The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-25 00:00:00

GENERAL, P.LEC I lON.

Alderman Hy.Yoa-re has declined offering
himself as a Caotlidate tot the City of L. dolt.
What is Mr. WAITIIMPLN about that he Set in', to
have telitopislied his Yarliattientaty ambition
IIicHFoRD, Esq. continues to solicit the
votes of the Electors of Aylesbury. This is the
BorimL;h that had first the honour of r oll'enting
on that immaculate and disinterested Patriot the
mentoribir Jon N ‘VILKis, the dig,ity of a -British
Legislator Iu the course of ye4rs this zealous
Patriot changed his principles, if he eser had any,
and gave occ.,siou to the tollowine, fines

JOHNNY WILKES, JOHNNY WII.KESs
••‘ .l+ mil...
What a different wog V(11, `DeTW sing;
'Stead of olil FORTY-FIVE,
'Tis now PREP, GATIVE,
And your blasphemy " GOD SAVE THE KING."
_ _ _

Mr PROTHPHOB and Mr. DAVIEis have both
announced their its en tion in stand for B istoi on
the ensuing G r4l 10ection.

R. H. cottislFir. Eqq. formally announces his
lo off, r hiniselt as a Candidate leor the
sit tw 01 one of the Representatives of Nor-
wich, in the event of a dis.iditiion of P +filament.

We are author ised to say, t' .at in consequence
of Mr. C. -I _ENKINSON having de.ltrett his ihtea-
lion of declining the future represent4tiou of the
Borough at Blhtgraorth, Sir T J. YYRWHITT
'TUNES, Bolt. has otrried himself a Candidate to
represent that Boy ()ugh in the next Pailiatnent,
(Shrewsbury Chronicle )
On Monday la,t, Sir W D. GORDON, tvho has
heel) actively eagaged in a re-canvas of the free-
men hei,e, vkited his fri,mls t e•iltnt in Kiddermin-
ster and not a itlistanding slime viideavours ‘vhiels
were used to pre.ent the tieemen fr,,nt attending

him, he was much gra, iced by a ;:umerous meeting
On Triesdav, Sir WILLIAM paid his respects to the
trermeu resident in Birmingham, and vvas receiv-
ed by them in the most flattering nti..ner, h 0 m.tch
so, as to leave no doubt of his obtaining an al-
most unanimous supp"rt from the voters in that
place.—Colonel DAvtgs, too, has I), en actively
employed in his re•canvass, which he finished in
a most satisfactory manner to himselt and friends,
and on Saturday he left this city with renewed
assurances of eventual success.—( Worcester He-
rald, May 23.
CORK MAY 19 —Yesterday Mr. HUTCHINSON
COMIIICUCed f,,,

. Coßt.: ExciaANGE. MAY 2J. --11 hod a gond
supply of Wheat this morning from Essex and
Kent, and some further arrivals front abroad,
which caused the sale to be very dull, at a decline
of 2s. per.quarter from Friday, full 4s. p►r quar-
ter from this day week ; Barley and Malt is dull ;
real fine Oats support their price ; Beans are in
demand, and 2s. per quarter dearer; in other
kinds of Grain there is no alteration,'

Friday night a pistol bullet was fired through
one of the trout windows of Mr. Cowlick's
dwelling-house, in Poplar - row, Newington,
which broke a pane of glass, and lodged in the
waii-scot opposite. Mr. Cundick is employed as
carpenter tor the county of Surrey, and in that
capacity be manufactures the gallows upon his
premises, upon which fellons suffer ; and it is
conjectured that this circumstance has drawn up-
on him the vengeance of some desperate thieves.
A Coroner's Inquest was held lately at Bos
ton, on a case which should be a warning
to many. A young woman, about 19 years of
age, had destroyed herself by taking a quantity
of arsenic ; to which fatal purpose she had been
impelled by a set:se of shame arising from a state
of pregnancy. She had quitted her place of ser-
vice in the country, and was on a visit to a rela-
tion at Boston when she committed the rash act.
The poor girl's name was Ann Broughton. She
languished in extreme agony for three days, and
died on Saturday, notwithstanding every possible
endeavour to save her life. Verdict—lnsanity.

ROYAL ACADEMY.

