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AMERICJN PdPERS. J► Mc of Cl:ar!eston Pap•rs to the 30th Mardi arrived 'esterd►y, from %dd. It we make the following extracts:— " Float HAVANNAM—Our files of Havarti:di Papers are to the lo t h instant ineit,Ajvc. By the schooner Sally, a Niter received in this city says. t h -• i.ew date of two per cent. ao all provisions has j ust been itopo , eti. Two British °flier's arrived at Havanrah on the itth instant. i't his Majesty's std Kangaroo, with despatches trait Jamaica, which have oat LITRACT OF A LETTER raom POIINAV-PIII4CE, FED. 17. •• There is a rancour here that the French Ooversiment is about W WNIC a decree, by which the produce of the country will hence forth be considered as fo•risn productions, and pay foreign duties, thee in French loatoms." - - (Fool!, the Cosner of the 23d 111areh.] We have now b tore us a file of l/fficial Gazettea of the 'Ntrt mert of the Istiiiini• of Panama, to the 18th of January. We do not perceive anything new in these repels. We learn by these papers that the tihvernment of Colombia have, by a formal decree, granted to Runde vad Bridge, the famous Landon jewellers, the monopoly of the pearl fishery, to be carried on with machines on Xll the coast betweeo Cope Cariente% and the South Sea; the con afelreatiosi of the ColihnOian Government is, that they are to re ceive one-fifth part of the produce of the fishery. Funis 31£ • o.—A letter from Jalapa, February 11. expresses an that an arrangement will be concluded with the •liritish Commissioners, by which British goods will be admitted -svaly by vessels of that nation. PARIS. 11110111 OUR COIIatSrONDENT.I PARIS, Aram 24. Motsrsiuxe, whose Essays will live as long as good humour and the love of gossiping exists in the world, ex tresses his great admiration of Cr ICCIARDINI, the cele bested historian of Italy, but is surprised that lie in no one instate attributes any single act to ■ virtuous motive. Montaigne was a Frenchman born, and his surprise at this ess only be accounted fix from his having lived in the six -1 teen's century : he would have done full justice to the philosophic estirttak of this historian had he lived in the' present day. Guieeiartlini was a statesman and a minister, and moved, for the greater part of hia life, in the atmo sphere of a court. Iles history is a detail, and an admirable one, of the intrigues of seders and the revolutions of states; he understood well the character of the principal agents, he saw the springs which moved the whole political ' machinery ; and that he thoroughly understood it is proved by the very circumstance which excites the wonder of honest Michel de Montaigne—that he ascribes not a single act to a virtnous motive. With the same well-warranted scepticism as to the genuine integrity of the principal eleven, would the same historian, had he lived in this age, have de veloped the sinister system of public education, which afreets, with such extensive charity, to enlighten the rising genera tion. He would have considered all this outward parade cf zeal for the interest of science, as disguising the project of a despotic goreniment and an ambitious priesthood, to mould the yeuthl•ul mind of the nation to its purposes; and, while it was vet clay in the hands of the potter, to give i t l the ahrpe and direction hest fitted to tl - eir future designs. D t pend upon it, none of the Covernments on the Conti nent wish the people to improve their minds: the progress of knowledge is the downfall of despotism ; superstition cannot bear up against it. Church and Slate, therefore— for the Church always takes precedency—can never sin e. rey wish the multitude to he enlightened. Whatever they cretend in this way, we may be sure there is some siniver scheire behind ; and in preportion to their zeal we are jus tified in -uspccting their honesty. It was the influence of Force over the Turkish Cabinet, that, about fifteen years since, supresatel the region! established at Heestonesa for the Greeks ; and the French themselves, after all their en nouraging promises to tb_• Portuguese, fulfilled them by suppressing all the seminaries of learning in Portugal, anti turning adrift both m:.ters and scholars. So much for the present rage for meti,•nn! edurgfion. • In consequence of the painting by Rust xi, in the grand Gallery of the Louvre. having been spoiled by some intu• rimed Goth, who pretended thus to take revenge on the French Governot.nt, for the loss which it had occasioned him of 20,000 francs, both the Louvre and the Luxem bourg have been entirely shut up. The same vindictive individual, it is reported, has since sent a threatening let.! ter, intimating his determination to destroy the animals in the Menagerie at the .b:rdia de Mantes. Rithens's picture was destroyed by means of vitriolic acid ; it was form timely one of no great value. The report is, that 0 - ese magnificent galleries will not be again opened, as before, fcr public admission. There are aome—fer this is an age ref scepticism--who disbelieve the story of this Zoego, and the twenty thousand francs; they suspect the whole to be' an affair of connivance; and that this destruction of one of Rubella's paintings was the result of a preconcerted plan, the object of which was to afforii a pretext for refusing admission in future to plebeians to th o s e ga ll er i es , w hi c h have accordingly been closed upon the public. Yes:llday the weather was remarkably fine, and from three till five in the afternoon the gardens of the Tuileries and Luxembourg, and the Champs Elysees, were thronged with fashicrt able pedestrians; while sh oa l s o f " men of ho noor and of cavaliers," together with a thick sprinkling of the hart moms, bent their course towards the Bois de Boulogne. In the evening the Great Nation seemed all in a huz. The Boulevards, particularly des Italieas, were studded with beauty and fashion. The garden:. of the Car Ti-,e of which I formerly gave you a description, which are fitted up at an enormous expense, and in style of oriental splendor, were crowded to suffocation : upwatds of thirty waiters were in attendance, and although they skippe I to every call with all the litrlequin agility of their et:rotary, a thousand invocations were unanswered, and a thousand wants left unsatisfied, so great was the concourse which curiosity assembled in the newly ea:enecl establishment. The Boideevieo's Jag 7'emple re mbleel a fair; fifty or sixty tables of chance, covered with macaroons and bon-bons, together with every plebeian ele:ieirey, down to tl•c honest but homely pile of ginger bread nuts, were ranged along the road-side. All the coffee- I house; were superbly illuminated, and scarcely a seat vacant ; thousands were making their way to the theatres— in short, the whole scans could only be compared, for acti vity, to a disturbed ant's nest. You will perhaps wonder at the cause of all this splendid bustle and contusion. It wit SUNDAY Et'ENING ! at which time the Parisians have the appearance of the people in the land of' Shinah, described in the history of the tower of Ilattel, who, for their pre sumption. were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth. All thin slue:a the sober eye of an Englishman for a time ; but by habit he gradually becomes accustomed to ft. PALEY says--" Man is a bundle of habits," and I perfixtly agree with the Archdeacon. At the Catholic Association on Saturday, Mr. Clinch gave notice of a motion for a Petition to Parliament—that in every case of trial for murder or assault, arising from part• quarrels or riots, the Jury should be competed equally of Protestants and Catholics; and that every Juryman should make oath that he was not, or ever had tr:en, either an Orangeman or a Ribbonman, and that he did not belong to any secret political society. iVe are cer tainly not in general inclined to approve of the measures edopted at the meeting in Capel-street, but we think there is something very fair and unexceptionlble in the object of Mr. Clinch's Petition. We are almost hopeless that the peace of the country will ever be restored, until the people generally are led to have a proper confidence in the ad minirtration of the laws, and the decision of Juries; until this be erected, we moat expect to find them occasionally taking the law in their own hands; and the coas:•gnence of suds legislation ri et arm is, need cwt be commented on. —lrish Times. A SINGCLAA CKlltaCTsll.