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ROYAL ACADEMY OP MUSIC.

1 of the Royal Academy of Music
The First Anniversacy Festiva
was held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern. This Institu-
tion, which is under the gracious patronage of his Majesty. was
opened for the Instruction of pupils on the 111th of March, DM.
There are now 11 male and 10 female 'students on the foundation,
and 11 othera, the expenses of whose education arc wholly defrayed
•by their friends. Of the practicability of the objects of the Institu.
tion, and of the c.trellence of the system laid down for the
a!utlents. AIM lc proof! bare 'wen given, not only at the public Con.
ccrt in February last, but at the musical entertainment yesterday.
The lower end of the great mom was fittest up for the occasion,
as an orchestra ; and after dinner the students made their appear.
ance, and delighted the company with several excellent displays
of vocal and instrumental atone. 'There was also a full attend.
ance of the usual professional singers, whose services 'rattly con.
tributed to the unexampled flow of gaiety and enjoyment, by
witch the evening was characterised. The Company was nu-
inerrant and highly respectable.
At six o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of York entered
the room, followed by the Puke of NValngton, the Marquis of
Lanselown, the Earl of Morley, Lord Alvatiley, lard
Sir George Clerk, Ban. M.l'.. Sir tie, ute 11'arrender, Bart., Sir'
John Murray. Hart., the Vice-Cliancellor, A. W. flobarta, Gam,
M.l'., and W. Williams., Esq., M.P. /
His Royal Highness. appeared to be in the beat health. and
throughout the evening manifested the warmest interest in the pro-
ceedings, and the greatest satisfaction at the progress of the Society.
On his entrance he was greeted with general applause.
The dinner was sumptuous and the wines uncommonly excellent.
The cloth having been removed. .fienedielont air Nome. 1.„„,
was sung in admirable voice by the united ability of the vocal
strength of the room, after which " The King" vas given from
the Chair, and drunk with enthusiastic Cheer', four times four
repeated.
The Students then sang " Cod sane the King" with considerable
skill and effect.

" The Koval Family" and " The Army and Navy" were next
drunk in tweet-salon, with the glees of " Bald, Star of Brunswick"
and " Rule Britannia."

" The Royal Academy of biotic" was then giver, after Which the
glee of " Glorious Apollo," was admirably sung by the pupils of
the Academy.
The Duke of WF.LILII(GTON then proposed the health of the
Chairman, his Royal fllleintss the Duke of York.
The toast was received with lang.coutinued expressions of the
approbation of the meeting.
The Duke of Forte i..ured the company that he took the live-
liest interest in the success of the e;.eellent Institution which they
were that evening met to support. It was the just pride of this
country that it had attained an eminence both in arts aed arms not
eseefed by any other nation either now in existence, or recorded is
the pages of history. In commerce, the foundation of our great
mantime power, we stood unrivalled. In illustration of onr mili•
tary renown, he need only point to his Noble and Gallant
Friend on his right hand (the Duke of Nl'ellitigton) loud cheers.
In the fine arts we had raised our reputatina to a high pitch, and
lie did not despair that as we had risen above all other nations in all
other arts, we should also finally beat them in music. (Cheers.)
He looked to this Academy ass well-devised means of accomplish-
ing that object, and he trusted therefore that it would receive that
encouragement which it deserved, as well for the national glory as
for the good it would render to the pupils, by furnishing them with
an able and scientific education, which they could not otherwise
obtain. His Royal Highness concluded with repeating the ex-
pression of his ataiety for the success of the Academy of Music.
Air, by the studentx.—" The Duke of York's March."
" The healths of the Vice-Patrons, their Royal Highnesses the
Duke of Cambridge and Prince Leopold, and of the Directors of
the Concerts of Ancient Music," were next given, with several ap-
propriate airs and glees by the students.
Ilia Royal Highness then announced that the young ladies were
about to withdraw ' • previous to which he begged the company to
drink to their good health and future prosperity.
The toast was received with every manifestation of .he sincerity
with which the company ioined in the wishes of the Royal Chair.
man. The young ladies then retired amidst general cheering, well
earned by the podicieney they had displayed during the evening.
The progress they had made under the tuition of the professors,
and in a period comparatively short, excited the highest satisfac-
tion amongst the company.
The health of the Duke of Wellington was the next toast. It
was received with great applause.
The Duke of WELLINGTON, on returning thanks, called the
attention of the company particularly to the purpose for which they
were assembled. The Royal Academy of" Music had a twofold
object, namely, to lay the foundation of a British School of Music,
and to provide the means of musical education to those who could
not otherwise, perhaps, en joy its benefits. He had heard with re-
gret that the funds, hitherto supplied by public benevolence, had
cot been suffitient to meet this laudable design ; and he trusted
that the anniversary held that evening would materially entire in
insuring the recurrence of a long sure pion of similar meetings
hereafter. ((heers.) The disposition of the British people to
works of charity and utility was proverbial. No city on the face of
the earth could boast so many noble institutions for pious and phi-
lanthropic purposes; and he had therefore little apprehension that
an institution, having aunt various end strong claims on public pa-
tronage, could fail to receive it. His Grace, in conclusicn, asxured
the company that all his services should be cheerfully given, to
primate the success of the Institution.