(Continued.)

914. The Elevation, Plan, Lang;tudinal peripedive Sec-
tion, and other Parts of a Design for a National ilfa-
&mew to perpetuate the glorious Achievements of Bri-
tish Valour by Sea and Land. J. SonNE, R. A.

We do net pretend to possess much knowledge of Archi-
tecture, but as that noble science is so useful to man, so ho-
oourable to his faculties, and may be rendered so conducive
towards the incitement of virtuous and heroic actions, we
feel ourselves impelled by a sort of moral and patriotic duty
to notice this admirable design, which is so fully deve-
loped in these excellent Drawinkr,s. We refer our Readers to
the DrawinN themselves, for a just conception of the views
of the eminent Artist by whom they wet c executed. In our
opinion, the Edifice here presented is calculated for all the
purposes which the learned and ingeniotts Artist comprehend-
ed in his de,ign. Such a stricture would he at once a Na-
tional/Ornament of the highest kind, and be so prominent a
record of Heroism, that it would present a stimulus to noble
minds in all ages: to attempt, by glorious actions of the same
nature, to deserve the same national gratitude and honour.
We may fairly add, in the words of the Poet, in reference to
the Drawings before us:—

" These are Imperial works, and worthy Kings."

91.5. 4 Selection of Parts of Buildings, Publie and Private,
erected from the Designs of J. SOAVE, Esq. R.A. in the
Aietropolis. and in oilier Part.. the United Kingdom,
beeween" the Years 1780 and 1815. J. GANDY, A.

The talents of Mr. GANDY in Architectural Drawings are
of,a very superior order, and every thing from his hand must
bear the stamp of excellence, but we regret that he should
have thus thrown into one mass so many admirable designs,
which could have afforded ample scope for a series of most
instructive Drawings, if given separately. From all that we
have seen of these Edifices, they are distinguished for classi-
Cal taste, but it is impossible for the general spectator to
have any adequate conception of any of those structures,
which are here huddled altogether. We therefure hope that
Mr. GANDY will adopt our suggestion, and favour the Public
with a succession of drawings, each representing one of those
buildings which he has here combined in what may be stiled
a regular conftiirion." ;The 'Original Works, and tlfe
DRAWINGS representing them, would then constitute a body
of most valuable illustrations of that Science, which may be
considered as one of the noblest inventions of Man, and
would, in a relative degree, do honour to the respective
Artists.

rro be continued )

FRACAS.

(We have evracted the following curious ar-
ticle from The Edinburgh Evening Courant of
hnrsday bast, which reached town this day] :

M EMORANDUNI OF FACTS
RELATING To MR JOHN DOUGLAS OF GLASGOW.

