The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-14 00:00:00

TrIE TriEATIE§:

. . .
DRURi?-LAi.J. THEATRE opened for the season
On Saturday last With Romeo and Juliet. The
pah of ROmeo was performed by Mr. 11. KED/ BLE,,
.a son of Mr. STEPHEN KEMBLE, now the Matta-
g.r of this Theatre. If Mr. H. liFirais had not
displayed so intieh ability in performing the cha-
racter assigned to hint, we ehould have been in-
clined to suspect that he was indebted for his in-
troduction to this•Theatre to parental partiality,
but it is mere justice to him to arknowleuge
that he possesses talents whieh do not stand
in need of such an accessary adVantage. Hie
figure is Manly, his voice excellent, and hit de;.
portmerit 'easy. He supported the character
throughont with great judgment And feeling;, and
is likely to prove a valuable acquisition to the
London boards. He received very great applzinse,
which ought to embolden hiM ppititt his next
appearance, and le;ten that timidity which is na-
turally excited by a London audience. The part-
. of Juliet was performed by a Mrs. MACKENZ IE .
The beauty of Juliet is so highly eXolled in many
passages of the Play, that it is natural to expect
proportional charms in the exterior of her repre
tentative This, however, is not the case with Mrs.
MACKENZIR, who displayed considerable merit in
the part, though her person might certainly have
been More gratifying to the imagination,as well as
to the eye. Her figure is neat, and her counte-
nance is capable of expression; and where so much
external beauty is not demanded as in Juliet, she
will, doubtless, hereafter make a more favour-
able impression. As it is, however, she Was
very favourably received, and will proba-
bly prove a 'very • useful Actress. The Per-
formers were well received as they entered.—
The Farce was No Song no Supper, one of the
I.most entertaining stock pieces on the stage. The
absence of OXBEHRY, who had been announced
for Endless, occasioned the necessity of having the
part read by Cana, a respectable actor ; and after
some tokens of discontent, the audience acquiesced
in the unavoidable change. The House was very
well attended, and we sincerely hope that the
judicious plan of lowering the prices of adMission
will enable the Theatre to regain its popularity.
On the first rising of the curtain, the Perfor-
mers in general appeared on the Stage, and sung
" God save the King," which was a propet compli-
ment to the loyalty of the audience, who rose
and received it throughout with warm acclama-
tions.

The Occasional Address, which we have insert.
ed in another column, was delivered with such
feeling and energy by Mr. IL JoHNsTuN, that he
excited great applause in many of its passages.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The season, which hat
been very successful, closed on Saturday, with The
Castle of Andalusia, Teasing Made Easy, and The
Agreeable Surprize. The success which has marked
the season is R due tribute to the spirit and judg-
ment of the Manager. He collected an excellent
company of Performers, and he gratified the Town
with novelty, which well deserved its support.—
Mr. TERRY, on the close of the second piece, ad-
dressed the audience in the following manner, and
was lunch applauded :
" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,-4 have now the honour of ad-
dressing you, to ufler the acknowledgments of the Proprietors
of this Theatre, on the close of their Season;--and you
may recollect, that they assured you tt should be " a short
life and a merry one."
" The first part of this promise they gave with the utmost
confidence, tieing morally certain that their old friends, and
guarantees, of Covent-Garden, or of Drury• Lane (allot of
both), would be anxious to redeem this House's pledge.
of BREVITY; before it was in any danger of being for-
feited.

" As to the second part of their obligation,—that of produc-
ing mil./ 11,—You have exonerated them. If they have not
furnished mirth themselves, you, certainly, hare brought
it with you ; for .(bating those representations, or parts of
representation, when we courted your graver attention),
never was a Merrier set of kind surals than our audiences of
this Summer.

'• In short,—for every thing at present must be short here,
—the Proprietors seem to have accomplished their ends of
affording you satisfaction, even from one end of the season to
the other;—but how (if this system of curtailment should
proceed) they are to wake both ends meet, is a matter of
too serious consideration to obtrude upon your minds at this
moment.

They depute me, Ladies and Gentlemen. to entreat your
acceptance of their warmest gratitude ; to which allow me to
add, most respectfully, the farewell tribute of the Performers.
W, widi you all, Ladies and Gentlemen-4 tong life and a
merry one."

