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Appointing - FIVE DIRECTORS of the:said Company, snceeed thue toir±g out .by rotation: also a .Dirt , ctor, in of David Lyon, Esi. who has disqualified : at Ml itii.Nleeting a DIVIDEND- will be declared for th.e Half.. the 390; instaut, : • , -; By Polrs.of ,the Court, H. LONGLANbti, Sec. 11., :5t India4)ocl; iirtuv.., Aline 17, 1825.- e Cbair will be Liken 'Two tiCiiicir.prreitely BE SOLD BY ACCTION, 351 M ,, so•rr-IF,BY, 'at No. S, .WELLINGToN TRE.F.T., s..litAlt), .11 14 - ONpAY, July 4, Anil Three following Days, at Twelve o'Cluck, rlllll.l TII EO LOG ICA I, and MISCELLA -11. NEOUS LIBRARY of the Late Rev. Dr. GF.OttliE STRACHAN, Vicar of Islirigtoo, Rector of Kioes•Down, 'nd Prebenda r y of IZorliester ; to -which is added, the lA LRAIIY of a GENTLEMAN, Deceased. To h e viewed, arid Catalogues ' (mice 25.) had at the Place ‘if sale.. • - • lIROSPF,GT US of the ST. K ATHA RINE DOCK COAT Y . PAN; constituted a Joint Sto* Com , anp bfan Ad. of the 6th Geo. IV. 18`35. lead t. mtant- undertaking is supported -by many of the ' t ilerg hants, Ship-Owners, and Traders of the Me viho are deeply interested in promoting its commercial vrospira . t • y. The necessity near the seat of. buil of giving to. the Public additional convenient Wet Dock and Bonding Accommodation . 'less in the Port of London, and . of securing to it a reduction in been experimced. Moderate the rates and charges, has long ta tes upon the landing, housing bringing sh t i h pp ia in p g o , r & t. c iic o ar cgoo to ds a , are essential for the purpoke of _ level - in .paint of expellee, not only with the other l'orts of the level to whiCh the privilege of bonding is extended, but more P a rticularly' w i th the principal . Ports o r fti c ie la C r ontinent of Europe; ! ges, ttrat a ver I!•'hich,.in consequence of their lOwe Arge proportion of the transit, which would otherawisec resort to 44Dndon. • The proserity which cannot hut attend that lucrative branch o f commer c e under the improved commercialC ode of the coup ', in the Port especially if accompanied by a diminution . toarges, existing be apparent from the great increase which even ;Older circumstances has already . been experienced, race . the passing of the Warehousing Act. in .by 1 1 2 r 3 t ,— of Vur•fifths of which increase has been enjoyed y h .00nd on , lii London Dock is the Only general bonding establishment witi three miles and a half of the Royal Exchange . , and . that o. tl ttibl' •h tp is ment does not afford accommodatio . n‘for the increase t i; 4 4 which had already taken place ; still less therefore, can d . Provide for the additional extent of business that may confi .taltlY be expected to flow out of . those enlightened principles w e eislatio n , which are so eminently calculated to promote k a a , - 1 extend the commerce and navigation , of the British Empire, • I : kke the Port of London the Emporium of the world. 1-' 3 ' , ,,, e s ,! i 'lee which has been selected folth o e co hi n ch str wu nct l ion be of su ti r le . ' ° ,''ntle-a, , i ,t' l 'lts Warehoses,- Quays, _ • " t . t ,„ e "'e W„,,`4lowMls, so as to entitle them Q t w a o ay a a l , l i t a h s e it p u r a i t v e i d leg be es: I ,,'„en . the ar,:ting Sytem and of L Point -411 • er , 40 4 the London-Docks, eg a situation unparal, Til e d -°' conven'ence. . t t P, r e ef wi a d i va t n h e eti_ state l of s ience in - engineering 11 noble and . architec. _.,„ theiPromote_-'olfl.resent measure,pric c eof building materials, wi c e notwithstanding the m tt- e Y litni te 3 l sit , bl n i e c a a r c b c . ommoda ° fion fbr loalletil°4ing, bon e dino to a nd Quay-roo l Ti equal in extent .i. I. e t r e o b nd°ll-73 Ir.;4'; a and from an improved construction of j'a tit fuses,Docks i' h will be erected. within a few feet of the illar -- ri ot hDo w c i k l s c and Basin, a very considerable annual lav i i t n g will be effected in the ex pence of labourage. wi t !, is coroputed that the St. Katharine Dock and Basin, will ~, great convenience afford accommodation, annually, _for *oout 1400 Merchant Ships, including private trade l a n a dia- : Ille t 3 • b ' f .., exiles czaft for loading .and discharging. Inc! kaethtlea will be afforded to the ingress and egress of shipping .. sed .2 the imro Veanplication of mechanical powers, by mea t z ° t hick shi psdlightern, at a very trifling expence 41nPany, may, in the night as well as by day, be lock to ed in ti o out of the Docks. during any period of tide ; as the sills of , tie outward gates will be so constructed as to provide for ten ht,et"deptli at low water, and from twenty-six to thirty feet at the c 'elt of spring titl s , h ./ ! - cordin g to the estimates proved before Committees of Par le-`zertt, the t ota l cost of the Site, thepurchase of buildings, I: l 7 , e `S s $ and the various interests concerned, including compen fit '''''---and expences of carrying the Act into execution, will 114Wut I,34tr,oool.,—whilst the Capital Stock of the London (iCornpany amounts to upwards of 3,200 ; 0001. ti Cal culating upon the above estimates of outlay, with an d„,?e provision ter extraordinary contingencies and unforseen ar ia tuts, including a reserve fund, and making large . allow-t sti 's for a reduction in the rates of the Port, the profits are top ls.l to be such, as will yield a highly satisfactory return edQlobscrihers on their investment.