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LIMO, AND ETY. FOREIUN SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCI A Mmting of the British antirweign Seamen's Friend Society " held yesterday evening, at the City of Lon'lnn Tavern. Bishops. . mte .areet, for the purpn.e of rii,ing a fond for the temporary re. itefof the Widow, and Ot..)ans of the Seamen who have perished b y gupWreCk by the late gales. The Meeting Was numerously and „ r ashly attended ; but by far the greater portion of the auditors woe of that sex whose sympathies a'l.• most easily excited. At half.past six o'clock, Captain So O. keins, Batt. R.N. vie called to the I !hair. The Citnia ion said, that on an occasion of so much importance wto numerous a portion of our fellow colintryntin soil fellow sub , a .,s, he felt convinced that it would not require many words from till to netnews upon the minds of thine who heard hi ,n, the times. ,i ty of prompt and energetic exertions. Ile need not comment on po u rlyhherality, its effects had been felt throughout every portion ~f t n, taohr, and by every clans of people—by the Russians, the wea n,. and the Spanish in nom. If they were entitled to it, is d tied eehid he should say they were not, how much more so e re those who were so ininienhately connected with us. There wee Many reasons why, of all classes of our countrymen, a preference 'Medd be given to our seamen. Their Inilowlentie in a I ,,,i it i re l point of view. had long been acknowledged and felt, in neisopienee of the innate, eitwition nf our counte). which was en. oiled caieffy by them to maintain her high rank anteing nations. I: we go bark onto history, and trace the nit and fall of many ma. rj n ae posers, we %hook' find that they only preserved their conic. ~atone while they preserved their seamen; std if thus natitin ~,ould ever share their fate, as it dmihtlens one day would, ills like &Weirs/ion must apply to her. Till then. it was bee duty to re. tone the rank she now held, and to remeniber toe means hy Which she must remorse it. Being an island, the jir.f defence of Eng. said must be her seamen, and seamen mien he her List defence ; yhen they fall, the country will fall with 'him. In another point ~. view, their importance was manifest. England. as a tom. renal country, owes to them many of her comforts, and al- Nu t all 1-er 'Diaries. Ile would now say a few woods as to the 'Outset( seamen. All who henrd him were aware that they had is many enjoyments; and that when they returned troni a voyage rey were very seldom provident. This had its effects on their onilies--their wives, and children were generally sufferer' by their improvidence, and nmsequently became ninny deplorably needy on other', when death deprived them of their support. Under tor circumstances the public were now called upon to create& fared i a the benevolent purpose of siding those families. He hoped it weld never be considt red that such an institution was calculated n diminish the exertion* of seamen Ina time of danger. town the crowitnemess that their sires and children would be preserved *al went. Such an idea carried with it its own contradiction fur la nanesemstion was the first law of nature. lof all kinds of death oat by shipwreck presented the grratem horrors. Ile had been hioneti frequently on the verge of it, and could speak of its ter. sine nature from experience. The soldier's dying on the field of battle wan a mere bagatelle, when conicavel with the sailor's perish ing amid the stonii. 'lite one had the consolation of falling gin. me aly in the rause of his emintry, the other had often to gaze upon de death that sus making tame aeproarhes. One of sine poets i u d ( i n cited a shipwreck in hrilliatt hut faithful language, and 1.4 (the Chairman) htiped he Plifilliti not be trespassing on the time .t thr meeting by reading the passage : e Then ton: from ilea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shriek'd the timid and stood still the brave ; And some leett'il overlsinnl with dying yell, As tinter to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd beneath her like a hell. And down she suek'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strive.; to etrangle lam 'whim he die. At first one universal shriek there rtish'd bowler than the loud or:an ; like a crash 01 echoing thmsder, and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind, and the remorseless dash Of billow, ; bat at intervals there gueli'd, Accontionied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony." ream description, he would assure the assembly, although a re tie a; e, was nut exaggerated. If possible it wan increased in th: mitt!. The public had now an opportunity of giving to the o dor. in his dying moments, the COTIVIaIIaIIePS that his wife and si children would not be lift unprovided for. The British sea men tad a 'strong claim, and no British subject should turn a deaf at to it; but every one ghoul.' give according lo his means. In sedition to the motives, of which he (the Chairman) had spoken, tl•er vu another to which he would allude. in this country, more ell in any other. Christianity and morality had their due weight. el all classes of the community must be influenced by the elLets 4 that pure religion which teaches that a first duty is to visit the triton and the fatherless in their affliction. Ile was most anxious snow his fair auditors in the cause. For never did women ap. ye so lovely as when their eyes were diffused with the tears of nobility, and their hands were stretched out to relieve their suf. r.log fellow-beings. Tee Snmetary, the Rev. Mr. &tows, then read an address, vidi detail e d at some length, the objnets of the Institution, and t. 'Tensity for its /formation. 1 Tee Her. li,. Saturn, it innate from the public papers, detailing accinints and dilate n dutiug the recent stoma i iu.d the nwiancholy effects they _I iii in verinus parts of England. 