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London, England, 1825-06-06 00:00:00

PUBLIC ENTRY OF MR.O'CONNELL.

[Front the Dublin Freeman's Journal.]
A mind like Mr. O'Connell's must appreciate the triumphal ree
eeptinn with which he was greeted by such an immense assemblage
of his countrymen as conducted hint yesterday from Howth to his
residence in AI errion-square. It wan a proud reward, even for such
personal sacrifices as those made by the beamed Gentleman in his
het minim to London. From twelve o'clock crowds were gradually
coll-eting in Sarkville-street, and at three it was hardly pout.
ble to approach the post-office; whilst persons of all panic, and
the first respectability, were seen in considerable numbers occupying
the tiog.wty from Eden-quay to Great Britain-street, all antiouslY
looking out and inquiring for the great object o• attraction. About
four o clock the sweltirg shouts of the multitude were heard at the
post-office, and shortly afterwards the approach of a considemble
cavalcade headed by Messrs. Luke Plunkett J. D. Mullen, and
White,
Faye earnest to the speedy arrival of .• the Alan of the
People ; who. standing in an open (aunty carriage, was drawn by
the crowd. The windows nn each aide of the street were filled with
fashiocables, many ladies waving their handkerchiefs, and gentle..
men their hats, and the att nding crowds rending the air with
shouts of welcome. In Mr. OeConnell's carriage were, Mrs.
O'Connell and her two eldest daughters; and on the dickey, Mr.
Fit:elm:fn. Mr. O'Connell woe a'a g b'ue travelling cloak; h.
stood up in the carriage, returning the salutations of the peopl--
On arriving at the post-office, the vehicle was stopped, unit! three
cheers were given, and in the like manner opposite the College,
where the cheering of the n Mtitmle was tremendous. The pr e o-
tiose continued its route 11 rig Grafton-street, the north-aid- of
Stephen's green. Alerrion•row, and round Merfon.square, ant I it
arrived at Mr. O'Connell's home, where a vast crowd had alreedir
thir station. In the balcony of the house were Mr. N. I".
O'Gorman. and the Rev. Mr.L'Estrange. They were joined by Mrs.
and the Misses O'Connell, and, in a tew m ments, .Me. O'V. wit
himself. The Learned Gentleman was rrectied by thee:
the most deafening and tumultuous cheetinc. H: beckoned to the
people ; silence Wall instant'y obtained, an 1 Mr. O'Connell pro.
milli to address them. He said, if hie voice was as powerfr las
that of the multitude, whose cheers had so warmly welcomed his
return. it would be loath qua e to express the grateful sensations of
his heart. He truly pitied those who could not love su:b a country
and such a people tclieers), but he heartily despised the Irishman
who would not din f r diem ( e,featcrt cheers). He carried the
petition of the Irish peg ph_ to the British 1, gislature ; their
prayer was not met wi h :hat di.poeition which t merits claimed;
but he would tell them the t the time was nett- at hand, 'Alen
Catholic rights would be coma utionally obtained. (Cheers) Let
the C idiotic% only observe a c rreinitan, e of that on nimous, per-
severing, and spirited, but em crate exertion, which had already
effected to many triumphs. Th •y should persere-e with the spirit
of men determined and des rain to be free; but /boy • all, in sr-
' cdriance with the precepts of th it religion, for a h ri g to whick
they had became aliens in their native land, and witch .aught them
to regard ev.ry man as a I rother ; and that fel owship and good-
will shoull I e common to all men. (('ontinuei cheer, ) He new
besought th m to separate in that spirit of goad homou • and good
na'ure the t I ad brought them t tether, first giv.rg the • bees foe
their gr od K n;, sod next three cheers for old I r land.
Mr. O'Connell's request was complied within tv :y rest ea, and
the people departed quite peaceably .

