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London, England, 1807-04-25 00:00:00

EDUCATION OF THF POOR

Mr. WHITBREAD moved the Order of the Day for
the further consideration of the Report of the Paro-
chial School Bill. He thought right to mention,
that the proper time for'stating.any.objeaion to the
principle of the Bill would be upon the Speaker's
leaving the Chair for the recommitment.

The SPEAKER said there would be other ppportu •
nities also, on the report and the third reading.
Mr. WHIM? EilD described this Bill as wholly
distina from the other- parts of the plan he had- the
honour of submitting for ameliorating the candttiOn
of the Poor. Whether the other parts of the plan
should or should nut pass, he looked upon it as es-
sential that a system of National Education should
now be established. The whole plan had been cir-
culated throughout the country, and had been most
attentively considered ever since' the introduction
of the plan in February last. He hoped Gentlemen
were now prepnred to decide on this most simple
and obvious part of it.

Mr. A OSPLAT suggested the propriety of suffering
the Bills to lie over till the next year, without pas's.,
ing them into Acts of Parliament. It would be con-
sistent with the candour the Hon. Gentleman had
hitherto sbewn. in this business, to allow this oppor-
tunity for further consideration, after the House
should have pnt the Bills-in the most perfe4 form:
Mr. ROSE complimented the Hun: Gentleman
for the attention he had bestowed on' this important
public objea. He lamented, however, that the Hon.
Gentleman had not been able to find any adequate.
modelof employing the Poor. He said, that in the
opportunity this Bill aftbrded of sending the children
to school fOr two years, between the' age' of seven
and the age of fourteen years, the Poor would
send their children at the time when they would be
most burthetisome to them, and least capable of edu-
cation, that is, from seven to nine years, He feared
also, that teaching the children to read and write
would place them above their condition. He wish-
ed for schools of industry rather, in which the chil-
dren may ,be taught useful labour, and in which
they may be taught to contribute to their
.own
maintenance. He wished the Hon. Gentleman had
been able to suggest any means of diminishing the
public expence on account of the Poor, if that could
be done without interfering with their comforts. He
had, in a tray on the subjedt, at a former period, re-
commended the institution of Maritime Schools for
the boys, fri-n which they 'may be' taken to sea, in
a certain Proportion to tife tonnage. of every ship, a
legal provision being made to that died. From 76
to 80,000 boys a year may be provided fOr in this
way. He wished by all means an education of
dustry rather than an education of learning.
I.lr. FUJ,I4. it recommended the postponemmeof
the final adoption of this extensive and impoiliant
plan till the next S'esson. He ,hoped proision
would be made fora religious and moral, as yell as
a literary and industrious education.

Mr. BOLLER. corimiended:the principle of the Bill,
and supported the motion forgoing iLito-t46' 'Com,
rnitt4e.

Mr. iOSCOI supported the Bill. -It was. edu-
cation that made the distin&ioa between civilized
and savage man. The uneducated man had no re-
source but.-hjs-bodily powers : when 'these failed
him, he sank beneath distress, and n'ot unfrequently
became the viOira of depravity. The. man who -had
received education, was enabled in a variety of Ways
to avoid and to combat distress; and seldom became
so far its vidirn as to give way to any thing crimi-
nal.. In the year t 696, before the institution of na-
tional education in Scotland, there were upwards of
.200,000 peroons begging from door to door in that
country. Since the establishment of national edti.
cation, inendicity and Poor's Rates • were alike un-
known in that country: He had no objection to
maritime•edUcation as a partial measure, hUt a gene
ral system of education was essentially necessary ;
anti if the present plan conferred no other benefit,.
that alone would be a benefit of the first magnitude
to thecountry.

