The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-03-06 00:00:00

et of the people, anti to have leave

to risoittiwtroti Iroin time
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1:otiN•oN wa. glad that the Elm,. netitie-
matt I•iitl ackl.owlettgril the mi.take tutu which h.:
gra,. I. rl, relative to a Ino.t res!)ectattl.e tmhtlettia,t,

itf” liul kit tile greutebt pmii at the imputation

era eu lilitt.

Mr. 11:tourro.ot Wai very sorry for the circtutt-
loUltlee yet he c.)0.1 mkt ttrutlt hoo the sittistridlial
Mitsui(' have atpliett Ilse statement In Isittexif, as he
I lir. rirouOnt nl, hail not isietttirmed bit II true, haw-
-111•Z on-rely ivilooerl to the par:ticolsr county to winch
tlo• tro,t was ctts,al..•
NI,. Hoot NSON cod, that nature (.f the trost.
winch tither or II irenttliar charn,tcr, having
meutions..l, Afloat netyratily putoud out the
vii.ll,*lll(.l.

l►E:rt. tlinagid that on the subject of edit-
cotion in Ireland. the flare, anal I-earned tientle-
mon had stol telerred to recent document►, p4riicn..
latlf to the Retiort of the Continitiee in !SOS, crlt
this. sttirjeset. 14e would have there found that a
great and lost iinvrove4 eitonfle hail taken place IN
the internal economy of the Irish Charter Schools,
since the time spoken of by Mr. Howard, 11411 d that
their offstage expeditore had not munch exceeded
00,000/. There tees this dislim.CUon to ate mode lie-
teseen them anti the Hibernian SocietY, which►
made u Inoteriol difference in the aimitint of 'salvers-
(Fume, that the hitter merely educated finlike'',
while the former both educated mod clislberi, at, he
believed, 1111 steerage exprnm•e of •14L per ttttt eam Lir
grins (7iiirraer Schools were flinty-
Mile in number (mre thirty-three), and h d bteii
estolslioherl since 1133.

Mr. Ilttottoumn admitted that a ,gtent •iiriproye.
mein had taken place io them sinee Mr. Howard's
lime, yet he apprehended great abuses still pre.
yinletl. Of cool4e the -clothing must .taarsider-
owe iota to the eettenie of these 1-411bItaltatelois.
Sir. W. SMITII highly opprovsd of the 'proposed
ii..ittan, -Hod thoto_tlit that the esti:maim of the
',umber e,lueatetl shoitl,l keep pace with .the in-
creased value of the bettisests of chtoindole
hult-
tntluala ; lor itigaiice, a Iltquew •ttnii. wertitury
ago alight he now worth 1,6044. anti why out sag•
Went the benefit accordingly ?
Mr, Angitiltumny was glad of the re-appoint-
ment Of this Ciminnitee, and also of the Mon tloa
it might be necessary to inquire generally into the
state of charitable institutions in this country. If
Ito other person dui, fie•would I; i ### call the at-
tttt of the lionse to a general inquiry.
General Tnollwro% hoped that the practice in
the boys' schools would lie assimilated to that in
the ;;iris, of ticcompati)ing iintruction in useful la-
bour with that in education.
Committee, consisting of the original Ment-
beet,
was then re-uppousted. •
INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT or SPIES AND
l'01:11Etts.

Mr. PulLLirs rose. lot iii;purpoite of making
-his promised motion; pietions to hit doing this,
however, he begged to move that the I'etitwu• pre-
sented nit the rubject front almieliebter, tout Irma
Messrs. Scholes, Brauley, and other
he entered us read.
Thin teas ar•cnrdingty dune.
proceeded to intro-
duce his genera! ;notion. Ile begged nt the outset
to guard linntelf ugaiubt twou,t; tut a moment consi-
dered as the advocate of itinerant orators, who were
in gene►al, be believed, more remarkable for their
muse thats their public virtue. Indeed to oue of
these characters, who hail lately called on him, he
had given vonittliiii4 not exactly in the shape of
paternal udniuniri at, lint the tendency of which
was to recommend the individual to desist I'nim hits
eflhrts to reform the State, nod uncut' more volt:-
cularly to his own private affirirs. Ile turd not tell
the House that this recionmendatimi, like all gra-
tuitous stud 11mnd:stable ones, was received with
tool thanks, and a full determination tint to abide
by it. Reverting to the subject of his motion, be
believed lie need not say much to skew that the ge-
neral employment of spies mid informers by the
State was productive of far more evil Ilion good.
—(Hear.)—The acceptance of such an office

by any individual at once made hint justly an ob-
ject of distrust and suspicion in all well-regulated
minds. lis the higher, or educated classes, such is
person could do little snore than misrepsesent what
he heard ; hot io the tower clnoo.el, the inactical
evil was great, fur, from the structure of the ;Mode
on attic!, the spy acted, if he were an iiegettions
contriving character (as some of then) weft}, lie
must necessarily attain considerable iiifluence,
as the fact stroved, would easily arrive at that snit
of command attiosig them, that he could lead the
deluded people to perpetrate crimes which they
originally never contemplated or dreamed oh. lfe-
fore he proceeded further, he begged to snits:Mit
the flutist, that he bad the ratirfsetion to lw
tied Its that gallant officer, Sir George Deng, that
he never had a spy or informer io hist service or em-
ployment, and that no person of such a character
had ever been in a curtiage of his nt any tune in
Lancashire. That he never its any manswr emu..
municated with, any such sitstil the 9.fin It
March, when the is:taws. a hose Ileitiftli had beet* so
often mentioned, were takes: into custurly on charges
of a tresesossab'e nature. Sir George flyisg. a' an
himottnilde man—as Lit officer. lie was lirniirlk
tensible 4.f the relation its which he stood towards
the (government„lnch eml herd I.i u. and the
duties be:041011g to that relation, a hole ise was at
the sante (line imprtased with shat he owed tutus
owsi private honour, and to th- persotsal cruniistein-
tinnv of which he was not &vested in a freeSsate.—
(Hear.)—lt wing well known to hie ;Majesty's Go-
verissuelit how much iln• goal fist officer haul 1:a.1
occasion to discourage the too great eagerv..aa avid
tividity of cestuns Magistrates its his distriet to IC.
I:11r to rulitary assistance Oil vied 41reasi1111S. 1.10,4
way *1•11 killlWil in 1111 i Miliesty't
The istflitence Of espies had been terrillie, parto...t-
larly iu Manchester, where they had priocipare
instigated the people to acts of violence. It
he bur, %bat the statemetits and complaints of in-
A% act forth iu their petitions le limbo-
'Mail, were come 1118111111Cri 14141ne or exagge-
rated; but was a general conclusion against the
whittle tenor yl
the petitions pi. vented to he drown
from any Insulated mistatemi sit ? Ile trusted the
jioute would slot adopt so false a cosiclo-i.0..--
(11car.)—Nein to die ran of spies, he loin vial
wou:d be found the canduct of the agents et. the
P.oice, who were very active ill Iru ing the
mission of crimes, fur the de tic:lot' of which tifty