The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-06-29 00:00:00

NUMBER 500.

A GRAND MASQUERADEAON.. AD THE 'LAST THIS
SEN
KING'S THEATRE.
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EAST INDIA HOUSE, -luxe 28, 1820.
PERSONS who are willing to supply the
EAST INDIA COMPANY, at their House in
Leadenhall-street. or their Warehouses, es may be required,
with 420 CHALDRONSof the best COALS, of the follow.
nig descriptions, viz. Wellington, Heaton. Killingworth,
and Hebburn Main, Pool measure, may scud in their Pro-
posals, waled up, and addressed to the Comniittre of
Holm., on or before WEDNESDAY, the 12th -filly next,
and if on that day, before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, as no
Testier will he received after that time. Not more than
40 Chaldeans will be 1$31111•11 till the end of August follow-
ing, though if it he the wish of the Contractor, 300
Clio Wrong may be sent in immediately. They will be paid
foe as they are delivered.
The Tender, are to rperify the price at which it is pro-
pored to deliver each sort of Coal. The prim are alai, to
include the whole of the expense attending the delivery of
the Coals.

Man, and a WI to continue the Ditties on Coals
and Culnt carried coastwise, which were severally
read a first time, and fitted fur a seeped reading to-
morrow.

THIS EVENING. .THURSDAY. June sg,
a number of Amateur* will appear is Characteristic
Groups fur Dancing, &aging, Imitation*, Ste. &c. Military
sail other Beads will he in attendance the whole of the
Night. for COUNTRY DANCES, QUADRILLES, REELS,
AI.TZGS, Rtr. kr •
Deisituw, Character Dresses, kc. to be bad at the Theatre
at
Tickets of Admission, 12s. each, to include Tea, Coffee,
Ices, Confectionery, Ice. lee. which will be laid out in the
Knit's Concert Room. Supper Tickets, inclading Wine,
Balf.s. Gaines each.
The Masquerade will open in the Nitres Grand Concert
Room, with a variety of Dance*, arranged expressly for the
occasion. It will afterwards commence generally in the
Great Saloon of the Theatre, formed of the Stage and Pit,
entirely covered over. Those properly Box Tickets entitled
to Admission, will not be received till after Twelve o'Clock.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT.
Mr. DIMIAN said he had in his bands for some
time • Petition of ■ ►ema►kable nature—it com-
plained of the alkyd interference of • Peer in the
last election for the Bnrough of Newport, lo Corn-
wall. It was not usual to give notice of presenting
a Petition nt soch a period of the *Session, hut for
the reason lie had mentioned he thought it neces-
sary to do so, and expressed his intention to sub-
mit it to the House, but isti what day we could nut
collect.

No Tender will he received but from Coal-merchant,
posseesing wharves a lid establishments of their own in or near
London; neither will env Tender be takes 11110 considera-
tion uulers the address of the party making it be MIMI ionvil
therein, and be, or an nom on his behalf, be in attendance
opal the said Osinmitue at the day and hour above-men-
tioned. JOSEPH DART, Secretary.

Doors in he Opened precisely at Ten o'Cineb.
Applications fur Tickets to be made at the Dike of the
Theatre; and at all the Masquerade Warehouses.

