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__„'''''.-----hiel in the roe; of the. Lonion
.Library, yesterday,
110.-e sir Roderick eiurchmon in the chair, when it was pro-
."' --.01 uniutimously agreed upon that a new society
Msbe established under the mime of "The Hakbiart
~, the. publication of enyages and travels from
ilidifeeet" period to the tune of Dampier." In the original
100".-- it was suggested that tha society should be
Columbus Society, but this, it was thought, though
00810 ie its name, was hardly applicable to the objects of
and seemed to imply that the society was formed
tb2e,weeogil°4'freeh discoveries rather than the publication of
tcheeei of the early voyugers and travellers. The flak-
y.' ,ete will be established on the same principles as the
MI ‘""—.l,,,,iopeare, Ray, and other societies, the subscrip-
„get, 0
~.v"--I,o* g one gutnea annually. liakluyt lived in the reign
'nem- .n-Elizabeth, and it is almost unuecessary to add that
a.---- • are indebted for the interesting collection
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,Menees which bears his name. Among the gentlemen
' '''' -'s we oserved Sir Charles Malcolm, bir Henry Ellis,
ry ft. Hamilton (the treasurer of the society), Mr.
0,-)10, (the secretory), Mr. Bolton Corney, and Mr. John
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LNE RAGGED SCHOOL.—A public meeting
Fia,orlDlasci4;ibera and friends of this school was held lost
„items( -- 'jun the Theatre of the Mechanic' Institution, South-
fin-buildings, to receive the filth annual report of the
The chair was filled by Lord Ashley, who, in
the business of the meeting, observed that the pre-
medition et this school, as contrasted with its original
;needy and desperate state, exhibited most strongly the good
of continuing unremittingly our attention to the
con end sufferings of that destitute class for whose benefit
itting been edabliehed. The condition of the children in
the oighbeurhood of Field-Line wits now, owing to this
„bob better than in many other pens of the metropolis,
gongs formerly that wee, perhaps., the most forgotten and
;elected district of any. A salutary re-action had also been
eeeg-eeed by these children on their parents, and on the
'oety around them. The present meeting was not merely
seigemear, hut it was held also for the purpose . f making
, m general appeal to the subscribers and the public, to
amble the mermen's of lithens to open a free day
mhoolhe instruction i present school being limited
ie hint hears on the Sunday an 1 two hours on Thursday I
eeeneigs, In other parts of the me'ropolis, eveniug schools
—except for the very youngest children—were found to be
me most beneficial; but belientig that the committee knew
best what was suited to the neighbourhood with which they
hid to deal, he was prepared to devote every elfin
in his power towards carrying their object into effect.
It would be for the comtuittee afterwards to consider
whether one day iii the week should not be devoted
to instructing the children in some craft or calling whereby
they might be trained into habits of indu,try, and
'burn the means of procuring an honest living
hereafter. The great importance of reecuing these destitute
children from ignorance and crime was shown every day in
the reports of our police and criminal courts ; and in many
, of SO tender an age was the criminal, that it was found
almost impossible to assign an adequate punishment for the
emu. It was not however by the fear of punishment that
tin and crime should be prevented, but by imbuing the mind
with correct principles, and to do this effectually they must
begin with the plant when it was young and pliant. It had
at length pleased God to awaken them to the perils of their
ermine', in regard to the desperate condition of the rising
eration of the lowest claeses of society. There was now
genan opportunity for a great and he trusted a successful
effort to remove the danger, and if they neglected
that opportunity. they might seriously affect the fu-
rare safety of themselves and of their children. and
would indelibly tarnish every claim to patriotism. (Cheers.)
The secretary then read the annual report ; after
which the children, who, to the number of about 150, occu•
pied the gallery, sang two or three hymns in remarkably
correct time. Resolutions, authorieing the printing and ele-
vation of the report, and in favour of the establishment of
the proposed " Ragged Day School," were moved and carried
after some appropriate remarks from Mr. 1). W. Wire, the
Rev. Owen Clarke, the Rev. Mr. Munroe (Chaplain of
Bridewell), the Rev. 11. Hughes' of St. John's, Clerkenwell
(who said that in his parish such a day school had been este-
fished and with the most complete success, it being more
fully attended than the Sund sy school), the Rev. Mr.
Dilates, Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, and others.
