The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-05-04 00:00:00

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•v•oids*** Oft kitbFikinigns tot Italielevestekwl ,
::Vrerkish power.. Among the,. ilia. palarie of
ie oho!), whist was set oh ' ttiV IMi Atitrelei
._ ms— wraps bed the Greek* wit :
tor jedhseted in large staters, 'Mk Our *
des-
pato 011ist on the Turks, drove thou liaCit with con-
`le loss lord the
.citadel. In that situation the
00 regained when the accounts cense away. The
cirkish garrison were cannonading thelown from the
citadel; awl as the Greeks were not in possession of
sly artillery, there was no prospect of their being
able to make any impression on it before the arrival
of reinforcements to the Turks should render all fur-
tber rtsistasce unavailing.
The only other articles that relate to the affairs of
iii Oreeks or to the Continent, are those which
follow:
Vignsa, Amt. 18.—it is now certain that a numerous
Austro-litussian Army will take up its cantonments in

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Italy.
KHAJOWA (WALLACHIA), MARCH 23.—Many ()reeks
have fallen in a sanguinary battle, fought near Rods-
chuck, a toemsituated in Bulgaria, and containing about
ASO inhabitants.
It is sot only certain that the Turkish fortress of
(Wats has fallen into the bands of the Greeks ; but we
also learn that they have taken upwards of 30 Turkish
• ?nods on the Danube, of which they killed all the
trees, with the exception of about Sti men.
According to letters from Bucharest, dated the 15th
of March. Ypsilanti was expected there on the 19th at
the latest. The Turks have retired into the fortresses
of Reisburk and ibrailow.
Faomrreas OF MOLDAVIA, APRAL I.—ACM(I;4Ig to
the latest accounts, the greatest uneasiness prevails at
Bucharest, in consequence of the Turks leaving their
fortresses and approaching the capital of Wallachia.
Easy persons are leaving the country. Yesterday one
of the principal personages of Moldavia departed for

Jassy.
VIRNNA, APRIL 19.—The Aulic Council of War has
issued orders for the march of further corps of troops as
speedily as possible to Italy. Our garrison is not nu-1
serous at present, but it is to be reinforced by some re'
;;mats from Bohemia. Several towns in Upper and
Doer Austria are left without garrisons. They are
pod by the Landwehr, part of which force is ren-
dd moveable.
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Of any species of Reform that which has for its ob-
ject the improvement of national morals and the diffu-
lion of useful knowledge, especially among the rising
generation, Tiny be esteemed the most sure and nuex-
ceptionable. On this account, we bailed the attempt
which had long been carrying on by Mr. Boot:altar ;
and before we proceeded to remark upon the measures
which with those views he was about to introduce to
Parliament, we unfeignedly expressed our respect for
thessetives by which he was actuated, and the industry
he had displayed in his pursuit. The task he had un-
dertaken was of a ilwastic kind, and we lately took
o easiest to urseleampfoir-ofthe *hostelries be has bad to
*neonate:. To those objections which are raised
against his principles from the interests uf those who pro-
fit by lb e elm of public trusts,and the prejudices of such
as would keep the people in ignorance, we have not hesi-
tated tedeclare our determined opposition. But, besides
these, there are objections to the details of his plan, which
are much more weighty and important, and which ex-
cite considerations of a very different kind, and in the
winds of those most zealous for promoting the spread
Of education. The class of objections to which we
Now refer is that which our readers will find brought
forward with much ability and eloquence in a series of
letters, of which the first portion is inserted in our co-
lumns of to-day. The first of Mr. BROUGHAM'S Bills
goes to enact the new building of parish-schoule, to
be maintained by a school-rate similar to the poor-
_
este, and to convert as ma,ny of the National and
British Schools as choose to be so converted, se terms,
into Parish Schools :—the tecond has a reference to
Grammar Schools, and is aliedged to be in effect a
Bill to convert ()rammer Schools into Parish Schools.
Rot it isto the first of these Bills that the objections
rto which we have alluded are principally directed. By
that Bill it is provided that, in every parish or
chapelry in England, the question whether a new
thembe built shall be agitated either by cons-
*tot or by application ; that is, by complaint of the
Ueloi Jury, the officiating Minister, two J neticesof the
"In% or five bousehelders of the parish :—or
by
aPPlieetioe of the master, or condectors of a sabscrip-
tin or other private school who desire to here it be-
"' a parish-school, and apply for this purpose,
Ilea terms. As a qualification for the mastership,
the caudidate must produce a certificate from
the oaciating Minister, and three householders of
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the parish in which he last lived ; setting forth
his character, and that he is a nimeber of the Est.-
66Ail Church. Parish-clerks are eligible as school-
mews. WAcre fist master is mattered ON APPLICA-
'ION, the same certylcites ore necessary. The master
it to be elected at a meeting of the householders rated
to the school rate, to be holden in the school house,
where the senior parish-officer is to preside ; the
nfrialier Minister is to cell the person chosen
l'fore hie,. sad cramine hies mid hie tortifrotes, mid
i° Ito% hie APPIOAATIOY or RRJICTION to the Po
'jai *sore : if he approves, the appointment to it
"'Ville, if he rejects, a tem election to be made as
4rfore. The visitation of the school is by the Ordinary,
sad the visitor meg remove the master. TheMirly
tans ore re he taught ; the Arias's( Minister,
if
he
'has", directing, frees time to time, say 'Waage.
hi "Oink fl e. No other religiose hook whatnor to
he Imo book tritAnt the sfeliting minister's