Mr.• CACCRAFf was friendly to the principle of
the Bill, and was for carrying it into effeet as speedi-
ly as possible. He thought also that industry ought
to be combined with knowledge: It was the ad-
vantage of the Plan which was called Mr. Lancaster's,
but which was really discovered by Dr. Bell,.ReCtor
of Swanage, that it afforded; in the rapidity with
which it conveyed learning, full time for industry.
But, though he was most anxious to have this part of
the Plan carried into effect, he feared it would hardly
lac.:_reectived with satisfa&ion in the country, unless
it should be accompanied with a .relief from some
part of the - burthens of the poors' rates,- The exe-
cution of this measure was, besides, to lie not in the
best bauds He allowed the Clergymen of the
.Parishes were the finest men to superintend the exe-
cution of measures of this kind : but the Parish Of-
ficers were associated with the Clergymen; and, from
the little timethese men could devote to their pub-
•lic.fumaions, abuses would attend the execution of
• this Plan, as well is the other duties entrusted to
these Officers. On these grounds he wished this
part of the-Plan in be postponed till the whole sys-
tem should. nave passed in the form that Parliament
should think proper to give it.
Mr. ERSKINE, late. Lord Advocate of Scotland,
thought the Bill now before the House of the
..ut-
most value to the Country, :Education-Was the thing
best calculated to increase the comforts; morality,
and the happiness of the Poor. The institutions of
Public Schools in Scotland was of the remotest an-:
tiquity education gaVe industry and care ; and
hence it followed that Scotchmen were 'every where.
found to thrive better than men of any other corm-
try. He knew the industry of the Scotch was im-
puted by some to the poverty of their soil, which, it
-was said, compelled them to laboUr.and to be frugal.
But it was, in fact, their education
,that made them
industrious and careful. Hence the particular taste
of the Scotch for horticulture. The gardeners in •
England, and partictilarly the best of them, were all
Scotchmen. The proviSion:Made for the Poor here
was, by the Poor •of Scotland, considered as , a dis-
grace. In consequence of the education they re-
ceived, the Poor of Scotland labonred night and day
to gain and to save, lest they should come to the
disgrace of being a burthen upon their neighbOurs
in their, old age. The passing of this , measure
would establish the happiness of the Poor upon a
lasting basis, and would draw upon that House the
'blessing of God.
Mr. DAVI ES GIDDY stated, that when poor
rates, were unknown, as not long since they were,
iu the part •of the country in which he resided
(Wales), the Poor took care. to bring up their chil-
dren in habits of morality, industry, and religion.
Since the Poor'Laws had been introduced, the prat.
tice had been reversed. In that part of the country,
however, all the men were taught to
.read and write,
and the women taught to read. He .dOubted Whe-
ther the education of Scotland would be so effeettlat
to the comfort of the'people, if this rich and pope_
lons Empire did not afford a beneficial field for the
exercise of thati knowledge given by that education,
and the industry and the thrift for which the Scotch
would be so remarkable. If learning were made
common it would lose its value. To education of
religion' and motality he would give his most zea-
lous support.
Mr. SPENCER ST.4IITHOPE did. not think the
• opinion of the country yet fully collected on this:
measure. His opinion was, shortly, that the ex-
pence of the Plan was certain, and the benefit very
uncertain. School-maaters and School-mistresses
were very difficult to be got. The value of learning
had risen less than any thing 'else in proportion to
the depreciation of money;. and, therefore, the nutn-
bar of persons competent to be School-masters and
School-mistresses. was much diminished. lie thenght.
that if the School-masters could be got, it was doubt-
ful Whether, the scholars could: The Poor were
anxious to make profit of the labour of their chil-
dren as soon as possible. He gave the Flonourable-
'Gentleman every credit for his praise-worthy exer--
• tions, though he saw these impediments in the way
of his Plan.

Mr. SHARPE did not see how any of the objecb-
dons that had been made' affected the principle of
the Bill. All of them went to delay, though no
good reason was assigned for this delay. He wished
to shew the country that the House could suspend
its political and party contests in order to join with
coalition accord in matters of avowed public utility.
The poor children would at all events be educated.
The only question was, whether they should be well
or ill educated. It was not in the school, nor under,
public or private masters alone that education could
be 'had. Children, if left alone, would educate
themselves. But be who educated himself ge-
nerally had a fool for 'his master. He did not
think it .possible that education could give sen-
timents above the condition of the individuals.—
Education would give habits of industry and atten-
tion. He wished for more than two years of, in-
struaion ; but even in this short period the children,
though they should forget all their learning, would
have colle6ted many beneficial habits of an
nature; habits of submission and respet fir
their superiors; habits of cleanliness and exertiN,
and fear of punishment. He thought, the measure
should be carried into effea without delay. •
Lord POI CHESTER thought that there existed
a great necessity for the establishment of a National
Education. The only way of diminishing
,the Pooc
Rates was,' to meliorate the moral condition of the
people by .education. The plans for col:ls4ring
industry with education he'thought chimerical and
Any, endeavour to force industry

imnra }ica.bl~:.

