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THE following POST-COACHES, MAIL COACHES, Ace. set out from the above Inn:— The " Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ramsgate, Margate, Canterbury, Fere-tabours, and Sandwich.. new Post-Coach every Morning at a quarter past 7 o'Clock.—ln consequence of the decided preference given to the above Coach, the Pro prietors are determined no expense shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on that road. BROMPTON, Chatham, Rochester, Stroud, Sittingbourrie and R ainharn, every Morning at a, quarter past 7. FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Exeter, Weymouth, Dorches ter, Dartmouth, and Salisbury, ev e ry mo r n ing at S e ve n ; through Honiton, Axminster, Bridport, Blandford, Basing stoke, and Ba,•shot 0 • The" Union," SOL"f HAMPTON, Lymington, Winches ter and Basingstoke New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at Eight; arrives at the COach and Horses, Southampton, by is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of 'gilt, Jersey, Guern se y, S t. Moloes; Havre &c de Grace, t o " r ghr c• The Proprietors o f th e a b ove C oac h h ope I r eceive a co nt i n u ance of that support which has hitherto roen raci e xperienced since the commencement of the ' Union." ng with other Coaches. BATH and BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Chip- Pen hat4, Caine, and Marlborough, e very' Afternoon at one ; rrive at Mr. May's, the Greyhound Inni Bath, and the -klonrdon Tavern, Thomas-street and the Sa, Bristol, next ing.—Coaches to 'V ll Brid gewat e r ,Taunton, and s, Plymouth. NiThe UMPIRE, a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one Niglit on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily at ; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Seven, till ough ..I‘l,tbbeur,irtno,neNorthanipton, WeHord, Luti.crworth, Hinckley, tint , Lichfield, St one , N ewcas t le, Knutsford, War, gon and Preston. SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and. Shiffnal, Post-Coach every Evening at Five._Guarded. * . T he UNION, WEYMOUTH,Dor etrester,Blandford,Salis `oY. And over, ltlackwater, Bags; sot, and Basingstoke new fort Cach, ev ery Afternoon. Weymouth Pack e ts t o eriisey, Jersey, Cherbourg, S•t. Maine's, &c. ITile ROCKINGHAM, LEHI - 5S new light Coach, sets out 7 Y.M "rnblg, at Eight; and. passes through Baldock, Big swade, Eaton. Shun, 'areethani; Grantham, B;twtry, th e Co Newarli, Retfoid, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, to e Golden Lion, Leeds,. next morning at Ten. Notwith il4i'dig the miconunori 'Exped i tion of this Coach, it is 'wed •to he the most agr ceable and complete Public Con 'lance on the North Row' I, being unequalled by any other. r ° LAS 'III GOW, Longt o w n , G retna-green, Annan, Dumfries, " 1 , Thornhill, Sanquhar-Kiln, Can mock, Kingswell, q ukl a!1 Parts of Scothtrid, a Post Coach (daily). itta4, S carborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, New r‘ie, and Edinbui.gh, New Post Coach, with Guard N e ., ° ,. u ., 01 9 11 t ; sets 6tit every Morning at N ine, , by wa y .. of Dht3h, Itetford, Tadcaster, Darlington, Northallti ton, selve 4 :T,„ho pet!, , and Berwick. Passengers finding them- Pleaseand th~Fv.ii the jbuirney, 'may rest what time they Proceed without ' any additional Fare. l!itiPAßLßoit°l-7GH and 'Swindon, new four-inside Coach, rugh Aldbourn, Reading, Lainbourn, Purton, Lyilington, barWootton, Basset. itaiipbury, Hungerford, and New t ; ever3,Morniu BKI g• 1.• DGFORTII, Withal; Shrewsbury, and Holyhead uur Iniide' Coach, every evening dor, '' "izspalding Pete' borough, Stilton, and Hunting * ,"Yal Mail Coach, every Evening to Spilsby,' Louth, (7,1 , a "Ynd Hull, Afternoon at a Quarter before ' Six ' Penrith and Whitthaven Post Coach, goes - Pour trough, ' Horses, and' a Guard all the way, pass e s thr o u g h r „ li4 , ; I PPieny, .Greta-bridge, Ri c h mon d, C a t ter i e k, B o - S oti ts 7, r t. uge-, Watherby, Aberfiird, Doncaster, and Grantham. •r "erY Morning and Performs the journey with the b:eatest,facility• Passengers detained on Oa Road by busi ,s,, or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their Seats ~unt secured in the next Criach. ,c,'`ENDAL lancaster,Preston Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, l oo tt r iev,oi en ' is i irk, and Clarstang , Post Coaches, every Alter it rl 4 I,IVERPOOL Warrington , Knutsford, Stone, Stafford, ilD efianc e! ' tfield. Wow light four Inside Post Coach, called The , every Evenin, Livg at erpool Five o'Clock, to the Saracen's ,„.p.4 Dale- s t reet. Z., , North ~tIsES E FIELD Post-C oac h, every Morning. Wicli'Eß, Newport, Whitechureli, Tarporley, Nam.pt at ich F ive o'clock. ' and Middlewich P os t-C oac h, every E vening mrSeN4ERLAND, Stockton, and Farm Coach, every to the George Inn, Sunderland. and W I ° e onn WiusloW Conglet o n, N ewcas tl e , W a l sa l, ! t rhampton new F our Inside Post-Coach, every At- • _ rn - r- lug ' h, -, HEP PIELD and Roth er h am P ost-Coach, called the Rock every lort,ing, Fiv e iaMI NGHAM Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Lea.r,,';e4rrying Four Inside; and passes through Warwick, streqlt.