Star.
London, England, 1815-07-21 00:00:00

NATIONAL lA'STlTurio*
_-HAMPSHIRK
The fouish Animal Meeting of the liar'shire
„ Society Jorth.- Education of the Poor in the Princlo
• .soles of the En 'Wished atirch, too': place on
.Mon•
;day the Itiasinstano, Besides Cie Winchester Ceti-
' Aral "Sc' hither Awes w, in agaenahled Nom
the aehools at Atidover, Claffmd,Wherwell. North
Stonelion, Alresford, Chilbolton, 0.-vsleblity, Bi-
ithop's Stoke; Preston,. Candneer, Martyr Worthy,
Corliarnptnn. Wang. and Islillbro-k, amounting ta
upwards of &Xi children, all disemlenishetl hf a badge
specifying the name of the parish from Whence they
were sent. 'Pratt) the County Hall they went in pro-
cession; attended• by' their te-pective Mastets and
Mistresses, to Gear Divine Service at the Cathedral.
where 411 excellent and' particularly appropriate ser-
mon WA& preached before a more crowded torigeego'
tion than was ever remembered hef.lre. The children
joined in the Gloria Patti after each of the ni-rn,ng
Psalms, and also sung the 100th Psalm, U.V. in a
most solemn and impressice manner. Seventy-two
schools are udw united with the Central Committee
at Wieclu Bier, and 4,366 children are under itistroe-
Con inohem. The higher classes of the Winchester
Kilt:salt having paSsed a most .satisfactory examina-
tion, all the children (in flambe, 631) were provided
with a dinner under the.trees in the Cathedral-yard.
At the esamitiation in the Comity Hall, after the
Reverend F. Iretnonger• had communieated and ex-
plained the Repent drawn Ilia,
The High Sherif, Mr. Illtul,Uttlt al-
though he wit a Member of one of the collateral
branches of the Society, yet not having the honour
- of being me of the Committee of the Central, he
felt particular pleasure in proposing a 'vote of thanks
to them for their collective and individual exertions
in the management of its concerns and the promotion
of its aitecess. He alien proceeded to observe, that
having occasion to address the Meeting for this pur-
pose, he could not content himself with coming for.
ward merely to propose a formal resolution to that
• effect, but begged to avail himself of the opportu-
nity, ut which- he had not the least idea till within
the preceding half hour, when he had been personally
applied to et a most respectable Gentleman, 03 move
the vote of thanks, of stating the congeniality of Wei
sentinitaas with those principles which had given rise
to their original foimatioh ot the Hampshire &boob(
and bronget them by eegrees into their present state
of 'wishing maturity. Not being himself, how.
ever. much conversant with their tnternal regula.;
tions, and more especially after the methodical, full,
and luminous exposition that 1u5..1 just detailed before
thews series of facts, illustrating and exemplifying
the able and accurate delineation that had been made
of the general blessings resulting from such establish-
ments, in that s toed place which they had recently
quitted, he certainly would not trespass' upon their
time by unnecessary tepetitions : indeed if they were
not in.pressed with the conviction of the benefits re-
sulting from these institutions by that discourse,
he hoped he himself should never forget, and
whidi by the most appropriate allusions to the na-
tiotial events of the present day, and with persuasive
eloquence had traced the emancipation-of intellectual
SettritUtte Irons the etas of darkness to these times,
*bon the sou of science,. of literature, and ot
iriglitcoushess beamed upon them in meridian 'spiriol
oelofee, st woad be useless far him to large any topical
Whatever'; as any efforts he could attempt; however
Walton, must be weak and injudicious, and would
lather diminish than add to the force of thosetffec.
tire truths which had 'been so lately delivered.—,
He thought it, nevertheless, incumbent on hini, in
consequence of the official situation be had the hoo
sour accidentally to hold during the curreot year, to
sconce two or three facts that bad that morning come
under his observation, and diet he conceived tended
very strongly to place the utility of these seminaries'
for instilling the ttidiments of knowledge into the
eniuds of the intent poor in a more perspicuous and
attractive point of view. . Every one knew that when
be retired from his odic., he should be bound to ac-
count tor the bodies of the prisoners which the law
placed under his charge. He was sure that neither I
the Sheriffs who had preceded, nor those Who were to'
follow him, would consider this as the whole of their
duty ; or that, in putting fetters on the limbs of the
delietpelits, they were not to give all possible energy'
and treediarn to their minds. He felt himselt answer.
able 16 some degree to render an account of their
souls ; to be able to say, when he returned into psi.
irate eft, whether those, Moe if they were not cut of',
from .the world, were allowed tore-appear in it again,
either shortly or of a more distant period, brought
isacle whit them the same or increased habit* of vie?
and wickedness, or whither some amelioration
I'M have taken place in their principles and conduct.
