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London, England, 1819-02-18 00:00:00

♦ PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF THE CHILDREN

DICLONOINO TO
ST. GILES'S IRISH FREE-SCHOOL-4,
beery street, formerly called Dynt•titreet. Bloomsbury;
INI.TITUTED 4TIII JUNP, 1613.
PATRON,
141. Grace the DUKE of BEDFORD.
PRIMO/ENT.
air MGM' MACKWORTH, Bast.
VICL.PRTAIDIENTI,
IMg Wi4ber44oo, Esq. Al?. Slajor-Geseral Sir H. White,
Joseph Butterworth, Esq. K.O B.
Charles Grant, Esq. . R. glebe Dtverel), Esq.,
Najor.Geoeral Neville. I
.
S:r John Simeou, Bart.

THOMAS CLARK, Esq.
T"F- -ANNUAL MEETING of SUB-
sCRIVERS and FRIENDS to this INSTITUTION
will be held in the Fertniationa Hall, on THURSDAY, the
25th of Fein-Nary, 1619, wilco the Chair will be taken at One
°thick precisely, by
The Right Hon. the EARL of GOSFORD.

The Doors will be opened at Twelve.
Some of ihe Chi!.lrrta will be examined as in their Im•
prevemzeot, and * Report made of the Pruesedtogs of the
last Voir. _ _ . _

The above Schools were instituted for the benevolent
purpose of bettering the Condition, awl improving the M twin
and Morals of the Children of the numerous Irish Puora,
principally in St. Gilet.'s. Upwards of POO Child's. of
both Sexes have been instructed, and many of themilmtre
been fed and clothed, There are at present 2511 Buyii bead
Girls belonging to the Schools, and lIS others waiting fir
Admit ; which the Committee have been under the
painful necruity of hitherto denying them, ua 'mould of
the inadequacy of the Funds to meet the additional
Expense.
Any further information that may be required will be
given an application to the Pre.iilens, No. 45, Great
Ormunil• iceeet ; o► to the Treasurer, No. 1, Bury-place,
Bloomsbury-square.
itcatii at the fieneral Meeting will be reams/40m Ladies.
• The late esteemed and ever-to-be-lamented Sir Samuel
Romilly was a Vice-President and a liberal Bvisefactur to
there Schools.

Erro.N. sTocw-Ficoxsa, ‘2, CORNHILI, *it'd
STRZET, contrstulates his Friends 011
their success at his
.Office 0 the Cutlery just cadet', sod
ti usts the !Me good lark will always attend them
EATON canuut help thanking the Public at lame fur their
kiwi support fur so.usany years, ait4 Wises they sod Dime
FUHUME will still costiuse their favours. .
THE SCHEME OF THE DIEW LOTTERY
WHICH DRAWS
4311 MARCH,
CONTAINS
THREE OF £20,000!
Besides 37 other Cap,tals,
And a Free GO of Eighty Tiehefe.

••• The number of the last f 20,600 Prize ever drawn
was 4,456, and sold in One Quarter, Three Eighths, and Six
Sixteenths, at the above Lucky Wks,.

ATKINSON'S AMBROGI L SOAP. •
V HE 'tuneful efforts of common Soaps are
generally kuo-so : to notice • familiar instance, look
m the hands of a womao..srlio has been washiug ; their use
invariably Mat smarting, redness, ant ultimately wrinkles;
to remove these evils has been the object of the Proprietor
of the Ambrosial Scrap, which is prepared by a new process.,
free from all irritating qualities, and cOriposirel of balsamic
re:liable ingredients; it. removes redness, hardness, and
freckles from the skiu, prrvents it clooppilig, and males it
luxuriously soli. while, and even. Price Is. the famine ;
and prepared with Naples Soap fur shaving, price 9.11.-1 s
and Is 641. each.
The following Artich.s are pri.sioned to be too generallf
known In require risloginni. • •
ATK I NSIIIIN''S VEG ETA BLE DVS, clown grey or
aed Bair too the head tor whiskers ,to • peentomeut brown or '
black. Prier 55.-10 s. Sd one goison.
ATKINSON'S CURLING 14.1•11 t, restores the hair
Wfirre it lons fallen inf from slhsess, persiiiratmo, or any of
those ealins occasioning piemaure decay; N also keep,' the
tair.in furl (luring exercise in dancing pr walkiiig, or in
damp weather. See Sorbian instances of its auccces ill All
.Panay urn the Dais, enclosed room! each bottle. Price 3a. ed.
a bottle.
C4tair9 Anil,' counterfeits, ask ton Atkinson's
fluid, &e as theft ark seversl servile imitations.
Sold by the ips pprooor,..lssws atki 00000000 Yerfomrr, No. 44,
4';errairil.silVlll,Solio.sqiiiree, London , soil by app 00000 twat,
by most Perfumers and ILiir.tiressais in tbe k 101, liggi .

