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111 K LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extr4ttifrorn the Morning l'opers,Jul: '29,1825 [13R171311 pnEss, The Greek question at this moment occupies almost exclusively the attention of the . politicians of France. •M. de Chateaubriand has p'iblished an eloquent appeal on behalf of the Christians of the East. He terms it simply the Prospectus of a suhic.ritstion in their favour.. It appears to be written in his best style, and has produced's, deep impression on the political circles of Paris. The French Government, it is known, observe a very suspicious neutrality as to this struggle. They are desiroas of establishing the most friendly re lations with the Pacha of Egypt, and with that view they have permitted their military officers to organise his troops, and take commands in hi. 4 service. The expedition, of Ibrahim Pacha is under the direction of Frenchmen, who, while so employed, continue to receive their half-pay. It is also said that the treasure of Ibrahim was, for safety sake, conveyed from Alexandria to Nl°, don in a French vessel, and that the French Am bassador at Constantinople gave his assistance in equipping and provisioning the Ottoman army, • by which Missolonghi was invested. The policy of this conduct is as questionable as its justice. Much better would it be for France to form a connexion with an independent and permanent state, than to attempt to derive any commercial . advantages from an uncertain intercourse with a barbarian, the stability of whose pdwers can never be assured for a month. A - midst all the difficulties by which they are from various causes surrounded, we are glad to find that the Greeks pursue their object with steadiness and success. Et was reported at Constantinople that Ibrahim Pacha-bad been defeated by COlocolioni. Should this intelligence be confirmed, the contest will be at an end, The French General Boyer, in the Egyptian service, is said to have died of the wounds he received during the siege of Navarino. His death will be a serious loss to the Mahometans. The raising of the blockade of Missolonghi is partly explained by the circumstance of the capture of the transports having on board the greater part of their materiel for the intended siege of that place. These vessels fell into the hands of the Greeks, in their rate victory over the Capitan Paella. The Divan, however, maintain their haughtiness un abated. . The Reis Effendi enter into no dis-• cussion with the foreign Ministers regarding Greece, which the Sultan persists in conaidering as an integral portion of his domi,..ions. [NEW TIMES.] General Canterac, one of the Royalist Com manders who were defeated in Peru, has published a letter which may be regarded as a curious his torical document. This officer is a French man, who, with the permission of his Sovereign, had entered into the Spanish service. Report had stated that he had quarrelled with the Vice roy La Serna, as well as with Valdez, and that General Olaneta, disagreeing .with them all, had joined the independents. General Canterac most positively denies the whole of these state ments, with the exception of Olaneta's, hav ing been guilty of some instaordination. lie however asserts that Olaneta, as well as all the others, was a firm Loyalist; and that they ail concurred .with equal and •stedfast good will in supporting the Royal cause. Geueral Can terac is acknowledged to be a :man of bravery and military talent ; and as he speaks with great respect of La Serna and Valdez, we must sup pose that they are able and valiant officers. If therefore his present statement he correct, 14e• can only coeceive that their failure was - owing to a total destitution of military means for pro longing the war against Bolivar ; for it is to lerably clear that the Peruvians themselves took very little part in the contest. Now, if such be the case, what possible chance can Spain have of reconquering this vast and distant territory ? If the Spanish Government could not send out supplies to recruit a force al 7 ready in the field, under able and• zealous corn: manders, what prospect is there that it wily ever be able to send out a totally new expedition from Europe, capable of re-couq - uering the contries they have lost ? General Canterac's testimony seems decisive on this point. [Tlf E T ?A ES .] We have the authority of the Austrian Ob server for asserting, that if there was not a full Congress of legitimate Kings and Ministers the other day at Milan, a quorum at least attended in that capital sufficient to carry into full effect one or more of the purposes of legitimacy. A Con vention, signed with the King of Naples, or we fear imposed upon him by Austria, prolongs the occupation of the Neapolitan territory from May, 1826, to March, 1827. It is a fact worth notice, though not altogether surprising, that these con- ientions between occupying Powers and the GCCU. OW, have seldom for their object to abridge, but generally to protract, the occupation. That it should be so in Spain is very natural, a French forcebeing obviously necessary to restrain - those troublesome transports of affection - which all true Spaniards have long - been eager to in dulge in towards Ferdinand the Beloved.