...G:it this Goad he had tfic satistaction of being able
to state two Of three facts which were relevant and
material. hiitke the" ludgeoof Astizehad lett Win-
thes:er, he bad conferred at consider:lige length with
the two unfortunate convicts under sentence of death.
Ile had foind one of them not only able to read, bat
he hail reason to feel sontident., had used many
.434 liourS_o which t§he emied.muss otherwisalp
upon itself, in study ii-ng ts and-iraier.St
end preparing himself by acts of devotion and
penance, for the awful trials he was still to th-
Ile other, never having been tatighthis letters,
having looked into any religious book whatever
r;er such resources or relief, and could only be brought
'to a due s4nse of his situation by the ins:maims and
players of the Chaplain, who he was happy to add,
bed not only dedicated much' time to him, but by his
laudable endeavours bad produced such a composure
and decency of conduct, as nothing bat the consola-
tions of religion could have afforded. The Sheriff
then stated he could likewise assure the Meeting, that
be had ascertained by his own inquiry and actual
proof, that several instances bad occurred both hr the
O,AOI and Btislewell, of persons who had come into
!hem without knowing it letter in the alphabet, and yet
in the course of a few months had been taught, by tel.
low-prisoners, to read floently, and understand cot.
that: Scriptures that had been these put into their
kind& .Tlijs he had acjyally, that morning, witnessed
by lits men examination, and' had found, from the re-'
obits ot the offieers of he prison, that their deportment
iit.lhetniproportionably more orderly and becoming.
Uratifaing then surely must be these facts titt those
1111bons Who, by their meritorious assisance, bodily,
n total, or pecuniary, aid so good acause—a cause
in Which weelth sad slOgi 144 Furf.tobililY of even'

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Wad; OKI with useirOdrt' litew sad
benevolsotlibpaay. It, met be bog.
covet, that lathe tame respired also other support s
and is was to be particidirly noticed, that from the
laatinnent just reported by the Secretary, it appeared
hit' the Society was in danger of failing .in its re-
!Merges, unless very general assistant was given.—
It was, indeed, from the Naar that such Societies
must derive their essential and permanent prosperity.
1 It was not from abundant cataracts that the great
I rivers of the world oteed their lull accretion and ex-
pansion. It was from the more numerous but smaller
springs, from the contributory accumulating streams,
that, meandering thruirgh distaat.provinces, swelled
into extended channels, and diffused plenty and fer-
tility amid every soil through which they fl med.—
Here the Sheriff observed, that in delivering his sen-
timents only 4 the spur of; the moment, it occurred
to bins he .most correct a mistake into which his
unconsidered view of the subject had led him.—
There was one great river which appeared to him to
differ, in two respects at least, in the similitude he
had made to the Society then under their care. He
meant the River Niger, on the Continent of Africa.
'l'!e Niger, in consequencroaf the indefatigable toils
of Mr. Mt' .o PANIC, now aseFfraineil unfortunately
to he no nior, ii.id been discovered to 'taw from west
u east, that is, in a retrograde direction, not only
from whai all ancient geographers had described,
but through ; course of country which seemed to op-
pose effectual barriers to its immense currents. But
though these *liters sprang grin a barrenand uncul-
tivated soil, and forced their way against natural im-
pediments, the contrary was the case of 'she living
streams derived from theenlightenod itti/tich sources
of true Charity and Christian benevolenee, which pur-
sued their fertilizing caurse in strict Unison with the
sympathies and finer seusibilities of humai nature,
with tl:e healing and congeniallountains of moral
duty and Gospel Revelation. He would only tres-
pass upon their time in adverting to one more ap..
parent dissimilarity. Although the• origin of the
Niger had been traced, its termination never to this
day had been discovered, and all ideas of its'ultimate
efflux rested entirely upon imaginary and nasatisfac-
tory conjectures. .Not so, however, the systematic.
and capacious currents to which be had alluded....
