The Sun. — London, England, 1819-07-07 00:00:00

i .1 ' I , ' l s ill'' , r , ~ he eti entclm s ent .. oi ' Capitj pliniihnient for minor i 1ff...-...eei _defeated !be . etl(ls_ of justice„-. front - .1 hei '2, tigi i i4 nc'e to tri ; 4lse , it e, as th , public ntintl.re•: , t - "eu* front the ul . inirite severity of the 13vv in 7 ,, ei • no t a;roi-it!'ilS ' `Uhts ! ..Pittioit was rorrobo-• ! rj r ;'" bY . Mr..7,i,i,,,,,,,i,, g ~101 by the Ohl I . l.tiley .4 'trk. '".' t At . rhiglis The . ',', 14 ",..%-e'rs employed in draw.: ti 4 "Piht - inilitliiertfs - at'l be ()id Bailey had stated !a te , 4,,,•ePugnance of p•triies to prosecute, in cons?... rie:e of the 'Severity of the poniskinent. tic o l ii ° t'l(l next mentioti another ..lass ,of yersons 41, 0 ' u bjetted to prOsecute for the 5 ton , r..,son. At Ves e were the' traders , of •Lobilon and' We',.'nin ,ine;t.i tr itlthe,information. they gave'tallre (..;,no tn.4tiee was . most ,importato, Of log fraught with 7tedigetree,. and displaying more •tgood sense, }„ e v " . 11 as .htimattity and experience,: than 4:"uld hav e auticipared, even . soul etille-iti tie a ' ' with r egar d to, their ch i aracter Ile ,cioes 9"ed if a similar; body. coul,tl be.fontid iii ,arty tart of H u . ~,,„,1d- who, were more_distiognished : 1 ' these qtr-tlities, soperaddett tft ..a greater i e gree of ti66 ll iiv th a n was perhaps con tl""k with s:ern legislation: These men I ,.'.''t(l the very great relnetauce which •they had all Ploseente capitally iu cases of .theft ;.find lee ": 11 ,d alw ays „n on w ith plea.ure on the senti l:ietus they t : xinesied; On t radestnan. in patti- Li' ar s4id, there was not a shop troth Corithill to tt i l i ng-cross which had not stistatuell.losst by • lite -t ' Yet they all -: wished for a . inittgated punish ii,..ll,t,. hi ordei that the ends of ittstlee nli;.:11t not ot "eated, as was flow tlie ease, by the sc.:utiles l' t t*otis - ter. take it w 'ayllie•lite ol' a fillow-crest-, titre. loe.siscb an offence'. Another' individual, t a i. -1: 1 -",S..it r ,,, T .,, c1 „b1e •rrolestitan in W e sr t uts. y e , 4l . "d inf„ rffiet i 4 i le ,C om 4% i, tee, that . for twenty' r 3 . i 1" porter had 'ever been di - smiSittl from his _o nce r st ilt , n s,except for dolt ; and when;•in•-one in litt-ca, h cdpit:4l ettnvict ion took place, his Mir!:„ tr" : 4l 4lolsetf had f e lt so.autich'pa-in and anxiety t i d t t :'e• Itoyat clem o ency . was extended t the iiii., ilho they detert»itted never again to te, .`' c '"e another person for a sitritiar offence. It; (S it .!,:tries• Niatkitt ot:h) :should r d einin the -4 " e (4 ' that this. was. i.,-ot the determination 4 oti c ''‘'husiast s or visiotrartes. • but of men 9 1 t i „, 1 `'T'ir'e and great 'experience. It was alio tr 14ary for hint to mention, that all the , n 4l ers had assured the Committee that they t ut the sew itnents of nine-tenths of the. classes tt t „,"" i ch they belonged,: In addition to the testi -11,,-Y of respectable persons, the Committee l'. . d b efore them ;be evidoice of a particular wit t? : „ 4 ' Alt. Carr, the Solicitor to the .Board of Ex tb:-' "'lnch, fr o m t h e .;liaracter and experience of ti".(ienticinan, was entitled to every consitlera ss,?4,: fie had sta.ed, tint't until the year 1806, f :", 1 ' the off esce . was made a capital felony, - the „ I, i t . 