'lVillec. Mr. DIANE. of Cambridge, Mae to more the follmv. %ay ions. sax .:—'• That the very melancholy accounts of ship. arks is the lay tremendous gales render it esecntially necessary itst a Saie:y rhauld he established is this great commercial rne. spills. to allatd vompt temporary aid to the families of such mimes as have perished at sea or on the coast." The new. faettenise said that he felt a peculiar degree of timidity in being de ere to nose a renolntion. more especially as he Infect in an eland titanic, and could nut by eupposed to be very intimate eth the wingers of the sea. But as a . friend to humanity, as a Grist Britain. and as_a !Ifiniater of the Church of thet a he Mt it his Limy to come forward on the present occ.ioty. of [try ens was actionitard. through Inc medium ut• the public Irv,. with the dreadful erects el the late sumps, and it bad yr sit in perative duty. on the part of the puNic, to d c:5,40r to aileviate the distresses they had caused. It was ra- it triad roll of Religion that was obeyed when the AL•cting etyri loth to beta the wounds of the Addicted, whose hearts to eon trokrn bit sorrows that were too painful to describe. ost ire sae thatbdisc many present who had been ileprivid of a won - tend of ti, it youth. some protector of their persons, some rasEtc of their happiness; to such he would appeal, and of ire eth '„te would ask. coohl there he conceived a stale of more c's to distress than when death had taken not only the friend who Irl I dean than lit• itself. but the being wbo is looked up to foe re. rnetictence ? lie would daect the imaginations of his auditors td th totage where *attic lone widow resides; he would enter her re d • tut, n with them. anti behold her silting by her fire.side. her or. •Autir , oping. the tears falling fast at the melancholy recollection . me to more behold the partner of her heart, who was wont a.•':;s the seat beside her; while her infant children were • smiling unconsciously at the agony of the mother's To relitTe such an ehjett (and there were many such) ••• • ee.jert fee which the meeting was celled; and be hoped Itcuitution would receive the sanction and support of all ti'• Nod hint. c" 11. Jnret: .ctonaed the Resolution. !lc observed. that as rtre miny present who were much better able to plead the Ls there were several Resolutions to move, he would not •;` , •.m the time of the Meeting. 1 • tett Iten.lutinn was then put, and passed unanimnusly. t. 5 t.t.s. R.N.. then tweed the second Resolution. a Maritime variety, as a distinct brunch of the Midst' irtin Seamen's Friend Svciety,' be now established. accord •t fall" irk general Plan ; sod that the Atlifreas now nail rr ,, t s. cirrulautd with this Plan, under the management Ihrertent who shall be chosen this evening " C 1:1{.11. Pit.% NOF THE St.t lETY. lattitemitt shall be Thu blispwrecked and i'modr turd." ! e: of it shall be, first, to plot prompt temporary plow*. and twinning, gust fathers, soil mothers, who !.5 for so 'molt upon such mks.* as have perished by ether iliss.ter at MCA in the late gales; secondly. to • cite segisitorer relief to toe dependent (mollies of such u.ive been kited, ur who have died on shore (the ;110. ••,*: , ..eiety not allowing any aid in such a tase, unless • ittet is Ott. sets ire of the ship). Thirdly. to give also, a‘. , tance to tie• distressed family of u sick sailor, whets tci tetven:s him front g.iing to sea, fr tor a while working r e . :-..t :as Wails. Fourthly, to immune some trifling aid to c'ttd trtss. tor a tew slays, Ihe obtains a ship, any err rontetorlisial and provided for by the tatitu: ion, fur the yreserratimt of life from ship- ; ulbseriptiors and donations be at al times solicited in .11 ! I.:t vin the recsirrenee of tremendous storms th^ temporary &viand* upon this (*horny, • , !wary elfotui shelf be publicly made to meet such p-• .h.. 11 iw roc•lnrted and rec slated by the tomal : en, all udrvr r ..li.nisnageil benevolent tartitut.twis. .6 01 the tlir:ctiou ►lwll vales every year, and six rend-ring 'moor:not services to the fund shall be b..s ,, rars the rig ft tkinutiim of ten riineas shall be Life duly held, at which the Institution tachtal t r..Apen of its pincetdingli, and a dear ‘: its illlaL4, a.uditvd by three or Inure respectable 7.1:!4 ins!itntion shell extend to every part Of k , as Ijr os triatirces will admit* and It shall " I "" :• wiry to eßtabliA similar Institutions in erns , `• tint t h is *, hem.. of littmibity may 1r fairly tlivititti, tuvit by buybanded asutuclt larisible fur tie and wt heil ifY.I ye yr this lortitott in is j. ore humanity, it ".•ti:•.*t from all ilifferencer 01 npinion, or pro ' .! .! it 4. on on to I er so hret 41111 . ‘IPI:4 Nia•leg.irs of this I ostittoti:in, tooii 114,S Of the Swiety. The rands Ili di, Met an.l t.iliarate trout any other In. .i.Jar..im. i I .Ipliroliefiti.in. 11 11 r:. .1 tints? 4 •1' I • r: mi.! that ;:" slid not roar any inatitutioi " ( o f: whirl, were more certain td ii , g • I !"" ii•c Ore which tiler were vow met to lay the ' u:. ilc !et somat'ii - t!,. for al l:',4l'.ll,o"l"er' fir he himself le. .1 heat a %Milne, and he had been ()fan a witness of scenes of ;he nett distretsieg nature. Rev. Casa. HYATT etrontled the I.:solution ; he knew and ad mitted the claims of British seamen to the sympathy nts their fellow. countrymen. Their everlasting welfare is an object that comes home to the bosom of every man. It ass net, perhaps. strictly correct to compliment any one when charity was the chief object ; but he could not avoid testifying bit admiration of the rhaneier and conduct of the Honourable Gentleman and brave Officer who tilled the Chair. Had it not been for gentlemen in his sta tion of life, so great an impulse could not have been given to the exertions of the public in causes like the present ; but he. and many like him, knew the nature of British sea men, and devoted themselves to promote their temporal and eternal welfare. It was a manifest truth, that there were no class of persons who turned their attention to any trade, who were less able to make a provision for their wives and children than sailors were. Almost all mechanics had the power of raising them. selves and of increasing their income, hut our seamen had scarcely any opportunities of doing F 4). When they were about to leave their country their farewell wan generally given and receive) as one that would probably be the last. Stith what feehngs then did a I British seaman leave his wife and his children ; anti what painful feelings must his be who knows that it' he die that wife and thecae children must be the inmates of a parish work house—a resource which multi be always dreaded by all who were above the dregs of wricti . He would call upon his audi tors to conceive the situation of a seaman in a storm ; if not his firse, his second thnught was given to his wife and children, when he prospect of death war near. What must be his agonies when l ie know. that, with the hos of a friend and a protector, they will loss their only means of support . • that every thing connected with their present state will be lost with the father and the husband ? It was in the power of the British people to take fawn his dying moments this hitter sting. aid to inform him that there are friends In hit country who will not sutler his widow and his children to wart. The Secretary then read a list of the ()Meets and Directors of the Society for the veer ensuing. The Rev. Mr. klonte K rote to move their appointment. The Rev. Gentleman said there mild be trot one sentiment in reference to an Institution of this nature. When he considered the many onitorta which were brought to our country by our seamen, the Itotartls they experience, and the dangers they so nobly brave. he felt that too much mold not be done for