The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-07-27 00:00:00

impotence.

Under these circumstances an individual appen- 1
ed—whose unequalled exertions aroused the feeling ,
sympathy of the nation to the poor, whose principle 1
and conduct proved a ground of meeting for all par- I
ties ; many instances occurred of the public availing i
themselves of the opportunity of meeting on neutral I
ground. They met to do good ; once divided spirits I
found a congenial and cementing bond of union, and
men who had before shunned each other, now met
to promote onegreat object, and rejoiced.to feel that
they were men and brethren.
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This harmonious and delightful feeling, thus dif- I
fused over the nation—this union of Britons under
the benign influence of brotherly love—was accom- I
panied by a happy association of the most enthusias- I
tic loyal feelings. The KING, as a friend of man,
had authorised this individual to go forth under his
powerful sanction. In going forth he pointed out
the only effectual way of doing good to the poor--:-
and grateful for patronage that did honour to,
royalty, he emblazoped in public the virtues ho
had seen and honoured in private ; and soon found
that no theme could be more welcome to a loyal
I people. At this glorious display of virtue, many
I hearts beat high with joys before unknown, many an
leye shone more beautiful in tears, and many a poor
I as well as rich man's prayer was lifted up,like grate-
ful incense to heaven, for blessings on those who had
said to a messenger of peace, " go forth and pro-
Iclaim intelligence of joy to the poorest of the people
• —unfurl the standard. of inspiration by opening the
Sacred Pages to every child in the Empire." Thus
Britons were not only united one to another, but
Itheir hearts were expanded in most loyal feeling to
the Father of his People, and the patron of the edu-
I cation of his pnorVst subjects. In consequence of
this general union, tens of thousands of the poor were
rescued from the misery, ani vice, and ignorance in'
which they were buried before; they were made con-
versant in the Sacred Pages, and tasted of the Bread of
Life. They were trained in habits of obedience and or-
der ; they were plucked, as from the devouring flame;
I they were rising up to bless the name of their So!".
Ireign, and their benefactors, who had followed his
lexample. Thus were lIPY rising up ornaments to
the country, and its best defence, when an attempt
was made by those who delight in the yells of dis-
cord and controversg, who glory not in the unity, of
brethren, but love tp divide and rule :—and the
wholo of their noise was like the tolling sounds et
that weather-beaten bell, by which they gave or
alarm of imaginary danger to the Church ; and as
.much interest was made to raise that bell from the,
obscurity of its hiding-place to publicity, as magi.;
cians are said to use to raise spirits from the deep.
As Ministers of the Gospel of Peace ; as men who
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profess to bemoved by the spirit of him whose love is ad
' universally diffused over all .his works, as th. glories
Of the meridian sun over the whole creation ; we asks
,wbuld it not have been better for those Members of

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Ipecting education„..todosOowthing at le'ast to pro.:
mote it, instead of breathing harmony to increase it ?.
When some men ,cry out alma schisms 4n the
Church, and-the danger to. the Establishment from
Iteresies, let them beware of making a schism against
'that harmony, that brotherhood, the violation of
.which s a schism from humanity, and a wifful, ce.
belliow against the mild and peaceful precepts VC*
itertignant Gospel they profess to believe. -
Can it be possible for men, Who are not among .thO
worst of men. to be guiltier the breach of so much I
harmony. Will any such, disposition make lawn,l
purer, or do honour to the mitre, in the eyes of the
whole empire, or the wotidt
TheChurCh was in great- danger from. ignorance ;
far ignorance is prolific of rice. Its darkness sane.
.tions and .shrouds crimes which the light of know.'
ledge can neyer encourage, and gives eternity -to
error. But. oho thought then about danger to the
Establishment 1. When knowledge _ prevails, by
moans of the system of ki4pcii4Eal then the cry of
4.4 danger!' is set. Opleioini tndian yell, *and it must.
be ill" be 140., 1.9#4444.411a,',' or the dignities of
thealw will look.au black as-the sable &sods that
. at s &sumo, threwtcw vs with *wider.
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,'Will it be, we ask, for the hettoor,of the Church,
to coutiteract• the •wishes of the liittg, who is its
head ? Day; are past for anathemas to issue ; but
can they say they are not setting theft' faces against
that, which, bat for the Kim), the nation woolil have
known little about? . If they succeed, though their
success appears very dubious, witl they be ag.
' grandized in the eyes of the Public, or not? Why
did they not begin before ? Why do they begin so ill
sort: ? Can they say Dr. Rut. was ever patronized by
G EOM; r TILE TIIIRD ? No ; the bohiest of them hare
I never hazarded such 1111 assertion; for it ist a wet;
1 knowo fact, that his firmness to hi; purpose was till.
alterable; aud, with all the suavity of his manners;
he was not to be moved by weathercock opinions; ct
made the tool of craft.

