The National Register. — London, England, 1820-01-16 00:00:00

k f i' SY S OF EDUCiII'ION. I .117 ,~.. The aocient flrltans .40.1 itte§„lxone, as well as the * ""-e ,Irrtte;' letesN.rene to a tid Ite-PtilkstaseteNAtt, ae e tot u 1e:10c.41.,1 people. 'rite ;tit of I mentid VI Lie retell of !Lary the sell, by servile:. to iiteaeme t ntimeer, and diminish the value of bottle-, conli a new character on the sit'ijects.of the Tielors and Slit rots; fuel fuunthitions of lemming were then Vitt, which ha , e mature:l tinder the ea eel phi.. ate Line atianied ultimate pi rfectino in the age tat Georee 111. who•e aitibinen it is s oil have been, IMO every 111111 111 10.4 L1.01101.011* Sa10111(1 be able to read tits Liit ie, and tile Inshore or lit U" it tottittry. Tne art of comettinicating intowledge, or training the yuting mind, like all other art-, hail bad its flee ofn ittfancy,ofgrowtheutel maturity ;am! next in iniporialiee to rite admission of the principle that etliteatieu is uselnl is the deterininaffini of the most efficacious de by AlllllOl it may be practised. This is a 1111:S1100 trot merely all preceetins of youtit, wit every . parent Who is anxione to conthitte the i m proternent of lies citildren with their ita ppm, ss. paths of learnitig tad it,t, nut Merely to contloct its votaws to th • temple tt:.tytallom, but they ought to cooshtttie shortest r.eatl, and to beyleasain as well as certain. It is °My wallet the present eeneration, that the practice of education has been :ma seed and redeteel to a IiVSiCII). I t may nut have otatained us 101 l pyre:own ; vet enough Ii s been done to command serious coosi itumun„ and lead to relorins in the practice of es•a lensliee seminaries. \Ve ntsy piss many ifiemisis and s i tectil .fors, and proceed at mice to rime:: those t , ySt.eiltS %%Melt h.nc aitented a stateling, and d I I weiee more or less. prevail.. Among the theorists , w e class \Lltou Locke, BetusSeau, Sherolao, and Some otters ; soil among practical improvers, we class Aschaui, %Visits. Niertiii, Lancaster, Belt, and Pestalozzi. Tile latter it'otte Mann the attentwit of practical philosopners and political economists. It was Ascitani, ‘Volsee, Cranmer and their gontem. poraries, who attaneed the plan of those endowed schools which are stilt to be found in every part of the leutedoin. Unhappily, the statute., of these establish ments aseinted the knowledge Mute d iv as the 111011 of Iniman attainments, and they enjoined, as rite see tie of wisdom, tne seeh s; of those languages tit which tile rites of religito wife, or had recently been, performed, which' in:eriningled themselves with the practice of the laws, and were rendered tiecessery by the scantiness of Looks in the pursuit of what then were called toe liberal sciences. The difficulty of enlarging the sphere of stedy w toese seminaries, basted to their iteeleet ; and, in many places, the builditiee are dilapidated, and the masters have become sineettrists. As the English languaele, however, under Addison, began to advance towards perfection, :ma phoo,,o,:by Mader New•on and Locke, the taste of the people he• eetnie national and itidepeteleut. The amiable. Dr. \Vette erne neteated learning from the trammels of the schools, by puteishing English work on the iiittelleet ual sciences. Ile was fee/owed by a popular car:tinier of toe name of 1)11worth, whose tastelessevorks are net eel entirely excluded from our seminaries, and by a more able. writer, Mr. Benjamin Nlartin, who excited a p vision for mathematical anti piolosoMocrl lest thug, which gave rise 17 nutherotts estiL•loritmeo•A. In Out owl' days, we have seett itemize eeact cliaracter conferred on the idacks of %Valls, I).l%vort and Martin, gy the IluMerOuS piablieseions thieved or super% ised by eer Richard Polities, who has sueereddea to ritri(lll4 elementary works a system of tXereire by intorrogaio- Tres without enswers, _whereby the bit:tient is compelled to think for himself - , alid acquire knowledge, hi spite tat itdolence, and ofieo of incapacity. This system, NVlticb has been denominared. tie Intertogetier or Intel lectual, 11.1 b been renueted pplkeable to all rue liberal ecieoces, and lies protlificed a .greater eltasige in the actual routine or school bitsitue..e, than is arisen fawn anyother Cathie. J. dues we efiesiA of question:: to winch 31155% era are a ppentlea, tint of questions ailanged its the feeler of the text, neither of %%meth plaits involve the sl elties . . mulls:cowl exertion, or in ally degree ap proximate ibis system ; lon the title eimts retate ie. tile tire. t:.,tunce to Mae chapters, grid af - ,eir.vart eintli ace tOCetilted scneoce; tai li...it the siteleitt, in bearing nit reieie, i= tAkgett to study one so',:leet. Thus system has beet iittrouticetl two most s •111111.0iet of education, where the statutes tee not restrict the course of ritedy, tied is, perhaps, uultell,Ally alupted Its private and tr.t.ily tumult. 