'g• r Y or an E x cise st ai n )) was punishable only i t , s ' t a penalty of 50til. According to his-testi 186"E''Y-. tt app'ear'ed, that for 12 years before the year t t „ the numb e r a t p rosecut i ons f or this o ffence - , s , 21 , and t h e ollnil)r.4)t convictions 19 ; while t I F - "te 1; ) ye ars itstrollia , _eiy siteceerling, the number ' 1 1 . 1 0t ei , l i n „ s w ,, i , o nly 19, acct o f conv i ct i on i t ten ; which must ,t:hew , the ,reluctance of t, ti :l t to prosvcuse, alter the: offence was made ti s ) r,__" to a capital ponishmerit. When -the lot- • t .. 4 -411 'ent was - disproportiotied to the offetr e Cei, the t k ,:%°f justice were sure to be defeated.. It was' 1 ,„ - :,9 1t.tr0%% ii tact, .that fraudid-ent traders wished t-a"IY for heavy' penAties that, for light ones, be b,k„lsi...ll.l-ey wa re, 0:11;1,111 that the Pit inert would t vet. b'''f ' ittfi iCt ell, :v h iie ihe latter woold be duly t't!!"reed: Rtit thete,was another wittei.“, whose Ih id eliee his consideredthe utost.itoport ant of any k ilt ' tind been .laid,befuse the Committee—lie St t9 t rit , 11 .1 r. Jaynes 1 - I,4ltuer, : the, Crown'.!lolieltOr Of q i. „ le Ohl Bailey, a Gentleman wilo,•-in the cruise i n `us years of professional , . experience,' hail been ,oronimiiiticatinis 17-itli nerOcss tn.iin 2000 persons jet Bail been catitally. con victeil for various -tit :4llees. In addi:iton to-thisexlensive experience; 13,, i . Kirmee wits a, man whose judgment . was t o " ( tattled by his humanity, and it was difficult. citi ,",'lil any witness who'uni ed in hiniself somany ` lt i,vies t . t.egi ve authority to his evidence and th l ght to his stigg..stions. Ile.(SirJ. M.) bad heard It:, () ..n.,inions of _his late lamented Friend (Sir S. 11,,: 4111 y) upon ,this subject inveighed against 0 t o . ot an ' enthusiast; but what would be'said k, a t he statement of this.respeetalde'wittless; which 1 4 : t h e tesult of : actual experience for so many th -r s? .AlrAtartner bad staled, in his evidence, t t it „ t I re hail knOwti: many; persotts injured by kr tt i' i '''t 'forgeries,. anti other offences, who prefer , tti t ''e:hrin K Atli losses rather .than prosecute the bt , 'ei's, While 'many persons' gave :bribes in j t 2. r it) evade serving on inties, - In sonic cases 11; 1 " 5 had act tially. , given a verdict• of 'acquittal, Fein convinced of ,the guilt of the parties, not hb il g• 4ble to reconcile.. it' to their . consciences to Ject them to the loss of life for the offences Nvi lk , . . . . 11, 4 Which they were arraigned.. This witness ‘lr also stat ed, te tte desiroits to be capitally ptosecuted, being i iii rt4 il• l that it would be to them a means of int. . 4 e n 'tY and seettrit y ; vet it was otelatteholy‘ to re -34e t ' l'Oat while the law had this e ff ect with re , i tl 'd to offenders, it operated as a means . of geetirit • ej, t y and alaiiii to 'the good members ot SO td j• The Hon. .and Learned Member then ‘ vii 'Yrieil to that part of . Mr, ilarintr , s evidence 44 'eh r ycommended.striet and rigor tits discipline tri.tile:best mode of„.pottisbinent fur ..partiettl,r It lt t i . rice s - :; ad hi l it.. ti...se.vet., in reference to the - same val ' l nony, that Jurics had oft eir restored the' It tti , 4 ! of .. the propel r v stolen, rather than find the th l l 'es guilty ; whil e t h e thieves, presuming on the l or li Patity of.the 'italic, appeared less concerned s e►c t heir hate w te than th ose w h ose d ut y i t as to pro '. ; t,, li te them, Nwhittg that he could say could It f i blY.....alld forc e to this most forcible statement-. : ill iPpeared, that in other cases the pitrties acre 1 ti, 6e practice of evading the law by undervalniog t ) Prorltrty, an d eat hot s ex p e di ents were rt•s‘iii ,, e .t h l o which conscientious scruples sit tested.