—Yelteribly, about 2 o'clock, an inquest was hell before Thatnas Shelton, nt White Cross-street prison, upon the body of David Thomas, a man about 40 years of age, who came by his death by bursting a btood-vessel on Mondsy last. It appeared the deceased was a most execntrie character, having been for upLards of three years and a-half confined in that "Man -6ao of Misery," for the sum of 171., although it had been clearly ascertained he hail changed several ritsl. notes ; during that period, such was this extraordinary man's pro pensity for avarice, that he not only deprived himself of the common necessaries of life, but cautiously avoided giving ally due by which his family might be known. lie could have obtained his discharge repeatedly ; hat such was the fasci nating power" of his residence, that he preferred the sick ward of that prison to open air. It further appeared, that undfr the compulsory clause in the Insolvent Act, be v:ould have been discharged (even contrary to his inclina tion) next term. After the examination of Dr. li'odd, who had previously attended him, as well as other witnesses, the Jury returned a verdict—Died !. Me riiitalion of God. kfay is :ts d x at- Like of notion being r avine, rent* ory Of th! r poor, ration ; but ' great Inas- rslarn It was at ion in hisi inztges,, This I nhcs cn• , r Ti Itta h pre.. u ben* I. 3. 11a rch from infor. nil the he in their rrriant !ice to dndr lorg bus to ), but On the being h. for mice it At pit.nith inplete x the la, the rate of r. has It LW. a few *armee. al by a twisted Beicg [named runlet Ed tt. on his took a ie dis. against a of & number Corsr, 14C it t irrnier. thin IS nisi) or present tint that Five If. as, 164: le:— 12. n •/ IC. I respect )n$ COO are LOt lanks to and the pe. of tins blisbed. last, re. of than created of some 'flowing e Coos* he tow premin. Met ope *i I td to be 3odczate licd us. ins the iblic the member red from gyred its he King anguage rtuguese Ile send. rho were Taman, igdotris. 'rang of y ; and le inior. cm their tater, in be Sale met Go , and to Timm. ms ware de Silva disturb. manic, :en and perfect (invent- Bieber , present 0, 23 th ived at. Ayres. y-Con eat the le Bra he dot: 'baton, I to tlar C .t$ h ing's stow need in tnti the )ctob I in. 1 - illtd by Villiam I COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK'S LETTERS. (From the Universal Revirr.l Letters to and from Henrietta, (loonies% of Suffolk, and her secon.l husband, the Honourable George Berkeley. from 1712 to 17 6 1. With historical, biographical. and explanatory notes. Two mots. lyo. Price 11. 10a. 31urray. London. 11124. This highly amusing publication is understood, in the literary circles, to have been edited by Mr. ('raker, to whose superintendence Lady Londonderry confided (and to !heir great advantage) the charge of these family papers. Lady Suffolk, all the 'Nthd knows, was long the fa vourite of George 11. She liad been supposed hostile to the political influence of his Queen, and her nznie is not only intimately mixed with the Court intrigues of the period, but intimately connected with its literature--since Swift, Pope, Gay, Bolingbroke, Chesterfield, and many others, have written of her in their works, and now figure among her corre.pondents. The volume before us present much matter for grave re flection ; and for gay reflection too, if ever reflection takes that tone. It is pleasant to contemplate, as it' they were! our contemporaries and familiars, the celebrated of other I days, divested of their public characters. This is the gnat charm of authentic correspondence, and these letters passive it in a remarkahl tle,:ne. But even beyond thi s they have a value whi c h highly recommends them ; we allude to their developement of many points in history, and their evidence of other motives, and even other events, than those which occur in tae heavy tissues of the his torians. The account you `ire me (says Lord Chesterfield to Mrs. Howard, in a letter dated Hague, July 26,1720)01 Lord Herbert's journey to Paris is very satisfactory, and convinces me of the truth of a common observation, that little regard is to be had to history, especially to the causes generally assigned by historians for great events. I confess his Lio3ship's journey had raised my curiosity, as it did the speculations of all Europe, and nos been variously ac counted for, but the true reason has not been gue s sed. S tmt . I thought tha t he was ordered to go and cruise in the Mcsliterranean till the arrival of the fleets ; others thought he was sent to Paris,to show that in hint alone wr were able to fulfil allour engage menu. For my own part, I (who am not apt to refine) concluded I that the Court of France only desired to have him there in the ab sence of Banniares. In short, every one judged according to his hopes or his fears. But no thubt those Powers that were so appre !lenitive of his niotions will think themselves very well of when they shall come to know, that for this time his Lordship only meditates the destruction of tied wits. I can tell hint, to his comfort, that there is not such a thing in France now as a ti e d w i g , b ut t h ey a ll wear their own hair, or little wigs, that they call des bonne/2.- 1 Vol. I. p. Anti Lady Hervey, in an Epistle of two years later date, observes, 1 am mightily taken uppritb a book of letters, in which are many secret negociations in the times of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles the First. It lets one into several little anecdotes of those times which are very curious.