The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-23 00:00:00

APOLLO.I ICON.

To-morrow. SATURDAY. April 24, at Two o'clock,
The following SELECTION will be performed by Mr. ECREIS,
on the APOLLON ICON, • Gland Musical Instrument,
Ineented amid Constßuilders, ructed by M
illesmt. er. FLIGHT and ROBSON, Organ
Me S Martin's-lane.

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TS* BRITISH Parts commenced publishing yesterday morning
at Five o'clock.

LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1824.
The state of things in Spain, far from improving, as
the Ego& and its patrons would have us believe, is every
day growing wane. The treasury of the tyrant is so des-
titute, that even the handful of troops now on foot cannot
be paid.: for three days, it appears, they were without pay,
and obliged to procure food on credit. * On the represent-
ation of the Minister of War to Ferdinand, stating that
he would not answer for thz fidelity of these mercenaries
if their pay was withheld, an order was sent to the Trea-
surer-General to make no future payment until these sol-
diers received their money. The most disastrous accounts
are still given from all the provinces. The fanatics are yet
rustling riot in the most savage excesses, and practising
the most shocking cruelties on the unarmed constitutional-
ists who are at their mercy. At Rueda, a town in Old
Castile, where the Empecinado and about eighty Consti-
tutionalists are in prison, ceaseless cruelties and insults
were heaped upon them by the Royalist Volunteers. At
the Castle of Caravanca, in Murcia, four Constitu-
tionalists, immured within its walls, were murdered by
the Royalist sentinels in their beds, with perfect im-
panity. A letter from Bayonne, of the 14th instant,
states that numbers of the Spanish prisoners, who were on
their rctiern from France, idarmed at the cruelties of the
Royalists, and apprehensive of the fate awaiting them
within the Pyrtnneca, had escaped from their conductors,
and again returned into France. This letter also men-
tions that a great number of the Royalist volunteers in
Isogroco, Bilboa, and Vittoria, still refuse to obey the
decree of Ferdinand, and lay down their arms. In fact,'.
bat for the presence of the French troops, every province
eroaM be one wide scene of civil strife and murder. These
ars the "energetic measurer" so highly praised by the
Rile, which were to restore credit and confidence in
Sudo, and assure Guebhard's loan. No amnesty hu yet
been issued, though peremptory demands have again been
made for it on the part of the French Cabinet. Bout-
most, who has been created a Graudee of the First Class,
left Madrid on the Silt for Toledo, to meet Ferdinand
sad his brothers. The monk Seem, the despot's former
favourite Minister and Confessor, was at Toledo, and his
pernicious influence was greatly feared by the Spanish
Ministers.

Dutch Papers to the 20th ani 21st reached our office in
the course of yesterday. The long depending negociations
between the Porte and her ambitious Northern neighbour,
do not appear likely to be amicably arranged. Min-
siacky's mission to Constantinople has as yet achieved
almost nothing. Dschanib Effendi, who is at the head of
the Anti-Muscovite party, had suddenly regained all his
past influence over the members of the Divan, which, since
the 9th of March, bed held protracted sittings, still con-
tinued on the 12th, when the courier quitted Constan-
tinople for Vienna. At the sitting of the 9th, Dselmnib
Effendi is stated to have spoken with great veheinence
against the policy of the European powers, and to have
succeeded in bringing over the majority of the Divan to
his opinion. Since then extraotdinary levies were talked
of at Constantinople, and the march of 100,000 men to
reinforce the Ottoman army, opposed to the Russian fora■
on the right bank of the Danube. The °Moen( Foreign Affairs
at Vienna is said to have received the same information from