° ll l and "Daeentry, to the Saracen's Head, Bull tnainghant, .next Morning at Ten. c o kiLL, Lincoln Northcave, Howden, and Doncaster, Post e very Mo rning, ' to the Cross Keys, Marketplace, PRTr„ se e r is y's / - 0 - rn " in il. e. b, Ware, Hoddesdon, and Chesbuut Coach, -paENHIM and Edmonton Coaches (daily), Eleven, Two, Five, and Eight. PrienT MOUNTAIN and Co. respeatfully acquaint their any reei 444 the Public., that they will n o t Be accountable for at i ne ur..l7s, Passenge's Luggage, Writingit. Plate, i&e.' of ‘..n Fire Pounds r Value 4 f lost, stolen, or damaged, un- at tlred as such, and the Insurance paid for accordingly, - ftraie i's Head Inn Snow-hit I, Landow A N U Isli sold th e £ 30,000 Prize Drawn This -44orn• —l ng• This looks well, and augurs that he : efor e, Sell th em A ll ! ! ill, as he did when there were Three £30;000 „THE IVIATOR OF NEWCASTLE:—We state, upon ~muo ubted a u th or i ty, that the assertion, made in 4 4 eighly - - - iliac _. Jcuring print, " th at an i ncrease h as take!! • ein the sa l ary of the Mayor of Newcastle, Its utterly w i t h out foundation ; the amount of Ihe present salary is, at the same time, erro l°llsly stated : t h e allowance actually made to "eMayor, is 9000/. per annum, as has been the ,as r some years. A very s li g h t i nquiry would re are pvented this misrepresentation, for there _ 3 ri, 0 concealment of th e accounts of the Corpo rati°4---(Newcastle Courant.) b r a handsome barrelled Organ, from the cele ed manufactory of Messrs. Flight and Rob thil'iZf London, has been presented by his Gra ce til e Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, to the par i sh th u . c h of Aln w i c k . The harmonious tones of v e i are nstrument and the good tast e o f it s congtrut 'on universally acknowledged.—(lbid.) 1 THE KING. HANOVER, OCT. 23.—His MAJESTY, during these last days, when no bulletins were published respecting his health, has been frequently visited by his Royal Brothers and Sisters. On the, 21st his Majesty gave an audience to Prince Metter nich, who has been sent by his Majesty the Em peror of Austria to compliment the King on his arrival in his German dominions. Prince Met ternich was introduced by Count Munster, Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, and on his entering the Court-yard of the Palace, the guard pre sented arms, and the drums were beat. His Majesty has learned with regret, that dur ing the hunting party which was designed for his Majesty's entertainment, several persons were ininreth--141s Majesty has given orders. that a sum from the Royal Treasury shall be applied with becoming' liberality for the recovery and indemnification of those persons. His Majesty, as far as we yet know, intends to leave this city on the 29th, to stop the first night at Rotenkitchen, and the second at Munden. His Majesty will then continue his journey by way of Coblentz, Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Liege, and Brussels. The artillery having performed their evolu tions on the 20th, have returned to their garrisons, as the cavalry and infantry did the two preced ing days. It is worth notice, that during the march of the troops, and the four weeks they have been in crowded quarters in the capital, the suburbs, and the environs, no complaints have been made, either by the military or the inhabi tants, of each other's conduct. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Wei mar is expected to-day ; among the late arrivals are : The Prussian Minister of State, Count Von Bulow ; Baron Voti Marschale, Minister of the Duke of Nassau ; Mr. Gordon, British Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Vienna ; the Countess Lieven ; Count Von Schlieffen ; Count Itterburg, Chamberlain to the Emperor, &c. Within these few days many English and Austrian couriers have arrived here, and were despatched again. Speech of the Hereditary Land-Marshal, Count MUNSTER, on introducing the Deputation of 'the States of the Kingdom to his Majesty on the 14th of October:--t " Most August, Most Mighty KING, Most Gracious KING , and SOVEREIGN I . _ ",Your Majesty has -granted -to the present Deputation of the 'General States of the Kingdom, at the head of which are the Presidents of the two Chambers, the long wished-for hap piness of expressing before your Majesty's Throne the senti ments of the most grateful respect of the whole kingdom. What these sentiments must be your Majesty knows from your own consciousness, and the pleasing recollection of all that your Ma jesty has done for the deliverance and happiness of this country, and the recollection of the fidelity of your people, which the hardest trials were unable to shake." Hereupon the President Count Von MEER.. VELDT made`the following speech : " Most August KING, "most Gracious PRINCE and SOVEREIGN ! " The most ardent wishes of the Hanoferians are fulfilled ! After an interv:.l of above half a centuiy, they again behold their own Sovereign in the land of