—Vo!. 1. p. 411. Among the epistolary flirtations of Mrs. Howard, is one of great length and gravity (assisted by Gay the poet, who was her accessary in such matters), with the renowned Esti of Peterborough. His Lordship's love-making is woniltrously like that in the most ancient romances, when five or ten volumes folio told of the wooer's pains, arid bore witness to the obduracy with which ladies sustained their prolix sieges. Yet I'eterborough was a poet too: ' e.r. gr. The following lines arc far superior to those ad dressed by Pope to the same lady : I said to my heart, between sleeping and waking. " Thou wild thing, that always art leaping or aching. What black, brown, or fair, in what clime, in what nation, By turns has no: taught thee a pit-a-potation Thus accused, the wild thing gave this sober reply:— " See, the heart without motion, though Celia pass by ! Not the beauty she has, not the wit that she borrows, Give the eye any joys, or the heart any sorrows. When our Sappho appears—she, whose wit so refined I am forced to applaud with the rest of mankicd-- Whatever she so), is with spirit and fire; Every word I attend, but 1 only p.'mire. Prudentia as vainly would put in her claim, Ever gazing on heaven, though man is im aim : "fis love, not devotion, that turns up her eyes_ Those stars of this arid are too good for the skies. " But Chloe so lively, so easy, FO fair, Her wit so genteel, without art, without care; When she comes in my way—the motion, the pain, The leapings, the &things, return all again." 0 wonderful creature! a Woman of reason ! Never grave out of pride. never gay out of season W hen so easy to pleas who this anol should be, Would one think Mrs. Howard neer dreamt it was she ! Vol. I. p. xlvi. MIS. HOWARD TO LORD PET7.11i101101:011. July 26 I have carefully perused your Lordship's letter, about your fair devil and your black devil, your hell aid tortures, your heaven and happiness--those sublime expressions which ladies and gentlemen use in their gallantries and distresses. I suppose by your fair devil you mean nothing less thon an angel. If so, my Lord, I beg Lave to give some reasons why I think a woman is neither like an angel nor a devil, and why suc cessful and unhappy love do not in the least resemble heaven and hell. It is true, you may quote ten thousand pliant letters and p►ecedents for the use of those love terms, which hare a mighty captivating sound in the ears of a woman, and have been with equal propriety applied to all women in all ages. In the first place, my Lord, an angel pretends to be nothing but a spirit. If, then, a woman was DO more than an angel, shat could a lover get by the pursuit ? The black devil is a spirit too, but one that has lost his beauty and retained his pride. Tell a woman this, and try how she likes the simile. The pleasure of an angel is offering praise : the pleasure of a woman 1, receiving it. Succesful love ra very unlike heaven; because you may have success one hour, and lose it the rest. Heaven is unchangeable. Who can say so of love or lover ? In love there are as ninny heavens as there are women ; so that if a man be o unhappy a• to lose one heaven, he need not throw himself headlong into hell. This thought might he carried further. But perhaps you will ask me, if a woman be neither like angel nor devil, what is s h e like ? I answer, that th e only thing that is like a woman is_ another U•011111It. How often has your Lo - dship persuaded foreign ladies that no_' thing hot them could make you forsake your dear country ! lint at protest I find it is more to yo ur p ur p ose to te ll me that I am the only woman that could prevail with you to stay in your ungrateful country.—YoL 1. p. 159. Lold Chesterfield furnishes the following :- 31•nost, Scarborough, Aug. 1733. I have beard that ladies often command what they would be sorry to be obeyed _in. Ido not kn ow w h et h er your comman d to me to write to you f*uni hence was not of that sort; however, I de termined at all events to obey ; for if you have really desired to hear from a very faithful servant of yours, 1 should have been very sorry to have omitted it; and if not, 1 have at once the excuse of obet:ienee and the pleas Are of revenge, by taking you at your word. This preamble being finished, which thy the way) is generally the most difficult part of a letter, my difficulty begins, which is, what to say. Complimebts you shall have none: they are sacred I to falsehood, and would be profaned by sincerity ; so that here is a great and luxuriant branch of epistolary commerce entirely cut off. The nest thing tequired in a letter is news ; but as to that, 1 may with great truth make use of that short hut comprehensive form of words of most letter-mien in the country to their friends in town, which is, this place is so barren of news, and *Words so few mate trials Mr a letter, that it would- be but trespwsing upon your pa- tience to trouble you with a long s.-roll from hence. However, you shall have the present stare of Scarborough, such as it is. The ladies here arc inruinerable, and 1 really believe they all come fur their health, for they look very ill. The m en o f pl easure are Lord Carmichael, Colone l Ligonier, and the celebrated Toni I Paget, who attend upon the Duke of .trgyll all day, and dance I with the pretty ladies at night. Here are besides hundreds of Yorkshire beaux, who play the inferior pans, and, as it were, only tumble, while those three dance upon the high ropes of gallantry. The grave people are mostly malignant , . or, in Monsterial lan guage, notorious Jacobites, such as Lord Stair, 31:itch:nom. A nglesea, and myself, not to mention many of the House of Com mons, of equal disatffiction. Moreover. Pulteney and Lord ('arts_ re: are expected here anon : so that if the Ministry do not make a plot of this meeting, it is plain they do not want one for this year. The people of this town are It present in great consternation, upon a report they have heard front Londm, which, it true, they think will ruin them. I confess Ido not believe it; not but that there is something probable trough in it. They are Informed that, considering the vast consumption of these waters, there is a design laid of erasing them next session ; and moreover, that as bathing in the sea is become the general practice of both sexes, and us the Kings of England have Always been allowed to be masters of the was, every person so bathing shall be guaged, and pay so moth per toot square as their cubical bulk amounts to. 1 own there are many objections to this scheme, which, no doubt, occur to you but, to be sure, too, there is one less than to the last, for this tax being singly upon water, it is evident it would be an ease to the landed interest, which it is as plain the other would not have been. iVe have it here that the Prince of Orange does not come over. I can hardly believe it, but wish I knew whether it be so or no, for I should take my measures accordingly of coming to town. I wish you may not think from all this stuf that these waters are apt to fly into one's head, which may discourage you from ever coining here, though I AIM persuaded they would do you a great deal of good ; but to convince you that at least they have done my head no hurt, 1 assure you no man living is with greater truth or esteem, Median, yours, he. C H EST E RFIELD. It is said that Sirtriosrasr -7— oley is to have the command at Chatham. It is not known yet whether Sir Charles' Hamilton resumes his command at Newfoundland, or if he will be sleceeded by Sir Alexander Cochrane. ROYAL ACADEMY OP MUSIC. 1 of the Royal Academy of Music The First Anniversacy Festiva was held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern. This Institu tion, which is under the gracious patronage of his Majesty. was opened for the Instruction of pupils on the 111th of March, DM. There are now 11 male and 10 female 'students on the foundation, and 11 othera, the expenses of whose education arc wholly defrayed •by their friends. Of the practicability of the objects of the Institu. tion, and of the c.trellence of the system laid down for the a!utlents. AIM lc proof! bare 'wen given, not only at the public Con. ccrt in February last , but at the musical entertainment yesterday. The lower end of the great mom was fittest up for the occasion, as an orchestra ; and after dinner the students made their appear. ance, and delighted the company with several excellent displays of vocal and instrumental atone. 