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The health of the Marquis of Lanadown was then given from the
Chair, and welcomed with considerable cheering.
The Marquis of LANSDOW x felt feeply the unexpected honour'
conferred span him. He entirely concurred in the praises that had
been given to the institution. He knew of oone more worthy of '
public support. That room had been the origin of many associa-
tions founded with noble and useful designs. What objects could
be nobler or more useful than those contemplated by the Academy of
Music ? It offered to its pupils an opportunity of cultivating their ta-
lents, and ranting an 'oonourablc subsistence, by the worthiest
and most gratifying of all means, and perhaps rising to a station
in society to which they could not aspire by any other course.
(Cheers.) To such an institution, conducted under the able super.
intendence which had produced the display of skill and talent they
had all that evening wimessed he could not but wish prosperity;
and he confidently cherished the hope that it would continue to
receive an accession of support which would very soon enable the
Committee to throw its doors wide open for the admission of all
those whom nature had qualifiei. to claim it. No one could, he
was sure, without pain contemplate the exclusion of any me of
the promising pupils whom they had that evening heard with so
much pleasure. Ile trusted that the necessity of any fur her im-
positions on the parents would be prevented by the supply the funds
of the charity would receive from us numerous well-wishers.
The next toast was " The health of the Directors of the Royal
Academy of Music."
The had of :tloa LEY returned thcr.hs for himself and his col-
leagues in a short and neat speech.
he Committee were next toasted.
Lord Sai.you se expressed the obligation under which the Com-
mittee considered themselves for the honour conferred upon them.
When they considered the universal taste for music diffused through
all classes of society, and the enormous sums bestowed upon foreign
artists, they could not for a moment doubt the willingness of the
public to encourage, to the fullest extent, an establishment formed
for the express purpose of calling forth and bringing to perfection
the talents of our own country, and rendering the children of our
own soil equally celebrated in this as in all other branches of the
'Fine Arts. His Lordship observed, diet an idea hat been enter.
tained that such an establiahnient was not calculated for this coon_
try, or at least was premature. To such persona the Committee
could now with confidence apply for aid in their useful work : the
system had been tried, and found fully to realise the expectations
formed (Wit. A profusion of musical talent, and that of no ordi-
nary nature, had been discovered and brought Into notice; and the
great source of regret with the Committee had been their necessity
of suffering so niuch real genius to be buried in obscurity, from their
inability to bring it to light and foster it. (Cheers.)
The Royal Society of Musicians were afterwards toasted.
Sir G. C I.E az, in returning thaiiks, stated that in the course of
next month there would be arother morning concert of vocal and
instrumental music by the pupils of the aculemv, at the ancient
concert rooms in Hanover-square. Ile hoped all the friends of the
Institution wen I I attend.

