The National Register. — London, England, 1820-01-17 00:00:00

'4: .4 • 1 SYSTEM OF EDUCATION. The ancient Britons and the Saxons, as Well as the English, ler the Normans and the PlaittAgenets, were an uneducated people. The art of printing. invented in toe reign of tiatry the S.xtlt, by st nine to increase the moldier, and diuunish the value of hooks, conferred new character on the subjects of the Tudors and Smarts; and Montle • of le:truing Were Otto laid, which have luattlfcil tinder the Guelphs, and have attained ultimate pi.rfeelitto in the age tai George 111. whose ambiti tttt it is taiil have been. that every lIIJII ill lira dOlbbillillllllllolll4l be able to read the Bible, and the history of his own (homey. The art of entintimic ding knowledge. or training the young mind. like 311 other arts, had had its a r se tsl fincy.of rowthond matrity ;and next in intportauce to the admi g ssion of the prin u ciple that education is issefUl is the determination of the most efliaacimis mode by which it may be practised. This is a question which concerns. lint merely all preceptors of youth. but every parent who is anxious te combitie dye improvement of his children with their happiness. The paths of lea • g ought nut merely to couthict its votaries to Its • tetuple of wisdom. but they ought to constitute the shortest road, and to be pleasant as well as certain. It IS only wimin the present generation, that the practice of education hat been aitit.ysed and reduced to a system. It may not have obtained us full perfection ; yet enough has been done to command serious coati- Oration, and lead to reforms in the practice of L'S.J- Wished seminaries. We ruly pass many theorists and specul ,tors, and proceed at once to notice those systems which have attaitied a standing, and whieb more or less prevail. Among the theorists, we class Niiitom Locke, Rousseau, Sheridan. and some others and among practical improvers, we class Awliani, Watts, Martin, Phillips, Lancaster. Hell, and Pestalozzi. The latter alone claim the attention of practical philosophers sod political econo ttttt ts It was Aschatu, Wolsey, Cormier and their contem poraries, who arranged the plan of those endowed achools which are spilt to be found in every part of th,e kingdom. Unhappily, the statutes of these establish ments ass Al the knowledge of the day as the limit of human attainments, amid they enjoined, as the scene in wisdom, the snarly of those languages in wnich the rites of religion were, or had recently been, performed, which imerntingled themselves with the practice of the laws, and were rendered siecessmy by the scantiness I A breaks in the pursuit of what then were ealled the lobe. , a 1 le avers. Toe difficulty of enlarging . the sphere o f study in view se t inaries, has led to their neglect; and in many places, the buildings are dilapidated, ,d d ie masters have become sinectirists. As the English language, however, under A A idi son . began to advanc e towards p erfection, and ph ,00 ,,,,„ 0y u nder Newton and L o c ke . the taste of the • oe „ - i: p The a s 01.0)6 Dr. cattle national and itioependent. %Vain emancipated learning from the trap - Inc schools. by publithoig %halt work on tit Inc ss iences. He was followed by a ;lova a r cosnynler 01. the Dame of 1)11worth, whose tasteless works are not yet eutirely excluded tram Our semi - aar i e s f , and by a more Able writer. Mr. Benjamin Mar tot, who excised a passion fur tuatheniatacal and pink () soignee' nal tt itt 8, gave rise lb nantetaus estaut ,t imrnts. In oar own dfos, we have seen a mute exact character conferred on the to ol:sof V atts, '.