them, or for the comfort and relief of their widows and fatherless children, when the death of their protector% had left them too. It was an easy thing for people to talk of the esertions of others, but they shoold endeavour to bring to view the real dangers to which such persona were ex. posed. When the wind was heard to blow there were many to ex claim, " How pitiable is the c.oolditiosi of thine who are exposed to it ;" but it was nothing to coy it merely, and to neglect the loud call to exertion in their behalf. Actions speak louder than words, ' and those who only say, he ye warmed—he ye cloathed--be ye filled"--disgrace themselves if they dm not contribute to clothe. t•t warm, and to till. Ile hoped that those who were now present would depart with the determination to promote the interests of the Institution, and would also consider that every year and every month would present some new claimant, upon their benevolence. It would be strange, indeed, if in this country, where humanity was advocated, and not only advocated but supported and main tained. so strong a claim as that of our own seamen were twat. tended to. M. Vow TitmoW, from Denmark, lately in the Danish army. seconded the reaniutwo. The Gentleman spoke with so much old. tidence. and 110 low a tone, that we were unable to understand hoot. The Resolution westerns' unanimously. The Ker. Mr. Ilnow x moved the next resolution—" That Eng land being a commercial country. is especially called upon to che rish a love for the sea, and to encourage and assist those persons to whom she is indebted for so much of her glory and greatness." The Rev. One. said, that amid the sorrowful feelings produced by the melancholy Report that had been read of the shipwrecks which had recently taken place, there was one feeling of happiness. and he kit it when he glanced round on those who could sympathise with eh: unfortunate, and were ready to relieve them. lie would ap. peal with confidence to those who had at any dine lost friends, or larmliers. or fathers, or husbands, and he would ask them to re number their feelings of anguish, and then to imagine what thew must suffer who now Inst thaw beloved beings, when no eye coold igAze *won them, and no hand could be extended to their re lief. I fur holy religion calls upon us to relieve their sufferings, and not to forsake the widow and the (ethnics' in their deep dis. tress. It had been often said of British salient, that they were brave, end could make their way through any danger. but they most always remember that those who were left behind theta if they perish, will be left to Litter distress. Shall Britons then turn their attention to all parts of the world—to spend the warmth of their beneficence to distant llreenland—to give their charity like a river to einench the burning thirst of Africa—to give life to the deluded dentine of India—and allow the widows and the orphan of their own sailors to plead to their hearts in vain? NI., no. this ceuld never be the ease. Ile hoped especially that the ladies who were present would take up the catise.surd detennine en the thnnation of a ladies' Society : that they would go to the doors of all they knew in behalf of the widow and the orphan, and they would not came empty sway. The blessing of those who are ready to perish would then be upon them. Ile had been a sailor himself, althocieh he had changed the character, and he would say. that to seamen a deep debt was clue. We owe them toe all these luxuries which are the pied ire of a foreign .11 , n-we owe them much for thelpriviler-s, both political and religious, which we continue to erjnv--and we owe them much in pnweective, if a future war 'bent I arise. Those seamen had been looking round foe a refuge b• the day of danger, and lutvirg beard of the philanthropy of the Chrietian world, they had turned their attention there. Should their r xpeetatiens and their hopes he dashed to the earth ? lie biTed. and he am sure, th; t such would not be the case. I 'aptain 'Pupae ram!, a nierchrnt seaman, Ilteellded the Resolu tion. He detailed the dangers he had witness:3i anti shared in eating a long son-taring lif-t; and called upon the meeting to use every exertion to atone to many sufferers for the loss of almost every thing tint renderd life valuable. The Rev. 51r. Sworn, of Penzance, then moved the following resolution le-eying to other Institutions the permanent sup port of bereaved sailors' families, it is an object worthy of general attention and iimistar.ce, that the itr.maliate temporary aid of a Society in Loudon. should unite with such local assntilwr as may be panted to inert the exigence of a wretched family, and direct to wine efficient steps for titture comfort and support." The lie,. fltmtletnrn delivered a long, eloquent, and effector; speech, but w- regret that the lateness of the hour prevents our reporting it fully. lie said that it gave him great happiness to see in the chair a gentleman who had so lug been the seaman's friend. how jorous amid be the the feeling of our Ilritish seamen, when they !ward that their old Captein had •• spun a lung yarn." as they call a long speech, in behalf of the widows and orphans they would leave behind them when they were dead. He (the Rev. ;Mr. Smith) 1.3 d had many opportunities of knowing what the danger" of the sea really were, and bad himself received many a slap on the cheek front " . I)avy Jones," when the rocks were armlet" hint. and he was in momentary dread of perishing in the greet deep. In the neighbourhood of his residence scenes were perpetually occurring of the most afflicting nature, and thence con. tinually the most distressing calls for charity, which cauld not always be proem-41. Ile knew not when to rend or what to do wi it the moments applicants. IVOI might the sailors say to those who ielnOnistered spiritual helo—•• N by do you attend to our souls and newt et our ?" There is one ease which is not prnvi.led against 17 any of our charitable institutions. It is the ease , of an old father who has a son at sea, and through whose ex ereiens he rents a ntenthly note from the ship-owner; or, of a 6h-eyelid mother, whose only suyiewt is her beloved eon. Nonce ive an old and Ir`1114,11( pair, deprived at once of their hope and their means of existence ; fur, to the honor of the British seaman Ise it spoken, there is no one more ready than him to share rash aged pareets the rewards of his hard and dangerous liewur. How great a matter for rejoicing was it that there was now a Pnwiwc, of sewp rt for such old and broken-hearted being% as those he had described ; and bow petal, would it encourage our se dun, a ben they knew that a society was forming in l.andnn to administer to the distresses of those they might leave behind them. They would he elate with the noblest spirit, with rootage and with Intii , ude. when they looked to the white cliffs of Albion, , and redid:sus:— ..... England, with all thy faults„l love the stilL" for there is the dwelling of the benevolent, the homeof the lea. men's friends. Let such • Society be once established—let the world see that England rq.:ards the temporal as well as the cirri al wettare of her sailors, and it will have such an effect upon all other maritime states, that England would TOM than ever establish her character for generosity and for nobility of mind ; and the seamen she would prishice would he the noblest fellows the world had ever seen. lle, for his own part, should rejoice while he lived, that he had been a British sailor, and he hoped that he had a sailor ' s heart. The sole and pure objet of ail cannected with the !society wit.