Star.
London, England, 1813-08-07 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, 4UGUST 5.

The PRINCE REGENT, soon after his arrival at the
Pavilion last night, sat down to dinner with Colonel
THORNTON, Sir Wlll. CAVEL (or KerrLE), Colonel
BLoOMFIELD, Major HOWARD, &c. His Royal High-
ness's Band were harmoniously employed until about
midnight. Unfortunately, this day opened under the
most unfavourable auspices, in respect to weather;
it rAined, almost without ceasing, until after mid-
day, and it has been very cloudy and windy and un-
pleasant ever since. The PRINCE, therefore, has not
been seen beyond the inclosed limits of the Pavilion-
grounds, where marquees are pitching, beneath the
foliage of the lofty trees, to form cooling retreats
when the weather again becomes settled a:4l warmer.
His Royal Highness, however, has taken consider-
able exercise on horseback in the Riding School.
Directions have been given to-day for various im-
provements to be made in the Royal property when
the PRINCE next leaves us, which, it is understood,
will not be before the 1 1 th, including two Porter's
Lodges, one on each side of the carriage entrance to
the North.

At an early hour this morning, a Requisition for
a General Meeting, to propose a congratulatory Ad-
dress and an Address of Thanks to the PituscE RE-'
cENT, at the Town Hall, signed R. J. CARR, Vicar;
S. F. MILFORD, M. J. TIERNEY, M.D. J. H. Barn,
C. BEw, BARRATT, C. BLICKE, Knt. was sent to
the High Constable (Mr. BaErmy) who instantly
complied with the Requisition, and the Town Hall
soon after was crowded, many hundreds besides hay.
lug applied there for admission also, but in vain.—
The Address was moved by Dr. TIERNEY, who elo-
quently descanted upon what Brighton once was,
and what it now is: he traced the glowing alteration
to its source, and iidppily evinced the more than gra-
dual progression which had been made from the
gloom of former days, to the comparative splendour
of the presern, to have almost entirely emanated from
the resti•citatittg, and even creative patronage of the
PRINCE. REGENT.

The Address was seconded by Mr. MILFORD,
amidst the loudest acclamatirns of all those both
within and without doors. The following is a copy:
Tollls ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT.
" MAY IT P‘EARE YOUR ROYAL SIORNE”,
" We, the Inhabitants of Brighton, publicly assembled, being
deeply sensible of the ohhgationa this Town is under to your
Royal Highness for its present importance and prosperity, feel
out selves called upon by every principle of gratitude, as well as
of affection and respect, to approach your Royal Highness, on
your rt.i ui a amongst us, afttr so long an absence, in order to tx-1
press with all humility our satisfaction and joy on the occasion.
We cannot at the same time refrain from offering to your Royal
ighness our cordial corgratulations on the late glorious success
of his ;s*.ajesty's arms, which in this country has filled the public
mind with irultation, and excited the admiration of the world.

" We eevoutly pray, that the DI; I'INSER of ALL GOOD may
long continue to your Royal Highness the enjoyment of perfect
health, and every other blessing."
C( vers for sixteen only are laid for dinner at the
Pavilion to day. A musical divertisement will suc-
ceed the munificent hospitalities of the tables.
Lord YAItAIOUTH is among the last arrivals at the
Royal Residence, and other Noblemen and Gentle-
r:len are there expected. The Dukes of NokeoLK
2nd Sr. ALBAN'S are among the comparative few
to what there would have been had the weather been
favourable, that have paid a visit from hence to the
commencement of the racing diversions at Lewes to-
day, and of which the following are the particulars'
and their results :
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5.
Subscription of inv. each, for r. olds, to which 2Cgs. will
be added from the County Subscription ; colts au. 7lb ; fillies
Bst. 41b. The last mile and a hall. '1 he winner of the Derby.
Pavilion, or Oaks Stakes to carry 71b. extra.
Id. Pgremont's b. c. out of Carthage, ost. 71b. 1
P. of Chichester names Mr. Bond's ch. f. by Popinjay, Sit. 41b.,11
1). of Nor:olk's ch. e. Heriot, by Gamma, list. 71b. -
Lord G. Cavendn.h, Hon. C. Wyndham, and Sir. 0. websters
Is Subscribers, but did not name.

A?Ti• DINNICR.

His Majesty's PIA, of lOngs. for any lit7e, ware, or gelding; 4-
yr. olds to carry am 41b.; 5-yr. oldir list. 61b.; 6 yr. olds,
I 2st.•l and aged 12at. tlls —TLe best of three 4-mile beats.
M. I.a.lbruke's b. b. Whalebone, Gyrs.olu, 11st. 1 1
Mr. Imamslon's b. h. Lumen, 4 yr.. old, list. 41b. 2 dr.
G. Webster's Judgment, aged lilt. klb. dist.
Seven to :our on Luezen.
Ten o'clock, te. m.—This town is now ealtibiting
glaring effects of a very general illumination;
the wind is so high and the night so damp,
;I:At extreme difficulty is found in many quarters,
'A he:e tiicre are exterior lamps and lights, in keeping
term ignited.

The Marchioness of HEADFORT gave a grand con-
cert on Thursday night at bcr elegant house, Great
Stanhope-street. Among the company were the fol-
lowing persons:
1 he Duchcsats of I eeds and Ronbur-h, Eirl Percy, Cows.
'MOB Percy and liarrowity, Lords Nes/roll* and Mans Murray,
General Phipps, Ladits J. Murray, nbellieli, Pierrepoint, and
Willoughby, Mr. Manners, Mrs. and the Miss Thompson*,
Mts. and Miss Altana!, Acc.

Mrs. Fri auk:am:kr remains in Town, at her house
1!t 'rilney-street. In a short time .she proposes to in-
-I.4bit her elegant muisica at Brighton.

ASSIZBS.

LINCOLN, AUGUST S.
MURDER.

