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!tar pry,. ACCIDENT.—An Inquikition was taken be-
fore J. W. Cowin, rag. the Coroner, at the London Hospital, on
tie l,edy of Joseph Harborough, a tine lad, lit years of age. h ap-
leant' that the deceased was employed in cleaning the windows in
of Dr. Denies house. in ltroad-strcet. City-road, on friday
string bat, where the rail'n; on which he 6 toud gave way, and he wag precipitited from the second ®.or to the Pavement. He was
tam to the Hospital, where, On examination, it was found that hits
head and left arm were dreadfully fractured. He died in a few
hours afterwards. Verdict—" Accidental death."

13111178 M AND FOREIGN SCIIOOI..S'OCIETY.
Yesterday the Twt•ntv.Bnt Anniversary Meeting of the British
and Foreign School Society was held at the Freetown,'" Tavern,
Great Queemstreet. At an early hour the Hall was crowded with
Ladles and Gentlemen ; and soon after I 3 o'clock, the Committee
entered upon the platform.
Mr. CLAYTON then said, that hit Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex had promised to preside in the Chair upon the occasion, hut
as he feared that he would not be in time to preside at the com-
mencement of the proceedings. he had motioned that Wm. Allen,
Etq should take the Chair until his arrival.
Wm. A t.t.s:sr. Esq , the Trecturer of the Society, was then
elecictl to the Chair, and requested the attention of the 3leeting
while the Secretory read the Report for the last year.
'fur Rev. 3lr. Cavan, then read the Report, which, after en.
Wiring upon the utility of the Institution, stated that
" In these schools Mtn bore and 3410 girls are educated. Since
their first establishment, 113,122 boys and 7.89-2 girls have received
instruction, snaking a total of 24,1/1.1; and they bear so high a
character in the neighbourhood, that the number on the books is
always full, and 119 children are at the present time waiting fur
admission.

'• f tts the Greek youths who were mentioned in the last Report,
as having then resided a short time in the Central School, three
were placed under the eine of benevolent gentlemen, who bad
undertaken to bear. in whole or in part, the expenses of their
education. One of them has been since compelled, through ill-
nets, to return to Greece. Seven still remain in the Society's
house, and arc pursuing their studies with characteristic diligence
and ardour. The progress they have already made is highly
creditable, and furnishes another proof of the efficiency of the
littlish systemin stimulating and intproving the human mind.
Nicholas Vlacas, the young man who came with them, has re.
turned to Greece, fully lualitied to teach the system to his country.
men.

•, The advantages at the Central School, as a training establish-
ment. have been eni 'yet) since the last annual meeting, by 23
individuals, three of whom were missionaries. Seventeen schools
have Inen supplied with masters. and temporary assistance has
been frequently renaered, when, by the illness of the teacher, or
other 1.3U1101, it was required.
The friends of the Society will doubtless be gratified by the
information. that since the first establishment of your Institution,
about 700 individuals have learned the system at the Central
schools, most of whom am now %Nicely employed in promoting
the education of the young.. Many of them are resident in foreign
countries as missionaries. schoolmasters, &e. and have introduced
the rift Ish system with much teal and efiect.
" The Committee •are again under the painful necessity of ad-
verting to the crippled and exhausted state of the funds of their
Society. Notwithstanding the utmost economy, the expenditure
of the last year has amounted to 4:121. IN. 2d. more tlwu the actual
receipts.•