— , But why should such • a strange incum .- brance as an Austrian army be fastened in thi s . manner upon Naples ? No fury, either of ten derness or hatred, need there be feared between the King of the Two Sicilies and his subjects. . Nis Majesty, we have been assured, is a s- Prince of gotta and moderate dispositions, not wanting in intellect, or in public - spirit, and so' far as , he dares to discover such tendencies, •a. well-wisher t s law and to constitutional freedom. No ex . tesses of any kind are therefore - .to' - b4 dreaded front a Sovereign of such endowments; nor would his:people he 'apt to attempt any tricks upon the ROyarnuthority in his hancli.'Btit the'exar n ple is thejhe thin , :—the example of a kingdom pre served I. pe.ac.e, by any other principle than . terrors or that of a Monarch maintained upon his thrpne through any other instriftpetitlthiii the loaded musket 2 —,that would, "indeed, he no mean peril in the calculations of Piiree Meter. lila and his disciples. • So long as Austria shall resolve to tyrannize over her own Italian sub.l jects, to reduce an intellectual nation to her own wretched level, and to brutalize all the gifts amd powers of the human soul into' one blind, senseless, shameless mass of unreasoning servili ty, which she nicknames loyalty—even so long will she continue to garrison, or by threats and military detrionstrations to averawe, not only Na pier, but every inch of Italy, from the foot of the Alps to the Straits of Messina—that no breath, nor air, nor echo, nor shadow of politi cal liberty, shall be audible, or visible within its confines. ETRE PUBLIC LEDGER.] It is somewhat singular that neither the Smyrna nor Constantinople letters waste a line (we wish we could conscientionsly.use another phrase) on the naval action, which is said to have taken place between Cape Doro and Andros, and in which ' the Greeks claimed a brilliant and decisive vic tory. This silence is the- more remarkable, as the engagement is, stated to have occurred nearly three • weeks previously; but, as we expressed before our opinion respecting this victory, it is unnecessary to repeat it,- particularly as it has been confirmed in the interval by the arrival of the - Turkish fleet at Candia, where it has joined the Egyptian squadron. It is one of the charac teristics of this war, that it has been marked throUghout by the most. contradictory state ments, for which the Turks, however, are wholly blameless, as they never publish any thing, thinking it a breach of dignity to trum pet forth their triumphs, and a breach of morality to palliate their reverses. Therefore we, have only- partial statements on one side, and vague accounts on the other. _'This is the cause why we . .never_pits our faith to either, and usually form our opinion upon the few incontrovertible facts that happen to reach us. One of these is the cap- Sure of Navarin,. which, as it was achieved. in the presence of the whole disposable force of Greece, we looked upon as a conclusive proof of the superiority -of the Egyptian troops. Another undisputed- fact - is the irruption of Redschid Pacha as far as the, gates of Missoloughi, without the least resispuce.on the part of the Greeks, which furnishes a glaring evidence of their utter inability to cope with the enemy in that quarter. A third part is the.occupation of Salona, which is only second to :Missolonghi, as- a place of strength in Western Greece ; and, as the enemy still retains it, and moreover presses the siege of Missoloughi, we must of course infer, that the war in that province has assumed a character the most alarming for the . interest of the Greeks.— The fourth and 'last :fact is, the passage back wards and forwards and this repeatedly, of the Egyptian fleet between Candia and the Morea, from which it appeal's, that the Greeks are either very remiss on their'favourite element; what is more likely, incompetent to cope upon it with the Egyptians. With these glaring facts bel'lre us, we have not been able to resist the impres sion, that the affairs of the Greeks have assumed a .most disastrous turn, and that rumours of a con trary texture are circulated for no other purpose but to conceal the true state of things. [MORNING POST.] It has long been a questio , i with naturalists whether animals are savage by nature or by cir cumstance's; •but•the issue of the late Lion Fight at Warwick tends to remove much of the doubt which has .hitherto existed in this respect. In his native wilds, the King of the Forest