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London, England, 1818-06-05 00:00:00

BSITISH aid FOIJEIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY:

yester,iay one of the most interesting Meetings We
!...o seen for a considerable period,
r Islington. Itpe riod, took place in
hwn of Highbury Tavern,
n..s the first commemoration e ohfirttle-dßayritish and Foe
of his MA-
TO•in School Society,
twelveon
n o'clock, crowds of Ladies
,cl.
olermaenrly ofas ththe first consideration, fottned
ground. Some foci Ladies j
themselves in lines on
, ore fortunate enough teo-gettefesrom the heat of the I
while others west
VII under the cover of
~I*ged to risk the chequeredrnarrit
ornament of a few free-
oot
lots, exposed to the heat on the platform erected in
the centre of the ground.
At one o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of
susszo appeared, atten_.a_e.d
andby Mr. BENNET, M.P.
Ir.
several other distin-
Alderman Wool), p
• 1.,1 characters. They were loudly cheered as
passed along the
ground, and
and Foreign School
and the children
no
edu-
cated on the plan of the B
• in number above 4000, weredrawn in
up
regularere' order to receive their distinguished Patrons.
As soon as the applause had ceased, the Royal
Duke ascended the platform, and tcqucsted the at-
tention of the assembly.
in opening the business of the
day,il His Royal Highness,
edm
call theattentionof the immense as-
semblage of Ladies and Gentlemen present to the
examination of the children of both sexes, who were
e;uc..fing on the universal plan of the British and
liicign School Society.
Nearly 4000 boys and girls, all neatly clad, ad-
vanced in classes in the most orderly manner. It
was a most gratifying spectacle to see so large a
number of the children of the poor so full of health
aid intelligence. They went through all their se-
%era] exercises in the Testament, and displayed their
p,ofijency in writing and arithmetic, on the excel-
lent plan of this School System, with a rapidity and
r
',fleetness which astonished all present. The chit-
eon of the Jewish persuasion gave their answers in
I. ebrew. After this interesting and satisfactory era-
rotation concluded—
His Royal Highness the Dike of Sussax briefly
addressed the Meeting, and said, that as these chil-
di ea mere to be regaled with a dinner on the ground,
the company would, he hoped, see the necessity of
contributing their mite to the expense—(hear.)
Mr. BENNET then rose to call the attention of the
meeting to a Resolution which had been just put into
hi, hand—it was one in which he was convinced all
pont would most cordially concur. The Reso-
foian contained an expression of gratitude to that
Vosnious Fasonage, who was better known as the
Feller of his People, and the early and decided Pa-
ton cf this most valuable system of education (Great
einuuse.) It would be remembered, he said, that in
the infancy of Mr. Lancaster's system it was beset
with appalling difficulties; they were of a nature,
that, had it not been for the virtuous energy of cha-
racter, and protection of our beloved Sovereign, no
man Could have foreseen the result. He (Mr. Bennet)
would not say that without the Royal Patronage the
Institution would have fallen—but without it at such
moment the great foundation could never have
been laid, which now established in Society such
incalculable advantages--(hear, hear.) It was im-
possible to witness without emotion such a spec.
they now witnessel—(Cries of hear, hear.)
not alone the advantages of reading and writ.
which they had the satisfaction of inculcating,
drilling of the infant mind, the early esta-
of moral discipline and order, which firmly
propriety of demeanour they this day wit-
iong so large a munber of children—(Ap-
—They saw the system of education shedding
waluable benefits over children of different up
-4 creeds, and who worshipped the GA/AT FA-
, the Universe in different tongues—(Hear.)
were all taught to read that sublime Work,
was the fountain of all moral precept ; and as
up in life they would implore blessings on
of those benevolent persons who rescued
trom the paths of ignorance and vice, and ena-
to enjoy this inestimable advantage—Op-
-The Meeting had this day an opportunity of
the fruit of their labours, from inculcating in
mind the great lesson of—" Fear GOD,
tr the King. —(hear, hear.)—Let them pur-
glorious task, by contributing to the extension
good a system, and never forget the remarkable
of their Sovereign—" That he hoped to,
see the day when every poor child in his do-
should know how to read the Bible."—(Ap-
-The Hon. Gentleman concluded by reading
Resolution, which, as well as the following,
:tied unanimously.
That the present Meeting is deeply sensible of, and sin.
teful fur, the patronage of our revered and highly be-
tereir, who, in the infancy of the Institution expres-
v.:action in its liberal principles, and desire that
itsob-
t he universal
'hat the Thanks of this Meeting be most sincerely and
iy presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sus-
: the condestendirr and able manner in which he has
pleased to attend and preside at this Meeting."
Alderman Woon, M.P. in seconding the first
ition, congratulated the Meeting on the grata-
spectacle they had this day witnessed. It was
of the greatest pleasure for them to see how
accomplished was the benevolent wish of their
Sovereign, whose sentiment had been just so
.lately alluded to by his Honourable Friend
ipplause).—lt was consolatory to know, that his
ty lived to see his wish so nearly accomplished ;
•-o happy would it be if they could think he
ow participate in their gratification !—(Great
,e).—This day was, at the suggestion of their
President, appropriated to the present corn-
ntion, and in honour of his Majesty's birth-
fhildren were to be regaled with good old
fare—roast beet and plum-pudding—(Ap-
ad a handsome contribution to defray this
vas expected from the Meeting. Several
and Gentlemen were to be stationed at the
eho would take charge of these contributions.
tar. J. Towosinsn, in moving the second Re-
',.telarged on the advantages of education,
'eel to the peculiar gratitude he olled to those
volently contr:buted ;t, from the circum-
having beer. himself reared in the noble
of Christ's I lospital.--(Applatove,)
Ilnitanots (a Roman Catholic Cler-
kare Lie teniroeny to the di:l:iterated bent-