Baron Ottenfels, the Anstriap iernnncio; and ?rime Met-
ternich, it is added, hitnediatelpi Aide,* Cominunielition to
the Russian' Senator, M. tie Tatischeff, with whom he had
some lengthened conferences, after which the latter des-
patched an extraordinary courier to St. Petersburgh. Ac-
counts from Semlin, to the 2d of April, brought by these
Papers, state the arrival of a Tartar courier, at Belgrade,
who came in seven days from Sent, bringing the intelli-
gence that the ferocious Aboulobut, Paella of Salonica,
and the unrelenting enemy of the Greeks, had been exiled,
and that his government was given to the new Seraskier,
Dervistb Pacha, who is mild and moderate, and who imme-
diately set at liberty the unhappy Greeks then confined
there.—Nuremberg Papers, to the 14th of April, give the
taut animating accounts of the preparations of the Greeks
for the next campaign. European engineers had beenisent
to the north of the Isthmus of Corinth, to form there an
entrenched Limp, in order to oppose an effectual resistance
to the attempts that the Turks may make to penetrate into
the Alorea on that side. Officers of engineers were
I also employed in raising fortifications near Thebes.
Entrenchments were further to be made at the principal
passages over the mountains, so that the Turks will
I have to fight their way, step by step, every prepara-
tion being made for the most determined resistance.
Among the Greek forces are now several English, French,
and Polish officers, of tried ability and experience, who
were all engaged in the last wars on the Continent.—The
last Russian papers detail numerous rewards dealt out by
the Emperor to several officers engaged in a contest with
the Nomade tribes, kyond the Cuban and ,Daghistan, a
war hithet to studiously concealed by this artful and ambi-
tious power, and now heard of for, the first time. The
expedition, however, and its results, must have been
deemed of some consequence, for besides the insignia of
several Orders, which have been given by the Autocrat,
swords and sabres, mounted in gold, have been bestowed
on the Russian officers, with the inscription, " To Valour."
The sword given to the Russian General was enriched with
diamonds. These marks of honour (the account states),
which are bestowed only on• extraordinary occasions, were
not conferred by the Chapters of the Russian Orders, but
came directly from the Emperor. This ambitious Power'
is extending her dominions and her influence wherever her
intrigues or her arms can reach. Daghistan is a moun-
tainous tract of Asia, included in the government of
Caucasus, lying west of the Caspian Sca, and north-cast
of Georgia, inhabited by Tartars, subject to Russia: Der-
bend is its capital. The influence of Ruuia now extends
among the Tartar tribes, almost to the wall of China, and
may yet be moat dangerous to our extended empire in the
east.

NtREMBERG, APRIL 14.

Besides the extraordinary preparation which the Greek Govern-
ment is making for the opening of the next campaign, in which
the Greeks will act on the ofensive on several points, the requisite
measures of precaution have been taken promptly to repair any
check that they may experience. European engineers have been
sent to the north of the isthmus of Corinth to form there an entrench-
ed camp, in order to oppose an effectual resistance to the attempts
that the Turks may make to penetrate into the 3lorea on that side.
Officers of engineers are likewise employed in raising fortifications
near Thebes. Entrenchments will also be made at the principal
passages over the mountains, so that the Turks will have to fight
their way, step by step, every thing being prepared to oppose the
most obstinate resistance.

The Greek leaders having received information from Constanti-
nople that the Sultan had given positive orders to the Capitan
Pacha to return with his fleet as soon as possible, for the purpose of
landing troops there, they have hastened to send reinforcements to
th. corps blockading that place, in order to enable it to make a vi-
gorous attack, it being their will that tha place shall be token by
sterol, if 6:4l;liZZlnnia refuse ani-ceptiularien which
it is intended to offer it. Among the reintbreements an several
English, French, and Polish officers of cossumtlinte expaience,
having all partaken in the bit wars In Europe.
A statement in the Russian papas has been read with sane sur-
prise, that the Emperor Alexander, to reward the bravery which
several officers have sheen in the actions that have taken place
with the Nomad. tribes beyond the Cuban and Daghistan, has
granted them various honourable distinctions. This is the lint
time that this war hrs been heard of in Europe, which seems to
have been kept a profound secret. However this be, the Cabinet
of St. Petersburgh must have considered the event as of some im-
portance, since, besides the insignia of different orders which have
been given away, swords end r.'bres mounted with gold have
been given, bearing the inscription "To Valour." The sword
which General Webaroinow 'IL received was enriched with
diamonds. These marks of honour, which are bestowed only on
extraordinary occasions, are not conferred by the chapters of the
Russian orders, but immediately by the Emperor.
HAGUE, APRIL 20.

The Bulletin of the 17th, gives the agreeable assurance that her
Royal Highness the Princess of Orange, and the infant Princess,
are so well in health, that no more bulletins a ill be issued.

