The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-03-17 00:00:00

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Yesteeday was the anniversary of the Royal Tait'.
k Wien, for the Education of the Poor in the Wards
of Atdersgste, Bassiibaw, Coleman-street, and
Cripplegate, and the parish of St. Luke. A. sermon
was preached in the seerning by the Rev. Dr. Col.
lyer, at the Dutch Grob, after which a meeting
was h the School-room, in North-street, City.
road, at- which the Doke of Kent took the Chair..-
The room, though large, was crowded to excess.
The Duke of Keair. speed the proceedings, by
stating that the,objeet of the Society was to educate
the children of the poor of oil religious persuasions
in the district its tivi titer, were ,elesembletl. The
benefits of the IssaltalOoss bid, hOwever, been ex-
tended to many ehllgrea of parents not resident in
this district. Althougiiifsembscriptions bad been as
liberalist I tided 4100 society could bale 4"
• 3ectcd, y. Nl' debt bad, been incerrxl, which b 4
trends! Wu ' enility of the company present weidd
wipe off e premises.% which skey were assent-
bled bed bee*, vambosed by the. Institution • for
MOOl. of witick 120* ty !sad *ispo paid, so that a,
spopiotilor
aebt rentalned of • , . His ReWAghness con-
eluded by elesirint. ilio. . etery,i#4,4.the Report
isf the Committed,7 l-.*
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facretary. . . -.41..1nimel At04'..,..: :, :
-.-, The: Rae. Dr. LlNuatifliatea addressed dui' bleaSpi
.40g,, ,}sadabsolved, that neat to the civil andieiigienlol
,4ssedora,-og Which it had to boast, the number Sue
eariety of its charitable institutions, was thanks*
peculiar ornament of England. Without derogat.;
;pig from the importance of any other charitable',
...6eclety,
,that which they were assmibled to support.
. .ht be said to economize their Charity, by afford- '
- . . knowledge, which would *render the poor loss
yto biome the objects of 'relief in any other.'
Ligl
pleispes- 'llly .knowledge
,thus imparted to the poor !
lip . 11100doist to the Geversets end the go.'
.]-11e.spoke-this in the presence!
Of a
.. Aim*. whose wish, as that of his
Royal lather, bed been to _elevate the ado& of the
liteee etusev. The .14.0yal Duke who had favoured
abfiantalue with his presence, seas always ready to
euppertemry benevolent Institution, and from this
condemned.'" derived a dignity superior to that with i
which his birth boosted Isim.--(4ppistree.]
Mr. JiMerman Worm rmaarked oo the objections
which had been made to the institution in its este..
Mishima. At that time, it had beets contended, i
that the eve of one master emended to neat a thou.
sand boys, would be entirely beedscieitt : and that 1
14 woold be Spits imPiallimble to join in one school
the chaps. tot pleats of every psesuasiou. These i
objections, however, had been miliciently answered
ly the-Ineßt, for 1;00 boys, children or parents of •
ail permissions, had been instructed in the course of
the year, and some who bad been quite uninstructed
at the eetellellollllSlit of the loottution, had made
progress which would hate done credit to any mas-
ter. at ICU in the contemplatioa of the Committee,
to Wind the benefits of the Institution to female
children, and the Countess of Darnley had gene-
rously proasised, that whenever this extension took
place, she *mild use her unloose exertions in the
isppreel illorfnifitution. Twelve of the childenstri to
of the school who hid made the greatest progress, 1 y
and who were when taken into the school entirely l ,
ignorant, had been clothed at the *Koonce of the In- I,
stitotion, and the Royal Chairman had consented to
invest them with the medals which had been adjudged
to them.
The Duk of KENT then invested the distinguished
.
children with silver medals.
Mr. FATEtt, liter an appropriate speech, .pro-
posed, that the title of the Institution be " The
Royal British Institution for Educating the Poor,"&c.
The Earl of Daster.sx spoke in a low voice, so
that he wit; almost inaudible in the part of the room
its which we were. He said, that the Countess of
Darnley had only been precluded from attending by
indisposition. He proposed, that the benefits of the
Institution be extended to the neighbouring parishes
of these districts.
This motion twits carried unanimously.
...The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the
Committee.
Mr. WILLS, the Secretory, returned thanks.
Mr. WHITENEAD then rose amidst the ',plume of
the Meeting. Alluding to the compliments which D.
Lindsay had paid to-the Royal Chairmen, he said, if a
beneso,lent hurt, and a owed dbcretioh ; if leanly
4.,otioettce, Assetifieti by the purpose to which it wee
a p plied,constituted dignityitheir Royal Chairman pos.
sensed dignity fat superior to that which could be de-
)l4l.tted from the mit . circumstances of birth,
and krieue--tappjggo . , Thug Seri Duke be was
often la the itaidt Qr., • , 01.. Place Was alki
more happy in mkt 1. la tbas whem they I
reslia
then were. It 111 aa ' his natiriti, that
place where a course lode*, bad
procured for him those ad ' ...I.i. Vials boo enjoyed
in society, and a same of was mod, be-
cause it was his father's I wlste). The sod-
den lacrosse of ' ax Oa eery re-
minded them of the sismost'lli (4°"""
let there be light-4r, es from mew llielliesik„„Alb*'
staataaeously a physic*.lM aria; it aselleilli UPI
in. these days, at another t *pats the 11110111:'
teat illasoinalloo of saa4M 14 hega Siskible
as the, company most be of the easiest stardom 'of
their Royal Chaim's, he should prairie
.plat the
thanks of, the Maths is Os% 40 las, lIIPI AO*

ness.
TM vote was eUireiad unanimously, with gnat
applause. A
'The Doke of KeM iill!pyled thanks.
Several other voter of
,esipp .paiivi ungeimeuslYl
in the course of w . the Rev. Row.,
land Dill, Mr. M. q 2411
some other Gen-
tlemen addressed the
at some length.
The Duke of KEwr, aid Some of the Members of
the Institution, then proceeded to a dinner at the
London Tavern, which, from the length of the
speeches with which some Gentlemen had favoured,
the Meeting at the Sriteol-room, was nearly cold
when the company arrived.
After dinner the usual toasts were given, inter-
spersed
with, some songs.—" The Duke of York,
nod thanks to him for his attention to the education
et the children of soldiers 1" and 46 the Duke of
Clarence and the Navy," were drank.