The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-09 00:00:00

CENTRAL AND NATIONAL SCHOOLS.

Tuesday their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Du•
chess of Kent, acemnpanied by the Prince Leopold,
with the Baroness of Spucth, Mrs. Gurney, Mrs. Fry,
Mrs. and Miss Wood, with a respectable party of ladies,
also Sir Alexander Johnstone, Sir Robert Wilson, M.P.,
Lieutenant General ‘Vetherall, M. Lettellier, of the
Royal Academy at Paris, with a select and respectable
party of Gentlemen, visited the Central Schools of the
British and Foreign School Society in the. Borough
Road. Their Royal Highnesses inspected all the ope-
rations of the system very minutely for newly two
hours; they expressed high satisfitction with the order,
regularity, and proficiency of the children. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, after the exaniination
of th..! Boys' School, inspected very particularly the
operations of the different classes of needlework in the
Girls School, with which her Royal Highness was
pleased to express herself notch gratitiel.
Same clay, the friends and supporters of the St.
Luke's National School, for the education of 1000 boys,
met at the school house, in North Street, City Road.
About two ti clack their Royal Highnemes the Dukc
and Duchess of Kent and Prince Leopold arrived.—
They were met at the cntrauce of North Street by
the Committee, who conducted the Royal Party into
the school house. The children were up in the vard,
and the house was filled with Ladies and Gentlemen,
supporters of the Institution. The Royal Party were
met by Mr. Alderman Wood, Sir Robert Wilson, and
other distinguished persons, and shewn to seats appro-
priated fur theta. His Royal Highness the Duke of
Kent, patron of the Institution, in un eloquent speech,
addressed the meeting. He dwelt particularly upon
the benefit derived from the system, by uniting ail
sects and religions amongst thepoor. He observed, that
he was anxious to spew the Duchess of Kent the
liberal principles upon which these schools were sup.
ported, without distinction between any sect or religion
whatever. The Secretary then read the state of the
Society, enumerating the number of boys each year
admitted into that esti:111611)11cm, and the progress they
had made in their education. 1)r. Lyndsay addressed
the meeting in an able speech. Mr. Wilke, Honorary
Secretary, announced that a piece of ground had been
purchased to erect a school house fur 500 flimale
children, of which Institution the Duchess of Kent
had condescendingly promised to become the patroness.
The Duke of Kent announced a subscription on the
part of Prince Leopold, of 501. A handsome subscrip-
tion was then collected, and the Duke of Kent distri•
buted medals to the most meritorious of the boys.

The personal estate of the late Al Lerman Combo ivas
sworn in Doctors Commons to be under the sum of
140,0(101. His son, Harvey Combo, Esq. is sole execu-
tor and residuary legatee. There were no bequests out
of the funily. _ _ _

The Duke of Wellington's Spanish Aid do-Camp,
(the gallant and able General Alava) has accompanied
his Grace to London, and taken up his abode .at
the residence of the Duke of San Carlos, in Portland
Place. General Maya is about 45 years of age, very
soldier like in his air and manner, extremely affable and
unaffected, and bears the character of a very generous
and liberal minded officer.

DovEk, Avg. 4.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Clarence and suite arrived last evening,
at 7 o'clock, at the Ship inn, and this morning walk&d
from thence to the South Pier-head, where they em-
bmked in the barge of the Royal Sovereign yacht, under
a salute from the guns at the heights 411 d the Pioneer
schooner. A guard di- honour of the 51st were assem-
bled on the Fier-head, and the band of that regimert
played the national airs of " God save the King," ard
" Rule Britannia,' on their embarkation and sailing
out of the harbour. Their Royal Highnesses were:
attended to the beach by Sir John Borhise Warren, wial
other naval Commanders.

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