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tinned. The first was 100 gninem from the sable romiarch KING Flt:say or Haim, through his Guritil William Wilberforce, Esq. NM'. n. a Proof ul his esteem tor this Society, and in tide for its introduction into his territory ; and the se ...it'd was a donation of 25 guineas from her Royal I Ugliness the Duclicas of Kent, and an annusl sub scription of 10 guineas. It a needless to wru tiun,that these (foliations were announced amid enthusiastic phiudits. The ROTAL CHAIRMAN then rose, and stated it was the wish of has Highness the Prince of Hesse INtillipsthal to move the Resolution for printing the . Report, .hut that though he spoke and understood the Englntl, language, he wa. yet fearful of mak ing a speech in it Lefine such an :assembly as he had the honour of witnessing. He therefore re qiies ed permistion of Dr.l.iehwabe to address the Meeting in his behtilf.—(Applorrse.) Dr. SCHWABE said he felt peculiar pleasure in the honour of bring selected on au occasion like this to speak the sentiments of the two young Princes who were present. The family of their Highnesses had been always distinguished fur their teal its the proinotson of the education of their people. That haul always set an example in thrus t...lves of the high cultivation which education wits to confer. Their Highnesses had received their own education front a venerable man who was the pride of Gernesny ; they begged leave to insure the Meeting of the high value they set upon the antic nor plan of this Society, and their anxiety to co-operate in its diffusiou upon the Contitient with all the memos which they could bring into action. —f ippluose. ) The R. v. GEORGE HAMILTON (cow, we snider. at I , of the Lie Bishop of Cloory) rope to second the Resolution for printing the Report. He begged or date to the Meeting the great benefits which this Society had conferred upon Ireland, where the bier slog of education were now spread with the greatest •Zeac.:. Such au Institution as this could not in deed have failed to praduce the best effeets in a country where a retluittlein population lived, and where but a few years ago the infant population haul been buffered to run wild, until their strength cnithled them to assist in agricultural pursuits. At however, the principle of general education :tensed the attention of tile Irish Government, and lare,e parliamentary grants, aided by private hem.- rolence, eater to it active operation, and 60,000 Stioday Sia Is were now scattered over the coon t, Y • —(Applottee.)—Tlitme schools, of course, took ta l e tite children who were unable to attend for to strurtion in the week. It was ',leasing to find the growing se use which the peasantry of Ireland felt stud expressed for the hle!•siogs of education. From a variety of circuits-lances they were struck with its advaittages—loo instance, in the absence of a metallic currency, and when the country was Covered with small bank notes of a few shillings (-mein value, these poor people were harassed at their far, and markets with tenders of pieces of paper, of the value of which in numerous cases they were ignorant, from not knowing how to read—this h tug difficulty met them in all their daily transactions, and tier removal of it was now a source of their highest gratification. They deli.,ltted in receivieg for their children the Idessiligs of education—they felt the attired int pretesitetit it cotiferred--they saw it practically iii their altered Iteinvasiottr at home, and in the moral improvement which the rising generation presented t o their eyes. Alany of the adults deplored, that at the period of their youth such advan tages were not within their reach. It was now twenty-tire years since she Irish Parliament took up the subject of education, and one of the earliest resolutions of it Committee was a pledge that they would continue their labours moil every cottage had a Bible, and every child could read it.—(dp pluase.)—The British and Foreign Bible Society afterwards west forth, and the British and Foreign School Society came to its aid,asid gave efficsey In its laboars.—(Appiaese.)«Great as was the political glory oh Etightlid, still greater was its philanthropic glory in setting the ex temple to the world of trait,. ing its populist DDDDD in the paths delineation and re ligion.—(Appluese.)—The great principle of this Society was is 110111eItell•111)1teitlion to the Rants of every community. It was tountnelled with no con dittoes which could exclude any being from its sal vantages lts principle was as simple as its effect was universal; it recogeized 110 political creed, im rehig distinction ; the roily distinction it drew w a s hetv.eto igourance and education. between etarkitess and light.