The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-06 00:00:00

MR. GEORGE ROBINS

(From Grant's London Journal)
Mr. Geor e Robins! Who has not heard of Mr. George
Robins? Where is the man where the English language is
understood, and talked, and read, to whose ears the name
of this gentleman is not familar ? Mr. Robins is unques-
tionably the prince of autioneers ; not as regards Great
Britain only, but as respects Europe—aye, and the world
itself. I speak with all seriousness when I say, that at this
moment he stands unrivalled in what may be called the sci-
ence of "'knocking down." The Americans are famed, all
the world over, fur their ingenuity and originality in com-
mending the articles they wish to dispose of, and in prevail-
ing on persons to purchase them at a high price ; but they
have, within the last month or two, given a practical proof
that there is not a man within the confines of the New World
who, as a knight of the hammer, can be compared to our
Mr. George Robins,•—by offering that gentleman► the splendid
retainer of 2000 guineas, independently of paying his ex-
penses going and returning, to dispose of a valuable property
in New York. Had there been a man in the United States
who, as an auctioneer, at all approached Mr. George Robins,
Jonathan is not the person to have sent all the way to the
metropolis of the Old World for an auctioneer, and to have
made the princely offer of 2000 guineas for his services. We
almost regret tnat Mr. Robins could not have so arranged it
with his English employers as to have accepted the offer.
How, in that case, the Yankee auctioneers must have hidden
their diminished heads, when they saw Mr. Robins in the
New York rostrum, expatiating with his own unapproached
and unapproachable eloquence, on the advantages of the pro-
perty wit.l whose disposal he had been entrusted ! He would
have treated the monied men of the United States to speci-
mens of " soft sawder," wholly unequalled in brilliancy and
raciness by anything they had ever before heard from the
most distinguished proficients in that art. The claims on
Mr. Robins's services at home were, however, as he himself
states, too numerous and urgent to admit of a four or five
weeks' absence from England.
Mr. George Robins is never in his glory except when in
his " Auction Mart." Anywhere else he is altogether out
of his element. The Auction Mart is situated in Bartholo-
mew Lane, directly opposite the Rotunda of the Bank of
England. It is on the first floor, to which you ascend by a
semi-serpentine flight of stairs. When you have reached
the landing, turn to your left hand, and there you will
find the celebrated locality. It is only a small room, not-
Withstanding the amount of business done in it, and the
importance of the transactions of which it has for so many
years been the theatre. _