volence which marked the superintendenee of one of
these school s.—( Applause.)
Mr:Josapit Cowes to Jewish Merchant) also stated
the disinterested manlier in which the children of the
Jews were treated at the school alluded to.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, hi re-
thrning thanks, congratulated the Meeting bn the
glorious spectacle they had now before them on this
most interesting occasion. The first speech put into
the mouth of the King by the celebrated Earl of
Chatham, stated that his Majesty ‘, gloried id being
an Englishmia born "-A-(Applause.) Why had he so
gloried? because he was the King of a free nation;
free, because it could boast of that unfettered educa-
tion which enabled the people to exercise the liberty
and faculty of their reasoning powers. While that
remained the people were free, and whoever attempted
to put it down or circumscribe it, was an enemy to
the liberty of his country—(hear.)H The greatlesson to
inculcate among youth, as his on. Friend had said,
was—., Fear GOD, and honour the King," and to
leave every man to settle his own form of religion ac-
cording to his own consciencis, and responsible for it
only to his Car-Avolt—( Great applause.)--If the good
King, whosepatronage to this system had so justlybeen
praised, could this day see the spectacle with which
fiIIOVIDINCE indulged them, he would feel it to be
the most glorious in his long and happy reign—
(Great applause.)
The boys and girls now sat down to a substantial
English dinner, and it was pleasing to see the appe-
tites and humour thus displayed on the occasion.
At five o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex and the friends of the institution sat down
to an excellent dinner, provided for them in the
Tavern. His Royal Highness was supported on the
rie.t by Sir JOHN JACKSON, Bart. and on the left by
Mr. Alderman WOOD, M. P.
When dinner was ended, a number of loyal toasts,
suited to the day and to the occasion of the meeting,
were drank with great enthusiasm, and the interval
was well occupied by the details communicated by
the Royal Chairman respecting the benefits that had
already accrued, not to London only, but to every
part of the Empire—not to this Country only, but to
every part of the world, from the system patronized
by the Members of the tistitution, and especially by
his illustrious and revered Father, his representative',
the illustrious Prince Regent, and the other mem- '
bers of the Royal Family. The blessings of the
system were seen and felt in the improved discipline
and morals of the children of the lower orders, but
no one could calculate the extent of the blessings
which were yet in reserve for future generations, when
the work which had been so beneficially commenced
should be completely Matured and spread to every
corner of the habitable Globe.

His Royal Highness, alluding to the opposition',
which the Society had met with from bigotted indi-
viduals, dwelt particularly on the insidious and open
calumnies of which its enemies had been the authors.
They had even had the shameless audacity to charge
the Institution with irreligious—nay, even with
atheistical principles! What! inculcate immorality,
irreligion, atheism, by putting the Bible into the hand{
?f the children ! Was this the book of all others which
men would dare to charge with producing such a re-
sult. So much for the book in which the children
were taught. As to the care that was taken of the
children, that he said would be best illustrated by
asking a few questions at the schoolmasters, none of
whom, he observed, had been apprised of his inten-
tion or of the questions he meant to put to them.—
His Royal Highness then questioned several of
the Masters—What school do you teach ? Have
you children belonging to persons of various creeds
and denominations ? Do they regularly attend