„) 1 ; wog a s , , ul d W the 111141ICIVIIS %WWI:MA(111S doemed or sopervitell by Sii Richard Phillips, vet to ha.s sup eradoea l A , va rious elementary works a system of exercises by interrogato ries without answers, w Isere' ay the stutLetu is compelled. to think fur himself, -and atspiire knowledge, to spite of indolence, sod ofhsen of me:gummy. This system, which has been drool niwared the liotetiogative or Intel. lectual, has been rec.:tiered applicable to All the Wiens' sciences, and has profit:toesl a greater change w the. actual 11Alline Of S•ctult business, that, has WIWI from any other cause. It does not cousist of questions to which. answers are a ppentier., oar of (emulous ai rangett time order of the text, 'neither o f w i n ch plaits involve the slightest autellectual exertion, or in any degree ap pr ovulate this system ; but the questions relate sii the firm Untaitce to otto!e coapters, and aferwards embrace tat emote scieuee; su that the student. its fortniog Ills graa l lfielk, is obliged to study the subject. This aystelu ; lies Icon introtiuced mutts. oust seminaries of education, where the statutes do not restrict the course of sm ud), and is, perhaps, ' omen:illy adooeti in private. aim family tuition. 'Eh. best I .reat improvement has been the system of Dr. Bell and Mr. Lite:aster, and consists of an arrange ment of sCuoul Ity WIIICIa the pupils Ivaco oae anothog, and acqulre ifertect ttttt by tontiltaneinis public exercises. ffie imeetits of these plans have torch hap pily esntaled LAW t h e WI: his empire, and have bevel the means 111 CO I••C-if1114 tie h at rIcIOCIIIS cm hundreds of mom .1 us of roia children, vein, at ilte 111111 C hair tit lr,mlid Inremular ..By mei, s of thieif , ilull and Foniaai C. ooh ),.tatty, ond tits a..ostolic booms of Mr. \ 0111 t.i. 111015 system is now in course ril Ili lrlNtuctl'mum tutu cher, r .rt if the civilized %voila. i..st system whicii has cLioted public attention, is &I. C outi.ie.l S and tots stogie se, -1 wary. It is that of M. Pestalcazi, a venerable pol ls; t I , t4l i rlSl, woo, i::stead of este his pupil* b% all frog:Aeries, according to the modern English sits •eie, suss ins tilicilltlCS to tie SCarral classes am!, t mitS tai O. verities!, ree..ives verbal *lowers. lif clew . , thus 11$4:: be mit al.tageous Out. iu u fne, r e aorms. it .5 eve rn that it CJU may baaihreicil. I.y stools mil!• by lite zeal of a Praldliscv. wis„ are onittie.l vaftli his iv.,:tor.tte t hieltigetice, and %slur can ,I J ; I , 9 sartib their ;•all'oliS CC tttttt etisur,.te %volt; keishir. 1,. trout, the systems of Pests differ only in their idede ot I.pplytii6 .11... I.lle prhic.,He: vile bUILS .tie StilkLlS airs IC , ,at Oa lot the e:lier adapts tiself sr.; ;..ar,, a' WWI nticet of study. N. 4 . s • Nl / 4 .. ••1 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. By thus revtewina what has been dune, and. is &dux, in the interesting scienee of education. we lay the best foundation for future improventritts and discoveries. •• • -- • LAI,' INTELLIGENCE. COURT O 1 KING'S BENCH, JAG. G. USURIOUS lIILLS.---DISoN V. Cus.s.s. Tots was an issue Irons the Vice-Chancellor's Court, I. try whether two bills of t sclitsige, amounting to 1.8001. drawn by a person, named 'Fa!, lop, accented by Gilpin, in the name of Coles and Galina. and indorsed over to the plaintiff fat a valuable consideration were converted indignity; whether GAM' accepted the bills withotu the knowledge or consent of his partner Coles, and whether she plaintiff had used proper caution in the transaction. phis important Case occupied the who',e of Ilse slay. and in the course of the evidence the foll ow . log circumstances conic oft :—NI essrs. Coles and C„l i .o, were stationers in Fleet-street, and Mr. Coles hail so me time since retired to reside in Southampton. ', e ,oriii2 Ins son andGalpin to inusage the 11115111 M ill ' A wn. U. a lpin formed a connection with Kinnear, We!,l known nom his transactions with Woile and Levy ; and. a plan wa s agreed on between thetas and r"tog(Loies to raise *Lige stain 110.111 bills, to be drawn LI a person noised Ta l Lut, accepted by