— humanity; and there were to sectarian feeliogs amongst them. Ile klt coalition there was not a Journal in the metropolis, that was conducted on fair and liberal principles. that would not come forwa-d and sar, „ let us advocate this cause." If the I. hainuan, a it all who were on the platform, and all who then heard him, retired front it, he would still say, commit it to the care of the :omen's of London, and it must be crowned with victory ; if they plead it, as I.e was sure they would, he might almost say their cause was omnipotent. lie would now leave it with confidence in the bards of his countrymen. if he stood before the King of regbeil, he would say to the son of that 3ionarch who loved the deck of a British mais.of war—your Majesty has not in your do. mioiens a warmer or MOT! yellow friend than the British sailor. Let I • be but told that hie King commands him, arid lie would brave every dangt-r, while all that he expected in return was. that his widow and htschildren should be rand for when he was dead. .Mr. 'fut.!. stranded the Itesolutinn. Ile felt assured that the ('iv of London would pot be appealed to in vain ; and if the press supported the cause with the ardour it had already dune it must sot cord. Ilmobition passed unanimously. "ti r. r•A N I/Ytl then 1111111(31—, . - " That the mot cordial thanks of this meeting be given to Captain Sir tleorge Mount Keith, Ilen., R.N., for hi■ kindnms in taking the chair this evening, and fee his able conduct on so in terning an nectedoo." Th Resoltit inn was seconded by Mr. PHILA.! rv. . . . Tilt' CUM it MA N. in re t urning thanks, ()towered, that the very latent as of the hour was a proof of the impressim that had beta mole on the ineetirg. honed the eloquent appeals u( so many woohl have tit •iv torelici it of The neereim then gave moth?. that the COMlTllltet would it far a fortnight every day, from ten till four. at the City of London Tayi . rn. to rarive application% and mibieriptions. A t ten o'clock the meeting vparatal. I,ll'y uncle! t'.a• a •ittn: mat eelhieted in the room THE BRITISH PRESS'. INDIGENT BLIND SCHOOL. A stated periodical 3tecting of the Committee to this most ex cellent Institution was held yesterday, pursuant to public adver tisement, at the London Cokee.house, loadgate.sirect, for the purpose of inspecting the Treasurer's accounts. and arranging other business connected with the school, preparatory to the election of objects recommended for admission. This was necessarily a p-i -sate assembly, but, after the business of the committee was disposed of. a General Meeting of Members took place. SAIIII• FL llos•wuu ET. Esq. Treasurer. was called to the chair. and briefly explained the objects which claimed the attention of the Meeting. Previous to entering into any discussion on those topics, it was desirable that the friends to the school, who were not on the committee, should be made acquainted with what had been doing by them for the past year. of which the best evidence that could be given was contained in the minutes. Mr. C. Donn, the Secretary, then read some considerable ex. tracts, relating to the transactions of the school, the progress of in struction, both intellectual and mechanical ; the state of its fends ; all of which were received with evident satisfaction. One circum stance of peculiar interest was noticed in those minutes, namely, the accomplishment of an object which has long been held as a de sideratum with the friends of the establishment.—the p reparing of the blind for the exercise of musical talent, many instances of which occur, in an extraordinary degree, amongst that afflicted class, both male and female. Asa further encouragement to exec. titan in this branch of Kirtier, so peculiarly adapted to the blind, and with the view of forming a correct taste, fire of the pupils have been permitted to attend at St. Paul's, where it will be nattily admitted the performances of church niusie have attained the acme of perticvon ; competent masters in attendance at the school have enabled thos e pupils to acnimplish, to a great extent, what they have thus acquired ; and SO faithful in general is the memory of a blind student, or rather, so true is the mar. that not a semi.time is found wam e.g. On this subjt cr. the following letter from Mr. T. Attwowl, Director of the music at St. Paul's, will furnish the ' best evidence of their capacity and general improvement. It is addressed to the Her. Thomas Hughes, ILI/. one of the Vice- I Presidents : . " Norwood, Surrey, Nov. 5, 1824. " Bien Sir—in conformity with your wish, 1 have this day had the pleasure of hearing five of the musical pupils at the school tor the Indigent Blind, and an, happy to say, Catherine Seaman and Susan Eyre are competent to undertake the situation of organists to any parish church or chapel. 1 should not, however, think it fair for them to be placed in competition with these who possess tie blessing of sight ; but, could they be appointed to any situation, I have no doubt but they would do credit to their patrons. " I remain, dear Sir, your's very sincerely, • TIIO3IAS ATTWOOI)." The Rev. Dr. flughes, in a letter to the Seeretaty enclosing the *love, commented on the latter expression of 3lr. A ttwood, " that it would be unfair to put them into competion with those who pos sess the blessing of night," and judiciously observed—" It implied merely, that they could not he expected to effect the impossibility of performing a piece at sight. or rather uttAtara 1, which an accorn plished organist might be called upon to do." Rut, from the letter of Mr. Attwood, it is quite certain that the pupils have made suffi cient progress in the science of music to qualify them for very effi ciently perform!. g the duty of organists in any respectable chapel. A country church, where, by the way, the tervire, as performed by hat are (tilled sight-players, rank far below mediocrity. I/r. ill.:0141.5 observed, that he wished most particularly to im press on the meeting the necessity of devising some means of pro. tection tOr such candidates an were unsuccessful at former elections, who, perhaps, were