The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-17 00:00:00

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.

The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of this Institution was held
yesterday, in Freemasons' Hall ; and so great was the interest
excited, that long before the Chair was taken the body of the
room, together with the galleries, organ loft, and platforms,.
were crowded to excess by a most respectable assembly. .A
number of Madagascar youths were seated on the upper form,
and several specimens of their hand-writing in the English and
native language were handed to the company, the work of only
ten months instruction. _ .

Pne o!clock his Royal Highness the Duke of SusseX took
the Chair, and was supported by Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Rice,
Mr: S. Whitbrea,d, and other Members of Parliament, several
Foreigners of distinction, Mr. Randolph, the American Mini
ster, and other persons of eminence.'
.The Royal CHAIRMAN then rose, and addressing the As-
sembly, said, it was not his intention at that inbment to take up
their time, as the purpose for which they were met was to re-
ceive the Report of, the last year's proceedings. He should
.therefore limit himielf to congratulating the Society on the
namerous attendance of persons, which spewed the cause had
not lost ground; and he hoped to God it never would.—(Cheers.)
Loyal Highness concluded by calling upon the Rev.
G. Clayton to read the Report.
—The* Report was then read, and detailed at considerable
length the labours of. the Committee in establishing Schools,
and the. principles of the Society in all parts of the world. In
all• countries instruction had been widely disseminated and
gladly received. The best results had attended their exertions ;
bdt.the,Committee were sorry to state, that the funds had been
found inadequate to the great purposes of the Institution, and
considerable sum was owing by the Society. The objections
Which had formerly existed against the measure in some na-
tions was fast dying away. The 13.epbrt concluded by calling.
for, additional pecuniary_ aid and further co-operation.
Mr. S. RICE, Mr. WILRZRFORCE, the Rev. G. 131IRDER,
and :other Gentlemen; addressed the meeting, which separated
•after adopting the Report, and voting thanks to the Treasurer
and Secretary, and to the Royal Chairman? and a Resolution
expressive of gratitude inlis Majesty for his patronage.
A most liberal collection was -made at the door.

.CONTINT4:TAL SOClETY.—lfesterddv the Anniversary
Meeting of the Friends and Supporters of this Institution was
held at the Freemasons"favern, Great Queen-street, Line°lnsi-
inn-gelds, when:a numerous and respectable company attend,
ed, Sir T. Baring,.Bart. M.F. in the Chair, supported by several
English and foreign Gentlemen of distinction ; there was also
a numerous attendance of Ladies. The .object of the Society is
the distribution of Bibles, Testaments, and religious publica-
tions, over the 'continent of gurope. It appeared from the Re-
port that. during the last three months, 307 New Testaments,
25 Bibles, 3.,5 Gospels and Epistles, and above 3,000 Tnicts,
had been circulated on the Continent.

We haVe much gratifiCation in stating, that a very liberal
subscription has been entered into in this University-, county
and town, for the relief of the distress in Ireland. The amount
already expeds MI:, and we feel assured that considerable
additions will be made in a few days.—The sum of'43). I2s. Bd.
was collected at the Baptist Meeting-house', on SUridaY last,
for the same benevolent urpose.—(Cambridge Chronicle.)

FOR THE SUN.

22, Birchin-lane, May 15, 1822.