Galpin, iu the itap a e o f ow j i nn of Coles and G.dpiii, and to be tl:t.cou , ..ted &looser,. who was to get ttttt nty or golds for tit ent, and to have for Illb ahare el the transaction grhtioul. Upon, tins agreement, bills to the amount of netwe.,o 70 :Ind WM/01- west draw" 4" delivere d . two,tal them. the bills inques- It un tan ' t h t si i l e e r it : I L u A - the ,ie l. r . so 4ll l: usel).oualltied tttt follow ing called on ~lr. Dixon. sr.d rept esented himself as a broker for a respec table "actlatte named Lae Brun, who was about to 11 , 8 " e a .1"1".slellt tat liollaittl„ and wa nted a quantity of " 1 " e goods in wnien Mr. Dawn dealt, for which he wr told pay with the •ccepiance of Coles a t ulGalpiii;.Nlr.id. ''avi tile 'latter, who acknowledged the acceptances to be his, as ad upon this acknowledgment,. without further 'Ng"' ry, the goods were furnished, and were soon atter tido At away ina cart under the direction, as it now ap- It. *red. of Lewis Levy, and conveyed to Kinnear's earehouse.. De Brun did not appear. at all in the waits action. and on. investigation it named out than he is all old clotnesivan, "outcomes called Josephs, and occupy ing a. lodging in the neigliboulitstud of Bosetnary-lane, at :At. per week. Mr-Coles having obtained an itin minium to: these bill transactions, enquiry took place, whicn ended in a. co salon of bankruptcy. (waling' absconded to Aisierica.. and never appeared to his coin mission.. The bills Ideld.by the plaintiff and unt..y others were disallowed by. the couttnissioners, anal the present issue was directed to try their validity. The Jery.after amounting up frinn the Chief Jaistke. found a verdict for the defendant. PRIVILEGE OP TES COURT. At the rising of the Court, Ms. Pollock said he. had to apply to his Lordship fur the clischadet• of a person wi n e had bleu. attested. %enlist attending the Court to give evi. deface. The Chief Justice dieectedi the officer and the person in custody to stand forward. 'sae officer did so, alai in reply to his Lordship's i t tlebtloll, bellll lie arrested the gentleman ids custody at his cbarnbers its Wansford besweeii twelve and one in the day, 'file geritlentan nod he was just leaving his CtIjIIIiKIPS to at tend the Court, has ing been subp•cnaed as a witness iii a cause which stood in his Lordship% paper. fle pre• duced the siffipcxna, anti on reference it, his Lordships list, it appearing, that the cause was IiOWII for 1.11.1, the Chief Justice commanded the officer to liberate los prisoner. COUits OF KINGS BENCH, GUILDHALL, Jaw. W. sttzutte SLAVES.—MANOKAGo. V. WILLES. This was all.dettoli of eonsokrahle itsaportanee, to the parties ituastediately concothed, and to all persons tog:lotto& the Slave Iratle... The plaintiff WaS a nihr merchars3..a.iti the Ile lentlasst the Captain of a ship of was. The actiU.t WJS Otte of ticsiiknis, lit Wateii the plaintiff sought to reciter a Compels:m.oAM dr Itswit'S Man use tieteelklaill for has. tag sc.aed a snip the prtyerty toi me attd salte!t 01st of her a ItUAlliWr Of SI4VC3 emus goods to tviach t to plaintiff had harts deprived ttf the i trttSts he ex.pected to make front tier voyage.. Tate t•laint.tf's tessel. the Cs cuttiore, al 21It1 talks OUrttlen, toots or had Sailed fruni Ole to ice ClkiSl Alitta, WWI a CAW/ A' goods ter the purchase of 51. K) slaves, watt iv 'cit lig was to return la the HAVai.ll4.l. Silt hall toUtlitd at Lturtu Not() and other places, and had ust,eta its slaves at risen. Site also met a Pormixese vessel, from which tile ~:urcliased several, and had got altogether 2On oil board. Toe defendant teas the conitttantler of Oise of use lit itistt slap: al Wst Stallaitekl cut Li•e skr;ICSOCOMIt la I,rek eat the Alien Slates, a.. 1 tc rept is pi racy is tuns, seas IlavoL., tailett la. whlll the Purtu gu-se vessel alto% e 'dueled, tse receteed wt..; i.tfor lation respecting Cr.., Esconlore as 10.11.1(7.:d ;Wit to consider tier as trallic:cii , ,; for 5t..