The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

tion iii the Commons House of Parliammit, wilhuut religious
or other disqualiticatiou ; Whiney, humility, or ariwiuu.ily
4,1111 it excepted."
It is above 20 years since the people of lied insl, peaceably
demading this sight, were, by retry species of injustice and
crucify, gnareil into rebellion by an administration and a
magistracy who escaped legal punishment in an Act of lii-
demoity granted by the same Parliament, whip . after
sold their couatry, and by the Uuiun which &Aro, ed Ire-
land rendered the legislatiou of En,,land mo.c CUI Up( 111:111
it was before.

Allow me In add, that the rights of the people can only
be recoveled by the co-operatiuu of ail those greet cud
good men with whom your cultist, y, above all others,
abounds and is blessed —soon, for whose lir.ut, and hearts
I entertain such a reapect, that, were I an I:Aoi:domes', I
would hardly enjoy a good in which they did not partici-
pate. %Valli the did of such men, relict allil r loran will
speedily be obtained ; without it, the fate of Ireland
awaits the 'lithe' to happiest roma!y of the world. Every
thing should ha done to prevent the distioitio, the apathy,
or the fear which may counteract the unbought and undo-
fatigable patriotism of those furls is Ito have ever supported
Ilie rause of humanity, of troth, and of the people—your
Bedford*, y /tor Estswilitainv, your flullands, your Bur-
Betts, your Bonnets, your Cokes, nod your Version.,
though many of thove Illustrious men do 11111 eo the full
length of annual Parliaments and universal suffrage,
which I think the safest as well as the most fittiuq tenant
fur this age and these countries, still they will juin in such
me:v.llls.s 55 will save the counts), hods absolute despot-
ism, the people from that Eastern extras seance, and
that military execution wills which they are threatened.
Sir, your bumble servant,
CLONCURNY.

PROGRESS OF THE BRITISH SYSTEM OF EDUCA-
TION IN SPAIN.

In the early part of year 1817. Capt. Kearney, an
officer Iron Spain arrived in this country, and attended
the central School ill the Unlash and Foreign Schuil
S9ciety, in the Borough-road. Impressed unit the great
moral benefits to be derived fr the diffusion of this
CtieCtl%e systeut of instruction, he detenuinrd to acquire
a competent knowledge of the plan, with the view of
introducing it into the Spanish d ttttt iniuns, where the
education of the lower orders had been hitherto •h
neglected. Ott the return of Captain Kearney to Mad-
rid, ne succeeded in establishing a school in that city,
under tile kind patronage, and at the sole expense of
me Duke del Infanto and several other patricric uubie-
uteu.
Inc* school was opened on the Uth of January,
1818, with ii; buys, and gradually increased in number,
w Atm it soon became au object of public attention.—
Tde efficacy. simplicity, and economy of the plan, ex-
cited a large share of inteirsta and notwithstanding
there were some prejudices to encriuntet, yet its bench-
cial tendency, :hus practically illustrated, could not fail
to secure general approbation. On the 30th of March
last, the King and Queen honoured the scbonl with their
presence, and were so struck with the national advan-
tage that would result from the encourz.genient of limits,
institutions, that his Majesty was pleased to issue a royal
decree, authorising the establishment of schools on the
Lancasteriati system throughout the kingdom.
Tha Central School at Madrid, which is calculated
to contain JOU scholars, was opened on the 4th of May
last, in a ball-room, which the Duke of Pais has givan
lot the purpose. applications have already been received
from several cities and towns for permission to send in-
dividuals to the Central School, in order that they may
be instructed in the plan, and qualified to organize and
conduct local scitools; and there is great reason to hope,
that the period will shortly arrive when every pour
child ill the Spanish dominions may participate in the
benefits of a system of instruction which tiriy justly be
ranked among the must powerful of human instruments
for the piopagation of useful knowledge titroughout
the world.

The Duke del Infanta has addressed a letter, of which
the tollownig is a translation, to the Secretary of the
British Jint Foreign Scitool Society :
Madrid, Sept.
Stit,--1 have the pleasure of handing you a copy of a Royal
decree, which authorizes the e4,ablishment of schools upon the
Lancasterian sy,tem throughout the Kingdom. and have reason
to hope that it will be adopted in all the towns and villages of toe
realm, us numbers already have conic to our Central School,
which was opened in April last, and in which SA) boys are
educated. - _

I have impauridy waited, and nay eagerly embrace, this op-
portunity to assure the members of the hnti,h and Foreign School
Society, of my sincere feelings of gratitude tiir the honour they
have been pleased to corder on hie, by electing me an honorary
member of that charitable and patriotic aabocustion, an honour
that I rateem much more than I can express.
James Melba, Esq. DUKE DEL INFASTO.
llee iol.uws all iyal I)ecree appointiog Cu ssiun,
consisting of the aike del 1 inatito mid seven other
Spanish Nuuleinen, to superintend the establishment of
Laticasteri an Schools at Nlaikitl,Cadia, other impor-
tant towns through Spin.

At the Leeds General Quarter Se,isions, (opened
on Thursday last,) the Grand Jury returned a true
bill against Mr. James Mann, political biwkseller of
Leeds, for publishing a libel of and concerning
the Prince Regent, contained in a publication (-idled
the Black Dwarf. On Friday morning Mr Mann
appeared in Court, and was admitted to bail, himself
in 601 and two sureties in 301. each. It was inti-
mated to Mr. Mann, that this indictment would not
be proceeded upon, on acclunt of the West biding
Sessions having no jurisdiction In offences committed
in the borough, but that another indictment woukl
be preferred against him at the Borough Sessions.
The libel charged in the indictment, consists of u
series of remarks i.pon the :speech of the Prince Re-
gent, delivered ut the close of the last Session of
Parliament. The indictment was scut down from
the Seeretary of State's Mice, and the only wanes
examined by the Grand Jury was wperson of the
name of Beverley.