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This Day was published, Tn One large Vol. Fivi, prke 64. boardpi, AN ACCOUNT of the OPHTHALMIA which has appeared iii Enanni since the Return of the British Army from 140 , 1):. Containing an Examination of the Means by wiln.h the Disease is communicated, the k.xtent to 'Which it k infilienced by Climate and Situation. its SyMptoms, consegnenceb, and Treatment, with a coloured Reptesenta. tion of its external A Opearat.ce. Ityy 101-IN VETCH, M.D. Member of the Medical Society of EditintirAh, and Assistant _ . Sctrgeon to the 67111 Foot: . Printed tor Longman, Hurst, Kees, and Orme, Paterbos ter. row. GUIDE TO BOOKS. This Day was publi3ticd,4 fourtii Edition i . to which is suh. Joined 4 Supplement, bsought down to Midsummer 1807, price tspd. sewcd, A GUIDE .to SCHOOLMASTERS, GOVER LA NESSES,STULMNTS,and LOVEKS of LITEItA -1 UK E in Kerley!, in the choice of the, best Books in every of Knowledge, particularly in those which are adapt ed tu the busiriess Education. COLLINS, A.M. Reeler or Newport, and late Mister of the Grammar School in that '!'own. • . . This Work is the result of the Authosos long experience, }lnn as aiStaident and a "reacher. Persons who seek know n any subject; may ht , means of it rave much money jr, the piocnase or worthlessilonks, and much precious time which might tie wasted oit•thriii. Those who desire to teach others,. whether the Cundodors of Seminaries of Education, or vain +hit: Nlother‘, whoni,trud their own off Spring, will e mit ;h e i r object with less expence, and in much less time, by adopting the Elementary Books pointed out to them in this Painpfilet. Prii,ted for Thorns kevnolds, Oxford street ; and sold by all the Booksellers in Oxford, Cambritl6e, alo The. following respedtable Critical Sana tons h ave appear ed of th is Wink " 'Phis is a well•written and - judicious putilleation, conveying much. practical information on the sutij,d of Education, en.t is timeline highly worthy the perusal r every Person concerned in the I inprwement of the rising generation. 'I he Acci.nint if Books generally used in . Schools seems to he the result of experience; and certainly dwdlays initeh The Author's Recommendations ana SlridlneS - are'ste , m.p.l4llL4.l nit Ii SIC') reasons and criti-: cal thservations as do him great credit, both as a Scholar'' atid Christian Teacher", Ai,ti• lacobin Review. " In the Pitst Part of this Work are several judicious Ob servations; and the Second Part enumerates the must useful introcitittor) Books to every Branch of Knowledge, remark ii.g on their respeetiVe meats, and cautioning Parents and litstratctois somellooks which the Author, upon just giound b , ohjects to. Among those recommended we do not observe any that we •consider as ohjectionable.".—British Critic. IMPERIAL PARLI4M.ENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. TUESDAY, JULY 2!. Counsel were heard against the Standard-hill Cha pel Bill, on the second reading. After some obser. various from the Lard Chancellor and Lord Grimi ly) on the ohjeaioni, and likewise on those which exist after the 13111 had passed, the Bill Was ordered to he committed can Friday next. A great number of private thlls were ,biought up from the Commons, and read a tirbt time. I o ol'd LIAMBRIMI,E, after a few prefatory obser rumed, that there he laid before the House an Account of the Number of Places that have been granted in Reveriion, the Names of those in whose twour they have been granted, specifying web as have been granted to Officers of the Courts of Law , nod the sources from which they are derived. ...Ilk Motion was agieed to upon adopting . the ii.igges!ion of the LOU) CHANCELLOR, that the , iv(»tis ‘,‘ as far ac the Same could be made out" be added to the Motion: The sccond reading of Eilis's Divorce Bill was de. fermi, on Lit.coClllt of ooinuinfOrtnality in. the notice V.) MN. OA nisei afterwards appeared at the Bar to be heard on thin case. The persow, however, who had served the police :0o Ml 4: kAlis, rot appearing to have been ac , pointed with the per,on of that Lady while she lived with Eilis, they were not deeiLed by the Lor , l Chancelior competent persons to set, e it. They are to be heard on a . future day.--Adjourned. HOUSE; OF COMMONS,' Tuasnmr, JULY 21.• On the question tin the third reading of the Glas gow Ropily Pill, Mr. 11aftwgt.t. moved as an Amendment, that the Bill 'De read a third time this day three months. A diVision took place—Tor reading the Bill a third time new, 41. 