into any prticular channel, would draw it from its
proper (4r,6t. • it was his wish;therefure, that
.the
,;i0u1(1 go into the Committee. . -

Mr. ilosE and Lord PORCHESTER severally ex-
plained.
Mr, ,SlMEONobjeSted to the expence that was
to be incurred under the operation of this Bill by an
addition of one shilling in the pound upon the poors'
rates throughoht the Kingdom. He thought it a
benefit that every man s!lould learn to read in order
that he might be able to read the Scriptures and
imbibe the morals
.and do trines contained therein
and if Parliament was not to prOmoie such instruc-
tion they would make themselves responSible for the
evil that might be the consequence.—The case of
Scotland did not apply, to this Country, because the
situation of Scotland, when the Schools were esta-
blished in 1698, was not to be compared with the
present state of this, country. There was a general
.diffusion of knowledge over England, for there was
not a boy of ten years old that could not read, being
taught in threepenny schools, which existed in
abundance in every village. He could not see why
they•should be taught writing or arithmetic.. The
establishment of the Parish Schools was impracti-
cable ; and if even these schools should be instituted,
it would be impossible to obtain scholars on working
days, when their parents took' advantage of their
'labour. The—Sunday Schools he was convinced
were sufficient for the instruCtion of the lower classes,

GEOPGE NSITT ART was of opinion,
that the establishment of Parochial Schools in the
manner proposed by the Bill was much too expensive.
He did not think- it right that the occupiers of lands
and hOuses should, be taxed in order that all the
children in. the Country .should be taught to read
and write, especially when it was doubtful whether
Writing would be of any real use.. However, he
would vote for the Bill going into a Committee,
Mr. 134TL1 wisp, though he Conic:l-not but admit
that the prineiple•-of diffusing instruEtiOU 'amongst
the lower classes was good, could not say -that be
approved of this Bill. He had received a comnati-
.nication froM the part of the country where he was
conneeled, that the whole of the Bill of the Hon,
Gentleman was disapproved Of at the Quarter-Sei-
sions, as extremely burthensome, without any ade-
quate advantage.—One of his objections to this Bill
was, that it tended to give an education to the lower
classes above their condition, and comprehended ob-
jeCts too great for any one measure. The Hon.
Mover of the Billshad not yet made any statement
of the present means of educating the lower classes.
If his Bill were to pass,.there would be no compul-
sion to force attendance at the schools, and conse-
quently the first menace of wholesome discipline
would put an end to the attendance of the individual
threatened. He also obje&ed to this Bill, because
it would do away Sunday Schools, to which no per:-
son would subscribe when -the Parochial Schools
should be established.

Mr. WILBERFORCE gave his cordial assent to
.the Motion forgoinginto a•Committee on the Bilk
No person was .a greater friend to the diffusion' of
instruaion among the people than himself. But he
could not help thinking that they should proceed
..with caution in all ena&tnents on this subjea, be-
:cause this was the. first time that they were called
upon to legislate for the improvement of the moral
habits, qu:dities, and charaacr of the great mass of
the. nation. If by any precipitate proceeding they
were to create any prejudice against the measure,
they would do injury to their objet. The measure
wis susceptible of many improvements,, which it
would receive in the Committee, as to combining
voluntary contributions with it, or the,introdu6tion
of regulations adapted to local circumstances, and
the present means of education in the difii!rent parts
of the country. There were, howeVer, questicins of
detail, and the arguments that had been used were
additional reasons for going into the Committee.
As far as he had been able to observe the sentiments
of the country on the subjea, they were not in ap- .
probation of the measure. He had received' repre-
sentatithis of this description, but they were rather
against . any hasty __adoption of the measure, than
against it altogether, and did not induce him to sup-
pose that it might not ultimately be approved of.
He therefore hoped that his Hon. Friend; after the
Bill should-pass throUgh the Cormuittee, would not
.press it in such a .manner as to .excite, any prejudiCe
against it in the country. He hoped the• measure
0-
would not be confined to the mere mechanical edu-
cation, but be also extended to the moral improve-
ment of the objeas of it, and was theretOre of opi-
nion that the time should.be enlarged; as well as that
the system of education: should be complied. with in
• Marit ime;Schods. . .