his fathers, and joyfully sa lute him as King on his hereditary Throne. Only a few years since, fearing for our existence, nay even for our name, we rise more vigorous from ten years oppression, united in the interior by new bonds, and strengthened by an extension of our fron tiers. To your Majesty's power and firmness we are indebted for our recovered liberty, and for the blessings of a glorious peace :to your justice, and your elevated princely virtues, for the restoration of the old Constitution. The benefit of a gene ral Representative Assembly of the States which your Majesty's wisdom was pleased to add to our ancient rights, gives them a stronger guarantee in the union of all the provinces of the coun try in one kingdom. " Most Gracious King and Sovereign !--May your Majesty deign graciously to accept the sentiments of the most profound respect and the most devoted attachment, which we lay at the foot of your Throne, in the name of the General Assembly of ' the States of this Kingdom. " 'May your Majesty find in the unshaken attachment and fidelity which we inherited from-our fathers, and preserved in the pressure of stormy times, the merited reward of all the blessings which we owe your glorious and mild sceptre." To which his MAJESTY was pleased to make the following Answer : " I feel the greatest joy at finding myself in the midst Of my faithful. German subjects, and receive with particular pleasure from this Deputation of the General States of the kingiloM the assurance of their respect and love for my person and Royal House, of which I have already received so many affecting proofs. In ere same manner as my endeavours have always been dire_zged to the good of the country, 1 also expect, with pleasing confidence from you, that your endeavours will e on . nnue (as to my satisfaction they have hitherto-been) to be di. rected to the same object."--(Hanoverian Nachrichten, Oct. 24.) Two or three years •ago, a very respectable shoemaker in Chester-fie-street was taking a walk in LAMETON'S Park, where he met L., who said, " Pray, Sir, who gave you leave to walk in my park ?"—The man answered, 46 Sir, I have not got any person's leave ; I had always leave in your father's time, and I am sorry if I have given any offence." Mark the answer of the noble and independent orator—" Get out, you .rascal.," and suiting the action to the word, slammed the park gate with such force against the poor man's back, as to throw him with considerable force on his face on the public. road. At the last Durham election, Lasurrox called. on this man, and begged his vote and support ; the man answered, " Mr. Lambton, you shall never have my 'vote ; a person who will act in the tyrannical manner you do in private can never be a faithful 4-errant of 4he public."—Whether the shoemaker formed a just estimate o 1 Mr. LAMl3l•ol4llpublic qualitcation, wt do not pretend to know. NATIONAL SOCIETY. The TENTH ANNUAL REPORT of the NATIONAL SOCIETY, for PROMOTING the EDUCATION of the POOR in the PRINCIPLES of the ESTABLISHED CHURCH. The General Committee have made it their practice in their Annual Reports to call the attention of the meeting successively to the state of the Central School; _to the progress which the System had made in this Kingdom, and in Foreign Countries ; to the Donations which have been made to assist in the erection of Schools ; and, lastly, to the state of the Funds remaining at their disposal. They propose in their present Report to follow the same order, under the impression, that in so doing they shall best succeed in imparting a clear and succinct account of the con cerns of the Society during the pas year. Only they cannot deny themselves the satisfaction of so fa r anticipating the latter topic as to convey, in the first instance, to the meeting, the gra-, tifying intelligence of a Legacy of £5OOO, 3 per cents. having been left to the Society by James Hayes, Esq.; a Legacy no less splendid, when considered as to its magnitude, than most acceptable and useful in atiording a very seasonable supply to the funds. In adverting to the Central School at Baldwin's \ Gardens, while they have to repeat their uniform and unabated satisfac tion at the manner in which the Boys' School is conducted in all its details, under the vigilant superintendance of the Rev. Wm. JohniOn, they have great pleasure in stating, that the Girl's School has undergone a very material improvement, un der the management of Mrs. Morgan, the newly-appointed Mistress. The general practice of the details of the System in it has become more perfect, ana the discipline more exact; the behaviour of the Girls is more orderly, and their advancement in elementary learning more satisfactory. The benefits of this improvement appear to,,be felt by the Parents of the Children, and the numbers who attend hive increased within the year.