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London, England, 1818-06-11 00:00:00

THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD.

We who have ever manifested the most 'lively.
zeal to uphold the Government, upon Principles
which we have uniformly, and we may almost
say exclusively, maintained,---Principles, the great
features of which were established by the immor-
tal Prrr,—cannot but heartily congratulate the
Freeholders of Bedfordshire on again bringing
forward Colonel OA:softly, a Gentleman esteemed
by that Illustrious Statesman, and one Who has,
during a long period of political vacillation, con-
stantly supported, both in and out of Parliament,
those measures which have brought to an honour-
able termination a war more extensive and dire-
ful than any that ever afflicted the civilized world.
In times like the present, when faction would.

thrust into the British Senate men only known
by the violence of their declamation, and genera!
audacity of conduct, it behoves all who are truly
PATRIOTS to send to Parliament such as h.tve.
been weighed in the balai►ce, and have not beets
found wanting. Col. Osnoa has been tried,---he
has not violated his trust.

We are persua►le►l that there is nor a Count,"
bat can boast a greater proportion of its inhabi-
ants %sell affianced to the Crown and Govern-

ment than the County of Bedford. Hence it bask
been a question with all considerate wen, how it
has happened that its Members should not have
maintained in the Senate the loyal opinions of their
Constituents ? So, ltowrver, i, has been. Au op.
portunity, anti that a most auspicious one, is agai:l
afforded to the Fretholdets fur removing thes
odium of this apparent inconsistency in ernduct.
The Address of Col. Os BURN, which we inserted.
yesterday, is manly and moth's!. It is such ge,n—
tlemanly appeals as these, with truth tor theit.
foundation, that should rouse the old English spi—
rit ; and tee trust this will not be made in vain um
the present occothion.

WEY7,IOUTH, JUNE 9.—Sir JOHN MURRAY Irv*
rived here at eleven o'clock yesterdAy morning
from London. His horsei were taken from his
carriage at the entrance of the to (preceded by
two of his supporters in front and two in thn
rear on horseback), and drawn in by an hired
valcade of the lower orders that the 1-10,1.

had previously appointed to meet. The motley
appearance of the whole portrayed but a very
indifferent aspect of the support that Sir Joi-tI
will receive from the real Freeholders nt the en•
EleCI ion for this Borough.
SUICIDE —Yesterday morning a ybolt Married
woman, named Carlisle, residing in Tench Coml.,
Wapping, put an end to her existence by Cut-
ting her throat--when found, her head was nearly
severed from her body, and a pen tinny and faint-,
covered with blood, were lying by her side. She
was quite dead, and the wound app. ared to have
been first inflicted with the penknife, but corn..
Edetcd with the razor,

PA k r.l ANI 1;;`: VAR V PAPZ.I

REPORT FRoM T7IE 5.'Er.1,.(.-r COMMITTEE ON THE

r)F 'UHF 1,911-Eit OM)Elvi.

T!vt. et Cmlnnittre appointed to inquire into Edllca-

lion lit' !ht. Lot; (It is, and to repuit 11.vir

I,,zt-thrr ith of the Ec'oh.m.,.
toLen 'oefoee them fr,,n) time to tim,, to the Holise ; :irol

who were. instructed to i xtcntl their Ingoiries to tico:lood.
I.,cts ci.niidertd Cie matter. to them rift rred, and ,greed
up,on the following Report :

Ywir Cumiutit,ve rrj.,ice in being aide to stave,
that since then firs; appointment in 1816, whit
tory examined the stare of the 'Alerviip,lis, there
is k very reason tep believe that the excitiot:s of
charitable individuals and plohlic bodies have in-
creased, norwithstand lig I e be,tre 13Isec,Ire of
the tl rtes ; and !bat N g,c4t atigment.tinto has
token place in the means provided for the itistroc-
ti"tt of the.roor in that quarter. They pie hap-
#,y in being able- to ad,f, that the discussion vx-
cited. by the first iirport, and the argtimettts
urged in the committee to vari,tus patriots of
~eltatities %silo were examined AS witnesses, have
tad the salutary effect of improving the admini-
stration of tlli,e institutions, and inculcating the
importance of rather bestowing their funds in
Merely educating a larger number, than in giving
loth instruction and other assistance to a more
,cutifined number of children.' As the manage-
Int•tit of those excellent establishments is neces-
'l,4rily placed beyond the controul of the Legisla-
ture, it is only by the efft•c!s of such candid dis-
t ussions that improvements in them can be ef-
fected.