Among the other toasts during the evening were, the lady
Patronesses and Visitors, the Protessors, the Stewards, the City of
London, the Royal Academy. and the Philharmonic Society.
Subscriptions, exceeding in amount 8001.. were announced to
have been received in the mom, to which his Majesty had contri-
buted an additional 100 guineas.

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A great number of excellent songs and glees enlivened the pro-
ceedings of the evening.
Soon after ten o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK,
who had appeared throughout to be particularly well pleased with
his entertainment, rose to withdraw, lle left the room amidst
warm and general applause.
Lord SALTOVN was then called to the Chair, and the convi-
viality of the evening was prolonged to a late hour.

Cttttn Alvin:or/Lb IN YORK.—An inquest was held on
Saquilay night last, and by adjournment yesterday, by Mr. Elli-
son, Coroner, at the John Bull public-horse, without Layerthorpe
Postern, in the vicinity of this city, on view of the body of a female
child unknown, which had been found in the river Font. between
Monkbridgc and Pearicholme green, when, after a long inreatigit.
tion, it was again adjourned to to-morrow evening. The child Wll3
found on the surface of the water, with its face downwards, quite
naked, about seven o'clock on Saturday night, entangled amongst
same weed*. It was a full grown intent ; and, on examination, it
appeared that the back part of the skull had been fractured, and
that what is essential for the security of life at the time of birth,
with regard to the navel, had not been attended to, which showed
that r o medical man had attended the delivery. It appeared to
have been in the water three weeks or a month. The most remark-
able feature in this affair is, that a female, apparently between 'JO
and iltt years of age, droned in a red Own, had been seen to lurk
about by the side of the Fess, exactly opposite to the place where
the child was found, for eight or ten days, in the early pert of tita
morning, and. that about eleven o'clock on Saturday forenoon, she
again snaked the placs, and, after kneeling down by the side of e
gate, she put a bundle into the water, and walked quietly away.
Some boys soon got it out of the river, and, on opening it, found
that it contained seven or eight women's caps, two gowns, a checked
1 apron, some frills, and a green petticoat—Fork Cusorant Tues-
day.
Hazard and Co., who sold Three Prizes of Twenty
Thousand Pounds in the present Lottery, respectfally remind the
Public of the approaching conclusion of the Lottery. Next Satur-
day is the Last I)ay but One. The Wheel amain,' Two Prizes
of Twenty Thousand Pounds, besides other Capitals. Tickets and
Shares are selling by Huard and Co. at their old-established and
fortunate Offices, Royal Exehange-pte; 20, Cornhill; anti 3.-4,
1 Oxford-street, Ind of Regent-strer,.

CUARDLIN OETY
FOR THE PR EsE VATIOVO OFCI
PUBLIC MORALS.

Yesterday a public meeting was held at.the Egyptian Hall, Man-
sion House, for the purpose of receiviog the report of the Com-
ee, and adopting resolutions connected with the promotion of
this very benevolent Institution.
Minot half-past twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor took the Chair,
and briefly addressed the Meeting, which he regretted was not
more numerous. He was sorry that any prejudices had existed
with respect to this Society; but he was still happy to find that as
they were excited without a shadow of cause, they had now
moat properly auliaided. He thought the I inaniian Society to be
one which demandrl support, to which he was sure it was emi-
nently entitled. !laving thus briefly stated the object of their
Meeting, he was compelled to leave them, in order to discharge
those olfleinl duties Which to-day pressed rather heavily upon
Another gentleman, however. would better supply his place, and
the highly respectable Secretary (the Rev. Thomas Webster),
would read to them the Report of the proceedings of the Society.
His Lordship having,lell the Chair, Sir PET Eft LAURIE was
unanimously called to it; and in stating his approval of the great
object for which the Mectiat was assembled. iceolumended to the
gentlemen who wished to aeWreas the asaerniily, to make as +hoer
speeches as possible; as to all *hoot he now New, time was ex-
tremely valuable.
The Rev. THOMAS Wrnarta stated to the Meeting, that he
had, as Secretary to the Soc ety, received several letters from gen-
tlemen apolot,iriog for their absence; rine of which wan from a
steady friemd to the Society, the Rev. Rowland Hill, with an en-
closure of live pounds, which he considered vastly preferable to a
long speech. The Rev. Secretary then read the following ably
written and cheering Report:—
•' The Committee of the finartlian Society embrace with great
pleasure the opportunity which is now worded, of presenting to
their frientis and supporters a statement of their proceedings since
the last public meeting of the Society, in November, 1821.
" During the whole period they have been endeavouring steadily
to pursue their work of mercy, and .o adopt those plans which may
prove most effectual for recovering the unhappy objects of this lii-
atitution from the error of their ways, and restoring them to the
paths of purity and peace.
In this attempt it has pleased Almighty (lad to crown their
labours wi•l3 considerable success. Since the last public meeting of '
this Society, 163 persons have been received within the walls of your
As/lum, and have been sheltered, instructed, and trained in habits,
of industry and religion ; of these 47 have been plered out in ser-
vice, 61 have beea restored to their friends, and 50 are now in the
house.