Mr. 1.11/11INGTON brought tip the R. purl Ginn the Corn-
mittee on the Asseswil Times Act, witch stated, that cabin'
duties payable on horses should be coutiiiiii.d.
Leave au give', to bring in a Bill to that effect.
AORICI7LTURAI. PETITION.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY presented a Petition
from certain occupiers and owners of land in the
West Riding of the county of York, ►tating that
the soil of Great ILlritaiu was sufficient fur the sup-
port of its inhabitants. and praying that the facts
contaimed in their Petition might tee referred to a
Coinenittre, and its cam their report confirmed the
sten-meta in the Petition, theu that the House
would be pleased to lay a protecting duty on the
produce of the said.
Sir ROBERT WILSON said, that after the• clear
and candid declaration of the Right Hno. Gentle-
man (Mr. Rolintson) at the head of the Board of
Trade, expressed at an early part of the Session,
and after (he aright add) the general feeling of
disapprobation notiotifested by the house, which in
this instance only echoed the feeling of the coons
try, he had hoped that all discussion on this sub-
ject would have dripped, and 1,11 further attempts
of this nature abandoned. He was, however, dis-
appointed to this hope; he found that day after
day similar petitions *ere laid on the table of the
House. He was surprised to find it eq. Were the
petitioners and their advisers ignorant of the public
feeling? Did they, lie naked, forget the exaspe-
ration produced by the discussinu oil the corn
Laws ao exasperation which had not been ►ince up-
praised? He would wish to know what the Petitioners
wooded. Diol they want to raise the price of corn ?
—did they want to reduce the scanty spstenatice of
the poor ?—already were the !shouting classes re-
duced to great distress—were they, lie u►kid. to he
starved, through the means of Is prohibiting duty
to raise the price of grain If, said the lion.
Goodrum', a certain interested class will persist
to pour in Petitions, he would taut• them against
the effects of a powerful re-ectnni—he would
cari-
tu them not only against counter-petitions already
in preparation, but against petitions. against the Corso
Laws, which would pour in from every wit of the
country. He would entreat them to pause—lie would
entreat that those who had an influence over them,
would putsuade them against a proceeding
which
can only ►rritate the public feeling, without the lea►t
chance of.aceoutplialling the object of the Petition-
ers. These person's, he said, should be satisfied
with their present 4tpation; they should he con-
tented with the advanSages they already possess
from the Corn Laws—they might rest aasuresf,
that the beat way to ri►k that advantage was
by the agitation of a subject igiainst which the pub-
lic feelings were owlet& and to which the public
mind looked with discontent, with jealiouty, and

alarm. ,• .
Mr. STUART WuRTLANI tio.t tor him-
self he had dosibts an the prittleuce of petitioning
on the "'Object at the present time. mid ke
strougly expressed his opiition to the l'etitioneis.
But it was the duty of a Member of Parliinnesit,
no matter what Inv own ientituents or opinions
might be, to present to the House the Peti oq
of any of his Majesty's subjects who felt Out
They were aggrieved. Never, hC {motet!, would
their complaints be stifled by nue Member of that
House—never, he truited, would any of his Ma-
jesty's subjects have to complain that a Member of
the British Seuste refused to lay their cape before
the Legislature. The preseni. Pecitioneni welted
for nothing more Own this—that a Committee
Might be appointed to inquire whether the iti;ega-
titnis cuntaincti tit the Pennon were,, or were not,
wall I'munied. This he conshlerril few: not an un-
reasonable retpiest—at all event, it Was one whit h sio
Member could consiiteuilv refuse to lay berme the
H'itt.e. The duties, he mid, of a Metu‘ter of
this (louse, particularly {{ember, are