* The profits thus esti the ~,'u t 4 Y bc anticipated with the greater confidence, because . riesfAirulation proceeds on the supposition of an extent of busi bee4,eltial to only three-forths of the capacity of the proposed th e i'ttl'eat?d Warehouxes, whereas it may fairly be expected,_ that cittenti.4uneble advantage of proximity of situation, and the . to,„,_ on which will be paid to every possible improvement in ate ;geme., may secure full employment, iiTger returns to the Proprietors. and consequently, cribe:ct -provides fur the payment of interest to the Sob -444: I,?n their instalments, after the rate of 4 per cent. per • A e until the works shall have been completed.. toZ e u . POmt of 6 per cent. upon the sums subscribed has been will bl e 3" upon payment of the first call, a script receipt will 41 4 1 1 , smile d to stns Proprietors; after which, sales of shares , T h t a •e Place. Atiti e : .. 411;. are limited to 10 per cent. upon a two months • N o kick s P4r an ac tO i . will be answerable beyond the amount of' . the ~ Ai , ke ( mg in his name. in t ,t-..t, expiration of one - ear to be reckoned from the open- Pine, vie Doelta for business, ; dividend will be declared and t e„ tf• 4l '4 l after that period half-yearly ; regard being h . ad le, lci es. crea tion of a reserved fund for repairs and canon- 413 tic 4 i 3 3 4 y ear c w q,i . knt of the concerns of the Company for the precell- 3 t C:, and l it k il a be laid before the Proprietors at the annual meet- t ines Y b e inspected by them a few days previous to such . l'f i : e hre et i o . It Is corn , Tij ou posed of the following Gentlemen : Ja n , • (4, D E ' ,_,"kS TOOKE, Esq. Chairman. j oh. el Ale,ail., S%•LARPENT, L. Deputy-Chairman. X.i. t . ,:' Willi an .V, Esq. M.P. Jir John W. Lubbock, Bart. 15...r0 p . ,-,--* ssuckle L s illi ;3:.ar c l oy, E ; q. John lio . rsley Esq. L cun Cr .. k t 'ure e c twford, E s q . John Diston Powles, Palmer,sq. 1 1, 4,1 0 , ar r•Gly rk E q• Henry Rowles, Esq. ;Fo'3;c A4s,-,c°e Urei:4l, n s t' Wm. Sampson, Esq. am --•• ksold -- --.4, tag. Ald erman Thompson, M.P. '• ilat,ii tl seinnidt ,Esq- Andrew H. Thomson, Esq. Jui4 4njarnTrid' ..stl- 1%1.P. Thomas Wilson, Esq. M.P. i,rl Hod_ 0 leath, Esq. St, lt tA3r4, Lsq. Fletcher Wilson, Esq. , 4tT4Say ItyPeorge Carr Glyn, Esq. Lombard-street. Iv lL S }p•ite s- pr o °llll Hall, Esq. l'o. 6, Circus, Minories. 1,4G/vErt.-William Tooke, Esq. Gray's Inn. Aa • c hi - - " " Tbonlas Telford, Esq. Abingdon-street, . r te l . am NV estm in at er. t Alt ' - SlT "Evott—pno i - p H a rdwick, Esq. Great: ‘ 1 6 4 pri . M a , 11 e to , rah ° , , rlborough-street. Nss ' a tthe re lati o • , bi 1 ,41 , Dig t the business of the Docks,.&e. ibi s 'Lite de open ope oeti Tee, No. 27, Austin-Friars, until the . 4f A rsqpq t lied ex for business. • . , ep r 411114 anition and Report of i n Committee upon. • t 3 l4ri etor 4114 .oPthe subject may be ispected b Y any an, . "'I Plicatio i n to tht . SecretarY• SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1825. stivenzorion e'iroruni, übiquisque htibiture, OA :Mere, übi dis putare tit sutitrts." Sottle persons appeared to apprehend that the - interests of religion must suffer by the diffusion of mere li terature, or at least that some doctrinal prefessiOn of faith was essential to guard against the supposed evil tendency of litera ture and science. Their argument was,•in fact, taken from two exceptions to what, in all reason and experience, must be con. sidered as a general rule. Ist, That - individuals had been ir. religious that had been deeply learned. 2d, That we were to infer - the tendency of literature generally from the actual state Europe in past times. The first might be •combatted by stating, that the greatest scientific and literary names were •-en eircled with the glory of religion ; and certainly, if we went hack to the Apostolic age, the - supernatural endowments in knowledge of languages were given to the Apostles in ordor to - qualify them fat' a religious work. With regard to the second objection, it seemed absurd to argue' the tendency of learning from periods and places where learning was not diffused, and when it was cloistered up in narrow boundaries. The public • mind was not then generally . liberalized, and never had a Mo narch. said, till George 111., " My' wish is to see every child . in my kingdom able to - read his Bible."—(hear, hear I)—It . had been turtnised arkl circulated; that Government were op- - - posed to them ; but who would publicly libel its Members so far ? Could they oppose plans for."t* more general instruction of the people, who had. themselves known - the advantages of education, and who wer*giving it to their sons? Could-they widi to stop the progreitkof knowlerige;and object to overflow -hag Universities being,relittra, an 4 their in ten tiorts'efflictfittid . ' fuller effect ? Could they,' themselves enlightened frieir,.whali' to prevent knowledge, and rather rule over an ignorant than an, instructed people, and become thus the sport of faction, instead of being supported by the power, greater than theif own, of, enlightened opinion, and lean upon that_ great pillar of State,: universal ,education ? (Hear I .)—Were it possible to make such' 'Such a Supposition, he should say, fancying for a moment the existence of such - a monopoly—that was an' aristocratic moon poly of knowledge—education could not be stopped in its' pragrss.—( Hear I)—The people would learn, and must be' taught; and were all to unite, and say London shall have a University, it would he a noble, patriotic, and successful reso lution.—(Hear, hear!)—.They' had the best pledge of success , from the parties assembled this day. London Ladies, Senators, Divines, 31erchants—all classes, indeed," combined for that purpose. Formerly, only here and there was seen a light in the hemisphere of literature; - now, a thousand stars emitted their splendour, —ten thousand lights burned around them with concentrated effulgence.—( Loud cheers.)