The National Register.
London, England, 1819-03-15 00:00:00

AUXILIARY SCHOOLS.

On Thursday, a numerous and respectable Meet.
ing was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street, for the purpose of forming a School
Society for the parishes of St. George, Bloomsbury,
and South Pancras His Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex, who had condescended to take the Chair,
was unavoidably tthsent.
The Duke of Bedford consented to become Presi.
dent of the Society, but could not attend the Meet.
ing. His Grace sent a liberal donation.
The absence of the Illustrious Personage was a
great disappointment to the Meeting, which ulti-
mately voted Joseph Butterworth, Esq. to the
Chair.

The object in view was the dissemination of use-
ful instruction among the boys in the above parishes,
and particularly the sons of poor Irish people in St.
Giles's. The advantages flowing from education
were described in eloquent terms, and several reso-
lutions, promoting the object of the Meeting, were
carried. An extraordinary personage attended the
Meeting, namely, the Archbishop of Jerusalem.
This Ecclesiastic wore the costume of the Greek
Church, and appeared a man of devout character.
He made a speech, which was explained by an in-
terpreter. He is travelling to obtain a system of
education best calculated to promote and extend the
Christian religion. He expressed himself an advo.
cate fur moral and religious irstruction.
. .

One of the Clergymen present observed, that it
would be most honourable to this cumin), should
the Archbisl:lp of Jettualem carry from England,
to the city in which Christianity originated, that
system of education most desirable. After the Mar-
quis of Tavistock, the Bishop of Norwich, the lion.
G. Bennett, M. I'. Mr. Brougham, and several
others, had been added to the list of Presidents,
the Meeting male it liberal subscription.

The mercantile world suffered a severe shock on
Thursday morning, in the failure of the very emi-
nent house of .1. Hammier' and Co. The outstanding
debts an acceptances NI little short, it is said, of
200,0001. This calamity has been principally
brought on by the declining state of the markets,
the house holding large quantities of clover-seed,
cotton, and tallow, the whole of which articles have
undergone u very great depreciation. Among their
acceptances were bills to a large amount, drawn in
behalf of the Prussian Government; but these latter
have all been taken up by Mr Rothschild.
The title of Marquis of Annandale, whit h has been
dormant since the year 1792, is now claimed by a
gentleman of the name of Johnstone, as the lineal
descendant of the Lundy.

MARCH

ITAI,I.IN BANDITTI.

Copy of a letter from the Honourable Brownlow
Colycar, to his father the Right Hon. Viscount Niil-
sintown, dated hotel de I'Europe, Rowe, the 6th of
January, 1819:
.. Nlv dear father,--T have taken the earliest oppor-
tunity of writing to yea, to say that we have nor been
essaeSinated, is I was fearful the news might teach
England before my letter. We have just escaped with
our lives, and only just. I will now tell you: 30 wiles
front here, between Rome and Naples, at half-past two,
in the middle of one of the finest days you ever beheld,
the sun shining beautifully, seven of the celebrated ban-
ditti rushed from out of the wood Grieve and myself
were on the box ; each man levelled his gun at us; the
post-boy fell off his horse; we immediately finding it
suite itopossible to resist, got on the ground as soon
as possible; they began by me: I had nothing in
ntv pockets hot my watch, which I saved ; next attacked
Jabus, tore his clothes all open, took all his money.
watch, &c.; then to Grieve and his servant, took both
their watches, and stabbed Grieve's servant in several
places with a stiletto.
"They were more capitally armetl than any thing
you ever saw ; they then began isxm the carriage, got
in, and turned every thing out; the first object was any
poor dressing case, with snuff-loxes, watches, all my fox- •
hunting matters, brushes, combs, &c. took every one;
next all our money, nut one sixpence left either of oars
or servants, then they knocked me down with the barrel
of the gun, tore my ring off my finger, which they were
;ust going to ent off, only my ring came off; they then
tore my shirt pin from my neckcloth, kicked me under
the horses, leaving one man standing over me with the
muzzle of a loaded gun at one ear, and another with a
stileto, if I moved, to murder me ; they then broke
open the front trunk, and took every single shirt, neck-
cloth, and stockings, shoes of both servants, so that they
h rye neither money nor clothes ; they took most of my
clean thinge, but would not take any dirty. Grieve has
lust all his except his uniform; they packed them up in
seven sacks, and each took his sack and walked quietly
away into the wood aga,n. I can assure you we were
for ,23 'ninnies, expecting to be shot or stuck, as they
told us we should, if atty one spoke; and threatened,
if they did not find enough plunder, to send us up tae
mou brains, and would have 300 ducats ranson, for each;
if not given in so many days, we were to be tortured to
death. They have got our all, value 4001., 301. or 401.
which is thought nothing of, having s:.ved our lives,
which I assure you for half an hour I rxpeeted every
moment to die; they were half an hour robbing us
the 4th of February. Thank God for our safety, which
was many degrees against us. I have now not a shilling
in the world, nor a thing left except life ; 1 air pretty
well, considering nearly frightened to death: I amt a
littlehruiscd by the barbarians, but shall be well again
in a week. Don't believe any other stories that you
hear, as every body is writing to England about it. This
is tree. Tue Pope and all the secretaries we have been
with this morning; they have sent into the mountains
after them ; I hope they will find them ; this will delay
me here longer Mani wish, but hope not above a fort-
night.
Brutlenell has been good enough to send me
clothes to near. I shall draw upon Seaman for money ;
tell hint sn. I am not well enough to write to him at
present, but will as soon as I can. I have written to
you, for tear you should hear we were murdered, as every
thing increases by telling. The people now going to
Naples are all frightenedto death. Naples was beyond
any thing delightful, the est place by far, except Paris,
upon the Continent. Grieve is quite well ; the weather
is delightful, quite sumnieer may a great deal of rain.
I lalf an hour alter our robhary our carriage broke down;
eve were in 4 the middle of a stage, no money to mend
it, and nothing to co, and raining dreadfully. We
toink of retierning to England by the last week in
March, by Leghorn, Genoa, Turin, aid Paris. There
are a great many English here. The Carnival I have
seen part of at Naples, been at two masked halls, and
it begins here in three days. I shall stay to see the horse
races to the course, a little Carnival at Florence, and
shall get to Paris for the last week there. I remain,
Pour affectionate sum, BRUWNLOW COLYEAR.
NVe have no money left ; but the hanker here has
1.,e-n very civil. Our poor servants have loq every thing
in the world. They got from us what we think seas
meant for ensue great Prince who was travelling. Adieu
I have not seen ice this year; we are all sitting with the
windows open."

It appears by letters from Monte Video of the
24th and :nth of November, that the inhabitants of
that place did nut entertain the idea that the Spa-
nish expedition, preparing in Spain, would make a
visit there, although it was conjectured that it would
make an attack upon 111;enos Avres. We have
also perused a long l,tter of the Bth of December,
which adds some further details to the particulars
already communicated.—Great exertions had bt..eu
made by the Government of Buenos Avres, not only
to strengthen the army in Chili, but also to diminish
the power of General rtigas, against whom several
fresh expeditions had kett sent but it seems that
by tvoiding any generuT engagement, with either
the 1 ort'iguese or the troops from Buenos Ayres, he
was enabled to keep together a considerable number
of wen.

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