It is not capable of containing more than 150 persons, !
even in a standing position, with any degree of comfort.
There are four tables in the centre, and one table on the left .
hand, extending from ore corner of the apartment nearly to ,
the other. On the right hand, along the wall, there are two
or three forms for persons to sit on, but no table. In front,
some five or six feet of space is railed off from the right wall
to the left ; within this space, in the centre, is the rostrum
of Mr. Robins. On his right sits a clerk; on his left sit the .
parties who are interested in the_property about to be put to i
the hammer. in the construction of the rostrum there is
nothing remarkable. It is raised three or four feet above
the floor, and is quite open in front, excepting where covered
at the top by a narrow board, which is seemingly supported
by iron springs, and serves the purposes of a table, either
when laying any papers on it, or when extracting from-it, by
an application of the hammer, the sound which seals the fate
of the property which has been in the market. From the
Openness of Mr. Robins's rostrum, you not only see the
whole of his fine tall athletic figure, but also a large comfort-
able arm-chair, into which he is accustom
or when, ed to throw him-
self, either when fatigued by his exertions,
circum-
stances do not render it necessary for him to remain in a
continued perpendicular position. Such is the place in which
property of the value of £50,000 or £OO,OOO is often, in the
course of two or three hours, transferred from one person
to another ; and in which, from first to last, estates anti
houses, worth millions of money, have, through Mr. Robins's
potent agency, been made to change hands.
Mr. George Robins displays the most consummate tact
from the moment he mounts the rostrum_
until he again de-
scends from it. Before he regularly introduces to the notice
of his audience the property about to be disposed of, he
is
sure to make some kindly familiar observation w
toi t
hthhimern,
which is calculated to make them on good terms
and themselves.
This done, he puts himself into an erect position,_ carefully
with both hands adjusting the little light-coloured hair which
still surmounts the crown of his head. Though the demon
of baldness has begun his work on Mr. Robins's head, and
though his ravages have been rather serious on the fore part,
the length of the hair which remains is so great, that, with
a little care in the arrangement, the less favoured parts of
his head may be pretty well concealed.—Mr. Robins next
mentions the name and nature of the property to be disposed
of; after which he requests his clerk to read the conditions
of sale. He then throws himself down in his chair until the
clerk has performed the duty assigned him ; on which Mr.
Robins starts again to his feet, and then enters heart and
soul into the business of the day. And oh, the ability with
which he executes the task he has undertaken ! flow he
eulogises the taste and judgment of his audience! How he
coaxes " offer after offer" from them! Who shall do jus-
tice to the ingenuity and richness of his eulogiums on the
qualities of the property put, up for sale! Shakspeare is said
to have first exhausted worlds, and then imagined new. Leave
out the letter " 1" in the term " worlds," and the same
may be said with perfect truth of Mr. George Robins, when
professionally engaged in the Auction Mart. He does ex-
haust words, and then imagine and apply new ones, in the
prodigality of his encomiums on the value and excellence of
the property committed to his care. Heisinfact Shaks-
peare in his own way. What the bard of Avon was in the
ideal world, he is in the material world. If Shakspeare was
unrivalled in his delineations of the workings of the human
mind, is not Mr. Robins equally so in describing the beauties
of any landed estate he has to sell, or the excellent qualities
of some brick and mortar property which he has to dispose
oft Shakspeare is admitted on all hands to have had the
finest imagination of any human being in ancient or modern
times ; who, that has heard Mr. Robins in the auction room,
could question his possession of this faculty in a most extra-
ordinary degree ? With what beauties, and excellencies, and
advantages, does his imagination invest the various " pro-
perties' with the disposal of which he is entrusted ! But I
must not pursue the parallel, tempting as is the theme. Mr.
Robins is so encomiastic of any thing he has to sell, so
earnest, and so zealous and eloquent in matter and manner,
that you would conclude, provided you knew no better, that
he had never before had any property to dispose of in the
whole course of his life, and that the effort you witness must
be the result of years of assiduous preparation. What will
be your surprise, when you behold him next day, in the same
interesting locality, scattering his praises of the article in the
market with the same princely prodigality, and proving him-
self as zealous and earnest in his endeavours to get it advan-
tageously disposed of, as if his own existence was dependent
on the result. One of the most ingenious and effeetiNe ex-
pedients to which Mr. Robins is in the habit of resorting in
his appeals to the pockets of the auditory, is that of assuming
a feeling of the most perfect indifference as to how his era.
iaoyeu may be etrected by the result of the sale, and pre-

