Star.
London, England, 1826-01-11 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Yesterday, ihomas Clarke was convicted of an assault
on li•ibert Duke, a Bow-stre. t patrole, in Paddington,
and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard
labour in the House of Corraction. Several other cases
of petty assault were gone through, the respective
parties mutually agreeing to keep the peace. The
Trivet se Jary were then discharged till Friday morning.

We understand that it is the intention of the Corpora-
tion to have a museum or depository of such antiquities
or interesting remains as may be found in the City,
added to the library which the Corporation are now
forming. Many valuable antiquities, Roman pavements,
erns, &c. have been dug up in the course of several of
the City works, and Int or destroyed. The new library
will be, perhaps, the most perfect of any relating to the
city and its history. Collections are made for it under
the superintendence of Mr. A. TAYLOR and some other
well-informed Members of the Committee. They have
fine graphic illustrations of Pe:manes London, arranged
under tete heads of the several Wards to wh eh they
relate. A few days since a complete set of the Gazette
was purchased by Mr. SOUTHGATE for the library, at a
sum of 250 i. and is considered cheap at that price.--
This, we believe, is the only perfect set belonpag tos
any public body. That at the London Institgion
detective, we understand, in several volumes. That a
the Treasury is deficient in the Gazettes for 1765. There
is a set at Peel's Coffee-house, and it is valued at severa
hundred pounds; let it is deficient in the numbers for
1760. The set, or rather put of the set, in the Bri-
tish Museum, is deficient of about 3000 Gazettes, and
all those relating to the rebellion of 1745 ate wanting.
Tne venerable Prince CHARLES, of Hesse, now up-
wards of 80 years of age, nephew of GEORGE 11. of
England, has lately written a won k of a most interest-
ing twine, giving a key to, or explanatory of tome
of the niott important Hieroglyphics on the monuments
antiquity in Egypt. THis has been printed at his
awnezpenst, and privately circul act. One copy, we
haye heard, has reached this country, having been
transmitted by his Highness to M.. RAJ WILSONIN hose
riavels in Egypt, &c. he had accidentally seen, aecom-
. partied with a m st handsunse letter to that tientleara •.'
We trust, tOr the benefit • t the antique' ian ands inece.
the Treatise may bt made public, since Egyp iaa ap-
iquities are involved in such mystery. :this Psioce is
father of I ler Majesty of DENMARK who, we t 14de .
st.ind, is considered to be the first Literary awn in
, Europe.

Log Dom samErt,

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N AID OP TUB HIUcINIAII IIIeTZTY AND Tit! 11111511
ITANGRLICAL SOCINVII.

The Anne; rl M eting of this Society was' held yeyer. .
Jay evening, in the Theatre of the Mechanics Institu-
tion. Sluthampton.bisildings, Chancery-lane. doming
Bur mewl:fru, Esq. NI P. in the Chair.
The CHAIRSI4I4 opened the business by stating the
objects of the Society, which were, to receive subscrip-
tions in aid of the S c'etie. mentioned—Ole one for the
pr motibn of education among all denomination; of
1 kb poor, and the o:her for teaching and circulating
the holy Scriptures among the gime cl ass of individuals
in that country. The Chairman stated that he bad had
ocular de:nonstration of the degraded state of the lower
cla.ses of persons for whom these benefits were intended,
and he had the pleasure of knowing that this Eactiety
was doing much for the alleviation of the moral degra-
dation under which these people laboured; and that
funds alone were wanting for the still furtiMiet-
tension of the bent fits which the Societies in question
were affordiag to the peasahti y of Iteland.
M. Witreti.e, the Secretary, read the Report rethe
Conimittee, by which it appeared that there sterel.l.47
sch tols founded by the Society, and 'hat the number
of children ant a Cults educated therein amounted tie
85,000; that the Evangelical Society had supplied 79
tea hers, or readers of the Scriptures, 2nd had dis-
(Minted 1,789 Bibles, and 22409 Testaments, making
An increase un Vie distribution of the former year of
7,096 the S •riety having circulated, since their estab-
lishment in 1~16,133,200 copies of the Holy Scripture:.
The Rev. T. WEBSTER (Secretary tn the L n ion
Hibernian Society) said, that he had to move, that the
Report now read be approved. The object of the
Society was to ettend the principles of moral education,
not to any partitular sect or denominati but to
persons of every belief whatever. lie (Mr. Webster)
then stated that the number of persons taught in titese
schools were 94,26 of which 12,000 were adults, and
called upon the Meeting for their assistanee to make
this number still greamr. The expense of a year's
tuition, he raid, was only four shillings, and each child
or adult was taught to 'repeat, by heart, four chapters
every quarter. The Reverend Gentleman Concluded by
moving, that the report be received.
The ltev. Mr. Gtutatty next addressed the Meeting,_
at some length, and entered into a strong invective
against the Church of Rome. He said it was true that
the Pope had not the power now that he formerly had,
but that the general character of the Itoman‘ Catholics
was still the same. fle (Mr. Gilbert) then adverted to
the conduct of a Priest which had been lately brought
before the publ c, and concluded with seconding the
motion th at tf e Report be received.
Mr. M,DoNat.t. wished at this moment to add est
the Meeting, but it was Ojeved on the ground that he
was not r subscriber, and therefore could not be bend
in this stage. Mr. M'D inell entreated again to be
heard, and was at length allowed to proceed, Which he
s:id amidst much noise and confusion. He reprobated
in strong terms the speech of .Ir. Gilaert, and found
fault particularly with a statement in the Re .art, which
described a Catholic P.iest as saying, that he did not
know more a the 'festtment than that part of it which
was necessary to do the offices of his Cure, and wished,
as this was said to be an extract of a letter containing
the conversatioa, that the name of the individual should
be given.
The Rev. Mr. WEBSTER said, that in his office nt
Secretary, he received sevenw letters from the teadiers
every month, and that be could not recollect at that