DUBLIN THFATTM.-Tlie following are the An=
savers of Mr. and Mrs. lIODSON to the Letter of
Mr. T. JONES, jun. which appeared in our Paper
of Saturday last :

" TO THE PUBLIC.
" Mr. Hodson entreats forgiveness for addressing the
Public on a subject which may appear of a private na-
ture; but relying on the justice of his c4use, be presumes
to intrude himself on their notice. On Miss Stephens.
comi;4g to Dublin, Mr. Hudson entered into an engage-
ment with Mr. Jones, pin. to perform four weeks hp
Dublin, and three weeks in Cork, which was understood
to be immediately atter Miss Stephens's Dublin en-
gagement. But the Cork arrangements being for the
present abandoned, and a vacation of some weeks about
4, take place, he considered himself exonerated from his prior
engagethent.—How far this can be construed by Mr—Jones
into a breach of faith with hint the public can best decide,
Mr. Hodson denies having entered into any stipulation with
Mr. Jones for an engagement for the ensuiv Season, having
declined accepting one at the commencement of this year, in
consequence of its interference with his professional arrange-
ments as a Teacher. Mr. H. trusts the public will feel satis-
fied with this explanation, as he cannot:think of again in-
truding on them.
" 5, Dame-street.

G. A. HODSON"

" Mrs. Hodson trusts for the kind indulgence of the Public,
in tints presuming to assure them, that the statement made
by Mr. F. Jones, junior, in the Papers of rsterday (:assert-
ing her refusal to perform a character allotted her),is entirety
without foundation ! ! That owing to her having been treated
with the greatest insolence by Mr. Jones, Mr. Hodson consi-
dered it his duty to demand an explanation of such conduct,
for which interference Mr. F. Jones, in the most ungentle-
manly wanner, particularly Isefore a female, desired Mr.Hod-
son to " quit the Theatre," or he should be turned out. such,
Mrs. Hodson begs leave to assure her kind patrons, is the
cause of Mr. Hodson and herself net having the honour of
again appearing before them.
" 5, Dame-street. C. HODSON."

KELLY.,--We feel much gratified in being
able to inform the public, that this deserving
Actress is restored to health. Dr. FORBEi was
the medical friend who attended her on this alarm.
ing occasion.

Mr. VARDR, who appeared to flinch advan.'
rage at the Haymarket Theatre this summer, re-
turns to Bath, where Mr. CONWAY also is en-
gaged for the whole of the season.
Mrs. DAVISON took leave of the Liverpool nu.
(hence, on Friday evenint.7, after performing 4.04
Teazle, to an elegant audience. MUNDEN w.as tha
Sir Peter Teazle.

PAR IA AMENTA RY PAPERS.

EDLTATION'OF .THE POOR.

THIRD REPOIVi FRoIA THE SELECT COMMITTEE UN

THE EDVqATI.ON OF THE POUR.
(Just Printed ) • •

• The Sr.:Act CommirTßE appointed to inquire
info Ihe'VDUCATION or THE LowEa Ottoßas, and
t, rt.port (belt Ohservatiott theteniwn; together
Wltlt ihe NitNIITES OF TOF EVIDENCE Liken be-.
fr,r,f !hem from ;loge to one, to the House; and
who w •re it Slructed to evend their logairies to
;.:,cot;and--have timber considered the matters to
them. reterted, and agreed upon the following
Itvport

Your Committee rejoice in being able to state,
that since their first appnintlisent in 181 G, when
they exainioud the state of the :\letropolis, there
is every reason to believe that the exertions of
charitahle individuals.and pnblic bodies have. in-
creaed, *not withstanding the severe pressure of
tine times, and that a great augmentation bas
taken prece, in the 'Hemp provided for the instr4c.i
lion of the Poor tit that, uat ter. They are happy
in beta ; able to and, thitt the discussion excited
by the fitst Report, and the arguments urged by
Cite :Committee to v3rions patrons of charities who
w.et e examined as witnesses, have had the salutary
fleet of iin!,rovit,:z: the administration of those
institutions, awl rcolcating the importance of
ta'tbei bvstawiip, thvir.fUnds t 'merely educating
- -
a largernuMber, than in giving. both instruction
acid other assistance to a more Confined potato'
of children." 'As the inanagi:,ment of those excel 7.
lent establishments is necessarily placed. beyond
tkp contrwl of the Legislature,. it is only, by the
ttfe.cts of such candid di,cns'sions that improve-
ments them Call be effected.