really more entitled to regard, on a principle of common humanity, than those that had been elected, but whose failure was to be attributed to the want of friends to push their cause. The object which lie now had in view was supported at all events by popular feeling, and was deserving of the support of every benevolent mind ; a was to give to such of those tinsurceas ful candidates, whose claims Me admission were still deemed un objectionable, a distinct recommendation as fitting objects. It might be said, that this measure would have the e ff ect of d amp . . . • die blithe spirit of election. and would consequently diminish e. profits which such elections generally predate. In reply to which, he ethe Rev. (ieetleman) would say, that it could have no such tendency. If it would hold buck the contributions of a few sup porters of one or two favoured Candidates, it would beget • wider, a more general. and a more active public feeling, in be. halt of the Selo of ; and in place of its funds having di inished, they would. he had no doubt. experience a considerable augments. Lion. If throe rejected Candidates possessed just claims, and that they unhappily had not sufficient friends to sustain them at the election, that was the very reason why the Institution was more imperatively called upon to do something in their behalf. It was his intention to have proposed two resolutions to that effect but as they did out appear to meet the wish of some of his friends on the Committee, he had been induced to abridge his first intention, and propose merely. that the names of two of those unsuccessful candidates, whose claims seemed most entitled to consideration, anti who had stood four elections. should on the next occasion be soronoly recommended fit admission.l n this measure he looked for the support of many Gentlemen amend him, and, it' any testimony of its utility were wanting, he should merely state that he had himself received upwards of 400 applications on the subject, from smut whom he did and many whom he did not know, amongst which he could reckon (though probably their opinion on such sublevel were not more valuable than those of others) the rases of 23 Noblemen of the first rank. It was, therefore, tolerably clear that the feeling was not merely his own, but that there was a strong public interest excited in behalf of those inelividanls whiewere not so fortunate as they should he, merely becomes they wanted active friends. Mr. Donis. the Seereitery, contended that the introduction of thosenames, if they were -eapeesed to pan as matter of course, dam would certainly the spirit of election, and lessen the funds ot the School to a consi derable extent, because the friends of any new candidates, on discovering that those names were to be consietevcd before those which they hail to put in. would naturally say. "Ifh, there is no use to melee the attempt;" and so. keeping hack the subscriptions which they bring on those occasions, would conse quently have the two-fold etrect described. The Rev. Dr HUGHES replied. He said, that wan taking the proposition on too narrow a principle. humanity was the primary object with the founders of the Institution, and should still be the acting principle. Mr. 3111.1. E it supported the resolution, so far as two candidates being recommended for admission, provided their claims should be cot sider:ll still eligible. The CliAlaMart. in putting the question, observed, that the claims of the unsuecessful candidates w e re , as lie conceived, very powerfully and very justly urged by the Rev. Mover. The objection as to this species of nomination interfering with the funds of the School, was certainly worthy of consideration, but taking the motion on the broad principle of humanity. ft was certainly entitled to support. The Ws. ("maitre Wonsernavu concurred in the views of the Chairman, and the Reverend Gentleman who brought forward the titteetion. FoeTri. Esq. followed on the mime side, and ob. served, that it was highly desirable that mote specific protection he devised for unsuccessful candidates—those who possessed most friends were of course, under the present system, most likely to be elected, and the very fact of the destitution of those who had no: the same extensive patronage at command. shoal l be the most powerful recommedation to their humar.e attention. 'l'. VV. 11111.1.111., Esq. observed, that if the Meeting knew the opinion of the House l'tntimittee on the subject of individual claims. great eliffizolty would seise in deciding thereon: they were so various, and often so commanding. from peculiarity of eircum. stances, that the Committee tilt reluctance in saying, they could not be atteedul to on the instant of application, and trot a want of friends to sustain those poor individuals at an election contest, it was still more painful to think, that the hopes they had yen. turd to cherish, should meet with disappointment. JOllll SCOTT. Esq. was solvoesting the principle on a winch more extended scale, when a call of question, question." pot an end to an argument distinguished in the out-set by humanity and good sense. The C ttAlit max then put the original motion to the vote, which was earned without a angle dirsentiett Voice. Mr. SiOTT, then proposal an addition to the number of pupils in the eatabliabment, in which proposition he was sanctioned by a glance at the enlarged funds of the School, which 'mounted to 30,0001. in stock securities, indepaident of its annual income, which was .s,Mati. The SICCRET•RY betted to CORM Mr. Scott M to the income ; it aid not amount to 4.0001. _ Air. St:OTT soil. he took the amount from the printed state. went% s here 111(.41We/wry receipts in donation.. subscriptions, &e. amounted to 3 ,n. 1 71. •'_s. Id. and upwards of 1,200/. ►aid tilt work done in the SCIII6III. - . _ _ .... Mr. POT NT la observed, that the work done in the school was not at all prod:tenet.. but rather on the contrary ; hteause there was gnat expense incuned by eniplosing ntastcra to teach the pupils. and as those pupils were Wh.d thcre was skis much waste of mortis! before they hail attained any thing like proliciency in the several branches of trade to which they were pot.. ilr. SCOTT CollitiSed IliflOar in mir on that point,• but mill conceited that the incotoe was vyry large when contoured with the nuniber of pupils en the esuthlishmcnt, which, be believed, was only ninety-two ; half tunics., the other hail females. The lie,. (uraMl.Tn ‘VODYWORTII said I•e would cheerfully advornte the print iple of extending the benefits of the Institution, and would instantly second any resolution to that Mixt. The CHM a MAN—IS the Loading capable of accommodating more rood. Mr. ‘VouilranTU—l bare impected it. and I think that eight more might be acconiniodated, and taking the estimate of tie cut taw each at WI. per livid. it would create an carer, in the expenditure of only hilt!.. which was a trivial mm in comparison to the gotsl that would be achieved by the extension of the School 7. and the complaint mode in respect to unsuccessful candidates would be in a great measure answered. 