7 .-Vor the adjourittnent, 21. The Bill was re.id a third time and passed.. On the Motion of Lord H. Pmc t i, the remmit- Mem of the Scotch' Revenue Remittance Bill was postponed, with a View to allow time fur farther in torm,nion. Mr. Msi.t.tfin presented several Petitions against the 'Parochial Sellout Bill. • A Person from the Chamberlain of the City. of London presented the Annual Account, pursuant to 'ittit of Parliament. The SPEAKRR 41fortned the House that Colonel ,PARKR had not entered into a recognizance put . .. .41atti to law for the prosecutio n o f hi s Petition com plaining tit an undue ,Eleftion for the County of Itin totsti.--rThe Order for considering the said Petition was discharged. On the Petition of EDWARD MAY. the younger, £59. the time for entering into sureties for prose cuting his Petition, complaining of an undue Elee tion tor the Borongh of Carrickfergus, was enlarged for a week, on the ground that the residence of the Sitting Member, or his Agent, could not be (Hs, covered hitherto, so its to serve the notices required by law. :oTr. JONES gave notice, that early in the next s ie ssioa he vL nold move tot leave to b r i ng i n a 11 it to obliir Parish Oa eni to deliver in their Rate uppu oath, to the ‘ proper Otlieers, previt;tis w Elections for Metobeis to serve in l'arliamvnt. Caolld STANLILY MOVett for It to bring in a Bin to amend the Law relating In Settlements, and partictdorl) those td . llaward Children. . Mr. SI-lAW 1,141 , EV40, Alr, SIMEON, and Mr. w kIiT BRLAD, oppose,i tl k motion, iIS tenting ci - istt almidy excylosi , e grievances ot_ the Laws tra ....k.ititneat, The 11101iUtt watt negatived. rooLL Wltl-1% Mr , firuntirett, who had refnsed to answer the I .3c ,rip z otwich of 4he HoLse, on the snbjeet of ;he .deterition of ,the Pole 'Writ, anti who bad been connatted to Newgate for that refusal, being in tendance pursuant to order for the purpose of hving discharged, was brought to the ear. The following i$ a Cupy of his Petition : To THE HoNot/RAELE THE► COMMONS, &C.—THE HUMBLE PETITION OP JONATHAN BRUNDHETT, Now A PRIboNER IN NEWOATE. Slieweth, That your Petitioner is sensible of having justly incurred the displeasure of this Hon. House, by refusing to answer a question proposed to him when 'attending at their Bar for examination. That your Petitioner begs leave to as. sure this Hou: House, that his refusal to answer such ques. tion, and to make the disclosure required of him, did not arise from any motive of disrespect to this Hon. House, or diste. Bard of its jurisdiction or authority. but from a general sense of professional fidelity to his employers. Your Petitioner' begs leave further to assura this Itooourable House, that tic' was in mo wise, direetly or indirectly, instrumental indelaying the execution of the Writ for the Llection at Poole, he having delivered it to the person by whom he was employ ed in a very few hours alter he received it from the Messenger to the Great Seal; and t h at your Petitioner bath nut been iii any manner in. fluenced by partiality for any of he Candidates at the elettion; your Petitioner being a total stranger 'to all of them, anti beteg . wholly uninterested in the said election, or in the su c cess o f either of the Candidates. That your Petitioner is anxious to assure this Honourable House that lie loth not persevere in refuting to Make the disclosure required of him, but, on the contrary, that he is react and Willing to submit himself to such exanimation as this lion. House in its wisdom may think In, That your Petitioner humbly trusts, that his early wish thus to submit himself to the pleasure of this Hon. House will be received as a proof of the high venera. firm he entertains of its dignity. That the commitment of your Petitioner to prison is attended with consequence; highly detrimental and injurious to him in his .ptokssianal business and employment. . Your Petitioner, theretbre, most huMbly hopes, that this Hon, House, taking intuits favoerable c.insideration the several assurances which your Petitioner bath hereby olkred to their notice, will permit ,him to appeF at their Bar to answer the question pr o p oun d e d, an d any other question this Hon. House may think proper, and to grant such other relief' as this Hon. House shall in its mercy think proper. And your Petitioner, &c. The SPEAKER addressed him as follows :—"Jona than Brundreth, an unwarrantable delay having ap peared to have taken place in the execution of the ' Writ for