-.- Il i a Non. and Learned Member then adverted to t i le vide B rtce given by S ev e ra l respectable aukcrs. ill L ondon. from which it ' a pp eale d that there was ittgltNtera) reluctance to prosecute ill cases of for -11 Y• Ile should now, he said, state to tl,e ei t ole the i nstruct i ons b e had received from iht. )114rilittee, This directed hi nt to i n t ro d uce 1 wt. • to r .. s . similar in their purpose to that which hai . .1,, ' 1 " I Y passed opois the present subiecr, and tl!eis it lt I '"ve for leave t o bri ng i n a Bill o cOrist . )ll• e all th. L..___ . • . . . „ ing.tO fOig . erY. He then Went on to o . ser , V.evlbat a deffoed law .of the naiuie he iroi)()sed c.! I tie 'tircis.ary on this is the countr y was now it.revocii!),y pleiLed td the restoiiiition (p . • cashliayinents- 7 4 measure,. which he had felt .it (its kluty to adtocate„ CPllVilletd • at the same time that it wou l d be a!telided with ;o:nel partial thtoger. The effect of the law. whirl., he! rin ontePlat,;(l Woiild be to 'give a degree of POPti-1 larity to the which was to take place, titirl'! restore the character, of the. Bank .of , Etiglatid; an . institution not 'note necessary to thepovernment , th',.in to the rtiblic. roe Committee were of opi ',ion, that . While`stnafl -ricitei''fOrmed of tirtuth.ltiotr, as at: pres-ent, tbeY .ought to he pi,teed op ‘ he . sani , e f9otiag li„the Ultl 41i it: cor 7 reti; - 'y, aid that for them should be continued cipral Offence, 'while at the same 'lute e've'ryef fort ought, to. be made to .reptfer:tb;e offence as diiiieolt to be committed as. possible. Convictions in case; of torgery diffic. ol t they entirelY'oh tangiVletac'ts, atid;'4?- . ~ take't plaCe, -there. intiSt -lie the is h le, ,et- cjertliU rel, tt,e implements-Az. ,Wltich alone coptt . l lion - ie .. guilt to the , party. The viie s telici, - 'hovvorer, strito committrd the crime, and conspired to lint•Httostt;peetiiik, -per sons forward as t,lic : agent ot p 4 lit t o suffer thenjkini,tigated sever e ig of thi laW, and ex'trat'irdinarY rewards otught to he 'offered . for their deteetion. \Vitt). respect to,theoffencF, T ot uttering fc,rged notes, the Cues-, miree pt poled that the peti,,ly should be trans-. phrrallOn iii t tie first instance,' and in the event of its being repcitted, lc4ivinh ii, however, to the feelings of the prosecutor to sithjrct the offender ro the forreitore cif hi life - or to - 'ran't , paartatjOa N,ot less : than 1:•2,000, pin it iOll5. had been,presented on this stibieet- !tom different .parts Of the kingdenn, abti iu LntitlOn the sense of the whole - .nation might: he said to he represented in favour. of . 4 revisio9 of the: existing laws To, was no popular clamour, but liltrivoice or the peo ple raised coolly and deline'rately against_ laws which were repugnant to the teeliti:gs of humanity. No.Gnvernment ought to disc ard • Rpliiica . tionb -dic tated by conviction, and .sat Actioned by justice., ' The Report was ordered to be I ,rinted. REVERSAL OF LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD'S ATFAINDER. Lord CASTLEREGH,-in rising (0 moire that the Bill for Reversing the Att,onder„agatnst the 'atm, Lord Edward Fttzgefald