'lce beet „rest improvement has been the system of 1)c. L 3. If add Mr. Lancaster, Jed consists of an arrattee. mem ut sciiiiel 003:11c>•. by which the reels teach ci..e r.,th...t, 4:0 perfeetiod by Slllloll.llltriils puoliC exCleii.l. Toe bent - Ms of tbe,e Lite been hap. p.iy eAtelltiCA 05er the 13:Vbh empire, care have been the means of co .frti ii tht fist eieineots of t eeica;wit nn hundreds of thousatei, of Teter children, wide at the Same time, hate 1,:eo tr.imort to r, i .culat h tbtis of %tittte. l'ay awaits of the and Foreign Sciitiol St IC Ill \, 4.1 d the apostol.e lauuters of Itlr. Alien, the •Ittle sy•tein is now bt etiorse of iatrieluctian through every p. rt a lite eivilieed aorltl. Toe last sys:1:111 which has claimed peiffic attention, is at 'fresco cetsfilied to Switeerlaiel. Sill to it sidle 5- . 111111.0y. It it I . llJt Fes:aim:et, a seneralile pht lautorietist, who, instead of tee e kiite his pools bt printed tuterrogatories, acecrding to the modern Ltighsti spode, puts his y:slams to the several dasses oreey, and, iiiste.ol (it receu% es vf.11.,,t1 ao•wtri. In certain puMrs of acct, tilt ; 11.1 1 . 1.1 01.0e1 respects. It Is evi Icnt Mil it t a.l 0114 t.e.uh:pted by tutors actuated icily by the zied of a Pc•tah./7,i, w ll l , aid imbued wall his accurate and is 110 rail obtain re% aflis from tiv.rt patrons Commetisurate with such i _net:SS/DI labour. In truth, the systems (.1 Pests- Icazi and tidier only in their 1110. k. 01;4410; lhesauie uupurtaut princ.ple; one suits the eata• lalisbnient ill its ,uventor, but the other adapts Stscli in es. ry seuffitary, and to every obj!et of . study.. TH F. NAMONAL REGISTER. By thus reviewing, what lus been done, ani is doing, in the intert.iitinA science education we la lost toessitirtion 4 . ll.rure i r N . eat s. _ • _ _ LAIV INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH; JAS. 8. USVRIOUS IitI.LII.—DIXoN C. cott:a. This was an issue fruits the V ice-Ctianeellur's Court, to try whether two bills of excliange,.amottuting to 1,,8001. drawn by a person, tanned Taylor, accepted by. Galvin, in the llJmrof Cults and Gtlpiu, and indorsed over to the plaintiff for a valuable consideration were converted in issurv; whether (ialina accepted the bills without the knowledge or consent of his partner Coles, ‘lll4 51,111:i/ter the 1)661101 had used InOrtf caution in the Iratisacnini. Titus important case occupied the whole of the slay. and in the course of the evioeitee the follnw ing circumstances came tit ts—Nlessrs. Coles and Winn were stationers in Fleet-street, and Mr. Coles had some time :mice retired to reside in Southampton, leaving his son and Gilpin to inall.ege the business in nowt!. GJII/111 formed a connection with Iciiinear, well known hoist his transactions with %Voile Jllll Levy ; and a plan was agreed on between them and young Coles to raise a large suns upon bills, to be drawn by a person named Taylor, accepted 1w Galvin, its the name of the huts of Coles and Wide, awl to be discounted by Kinnear, wlinwas to get money or goads tor them, anil to have Mr his share of the transaction 20,0001. Upon this agreement. bills to the amount of between 70 and 80,0001. were drawn and delivered to Kilinear, two of iliem, the bills in mica lion, came into toe handl, of the plaintiff, iii.the hollow ing mintier:—A person named Easton called on' Mr. Dixon, and represented himself as a broker for a respect. ..table merchant named 1)e Bran, wit's was about to snake a shipment fur Holland, and wanted a quantity of those goods in which Mr. Dixon dealt, for which he would pay with the acceptance ofGoles atigial pi is; Mr.D. saw the latter, who acknowledged the acceptances to he his, and upon this ackbowledgment, without further inquiry, the goods were furalisioeil, and were soon after taken awe) in a cart under the direction, Js it now ap peared. of Lewis I,e‘y, and coineyett to K ar's warehouse. De Brun did not appear at all in the trans action, and on investigation it turned out that he is an old clothesinatv, sotnelities called Josephs, and occupy ing a lodging in the neighbourhood of Rosensary-lane, at 3s. per week. Mr. L;oles having obtained an inti mation of blest bill transactions, enquiry took place, which ended its a commission of bankruptcy. Galvin absconded to America, and never appeared to his com mission... The bills held by the plaintiff and Mail others were disallowed by the commissioners, and the present issue was directed to try their validity. The inry,after a summing op from the Chief Justine, found a verdict for the defenttatit. PRIVILEGE