The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-19 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON INFANT SCHOOLS.

• Yesterday the first Anniversary Festival of the above
Institution was held at the Albion Tavern, Alders;-
gate4treet, the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR in
the Chair.
The object of the' Institution 4s. to provide infant
schools for the reception of the children of the poor,
from two to six years of age,, and to provide for their
cave during that portion of the day'wheir, by the ne-
cessary avocations. of the parents,: they are' unavoida-
bly separated from each other—to form the children
to habits of 'obedience, good order, • arid attention,
and to give them such elementary instruction as may
prepare them for entering with advantage into those
schools where they may acquire useful knowledge, and
be taught 'the great truths and,dUties of relitgion.
Mier the cloth was. removed, ,g Non Nobis Do-
, mine" 'was delightfully sung by. Messrs. Broadhnist,
-Pyne, Collyer, and E. Chapman.
The King, the Duke of York, the Duke.of Cla-
rence, and the rest of the Royal Family, were then
severally drank with enthusiasm; after which
rm..; Lunn
MAYOR MSC,' for the purpose of pro-
I posing as a toast—" Success to the City of London
School Society." He congratulated every gentleman
present at the first anniversary festival of an Institu-
tion which promised such- singular advantages to •all.
classes of the community. He said to all classes, be-
cause he *as certain that in .the comfort of the lower
classes of society was,' chiefly concentrated the happi-
ness of the higher. -He feared that it might be con-
sidered presumptuous.for'him to address them, while
persons so much more competent were present ; Inn
as a Magistrate he felt bound to give his opinion that
the great prevalence of ,crime was owing to' the want
of early education. It was not the wish of the Society
that the Children shOUld be taken from beneath the
authority of their 'parents,---but parents tlnmselves
were sometimes so vicious,' that it would not he pro-
per to trust the education-of their ,children entirely to
them.--(Cheers.)---His Lordship then proposed suc-
cess
.to the Institution, which. was enthusiastically
drank with three times three.

Song, Mr. Broadhurst—" John Anderson, my jo,
John. • •

The Bishop of CitEsTEit then rose to propose a
toast, which he was sure would be received with the
cordiality which the merits of the persons whose
names he was about to mention were calculated to
excite. He meant the Patrons of the Institution, the
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. the
Earl of Liverpool, and the Right I-lon. and Right
Rev. the Lord Bishop of London. He felt gratiAed
at being enabled to couple such names with their in-
fant Institution as those of the Bishop of the Diocese,
the first Magistrate of the City, and the first Minister
of the Empire. He felt the more gratified, because
he knew that the public bowed to such authorities as
the beacons and lights of society. He was aware of
the importance of their sanction, because the public
gave them credit for having weighed the merits of any
institution to which they affixed their names before

doing so, lest their example might lead others into
errot. The Right Rev. Prelate then enlarged upon
the utility of the Institution, and sat down amidst ge-
neral applause.
In the course of the evening donations and subscrip-
tions to a considerable amount were announced, and
the conviviality of the party was kept up to a late
hour.

Amongst the persons present on the occasion were
the Bishop of London and Bishop of Chester, Sir
William Wizard, Alderman Thompson, M. P., and
Alderman Brown.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 18.

nAziEr AND ANOTHER V. BEAUMONT.

This was an action brought to recover the amount of 6,15001.,
for kcharge for erecting a conservatory, of very.ppeuliar construc-
tion, and such a One as was not to be found at any other place in
this..conntry, or even in Europe.
The plaintiffs arc ironmongers in Bo:born; the defendant is
Colonel; Beaumont, of Northutriberland. •

The work for which the action. was brought was for the erec-
tion of a'domical conservatory, 4lie cubic space of which was re-
,preiented by Mr. Sergeant Vtiughan to Contain four tittles the.
cubic space Of the Court of Common Pleas, for which there was.
an estimate given ; but the works, from alterations, additions,
anti insprOVementa, were increased! to a aumamounting, to about
6,5001. There was also- attiched• thereto two. boilers 'capable of,
working two 74mr3e power steam-engines, and. a•vinery; these
were included in the sum stated. 'The work was first pioposed'hi
1820, het was not completed until the.aututnn ,of the- lost year,
when the-agent of the defendant objected,.:to the conservatory, as
unfit for the purposes intended, and that-in Pact the upper dome
'would not carry the glass ; it never had been glazed,:and a great
number of witnesses; deposed that it twisted with -the wind in its
,unglazed state, and that if the ,glass. was' 'placed therein, the
'eff;ict of the wind would be such, that it would he dangerous.—
'Many WitnesSei were also called with respect to the value of the
womb, who thought the eharges,enormous. Some-of them were
lir isons 'of exi.erience, as iron-founders ; and 'some from' the corn-
try; who had 'been acenitotruld•to erecting Got-houses and' calmer-
s-,aoric:%,but none of them had ever seen a Work equal to the one
ili %tuition.: • • , , • : ,

For the plaintiff a great number of witnesses testified that they
ttought the work was an extraordinary work of art, and in every
way romptet6 ; that the materials were of the best kind, and that
altog•ther the charge was fair.

• 116 Loan CUM? JusTIO-E chaigecl the Jury, that it was for
them. to say; air had-been alleged by the defendant, whether or not
the work was perfectly useless. If any part could he used, they
were to say the•Aable of that part ; and if a sum was necessary to
complete, any part of, thneOnservatury, or that, as it' apf)eared'by
Many of the:witnesses for the. defendant,' it was instacient for the
intended purpose;,they would deduct such sum as would complete
it. Certainly oue fa 4 should be taken into account—that the
dome! had.ncver Fern 'glazed ;
,and they had heard from man of
eininencri thit it would be much stronger when so done, and that
the 'twisting and vibrating complained of wosild cease. There
was strong evidence. on both aides: it was for them to determine.
The Jury, after retiring for nearly an hour, returned a verdict
for the plaintilS....:-Daulageis,' 4,5001. ; Costs, 40s. ; being a`tle-
duction of 2,0001. from demand.
The trial of the cause lasted near pine hours; and it was ten
o'clock before they returned their verdidt