is invincible; and whetfhunted, has been known to turn upon his assailants, in defiance of 11 shower of balls frOm musquetry. An instance of this occurred not long since, in the EaSt Indies, when a lion, after having received severitl:shots, rushed out and nobly charg ed his assailants, and it was not until a numerous party rushed do him with swords and muskets that he was overcome. In the fight at Warwick, such was the effect of.domestication, that the lion was tame, and even cowardly ; he seemed quite uncon scious-of •his strength, or the force of his paws, and never once attempted to use his teeth ; thus giving a clatradiction to the assertion of the P oe t, that " itsrisroroir to harm each creature feels.", — The exhibktion was indeed extremely revolting. There was a noble and generous animal, whose nature had been subdued, expoSed to the attacks of three animals at'a tirne,whose instinctive ferocity f:ad beep increased by exercise, and was stimulated by their 1:9 less savage masters. For the sake of humanity; we wish the brutal exhibition had been prevented, by the. Magistrates, who, it appears, Aqueamishlyrested upon a point of legal doubt, but if the law is not sufficient to prevent such cruel ties, we trust it will be made so ; though,. as the exhibition failed as a speculation, it is probable We.shall not he insulted by a repetition of so dis graceful and shocking a barbarity. Since writing the above, we find that a similar savage and cruel scene is advertised for Saturday next, at -Warwick ; but, foe the honour of the country and the character, of the Magistracy, we hope and trust it will not be suffered to take place. [MORNING HERALD.] Scarcely a week passes in the course of which we have not to record either some ..stage coach accidents, the deaths or the verdicts- consequent thereon, or instances detailed at • the Pvtice Offices of the insults and abuses to which persons are subjected - who venture into 'stage coaches, especially those on the P.addit:gton-road, and other short stages near /401141311.: - In the latter case it is understood' that a confederacy exists among the worthies of whip to indem nify each other against plrcuniarl penalties, which renders•that part of theitiW and the efforts of the Magistrates: to • carry It 'into effect almost unavailing. —.Superior as our roads are become, and our mode of travelling is to that •of any other country, in point of general comfort and expedition, it is hard that those advantages should be superseded by the carelessness,. the drunkenness, and insolence of those whose duty, and, one •would think, w h ose interest it is, to treat their employers' with care and civility. Much of this bad character among the drivers - of public vehicles arises from the absurd- taste which has existed for some years among their betters of aping their manners and Vulgarity. gentle men have turned coachmen ; and coachmen wish. ing, in their turn, to be thought Gentlemen, both the one and the other become the very re verse ; and the difficulty would be to determine which has resolved himself into the greater blackguard, the would-be coachman or the would be Gentleman. To check the improper conduct of these gentry, as well as to profit from a share in the business, a Stage Coach Compa ny has been established ; but no sooner does the first of its coaches start to Bath, than we hear that a combination of the postmasters is formed to exclude from their posting line, as it is called, any innkeeper who dares to give so much as a dinner or breakfast to the passen gers by any of these new coaches. We are glad to see that in the instance we allude to, the injured party has had the courage and good sense to advertise the particulars of the treat ment he has met with ; and we hope that people who travel that or any other road, where similar attempts are made, will, for the sake of them selves and the public, mark their sense of such proceedings. But these things are of little con sequence compared to the dangers, both of life and limb, which are continually occurring—not one half of which, we verily believe, ever reach the public eye. Stage coach proprietors know, in some instances, how to keep such things out of the provincial papers ; and of course they generally occur at points too far distant to reach the London press through any other channel. As it is, how ever, no small part of the time of the Judges at al most every Assize town (besides the similar causes tried continually in London), is occupied in try ing stage coach causes. The other day a case was tried, wherein a person having, from fear or acci dent, fallen from the roof of a coach, the brutal driver still went on, heedless of his situation, leaving him, for aught he knew, to perish on the road. Juries have, as they are probably bound to do, given temperate damages in all or most of such cases. But what is a verdict of 1001. to