They had a known and certain termination—a ter.,
ablation in the great and boundless oceans of eter-
sticy—and notwithstanding all who were engaged in
she voyage Of life, might be exposed to occasional.
rocks and dangers, though some deviation! were to b
apprehended, yet if they would zealously: co.operare
in suitable and corresponding exertions, they might
be sure that they themselves, as well as many of %hal
objects of their care, would reach their port,r f destina.•
tion—the harbour of peace and everlasting happiness.
A numerous and respectable party of clergy and
laity, friends of the Institution, afterwards dined to.
gether. Among whoa) were, the Members for the-
County, the Archdeacon of WiNclissi mit, and the
Rev. Sir H. littratts. ii:rt. (1.110 ~‘,,re Stewards),
the HIGH SHERIFF* the Dean of lVixortesvca, the
CHANCELLOR of the Dioccse., the thentlwrs of the
Corporation, (the Mayor being•absent ir"nt indispo-
sition), J. BLACKBURN, Esq. &c. We are happy to
add, that the collection at the Cached:el, to which
the Stewards and High Sheriff contriSoted itherAlly,
amounted to 1175. SA. 2d. being the largest hitherto
made, and that a separate subscription of n 3,1 ~.t than
150 was ilia raised for the express porgow, of se-
foraying the expence of the dinner to the itidalren, the
superintendents of the several schools, and of the other
arrangements of this gratify, ins. day, so creditaide to
the Managers, and to the county at large, and so
well calculated to c.. 4) form the strongest feelings of
religion and benevolence.

COVEMLG4RDEN THEITAL

The Seaton closed at this Theatre last .bight wiib
the Opera of " Vie Woodman," and the Farce of
" Raising the find." The House was crowded to
an overflow.
linmediately after the play, Mr. Liwctrr. who
had acted the Justice, stepped forward from the other
performers, while the curtain was descending. and
delivered the following Address s
" LADIES AND 6111ITLIMEN-1 ant deputed by tho Proptilt
tors of this Theatre to return their most hamodlittheaks for the
kind and goitrous patronage they have received doting dill sea
stn, and, after having respectfully bade you farewell till the 15th
of Sri, the day of the Thratre te-openlug. and presented
the s' intermit acknowledgements toe your wet indul-
t/let and fostering support, it becomes my day to yeast to the
dramatic events which have dbilillilsisitut the Deana now coo'
eluding. The Proprietors, though they are thardrful for the op.
probation which has generally attended the dramatic novelties
produced, do not hesitate to ascribe the success of the season to
the unprecedented attraction of that ,isighirgifted daughter of
Melpomene, who in her range of varied and artiness characters,
has hem adjudged by the public worthy of succeeding her great
predecessor, whose recent loss to the Stage wsd by way thought
irreparable. 'llO name of Miss 011itatt need hardly be added
—her admirable talents (aided and supported by a Dramatic
Company which has the honour to stand (avowable in your
estimation) have proved so productive, that *Moser the re-
ceipts on the eights Mita 011atat did not perform have been
considerably lesscoeJ, yet the whole smarm has beers
advantageous to, enable the Propetaton' to atlas), door annual
heavy deasseds the weight of "Ali moused Lindy to over,

able to pay *way Manilla twin. -
" here imperious eircunismuets can only be met by your se-
cardins to the a boon as trifling to else individual es it Is im.,.
portant to the welfare of the stage in general, It will be a fresh
stiuttdtu to their exertions Jur yuur accommodation and enter-
tainmi at, to which. end their whole thoughts, time, and attem
tio:s, will be incessantly uccupi.d. it is, Ladies and Gentlemen,
nuly to gram on the brit price (Wadi:Minn to that eligible Mtn-
hat the pit, the small addition of distance."
The Opera had gone off with great'applause, and
muchi of the above Address hied the samegood for-
tune; but the instant an advante on the price of ad.
mission to the Pit was intimated, one or ten .voices
called out " 0. P." This significant exclamation was
accompanied by hisses, which were greatlystrensgthen-
ed by,the distinct annunciation of the intention of the
Managers in the cluing sentence. The opposition
whic.h now shewed itself was otrong;but the kpplattse
greatly predominated, when Mr. EvAsta, 1 Viiende-
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man who addressed the public on it tar evening
at the other theatre), presented himself in)uni'nfothe
side, boxes, and spoke nearly ai follow, t
H Leaves Atip Gaisycnesst-i-la thin elleilllntevelnersee.