Since the. inquiries of your. Committee have
been extended to the whole Island. they have
hmi tea Son to. conclude that the iueans of edncert.
ing_the Poor,are steadily increasing in all consi-
derable towns;: as well as •in the Metropolis. A
circular,lett;er has been sent ro. all the Clergymen
in fl:nglapd, Scotland, and. Wales, requiring an-
s.w.ers,toyrocties, of which. a egvy Will be found
in ,the, Appendix . It, is •impossible to bestow too
much copimendation:upoli the alacrity shewn by
those reverend persons in complying with this re-
gnisition;•:entl the honest zeal which they dis-
phiyed to 1401110te the great object of universal
Education, is truly worthy of the'pastors of the
people, and the, teachers of that Gospel which was
preached to the poor. .T
Vain Committee have In.t no time in directing
anl. superintending the walk of digesting the va
luable information contained in .the Returns, ac-
cornine toa•convenient'pleltl, which will put the
noose in possession' of all this information in a
tabular form,- They have received important iti•
sistance in this, and. the Other objects of their
dairy.,: front two learned ,Barristers, Mt. Parry,
end Koe of the Court of Clia'ireery,.whohave
deitoted•much of their flaw-to the subject.

It appears clearly from the Returns, as well as
from btliersonrces, that A very great deficiency
exists in. the ',leans of educating the Poor, whet e-
ever the population is thin, anal scattered over
country districts. The et}',►rts of individuals con-
bitred in societies are almost wholly confined to
populous • s s
_

Another point to which it is /material to..direct
the attention of Parliament, tegards the iteo op-
posite principles, of founding schools for children
of all sorts, and for those. only who belOni!to
the.EStahlislied Church. Where the means exist
of .erecting two schools, one upon each principle,
education is -not checkcd by the exclusive plan he-
ing adopted in one of them, becair..e the other
may comprehend the children of sectaries. In
places where only one school can be supported, it
is manifest "that any regulations which exclude
Dissenters, deptive the Poor of that body or all
means of education.

Your.Commiltee, however, have the greatest
satisfaction in, observing, that in many schools
vhere the nationtasysiem is adopted, an increas-
ing degree of liberalitylnevails, and that the
chusch, catechism is only taitight, and attendance
at the -established , place. of •pi bile worship -only
repiiyed.i cif those Whose :parents helong- to the
establishment ; due assurance being obtained that.
the children of sectaries shall-learn the principles
aud.attend the.ordi,ances of religion, according.
to the doctrines and forms to which their families
are attached. • •

. . .
It is with.eylitl plcasure..that your, Committee
c' found reason to conclude, that • the Rriman
Cathoh pcior anxions:to avail themselies of
those TroteStatat schook estahlished:in t heir neigh-
hourhOod, in which no ca;echisin'is. tant!ht"; and
they indidgc.a ,hope:t.hai the C.rergy of that per-
stias.ipi, kty titrer disc...gement to their at-tendancefi. more especially as they appear„ in one
instance;:to.have Contributed tO the SoppOrt of
sehtOls, Prn.vidcd that, no catechism was .taught,
and.no rebgiiin, observances exacted. It is con-
tra:"}' to tire -doctrine as aS the diScipli:te of
the 11-ornish Cho, ch. to allow any Protestant . to
interfere wi;h thoie meters,- and consequently
it is• io,p.Bs.silde for Botnanists to'send" their chit-
dren-to anY.schoo,t, where they form part of the

plat%
Your C«mtuitfa''ire happy. iq being able to
state, that iu 'ail the iietions., and in all the other
information hid before:them, is the mo'sf
utine9tionable eyidt:nce that the anxiety ol,the,
roorfor education continues not only unabated,
I)qt-daily increasing ; twat it extends to.eve:.y part
of:..the country, and is to be found-equally preya-
lent in those siti;•.'.;cr towns and c9untry districts
there no weans of ;,;ratifying it are
.provided b.y
the chari'table efforts of the etcher classes.