% Lb so to ae.lOf like line and S'XlStilq treaties Oil that SIII)jellt s tie, tilerettare, Sailed ill ,calell iii stir, all 6404 :a,: Escuidore cut her ethic a.id ran; Cie defendant, how ever, pursed and took i,osst.ssion uf her. Ti4is was on the ritit it January. Captain proceeded to Cape. Coast Castle, toSt.•Etwittas's, 411,1 other ; lice', dad ul timately, to Sierra I rude, Antic he ttuto erect over tit: slates to the at% chill autlitattits, ale,{ tfis:tust..d tat: ntl,er cargo, entisistnr; of tcOtteco,3:e. LI d uctso.t. 3t trly, howeter, it was 41;dcoveietl, inset the CAptaut was slot atitherited to .Ittalit li.o ati.l Silt . seat restored to tier owners at Itindicaor. tiira Jil.y. file Captain di the same nate U ellte7ol,lstser all account of Sales rt cargo, allittnltslag Cl,ti.illSll.l:l, the ow.ter of the I...situtitl,.. r, .lie ',resent SGllstl nas lirtmg:tt recasts tar value us Cara(', Lie Or the sit yes, and tat loss Of pcuats ti.e The slaves were stated on the part of the plairmff to Ice worth at pr;inc coat on the oast of Atrieo 121. each ••••-••-• .0144111 1 such 11.4 lost' all tn•wt•n Milk 111 tY 4‘ . • on the average of man, woman, and child, and had they arrived at the llavaimah would have produced Mil. etch, and it was aloi said that the cargo, which was stated to have produced only 4gol. was worth at the titre of the seizure 60001. ; and thither, that the lit. cuitliore would have compleated her voyage to the lia varnish fry the latter end of March, where, as she was detained by the defendant, and her rarstm s for that period lost to the plaintiff, and fur the !Inset he 119 W sought compensation. he Chief Justice said, that nt this ease thew were three questions or the coositteration of the jury : first as to tlete r i rrr ation of the ship to consequence of her detention ; 211, es to the value A iln: goods at the time oi die seizure, aria 3d, as to the loss of profits of the voyage. For himself he had his doubts how far a foreigner could recover in a British Court of Justice for a fuss in the Sldve Trade ; that would. be a subject foe the future consideration of the Court of laitty.'s Bench, avid the Jury would therefore dastinguisn what they gave, if they gave any thing, ao the :moonlit of the value of the slaves, they waned also consider that the defendant stated that at the • e of the setz',re the slaves were dying duty of the small pox and another epidemic disorder -1 ite Jury retired, and were not two hotwi, whew they re rrrrr tea watt a verdict lin the planitiff—Dasitages 21,1801. being 118,41111. for the estimated value of the shows. TAYLOR W. E.:MA& The- plaintiff ifs *hie ease is Captain George Taylor, brother to Me. Win. Taylor, the late owner of the Opera-house. Tin defendimit keeps a circulating-libra ry to New Bond-street, and deals in opera boxes and tickets. This action was brought to recover the SUM of 3321., being the suun agreed to be paid 14.*Ilit pli.laillifi r lot Like hire of a box for she season , . Mr. Hebb, the clerk to the plaintif f 's attorney, proved, that at the latter end of the year 1817 he called on the defendant, on the beliali of Mr. Taylor, and rutted to 11,111 that he had three boxes to let ; two of them, num bers 23 and 58, were the property of the plaintiff, \l r. Geutge Taylor ; the other was the property of a Mrs. I). . lie asked the defendant what lie wind& give lor. them. 'lnc defendant said they had. hero lat; for 30011. t and 3001. ite would give the larger sum ha the two . best, namely—Mrs.. Vutin's box and No. 20. of the plaintiff's ; and 250.guatitis for No. 58, it he could get it. Ile did not think they would produce much this season. It the whitest would call two or titter days af ter the sealant hall et ttttttt timed,. lie would let hint know. Ile all call, and it was settled , that the defendant should have them at the above price e the payment was to be its case,. at three equally distant periods, during the sea sot,. 