Mr. WINDHAM had so many doubts with
respect to the Bill itself, that he had no doubt at all
that it should stand over till next 'Session. However
desirable the object of the Bill might s be, •it could
not, after having been unattended to for several
hundred years„ be now so pressing as not to admit
of a delay of one Session'. -It was a question of ex-
perience and' local circumstances, and the House
stood in need of the assistance and opinions of those
without its walls, who .were better qualified to judge
of this subje&
.than they were. Nothing could chew
the'short sightedness of human wisdom, so much as
the A& of Clueen'Elizaheth, rounded. in humanity,
policy; "and benevolence, which had led to the pre-
sent state of things, which they all stood aghast in
contemplating. As to the great basis of the mea-
sure, to establish a system of cducatien, and thereby
to produce a diminution of the Nor's Rates; he con-
fessed himself a sceptic upon that point. There
was no civilized nation without letters, but then it
was not necessary that every I.l,lembr of the Com-
munity should be learned. • There was a great dif-
ference bet Ween an unlettered individual in a savage
nation, and one in a civilized country; the former
was a savage amongst savages, the latter, though
unlettered,,liVed by the lights of those around him.
A nation Without arts was in a state of barbarism,
but it did not followthat every member of a civilized
nation should be an artist or handieraffsinan. Tay-
hers and masons were necessary to, such a state of
society, but it was not necessary that every man
should he a taylor or a mason. These callings
'Awe privileges. It all were to be taught to read at id
write, a few might rise, but the great mass would"
retrain in 4 situation in which reading and writing
would be of no use-to them. If they were to be
taught to think, care should be taken that they
thought well. In giving them the means of know-
ledge,. the House shOuld be sure that they did not
WI into error. If the ;)eople thus iptruaect,ol-0414

read the Bible, could they be certain that they
would not fall into error ? If they were to read at
all, would they not read Sunday Newspapers, and
other Newspapers, and such like publications .
Would they listen to the teachers of truth, or the
propagaters of error ? He had no doubt, that, whilst
there would 'not be wanting persons to appeal to
their passions and imaginations, they would incline
to error. However unpopular the opinion might.
be, he had no hesitation in saying, that he, thought
it for the interest of a free Government, that no •
persons should be allowed to discuss political ques-
tions but those who were competent to it. Nothing,
was so little true, as that because a person is,deeply
interested in a question, he ought to. discuss it. By
that rule every man should be his own physician, ,
every child his own Schoolmaster. For no person •
can be more interested in the recovery of the patient
than the patient himself, nor in the instruCtion of
the child than the child hinaself.—The obje&ion
he bad to the measure was, that it would Jet in a
large class of the community to
,the discussion of
• questions, of which, though they might be interest-
ed in them, they were not competent to judge. It
was with the inteile&ual as with.the physical powers,
which produced aneffeCt in propOrtion to their num-
ber. For if the minds be not of a stature to reach
the subje&, the more you multiply voices, the more
you overcorne'the chances of error. As he would
not prohibit the diffusion of instruotion, so he would
not force it 'amongst the people. The means of
education at present enjoyed, were full enough for
the wants of the people. Allusions had been made to
what had been done by a furious mob, in a neig-Y)our-
ing country, unsoftened by letters. All the atrOci-'
ties in that. country, however, had been instigated
and committed by classes of men possessing higher
cultivation than any that was to be expeQed under
the operation of this case of Scotland had
also been mentioned, to shew the benefits resulting
from national education. But his Learned Friend,
as happened in all speculation, here confounded
cause and effeat. .The education in Scotland might
as well be the consequence as' the cause of
the provident habits of the people. It had
been observed, on an occasion of a-man's being
hanged for forgery, " See there what comes of
learning to read and write." His Learned Friend,
on the. contrary, ascribed the improved habiti . '
of the people of Scotland to their education.--
But was no allowance to be. made for race or •
breed ? Did .not nature put a distinCtion between
the charaClers of the inhabitants of different na-
tions, or of
.diderent parts of the same nation ?
What was it that had given rise to the obser-
vation that Scotchmen were remarkable for red
hair' and high cheek 'bones ? As to the expeQa-
lion of his Hon. Friend, that by the means of edu'
cation the Poor would cease to be poor, he might as
well say that the same effect would be produced by
teaching them to play upon the fiddle. The Right
Hon. Gentleman continued for a considerable time
to argue in this strain with great metaphysical
subtlety and whimsical illustrations, and concluded
byrecommending, that the Bill should be suffered
to lie over till next Session.