be now read, felt per soaded.thalt die House would readily actin;e.,Ce in the .prerogatiye ot. mercy which the .tro . wn had . been induced to exercise upon this occasion.. ft was . gratifying to him to reflect, thal,the general 'state of trano i trility in the country where I forttmate co,:tonstance had arisen w+,ich thit Bill. contempla• d, was such as, to anthortze the nielw sure;' and it w,ag no less g! atitying to him as be, in frd g livent to overate in fayonF t,f One of the most, 'Was:iron% iti . litiAitil. He had hit stlf been officially connecteil ; With tharconn-. ' . try•at Ihe time, and be could wish that the occur tiler; took p lace were for ever lost "i 3 Lord WILLIAM Fit.zosaA,LD:rose:nollerfeelings of apparent emotion ~to c l aqireyl htsgratitude PrinCe i ll.e . gent, who:bad b een graciously pleased to orig inate the proposed ea , •iiie. Alluding to tire son ,PfL ;Fitzgerald,,lie was as brave an °dicer as -the army Cuold . 901 of, aorw4s per s uaded that the generous act yidittch was trow - in- progr;.ss, v' t d,l he bailed with uni ! , vernal satisfacticw, in Ireland. Sir F. BURDF.:I-T rtiinced at tbe.-nviznaninioliS act perfortned by hia Royal I - Ilglinrss . the Prince Reg• hr, knevi , '6l no whet. pos . sehle act which mold have s greater tendency - to''eonciliate and gratify the generous and hospitable people of tre.- land. He did not mean to occupy the time nfti)e House, hut cOuld not let the 'opportunity pass him hitn Arithout oftei4tig his thanks to ibe Prince Recent -for an act . of slemency and gocid feeliag r . V. FITZGVHALD 4 rejojcvd, that the ment of the LinitetlSing , lont, and the mit y of 'the Prinee' flegent; Weie' enabled, frOm the state of Ireland, to confer so importalltlal 4- .. your on one of its most illustrious •• AMERICAN 1.0 Y ALI . Mr: AV: SrllT;i begged to ask the Chancellor of theExcbequer, if any step bad been taken rela 'live to the Anierican L•pyalistsv. for if ,none had been taken, he should feel it his Inty to bring a case before the notice 'of the Honse, of as com plicated - hardship as vris ever subnikted to their ennsid , ration. The CHANCiq.LOR the s EXCHEauRR replied, he was no; 'aware'of any step such as that alluded to being taken. LORD SELKIRK. Mr. %V SinT also:asked, if the Papers rela tive to' the Red River Settlement, and the ce,"se of 'Lord Selkirk, were likely to be soon !.did on the able Mr. GouLluit . l , l said, that the papers were veiy voluminous, tint -he trusted they would be'ready before the end of the present SesilOn. ~SMALIt y OX._ • Mr. W. SM rrii asked sonic further questions relative to tbestatse of vaccination, which We 111.4 not distinctly hear, acid -hoped the!. attention of the ',Government Nyould.,be sßeedilyi directed. tO es;;ecialty'rs g'reat' ravages were then niakingja the - cotinty . *OrNorfOlk 'the n4tnial ssti:;l pox. _ .irl t. MAL L ISLIN . , • ip Sir F. Buttnvvr entered : inttoa detailed 'ex_pl i o n: , nation of ;lie merit's of Mr, Mallison's ineemiou tar ,saving•personslfrrirn ilrtiri+tanE;, as a grouiul for an Address 1u the Prince Regient, prayiiig tiis Royal ,iiighness to I:eCo11111.1e.1.1(1,-I . U. the ,petsotts, Ital4ng fi a itroper authOrity, the employment •of this he cont`entied, was siipe- Our to all others. A ,Committee had betn• ap pointed on .this subject, awl had made a most t . Eavouraute itepott. to oulcct wait to,giee elleo to that - Report. lie 'Concluded by moving an Address to I Itv, Prince Regent.. Mu. Smyrn bCcomitic4l the trotinn, .antf•re: connnenden Chat the Invention be used by the biliors employed in the prevention of smuggling. Sir I, ::01:FIN th4t co! k jackets %void& lead !0 -the los's of more by 11 they welt; ex, pcted ; because on rocky coasts seamen „slog them v fluid he (I,t•lied I k Q i piece,s, or, SOUle se as, devdured by Sharlis:''' Sir G. COLBUtcti opposed the Address. 