Mr. Donahas having come to Edinburgh to attend a
meeting of Agents in a submission betwixt himself and cer-
tain other parties depending before Mr. CUNNINGHAME, Ad-
vocate, in consequence of a previous appointment of the Ar-
biter to that effect, communicated to Mr. Douglas, I waited
on Mr. D. on Monday morning last, the 11th inst., and ac-
companied him to Mr. Cunningham 's, west end of George-
street, *here we Were occupied ;n thy business of the meet-
ing front 10 Wants till about hati-pa-t is at noon. At tht
meeting, Mr. D. mentioned to Mr. C. and the other Gentle-
men, that he had come to Edinburgh with great inconve-
nience at this time, and that he was to return to Glasgow
by the coach at four o'clock. When the business was con-
clnded, Mr. Douglas and I walked over to the Old Town,
by the bridge, and in going along he mentioned to
me, in the course of general conversation, the late unpro-
voked and offensive liberties that had been taken with his
name and person in Blackwood's Magazine, and of Mr.
Blackwood having refused, when called upon, either to make
any sort of apology or to give _up the author, whom Mr.
Douglas had in vain endeavoured to find out ; Mr. Douglas
farther added, that since he was in Edinburgh, at any rate he
was resolved to call at Mr. Blackwood's, and apply a horse-
whip to his shoulders, by way of chastising him for his black-
guard publication, and testifying his own indignant feel-
ings. I believe I used the freedom to dissuade Mr. Doug-
las from taking any such notice of the .publication, and
rather advised him to treat it with the contempt it deserved.
Nothing farther passed on the subject, and we afterwards
parted in the Old Town, about • one o'clock. I agreeing
to dine with him at Mackay's hotel at three, and see
him off in the coach. I accidentally met him, how-
ever, on my way home, about two, in Castle-street, with
a ,riding whip in his hand, when he told me he had
called at • Mr. Blackwood's shop in Princes-street, and
had, as he intended, chastised him on the pavement opposite
his shop door, in a pretty public manner, telling him at the
same time who he was; lie added, that the only consequence
he was apprehensive of, was Mr. Blackwood's obtaining a
warrant against him, and preventing him getting away at
four. We again parted, and at three I went to Maekay's ho
tel, and found Mr. D. waiting for me. After we had dined,
the waiter, a little past 4, having announced that the coach
was ready, Mr. D. and I went down stairs, and the moment
Mr. D. bad cleared the passage, anti was proceeding down the
steps, towards the coach, Mr. Blackwood, attended by ano-
ther (as his second I presume), rushed across the pavement,
brandishing a large bludgeon, with which he furiously attack-
ed 'Mr. Douglas, venting at the same time some coarse epi-
thets at him. Being thus unexpectedly and outrageously as-
saulted, Mr. Douglas, having the whip in his hand, stood
upon the defensive, warded off Mr. Blackwood's blows as well
its a slender whip could so heavy a bludgeon, and to all ap-
pearance applied it in tarn to the assailant's head and face
with visible effect, for I saw Mr. B.'s upper lip bleeding,
apparently from a wound inflicted with the whip. Mr. Doug-
las maintained his ground on the top of the stair (where he
was first attacked) during the short scuffle that ensued, and
which terminated by Mr. Blackwood's taking himself off, and
Mr. Douglas deliberately stepping into the coach. There
was no visible appearance of injury on Mr. I).'s person, and
on my inquiry, he said he did not feel the least hurt. Indeed,
it did not appear to me that he was hit any where else than
on the whip arm.

JOHN BI.AIR,
Young-street, Charlotte-square.
Edinburgh, Thursday, 14th May, 1818.

Since writing the :shove I have seen a printed statement of
Mr. Blackwood's, which I must take the liberty to contradict,
in so far as it states that the bludgeon used by bins was " a
Karel sapling," it having been apparently a large oak stick—
or that Mr. Douglas reconnoitered him from the window of
the hotel, and showed a backwardness to have it, Mr. D. to
my certain knowledge having neither looked out or been at
all snspicious of the attack that was meditated : and I neither
heard one word of the address which Mr. Blackwood asserts
he delivered to Mr. D. after the scuffle, nor saw him " led
away reluctantly" by any person ; on the contrary, he ap-
peared to me to withdraw of himself, and to cross the street
alone. I saw nothing in the conduct of Mr. Douglas which
betrayed " pusillanimity."
Thursday afteruoon, .1, B.

NATIONAL SOCIETY
FOR EDUCATING THE POOR IN 1137, PRINCIPLES
OF THE. ESTABLIiHED CHURCH.