riJetation what i peeps.. as Mese this etrabing, tlnds to mato,
that on o !was evening, fat from deetnas Webnisioaarelf an

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•t the Mild, 1 daidilikpling Ile bd4ll IMO
spoil stioernifeedi pews% bet de
Our hatlivided piellendig Ithigialf.to
mg duty to tipposiWbot I emislibred to be eg t 4
kilfl:tflifilsarbi: Mikan I beet big Isere tpsEereyola.
lean lie 100 tg the Vatipplea or ! of
Shift Theatre, regent for the hntrrests of the ! still en
anxious wish to preserve consistently of conduct, are the foullalp
which 'sow Indust ma loafer myself to your notice. The
which I expressed on a recent occasion at Drury-tans 'lll=
have been changed by !whine that I have Once heard. The
conduct of the Manaoers of Drury lane Theatre, .in attempting
to prevent the audience from hearing me by causitie the
music to stake up, was must 'Reuben, bittind uolair IIW
happy to find no such Interruption Is even here, and so far
consider the Manager. of this concern entitled to approbaiint.F..
I have karat, that on the evening When I pnaented myself to
the public at Drury Lane Theatre, a censiderable number .ef
tenons were senc in on free admission. in order to carry die
pq•itit for the MONAIODI.. This I outsider to have been must dii-
vorrantable. It was not so in ancient times •on the contrary,
among the Romans inspectors were appointed, to discover any
pennons who might be nun in to applaud, so anxious were that
celebrated people to guard against unfair plaudits in their the.
try,. The Prlprietors require your consent to an advance on
the Pir, which would Operate ea a tax on the mid lie orders of
socirty, mid on the best informed amateurs of the Drama. In
11301 i be loses sustained front the lire, and from the expenses of
erecting a new Theatre, gave the Proprietors some claim on
your liberality. For those losses they were remunetated by
your submitting to an advance on the price of admission to the
Boxes, which was conceded on a dimiuct agreement that no n.
( crease should be made o.i the charge for adinisolon to the Pit.s4l
which Mr. Kemble was a party for the thrive, ant Mr. ChiPkd
for the public. What private arrangement the kit mentimikd
Gentkman matte, I will not take upon myself to say, but it has
been taideestoed that he compromised the interests of 'the putt"
In 1809, the Menagerie had to plied the depreelatien if the sir 1
reney, and the Orem of the price of rem tondo ; but eftea 1
the late glorious erten, the lonner evil cameo t by viand,,
sad the prices of Most thitgartnay be expected to 'flare ife
I
on ground for *4, *MOO. jet the kneresed e
Theatre makes this advance. ecessary. Mho sus 4,
to have' enabled the Managers to meet dud, sanest
and the were thing is said of Mr. Kau at the origt. hones ,
Miss O'Neill does net receive, as her week'ssalary. mote than.
half what was formerly paid to Mrs. Madden far one mark's
perfoinnece, and Mr. Kran's salary bears the same prepordeo
to the remuneration which Mr. Bauble recently obtained from
this concern.' The Theatres if filled at the old prices, it le ad-
mitted, would pay their reperses. The Maisagers .thewilitoild
be induced to obtain large audiences, by seeking good perfor-
mers, and not by giving them an increase on the prig. s or aduin.
slim. Another great ohjrctiott arises out sf the monopoly which
has been estaWbbrd. lb the time of the great father• of the
Drama, Shakespeare, such a system did not exist. Then, when
the population d London might amount to about Soo,ooo souk,
there were sevatteen Vat/houses, in which the productions of his
muse were exhibited; new that the vegetation of the metropolis
may be estimated at set less than a NIIISOIII we have only taw
regular Theatres. Paris, Berlin, and Vienna; sack sln Is
itself, contains a greater number, jediclously distributed le dif6s..l
rent situations. Here we have but two, and the.. busk entitle
a few yards of each other. What then is the conosiusoce if the
Managers are permitted to fix their owarZsgna. l The Nab
wan Albinit, or !tee the enjoyMent of thepiano. if the seller
of aoy common article of consumption 'Sees s high price to k,
we may cuniplain of his equate*, but need not saes beh....