REPRESENTATION OP WESTMINSTER.—A paragraph
es this subject has been going the round of a portion of
the daily press, calculated to convey a very erroneous
imprewion. We have every reason to believe the tot-
lowing statemeut to be correct : Some months ago
Mr. Leader, one of the sitting members, wrote a
letter to some influential persons connected with the
Westminster Reform Society, stating that it was not his
intention again to solicit the suffrages of the Westminster
constituency. On the receipt of this letter the committee of
the society determined on calling the members together to
adopt such measures as might be necessary for securing the
services of some other gentleman at the next election ; and
eventually it was agreed, that the members should be at
liberty to nominate any suitably qualified person for the
representation—that persons so nominated should be waited
upon, or corresponded with by the committee —that the
committee should report to -he society the names of such of
three persons as were willing to stand, and that the society
should then determine who should be the candidate. As
may be expected, the names of many gentlemen were sent
is; these have all been communicated with, either per-
isnally or by letter; and it is expected that the society will
le very shortly called together to hi ar the repert of the
committee, and to decide on the most suitable person as their
figure representative. These are the facts of the case. New
a word in explanation of the erroneous statement. As a
matter of course, ouch a man as Mr. Prout, having laboured
long in the cause, is looked up to with consideration and re-
spect; his long ce. ti nex ion with the society entitles him to • just
influence; but at the same time it is felt that it is not for an
individual, hawever much reept cted, nor indeed for the com-
mittee at ;urge, to take up 'n th. m to dictate to the society
who shall be the future candidate. Mr. Prout's propos il
wit, that the committee should report in favour of one
individual. This was resisted; hence the warm discussion
alluded to, and Mr. Prout being left in a minority. As to
this gentleman's subsequent resignation, it may or may not
be One. The committee has not been summoned to receive
it; and the usual official notice of their next meeting has
been issued without any reference being made to the subject.
Last night, at eight o'clock, a full meeting of the
committee of the Westminster Reform Society was held at
Stsanard's Hotel, Upper Wellington-street, Cocent-garden,
ellen the following resolution was passed:—" That the re-
ports which have lately bet n published, stating that a want
of harmony existel in tne Westminster Reform Society, are
not true in many particulars, and are greatly exaggerated in
others; and, although much diversity of opinion has pre-
vailed respecting who could be most eligible as a repre-
tentative in parliament for this city, still it has been such
honest difference as generally occurs in such matters, but
that all are re, iced to place such a candidate in the field as
will conciliate all sections of Reformers; and to this end the
committee ere devoting their waited attention."
TILE EAST INDIA COLLEGE AT lIAILEYBURT.
Yesterday, being the day appointed for closing the second
terra of 1846, a deputation from the Court of Directors of the
East India Company visited the College, for the purpose of
receiving the report of the Principal, upon the literature and
discipline of the term, and of distributing the medals and
prizes awarded to the successful competitors in the various
branches of oriental, elaesical, and European literature.
Mr. Hooper, the Clerk of the College Department, read the
following report of the prizes and distinctions obtained by
the students:
X'441,1 Prises, and eh it Honourable Distinctions, of Students
fencing
.enitege, December, MG.
Mr. Mood:ton—Medal in Persian ; medal in Ilindustfule ; prize in
%writ aad Hinder. Mr. Bright—Medal in law. Mr. t orbes--
Medal in daisies 1 medal in political economy and history. Mr.
'eeley—Prize in Persian. Mr. J. 11. Prinsep—Medal in Sanscrit.
Mr. Claw—Medal in Teloozon. Mr. Ryan—Medal in mathematic,.
Ibsen. Craiter, R. Sirason, Russell, Keene, Glyn, Mackillop, Cooper,
nark Scott, and Elliot —Highly distinguished. Messrs. Havelock,
c,,nall, Sp inkie, and I cnkett —Pawed with great credit.
Pica and other Hiniosirefe Distinctions of Students rensnin lag
is the C:ollege.
Tarn MM.—Mr. J. H. Morris—Prize in mathematics, in Persian.
ad in Ilindastani. Mr. G. L. Morris—Prize in Teloogoo. Mr.
bile—Prize in classics. Mr. Nasmyth—Prize In political economy
ant theory; prize in law. Mr. F.. A. Prinsep—Prize in Sanscrit.
Mesas . Campbell, Johnston, Watson, and Kinderaley —Highly &a-
aguished. Moser,. Box and F. B. Simeon—Poesed with great credit.
%COM) Ter-s.—Mr. lotsvth—Prize in classics, in Sanscrit, and in
ke'ian-,....,.Mr. Thompson—Prize in political economy and history;
. prize is Teloogoo. Mr. Hollowav Prize for the best English
'al-. Mr. Chester—Prize in law. Mr. Stewart—Passed with great
'rat, and prize in mathematics. Messrs. Ritchie, Blair, Dickenson,
and Ashburner—lllighly distingui.stied. Mr. Balfour—named with
rsteredit.
fuseTil...Mt.-ILn 0100..1—Prize in class, _ prize in Saw, and in
Suerit. Mr. Burks—Prize in mathematics. Mr. Metcalf —Passed
'nth great credit, with prize in law. Messrs. Alexander, H. Morris,
at Mania—Passed with great credit.