-I.4pplairse.l—ln Ireland its *demi:ages had lweit, he repeated, peculiarly felt. That unhappy and so loug-neglected country, di eider' fur }eats by many deep,-lavting, and lung laid dissentious and differences. was at length Air playiw, the vigour of which its constitution was sus ceptible. The Protestant and the Catholic child, instead of being taught nothing but a rooted preju dice *gaunt each other, were now seen sitting oti the wine seat, sod receiving from the same hand a lesson of love said Bider. They were taught the prieciptes of hrotheristesel and affection, which they gristeluily acknowledged. and a different state of things was taking root in a country for which here after, he Posted, it cnithi lea be toad, that man hail fosse so little sod God so much."—(Greet applause.) The Itolt AL CHAIRMAN observed, that lie could lint put this ft esithiinui, Melt hot beim so ti mi d_ sinnely proposed on 'lie part of the Pinter of Hesse Phillipetted, and au feelingly seconded by the Rev. Grtitleisni, who displayed so much energy, so ninth talent, and feeling, without say lug a few ward I'u hear -itch setitituessia as they had just heard Gums the ton of an Irish Bishop, from a Re *cresol Pastor of the Established Churl It, was de lightful its the extreme. It was a yield day for Stn. Meeting. to hear such Ot tribute paid to the viticiple upon which ilrey acte.l, by a 'Clergyman who dial himself so ante 1i humour by the liberal and *Merited priuciplea he atrowttl. It was to be hoped stoat so eutioseitt au example would be followed by other personages in the same situation—and lie was sore the Meeting would concur with him 1:5 hoping, " Airy the time speedily arrive when all the Re• errend Cientleinan's brethren of the church would smite with loos iii believing, that liberality of sten tumor; towards resit *them, and general education among the people, formed the strongest prop which could lie devised fur the import and permanency of our establialwd religion !"—((;real opplemse.) The tint Resolution was ottiatsimously 1 Fur ib'estdation , see ddretlicenteni Lord EOSIN GTON. in risitig to propene the second Iteseilsition, expressive of gratitude to their Royal Highnesses the Prince Regent, and the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, for their steady samosa of this Society, felt his inability to do iniecitirte justice to the merit of so essential a Residuttint. After the eloquent and impressive address of their Rot ad Chairman, followed eii and tisforced by the elo quence of two other elite men, it would he great presumption if hr were to attempt to trespass upon the Meeting by any 161111•1011, to the great merit of this Society, and iv% influence upon• the morals of the people. • It was their pride to feel that through their means that greatest blessing under Heaven, education, had brim spread not only in this king dont. but iii every quarter of the habitable glebe. From an humble origin this great blesring sprung, and its wide diffusion afterwards fully impressed the world with the great truth which had by twine been presumptuously denied, that the education of the lower classes (firmed the basis of public order and of peace.— j Appluese.l—The career of this Society, brilliant as it was, was hitherto short, they had therefore a full remembrance of the cloud o f prejudice which obscured their early efforts—they must well remember the efforts of !hoer, some of them well-intentioned, others ill-intentioned melt, who strenuously impeded their march, but they had the consolstion also to recollect the protecting hand which in that hoar of peril preserved theist from the ruin which otherwise might have befallen them. They all remembered that the first Personage in the Slide extended to them a helping hand tit the midst of that prejudice, in the height of that oblo quy which otherwise might have everpowered their effiris.—/ Load and continued aprlnate.)—ln the midst of all the attacks which detraction then made upon their motives, they had the consul tem') of knowing. that their venerable Sovereign war their patron and friend—that lie continued to bestow upon them his unabated protection. They must • also experience the reflection of the gratification which that benign Monarch must experience when it shall please Providence to disclose to him the success of this Society, and that his high example was followed in the days of his affliction by his sons • with such admirable constancy and powerful effect. —( Loud and continued plaudits.)