To the authors of the doctrine of ignorance we make
no appeal; but we appeal with better hopes to
who have been made dupes of their iutolerancil
whose eyes are daily opening to the snare in whir!,
they have been taken. We appeal to all impartiki
men, and lovers of KING and CHURCH, whether
any thing more or less is meant, by the systematic
movements of men of the present day, than to divert
a large sum of money from the Lancasterian funds,
to ruin schoOls of that class for want of unances, aild
then to realise to the nation the favourite theory of
others, that the British poor are doomed to the
; drudgery of daily labour ; and teaching them to write -
and cipher, will only make them unhappy and dis.
j contented in their lot ? We appeal to all liberal
men, if the author of this Impolitic and uncharitable
doctrine of ignorance, this second IVlm4DEvasa.t,ouglit
not to be obligg to come forth in his own person,
I and read the recantation of this heresy of heresies
against knowledge, and the mental liberties of the
British people?—We ask whether his. partisans, who
brought him forward as their mantclier, ought not
to make the public honourable amends ? We answer,
for commonsense answers, they must ; and, we go
I further, predict THEY SHALL ! As Christians, we only
I feel warranted to threaten them with a little of that
lamb-like witeTir, against which bid men query,
" who shall beable to stand ?"

In a small town in England, the people were all
united, Clergy and Dissenting Ministers, and per.
sons of all denominations. Brotherly love tither.
sally prevailed, till an intemperate clergyman came
to the town, sent by especial command, to set them
together by the ears, end his pretext was—danger to
the Church from the Royal Lancasterian System ; and
the long-standing merits of Dr. But., which were so
great and transcendent as to be wholly unknownand
u.lheard-of till then. In consequence of this can..
duct, a schism against knowledge was created, and
an attempt made to set up a school on the scheme of
the Doctor, which proved abortive, and only 301.
a-year could beraised towards it ;—so much for the
'pecuniary seal of the divided party. But twenty
guineas a-year were 'abstracted from the funds of
the Lancasterian School, which were made up by in.
dividual generosity and extra collections, or that in.
'titration would have been destroyed for want of
funds. What more could an advocate of ignorance
have wished, what more could an enemy of know.
ledge have desired ? If success had attended such con.
ducts it must have been incense to all those who be.
lieve Ignorance to be the mother of Devotion ; but
we more than doubt if it would have been incense to
the Head and Father of the Universal Christina
Church.
This warfare on the finaaces of the Lancasteriaa

Institutions is now as general as pulpit artillery and
personal influence can make it ; and the end; if sac.
etssful, must be the destruction, by the Church, of
Schools set forward by the Ku o. We query, will
that be for the honour of the Establishment ?
But, happily, the design has been obvi.,ra, and
the object has been, in many instances, defeated. n
it for the interest of those who are hunting either
ter fame, or after preferment,
.to have the credit of
abortive measures, to raise a hue and my, and go
on with defeat and reproach, ar has been the case at
Plymouth-Dock., it Plymouth, at Tatistock, at
Exeter, at Newcastle, at' Sunderlend, and mall/
ether places.
We desire the candid and lateral Momberant the Eb
tabliChment to reflect on these things—we know they
do not wish to deprive a crowned head.oftthwheaeosaf
National Education, and thus snatch the brightest gem
from adionyal brow, to beatew it upon mitred ones.
-True Churchmen approve not of robbery for sscri.
flee,' and therefore do not wish to deprive an in-
dMstrious- Dissenter of his merit, to exalt a supine
'thirchman at his expence ; they wish only to see
-the 'Establishment revived as to its energies by the
extended virtues of its members=-and we know there
ore many of the lay as well as Clerical members of
the Establishment, who abominate persecution. Oa
reflection, the friends of liberality will find, thst by
giving their names to a scheme of intolerance and ig•
sotonce, they have been- induceitt• abet what they
abhor, and ought to renounce. We call on.them, for
the honour of their Church and the harmony, of their
I Country,' as'oell as the good of The poor, to de•
file not their hands with the 'works of darkness, to
be not partaken in the designs; lest they ihould'ho
partakers of the plagues, of those who are friends to
confusion and not of peace.
A very singular spectacle has.peen witnessed of
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Paris. In digging for the foun....►on _ new .
ing, the cemetery of the Inuottents was disturbed,
and near $OO,OOO skulls drawn from thence, !Intl
piled in rows until they cap be re-interred in a mei
corseenierst spot.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
N0,11)Alf, JULY 274,1411.