•"l'he numbers, therefore, received into your Asylum, from its
commencement to March 10. have amounted to 816; of whom CM
have been restored to their friends, placed our in service, or other.
wise provided for, exclusive of those still under your are.
" Your Committee cannot but dwell with great satisfaction on the
beneficial effects which hero thus resulted from your Institution.
il'hen they Contemplate the change which, often In the space of a
few short months, nay, even in a few weeks, is net ttnfrequently
produced in the haracters of individuals within the walls of your
Asylum, they may perhaps be pardoned in experiencing some eiro
lions of that joy, which we are assured the inhabitants of a higher
state experience over one sinner that repeneeth.
" In this point of view your Committee stop not to inquire by
what means the unhappy oDjects have been reduced to their awful
state. For other 'military purposes, indeed, it is their duly strictly
to examine every candidate for admission into your Asylum, and to
sift and investigate, thoroughly, every case, and thus to Collect a
body of evidence which may be, perhaps, of some importance, with
reference to those improvements in existing laws, which the friends
of this and sithilar institutions so ardently desfte. But every indi-
vidual who comes before them is a melancholy object of contempla-
tion—debased, degraded. lust-Mien reduced to the very brink of
despair--generally ignorant of the moat important truths, blind
as to the awful and eternal consequence of sin, and frequently in_
tent only upon deliverance from an immediate and urgent incon-
venience, with very faint ideas of the blexacdnfts of true repentance'
and permanent reformation; yet how soon is this state of things
entirely changed ? The very same individual, the propriety of
whose admission into your Asylum, even on probation, has ap-
peared exceedingly doubtful to some of the Committee, has no
sooner entered your walls, and witnessed the change so mercifully
effected in many of her companions. and listened to their advice and
suggestions, than in a period of time tar less than could have been
I anticipated, and which often surprises those who witness the fact,
she has come, as it were, to herself, and like one of old, who,
clothed, and in her right mind, sat a the feet of Jesus, has becomes
humble and attentive listener to the instructions of those who so
niercifully endeavour to impress upon the inmates of your Asylum
the duty and importance of embracing that salvation, which God
hath graciously provided even for the chief of sinners.
" And this, be it remembered, is no imaginary, no fictitibus re-
presentation. Your officers are rowed to produce, and would
gladly produce, did not other imienous reasons prohibit such pub-
lication, the names and ages, and previous character and present
situation and employment, of many individials to whom this de.
scription literally applies. They came into your house in a degree
of moral wretchedness which cannot be described in a public assem-
bly, with a dark and dreary prospect before them, which even made
life a burden, in some instances having zetually attemptedtto com-
mit suicide, in others dismissed from tenipsoary confinement in
various prisons, tee. and yet in a very short time their hopes have
revived—their bodily health, enfeebled by continual exposure to
inclemency of the season, and by all the miserable effects of intern.
perate and disorderly habits—has been restemed; they have become
active, cheerful, and industrious; and when reconciled to their
friends, or provided with a suitable place of service, they appear
before the Committee and attempt to return thanks for the kindness
I they have experienced; they often exhibit those feelings and emo-
tions which thew how completely they are changed; instead of a
' careless unblushing effmntery—instead of all die miserable and
I deceitful attempts at excuse so often exhibited, they evince a
I union of modesty and humility at the recollection of what they I
were—of gratitude to Almighty God, and their kind benefactors for
what they now are, and hope and apprehension at whit they may
I hereafter become in the situations to which they are going forth.
which amply repay to your Committee for all their cares and
exertions.