—They must all acknowledge the princely liberality with which his Royal Highness the Prince Regent continued to the Society the annual bounty of their venerable Monarch. It would be superfluous to allude to the important services of their Royal Highilesres the Dukes of Kent and Sussex. for what mail in the couutry was there who could be summed to be ignorant of them I—(Great applause.) , The Hon. and Rev. GLEARD NOEL rose to second this Resolution. lie assured the Meeting how sensible he was that the object of this admira ble Institution went home to the heart of every good man. There was something so affecting and appalline, in the state of a human being utterly des titute of education, that no reflecting mind could contemplate it without the deepest emotion. It was impossible for him, therefore, not to rejoice at the success of a Society which went to dispel Igo°. mice, and which, after all the efforts of national and private benevolence, found so much undone in the education of the poor. He repeated that he rejoiced at the wide-spreading success of an lion ' nitwit which embraced all classes of society, and laid before them those sources of light and know ledge which imparted happiness to them here, and the grounds of it hereafter.—(Appiatire.)—lt was important to give the utmost possible effect to a plat' which war so well calculated in its result to lift man above the disordered and sickening propensities of his corruptible liature, and make him a reasoning and mural being. Whet but religion formed the ties of peaceable society, and suppressed the as cendancy of animal 'missions ? What else coenected man with the nobler sentiments of mind which elevated his conceptions beyond those of the brute creation, and made hint a superior being I Eng liskmen could never forget the great expressimi of the honoured father of their Royal Citatretim, that he wished every child in his tionnitions eon'd rend the Bible.—/Greut applause.)-- They left that their revered Monarch was impressed with the proper means of improving the sate of so cloy, and determined to give full effect to au insti llation like ibis by his high example. He knew that the crown which adorned his brow, or rather which he adorned—(Applause)—was corruptible, and that the only solid basis upon which it could re. pose, was that which the Bible taught and could alone inculcate. The venerable Monarch knew the mutability of human affiiirs, and the evanescent na ture of human enjoyments, he therefore sought in the recotd of the sacred volume those lessons of truth, the believer in which must possess eternal happiness. The Honourable and Reverend Gen tleman. in the most eloquent manner, invoked the blessings of Heaven upon every Society like this, which placed the Bible in the hands of the people, and taught them the value of its divine truths. With respect to the principle of this Society, lie avowed himself to be sue of those who thought it quite possible for a man to entertain an honest at. technic lit to his own conscientious principle., and yet to be able to hold out a helping hand to those who differed from him in scruples, to those who weir. he knew. wrecked in the saute storm, sod were to he saved by the same liand.—(App/ause./ He, as a Motion: of the Gospel, professing, moat sincerely, the ritual of the Established Church, and meowing (Oneself to be the last wan in Politely to telerate that latitude of principle which wiiiil:l lay prostrate all principle, did not hesitate to ex press his gratification at the success of a system that tended to make connnunities friends on earth, as fie trusted they would eventually be friend' in fleaveit.—(Appkiete.)—fle lamented .that there should, at the origin of this Society, have existed any jealousy among Ministers of Religion respect iug its, S object. Wh en th e Cl ergy saw t h eir vene rable Sovereign, who was at the head of ecclesiare licel affairs, extend a protecting hand to this So ciety, they might h ave mil/Nosed that that which had his sanction wasentitled to their support. To the wimples of that revered Sovereign. drawn from the divine 'unlace of the Bible, the country owed much of its salvation in times of distress amid cud comesation ; it was the example of his great charm...ter that made time throne of this realm re spected, and steered it through the tempestuous course of boisterous times.— (App/intse.)