— The Committee have always been anxious to enforce a due at. tention to the working department in this School, under the con viction that, with a view to the future comfort and usefulness of the female poor, this must ever., form an essential branch of their Education. Some time since, they thought it expedient to engage a separate Mistress to superintend in this department of die School ; but since the appointment of Mrs. Morgan, who has been assisted by the gratuitous services of her Sister, they have found it no longer necessary to employ the additional Mis tress; 'and a very satisfactory improvement has been made in the attention paid to female work. At present, the Girls of the upper class spend the whole of their time in vtpxlcing, with the exception of one hour devoted to reading, writing, and re. ligious exercises.' ' ' • The Children of both Schools . regularly attend Divine Service on every Sunday in the Chapel at Ely-place, where their order. ly'ami exemplary behaviour iiwitnessed by the whole congre gation. The COmmittee have great satisfaction in adding, that the Rev. Dr. Bell has continued to afford his valuable services in superintending the Central'School, and paying all possible attention to the details. of its niahageiiient. The average number of Boys at present in the School is 486' that of Girls 235 ; and the Committee • find on inquiry that, in the course of the year, 229 Boys, and . 64 Girls have left the School competently instructed. Judging from these numbers, they are led to infer that more than one-third of the average number of Children in the School are annually sent forth into the world, furnished with that elementary instiuction, and trained to those excellent habits, which are there imparted ; and, if the same proportion may be taken for the whole of the National Schools in the Kingdom, a very high idea indeed will be conveyed of the vast benefits which the public are deriving from these Institutions. The Central School has;continued to lend its assistance freely to Schools in different parts of the kingdom, whenever appli cations have been made. The number of Schools, which have been assisted in the course of theyear, is ICI ; some with tem. porary Teachers and Instructors, others with permanent alas. ters or Mistresses, or by the instruction of persons sent up from the country. Instances have continually occurred in which Teachers of both sexes, of a higher class, have requested to be admitted into the Central School, for the purpose of apply ing the System to higher branches of Education ; others in which the training Misters of the School have been appointed to conduct Grammar Schools ; and many in which Boys bred in the School, and trained as teachers, have succeeded to the appointment of National Schoolmasters in different parts of the Kingdom. Nor has the direct assistance afforded by the Central School been confined to the limits of this Kingdom. In the month of November last, on an application received from the Commit tee at Calcutta, a Master was provided to conduct the Nationa l School at that Presidency. In August a Schoolmaster destined for Van Diemen's Land was admitted far instruction ; in Oc tober two native Negroes for Sierra Leone ; and several Mis sionaries intended to proceed to Foreign Settlements have been admitted in the course of the year. The Committee now proceed to ttate the result of the infor -11136,111 thy hAVt received 'respecting the continued progress of the National System through the Kingdom. The number of Schools united during the present year amounts to 107. In the report of last year, the number stated to be then in Union was 1614. Thus the whole number of Schools united-up to the present time amounts to 1721. In answer to the circular inquiries sent to the Secretaries of the different Schools in Union with the National Society, they have received on the whole very satisfactory information ; sheav ing in their general result, that (he numbers receiving Educa tion in them are on the increase, and that most beneficial effects are perceptible both in the Children themselves and in their Parents. Respecting the number of Children under a course of Education in these National Schools, they haire never been able to speak with precision, from the imperfect manner in which the returns have been made. - Last year, on the best cal culation they were able to make, they repOrted the probable number to be 220,000. From the number of Schools united in the present year, they conceive an addition to be now made to the amount of 15,000; and thus, on the whole, •the Children . now actually receiving Education in united Schools amount to 235,000. But, in addition to this, the Coonnittee hare always been sensible that a number of Schools exist.in different -- parts of the Kingdom, formed essentially on the plan of the. National So.' eiely,:but not actually united with it. As 'to •thelatuaber of these Schools, and of the Children receiving Education in them, they cannot speak with any accuracy, from the Want of direct information. But they are certainly led to conclude that, when the addition of these Children is made to those in the united Schools, a result will be obtained of very little less 309,0G0 Children, now receiving sound Religious Education in Schools either united to the Society, or formed mainly on it:, principles. Respecting the National Schools established in the Foreign Dependencies, the Committee hate received some highly gre.ti , fying details. At the Presidency of Bombay, three Schools have been formed for receiving European Children : the Cen , teal School at Bombay, containing 172 Children, the larger portion of whom are boarded, clothed, and fed : that at Surat, and at Tannah, containing 60 Children. In addition to these, four Schools have been established for Native Children, in which= there were, by the last accounts, 230 Scholars. A special Meeting was held in August in the last year, ,at which the Bon. M. Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay; presided, for the express purpose of considering the most effectual means of giving extension to the Native Schools : it was resolved, that a separate branch of the Society there should be formed, Which should.take this object tinder its special superintendence. Some prejudices existed in the minds of the Natives, which, it was hoped, would be overcome. A considerable difficulty was ex perienced in the want of elementary Books in the native Lan- guages for the use of these Schools ; and, in consequence, mea sures had been taken to procure the Translation into those lar. guages of some of the more useful and necessary Tracts. ,On the whole, the accounts received from Bombay are very satis factory, as fully attesting the zeal and benevolent exertions of the British Public there, in support of these Institutions; and justifying every rational hope (considering . the particular cir cumstances of their situation) of the extensive diffusion of the blessings resulting from them. At r Brunswick, in North America, and at Sierra Leone, the progress of the National Schools is singularly striking. At the former place, the Society for supporting these Institu tions has, under the powerful patronage of General Smith, the Lieutenant-Governor there, been established into a Corporation, and endowed with some grants of Land. In addition to the Central School at St. John's, seven other Schools have been established in different parts of the Island; and in these it ap pears from the reports, that about 700 children are in an actual course of Education. At their Central School the numbers have recently so much increased, that the erection of an addi tional building was necessary, which, by the last accounts, was in a state of considerable progress. _ _ _ , At Sierra Leone, it apPea; from a report lately transmitted through the Governor, and dated in January last, that no lets than eleven national schools are established in that Settlement, in which are nearly 2,000 persons under instruction, the greater part being natives of Africa. In addition to the children re ceived into these schools are many adult negroes, both male and female, who have been captured from the slave traders and who thus, in exchange for a condition of the lowest human wretchedness and degradation, are imbibing the valuable bless ing of sound moral and religious education, In the Island of Barbadoes ' the National Schools are thriv. ing under the active and liberal patronage of Lord Comber mere. Two Schools have been established, one for whites, and the other for negroes, each containing about 150 scholari.— They are liberally supported by voluntary contributions, and the National System is practised in them with great success and perfection. The Committee now direct the attention of the meeting to the donations which they have made in the course of the year for the erection of Schools in different parts of the Kingdoen.—. These donations are 35 in number; and the sums thus expend ed in the year amount to 20201. ; they have in every instance endeavoured to measure out their Grants in proportion to the strength and merits of the application, and to the Funds re. maining at their disposal,- and in many instances they have lamented the necessity of dealing out with a sparing hand, when every other consider4ion but that of the limited state of their means would have pkompted them to make a liberal Donation. Two instances have occurred, in which their Grants have ex tended to the sum of 1601. in the case of two populous parishes of the Metropolis, St. George's-in-the-East and Paddington. In St. GeOrge's-in-the-East is a great population of 30,000 inhabitants, cornprising not less than 2,000 poor children, who are the objects of gratuitous education. In Schools alrea dy ex isting, provision was made for 600 Children; and a plan was formed for erecting an additional school-room, into which 420 Children might be received. The estimated cost was 12001. of which not more than half could be raised, at the time when the application was made, by the utmost exertions of the inhabi tants. In the case of Paddington, the population consists of about 6,000, and there existed only provision for educating about 130 children. Towards a plan for establishing a National School for 180 boys' and 120 girls, a liberal annual 'subscription of 2001. was raised ; but in providing for the expence of the first erection of the building, tne means proved very inadequate.