the Elthion of Members to serve in • Par liament for the county of the town of Poole, and it having appeared that the said Writ had been de liveted to you at the Otlice of the Great Seal, you Were interrogated at the Bar of the House, as to the circumstances, and you thought tit to refuse wan swer the, questions put to you. For this contu macy you were committed to his Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, in order that you might feel, and that all persons may know, no one can With impunity vio late the privileges of Ohl House, or set its authority at defiance, Having since repented of your offence, and having expressed your contrition, • this House has accepted your apology, and. has ordered you to . he discharged, and you are discharged accordingly." On the motion of the CHANICEL4OII of the Ex- CHEQUER, what Mr. S PEAKER h a d said in repri manding Jonathan • Briindeth, was ordered to he,..en , tered on the Journals. Mr. Brundeth was ordered to attend on ThUrsday next, at the resumption of the inquiry respecting the:Voi,le Writ ; and Mr. Wilhain Spurrier was ordered to attend at the sametime, • • WATCH , &c. TO 11ACKNEY COACHMfIS. LE" in a Hackney C“ach taken on the Stand at Glutting-ems, between Two and Three o'Clna on l'ilei•day afternoon, and earned a Gentleman to the Corner of Cr.ifton•strvt. Tottenhain.court.road. a Gt 11) HUNT. INC WATCH, with a Mite Ittab:m and two Seals. Who. ever has found the same. and will bring it to the Rar of Lloyd'a Coine-house, shall rccetve TEN GUINEAS Re. ward. POLYCARS. Sir THOMAS TUIITON rose pursuant to no lice, to move for certain Papers tending to bring to light the condo& of the Indian Government towards the Polygars. His objet was to vindicate the cha rader of the Ccilltlt4, by the investigation of the parts of the Indian S ystem wh i ch called . M ost loud ly for inquiry, and, as far as that should 11: , found possible, affording redress where injury had keen done. He wished also to ithpress the occcoitY of correcting the whole system on which the Govern. ment of India had been for some time conducted. The transaction to which these Papers referred, Was but one of many which had left a very daegeTous . rankling in the minds of the Natives. The sYs. tematic interference of the Indian Gal:anvil:tot, at home and abroad, with the prejudices and habits of the Natives,.had excited great dispositioes in their minds to.hostility towards the British interest. He adverted particularly to the late lamentable transac tion at Vellore, which had originated trot as inter ference of this kind., The whole systein called loudly for inquiry and reformation, which' he was anxious by: every effort of his to expedite and carry into ell e& With this view he gave notice that un-, less the Noble Lord opposite (Folkstone) should be prepared to bring forward the Carnatic queStion in a fintnigbt after the commencement of the _next Session of Parliament, he would himself call the at.: tention of the House to that subject. He should now Only move for Copies of the Insrruttions given by the Bengal Government to Major. Ban nerman, in 1799, for the regulation of his Condo& towards the Polygars, and also several other 'Papers connected with the same suhjed. , Mr. Animas had no objection to . the production of the Papers,- but entered his protest against any inferenee.of criminality in any one in the measure of disarming the Polygars, which had been rendered indispensably . necesiafy by the disorders-these: Poly-. gars were eternally committing. He should him self move, or titither Papers, with a view to place the whole subject in a fair light. Mr. ADDINGTim entered his. protest against the prevailing prat:Ake of moving for Papers with a view to crimination, without any ground whatso ever to induce a presumption that there had been Lord FOLNSTOWE said he would be ready; early in the next Session, to proceed to the discussion and decision of the Carnatie Que,tion. Mr. GRANT rose to state, that nothing could be more erroneous than 'to. suppdse that the late unfor tunate affair at Vellore arose from a system, or- de sign to interfere, in any manner, with atiy of the habits of the Natives. There was no such design at home or abroad ; and though such an idea had for some time been prevalent liere„he could, assure the House, from a particular perusal of the' Papers re lating to the transaction, that there was no, ground whatever for the of inion. '.