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he saw an Almost naked body resembling a savage,
he was induced to think that it partook, in some
measure, of the barbarous state of the sewage
It was their duty to raise it up. and chattel the
gloomy mists of ignorance in which it was enve-
loped. The Revereall Gentleman dwelt consider.
ably on the great and incalculable •dvuistages re.
suiting from their Institution. It recognised no
atiotitact;on of party, of religion, or of sect ; it
gave charity its free scope, and always allowed
• it to eipetate in its own wry on the human heart ;
iw perfect accordance with the spirit of the
litilithC•saalittahnth with the ardinamem of Gad,
and the institutions of man.—(Cheers.)—The
Leowned Gentleman concluded by moving, that
the Report be received and adopted.
Tire Rev. W. C. Kinn next presented himself.
He did not know whether his feelings were more
powerfully excited on the present occasion a. •
Christian or as a British subject. It was a proud
and glorious sight to behold the splendid 'trembly
which lie had the honour of addressing.. Such An
assemblage presented • much more formidable
harrier to all the inroads of immorality than any
armed power, however great, that could be arrayed
against it. They had met in perfect accordance
with the spirit of Christianity. The object of the
Suriety was one which afforded full scope for the
ilevelopernent of the best means of doing good.—
(Hear, hear.)—lt invited the rich to visit the cot.
tage of the poor; and surely the rye of beauty
never looked more lovely them when diffeised
with tears of sympathy For the sufferings of
our fellow-creatures.—(Muchapprobation.)
Coold any thing be more truly gratifying to a
benevolent heart thin to behold the object whom it
had re-cued from misery, to behold the eye beam-
ing with delight, and the heart overflowinue with
gratitude to their benefactor. They should' never
forget• that they were assisting that portion of the
people who, in time of need, Assays rallied round
the throoe and supported the constitution. Much
had been said of the ravages and inroads of inmate-
rainy and infidelity; but, in his oirinion, the best
and surest, and most effectual oppositio.s that could
he given to it, was extending to the poor the bene-
fits of a religious education.—(U)icers.)—The
WY. Gentleman concluded by seconding the Re.
solution that the Report just read should be re-
teired and adopted, which being put from the
chair, was carried unanimously.
The Rev. RoWtanD Hit.t, stepped forward to
propose the next Resolution. He would not de-
tain
them by any observations on the necessity or
advantage" of giving the poor education, nor ou
the paiticulsr means, for tarrying th it purpose
into effect ; that subject hail been s, luminously
expounded, especially by their bighle -gifted arid
excelleist Chairman, that other remarks upon that ,
topic would be tedious and unnecessory. But he
strongly insisted on the necessity of taking religion
for the ground and ultimate object of all proceed-
ings reciting to education, which proceedings could
only be useful iu proportion as they went to h.-
crease the piety mid morals of the people. Molly per-
Sons were able to write and read excellently well, who
yrt made an abominably bad use of their acquire.
melds. This it was that used to call up so much
opposition to the education of the poor by the rich ;
the old cry among the latter being; " Don't give,
them education ; if you do, they will tumble into
crimes of forgery and all other deadly sins ; ionic
of them will be found to work, or be hired as ser.
voids." Most of these who once held these opi-
nion., had turned to the right about, and were now
engaged in propagating instruction moot% the
pour. But still, if religion were not kept in view
as tier chit f care, their services would be all nothing.
He congratulated the Society on the eresisive scale
of charity upon winch they trued. Theiu cares in-
cluded all sects and divisions ; not 1 lily Catholics,
but•ROIllill Catholics, for these stele distinct 'w-
help. They did out ask the Roman Catholics
to turn Dissenters or Protestants ; but they
soaked to be allowed to instruct she children
of the l it'ter, to put the Bible into their hands,
and leave it to their own common sense to discover
the beauties and truths contained in it. Alluding
to the prohibitions issued by his !lushness the Pope
against the reading of the SeTllllllft II by the vulgar
laity, lie observed that it could not be a very holy
principle which prompted such a measure. Ile -le-
scribed the astouishnient of an !admit, to whom lie
had given a Testament, at not being able to find
sue word about the 11141.8 in it from beg g
to end. Again, he enforced the necessity of glen%
such a tendency to education as that it should pro.
mots the demol of all ungodliness and worldly
lusts. The motion which he was about to submit.
was statendrd to convey the thanks of the meeting ,
so the illustrious Duke who was at 'present
the patron of their Society. but who was ab.
Pent from indisposition. So Hist here was a
Prince of the blood royal at the head of that
pretty rooted regiment of which they had
beard. Well, at any rate they might say that there
was something exalted in this roucimistarice, for
• Prince might be exalted by his superior humani-
ty. They had an establishment of the same kind
ens his stile of the water, and 111 r few days' time the
anniversary would be held. lie would be gla.l to
see thew all tlicre. 'provided they would give smite
money. To be sure, most people fonititl enough 10
140 with their money ; but after provide
tang fur themselves and lanithea, they could nut du
Water than give the rest awry. lie then moved
• resuittiion.expretusive of the thanks of tine meeting
to his Royal Highness the Duke of Strews, and or
she reg•ret felt by them at the inthapswition which
prevrsiteel This Royal Highness from attending this
day.
'flue Rev. Mr. Wools seconded the Resolution,
which am. carried unsisiimnisly.
The CHAIRMAN then sinus..tninced the presence of
some of the childreii, who wrre to be plotted in hoist
of the chair for the inspectom of the assembly.
'they were plaint) but neatly Whited, without any
badge or sirs of livery ; and all ottliem
111 their faces unit appearance the guest degree or
mitt:tom paid to their 111111311C16 and pennon's by
those who hod the care of them. One a them
pronounced very audibly, and wish nu lack of
emphasis, the 53.1 chapter of Isaiah.
The clidalreu being "minima is,
- IL H. Maateett, Esq. proix.sed she next Remo
lotion, viz, a %rote of 'fliablea to the Duke of Beds
.its. The Itemlirtsois
ruse which the meeting
' to the Society by the