'There was also a full attend. ance of the usual professional singers, whose services 'rattly con. tributed to the unexampled flow of gaiety and enjoyment, by witch the evening was characterised. The Company was nu inerrant and highly respectable. At six o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of York entered the room, followed by the Puke of NValngton, the Marquis of Lanselown, the Earl of Morley, Lord Alvatiley, lard Sir George Clerk, Ban. M.l'.. Sir tie , ute 1 1 'arrender, Bart., Sir' John Murray. Hart., the Vice-Cliancellor, A. W. flobarta, Gam, M.l'., and W. Williams., Esq., M.P. / His Royal Highness. appeared to be in the beat health. and throughout the evening manifested the warmest interest in the pro ceedings, and the greatest satisfaction at the progress of the Society. On his entrance he was greeted with general applause. The dinner was sumptuous and the wines uncommonly excellent. The cloth having been removed. .fienedielont air Nome. 1.„„, was sung in admirable voice by the united ability of the vocal strength of the room, after which " The King" vas given from the Chair, and drunk with enthusiastic Cheer', four times four repeated. The Students then sang " Cod sane the King" with considerable skill and effect. " The Koval Family" and " The Army and Navy" were next drunk in tweet-salon, with the glees of " Bald, Star of Brunswick" and " Rule Britannia." " The Royal Academy of biotic" was then giver, after Which the glee of " Glorious Apollo," was admirably sung by the pupils of the Academy. The Duke of WF.LILII(GTON then proposed the health of the Chairman, his Royal fllleintss the Duke of York. The toast was received with lang.coutinued expressions of the approbation of the meeting. The Duke of Forte i..ured the company that he took the live liest interest in the success of the e;.eellent Institution which they were that evening met to support. It was the just pride of this country that it had attained an eminence both in arts aed arms not eseefed by any other nation either now in existence, or recorded is the pages of history. In commerce, the foundation of our great mantime power, we stood unrivalled. In illustration of onr mili• tary renown, he need only point to his Noble and Gallant Friend on his right hand (the Duke of Nl'ellitigton) loud cheers. In the fine arts we had raised our reputatina to a high pitch, and lie did not despair that as we had risen above all other nations in all other arts, we should also finally beat them in music. (Cheers.) He looked to this Academy ass well-devised means of accomplish ing that object, and he trusted therefore that it would receive that encouragement which it deserved, as well for the national glory as for the good it would render to the pupils, by furnishing them with an able and scientific education, which they could not otherwise obtain. His Royal Highness concluded with repeating the ex pression of his ataiety for the success of the Academy of Music. Air, by the studentx.—" The Duke of York's March." " The healths of the Vice-Patrons, their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Leopold, and of the Directors of the Concerts of Ancient Music," were next given, with several ap propriate airs and glees by the students. Ilia Royal Highness then announced that the young ladies were about to withdraw ' • previous to which he begged the company to drink to their good health and future prosperity. The toast was received with every manifestation of .he sincerity with which the company ioined in the wishes of the Royal Chair. man. The young ladies then retired amidst general cheering, well earned by the podicieney they had displayed during the evening. The progress they had made under the tuition of the professors, and in a period comparatively short, excited the highest satisfac tion amongst the company. The health of the Duke of Wellington was the next toast. It was received with great applause. The Duke of WELLINGTON, on returning thanks, called the attention of the company particularly to the purpose for which they were assembled. The Royal Academy of" Music had a twofold object, namely, to lay the foundation of a British School of Music, and to provide the means of musical education to those who could not otherwise, perhaps, en joy its benefits. He had heard with re gret that the funds, hitherto supplied by public benevolence, had cot been suffitient to meet this laudable design ; and he trusted that the anniversary held that evening would materially entire in insuring the recurrence of a long sure pion of similar meetings hereafter. ((heers.) The disposition of the British people to works of charity and utility was proverbial. No city on the face of the earth could boast so many noble institutions for pious and phi lanthropic purposes; and he had therefore little apprehension that an institution, having aunt various end strong claims on public pa tronage, could fail to receive it. His Grace, in conclusicn, asxured the company that all his services should be cheerfully given, to primate the success of the Institution. ...... The health of the Marquis of Lanadown was then given from the Chair, and welcomed with considerable cheering. The Marquis of LANSDOW x felt feeply the unexpected honour' conferred span him. He entirely concurred in the praises that had been given to the institution. He knew of oone more worthy of ' public support. That room had been the origin of many associa tions founded with noble and useful designs. What objects could be nobler or more useful than those contemplated by the Academy of Music ? It offered to its pupils an opportunity of cultivating their ta lents, and ranting an 'oonourablc subsistence, by the worthiest and most gratifying of all means, and perhaps rising to a station in society to which they could not aspire by any other course. (Cheers.) To such an institution, conducted under the able super. intendence which had produced the display of skill and talent they had all that evening wimessed he could not but wish prosperity; and he confidently cherished the hope that it would continue to receive an accession of support which would very soon enable the Committee to throw its doors wide open for the admission of all those whom nature had qualifiei. to claim it. No one could, he was sure, without pain contemplate the exclusion of any me of the promising pupils whom they had that evening heard with so much pleasure. Ile trusted that the necessity of any fur her im positions on the parents would be prevented by the supply the funds of the charity would receive from us numerous well-wishers. The next toast was " The health of the Directors of the Royal Academy of Music." The had of :tloa LEY returned thcr.hs for himself and his col leagues in a short and neat speech. he Committee were next toasted. Lord Sai.you se expressed the obligation under which the Com mittee considered themselves for the honour conferred upon them. When