Of the unhappy females received into jour Asylum under every ;I
appalling circumstance of crime and misery, considerably more
than one-half, though not quite two-thirds, have your protection
under favourable circumstances. That all these are deeply and ade-
quately under the influence of, and impressed with, religious views
and religious principle*, is more than your Committee feel autho.
used to assert ; but they have good reason to conclude that a very
small proportion indeed of those who thus quit the Asylum ever re-
turn to their evil ways; and they have also very satisfactory evidence,
that many of these who have been discharged or withdrawn, who
have, in fact. been dismissed for disorderly conduct, or determined
on leaving the house without any adequate motive, have yet sought
out for themselves honest means of support, and have never re-
turned to their former evil practices ; so that the real and positive
benefits of this Institution are far greater than at first sight would
appear.
" Nor is the real and positive benefit derived from your Institu-
tion alone worthy ()filmier. Let us forone moment contemplate the
incalculable evil which has, by its exenions, been prevented.
Every one who is, by your instrumentality, rescued from the paths
of the destroyer, is not only herself:delivered, but ceases from that
moment from being an active agent in seducing and destroying
others. Your Committee have felt this consideration most pair.-
fully, when the low state of their funds, or the numbers already in
your Asylum, have compelled them to suspend, postpone, or even
decline the reception of some unhappy candidate few admission. It
we refuse, if we are unable to receive her, what will be the result ?
Will not her present emotions of penitence be stifled ? Will not her
feelings ofapprehension ripen into despair ? May not this unhappy,
object be added to the fearful list of those who die without hope
and perish without remedy ? Or if despair and suicide arc not the
consequence, may not a fearful spirit of desperation and obduracy
be induced ? May net this poor wretched wounta retire and say,
•Itisof no use, I have done what I can-1 have applied at the
Asylum —I have answered every inquiry—l have humbled myself
to the dust ; yet I hays found no mercy, and therefore I sin not to
blame if Igo on—if I spend my few years here as I have lately
lived, rend then hope God will not punish me for what I cannot
help!' And may she not thus sally forth with somewhat of a feel-
ing of revenge and disappointment, to lay snares for the young and
the inexperienced—perhaps tor our own servants, or even tor oar
own children ?
" To prevent such fearful anticipations. your Committee earnestly
call for the liberal support and contributions of the present esteem-
bly. They are well aware of the scruples of some with respect to
public meetings on behalf of Institutions like the present, and they
would gladly defer to such scruples:
retired and silent course ; but their friends so suffer front silence
and retirement, that they are compelled to the adoption of the alter-
native either of appearing in public, and soliciting the countenance
and support of their fellow-Christians or of diminishing, of
perhaps eventually relirquishing, their benevolent Institution.
" They are persuaded, therefore, that every individual present will
justify the choice they have made—that no one would for a moment
wish that fewer objects had been received—that less permanent
good had been effected—but that die feeling must be excited in
every heart that such institutions mulct be so enlarged, and such
measures adopted, that our streets might no longer be infested, and
our youths endangered by these unhappy objects.
•6 And be it ever remembered, that very great diminutions of
usefulness must be made in order even to secure a malt rate mice.
tines of expense. The rent and the taxa, and the repairs of your
Asylum, the salaries of the officers and servants, the amount of
fuel, &c., and in short all the heavier expenses of the Institution,
are almost entirely independent of the numher of persons received :
so that when the produce of her labour is taken into the account,
the weekly expense of supplying such female with good and whole-
some sustenance, is little more than tour shillings; and the conse-
quent reduction of your Institution from fifty to thirty persons,
it,tuld barely produce the the saving of 2001. per annum. and what
must then become of the twenty poor objects thus annually and fur
ever excluded ?