We lately too briefly noticed the Meeting of
the Friends to the NATIONAL SOCIETY, •vhich
took place at Freemasons'-Hail, on the Ist in.
stant ; but as the Institution is so excellent in it.
self, and is calculated to afford important beusir s
to the community at large, we return with plea-
sure to the subject, in order to give a more ample
account of the proceedings on the occasions—.
His Royal Highness the Doke of YORK took the
Chair about half-past one o'clock, arid was sup.
ported on his right by the Archbishop of Canter-
bury and the Archbishop of York, and on the left
by the Bishop of London am: the Bishop of Salis.
bury. Lord Harrmeby, Lord Kenyon, Lori.'
Button, Lord Rolle, Lord litowt,low, and nearly ail
the Reverend Prelates attended the meeting ; also,
the Earl of Egremont, Sir Robert Peel, fir Jsrrtes
Sattmarez, several Members ot the !louse of Com.
mons, and a number of Gentry and (..:ergy of tire
highest respectability.
The Duke of lonx observed, that the present
meeting was called for the purpose of supporting,
by the benevolence of -the Public, au lustitution
whose funds were nearly exhausted. Ile would
not now expatiate upon the great beuefi s society
derived from the establishment of this Instil wino,
but would leave it fur those who were, he said,
more cftp-k.tc of pet forming t he duty.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said, ii,“l Int
Making an appeal to the liberality of the Public,
it was, he believed, customary, previous to calling
for any relief, to give a particular statement of
the manner in which the money .which hati•beell
already subscribed had been disposed of Yte
General Committee had thought it their duty to
apply to the generosity of the Public for assist.
ante in the present exhausted state of their
finances, and the pleasing task had devolved upon
him to lay before the Meeting en account of the
application of the sums which had been sub.
scribed to the Society. Since the first Establish.
ment of this Institution, two separate subsctip.
tions had been entered into, and the result had
been a collection of an aggregate sum, amounting
to 38,2081 Is. 7d. The whole of this sum, he
stated, has now been expended, but in such a
manner, he trusted, as to produce the most extend.
sive and permanent resul;s furthering the int.,
portant purpose for which it was subset ith ii. Iu the
Central School alone there had beer, educated,
since its first institution, 4,44'2 Children, and 507
Masters and Mistresses have been there instructed
in the System, for the purpose of condoeting
Schools in various parts of the Kingdom. }lot
tine principal expenditure of the funds has taken
place in many grants for the erection of permanent
Buildings for the Education of the Poor, •lind
these grants to Schools in various parts of the
Kingdom have amounted, on the whole, to 276.
The whole number of Schools at this time united
to the National Society is 1,144, in which it is
ascertained, from the returns made, that not less
than 165,000poorchildren are at t his time receiving
the blessings of religious and moral instruction ;
and, when it is considered bow great is the circua
lation of Education conveyed by these Ins:it talons,
;,„‘s anosair ,sooti
each individual School into the mass of society,
and how many new ones annua:ly admitted to give
way in their turn to others, it will readily be per-
ceived how much effect the lostitutions, in con-
nection with the National Society have already had,
and must continue to have, on the moral and re•
ligions state of the Nation at large. It was true,
he admitted,' that there were many Charitable In•
stitutions in this Metropolis, perhaps equally
laudable in their objects, which required public
assistance as much as the present Society ; but
that, be observed, was not a suflisieot reason to
wait until all the wants of these eleemosynary In-
stitutions were supplied. Indeed it would he end.
less to wait till the claims of all other Charities
had been supplied by a generous Public, and like
the rustic, who waited .at the bank of a river in
the expectation that the whole of the water would
flow past him, and that he should be able to walk
over' on dry land, this Society would he equally
disappointed—at ille Labitur et labitur in mnne
inbilis cauni. He trusted, therefore, that on a
view of the extensive good which had already
been effected by the exertions of the National So.
defy, and on a feeling of the great importance of
maintaining this Society for the purpose of con-
tinuing the good so auspiciously began, the Meet.
ing would be disposed to contribute their liberal
assistance towards repairing its exhaused funds,
and thereby enabling it to prosecute further its
excellent designs.
Lord Hannowev complimented the Reverend
Prelate upon the perspicuity of his statement, and
said, that he now rose not to add any thing to
what had already been so well said, but to
propose a Resolution, which .embodied the
principal statements which bad been made.—
He impressed upon the Meeting the necessity
of considering, that it was not merely the
money which had been subscribed which
had proved so beneficial to Society, but it was
the encouragement Which had been given by this
Institution to other Establishments to imitate its
example.—(Hear, hear !)—lt should not be for.
gotten what encouragement it had given by the
Establishment of the Central School ; the same
uniformity was preserved throughout this vast
machine, which extended its benefits to all parts-
of the ki;ttlom. This Institution was the means
(if instructing the poorer classes of the community
to be good subjects of the King, and good mem-
bers of the Established Church.--(Hear !)—lt
might be considered as one of the supporters of
the Established Church, anti was the means of
widely extending its influence to all parts of the
kiugdom.—(-lear !)--This, he was persnadeds
the meeting would feel to be a desirable object.
He concluded with moving the resolution which
he held in his hand.—(These Resolutions were
then read.)