tending that all his solicitude is for the interests of his
expected purchaser. And in such cases he displays infinite
tact. He actually does, in many cases, persuade the intend-
ing purchaser that all his concern is really for his interest,
and that, being sure of his fee from his employers, he has
entirely lost sight of them. To give an instance of this :
On the 20th of June last, in obedience to instructions
received from the executors of the late Mr. Scott, for many
years well known in the theatrical world, he brought the
Olympic Theatre, of which Mr. Scott held a twenty-seven
years lease at the time of his death, to the hammer. There
were seven or eight bidders ; still Mr. Robins could not get
them to proceed so fast as he wished. Looking earnestly,
first at one bidder and then at another, he would say, speak-
ing in a semi-confidential tone, just as if he wished that no
one else in the room should know anything of the matter,
" I assure you, Sir, you will never get such a chance of
making a safe and lucrative investment again. I am posi-
tively sorry for your sake that you are not more alive to your
own interests." Again : " I am quite delighted to have it
in my power to confer upon you so substantial a service, as
to place this property within your reach ; and I assure you,
that it will always be to me a source of supreme satisfaction
to reflect that I have been the means of conferring indepen-
dence for life on the fortunate purchaser." A few moments
afterwards he said,—" Really I am surprised that you should
hesitate an instant to bid for this property. I assure you
that I do feel it to be my duty to you, to endeavour to make
you alive to your own interests." In this way Mr. Robins
proceeds at intervals, chosen with great judgment, to per-
suade intending purchasers that his sole object in selling the
property that clay, is, that he may have the happiness of
promoting their interests. The amount of his business is
the best proof of the extent to which the " ingenious device"
succeeds. Of course, the interests of the simple purchaser,
whose face was never before seen and never may be again by
the auctioneer, never cost the latter a single thought. He
is all the while, as in duty bound, thinking only how he can
procure the highest price for his employers.
Mr. George Robins is a most persuasive auctioneer. Per-
sons have gone into that Mart and come out purchasers of
the property put up for sale, who had no more idea of ever
making a single offer than they had of purchasing an estate
at the antipodes. To be present at one of Mr. Robins's
sales, no matter what may be the nature of the property, or
how great the previous determination not to bid, is, I repeat,
to rush unnecessarily into temptation's way, as many thou-
sands have found to their cost.
Mr. Robins's manner has nothing extravagant about it.
He dislikes theatrical gesture ; he trusts to the effect of his
ingenious remarks,

CHINA—ITS AREA, POPULATION,
GEOGRAPHY, &c.

