The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-10 00:00:00

JUPENILE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

: Yesterday the third anniversary of the Juvenile
benevolent Society was held at the City of Lan-
don Tavern. his Royal Highness the Duke of
gUSSEX in the Chair.
. His Royal Nighties,' briefly stated to the Meet-
iug, that the object of this benevolent institution
was to educate mid clothe poor and helpless child-
ren, and this to relieve them from ignorance, mud
often from vice, alial• make them hereafter worthy
HO useful members of society. The Meeting,
would learn the state ta the luatitution from the
Report, which the Secretary would now reed, and
afterwards the state or the fonds, front the Report
of tile Treasurer.
Tie Secretary real the 'Report, which stated,
that during the first year of the lortitution, 87 poor
children were clothed and educated out of its
funds.; during the second year 320 ; mod the third
(last) year 702 ; making; a total, during the three
Yeats, of I,lo9.—(,lppLiase.)
From the Report of the Treasurers it appeared
that last year'. expenditure excreted the amount or
the Society's receipts by übout 391.
Sir JOHN JACKSON proposed that the foregoing
Reports he adopted by the Meeting. The Host.
Baronet drew a forcible 'picture of the necessity of
educating the children of the poor, and said that
the ',reread Istatitution had come to light duriog
the sitting of Mr. Brouglient's Committee on the
state of Mendicity its the Aletropolis, which had
developed such an extent of vice und misery, owing
to the want of clothing and education fur the chil-
dren of the imorer class's.
The Rev. J. CLAYTON, jilt). in seconding this
motion, more fully explained the subject of the
imitation, and pointed not the great benefias it was
calculated to diffuse, by extending the spore,' of
raiment to the poor of every demunination.—
(APPlouse.l—He complimented the Royal Chair-
man on his principles of universal benetolence, mid
on the aissisteuce lie was ever ready to afford in the
CSLISC of charity. Tile sympathy so univeraelly
felt by the country for all the members of the
Royal Faultily, on a late most melancholy occasion,
their Riiyal Chairnisit was now returning by the
deep feeling lie manifested fur the soilferings of the
loner classes of that c try.—(Appirosse.)
J. BUTTERWORTH. ES.9. M.P. in 'imposing (list
the name of the Society be altered from that of the
Juvenile Benevolent Society to the /fah/cation and
Clothing Society, explained that this likewise) had
become tieceesary in conseqtienee of a notion having
gone abroad that this Society was merely conduct•
ed by a few young perionts—a notion that had a
tendency to make the Society appear of u lighter
interest than it really possessed. The Hon. Gen-
tleman pointed out the enlarged benefits accruing
to society from having the p00:,,r classes edurnted.
This Institution he thought completed the cata-
logue of high charities which did honour to this
country. There were already asylums for the
dumb, the. blind, and the sick, but. none for cloth-
ing and erhicating on this liberal plan. Ile con-
cluded h. paying a just tribute to their Royal
Chairman. for his services in the cause of charity,
is. which Ins Roval nighties' had *hewn I elf
worthy of the illustrious House of Hanover
(Aispiause.)
The Rev. Rowt.atiu Hut. seconded this mo-
tion for the alteration of the Millie of the Society,
though lie conid tint help feeling a pang of regret
th.st the noose t he new-hurt, babeshould be changed
at so early a period of its ii ranee.—(d lough./
He was alwits glad to see his Royal Hightleas in
the Chair, mail smiling so efrably 011 their proceed-
Anplasse.)--He would out raise a frown—
that is, a frost frown—nu that Royal countenance
by making it lung speech.—/Cue/insert lungliter.)
gh lie would not do this, yet he would rhea,
his impudence u little, by flatly contradicting the
Hon. Gentleman who hail just preceded him, and
saying, that the work of charity was hot finished
when this Society was provided fur. The great wink
of universal Education was by no sums* ito Dear;
its conseintinitiots as the Hon. Gesillemen seemed
to think ; Elwell yet tantalised to be done to that.
good work. his the district ut the Surrey ride of
the water, with which they knew lie was acquisitors],
notwithstanding great exertions, a good deal was
yet to be necomplerhed. The Rev. Gentlemen ex-
patiated at some length mi the moral tendency of
such Societies as this, anal the innumerable brute-
tits they were calculated to dieseinmate through-
out every rank in the community. Of this no per-
son was more coovineed than the G'erattertma—he
begged leis Ithyal Hialitleaw'r pardon, he meant
the Prince mar his. Well, after all, one of the
highest qualifications of a Prince was to be ruck u
gentleman es their Chairman.—( dppluttre.)—
•rhotigh his Royal. Highness did not yet look cross,
he would not be kmatly provoked to make a long
bingh.)—He would only point out
to them the glotiour, privileges of the country in
which they lived ; for litre, whether tufidado or liee
reties, if they obeyed the law,. the laW ,protected
theist without inquiring auto Abe leugtli or. breadth
of their etorseiesiers.—(Laughter and applause.)—
Seeing so large an assemblage or ladies present, he
would earnestly invoke their peculiar assistance to
presenttheispirl
i tltie
beievt:o eletiiiit object. They knew more
also the
of educalitig. poor unino-
titled girls, and instructing theut.in the use of that
little profitable inetruinent, a needle.—( Laughter
and applanse.)-011! what a powerful enemy to
tool:Mites• it was, and how it enabled an industrious
little girl to sew one rag to another, and arrange
theses, until they lost all &appearance of being rags
diis system, under the pat ge
of Royalty, was universally extended. then :there
amid be at, rod to any apprehenaiuti of rebellion ;
for who ever Maid of a people being dissatisfied by
an accumulation of acts of kiwi:near ?—even that
stagolor and alitriuit'e• compound. the switliali
mode, would vanish, and like the sou of the poor
shoe-Mack, they would all become gentlemen ; and
why not ? Ile was not one of those who was afraid
ut 'wring the 11011 f taught the difference between
right mid wrong, and made sensible of the necessity
id industry and good cooduct.—/App/siuse.)—
The Rev. Geotleolais placed at the disposal of the
Alerting a .111111 ail .25/. front the conductors of the
nott4's ft/ago:int, bruit; the profit on the publica-
tion of s bait wan It.—(App/onse.)
Sir Taos. HELL owe to inure a vote of Thanks
to has Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, fur
his petronage ut this Society. Sir Thomas, in an

able speech, ezp►eted • his cordial aprroluition of
the business of the Meeting, and detailed the great
benefits produced by 14 rie►ilar system 41 the vici-
nity in which he resided.
The Rev. Dr. Cot.t.y El seconded thin motion,
and said, that splendid as were the monuments of
G►eece and Rome, in the fragments of three glo-
rious- works of art which vet preserverlthe renown
of antiquity—more splendid by far would he the
elands of.tiusagt and country to the gratitude of fu-
ture ages, . fur the oc.oral mounrnenta rated by
teiglishinen in the cause of charity and philan-
thropy.
111. Royal Highness the Duke of SussEx, ill
returning thanks, sissified the Meeting of his cor-
dial wishes for the prosperity of this Society. as
at well as of every other which had fur its object.
the good of iocspty._._(Apphiuse.)
Some other Resoluttuism were proposed, and
unanimously adopted, fur the prosperity of this So-
ciety.
The (rent Room was crowded to excess. The
company chiefly consisted of Ladies, man}• of them
of flre.Society of Friend•.
Dr. COLLYRK rend nit apology from Mr. NVil-
berforce, for bit inability to attend, through 'ltalie-
position.