" The Society fbr Promoting the Education of the Poor In Ire-
land, meeting In Kildare-street, Dublin, founded on the same
liberal principles as the British and Foreign School Society, and
distinguished by its firm adherence to those principles, proceeds in
its splendid career with unabated real. From the very able and
interesting Report of that Society, lately published, your Com-
mittee learn, that during the year ending February 2, 1824. 281
new schools had been added to the list, calculated to contain 18.539
scholars; and that the whole number of schools under the patron-
age of the Society is 1.500, and the number of children instructed in
them upwards of 100.000. It will be remembered that in all their
schools the Holy Scriptures are read, without note or comme it.
The sum of 11,1:14(,1. Bs. Id. had been expended in grants of mm ey
or school.requisites. Two hundred masters anti one hundred and
eight mistresses had been received into the training school during
the year ; making a total of 1,171 teachers, male and female, who
had received instruction since the establishment of the Institution,
most of whom are now actively engaged in the work of education."
`• Those teachers, who upon inspection, were found meritorious,
received the award of gratuities, in proportion to their merits ; the
sun thus expended antoonted to 11,3.58/. tis. lid. In the cheap book
depsrttnent also, the progress during the last year has been entirely
a :ii•f loory; the number of volumes issued from the Depository was
132.477, making the to:al. from the opening of the Depository, in
Nwrember, 1817, of 1,080,933. This brief abstract of the pro.
ceedises of a kindred Institution will, the Committee are per-
:waded, be received with unmingled pleasure by the members of
the British and Foreign School Society. Tney feel assured that
there will be among them but one opinion with regard to the
principles, plane, and operations of the Society for Promoting the
Education of the Poor in Ireland ; they dectn it right to have their
entire acquiescence in die system it has adopted, and their cordial
gotel wishes for its increasing success; and they hope that the
Committee and members of that Society well, to use the expressive
language of their own Report, • above all things, and before all
things, and in despite of all things. cling to their principles.' "
" Since the last annual meting of this Society, the Commis-
sioners of Irish Education It-trlley have published their Report.
The system of Instruction whica they recommend as best suited to
the Irish population is mainly the saute as that adopted by the
Kildare-creet Society, with these modifications, however, that the
Commissioners advise the appointment of two masters to each
school, one Protestant and the other Roman Catholic, and that the
Scriptures should not he used iduring school hours. Your Com-
mittee retrain from offering any opinion on the general features of
the plan suggested by the Cotnroissionere. Nevertheless, deeply
impressed with the importance of a religious education, founded
solely on the Scriptures, they must be permitted to say that they
shoUld most earnestly deprecate the adoption of any system of in.
struction, especially under the Sanction of the Legislature, in which
the r.a.iieg of the Scripture did not form a prominent part. On this
subject they !me the happiness to concur entirely in the sentiments
expressed by the 'tight lion. the Earl of Liverpool on a late pub-
lic occs.sion, and with him, • cannot but look to religious educaliwa
as the only sure foundation of all useful knowledge.'
'• The excellent system of parochial instruction established in
Sco-land soon after the Reformation must be viewed as the chief
cause under the Divine blessing, of producing the high tone of
moral character by which th at country has been long distinguished.
The increase of the population, and the changes that have taken
place in society since the period adverted to, have led to the forma.
time of various benevulcnt Institutions, whose efforts have proved
eminently succeseful. The Society for Promoting Education in
' the Highlands and Islands, formed in 1818, and recognizing simi.
lar principles to your own, imparts the blessings of knowledge to
4.111)11 clialren, who asse.rble in 77 schools. The Model School at
Inve ness, containing 323 children, flourishes under the superin.
tendence of 3lr. Chutes Pickton, whose labours in New York have
been noticed in fernier Reports. A punk examination, which
took place last year, affnaled pleasing evidence of the good progress
of the children, and the assiduous zeal of the teacher. Under the
patronage of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge there
are 284 scOnols, containing 13,541 scholars. The Edinburgh Gae-
lic School Society has 83 schools, with 40011 pupils; and by the
Glasgow School Society 43 schools are supported, containing about
20SO children. In all these schools, an your Committee believe,
the Holy Scriptures are constantly read."
'• Your Committee have no new information to communicate
relative to the Schools in Poland. In Germany and Prussia the
instruction of the young is secured by law. In the Netherlands
the British system is now firmly established. The Model Schools
at Brussels, with residences for the master and mistress, are now
completed, and the system is in rail action. In addition to the
ordinary branches of instruction, the boys are taught architectural
drawing and vocal music. Handsome donations from the King,
the Princes, and the town of Brussels, testify that the importance
of elucalion is appreciated, and the excellence of the British system
acknowledged.
. _