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some place of Divine Worship? &c. &c. The
answers established the following facts : that the,
Schools are attended by the children of every perms.'
sion ; that they attend some place of worship with
their parents every Lord's Day ; that on the Monday
morning every child is examined where ne was? who,
preached ? what was the text ? &c. a regular regis-
ter being kept at every School of the places attended
by the children. It has but seldom happened that
the children had not been at public worship : on
every occasion of the kind, inquiry was made into
the cause, and the parents examined; and it was ge-1
nerally ascertained, that their absence was occasioned
by indisposition or by want of clothes—a want which
every exertion was employed ,-to supply, and gene.,
rally with success.
Our limits do not permit us to stat_ all that passed
on this interesting occasion ; but we cannot pass over
without notice the observations of Mr. SCHWABIE on
the benefits which he could testify from his own
knowledge had been conferred on foreign nations by
the British and Foreign School Society. He hoped,
therefore, that the title " Foreign" would ever be a
part of the designation by which the Institution
should be known. " Your system," said he, " has
conferred incalculable blessings on all nations : not
only on the more barbarous and uncivilised, but on
countries which had schools before—schools that
were comparatively inefficient, and very limited in
their effects, from their want of the British system !"
The whole evening was spent with the utmost har-
mony, and a considerable subscription was entered
into to promote the objects of this valuable system.

Saturday, an aged woman and her son, travelling
to Dundee, were overtaken on the road by a carriage
and four. The Nobleman to whom the carriage be-
longed was sitting with his Lady, on the outside-box,
seemingly much delighted with the beauties which
the Carse of Gowrie exhibits to the eye of a stranger.
Observing the poor woman apparently much fatigued,
he asked her, .‘ How far she had to travel?" She re-
plied, ,4 that she had to go within a few miles of
Dundee." He instantly ordered his servant to alight
and set both the mother and son into the carriage.
A very distressing accident occurred in the neigh-
bourhood of Kelso last week. As -.-- Gray, farm-
servant to Mr. Park, at Wooden, near Eckford, son
of James Gray, steward to Mr. Riddell, at Grahams-
law, was watering his master's horses at the moss, he
unwarily pished that on which he rode into a deep
pool, which had formerly been a mule pit. The horse
slipt and sunk, btu immediately rose and regained the
shallow water ; the unfortunate rider, after a few in-
effectual struggles, sunk to rise no more. The poor
young man was.but 22 years old, and was on the eve
of mar:Loge with a young woman (the banns having
been proclaimed), who has ever since been in a state
bordering on distraction.

LOYA4 bII3E"P.
OF LONDON;

The LOyal of Unclad dined together
yesterday. at the London Tavern: 11b; R. WILLIAMS
took the Chair, and the company was at Once one of
the. most numerous and fespectable we have ever seen
assembled tb defend the trne principles Of the Ctinsti-
tution Frani those who, pretending to extend them,
have Only laboured to accomplish their destruction.
After dinner Non nobis Dontine wis dung by Messrs;
TASTE, Pirks, BROADHURST, and EVANS, who in the
cotirse of the evening entertained the company with
la variety of songs and glees, which were finely exe-
cuted, and which received the undivided applause Of
the room.

" The King," was given in silence ; but, at the
close of " GOD save Me King," loud and long conti-1
nued acclamations were heard on every side, which
were renewed when the " Prince Regent" and " The
Queen and the other branches of the Royal Family,"
were proposed with three times three.
" The British Constitution, and may it last for
ever"—" Thi Navy and Army," And " The two
Houses of Parliament, and may the next Representa-
tives of the people discharge their duty as faithfully
as the present have done, were successively drank,
with great applause.
The Glee of " The King and the Church," with the
additional verses written for the Pitt Club was sung,
and repeatedly interrupted by the enthusiastic plau-
dits of the room. When these had subsided,
II The Ottumwa seized this moment, after thankiog
the Gentlemen who had sung the last glee for their
exertions, to propose, as a toast, " Peace and pros-
perity to all the world, founded on religion and law."
Mr. BROADHURST sung the beautiful Scottish song
of Auld long sync, with much effect.
" The British Fair," and " The health of the Lord
Mayor," were the toasts which succeeded. When
these had been honoured,