AzubahPerntain, aged 36, and GeorgeTufner Rowell, )
aged 23, were indicted for the wilful murder of Ro-
bert Fountain, the husband of the said Aaubah Foun-‘
tain, by poison.
Mr. Whiteman deposed he was a constable of Wal-
tham, knew the deceased, also the prisoners. Rowell
was a lodger. Witness went on the 2d July to Foun-
tain's house, on a Friday, about three o'clock in the
afternoon ; found his wife and Rowell there, and saw
the deceased laid on a bed up stairs; witness thought
he was dead. Mr. Foreman, a surgeon, went with
witness, as also Mr. Chatterton and Mr. Parker ;
they examined the body, observed the body warm,
and the loins appeared red, went down stairs, and
saw the prisoners and four children. Witness asked
where deceased had been the day before? Mrs. Foun-
tain said she did not know, and said, " Oh ! that I
-did but know where he was yesterday." She was
afraid he had been to some bad houses ; she expected
he was at work at Grimsby, but understood lie had
not been there, as Rowell had been there to inquire ;
she said he came home about ten o'clock at night
very drunk, and fell twice at the causeway before he
got to the door, as she had heard him fall, and when
the door was opened he fell headlong into the house*;
she asked where he had been ? be said be did not'
know ; he said he had had a fine sprey, and was
burnt to death in the inside, clapped his hand on his
stomach, and said he bad done for himself ; he asked
for some drink, and they, the prisoners, gave him
some ale; his shirt was torn, and he appeared bruised.
Rowell said the deceased came home very drunk.—
Witness attended the Coroner's Inquest, was present
there when the prisoner Rowell was examined on the
Saturday; heard his account given, which was taken
in writing. During the examination of the prisoner
Rowell, witness went out of the room and saw the
prisoner Fountain, who asked him how they were
going on with Rowell ? Witness said, he could not
tell. She then said, she must know what they were
doing with Rowell. Prisoner Rowell, in his exami-
nation before the Coroner, stated, that the deceased
came home late on Thursday night, very drunk, and
passed through his ( Rowell's) bed room, and said,
14 Cooper, I have had a fine sprey." Deceased then
went to bed, and called for ale; his wile said she
had none ; he' then said, 6. Cooper, give me some
ale," which he did. Deceased then called for wine;
said his wile had some elderberry wine, and he would
have it ; said, he remembered going to Mr. Bennet's,
chymist, of Great Grimsby, and buying some anti-
' mony wine, lavender, and Dutch pink, but did not
remember buying any laudanum ; afterwards, said,
he did remember buying four eunces of laudanum,
which be brought home and gave to the prisoner
Fountain, but did not know what became of it.—The
prisoner Fountain was then called in, and when she
came into the room, she said, Gentlemen, I will tell
you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. She then said, it has been teported that my
husband was out on Thursday last ; it is not true,
for he laid in bed the whole day. The ccoper (mean-
ing the prisoner Rowell, who was a cooper by trade)
and him bad quarrelled the over night, she gave her
husband three cups of elderberry wine; in the first
she put four ounces of laudanum, which Rowell had
bought the day before of Mr. Bennett, at Grimsby;
that the prisoner Rowell laid in bed in the next room,
and laughed to hear the deceased snore ; at one
o'clock at noon, she came into Rowell's room, and
said, George, come, get up, dinner's ready. Rowell
said, .‘ he will recover, I will go and get some more
laudanum." That in the afternoon she mixed two
ounces more laudanum, part of eight ounces which
Rowell brought from Mr. Bennett of Grimsby on
Thursday, in a cup of ale, which she gave her daugh-
ter Jane, who carried it to her father, who drank it,
he died that night ; that Rowell had lodged there
about twelve weeks; after he had been there about
' four weeks, be said to her, you have got u very bad
husband, you cannot have any comfort or a single
good word from him ; he then talked of shooting
him, and then of frightening him to death by cover-
ing himself with a beast skin, and meeting him in a
lane alter dark ; that Rowell paid for all the poison,
and knewwbat it was for. She then said to Rowell,
" Oh ! George, George, you have been the ruin of
vie—what is to become of my family ?" She then
added, " Gentlemen, this is the truth, the Gob's
truth."

Mr. Bennett, chymist, proved the selling the pri- 1
soner Rowell four ounces of laudanum on the Wed-;
uesday, and that he came again on the Timrsday,
and asked for eight ounces more, saying he had been
unfortunate and broke the bottle the night before, and
said he had spilled it in the pocket of his coat, not
the one he then had tn, and asked witness if it would
spoil his coat, witness said no. The coat was after-
wards examined by the witness, but found no marks
of the laudanum having been spilt ; witness then sold
him eight ounces more.
Mr. Bell, surgeon, deposed to being called in to
examine the body by the Coroner, stated the appear-
ance of the body, which was livid in many parts, par-
ocularly the back ; he assisted Mr. Foreman, another
surgeon, to open the body ; he could form no positive
opinion as to the cause of his death, but his belief
was, that it was from a solution of opium.
Mr. Foreman, surgeon, deposed, that he was called
up on Thursday night by the prisoner Rowell, who
said the deceased was drunk, and they did not know
what to do with him. Witness said he could do him
no good. He was again sent for the next morning,
when he went, the deceased was dead ; the body was
under the clothes, and was in a state of perspiration ;
he placed his hand on the heart, but it did not beat.
He assisted in opening the body, the contents of the
stomach were carefully taken out and placed in a dish,
and about two ounces of a darkish coloured liquor
was extracted and put into a phial, and was produced
in Court, which witness believed to be a solution of
opium or laudanum. The stomach was otherwise
empty. He had no doubt his death was occasioned
by a vegeteible poison.
Here the evidence closed on the part of the prose-
cution.
The prisoner fountain, in her defence, said, that
previous to her being called in before the Coroner,
one of the Jurymen came out, and said si Rowell has
hanged you, or will hang you ;" on which she fainted
away ; this was on the Saturday, and what she said

before the Coroner she eoeld not tell, as she did not
perfectly recover' erself until the Sunday.
The prisoner Rowell said nothing, but left k to his
Counsel.
The Jery, after consulting about two minutes, re-
turned their verdict of Guilty against both prisoners.
Mr. Justice La &ANC then passed sentence on them,
dwelling much. on Ilse:enormity of the offence in both
the prisoners, partienbrly the wife, Fountain, who
fainted at the conclusion of the sentence. The other
prisoner, Rowell, received the sentence with the ut-
most indifference, and treated his fellow prisoner
with marked contempt during the trial.
The prisoner llzubah Fountain is a respectable
good-looking woman, rather stout, aged S 6, and ap-
peared much affected at times during the trial.
The prisoner, George Turner Rowell, is a slim
young man, aged St, pale complexion, light hair, and
is by trade a cooper ; he appeared wholly indifferent
during the whole trial.
They were ordered for execution on Thursday
..morning next- and their bodies to be anatomised.
The trial lasted nearly five hours, and every avenue
to the Court was crowded to excess.