" Since the last annual Meeting, elementary lessons in spelling,
reading, and arithmetic, have been prepared in modern Greek,
ready to be used as soon as opportunity offers. They have also
sent a supply of slates and lessons to Athens, for the use of the
Schools established there. Several letters have been received
from bleorgius Constantine, whose departure for Greece was
mentioned in the last Report. lie was first stationed at
Trip 1iT7.11, where he soon established a School, containing one
hundred and twenty children. Their Fevre's, and the good or-
der and subortlin..t on preserved in the school, excited much asto-
nishment an er the inhabitants. The pleasing prospect was, how-
ever, quickly beclouded by Pie approach of the enemy, And Con-
standee was obligAl to leave the place. The Government have pro-
posed to establish under his care a school, at Napoli di Romania,
and to employ him in teaching the British system to young men
who will be sent to him for that purpose trom various parts of.
Greece. Your Committee have been much pleased with the letters
of this yountman, evincing a piety and zeal, from which the best
fruits may be expected ; they trust his life is spared for long use-
fulness. It is• also their duty to notice the interest taken
in education by the Greek Legislature and the desire to
enjoy its benefits, inanifksteil by the tuition at large. A Cm-
tral School hat been established at Argos, and an Inspector.
General of Puolic Instruction appointed. The schools at Athens
contain 400 scholars. School. have also been opened at Gastouni,
Missolonghi, and other places. 111 hen it shall please the Al.
mighty to break the arm of the oppressor, and to let the captive
go free,' the general establishment of schools on the British system
will be the means of conferring the highest benefits on Greece, and
of furthering that moral renovation which those who know the pre-
scot character of the Greek population state to be greatly needed."
His Excellency M. DE FALK rose to move the first Resolution,
that the Report be approved of, and printed under the direvion of
the Committee. His imperfect knowledge of the English language
would prevent him from trespassing on the time of the Meeting,
but he amid not avoid expresing a hope that the Netherland,
would, by their future exertions, prove themselves worthy of the•
flattering manner in which they were mentioned in the Report.
(Cheers.)
The Rev. ROWLAND HILL begged to remind the Meeting of
the neuess:ty. of educating the rising generation; which, with-
out the exertions of the present, must become a set of complete
barbarians. When he said education, he meant telig us eau.
cation, which was indispensable; for if they were not taught
to fear God they would nut honour the King, and,
nameable thetnsetves, they would seek to manage others by snob
law. The R*. Gentleman then adverted to the Principality of
Wales, where the people are brought up in the utmost simplicity,
so that Government had no trouble In governing them. in Scot-
land, he said, it would be an affront to ask a man if he could read.
The principles upon which the Society was tanned were !Metal.
There W“. 4 no distinctinn between the Diasenterti and Members of
the Church of England. The object was to instruct children on
universe! principles, And it would be cruel to .thrust the Dissenter
beck from looking at the Sacred Voluine, mitosis he nttended in the
sante places of worship as his Mretathera. (Cheers.) lie had had
the honour to know the late Recorder of London Sir John Syl-
wester), and, in a convmsation with him, lie (Sir J. Sylvester) said
that he thought education of itself did more harm than good ;
that it was necessary that it should.be founded on religious pria.

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eimes: and he added,when children abided by such instruetinna they
were seldom peen at the Old Bailey as criminsls. ((sheers.) The
Rev. Oentleinsn concluded by mecoudintt the Resolution, which
WAX then put from the Chair, and carried unanimously, as were all
the others.