31r. 'TE RRY, one of the visitors. said. that the ttentleman had erns' in his calculation as to the power of scommioilation. The building would at present Admit of only four more in the male department; the female was 9uite full. Mr. ;:coTT then said that it might be better merely to mote for a lion:mince of five or seven gentlemen to whom the expediency of enlarging the :umber of pupils should be referred, and that tb.y @Mudd report thereon at the nest (leneral 3lecting. This proposition was met with general approhstion, and tlie me. Min heels!: been put from the ('hair. was carried unanimously. Ref ore closing our notice of this day's proe,tedinge. it may not he uninteo sting to State briefly the origin, deject. alai operation of this nilioiratile Institution. It was established et St. George's, iiiiirtey, in the vex- 17:19. ar.il since that period has in every part , T h,sin austral With COMpletl riming thit perion! heiA : .sec re:urr...l at'e to earn seconding to their acveral abilities. from 6a. to 11. Rm. pa week. Since ISNNI. the number of the pupil+ has increased from 13 males to 44 malts, and 46 femal s. a-41 a manittanory bas been established, where the articles made by the blitul,during the last year, wete sold for 1.214/. 13s. ad. The articles rraluerd by female labour, con sist chiefly of fine ants' coarse thread, and a window sash line made in a machine peculiarly adapted to the use of blind persons; those hy that of the males, are 1.1 , 0 m bullpen, wicker baskets, cra tiles, he., rough and white rope meta, hearth and carriage rugs. Knitting and plain week ve also performed by some of the female pupils. It might be interned, perhaps, that the pupils (froni their peculiarly afflicting infirmity) are often gloomy, peevish, and discontented ; but the reverse 'stile fact, they are animated in their amusements during the hours of recreation, and cheerfully atten tive to their work during those of cniplofthent. It was stated, as a proof of the protection and countenance given to a similar institution in Paris, that a mysl tithe was awarded by the Academy of Science. for the production of an admirable speci men of an, executed by a pupil belonging to the Blind School in that city, which is conducted on a principle somewhat in unison (so far as circumstances permit) with the unrivalled stjitern adopted by the Abbe fiord, hue the instruction of the deaf and dumb; with this difference, that the blind are taught by tailing and lecture, the deaf by vision alone. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting allspice& MESSRS. MARSH, STRACZY, AND Cd. tVe have abstained from making any observations on the laboured statement contained in theTiMss of Saturday last, obvioualy drawn up from materials furnished by Alessi'. MARRO!, Sale dictiY, and GRAHAM, for the rurpose of excul pating thmatelves,—as from the first hour of Mr. Faunae oy's apprehension, they have most atromously endeavoured to do—from all shame, except that of negligenee in not duly attending to the concerns of the Banking-house, atfd of persuading their creditors and the public, that they in no wise prirtieipokd in any bent fit arising from the appli cation of the funds thus fraudukntly obtained. The mean, unmanly, and insolent menace which was tacked to the end of the statement we are alluding to, will not readily he forgotten. Any persons that should dare either in public or in private to 17ONTRADICT IT, were threatened with being held up to public shame and disgrace, the Tusks "having," as it proclaimed, "L./tonne/a of infrrniation which they dreamer! not iy:" We have declared its former article to be a base fabrication ; we now distinctly affirm, Mat the very statement, at the close of which this vapour ing threat is denottrxed, contains assertions which ARE biOI"fRUE. Let Me Ttstus Journal NOW proceed to carry it into effect. What, we will ask, in the mean time, can more publicly hronounce Messrs. MARSH, STRACET, and G RAHAM t o ave derived their fill that e of whatever sums were obtained from the Bank by Mr. FAUNTi.kitor, by means of those powers of attorney for the forgery of which his life has paid the forfeit, than the c , renlar letters sent by the solicitor of that highly respectable body, to the different persons whose names were forged, intimating to them that they have a right to prove the amount of the respective sums on the bankrupt estate, the sums obtained or der those __peg d powers having leen paid into the fonds tof Alsasits. MA Hilt, STR•CtIf, and Co. IVlty do not Marmots. MARSH, STRACEY, and tht•ti•ra, if they have not participated in the produce of all those acts of forgery for which their partner has suffered—why do they not resist, as they would be justified in doing, any attempt on the part of the Bank to t stablialt a claim on their funds, to recover sums ob tained by the crimes of Mr. Fat' MT LEROY, of the commis sion of which they hail no knowledge, and of the refit, of winch they had no share? It is open to them to do so; and that they do not, is an acknowledgment of the p wile& potion which makes the charge against them superbuous. The following is the form of the letter addressed to the different parties under whose forged signatures the different sums were procured. We suppress the names of the par ties, and the stuns in Stock, in the present instance, not wishing to give them any unnecessary New Bank Iluildings, 4th Dec., 1824. Air,—The Governors and Ditecters of the Bank of England have had under their consideration your claim■ on behalf of to have replaced Navy 6 per f eats, which formerly stood in her I name. They find, opon inquiry, that the stock In question was sold and transfer r ed by one of the partners in the late firm of Strac , y, and Ca., and that the produce of the rock was paid iota the foods of .1/ . Marsh, Straery, and Co. She has, therefore, as the Bank is advised, a right to trove the onward ra rei;.ed on her aerount, and to receive a dividend upon that proof larder Messrs. Marsh, Strace.n. and Ca.'s Corwrnissoon, and we are directed by the Governors and Directors to request, that such proof may be tendered and enforced by petition, if • it should r.nt be ad. milted by the Commissioners; after which the Bank will be ready to replace the amount of her stock so sold, upon having an assign ment of her proof, and the dividends on the stock so replaced, which accrued subsequent to the latest period at which they were credited to her by Messrs. Marsh and Co., will also be paid to her. %Ve beg to add, that we are ready to &fiord you Information and assistance as to the evidence by which her right to prove will be established. We ace, Sir, Your most obedient Servants, and Kart. New Bank-buildings, Ike. 4, 11124. GENT Yrstr —The Governors and I birectors of the Bank of England have bad under their consideration your claim to have re placed the slim of Nary Five per Cents., which formerly stood in your names jointly with that of . They find upon inquiry that the stock in question was reld and trans ferred, in your names, at two semrate times, by two of the partners in the late firm of Alarsh, Stacey, and Co. ; natural., 3lr. STRACEV and Mr. tiIIATIAM ; end that the podsce of sfo, k was paid into the fonds ifessrs. MARSH, STUACET, and Co.; you have therefore, an the flank is advised, a right to prove the amount received 011 your recount, and to receiv e a dividend upon that proof. under Messrs. Marsh, Strvrey, and Co.'