• Mr. WHITBREAD made a very long and able
reply to what he termed the false reasoning of his
Right Hon. Friend. He repeated all his former
aroments in favour of educating the poorer classes
' of the community,- and contended, that it had been
fully proved, by experience and the evidence of tbas
in Scotland, and in the North of England, particu-
larly in Westmorland, that education was produc-
tive of morality. Adverting to the' number of
malefaetors who were yearly executed in London,
he asserted that the greatest portion of those male-
faCtOrs. were Irish ; that the next proportion were
English, and that the least proportion were Scotch.
This circumstance he attributed to the various de-
greei in which education was attended to in the
three. respettive Countries. He obviated the ob-
jeations,that had been made to his proposed mea-
sure on the score ofexpence, observing, that by Mr.
Lancaster's method of instru&ion, reading and writ-
ing, which were taught at one and the same time,
• might be acquired with great celerity. In answer to
a question to whom he would entrust the education
of the poor, he would answer, to the Clergy of the
Country, who were the most fit to superintend it,
or who, if not, ought to render themselves so fit.
Should it be objected, that the Clergymen would not
be eligible 'persons to undertake the task, he would
propose that it should devolve on the Churchwar-
dens and Overseers. He. dwelt very much on the
peculiar importance of instruding the young poor
of large towns, more especially in the metropolis of
London ; because that metropolis contained at pre-
sent an immense aggregate of vice, and it therefore
became necessary to diffuse as much instruction as
possible. He had been advised to postpone the Bill
for another year. Human existence was uncertain.
He might not ,himself live for another year, and he•
was unwilling that the measure should fill into the
the hands of any one, who might be less enthusiastic
in the prosecution of it than himself, saving placed
these and other agaments in a variety of lights, he
concluded by trusting that the House would allow
the Bill to go into a Committee.
Mr. WINDHAM and Mr. Rose explained.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex-
pressed his readiness to concur in the Motion for the
Speaker's leaving the Chair, because he was con-
vinced that the investigation ,of the subjea in the .
Committee would be productive of material ad-
vantage. He•could not,'" however, agree with. the '
Hon. Gentleman in many of his positions; and he •
differed considerably from him in the hostility which
he had expressed towards the whole code of the Foot
Laws; a code which, in his opinion, contained a great
deal of good, although, certainly, with some alloy
of evil.

The House then resolved itself into a Committee,
in which a conversation arose between Mr. D.
GIDDY, Mr, CAREY, &c.—Mr. WHITBREAD wa
anxious that the Bill should be immediately pro-
ceeded with, reminding the House that it had lain
on the table since the 22d of February.

Mr. GIDDY and Mr. CAREY. Ohjeaed to any fur-
ther proceding with the Bill at that late hour of the
night (hear twelve o'clOck), as many obje&ions must
necessarily arise against the various clauses. It' \,'uy
agreed therefore, that the proceeding in the Coto-
mittee should be postponed ; 'and the House "hayiPg
resumed, the Chairman reported. progress, and ob-
tained leave to sit again on Monday.—Acljourno
t.ll to•alo.row (this day).

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FROM TEE DUTCH PAPERS.