('he principal modve 'of the authors of that lamentable transaction seemed to be a wish to restore the sons of lippoo Sultaun' to the throne of their father. Sir THOMAS TURTON thought himself jnstified in describing as a sytematic principle in site Go v,ernmeiti of India, an Act of the Quvernment of Madras, which had been the subject of a regular correspondence and considtation between that Go vernment and the Indian , Government at home. Mr. W. KKANE entered into an historical detail Of the proceedings with respect to tilt Pulygars, oetentled. Mr. WALLAce vindicated trot only the Court of Direaors, hut the Government of Madras, from the charge of interjering with the habits and prejudices of the Natives oflindia. - Such interference would indeed be most injurious. After a few observations from Sir A. WaLtitsLuv, the Papers were ordered a and also several other Papers moved for by Mr. DUNDAS, in order to give a fuller view of the case. The SECRETARY at WAR brought in a Bill for Maintaining a Military Canal and Road from Shorn Cliff to Cliff-end. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second' time this day se'nnight. Mr. HUSIOSSON presented an Account of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that bad entered and cleared out at Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, and the tannage thereof, for a certain, period, with a view to !thew the quantity of spirits smuggled from Guernsey. On the motion of Mr. WHITBREAD, the House went into a Committee on the Parochial School Bill. Several of the clauses were agreed to. On the clause specifying that Schools should be established in every parish within one year troth the passing of the Act. . • Mr. STURGES BOURNE proposed an amend ment. The enforcement of this clause would be inconvenient in most parishes, and in many im pradicable. The compulsive. nature. of it would pre vent the Billfrom being ailed upon with that good will and zeal so desirable. - Ile thought it qixtreme ly expedient, that when the Bill had passed through the Committee it should not become law.until the whole country had had itn opportunity of estimating its merits during the recess. The amendment which he proposed was to omit the compulsory part of the clause, and merely to give tq the d:tlerent parishes power, if they thought 'tit, to establish parochial schools. The inhabitants of each parish would thus have the opporcunity of consulting their own inter ests in their own way, with a reference to their own wants and means, of which, unquestionably, they must be the best judges. • Mr. W. SMITH, while :IC allowed that it might perhaps be expedient to defer passing his Hon. Friend's Bill into a law during the present Session, yet, contended strongly for _the beneficial efieds which would result from it. Mr. HAwKINS BUowNE did justice to themotives of the Hon.. Gentleman by whom this Bill had been introduced, but questioned the possibility of Com pelling,the people to receive instruction. Tire vark ous parishes of the country were situated in such different circumstance, that one law could not be rendered applicable to them all. Mr. WILBERFORCE was glad to perceive that his own opinion, as to the desirableness of not pass ing the Bill during the present Session, seemed to .accord with the general ,disposition of the House. It was certainly more important that this subject should be decided upon, than that it should be de cided Upon soon. It was highly to be wished!, that there should. tint .he any appearance of forcing this plan upon the people, and he regretted to find, upon conversing with many Magistrates and otlitr Coun try Gentlemen, that they were not 60 well diapered towards it as he was himself. Ai the &Mitt time, he could not approve of the Amendment proposed by . ,the Honourable Gentleman, because if the voluntary measure which tic -recommended, should he unsuc cessful, it would be very difficult atterW•ards to carry . the compulsory into' execution. The necessity of instruction among the lower classes in the South and West of England,' and in Ireland; was strikingly ob vious ; in the, latter particularly, he was convinced that on the instrueling and enlightening of the people depended the very safety of the Empire itself. Still, although general instruction might be' very praaicable, he was not quite prepared' to agree to the Sending out of a Parlaithentary edia for that purpose. He thptight that sufficient pains had nut be6n taken to avail ourselves of the voluntary intni,_ tnyons for the eduvaiion of the [oor, and -was of op;nion, that it would be a great