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HOUSE OF CONIMONS.-*---(Continu4.) • • Q EDFCATION or TUE-Poor , . On lyeinrz re-admitted, we found Mr. BROU GNAM addressing the House op the Educetion of the Children of ,the Poor, in the, Metropolis. It ep -,Asee,red. horn the Report of the, ,C om mittee which presented,' that there. are 100,000 children of the lower orders destitute of e d it emion, o n go• lug one step higher, many schools, such at ChrWtts,nospital, Cherterhouse, 111erc1Iant-Teilors', and other establishments of that nature were found. On examining into Gltt ist's Church every thing was satisfactory, end, epon the nonteminute inquiries, the abuses ap pemed ninth lelas titan they had been represented; in fac:,, fewer than could have been espected to take place. In the Charterhotise were educated the sons of Gentlemen, Bishops, and even Noble men, who were not rich enough to procure the benefits of a good education to their children: Every thing was in the best order, and if any al teration could be advised, it would be only to, ad ,snit the children of poor Clergymen witsehad no family coneexions to-assist them, instead .of those of Noblemen, whose relatives might procure tothe children the education which the parents were - ble to give teem. At Westminster, instead of being elected through interest or pi esentation, boys were tried by a most rigorous examination, and merit alone wormed- them King's scholarships. St: Paul's School contained 153 boys, and was equally well admit) ism ; and of Merchant Tailors' School Ile could give an equally favourable report. The amount of funds for charitable institutions was 'very considerable, and had increased even in the 001 our national difficulties. But those fend 4 were not always properly applied. Whereas . one thousand two hundred boys might bs educated fen. 12001., it often happened that 1800 or 20001. were spent to educate 70 or 100 bOys, to clothe and hoard them.- With the latter came jobs an contracts, and a waste of money. Having ems mined. many of the charitable establishments in the metropolis, the Committee found, that out of 18,0001. produced' by voluntary snbecriptions and,charitable sermons, only 300 t) children were taught, and one half of theirs boarded, whilst, by the lusts' p1Hn.,30,000 might he educated. He stated that the t enstees, who were generally tradestnen sup plying the schools, were unwilling to nitre• the mode in which they were carried. on. With these schools the How could not interfere, but he hoped that the pnblicatioe of these particular a would attract the notice of the Subscribers, and would induce them to watch over the conduct of the Trustees. It appeared by the returns tinder Mr. Gilbert's Act, that, even in 1786, the funds for charitable institutions amounted in Loudon to 150,0001. and in the country to 70,000/. The Committee above stairs was an excellent engine, but it could not 'administer an oath ; and to, call witnesses from the country to give their testimony would be attended with an enormous expense.— The only effective way wits for ParliaMent to send a commission from place to place, anti to invite Into abuses. This was what the Committee recoils. mended, and What they conceive would prove _most iondecive to economy. He recommended that the commission be paid, as otherwise they would be less :Mider . thecontrool of Parliament. It was the opinion of the Cammittee that some steps should be taken -to supply the deficiency in. the means 9f instrue tioii'm the metropolis.. If 're grant were to he made by ParliaMent, he wished that it should not •be annual: it might be sufficient to build school.• Norris, arid voluntary subscriptions would com plete the establishments. It would also be ne cetesary to keep clear of , all sectarian spirit, and to let no class of children. pass neglected on ac-' - count their religion. But this he was assured would be the case, by the increasing liberality of the Establishment, and of Christians of all other' denominations. lie concluded by moving that the Report be allowed to lie on the. table. Lord CASTIRRE4G/T :complimented the Hon. Gentleman rthr -the able and unprejudiced manner in lye'w h it:6 had presented this Report, and the clear. views which be had taken of 'the subject.