliar, long before he has answered the whole of the five hundred questions. A thorough acquaintance with the Text-book is, of course, simultaneously accompanied by a familiar acquaintance with the science treated of in the Text book ; while the constant exercise of writing the an swers to the questions, necessarily improves the Pupil in the important arts and practice of Spelling, Gram mar, Thinking, and COmposition. In some the series of Questions are annexed to the Text-books; others ale printed- in little books ; and a few have been printed in quarto Copy-books with ruled spaces for the answers. • But the system would be incomplete and impracti cable if it ended at this stage ; for the questions wotild, often perplex the Tutor while they exercised the. Pu pil, and would require, on the part of the former, a moi e intimate knowledge of the contents and arrange ment of the several Elementary Text-Books than could. reasonably be expected. The whole system,' therefore, is perfected, dovetailed together, and ren dered practical, by means of printed Keys, or answers, to the several sets of questions for the use and refer ence of the Tutor; who, by their means is enabled to examine the answers with promptitude, and verify their correctness. These Keys, for the use and con venience of 'rotors, render the System complete; and adapt the subjects and sciences to all Seminaries of Education, without creating any solicitude or troyble to the Tutor. The same principle of requiring the Student to work at the subject of Study, has led the publisher to invent two sets of outline Maps, and of projections of Maps, the filling up of which, by the Pupil, ren ders him more perfect in the details of Geography, within a few months, than he could become in as many years by the mere reading of books. As a further and very important auxiliary, with reference at once to Moral and Intellectual improvement, he has also invented two Register Books, for Schoolmasters and Gov eases, by which they are enabled to record from daft to day, the conduct and improvement of - every one of their Pupils, and exactly balance their good and bad conduct at the end of every half-year. The tarc-nocuca adapted to the System are the most complete, on their several subjects, that ever appeared,. while they are rendered moat attractive by a greater variety of engravings than have before been introduced info books of their size and price. The facility which the new System has afforded, of teaching the various liberal sciences, bas enabled schools oUall descriptions, to introduce them: as parts of every Ordinary course of education ; and thus the great mass of the English People'are now.initiated in branches of knowledge, the mere names of which were not understood by the same desciip* of per sons thirty years ago. In a ward , by this 'method the Pupil makes an effective prqress in knowledge: and while the mental results are iofinitely superior, every subject is attained in a fourth Of the ordinary time,' and with . one-tenth of the trouble and solicitude of the Tutor. These are facts determined by the uni versal experience of the first schools in the Empire during the last twenty years. The System having become general and popular, has, as usual, been injured in the opinions of unwary persons, by clumsy imitators, by whom the principle and practice not being understood, their questions have been arranged in the exact order of the text, and, consequently, as the mere echoes of the text, in volve no exercise of the mind, which is the sole ob ject of the system ; while quantity has been considered by these parties as a substitute for quality, and they have multiplied the questions beyond the power of the Pupil to answer them in the limited time devoted to single objects of study. The Tem.