late Sir John Jackson. The Moser 'prOpelied to
uccompany the Resolution with west bey
that Julia Petty Mus Waite. smother partner in the
house, who was ale* a subscriber to the Society.
should be Omitted in the room of the late Sir Jnlitt
*Jackson, as'swe of the Vice. Preeidento.
The Rev. J.' Oilman, of Ceotinglinm, decond-
ed the motion, withal wee curried unaultUtnislr
The Rev. Jot. T--- 'imposed the oiretirl
Resolution. He attributed • great portion of the
blearing% of toleration enjoyed under the Conetiteee4
lion to the friendly spirit of the 'House of n(owpo
wick. An Act, called the Schism Act, h !weed
both Houses of Parliament in the trigs of Queen
A /MC It prevented any stir not proved to be duly
qualified by commis with 'the Church of Eng-
land, and not examined to such effect by the ordi-
nery form, at tempting to ire instruction to cbitd. es.
flail this Act continued in force, that meeting
could never here been held. Joseph Lancaster, the
Quotes (he did not mean any thing hieratic, by
the term, but It *as no distinction to say irriemet.
as they were all Trieeide to Vie object, of the
Society), could never hive undertaken the ge.
neral ,instruction of the people. or if he bad.
must first have lead • Cie of e/. in tlw King,
according to the penvlties imposed by that Act,
which was repealed in the Sib George 1. The Iltls
and lelh Charles IL wh ch prevented persons not
quslified according to iis prescription front teaching
children, remained wirepealed until after the pass-
ing v.f the Toleratim Act, in the 19th George 111.
Dr. Doidaidge bad been subjected to a very ma.
skies process in cosasequeoce of this Act, which was
at the time supposed to be obsolete and of no effect ;
sod oohing tint the personal interference of
George 11. could have rescued him from the effects of
the pros cation. After some further remarks in corn•
meudation of the Howse of Be unswick, and on the
necessity of preserving the freedom of opinion, even
in matters of education, tins!' ickled, lie read the
dth Resolution, which was iiitruded to convey the
thanks ef the enseing to W. Ilarirreve, Esq. Trea-
surer; Richard Browidow, E-q. Secretary; and the
Ladies and Gentlemen forming the various Com-
tnittees.
Mr. Wt tees seconded the R-solutions, which
was carried onaiiiinously.
The Secretary then read over the nautili of the
Ladies and Gentlemen who were appointed to
serve on the various Committees. _ _

The CHAIRMAN, 10 • fell Mcm(l4. enforced the
necessity of attention to the cases intrusted to the
Committees, and invited others to volunteer their
*emcee ou the Diltiict Cutnin•ttees. Having bu.
&mess which required his presence hi another place,
he requested that they would appoint the Right
H 'l6 -- Villiers to lake the Chair in his stead.