1 - 1 did vr.. AS 11! • etin }IPC .rIA iftUr rmo - 1. N . 9 rrcoA s . . • ' ' ' ' • .ct , • - and it;..werC'i If(vv#buiclltlillik ( 44l 4 rllF , OAtretihn ' ,most tl,anl;erpaasct YlS by leis gallant Friend. He was convinced that,if, Corr manders were Obliged to have a StVt, of. cork jaSk'ets ofm*:b`niillo 5114rdtibilit4Mailile•to keep the melt .netleer. in ALtsiti:ofed,sniOr;:and not onlyi more lives hilt more ships wt.llllo be lost. After a few words (roar Si'rP. • IIALIRDET, the ' qiie3tion was put and ameeatived. Mr..l-1-04s Movetl•tor . an Aervirtbt of 'the Re- venue collected sat Gthraltar, , : of the amount re mitted ..to tlfis Contry, and ot the -purPoses to which the said 51111V9 • 11,111.110E11011Plje ', 1,. 1-1 a h a d not found. any iteiii.on. the Stibyct 'it..the Returns of the Public Revenne,,alieady laid:l,oore the Or late years .the power. b' 'lime Crown ! had been used. iit semi extriniftlomaryjririanner.th that ' Colony. Acts * in Coun'cil bad been. ppsell e . Ito" poSiirg tieW" alma affect fug the tenure of property to:sue4'a degree; as to . exeite'COtr . !iider"= able.alarm atnong the is)liabit,atits,,.,lrlie was dim formed that not .leSs than 50,.9Q0.. i a 'vet e,. 'raised 'at 0)11411 e `bi t"ix,e; and that outtof.this 18,0001. ‘‘ 'eft: rcrniii\ctf u tli`thi'COutm try, but Op: one lioew to what proper to .... tt?sertaiti how that .statiovis .typto- 4 ; 'priKtel ? e CH A i'MPtifiti said, 'it" .was VAR , Pettritsrlte- - --an kio !lout atik, :Me sttl - Or Io enquire into :he private revenue of the . C.rciwii4, but he did not. however, of jec..t to give pit tote inftirmatioft - which came' within -liiittli'divretige with regard,rn the subject n't the pretenirmird'ion:' Tbon:111 Ike C::ow claim to the rrexenimes'oti Gibraltar, act by fir the greater proportion At the money collected was expended in the local ,expruccs of•tire garikno,' leaving. bitt - a very in . - consitlerah!e sum to be sent , to this 'country. It was nrulotibteti.y trite that whenever the. revenue exceeded the local gap nilitore 0: Gibia''.tar,, the, :surplUs yeas: considered as II:e property' of the It .tvonlirappe at, that. daring the. period of 19 years 40,0001. a year l o ot been entployed in. the locd chalges theme, and that the surplus eras regularly rem ?tied to this too tit ry fimr the titivate use of the Crown. If ought to he observed, that this slit plus being derives' chiefly frotri dillies on tratle ; • Was (drowse affected by all the vatiations of it. In time "1 war its arnottur ivas CoWsitiVralmle, and in tittle of pear,- scarcely any s urplus existed at all. For the last three years trieTe' ‘v'arliTi surplus trhat-•_ - ever • Pdtritig:tVe-wliole of the titicreen' ye ars; :the total attmount of 'the 9ttrtil is remitted to this _coiiwry for time service of :the Crown amounted to 72,0001 - . The Right Hon. Gentleman sajil i , lie thoncht that wham he hail now stated was as much lig the Hon.'Metnther eoubi expect to obtain by hi s . Im o ion, and therefore he s'oultl protest against it, as t au unwarrantakll . e. :precedent; ,-• '*" Colonel