'l' In humbly soggestiog What is lit to be done tor
promoting universal education, your Committee
do not hesitate tostate,- that two different. plans
ure.advisahle., adapted to the opposite circum-
stances of the town and country;districts. Where
ever the efforts of individuals can support-the r•e-
quisite" number of schools, it wonld be unneces-
sary awl injurious to interpose any.Parliamenrary
assisranee:B 'But you:c o.m Cinittec have eleAriy as-
i
certattieu,:'th:it nmany places priyate.
tiOnV ccillifti be laisvd ki meet tie yearly experices
of the school, while the original cost of the un-
dertaking, occazioned chiefly by the erection and

•purehafe of the e school-house, prevents it fro:n
.being attempted.
Your Committee Conceive, that a sum of money
might he well employed in supplying this first
.want, leaving the charity of individuals to furnish
the annual provision requisite for courinuing the
school, and possibly for repaying the advance.
Whether the money should, he vested
,in Com-
missioners, empowered to make the fit terms with
the private parties desirous of establishingschlrbli,
:or whether a certain sum should be intrusted . to
The two great institutions in Loiidon for promot-
ing education, your Committee Must leave to be
determined by the wisdom of Parliament.
In the numerous diittiets where no aid from
private exertions can be expected, and where the
poor are manifestly without adequate means of
instruction, your Committee are persuaded, that
nothing can supply the deficiency but the adop-
tion, under certain material modifications. of the
parish, school system, so usefully establ6lied .in
the Northern part of the Island, ever since the
latter part of the 17th century, and upon whist)
many important detOls will be found in the Ap-
pendix.
The modifications will be dictated principally
by the necessity of attending to the distinction,
already pointed out, between districts where Pri-
vate charity may be expected to (tarnish the means
of education, and those where no such resource
can be looked to;, and the Tables imbjhined
this Report will afford important lights on this
subject. it appears further to your CoMmittee,
that it may be fair and expedient to assist the pa-
rishes where no school-houses are erected uit it
the means of providitig them, so as only to throw
upon the -inhabitants the hurthen of paying the
schoolmastet's salary, which ought .certainly not
to exceed 241. a year. It appears to your Com-.
mittee, that a sufficient supply of schoolmasters,
may be procured for4bis sum,- allowing them the
benefits of .taking scholars Who can afford to
and permitting them 9f:course to occupy their
leisure hoori in other pursuits. The.expence at-
tending this, invaittah_le spier)] in Seoiland4 .is
found to be so very trifling, that it is never made
the: subject of,complaint by any of the, land-
holders.