— He would reap the harvext of so good a life--and when he was called to soother life, be would, like all Gorki men, enjoy the reward of 'cowl acts. The anal Res.Gentleiniiii concluded by paying on eloquent tribute to the efforts of their Royal !high nesses the Dukes of Kent and Su.sex. for their tit:- tire support of the interests of thin Society. The second Resolution Wa4 then cmiiril by ac clamation. The ROYAL. CHAIRMAN, in retnrniriti thank., said that his (eeliogs were too strum in a u ntt of his giving utterance to the giatilicatton he f.lt at this mark of their favour, Ile eulogised the cOothiet of his Royal Highness the Prince R?gesid, in con tinuing to the Societe the bounty of ist. Royal Fa ther, and apologised for the absence of his Royal Ilightie.4 the Duke of StistwX. Who was only pre vented from being present oil this 0,1%1•414111 by the st..te of his health, and an oppreltell.:1011 that the fitigue of being lucre would render it impossible for him to attt•iiil an evening engagement for a charit:i. hie purpose elsewhere. —(.4pplanse.)— Fur himself lie could only assure them, that he would never cease to itt , e , his best efforts to promote the emir of this Inititution.—/Area/ applause.) M r. BERN ETT. in propping the third Resolution of thanks to the Duke of Bedford, &c. sic(' he eta. aware of the disadvantage he laboured outler from ri.niv, to address them after the eloquent speeches they had braid, but he was in some mea sure consoled wi!h the re flt , ctititi. that the intitosic merit of the Resi.liition he had to propose would sufficiently enforce its value without the aid of any advocacy which he could offer. Connected, as he had the honour to be, with the Duke of Bedford' in ties of relationship, but still more in the ties of public and private principle --1 pploosej—lie felt it would he both unbecoming and useless were he to attempt to etilogitte the character of a man whose whole life hail been before the public, and whet h exhibited one uniform course of purity end prin ciple—who had employed the whole of his time and a large portion of hit princely fortJue in im proving the als nod condition of the people— Olpp/ousei—utiel who would hare Steen present this day were it not for the effects of an accident which he had lately endured. The Honourable Gentlemen then adverted to the character of Mr. William Allen, who was aliment from their Meet ing this day, lint w hose name was never absent from their hearts. —(Applarse.) —He had for years known the benevolence of that good man, whose life and fortune were devoted to the amelio ration of the si ore of mankind ; he was now traversing the north of Europe, extending the blessings of education among the people. He was Nowli.; the steps of that great man, who was called she Philanthropic Howard ; and it might be said of him what was said by Burke of Howard, that " his life was spent in taking the gauge and dimensions of human misery, in performing a voyage of discovery, a circuinnaviption of charity, it; thratqh other States, not for pur poses of idle curiosity, but in order to instruct the ignorant, to visit the oppressed and the afflicted, and to relieve the needy, of whatever colour, of whatever clime."—(Applorse.)—Mr. Allen was now employed in the same ennobling pursuit—he was conveying to foreign and distant States the lights which had been struck in England ; and it must be gratifying to his friends to know, that at Stockholm and St. Petersburgh he had been re• ceived in the manner in which they themselves would wish to receive him. and that success was every where attending Isis efforts. (A pplause.)— The Hon. Member then briefly alluded to the plan of the Society. He described its peculiar ad vantages to be, that it boood its follower• to no test, it imposed no fetters upon their conscience— the Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, and the Pagan, were alike the objects of its bounty—it inculcated the purest doctrines of morality and re ligion, and bade the subjects of every country live in peace and amity with each other, and honour the King and obey the laws.—(Applause.) The Rev. CHRISTOPHER ANDURsON. of Edin burgh, in seconding thus motioti, said, that as Se cretary of the Gaelic Schools in Scotland, it had fallen to his lot to see the belt l's of the plan of this School iii the heath-covered mountains of Ca ledonia. It had beets frequently said, that educa tion in Scotland was universal, hut he assured the Meeting that that assertion must be received with some qualifications, for that Scotland, like other countries, had its contracted spots of light and darkness in the Lowlands and Highlands. The Rev. Gentleman then described the state of the population scattered over the igloo& in the north of Scotland, their distance in many places from a church, and from the clergyman, wl.o was their only instructor. The Gaelic Society took this extensive population mulct its