man who, after lingering six months with a broken limb, finds himself after all, perhaps, a cripple for life, and his pursuits or business totally de stroyed ? It would be well, perhaps, if some re medy of a more summary nature could be found for such cases as these, than a long and expensive law suit. Why might there not be an immediate in quest, like that of a Coroner ? Or might not coachmen and their employers enter into some previous security for that of their passengers ? These things, however, may perhaps be imprac ticable. Competition is probably in this, as in most other cases, the surest check and protec tion ; and the prevention of the evil would be much promoted by the Press (the provincial part of it in particular), giving immediate publicity to every well-grounded cause of complaint which occurs. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Times of yesterday, in an article on the slave population of the British Colonies, states— " The excess of males in the Mauritius, by the last Returns (so long ago as 1816) was frightful —55,000 to 29,000 female ; the overplus of men was an infallible consequence of an obstinate and heartless prosecution of the slave trade, for the end of extracting the utmost po.sible amount of work from the labourer, of feeding no super fluous mouths, and of repairing the waste of hu man life, not by the encouragement of marriage, and its consolatory influence, but by a repetition of the same atrocious villainy through which the victims soccessively destroyed had been ori ginally dragged to the sacrifice. This, thank God, will be a reproach to us no longer."—We wish we could echo the concluding sentence of our contemporary. We are sorry, however, to be obliged to state, on what we consider unques tionable authority, that the Slave Trade, in its most odious form, is still carried pn at the Mau ritius ; and the knowledge whiCh our neigh bours, the French, possess of this circumstance, goes very far to confirm them in the belief that we are by no means so sincere in our determination to abolish the Slave Trade as we pretend to be. We are assured, that since the period stated by The Times, upwards of seventy thousand. slaves have been introduced into the Mauritius; and that hypocrisy and . deception never were car ried farther than they have been on the part of the Functionaries in that colony and its dependencies. Slaves are notoriously landed on every part of the island, where the nature of the .coast does not render access impossible. But to prevent all risk frPm capture by'British cruisers at sea, a regular legalized Slave Trade is carried on .by means of the Seychelles, small islands, depen cies of the Isle of France, situated nearer to the coast of Africa, to which the slaves are first con veyed, and then conveyed to the Mauritius under the denomination of old slaves. There is not a prrsoa on the island who • does not know perfectly well that the slaves are not old, but they are old according to the papers, which are fabricated.•ll not new, they have at most been six months in the Seychelles, for the purpose of re moving, in some-degree, the extreme awkward ness of the unhappy beings on their first intro duction into a country, to the laugua'ge habits, and employments of which they are strangers. These fresh slaves from the Seychelles are often advertised in the Mauritius Paper, and by some strange oversight in those who have the manage ment of this illegal work,.in greater numbers than the whole population of the Islands amounts to, from which notwithstanding they are never missed. Nay, so assured of impunity are those who carry on this iniquitous work, that they even neglect the precautions which one would suppose coin mon prudence would dictate. They even had the temerity to advertise the arrival of these slaves by their true denomination of Cargo for Sale, in the same Paper in which such arrivals of human beings used to be announced, by pub lic auction in the principal town, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. The -following is an instance on the part of the Government Agent of the Sey chelles islands, whose wife was dispatched from thence to the Mauritius to superintend the sale of the cargo by the owners of the vessel in which it was . transported, and also her husband's agents. GOVERNMV(T OALETTE OF JULY 27, 1822. " PORT Louis, JULY 27, 1022.—Arrived on the 23d in gtant, the schooner Antoinette, Capt4in Mein, left the Seychelles on the 24th ult.—Passengers, Mrs. Madge and her family. Cargo, cotton, and thirty -nine slaves." " GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1822. " PORT LOUIS, JULY 17, 1822.