Or TIC COURT. At the rising of the Court, Mr. PoiliEsk said he had to apply to his Lordship for the discharge Of a person who had been arrested whilst attending the Cuuu to give evi dence. The Chief Justice directed the officer and the person in custody to stand forward. The officer did so, and in reply to his Lordship's question, said he arrested the gentleman in eutinly at his chambers in ‘Vatisford buildings, between twelve and one in the day. The gentleman said he was just !eaving his chambers to at tend the Coast, has ing been subp tnaed.as a witness in a cause which stood in his Lord-bilis paper. He pro duced the subpTna, and on reference to Isis Lordship's list, it appearing that. the cause was down for trial, the Chief Justice. commanded the officer to liberate his prisoner.. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, JaN.lO. SEFLUIIE, OP SLAVES.—MANDRAGO V. WILLES. This was an e.citun of considerable importance, both to the parties immediately concerned, and to all persons eliga4ed in the Slave Trade. Tlie plaintiff was a Spanish merchant, and the ole felid.int the Captain of a ship of war. The action was one of trespass, in which the plaintiff sought to recover a compensation in damages Irons the defendant for hav big seized a ship the property cf the plaintiff, and taken ' out of her a number of slaves and goods by which the plaintiff had been deprived of the profits he expected to mate irons her voyage. The plaintiff's vessel, the Es cuidore, of 200 tons burtheii, more or less, had sailed ft am the Ilavatinah to Cie coast of Africa, with a cargo of goods for the purchase rtf 500 slaves, with which he was to return to the liavatinah. She had touched at Porto Novo and other places, and had taken in slaves at each. Site also met a Portuguese vessel, from which she purchased several, cuts had got altogether ego ou Want. Tile defendant was the commander of one of the British ships of war stationed on the Af:ican coast to prevent the illicit traffic in Sieves, and to repr:ss pi racy in thus-. seas. Having fallen in with the Porto gu.:se vessel above m. rationed, he received such infor titation respecting the Escuidore as induced I to consider her as tralfreiting for slaves in breach of the law and existing treaties on that subject; he, therefore, sailed in search of her, and ou co ni ng in sight, the Lscuidore cut her cable and ran ; the defetitlant, how ever, purstied and tool possession of her. This was out the lids of January. The Captain proceeded to Cape Coast Cast le, to St. Thomas's, aivl other places, and ul timately, to Sierra !tone, where he delivered over the slates to the several authorities, and disposed of the other cargo. consist tog of tobacco, Ste. by AMU . . however, it was discovered, that the Captain was IVA authorized to detain the Escuidore, amid site was restored to Iter.owners at Jamaica on the 29th of July. The Captain at the saute time deliverimt user an account of sales of cargo, amounting to 4251.. Tuts howevei, not satisfying the owner of the Eseninlirri the present action was brought to recover the value 11i the cargo, the value of the slaves, and the loss of profits on the voyage. The slaves were vatted on the part of tile plaintitl it) .bc.warth at prime cost on the coast of Airtea 121. tsar on the average of nun, WOlll3ll, and child. and had they urrivid at the I lavainialt would' have produced MO. eachZvalt i . tv as also said that the cargo, which was 1011ROWIls ve.prodiseed only 4201. was worth at the , title of the scialim 6,1001. ; anti limber, that the cuidore would INVe compleated her voyage to the IL. mana' by the latter rad of March. wlnie, as she was detained by the tlrfentlatit. end hcr ea►niu,a for • that period lost to the plaintiff, aud fur these loopes he 11 WI. sought coast peawation: Ile Chief Justice said, .that in this case there were. three questions or the consideration of the jury : first as to the deterioration of the ship iii consequeoce of her detention ; 2.1, as to the valise of.alir goods at the lime of.the seizure, .and ;id, as to the , loss of instills of the voyage. For himself he had his • douhts how far a foreigner could recover in a &hist' Court of Jirstice fur a loss in the Slave Trade; that would be a subject or the future consideration of the Court of Bench, and the Jury would therefore distinguisti what they; gave, if they game any thing, as the alio t of time main; of the slaves, they would also consider that the defendant stated th it at the • of the seizure the skives were dying daily of the small pox .and another: epidemic disorder. Time Jury retired, and were out two I ttttt rs, when they ' returned with a %collie' for the pkiistilf—Datiriges 21,1eu1. being 18,1801. fur tire estimated