— The utmost sum raised and expected amounted to little more than 4001. while the charge to be met was not less than 7501. In eight sevaral instances, they have extended their donations to the sum of 1001. Amongst the places thus largely aided were some very popu lous towns, as Huddersfield in Yorkshire, containing 12,000 persons, Windsor, Welchpool, and Buckingham. At uddersfield, the Committee learnt with satisfaction, that the plan proposed was to provide for die reception of 300 Boys and 300 Girls • at Welchpool, with a population of 4500 P e r. sons, to provide for 320 children of both sexes ; and at Buck ingham, with a population of 5000, to provide also for 300 Boys and Girls. At Windsor, the population to be provided for con sisted of 10,000 ; a large School was erected at a great expence, but a heavy debt had thereby been incurred, which without the assistance of the Society could not be cleared off. The Committee are unwilling to fatigue the meeting by a more particular detail of their donations in aid of the erection of Schools ; but will beg leave to refer them to the Report as it will appear in print, where the details will be given at greater length. The last topic to which the Committee have to call the atten .rion of the meeting is the state of their Funds. They have al ready mentioned the magnificent Legacy of Mr. Hayes of the sum of 5001. 3 per Cents. Had it not been for this accession to their Funds, they would, ere tbis, have found themselves in a bankrupt state, and must either have suspended their opera tions, or have renewed their demands on that unfailing source of wealth—the generosity of the British Public, in a cause of sound piety and benevolence. As matters stand they at present find between 4 and 5 thousand pounds remaining at their dis posal; and they will continue to dispense this sum in the man ner which they shall deem, in the exercise of their beat judg- • ment, most. onducive to the great ends 'for the promotion of which it is committed to their charge. They cannot close the present report, without briefly recall ing to the recollection of the meeting some facts connected with the institution and the progress of this Society. A period of 10 years has now elapsed since the Society was first established ; at the time of its commencement, the mcchanisni of the powerful and admirable Systeni, which the world owes to the Rev. Dr. Bell, was not only spreading itself in different parts of the King dont, but was applied to rear the population of the country in , indifference to the Established Church, or in alienation from its Communion. To direct that mechanism to a better and a • sounder purpose, the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Church of England was the direct object for which the Na tional Society was formed. And what has been the conse quence P In the short space of ten years, between 17 and ill hundred Schools have betn established in direct union with it; others have been formed essentially on its principles,; from 250 to 300 thousand poor Children are at this time imbibing the .soundinstruction there afforded ; and they verily believe they cannot err on the side of exaggeration when they.state, that little less than one niillion of individuals must, have risen into life, and been mingled in the mass of society; carrying with them . 'those sound principles and tight feelings and excellent habits which these institutions are so well calculated to impart. Nor let it be forgotten that the Society which has been the Central spring of these great movements, and has , given such impulse to the public feelings on this subject, has derived no part of its tesourccs from the public.purs6, but entirely from the pri vate contributions of i ndividuals. Here then is a full and con vincing proof of what may be efibeted by the toluntary exer tions of the British public, when excited in the cause of ge nuine well , directed benevolence and sound . Christian duty.' Much. has already been effected, but much also remains to be: done. The Society _would •be most ,happy to be enabled to carry on .their operations in future front some permanent sources of income, and to be spa red the necess'tta of renewirg their appeals to that public which' has already so liberally sup plied them- But, under all -:circumstances, they trust it will, 1 e generally felt, taut the great cause Of National Education' cannot he entrusted to better hands, or promoted by means more calctilsitcal, than those which have hitherto:been adopted,. to give it•Vigo,:r, feriran, rice, aid stability. PRESENT STATE of the COURT of PERSIA. F ETII ALY-CHAH, who now holds the reigns of _government, rises very early. Immediately after his breakfast, the Ministers and Secretaries of State bring in their reports, and receive his orders. At this particular audience, *succeeds the public audience levee, which lasts about an hodr aud a half. To this the Princes are ad= initted, the Ministers and Chief Officers belong ing to the Court ; public affairs are then treated of, rewards are