" Your Committee, however, entertait. no idea of any such reduc-
tion, though they thus speak. They feel it right that you, and that
the public through your means, should know the exact state of the
case. For this purpose they assemble you, and they have too often
experience' the readiness of your minds, to stand in any dcubt of
your liberal and enlarged contributions.
" The Christian public, indeed, when fairly appealed to, have
ever shewn their sense of the importance of institutions of this na-
ture, and their readiness to contribute effectual aid. We need not
*pond to the reconls of the Ills4tlakn, the London Female Peni-
tentiary, or other similar instimtiona now happily placed on a per-
mantnt footing, to illustrate these truths. Vont own Institution
affords.auflicient proof, and the help which it has so open expe-
rienced, encourages them to go on in their important undertaking.
" The Corporation of the l'icy of London, who hove ever ehp-
rished your undertaking with the utmost mire. have lately liberally
wpm.' firward to our support, and have cheerfully contributed
the sum ut 3UUI. in aid a our fonds ; while ot that o,:casion the

Right lion. the Lord Mayor, some of the Aldermen, dhri several
other distinguished members of the Corporation, bore ample tad.
mony to the bttnefits resulting from the Institution.
'• (If these benefits your Committee have already spoken, and
they are unsilling to trespass. upon the time of this aolaustly,
by entering into more partrealar detail; they could bring forward
many attestations to the value of their servant', who have been re.
covered tsom the error of their ways in
_yotrr ,Isylum--to the good
cooduot of their children, of whom their di-treaties' parents were
compelled to say. she is dead, or even worse than dead, but who ore
now enabled to as.d, she was loot but is found ; she it alive again--
alive to iserself--alive to us—aline to God. We might point out
various instances of those once hopeless, now reslaimed, comfort.
ably 'ruled, living in pease and purity ; comfortably, reputably,
and honourably married, sod regulatin2 their (=Pies with
propriety, _

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" instances also of. self-denial, in very peculiar earcdnistaticee,
occasionally come under the Tie* of your Committee: thus, in •
very recent instance, a family into which one of 'cur females had
been introduced as • servant, became involved in difficuhies, and
were compelled to announce that they must forego her assistance,
being no longer able to pay her her wage"; to fhb' statement the
I young woman replied, that she could not leave thou in their dil-
-1 tisiltits.; that they had received her and assisted her in thee
pnstperity, and that she would gladly continue with and help them,
until their affairs came round ; and the adhered to her resolution.
She cheerfully assigned them in their distress; and r length. some
other amangunents being made, she entered upon another service,
having passed the night between !taring one situation aid entering
upon the other at your Asylum.
" Tour Committee feel themselves celled upon td iiMgreii upod
the present assembly, that one grand and distirguishing feature of
this Institution is (de prompt reception it affords to its unhappy ob-
jects. Experiecce lamentably dentonstraus that the impressions
posluced on the minds of these persons are often exceedingly tun-
dent ; that if any delay occurs they are often obliterated ; and the
lame of the wretched woman becomes worse than before. As fat,
therefore, as their funds and their accommodatius will allow, the
Committee have proceeded upon the principle of affording at lust
temporary shelter to every applicant w*ir &timers to be at all suita-
bly impressed ; for this purpose the Wits and gentlemen's 001.0
mittens meet weekly on different days la the week ; end is the in-
tervals or these days, suitable arrangements are made that no un-
happ, woman may become the prey of despair. They therefore
ask for no security—they do nit ewe slap for the recommentintioo
of a subscriber—their grand inquiry is, are you desirous to forsake
iniquity. and have you not, by being admitted in any simile lama,
tution, fur ever excluded yourself hunt ours
" It would be the height of ingratitude to pass over Without ed.;
rice in this Report the very active acid unwearied labour and enter:
tions of the Ladies' Committee. 'f lie internal affairs of the Insti-
tution are entirely under their elltectiOn, and are uniformly eon.
ducted with a degree of order and regularity execeding all praise:
with ;he strictest regard to economy, and at the ume titre with that
liberal allowance of everything nemeses, to promote the health and
the comfort dr the inmates, to 'vetiver them from the Consequences
of crime, and to fit them for the laborious duties of the various
tuations to which they may be until. Distant "4 the Asylum is
from the residence of mint of the Ladies of the Committee, they
are frequent in their weekly attendance, and are always happy to
meet specially, in order to accompany any respectable persons who
may wish to visit the establishment—an examination which ads
ways proves highly gretifyieg to the spectators, and to which the
Committee ref:we-dully invite the ladies new present.
•• In adverting to the funds, as the annual account has so recently
been transmitted to each member, it may be Suaicient biledp to cb-
serve, that the Society were. at the close tithe yeses indebted to their
Treasurer the turn of 1117 L
" The Committee confidently commit their cause to the hands
of the present assembly, and they doubt not that the result of this
day's meeting will be, that they shall be encouraged to go oo with
renewed alacrity in their Work of mercy, and they would call upon
this assembly, and on all connected with the society, • Be not weary
of well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint nat.'