The Rev. E. fIITTNO rose for the purpose of proposing the second
Resolution, to the effect that the most grateful acknowledgements
of the Meeting were due to his Majesty. Cie his continued paten_
rage of the Society. He felt convinced, from the exctlleitt Report
which had been read. that the Society was an instrument in the
hands of GA, preparing the way for the Gospel unto the father.
most limits of the earth. It was manifest that all their exertions
to circulate the Scriptures nom be vain unless the people to who.ti
they were sent were also taught to read them. It was manifest
that the labours of NI issionaries.must be fruitless unless educe ion
was first instilled. In fact, the 3lissionaries, were compelled to stay
their lahoure in preaching, and torn their exertions to instruction ;
therentre he contended that the Society should not be regarded in
itself,but rather as an instrument necessary to the operation of other
instruments in spreading the Gospel throughout the world. ile
had no doubt but that the Lord had raised and extended the power
of the Society todo good beyond its ability ; lie therefore came for.
ward with great delight to commend the Society to the orayers and
the exertions of every one then present. (Cheers.) lie thought
they ought to abide by the principles laid down for their guidance,
for he felt convinced that if they attempted to do more, they would
do lees ; they should confine themselves to teaching to read the
Scriptures, and lessons out of them. (Cheers.) The British nation
should regard itself as the depositary of the Scriptures, chosen, like
the Jews of old, for this purpose. They were evidently chosen to
circulate them, and for this had the Almighty suppressed 'menial
rebellion, and extended its commerce and promoted amity between
it and all other nations. (Cheers ) The British Mille were the
honoured depositaries of the Lord—his chosen instruments for send.
ing the Gospel to the uttermost parts of the globe. The Rev.
Gentleman next alluded to a plan loiggest cd for making those
schools support themselves. He thought the thing quite practice.
ble, even in the peorest part of the cites of .the empire. The plan
had been tried in Glasgow by Mr. Chalmers amongst the lowest
refuse of the Irish,population of that city—a naked, rude, and tin.
civilized people, full of the seeds of vice and abomination. lie
formed a Sabbath school fur the children of those people, who were
more like young colts from a common than the children of Christian
parents. He gave them neither clothing nor charity; but after the
first few weeks they came, actuated by a sense of pride, decently clad.
There were other schools, elan in Glasgow established in a similar
Tanner. It at last struck the young man, that the parents were
grown sensible of the advantages of education, and he proposed to
them to support the school without resorting to publiccharity.
One penny a week they were told would be ',Noires!, upon which
they said they would give sixpence, rather than lose the benefit of
the school. This showed that it required only a little manage-
ment, in order to carry the plan suggested into execution,by which
means a large portion of the funds would be at liberty to enlarge
the foreign operations of the Society. It was the first time he had
had the honour of proposing a vote of thanks to his Majesty,
and he felt the which it conferred upon him. (Che Ts.)
He had to ask the suffrages of a free people for a liberal stove.
reign. (Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman next adverted to the time
when the hand of bigotted domination in the church cast forth some
of its best members, who were not suffered to approach within a
certain number of miles of any city. Those persons laid the foun-
dation of the Non-conformists, who preserved the Scriptures and
wrote their thoughts, even when no longer permitted to publish
them, until at List the world saw the Church of England like a babe
sucking its nourishment from the Nonconformists. (Great cheer.
ing.) He then concluded by snowing the Resolution, and express.
log a hope that the Society might long enjoy the patronage of bis
Most Gracious Majesty.
Mr. J. VAN OVEN seconded the Resolution, which was carried
by acclamation.
The Rev. Dr. RUSSELL (of Dundee), said that if the Report
which was before the Meeting failed to make an impression on the
minds of all present, he was convinced that nothing which could
fall from him would produce any effect. He rejoiced that the So-
ciety took for its foundation religious instruction. It was the duty
of all who heard him, as Christians, to extend the circulation of
the Word of God. All the great moral results which were pro-
duced in the world had been brought about by knowledge. (Ap.
obtuse.) This great truth had been exemplified in the character
and precepts of the Saviour. The benefits of the Society were not
limited to the numbers taught to read : those who were taught
would convey the knowledge acquired by them to the offspring
with which they were blessed; and thus the advantages of the Insti-
tution would beextended to future generations. The circumstance'
alluded to by the Rev. Mr. Irving proved forcibly a fact of which
all those who had considered the subject of education were already
aware—that where education was general, or that the parents were
impressed with its value, they were always anxious mat their
children should not be dependent on foreign aid for the attainment
of knowledge. The R.T. Gentleman co .chided by moving the
thanks of the Meeting to the Presidents, Committee, and other
officers of the Institution.

