The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-25 00:00:00

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

In the ear!" part of the year 1817, Capt. Kearney. an
officer from Spain arrived in chic country. and attended
the central School of the British and Foreign Scho .1
S.icitiy. in the Borough-road. Impressed with the great
moral benefits to be derived from the diffusion of this
effective system of instruction. he determined to acquire
a competent knowledge of the plan, with the view of
introducitig it iniu the Spjsntih du ttt itt ins, where the
education of the lower orders bad beeu hithei to •h
neglected. On the return' oi C.iptain Kearney to Mad-
rid, he succeeded in establishing a school in that city,
under the kind patronage, and at the sole expense of
the Duke del Infante) and several other patrio ic noble-
men. Elie school was ()petted on the 9th of January.
I 8113, with 63 buys, and gradually increased in number,
when it soon became an uhjecc of public attention.—
Toe efficacy, aittsp►hcitl, and economy of the plan, ex-
cited a large share of• intetest ; and notwithstanding
there were some prejudices to communes, yet its benefi-
cial tendency. thus praciteally illustrated, could not fail
to ►ecure general approbation. On the 30th of March
last, the king and QUCCII honoured the eehool with their
presence, and were so struck with the isatiothil
adeau-
age that would risen folio the eticourLgeutent of simil4r
institutions, that his was pleased to issue a royal
decree, authorising the establishment of schools on the
1.411 C r4terian system. throlighout the kingdom.
Th.) Central School at Alamicl, which is calculated
to contain 300 scholars, was °petted un the 4th of May
last, us a ball-room, it Melt the Duke of Ens has guess
for the purpose. Appllcauous have alreauy been messed
:root si.eral cities and towns tar permission to send in-
dic iduals to the Central School, in.order that they may
toe instructed in the plait, and qualified to oigatitze and
conduct local schools; and there is great reason to hope,
that the peiiod will shortly arrive when every poor
child in the Spanish dousinions may participate in the
lenient* of a system of instruct which ussy justly be
ranked among the.ireast perwerlactor human 11110r1111111CIlli
tor the psopaiastion of useful .1 nowleelge throughout
the world.

The Duke dcl Infanta has addressed a letter, of which
he tollownse is a Italialatitot. -Secretaoy ui the
Urinals and Foreign School 'iociety
Madrid, Sept.
thtt.—.ll have the pleasure of handing you a copy of a lloyal
decree, which authorizes the cgablislanent of Klitlols upon the
Lancasterian system throughout the Kingdom, and have reason
to tope that it will be adopted in all the towns and villages oldie
realm, as numbers already have conic to our Central School,
a hie!) opened in April last, anti in which 320 buys ate
etsiated.

1 h.ve impatiently waited, and new eagerly embrace, this op-
portunity to assure the members of the British ahil Foreign School
Society, of my sincere feelings of gratitude for the honour they
have been plettied to cinder on me, oy electing me an booorary
member of that charitable and patriotic association, an honour
that 1 much-wore than I

s esteem _ am express.
allii4ab Mallet. Esq. DUKE DEL INFANTO.
ht., lultuttloa atuval ere.. al.lloulung es COU 111 l
uf 1111. Duke del Inlaid° mid act Ln tither
Noltictueu, to super:amend the establiahmant of
I.l..eastetian Iktmaulii at Madrid, Cadiz, and utlicriuspor-
t.iit WIA 111 111101101•Sfhlith

The leading Radicals are all by the ears. Mr.
Hunt has addressed the Reformers of the North-
west of. the Island, cautioning them, among other
'evils, against spies and informers; Nlr Thistlewood
in answer to Mr. Hunt, represents the latter as
equally worthy of public execration. Nlr. Thistle-
wood, it seems, in a late visit to Manchester, pressed
not only the a Radical meeting on the I st of Novem-
ber, but also t;,r simultaneous meetings throughout
England and Scotland on the same day. This mea-
sure has been delineated by Mr. flout, and has
added fresh uel to the jealousy of Mr. ThiAlewod,
already excited beyond Ucaring by toe popularity of
his rival.

The plan /if a public meeting At Mlttle:leSter, at
the present crisis bas been abandoned,

A letter has Leen sent from the Treasury .to fife
Commissioners of Lixes. It is explanatory of the
Act of the last Session tin. the relief of perms cont.
pounding their assessed taxes, and has been called
forth ►y the inconvenience and vexation which they
have suffered from surveyors and other officers ems
ployed in eollectirg them. In addition to a general
desire, that the act should he executed favourably
towards the parties availing themselves of it, it
directs
ht. That persons compounding for four-wl.eeleil should
be al!uweil to keep two wheeled 'Armies and OW Yr I 8,1
Ind. That those who compound fur servants of the higher class
shall be aihiwed any member uf all chtti r.
3,1. That persons compounding ler hones may keep
ponies. and
4th, That persons who compound fer any sort of sporting dogs
may keep any numberi!fany sort:

"1 ne MAILS —Within these few months, many
new and excellent arrangements have been adopted
throughout the country for expediting the mails.—
Liverpool now receives all its letters, with the
exception of the York mail, early in the morning,
instead of at various hours in the day, and despatches
them many hours later (after i.xchange time) than
it formerly did ; with a despatch one day later of its
finvign letters intended for the continent. A com-
plete and direct moving chain of mail-coaches pro.
reeds ,tout 1.000 miles, from Penzance to Thum,
by Bristol, Birmingham, Nlanchester, Carlile, Edin-
burgh and AbertLen. By a late junction at Man-
chester. Scotland receives and despatcher letters one
day quicker each way ; and by a newly established
miiil-coach from Aberdeen, travelling daily to the