--Notice is hereby given, that on Thursday next, the Ist of August, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, Auctioneer Fouquereaux will, at the request of Messrs. Berry, Gordon, and Co. owners of the schooner brig Antoinette, and on the premises called Bretonnache, proceed to the sale of nineteen fine male slaves, and six female slaves, and three chil dren, just arrived from the Seychelles, by the schooner Antoi nette. The sale will take place in ready money, and on the footing of ready money by such satisfactory bills, drawn at six months date, as shall be accepted by Messrs. Berry, Gordon, and Co. previous to the sale." The treatment of slaves at the Mauritius is most inhuman, and any one at all acquainted with the enormous waste of life which it occasions, would require no other proof that no impediment was thrown in the way of fresh irnportatations to sup ply the deficiency. On a future day we shall enter a little more fully into this subject, and in parti cular, explain the true nature of the relations be tween Radama, a Prince or Chief of Madagascar, the treaty with whom has served so much to aid the delusion practised on the people of this country, and by which we, among others, were misled. It is one consolation, amidst all this turpitude, that the Commissioners about to visit this Colony, whose honour is unquestionable (and considering how much in the present day the worship of Mammon prevails over every prin ciple, especially in this depraved and depraving metropolis, this is saying a great deal), and we have reason to believe that they will not enter upon the investigation without a clue to guide them. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' CO URT,JuLy 28. Recent Rules and Regulations relative to the practice, and for the observance of Petioners, Officers, Creditors, &c. &c. TO BROKRRS AND APPRAISERS IN COUNTRY CASES. Office of the Court for the Country Department, July 24. Notice is hereby given, that from and after this day, all ap praisements of excepted and other property, belonging to In solvent Debtors, confined in country gaols, must bear a Certifi cate made by the Broker, to the effect following:— " I hereby certify that I have been at the residence of the above-named insolvent and family (as the case may be), and have seen examined and valued each and every article above mentioned, and the sum of X , is a fair and just value of the same. (Signed) " A. B. &c. &c." N.B. If any other property be in the house of the insolvent, it must be added giving a proper description of the same; as also what representations were made by the insolvent, or any part of his family, respecting it.—By order of the Chief Corn. niissioner, H. R. REYNOLDS, Esq. on his Circuit at Norwich. "** The observance of this order will, in many cases, pre vent the insolvent being remanded uhtil the following Circuit, which to an honest but unfortunate debtor is of no slight importance. Tows PRACTICE.—It having often happened that persons who intended to oppose Insolvent Debtors, have made an entry of such intention in " the Book" kept at the office for that purpose, but that the entry having been made in the wrong page or column therein, the insolvent has not been apprised of such opposition, and therefore not provided for his defence; while the creditor at the same time has been deprived of the privilege of stating his objections. To obviate these difficulties, the Court have ordered the . 'following interpolatic.:, marked in. "Italics," to its former order. " And in case any creditor Wends to oppose the discharge of the said prisoner, he must make entry of such his intention in the proper page and column of the book kept at the office of the Court for such purpose, on or before the ---- day of between the hours of Ten in the forenoon and Four in the afternoon. " By Rule of Court, " J. MASSEY, Chief Clerk." Note I.—The Court requires each Insolvent, upon filing his Schedule, to annex a - balance sheet thereto, And deposit all books and papers. The days upon which Creditors and others can inspect the same, are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from Ten in the Morning to Four in the Afternoon, up to the last day of entering opposition, (three clear days, exclusive of Sunday, before the day of hear ing) "on production of notice."—[ln case of non-produc tion, " any person" can inspect the Schedule, &-c„ by pay ing the sum of ls.l—And if any Creditor or Insolvent should wish to have such books or papers produced in Court on the day of hearing, he must give notice thereof on or before the first day of entering opposition, to the proper Officer, at the Office, No. 33, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Note2.