Your Committee forbear to. inquire minutely in
'what manner this system ought to be Cottnected
with the Church, Establishment. That such a
-connexion ought .to. be funned
.appears manifest ;
it is dictated by a regard to the prosperkty and
stability.of both systems„ and in Scotland the two
are mutually connected together. But a difficulty
arises in England, which is not' lobe Found there.
The great body of the Dissentera front the Scottish
Church differ little, if at all, in doctrine trout the
Establishment ; they are separated only hy certain
opinions, of a political rather than a religious na-
ture, respecting the right of pairtinage, and by
some shades of dist iuction as to church discipline;
so that they may conscientionsly send their *chil-
dren to palis' schools connected with the Esta-
blishment, and teaching its catechism. In Eng-,
land the case is widdy different ; and it appears to
your Committee essentially necessary that this cir-
euthstance be carefully considered in the devising
arrangements of the system. To place the choice
of the schoolnia•ter to the. parish vestry, subject
to the approbation of the parsdn, and th 4 visita-
tioit of the diocesan ; hot. to- provide that the
children of seetatiaus shall not be compelled to
learn any catechism, or attend airy church, other
than those of their pareots, seems to your Com-
mittee the safes't path by whiat the Legislature
can hope to obtain the desirable ohjeets of secu-
rity to the Establishment on the ofie hand, and
justice to the Utssenters on the other.
The more extended inquiries' of 'Your CoMmit-
tee this Session haVe amply confirmed the opinloo
which a. more limitediovestigation had led thent
to form two years ago, upon the neglect and abuse
of charitable'fouds connected with education.—
They must refer to Appendix and the Tables,
for the very important details of this branch of
the subject ;- but they'most add, that although in
many cases those large funds appear to have been
`misapplied through ignorance, or mismanaged
through carelessness, yet that some instances of
abuse have presented themselves of such a nature
as would have led them to recommend, at an ear-
lier period of- the Session, the institution of pro-
, ceedings for More promptly :checking, misappro-
,priationsi both in: the partiettlar cases, and by the
force of a salutary 'example. From the investi-
gations of. the ,Commission about to be issued
under the authority of .an, Act of Parliament,
much advantage may be expected ; and though it
would not become your Committee to anticipate
the,rneasures, which the .wisdom of the Legisla-
ture may adopt in consequence of those inquiries,
with.a view to provide a speedy and cheaper re-
inedy for the evil than the ordinary tribunals of
the.coontry :afford ; yet your Committee cannot
avoid hoping, that the mere report and publica-
tion of the existing abuses . will have a us tterial
'effect in .leading the parties concerned to correct
them, and that. even the apprehension of the in-
quiry about to he instituted•may iu the wean tittle
produce,a effect..
As the Universities, Public Schools, and Cha-
tities . with special visitors, are exempted from
tite jurisdiction of the., Commissioners, your Coin •
..m!ttce have been occupied. in examittiog sevei al of
those
,Institutions; the result ot their, inquiries
will. be found in the. Appendix. It unquestion-
ably. slot ws , that cons itlei able, unauthorized devia-
tions have been made, in both Eton and Winches-
ter, from the original plans of the founders; that
those deviations have been dictated more by a re-
gard to the interest of the Fellows thau of the
Sebolai:s,-vslio,were the main object of the toms-
datioos,. and of the founders' bounty ; and that
although in some respects- they haveproved bene-
ficial upon the, whole to the Institutions, yet that
thylitive been, by gradual encroachments iu for•
nie.r. flares, carried too far, While, ,therefore,
,yo'ur,Committee readily acquit the present
lows of all blame in this respect, they entertain
confident es:pc...o4lnm that they will-seize the op,
portunity atiorded,by the,impity, of doing them-
selves hotioor,,by correcting.
.the abuses Om( have
Crept, in, .asjiq .as Ale teal interests the eSta-
hildtmouts rosy appear to tvguite If, too,
thl're siTuld exist similar errors. in the UoiVersi-
ti9s, whichltave not been examined; your Coto-
i'lottee willingly flatter themselves that steps will
be taken to correct them, by the wisdom and in-

tegrit y oF,the highly testrect able petstitis:lo Whose
lands the concerns of those great bodies Me corn
matted,
. .
Your Committee are fully persuaded, that
many gieat neglects arid abnies exist iu chatities
which have srecial visitors.; intletd,it so happens,
that the ,worst instance which they have met with
belongs to this class 3. antl that oo visitatorial
power Was exercised, -MI6l a lent months agd,
although the maleersations had existed for raany
years. To this subject they therefore. beg leave
to request the speedy attention of Parliarrtenl•
It further appears to your Cointnittee, that as
the Commission about to he issUed will be con-
fined to the investigation elf abuses, and as the in-
formation, in Parochial Returns, is not sufficient-
ly detailed respecting the state of ednesitiOn ge-
nerally, a CoMMission should also be issued,
either, under an Act Of Parliament, or by-means of"
an Address to the Crown, for the purpose of
supplying this defect.
lii the course of their inquiries, yonr Com-
mittee have incidentally observed, that charitable
funds, connected with education, are not. alone
liable to great abases. EqUal negligence and
MafversatiOn 'appears to have prevailed in all other
charities ; and although yiltir Committee have no
authority, by their instruction, to investigate the
t»atier, and to report npien it, yet they should
deem themselves wanting in theiraduty were they
not to•give this notice of so important a subject,
accidentally forced upon their attention.
3d June, ISIS.

OLD BAILEY.