— With these be was disposed to' agree. It was evi dent that the Hon. Gentleman Must have devoted a large portioniaf his valuable time to the import• ant inquiries of which he had now brought for ward the result. He conceived that it was the duty of Parliament to carry .a diligent inquiry into the general state of the charities of the Kingdom, and to apply the public money ia such a manner as not to dry up the sources of private bare- valence. Mr. Rosa spoke in favour of the establishments , ' and joined ir.the tribute paid to the, exerti,ons of the .earned and Hon.. Gentleman. , • • Mr. PEat repeated the results of the inquiries snade by the, Commissioners on this subject in 3reland, which, he was happy to say, had been most beneficial to the rising generation in that part of the empire. Mr. WROTTENLEV expressed his opinion that filene was nothing which called more loudly for the imetposbion of Parliament, and he trusted the Bill now pending tin this subject in another /loose \you'd meet with a different tate from thut 'which attemied it last year. Air, NVILIIRR FORCE thought there should be a person officially appointed to examine into the management of the Institutions periodically, and report tl►eir condition to Parliatnent. Mr. ClAwlttgo having had no knowledge of the existence of this committee till what he had heard this night, could ,only say, that he felt a strong desire to,see the /Report in question acted upon bdt be wished it to be printed, that the minds of: the people Might be famillarisett to its contents, nud.that they might ascertain that. there existed in the country foundation on which a saperstrtic ttire might be built, that might produce ultimate and general benefit. He expressed-his highgra tifieation at the advant a g es which' most be pro &teed by this system, being satisflod that the foun dation of good morals mnst be tail on the instruc ti,pn of C;c people. ATTWINEY-02;4611.81. was 'in favour of the pu bli cat ion of the , Report, which, ha erns of opt. 7 ' Pifinool,l be highly - bentfteial, if its content* %, 4 ,:1-c-clrculate' , ,l at, the 41yroachi , ig Assizes, Where those who could facilitate its objects woulti have an opportunity of peenilitg it. ; . Atter a brielconversation between Mr. Barclay, ' MOV.:Smith; General Thornton, Mr. Bsbitig ton, and Mr. Brougham, the Report was ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Mr. Brtouousst then gave notice, that early next Session he should bring, the suhjeet before the House, by mos ipg that the Report be takes) into consideration. . . . RESIDENCE - OF THE 'NVINCESS CITARLarrE .AND THE PRINCE . OF COBURG. Mr. Hustussost said, that as he was not aware that any difficulties would be started as to the propriety of providing a proper country residenc& for her Royal Highnes s • the Pritice4s CharlOtte and Prince LeOpold, liesit 1! oua. not have octaSioo to occupy much of the lime of the house on the present Occasion. In &inside/log the subject; two modes of providing this residence naturally occur red ; hieratic was that of the libisirions Pait oc cupying one of the royal palac'es, and the'other that of purchasing a 'residence tit 'for theiraceept ance. Now, even'on thepiinciple of economy, it appeared More expedient to purchase this residence . than tt fit up, one of the royal palaces with that view: Accordingly -‘an "agreement . had been made that GO,oool.should be paid for the purchase of the• house and detitesn es of Clermont, a Ida most be well known to malty GentleMerf:' The Board of Crown Lands had, directed Otie'Serveyor to value the lands, farm-houses, &e. he:19:1 . 101.g to •this property, and another to value the Mansion and their respective reports formed the ground work of the negoCiatibit: The valtiatiOn of the farms, - farm-houses, and park, es given hi by thd surveyor, - was 36,2001. The quantity of land alnottuted to 350 acres. The value put upon the building by the other surveyor was'l9,oool. And here he might observe, that the mansion was in the most substantial state, fit for immediate resi dence, and afforded every accommodation requi site for a family of the first rank. The 'inrveyoe estitnatett that the expence of erecting stich a building at the present. time would not amount to less than 91,0001. The whole of the sotri,which the surveyor proposed should he given for the mansion,. was 19,0001.; and when the,. expenceattendiug the fitting upof any of the palaces for any of thebranehes of the !Oval Fatuity was considered, together with the expellee of keeping them up, he thought that the House would deem the purchase of Cler mont the more economical inetwore of the - two, particularly as the nubile would be relieved from all further expence on , this mansion while it be longed to the illustrious Pair, or to eitherOf them respectively, Altogether the valuation of the surveyors %vas 115,2001.; and upon the conclusion of the bargain, which was conducted in the most honourable manner by the. proprietor, the sum. sigteed,to be given for the whole was 60,0001.