—When, upon the hearing of any case before the Court, the Court shall order the prisoner to be removed, pur suant to the Act 5 (leo. IV. cap. 61, sec. 12, " those Creditors only" will be entitled to ovpose the discharge of such prisoner at the hearing which shall take place in the country, in pur suance of such order, wko appeared to oppose before the Court on the day when such order was made, or gave notice of oppo sition for that day, and those upon whom notices were not duly served for the hearing of that 'day. EDINBURGH, JULY 26. MEETING in Me COUNCIL CHAMBER on the SUB- JECT of the HIGH SCHOOL. On Friday last, a Meeting was held in the Council Chamber, in consequence of the request of the Lord Provost, of Gentlemen of high official situations, and connect ed with the different public bodies of the city, on the subject of laying the foundation of the new building for the High-School on the Calton Hill. The Loan PROVOST being called to the Chair, stated to the Meeting that he believed it was generally known that the Magistrates and Town Council proposed to lay the founda tion of a new building :for the High School, on Thursday next, the 28th, on the Calton Hill ; and as it was desirable that a ceremony of this nature, connected as it was with the respectability of an institution which had existed so long, and with such a distinguished reputation, should be con ducted with some splendour, he hoped that the Gentlemen present would favour the Magistrates and Council with their countenance and assistance on that occasion. He begged farther to state, that the removal of the school from its present situation to one more convenient and accessible to the inhabitants of those' districts which supply the greatest proportion of pupils, had long been a subject of deliberation with the Council, and that they, for this purpose, for some time had in view different places for the erection of a new building. The situation now made choice of, be was sen sible, might be liable to some objections ; but' it possessed advantages not easily to be found in other places. The Council, as the public were well aware had been disappointed of obtaining two proposed situations, by circumstances to which he need not now allude, and this was the only one now in their power to obtain or allot for the purpose. A plan and elevation of the proposed edifice had been made out by a distinguished architect, which he now begged to submit to them. As the si tuation was one that did not-admit of an inferior description of building being erected on it, he trusted that the meeting would conour with him in opinion, that the plan now exhibited would, if carried into effect, not only be of essential benefit to the cha racter and usefulness of that celebrated school, but add another material feature to the splendour and beauty of the city. The expence of such an erection would no doubt be increased by the architectural ornaments adapted to the situation, and it would afterwards be necessary to apply to the public to aid the funds for the purpose ; but as the great object was to preserve the pe culiar character of that institution, as a place of liberal educa tion at a moderate rate, an advantage experienced by many in this place, who had attained to great celebrity in after life, it was of importance that the funds should be provided, so as there should be no additional burden laid on the education af forded there. _ _ _ The LORD PRESIDENT stated that he had obeyed the sum mons of the Magistrates to attend this meeting, chiefly because it would not be in his power to attend them at the solemnity of laying the foundation on the 28th, having, before he was aware of any such ceremony being in agitation, made arrangements, which could not now be altered, without great inconvenience, not only to himself', but to others. Although, therefore, he understood that, this meeting was merely for the purpose of making arrangements for a meeting for which he could not attend he resolved to be present on this occasion , as he was most anxious to shew his decided approbation of the measure proposed by the Magistrates of erecting a new High School. Haying received a great part of his own education at the High School, he was fully aware of the advantages attending the system of education there pursued, and he was therefore anxi ous to support any measure which had a tendency to preserve that establishment on the same useful footing, and with the splendid reputation which it had so long enjoyed. He was satisfied that the high character which the High School hits uninterruptedly enjoyed as a seminary for classical educa tion was mainly owing to the conscientious manner in which the Magistrates of - Edinburgh had exercised their right bf In v tronage. The prosperity of the city of Edinburgh had arisell s in a great measure, f r o m th e re p u t at i on o f i ts Hi g h S c hool n 4" University; and as the Magistrates of Edinburgh, at all times , must be so deeply interested in the prosperity of the city, ! . . e felt the utmost assurance that the patronage of sewn an establishment could not be in better hands. And if he wanted' additional assurance of the disinterested and conscientio a : manner in which the Magistrates would continue in fang , to exercise their patronage, he h a d only t o l oo k at th e (Ls' guished names who now filled, and in his memory, now a loll! one, had filled the chairs in the College and High School. i f i ) : 2 '; conduct of the Magistrates, therefore, in ti me p as t, was to best guarantee for the ability of the teachers in time to coins ' In regard to the proposed situation, no doubt a more centre . ' situation might be imagined, but as, in point of fact, no bet:e t could be obtained, e but at an expence which would be perfect!! ruinous, and therefore reader any change in the site of the sclio° l ' impossible, he also approved of the situation chosen by the ge k i gistrates, as the best which under existing circum stances . 