Preparations upon the most extensive scale are making
at Drury-lane Theatre, to represent the Sacre, or Corona-
tion of the King of France. Materials of every kind have
been collected from authentic sources, and the ceremonial,
as we hear, is getting up with great splendor.
' We have authority to state, that the paragraph which
appeared in a Morning Paper, relative to a Noble Marquis
being conco ned in the speculation of rebuilding a " frivce-
ly Palace," in the Stable-yard, and having encountered.
some difficulty in the transfer of the Crown Lease, is ea.
tirely without foundation.
fl e understand that Miss Swinnerton, of Betterton Hall,
near Newcastle, will in a few weeks be led to the bymis-
neat altar by Sir W. Piikington, Bart. of iVakefir.W. In
addition to a most amiable disposition. polished manse:,
And refinement, her fort toe is calculated tq exceed 119,Q02.•
—Stivffietil Independent.


12VF-4NT SCHOOL SOCIETY.

/the drat Anniversary of Om society was held at the Free-
masons' Tavern, Quees.street, of Saturday het. The Mar.
quid of Lex snow N, President of the Society, took the Chair at one
o'clock. His Lordship was supnorteet by Lord Cakhorpe..l. Smith,
Eicq.,11.1)., T. Money, Esq.lll.P., Mr. Sykes, ALP., Sir Gregory
Lewin, Rev. Mr. Scanty, Rev. Mr. Irving, &c. dec. Mr. Brougham
arrived about three o'clock, and was warmly cheered as he en.
peed the mom. There was a numerous and elegant atteedsoce of
ladles. The Canadian Chiefs were present, and were accommodated
with oasts upon the platform.
The Marquis a IsitaliDOWN, on taking the chair, begged leave
as tenths attention of the Meeting to the Report of the progress of
the Infant School., about to be read to them. The establishment of
these settoole had been but lately attempted, and be was happy to
add it had been attempted with success. (Hear. hear.) The uti.'
bey of them had been tried by the satisfactory test of experience.
Re would not further occupy the attention of the :Reefing until
aftet the Report had been reed.
Mr. Wi emir; then read the Report of the Society. It was very
favourably received by the meeting. From this interesting decu.
met we make the subjoined esteems. The following is illustra-
tive of the very great progress of the Society in the course of the
last year
" Since we met last year assistance has been given for the este.
blishment of many schools in different parts of the country, and ap.
plisitions for like help still continue to be received. Besides the
infant settoole which existed a year since. similar means of moral
and intellectual culture are now in operation at Brighton, Liver.
_pool, Hereford, Shrewebury, Worcester, Rosa Bath, Chelsea,
Chelmsford, Kidelermineter, Southampton, Woolwich, Mill-kill, in
Teal-street. and at Hackney, measures have been taken to prepare
like instruments of good for thousands, who without them could
hardly he expected to receive that preventive core and moral culture
which their own present wants and the prospettee claims of society
demands."
The following instance of individual benevolence is too merito-
Miss and too conspicuous not to be noticed and highly coin.
mended. After stating the amount of the receipts to be 1,11136/.
the Report proceeds
In smcledidg this part of their Report, your Committee deem
it well calculated to ensturage all who wish well to this Inetitutiem.
When our agent went to Hereford, a lady, named Hooper, request.
ed explanation from hint; and having been made acquainted with
the aster, and practicability of our plans, she mire:used premises
at an 'Kosice of T,3410/.. and caused them to be immediately fitted
up. and opened as an infant school. What render. this act mote
interesting is, that this lady is a descendant of Bishop Hooper, Mho
with his brother reformers successfully la:toured to enligh en the
people of this nation oo the subjects of civil and religious liberty •
and has thus evinced, that a. she has inherited the name of be;
honoured ancestor, she is a partaker also of his love cot his fellow.
matures, and oi his willingness to give himself and his substance
to promote their present and future welfare."
The Report concludes by congratulating the Society on the sue.
ens that has crow aed their past exertions, which it holds out as
the best inducement to persevere, and thereby secure the perma-
nent sucesu of the undertaking.