Ti.e execution is respited until Friday morning,
Ming !!!,arket day. •
ESSEX.-CHELMSFORD, AUGUS T 3.
MURDER.
Yesterday, the LORD CHIEF III;STICE OT ENGLAND,
and Mr. Justice Hea:rit arrived in this town, for the
purpose of holding the Assizes for this county.—
They immediately after opening their Commission
proceeded to church, and this morning at nine
o'clock went into Court. Mr. Justice HEATH sat
on the Civil Side, and Lord ELLENBOROUGH on the
Crown Side.

This day came on the trial of William Cornwall, the
man who was committed sometime back on suspicion
of being the murderer of the late Mrs. Stevens, of
Woodford ; when, after a very laborious and patient
investization, which occupied the Court nearly six
!loins, he was found Guilty. The evidence, although
merely circumstantial, was, 'nevertheless, so conclu-
sive, as detailed at length by 18 witnesses for the
prosecution, that the Jury returned their verdict
without a moment's hesitation. The Learned Judge
(ELLENsonouott), in a most impressive manner,
which drew tears from several of the auditors, imme-
diately passed sentence of death upon the prisoner,
and ordered him for execution on Monday next.—
Under the very peculiar circumstances of the case,
the Magistrates of Woodford made application to
the Judge to order the prisoner for execution at
Woodford, which his Lordship promised to take into
consideration.

The prisoner exhibited the same unbecoming levity
and hardihood during the progress of his trial, which
he had shewn during his previous examinations, and
since he has been in custody ; always persisting in his
innocence: and upon the.ludge pronouncing the awl ul
sentence of the law, the prisoner, with a convulsive
grin, said—" Thank sr,n, ry Lord, nerd Gentlemen;"
upon which he was removed from the bar.
The prisoner having complained, on.the preceding
day, that he was friendless, and wi►hout the means
of employing Counsel, one of the Magistrates resid-
ing at Woodford, with great humanity, ordered him
a Counsel at his own expellee.

CIVIL SIDE.
THE KING v. GIFFIN.

This was an indictment against the defendant, one
of the Keepers of Hainault Forest, for an assault
upon a Mr. Elsee, a respectable farmer, who lived
on the borders of the forest.

The statement of the case, as given by the prose- j
cutor himself, was, that on the 24th of October he '
was riding oa the public road in the Forest, leading
to Mack's gate, with a greyhound or lurcher, and a
spaniel puppy running by his horse's side; that the
defendant met him on the road, and asked him
where he was going with those dogs ? he replied, the
dogs were doing nothing to him, and he should not
tell him. The defendant said he had no business to
bring such dogs there, and that if he had a gua he
would shoot them, and he should not mind shooting
him also. This. produced some altercation, in the
course of which the defendant used the most abusive
language, swearing in the most violent manner, and
proceeded to ride against the prosecutor with his ut-
most strength, in order to dismount him, and like-
wise endeavouring to sieze him by the collar, with a
view to pull him to the ground ; that in consequence
of this dl usage, the prosecutor, in his own defence,
struck at the defendant with his whip, with the thong
doubled in his hand, by which resistance he prevent-
ed at that time •any further violence from the defen-
dant; that the defendant finding he could not pre-
vail, quitted the prosecutor for a short time, and then
returned with a large hedge-stake, which he bran-
dished at the prosecutor, swearing most furiously
that he would do for him now, and struck at him
accordingly, but the blows were warded off by the
butt end of Mr. Elsee's whip.
On his Cross-examination by Mr. Serjeant SHE'-
HERD, he denied using any violent or abusive lan-
guage to the defendant, or that he struck him, ex-
cept in his own defence. It appeared, however, that
he had had a dog shot, on a former occasion, for
chasing in the forest.
The next witness who was called corroborated, in
the main, the testimony of Mr. Elsee, but exhibited
great warmth in describing the defendant's expres-
sions and attitudes; and it appeared, was under a
summons to appear to a charge for illegal practices
in chasing in the Forest at the time this assault was
:Wedged to have been committed.
- -

Two other witnesses were called, one of whom
stated, that the high words between the parties were
pretty equal on both sides, and that there appeared
little difference between the voices or abuse of either;
and the other stated, that the defendant was at her
house ordering a cask of small beer, when on a sud-
den he said, " here comes Mr. Elsee with his dogs,
I must go and ask why he comes into the forest with '
them."
Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD commented very strongly
on the evidence for the prosecution, and contended,
that from the evidence of the last witness it appeared
that Giffin had encountered the prosecutor by pure
accident, as he was engaged on a quite different bu-
siness from that of his occupation, when he saw him
come into the forest : that the conduct of the prose-
cutor appeared to be equally intemperate .with that
which Mr. Elsee imputed to the defendant, and that
the temper with which he wad the following witness

had given their evidence, clearly 'hewed the dispoa.
tion they had to colour the transaction more highly
than they were warranted in doing. •
The Jury, after a pause aof very few minutes,
found the Defendant Not Guilty.

At the Rutland Assizes, held at Oakham, on Fri-
day te'nnight, Elizakth Rolland:, collector of old iron
and woman of all trades, aged 70, was found guilty of
breaking into the house onAr.Flintham, of Ingthorpe.
Some accomplices, who were waiting to receive the
produce of her aged activity, at the loot of a ladder,
escaped, while she was caught sticking in a hole in
the lattice of a rt indow, which she had made to take
out some cheese which had excited her covetousness.
The e of burglary was abandoned, and she es-
caped wit out any other punishment than an impri-
sonment of two years.
UNION HALL—Hear" Herring, charged with pick-
ing pockets, at Vauxhall Gardens, on the night of
the grand fete, was again brought up yesterday..
Mr. Hall declining to swear positively to his note-
case, or the note which it contained, they were re-
turned to the prisoner, and he was fully committed.
on the charge of having picked the pocket of the Earl
of /sl4rmanton of his snuffbox.