grimeatial Is teistral to
lioispilit bait of one tier la the weiski -.The- direst
411)oetioas to the above terbiatioiti, at* tr ss
by Mr. BROVOMAIe all S Sill,tits riitiog On*
ementaaity are to contribute equally, bet • eel ,bet to
receive equal advantages. No peruse cU bo,zeandl-1
date fur the sitnation of school-master, who is not a
member of the Established Church ; and the clergy-
man of the parish has an arbitrary power of rejecting
even the churchman elected by the parishioner,
until they find one who is the object of his own plea-
sore. The sole visitation of these schools, also, is to
be confided to the Ordinary of the diocese ; and eccle-
siastical persons are invested with an authority fraught
with abuse, or fruitful of endless contention. From
the general politics of Mr. BR01:011AN, and the libe-
ral views of which he often is a strenuous advocate, it
could be little suspected that a measure of such a
character and tendency could have emanated from
his philosophy. To this consideration we shall take
occasion soon to return; but in the mean time we re-
commend to the attention of our readers the reasoning
and remarks of the able correspondent to whom we
have already referred.

The Drawing Room yesterday was attended by up-
wards of 2000 persons of rank and fashion.
Saturday being the anniversary of the birth-day of
the late Lord Melville, the foundation stone of the
monument erecting to his memory, in the centre of
St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh, by the Royal Navy.
and Marines of the United Empire. was laid by Ad-
miral Sir David Milne, K.1'.11. and Admiral Otway.
Commander in Chief, assisted by other Naval Officers.
BANK Or ISELAND.—The correspondence between
the Minister and the Bank of Ireland on the 'object
of a proposal for an advance of 500,0001. for the pub-
lic service, has been printed. The permission to esta-
blish flanking Companie4 exceeding six partners, which
forms part of the arrangement, is not general, but re-
quires that they shall be at a distance of not less than
50 miles from Dublin, and shall not be construed to ex-
tend to such companies any privileges and immunities
beyond those to which common partnerships are by
law entitled, except that of suing or being sued in the
same of the Treasurer or Secretary, if they should be
sufficiently numerous to require such a privilege, and
should be authorised by au Act of Parliament to avail
themselves of it.
A Ministerial paper says, that private letters from
Constantinople, dated the end of March, state, that
the English merchants appear confident that the Ureek
insurrection will speedily be suppressed. The letters
mention, that the 6overnment had sent to the Pa-
triarch and principal inhabitants, and intimated to
them, that they should declare to the other residents,
and to the Oreek church generally, its determination
to take the most prompt and decisive measures re-
specting the insurrection ; and that all Ureeks found
in correspondence with the disaffected districts would
be put under arrest, and their property confiscated.
They were forbidden to carry arms on their persons ;