'ccoL, now be found. In fact, they had no choice, and therefore th e / must take the situation proposed, or abandon the scheme er:', tirely, which he was convinced would ve r y s oon en d i n t he t 0 1 74 ruin,of the High School, the present situation of which 1 ': beco:nie so remote from that quarter in which Edi n b urg h is rapidly extending itself. Sir JOHN Sierceeerlt stated how desirable it seemed to that a school which had so long flourished in this city—wh"' so many distinguished characters had been educated, whets many learned men had taught; and where mesters of gr,e, se literary attainments were now employed as teachers, shadow" • maintained in its former state of celebrity, and he also ceps'' dered it of the greatest importance, that the advantages oft : cation should not be restricted to persons possessed of wea l' but; from the moderation of its charges, should be rendered as rticf accessible as possible to the children of th e rest o f t h e c o' , nityt He was happy, therefore, to find that steps were tor by the Magistrates for bringing the High School of Ed e ll: burgh to a more central situation than where it is now letsc el e and he hoped that those who had b e en e d ucate d t h ere vro""" contribute to the expence which su c h a remova l mus t n e e sarily occasion. " If, while we live, we retain an affection the person from whom we first sucked corporeal nourishrn,e n A , we ought not to be unmindful o f th at akin muter, from wil" -- ae e we first imbibed our literary food, and those mental acetone s ments to which we owe our success in life, and the gren ii pleasures of our existence." Sir Joh n then added, the i r present Lord Provost deserved much cre dit f or t h e grea t at" cot fr tion he has shown to this subject, an d i n d ee d to every poin nected with the improvement and the interests of the city; s i e . ho had no doubt that, in this important' resnect, his exaole would be followed by an Hon. G e ntl eman, who, he underst v p was likely to be appointed hi s success o r. Si r J o h n regretof much that it would not be in hi s p ower to atten d t h e ever° be proposed to take place on the 28th instant, being obliged ,be at : some distance from the good t own at t h at t i m e . He th°ll7o it right, therefore to attend upon this occasion, and to give . he public testimony in support of the proposed plan, whichl of trusted Would be the means of placing the High Schiwie Edinburgh on as respectable a footing as any seminal. - similar description to be found in Europe. the Mr. VirAipian COOK, W.S. said, that he had come N ee se meeting under the impression th a t it was called f or the Wrt, of considering tKe.ropriety of transferrin g t h e S c h o ol frno x er • present sitCt* Calton Hill. He had h e a r d objectiontape pressed on this iiilsjaCt, and some of these had occurred to T e ll self; but he was convinced that every person who was t i ee ee hesitating about the propriety of the measure, would have " - d o quite satisfied by what they had heard this day. One thilio si b had been convinced of was, that the School should not „be :0 0 fered to remain in its present obscure situation ; ar% knew that attempts to obtain other situations had feta, 1 ; ,,e theught all parties ought to be satisfied, and lay aside d ' s4 "oo ing on the subject, as there was no situation whatever bat e , 1 liable to some objection, and un it e i n g i v i ng t h e i r sueln'o. the Lord Provost and Magist ra t es , w h o , h e was sure , had eo ei sidered the subject matur e ly an d we ll , an d h a d t h e best reP - s , • for the step which they now p ro p ose d to ta k e. . ed t Mr. beams, lir. S. said that he und ers t oo d the ob./ this meeting was rot to discuss the propriety of the sure of removing the school, that being already detester. on, and certainly on good grounds, by the Lord Provos, et Magistrates, but to obtain their assistance and cooper set on the occasion of the public ceremony of the al Tbe the tioned. He perfectly concurred i n t h e opinion s tated" tae, Honourable and Learned Lord, a lo ng w i t h whom lie wa s Qo pt school. He was old enough to have been, though verY t o ld' : at the time, at the laying the f ou nd at i on o f t