—The Reverend Gen tleman, in conclusion, called the attention of the Meeting to the series of Resolutions which had been, prepared in further-. ancer f their Plan. . Mr. Joner SMITH, in proposing the first retolution, took an elaborate view of the great benefits of education, and pointed out that while within the last century the population of Great Britain had doubled, the number of their Universities had re mained the same. No man felt more strongly than be did the value of the Colleges of Oxfoyd'and Cambridge, but still the system - of education in both was too distant and expensive for the great bulk of the people. It was not every body who could affo d to pay from 150/. to 2001. a-year for the education of each of their children ; and at the Universities they must at the least pay that amount. His chief reason for supporting the London University was.: that it brought education in all its branches within the reach of the middling classes of society, and never befo . e had there ,been di;tplayed so ardent a desire toobtain kneeeledge. The Hon. Gentleman then pointed out the eVils evhi:lt hnd always sprung from ignorance, and killed this new and extensive source of education ass great public blessing, in the veltreof which he was delighted.' to have the concurrence of this toe largest meeting he had ever attended.—( Hear !) Mr. Bnononeet, who entered the room as Mr. • Sniith sat down, was loudly called for, - and received with reiterated cheers. He said, that being enrolled a citize n of LOndon, it always 'g a v e him the greatest pleasure to a tte n d their meetings; and on no former occasion had he ever Met them, in which his heart so fully entered into the business they were engaged in promoting, vs it did on this occasion.—(Applause.) —And he felt thorough; ly persuaded, that there was no man who Valued the best inte rests of his - kind, who was not a tiem advocate for the diffusion of education among all classes of his fellow ionntrymen (Hear!) amongst those active classes (the most vimluable, taking their numbers and occupation) who formed the most important branches of society, and whoought on that account to haveplac ed within their reach the blessings of a scientific and literary education--without, which, in the mind of every rational being lichee were but as dross, rank but an empty bauble, and !Sower, (that poiver which was only made for the happiness,) used for the injury of mankind.—( H ear ) —The statements which had, he understood, been made by his Learned Friend (Mr. Cox), and by his Hon. Friend who spoke second, so fully developed the great object which they had all in view, that he could not, inconveniently crowded as the company were, and in the pre s nt state of the weather, travel over the subject again at any length. He would merely state,, that the formation and spread of the Merchanics' Societie s thr o u g ho u t th e coun t r y, l e d inevi tably to this consequence—that the labouring classes must ace quire that degree of knowledge in the arts and sciences, which would call for additional means of general instruction for all the otheteclasses of the community. There was this necessary con s( quence—that the respectable tradesman who employed others in subordinate situations, could not look on and see them dis playing acquirements which he had not enjoyed, but most loOk cut and call for better and nearer means of education for his _children than he had himself the good fortune of possessing. Virtue and knowledge were the great attrilintes of distinction, and what else deserved the name ? —( Hear !) It had, therefore, appeared to the - gentlemen who had co-operated to promote the foundation of a London University—and among whom were many distinguished statesmen, merchants, divines, and poets— that the time had arriVed when they ought to bring the means of instruction in the arts and sciences more within the reach of the bulk of the community than they had hitherto been. Many worthy and learned persons, of every denomination, were found, when inquiry had been made, to have been simultaneously en g tged in the pursuit of the same objeci. Then what was to be done ? Why, they had at once, like good and sensible persons, joined together—churchmen and.dissenters, lawyers and mer chants, tradesmen and all—to promote the common cattle of useful knowledge, without theological controversy.—(Hearl ) Was not this what they ought to have done? Sir Humphrey • Davy was a churchman, Dr. Birkbeck was a dissenter; but could they not combine to teach the properties and practical uses of acids and alkali, without first qualifying upon points of faith, or sending for a Bishop to decide upon the merits of ortho doxy ?—( Laugh terand applause).—Let theology be taught in the seminaries especially provided for its study ; but above all let, it be known, that when the London University declined com prehending that branch of study within the sphere of its course of instruction`, it was not from any indifference to its deep and sacred importance, its inseparable connection with human hap piness, and its powerful influence upon the destiny of mankind —(Hear, hear !) ;-but .from a' deep conviction that it was quite consistent to elapse - a knowledge of the arts and sciences among every denominatepti of Christians, without ingniring into, or probing the specific foundation of their separate modes of belief.— (Hear, hear !)—Already there were abundant means elsewhere for thatbrancli or instruction, great and important as by all it must be edtnitted; to be, without mixing it up with their plan of specific instruction.—(Applause.)—He was glad to find that the meeting went with him in this opinion, and' that they approved of not requiring ,particular profeesionS of faith as a preliMinery form foe adenbution into the new Univer sity.