(From the Colonial Magazine.)
MACAO. _ _

We may now proceed to examine the history of Macao,
near the entrance of the Canton River, to which Europeans
are compelled to resort for half the year, when the trade of
Canton is closed.
Macao, in Chinese Aou mun, " the entrance to the bay,"
is a small granite peninsula, across which the Chinese have
built a wall, with a guard-house and barrier. To the south
and east of the peninsula is high land, behind which is a
stripe of alluvial soil, employed in the cultivation of rice ; it
is situated in 22 111 N. lat., and 113 321 long. E. of Green-
wich. The climate is healthy, being freely exposed to the sea
air, and the place has good water, bread, and a wellsstocked
bazaar. On landing you have before you a spacious semicir-
cular hay, encompassed with rising hills, crowned with forts,
convents, churches, and private buildings. The circuit of
the peninsula is said to be about eight English miles, its
greatest exten. three, and its greatest breadth nearly a mile.
The good harbour which Macao possesses for vessels of small
burden attracted the attention of Europeans at a very early
period of their intercourse with China ; and, after having had
temporary abodes in it for twenty years, the Portuguese, in
the year 1558, after the expulsion from Ningpo and Chinchew,
obtained liberty from the local officers to take up their fixed
residence at the place, and to build more substantial houses.
This liberty was obtained by the seasonable use of bribery
with the local authorities, and not by an imperial grant in
reward for services done by the Portuguese in driving away
pirates. Macao, therefore, still belongs, in fact, to the Chi-
nese Government ; and in this light it is always regarded by
them. The Portuguese, also, virtually acknowledge the fact,
by the annual payment of a ground rent, which has varied at
different times, but is now limited to 500 taels. This sum is
paid, at the beginning of every year, to the magistrate of
Hean.shang, on the delivery by him of a discharge signed by
the Poo-thing-sze, or treasurer of Canton.
The Portuguese are, however, under the government of
their own officers, and subject to their own laws ; though
several Chinese authorities have, at various times, been placed
among them. The Portuguese officers are, a governor and
captain-general, an ouvidor or chief justice (called also the
minister and the dezembargador) and a senate, which com-
prises among its members three vereadores or inspectors of
various branches of the government, two judges, and a pro-
curador, who has the general charge of the town and the
revenue, and is also the organ of communication with the
Chinese authorities.
Macao was likewise early erected into a bishopric ; but the
see is at present vacant. The Chinese officers are a Keun-
min-foo, who is an assistant to the chief magistrate of Can-
ton department, a Tsoo-tang, or assistant to the Heang-
shan district magistrate, two Wel-vuens or custom-house
officers, deputed by the Canton hoppo, and a military officer,
with a small force under his command, residing at Tsee-
shan, or Casa Branca, a military station and village at a
short distance beyond the barrier erected 14 the Chinese in
1597 to prevent the further ingress of foreigners.
The Portuguese and Chinese are both governed by their
respective laws and officers ; while foreigners are subject in
some degree to the government of both parties. In civil
cases between Chinese and Portuguese, the officers of the
two nations correspond with each other through the medium
of the procurador ; but in several instances of importance the
former have shown a determination to dictate to the latter in
what way they are to act. Before Canton was opened to
European commerce generally, the Portuguese were for
nearly a century almost the only carriers between China and
Europe, and possessed an exclusive trade at canton for 50
or 60 years, as they at that time also enjoyed the carrying
trade to Japan.
Macao was then a rich and flourishing settlement, " the
best and most important pillar the Portuguese had in all the
east." Hence, when other European nations began to com-
pete with them, it became the constant object of mutual con-
tention and strife. Had the offers then made by the Chinese,
in the years 1717 and 1739, that Macao should be made the
emporium for all foreign trade, and should receive the duties
on all imports, been accepted, its former affluence and
splendour might not only have been still retained, but might
even have been increased. In both cases, however, this
splendid offer was declined by the senate, acting under the
directions of the vices oy of Gos.
The gradual decline of Macao dates from this period, when
other European nations began to compete with the Portu-
guese in China, and in the general Asiatic market. The
illiberal principle on which the merchants frequently acted
accelerated its ruin, 'Which was almost completed in the reign
of Kanghe, by a prohibition to all Chinese subjects (among
whom the inhabitants of Macao were included) to navigate
the southern seas. At this period (1686) the shipping con-
sisted of but ten vessels, which were reduced, in 1704, to
only " two ships, that could neither be maiined nor fitted
out." The number of vessels now belonging to the port is
15, being 10 less than the number to which they are limited
by the Chinese.
When Portugal became united, in 1581, to the crown of
Spain, Macao was also induced to submit to the government
of Philip I. ; and on the separation of the two kingdoms,
about sixty years afterwards, it was still of so much impor-
tance as to be considered a desirable possession. Endeavours
were therefore made to retain it for Spain ; but a large ma-
jority of the citizens declared their adherence to the new
Portuguese dynasty.
In 1622, the Dutch, being anxious to obtain a footing and
possession in China, attempted an invasion of Macao. Thir-
teen sail of ships were sent against it, and 800 men effected
a landing at Casilha's Bay, and began marching towards the
town •, but on coming between the two forts of the Monte
and the Guia, they were routed and driven back by the Por-
tuguese. To make amende in some measure for their defeat,
they then took possession of the Piscadore Islands, in the
Formosa Channel, (belonging to China,) on the pretence
that the Chinese had assisted the Portuguese against them.
Five years after this, the Dutch made a second attempt on
Macao by blockading the port and making seizure of all
vessels that arrived there. But the Portuguese contrived to
take and burn the chief ship, and the others hearing that a
Spanish squadron was advancing from Manilla to succour
Macao, speedily took their departure.
In 1808 an English expedition, under the command of
Admiral Drury, was sent from Bengal to occupy Macao, and
defend it for the Portuguese against the French. But the
Chinese government immediately stopped the British trade,
and refused to receive any communication from the Admiral
so long as the troops remained in the place. After about
three-months stay they were, therefore, quietly withdrawn.
Though the story of Macao being granted to the Portuguese
for their services against the pirates be a fabrication, yet it
is not without the appearance of foundation, for, since they
have occupied the place, they have more than once been
called upon to assist the Chinese in driving away and sub-
duing the numerous pirates who have at all times infested
the coast of Canton. In 1809 these pirates had become so
powerful and daring, that they set the imperial squadron at
defiance, and frequently plundered European as well as
Chinese boats. On this occasion Macao furnished, at the
desire of the Chinese, six vessels manned and furnished for
six months ; and with this assistance, accompanied by pro-
mises of rewards and honours, the chief pirates were brought
to surrender to the government, while their immediate
assistants were severely punished, some by execution, others
by transportation.
Macao is the place set apart by the Chinese for the resi-
dence of foreigners when not engaged in business at Canton.
Portuguese
government denies this as a matter of right,
and
has at various times shown a disposition to refuse indi-
vidual foreigners
permission to reside ; but the Viceroy of
Goa has recently issued an order, directing its being granted
m all cases, so long as the court of Lisbon shall issue no
orders to the contrary.
For a foreign lady landing at Macao the Chinese custom-
house officers used to exact about one hundred dollars. This
was in consequence of an old imperial prohibition against
ainitglsttobtuhiledpinlagceh,oiusssueesdinatanthyenseawmetim rto.ehmilsailteiso nen:lg waniytlinaewp
situa-
tions or rebuilding old ones without permission. The former
prohibition, and consequent connivance, has now been t
.
over ; but the latter prohibition still continues in force. New
g°
houses are, however, built, not without much expense on the
score of bribery of the local officers.

