The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-25 00:00:00

T ONDON CARRIER COIIIPANY.—This COM-
-1.4 PANT' is eh tabiished to facilitate the CONVEYANCE Of
PARCELS, &c. about Lt/NDON and its Vidnity. Wine met-
wh:lnts. Scoters. schools, laundresses, salesmen, servants, and per-
aons going on board steam packets, &r. will find great advantage
in employing the Company's Carts, which deliver goods three times
a day, at the charge of dd. only, between any two places within
three miles of Temple-bar.
Two hundred receiving houses have been appointed throughout
own, at which goods may be left, or orders sent fur carts to call at
any place.
Central Ofilee, 89, Great Queen-street.

COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE and PROVIDENT LIFE
OFFICE. Regent-street. and Royal Exchange, London
sod also at Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris. and all the principal Towns
in Greet Britain Established in 1806. Capitals, a Million Ster.
line and upwards. Reduction of Premiums, First Class, Is. 6d.
per Cow: Fanning Stock, in certain vases. Is. Iki. per Cent. All
Iroured store profits equally. Claims have been paid immediately,
and in full, to 17U0 sufferers Returns of 251. and 2W. per Cent.
have been paid invariably ; 52.0001. returned in the last twelve
years. Bonuses of 151.85. and 201. 12s. per Cent. have been paid
on Life Policies.

HAND-IN.IIAND FIRE OFFICE, No. 1, Nair
DRIUGE.STIiEET, BLACKFRIA•S, MARCH 25, 1826.

instituted 1696.
All Persons whose Insurances become doe at Latly.drty are re.
quested to observe their receipts are now ready, and should be paid
within fifteen days from that period.
Tice D;rectors have determined that, with eerta:n exceptions, the
Prenoums on Insurances effected with this Office, of the three ordi.
Car) Laws, shall be reduced as follows, viz. :
First Class . from 2s. to Is. 6d. per cent.
.Secn-d Class . from 3s. to 2s. 6d. per cent.
Third Class . from Sa. to 60. 6d. per cent.
BENJ. ROUSE, See.

SScatER s USA THE SOCIETY.—TheSIXTEENTH
ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the GENTLEMEN
connected with the County of SOMERSET will boon THURS-
DAY, the 27th day of April, 1826, at the ALBION HOUSE,
A Idasitste-fueet•
CHARLES KE3IEYS KE ME VS TYNTE, Esq. M.P.
in the Chair.
STEWARDs.

lilr.Rergeant Wilde ---
Charke Rerly, Esq.
Montagu Here, Esq.
Charles C. Romp's, E.
Henry Rcbert Durfoot, Esq.
John Combe, Esq.
Dinner at Five o'cl
Tickets. One Guinea each,
Committee; she, at the Albion
nary Secretary, Nra 7. King'. E

Thos. Blackburne George, Esq.
Thomas !Axton,. Esq.
Richard Pock,
R. B. Simmons, jun. Esq.
Charles Trevor. jun. Esq.
Daniel Ward. Ei.q.
for Six precisely.
illy be had of the Stewards and
louse; or of P. Hurd, the Bono-
nch• walks, Temple.

GRAND FANCY OR D
NEFIT of the SPANISH
at the Rings Tbevre, ow FRI DA

)RESS BALL, for the BE-
I and ITALIAN REFCGEES,
AY, the Illse of April.
'ATIOXAGE Or
The Countess of Easton
The Countess of Carlisle
The Countess of Jersey
The Countess of Aberdeen
The Countess of 'fadrerville
The Countess Cowper
The Countess Stanhope
1 The Countess of Darnley
The Countess of Vcrulam
The Countess of Morley
Viscountess Hampden
lady Georgians Agar Ellis
Lady Francis bereson Gower
Lady King
Lmly Forester
Countess St. Antonio
The Hon. Mrs. Hope
Mrs. Baring
Mr.. Byng

_
VIDER THE P,
Ells Rays' Highness the Duke
of York
His Royal Highness the Duke
of Clarence
His Royal Highness the Duke

of Sussex
Ilia Royal Highness the Duke
of Gloucester
His Royal H. Prince Leopold
Her it oyal ighness the Duc;iess
of Clarence
Her Royal Highness the Duchess

of Gloucester
The Dowager Duchetut of Leeds
The Duchess of Wellington

The Mad:juntas ut Lansdowne
The :llarc:iioness of Salisbury
The 31arcioness Dowager of Sa-
lisbury
Emily, Marchioness of London-

derry
It is earnestly recommended phi
should be of British manufacture

on tbis occasion all the dresses

Tickets. pee Guinea each,
from one of the above Isady Pal

be had on producing a Voucher
news.