—(llear, hear !)—lle hati"stiongly recommended them to Abstain from requiring such professions. and this part of their plan was intended to be rigidly en tb rce d. The Board of Di. rectors were, by a fundamental law of their incorporatione bound to see that no professor ventured to inculcate among the students any particular dogma of religious belief, or any doctrine inconsistent with his duty to God and to the State.—: Hear, hear !).—Their great obje c t, as they had already heard; was to leave it open to the inhabitants of London, Westminster, and Southwail, to obtain a Comprehensive system of education in all the useful arts, without havin g to send their children to a distance, at a critical periorof their lives; and at an expence of OM. of 3001. a .year 'her each. Front the late establishment . of Mechanics' Societies, this advantage stas accessible to the humblerclaksesa were the middling ranks to be left without it? This was . the plain- qiiestien.—(llear, hear!)-Wad ' the working mechanic to be a ecientitie man, and the Master, not , ?' fact, — thee Mechanics' Institutions were Only adapted to that:partientar class, for the instruction of which they were established ;. it was given over hours; at re suitable time for the "nen, but not equally so for the times ters: • and therefore the latter were deepts, interested in the new plan. had hitherto applied hie obeere'ratioris to tied condition of those peOple who had not the means of-paying on the existing plan, for the education of their children at one of the two: neat Universities rebitt - there were others who, wittrthe means of paving, disliked sending their children to a elistancq (rpm home, and who would rather preferhaving- them in-hours MARGATE STEAM PACKETS. TIM GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, hereby give notice, that arrangements tiaving.been made with the MARGATE STEAM PACKET. 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At-one o'clock • the large rdom was crowded to excess, the gallery filled, and -the platform occupied in so dense a manner, that it was extremely difficult to afford accommodation to the ladies who were introduced into that part of the room. • At a quarter before two o'clock the LORD MAYOR tooit the chair, supported by Lord John Russell, Sir James Mackintosh; Mr. John Smith, Mr. Baring, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Abercrom. by, Mr. Spring Rice, : Mr. liume,Mr. Thomas Campbell, and a considerable number of merchants and clergymen of every re. ligfous denomination. Mr. Brougham did not arrive until after the business had commenced. The LORD-MAYOR, on taking the chair, apologized for not having arrived earlier ; and declared the interest which he felt in the progress of-education, .which ruwci tend to the_prosperity of the city of London.—(Cries of " Hear !"l—ln advocating the establishment of a London University, he acted upon the con viction that such a system of education was not only calculated to undermine the ancient universities of the kingdom, which had been so long and so justly prized, but, on the contrary; to promote in a wider degree the great purposes .for which they had always been-so frothed. It was, he understood, intended that theology should not be taught at the new university. Of this exemption in the course of studies he approved, for it shewed that the promoters of it had no idea of trenching upon the established religiotz, of the country, and therefore he was friendly to their-object : It was wise and proper for them to ab stain in their plan. of education from interfering with the exist ing institutions for religious education.—(Ctiesof " Hear M— ile repeated his desire,to promote any object which had- a ten dency to improVe the-great' city over which -be had the honour to preside. —( A pplause. ) • -The Rev. Mr.• Cox then came forward to explain to the meeting the intentions-of the founders of the new London versity. After explaining, as he had done at the former meet ins, the general plan of instruction which it was meant to esta-' blish in ail the branches of literature, science, and the arts, he stated that the capital estimated for this undertaking was 300,0001—0 n the calculation required for the building, fund ' ture, apparatus ; library, and salaries; and that it was proposed .to raise it by transferable shares of )00/. each, and by dona tions—that the constitution. and general management of the society was to be invested in a Chancellor and a Vice-Chancel lor, and 21 Directors (including the two former) to be annually elected by the great body of shareholders. He then enlarged at considerable length upon the circumstances which had led to the present meeting, and said that it would be difficult to trace with accuracy. the various circumstances which had led to the public meeting of this day, because they had occurred, not so much in a regular • series and succession as in detached and separate movements of opinion —not, therefore, susceptible of being linked together in one chain of unbroken sequence. pressions of the importance of extending means of general education had been produced, not in one or two minds only, or among any particular class, but simultaneously upon many persons, distant front each other, and differing in opinions on ' other subjects. Distinguished members both of church and state, observing the superabundant influx of students to uni versities as symptoms of the enlightened character of the age, had begun to speak to each other on the subject of extending the means and amplifying the bowers of literary instruction, to meet the necessities of the case. At the same moment classes of Dissenters—persons themselves most connected with universities—had made the same remarks. Thus elements, •• were at work for such establishments at the same moment, until _a combined movement- quickened them into common action for the benefit of the growing population of the country.