The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-31 00:00:00

THt NATIONAL REGISTER.

tion in the Commons Howe of Parliament, without religious
or other disqualification ; infancy, insanity, or critniuMity
alone excepteel,"
It is above 20 years since the people of Leland, peaceably
&sanding this sight, were, by every species .1( injustice mat
cruelty, goaded lute rebellion by an administration and ti
magistracy who escaped legal punishment in an Act of In-
demnity granted by the same Parliament, aha %MIN after
sold their c tttttt try, •nd by the Union w hurls destroyed Ire-
bast! rendered the legislation of LAO:aid mast corrupt thou
it anti before.

Allow me to add, that the rights of the people ran only
be recoveieil by the co-operation of all those great 11111
good men wills whom your country, above all whets,
abounds and is blessed —men, fur whose heads mid Marts
I entertain such a respect, that, were I an Eoglishinsit, 1
would hardly enjoy a good in which they dill Hot pstliej.
pale. Willi the aid of such mcii, edict and reform will
speedily be obtained ; a [thou' it, the fate of behind
awaits the hitherto happiest country of the world. Every
thing Isilullill be dune to prevent the disishiuti, the apathy,
or she fear which may counteract the to:thought and inde-
fatigable patriotism of those skew a ho have ever siippos ird
the cause ut humanity, of troth. and of the people—yowl
Bedfords, your Fitawiliiams, your Hullands, your Bur-
dett., your llennets, your Cokes, and your e'er s,
though many of those th ud siuur men du not go the full
leugth of annual Parliataeuts and universal suffrage,
which I think the safest as well as this must fitting reform
fur this age stud these countries, still they will yowl in shell
measures as will save the country front abs iiiii te despot-
ism, and the people front that Castel n extravagance, and
that military eaectition with which they use threatviied.
Sir, your humble scream',
CLONCERRY.

PROGRESS OF THE BRITISH SYSTEM OF Ii:DUCA-

TION IN SPAIN.

In the early partoldeeiralitii.Capt. Kearney, an
officer (runt Spats arrived tin this country, and attended
the central School of the British and Foreign School
Society, in the borough-road. impressed w ith the great
mural benefits -to be derived front the diffttaion of this
effective system of instruction, he d • ed to acquire
a competent knowledge of the plats, with the etew of
introducing it into the Spanish dominions, where the
education of the lower orders had been 'HUM to amen
neglected. On the return tit Captain Kernsey to Mad-
rid, lie succeeded in establishing a school in that city,
under the kind patronage, and at the sole expense of
the Duke det•lufaitto atsd•several other iiatrio.ic noble-
men. The school was opened on the 9th of January,
Isle. with boys, and gradually increased tp number,
witent it soon became an object of public attention.—
Tile efficacy, siwplucity, and economy of the plan, cx.
cited a large share of ititetest ; and notwithstanding
there were some prejudices to eticouritti, yet its benefi-
cial tendency, thus practically illustrated, could not jail
to secure general approbation. On the 30th of March
last, the. King and Queen honoured the school with their
presence, and were SO struck with the national' advan-
tage that would result Irons the eneoun.gentein of truntirr
institutions, that his Majesty was ideated in issue a royal
decree, authorisiug the establishment of schools on die
Lancasterian system throughout the kingdom.
Tha Central School at Madrid, which is calculated
to contain 300 scholars, was opened on the 4th of .lay
last, in a which the Duke of Fait has given
for the purpose. Applications have already been received
from several cities and towns for permission to send in-
dividuals to the Central School, us order that they may
be instructed in the plan, and qualified to oigaitize and
conduct local schools; and dyrre is great reason to hope,
diet d►e period will shortly arrive when every pour
child in the Spanish &minima may participate in use
benefits of a system of instruction which may justly be
ranked among the most powerful of human instruments
for the propagation of useful knowledge throughout
the world.

Tne Duke del Infant° has addressed a letter,oi which
cite tollosving is a translation, to the Secretary of the
Liritish anti Foreign School Society :
Madrid, Sept.
SIR.-1 have the pleasure of handing you a copy of a Royal
dLeree, which authorizes the wasblishilient of sehoul.i upon the

Lanca4crian system throughout the Kingdom, and have' rea'un
to hope that it will be adopted in all the towns and villages (Atli':
realm, as numbers already hair come to our Centrist School,
which was opened in April hut, and in which 520 boys are
educate!.

......
I have impatiently waited, and now eagerly er..brace, this op-
portunity to assure the members of the British w.d Foreign School
Society, of illy sincere feelings uf gratitude tor the honour they
have been plcAsial to corder on ti.e, by electing me an honorary
member of that charitable and patriotic association, an honour
that I esteem much Howe titan I can express.
James Aiello:. Esq. DUKE DEL INFANTO.
He; c luliows a it'?yal I}:crer ANA) e al CO ...... IUSIOII,
otnisistimt_ of the Duke del Jnmanto atoll seven other
Spanish Noblemen, to superintend tile cataid.sriment of
neasterirn Schools at Madrid, Cade; and voter impor-
tant towns through Spain.

At the Leeds General Quarter Sess!ons, (opened
on Thursday last,) the. Grand Jury returned a true
bill against Mr..l4mes Mann, political bookseller of
Leeds, for publishing a libel of and concerning
the Prince Regent, conwined. in ti publication called
the Black Dwarf. On Friday morning Mr Mann
appeared in Court, and was admitted tobail, himself
in 601.. and two sureties in 301. each. It was inti-
mated to Mr. Mann, that this indictment would not
be proceeded upon, uu accmut of the West hiding
Sessions having no jurisdiction in offences committed
in. the•borough, but that another indictment would
be preferred against him at the Borutwi Sessions.
The libel charged in the indictment, consists of a
series of remarks upon the Speech of the Prince Re-
gent, delivered at the close of the last Seminarist
Parliament. The indictment was sent down from
the Seeretary of State's Offim, and the only witnes.
examined by the Grand Jury was kperson of the
name of Beverley.