and all Oreeks were to deliver to the officers of Oa
vernment arms of every description which they might
have in their houses.
GLASGOW, APRIL 23.-01 tite evening of Monday
last, two of the East Troop of yeomanry cavalry had a
quarrel with some of the inhabitants at Kelvin Dock.
It is hard to say which party is to blame : the friend 4
of the yeomen assert that they were in the first place
insulted with the epithets of" sour-milk cavalry," anti
pelted with stones. On the other hand a umber of
people maintain that one of the cavalry rode into a
passage where there was a female ; and that he and
his companion afterwards drew their swords, and
struck fiercely round them without provocation. The
result was that one of the yeomen left the mark of his
sword on the door head of a smithy, and rut the tails
of a tradesman's coat, and he in return received seve-
ral cuts in his head and was knocked off his horse, by
which be: was so much hurt as to be unable to go
home otherwise than in a cart. The other went into
a house, where be remained till the crowd dispersed.—
A precognition has been taken by the civil power, and
a petition, signed by a number of the people, has been
presented to Sir Ily Campbell, praying that the mat-
ter may undergo a complete investigation. It would
appear that the whole affair originated in a misunder-
standing, and that none of the proceedings were
premeditated.
[ranst A LATE. AMIRICAN PAPYRI
DasullTloll.—Yesterday afternoon, a boat belong-
ing to his Britannic Majesty's sloop of war, Dann,
Captain Bigland, now lying in the North River,
having landed a number of ladies and gentlemen at
the Dock, who had been on board, the boat's crew,
six in number, on their return to the ship, overpowered
the officer, and immediately steered for the shore,
where they all landed and made their escape.—(Ne-
Nine Adrerfieer.)
Taamt or Ltvanroot..—Lady-day quarter, 16T1,
compared with 10•20 :
Romps. British. Foreign. Irish.
Frost the hth Jan. to Ath
April, HMI ll6 101 —.679
Total ...

From liar Jan. to Stb
April, ION,
Total 74

Vessels increased 196
CAUTION co PARIIIIIIII..-.-011 Wednesday last an
interesting case to parishes tame to be tried at the
Warwickshire Sessions. It was an appeal against the
removal of a pauper, upon the ground that an it
denture of apprenticeship was illegal when signed by
the Churchwarden of a Parish, in which an immemo-
rial custom only to elect one Churchwarden could not
le supported. Mr. Stockdak Hardy. front the Ec-
clesiastical Court, prodaeed a number of ancient do-
cuments, to prove that at former periods, two Church-
wardens bad been elected and acted for the parish,
which now had only one Churchwarden ; sad the
Court, upon the asthority of the ease of tbe King e.
Burnaby, and some others, quashed the order for re-
noecl. We insert the ease as a caution to parishes in
general, to elect two Churchwardens in Ware, anises
as lonmentorial custom to elect only one can be esta-
blished. An Act has bees introduced into Parliament
to cure the defect ; but it will probably MK itch a no
trollreeiTO eireC4 the ratifies. as to the election of
Cbutobwardess, is necessary in win is pracost
Alta* inconvenience.