Mr.J.S Kyr it, M. P. in proposing the first resnlotinn, regretted that
his Hon. Friend (Mr. Brougham) was prevented by his engagements ,
in Calm from presenting it to their notice. it his Hon. Friend were
present he would teed pleasure in congratulating the Society on the
rapid pragrees it had made, and in enlarging upon the many useful
objects of this excellent Institution. They had learned from the
Report the great increase of schools for infant education during the
last year, and the sucrose that had everwhere accompanied their
introduction. Nor was it the children alone who profited by these t
schools, but wherever they were established the feelings of the pa.
rents towards their children, and their regard for theni. was more af-
fectionate and attentive. The great object to be secured to insure the
success of these school. was, that the masters or mistresses of them
should be persons of kind feeling ; that they should he patient, I
benevolent, capable of feeling high principles, and of acting from
them—so that they might deal leniently towardi persons of the
tender age entrusted to their care. The Society could not forget I
that at its formation they had encountered great difficulty and con-
siderable opposition, but that opposition was nor yielding before
the tried utility of the system it had adopted ; and they now new per.
sons of the fitst distinction and rank in the country coming forward
and supporting the principles which it had originally promoted,
upon which the Society was formed, and by which it had prospered.
The Hon. Gentleman instanced the echoed of Mr. VI ilson as a
successful example, illustrative of the practical utility of the Insti.
tution, and expressed his confidence in the permanent success of
the Society, in spite of the prejudices by which it had been, and by
which even in some quarters It was still, opposed. He concluded by
moving the following resolution—" That the Report time read be
received, and printed under the direction of the Committee."
Mr. SY are, aI.P. in mending the motion, felt it was unneces-
sary to debate upon the merits of this Society. He would therefore
confine himself to a recommendation of the principles of the Insti-
tution, which presented mote claims to support than any that for
a considerable time back had been introduced to the notice of the
public. At first, he was free to confess that the plan of infunine
education had something startling in lt, but this error was corrected
by experience—by seeing childrea from the tender age of 10 months,
and two and three years, imbibing feelings and sentiments of benevo.
hence. He war glad to find that the institution was patronised by
maim high perionages, particularlyby two enifnent prelates, ,by the
chief Magistrate of this magnificent city, and by many other persons
of exalted rank t and he, (Ilt. S.) wassadsfied, that their uo!kipa-
ekets of the advantages of this Institution would not be disappointed.
Nor were the advantages of )t positive only—there were negative
advantages also to be derived from it. These would be found in
the diminution of juvenile delinquency. He would state an in.
stance which had conic under his own knowledge, which would il-
lustrate this position. Some time time ago lie had presided as
Chairman of A Quarter Sessions : a boy of only eight years of age
was tried on a charge of felony—he was convicted on the clearest
evidence. After his conviction, he, Mr. S.) called the boy to
biro, and conversed with him on the kind of life he had led ; he
was told by the boy that be had been habitually engaged in the com-
=halm of felonies; and, with the utmost flippancy, he enumt rated
fifty felonies which he had perpetrated. `l Hear, hear.) If this
boy had been educated, or received the blessings which could be dc-
rived from such an institution as the present, there was every eta-
son to hope that he would not have been led to the perpetration of
such crimes. He was apprehensive that too many instances of a si.
milar kind could be easily enumerated, and found in many parts of
the country, particularly in London, which made it more incum.
bent on the inhabitants of this metropolis to he foremost in support
of the present Society. (Hear. hear.)