Sir Iluer.sri• W3lso:i expliiiiied. lie said, it
would he tar from his wishes, however iv might dif-
fer with soy class of Majesty's •ulijeete, from
iodide; then' elf inwerling the `salleal
right of petition; het he rieprecateit the egitation
of the question rasa mined in tliiii.Prtitioo as unwise,
as offensive to the feel*, gs cf the totiple, stud so
likely In lead to public niischief.—lffeer.
slr. Alderman Wool) sold he 11,004 lie Si ref as
any nom ie that I Inta,e Iwo) *Wong to Attie the
voice of the Petiiioners, lie considered that the
fair way would he to have a Committee, named, end
let that Committee dicide on the Petition. This,
Ile (•onsidered, would put an end tes the entject.
cod would previ lit that agitation olio-h this stilijerf
win an likely to citrate. in Ms opilllVltt foe ttgrlClato
turalista hs.l at present a Ina sprit- fur their
produce; they had no Valise whoever to ;
they, huwever, wanted en iininet price ; they woo-
ed that which the Parliaineet wooiii net give—
which the cciiiitry would tint to. The
worthy Al Kerman coocludeil by saving. that, in his
opinion. the Itriiiat of a Committee would put au
end to the tinestlim.
Mr. WYNN said, lie emid not with the
worthy Member who bad just sitt loam, as to the
propriety sit appciiiitiog a Ctlillinitirr. 111 ills 00..
111011. to enter into the critisiderattim of the subject
would have the efiett of crentiog that agitation
which the House so much wished to avoid. It
a subject most likely to create those eituitmes; to
exciteuud to extend alarms through the
which might produce the worst Mimi:. Ile. remsio.
limed, lie said, the general ferment or-ea-toned 4y
the discussion on the Cern Bill iii. that House.—
Hear, Itear.)—Ele Initteuted and tie deplored
the effects of populnr iti-apprii'dattaii. lie felt it
his duty to oppose that Bill ill its stages; he
felt that it was a question that came home to every
man's feelings; and the ferment it excited far out-
weighed any advantage that might he supposed to
follow front the 818. He believed ,hat it were better
the House should abstain from the discussion of a
subject, which could lead to no sa.i.factory result,
and might occasion public mischief. The Hon.
Member said, that as to the•propriety of preseuttioe
the Prittioe, there could lit but tine opinion; to pe.
Idiots Abe Legislature was the first tight of the sub-
Jett. and to present that Petition was the first duty
of a lido other of Pal hymens.
Sir ,FAMES (12A HAM bunt, that the ',smile in his
pert of the country were perfectly setiiided with the
eery candid declaiation rude on a foram evening
to the House on this subject.
A County Memher (we could not !Pail) his name)
said he was artery for some assertions made by the
Gallant General. No society the State were
more deserving the tittentioniof the House than the.
agricultural class. Noche., ass more desert log the
support and the good will of the ciiiiiitiy.
Sir K. Witisort said he had no hostile feeling to
the egricultural class, their interests should be re-
girded as far as the fair dictates of pulley and of
justice would allow ; but was tint the House also
bound to piotect the manufacturing class ? Were
they not bound to see the interests of one doss
should tint be sacrificed to the interests of the
other, and that the peace of the country should
not lie sacrificed to the contentions of both ?
The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
ST. IVES ELECTION.
Mr. COMER!) presented a Pentinn from the
sigma of certain persona whir petitioned against the
return of St. Ives, in the !Coot!, of eorewell,
praying that the time for entering into recogritz-
eaters might Ise enlarged.
The Petitioner was called to. the Bar and exa-
mined as to the allegnitons of the Petition, and
time was given to Tuesday next.
TAX ON HORSES.
Lord ROSISRT SETMOVIt presented u Petition
from certain inlialsitauts of Cartier/on,
ing of the grievance of the Tay on Saddle !lilac..
—Ordered to lie on the table.
SCOTCH BDIIGHS.
Lord ARCHIBALD Itllllll.Toti presented
tint, from certain Merchants mid Burgesses. ourni-
bens of the Corporation of praying for au
alteration in the Burgh System.
Ordeted to lie on the table.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS
A Message was presented trout the LOrd'•
utaf-
nig that they had passed
.the Malt Duty and
snot Bills, with other Bills.
CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS.
Alr. OSMAN NET prevented a PetitioN from cer-
tain iterating', styling themselves Master Chimney-
Sweepers, which, ainotigst other &toted, Oust
the Bill now in iirogrei.. (the Chimney-Sweepere
tiou
) w
nuist the public iutvrrat.
R',ot :1::11:14tr Batihallilt.,7.haes lisalingi
into
e Hun. Geutlenrsu soil►
that he understood the aniclituery was
for the proper eleisoinie of clinneeys, and that the
proposed nmde was likely to trod to moil eiccie
dent., and was attended with,publicehinger.
d, lie
.GtieSti:iitrite;(vinA:::loll:tHh:li:::::Rii:Kei:mg.:hei
wouldola be
e:dit"4 firy
gather iffißtifiiiiaio. He complained that thy 13-01 i