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who accompany you, f.r yowl' tintinem and conde-
scension in assisting by your presence of this.eme-
moue. I trust you will lung live to enjoy:your
honours. to +were your country, and 'lb wit eras the
prosperity of am establishment, aftlic hutalitiou of
which you have so generously connoted Is pm-
side.”
This address was received with great applause.
lit. Alderman WOOD theis addressed the Meet-
ing, and blasted, that it was quite usitiecessary for
him to express at this time his opinion iu favour of
the general education of the pour. The pedal of
extending education in the lower classes had indeed
been once disputed, but there was not now, he be.
hewed, a single individual to be found who denied
the great benefit which bail resulted front that plan
of edocation of which Joseph Lancaster was the
founder. It not only conferred its blessings on the
poor children themselves, but they. in their turn.
communicated to their parents the value of the
lessons they received.—( eipploNse )—la the long
catalogue of juvenile delinquents to which his at-
tennisu had been often drawn. he had invariably
found that not only were the offenders uneducated,
hut also their parent.. 1;m/ranee would invariably
be found the nurse of crime.—(Applause)—it was
therefore, that on all occasions he felt a pride in at.
tending Meetings of this kind, which had for their
purpose so laudable as, object as the education of
the pour, without any Mtg distinction. No-
thing was more croneous than to suppose that
ii, the schools on the present plan, religious law
slrocl ion was unattended to; the mar at was the
fact, fur in addition to the children I,- iii taught
the Bible, they were required regularly to attend
the respective places of worship of their parents
on the Sabbath.day.—(Applaase.)—The wastes.
hod, at a lore puhlic meeting at Islington, stated
their invariable commands on this subject, in reply
to questions from his Royal Ifiglinesti the Dike of
Sussex. The worthy Alderman concluded by con.
granulating the inhabitants of this pianist; on the pre-
sent undertaking, and after entreatitig the vireo's
of the poor to send their children to the school, lie
wished it prosperity and succeas.—(Applause./
The tv-rilly Alderman then advanced, and assist.
ad in layilig the stone—it was placed upon a large
brass plate, nm which was engraved, the following
inscription:—
" CHRIST CHURCH, SURREY.
" The first Shine of this School, fur the Eslurstioo of this
Poor Ctsiliben of this Parish, oil the Royal British System,
one laid by Mr Aldernian Wool, Al P a.siated by Sir Julio
Pimburii, and William William., Esq M.P.
" RICHARD KILLECK, I Cbmehwardens.
JOHN SELBY,
" D BICKERTON,
JOHN NI ANG ER,
,•• JAMES BORSLEST, °veneer.'"
w•• •-• AVERY BENHAM,

The stone wag laid umid loud cheers—after which
the principal persons its the company withdrew to
the Vestry-room.
M. FANQUHAMSON then moved the Thanks of
the Paris Wooers to Mr. Alderman Wood. for his
cooduct in the Chair.

Mr. Alderman Woo°, in returning thanks, de• 1'
claret' his warm attachment to us.iver,al education,
and his decided sense of the benefits derived by the
community from its adoption.
Mr. BALL then moved the Thanks of the Meet•
log in Mr. Alderman Utrodbehere, and Mr. Wil.
hams, for their kind attendance this day.
Mr. Aldermen Gooneentea declared his full
conviction of the u►estnnable benefit of general
education, and his strong desire on all occasions to
contribute to its diffusion.
Mr. Wi Luaus concurred in this opinion, and
declared, that though a member of the Estul►lished
Chinch, lie had never supported the Nat►onal School
System, because he disliked any charity which set
limits to its benefits. by confining them to a part'.
cular class. The great and 'winnows( value of the
British and Foreign School. System airs, that it
was open to children of every religious persuasion.
—(Applause.)
Thaidis were then voted to Mr. Farquharson, foe
his jud►c►ous address; and the ►Meeting, al►ich
was most respectably attended. separated shortly
afterwards.

The ceremony way arranged by Mr. MAccra,
the surveyor and architect of the building.

JAMAICA.
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KINGSTON, MAY 23.

We have published this day the trial uf Rene Be.
!ache, captain of the Venezuelian brigantine, Gene-
ral Arismesdi, which tuck place at the adjourned
Admiralty Sessions, held its this city, on Monday.
for piracy committed on the high seas. The detailed
and extremely minute report of it will no doubt be
very satisfactory to our readers, and does great cre-
dit to the ability and assiduity of the gentleman
also voluntarily took that trouble upon himself. It
has been fortunate for the individual Beluche that
the circumstances of the case have been such as to

produce his acquittal au the charge brought agniusit
him ; ■nd we trost that the publicity now given to
it will operate as a salutary warning to those maraud-
ers who may make these seas the scene of their
predatory excursions, that, if detected, any outrages
on British property or vitiation of the flag will not
be permitted to go unpunished.

FALMOUTH, MAY 1:3.

It is our painful duty to record a most melan-
choly occurrence, which happened on Saturday last
off Rio Bueno. Captain Hawkins, of the shit►
Lincoln, lying in this harbour, was returning from
Rio Nova, in his shallop, when hauling round the
point to windward of Rio Bueno with a smart
breeze, one of the men got entangled in the sail,
and was carried overboard. Captain Ilawkins,
linmanely attempting to save him, blipped into the
sea, and before the boat could be brought to, both
were unfortunately drowned. Neither of the bodies
have yet been foetid. Mr. Hawkins was • Lieute-
nant in the Navy, and highly respected.
Not long since we ►tated that some ships from
Great Britain bad been seized and detained at one
of the Windward lalauds,on account of having guu-