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of lOM'. mind..—(Hear, heet./He was aware flint
the presept woo a very unfortithate moment for en-
tering on the discussion of this grave, and, as it
would appear to some, dry question. He only
trusted to the patience mud indulgence of the
Home; and should in the outset request, withoot
intending it as • sarcasm to any vino a•.I eim.
thst if any Gentleman felt the details imo whit it
he should feel himself obliged to cuter, ;of • t.-
dittos and heavy for his attention, he would he
pleased to reserve himself for mattere More intr.
resting. and withdraw.—(Hear, hewn)—ft was
now two years since these onqutries hod first
been instituted ; during that time thee had
been curried on with more or less oenseteraece
stud success. Hut the result of them at last v.as. a
mass of statistical accounts, winch he would ven-
ture to say contained a great dead of %skiable know.
ledge; for instead of consisting. as all former ax-
bsttcal
return. did, of mere matters of 4Sey detail,
figwres. numbers. admearurements, and arei.tu--
lice' statements and calculations, throe tlet*OUr:i
comprised a vast body of mural infrirmstion, wnicrt
the more it was studied, the more useful and tote-
resting it would be funnel. All4l in the first 1/LIC...
he wished to be allowed to return thanks in ell
those reverend persons to whom the country was if-.
debted for the returns, and will t sister goad.
wishes and co-operation the House could loot twist.
one step.—(Hear./—lt wits quote itispossitde for
him, by any words which he could employ, to do
justice to the zeal. honesty, Red whility which these
Reverend Gentlemen had mailifested in cerryit g
into effect the wishes of the Ilintse.—( hem%
They had gone on regularly mid constantly in
discharge of the duty imposed on them, untirril
and unchecked by any accident.. tlaiugh event.<
had sometimes occurred, without any 'mention on
his iMr. Brougham's) part, to cause some el them
trouble which was ninieceasary.—(/'leer, bear )--
He hoped he should be pardoned fur plug a little
at length into this topic, because the plan. the
sketch of which he intended to explain to the
House, was strictly and intimately conned-n-1 with
the Clergy. It was designed to give them a general
superintendence over the educe:ion of the poor.
and he thought the best mode of procuring the ap-
probation of the /louse to it, was to describe what
had been done in this respect by that body of men.
because it would be the best pledge of their willing.
liras and earnestness to promote that great national
object.—(Hear.)—The Committee had at first ad.
dressed • circular to the clergy of the different
parishes. which was attended to with such dill.
genet., that on the first day on which an answer
could be had, 601 returns were received—(heor)—
and by the 'seat post 2,600; so that in one week.
more having come to hand in the succeeding days.
one-third of the clergymen of England had obeyed
the summons given theist—that is, all of them who
were within reach of q within the time. In a short
time the remainder returned their auswers, with tl
exception (for a little difficulty would always arise
in carrying on a correspundelice with übove eleven
thousand individuals) of about five or six hundred.
A new circular was yeast to those clergymen from
whom the returns were deficient, but even after
that, there were some hundreds not forthcomiug.
But he ought to explain. that by ate accident which
had happened in the Post-office department, grow+
ing out of the dissolution of Parliament. not at
all through the negligence or misconduct of any of
the officers of the department, 360 of the return"
were mislaid. Accordingly another circular was
dispatched to the 360 clergymen who made these
returns. It did so happen that these 360 retortss
were the very best out or the whole 11,200, and
that they load been picked out and put into a box
for that quality. These returns had been collie:
for in terms which might have been spared, and
the individuals were addressed in language perhaps
too strong (though he could not take the blame
of that out himself), merely because they had done
their duty the mart diligently and ably of all. It
might be expected that they would have been is
little provoked. and he should not have Peen
surprised if some of them had returned a very
sharp answer. some of their returns extending to
eight or ten pages closely written. But it was 'sot
so; the result was as strong an instance of Chnse
nen forbearance, meekness, cud benevolence, as
lie had ever Iteurd of—(Hear)—only two persona
out of the 360 made any complaitit.—(/tear.)—•
Those who had kept copse*. suit dowel and wade
the returus over again, and those who had not, made
out other ones. He thought it better to state this,
though it might be supposed to reflect einntthing
sin himself, lie being the most responsible Member
of the Committee ; so he grounded on this the
inference of the perfect good will and end of all
the clergymen in England for the education of 'the
poor.—(Neer.)—He had since received answers to
private letters, for be had sent some to some of
these persons. making the moist humble apologies.
and never had a proof of anything appeared but the
most cordial readiness to co-operate with the intim•
fiord of Parliament. Another proof which he had
to give of the goad will of the clergy to general
education was, that numberless applications had
been made from individuals among them, request.
ing to be informed of the means by which
they could assist the efforts of the House of Com-
mons; and that • great many instances had coolie
to his knowledge. in which schools had beet.
established at the expense, and conducted by
the exertion' of the working parish priests. He
did not now allude to dignified clergymen, nor
the pluralist., but the working perish priests were
the persons who spent their money and their time
on this exalted object.—(hear, hour./—lie tram.
ed he should be excused for thus going a little-mit
of his way ; it wan not for the purpose of paling
that class of men, of whom he lied been speaking.
mere compliments, that he had done so: bid be-
cause he had built on the feet" he had cue's.
tionerl his plea *for intruding to them, and cons-
mitring to their direction the education 'of the
poor. A digest of the information in his pallies-
t emu had been prepared, and was in the hoods of

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