Two bakers were fined, one 416. 10s. the other
210. 10s. for exposing to sale bread short of weight,
SIN brew was forfeited.
QUEEN-SQUARE —Jose Thearprog, of Cat's Head.
court, appeared yesterday to answer a complaint
against her for dreadfully beating her own child.—
The prisoner, it appeared, had ordered her own child,
a buy about eight years old, to go out and get money
for her by begging; this being peremptorily refused
by the child, she proceeded to beat him in the most
inhuman manner : his head was dreadfully cut in se.
venal places by a square piece of wood. A Gentle-
man, who was witness to the circumstance, took the
child before the Magistrates, and a warrant was im-
mediately granted for her apprehension. She was
committed to prison.
HATTON GARDEN.—Yesterday several petty shop.
keepers, in the parishes of St. Mary-la-Bonne and St.
George's, were fined, at the instigation of the Society
for the Suppression of Vice, for vending their com-
modities during Divine Service on Sunday.
THE MURDER OF EDWARD CLIFFORD.—Amongst
the persons assembled about the pond, on the morn-
ing when the body of Clifford was found, was a
female, who said she resided in Lucas-street, at the
back of which street is the pond. From the situation
of this street, the pond can be seen from all the back
windows, and any persons talking there in a very
loud tone, or screaming, might be heard in many
of the houses. In conversation with others in, the
field, about this afflicting event, the above ft'male
said, that during the night, while in bed, she heard
dreadful screaming in the field, in a direction as if
from some man calling for assistance. It startled her,
and she listened, but the noise soon ceased, nor was
any noise made afterwards that she heard of. She also
said, that the watchman was spoken to about this
screaming, and the cause of it ; but whether in the
night, or on the re-appearance of day we do not know,
and she related that he answered—" it was only some
people quarrelling in the field, some drunken men, it
Was soon over." HS this circumstance has come to our
knowledge, we think it right to mention it, because
the time when the murder took place becomes of more
consequence than ever since the tiniortunate widow
Clifford has been involved in this mystetions affair,
by the extraordinary second confession of Leary; and •
it any screaming were heard in Lucas-street, from
some quarter in a direction with the pond, on the
night of the murder, the great probability is, that it
came from Clifford; and this notice, it is to be hoped,
will induce the above female to go to the Magistrates
land state what she heard, the time, &c. Toe murder
appears to have taken place close to Inc pond, for the
gentleman who heard the above relation from the fe-
male, and who also resides inLucas-street, examined
its appearances very soon after toe body was found,
and which was not wholly immersed in the water, as
has been stated by some, the lice and part of the shoul-
ders being above water, lying on the edge of the hank.
On the banks, close to whire the boily was tUtoid,
there were a good many marks, evidently occasioned
by the top of such a hammer as has been described
to have been the fatal him ument. So that it may be
fairly inferred, that the murder was committed not
far from the pond and completed there; iNdeed it
would not be going too far to suppose that Clifford,
who was in a state of intoxication at the time, as ap-
pears on all hands, was inveigled to the edge of this
pond; the water being four or five feet from the sur-
face of the field, which is a brick-field, and hen pre-
cipitated down the banks into the Facer. The marks
that appeared on the side of the pond, in c nse-
quence of blows from the top of the hammer, may
then be satisfactorily accounted for ; because, having
so pushed a drunken man into a hollow containing
water, a gcod opportunity was offered to dispatch
him with such an instrument as a large hammer,
while he was endeavouring to scramble from the
place into which he had been designedly hurled.—
From an examination of the place, it would seem that
a more masculine arm would be required than the
Widow Clifford's, particularly when her situation is
considered, to commit suck a murder ; and while the
ends of justice require that the murderers should be
brought to light, the claims of humanity appeal to
demand of us, that no feeling of horror at the bare
idea of the widow of Clifford having been the de-
stroyer of her husband, on the eve of the moment too
when she was about to make him a lather, should
induce us to abandon all efforts to prove her innment
of so abominable a crime. It the above-mentioned fe-
male can be found,and the probable time of the murder
ascertaiqed from her evidence, the Widow Clifford's
lodger, who spoke to her being at home outing great
part of the night, to his knowledge, he being awake,
may fortunately prove that :he was restless and dis-
consolate in her room, when the scream was heard
which but too fatally announced the departure of lite.
But let such evidence prove what it may, it is impor.
cant that it should be known. It may not be unsatis-
factory to add, that through the field in which the
body of Clifford was found, and where most probably
he was murdered, there is a thoroughfare leading
from streets lacing Tavistock-square, and near Bruns-
wick-square, to the-Gray's Inn-lane-road ; and that
the pond is at no very great distance from this path.
way, being about midway between the path and the
houses forming Lucas-street.

WEST LONDON ASSOCIATION FOR THE
EDUCATIgN OF IRE POOR.