The CHAIRMAN begged to propose as the toast,
the health of three as honourable and independent
men as the City cf London could produce, Sir Win.
Curtis, Sir James Shaw, and Mr. Alderman Atkins.
The toast was drank with great applause.
Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, in rising to express his gra•
titude for the honour he had just received, laboured
under considerable difficulty while addressing so nu-
merous, so respectable, and so loyal an assembly.
When he said this, he did not mean to insinuate that
it was at all uncommon to meet with loyalty in the
City of London. During 28 years that he had had
the honour to represent the City in Parliament, be
had ever found the great body of the Citizens loyal,
and such he was satisfied they would ever remain.
Jo day could be more properly selected than that on
which they were met for the purpose which had
called them together. ,He was most proud to meet
such an assembly, and to have had his health pro-
posed in it, and received as it had been. He lamented
the absence of his respected colleague; -Sir James
Shaw, and had felt much pain, as he was sure every
one who heard him had done, from perusing his ad-
vertisement of yesterday. The Meeting had been
pleased to drink to the two Houses of Parliament,
and doing this had expressed a hope that all future
representatives of the people might serve them as
faithfully as the present had done. He had been is
the last six Parliaments, and could truly say, that
every House of Commons he had known had been
true to itself--true to the Constitution, and true to
the interest of the people. Perfection was not to be
looked for in any human institution, but he thought
as little imperfection was to be found in that assem-
bly as in any other that could be named. He had
been anxious to defend the liberty of the subject, but
at the same time careful to guard against that liberty
degenerating into licentiousness, and he had ever la-
boured to maintain that noble equipoise which dis-
tinguished our Constitution, and in which King,
Lords, and Commons, should equally share. In con-
clusion, he stated it to be his determination to adhere
to those principles which had first recommended him
to their notice. He should be proud of being again
chosen their Representative; and he hoped at the en-
suing election their choice of Representatives would
at once do honour to themselves and to those who
were favoured with their countenance.

Mr. Alderman ATKINS expressed his gratitude for
the honour he had received. He had ever been anxi-
ous to attend to the interests of his constituents; and
now the time came when he must again resign the
charge into their hands ; he could conscientiously de-
clare to them, and to his MAKER, that on every oc-
casion he had endeavoured honestly to discharge his
duty. His conduct was before them, and to the
principles on which he had hitherto acted he should
steadily adhere. These, he was convinced, were
essential to the best interests of the country, and he
thought it probable, that ultimately their brethren
who had been opposed to them, would take the same
view of them, and say, " To your firmness—to your
standing up against the paltry delusions which de-
signing men had sent abroad, we owe the salvation
of the Constitution and of the Country." He then
more minutely described the course which he had
taken in Parliament, and finished by repeating his
determination to persevere in the same line of con-
duct, and by expressing his gratitude for the honour
he had received, in return for which he begged to
drink to the health of all present, and to that of their
families and friends.

The health of the Chairman having been drank
with three times three,
Mr.Witunsts returned thanks; explessed a strong
sense of his unfitness to preside over such an assembly,
and wished those he had the honour to address,
' health, long life, and all imaginable prosperity.
" The Magistrates of the City," was the neat toast.
Mr. C. S. HUNTER returned thanks in the name of
the Magistrates.
Mr. SIMPSON then proposed that the health of Sir
James Shaw should be drank separately, in honour
to that individual ; and in doing so, he observed,
that that Honourable Representative of the City of
London had manfully come (Inward, and had de-
clared his determination to resign his seat in Parlia-
ment. Sir James Shaw had always been attached
to the King and the Constitution, and had always
discharged his duty molt conscientiously in Parlia-
ment, and he (Mr. Simpson) recommended that Sir
James Shaw should, without expense, be again
elected, in the ensuing Parliament, a Representative
for the City. He was fully convinced, that if Sir

Tames were to offer himself he would have ample
iuppcirt from the I.ivery of London;
Mr. S. Dtcog seconded the motion; iie had
known Si: Janata Shaw frorri the tittle of his first be.:
corning a pubilic „Min; and kneW his conduct to be
Siich as entitled hint to the praise he had received;
and he was sure it would be gratifying to the Ha.:
nourable Baronet to find that -his past services had
not been forgotten. He would venture to say, that
If one Member had been more easy of access than
another, it was Sir James Shaw; . W hen waited
upon by any individual on business, he had been ac.:
customed to listen to the party with a degree of pa
tience to which but few Men were equal. If there.
was °tie Member that bad bleed more tonsmntly
found at his post in the House of Commons than
another, it was Sir James Shaw: He thought it im-
possible for any man of common feeling te, deny that
the Honourable Baronet had conducted himself pro-
perly. For himself, he thought that good man had
done all that he ought to do. On the Suspension of
the HaUess Corpus Act, he had differed troni the
multitude, and be had differed from him ; bat he
(Mr. Dixon) could not but allow that he had done
so on motives which were not to be ai:. signed. In
the retirement which imperious necessity now im-
posed, he hoped he Would enjoy that happineis which
he deserved, and Which those who knew what Lis
conduct had been in three Parliaments would noire
to wish might fall to his lot.
The toast was then drank with loud applause;
The " Health of the Stewards" isas the next toast:
Mr. ArcHasoN returned thanks, and expressed a
hope that the time of election was not so near as to
make it likely that they would go to the poll in the
situation in which they found themselves at present;
He trusted some Candidate would start whose abili-
ties, whose integrity, and whose commanding in-
fluence in the City would entitle him to their support,
that the loyal Livery might still have three &pre:
sentatives in the House of Commons.