The motion was secni.tkal,without observation,by Mr. MI L L•R.
The Rev. G. SA MP30,1 (County Derry). in min!, to propose
the next Resolution, took occasion to observe, that he was one of
those who thought that Institutions like the British and Foreign
School Society, were calculated to raise the character of England
above all the nations of the earth. Such Inatitutiona it was,
which rendered England the glory of the world, the asylum for all
Who were opPritsted, and the refuge for every species of 9iMeese.,
The objects of this Institution were to burst the cliams of the slave,
to give hit soul space to walk abroad, and to make him in body and
mind redeemed, regenerated, and disenthmlled. (Applause.) Its
motto was :

" Nil humeni ame alienum,"

It was confined to no sect, to no class, to no colour, but embraced
the human race, without rejecting the people of any clime or any
country. It was justly said that rea.mi was the distinction between
man and the brute end it might be said with equal truth that know-
ledge was the distinction between the slave and the freeman.—
Corning to this Meeting he had spoken with a young Greek, whose
father wow murdered. The scimetar of the Mattomedan was
glaring red with the blood of Christians. The representatives of
those heroes who stood at Marathon and Thermopylm. and who
were quoted as examples of all that was noble and glorious, were
sutforing under the oppression of the infidel barbarians. If Eng.
land was, alit had ever been, the beacon of the distressed and the
refuge of the suffering, and the condition of Greece was known
and the difficulty of educating the population of that interest-
ing country was rightly understood, he was sure that funds
would not be wanted to educate a thousand Greeks. But the
benefi.s of the Institution were not confined to foreign countries.
It operated powerfully and beneficially at home, in ex-ending
knowledge and removing prejudice. It hsd been improperly stated
on a former occasion, that lie had said the proceedings of the so.
ciety in Ireland were opposed by the Roman Catholic priests; on
the contrary, his statement was, that in the district with which he
was connected, there had been no opposition, but that candour on
the part of the agents of thehociety was met with confidence by the
Irish people. His observations were the result of personal experi-
ence. In the parish in which his father lived there were about tour
hundred children Ueing educated in the Society's schools. A ma-
jority of those were Catholics, the rest chiefly Dissenters. Amongst
these children the word of God, without note or comment, was read.
There were eight schools in his district: one of them was kept in
the church, and another, for want of a more convenient place, in
the Roman Catholic chapel, where the Scriptures were freely cir-
culated, and that the Protestant version too ! (Hear.) He had
been told by one, to whom perhaps be ought to bow, for he was a
dignitary of the Church, that he did wrong in taking part in pro.
moting the interests of this institution, because it was calculated
to spread sectarianism. In this he should only answer, that
all he valued was Protestant—those from whom he was im-
mediately descended belonged to the Established Church. He
was the direct descendant of the first Protestant chaplain
of Harry the Eighth—that Sampson, who wrote a treatise
which had raised him to the mitre, and did infinite service in pro-
moting the Reformation. For four successive generations the head
of his family had been what he now was, a minister of the Esta-
blished church, and thus connected with it by conviction and feel.
ing, it was not likely that he would support any institution having
a tendency to undermine it. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, he
would oppose any institution having such a tenancy, and if the
church was assaulted, would stand fearlessly in the breach. But he
was satisfied this society was only calculated to promote love Ind
peace, and good will to►ards men. lie sincerely wished it a long and
pro.perouseominuance,bensuse he considered it a refuge fur the op.
p tl, a glory to its founders, and an honour to England. (Ap-
plause.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by moving the following
resolution :

" The on reviewing the progress of education in this country
during the twenty-one years which have now elapsed since his late.
hlsjetty honourtd the itri.ish system by his patronage, this
Meeting is atficted by mingled emotions of gratitude and regret._
gratitude for the progress which has been made, and regret that so
much remains .to be accomplished, and that even in Great Britain
there is reason to believe that not less than 400,01)0 children are
still unitrovided with the means of education."