they considered the universal taste for music diffused through all classes of society, and the enormous sums bestowed upon foreign artists, they could not for a moment doubt the willingness of the public to encourage, to the fullest extent, an establishment formed for the express purpose of calling forth and bringing to perfection the talents of our own country, and rendering the children of our own soil equally celebrated in this as in all other branches of the 'Fine Arts. His Lordship observed, diet an idea hat been enter. tained that such an establiahnient was not calculated for this coon_ try, or at least was premature. To such persona the Committee could now with confidence apply for aid in their useful work : the system had been tried, and found fully to realise the expectations formed (Wit. A profusion of musical talent, and that of no ordi nary nature, had been discovered and brought Into notice; and the great source of regret with the Committee had been their necessity of suffering so niuch real genius to be buried in obscurity, from their inability to bring it to light and foster it. (Cheers.) The Royal Society of Musicians were afterwards toasted. Sir G. C I.E az, in returning thaiiks, stated that in the course of next month there would be arother morning concert of vocal and instrumental music by the pupils of the aculemv, at the ancient concert rooms in Hanover-square. Ile hoped all the friends of the Institution wen I I attend. Among the other toasts during the evening were, the lady Patronesses and Visitors, the Protessors, the Stewards, the City of London, the Royal Academy. and the Philharmonic Society. Subscriptions, exceeding in amount 8001.. were announced to have been received in the mom, to which his Majesty had contri buted an additional 100 guineas. „_. A great number of excellent songs and glees enlivened the pro- ceedings of the evening. Soon after ten o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, who had appeared throughout to be particularly well pleased with his entertainment, rose to withdraw, lle left the room amidst warm and general applause. Lord SALTOVN was then called to the Chair, and the convi viality of the evening was prolonged to a late hour. Cttttn Alvin:or/Lb IN YORK.—An inquest was held on Saquilay night last, and by adjournment yesterday, by Mr. Elli son, Coroner, at the John Bull public-horse, without Layerthorpe Postern, in the vicinity of this city, on view of the body of a female child unknown, which had been found in the river Font. between Monkbridgc and Pearicholme green, when, after a long inreatigit. tion, it was again adjourned to to-morrow evening. The child Wll3 found on the surface of the water, with its face downwards, quite naked, about seven o'clock on Saturday night, entangled amongst same weed*. It was a full grown intent ; and, on examination, it appeared that the back part of the skull had been fractured, and that what is essential for the security of life at the time of birth, with regard to the navel, had not been attended to, which showed that r o medical man had attended the delivery. It appeared to have been in the water three weeks or a month. The most remark able feature in this affair is, that a female, apparently between 'JO and iltt years of age, droned in a red Own, had been seen to lurk about by the side of the Fess, exactly opposite to the place where the child was found, for eight or ten days, in the early pert of tita morning, and. that about eleven o'clock on Saturday forenoon, she again snaked the placs, and, after kneeling down by the side of e gate, she put a bundle into the water, and walked quietly away. Some boys soon got it out of the river, and, on opening it, found that it contained seven or eight women's caps, two gowns, a checked 1 apron, some frills, and a green petticoat —Fork Cusorant Tues day. Hazard and Co., who sold Three Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds in the present Lottery, respectfally remind the Public of the approaching conclusion of the Lottery. Next Satur day is the Last I)ay but One. The Wheel amain,' Two Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds, besides other Capitals. Tickets and Shares are selling by Huard and Co. at their old-established and fortunate Offices, Royal Exehange-pte; 20, Cornhill; anti 3 . -4, 1 Oxford-street, Ind of Regent-strer,. CUARDLIN OETY FOR THE PR EsE VATIOV O OF CI PUBLIC MORALS. Yesterday a public meeting was held at.the Egyptian Hall, Man sion House, for the purpose of receiviog the report of the Com ee, and adopting resolutions connected with the promotion of this very benevolent Institution. Minot half-past twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor took the Chair, and briefly addressed the Meeting, which he regretted was not more numerous. He was sorry that any prejudices had existed with respect to this Soci e ty ; b ut h e was still happy to find that as they were excited without a shadow of cause, they had now moat properly auliaided. He th oug ht t h e I inaniian Society to be one which demandrl support, to which he was sure it was emi nently entitled. !laving thus briefly stated the object of their Meeting, he was compelled to leave them, in order to discharge those olfleinl duties Which to-day pressed rather heavily upon Another gentleman, however. would better supply his place, and the highly respectable Secretary (the Rev. Thomas Webster), would read to them the Report of the proceedings of the Society. His Lordship having,lell the Chair, Sir PET Eft LAURIE was unanimously called to it; and in stating his approval of the great object for which the Mectiat was assembled. iceolumended to the gentlemen who wished t o aeWreas the asaerniily, to make as +hoer speeches as possible; as to all *hoot he now New, time was ex tremely valuable. The Rev. THOMAS Wrnarta stated to the Meeting, that he had, as Secretary to the Soc ety, received several letters from gen tlemen apolot,iriog for their absence; rine of which wan from a steady friemd to the Society, the Rev. Rowland Hill, with an en closure of live pounds, which he considered vastly preferable to a long speech. The Rev. Secretary then read the following ably written and cheering Report :— •' The Committee of the finartlian Society embrace with great pleasure the opportunity which is now worded, of presenting to their frientis and supporters a statement of their proceedings since the last public meeting of the Society, in November, 1821. " During the whole period they have been endeavouring steadily to pursue their work of mercy, and .o adopt those plans which may prove most effectual for recovering the unhappy objects of this lii atitution from the error of their ways, and restoring them to the paths of purity and peace. In this attempt it has pleased Almighty (lad to crown their labours wi•l3 considerable success. Since the last public meeting of ' this Society, 163 persons have been received within the walls of your As/lum, and have been sheltered, instructed, and trained in habits , of industry and religion ; of these 47 have been plered out in ser vice, 61 have beea restored to their friends, and 50 are now in the house. •"l'he numbers, therefore, received into your Asylum, from its commencement to March 10. have amounted to 816; of whom CM have been restored to their friends, placed our in service, or