•
Sir in mania( than this Report be
adcpted by the Meeting, strongly meammended tie Society se de.
serving peculiar and extensive patronage. No man, be asid,
could contemplate the objects whom it sot& to rescue from mi.
sery, and its attendant sin, without feelings of the strongest cow-
pension. He was sure it would be only nocessary to make It
known, in Order to fame for it the liberal support of a Christian
public.

The Rev. G.lovvrtft said, he ',elided that the thinners of
' the Meeting was, in some degree, because :tidies were prevented
from attending lest their ears might b. offended by the discussion
of the subject. Such, however, could never be the case. He
would appeal to the assembly as fathers, as mothers, as brothers,
and as skners in the hope, that through their hearts be might
affect their hands. He had once disliked the Society t bat it had
wound itself round his heart by the good it had dinned. He re:
gretted to perceive so small on aseesoblage ; but he hoped those
prcrent were the delegates of their families, and that through their
means the g.tod feeling would spread. The Re. Gentlemats
matted, that thanks be ?etumed to God by the Society, for their
having been tb^ means of preventing front remaining In the suet's
500 unfortunate female.:

the Rcv. Mr. Caxrawil. in seconding tills resolution, said
that he could not emotive any objects more desolate than those
which the Society meant to relieve. He observed that, some= time
s;nce, a woman called upon him, who had been formerly in the
31agdalen Aaylum of Edinburgh, and informed him that she was
now married and resided in L nidon. Her object in visiting him
was to return thanks foe the MIMIC/ in which she had been pre-
%erred bt tfit Institution. Thii au one of the many instances of
its good cfrects.

The Rev. Mr Eetirsow limy& that the thanks of the meeting
be given to his Royal Highness the Doke of Strise!, patron, and
to the Duchess of ll'ellington, the patroness, for their counte-
nances and support oldie Society. He shookl he should only make
a few observations, because the meeting was 5m..11, and, therefore,
called for small speeches. The soviety nevertheless, had done much
wit hiu a short period, and he hoped it would in a little tune de
more. There an. an immensely wide held uncuitivatca, and it
would be a shame if the heart of Britons did not pent to relieve
the distresses t.bich they every Jay witnessed. The miseries which
it was the object of the Society to prevent, found its mtir into the
houses, and poisoned the domeitic comforts of many. vrhy thew
should the people shrink from coming forward to perform so noble
a duty ? He was shocked when he remembered that there vim
60,070 objects for the Society in the metropolis, and only two or
three small institutions to relieve them. They reminded him of
what he often salt in Ireland written over a miserable shop, which
contained little more than a " beggarly account of empty boxes,"
" provision store."

The Rev. Mr. Wens-rest read a list of subacriptior.s. the total
amount of which was 1001.