DAVIES tvay S 01'01 is et! at the objection et'aited by the [Tun; Gentieoian against han inquiry- like the4treiient. He cont•entitil that it, "as necess l t-ythe ,returnk ealletor should be laid bemire time House. Mr. Gotirvot,il4-i'iiWtetlYilmat the inati t cn should bare. been brouglitlit:rwmit arsOdateVpiriod of 01Y 4ettleml ttt itivolve a great.cunstitrr jrional principle. lie (humbled the right .of the rtro\t•tl io aPPrOpiiafe 'the 'surplus received front -11e:•theii-fefirbliared — the' Manner in the.l , mnxitiess of l'aclianment .had -been 'car.' viol on (1 9 ri l1 gtK1ast fortnight, anti stated that it halt 'VteivAtil"wili . ititprise and indignation ‘I • a t r ...y .i ngv vions from Mr.: Hwkision, ilumEw)th s t,reye his m.•tion, an un ilerstanding 't harlit:'asimould brut, it for.varcl .again early next Session. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S* ACT. ABE tiCHOMBY . IIIOVed for leave to bring in a Bill to coatinoe tlirce Acs relative to the Law of Insolvent Ottitots in England., • Sir G. HILL gP.ve notire of a Tocion on Ali k e seine subject es re;.,:arth:d lir.,AldernianclVOoo Was'..of thst i; would. be premature to introduce any-rnotstire tan this subject before the Pouse:was acquainted with the 'Ainendthents which the Lords liiis lll have matte.to . the Bill Initl"be'en'st'o: tip tri thou. Many•ilotr„:llleMberr wbsi. rook an inte -rest in this question were now absent, ai,d as the notion was altogether unexpected, he thought some preVions' notice sl ould be given. Mr ABERCP,OMBY exphin , d; fie wou'rd put it in the,lionse whether, under all the — eircum- . stances which had trecuri:-.'d, he cpultl . proceed otherwise tbah. be wds now doing'yvithOut the 'h..a.ard- of suffering' the late Act to expire altoge 7 [her, and .the law to return to former-State.. ,Lord CASTLEmP,A6II hoped, tha(as an . tipportti*-' w0u1.,1.1.ie iro,eVery Member who ob ,jected to 'the meaSttre proposed by' the and 'Learned Gentleman to . ..oppose it hereafter, the Wirt by Alderman - would' not,' by. .00tv dividing the interiAiiiiihe course of pnblic,hitsiness • Af.er a few words Arum Mr' Alderman WOOD, the inotto - tr - ICis withdraWn, and a notice given for its. renewal ;tO,morroW, on the understanding clot the bill should be passed through several, stages 6ffthesame day.' •• - Th6Ns'sesseiWrificiES Relief Bill tvaifead;a third rime; and past, 'life 1 3 1T - ite•glass.-Bill, the- Deceaseil tjfficere• Arrears Bill, the New South Wolei Bill, the Irish' Bilf," and the 'Excise Licences Mil, were . , -4ti a tic ;everal bistnt., y read t. tine, amir.passen - ... CHARITABLE FOIJIshjATIO'IN. '. I. The ;iOLICYITnIt-6ENti UAL 111,/veiltiiat the 'House `ati . 're . solve itself into .a CumMittee on -the F-mtrul-t ions Bill: PROUGII ANT r'o'e, 'and afttr a few oliserva ,tiopa itf approbation of this 13114 begged to call attention of the House to a err+ Ain state- . tit'ent wh4,cll : -.)ie •Itikd :filatle . sometime since in 'the CatitSe at a discussion on the litil of the Noble Loid opposite, and which he found hall been so imperfectly conirrinniCated toilie'plib; licas to ex• cite a great degree of misappiebensiOn.