readers.liral Sir
ANECDOTE OP A SAILOR.—The following anecdote is so
agreedsh
creditable to our countryman, the late lamented
F. Maitland, that we cannot withhold it from oudrir
When in command of the Loire, Captain Maitland
with Captain Dixon, of the Apollo, that they should
between them whatever prize money should fall to their lot.are
Captain Dixon's life Dixon hort one, and he left a widow t*
from affluent. Mrs. was one morning waited on byaar
gentleman, who tendered for her acceptance a bank check
for for £25,000. Surprised and hesitating, rs. Dixon bj
objected
to receive so munificent a sum. Captain M
Maitland's answer
was quite characteristic, and does him infinite honour—" my
agreement with my friend Dixon was not an agreement for
life, it was to continue during the war; this money, madam,
is therefore fairly yours.—Caledonian Mercury.
RIBBLE NAVIGATION.--The directors of this undertaking
have,h we understand, received from Messrs. Stevenson, their
epagrtnoes, the
the river Say' plans for the proposed works in the lower
three i va te
feetd fr
the river. A line of wall is to he immediately com-
menced. to extend from the caul or jetty near the chain to
raised about
which are excic
'it ; this wall is to be constructed of the stones
when
and wil l
will form the north oambovtheelobwewd aotfert,haendrivwebre,completedbe
Chain to the Savick
side of the low water channel from the
busily at work, and the directors
excavators of the rock are again
tion for carrying on
with great
are making every prcpara-
connected with this undertaking.—Preston irgat energy the different works
The following puff on NI. Ole Bull, Pilot'
ist, appears in some of the trench papers
the celebrated violin-
ago, on returning to his lodgings, he
:—" A few nights
dressed to him, and marked Bois
aeb found a large case ed-
it, he found twenty-three violins with their Having opened
ter from a musical society, informing him that
and a let-
these violins, who gave their names, after havingat the owners of
perform, were so displeased with their inferiority, heard him
My, that they
had resolved to send their instruments to him,
him to burn them. Minstantly resolved . Ole Bull
upon in-
viting the twenty-three gentlemen to a splendid dinner, and
as the guests entered the dining-room, each found his violin
suspended over his chair, with a label bearing th
4 words
' Solitude and Perseverance.' "
.

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY

INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald.)
On Thursday last the following degrees were conferred :

MASTER OF ARTS.
Rev. David Williams, Jesus College,
BACHELORS OF ARTS.

Uvedale Corbett, Student of Christ Church.
David Edwards, Jesus College.
The Rev. W. Gibbard, M.A., of Worcester College, Cu-
rate of St. Mellion, has been appointed Curate of Painswick,
Gloucestershire.
The Rev. J. Gibson, M.A., Fellow of Queen's College,
has been instituted to the Rectory of South Weston, Oxford-
shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Benson : patrons,
the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College.
The Rev. W. George Leigh Wasey, M.A., of Christ
Church, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacies of
Morvil and Quatford, both in the county of Salop, and the
patronage of Lord Sudeley, and both vacant by the death of
the Rev. G. H. Hazlewood.
The Rev. Robert Green Jeston, M.A., of Trinity College,
has been instituted to the Rectory of Avon Dassett, War-
wickshire, on his own petition, vacant by the death of the
Rev. H.*Jeston.