Mr. RUTT was desirous of bearing his testimony is entire ap.
proral of the present Society and of its principles. It tended to
promote what ought to be the object of all good Governments—the
extension of knowledge amongst all classes of society, and the sr-
fording to every member of the State a fair opportunity of ad. t
mincing himself in the community to which he belonged, by his
virtue or hi. talents. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to see the Noble
Lord who presided now occupy the chair on such an occasion. It
was natural that he should be found the promoter of such a Society,
as he was the descendant of an eminent person (Sir %{'. Petty) who
had laboured succesifully, with Hartelh end others, to diffuse the
blessings of general education to all classes of the community. and
foe which exertion he was entitled more to the thanks of this coun-
try than any of the steel-clad Barons who had wrung Magna Charts
:Tom the tyrant John, of which we were so boastful. (iese, hear.)
He formed a contrast to another Noble Lord at the beginning of
the late reign (Lord Grenville Carteret), who was adverse to cha-
rity schools, but who was consistent in his opposition, for at the
same time that be was hostile to the enlightenment of the minds of
the people, he was also hostile to the emancipation and enlighten-
ment of the: slaves, ea he imprehended that If they became once en.
lightened they wntild no longer be good slaves. Ile concluded by
tneotioning, as an illustration of the rod drecta of the present
system of education sot pled by this Society, the circuit).
stance of having gone into one of their schools, and having
asked a child of only three years of age if he thought God saw him
when be slept / To which the child replied, " Yes, for he never
sleepeth." (Applause.)
Lord CASTES:Mei proposed the second Resolution. He congra-
tulated the semmy. on the success that had attended its exertions,
and en the gratifying fact that the utility and practicability of their
plan hod been proved to demonstratien. The Noble Lord took a
brief review of the progress of the Society, and concluded by mov-
ing that the Meeting receive with gratification the intelligence from
&fermi pleb of the kingdom of the formation of infant schools,
and the taadmeey from all those benevolent persona who have been
interested .ke test establishment, of the very great advantage re-
sulting from them.

ded the Resolution. and in approving of the
rinciples of the Society. expressed his opinion as to the instruction
that ought to be promoted in theme infant schools. It was not
merely physical education to which they ought to confine them-
selves—that is, to a knowledge of nature and of the things about
them, but also to moral and religions instruction, which, as a re-
ligious man, he should lay down as it Idispensible, and which would
be found to tun these children here, fter for any purpose, political
or social, wherein they may be called to act. He begged to state to
the Meeting a successful experiment which he bad made, to esta-
blish a school according to the principles of this Society in one of
the moat disreputed districts of Loniloo—that of Billingsgate. He
had, together with two ladies, engaged in this undertaking, and he
seas happy to stare that they had, wt.erever they had gone, met with
generally a favourable and always a kind recepticn from those they
visited. He recommended similar exertions to be resorted to in
other districts, and had no doubt but that they would succeed.
Sir ChtEGOIT LIWIN eloquently eulogised the support the
Society had received from the ladled. In addition to the tes-
timony borne by the Reverend Gentleman (Mr. Irving)
to the advantages derived from an infant school in London,
he could add the testimony of his experience in Yorkshire
and Lincoln be was also happy to state that in Ireland a
school had been established under the patronage of an eminent
lady of rank (Lady Powerscoun). where fifty little children were
receiving *be blessings of that species of education which this So-
eiety were sentious to promote. He had also to state, that although
in the first Instance some opposition had been given by the Roman
Catholic clergyman, when the principles of the Society were un-
denten& they had received his support. ( Hear, hear.) This So-
eiety had his best wishes, and should receive his most earnest sup-
port. He concluded by moving the following Resolution :—" That
this meeting witnesses with sincere pleasure the interest the ladies of
Ate reentry are generally taking in forwarding the designs of this
Society, both by their liberal subscriptions, and by their personal at-
tendance at the schools, they were entitled to its wannest thanks,
fur their promotion of the objects arid interests of the Society."
Mr. BIOGGRANI rose to second the resolution. and was, on
coming forward, warmly applauded by the Meeting. lie apokelo the
following effect :—lt is with great pleasure that I rise to second the
eltninticett which my Hon. Friend (Su O. L.) has broright forward