. .
SIXTY-NINTH BULLETIN oi THi GRAND ARMY.
FZNKENSTEIN,,ELPAII. _4.
The Gens d'Armes of the Ordnancellavearrived
ttt Marienwerder, and Marshal BEssit*.S.l4as set
out for that place, in order to review thern.. They
Lave behaved' remarkably well, and ihave .displayed
great courage in all the affairs in which Aey have
been engaged. General TEULIE, who still super-
intends the blockade of Colherg, has, in that corn=
hand, exhibited great activity a,nd skill' The con-.
duaing of the -siege is no.v entrusted to General
Loam:. On the igth of March the redoubts of
-•Selnow were attacked and carried' by. the Ist regi-
ment of Italian Light Infantry. On thij occasion
the Garrison 'made 'a sortie ; but the company of
Carbineers of the ist regiment of
.Light .Infantry
Et 1 a Company of Dragosms drove them
The Volugenrs of the 19th Regiment of the Line
distinguished themselves greatly in theattack on the
Village of Allitadt. In that affair the, enemy--lost
three pieces of cannon and two hundred prisoners.
Marshal LEFEivEE commands at the, siege of Dant-
zic, and General LARIBCISIERE has the direCtiotrof
the artillery. The latter corps shews itself in all
circumstances worthy of the fame which it has so
justly acquired. The French Cannoniers will merit
the name of seleCt troops. The manner 'in which
the battalions of the train have performed their ser-
Vice has also afforded perfect satisfaetion.
The Emperor has given audience at Finkenstein
to a Deputation froM the Chamber of Marienwer-
der. It consisted of Count Von GROEBEN, Coon,
senor Baron Von SCIILEINITZ, and .Count Von
DoxtiA, Dire6tor of the Chamber. The'Deputation
represented to his Majesty the great hardships which
the inhabitants had suffered froth the war. The
Emperor answered, that .he entertained a lively
feeling for their sufferings, and that he would re-'
lieve Marietiwerder, as well as Ming, froth the
burthen of any extraordinary contribution. He far-
ther observed„that there were evils belonging to the
theatre of war which could not be avoided ; that he
participated in the regret which those evils occasion-
ed and would do every thing in his power to miti-
gate them. • _
It is believed that his Majesty will. this' 'day set
Ott nn a short journey to Marienwerder and- Elbing.
The second Bavarian division has arrived at -Warsaw.
The, Crown Prince of Bavaria has gone to Pultuskto
take the command of the first division. The He-
. reditary Prince of Baden has marched at-the head of
corps of troops to Dantzic. The contingent of
Baxe;Weimar has arrived upon the Warta.
There has not n‘etia shot fired for a fortnight past
at the adtanc,scl posts of the army. The heat 'of the
sun begins to.be felt, but it is not yet sufficiently
pdwerfril to penetrate and thaw the earth. Al! is
still bOund in fro St. Spring approaches slowly in
this Country. -A number of couriers arrive at_the
bead-quarters.from Constantinople and Persia.
• The health of the Emperor-continues excelient:; it
is even remarked that it appears better.thanlforrner,-,
13% -Some dayi his' Majesty makes excursions-to the
distance of 40 miles on horseback. -At Warsaw, it
was last week believed that the.Enaperar,had arrived
was
about ten. o'clock-at' night. -,The whole town
was immediately and voluntarily
The. fortresses of Praga, Sierock, 11,1odliti, Thorn',
and MarienbUrgh, begin to be put into a state of de-
fen'oe; The works
.of Marienwerder are planned.
All thesefortresses form tiles du pant on the Vistula
The Emperor praises the aaivity of Marshal
in forming the provisional regiments, many
of *Lich haveirrived in good condition, and are'in-
rPorated in the army.
His Majesty also bestows great praise on General
CLARKE, Governor Of Berlin, who. displays equal
eal in the important post confided to.him. • Prince
JEtkoatE, who commands the troops in Silesia, li'is
also given proofs of great thivity, and has exhibited
a degree of skill and penetration which is, in general,
drily the fruit of Icing experience.

, PARTS, APRIL 16.—The Official Paper contains a
ntinibet of Decrees for the promotion ofOfficeo and
Soldiers:. One -appoints Prince JEROME; tvho is al-
Itady raised to the rank of a Rear-Admiral in the
ea•tervice; a General of Division in the army. •
APRIL 17.--:-Besides the last Bulletin, -which is
dated from Finketistein, a place not far from Ma,,
'ietiwerder, and close upon the Vistula, the Mori-
tear contains a circumstantial account of the events
4t Constantinople, accompanied *ith Notes Let-
ters: From this account, it appears that the English
feet has returned thaws!' the Dardanelles. into tjie
Archipelago:
The 5 per cent. Consols for March 22, are
.71.3
francs 20 centimes.

CoNSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 1 1 .—OtH Court; pet--
Severing in its system, declared, even before the re-
treat of the English Fleet, the British Flag the ene-
,7 of all the Faithful. Firrnans have been sent. to
M the Barbary Regencies, charging them to send out
their cruisers against the English Merchantmen ;
a
measure carried into execution here aceoi-ding to
example of other countries, and from which the
greatest advantages are expe6ted, as theextent -of the
'-dlalisti commerce equals the strength of their baval.
I,,°wer• Another measure which must press severe-
-6 °II trade is, the general decree adopted both in. the.
1 ttotnan and Persian States, not only against Eng-
isll reerchandize, but agaire4 the Englislefaatorles.
.everY thing that is English is ordered to be con-
a:scated in both Empires.
hat{'t v-01,erreas OP Tin KEY, MARCH 20.-L-TheTUrkS
obtained a new advantage over the Russians.
•-I,lli_ttvall AGA, Ayan of Silistria, with a corps of
'i-ie'`l,ish.and Tartar Cavalry, attacked 4000 Russians..
artii'lled 2000 of them, and took three pieces of
Ilos:'Y arid some standards. The remains of the
had t!') Corps fled towards Bender.--P EEL! VAN A.A.
an G
3(t n d
e first affairs with the Russians between the
tl •
took of January, and oti these occasions
111"0 prisoners.
c enemy. has only a corps of 10,000 men in
atha. In all the AEtiens which have taken
P‘ace
zi„ns -etween Bucharest and the Danube, the this-
ha`° e been driven back by the Turks..
t th! 24th of January 1500 Russians advanced
to the )
ed tt: nt'ighbeurliond of Siston. The Turks attack-
and killed t 00, and compelled the rest to
In an°ther affair, at Piatra, some miles from
ar larest) WiliCil was fought on the 9th of Febru-
hrif, tne Rus•ians had 1200 men killed and taken
s"ner% and lost besides a piece of artillery and.
horses. 'fine enemy being quite disconcerted

L 0 1V D 0 N,
SATURDAY, APRIL 25,* 1307.

`LAST tight,we received Dutch Papers to the 2d
inst.;l they contain the Sixty-ninth Bulletin, which
is very- uninteresting. The two Armies, on the 4th
inst. the date of the Bulletin, remained in Canton-
ments, preparing for the grand contest which is to
decide the fate of Eufopc. It is stated that not a
shot bad been fired for the last fortnight, We
hare, howeer, little.doubt that a deciive action has
taken place before this time, because we know that
Gen: BENNIe;SEN. intended -to advance about the
isth or 2Gth of this month, and such a movement
on the part .of the Russians would compel the
French to retreat; or brine on an aEtion immediately,

It was'rumdueed yesterday evening that Govern-
ment had received Dispatches from Admiral Duck-
WORTH and Mr. ARBUTiMOT. We can however
state, positively, that no official 'acco'unts have been.
received from the Mediterranean.

- A Dissolution of Parliament becomes daily more
and, more the theme of conversation, and is is a
measure which the Country now seems confidently
to expect. We cannot but applaud such an appeal,
on the part of the New Ministerl, to the feelings
and sentiments of' the People, and we have reason
'to believe it will not long be delayed. The late
Ministers have most weakly and imprudently made
a question between them and their Sovereign,- upon
which there seems to be but one opinion throughout
the Country. Indeed we should think meanly both
of the good sense and just feeling of our fellow,
subjects were there not a general admiration of
-:.the calm and dignified conduet of the KING
upon the late trying occasion,.alld an ardent gra-

titude for. the firm and sUccessful Stand has
~oracle in support of the Religions Estabiislunents of
the Enipire. Of' the litany noble a6l,s that in the
page ofhistory will adorn His MajeSty'S iieign, we
think that which has so :rtCeiltly taken place will
`stand particularly Prorninetit,. . Fitz— aced
-from the dilates 'solely of. Iris
.own judgment and
conscience ;' and the dignity-of his manner could
only-be surpassed by Me firm decision of his mind.
Such an appeal to the People, as a Dissolution of.
P:alianent constitutes, could. never be made at-a
happier time, and we have no clOubt of its. producing
the.thostbeneficialeffeas. It will strew the world
that the. People of this Country are firmly attached
to their KING and Constitution ; and that any attempt.
to innovate upon those Establishments under which ,
We have so long flourished, can .Have nO Chance` of