— . It was remarkable, that while for ages all the principal cities in the world had universities, London was destitute' of one, though the metropolis of the greatest country in the world.— (Hear, hear!)—Ages had witnessed the establishment and splendid achievements of Oxford and Cambridge, Paris, and others, and should London have no such nursery of intel lect,• of patriotism, and of moral greatness, in this cen tral emporium of wealth and commerce ? What was to hinder London from becoming, not the commercial capi tal only of the world, but a centre of literature and science.—(Hear !)—Suppose that foreigners, who formed their. ideas of British greatness from the historical association of the, swords of their heroes, and the flags of their admirals, and the 'tagis of their Legislatures, and the sceptres of their Kings—the . Alfreds, and the Edward!, and the Georges; suppose them to ask where was their great seat of learning ?-:.-and thus to say, show me the turretted magnificence of ancient science, and the s acr ed groves and walks -of A t zdemus ? Shall Ave ionger be forced to reply—we have indeed splendid specimens of indivi dual talent, and particular places where instruction has been carried to a high pitch in particular classes ; but we have no ohe great dwelling-place of mind befitting the magnitude and growing population of this great metropolis. And this, too, at I a time when _their great increosinf population demanded in , etruction, which ought to be supplied. Let them have, then ; , a palace for genius, where her inspirations shoUld be felt, from whence her bright emanations should go forth to illuminate the land—(hear!)—and where future Cicerosshould• record their in , fluence orthat incitement which Tully declares he felt at Athens " when he contemplated the porticoes where Socrates sat, and the laurel, groves where Plato !disputed." It was not the build; ' ings of Athena, but its great men that.pleased'him—" Mc qui 'dem ipso ills entrecr tithemez. akin darn operibus magnifiris.es - gui=itirry‘e antiparra. artibar del.:dant, quant recardutione of leisure under the moral board of the parental 'roof,- to ever ' SClldiag them altogether to . such moral places as Oxford and Cambedge.-1-(A laugh.)—There was another circumstance., , too, in favour of a London University—there were many .who put their children at early periods of life to different professions, anti with had not, duringlheir apprenticeship, accessible means of perfecting branche:i of education of. essential use to their future destination. This disadvantage could be ronedied by the new University:. and the master no doubt would willingly.. allow three hours a-day for improvement in that particular de partment of instruction, which would be mutually profitable . to master and apprentico—( [fear! )—ln the case of the Mechanics' Sorie:ies, Dr. llirkbeck advanced the money for the building: and they went at once to work, so that it-was on the eve of • opening: not so however with this grisit llniversit y.; the capital , ' for undertalchig'which was too large to be obtained so readily, They were therefore obliged to issue transferable Shares, and tc come for money into the society, where money' was, he knew,. mit' to be had by merely' asking for it, but where no man had ever yet applied for it in vain with a scheme that was honest, prac tical,and important to society. The subscriptions which were called for proved nothing but the .desireof the parries to pm- Mote • a purpose universally useful: it was a subscription rAorp honest, nore truly religions. more philosophical. and mire full Of the Wisdom of a good . and religious man, than that-to Which eminent individual alluded when he said-in his ,chapter upon:another-kind of subscription, that he was tockpoor to keep,, ' a conscience.. The Hon. and Learned °emit...in:l4l.o'm pro notinced a high eulogium upon the. -Lord •Mayor for psaildicg - on.this occasion with that readiness which he had alwayrorriesin to promote the good of his fellow-citizens. He expressed - his conviction that the proposed Institution, whatever opposition might be raised against it at present by persons who did not, or who would not, understand its intent; would, triumphantly suc ceed ; and that its future utility would be the best reward for all o),i - se who should now support its establishment. He concluded by applying to it. the lines of the Poe: -7. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, " SwellS from the vale, and mid Way leaves the storm ; " 'rho' round its base the rolling clouds are Spread, " Eternal sunshine settles on its lipad." The Hon. Gentleman seconded the motion, and sat down amidst loud cheering,: _ _ _ Mr. RUTT addressed the Meeting, but was repeatedly in terrupted through- a misapprehension of his intention. Il e said thattheir promptitude for interruption was the best proof he had. yet seen of the want of this very London University. —4Laughter.)—He then strongly approved of the plan of it, and augured the best advantages from its establishment. • The Residution, which.was to the effect that a•prospectits of the proposed University should be immediately .published for general circulation, was then put anti carried. . Mr. Cox announced that he had received a letter from Lord Holland, expressing hifi regret at being unable to' attend the meeting, owing to an. indisposition which confined him to his room: - His Lordship, however, expressed his warmest wishes fot the prosperity of the proposed institution. _ . . Sir James MACKINTOSH rose to move the second resolu tion. 