inclusive. Ha* tits Iton.Gcedetnan tend the folloWtng stiteA
neat—
Matitan population. Average number committed
for trial.
. Ireland 4,500,000 . 2,644, or lin every 1,702
The following is a Corrected Kelton c.f a Meeting of the West England 9,498,4n0 4,777, or 1 in every 1,98.8
London Lancasterian Association, held on Monday lase, . Wales 607.r50
72, or 1 in every 8,456
August 2.. at the *dash Coffee House, Cockspor.street : Stvatlaud 1,804,864 89, or 1 in every 20,279
On Mostlay last a Meeting of the West Lomita!' Laucasterian The average number of those %/Aso were sentenced to death
Association for Teaching Reading, Writing, Aii;loottie, and Ina executed, yearly, (luting the same period, was,
Good Morals, was held at the British Coffee House, Cockspur- . Persons sentenced. Executed.
street, Sir:Laws MACKINTOSU, M. P. in the Chair. , Ireland 85 or lin 52,940 ; 48, or lin 91,750
The business commenced by the Secretary Mr. Fox, so well Engiandi 375,1 or lin 46,217; 56, .orl in 178,206
and so honourably known as one of the principal supporters of Waits
Scotland 7f or lin 2.17,817; 31, or 1 in 515,67 d
the Royal Lancas•erian Institution, rra sung a Report, which had
been drawn up by a Committee appoi-.ted at a fi,rimer Meeting : These returns were taken from the pa pi ei or. the table of the
he was followed by Mr. Low Mtn Wastcristo, who read the House of Commons. The calculations were carefully mask.,
following Address : and the Meeting would see from them that they shcwed a dale-
•• England, in which useful learning hat made so vast a pro- reuse of ten to one in the commitments for crimes in England
gress, which raises for the public service an hundred titilliohs per and Scotland ; and it was4anne I singular that I w.tat
annum, which has its docks, its roads, its canals, upon a scale of of persons who could read and write in Scotland. when compared
espence with which no other nation can vie, has no adequate in. with those in England, was also ten to one, from which he
ititutions for the education of the majority of the population. s-.. thought he might fairly assume that vice and crimes in England
The children of those on whose exertions she is to depend for I were attributable, in a great measure, if not solely, to the dee--
wealth and for defence, are abandoned in the streets, and in the • ciency of education and moral and religious instruction. Any
fields, to the example of the wicked and dissolute. Where no i individual who observed the effect of education in the subordi-
Care is taken to give salutary occupations to the young and uner- . nate classes of society must at once see its advantages, as those
perienced, it follows, of necessity, that they will be engaged iu . who had the benefit of early instruction, were invariably found
those which are hurtful.' Ito make the best and most faithful servants. The result of an
" In whatever degree happiness depends upon good conduct, inquiry made by Mr. Colquhonn, and stated by him in a si ork,
and in whatever degree good conduct depends upon good under. which he published in 1806, was, that in Great Britain alone there
standing, and good habits, in that same degree do happiness and ware no less than 1,755,000 persons, who were brought up
good conduct depend upon training or education. i without education, which was nearly in proportion to the num-
" That the happiness of the great majority of the population , bcrs committed to take their trials for crimes which they had
is—not the sit coN ri, bat the steal', of national objects, no Eng- • committed: He did not mean to deduce from this absolutely,
Lehman will controvert. i that if education had been universal, crime would have been to-
" That the happiness of the nation, all orders included, de- ! tally prevented, but be thought it was but fair to imagine, that
pends upon the good conduct of the great majority, all men are had moral and religious instruction been more generally d!sseini-
forward to proclaim ' nated, much of this crime would riot have existed. (Heats)—
" It is Impossible to train the young to good habits, and good At present there were not above 79 schools erected throughout
inclinations, by leaving them in idleness. The pound work of all England for the education of the poor, and these were only
our ttainiog must be employment. : calculated for the reception of 7500 persons, out of the kwo mil-
"lt is equhlly evident, that the prellmitiary employments which lions who were really devoid of all instruction whatever. Such
are given to children destined to the various occupations in life, a circumstance ought to call forth the exertions of every indivi-
ought to be such as have a general, and an much as possible an . dual in the country ;and he hoped in the end the Legislature
equal application to all those diversities of pursuit. Of all pos- ; would see the expediency of stop ing sonic general measure for
sible employments of this description, it is confidently assumed . the education of all those persons who had hitherto remained in ig-
that reading, wining. and arithmetic, are the best. • I norance. The Honourable Gentleman then eroceeded to allude
" For what is It that renders man a more useful being to so- ; to the formatioe of Bible Societies, and regretted that the same
ciety than an ox or a horse ? The answer is—His capacities of spirit which prevailed in these Societies, had not 11.,.:n eve-mita
reason and discourse. Now what is reading, writing, and arias- ; towards facilitating the means of education, wichaut which the
:Ilene, but the toe of written, instead ofespoken reason and ells- circulation of the Bible would hs wholly useless. lii conclusion,
course? lit many respects, the advantages of written over spoken the Hon. Gentleman propose 3 the first Resolution.
discourse, both to the individual and the species, are immense, Colonel O'KELLY seconded the Resolution, and it was carried
especially to the labouring man, who has seldom access to itnitritc- unanimously.
tive conversation, but at every moment of leisure may read in- Mr. etheee, after a short and eloquent speech on the iticalce-
structive books. Some real friends of menk it:l are yet afraid table advantage, to be derived by society front the di.semination
that the use of written discourse will ittdiseose the labouring of knowledge, moved the second Resolution. , •
portion (Amen to their necessary occupations. Wrimig, it is said,- The third Resolation was proposed by Mr. T. T. CLARKE.
will make them aspire to be clerks. Experienee routes the ob- Mr. WAKEFIELD proposed the founds Resolution.
jection. In Scotland, in Holland, and in the Protestant part of , Mr. W. ALLEN, in a short speech, replete with fseliiags of true
Switzerland, reading and writing have for several ages been toil- 1 philanthropy, proposed the fifth Resolution.
versal. Has there been any abendonmeot in these commies of i Mr. JOSE rut Fos said, by the hiodness of the Committee a
the necessary and laborious occupations? Nu. 'IV good con- Resolution had been put into his hands for the purpose of biting
duct of the laborious classes in these countries has been pecu- . moved, as his friend Mr. Aden was of opinioa
,that it would
Batty distinguished. The criminal calendars of Eneland and -cot. come from Lim with ecculiar propriety. He was happy to gate,
land, of a people under the same goveranient, wOn 3:mil.tr laws, , that for several years he had been engaged along with Mr. Allen
manners, faculties, language, and occupations, exhibit a striking in forwarding the Lancasterian Institution, which had succeeded I
fact: the people in Scotland are educated, the people in England almost beyond their most saneuitie expectations. Joseph Lan-
are not 'educated, and to' England criminal• offences are eleven caster, who found :1 the borough School, in the year 1798, Lad
tinies snore frequent ; dots, fur one offatce that is committed in the opportunity of educating between nine and ten thousand
Scatland, in equal portions of the population, eleven are coin- : children there. The neighbourhood was one of the insist profit-
nntted in England. ; gate in the metropolis ; and If tt had not been for the tormation
" Under these impressions of the unspeakable advantages of of that school, about 5-6ths, perhaps he might say 9-ICths, of
Education, it is prop. sed to form a grand Association, previdieg . those children would have been left without any means of iii-
the means of elementary instruction to that important section of etruction whatever. From the year 1798 to the present time, a
the Metropolio eshich is included in the City and Liberty of ' great number of the children thus neglected, would have grown
Westminster, and the adjoining parishes; the time is presumed up to maitheod, tainted with every species of vice, and many of
to be favourable; the attentam of the i üblic has been strongly them would have committed climes, which must have Cut felted
excited to the importance of the object, and great improvemetita their lives to the outraged laws of their country. Joseell Len-
in respect to efficiency tool economy have been introduced into caster bad made every possible enquiry, to learn whether any of
the methods oh instruction. ; the children educated under his nspices, had been criminally
" The nature of all such undertakings requires, that the first i Prosecuted; but he buyer heard an instance where cue of
practical operation should be directed to the means of deli aying them had been s üblicly called upon to answer fur an uffeece.—
the requisite expense, the contribu'ioes 01 the inhabitatits,whien ; They knew very well, that where persons were accused of ,:rimes,,
never can be afforded for an object of treater ll:inured import- their birth, parentage, and education, were inquired into; aiv.l,