•
success.
It now clearly appears, by the admission of the
Irish Catholics themselves, that the -measure Which
His Majesty's late Ministers thought so indispens-
able to the safety and tranquillity of the. Empire, was
not considered by them as .of any value; they' were
therefore,urging the KING to a violence against ,his
own conscientious sense of chity, for no useful or
beneficial result. The boon which they proposed
nting to the Catholics evidently gave no satisfac-.
tion to that class.of His Majesty's SubjeEts, and to
grant what they demand would be a voluntary sur-
render of our Constitution.
With respe6t to the Pledge which the late Mini-
sters assertto have been demanded of them, it now
clearly, appears that that termls.a gross exaggeration
of the fad. They consented to drop a measure
which they had founded upon a, representation' of
the most urgent necessity, but, at .the same time,
not in very decorous language, insisted upon the
privilege of renewing , the self same measure, or
other's equally offensive, whenever they might thibk
fit. The mild and moderate re-turn to this threat
was merely a request that it ?night le withdrawn,
which request has been magnified into a demand of
a Pledge. But the late- -Ministers have been con-
demned by the voice
,of.the Country upon their,
own statement. A new Elea-lion will serve,to
wince them cif this faef, if they. are so blind as,.bot'
already to have perceived it. • The Addresses
pouring it‘ from all quarters (and-- we hope
that; not a single County ; . Corporation -rill
fail to manifest its sentiments) prove how accept-.
able to his rec,ple has been the condust of His MA-
JESTY upon this trying occasion—low deeply their
attachment to his Sacred Person is rooted in their.
hearts, and 'how popular is' the change which he,
has thought it necessary and proper to make in his
Councils.

Yesterday. morning His MAJEsTy, Princesses So-
Scc. too-...?.airing on horseback, in
Wincisor•Park. Her MAJESTY and PrincesSes
zAttEatt and MARY took -an airing to 'Englefield
Green, &c.

Yesterday the Duke of YORK 'held a Public Day
at his Office, and gave audience to a number of Offi-
cers in undress.'
•

A M-Cetinz of the- Inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood of Pontefra•A was held at the Town-
Hall, the 22d in'st. when it wa unanimously re-
Solved' to present an Address *of :'hanks to His
MAJESTY, for his 'firm and timely interpoSition in
support of the ;Constitution in Church and State. A
well-written Address was prepared for the occasion.',
A Paris Paper a the 14th instant contains an ar-
ticle from Vienna, stating the arrival there of Prince
BAGRATHION, charged with a mission from his
jesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and that he was
immediately presented to his Majesty the Emperor of
Austria. He is also stated to have. bad several con-
ferences with Count STADION, the Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs. His mission,' it is added, relates.to
the mediation offered by the Court of Vienna. We
should rather suppose that its purpose was to sum-
mon Austria to action.

The discontents lately manifested at Nunaydroog,
in the East Indies, were fortunately discovered before
they led to serious consequences:. It appears, that
three companies of a battalion of.the 18th regiment
had determined to follow the example ,of the native
troops of Vellore, but that a non-commissioned offi-
cer of the Sepoys took an opPortunity ofacquainting
the officer commanding at Nundydroog of their mu-
tinous intention, who, in consequence, adopted
such measures as' prevented further. mischief.
Mrs. KEmßr..t.Yesterday.Morning died, at a
very advanced age, Mrs..KEM.qLg, relid of the late
ROGER KEMBLR, Esq. and: mother of ,that family
who are 'properly conderedis .thegreat supports
of the modern Stage. This venerable Lady was the
daughterefMr.WA an', a contemporary with BOOTH,
{RUIN, &c. &c. on the London Stog,e, and who, af-
ter he'quitted the Metropolis, was the Manager of a
respedable Provincial Company. for many years.—
Mr. WARD, according to report, was a very good
Aetor in that style which prevailed_ before the ap-
pearance of GARRICK. Mr. ROGER KEMBLE was
atv A&or in Mr..WAßD's'company, and 'married
Miss WARD very early in lite. The late Mrs.
Ktal-
nr posseised a sound understanding, was well ac-
quainted with the world, and a very judicious Ac-
tress.. :She never appeared on the London boards:
There is a fine Portrait of-this Lady, who possessed
a tine commanding person, painted by LAWRENCE,
froM which an engraving .shonld 'be made, oh ac-
count of its intrinsic merits, but. chiefly because it
represents the parent-ptock of so many'flourishing
branches.

In-consequence of the decease. of Mrs. KEMBLE,.
Mrs. SinnoNs, of course, does not perform to-night
et Covent. Gar&rA Theatres as she intended,