other. wise provided for, exclusive of those still under your are. " Your Committee cannot but dwell with great satisfaction on the beneficial effects which hero thus resulted from your Institution. il'hen they Contemplate the change which, often In the space of a few short months, nay, even in a few weeks, is n e t ttnfrequently produced in the haracters of individuals within the walls of your Asylum, they may perhaps be pardoned in experiencing some eiro lions of that joy, which we are assured the inhabitants of a higher state experience over one sinner that repeneeth. " In this point of view your Committee stop not to inquire by what means the unhappy oDjects have been reduced to their awful state. For other 'military purposes, indeed, it is their duly strictly to examine every candidate for admission into your Asylum, and to sift and investigate, thoroughly, every case, and thus to Collect a body of evidence which may be, perhaps, of some importance, with reference to those improvements in existing laws, which the friends of this and sithilar institutions so ardently desfte. But every indi vidual who comes before them is a melancholy object of contempla tion—debased, degraded. lust-Mien reduced to the very brink of despair--generally ignorant of the moat important truths, blind as to the awful and eternal consequence of sin, and frequently in_ tent only upon deliverance from an immediate and urgent incon venience, with very faint ideas of the blexacdnfts of true repentance' and permanent reformation; yet how soon is this state of things entirely changed ? The very same individual, the propriety of whose admission into your Asylum, even on probation, has ap peared exceedingly doubtful to some of the Committee, has no sooner entered your walls, and witnessed the change so mercifully effected in many of her companions. and listened to their advice and suggestions, than in a period of time tar less than could have been I anticipated, and which often surprises those who witness the fact, she has come, as it were, to herself, and like one of old, who, clothed, and in her right mind, sat a the feet of Jesus, has becomes humble and attentive listener to the instructions of those who so niercifully endeavour to impress upon the inmates of your Asylum the duty and importance of embracing that salvation, which God hath graciously provided even for the chief of sinners. " And this, be it remembered, is no imaginary, no fictitibus re presentation. Your officers are rowed to produce, and would gladly produce, did not other imienous reasons prohibit such pub lication, the names and ages, and previous character and present situation and employment, of many individials to whom this de. scription literally applies. They came into your house in a degree of moral wretchedness which cannot be described in a public assem bly, with a dark and dreary prospect before them, which even made life a burden, in some instances having zetually attemptedtto com mit suicide, in others dismissed from tenipsoary confinement in various prisons, tee. and yet in a very short time their hopes have revived—their bodily health, enfeebled by continual exposure to inclemency of the season, and by all the miserable effects of intern. perate and disorderly habits—has been restemed; they have become active, cheerful, and industrious; and when reconciled to their friends, or provided with a suitable place of service, they appear before the Committee and attempt to return thanks for the kindness I they have experienced; they often exhibit those feelings and emo tions which thew how completely they are changed; instead of a ' careless unblushing effmntery—instead of all die miserable and I deceitful attempts at excuse so often exhibited, they evince a I union of modesty and humility at the recollection of what they I were—of gratitude to Almighty God, and th e i r kind benefactors for what they now are, and hope and apprehension at whit they may I hereafter become in the situations to which they are going forth. which amply repay to your Committee for all their cares and exertions. Of the unhappy females received into jo u r Asylum under every ; I appalling circumstance of crime and misery, considerably more than one-half, though not quite two-thirds, have your protection under favourable circumstances. That all these are deeply and ade quately under the influence of, and impressed with, religious views and religious principle*, is more than your Committee feel autho. used to assert ; but they have good reason to conclude that a very small proportion indeed of those who thus quit the Asylum ever re turn to their evil ways; and they have also very satisfactory evidence, that many of these who have been discharged or withdrawn, who have, in fact. been dismissed for disorderly conduct, or determined on leaving the house without any adequate motive, have yet sought out for themselves honest means of support, and have never re turned to their former evil practices ; so that the real and positive benefits of this Institution are far greater than at first sight would appear. " Nor is the real and positive benefit derived from your Institu tion alone worthy ()filmier. Let us forone moment contemplate the incalculable evil which has, by its exenions, been prevented. Every one who is, by your instrumentality, rescued from the paths of the destroyer, is not only herself:delivered, but ceases from that moment from being an active agent in seducing and destroying others. Your Committee have felt this consideration most pair.- fully, when the low state of their funds, or the numbers already in your Asylum, have compelled them to suspend, postpone, or even decline the reception of some unhappy candidate few admission. It we refuse, if we are unable to receive her, what will be the result ? Will not her present emotions of penitence be stifled ? Will not her feelings ofapprehension ripen into despair ? May not this unhappy, object be added to the fearful list of those who die without hope and perish without remedy ? Or if despair and suicide arc not the consequence, may not a fearful spirit of desperation and obduracy be induced ? May net this poor wretched wounta retire and say, •Itisof no use, I have done what I can-1 have applied at the Asylum —I have answered every inquiry—l have humbled myself to the dust ; yet I hays found no mercy, and therefore I sin not to blame if Igo on—if I spend my few years here as I have lately lived, rend then hope God will not punish me for what I cannot help!' And may she not thus sally forth with somewhat of a feel ing of revenge and disappointment, to lay snares for the young and the inexperienced—perhaps tor our own servants, or even tor oar own children ? " To prevent such fearful anticipations. your Committee earnestly call for the liberal support and contributions of the present esteem bly. They are well aware of the scruples of some with respect to public meetings on behalf of Institutions like the present, and they would gladly defer to such scruples : retired and silent course ; but their friends so suffer front silence and retirement, that they are compelled to the adoption of the alter native either of appearing in public, and soliciting the countenance and support of their fellow-Christians or of diminishing, of perhaps eventually relirquishing, thei r benevolent