-swims and "other Books used in this System are indicated in lists, to be had or seen at all Booksellirs, and . the cases are distinguished in which the questions are united in the same binding, or sold separately. The Keys . may be had in a vo lume, or separately, as is most agreeable to the Tu-. tor ; and that no coMmercialdifficulty may interpose or obstruct the free circulation of these works, the best allowance is made on numbers, both to Book sellers and Teachers, that is usually made on Genuine Editions of School Books. FREEM.4SONRY. Tuesday, the Festival of St. John. was celebrated' by a dinner at the Globe Inn, Winchester, at which were present the members belonging to the Lodge of Economy, held in that city, and other members of the fraternity, who passed the evening in good fellow ship and hilarity. Tuesday, the Freemasons belonging to the Lodge of Harmony and St. Rocques Hill, celebrated the Festival of St. John, at their Hall, in Newtown, St. John -street, Chichester, by a grand dinner. The Festival of St. John was celebrated on Tuesday by the Brethren of the Royal Gloucester Freemasons' Lodge, No. 212, at their New Masonic Hall, in Bugle -street, Southampton. The Lodge was opened in due form by the R. W. M. Brother PRITCHARD ai with his usual ability ; after which a numerous party of Ladies were admitted to the Hall, and partook of 'wine and cake, and were pleased to express them selves highly gratified with the polite attention of the brethren. After the usual cerernunies of the'day were gone through, an excellent dinner was served up on the occasion by Brother Lavattsum In the course of the evening many excellent songs and glees were sung, particularly a beautiful Masonic O'it, written by Brother H. Lae, of Taunton, set to music by Bro ther I. LACY, of Salisbury, and given by Brother HARRINGTON in his accu , tomed chaste style. The Lodge was closed in dire form at ten o'clock, and the brethren departed highly delighted with an evening spent with that order and unaiiimity so truly charac teristic of all regular Masons. I Wednesday afternoon the members of the Scottish Club (which as yet is only in its infancy) met in the Castle Inn, Lord-street, Liverpool, many of them in splendid Highland dresses, for the purpose of cele brating its establishment. A little after five o'clock they sat down to an elegant dinner, which, t&the credit of Mr. JAMES, was in the highest degree plen tiful and excellent. The sonsy face of Scotland's favourite dish, the haggis, graced the festive board. DONALD !11.LEAN, E,q. discharged the duties of the Chair with the greatest ability, politeness, and urba nity, and was most ably supported by Mr. PETER LINDSAY, the Vice-President. After dinner, Non nobit Dominc was sung in fine style by Messrs. Wilt UttICK, ENTWISLE, and BALL. A great number of loyal, patriotic, and appropriate toasts were drank in the Course of the evening; and the company was ad dressed by Mr. D. ADERCROMBY at considerable length, the Rev.. Dr. Srnw*ar, Mr. J. DoxiatusoN, and other Gentlemen. It has been said by an eminent writer on the Arts, that to compose a Church Where every perfection of which the Gothic stile is capable should be combined, he would choose the situation of Durham, the - western front Of LinColn, the Lady's Chapel of Peterborough, the nave of Westminster, t h e tdareri of Yak, and the cloisters Of GloistOtei. • " • Some years agooeverat persona of distinction went to visit the SChciol" for the edotation of the deaf and: :dumb children at Paris, Und4i'thit'Aireexicon of a Ce-' lebrated 'Abbe, for the purpose dfsViinissing the pto tress they had made 'in learning. One of the boys being asked the meaning of the word grail:n(le, - he immediately took hii pen and wrote, t/w memory of the heait ! The late King of PRUSSIA being asked one day why he permitted so many libels to be pr i nted against him, said—" Myself and my subjetts* are•come to a composition : I do as i please; and they write .as they please." A Frenchman being afflicted with the gout, was asked what difference there was between that and the rheumatism ? 1 1 One very great deferance," re plied Monsieur—" Suppose you take one vice, you put your finger in, you turn de screw, till you bey him no longer—dat is de rheumatic; den spose you give him one turn more, dat is de gout." Friday, Mr. J. BARKER, of London, was drowned in the river Gipping, at a place called Deep'Corner, near Ipswich. The deceased was about 24 years of age, and was upon a visit to his mother in that town. THOMAS HOWARD GRIPIITHS, Esq.—The remains of the above unfortunate - Gentleman were removed on Friday morning Last, from his late lodgings, No. 4, Maddox -street, Hanover-square, to the turial-gronnd of St. George's parish. The body was deposited ip a handsome coffin with the following inscription : " Thomas Howard Griffiths, Esq. died June 23, aged 57 years." Among the party as chief mourners were . Captain Gnimussi, and smother son of the unfortu nate deceased, two fun-looting young Gentlemen. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. TRIAL °PROM GOTTR,CHARGED WITH HOUSE • • - ruarsen-lbaarternmsias, 1x CaIITIIIII 4 tM i k Tit orAn OW SATURDAY. • • *...' t Mr. BOLLAND sta , l 77-71 case to the July." . Hannah Gibbs s Ors. •Gibbs's evidence in chief wets the sannain substance as already given in the Police Reports. Cross-examined by. Mr. Anoien,us.--She lived in Brick-lane, Whitechapel. Mier hnsband was, since 1819, one of the_Bow-street • police penole; he. was: also in the East India Company'seeaPlPT. She al ; ' ways gave the same account of the transaction. •I A plan of the house was laid on the table, and the witness was questioned respecting the relative poi-, tion of she rooms. In 1811 she was not Mrs. Gibbs . ,, nor for a year after. When 17 years of age she was married to a Mr. Atkinson, from whom she was sepa rated; she lived with Gibbs for twelve years before mar riag e ; but a few months after Atkinson died he mar ried her. She went to the Eagle Office, in conse quence of being sent for, d told .there every word she said here, respecting Gotte's house. William Gibbs examined *by Mr. MARSHAIf, was husband of the last witness. In 1811, he was an East f i odia labourer, and was nowa Bow-street patrol. He knew the prisoner at the bar t be corroborated all , that had been said by his wife, respecting the taking and occupying Gotte s. lodgings, the fire, and the escape. He was a cabinet-maker, and used to work a little in his lodgings. The whole of Gotte's furni ture was.not worth 7s. Did not know Gotte lived in New -street, Covent-Garden, till after the late fire. William Stuck, a broker and butcher, who, in Sep tember, 1811, lived at 197, Whitecross-street ; andl Hester Stuck, his wife, gave the same evidence as at Bow -street; as did J. Carmichael, pastry-cook, mho lived in 1811, at 16, Little Russell-sttect, Drury-lane ; also Joseph Sather, a pastry-cook, .oto was Vt ith ,the prisoner the night of the fire in Whitecruss-street ; atid Walter Biggs, who lived, in the year 1811, at the Corner of Henry -street, Old-street. and knew tlw poi soner, With whom he had-dealings before that year. . Elizabeth Brookes, who in 1811 lived at No. 1, Shrewsbury-court, Whitecross-street, knew the pri soner, and described Gotte-and another man coming to her house and depositing there the leather trunk on the morning of the fire. George Manchea, once intended to be an appren tice to the prisoner, with whom he was at Shadwell, where they were burnt out eavly in 1811. He also remembered the fire in.Whitecross.street. This wit ness corroborated the statement that there.was hardly any furniture in the house on the day before the fire, and there might be a couple of sacks of flour. All the furniture was worth certainly not -more than £lB. Re-examined—The stock and utensils and furni ture, all together, including the whole of Gotte's moveable property in the house, at the outside might be worth L4O. Thomas Baker, a coal-merchant, who resided, in 1811, at No. 193, Whitecross-street, knew the dri soner, and remembered the fire at his house. On the alarm being given, be met Gotte - ,- as if coming from the back door of his house, and dressed just the same as witness was slow ; . .he had something in his hand. Witness said, gg Mr. Gotte, where . is the filer his re ply was, « Hush, hush I" Soon after the flames burst forth, and he saw Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs endeavouring to break out. al the window. Grose-examines.--This occurred about eleven o'clock ; he saw tie poisoner dressed, and carrying a small trunk, _when the fire bloke out, and he seemed quite unconcerned. George Manton Carr meldy proved his being the owner of the house in Whitecross-street. This was the witness, upon whose alleged indis position application was made in the morning to have the trial postponed. kle is a corpulent man, nearly 80 years of age, and apparently of rather eccentric manners. Upon being asked, when he was ,provingl his being the owner of the house, whether he was not ill this morning ? he replied, " No ;" he admitted, in answer to a subsequent question, that last night he was indisposed, and he added in a loud voice, " but , here I am now well.foi you—what more do you want?l I suppose my wife took 'the liberty of