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id As bllguidlol *bleb .":Ite. ter is giirtei V bis
'ei is Slinfolientii, mot* of tfic actin i Poet is* tool(
In Warn tlffighboarbaoklillail tioreonittry sraillitiati
shed *tit intation by tffelFirestli is 111611:' 11i 'ii'
nouns la *tends Orono the eirsgigenee of cieinisitiages
i pointed out in the settee'. . .
" In the parish of Enford a public meeting wesedled.
*bleb was held at the ins. tying much de' largest
farmer in the parish. I was called to the Chair. Waving
ripped the business cithedav by reading the similar of
tie Lord Lieutenant, and explained as welt as I could the
I object of the meeting. I urged those who were present, 1,
whit& was every farmer of the parish, by ail the power',
of elotteence tliat I possessed, to cotne forward manfully'
sad devotedly, to resist the common enemy with their ,
property anJ their lives, in case they should dare to act i
it foot upon English ground."
After giving an account of his own offers to govern-
ment of personal services, and to equip three men,
!mounted on good horses, &c. Mr. Hunt proceeds.— '
" As soon as the meeting was concluded, mot satisfied
with wri'ing my name down in the circular, and leaving
it to find its way amongst others to head quarter., I sat'
down and wrote a letter, which I sent by my servant to
Lord Pembroke, explicitly stating the extent of the offer
and my readiness to carry it into execution. I received'
an answer thanking me for my services.
" Now, let the thinking reader look at this chose- i
stance attentively, and having done so, and narked
doe n the date, what a field for reflection does this fact
disclose ! —lt appears, that on the atXTECNTII OF avacirf,
fa the year ittel, / teas artinz as CHA11.41.111 of a pablie
perish meeting. held at the Swan Inn, in the parish of
Enford, in the county of Wilts, assembled in consequence
of a circular letter, written by Earl Pembruke, the Lord
Lieutenant of the county, in order to take into consi-
deration and to adopt the most effectual means of af-
fording assistance to the government, to resit and repel
the invasion of afareign foe. The very ruts r time in
my life that I was ever called upon by my fel!ow-coun-
tryinen to preside at a public meeting was on the six-
vs:rxru or Accesr, ISO! : and, fur my zeal and devo-
tion fur the welfare and safety of my country on thatday.
I received the approbation of Lord Pembroke. the Lord
Lieutenant of the comity of ‘Vil:.. On the SIVTEENTH
or AVGC4T 1419, that day eighteen years, my readers
all well know. &e. &c. &c.
" This is a very extraordinary coincidence of circum-
stances, that the tint and the last public meeting at which
I ever presided. should have been on the lIIXTISENTII 01
.beery : and that they should have been attended by
such different results is equally worthy of notice. lam
quite sure that I WWI actuated by the very same feeling,
the same love of country, the same anxiety for the well-
being of my fellow-countrymen, and the came self-devo-
tion at boil, these meetings ; my great leading object
being to promote, as far as my humble meant would per
mit, the welfare, the freedom, and the happiness of my
fellow-countrymen."

COMMISSION IN,ELLIGENCE.

DUILIN.SATIVRTIAT, APRIL 29.—At two o'clock,
Judges J ran and WRTON, assisted by the Right Hon.
the Lord M4'.OR, took their •eats on the Bench, for the
purpose of opening the Commission of Over and
Terminer.
The City and County Grand Juries were then sworn,
when the Hon. Justice Jean charged both the Juries,
and took occasion to mention, that the commission
of Oyer and Terminer and General 000 Delivery
would be held in future six times in the year, instead
of four.
A nnae bill was returned by the County Grand
Jury against Bridget Butterly and Bridget Ennis,
for the wilful murder of Mary Anne Bailis, alias
Thompson, on the 28th of March last, at Portland•
place. There was a second count in the indictment,
chareing the prisoners with having robbed the house
of C'aptsi►► John Peck, of three silver tea spoons,
a writing desk, and several bank notes, his pro-,
perry.
Bridget Butterly and Bridget Ennis were then
placed at the bar. They were first arraigned for the
murder. The indictment charged the prisoner. Bridget
Butterley, with the actual murder, and the other pri-
soner, Bridget Ennis, with aiding and assisting in
the crime ; it went also to charge Bridget Ennis with
the actual murder, and Bridget Butterly with aiding
and assisting.
The prisoners were separately arraigned; they each
returned a plea of not guilty of the murder, ►nt guilty
of the robbery. On being told that they were not
then charged with the robbery, they each distinctly
returned a plea of not guilty. They were again
arraigned for the rubbery, to which they both pleaded
not guilty.
The Court adjourned to Monday.