• commission ; and we arc directed by the Governors and 'tits-eines to request that such proof may be tendered and enforced by petition, if it should not be admitted by the f'ommissioners ; alter which the Bank will be ready to replace the amount of your stock so sold, I upon having an assignment of your proof, and the dividends on the stock so replaced, which accrued subsequent to the latest period at I which they were credited to you by 31 earrS. Marsh, Steamy, and Co., will also he paid to you. IVe beg to add, that we are ready to afford you information and assistance as to the evidence by which your nght to prone will be established. Wean.. Gentletnen. Your most obedient Servants, FRI:IIIIFtELD and KAYE. HORRIBLE PIRACIES. IFrom the New York Ilfereataile Aikertiser of Nov. IL] Captain Banks mired at Norfolk from Havannah, emumuni cites the following dreadful intelligence, as related in the Norfolk lir IC II of the I lilt instant. Captain thaw, who commanded the laiura Ann, we learn, had a wife and two children in this city, who inne wholly dependent on his industry for their support. It is Dot unlikely that others of the crew may have left families in the same situation. The weeder may imagine with what anguish titers tid ings must be reoeivr.l by them. IFrom the Nor fie Beaton of Nor. II.) By the schooner Princess Ann. Captain Banks, which arrived here yesterday, in nine days from liarannah, we have a runtime- Con of the report published in reaterday's Arearma,of the capture of *piratical schooner be the l'nited States' schooner. Porpoise. Lieu tenant Commandant Skinner. Captain Banks states, that the cap ture was made on the 2.ith ult., and the pirates succeeded in escap ing to the shore, but be is not in possession of any further par. ticulars. _ _ Banks further Inform*. that several piracies had recently been committed on the coast of Yuba. among which Ira. the brig Laura-Ann. t'aptain Shaw. of New York, from Monte Video, with a cargo of.ierked beef, captured on the nit ult. of Port Escondido. .Ifter hanging the captain arid the two mates, and murdering the remainder of the crew. net of one man who conceded himself hriow, they set lire to the vessel. The unhappy man who saved himself from permute' violenee. left the ressil while enveloped in flames, and swans to the shore. About the same time, those monsters captured a brig, said to he the 3lorning Star, of New York. and a schooner nnme flit ascertained, a.rd murdered the crew. A brig, reported to hoc the Switisure. of New York., bound to Ilaysnnith. had also falls in:3 the hands of the pirates; she was raptured by then off Point Wawa. 1111 ,,, e piracies are said to hare been committed by open boats, carrying lii men, with solidi arm.. The l'olierbian szhooner La Ztilnia fell in with four of these freebooters to the windward of Point Yea;osi, two of them escaped in the chase. The other two ran into a Bar, in shoal \rarer. Whittler they were mi.- sited hy the boats of La . Zulnia, anti captured ; one of them sunk. Fifteen of the pirates were ascertained to have been killed. la Zuhna lost live of her men in this encounter. _ Captain Banks undevst.val at Ilaearinah. that part of a q . nrter• deck of a vessel, supposed to he that of the late United States' schooner Wild Cat, had been discovered erifiing down the Florida coast. This vessel. temporarily tim!cr the command of Licut. Booth (Lent.-Commandant Legare Eating been left sick at that port). sailed from Ilavannah lst September. with shires for Key West, since which nothing had been heard of her. Extract of a lever dared IlaYannah. (let. 39. 1824 :—" I am *offs to say that the pirates hare again appeared on this aide of Tube. The Laura Ann. of New York, last from Montevideo. with jerked beef. has been taken, and all hands, e‘eept one. hung—the vessel burnt between thin and Matanzas. The person• who escaped says a brig ant! a schooner were also taken—the inside all murdered. If piracy in to be suppn , sed. nwas?res lutist be taken more etlicient than any yet adopted by due (luvertment.•• There hare been !tome heavy t'.4::a or now in Or myth timing the las: t t:tain t a th e wail e ou. side.ably CONSOLIDATION or 7'HE CUSTOM LAWS. We perceive from the following letter, circti:ated by the Commissioners of ihe Customs to their principal officers, that the very useful work announced by Mr. ilevries at the close of the last Seasion of Parliament, for the Consoli dation of the Laws of the Customs, has not been neglected by the Treasury. The letter itself will afford a concise new of the plan which has been pursued in the executiett of this itnpurtant measure:— " Treasury Chambers, Nov. 111„ 1824. " Gs:sinews x-1 am commanded by the Lords Com missioners of his Majesty's Treasury, to transmit to you printed copies of the following Bills, which were read a first time in the House of Commons at die close of the late Session of Parliament, being part of the sees of Acta which it is proposed to substitute for the whole of the Laws now in force relating to Customs A Bill to repeal the several JAWS relating to the Customs. 2. A Bill for the Reseed Regulation of the Customs. 3. A Bill for Granting Duties of Cultem, 4. A Bill for the Prevention of Smuggling. b. A Bill for regulating the Customs nt the tale of Man. " The remaining Bills by which the Series will be com; pleted, and which are now in a leeward state of prepara tion, by the experienced officer (Mr. flume) whom yon recommendtil for the execution of this dif f icult and most important work. •ro— b. A Bill tor certain Bounties for the tem:amis.:it of Trade and Navigation. 7. A Ilill for the Registering of Voids. 