saying I was ill to-day, to save me this journey in such weather." William Pye lived in Shrewsbury -court in 1811. On the night of the fire he heard himself called by Gibbs and his wife about eleven o'clock at night ; be got up and saw their house on fire. He went into the house nest day; all the back part of it was burned. Hugh Stone, lived at 98, in Whitecross-street, in 1811. On the night of the fire in Gotte's house, the prisoner came into Witness's house soon after eleven o'clock at night; he was nearly dressed. The pri soner's house was then on fire. The witness's wife asked theprisciner reipecting the safety of Gibbs and :htkwife: Prisoner said they were both safe ; all was i viell. l —The case for the prosecution closed here. kr: Justice BURaouol addressed the prisoner, and told him if' lie . siished to say anything to the Duty then was his time. The prisoner said* nothing, but put in a paper of great length (which Was read by the Clerk), and gave a long account of the different situations in which the prisoner lived since he came to England from Germany, in 1804.; it asserted that at the time of the fire he had property in the house to more than the amount insured, but he was unable to carry on a suit against the Insurance Company.* Mr. Sebby. a Solicitor, proved that Gaskin, who was the prisoner's Attorney at the time of the fire, is since dead. , William Clarke stated that be was proprietor of the White Lion public-house, Edgewise ; before be went there he kept the Marquis of Anglesey, in Co vent-Garden; lie knew Mrs. Gibbs, said Would not believe her on her oath. On his cross-examination be said, the reason was.. when he kept the house in Covent-Garden, his wife was ill, and Mrs. Gibbs came to himos a friend to offer her assistance, which he accepted. • While in, that situation, she was seen by Jack Randall to•lake a crown-out of his till. Randall acused her of it, and witness took it from her. He did not prosecute, because her husband was a Bow-street patrol. "stil he was afraid the officers mightbe unfriendly toes* He never saw the prisoner till at the ..„. ' John Randall said he never saw ar5.,(9101, - bat once, which was at-Clarke's bogie. , • ' John Drakewar* y a baker, in Sopers4owit knew 1~: ~ ~ Mrs. Gibbs, who lived in Sotnefighwr, and hot believe her on her oath. . . . pu his erosiltaminat,ion, he ;*J, the reatee.) yrirtild not believe Mrs. Gibbs was, that she told' thild that he, witness 2 was a reputed thief. i The Depaty-Marshal of the -Maxiisalsea E PTed that the prisoner was-coslined•for debt in, . 1843, and was tl ischaraeci 44rier the Lords 4 a Thirteen witnesses, mostly. respectable traden t * Other had known the prisoner from four 'wen ye a f g:o Ve'hitti a good characterfor integrity a n d inesn t , etal isl.therir stated that they knew his h o nik, net.coort and New -street; that.he had iti*.ueci m Abi t fimur, and was to be seen in both pie,. • igl.., Auntie* guns ouon charged the Jury,' s o d n capitulated the evidelice. tie observed, that the ea t priainly depended on the evidence of An:r Gibbs,. eb had made a stress case. again.t dr^ prisoner, if 4 b ei believed herevidence.; but they robst be satisfse,ii i was deserving , of credit, before they would conic the prisoner of so serious an offence. eku ' The Jury, after deliberating an hour, return e d, :twenty minutes to eleven, a verdict of—Not Groh s . The Governor of Newgate .addressed the and said there Was a detainer lodged against the; saner for another offence (the charge of setting on ti the house in New. street, Covent-garden). The JUDGE said, he must of course be detained. Hannah Hutchings, aged 16, was capitally c m victed of stealing in a dwelling-1)011w. Mary Davage, a married woman, aged forty, t indicted on Friday last for the wilful mu der of M, Davage, her daughter. The prisoner had been CoO mitted on the Coroner's warrant for Wilful Mande buz it appeared that the certificate was not prop e l signed by all the Jurynien. The Inquisition wash{ by the Learned Judge to be bad in law, a:•id necessity be quashed. The 9:And Jury had duoii out the hill charging the - prisoner with the crime murder hence it was the opinion of the Learn' Judge . (Hosatovo), that there was no neces.ity to pi ,teed to trial, because it would be impossible to 51 rain a convictiost.