--. lie bad to add also, that .ttie furniture was taken at 60001., so that their Royal High nesses were to euter upon 1 he occupation of this property witholt any farther trouble or Outlay,. He had now to state the mode in which it was proposed that this'expenes of 66',0001. should he de frayed. By the eet.for the redemetimsof the land tax, the Crown was enabled to sell certain poi: tions of the Crown lands, and out of the produce of these sales it was proposed to take the sum of 66,0001. which was to he paid in five successive , instalments, at the sate of 12,0001. every year till the wlmic was paid up: He remarked that this appropriation won't! bring no iocouveoieuce on the. funds destined to the redemption of the land tax ; other small portions of laud would be sold ; and he added, that the'whole annual value to the , Crown alike Crown lands which produced thissem of 66,0001. amounted only to about 3201. It was proposed, that this purchase - , when no longer oc cupied by the illustrious Pair, should revert to the Crown ; that, in fact, t hey' ehould only have a lire interest in : it ; and in this view, the .es tate, as compared with the Crown lends, for which it might in soutelle ,, r' ree be considered as exchang ed, might be looked upon as no bad purchase on an iinproving lease. The manner in which it was proposed to grant the estate, vas to settle it neon the rripcess Charlotte . end 'the' Pripet! . of S'axe• Coburg for their respective lives ; and in the event of the decease of the latter, and the Prin cess Charlotte succeeding to' the Crown, the es tate should revert to the general.mass of the Crown property; but supposing her Royel Highness shoull.asceod the Throne previous to the death of the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, then to revert to the Crown whenever, his decease should , take place.. He felt persuaded that, whether this sublect were viewed strictly es aft economical meastire,,or with a reference to , the iniprovernent of the estates of the CrOwn,' it was desirable: to ratify the agree- ment which had been: entered into. .ile eonclutl 7 ed with moving for leave to bring.in a Bill to ra- Wyllie purchase of the Clermont estate, for time residence of her Royal Highness the Princess' ' , Charlotte, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe-Coburg. Mr, BARING was. glad to hear that, an abode had - been fixed upon imitable to the dignity twit rank of their Royel Highnesses; and the only.. question he now wished to touch upoa was, whe ther. an advantageous bargaio had or, had not been made. The piVerty was now to be por chased, for 60,0001. ; hut perhaps his Right Hon. Friend was not aware, that the seine estate had been sold to a Mr. Dawes, at Garraway's Cnlree house, for 10,0001. only. He was ready t o ad mit that 'a great many years had elapsed . since that safe lied taken place, and lie had no doubt but that the estate had, since that period, been greatly improved ; tint he only wished to state. it as a very curious fact within hie. own knowledge.' 'net e was another point to Which he , wished to allude,- at he had understood the night Hon. Gentleman, on a former night, had stated' that the purchase of this estate would cast the Public nothing, be cause it was to be. paid °tit of the crown lands.