once, are, therefore, earnestly solicited, the liberal and even if any individual, who had received instt Lica. in ;it one of the Lae-
noble donations. of tl.e effluent are as; eete ea and the sin:West con- , casterian Schools, was found guilty of a crime, diet,: would be
tributions of the laborious and ft ugal seal be esteemed. '1 he fit st found a great nionbenof persons ready to proclaim the fact, audio
will operate by their individual ineeertstice, the last by their contend that the system of educatioq had entirely tails- 1. but
Multiplication. If every eerent who wishes et- v. ho I r,zes the ! they need not now confine their view of the benefits of the Lau-
education of his own child would bestow ,cleat he can seare, the ' casterian System to the Borough School—throughout the king-
means of creating and maintaining a sufficient nelo.ber of schools ; dow the utility of that made of instruction was daily beconnitg
will be abundantly suppinal. 1 more evil. no He would wish to call the attention of the els-
" For all into
objects, accurate it:foe:nation is of the sembly, for a moment, to the Philanthropic Sc. key. He had
highest advantage. It is therefore proposed, that application, I conversed with one of the servants of that institution, on the
however laborious, shall be made by members of this Ass °eta- j effects of education on the children com imacre to d I 1 . is et.e,,who
tiou from house to house, both to ascertain the number of unedu- informed him that, with respect to the boys of 19 or 15 years of
tilted children, and to receive subscriptier.s. It i, expected amid • age, who had big imbibed vicious lial,:ts, he could say veil little
respectfully requested, that the apphcatione be received with coot• as to their improvement. They were most disorderly—and,
llty, that the inquiries will be cheertelly answered, and that such when lie attemeted :o correct them, it was at the sail: of his life.
contributions its are convenient will be made. It is prey:used, But the children of 7or 8 years of age, were vets, ninth ins-
that every Subscriber to the amount of five shillings pee annum Proved, and he expected the hest restilis to flow treat the educe.-
shun be a Member of the Aso:az:ion. tion bestowed upetti thou. Vt'hen Gent loom l'il.vrcd one of the
" With regard to the Plan of Instruction, it is only necessary I Lancasterian Schools, and viewed the protects of education, from
to say, that the best existing methods will he utioettd, and ever y -tlie little creatures, who could not yet repeat their A B C, to
effort made to improve term; that all distinctiosis on the ground ; boys of 12 or 13 years of age, just ready to go out, they must feel
the bible
of religion will be avoided; and of .religious books,the most gratifying sensations. He really wondered how the
will be! world had remained so long blind to the benefits of general ins-
alone, without gloss or comment, wiitten or spoken,
p.atl." provement. But lie hailed the growing lilteralay which was
This Address excited the strongest expressions of satisfaction : observable throughout the country—ha hailed the spirit of op-
front all parts of the room. 1 position which hid appeared—because, from this colhsion,
Mr. ‘VAIEVIELD then moved, that the Address should be he hoped the preciple of educe:Mil would be extruded—and the
grand result would be finally obtained. Asa proof of this truth,
. primed, and distributed to every family within the District.
Upon the question being put Irons the Chide on this Resolution 1 he would refer to the town of Ipswich, with which Mr. Wake-
'l be Rev. Mr. DAY, who stated hiniatlf to be a Sheceasester, ' fold was particularly connected. A school had been formed thoe
'
veithio the last four or five years--sonic persons did not admire
said, he was ready most fully to aquiesce in the great benefit: the plan, and they founded another, for boys and girls. A third
which were to be derived by society from the propagation of party did not approve o f either, and they erected a school of a dif-
knowledge. He expressed a hope, however, that means should serene description; so that, at present, there were five schools,
be adopted to prevent those wha could afford to pay fur educe-
don from taking advanieee of the proposed Schools. If this was where formerly there were only one ; and it had become a niat-
ter of as great icterest to canvass for a child to go to any of these
not the cake, many of those men who had devoted their lives to
the attaitiment of science, with the view of giving instruction to schools, as it used to be to solicit a vote for a Nlember of Par-
liament. In fact, in that large town there was not a single child
youth, would be cast into oblivion, and deprivsd of the means without education. He was, therefore, particularly happy is
o I
f subsistence. • moving the Resolution, because as tar as his individual kr ,
Sir lames MACKINTOSU observed, that the present motion ledge extended, he believed,
it to' be strictly true. He thei:7:U--
was mereli that the Address which had been read, and which posed the sixth Resolution. I
had been drawn up in so niasterly and so unanswerable a manner,
should be printed. It would be for the Society hereafter to guard ' seventh Resolution."%.ia
against those dangers to which all human establishments were Mr. Noxe Hoots x said, a resolution had that instant been put
naturally exposed.—(Hear.)—The Resolution was then carried , into his hand, which lie had no objection whatever to move. It
unanimously. I was, lie believed, asserted by all the writers who had treated vu
Mr. Fox then read a swiss of' Resolutions, drawn up by the time subject, that a new era had arrived. lie was very glad of it;
Committee, and intended for general eohlioa:iont—(Fee which because for the last 20 years, they had done nothitig but what
sie oftivertireerent in the S•rai of yerb.• a iiij.) : was wrong ; and lie trusted, as they had touched upon a neTv
Mr. House rose to move, that the first of these Resolutions ' era, that they would act directly contrary to their former mode
should be approved of by the Meeting. In doing this, lie said, of proceeding, and encourage the dissemination of wisdom.—
he, was only sorry that, instead of the boundaries welch the Re-
They were told by the Bill:, a book which was in every matt's
solution specified, the Whet., xiatiollWaS not insluded. (Hear.)— mouth, but not in every man's practice, that wisdom was the
He felt peculiar pleasure in anticipating the pre-eminent and ex- •I pritichaal thing; and he was extremely happy to find, that they
were about en pursue effectual means for the purpose of pro-
plan benefits which would arise to society from the proposed ;
!noting it. Hitherto he had seen nothing but fetes, and routes,
plan of general education, and sincerely hoped, that the example
set by the City of Westminster, would be extended to all parts of and fashions, aid midnight revels; and it afforded him great sa-
the country.—(Hear, hear )—The extent 01 crime which existed tisfaction to : exceive, that the public mind would now be &tee-
Sea Einslatol afforded a most melancholy spectaele, and give a ted to matters of more iniportance.—He then moved the eighth
sefficient proof of the necessity of pursuing tl.e admirable plan Resolution.
which was now proposed, as every one must allow it woad be i Mr. 1 lii me, after expatiating at sonic length on the great be-
better to prevent crone, than to witness those scenes of horror nefit which the As=sociation would derive from the smallness of
which were so freqsently presented in the Metropolis, in the the son; proposed to be received, which would, io many in-
execution of individuals, who, from the want of early instruction, I stances, interest individuals in the prosperity of the institution,
were. induced to step aside' frorn the paths of rectitude, and I and induce them to substitute personal exertions for pecuniary
plunge hito the vortex of crime and dissipation. That education assistance, moved the ninth Resolution.
would have the. effect of rendering sects scenes less frequent, be Sir JAMES !Vinci set osit said, he was called upon to perform
a small part of his duty as Chairman ; but, before he proceeded
had no doubt; and he was satisfied, if carried to the extent of
to execute that ditty, he was anxious to address a few words to
which it was capable, it would have a tar more powerful effect
than all the protelsitory or penal statutes in existence., (Hear.)— r the Gentlemen present, on the general objects of the Association.
lie would take the liberty of reading a stateitehit of the average E At the same time he must observe, that so much had been said,
fiumber of commitments and medium poptilatidn, for seven and so well said, on those objects, by the individuals who had
yea's, iu England and Wales, and for six years in Scotland, end- preceded him, that he had nothing new or impoi I int to which
fug with mail, and in Ireland for six years, ending with 1810,
he could call the attention of the Association. He cituld not,
however, avoid particularly noticing, amongst the addresses
• A Clergyman, at Manchester, etamining the reg'sters of the I which they had heard delivered on this occasion, the observations
c ottegiate Church for the, last six years, via-from Jmuary 1, of two Gentlemen (Messrs. Fox and Allen), who had spoken
1 ati7, to the 31st of December, lat 2, he touted from the signs- esii4i greater forte amid effect, to the understanding, than if they
times, Olio So marry as 9756 persons had been Married within thjt had possessed all the eloquence, all the commanet, of language,
pciiud, who were not able to write their over !lutes. I AU the strength of gni:vinous which it was possible to conceive I