moment from which of them it came, but pledged him-
self to g've the information at a future period, sliould
any Gentleman requ're it.
The CHAIRMAN said, that during the speech of Mr.
J. W. Gilbert he liati heard these word, used. " that is
false." Now, a, he could not allow their proceedings to
go forth to the world with such an observation unex-
plained, he trusted- that the Gentleman who had used
them would avow them, in ordei that an explanatiun
might take place.
Mr. MURPHY said, that he was the person alto had
done so, and he pledged himself that in a few days a
Complete exposure of the foul calumny against the
Ca-
tholic P jests %void! be made, than which a more bass
and malici Ars frltetrood had never bcen promulgated.
An Irish labourer-like looking man having made several crofts
to speak, at length was called up to the platform. He first said that
he beard a Gentleman near him talk of the schools set up by* the
Thirsts, but he wished to know where they were? for he Ind lived
long iu Ireland, and there was not one of these schools iu the town
of Leitrim, nor within thirty miles of it. He further said, that
having got an English Testament, the Priest of the parish came and
told him he must not read it without note and comment. After&

wards, on,the Easter Sunday, he publicly called him In the Chapel
I a Mble-reading vagabond, e Scriptorlan, and said bed make his
hair fall of his head. He met him afterwards in the market ft
Leitrim, and the Priest began to cut at him with his whip, and
flogged him, callhig him the most foul names, and then the Priest
interfered with the Gentleman whom he worked with, mad gat his.
turned out of employment.
Mr. 1116Doust.t.-0 Give us the names—the names!"
PAT—Aye! and that I will—the Priest was Father Bernard
Cullen, of Leitrim ; my own name is Patrick kl• Gowan ;
the Gentleman, usy late master, was Mr. Thomas O'Rourke, ir
Leitrim.

Mr.Downt. carefully noted down all these in hip pare.
calling out that the whole was false!
Mr. BLITTIMWORTII then said that the fact, were sworn to before
a Magistrate—that he (Mr. Butterworth) had the affidavits-.that
he had also an authentic account from Captain Duckworth, vi
Leitrim, who knew the whole facts; and thus the young manilitair
self was abiolutely driven out of Lis country by the pormaligig
raised against him by the Priest, because he would not give up IS
Testament ; that be was now in honest employment is I
and was a well-conducted and deserving character.
Mr. Waarraa moved the flunks of the meeting to the .
amidst great applause, and the meeting broke up at ten :trill

Mr. WATZRUOUSI, of the Swan and Two -Necks,
Lad-lane, London, has been fined in the sum of 4W. 10s.
being half the penalty of 851. which had been imposed
on him for h iving the luggage of the Regent, Bristol
coach, 17 inches above the legal height, the fine tieing
5/. per inch.
Monday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, *
man entered the shop of Mr. Bouumitan, win chmaket,
N 0.19, Broad-court, Long•acte, and suddenly snatched
from the counlera valuable eight-day spring clock.
At,Roughley 'Point, near Sligo, on Friday, the 30 1*
ult. five of the waterguard put out to board a niig,
when, unfortunately, the boat upset in a heavy sae%
And they all perished.
The men employed by the Royal Humane Society
a•ere stationed yesterday with ropes, icepoles, and
ladders, both about the Canal in Sc. James's Park, and
the Serpentine River in Hyde Park.

CORN RXCHANGR, NIARIC.LANR, Jkottaav
The arrivals are small, and the weather trolley, so as partially to
impede the navigation ; more money is asked for own kinds of
Corn, hot there is so little doing, thesprieso rungs nominally as on
Monday.—... Arrival% English. Wheat, 530 Ts. Barley, 0150
Oats, 2,400 qrs. flour, 2,100 sacks Foreign liarkty, 4;'2601 a.
0433 1,400 cars.