8. A Bill for regulatilig Vessels carrying Passengers itt cataiti CAM. 9. A Bill for regulating the Trade of the n'itiah P‘ .broad. " It ii the desire of their Lordships that all of these Bills should receive the consideration of your Pcsiril lx fore they are submitted to Parliament in the next !Session : and u those wide]; are already printed comprise the prin cipal part, in exteut and importance, of the whole series. am commanded to transmit then) to von in the meantime. and to ?wrest that, in addition to the consideration which you will voursclv, a be pl&aseil to bestow open them, you will forthwith take such measures ac may appear to you most etpedient for colleting the opinion of any persons in your department most competent to otter useful sugges tions, either fur the correction of any of the protiaions which they now contain, or th. inscrtiet of any *then which it may he divined necessary to add to them, for the increased security of the Revenue•, or the greater conveni ence of the subject; in order that, after r.eciring all anal suggestions and opinions, you may return these Bills, with your own judgment and observations upon the thole mat ter to this Hoard. " In calling for these opinions, you will, however, mutt it to be understood that the present Bills have not been pupated as amendments of the existing Laws of the Customs, but only as a new arrangement of all the Provi sions of those Laws now practically in force. " The principle upon which the various subjects of lcgis. bairn now dispersed throughout the several hundreds of Laws relating to the Customs, are proposed to be classed and divided in the few Acts comprising th is new C od", will he obvious from the titles and preambles of the Ilills which I have enumerated, and also front the mod; in which the matters comprised in each Hill are arranged and stibili aided, under distinct heads of enactment. It is scarrcly necessary to add, that it is intended by th;s arrangement, to afford as well to those whose duty it is to enforce the law, as to those who arc subjected to it, the readiest mid most intelligible reference to the whole of its provisions re lating to each branch or department of the business under your management and control. _ " You w r ill perceive that tile 81 11 to repeal the several Laws relating to the Customs,' is intended to elTert it.; ob ject—first. by a specific indication of those Acts and party of Acts which are intended to he repeale el, in order that they may, without question, be expunged from tho Statute Book ; and next, by general ii scription, because. however careful the resLarehts upon a Melt the reference to shear existing Laws may be prepared, some enactments inserted in Statutes, chi , . Hy relining to other matters, might still he overlooked. The general repeal will, therefore, obviate the possible evil of any such omission, and at the same time serve as a legal Declaration that no law. of a date anterior w that of the new t. ode, can centit:ue to have any force. " The Rill for the G. rural Regulation of the Cus toms,' is intended to eonstitnte the chief and fundamental Law of the Customs. for the government of that Depart ment, and for the collection of the large revers sic which it levied under your authority. " Under the three General Heads of Inwards," Out wards,* and 'Coastwise—this Bill ought to contain all the Rules relating to the Arrival or Departure of Ships, and to the Larding or Shipping of goods. " It will also comprise the ' Law of Narigation:--all the provisions of which as enfore-d in every part of the world are to be re-enact d in it. Some of these may not appear to be strictly connected with the Law of the Customs of the United Kingdom, but it 1153 been deemed desirable that the whole sub.', et should be arranged under one I!, and, ct neklming how large a rortion of the Law of Navi gation, is, in effect the Law of Imports and Exports, it could scarcely have been clasuil otherwise than as a part of the General Law of the Customs. " It will probably be found when this comprehensive Bill has been fully considered, that there are some subjects of a local, temporary, or peculiar nature cot:- tained in the Acts to be repealed, which arc not pro vided for in it ; and it has therefore been considered that :t separcte Bill to include such subjects may be neevesary. The attention of Alr. Hume has accordingly been directed to a Bill of that supplementary description. " The Bill for regulating the Customs of the Isle of Man.' beings together under one point of view all thy existing re -ulations affeeting the Trade and Revenue of that island. peculiarly circumstanced, as they are wait respect to those of I:rest Britain. " The Bill ' for tiranting Duties on Customs,' will be .1 Tarif only; and, ss the duties will be collected under tl:c powers of the general law. the 1t I will contain t; , ) Clauses, except such as may be explanatory of the Table, and cannot well be made the subjects of permanent regu lations. " The MN for the Prevention of Smuggling.' forms a:: Act in mid and defence of the existing Laws of th Customs ; its enactments pre-suppose some infraction ..e evasion of those laws. or some indication of in n:trmpt • evade them. All provisions relating to the subject of t! Legal jurisdiction, to which off: milers against the laws a: . ateenshle, are to b e included in this Bill. " for the Registry of Vessels,' and the B. for Regulating Vessels carrying Pariengem in c01a... Cases,' will be nearly transcripts of the Acts of the Sth the King, upon those subjects, which, in the framing .4 rhos.. Acts, have already mat, rgone the process of cousel dation. but which. rcr the sake of uniformity, and in ni der that the whole Code of Customs' Law may commem from the same period, it is deemed necessary to renew upe the remit occasion. " The Bill for I:etiolating the Trade of the British P. giant abroad,' will embody the various Legislative 1t,144!. , lions to which the Navigation and Coinmerce of the re' in Dominions of this country have been subjected b tlie Parliament of the I 'liked Kingdom. " The Bill for giving certain Bounties for tt _ ragerreat of Trade and Navication,' will be construe so as to continue further the Allowance of such Bonn. as may be in force under any existing Laws, at the epe of the general repeal of the Laws of the Customs. Ilarin4 thus called your attention to the princt; points in the plan which toy Lords have approved of, f. this ri•newal of the Laws of the Cnstoms, in a simple all mmpetutious form, I have on7y further to express tileo Lordships entire reliance upon you for the utmost ass:,- an...! which can be animated by experience, ability, at. zeal, in the final arrangement of the details of these seve-r Bala, and in the measures which may be necessary giving effect to them, when they shall have received :ior sanction of Parliament. . cnr " I air,litiernen, yolir obedient nervant, (Zzigned) `'C. IllEumit " To he Commisa;oner. of CnotOr" &Z. &C. he." A letttr dent Lyons. Dee. 2. says, " The Saone. lnsi r..tireti to its beil, has began anrw to ovcrtt o w 0 , • quay , . V^ h:avy rains which fel for many days. i:•.1!: us tear a sewmti more formiJahls• 0.41: 1.4, fonnt . r enr." \ I {~ , t~ M ~~ iii •.t Ia , 4 ii ii i 1 ' : • 'I. Yt I V . I 4 1 . 1 1 ' 1 iqk