value of the slaves. TAYLOR V. Eueas. • The plaintiff , iii this ease is Captain George Taylor, brother to Mr. ICm. Taylor, the. late owner of the Opera-house. Tits defendatit keeps a circulating-libra ry in New Bond-street, and deals in opera•boxes and. tickets. This action was brought to recover the sum of 3311., being the sum agreed to be paid to the plaintiff; fur the hire of a box for the season. Mr. Bebbolie clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, proved, that at the latter rod of the year 1817 he called on the defendant, nu the belialt of Mr. Taylor, anal riated to him that he had three boxes to let ; two of them, num bers 23 and. 58, were the properly of the plaintiff, Mr. Geo•ge Taylor ; the oilier was the property of a Mrs. Dunn. lie asked the defendant vvlist Ire would give for them. The defendant said they had teen let for 3601. and 3001. He would give the larger suns for the two hest, namely—Mrs. ()toot's I,ox and No. VO. of the plaintitrs ; and 250 guineas fur Nu. 58, if he could get it. lie did not think they would t•ruiloce much this season'. If the witness would cell two ur three days af ter tiro season hail coositiericrd, he mould let hint know. Ile aid cell, :mil it wus staled that the defendant slionlri have them at the above price: the payment was to be in cash, at three equally distant periods, during the sea son. The witness accompanted defendant to the Opera office, and pro.litccd the ueeds relating to the hoz, and the clerk received orders tot make out the tickets fur the defcrolant. When tire first instalment because due, he called and received 3.121. ; after the second became doe, Ihe called again and received 2501. The defendant then said, that inete had been no written agreement, and he proposed to the witness to give him one. lie said, Suppose we convider N 0.20. as the misruled box, and you gave toe a orremarenduto of having bet led for the • other two." Tins was accordingly done, and the deferi dent paid him 121. tos., arid he said he would pay the remaining 3321. as soon as the season was ended :. In May, 1819, he called aizaiii on the defendant, with a Nlri Thompson. lie detailed the transaction to the defen dant ; the defendant said that was correct, but he hal a Len on the be»:, arid referred him to his attorney. Cn his cross examination he said, that the defendant had shorted him a deed of the date of the 1761 M September, and asked him Mott Ire thought of it. lie said he thought it was toad. I).:fetolaut said he only askel out of not to inettlion it. 'lire Lord Chief Justice observed, that they were not their trying the title to the box ; the question was, whe. titer lite defendant had actually made the agreemette stah2tl by the winless. Mr. Marryat, said the defendant was in undisturbed 'possession of the. bus, (which was demised to hiru by tale deed of 17th September), prey irms to, and at the time of, the stippo,ed agreement. it was there:ore highly im- Irrobable mat such an aureeineitt was made; he should ',Mee that 110 such agreement ever was made. The deed - was then read, which was a demise of the box Nu. 20, to ILIA-re, if the Opera-limier, which was then to be re-acrid, ettould fetch wore time 60,00n1. The Operaehouse had been sold to Mr. ‘Vaters for 41,0001. and at re-sale by order of the Court of Chancery, the defendant, on behalf of smut gentlemen who had suir scribed for that purpose, hid againit Waters for 70,1001. It was sold to Mr. W. ten, for 70,1501. 'lire defendant was nut to advance airy motley, Ire was to hate the box as a compensation fur ors ;rouble. /dr. Andrews, the defendarit'sa•sistant said he recol lected Lteblie often calling on thedelentlant ; he did trot hear them make the agreement tor thebox. Near the end of the season he first heard Bubb apply for payment of hos No. 20. lie recollected the defendant *inswing the deal to Bebb, and asking.hia opinion of it ; Ilebu said ire did nor know what to think; he had better write to Captain. Teylor, he would do the brit4le. He put a pad lock on the box do sr before this agreement, to prevent lienb's entering ; Inc claimed the box for tile plaintiff. Mr. Read, the Clerk of the Opera-rdlice, deposed that Hein; applied for the tickets, and said that (tire tickets) were to Ire giver: to 111111, and riot to the d...ie l ittaise, and deed of assignment from IVilliatti Taylor to .his brother-0404:e. Its 1818, tite tickets were made out in the iiattie all me gemlerssati who took the Irox. In 1819, they were made out in the 'Mlle of ale plaintiti. Toe Lord Chief Justice told the Jury, that unlesithey 'totally distseliesed toe evidence of HAM, they must nod 1 .4 toe pl lie was 110 t contradicted by the de- IOC!. he July have a verdict for the p'aiutll-4)autsgt s s ddla. ~, .