The motion was adopted unanimously.
Mr. BROUGHAM (putted the Chair, which was
immediately occupied by the Right Ilan. --
Vit.Ltnits.
Mr. MILLEn, Secretary to the British and Fo-
reign School Society, °weird a Resolution of thanks
to Mr. Brougham.
Mr B. F. It. KIDD accoadell it.
The motion was carried unatiitnously.
Mr. BROUGHAM briefly returned thanks and
retired, being followed with loud and earliest
applause*.
The CHAIRMAN, after directing the attention of
the assembly to the affair of the subscription, the
receivers of which wrre stationed thickly about all
the avenues of the room and the alljoiwing stair-
cases, as there was then no further busiuess before
them, dissolved the meeting.
A liticral subscription immediately commenced,
which, from the numbers sod quality of those pre.
sent, must have amounted to a very cossidevaWe

AMERICA.

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NEW You, becratiss 23.

We learn from Cupt. IVhite, of the schooner
Marais, who arrived last Wednesday evening. in
14 days from Putt-au-Prince. that the lltiti.h brig
Nymph, from Liverpool, Jotter, masttr, with
cargo itivosced at 30,000 Jul. sterling, was cap.
'we'd uu or about the 15 h of November, off St.
Nicola Mole, by ti piratical hermaphrodite brig.—
lier of kris and crew, together with the passengers,
prime of whom sere females, were driven into the
bast, with nothing but the clothing they had upon
their !melts, and boat cut tudrift at sea. out of sight
of land, and not one morsel of ilovisions on board.
—Af,er remaining in that situation twenty-four
hours, without chart or compass, pet fectly at the
mercy of thee aria, they were fortunately 'ellen in
with by u Swedish ship from Hum burgh, and brought
into Port-su-Prince. in a must distressed situation,
where a subscription was immediately set on foot,
and r handsome sum raised for their relief. Capt.
W. was among the contributor.. l'here some two
other freebooters horning on the roast, nod !dun-
drriog every defenceless , I they fill in with.

FOREIGN INTALLB:EA'CR.

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, JANUARY 19.
The King tnutsatcted Wetness yestertiwy with the
Duke uf Richelieu.

Lord -- Somerset, Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope, is arrived at Mai..
Sir James Crawford left feria on 'Tuesday, ex-
claiming i• farce kr Cherie !"--I le was accompanied
bt• 'evens! gendarmes.
Sir J. Crowfurd is but the foreigner who has been
expelled from Pitri..—The famous 13ergsmi, Grand
1114ster of the Order of St. Carohoe of Jerusalem,
11 IS been seen arat• I.oitt the crvittal, Of Ili, Oider
has not yet acquired, dunks to the virtue of• die
French La. ! the right of tioturahz
zeete de Franee.l

BRUN, JAsukay 7.
We hive been assmed *slice yrbterday twit
departure of the King of Paisma, ossahlovereiltit,
has been agar► adjourned, and that
awaits new dispatches from. Vienna.. It is sop-
posed that Ilardetaberg will, in the strip
time, proceed tu Li)beit:ll.

LAYNACII, JANUARY 6.
Prince Mettermicb Isms beeu berr since the 4tl t,

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with the firot disiiiion °false Chancery of Site. Ay'
this motnent the popaleceal this city and saiturhi
is spread upss the streets pad roads, notwittrstandiadg
the of the weather, to witness the swivel af
the Einperur and Bale's'. Their Msjesties slight
al the Cantle, the residence if the Governor, To.

inorrosr-weesiarpolitillithe Emperor Alexander.
the Episcood Mk* is itestParerl foe his veeeption.
The Fre".lo.v!al; woo that hos failest India) s-
lew chys d4syr (he. King of Naples,. The *lima
of his lioorwltuid onsoursce his •rrival on the tithe
The number of carriages in thirsuit of the Eirip.ror
of Austria amounts to 22, and that of his horses to
18D; more are expected, There is every reason to
presume that the new Congress will be of longer
duration than the former oue. The King of Pros.
sia is expected about the 15th instant,

FLANDERS MAIL.
13.
The accounts from Berlin, up to the 901, du out mention
the departure of the IL mall of Protasis for Laybsch. The
Universal Gault* of Augsburg Hoye, that a report is ge-
nerally circulated at Voesona, that hie Majesty the King of
the Two Sicifieu had, immediately on bit lauding at Leghors,
addressed to the five Great Powers • 31emorial, in w►ich
►e states hie sentiments respecting the scents at Naples.—
It is even added that that Monarch has protested against all
the acts that hare emanated from the Neapolitaa Parlia-
ment. Several Gerelill Journals hive stated that the re-
sift of the conferences at Truppan bad been communicated
to the Diet of the Coufederation. This is toff true. It is
possible that the Ministers of the great Powers residing le
this city may have had some information on the subjvet,
but none id the Komori to the Diet have received any offi-
cial roentinnication.