PROMOTIONS.
Rev. Sir Geo. S. Robinson, Bart., M.A., of Trinity Col-
lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Cranford St. John,
Northamptonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev.
Daniel Baseley : patron, the Bishop of Lincoln.
On the 14th ultimo, the Rev. Henry Freeland, Rector of
Hasketon, Suffolk, was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of
London, to the Rectory of Ovington, together with the Cha-
pel of Albright ; and, on the same day, to the Rectory of
Silbury (junta Clare), in the county of Essex.
Rev. Henry Headly, M.A., of Caius College, Cambridge,
to the Vicarage of Brinsop, Herefordshire : patron, the Bishop
of Hereford.
Rev. C. Bury, of St. Luke's, Skerton, to be Curate of St.
Anne's, Lancaster.
Rev. Wilfri d Lawson Jarrett, 8.A., of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Camerton, Somersetshire,
vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Skinner : patron, J. Jar-
rett, Esq.
Rev. Robert Halburd to the Prebend of Killanully, vacant
by the death of the Rev. Richard Lloyd.
Rev. William Irwin, late Curate of Fenagh, to the Chapel
of Ease in the town of Mountmellick, Ireland.
(From the Cambridge Chronicle.)
In reply to a communication from the Undergraduates of
this university, Lord Melbourne writes " that there is no
intention of granting to the Undergraduates of the Univer-
sities an additional term on the occasion of her Majesty's
marriage."
At a congregation on Wednesday last the degree of Doctor
in Divinity was conferred by Royal Mandate on the Right
Rev. Henry Pepys, of St. Johns College, the New Bishop
of Sodor and Man.
At the same congregation the following degrees were con-
ferred :

MASTER OF ARTS.
James Bitown, Trinity College.
Barrett Edward Lampet, Corpus Christi College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Charles Tizard Davies, Queen's College.
Kenneth M`Kenzie Pughe, St. John's College.
The Rev. Ed. Hill, of Christ Church, Oxford, was admit-
ted ad eundem of this university.
The Rev. Henry Headly, M.A., of Gonville and Caius
College, in this university, was on the 21st instant, collated
by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the vicarage of Brinsop,
Herefordshire ; patron, the Bishop of Hereford.
The Rev. Henry Freeland, Rector of Hasketon, Suffolk,
has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of London, to the
Rectory of Ovingtou, with the Chapelry of Allbrights, and
the Rectory of Tilbury, Essex.
On Thursday, the 20th instant, E. W. Relton, Esq. 8.A.,
of Pembroke College, in this university, was unanimously
elected Vice-Principal of the Collegiate School, Sheffield.
On the 7th instant, the Rev. Thomas Cornfield Haddon,
LL.B., was licensed to the perpetual Curacy of Tunstall,
in the gift of the Lord Bishop of Norwich.
The Rev. John Anthon- Partridge, M.A., has been insti-
tuted to the Rectory of Baconthorp, in Norfolk, on the pre-
sentation of John Thurston lMott, of Town Barningham
Hall, in the said county, Esq.
The Rev. Charles Edward Kennaway, M. A., of St. John's
College, in this University, to the Incumbency of the new
church called Christ Church, at Lansdowne, Cheltenham.
Charles W. Goodwin, Esq.,_ of Catharine Hall, in this
University, has been elected a Fellow of that society.

THE HONOURABLE AND LOYAL SOCIETY OF
ANCIENT BRITONS.