Institution. " They are persuaded, therefore, that every individual present will justify the choice they have made—that no one would for a moment wish that fewer objects had been received—that less permanent good had been effected—but that die feeling must be excited in every heart that such institutions mulct be so enlarged, and such measures adopted, that our streets might no longer be infested, and our youths endangered by these unhappy objects. •6 And be it ever remembered, that very great diminutions of usefulness must be made in order even to secure a malt rate mice. tines of expense. The rent and the taxa, and the repairs of your Asylum, the salaries of the officers and servants, the amount of fuel, &c., and in short all the heavier expenses of the Institution, are almost entirely independent of the numher of persons received : so that when the produce of her labour is taken into the account, the weekly expense of supplying such female with good and whole some sustenance, is little more than tour shillings; and the conse quent reduction of your Institution from fifty to thirty persons, it,tuld barely produce the the saving of 2001. per annum. and what must then become of the twenty poor objects thus annually and fur ever excluded ? " Your Committee, however, entertait. no idea of any such reduc tion, though they thus speak. They feel it right that you, and that the public through your means, should know the exact state of the case. For this purpose they assemble you, and they have too often experience' the readiness of your minds, to stand in any dcubt of your liberal and enlarged contributions. " The Christian public, indeed, when fairly appealed to, have ever shewn their sense of the importance of institutions of this na ture, and their readiness to contribute effectual aid. We need not *pond to the reconls of the Ills4tlakn, the London Female Peni tentiary, or other similar instimtiona now happily placed on a per- mantnt footing, to illustrate these truths. Vont own Institution affords.auflicient proof, and the help which it has so open expe rienced, encourages them to go on in their important undertaking. " The Corporation of the l'icy of London, who hove ever ehp rished your undertaking with the utmost mire. have lately liberally wpm.' firward to our support, and have cheerfully contributed the sum ut 3UUI. in aid a our fonds ; while ot that o,:casion the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, some of the Aldermen, dhri several other distinguished members of the Corporation, bore ample tad. mony to the bttnefits resulting from the Institution. '• (If these benefits your Committee have already spoken, and they are unsilling to trespass . upon the time of this aolaustly, by entering into more partrealar detail ; they co u ld brin g f orwa rd many attestations to the value of their servant', who have been re. covered tsom the error of their ways in _yotrr ,Isylum--to the good cooduot of their children, of whom their di-treaties' parents were compelled to say. she is dead, or even worse than dead, but who ore now enabled to as.d, she was loot but is found ; she it alive again-- alive to iserself--alive to us—aline to God. We might point out various instances of those once hopeless, now reslaimed, comfort. ably 'ruled, living in pease and purity ; comfortably, reputably, and honourably married, sod regulatin2 their (=Pies with propriety, _ . - - " instances also of. self-denial, in very peculiar earcdnistaticee, occasionally come under the Tie* of your Committee: thus, in • very recent instance, a family into which one of 'cur females had been introduced as • servant, became involved in difficuhies, and were compelled to announce that they must forego her assistance, being no longer able to pay her her wage"; to fhb' statement the I young woman replied, that she could not leave thou in their dil -1 tisiltits.; that they had received her and assisted her in thee pnstperity, and that she would gladly continue with and help them, until their affairs came round ; and the adhered to her resolution. She cheerfully assigned them in their distress; and r length. som e other amangunents being made, she entered upon another service, having passed the night between !taring one situation aid entering upon the other at your Asylum. " Tour Committee feel themselves celled upon td iiMgreii upod the present assembly, that one grand a nd di st i rgu i s hi ng feature of this Institution is (de prompt reception it affords to its unhappy ob jects. Experiecce lamentably dentonstraus that the impressions posluced on the minds of these persons are often exceedingly tun dent ; that if any delay occurs they are often obliterated ; and the lame of the wretched woman becomes worse than before. As fat, therefore, as their funds and their accommodatius will allow, the Committee have proceeded upon the principle of affording at lust temporary shelter to every applicant w*ir & t imers to be at all suita bly impressed ; f or t hi s purpose the Wits and gentlemen's 001 . 0 mittens meet weekly on different days la the week ; end is the in tervals or these days, suitable arrangements are made that no un happ, woman may become the prey of despair. They therefore ask for no security—they do nit ewe slap for the recommentintioo of a subscriber—their grand inquiry is, are you desirous to forsake iniquity. and have you not, by being admitted in any simile lama , tution, fur ever excluded yourself hunt ours " It would be the height of ingratitude to pass over Without ed.; rice in this Report the very active acid unwearied labour and enter: tions of the Ladies' Committee. 'f lie internal affairs of the Insti tution are entirely under their elltectiOn, and are uniformly eon. ducted with a degree of order and regularity execeding all praise: with ;he strictest regard to economy, and at the ume titre with that liberal allowance of everything nemeses , to promote the health and the comfort dr the inmates, to 'vetiver them from the Consequences of crime, and to fit them for the laborious duties of the various tuations to which they may be until. Distant "4 the Asylum is from the residence of mint of the Ladies of the Committee, they are frequent in their weekly attendance, and are always happy to meet specially, in order to accompany any respectable persons who may wish to visit the establishment—an examination which ads ways proves highly gretifyieg to the spectators, and to which the Committee ref:we-dully invite the ladies new present. •• In adverting to the funds, as the annual account has so recently been transmitted to each member, it may be Suaicient biledp to cb serve, that the Society were. at the close tithe yeses indebted to their Treasurer the turn of 1117 L " The Committee confidently commit their cause to the hands of the present a ssem bly, and they doubt not that the result of this day's meeting will be, that they shall be encouraged to go oo with renewed alacrity in their Work of mercy, and they would call upon this assembly, and on all connected with the society, • Be not w e ary of well doing, for in d ue season we s h a ll rea p, if we faint nat.' • Sir in mania( than this Report be adcpted by the Meeting, strongly meammended tie Society se de. serving peculiar and extensive patronage. No man, be asid, could contemplate the objects whom it sot& to rescue from