MR. EDITOR..--OD Mr. PEEL'S answer to Mr.
ATWOOD, on the Currency concern, I beg permis-
sion to state, that the channel through which the
Bank of England put its paper into circulation
was by discounts ; that it has never refused dis-
counting what was deemed good paper; that. the
Country Banks put their paper into circulation
also through discounts, loans, and 'mortgages ;
and that their responsibility, as well as their dif-
ficulty ,to answer their notes, was just as great
when they paid in Bank of England paper as
when in metallic currency ; that' their issues
ceased through that protection being withdrawn
which the consequences 'of the war gave the
British farmer from foreign competition, as
the Bankers well knew (if Mr. PEEL and
his Colleagues do not) that the two first
mortgagees on the farmer's crop are his la-
bourers and .poor,----that the three next are
the County, King, and Tithe Gatherers,—and
that the claims of these alone amount to_ Bs. 6d.
per bushel on the average of the corn produced
in England ;—that the Landlord's claim came be-
fore the Banker, (which ought to be. is. per
bushel.) -.Thus the Banker knew that unless the
farmer sold his ccrn at about.loS. 6d. per bushel.
on the average of years-, he-could give no security
for money lent to him. It was. this that checked
the issues of the Country Banks, and of course
with them the issues of the Bank 'of England,
and not Mr. PEEL'S Bill ; for with the exception
of-a- few such old women, that Bill, like most
other such silly things, has been-a dead letter;
as a further proof of what I have stated, discounts.
for good paper haie been less; than during the
Bank restrictions. Mr. PEEL should know. that
people know-. better than he does how to
manage their .own concerns, and that currency
is no more than the symbol of wealth—not
wealth itself,;----and that when paper is a real
symbol of wealth, that it is superior to a gold.
currency ; and speaking in reference to the re-
newal of the Bank Charter, that a paper cur-
rency repr-csentitig land valued in gold at about
31. per ounce would be..a more stable currency
than' any• I lidve yet seen in England ; and that
if the Bank Charter were.done away with, and
I that such paper currency were „made' legal ten-
ders, and .every .one possessing such security were
allowed to issue it on paying 2 per cent.; that a
revenue of at least one million per annum might
be collected. On this-principle the Bank should
pay for its Charter at least one million per annum.
—During the time of Mr.-PITT, one could discover
the man of science in nearly all his general mea-
sures, and even in' those expedients of his which
our present Ministers. adopt for their general
meas:res, some trace of science may also be dis-
cerned ; but when One now reads the speeches of
some 'of our present Statesmen, if he did not
know, to the contrary, he might fairly con-
sider himself as reading those of cavilling ma-
nufacturers, shopkeepers, and such other trifling
traffickers, in lieu of (what ought to.. be)
the speeches of profound British Statesmeni
as I am sorry. to say few of their views appear to
extend beyond what is required for men of the
above description ; and in order to account for
difficulties, they. all have recourse to the saying,
that other countries are like ourselves._ Say they
are right in this assertion,. for argument sake,
(which I deny-to be the fact), has not England,
through the wisdom of her-laws, when she had
not half her present population and colonial re-
sources, always hitherto ;flourished when other
countries have been quite 'the reverse ? This is
another proof that the mighty resources of the
British Empire are too expanded for the compass
of our present Statesmens' minds.
Your very obedient servant,
JOSEPH PINSENT, A TRUE PITTITE.

DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE.----Yesterday Mr.
BURTON, an undertaker, of Bethnal-green, was
scandalously attacked in the public street by
an infuriated mob, under the following cir-
cumstances :—Mr. Burton, in the course of last
week, was applied to to bury a corpse lying in
Great Nicholas-street, and having furnished
the coffin, he agreed with the friends: of the de-
ceased to be paid his bill before, the corpse was
removed to the churchyard 'of St. Matthew,
Bethnal-green, for interment ; accordingly, he
attended yesterday at the house with pall, cloaks,
scarves, hatbands, gloves, &c. with bearers to
carry the body ; but on presenting his bill
for payment, according to agreement, there
was no money forthcoming, hut merely pro-
mises of payment on a future day. Mr. Burton,
not being satisfied with such promises, refused
to have any further !trouble with the business ;
he screwed up the coffin, and left the house
with, his men, taking with them all the funeral
habiliments; upon which he was followed on his
way home by a mob, who assailed Mr. Burton
and his men with the greatest violence for refusing
to bey the corpse; they pelted them with stones
and other missiles.; some of them struck. Mr.
Burton on the head. At length he was obliged
to. take refuge in a house from the, violence,
until :the peace officers arrived, and rescued him
from their vengeance. One of
,the ringleaders
was secured and conveyed to Worship-street
Police-Office, where he was held to bail for the
attack.

It gives us much satisfaction to observe, that
the young ‘vheats generally are in a healthy con-
dition; and holding forth the gratifying promise
of an abundant crop. The poorer lands, which
had put on sterile aspectt, have amazingly im-
proved within the last fortnight:--(Brighton
Gazette.) _ _ .

A. carpenter in—repairing the roofs of the
chambers of different merchants, at the Royal
exchange, •yesterflay, fell into the counting-
house of Messrs. Rivaz and. Co. and received
so, much injury, that little hopes are entertained
of his recovery. He was immediately conveyed
to St. Bartholomew's hospital.

IMPORTATION. OF 'CORN.

di BILL to amend the LAWS relating to the IMPORTA-
TION of CORN.

Whereas an Act was.passed in the 50th year of the reign of
his late Majesty Ring George 111., intituled, " An Act to
amend the Laws now in force for regulating the Importation
%of Corn :" And whereas it is expedient to alter and amend
the said Act :

Be it therefore Enacted by the King's Most Excellent Ma-
jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords,Spiri-
tual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the authority of the same, That as soon
as Foreign Wheat shall have been admitted for home con-
sumption under the provisions of the said Act, the Scale of
Prices at which the home consumption of Foreign Com,,Meal,
or Flour, is permitted by the said Act, shall cease and deter-