The Rev. Dr. HAMILTON moved the thanks of the meeting to
the Lord Maycir, and to the treasurer, sedetary, and corranittee of
the society, and that another committee be nominated.
Mr. Many. CowtrEit.Ax seconded the revolution. Ile said
he had but little to observe after the gentleman wbo had previously
spoken, and after the report which had been read, save that in the
different parts of Ireland where he had been lately teachinz the
poor, he had found no crime so universally abhorred as the one
which it was the object of the Society to reverie. It wee an
awful circ•tmstanre when a parent reared a child to be 18 years
old, and was then deprived of her, with shame to NNW, and sae.
row to her mother.
A new (:ornmittwe was then ncrroirtated.

Sir F. 014 MAN www,M.P.moved the thanks of the meeting to the
Rev. Dr. Randolph, and the other clergymcri who had preadiel
on behalf the Society, and the surgeons who had assisted it.

The Rev. Mr. Ran nETT recondtd the resolution. He observed
that it was )(twirling to know that public men conceived they were
doing their best ditty, in taking the Chair on occasion. similar to
the preseat. He h4ed the meeting would remember that these
they were celled upon to relieve, were not only objects of danger
but of pity, that though they were the enemies of man they.
were his victims., and only like the warns which turns to 'tin
the foot that crushes them. The intention of the Society was to
bring them again into the domestic circle, and not only to serve
them in the present state, Lut to direct their attention to the future
one.

The Rev. Mr. MUTTTI moved the thanks of the meeting to
the Lord Mayor for the loan or the Egyptian Hall, and for ha,i lag
kindly consented to take the Chair on the occasion.

The Itev.iMr. IV OSTER. in seconding this resolution, observed,
that he could mention ninny instances in which the Society would
hesitate, whether to pity the misfortunes or condemn the guilt of
the wretched individuals to whom he alluded.

Sir P. LAITILIE said, that the thanks of the Society should be
given to die best friends of it—those Ladies who had taken the un-
fortunate females into their service, after they had been under the
Society's charge, There were now 96 females in lc ewgate, and out
of that number MI were from various part. of England. one from
Scotland, six from Ireland, and sixty of them were reared in the
metropolis. If the public would ►nrrifice a portion of their time to
remedy these evil*, society in general wouli! teal the good effects
of it.

The Resolutions having been all passed ular.imous/y, the Meet.
tag then separated.

EXECUTION.—The ;jury p,,,t of IVerlimaciav last, giv-
ing an account of the execution of the four convicts at bury, snys—
•• I'o chew the state of ►fright's mind, we Mutt the following let-
ter, addressed by him to one of his former coati:de:mei in crime,
residing at ►falter Belch:imp

' April 10, 1824, Bury Glut
' To you I Thomas ht do send these few Lines
as your friend, and to beg of you to LTe of all your wickrd ways
before it be to late. Look what the hand of ;ustia has bmught
tne to, tho' no more than I deserve. and you know that you have
often been partners with me in mr wickedness : therefore for God's
sake and your wife's and children's, and your own Soul, take warn.
ing by my Shameful Death, lave off while the door of mercy remain
open, as life is so unuartain, and lhath is sure, and perhaps may
come upon you when you not expect it, and recollect if you vamp*
the Sentence of man, you will not the 3.O‘t Judgments of God,
PO pray take my advice in time, not only you but many others that
know that have assisted us in unlawful and shameful things that we
nut not to have dose, but I pray to God to forgive us all—mr Life
is but short in this world, and your may not, therefore lave of
befor? it be to late. And if you can tin my unhaonv family any
good pray for my sake do i 4 for tha'arill be good in the .CVIIII of
God, as they are left to the mercy of the world through Sty mia.
cooduct, as I ought to have brought them up by enemy, hut far
from that to my Sherrie that you know to well. And I hone you
will show this to anti I hope he with others will lave
all bad Company. as that is what have brought me to my short
ecd. Lord ray he nicrtiful to us all !
Frolu Tboxas Wright, Bury .Tail—Path.