Mr. S. DIXON exhorted the Livery not to be
midated the noise and clamour of a Common
Hall, and induced to forego their own importahce.
Shou'.d a good and respectable character offer him-
self to their notice, he was confident, if they put
their shoulders fairly to the wheel, it child be id
their power to bring him into the Houle of Commons.
The CitAtamaN now retired, accompanied by Mr.
Alderman ATKINS, Sir W. CURTIS, and several other
Gentlemen, amidst the plaudits of the assembly.—
Mr. Alderman BIRCH *as then tailed to the Chair,
and the hilarity of the day was kept tip for some
time longer with Unabated spirit: The company
broke up at about eleven.

Yesterday afternoon the ery began Draiving,
when litsn's Offices were again distinguished by
their usual preeminent success, having shaied and
sold the following Capitals, viz.—
No. 401 - £lOO5 I No, 8,816 - Xtecl
1,489 1010 11,e51 - 11./10
4,660 4,707 - St`U
4,469 1010 11,192 - 300
The fortunate Holders of any of the above n. iy
receive their money on demand at 4, Curnhill, or
Charing-Cross—where Tickets and Shares war-ranted
undrawn for the 2d Day, 16th ii.st. are now on sa'e.
Thursday se'nnight Messr'. Davidson and ()Telly,
Officers of Excise, assisted by a party of the 97th,
commanded by Lieut. Irlncrui, succeeded is detec-
ting a very extensive distillery in the mountains of
Coolosarobght, 5 miles from Castleisland. When the
party conducting the seizure were passing through
the town of Castleisland, they were attacked by a
mob, and were obliged to fire, in consequence of
which there was a person killed, and another woun-
ded. dons WEEKS, Esq. Coronet, held an inqunt
on the body of the person killed—Verdict, We
find the said•Wm, Moor was malicious and wantonly
killed by on: of a party of the 97th Regiment, who
were not obedient to their own Officer commanding
or the Magistrates present."—Ennis Chronicle.
A person at Paris having advertised an experiment
with a gigantic balloon to take place on Sat ird.ty
last, at the Jardin de Luxemburg, a great crowd of
people assembled, but after waiting till five o'clock
in the afternoon, it was found that the balloon w:ts
only a tenth part filled, and that to inflate it sufti,o
ciently would requite till next Su:.clay. The people,
not being disposed to wait eight days without any
dinner, began to spew symptoms of violence ; and
the Police, to prevent disturbance, arrested the rat-
naut, a Sieur MANICLER, and abandoned the balloon
to the mercy of the disappointed payers of admission
money, who soon demolished it. The 'panel was
taken possession of by the Police, and appropriated
to the benefit of the distre.sed performers of the late
Theatre de l'Odeon, to whose advantage it was, ac-
cording to the original advertisement, to be applied.
FATAL ACCIDENTS TO ROOK-Tmmts.—Saturday
evening, the 23d ult. Wm. Frearson, of Draycott,
Notts, labourer, whilst passing from the top of one
high tree to the top of another, to avoid the usual
pains of descending and ascending, at Messrs. Sores-
by and Flack's Rookery, at Cavendish-bridge, unfor.
tunately trusted himself to a small branch, wjaich
broke and precipitated him to the ground. He lin-
.gered about six hours in extreme agony and then
died, leaving a wife and six children. And on Mon-
day forenoon a young man, of the name of Dufty, of
Long Wharton, who was on the point of marriage,
fell from a high tree near Whatton Hall, and was
thereby so much injured, that lie died on Wednes-
day. He had been a soldier, and fought at the
memorable battle of Waterloo.

ExxxErt.—The appearance of the country is ex-
tremely fine, and we have the cheering prospect of
abundant crops. The wheat fields and pasture lands
present a most luxuriant aspect.

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