'llie wititess.accutitpanied defendant to the Opera offlee, and priantrced the (teed. relating to the box, and the clerk recetied milers to make out the tickets kir the defendatit. When the first instalment became due, he called and received 3.121. ; after the second became due, tie called again and received 2501. The ilefeutlatit then said, that there hail hero no written agteeinetu„ and he proposed to the witness to Five bins Mkt. lie said, ', Suppose we cutisidectio. 20. as toe nostttled Lux, and you give me a ittemoratalustu of haying set led for the outer two.' This was accorilinel) ihme, and the defen dant pail 1 ' 121. ltis.„,:uoil he said he wool" pay the reoltif , " ll . 3321. as soon as the season was coiled. In May, 1819. ileCillrii again on toe tiefeiudott, with a Mr s i iloillpsolo. lie detailed the transaction to the defeat sla:n ; tile defentlatit said that was correct, but lie had a ken on the lira, and referred. hills to his attorney. Ow his truss CX.l.oalll.illtill he said, that the defendant had show cd .11111 a Aced of the date of the 171st of Septi:triber, and asked hint v.itat it.! insautlit 01 it. Ile sail lie thotigitt it was i o.d. Ueleuttant sa.d he only take i out . of nut to mention it. 1 . ...: Lila lAliCi Justice observed, that they were net , licit ity log t,.: title to the 'lox ; the question was, wile. Gtr thr dependant !lad actuary otade the aareement stated hy I,i: Willie . Alt% Marrvm, said the defentlatit was . :1.1 tiodishirbed Iso s,es,i.,:t of the biz, (which We-, delltl•Sel in hunt by tae acid of 171 1 Septemberl,strio zns to,•td at the time ..11 . , tile 3.1v1A).M.4 . A greeasent. it ryas ilierciorc highly im zsrobable that such P. i totreeetteht was 111J..e ; :It; should plow WWI liti awn age . ..meta ever ryas 1,1,141:. . Inc deed tits :ten read, whichwas a demise of the box Nu. 20, to &xis, if ode Opera-horn r, winch was Wets to ire te-1101d.11 - le/Uk: fetes: tture num 60,004. The Opera-tiuuse had heed Irbil t Mr. \1 Otero liar 41,0044 and at re-sale by order .pl' t h e Cowl of (..•tiett:.er), the defelitholt, int liviall of sonic grail:Tien 5% :10 lit. I sub scribed far that ' impose, bid agaitist ',Valuers tic ; 0,1001. It was sold to Mr. Wa t err lOr 70,150. 'lnc dett :Ltant .: Oux was nut t advatice Uily 110::e), sic ass to he: 1.. o as• COitelietlidt.lliii for ids 41. - ..0.5ic.. Mr. A atlrews, the defeittL..t't 34150E11 11.11 . .1, he Nord lecteu if in, one:. calling on the letenttant ; he did !Hit sit...tr t.otu make 104' agieentent tor tie Lox. N.ar t•te viol of tii- st•ason he dist Ilea( ' /kola a i s e ly I.ir pa ..teat o(' box No. 20. lie recollected the tte.eittd.rat snowing the d.c.l to :kW, sad askiii• Lis opcito,, u. it ; lieba aria ' he t:: 1 .40. 11.•.0.5 . w.....t. Its think; 'ie had ...lie, write to Captain Taylor, de t.otall do the 111131 e. 1. 1 1 pat a pad lock 01. the cox •.ii tr iiviore tots Nrec :init. to preveiti 13 , m i t's enterilf..t. ; icelattre4 the /sox 1 . 1)F the ~Ilaintiti. LAT. Lteilll. rte Clerk: of the Operimitlice. allosed tit.,t je•JJ apillieJ hoe the uckcti, 514 MO that (toe twketsl were to he tiiven to hitt., not rata to the di fet •pant. and •„,roduev.l • deed uf alsit i ,otisent floe» 'Alst!ht :1 11i.tylor 14 .15 ..soul( Ci..:ciset., 1.1 1b ! •,,, 1,114 ZICLat.I ...Ira 11.3k1e J.t as t . :.e d ame , tf . rite gentleman eno t oi,k the inos. 111 .illy, t.. 77 ..er•.: ,vale 0111 I.i t•oe th.o.e of a" pia o I' • 1 tie Lairs L:ftir' J•sqice.o , ti Lis, S:rv, t :;;‘ ut.tdis they .ohtlly titi:teli.!' , en .Ito tilt..lC: a ...;:lio, onty must fir. fur t.o- ; ta.'Xii. ;it t:.s .1.4 Wt.i.:2;4‘1.4t 1 I. ii d lend titt's 0.41- tic:. Th . ' ii•:y lea'' A Te..tiv: far f:, e plakitri-...rmiairget. J... 1. r ' I