• .He'al- - haled to the parocliial re,turai of .thC number of schools in the United Kingdom. Ile wiis now posess:on of - a . document which contained an account 01 the total number of schools, for nine .counties. . In a parr Of :Englund, which, in an agricultural and commercial ‘ point of „k w, m i g h t l i e taken as a fair average of the stnre.ot Fioglkinif; wt respect to the rfwiltr at sc h no i s ; co mp r ieing a populatio n o f a million and it ,I._; .f „19, ( 490.. The i ntimber of children ed-otated ht the, se.bools., atoo L nul ell it) ;?..t6 .000.. lie 1t vttit+te, :4(4500.1, Ni!fpi)er.,of, eittiowed schruils, 3100„ - ter gir ellocated in the sch:,-10, pA„Quo. .NT,rpt)er, or ~ t: r chilartm. ; educated the Sit.tclay. 0.01)• . This stat.etaent•: rei - erred to of the ..thole .kingdorni .so that the notithei of en• dv‘ved sel)o9lv.int-Ists,stateritent, belug multipred glee a . ,s the 2 t 74 , :tal tiuniber.ot• endowed schools in !lir king4ont about 46.06. :'.l„ . fre ainitper oto,tiltiret4 educat . rd i tivilittn,. 15G,000i'. 'the to!al. pA1n1i . ,;,9) ; (1.01 S; . I t3,lrioo The c l oel.,ipTther ; of ~c,ii4jols:entiowed and unendowed, is ~might be .estinig , ed at P e PP,Vti :numb, r.of .childrvo lis'ostA l s4 l,,- 7.141 ,0 1. 10, An the. Onentiowea lIWEkg - ;; 5914ptiqd si -.. three ' - t'uosnti& . •five hundred day-schools kept; •by tettia•kis,• , 'lskere I lit tle9,r,:rjoilipvg. - Atii ;bite:;. el.Cepr- Itrii.;;tfai 4he b0).A11,S,111.11u• - •o-.4 . , disi,:tirs4e,j, on the con. ttrary, he thought tliez.c j ikni,.ted to confer essen i!ial intself • had:thie•theiiatir Ito he 0,,e of a number of-r,elit,leniett, by whose :eite . rions, a school{ bait 14en•.iitis4iititcp in the tlei PL:titat Mouse ; it Waprtii.l/191 the 24 ; ?f,Isittl nesv It that, it -wettiid - --tifford itt"!itt.ficinlon, .it any, gen.lluguar would - •;ttik4 the Coe sc hool, ontkoexamine tire,sys tetn (11w 0 c11 it w i t s .coßd.ncted, -Act' prcsetir, , it contained about 150 ,childtep, ft 0111 --three , 'Co • like yeArs old. ,The.sgresitt i ohject . was sto , •iraitt -These' Children to habits of mots! ,sliscil,line;l, indeed', • teaching them' Was only subordinate . to the , great end, nattiely; to keep, Ahem ,out of "tarm's 'way. He ' . 'st oily, just observe, that . I for" the 'day' schools to ss'hicn he 'lost alluded, as neither reading, writing, nor aertvituis were taught th.ere ; and, therefoie, as they weie not included in the schools tor education, properly 30 called, it would be; necessary to deduct out of the general amount of children educated. in• ,schools; 50,000 In France it had be,. n the custom to calculate the number of children in proportion •to the AinOunt of the whole point latioo. • The, French tanks, which le' would obs.erve were. admirably• constructed . ; `slio'Sved that the one-tenth of the population cum ' prised ,all the, children fr.ont .five to' sett pears of age. • Now, was , r,oucluded, tint if the one-tenth of AA • p*pulation• ',vas educated, then , the education ,of ,the .poqr had been secured. 'faking this artangement to be. coriect with re spect tO U , ilatid,, as , vvell as J:';:ance; it would appear that !here was in the former king.. don a Aletici - elley of one-third in the, number ktc eilutated„ The deficiency . in. Prance had - I;ieti much greater ; tint the establislini , nt of SOO. self-inscructinl, SchObls, Which took place since . Zehruary ISIS, I:!ssened - this deficiency ; very MuCh. In Holland ili l eieeil,ted 459 schools, ca. pableof instructing `abont - .olte,eli:lttlt -of utte_pn , ..” pulaiion. Jut t d. Pays de Vaud and SwitiePkin there'Were' 550 school:4; 'educated 27,000 c1411.e41. Tfltis, upon i the is tole,'.the7state of • etiktration - on the Conci.necuappeared to7h- , 44 : e time