Mr. ‘VILBERFORCE said, he came forward upon
the present Occasion feeling conscious that he
could add nothing to what hid been so ably sub-
mitte4 .to the Meeting, but merely formally to se-
cond Resolution. At this time of day, to argue
for the importance of instructing the lower orders
would be attempting to render a self-evident pro-
position more clear. There could not exist a doubt

of the propriety of instructing thechildreU, to the
principles of National-Church. It ought tir
be-the business, and aw-honour to every christian,
to he employed in so good cause, 'and it should
be prosecuted With the utmost. diligence." The
good education of the lower orders in Scotland,
'he observed, was a subject of admiration to every
_one, and he was glad to find that the excel-
lent example was now likely to be so vigorously
followed byrhe surromuling nations. Scot.-
land IA ss7Stelli of educatino had been cat tied on
in conjunction isith the .National Church, and of
the good etkcis which had resultud !iota it no one
could he ignorant,
Lord liaowNLoW also proposed a Iterl,ttion re-
lative to she stun already subscribed since the first
e a!)lishnient of the Society. It was supported
by Mr. GIPPS, and he hoped, that on the present
oceaSion as large a sum as 38,205/. might be rais-
ed. It was-agreed to.

. fir THOMAS ACLAND came forwiird to move
1, the adoption of another Resolution, which hi sub-
stance stated, that the National Society had most
eS3eiltially contributed to the (I,tfusion 01 the
blessings ol'e‘lttcatiolt. In In harfof the truth of
this statement, he observed, in was only neces,
*-9-y for Jiirn tm- call the :otentioll of the Illeeline
to the sum of 38,000/..whicli had been subscribvd,
and the number of children which had been cdo-

cued being 165,000. Cousitlet irg the relative pro.
tep ntitniders. would knfo,<,-..t
portions of these t
tint the.expcnce of eiltstaii,ig thee. children had
been at the small snot of ss. a heal, as tar as
"assistance from the Funds of the National Spciety
w-as concerned. The'rolvantage which the State
deriyed from this Institution was not merely the
Spiststum of le<aining in the tn.nds of the!,e young
childten, hut ,the habits of regnlarity with which
they were brought into the world ; and the benefit
vuntad enct case in a geometrical pipportion, for
6-cry seee sown in the tuind of die Muir gill
'll be almost certain to insure goOd pondnct

in thetcicilAtion otlifr-futitre family. lie stat,:d,

that there was one circumstance connected with
this system of e►fucatiou which had•fften struck
him very forcibly, anl tb.►se Who attended the

Society's Centr4l Schtwl at 14. d twin's Gardens,

and observed tl-e great ability with which, it is
conducted, and the snprrior.talents employed up-
on it. It might appear at fi st sight, that the
same beneficial effects would not be derived were
the talents employed on conducting the system of
vvey inferior character. The contrary, how-
ever, -to thte is the real fact, in a very remark-
aisle degree. He had often, witnessed in his own
immediate neighbourhoo,t, that when the svsrent
*Ol itsstruC!loo Was ietroduet-d nit Is Dr. Bell's
simple mechanism and excellent discipline, a mere
old woman could conduct .a school with very gs eat.
success. Anil be concluded a very animated
speech, which was received with in id applause,.
with earnestly and warmly recommending the ex-
cellent and'Amportant Society for- the support of
which they were nowt assembled. This Resol,ition
was seconded- by Mr. MANNING, the Direc-
t tr, and' carried without opposition.. :: •
Sir Roaster Pew, expressed his api.robation of
the principles Upon which this Stwietv was con-
ducted, and deeply regretted that it had fallen to
•bi, 10t...t0-have been in o.:e daily habit of eyeing
t !Jose poor . cnitaren is-ho wet e untortuna, e y tin-
• able to reap the benefits of. this laud +He 8.“3-
bliihrnetit. He alluded to those pour individuals
who tint ked in the eot t mann fact ot ies.—
(I-ltar l)—He however, done all in his
:punter to anseliorate their condition by limiting
their hopq oflabour..+-(llear !)—lle could hale
'wished these poor children to have been intt.o
.duced to this Meeting, that it might have the
opporttinity of viewing these little. endearing
creatures. It was, he said; a ,subject of the
greatest ' saiisfaction to him, to see Si) many
'noble personages taking au interest in the:
education and happiness of the lower orders,
and indeed whit was more to be desired
than that we should all be but one family,
baying all the ssme interests, the
happi-
ness and welfare of one another ?, He could
assure the Meeting that Isis weak support should
not be wanting to render the benefits of this so,,
ciety extensive as possible. It this principle
were persevered in, all feelings hostile to the
bovernnient and establibed religion of the Colin
try would soon he suppressed. They never could
prevail while the Reverend Prelates and other
distinguished. characters acted the same part as
ihose.he had now the honour of addressing. He
Concluded with moving the Resolution.
Mr. B. LONG seconded the Resolution, and ob-
set ved, that although it was a subject of regret
that juvenile depravity had, of fate so much in-
creased, yet he believed fiery few children hail
been found
-guilty of committing any crime who
bad been instructed in this institpt
The Rev. Mr. SHEPHERD 'wits happy in being
able fully to confirm the statement of the last