We may go to many other shops. But In this case we have but
two shops, and the Proprietors of those combined against the
Public. Such monopoly ought not to contioue--all unorepoly k
at all times odious to Ensitainnen. I.ord Coke says, the Muse;
poli.t may he punished for obtaining and- procorine k, and he
.ays," monopolies were &ways without•law, but neve without
frii:nds." If the Proprirtore still hold their weaved."' and
resist the erection of any new Theatre, dun. rising demands are
whoily unwarrantable. •
Mr. EVANS was proceeding in his opposition to
the proposed advance, when Mr.rawcrkrr. (having{,
changed his dress) apt:ware.' on the stage. The;
tu:nult which had before been great, became still
more violent. Mr. EVANS and many others called
not to let Mr. FAWCETT be heard, but a considerable
time uassed before they were attended to. Mr. Firm.;
et:l-1" stated it to boir.lte earnest wuh of the Managgs;
,that ther Ciendomaia should be heard. Histingtlia •i ,
ever, was preferred. to listening, by the *tiny, trod
the :term continued. After vainly renewing•his
efforts to obtain a bearing, Mr. F AWCETT was about
to retire, when a imenent.try cessation of hostilities
induced him to make a new attempt. He then Spoke
as follows :
" LADIES AND Otis rtentsTslf you 141 do me the hemmer
to hear me, 1 will net detain you a minute. "(hat which they I
sack, the Proprietors ash of eon as a Woo, and they have no
thoughts of inflating on It beyond that maim. • ]'hey are anxious
that the Gentleman who hassadidressed you may be beard, or any
other who may be disposed to speak on this question."
Loud applause followed this speech, and Mr.
FAWCETT withdrew.
Mr. EVANS resumed. He complimented Mr. FAWC ere :pi-
ths tOffic lie bed taken, bet thought it could not be contended
that theatrical property watt unprofitable, when it was kilellll
that an oder had retbatie been made to take Drurysiane Theatre
on elan, with all its incumbrances, iodation the rregismes a
handsome per tentage. The large pretniains paid by Messrs.
Laws. and lit hie (eraser's, were seaters of rebus lo-
society. Who, he asked, lived in more rideedeer *madam Ma.
sewed with the Theatre t—not a North part al die amen *ow
sulphides( the Conquerors of Waterloo. Hewes tathile4 the
Prerietors would consuk their ewe interest, by them=
their present plan. If, however, they did emerge*, be
dig would net attempt to mutat the advance by the means fee-
wetly resorted to. Hs concluded with the following knee !hoot
! Churchill: '
• “ Teeter audits, all have atreguld chimp
The coblar's andblisiordeldp's right the mese;
-AU joie foe their subsistent, al ext • •
Free leave to Oahe their worth,—st faults correct."
The music now struck up; the Uproar continued,
and the rising of .the curtain for the performance of
the farce was the signal for a general attack. Hisses,
whistling, cries of—" Off, off f"—" 0. P. Contract,"
and all the Vocal discord of 1609, were brought into
full play in an instant. Ain imitation of the Q., P. ,
dance was heard in the very few situations whew, am
talcontents had room to move their feet. :ftFledilts
Oak," and ~Mlle Britanoia," 311.1.111,11 e
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.7. .11einpitgifiitiui;ecup—e IFirerfie;
exit "called' forth lonia efici uus tfueapprobatido.;
k the whole farce went of in duinb show pursued
all the fun an exasperated multitude could 414.1
This scene continued for a-considerable pet iod,
after the curtain fell. A person wholdready woriinl
his hat the letters 1s 0. P." addressed the audiente,
And exhorted them to persevere: Mr. EVANs, called
forward again, said the best *ay to settle the ques-
tion would be, fur the Managers to itt4m:t tliiitir ac-
counts to the inspection of honourable and disinte-
rested persons,' and to pledge themselves not to op..
pose the.erection of 'a third Theatre. He added, ht
had no wish to appear prominent in this bisques.
Having brought it forward, he conceived he had
done-his duty, and shouhi leave the public to dispose
of the question as they thought proper. Hisses and
;plaudits were' here renewed. and the• uproar con-
tinued for some rime longer, before the assembly
dispersed.
LYCEUM.
' . The Opera of At. P. or, The ilets Stockin:, was'
Isented ltet night, in whist' Mr. PYNI and Mr.
tip.sr succeeded 19,the characters of PiIiLLAPS and
' Luvaonove. ; BOgaki were successful, and epecially
Mr. Wilms; who is fast rising in public estimation.,
and Who yesterday sootily added to the favourable
epiaiOn we bad preinously conceived of hie taktys.

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