h e presentjbi 4 ing; and he retained his attachment to the institution , a 4 . e 0e1 . ! wish for its continued prosperity. Ile had h ear d with, 11 4 0 , pleasure what many of the gentlemen pr e s ent , probe/40,e' not hear, the sentiments of Mr. Brougham on the al, the school, in the speech he e delivered at the publi c din 0 001 him here—in which he mentioned, to the honour of that- fey' nary of education, that on the same form, and evithi",,e7 •. places of himself, were a Marquis, or th e n ext hejr toe,atie; quis, and the son of an obscure shopk ee p er i n t he Co ler?: _‘.. and that there was no respect of persons theie, nor 111d 1 . ° , 0 _,,,e; • on the part of the boys themselves, b u t . that of , °'' se litoe''fet to excel each other en_ their tasks, and giving lionotirielria exertion and eminence, from whatever rank of lirh a forle" ti o were drawn. He knew well that the Magistrates P, s ,' thr e , ° as obtaining some other situations, and one th partictn e ee7 b eir the opposition of the Faculty of Advocates; and he l bia fled that the one now mentioned was the only one i ll it.i!'„ e s power, and it was one which had his approbation., doe F be his duty to attend and assist In laying the founu s tg e masonically, and he would have great pleasure in s e i el the Magistraees on this occasion. not c "': e tel Mr. WAUGH said, that though 'this m ee ting wa s ee eoto to discuss the propriety of the measure, w hi c h had b ais easL f e upon by the Town Council, he thought th e slight r ole P - e ,te which had taken place, and which was perhaps inseP ese tneS t e. • the noticing the subject at all, was of much use. He T . 0 3, jo f i g: P e e t . e h j a r, for the purpose of stating that there was one party w" o teier 4 eve rests were more directly concerned than those of 35 Y 56 1 whatever related to the High School, and any pro ° eigi r d a o il tion on it, he meant the masters, who had expresse -Teen- l/ and unqualified satisfaction with the proposed tren, no st%, the Calton Hill. He considered this testimony as c n fro te I I "fot value, as they were unquestionably the best judge*„ . , e tio ° ,, e ir terials and facts to, which they have access, what %me !ji , the school would be most convenient for the ccittunt i , ' ofiweini withi di interestv t i h d e u a a c i coin m od s as t o n o f t teachersthe p b t eln l i g c soa tit too The Loam PROVOST then informed the rneeting...lorete el o ; proposed to have a public dinner on that day. in w . Tavern, and read a list of gentlemen to act as stee3 l- th e occasion. ved Mr. 'WALTER BROWN said, that as he disaPPr situation on the Calton Hill, he did not intend to take dhge , a ie ir, the business of the day, and requested that his not be in the list of stewards. the r 11 , 1 0" The Solicitor-General then moved the thanks of t°B' to the Lord Prevost, for his attention in calling then-1,1,0es and for his conduct in the chair.--C Edinburgh Obse' -- - - There is a woman about 30 years O f ". f L siding in a village not more than 50 wil e h s e ltO l e Blackcon - th, who has travelled withi° tJ seven years upwards of 11,000 miles---tlei,. what purpose ? To feed her pigs ! g er f 5, 0 1!; situate upon the fell, full three quart to 4 1 from the village where she resides, a nd g place she regularly carries her grun ters meals every day, winter and sumcner• _ . . ... , BIRTH. Ref. At On Friday last, the 22d inst., the lady o f the -- 133Qwe11.„ Southgate, of a daughter. K MARRIED. hn 1410 1 Yesterday, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Je• -- ides! of Liskeard, in the county of Cornwall, to Saran , o tl ie re / ter of Alexander Hanna Spratt, Esq., of Canterbtai'gr, ' Yesterday morning, at Su George's, Hanover-scut ye A , ander Stewart, Esq., M.P., to Lady Caroline Pra t ' l e I s l f,daughter of the Marquis of Camden. h ire, On the 27th inst., at Somersham, Huritingdon s iiatf o o,,i Orton Aikin, grandson of the late Dr. Aikin, to p.40,,,v only daughter of William Mason, Esq., of the fa r Tsq• , oo; Yesterday, at All Soul's Church, Peter P01e , ,,, r )i• riv son of Sir Peter Pole, Bart. M.P of Wolverton 1 .. orste to Lady Louisa P e ry, fourth daughter . of the Earl elt 0 ..Afip , DIED. , l orl ,- --..„ ft vat On the 26th inst., at Margate, having been 7 29 , Jv c , i , his return from the island of St. Vincent, ageu 13era t ,. frit' (West son of Mr. Jonathan Lacy, late of East -la 0 1 Ai ' On Wednesday, the 27th inst., Harriot, 111 ' o fir Woodharn, Chelsea. hte r In Upper Seymour-street, Mary, youngest dau b`. O r OP Newbery, Esq. PI • Of • 0 On Friday night last, at Hamps•ead, Cornelia d.. of Bedford-street, Bedford-square. hip, f l° ' On Tuesday last, at Sawston, Mr. John 1 3 — ) • 4 , braham, in the 7'2d year of his age. . 7 .": O f Printed and Published for the PnoPnif: l43 , lls ' 0 1 ' OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. 13-