care, and, to the first instance resolved that no professor of any religion should be a teacher in the schools formed for their educa tion. This rule regulation actually saved the So ciety, and gave II full and comprehensive effect to it. work. The cousequence was, that the spirit of education was generally diffused among the Celtic tribes, and adults and children were alike seen un bibiog instruction. The prejudice which existed respecting the competency of adults to learn with facility was at length shamed away by the roc. tical result. The nurses with children in their arms have been reading alternately the verses of their Bible, and he knew an instance of' a wo man bringing her infant in its cradle to the school, that she might be able to mind it and learn herself to read at the same time.—(Applause mad /dueller.) —He could not help mentioning another circumstance, which decided the question among the prejudiced, as to the competency ofathilts to receive instruction. There was a man in the High lands who had attained the great age of 116 years— he had enlisted in the year 1715 in the army, but had never in early life learned to read and write, and just one hundred years afterwards, he sat down in the Gaelic School, to learn his A B C, and soon acquired a knowledge of reading and writing. The school presented an interesting spectacle, fur their pupils consisted of infants in the cradle, sod per. sons of all sexes, from the Ist to the 117th year of theirage,ilpplawse.)—lt was delightful to see the effect which the education of the Gaelic chil dren had upon their parents—the improved morals of the young rice were followed and adopted by the old, and the whole face of society become aotelio. rated. It was impossible to say too much of a plan which embraced so many classes, and conferred so mach good.—/ Applause./ Mr. WILIIRRFORCE rose to propose the fourth Resolution, which was complimentary to her Royal nighlien the Ditches!' of Kent. tie commenced by expressing the oratirude whirl he was persuaded the Cfmirtily 1. It at the retort' of their Royal Ch a ir man to pr o ticiiiite in their labours, and to see the success a traword all their efforts in the cause id ' Niue loom, They hail seow to congratulate ear Is oilier loom the rr aaaaa 1/141 of those prejudices which mice existed against the call- alum of the lower elesses. They had heard of the excellent effect produced by education in Scotland awl Ire. land. By education Lad this Wool of (;ini been diffused, and yet there had been ihn3r 'vim would deny this education to their fellow-creator... 6. ;Mil who would reduce them below the . 014 the human species. They could now triiiiiipli liter such prtjudices, and give the practical answer of facts to the urguments of their opponents. Th e y could present au improved and improving !mould. tom—an educated class of children among the lower orders, who had imbibed those lessons Abell would smooth the rugged path of life below, and forrpore the Christiaii for future glory in nom her state. What they had vet seen were hut the opening fruits of their excellent system, and presented bid the rising of that sun, the meridian of which would blaze forth in so much brilliancy, and which would set in so much glory.—(4opluose.)—The improved morals of the poor, from infancy to an adult state, had arisen from the growth of education among the people.. It was remarked by * foreign writer (Row— leen), who was not much In the halm of tracing the "toe Power of the Divinity, that in the growth of the human species might he seen the wisdom of the Deity. The infant was not endowed wok strength, for if he were, ins feeble and downing reeson was vet too tender to guide his strength, and it would perhaps, be employed either against himself or other.. So it might be elm' of the great mass of the people, if left unrdncetrd ; their physicist strength merle tin at lormidahle, if n o t corrected by the mor:d fe r h ot s z whirls education conferred, and which prevented them from being dangerous ' or useless to one another. It was delightful to find the good work of esinr.stion becoming universe!, and that a brotherhood of nations had cordially taken place respecting it. This feeling would lead to the establishment of that great truth, that the prosperity of one motion was not incompatible with that of another, soul that the interchange of commerce ought to be made conducive to the interest end hap piness of each Silo , . It was delightful to follow the Report that had been read, to use Mr. Burke's word,, through its "circumnavigation of charity," to follow it from country to country, from hemis phere to