'He said that the state of his own health had preViously disposed him to take up only a small portion of the time of the Meeting, but this disposition was. greatly increased by the full and luminous explanation which his Learned Friend (Mr. Brougham) had 'already given of the object of the proposed- University, and which, while it had exhausted the subject, ren dered almost any observation front him superfluous. The numbers and the respectability of the Meeting he had the ho nour of addressing convinced him in the most satisfactory -manner that the subject received an approbation which he hailed as an augury of its future succese...--(Cheers.)—lf it were not so, still the simplicity and the obvious utility of the, proposition would render illustration unnecessary, because it was in itself clearer than any illustration could • make it. To attempt to prove by argument the facts which bad been stated by his Learned Friend, would be useless. To endeavour to per-. suede the inhabitants of the city of London that an institution which should facilitate the means of giving a lihetal education. to their children deserved their encouragement, would be to in 'suit their understandings. That city, which was one .of the greatest that ancient or modern times had ever beheld, need not be told that its freedom was the result of the knowledge of its inhabitants; and that liberty was in all cases the result, the follower of knowledge. It need not be told that the possession of this knowledge was its greatest and most eminent distinction among all the cities of the world ; nor was it necessary to excite the eympethy4ifsucle-a. city in behalf of_ the institution now. about to . be established, by reminding' it Vint theditrusibn knowledge among men tended to make them More virtuous, and therefore more free.—(Cheers.)—He 'felt at every steri, and he could 'not help again expressing the feeling, that his Learn- ' ed Friend had anticipated all that he would have said (less ably, but not less earnestly yen this interesting snbject. All that was left to him might be comprised in a few sentences. Within 10 miles of the place on which they now stood was contained a po pulation of 1,200,000 souls. Of that population he would ven ture to affirm, that there was not another in the world so elesir bus of procuring the adiantagee of education. There was not another in the world whose pursuits Would be so much aided,. whose character would be so much improved, whose importance would be so much-raised by the possession of those advantages. They had not the means nor the leisure to seek them if they. Were placed at a distance; but they had the means and the leisure and the desire to avail themselves of them if they could be brought home to their own doors.—(Loud cheers.)—.This short view of the subject comprised all that could be said upon -it; forif this were true (and he believed that few of the-open enemies of this proposition, few even of, that more munerous . 'body its concealed enemies, would venture to deny it), it fol-, lowed that the city of London was not only a fit, but the fittest place for such an institution as was • now to be established. The measure was not only wise and expedient, but, gene 'rally speaking, he might say without exaggeration that it was a necessary one.—(Hear, hear!) —Important and dear to those who heard him as was the subject of educating the rising generation of the city of London, the proposed uni e versity would also be highly useful in affording the means of instruction to young men who came in great numbers from time country, and who were obliged to apply themselves to' trade. The effect of this would be to render them as respect able for their acquirements as they were for their private con duct; no mistake being in his opinion 'greater, though none was more common, than that the pursuits of ordinary life 'were at variance with the acquisition of knowledge. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by movieg_s_ " That the proposed Institution be called the LOndon Univer city ; the object of which shall be to afford a liberal education at a moderate expense." Mr" THOMAS CAMPBELL- 'rose to second the resolution.. He had every inducement, at far as his own personal feelings were concerned. to have refrained from addressing the :Meeting. His health, which was extremely feeble, the 'oppressive heat which prevailed, and—what was even still more oppressive— the sense of his own very moderate rhetorical powers, would have inclined him (after the eloquent speeches which had been delivered by his iron. and Learned Friends) to have remained silent. Having, however, been intimately connected with the fornuttion of the plan which was now, he trusted, to receive the teinctionof the Meeting, he felt that he ought not, and he could not desert it. This feeling triumphed over the obstacles which IRV in his way, and the mental energy which they excited, over came, as it alwaya would do, physical infirmity. Even - if the Meeting had not listened to the brilliant and convincing speeches be hi'4! Hob. 'Friends, he should not have thought it necessary to _address to it any argument in defence of the' proposed Lone don University. The gratifying appeirance which the as:46l - before: him preeetited, the enthusiasm they had evinced, the syniptoms of zeal and interest they had already displayed, • Were tokens which he could not mistake, and which he hailed as proof* that they were pledges to the snceetts of the institution. —tit earls— The claims 'upon which the propottition stood were, on the one hand, its utility, .and on the other its practicability. `Of its utility he would not say one word, because it was evi dent. and because the mere circumstance of"his having such n 'Meeting to aridness convinced hint that - they - felt it to be so.