advatita . ke of that in EnAlanti., ed t,o hitn-that there,..soiltil,he found a necessity for adoliritig compulsory tneaus with parents,: to increase the number ot—seholars in the chatity schOol3 throughout the kingdom. It was with regret lie was comtielledtO state, . that in'lreland deficiency' appeared in the, number of childt etluca.tAti with reterence to..the•rtmonnt of the population. In ISOS the number of children of ail, neAstia§i9lll 'a/kilted . there amounted to no wore'th,in 160,000. Ele_.knew, ho.,rever, that a :great deal had been done since that time. ‘Vitb, regard to the deficiency of one-third, which lie bail-just stated to octor in the number, which ought to be educated, be should just call this attention of the Honie to the situation of one or taco counties. In the county of Conaberland the. number of children iiiircli!ed with reference. to the amount of the population-, was one-eleventh.. In Ilte county At lielltord they amounted only to .(110 "one-t went-y-first. 77 War 'a very re mark able circhtustance•‘'besitle, that the' mint : ber' Of persons its ..1.-eircounty Making' appli .cation for parochial re,lTEl,;....was-iiiversely as the nnmher of children educated there. He felt par ticulvir satisfa'Ction in contemplating the •sys .. . . .- 1., e • t griat , lC nrouragement which the King and the hierarch', the civil and eccle,i tstical ,governtnunt O'f'France, afforded to general education.. There the Catholic and the F t roiestan chit-3 sat ffeiwir id the same board; under the same master, wit hoot the slightest difference of treatment in any re spect. . The King:Of'slritiiiice . in his own person, set the noble example, which had itg-" , due effect upon the community, of.,a-. disposition -to,check all tendency to religions-aniinnsity. but justice to add,: that kVe bad a similar exam ! de in our own government. The Hon. Member con cluded by observing,. that.he would.early,iu the next Session bring forward a measure upon this subject; which he had long had in contemPlation. Lind_ CASTLEREAGH, thought it trecessary to say, that since, ISO,. the.prriod at which* the" Honourable' Gentleman had taken his account of the state of LiducatiOn in Ireland, itititutious for erfuration bad grown up With incredible ex edi tion. 'lt was inurecessaity for him, he hoped, to assure the ilinkse, , that it was the wish of Go , - yerunieut to give every assistance to the.promo. 'tient of education in IrrlantL—(ilear, hear !) .. , The avidity with which the poor 'Ol that country sized the opportunity of .instructiou was wholly unparalleled. It was gt at ifying, top, that efforts, were eery where making to teed this spit it. Mr. V.FITZGERALD bore testimony to the ra-. pitt increase of putsltc instinction its ',eland sulect. the year 1808. It was a peculiar trait iii the Irish peasant , that lie 'IViIS ever disposed at any bazar, and any sacrifice tin ()moire/41)e benefit of education for his child. , The -effur.t4of Govern.. meat to promo:e edocatioii there were truly land• able. In the Nati,mal Schools in ;Dublin, die Catholic and Protetttaut, and Dissenter, were, in volved together in the same system at harmony to di s t ur b t h em ever s i nce t h e i r and improvement. No t , s:ti c of disunion was and he trusted t l ia t if ' suc h exa M p l es at, least ''t hey k t.ledia i ti r io : l:l, n; urovllmy o,f. i 4atatiort, would meet ‘ettri their due share of applause. T he Right Hon. Gentleman, in aoswet t., a ftw-