hemisphere, and to have fresh reason to rejoice in tracing every step of its isilvaiire. To see the success of their plan in Ireland, the very mime of which country was calculated to awaken is the mind of all Englishman the most humiliating re flections, when lie contemplated the past events of her history and his own, and to make him now in deed rejoice that in that soil, which was so long bedewed with the waters of bitterness, lie is sowing the seeds of moral improvement and of peace—and repaying, by acts of consideration and kindness, the evils which bad policy had reused and perpetuated. Surely the time bad now arrived when men would feel the necessity of seeking points of resemblance on which they could cor dially agree, rather than hunt out abodes of think ing upon which alone they could differ, to their own injury and that of the public peace. From Scotland they had heard the gratifying and inte resting account of the Rev. Gentleman (%Jr. An derson); but then they had also heard, that for want of adespiate means, even in this great metro polis, there were many, many thousands of the poor who were destitute of education. It was im possible to allude to the Resolution which he held in his hand, without feeling the debt of gra titude they owed her Royal Highness the Diieness of Kent, for her condescension ii becniniii i .; Pa troness of the Female School—(Great appbisr)— and he hoped he might be allowed, with proverbial English freedom, to state to their Royal Chairman, that he must have felt that lie owed much to the Society for his long absence, when on his return he overpowered them with so much ohligatism.—(.Ap ploorse.)—There was something, it was said, in the climate of England that often made Englishmen dissatisfied—they were always expecting more than they could receive. For his part, he was a little philosophic, as it were ; he felt that there was u good-humoured as well as an ill-humoured way of looking at a thnio,, and he preferred rather to delight when the sun shone, than to repine when it was darkened; so therefore he frit his own joy redoubled at the presence of his Royal Highness, from the mere circumstance of the long absence which so many had deplored. To see the Members of the Royal Faindy employed as they were in promotitig acts of benevolence and utility was a delightful sight. —(.4pplause.)—Lotig, long may they thus endear themselves to the people of this country ! The Hon. Member concluded by an eloquent allusion to the gratification which our venerable Sovereign would experience when it pleased the Divine Will to open his eyes to the success of this Institution, and the mailer in which his sons had followed his Royal examide in potroniziog and supportiog it. The Rev. Dr. SCHWARE, in seconding this Rem lotion, declared the interest her Royal Ilighuess had expressed in this Institution irornedietely on her arrival in England, and the cordial anxiety she manifested to give it all the assistance in her power. —(Applause.) The Royat. CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks for the tribute of respect paid to his illustrious Consort, assured the Meeting of the interest which her Royal Highness had expressed for this Societe. With respect to the allusion made to his absence abroad, ail he should say was, that neither the Duchess nor himself would ever be voluntarily absent from Esiglend.—(Applause.)—She coos!. dered herself now identified with the interests of this country, and had the same feelings for his dear native land as himself.—(l;reot oppbutee.)—As much as they possibly could, they should make England the seat of their residence as it was of their strongest affections, and while here, their best and most cordial assistance should ever be proffered ! to support this admirable Institution.—(Great 1 The Rev. Jotsm Tow“szwo, in an eloquent speech, proposed the firth Resolution, which was ably seconded by Mr. GSORGE PHILLIPS, i%J. P. who in forcible terms 'mooed out the services which the Ladies' Committee loud performed fur this So.. 1 ciety, mud also the necessity, which in all the pre. I judices that had arisen never been iliontiletl, cilucating the fensile children of Ihr . poor. lioo. Gentleman paid a just tril.uir so riie , taut work of t•lrs. Fry, sod -slid, i t tilt *Nei mumble success which had attended her I Newels., it was stnitosseale to state obstacle in the, wink of education which surinourrtioblr.-I,4pphiuse.) Mr. SIGISMUND W Lupo, a A.Teoihi r of 0., French Legion of Honour, in proposiii : r the Resolution, paid, he appreciated this tea , usnn l ,r Eisglish courtesy which r secood time at tt Me.