—The prison*r was theta remor from the bar. Jf,hu rage was indicted for kitting and ,laying jamin Era Iferrry Day, the so rg eon > sided at Acton, was called on his sunpeeut, but not appear. - TheCoURT said, it was impossible to proceed wit out his testimony, sand the prisoner must be acqiiitto The deceased met with his death by . fighting, sth be received a blow that brought on a loakardje which in sr. few- days terminated his existence. V M dict—Aot Guilty. .. Vakittfite as 49 n, aged SB, and Sarah a alias Bailey. aged $7, were Indicted for stealian artides of wearing apparel, the proi.erty of Morris.—The prosccutor stated, that he knew, male prisoner by the name of Sarah B.tiiey, who been in his employ. Witness is by trade a ' she worked in his house, situated in Cow Crass! The . male prisoner was represented . as her ht and they had lodgings 'as such in lib house ft months previously to the robbery. On•the ll May, suspecting so:net/Mfg:wrong, witness w; duced to send for A vie, theofficer, tt ht) came i evening, when he related the circumstance 1 having lost, 'among other things, two ends of At the request of witness the prisoners were Charge. The officer accused the female with committed the robbery. Part of the propel ty came into his possession after the prisoners • prehended.—The shopman to Mr. Chapman, broker, of St. John -street, produced articles , at his shop by a female, and identified by the cutor as his property. Witness could not s\ the female prisoner was the person who pled g: in the name of Ann Martin,—Another witness duced other articles which had been disposed precisely the same circumstances.—George 130 w-street officer, deposed, that he apprehended prisoners, at. which time he found the duplicat the goods now produced on both the prism female prisoner said her husband had been very and she pledged them with the intention of them out again.—The female pi isoner etc , Hodgson, and threw herself on the mercy In summing up the evidence, the Lest ned (H.outorn) observed, that there had not been evidence adduced against the male prisoner; fore directed an acquittal as to him. Verdict—Sarah Bailey, alias Hodgson, Death—Valentine Hodgson Aot Guilty. John Mackintosh, a watchman, was int stealing, on the 3d of June, from the person . Collins, a watch and appendages, the property husband.—Mrs Collins said, that on the 3d about two o'clock in the morning, she was.v towards home; when near Hyde Park, where prisoner was on duty, she asked him if he could form her where she could dry ber clothes, as it was very wet night, and get some refreshment ? Thept soner took iler to the corner of Tauersall's yard, b the house was shut : shewas so fistigtkecl a. that she; down.on a step,, and the prisoner wept Ww..2,9 a quarter before four he returned, and (feted her •_ • • - ~,or I Ara , and tearnig y of l'ho knew the . ley, who • ! a tailoc, a f Cros s -$U • her husba , louse for t n•tho lfth lICSS was ) came in stance of I sad: of • vete taken with haul )peity .sty ler, were Iman, pa des pled hy the pi X swear iledged witness used of tu forge Avis, rehended duplicates risoners—t been very i n of getti r exculpa • of the Co at ned dud. tot been er ; he the! on, Guilty indicted f 7son of ht operty of he Sti dot was .walki asylum with his wife; sbe accompanied him to house in the Almonry, Wiattninster; he then said lived in a public-hour, but she would be-mare fortable in that house; she then took off her only, and laid on the.bed. Her watch was 1,0 her side, and the prisoner must have seen it w helped her to take off her goWn. She had -- obliged to 0)449 his assistance, as it was solve. about an hour after she awoke, and f9,40- 1 # soner and the watch gone. - Sh e had lost no On asking the landlady who the prisoner said she did not !know. Witneii went to the _1..7 house, and by describing the•prispner, Paced bilk his lodging, where the watch was (pond. Armes married, and resided a Waotswarai. Ittt the prisoner.hadremained son* tiSmivit t ivtile ' cutrix..—Las4asse, a wetc*.a4, spa Timbxn, as ficer, proved taking thcprisoner. into custatlY.— prisoner denied intending to steal the *arch: The Jury consulted forahost an 40 10 919 d, - • • a verdict. of Guilty. , • , . MAI • • .IS DAY. • •Ili. nu& . epos. 9 0 France Waterford. .•.. 2 0 Hamburg!' • 4.* Guernf4l radiancy 0 0 Flanders' ' lisbon 3 1 Malta 'll Holland ' 1 • 1 0 Gottenburgb . • "America • • 0 I Brazil • I #