The Rev. Mr. Dal N, of Pimlico, in seconding the Resolution,
took occasion to ohaerve that in advocating the cause of this insti-
tution, there were iio arguments to overturn, no objections to be
met, aid it requ•red no eloquence to recommend the object of an
institution, of which all who were acquainted with it concurred in
acknowledging the utility. It was too much the practice to
take it for granted that the objects of such an institution were ge-
nerally understood, and he thought he should be doing service to
the Society by just reverting to its proceedings, from the period of
its establishment, about 2'2 years ago, to ii present condition,
when it might be said to have arrived at maturity. Twenty-tour
thousalid children were now being educated in the schools of this
Society, and between four Hai five hundred local richaols were
established. lie calculated that not less titan sixty thousand chil-
dren had received mental culture through the instrumentality of
the British and Foreign School Society. The effects of such an
extensive system of education could not he estimated; they would
last through succeiedve generations. There was an abatement,
however, from the joy which he would otherwise feel upon review..
ing the proceedings of the Society, and this arose from the conside-
ration that there were no less than four hundred thousand children
without education within the boundaries of our own island. It was
the wish of the late venerated Soverven of this kingdom that every
child should be taught to read the Bible, and lie trusted that the
Society would never rest until there was not one untutored child hi
England. (Applause.)
The Rev. Dr. PHILLIP!' took this opportunity of returning
Pia-As for the effective aid which the soci:ty had afforded to South
Airce. It was vain, he thought, to eulogize the system of educa-
tion pursued by the Society, as its merits were universally appreci-
ated. All the objections to that system had been triumphantly
vanquished, and a very general sentiment now prevailed as to its
utili y. In the Wand of illatlageecar the Society hal effected touch

good. It wax the custom 'of the inhabitants after death to remove
the bodies of their friends to the graves of their fathers, and this
elbourd cratom was productive of mach inconvenience add the loss
of many lives. It had been dope away, however, and the King
conceived that he owed the destruction of this absurd custom to
t''e establishment of•the Soeiety'a ACllOrdll. With regent to the
Hottentots, whit the Missionaries had to depend upon was, the in-
creasing knowledge of the rising generation; and it was extraor.
denary to observe the change effected by the introdgetion of the
British system of educstion amonest the Hottentot!: Education
was the purest an least ohjectionnblemodr,which was used in those
days of benevolence to increase the sum of human happiness. He
!sincerely hoped it might continue to be used with increased effect.
fie was pained to hear that the funds of the Itestitutton were ci►.
etimsertbed. If the of nent retrenched a little in their luxuries,
the Society would have ample funds. Many gentlemen carne to
the meeting of that Institution in a carriage and four, and sup-
ported the expense of such an eqnipage for appearance; but woold
a carriage and four add honour to the name of Allen (the Chair.
mna) ? (Applause.) He knew he was trespa.sing on delicate
ground ; but he could not abstain front asserting the abstract pro.
position, that the benevolent character only was to be estimated,
and' not wealth, nor honour. nor equipage, which attracted the
admiration and notice of a few fools. (Applause.) 'Use Reverend
Dentleman concluded by moving the thanks of the Meeting to the
Duchess of Kent, the Lady Patronesses, and the Ladies of the
Cmirnittee.