(From the Morning Herald of Tuesday.)
The 126th anniversary festival of this noble charity was
celebrated, yesterday afternoon, at the Freemasons' Tavern.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, supported
by the Primate of Ireland, Lord Powis, Lord Kenyon, Lord
Brecknock, Lord Neville, the Hon. R. Clive, Sir J. Graham,
Sir Charles Morgan, M.P., Col. Wood, M.P., for Brecon,
Sir B. Hall, M.P., Sir G. Carroll, R. Richards, Esq., M.P.,
Sergeant Atcherly, 0. Morgan, Esq., Colonel Jones, &c.
Upwards of 300 gentlemen sat down to dinner.
After the customary loyal toasts, which were enthusiasti-
cally responded to,
The illustrious Chairman said, that to the toast which he
now had to propose to them, they would have to show re-
spect by their silence—it was in " Memory of their late Pre-
sident, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, who for 40 years of his
life was one of the greatest benefactors the charity ever had."
The toast was then drunk in silence, the choir chanting the
requiem, "Peace! peace! to his sainted spirit—peace!"
The toast of "The Army and Navy" having been drunk
with the usual honours.
The royal Chairman begged to propose " The Principality
of Wales—Cloud cheers)—and may we," said his royal high-
ness, " soon have a Prince of Wales." (Enthusiastic cheer-
ing, which continued for several minutes.)
The toast was responded to with vehement plaudits, and
one cheer more again and again.
The children educated by the charity were then introduced
and led round the hall. Their healthy and cleanly appear-
ance and cheerful countenances elicited frequent marks of
approbation from the company. Upon the children retiring,
The illustrious Chairman said, that the very interesting
sight which gentlemen had just witnessed, would, he was
sure, induce them heartily to respond to the toast he was
abouttopropose—" Prosperity tothe Welch Charity School."
(Loud cheers.) It was impossible to witness the healthy,
cleanly, and cheerful looks of the children, without deeply
estimating the noble charity by which their personal comforts
were so admirably attended to, and through the means of
which, too, he might add, their moral and religious nurture.
was attended to with an anxiety equally laudable, equally ad-
mirable. (Cheers.) It was impossible, he repeated, to be-
hold 170 children thus reared in industrious habits, and a
pure and holy religion, without being moved. (Cheers.) And
he could himself answer, personally answer, for the excellent
manner in which the school in Gray's Inn-lane was con-
ducted. (Cheers.) He had visited the place within the last
week, and it afforded him a high gratification indeed to be
able to assure them that everything which fell under his eye,
in the close inspection be then made, did the greatest credit
to those who superintended the charity. (Cheers.) As a
proof of the sound education given to the children in the
school, he would mention to the company a fact which had
just been communicated to him by a gentleman present, and
that was, that but one case had ocenrred of a child educated
by the charity being brought before a court of justice. (Loud
cheers.) It would be impossible to offer stronger evidence
in support of the excellent morality taught under this noble
charity. (Cheers.) He hoped that such an institution might
long flourish—(cheers ;) and he trusted that gentlemen pre-
sent would show their desire that it should flourish by their
liberally contributing that night in support of its funds.
(Cheers.) He now begged to conclude by proposing" Pros-
perity to the Welch Charity School," with three-times-three.
The toast was drunk with enthusiastic cheering.
Song—Owen Glendwyr's war song. Air—" The rising of
the lark." Mr. Collyer and chorus.
Ilis Royal Highness next proposed " The President of the
Charity, Lord Powis," which was responded to with cheers
repeated again and again.
Lord Powis begged leave to return his grateful thanks for
the honour they had just conferred upon him. They would
allow him to take this the first and earliest, and indeed best
opportunity for him, to return his thanks for the honour
they had done him in electing him the president of their
valuable society. (Cheers.) He was well aware of the diffi-
culties he had to encounter in succeeding to a person so emi-
nently beloved by every truehearted Welcbman—(cheers)—
respected wherever he was known,—(loud cheers)—and who,
he believed, never had, within the Principality, one single
person who could be construed into this enemy. (Loud
cheers.) Difficult, however, as the task might be to any
individual who might sueceed to that lamented gentleman,
yet he (Lord Powis) did not belong to a family that would
be deterred by difficulties which it was a duty to encounter.
(Hear, hear.) Those difficulties would urge him the more
to endeavour to rival him, if by possibility that could be the
case, in their affections, and in an anxious desire, through a
long life, if it should please God to spare him, to promote
the best interests of this valuable institution. (Loud cheers.)
The national song and chorus of " St. David's Day" was
then sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam, who introduced the following
verse, to the most loyally expressed approbation of the
company :