mi. sery, and its attendant sin, without feelings of the strongest cow pension. He was sure it would be only nocessary to make It known, in Order to fame for it the liberal support of a Christian public. The Rev. G.lovvrtft said, he ',elided that the thinners of ' the Meeting was, in some degree, because :tidies were prevented from attending lest their ears might b. offended by the discussion of the subject. Such, however, could never be the case. He would ap pe al to the assembly as fathers, as mothers, as brothers, and as skners in the hope, that through their hearts be might affect their hands. He had once disliked the Society t bat it had wound itself round his heart by the good it had dinned. He re: gretted to perceive so small on aseesoblage ; but he hoped those prcrent were the delegates of their families, and that through their means the g.tod feeling would spread. The Re. Gentlemats matted, that thanks be ?etumed to God by the Society, for their having been tb^ means of preventing front remaining In the suet's 500 unfortunate female.: the Rcv. Mr. Caxrawil. in seconding tills resolution, said that he could not emotive any objects more desolate than those which the Society meant to relieve. He observed that, some= time s;nce, a woman called upon him, who h a d been formerly in the 31agdalen Aaylum of Edinburgh, and informed him that she was now married and resided in L nidon. Her object in visiting him was to return thanks foe the MIMIC/ in which she had been pre %erred bt tfit Institution. Thii au one of the many instances of its good cfrects. The Rev. Mr Eetirsow limy& that the thanks of the meeting be given to his Royal Highness the Doke of Strise!, patron, and to the Duchess of ll'ellington, the patroness, for their counte nances and support oldie Society. He shookl he should only make a few observations, because the meeting was 5m..11, and, therefore, called for small speeches. The soviety nevertheless, had done much wit hiu a short period, and he hoped it would in a little tune de more. There an. an immensely wide held uncuitivatca, and it would be a shame if the heart of Britons did not pent to relieve the distresses t.bich they every Jay witnessed. The miseries which it was the object of the Society to prevent, found its m t i r into the houses, and poisoned the domeitic comforts of many. vrhy thew should the people shrink from coming forward to perform so noble a duty ? He was shocked when he remembered that there vim 60,070 objects for the Society in the metropolis, and only two or three small institutions to relieve them. They reminded him of what he often salt in Ireland written over a miserable shop, which contained little more than a " beggarly account of empty boxes," " provision store." The Rev. Mr. Wens - rest read a list of subacriptior.s. the total amount of which was 1001. The Rev. Dr. HAMILTON moved the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Maycir, and to the treasurer, sedetary, and corranittee of the society, and that another committee be nominated. Mr. Many . CowtrEit.Ax seconded the revolution. Ile said he had but little to observe after the gentleman wbo had previously spoken, and after the report which had been read, save that in the different parts of Ireland where he had been lately teachinz the poor, he had found no crime so universally abhorred as the one which it was the object of the Society to reverie. It wee an awful circ•tmstanre when a parent reared a child to be 18 years old, and was then deprived of her, with shame to NNW, and sae. row to her mother. A new (:ornmittwe was then ncrroirtated. Sir F. 014 MAN www,M.P.moved the thanks of the meeting to the Rev. Dr. Randolph, and the other clergymcri who had preadiel on behalf the Society, and the surgeons who had assisted it. The Rev. Mr. Ran nETT recondtd the resolution. He observed that it was )(twirling to know that public men conceived they were doing their best ditty, in taking the Chair on occasion. similar to the preseat. He h4ed the meeting would remember that these they were celled upon to relieve, were not only objects of danger but of pity, that though they were the enemies of man they. were his victims., and only like the warns which turns to 'tin the foot that crushes them. The intention of the Society was to bring them again into the domestic circle, and not only to serve them in the present state, Lut to direct their attention to the future one. The Rev. Mr. MUTTTI moved the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Mayor for the loan or the Egyptian Hall, and for ha , i lag kindly consented to take the Chair on the occasion. The Itev.iMr. IV OSTER. in seconding this resolution, observed, that he could mention ninny instances in which the Society would hesitate, whether to pity the misfortunes or condemn the guilt of the wretched individuals to whom he alluded. Sir P. LAITILIE said, that the thanks of the Society should be given to die best friends of it—those Ladies who had taken the un fortunate females into their service, after they had been under the Society's charge, There were now 96 females in lc ewgate, and out of that number MI were from various part. of England. one from Scotland, six from Ireland, and sixty of them were reared in the metropolis. If the public would ►nrrifice a portion of their time to remedy these evil*, society in general wouli! teal the good effects of it. The Resolutions having been all passed ular.imous/y, the Meet. tag then separated. EXECUTION.—The ;jury p , ,,t of IVerlimaciav last, giv ing an account of the execution of the four convicts at bury, snys— •• I'o chew the state of ►fright's mind, we Mutt the following let ter, addressed by him to one of his former coati:de:mei in crime, residing at ►falter Belch:imp ' April 10, 1824, Bury Glut ' To you I Thomas h t do send these few Lines as your friend, and to beg of you to LTe of all your wickrd ways before it be to late. Look what the hand of ;ustia has bmught tne to, tho' no more than I deserve. and you know that you have often been partners with me in mr wickedness : therefore for God's sake and your wife's and children's, and your own Soul, take warn. ing by my Shameful Death, lave off while the door of mercy remain open, as life is so unuartain, and lhath is sure, and perhaps may come upon you when you not expect it, and recollect if you vamp* the Sentence of man, you will not the 3.O‘t Judgments of God, PO pray take my advice in time, not only you but many others that know that have assisted us in unlawful and shameful things that we nut not to have dose, but I pray to God to forgive us all—mr Life is but short in this world, and your may not, therefore lave of befor? it be to late. And if you can tin my unhaonv family any good pray for my sake do i 4 for tha'arill be good in the .CVIIII of God, as they are left to the mercy of the world through Sty mia. cooduct, as I ought to have brought them up by enemy, hut far from that to my Sherrie that you know to well. And I hone you will show this to anti I hope he with others will lave all bad Company. as that is what have brought me to my short ecd. Lord ray he nicrtiful to us all ! Frolu Tboxas Wright, Bury .Tail—Path. .... . I / i I ' r f , I 1 , i ~., ..,i: /... , ? 'II ri b t ll 1 4 ' i ... 1 : i i i,, i t / I 1 ' 1 k i 1 r• , ? k e ( 1 • t ' ' 1 ' I . . e • . . ~. 1 : ! . 'I lok. / ir‘.