Since the inquiries of yonr Committee have
Seen extended to the whole Island, they have had
reason to conclude, that the means of educating
the Poor are steadily increasing in all consider-
able towns, as well as in the metropolis. A dr-
-col/4r letter has been addressed to all the Clergy
in England, Scotland, and Wales, requiring nn-
ewers to queries, of which a copy ail he found
in the Appendix. It is impossible to bestow too
Touch commendation upon the alacrity shown by
tisos","Reverend Persons in complying with this
rt-quisit ion ; and the honest zeal which they dis-
played to promote the great object of universal
edncation is truly worthy of the pastors of the
people, and the teachers of that Gospel which was
yoeached to the poor.

Your Committee have lost no time its directing
and superintending the work of digesting the va-
luable information contained in the Returns, ac-
coitling to a convenient plan, which will put the
House in possession of all this infot motion in a
tabular form. they have received important as-
sistance in this, and the other objects of their in-
(pill, from two Learned Barristers, Mr. Parry
mod Mr. Koe, of the Court of Chancery, who
have devoted much of their time to the subject.
It appears clearly from the Returns, as well as
from other sources, that a very great deficiency
exists iu thr meaiis of cducatiog the Poor, where-
ever ,he porni,t inn is thin, and scattered over
r onniry thatiicts: The efforts Of individuals com-
bined in s.ocieties ate almost wholly confined to
Topnlous.places.
Another point to which, is material to direct
the at tent ion of Parliament , regards the two op-
posite priticiples,:of fotniting Schools for children
of all sorts, and for those only who belong to the
Established Chi,rch. Where the meaus es 'St of
erecting two schools, one upon each pi incipiet
education is not checked by the exclusive tddn
being adopted in one of them, because the other
•may comprehend the children of sectaries. In
places where only one school can be supported.
it is manifest that any regular t)iis which exclude
Dissenters deprive the Poor of that body of all
means of education.

Ymir Committee, however, have the greatest
satisfaction in ob!•erving, that in many schools
wLere the national system is adopted, an increas-
ing degree of liberality prevails, and th:it the
Church Catechism is only taught, and attendance
at tie established place of public worship only re-
quired, of those whose parents belong to the
Establishment ; due assurance heiog obtained
that the children of Sectnrics shall learn the prin-
ciples-and attend the ordinances of religion, oc-
cluding to the doctrines and forms to which their
families are attached.

It is with equal pleasure that your Committee
lia%e found reason to conclude that the Roman
Catholic poor are anxious to avail themselves of
ttio:e Protestant Schools established in their
neig.,bourhood,' in which no catechism is taught;
and they indolge a hope that the clergy of that
persuasion may offer no discouragement ro their
attendance, more especially as they appear, in
one instance, to have contributed to the support
of schools. provided that no catechism was taught,
and no religions observances exacted. It is con-
trary to the doctrine as well as discipline of the
Rootish Church to allow any Protestant to inter-
fere.with those marterS, and consequently it is
'impossible for Rouranists to send their children
to any school'where they form part of the plan.
Your Committee are happy in being able to
state, that in all the returns, and in ail the other.
information laid before them, there is the most
unq evionable evidence that the anxiety of tire
poor fur education continues not only unabated,
but daily increasing ; that it extends to every part
of the country, and is to he found equally preva-,
lent in those smaller towns and country districts,
where no ;imams of gratifying it are provided by
tl e chatoable efforts of the richer clatses.

Lt lititobly suggesting what is fit to he done for
prumutiog Universal Education, your Committee
nu nut lt.tiitate to state, that two different plans
are: advisable, adap/ed to the apposite cirronisran-
ceo of the town and country district, Wherever
the. efforts of individuals can support the requisite
slumber of schools, it would he Ittineet,.ary anti
inj irious to interpose any Parliamentary tissi•tauce.
B.:t your Committee have clearly ascertained, that
in many 'places private subscriptions co,!ld he
raised to.. meet the yearly expenses of a school,
while the original cost of the undertaking, occa-
sioned chiefly by the erection and purchast, of the
school-house, prevents it from being attempted.
Your Committee conceive, that a stint of mo-
ney tu:ght be well employed in supplying this first
want, ieaving the charity of individuals to turnisl.

the annual vrov:q7orpt retiiigite ror eorcirm,nty, the
st*onl, and trray;ha the Advance,

Whether !lie cho.dd hr vc.:ted in Corn
Inissu7net S, t tutu), e'erl to ttl;ike t hr. fit tel'lllg With
rivlte part ie.: fisirons t st3!)li,hioc, sChnok,
%O.ether cert3in stun should l•e entrusted to
the r‘7.7 ::rea' i,,stittttillns in Le,nciun tor promo-
v.nor Cnunnittee host leave i 0 he
terwiat (I by w .don! 13,4rliamear.
_ _