decreed, punishments pronounced, and the Monarch audibly delivers those opinions , he wishes to be known. When be goes out front this levee, he enters the council-chamber, where he passes an hour or two with his favourites and, hic Miatisters. . The morning having thus passed away, he retires into his harem, but he forgets not, in this abode of pleasure, to appear again, before sunset, at another public audience, and. then to follow the course on horseback : his din ner is served up between eight and nine at night, with the following ceremonies and precautions : Every dish is served up on china, with a Silver cover; these dishes are set out in a large case, which is sealed with the seal of , the maitre d'ho tel ; all together is covered with a shawl of mag nificent workmanship, and carried before the . Monarch, in whose presence the seal is broken, and the dishes are set out before him. The Chief Physician is obliged to taste every di ti. The Prince eats his repast, seated on a carpet ; and other carpets, richly embroidered and folded together, serve for a table. After he has taken his dinner, the king again visits his harem, the beautiful inhabitants of which vie with each other in amusing him with songs and dances. The first visit that Captain Malcolm made to the Court of Persia, the King said to him with a smile, We will not speak again on serious matters ; but I request you will satisfy my curiosity on one article of which I heard speak, but which I cannot believe ; is it true that the King of England has only one wife?" On being answered in the affirmative, the Monarch declared that he Would not reign over a kingdom which had such customs. His hat. is composed *of three hundred females :'and th it guard of eunuchs is removed with as much ca .e as that of a gardener to embellish his parter.-e with fresh flowers. The receiving of an Ambassador is one of thz most solemn occasions on which the King displays all the pomp and magnificence of his court. Ac soon as the Foreign Minister sets his foot on the Persian soil, he is conducted into a small apa t ment where the great Officers of State are wai:- ing fink. him ; after he has rested there a few mi nutes, he is informed that the King is seated o his throne, and then the procession advances to the hall of audience, This siperb I raised about right reel rrom tlu ground, situ ed in the middle of a delightful garden, surround ed by long walks planted with trees and beauti ful fountains. In these walks are ranged, ac cording to their rank, from the door-way to the throne, the Princes,Ministers, Nobles, Courtie s, and the different corps of the Royal guard ; but the superb sight which such an assemblage of persons, richly habited, offers ro the astonished view, is suddenly effaced by the contemplation of the Monarch, whose throne and splendid robes dazzle the eye of the beholder by a profusion of the most precious gems. When the heat of summer renders the abode of the capital dangerous and unwholesome, the King and his Harem quit town to encamp in the environs of Sulthanyeh, the ancient capital of Persia, before Ispahan, and then Thehran, be came the chief cities. There his occupations and his manner of living are the same as in his palace. lie makes it his duty to be visible every day to all his subjects, from six o'clock to seven every morning. A 'great number of people, of all con ditions, are admitted to see him, arid to present him with their petitions. The portable tents and pavillions are of the utmost magnificence. A screen of cloth conceals from the eyes of the cu rious both the exterior and interior apartments. The etiquette is the same as at Thehran.— Every thing, even to a person's looks, are under the strictest regularity. When the Prince she w s himself in public, his son, the ministers, 'the courtiers, and more than two thousand pager, magnificently clothed, are seen standing, with their arms crossed over their breasts, placed ac cording to their rank. Every eye is fixed upon the Monarch, and a look from him is a command. If he addresses a word to any one, the person exalts his voice to answer him; in speaking, you perceive, however, only the motion of the lips ; no gesture, whatever, is made use of. The Persian Monarch is extremely polite, su perior to the French in that respect, and even the Chinese. It is a well known fact, that he made a very serious apology to General Gardanne,•be cause it rained on the day he made his entry into Thehran. The court fool, a personage now no longer tolerated in Europe, often gives very useful in structions and wholesome advice to his 'So% en Another person of importance is the story-teller. This post requires a great deal of ease in elocu tion, a happy memory, and a very fertile imagi nation. It is impossible to form an idea of the passionate fondness which the Persians have for this kind of amusement, and the perfection to which they have brought the art of relating tales, which serve them instead df drama-pieces ; the stm y -tellers are th_eiractors, and, the coffee-houses their theatres.--Andirmenian's account ofpresent Persia.)