--s- Thie assertion naturally attracted his attention to the subject, end it appeared to hint that 'much Waste arose fiotn the circumstance of so Much land. retnainipg, upon the hands of the Grown, which :night be turned to v much better an ac count; and he bad been confirmed in that opinion, whea he just, now h ..1 Id from the Right Hon. Gentleman that the w hole rent of the crown hinds which ti't're to be applicable to the purchase of Iris einite of (.30,U011, villi:e, did not 'amount to . wore than .3::0I. a-year.' He was very far f. - via • - tr.ishing to encroach - eithernpoll the dignity of the comfort of the Crown ; but be 'realty did think that it would he more 'advantageons, as :well as just, it,sti much of those lands as were. useless were disposed of, and the tnney applied to some public sereice. Mr. Husktssow wished to. correct a misrepre sentation which the Hon. Member,who had just sat down had attributed to lont. He denied that he had -ever said that the purchase of thiS' estate would cost the public nothing. What be bad stated on a former night was, that he should have no occasion to ask fen a vote of any sum in a Committee of Supply, as there wei 7 e'funds to en .able the Crown to buy it: without any burden up= On the public. As to the observation made by the Hon. Member, that some of the crown lands might be disposed of for the public benefit, he had to state; that the crown.' surveyors had been di rected to make a return of all those estates whicb Inight.appeat' to them most fitted for sale, with a view to apply suet) monies us might be thereby produced to'other More useful purposes. He bad never beard that the estate in question had ever sold for so•small a sum as 10,0001.; but of this he was certain, that three or lour years ago the same property had been bought in at a sale for a sum exceeding that which it was now proposed to give tor it. LcaVe , was then given to bring in. the Bill. It Was brought in, read a first lime, and ordered to be rvad'a second time time to-morrow. Lord PALNIER4tON obtained leave and brought in a Bill twatitend4he Act which passed this Ses sion, relative to the powshinent for mutiny, as_ fat as ,regaided• the transportation of ollenders.— Read a first time, and to be read a second time to-morrow. _The CHANCELLOR of the EKCHhQUER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to cotitin,tte the "Clergy Residence Indenmityßill for a time to be limited. It was brought in, and read a first time.. The CHANCELLOR of the gxcnactuEit obtained leave to bring its a Bill to vest the 'Eight: collectiOn of marbles in the hands of the trustees. of . the Bri tish Museum, for the use of the public. It was brought' in, read a first time, and ordered to be read-a second time to-morrow. - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE4UER brought in a Bill' to defray the annual charge of any loans mule in the present Session of Parliament.—Read a first time ; second time to-morrow. The Stage-coach Bill was reported : to be read a third time to-morrow.—Adjourned at -balf-pait Eleven o'Clock. SPECIAL COMMISSION AT ELY. THURSDAY, JUNE 20.—Tinicint Veamiss the younger and Joseph Lacen4r, stood , indicted for having, on Wednesday the 22d May last, felo niously Stolen and carried away from - the dwelling house of the Rev. J. Vaehell, clerk, at Littlepott, itt the Isle of Ely, .several silver spoons, of the value of '4os. and more, his property'; and Chris topher Buteher stood indicted for having received the same, knowing' them to he stolen. The Jury returned the 'lolkiwing verdict--ilea miss, not guilty; Lavender, -guilty of stealing; Butcher, nci John Gaulfrip was then indicted for having, on itife4nesday the 22d . May' last,' feloniously Staten and carried away from the' dwelling-tionse of the aforesaid Rev. J. Vaehell, two silver spoons, Uia property, of the value of 40s. There was great contradiction In 'the evidence upon this :case. The prisoner called'it Witiles3 to prove alibi. ' E._ CHRISTIAN, Est). Chief Justice of the Isle of aildrelsed the JUry, who returned aver diet of not guilty. Beamiss the younger kiss nest - i n di cte d for a highway robbery on Flu All Robert Evans, of Ely, gentleman,. On the 224 of May last, at T..ifitlepori, 'Hod for having taken 14s. in silver from hini..-..