lit the monk-pots okrricra where no aid from
pjeare exertims cat' he expected, and where the
poor are manifeady adtquate meees of
insittiction, Willi Culitlllittec are persoad.d. that
molting can supply the thaiciettcy bet the edop-
tioe. tinder eel talll Meitelitl 111.0tifie4fi,mc, of the
Parish school systea), so to-chilly established in
the Nuithern part of the Island, ever si ce the
!aut.; part ot the seventeenth century, soil upon
welch malty important details will he found in
the Appendix.
The modifictitions veil) he fliciated principally
by :he necessity of attendin4 to the distinciiim
already pointed out, heiwe,n districts where pri-
vate chalky may be expected to tureidi the
mcans of edited-tole and those whale Ito such re-
sOurce can he looked to ; and the Tables subjoin-
ed to this Report will afford important lights on
this subject. It appears tot tier to your Cotnutit.
tee, that it may he rail and expedient to assist the
parishes where no school-Dowses are erected with
the means of providing them, so as only to thr)teT
upoe the ittiothitaros the loather) tt paying the
schooloraster's salary, which ought certainly not
to exceed 241. a year. it smears, to your Com-
mittee that a *officient supply of schooloiastos
may be procured fi•r this sum, Atm ing them the
benefits of taking scholars who Cali aff.,Jlll to pay,
and permitting them, of course, to occupy their
leisure floats in other pursuits. The expense at-
tending this invaluable system iu Scollami is
found to he so very trifling, that it is never made
the subject of complaint by any of the landholders.
Your Committee fro bear to inquire minutely in
what manner this system might tat he connected
with the Church establishment. That sock a con-
nexion ought to be formed appears manifest ; it is
dictated by a regard to the prosperit y.and-seahility
of both systems, and in Scotland the two are mu-
tually connected together. But a difficulty arises
in England, which is not to be found there. The
great body of the Dissenters front the Scottish
Church differ little, 'if at all, iu doctrine from the
Establishment ; they are separated only by certain
opinions of it political lather than a religious na-
ture, respecting the right of patronage, and by
some shades of distinction as to church discipline;
so that they may conscientiously send their chil-
dren to parish schools connected with the Esta-
blishment, anti teaching it, catechism. In Eng-
land the case is 'widely difrrent ; and it appears
to your Committee essent.ally necessary that this
circumstance be carefully considered in devising
the arrangements of the system. To place the
choice of the schoolmaster in the Parish Vestry,
subject to the approbation of the Parson, and the
visitation of the Diocesan ; but to provide that
the children of sectarians shall not be com-
pelled to learn any Catechism or attend any
Church, other than those of their parents, seems
to your Committee the safest path by which the
Legislature can hope • to obtain the desirable ob-
jects of security to the Establishment on the one
hand, and justice to the Dissenters on the other.
The more tett:tided inquiries of your Committee
this Session have amply confirmed the opinion
which a more limited investigation had led them
to firm t tco years ago, upon the neglect and Abuse
ot Charitable Fluids connected with Education.
They must refer tO the Appendix end the Tahks,
for the very iaportant details of this branch of
the subjece; but they must add, that although in
many cases thnit large holds appear to have ,eeti
misapplied throuo ienorance, or mismanaged
through cereleasee).9o, yet dint some installers of
abt.se have preteottrt theinselvel, of stick a nvure
as would liner led-them to recommend tit an ear-
lier period. of the lirssion the ineitutiou of pro-
ceedings for more promptly checking miseppro-
prietions, both in the particular cases and by the
force of a salutary etsmple. From the investi-
gations of the Commission 'shout -to be issued
under the authority of an Act of Nrijailicut fin
advantage may be expected ; and though it would
not become your Committee to anticipate the
measures Which the wisdoin of the Legislatme
may adopt in consequence of those inquiries, with
a view to provide a speedy and cheaper remedy
for the- evil than the ordinaty Tribunals of the
country afford; yet you, Committee failure avoid
hoping that the mere repot anti pub) cation of
the existing abuses e ill hose a material effect in
leatlieg the parties concerned to cut reel them, end
that even the •upprehension of the inqu:ry,about
to be instituted may in the mean time produce a
similar effect.

As tht Universities, Public Schools, and Cha-
rities With specid vbitors, are exempted from the
jurisdiction of the Commissioners, y(mir,Coitinik-
been occupied in examining Several of
those Inititutions ; the result of their inquiries
will be found in the Appendix. It unquestionably
shows, that considerable unauthorized deviations
have been made, in both Eton and Winchester,
from the original plans of the founders; that
those-deviations have been dictated more by a
regard to the interests of the Fellows than of the
Scholars, who were the main object of the foun-
dations and of the founder's bounty; and that
although in some respects they have proved bene-
ficial upon the whole to the Institutions, yet that
they hare heen, by gradual encroachments in
former times, carried too far. While, therefore,
your Committee readily acquit the present Fel-
lowS of all bhme in tries respect, they entertain
.a
confident expectation that they will seize the op-
portunity afforded by the inquiry, of doing them-
selves honour by correcting the abuns that have
crept in, ..as far as the real interests of the esta-
blidrments may appear to require it. If too there
should exist similar etr,,rs in the [I, ieersties,
which have not been exaMioed, your Committee
wiringly flatter themselves ;hat stops n ill he token
to correct them, by lke ,‘ 15(1001 and integtity of
the highly respectable persons to whose bands
the concerns of arose iota: bt.):.:lC6 are committed.
YatreCommi:tee are fully persuaded that many
peat ne;;li:C7s and abuses exist in Chat i:ies which
have _special visitors ;
„indpfd it so happens that
the went iustance mai& bat,