speaker, he informed the Meeting that the subject
just tnenioned had been ttiade the.objeet of pat:ti-
cuhr ctuiniry, especially by a wurby Magistrate
of the Police, and the result Was, that no child
bad beets detected in connuitting a crime who
had been educated -in one 'of
.these
Thews.

fir C..FLOWEII, prqr.oFed tie Resolutign
the Subscription, an►t it was supported by Air.
Aldertnat►

Archdeacon IVOoLLAsToN, alluding to the corm-
putation which had hen made by the Hon.
Member for Devon,.. observed, that the average
should have been taken upon the whole number
of children educated. _The 165,000 was the_ num-
ber now actually under a .course of education at
these schools. But if the number were
.be
taken of those
.who have been educated in these
seho,ds during the seven. years in which the so-
cietyhas existed, the average per head for.:each.
child would, he mach
less. than had been stated.
- 'The Doke Of YORK then rose, and informed the
Meeting that. he
..had to a-onounce the following
subscriptions, to be placed at the head of the list.
The Prince Regent 500/: ; Her Majesty- the
queen 5Q01.; the Priiice and princess of Hesse?
Homhourg
,1901.; the princess Augusta,
The announcing of the subscriptions was received,
with loud and continued applause.
'The Archbishort of ~CANTERAtuttY then stated,
that it was proper to •inform the Meeting that
ts.le Annual Subscriptions. at present are not suf-
ficient fur 'the support of the-Central School, and

. .
- •
'Ott Ordinaryantwal expellees`; and that tn.cork-
sequence many siiiliscribcri hate determined to
double their Annual -•ii-bsetiptions, 1,1• e, stated
this for the purpose of informing those Gentle-
men who were d'sposed to give assistance to the
Soei.-ty that the increasing (albeit- Annual-Sub-
scriptions would be of esstntial advantage.
The following. Subs riptiotis were• then an-
nounced :--The Duke of York 100 guineas, the
Archbishop of Canterbury 100 gniueas:the Arch-
bishop of York 100 guineas, the Bishop of Lon-
don 100/ , Lord Kotyon 2001., the Trustees of
Benjamin Newton, Esq. 300/. The absence of
Lord Liverpool aod Mr. Vansittart • from the
Meeting was apologized for by Lord -ilarrowby.
it was also mentioned that both Lord Sidutouth
and Lord liardwick were prevented.trom attend-
ing by pnblic business. ,
After a few observations from Lord KENYoN,
regarding the great benefits derived to thefoblic
front the establishment of ibis Society, the Arch-
bishop of ,CKNTErtnortY tuoved, that the cordi,d
and warmest thanks of the Meeting be given to
his Royal Highness the Duke of York, for his
condescension in, taking the Chair on this occa-
sion, and stated, that his Royal Ilighness'4 libe•
raliiy and Zeal wete •ever eminently conspicuous
on occasions of _Public .Chatity, and especially in
s‘qtpott of those Ch.oities which ate pectdially
connected with the established religion and gt.!,..
--Huient Ur t i!e country. .:s-ate 111•41,,,I wAs
tin-
anitnonsly agreed to, and his ltoy.ll Lli..ziin,s% ob-
served, that he always felt a pride in lending his
sup,nort CO so benevolent an objert,
The Books for Subscriptions we,e now opened,
and nearly 50001. wete subscribed before the
company left the room.