" An English prince his succour lends
To cherish the distressed,
Surrounded by old Cambria's friends,
Obeying Heaven's behest ;
And here, where loyalty prevails,
O let us fondly pray,
That we may have a Prince of Wales
On next St. David's Day."
Lord Powis said the toast, with the proposing of which he
had been honoured, was " The Health of the President of
the day, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,"—
(loud cheers)—the son of one of the most illustrious monarchs
that ever presided over this great kingdom,—(loud cheers)—
and the brother of one of the most munificent patrons this
charity ever had—(cheers) ;—and his royal highness was in
his own person a brilliant example of one who knew his duty
equally in his high and royal station and as a simple citizen
presiding as he did that day over one of the most valuable
institutions in the empire. (Cheers.) He called upon them
to honour the toast as became the principality.
The toast was drunk with enthusiastic and prolonged
cheering.
The illustrious Duke, in returning thanks, said he should
always feel great pleasure in giving his countenance and sup-
port to so noble a charity as that of the honorable and loyal
society of Ancient Britons. (Cheers.)
The following toasts were next given :—" The Archbishop
of Armagh," " Sir Charles Morgan, and the other Vice-
Presidents of the Society," and the Vice-Presidents of the
day."
Col. Wood, M.P. then proceeded to read the list of sub-
scriptions. Among them were:those of her Majesty's annual
subscription of 100 guineas, the Queen Dowager, £25 ;
Duchess of Kent, £25 ; Duke of Cambridge, £25 ; (in addi-
tion to the five guineas given at the charity sermon preached
by the Archbisop of Armagh in the morning, and a sum of
£3O previously given—making in the total £6O) ; the Duke
of Newcastle, £5O ; Earl Powis, £5O ; Sir Charles Morgan,
.£5O (annual subscription) ; Mr. C. Morgan, £5O (annual
subscription) ; Mr. A. Morgan, £5 ; Hon. C. Wynn, ten
1G: eraash(aam7utaeln subscription)
gui
tleas
(a
guineas (annual subscription); Marquis of Anglesey, 25
Dynevor, £25 ; Rev. C. Williams,;
guineas (annual subscription) • Col. Wood M. P. 25 i-
; (the nual
n .G .
21 guineas;Trevor~
Evans ; five guineas announcement f tis Jr.ubscriShptio.ffn
subscription) ; Sheriff
was received with shouts of applause, which continued for
some time ;) Marquis of Westminster
the illustrious chairman) £5O ; r through the hands of
Jones, 10 guineas; Sir B. Hall, £5. : Powell 5 guineas; Col.
Mr. R. Jones, £5O ; Marquis of Dowoonii.R. Clive, £25 ;
ire, 20 guineas ;
Marquis Camden, 10 guineas ; Earl Breck flock, 10 guineas ;
Duke of Northumberland, six guineas •
7 Bishop of St. Asaph
10 guineas ; Bishop of Bangor, 10 guineas; the P • riate
Ireland, ; Mr. Gore, M. five guineas •, Lord Boston,
of
£10; Hon. Mr, Mostyn, £lO ; Justice B osanqu ston,
et, five
guineas ; Sergeant Atcherley, five guineas.
Col Wood was happy to announce to the company that the
list of subscriptions raised during the evening was larger than,
any that had been raised for many years—cheers); he be-
lieved he might venture to say, larger than ever before col-
lected—(loud cheers,) for it amounted to £1,503 2s.—(lm-
mense cheers.)
During the evening, several airs and glees
were sung in
excellent style by the professional gentlemen present, Mas-
ters Coward and Herring, Messrs. Bellamy, Collyer, Aan_
del, Gear, Fitzwilliam, Parry,
Richards, Ca kin, and Parry, "
jun. the last of whom gave " The Maid of Llangollen
great sweetness, and evidently to the delight of the royal
chairman, who heartily.joined in the unanimous call for its
repetition.