The recent discussions in Parliament on the great na-
tional subject of education in Ireland, and Mr. North's
lunreflecting statements, have roused, we find, inquiry and
contradiction from one extremity of that island to the other.
The investigation of this important question, by exciting
emulation among the Catholic clergy, and animating the well-
directed efMrts of leading individuals among the body
itself, must be attended with the the greatest benefits, by
extending the blessings of general instruction and education
among the rising generation in Ireland. When this sub-
ject was brought forward in Parliament, we were enabled,
from our own knowledge, to give unqualified contradiction
to many of the statements then made. We were aware that
schools, on the most extended principle, for the education
of children, existed in all the great towns of Ireland, and that
there.was scarce a village, where, on the cheapest terms, in-
struction could not be had. At a hie meeting of the Ca-
tholic Association in Dublin, several communications were
read by Mr. Conway from different parts of Ireland, con-
firming what we then asserted. A letter fr nn the Rev.
Mr. Spratt stated, that there were two free schools in
French-street, in Dublin, *hem 300 boys and 100 girls
receive a moral and religious education, without any aid
whatever from the Kildare-street Association. Anotiter
letter from the Rev. Mr. Stafford wu read, stating, that in
St. Mary's and Peter's parishes, in Dublin, including
Rathmines, Ranelagh, and Milltown, there were two male
and female schools, in which SSO children received a reli-
gious and useful education ; the funds for which are pro-
cured from voluntary subscription, awl the produce of a
charity sermon. In the school at Harold's Cross, near
Dublin, two hundred are educated. The " Religious" of
the order of St. Clare support, clothe, and educate silty
female orphans, who are apprenticed to useful trades,
when of proper age, and 140 are instructed in the day
school. The Convent ladies at Ranelagh, in the vicinity
of Dublin, educate 200 females ; and at Milltown, united
with Rathmines, Iwo villages also near the capital, eighty
boys are instructed. The funds applicable to these pur-
poses are supplied by subscription. In the great com-
mercial city of Cork, in the South of Ireland, education
prevails on the moat extended plan. The Lancasterian
school contains this year more than eleven hundred boys.
The poor school of the Monks, who devote themselves to
education in the north suburbs of that city, has now more
than one thousand. The Northern female school of the
Nuns in the same city educates 500 girls. The Southern
establishment attached to the presentation Convent in-

atractsonel:matd ; and the Alin-street Fernals 917 ban
-Asylum do and feig, .from voluntary laa;ieriPti°llB,
one hundred orphan girls. At Macroom, in the county of
Cork, there are two free schools, male and female, capable
of containing four hundred pupils, and more than three
hundred are at present educated there. The Catholic
clergyman of that parish, the Rev. James Roche, directs
and manages both these schools,
which are supported by
small donations on Sundays, and a subscription from about
two hundred individuals, all Catholics. Mr. Roches let-
ter stated, that lie had applied to the Kildare-street Asso-
ciation for assistance, but he only succeeded in ascertaining
that their system was exclusive, their object proselytism,
and their proceedings insidious and imposing. In the Bible
School lately opened by them seven children only attended,
while in a Catholic school, to which the parents contribute
something, there are four hundred boys. Mr. Conway also
read a letter from the Rev. David Walsh, a most respect-
able Catholic clergyman, at Clonakilty, in the same county,
containing the return of a female school in that town,
drawn up by a lady, Miss Donovan, whose praise-
worthy efforts and superintendence have most mate-
rially contributed to its success. This school was esta-
blished by subscription in 1819, for the education of
the female poor : they are taught plain and useful
works, suited to their situation in life, and also read-
ing and writing. One hundred and twenty girls are
instructed there: the school is attended by the pariah cler-
gyman, and a society of ladies, who are most zealous in
the performance of their daily duties. The school is divided
into two departments—one for reading and writing, and the
other for muslin and plain-work, spinning and knitting. The
rent of the school-house amounts only to 131. 13s. a-year,
with twelve pounds salary to the mistress, and one
shilling per week to a spinning mistress. The books read
in the school, among others of the same description, are
Reeves History of the Bible, Fleury's Historical and Pearl
Mon's Catechism, Butler's Catechism, and Thomas a
Kemple. In the year of distress and famine in Ireland,
twenty pounds were received as an aid from the Benevo-
lent Loudon Committee, and twenty spinning wheels from,
the Spinning Association. The profits arising from work
within the school are applied to clothing the most deserving.
The parish Clergyman attends every week, end explains
several passages in the Scriptures, in English and Irish ;
and particular portions of the Bible, with note and com-
ment, are read Ey all the pupils. The report stated, the
children generally can quote or write the Scriptures as
accurately as Mr. North himself. All the communications
denied the existence in these schools of the vile publica-
tions alluded to by Mr. North; and some of them doubted
whether such books are now in print; and assert that they
were never heard of in the schools. Thus, from the few
reports as yet given, the accuracy of which we can vouch
for, from personal knowledge and observation, we have
statements, which cannot be controverted, of more than
six thousand children yearly educated in moral and
religious principles in Dublin, and the city and a small
part of the great county of Cork alone. All these excel-
lent schools are supported solely by voluntary contribu-
tion, and deriving no aid whatever from the Kildare-street
Association, or the funds voted by Parliament for Edu-
cation in Ireland. Schools of the same sort, we know,
exist in almost every great town throughout that island.
Mr. North's statements were not, we are sure, made with
any illiberal or unkind motive; for we know that be is a
warm friend to religious toleration ; but his information
must have been derived from the very worst sources : and
he must now feel that he was seriously tnistaken in his as-
sertion. There are no-'such kooks as the history of '
MoSI laggon, or any other of the loose works he un-
advisedly mentioned, known in any of these schools ; and we
never met with them on the most obscure book-stall in any
'part of Ireland. The fact is, both education and general
amelioration, and industry, are fast gaining ground in
the Sister Country. Isolated outrages now and then take
place,—and where is the country free from them ?—but
the whole state of Ireland is most materially improved.
The linen trade is rapidly extending through the South,