Mr: %VEY MOUTII felt great pleasure in seconding this resolu-
do I. because lie knew that when the Ladies of England were called
upon in the cause of charity, their hearts were always responsive to
that call, anti their best exertions devoted to the furtherance of so
benevolent a work. It was observed by a female writer of some
celebrity, that there was scarcely an instance of a wise man having
a tonlish mother; and this observation could scarcely be denied,
considering the opportunities which mothers possessed in early
life fur inctileatiog the principles of morality and religion in the
minds of their children. Having been called upon to propose this
resolution, he could not help referring to the Duchess of Kent.
His late Royal Higlineaa the Duke of Kent had often filled the
Chair of that Institotion, and he was glad to see that the same
priticiplet which actuated his Royal Highness, in fostering the In.
stitution, were retained by his ilium:Mutt widow. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. J. Titomesow, front South America, detailed his pro.
ceedings amongst the newly recognized States of that interesting
part of the globe. He stated that the authorities in that country
had acted with the greatest liberality, in reference to the Institu-
tion. The success of theNnetety's Schools in Bumps Ayres was
must encouraging. The head of the Government in Peru also
seemed most anxious for the establishment of the Society's Schools
This good feeling, he could assure the meeting, was not confined to
the higher orders • it pervaded all classes. In same schools, the
zeal to acquire the eletnentary branches of learning was so great,
that where the pupils had not paper, they practised to write on the
leaves of the American aloe, which was found very useful for that
purpose. From personal experience he could assure the meeting,
that throughout the States of South America, all classes seemed
desirous to nromme the ditrusioo of a system of universal-educa-
tion. The Learned Gentleman concluded by moving the thanks
of the meeting to the Government.' of the several States of South
America, for the encouragement affinded by them to the system of
British education.
The Rev. Mr. CRUMP seconded the resolution.
Mr. ItoquEeatit.TE, the Minister Plenipotentiary for the
Mexican Government, rose to move the next Ronolution. He ad-
verted to the gratifying description given by Mr. Thomson, of the
progress of the Society's schools in South America. These ad-
vances, he said, had been made in the spirit of love, and without
blood and ernehieit. Ile next adverted to the independence of
Mexico, which was achieved by moderate conduct, without violence,
and without oppressing any class. In this it differed front the
French revolution. indeed the two revolutions were quite different,
whether the means or the end were considered. The revolution of
the South American states was not for the overthrow of order, hut
to establish it. Its effects were a transition from darkness to light.
from superstition to Christian morality. Ile thought it must be
admitted that every nation was happy in proportion to its know-
ledge. and the prevale• ce of religious principles. This was the
true inundation of the greatness of England, and of that rank
which she held amongst the nations of Europe. The fate of Spain,
that beautiful country, which was worthy of a better tate, but
which superstition had sunk from its rank amongst nations, was
also an illustration of that principle. (Hear.) In looking to the
new states of South America, he felt that the foundation of their
permanent independence rested upon the improvement of the lower
cirses. It was not enough for a man to be able to earn his own
subsistence; It waaalsoessential that he -should understand the duty
he owed to God and to society, (applause); and there were no
means better calculated to diffhse this knowledge than those
afforded by the British and Foreign School Society. Every friend
Mille Institution might rest assured that there were many friends to
the Society in South America. This gentleman concluded by in-
forming the meeting.. hat Mr. Lancaster was tow at the Caracas,
employed in the establishment of schools, from which he anticipated
the most extensive advantages. The combination of religious and
political liberty he thought were absolutely necessary to secure the
happiness of Mankind. To tunduce this happy combination was '
the object of the British and Foreign Seoul Society ; and as such
he considered it deserving of the gratitude of the amid, and of the
support of all persons anxious to promote the interests of Chris-
tianity.
This gentleman's knowledge of the English language war limited,
but those of his observations which were intelligible were ex-
tremely pertinent, and uttered with an earnestness which gave them
additional force. He concluded, amidst repeated manifestations of
applause, by moving the following Resolution :
" That regarding the circulation of the Holy Scriptures„.and the
general diffusion of education, as kindred measures of the highest
importance to the religious and moral welfare of mankind. this
Meeting cannot but rejoice that, while the Sacred Volume has been
translated into so many languages, the British system has been
successfully introduced into almost every part of the world, thereby
preparing the way for the profitable use of the Divine Book." -
The Rev. Mr. BIALOBLOTZKY, of Germany, seconded the Re.
solution, which was then put and carried.
The Rev. Mr. Icittvaux p.opoaed the acknowledgments of
the Meeting to their Royal II ighn.sses the Prince of Saxe Coburg
and the Duke of Sussex, for their continued patronage of the Insti.
tution ; and also the thanks of the :iming to Wm. Allen, Esq.
for his conduct in the Chair.

The Rev. BENJAMIN Itaysote seconded the Resolution, which
was carried by acclamation.
The Cirat R maw returned thanks for the honour done him, and
then read a letter apologizing for the absence of his Royal High.
netts the Duke of Sussex, owing to illnrss, arising from fatigue,
in consequence of the rumber of public meetings he had presided
over during the last week.
The Meeting then dissolved.