Xc iloUoway, a student of the second term, then read his prize
mV—the subject, "The Influence of Edue.athin on the National Cha-
'am" Mr. J. H. Prinsep read ome lines from " Thomson's Set-
".," tranalatesi into Sanscrit verse by himself. Mr. Chase read an
extract from "The Rambler," translated be himself into Teloogoo.
11'.M'incann read a larnage from " Mills's Mastery of India," trans-
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byl himself Into Pernion. Mr. 'Uneaten also read an extract from
~n's
s.. ifo History of Ilindostan," translated into Hindustani.
"ante having been given that the next term will commence .
on Tuesday, the 19th of January, the Chairman (Sir J. W.
Raze) delivered a long and impressive address, which con-
cluded the business of the day, and the deputation and
friends returned by special train to town.
TILE POLAR EXPEDITION.--Considertlble appre-
hersion exists amongst the relatives and connexion.; of the
airmen engaeed in the expedition of the Erebus and Terror,
which sailed from the river in June last year, under the com-
mand of Sir John Franklin and Captain Crozier, and many
anxious applications have lately been made to the Aduii-
-1:1,lr na the subject. No tidings have been received since
lot December, when from information obtained from Esqui-
res...ix, and conveyed to the Danish settlements in Greenland,
°Waite !hoer* Island, and thence overland, the expedition
vu preparing to winter in Gilbert's Sound. The last
!haler fur the sermon has returned without bringing any
!ntellieence, and from all accounts this, their second winter
m the ice, has set in at the north with great severity.
TIDE
BRITISH MUSEUM.—YCSterday, the spacious
bilTiledetinnlefyorraGaillifrrt of the British Museum, known as the
' was sold by . auction by the Messrs.
Eversfield, by order of the Commissioner of Woods and
.1m..e.1a. to be cleared away, for the purpose of having erected
'a as site a wing to connect the gallery an which are tie-
'milted the Egyptian relics with the western wing of the
magnificent faeade, which is nearly completed.
from the
nitt.)nte,
the Milli k P ACSTRALIA.—OR Monday, the
No.. 10,
. brought down forty pnsoners
ran evidentiary for the Justitia convict hulk,
!Sing at the li ,yal Arsenal. On the 4th, ith, and 12th
retlun V, the steamers Waterman, No. 7 and No. 10, brought
e". one hundred and ninety-one 'prisoners, which were
Iriii_ferre_ d on hoard the Sir Thomas Arburthnot transport,
iel on,
the Arsenal, which will sail in a few days for Van
enlea c Land.
THE POST-OFFlCE.—Varioug changes in the mode

of conducting business at the Peet-e ince have already '
been made. Mr. Rowland Hill has made a recummen
dation to the Lords of the Treasury, which has had
the effict of increasing the pay of the clerks. Hereafter.
each clerk, upin his appointment, is to receive 1-01. per an-
num ; at the end of three years' servitude, 101. per annum
more are to be paid ; and so on for every sueoe■sive three
years, until the officer, by virtue of servitude and seniority,
is entitled to 4;301. per annum. A similarly liberal scale is
proposed for all the other classes in the establishment, and
the new scale throughout the department will take
effect from the bth of January, 1847. The claims
of the letter-carriers are ueder consideration for increased
Pay, and the system of begging " Christmas-boxes" is
to be abolished—the men receiving compensation. The
stompers are also likely to be remunerated more liberally.
Additional hands are to be employed to facilitate the sorting
of the letters, and the number of deliveries during the day
will be increased. Measures have been taken for the earlier
despatch of all the letters and newspapers posted over-night
and before the first delivery in the morning. Extra sub-
sorters will be appointed in the district office. It is said
that, very early in the ensuing year, the deliveries of letters
will take place every hour; and that there will be additional
sorting-offices arranged upon the "central" principle in
several parts of the metropolis, at points of despatch ensi-
dered most eligible. 'The money-order department is to
undergo an immediate reform. After new-year's day
no " second assistants" will he allowed on any walk, and the
London district letters will be delivered by the general letter •
carriers, at eight o'clock iu the morning. The morning mails
are to be despatched earlier, and several towns are to be
added to the present list. Irr, the furtherance of these re-
forms it is stated that the Postmaster-General has given direr
' tions to all the departments in the post office to furnish Mr.
Rowland Hill with whatever information he may require ;
' but the returns made to his inquiries are to pass through the
' hands of Colonel Maberly, in order, it is said, that a record
' may be kept of all that transpires.