-Gui//y. , _ _ —John Denmis, Richard Jessof, William Atkin, -.Aron Layton, Sarah John Fricke, John Cooper, john Freeman, and John Jeferson, w ere Indicted for having, air Thursday- t '23d of May last, pit(W. Cohper, of Ely, shopkeeper, in bodily tear, and feloniously stolen from him Several books and Canisters, and 101. in 'promissory notes, his property, Mr. Justice ABBOT charged the Jury at great length upon the evidence as it applied to each of the prisoners ; and the Jury, after retirinc , about a quarter of an hour, brought in a verdict r7f against all the pris.oners, ivith the exception of Freeman, whom they arytipert.. Dennis, Jefferson, Atkin, and Layton, with' James Cammel and John Walker, , were then tried upon anuther indictment, charging them with a rob 'berg in stealing ten pounds frnin the person of George Steevens on the . .23d of nay, in the town of Ely. • The Jury pronounced a verdict of pilty'against four of the priioners, - viz:. Dennis, Layton, Atkin, and Cainmel. Aaron Cheuill and Wiltiurrl Beamiss were also capitally convicted Of a robbery . from theperson of lleury Tainsley, in taking from him by putting him in fear, two It, notes. The °buil adjourned at six o'clock to-mor. row morning at nine. The anniversary of the Victory of Waterloo was.celebrated at Brighton by the Officers of the 51st and 10th Royal Hussars, - arid excited Much interesting,,buitle in the town. At niiii-day the 51st were marehed, to the Stcyne; where, single file, they . entirely surrounded-the southern inclo sure of the ‘valk, in 'which position a runiiiug fire, usual on . rejoicing Occasions, was three times kept up with a grand effete. 'This over, the regi ment formed a striate within the inclosurei seve64l close vollies by - companies Were dischatg ed. . The national anthem, " Goal save the Kitig," was played by the band, and !tunas rent the air. Monday night, a number of fellows attempted to.stop the Mail * Coach from Dublin to Cork, at Kilgate, near Naas ; the Coachman haviwr called upnit one of the, Guar& for . a blunderbuss, it went off, , an d unfortunate killed' the former, upon the shot being fired and the approltrat'of the Lime .riCk Mail, - the robbers deeatuped;otheewise they would have Met with a proper - receptiou'from the gniti ds anti passengers. coitoNalts. INQUESTS. _' t ~.:> - j' '# i I=';f ;., Last night an Inquest was held upon the body of Benjamin Twig, private in the Guards; 4110 was stabbed in Catherine's-lane on Tuesday night, and died immediately after. A great number of witnesses were examined, amongst whom wad those who gave evidence at Lambeth-street Police Office...--There was nothing, however, adduced to bring the charge home against JosV Peru, who is in confinement upon the charge of cutting Jolla Moody's throat, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Murder against some person or per. , sons unknown." Wednesday morning the body ,of Mr. Richard Burns, of Pentonville, was found drowned in the ,New River, near Sadler's-wells : the body, when. ' found, was quite warm, and did not appear to have lain many utinues in the water. It was carriadto the Blue-coat Bny, at Islington, where the means prescribed by the Royal Honnsae Society, for the recovery of persons apparently drowned, MOW' sued, but to no purpose, as the vital sp ark Was' extinct. Yesterday a Coroneeaslnquest was held' on the body, but nothing appearing in evidence . to lead the Jury to suppose the deceased drownea himself, or that the act was committed by any. other person, they returned a verdict—Found drowned. Wednesday evening, an Inquest was held by : Mr. - SHELTON, COrOnee for London, in the Board Room, St. Bartholomew's HoSpital, on the b,),iy of Samuel Freeman. It appeared front the evi-. Bence of several persons, that the deceased, who. derangement and some time ago Was confined t , was an elderly man, had been in a state of mew . " a priv.:te mad-house, but his friends conceiving ban' recovered, brought him home. Since th at he a . t' tended regularly to business, un til early on Su nda " morning lie wandered from his house id SI" tal• fields to Crown -street, Finsbury-squar e, %Ole" he entered an unfinished house, and stan din g oa the.:rafters he cut his throat in a dreadful manner, -and then fell into the cess-pool of a water - c loset, ri underneath, where he was discovered soon 11 04 , and-pi:UNFIT by mean of ropes he was instaflol 'conveyed to the hospital, where he expired Tuesday morOing. It was also stated, that the family were subject to the saMe . affliction th at his . sister, about tour months before, cut her oft , throa t at her own house, with a razor, and bled to d eath , over a washing-tub before she was discovered' Verdict, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREETr—DISORDICRLY PUBLIC HOlii t ' - Yesterday John- Darrant, landlord