-e•-eLovderitplawre.)-Their aettionettis vivre thus forcible, betente
those Gentlemen spoke from their owe expi ien.se of the lietiefi
vial effects of education.. An experience which they hied de-
rived, while exerting themselves in promotin; the dissemination
of knowledge, and eucouragiog the practice of virtue I -,fefit-
edasue..)-S-Such dertkots, pare, and elisintelested, and honour-
able, as they were, would occasiibts posterity to class their
names with those of dloward, and of Clarksou !-(Great ofr-
pbuie.)-After what had been said by such persons-atter the
reformation which they had displayed on the cubit ct-thet the
perfect knowledge, derived trout the most authentic sourees,
which they had evinced, of the topics immediately ccrenected
with the objects of the Association, it would be an alnworthy '
demand on their patience, au uowat ear:table waste of their lime,
were he to detain the meeting by going over these argideunits
which had been Lid before them on so malty occasions.--
It never could. however, be &cured improper to advert td :hat
beiltiltioir of liberality, v.aich protected and ettcouraeed, as a
great national object, tin progress of education. Atter a ion ab-
sence from his native country, he found, on til return, nothing
so gratifying in its condition.-he taw no new occurrence in its
affairs, wish au much pleasure es the rise and intrease of that
spirit, from which the assueiation he was then addressiug, had
derived its origin.-(Crean applause).-He found truths, hi them-
selves the most obvious and :he most certain-truths which had
bees acknowledged hy wise toff vied men in all ages-and which
the mistaken zeal ot some. but the mistaken Interest of mote,
, had opposed in this eel:Wry-these truths he now found trium-
phant. They were not only generally ackeowleileed, but, in
coufurinity with them, a popular feeling, in support of a system
of national education, was every day extending itself throughout
the empire.-(Applaose).-He telt very great pleasure in the re-
flection, that the first body of his ceuntryinen whonehe met and
addressed, after his lung-protracted absence, was assembled for
so praise-worthy a purpose.-(Applause).-Accident had placed
him in that Chair, which would have beets much better filled by
his excellent friend, Sir Samuel Romilly ; who, though absent
In posse:, was present in spit it; and whose assistance and coun-
tthance were never withheld from any cause, in which wisdom
and virtue could be employed to produce good effeets fur man•
kind.-(Great applause).-To till, even by accident, the situa-
lion of a man whom he esteemed, nay, he might say, whom he
reverenced, lie shuald ever contemplate as a very high honour.
With respect to the general objects of education, those gentle-
men who had gone before him, had so fully entered into the subs
ject, that they really left him nothing to say. In every light in
which the question could be considered, it s:oo I forward es one of
primary importance. Whether it were viewed as producirg ha-
bits of reasonable obedience-not a blind and slavish obedience-
but an obedieoce arising front the experience of its usefeln. ss by
the people themselves-whether it were considered as la' roducing
amongst them those habits of reflection and consideration, tin
which the existeuce of public morality must depend, and without
which, no man could advance himself in society,or anielioi ate his
tunditiom-w het her they contemplated it as arming 'lathes and
communities with powers fur their own defence, and, at the same
time, presenting a barrier to prevent the abuse of those ;iowt•rs
to the injury of other nations-sin!er each of these head, of con-
sideratiati, the extensive benefits which the diffusion of know-
ledge must produce, could not be too estimated,-(Long
continued applause).-The dissemination of knowledge-the ex-
pansion of the human intellect-wits the pi retest power in the
hands of the Cie Feta Oft, for the happiness arid bencii•s of his crea-
tures.-(Applause).-Being perfectly convinced of this truth, he
could not but Ito, e, that institutions for the d filtano of educa-
tion would encrease every hour. He hailed their origin as the
forerunner of a general pacification throughout the worid-he hail-
ed their origin as the harbinger of a great moral revoitition, which
was likely to produce more licneflt to mankird, than any thing
which had occurred since the tirst promulgation of Christianity.
It gave him very great pleasure to tibsetve tieit this Society, de-
signated by the Simple title of " k,ois fir Ail," nas supported
by persons of different religious opiniona, and of different.
'I Iwy were all brought together to perform chat
which he who really hilt:wed in the religion he professed, and
who Lit internally the justice of the poirieal doce tines he sup-
porter', would lait bean:ll: to -A man could
give but one pledge of It s sincerity nn these pulaits -and that
consisted in a desire that all persons should have the opportunity,
an opportunity afforded by education, of eLnitining his opinion.,
whether they were founded is theory Sr iu practice-wile-
ther they were heneticial ,or uselete - ( Ipplause )-!'.very
man who did nut wish to he looked upon as teen, hypocrite in
lo: pelnics, every mei who 1-4.,1 to :•ie.t pulthe
must concur in the pr,priety of permitting that intotmarion,
watch woall ennlite ail wen to invest:gate his conduct. l'hey
Lad this test, by whicii real purity could b: distitteuished from
that which only usurped the name. It JilnEeed 11111 .avoLr-
able pre:tenni:tent of the success of ttoir undertakive, when
he saw it support...l by ;hat respectable, ettiightetied, and virtu-
ous (lass u 1 sne.ety, who, it had beeo sad, ,na the ohiarration
could not be too often rip aced, funned tile thief beaut eat; w,:l
as the principal security or a State. To the middle order of so-
ciety, the wants of theit fellow-creatures es ere perfectly known;
• in P.-ewe:Jig those winiti, they would not shun !sets:mai Mconve-
nience- they would not confine themselves to the mere advance
ot mum; , which was thy only contribution of laaj wealdt•-the
wretched compromise with the conseience of the aill tent, inten-
ded to telieviethent trout performieg the active and more impor-
taut duties of benevolence.-(Great applause.)--He was exceed-
inely hat py that the association was founded and supported by
such a class of people ; on whose virtue ;ilia integrity be would
not then (Mao:, htuwtv,r I leasing the subject, because he saw
himself surrounded by so many of them. This, however, he
would say, that on these most depend the improsiement aed in-
crease of whatever goo.: new existed in the country -of what-
ever good might, Lit:after Le expected.-(Loud applause.)-lie
hoped, he mu,. tarmstly hoped, they were that day laying the
foundation-stone of a great asylum, in which thousands of hu-
man creatures would take reluge.-He doubted not, that lung
alter every human being lie thee addressed had ceased to exist-
long alter :Noy person who heard Minn was cold in lii= grave, his
name would be blessed by hundreds of thousands of his grateful
fellow-creatures, whom he had assisted to raise from degradation
to usefuleess--from depravity and ignorance to virtue aid in-
tellectual thelownient.--(Creid. applause )- The Hon. t :entle-
mail concluded by statiee, that he was directed to law the in-
tlividuate present, that 'gib &talon-1)90k; es. ire then opetwil, lor
the, convenience of such Gentlemen as to Mitt' their
names anti contributions.
The Theilks ot the Meeting were voted to the Chairman, and.
after giving mime that the Association had epetiee! au °dice in
the house, late the Grand.l-Iciel, in Covent Guido), the Meetiug
adjourned Lc.