improvement to the measure, were it only to operate where those insti tutions were' deficient. liaOng instanced several cases in Which the detail of the Bill Might be: im proved, he recommended should be. that the Bill . made as good as pd%sibae, and be then sent to the. country for the general sentiment. Parliament ought not to be hasty in this business : they ought. to recollect that they are legislating for posterity on: a subject in which their happiness Wa*more•cork.7 cerned than in any other ; for he was convinced that in a thousand attempts to do good, there was not one the result of which could be ascertained with so much satistaation as the ditlusion of usetul kuPw• ledge. " • Mr.' 11/7fITIMEAD expre!ised himself happy to' find, &oh] the comittsitm of the Hon. Gebtleinatt's syeech, that he c6ittinued to be an advocate for the ditinsion of, knowledge.: such an opinion Nas to be expected from a man of his charade: , and condud, and ones who had.paidsuch unremitting attention to sitnilar subjects. He. owned, hoWever, that he was somewhat surprise) at the inclination for delay which that Hon. Gentleman had manifested. kiad he not proofs in other parts of the world of the be netirs which resulted from . the dithision of the truths of the Gospel ? And how were these truths to be still further ditfused in this country, but by putting into every one's hands the keys of knowledge. The Hon. Gentleman lwd allowed that the instruction of the Irish was indispensable with the safety of the Empire ; was a moment then to be lost'? He (Mr. Whitbread) was then 'what that lien. Gentleman - bad often been, in the hands of the gradual abolition of the Bill. The postponement would he espoused by those who hoped, by putting off the Bill to ano-, titer Session, to get rid of it altogether. 'The mea sure had been opposed without having been even read, for if it had been read it ,could never have been asserted that ir was compulsory. J.t.did not compel a single child to attend ; it only gave power, to the Magistrates to erect Schools and to appoint School ' masters : the rest would necessarily follow. This' misrepresentation pros ed to him that if the Bill were • reprinted and sent into the country, it would be only to make waWte paper. When Parliament met again, Gentle,men would declare that they had not had titud to read it, and. would pros for. further delay. He desired, therefore, to have a ,decision on it in the present. Session:. ' With regard to the Petitions on flit: table, they did . nut coinplain of the principle of time measure, but of the enactments, as tending to alfeet the Petitioners; but the Bill contained a clause, cur4thh4 the Justices to suspend the execution of the Bill, where unnecessary. This would obviate- any inconvenience, unless indeed the Magistrates weresupposed to be corrupt. If corruption were thus to be imputed to all men, every attempt, to be nest mankind must cease. We must do nothing but lie down and die. It had been said, that the Bill would put an end to charitable contributions. Not If in a large Parish six thonsand children were educated by charitable contributions, and ten thou. sand were not educated at - all, his Bill passing over the former would apply only to the hitter, whose . situation was rendered at present so much more dis- . tressing by the contrast. It had been also said, that by the Bill, parishes Would be compelled to raise a shilling-rate. No such thing.. The Bill only gave a power of doing so when necessary, a necessity that would not exist once in it thou sand parishes. The" impossibility of carrying the measure into effe& in a. year, had been dwelt upon. Why impossible ? . many parishes schools were already eretied. In others, temporary buildings might be•. used until schools• were erected. It would be easy to find Schoolmasters,, among whom there would doubtless be a competition for appointments. If the Com mittee adopted the proposed_ amendment, be should despair of its ever being the serious intention of the House to carry the general measure into effeCt.-- The moss weighty objeCtions that had been made to the Bill; related to the Metropolis and its neighbour hood. It was certainly not probable that Police Ma . ! gistrates. would be so likely properly to execu'e the provisions of the Bill, as Magistrates in the country, who possessed local knowledge and local : interests. If, on the report of the Bill, the Members of the City of London, or for the County of Middlelex,. should propose a clause to prevent this power frotn being lodged in the hands of the Police Magistrates, he should.not object to it. He repeated his wish, that the Bill might pass in the present Session. The example of Scotland, and the Moth of England; evinced the benefits of that instruOion in which he was most desirous that the rest of the Empire should partiCipate. 