Vlttelli, JANUARY 5.
The fortune Is ft by M. Fossebe is said to be two millions
of francs.

Aecouots from Constantisopie,of the 11th of December,
say, dial the Grand Seignior, irritated at the slue proceed-
ings of the Parkas employed against Ali Paeha, has made
great cliaage* among them, and that Chunichmid Aclimet
Pacha, who formerly ended the truuliles in Syria, will
have like command of part of the troops iu Albania and
Biondi*, lathe room of Baba Pelitivar Neb., lately de.
ceased, probably poisoned. The letter has preseuted lo
Cburscbinid 1,000 purees (SOO,OOO piastres), ■nd an equal
sum to he divided among the other Pachas. These Padua
arc enjoiwrd to du their utmost to terminate the cuntlici wish
All in two months, and deliver him I.so the hands of justice.
—lt is hoped, that, notwithstanding his brave defence,
and Lis resources is artilkry and ansusuaition, he will
shortly be ►educed. Seven wits of artillery, Mc. left this
city on the 4th, as some say to reinforce the garrison of Bel.
grade, or, as others silirm, to aid the Packs of Scutari against
the Montenegrins, who have commenced hostilities against
him. The Paclia of Boruia has seat to the Puite 154
beads, the result of an calm/aims against the banditti who
have loag infested the military frostier of Austria.

AT TWELVE THIS DAY!!!-THE LOTTERY BE-
GINS THIS DAY AT TWELVE, AND THREE OF
THE NINE PRIZES OF £11,004) WILL BE DE-
CIDED IN FIRST FIVE MINUTES.

*I'HE 13RITISTI PRESS.

LONDON,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 23. ISql.

At a lute hour list night we received Paris Pd.
per► of the 19th instant. The Chamber of Peers
met on the 113th to nominate a grand Deputation
to assist at the anniversary service to be celebrated
on the 2Uth at Saint Denis, ►n commeniorat' of
Louis XVI. In the Chamber of Deputies there
was noshing of any interest.—The Emperor and
Empress of A USTRI A arrived at Laybech on the
6th; the Eis,.eror A LEXA NURR was expected on
the 7th ; the journey of the King of NAPLIIS had
been retsrded by the heavy falls of snow, and the
King of PRUSSIA was not expected until the 15th.
It is stated, indeed, under the head of Berlin, the
7th, that his departure for Layhsch had been ad.
journed, and might not eventually take place.
The French Funds continue to improve. The
Five per Cent. Consuls on Thursday rove to ID I.
and left off at 81 f. BS c. Bunk Actions, 1,465 I.

A Flanders Mail arrived last night with Papers
from Brus+els to the 19th, from which we hare
made extracts.

We have no doubt that the country in general
feeds this day trlief from considerable uneasiness.
by the circumstance of the meeting of Parlia-
ment, fur hopes may now be eutertuiried that the
public agitation will begin to subside, and that
whatever delusion and error might have influenced
the conduct of either party in the State will be
gradually but certainly corrected. %%re now shall
have an opportunity of ascertaining with smite de•
gree of accuracy the justness of the sentiment,
rutertained by the great body of the people respect•
ing the conduct of his MAJEwrx's Ministers, and
shall also quickly discover the truth of the allega-
tions which have been urged in the shape of minis-
terial addresses siglitist the moral character of the
cituistry. The tune fur indulging in vague accusa-
tions is gone by, the baisiioss of chargusug the peo-
ple tau lung• r rests in the hands of anonymous
*gibes, or of individuals who, fin purposes of pri-,
vote advantage, conspire in the secret concoction
of a ministerial tulduts ; it is transferred to the
reit' ttttt sible schism of the Crown,: who must find
mosortinog beyond idle declamation to convict.
the people of climes so severe to anditiou and
blasphemy.
Various and courradictory rumours are afloat

told and die Vice-llrratdeut
also exerrobed• the deep rCIIIIM
I r had of the *truces, remitted I
, .