— (Hear"!)-Of its practicability, why shOuld'he 'say more? Why Shciuld he say one word to the people of the city of London, who were like Fortunatus with his wishing-cap on his head, arid who had' only to wish that a thing should be done in order to ensure its completion.—(Cheers.)-In the course of the agreeable labours which this *Object hail imposed upon him, he had ascertained the singular fact thatehere were only three cities in the world destitute of an university for the education of the younger branches of their several communities.. These cities were coristantinople, Madrid, and (he . blushed to add) London. It was fit that the jealous and ignorant , policy" of the Turkish Government should shut up as far as it wa-s able the fountains of knowledge, and of that freediim to which knoWledge gave birth, and which flourished tinder its benign 'influence. It was tit that suck a Government should seek to stifle - the breathing of intel- I igence, and 'that it should endeavour to keep blind and degraded the people whoneit .enslaved. It was not surprising that such PRICE SEVENPF,'Nf47,. ~~: ~ ,4 l iovtctment, siwuld dread. to - educate a 'people Whonytknow ipage would make acquainted with their: own •poweri?kiiit to whom, by.comnionicating the blessingskif intelleqtaakimpiove.. ment;they would be placing swords in the handi.'tif`tlfine wkcirn they had marked as victims, and; would - at tile Moment t ea.'h them, how to use those weapons for the aelfievaitiAiicif teir • freedom.--:(Clicers.)—That there should be no UnittetssitY in the metropolis of the wretched country . which gtoaned under ,the hateful - .anti'. degrading daspetitsm'- of Ferdinarid, was not strange. - That every opportunity •by which the people of that unhappy land. coold hope to. raise 0 ‘,,, - : selves from the sunken and 'pitiable . - condition • which • :heir faithle.sstyrant had plunged them, should be cutoff, COt 1S ,excite no man's wonder, and was only consonant. sUith other cruelties winch were practised upon that daiite'il - Popul,, tion.--(11c:u1)- , —But it was not consonant with glory city of London —it was not consonant with thclitterties.(,, l(sstriOus and as imperishable as its glories) of that City, 0. t its inhabitants should be without the means of education. a place in which, more than in - any other; public - opinion wq,.. :openly expressed, and had a most potent effect 'orrallionbl , it` measures—that this city, which might be called the very, tlic , Empire, and from which every other part'of that Eta pire took the, tune and received the impulse, should be without the' means of Tefining , the understandiog.of its inhabitants, was. state of things whin could not be too soon changed.—f,Cl:cers.) lie did not mean that false and vicious refinement whieb ent vated, hut that which; like - the•pollsh of the diamond, only serv • ed to show its solidity.—( hear!)—Mr. Campbell concluded, by expresslng his warmest wishes for the success of the Institution, which would reflect lasting credit on the age in which it was be gun, and which, to• after ages, and to men yet unborn, would extend its utility and advantagei.—(Cheers.) TheyesolutiOn was then carried. Lord J. RUSSELL rose to move the next resolution, " That provision being made for theolcvical in,structinn • in the national Universities, amongst other bodies, it is not necessary to male any express provision for that departnient'of education." 11 is Lordship said, that the Universities taking 'upon themselves the whole of the education of youth who became members of them, and thus assuming the place of parents, took upon theniselveS the task of their religious instruetjon. The proposed Univer sity, however, doing nothing of this kind, and the pupils rc maining under the paternal roof, any provision on the subject of religion was unnecessary. - 11r. FLETCHER (of Stepney), In seconding the resolution, expressed his satisfaction that this means - had been adopted of preventing any conflict of opinions on the subject of religion, ,which might have formed an impediment to the success of this valuable institution. Mr.,ABE ItCROUBY., IMP. , in the absence of 31r. S. RICE, who was to have moved the next resolution, rose to propose it. After the luminOus detail which had - been made. by Mr. Brougham, the Hen. Pentleman would forbear to touch upon any of the topiei which had been so ably stated. Ile should confine himself to congratulating the City of London on the prospectit now had of adding to the institutions which had al ready made it illustrious among nations,. one which was the most illustrious and ihkmost useful of : al.. He deprecated any comparison of the proposed institution wi h the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. There were no - points of resemblance between them, the paths they pursued were different, and they only agreed. in diffusing the advantages of education. The London University,' while it did not propose to become the rival of those other serainatics,-offered to the inhabitants of London the means of educating their children under their own roots, and at a moderate expence. Those universities hadalleir an tiquity and their fame to support their reputation ;• and they ; had institutions and endowments, scholarships and fellowships, enough to reward the industrious and.to support the indolent.— The London University had. none of these advantages, and would have no other fame than that of diffusing the light of .learning over the compiOnily. 