'Mr. WILBERFORCE, in explanation, declared that on no subjed bad he formed a more -deliberate and at the same time a more decided opinion, than on the advantages which a Country must derive from the instruction of its people. The difference Of apitfloti entertained by the Magistrates, and" others with whom be bad comers .d, was not cgt. the benefit- of instruction, but on . the mode conveying it. - , • orie,Sitelicrrysli'nofNlereigoinwatntPud7dttlepi'catireliitledeirsithoanroyatidamitOtinetintedtpotitbtolete. j e l n o lt c w l) : lower porate with dial instruction a sptfit of proselytism, which must defeat the objet. In confirmation. of this opinion he read an extras from the writings oit a man whom he termed one of the greatest bene. faaors of mankind that ever existed—Mr: Howard. Mr. Boss could not help wishing that the Hon. Gentleman would accede to the proposition' of his !, .Hon. Friend. Right or wrong there were very strong prejudices against the Bill, not only in the metropolis, but over the whole country. IVlr.'Stistsomopposid the Bill, and Mr. LUSHINO. Tom the Amendment. Lord Nifts..rox was nnxious that no delay s hould take place in the establi3litnent of the use and important system contained in his Honourable Friend's measure. The only objection to it, of any consequence was, that it might lessen the number of voluntiry contributions fur the education- of the pocir ; but this by no means counterbalanced in his mind the multiplied advantages with Which it was pregnant. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER professed himself a warm friend to the moral and religious instruction of the prior ; but he thought that, by adopting the amendment of his Hon. Friend, the House would part with the measure for the Ses• sion in a state infinitely preferable to •tht in Avhicb it would otherwise be. He agreed with the Hon. Bart. that it was riot advisable to couple proselytism with education, but he hoped that no fear of beiog cuspeaed of such an intention would ever induce the House to separate religion from education ; for lie was convinced, that by a religious education alone the people could be made good subjects, and. their happiness he established. After some further discussion, in which Sir Jong NEWMET, Mr. HAw4llit BROWSE,, Mr. WH I T WM. sl th l;l 'C l, " :\ % l l4 !". CE S L :f:o " Eil f Ili ß e ott l l24 C l i t t , " at t' L l " lr'. MILTON participated, a division took place, , For the Amendment • 33 Against it . . . 19 Majority . . The compulsory clause was therefore lost. 04 the re-admission of strangers, we found the Woo proceeding with the other clauses of the Bill, sore. • of which were agreed to, and others expunged." But when the whole wassgone through, the Hoo o resumed, the Report was brought up, and then or., dered to be taken into further consideration on day next. The Irish, Sugar Bill was ordewd to be read.° second . time, - and committed for to-morrow. * The Irish Customs Doty Bill, the Irish Infirmaries Bill, the Frogtnore Grim Bill, the Half-Pay 00 - cers Widow s' Pension, and COMpfitiSiollilte List Bills, were reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. HODHOUiIIt brought up the Report of the Committee on Expiring Laws, , when several of th e Resolutions were agre--q.l to, and Bills ordered accor dingly. Mr. Hointotise brought up a Bill for authorOin% the Lords Commissioners f)t the Treasury, to issue Exchequer 'Bills on the Credit of the Aids'of the year t 807. Also the General Qualification rodeo° pity Bill ; which were respeatively read a first time , anckordered to be -reada second ILnzt:, to-nu-it - tow. „ The Sierra. Leone Company Bill was reported, .an d Ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Militia Pa 811, the Militia Adants Dil l / the Militia Subalte y rn i Of fi cers Bill, and t he Irish litia Pay Bill, passed respetlively - through ConMit"i tees, and were ordered to be reported tp-morrow. The London Port Improvement Bill passed throitgl. a Conunit tee , an d was or d er ed to be repoeted to morrow. The other Orders-of the Day were then tleferre l Adjourned at Ten o'clock. MALLS. Asitsvut—t Dublin. Due--2 Gottenburgb, Lisbail. z Dublm. I