A vessel strirmi psteulay at Portsmeath from
Oporto, Oicit Once she left on the :18:h instant;
it has brorgSt Lisbon Papers to thli 164, from
sitich we make the foHoirtni extracts :
LISISONt Jute kJ.

We hare no sethentie intelligence from our army
in Galicia, subs !gnat to the last official dispatch of
tie Earl of WELtitonvov, in which be antioanced
tee complete conquest of Silamencn. This brilliant
uction, performed in the presonce of MA a waxy, at the,
bead of considerable fortes, it one of the many
which immortalize the great WEL LINGTO v, cover hi%
army with glory, and fill with adintettion even the
soggy, who witness them. By it he has restored to
honour, life, and liberty, tho unroll nnate iohabitants
of that city, who, oppressed, groaned tinier the most
lord oppression. Public reasons do not allow us to ana-
lyse them and otitiir advantages which may be ex-
ported from the future operations of the Allied Army
in stain. We cannot, however, avoid noticing, that
(Gonne abandons the French .alms whenever they
rote in contact with the allied legions, directed by
the military genius of Great Britain.—( Lisbon Ga.
sale, Jots 13.)

Btanr.ll, Joys R.

The French entered the town of Ripon. The
motive of this movement bppevrs to have been to ac-
company to Itevos GOO soldiers, intended to replace,
at Puiccrca, the 29th Regiment, which Is ordered to
tie North.

They plindered many houses, set others on fire,
sod levied a contribution of 20U0 crowns. In their
pmage from that town to Aulot, the battalions of
Sul F..roando caused them considerable lovs.—(Lis
him G.actie,.l.ll,y 15.) .

AGUDO. Jeri 14

Many Spanish prisoners have arrived here, who
succeeded, at Manz:mos, in rising upon the troops
that guarded them, ou the 10th inst. They consist
of 14 Officers and SOO soldiers.—(Liston Gentle,
July IS.)

PORTO, SoLv 18.

Our last accounts from he army are to the 10th.1
Every thing remained as on the Bth. On the Sth a
?tench piquet, consisting of 23 men, ware made,
pr onery by Don JULIAN'S troops.
General limes army is stationed in Limn* and
Villia Garcia. DISOI7ZT his retired to Cordova.
Sr TwirlAs Gitantx and Staff proceed to England
in the Datterell brig of war. The General returns
in consequence of the bad state of his eyes.

HOSTILITICS COMAIRNCED BY AMERIcA.
Capt. RAIISRATT, of the Navy, arrived last night
at the Admiralty, with dispstehes from Admiral Sew-
att,M Halifax. We understand they are dated the-
thils ult. and that they contain no account of his
Majesty% frigate Belvidere having been attacked by
squadron of three .American frigates, a brig, and a
schooner, en the 434 al June, with which, la a most,
masterly and gallant manner, she sutataiemd th run-
ning flght of several hone slid wised
mile at Halifax. Oa her way !hither as opportunity
of rrtsliating presented itself to the &Wants hay.
log fallen in with three Americo* vessels, which' she
captured and carded into plsrt. Admiral Sawitest,
however, net having received any acetone of the
American Government having declared war against
his Country, ordered the immediate libeeedon of
those vessels, in eider that the circatuetauce *SW I
me afford any further hostile pretence to thease—isl
the shore action the Belvidere had three mon kUI4I
aat tightees wounded.
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A Jameica Mail has arrived, which blimp "alms
from that place to the 13th alt. The Kingston do.
,of the 13th etatee, etntre, that at the depertars
the 11 helloes frigate from Pert-au-Priam, the dalle
at that place was vigorously continued by Caller
!eft; whose forces bad been consideraift atilas"'
ell) and great preparations were making by them far
a grand attack upon it. Patron's nasal. form
maeb stronger than that of CURISTOPIrefI bust
aarrrtheless declined bringing them to action, which,
viley hod it lately in their power tat dab CU'