Friday se'onight. the men employed in forming a
common sewer in the GallonaN, Glasgow, found
portion of an old gallows, with some human bones,
,1
opposite the north end of St. Nlungots-lanc. They also
found at the same place a large key, and part of a
gate, both of which are supposed to hive belonged to
the East Port of the City, the ft,toJation cf which
was discovered a few days ago.
TANDEM 91.xmr.—A Gentleman of tl:e name of
ieykrll has matcLed himself 'ix) drive a tamizru sixty
miles in twelve hours, for ‘2(K)guineas. Ile is to drive
the same two horses the distance, and the attempt
will be made on the North Road diltirT, the next
week, p. p.

Yesterday morning
_a singular race took pun! in
Hyde Park, between Mr. Hour, of Oxford-road, and
Mr. BUCKLE, of Park-street ; the former was to run
fifty yards, and can y a man, weighing 14. stone, on
his back, while the latter ran one hundred yards ;
the race was won by the lot mer, to the no stoa:l sur-
prise of the spectators, he beir, a slender, weak,
middle-aged man.
As a great number of persons are rend.red vi ry otiappy by
Spasms, Wind m the Stomach, Obstructions in the Bowels, want
of regular Perspiration, 'Vomitings, and Bilious Conilaints,
Head-ache, Heart Burn, Costiveness, Nervous Disordet Cholic,
Gout, Ltc.—We are authorised to say, that SCLEUIMAN'S PILLS
are in must cases an excellent remedy for these Complaints; and
especially recommended during the time of Sea Bathing, and
drinking the Sea and Mineral Waters; a!so for those visiting
warm climates. Prepared by THU:4AS SUILLITOL, jun. Drug.
gist, Tottenbatn High Cross, Middlesex, by mate of an assign-
ment from H. and J. Besseicx, sole Proprietors of the Receipt,
by the Will of-M. SPLIDISIAN; and are mid by So ANV and ED-
W A &Olt No. €4, St. Paul's Church-yard; and BA CON and Co.
No. 150, Oxford-street, in boxes at 2s. 41. GA. ins. 6d. and One
Guinea; be tad of the Prircipal ifehtleso t,f Medicines
in Town and Coun!ry.