•tiugs put iutu his howl our of their 1t....1,,h,„ A f.er the eloquent speeches el-livered eiTecially ■t this lite hour, hr wool.' not tti the indulgence of this Meeting, but merely state. that the system of this. Soeiely now adopted in France under Roval autiorntr, was producing the most wide -spreading under the direct patronage of the Gower ••ne n i,... (Great applasise.)—The seeds of useful kfir,,,, ledge, without which rational exist in Europe, were now every where sten, the best harvest of brotherhood mid ititerii,t i i peece and friendship must be reaped. A, hr heard a British statesman say a few channel between the two countries ..:,. and the struggle was ..ow to cooler bei..h: each other.—l4pplouse.l The Iter.W.C. 61 OD, of Aberdeen, Resolution in a .perch in which he the Rev. Mr. Anderson's statement, re. benefits conferred upon Scotland by it t!9 I/II The Rev. GROILO6 DEMPSTER MCDII , .1 burgh, in propoisog the svvrnili Itesidoim", (ineptly praised the principles of t h is gt,;.t lion. described the manlier iu %Weft it. v•'or praised is Germany. and hoped the bei.rsi.l i.i••••( the Meeting would enable it to admit a claim f...t0 that (rafter for the exiensiots of the parrot .%.0i Mr. JOSHUA VAN OVER. flit Presiiirta 0f1..,! Jewish School. seconded this motion is; an ain't speech. in a hich he pinuted out the noire/sal sali.t of this Society. The ROYAL CHAIRMAN mode smother appeal t• the Meetitig to support of the veilue of ON Society, still that if ruck► person of the 1,600 ewe parrot, would merely rise • fund of los. from among their own frieudr r to support of its hawk, the work would go on well, •md the phut would be completely succesoful. Mr. Ali:les-man WOOD. M.P. bore testimony to the establishment of the Girl's School,in she district of St. Luke'a, under the patronage of her Koss( Highness the Duchess of Kent.—(App/ause.)— He then proposed the vote •f thanks to 'be Chairman, objets was seconded by Mr. I.tss Flowage, and carried, like the Resolution. 1,1 day, by acclamation. The Meeting did not break up until lidlr-n. , t five o'clock. A liberal subscription was wade the room. • IPREIGN INTELLIUENCE. PARIS PAPERS. PAM, MAY 13. Letters boys been received from the r•lr of Bourbon. They st..- that the cortstnodities ■nd merchandise of Europe find a bad market there. They sell at prices so low that the owners frequently suffer a lose of SO per cent.--(Cusr►rier de Brest.) Mr. Crusbie, one of the secretaries to his Excel. tenet' Sir C. Stuart. has lately set out fur Loudon. Lord Francis Conynghans has arrived to fulfil the ►acne functions in the embassy. It appears cortoin that the King of Prussia %%ill pit..l some time at Paris lifter the summer reviews. The Cardinal de Perigord, Archbibbop of Pin., Gruoad Almoner of France, held it Council of Bishops (twelve in number) yesterday, at hi, holei, which at for five bou►a. The Count de Mentrischard. Equerry to the Duchess of Guthlend (Queen of Swede.), arrived un Sunday at Paris from Stockholas. There is a report of an intended new and very intimate relation between Austria and Prussic, by mean• of a Convention, baring far its object a mu tual engagement to tiveireut all foreign influence to the internul afilt.rs of Germany. CHAMBER 01 PEERS, May 11. In the sitting of this diy, a cominitaion of fire Members was named, to make a Report 011 the pit jet of the law relative to the journals and Iw riodit al writings. The five are, the 11largais de Lally Toleutdal, Ildron &lowlier, Count Coleheii, Marshal Duke de Raguse, and Count de Pout. coubsid„ The Chamber stands adjourned till 'flit:rods! next, for the tlisettesioo, in general muting, of the first prnjet of the last no the liberty of the prem. COURT OF ASSI7FS. ATTACK ON THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. SECOND DAY. The first witness called was Thomas Carter, (the of Lord Wellington's domestics. Ile 1.. rd 'the report cf the pistol, and raw the flash. Ile stare the mini who fired it running assay. That nitro, by his size and corpulence, very mina resembled Cap, A Jurnr asked him, whether tile incOn *rat ? lie replied, that be could not recollect, but the night Wil, not dark. lle also stated, that tts Duke's carriag- WLII4 a large travelling herlice, very high, and very much raised. The giahse wets up. Mariner—The written itistruction Rap; exactly the same thing; and I c.ionot where the writer of the (tete or )Icrumtauts have linno.l that the glawws were down. M. C:bitimh. the Adkue;ste-C,,,,,r.;1_ la I.e flir ting(' is very roach tae II) ..;;IL hoc passed trrider M. Dul , w—The pistol then must have been tired by r pirmq. Mormet—its the glemes were up, it it to stir I 1 I f .~ •