The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-07-08 00:00:00

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for 18 years. Six thousand pounds, the pretbree of hig
labour, the introme of his book, Aare been hi, rer-
sone! sacrifice.—The Messing Heaven bas grtoted on
this is the education of the chiltlren of tile *pre•tent
and future times, perlops o,l* the rhule Tor)! Id! Ms
reward has been thethaaks .4 his count:y. the :fp-
plause of his conscience, the antrobatiott of his
Gon. In fact, he had nothing else—ft:r he has ex-
pended 801. in one city, and 1001. in soother, and
so in many more; but in all the Empire there arena!
three places which offered to bear his travelling CM.
ponces—certainly not from want of gr ttitude, but
want of thought.

having no; completed his career in the country—
he has yet to visit occasionally Schools for ten thou-
sand children, in London. This will not occupy
much of his time. lie will have leisure for his new
establishment, his Boarding School at Tooting, to
which we call the public attention.
We doubt not but that some of the o•Mexak's of
the day will• cavil at this undertaking; they will say
LaneAir= is in his tents and show their ov'n bra-
vado in the field; but they will find more may be
done, and mare wal be done, in ihe tent than in the
field, and that the day is fast approaching, when
their complete and public defeat shall cover theta
with shame and endless confusion.
And now a word to the Friends of Education
and of LANCASTER His personal concerns have long
been neglected for the public good. His private du-
ties to his own child bare long been undone. Haring
acted as a foster parent to the children of his coun-
try) leis public work now admits of his attending
properly to his own. It is for them, if they feel the
value of his public services, to second his exertions
in the line of private duty—the faithful discharge of
which can alone set his mind at liberty for the public
work yet before him, the success of which his enemies
would not believe, even were it told than.
He lately said, in a public meeting, he had vi-
sited Ireland; he " had 'touched the harp of Erin
to the tune of benevolence, and the sounds were
those of melody." This visit to that country was
not without great personal sacrifices.
The very interesting llistory of the Rise and Pro-
gress of the System is now at press. It will have
plate 3, if two thousand copies are subscribed for,
which will 'make it valuable in the highest de-
gree. As soon as the work advances a few sheets,
the press can no longer be kept open, and the sub-
scriptions to the book will close. It will be a kind-
ness in the friends of the system to promote the
subscription to the extent of the number of copies
named ; and as there is but little time, to make the
most of that little, it is very probable, from the de-
mand, that few copies will get into the hands of
booksellers till a second impression, which, un-
avoidably will take some time in printing.
We are glad 'to find that his new Institution,
which is an individual concern, will be likely to pro-
' duce a considerable improvement in the mode of con-
veying instruction in the superior branches of learn-
ing, and be a benefit to that class of persons, mho,
so much to their honour in this country, Lear the
chief weight of educating the children of the poor by
their steady benevolence.
We close, by saying, that the Kr so's wish has been
most ably realised by LANCASTER, who has not
a Quaker, or a proselyte in his establishment. His
object has not been, the desire of self a4grandise-
meet, but the good of the poor of his country; and
the happiness of the whole human rim-.

The Paint REGENT returned to Carlton House
yesterday, and brought accounts from Windsor," that
the KING was much better, and that he had been
very much composed during the last jew hours."
By the Phipps schooner, from New York, in 2%
days, Government has received dispatches from Mr.
FOSTER, the contents of which have not transpired.
It is expected that the letters brought by the schooner
will be delivered in the course of to-day : the dates
from New York are said to be of the 11th ult.

A new treaty of Defensive Alliance between
France and Prussia has been published in the Berlin
Gazette, of which the Treaty of Utrecht is made the
basis. It is framed with a view to the enforcement
of BONAPARTE'S Continental System.
A Morning Paper states, 64 that a plan of opera-
tions adopted bylhe Russians is that of a purely de-
fensive war; and we hear that Lord CantcAar is
forthwith going to the head-quarters of the Russian
•Army, invested with a commission from the British
Court, that gives the idea of a thorough understand-
ing being re-estabrished between the Coarts of Lon-
don and Petersburgh, and that we are, at least, to
assist with our Councils, if not with our money."
POR.TSMOUTU, JULY 6.—Mr. JOHN SLOANE, ait
American Gentleman, arrived here this morning

'charged with dispatches from the American Minister
in London to that at Paris; and immediately em-
barked on board the Grace cartel for Morlaix. Mrs.
PEt.t.rrimand Holm, embarked on board the same
vessel. A heet hasjust appeared from the westward,
supposed to be the homeward-bound Mediterranean,
under convoy of the Victorious.
The Newspapers have been, for several days, dis.
cussing the point, Whether the audience, on Mrs.
Srenoas's taking leave, expressed a desire that the
Play should terminate at the end of her last scene.
..ittesu the summing up of all the evidence, on both ,
sides, it manifestly appears, ,that the interruption
srose merely from a knot of 0. P.'s in the pit, who
wanted the sleep-walking scene encored. This pro.
duced a violent opposition from the more rational •
Npert of the House, which was fancied behind the cur. ,
tame into an inclination that the performance of the
play should close there, as a compliment to the re.
tiring Actress. 'This error, however, was soon cor.
rected, by the general demander the play proceed...
ng to its regular termination, and the tumult which
folloeed the nou-compliance with this requisitioy •