NATIVE SCHOOLS in INDlA.—Theimmenseim-
Iportance of establishing Schools for the diffusion, in the first
place of European, and ultimately of Christian Knowledge, amongst
the Native Children in India, must be admitted by all who have
seriously reflected upon the means of propagating Cie Gospel in the
Ent.

Little progress can be expected in this great work, unless the
mind has been prepared for the reception of Christianity by some
previous instruction. This point was repervedly ant earnestly
pressed upon the attention of the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge by the late lamented Bishop Middleton The advan-
tages to be derived from hence appear to be no less highly esti-
mated by Bishop II eber ; and the opinion of persons best acquainted
with the East, accards with the sentiments of these distinguished

To make provision for such instruction has long been an object
of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge • and it has for
a considerable time had Schools in India under the superintend.
ante and direction of its agents. With a view to provide the means
of extending the system, the Society has resolved to form a separate
Fund for the estsblishment of Native Schools in India, and has In:
that purpose voted the sum of five thousand pounds, in addition
to an anonymous benefaction of one thousand pounds, and another
of tao hundred pounds. It is proposed to extend the benefits of
this measure to all parts of India; and to empower the Bishop of
Calcutta, the Archdeacons of Calcutta. Madras, Bombay, and
Ceylon, and the Committees of the Society at those places, to ap-
proprice portions of the Fund to the Native Schools in their re-
spective districts. The system upon which the Schools are to be
conducted will he left to the decision of the Ecclesiastical and Civil
Authorities in India, in conjunction with the Committees of the
Society, and the Managers of each local Institution. Grants of 1
money will be made for the erection and enlargement of school
houses ; books in English, and in the various native languages, will
be provided ; and native schoolmasters Intl be educated with the
assistance of the Society.
That the Native School Fund may be made in some measure
proportionate to the rut field on which it is to be expended, and
to the acknowledged importance of its most desirable and truly
l'hristisn object, tl.e Society earnestly entreats the aid of the pub-
lic in donations or annual subscriptions.
, Subscriptions already received :
.C.
Society for Pmmotin g s. Z. a.
Right Hon. Earl of Li-
Chnstlan Knowledge 3000 0 verpool - 100 0
Anonymous -100 n 0 The Earl of Shaftesbury 50 0
Anonymous - . 200 0 Hon. Philip Pusey 100 0
The Lord Arebbhhop of The Lord Kenyon 50 U
Canterbury : 100 0 The Lord Bexley 50 0
The Lord Archbishop of A. C. L. and N. C. L. 35 0
York . - 100 0 Rev. Daniel Wilson 10 0
The Lord Bishop of Lon- Mrs. Reber - 10 0
don 100 0 A. If. - - 1 1
The Lord Bishop of I)ur. I Rev. W. Hancock. ann. 1 1
Mm - 100 0 Joshua Watson, Esq. 50 0
The Lord Bishop of Win. Lord Gambier . 10 0
cheater - 50 0 Amount of an Article in
The Lord Bishop of Ox. the Theo!. Review 6 0
ford - 30 0 Rev. Dr. Spry . 10 0
The Lord Bishop cf Ex- Rev. W. Vault . 10 0
eter . 20 0 Right Hon. C. W. Wil-
The Lord Bishop of Pe- hams Wynn . 00 0
terhomagh - 25 0 Rev. H. H. Norris 20 0
The hood Bishop of Bris- Rev. Dr. Wordsworth 10 10
el . 10 0 Miss Hoare, (annual) 2 0
The Lord Bighopa ',itch. Miss Beardmore . 5 0
field and Coventry 20 0 Rev. B. Wooll . 1 I
Ditto (minus!) - 22 1 Geo. Gipps, Esq. M.P. 10 0
The Lord Bishop of Lien- Rev. A. M. Campbell 5 0
dam. - 30 0 Richard Heber, Esq. 20 0
The Lord Bishop of Ches. Rev. Charles C. Choi-
ter . 30 0 mondeley - 5 3
Leddington Committee 10 TO I Rev. C. Benson . 3 0
Subscriptions will be received at the Society's Office, 0/, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields ; and at the Baaking-houses of Messrs. Gosling,
Fleet-meet ; Mears. Drummond, C'haring.eross ; and Messrs.
Bosanquet and Co. 73, Lombard-strait.