4e bad himself been edocated at Oxford, and would. not be understood to saveoe word disre apectful to that institution, for which he had a warm and affec tionate veneration. The lion. (;entleman then moved— , " That as the proposed University will be estitbished In as central a situation as possible with, regard to the whole metro polis,-it is confidently expected that the,evident facility, which it will afford for the union .of .public instruction with parental guardianship, cannot .fail of conciliating general approbation." Mr. (ioLDsanwr seconded the resolution ; • which was carried.. Mr. IL Straw then Moved. the following resaluticns.:— " That there shall be no exaction of tests or subacriptions. " That the capital .be 300,000lativitted into StOft:ashares cf -101)1. each. No person shall be allowed to suhscribf for more. than ten shares ; atwitter of five shares two votes, O a ten shams three votes. Every shareholder to receive not exceeding , five per cent. dividend on Iris share. The annual paymezt of every student to be 51. 5.., and 11. ls..per annum -for the tiapa,of the li brary • other charges, if any, for apparatus, & c : -t o .. b e det e: - minedhereafter by. the Council. Donations wall-be: received, and every donor of 50/. shall have.the same patronage for life as a shareholder of 1001. • • " That the names of gentlemen who may wra.,...t0 become shareholders be immediately sent to the Secretary:, or to the ,banking-houses of lilessrs..Sroith, Payne, and Smith Sir Jobn Peering, Shaw, and Co. ; and Coutts and Co.. , " That a Building Committee be appointed :to ilkermine the site and secure the ground for the edifice to be- elected, with . . power to add to their numb er . • " That the thanks of this Meeting be given. 49, the Lord Mayor, for his Presidency on this occasion.' • Mr. MIAs moved th e thanks of the meeting., to,the.Lord . . Mayor, and was seconded by Dr. BlitxsEcx,, who said, that if he had inetirred the re proach of having made," the toe of the mechanic. tread on the kibe of the courtier," the proposed Institution offered to the higher class of society the means, of keeping alp, by superior intellectual acquirements, the relative difference between them land those who were placed below. them in society- 7 1 1 1w resola- L sign _ was then carried. -.- • . The LOAD MAYOR expressed his gratitude for: the honour just conferred on him, and his approbation of;.• the. Resolu tions of the. Meeting. Ale hoped the Loudon.TUniversicy would meet. with national- support ; he was - always glad to gratify his fellow citizens at all time, add to affbrd them every opportunity, ,of assembling for the discussion of ttseful public questions. As the meeting was about breaking up,. Mrs Denman and Mr. Gurney entered the room. Mr. DENMAN then said he . hati to complain to the Lord Mayor, that in the City of London, in which he-bad himself the honour to hold a high ofticiabsituation, his psi sonalliberty had been invaded—that he bouLtteen arrested .as he. was pa.ssing . the door of the llty.of London Tavern, and tnnwelled to ascend to that room and witness the conclusion of their proccedinp.— (A laugh and'applause.)- r - Ile had entered the zoom within five minutes, and tvas.delighted by the idea that he , was giving his silent assent to that vote which thanked the Lord Mayor for a new proof of hia.tleSire promote tvery - thing which was cal culated to promote the prosperity.- of ;that' gyeaCcity 'And the happiness of his kilo-iv citizens.- - (Apphtuse.)- , 41e rejOii:ed to hear ter entering, the room • that. the cause of -mutt, edu cation, and liberty„ had been so advanced by Ike "exertiens of his Honourable Friends, as• to render urrneicessaii any effort of his own :and he congratulated that city with •which it was his pride to be conneard, upon the arrival' of that great and important day.'. Ile felt that -the -.recollection of having assisted in the labours of that. day, in -'huving 'par ticipated-in the diffusion of light,. in having aided in 'grati fying the desire for: knowledge and in the estahlishMent of an institution supericit to all thereat which tit infttopottioh. tains, even multipliet(an hundred times over,' siotthrbe to all a reflection the most lileasing that - could 'be conbeiveiL He thought that all who' contributed to promote theslostitotioti would be entitled to the lasting gratitude of every•frientkohis country,. and of the independence of -nations.---(itpolicsite,),.._ He could not (even had he been prepared forit) think d occu pying the time of the meeting ;• but when - told - Sy ..whoin lie had been preceded, be was convinced that in every thing.whith he could have offered he had been anticipated—but evesa if tint so convinced, the appearanke of that assembly would be suffi cient to prove, that no arguments of his.were necessary to cot - vince them of the advantages to be 4erived• from the proyosed Institution. -He had been alWays proud of his •eharacter as a citizen of London, but never so much so.as when-he and his fellow-citizens came' foyward 'to promote: the intesett of Truth, Justice, and Freedom; anti among the frequent secaaions of that.nature which had occurred, never had he 'felt more proud than in being able to exPiei.a.his concurrence in die , important and interesting proCeedingso4bat day,' - • ' 'Alr: GURNEY was called.folViariki;slaid he hati' only to ex press the pleasure he felt. at seeingtich a Meeting assembled for such a , purpose, and to declare -Ivsi-conest.treave With the sentiments Of the Meeting in the words of,.theL4entleman who had jest addressed theirs. ••'• .• ,•••, The.Lonn MAit'on then left the Chabl,f Asti-the .Meeting broke up. • . • -1, •-•