of the Que en ' 5 Head public r house, in Tavistock-row, C" c ": * garden, was brought to the, O ffi ce by stimo nn ' t charged with the-forfeiture of hissrecogniza nce t which be entered into, on the licence of the hot% being tranferred to him from Mrs. Butler , for I`' good government of the house, not to sutra "P . &c. The Beadle was bound over to cute the landlord at the Sessions. %Ina Ryan, Ann Mason, and William Camerford' were. citargrd with obtaining, .uuder / 4 t er tenets,. a ,number of passes from Mr. Silv e l' n , the Engraver, of the Strand, who eng!l ive ail s t der( in g for the 11 7 #r-otEce, for the p u rpose cit t ero , the Bi n g of 'various sums of money. r il `i committed for further examination. Of DIED. itig ° On Tuesday, at ber house in queen Aline -street, tha • HMI. Lady Mary Paiker, sister to the Earl of .Maeelesile'L4 At Genera, the 81,t of May, Caroline .Emmis Sm ith ' "- 17, daughter of llohertP. Solidi, M. P. for G r anthuol . , °se it On the insi. at Coffsb4rough, Q `' Queen's Countrt Palinei , aged 87. old e On the in inst. at Greenock, Garin Alston , Esq. bank, merchant, Greenock. Lately, at Dod.brinike, near Kingsbritle, the net* Wetiber, the eltie'r, vicar of St. Mather Cornwall. ionaar \t Canipheltown, onthe 9th Es 4. of Collector of Customs. i t t ie CPO ' LO DON : Printed 1:1 . .1. B. QARsTAuts , so. n o i cteal twildings and "rinliahett 1,) , W. A. SCRIPS: of firert iir at the SvN-Ovruct. N. 112. Strand : where iis s" Ment!, Orders ; Letters Itint.pitii),Scc. ttiust saa I , tw o 01 , Yester..tlay the Earl of HARrtowey sent tri ~ ~ . , , te , the black swans, which his Lordship latelY .' 0 'ceived riont Dienten'i 'Land, as' a present to Ilt? i • Royal - Highness . the Princess CiSARLOTTIt. T he f t other his - Lordship has presented to Sir Jost? , 13ANkes. The 34th, or - Fiteshire regiment of Mili tia,l disbanded at Caper on Friday, the 24th ultimo. ,i- V , ' 'The complement. of the regiment amounted,. - ... f fi*'.. ; 284 ; ,but. of Allis number only 50 have beet _,.,: *tally discharged, the rest not having yet eQu" ~. -::', t plated their periorkof service. • i ',dor: This morning a young female, genteely c!r17 ..4 „,. i eel, was found drowned in the Regency Cant' .4, her body was _afterwards carried to the I tt,!, ~ , Harp public-house, where it now Ires for the 10°1,,. , toner's inquest. ' as4'.‘. Yesterday a reprieve during the' l'etrict / 1 . GENT'S pleasure, was received at Newgate fu r '` , mil . too '-' ghinder,, the ter m o f whose respite` expir.;- day. He is only 16 years of mitt. * ..................°' . :.'. ' , - BIRTHS. . L -.- On the 3d hist. at KilravoCk Castle,' Scotland, the -Bd/4 , ~. • • Hugh Rose Esq. of a daughter% . • On Friday last, ut .Exeter, "the Lady of Paul Nestor, Postmaster, of a sun.- • , x i c e . ' *., On SatUrtiay, in Rutland-square, Dublin, the L ady al — •• ' - antler Hamilton., Esq. of a daughte. '... . . , -.•., itei MARRIED. , ta • . „. . .. t . On Friday, the 14th inst. at Inni s ha n non Church. , .- by Speciatiicence, the Hon. Hives St. Leger, once :: l k''` Viscount Doneraile, to the Lady Cliatlottes Esther , sectiud daughter to the Earl 01,Bandoir. , 'lt o On Wednesday, at St: George.,'s, Bloomsourpi '". aidits, Parker, Esq, of Hardtrii;Yoritshire, to Satab, secu nu . ter ofdolin Cuntlale,Esti. of Hart-street, Blooming/15i,1.1005- Monday last, at Nt. ;Mary's Newington, the Ker. ~ ~„01 Lloyd, Vicar of St. Outtstan's in the West, and of 'Mk" — i • usiicx, to Miss Blatt, daughter of C. Brett, Isc l*Li s ittel te s t# , ... On-the ad inst 44• St. 'Margaret's, Westininstor , Colonel Keightley, 14th Regiment.. to Ann, secta liu Zi ° d'f of the Rey. Slanbew Wilson, of fslarshalLs, •netttr i' ll— ; Essex. ' •-- - - sit keloo" On Thursday, at Hammersmith, John William r' c '" c o rk. Esq. of Essex:street, Strand, to Charlotte, daughter tb 11am Smith, Esq. of liauhnersuiith.• " • s Fi re ' Mr. George Simpson, printer, of Salisbury , to aldis Fir dell, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Flindell, Exeter, P r o l f thlt - Thursday, at Falmouth, Lieutenant Beanc hant, to e: Royal Marines, to Miss Georgiana Ann Allen, a tha t of 0 1# On the 10th inst. at liieness, P. A. Fraser, Mil , I:,„„ s err dathel, to Jane Anne Cather g ine, only daughter ut ii,s-11-- Esq. of Keilig. __...---•-< ~8,