and bringing comfort and tranquillity in its train. The
cotton manufacture is also every day increasing: more
than one hundred additional establishments of that de-
scription have lately been set at work in Ireland. British
capital has already found its way largely into that country,
and, as tranquillity increases, the cheapness of labour and
provisions, the fertility of the soil, the comparative mild-
ness of the climate, and the absence of all direct taxation,
will aet as strong incentives to its increase. Yet a few
years, and Ireland, governed as she now is, will be a differ-
ent country. We hope to see its people educated, con-
tented, industrious, and tranquil.

Wituisoa, Aram 22.--The weather being fine this
morning, the King took his usual ride in his phaeton in
Windsor Great Park.
The Princess Sophia Matilda patronizes the grand
performance of Sacred Music to be given in Greenwich
Church.
Wednesday morning early, the Duchess of Kent, ac-
companied by the Prince of Leiningen, and the Princess
Feodor' attended b Capt. Conroy, honoured Mr. Bul-
lock's exhibition of ancient and modern Mexico, in Picca-
dilly, with their presence.
On Wednesday morning the l)uchees of Gloucester and
the Princess Augusts visited the Duchess of Kent, the
Princess Sophia, and the Duke of Sussex, at the King's
Palace, Kensington.
The Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to the Princess
Augusta yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses rode out to-
g..ther, and visited Lady Taylor at her residence in Ca-
dogan-place.
Wednesday the Duke of Gloucester was so much re-
covsred from his indisposition, as to be able to take an
airing in his carriage for the first time since his con-
finement.
This being his Majesty's birth-day, it will be honoured .
as a holiday at the public offices, &c.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has at length
completed the sew arrangements in his library, which, for
biblical and controversial literature, is more curious than
any other private collection in England. The Royal Duke
has recently added to his literary stores some very valuable
manuscripts and illuminated Missals, adorned with highly-
finished miniatures, painted in the best style of the period
to which they belong.
Yesterday was, settling day in the new Loan Bank
Shares ; the markit is heavy at about 4 premium ; a short
time ago the premium was 81. and 101. per share; the
premium on the Palladium Insurance Company, formerly
61. and 71., is now about 14 premium.
New Los/ft.—The new loan for the West India Islands
is going on ; the amount now mentioned is five millions.
We understand that many of the first West India houses,
and amongst them the eminent firm of Manning and Co., ,
will have the management of this financial operation. There i
is a rumour in the market also of a loan for Canada, but'
we have not been able to obtain any particulars. As the
security for these loans will probably be very good, they
may prove a happy medium for the investment of super-
abundant capital, between loans to foreign States and some
of the wild schemes for employment of money at home.
We believe, however, it will be found that the super-
abundance of capital, of which we speak so largely, does
not exist to the extent imagined.—Eeeninv Papa-.
A portion of the capital appropriated by the Bank of
England to the lending on mortgages, is at length about to
find its way into circulation. Within a week from this time
there will be advanced, it is said, to different ruortgagers,
!about 400,0001. It is nearly 12 months since the first
adoption of the measure, but the various difficulties started,
of a legal and general nature, .have. so long retarded the
payment of the money.