10n7,1 to tl', class ; ana that no visitatenial
uow,r was sereised. until :s few months ago, al-
though' Ow malversations had -existed- for mai),
years. To this subject they thin-140.re heg leave
o request the speedy attention of I'4lNa:tient.
It further appears to yunr Committee, that ac
the Commi,ision :shout to he issued will he con-
fined to the investigation of abnses, and as the
information in the Paroellial:Rettms is not suffi-
ciently t•letailed respecting the state of education
generally. a Commission should also he issued,
either under an act of Parliament, or by means of
n Vitt ess to the Crown, for the imrpose of sup-
phiug this detect.
In the course of their inquiries. yrost Committee
have incidentally observed that charitable fonds,
connected with education, are not alone liable to
great abases. Equal negligence and malversation
appears to have prevailed in all other charities ;
and although your Committee have no authority,
by their instruction, to investigate die matter,
and to report 'upon it, ye t they should deem them-
selves wanting in tht it ditty were they not to give
this notice of so important a subject, accidentally
forced upon their attention,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 10.

LORD STEWAR I"S' CASE.

Sir S. RomILLY said, that a Pethion had been
presented within these few• days to his Lordship,
pretyin►g that the Master's report might be con-
firn►ed. He had, howcrrr, s'.rongiy to object to
that being done, a• exceptions had been taken to
the rs port, and it might be proper to have them
discussed first.

Mr Housis concei‘ed the usual way was to
move that the report he confirmed, sud then af-
terwards to consider the exceptions.
Mr. WALKER (the registrar) said, the practice
of the Court was to present a petition for the
Master's report being confirmed, and then the
party objecting to that could file a counter-pe-
tition.

Sir S. ItomiLLY agreed that that %vas the regu-
lar course, and that his client would turthwith
presenta.,contiter-petition.

Mr. HORNE suggested that both petitions might
be heard on Friday.
Sir S. RomiLLY felt it would he utterly impos-
sitile for him or his Learned Friends to be pre-
pared to meet such a discussion that day, espe-
cially considering the many points which were in-
volved.

The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to know if
Monday would he convenient, for it was very de-
sirable that the parties should have the case
speedily discussed, as it would be for their mutual
benefit, but he was willing to give Counsel every
kind of accommodation.

Sir S. itormAY was afraid it would be impos-
sible for him to attend, on account of indispensi-
ble business. The sa►ue was the case with his
Learned Friend, Mr. Abercromby, who was to
leave town on Monday, in consequence of an
event which was about to take place, and which
all of them knew.

After some further conversation, the LORD
CHANCELLOR said, he knew nothing of the facts
of the case, except what liad'beeb stated to him
in Court, and what he had read in the very volti-
mitions petition presented to him. He would un-
dertake to see the Master between to-day and t,t-.
morrow morning, and if the agents in the cause
would wait On him at two o'clock to-morrow, he
would iottom them on what day he should finally
hear it.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JUNE 10.

OPERA- MOUSEC._-TAYLOR V. WATERS.

Sir S. RovuLLY made application to the Court,
on the part of Mr. Taylor, that Mr. Waters might
be ordered to pay into the Court the sum of
34,0001. by the 20th of this month.
The Court was of opinion, that Mr. Waters
ought to be obliged to pay 22,000/. only into his
hands, and there was a SIMI of upkvimis of 80001.
in the shape of debentures, which was an encum-
brance a the estate, and which ought to be
deducted. There were also some further little
!SUMS Which ought to be deducted, and which
would reduce the 34 0001. to 22,0001.

Mr. HART, on the part of Nlr. Waters, prayed
that the case might stand over until next seal day,
to give his client an opportunity of inspecting the
order made, the other day upon the exception to
the report.

The Court agreed to postpone the ease to that
day, observing, that with regard to the question
of intesest, it wont] calculate the time from the
instant the order was given.
A subsequent motion tens made by Sir S. Ho-
stILLY, that Mr. Waters might be ob:iecd to co-
stae the premises of the Opera-House to a suffi-
cient amount in one of the insurance offices. The
decision, however, on this pout, a•os postponed
until next seal day, with an undersrauding that in
the Mean time MI. Waters should be answelahle
(or all the risk until the assurance should be ef-
fected.