The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-20 00:00:00

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in this couoirY be spreading its brauches throughout
the whole rivilieed ss 0144,11(1w admirably would they
FM feel at being'thlts ,cpcid for all *dream and all
their ansielies.--(Appiause.)
The Rev. T. CLOUT?, in IMICOMIIine this Resole-
tion, drew an eloquent picture of the progress of this
Society, mid she success of its measures. He alluded
to the feolesaitsenrwish of the Sovereign that every
-poor child sheik have Bible, end the happy pro.
sped of the speedy realization of that wish through
the memo of. this Society. ego only is this tapestry,
bit all over the as orld.—(4pplense.)
Thg RA:. T. Nauru retarget' thanks in the ab-
sence if the Treasons.
Mr. Wst.s.sam Az.zan (ef the Society of Friends).
ht propoeleg the fifth ReSnieliell, lamented that
the vatic davolved epos hint to appear in public on
Ode occasion, cud for the moment abandon that
privet), in which he always wished to remain while
performing the defies that mooched to him in fur.
theraoce of the objects of this institution. lie was
highly ,ratified at seeing this Meeting so excellently
attended. It was the ire esample of the AnniverH
Baty of the Aesillery Society, which was the first
established te aid the great object of the Parent in-
stitution. They were now %happily spreading, sod
wotald,in the end, conprete the whole circle of the
Plan laid downßritish ,end Foreiin School
lestitudoe. Allealene hat, beeeaptty madeon the
esanuection bet ghee ignorance and delingeency,t. said
Ile had to State to the Meeting that he ayes /•e of
elsesit Moo NO kin essiegild in an ode:lair, on ireb.
lest, as to OW diet* of jetted' d t epeavity Wet'
tropolis, aid the sestets of their investigatiess was, that
lignoiesiele wad the permit of all those juvenile de.
flearencles, sod thet in segue had a child volved it the
beeo found to lapse into vice.---(Applouse.)
The Worthy Gentleman referred to the tunes of
ieliqiity, to show that -when it was intended to
keep a Stale in subjection—to keep it ie ignorance
was the mode adopted by the concpseror.,aiid ef.
fectoal it was found in the result. Much had been
lately said on the subject of the prisons, and as he
saw a worthy Member of the Corporation of daindon
present (Mr. Favell), he would speak his sentiments
plainly and unequivocally on that subject. His flied
opinion was, that while the prisons remained in their
present plan and condition, in vain could any moral
amelioration in their inmates be hoped for, to the ex-
tent that it might to be effected.—Ukur, hear 9
Look at the state in which prisoners are thrown to-
gether, and see the contagion that it necessarily
spreads. See a child thrown into prison on a charge
of crime—he remains there until the nest Jail De-
livery, in constant communication with the guilty
and the base ; he is then discharged, no evidence or
proof of crime being adduced against him—he is sent
out innocent of the guilt with which be stood
charged, but irreparably contaminated with the seeds
of evil that he had imbibed daring his intercourse
with baser prison associates.—(llear, hear !)—lle
then, when let loose in the world, practises the vi-
cious habits he bad learned, and becomes in incor-
rigible villain. Stich an instance he bad lately
known, and it should shortly be published to the
trierld.—[Llear!]—The present system of the prisons,
so far from tending toihe preservation of society,
kept up a constant successide education of crime.
'Then es to the mode of inflicting capital putaishel
aseats, this was a disgrace and scandal to Wel
country.--[Hear, hear !)--flarl they not heard all
the late instance et the Old Bailey, where ezecotios
-was dons on portions of that sex, whose very faults
were treated with the pity of every manly mind.--,
This execution (and not for any such crime as more
'der) was done in such a manner as would have es.
:cited, had it been doe* in America, universe! hor*
'yes; in Trance, in Switzerland, in Rolland, the
lime feelings of disgust. Vas Hoagland then aloe,
the country ito which such spectacles could be en.
adored ? If so, wretched indeed was this country,
when the private security of its society could not be
"Tar eeeee without outraging the best feelings of the
Iseart.-.4Applause)--There ells a way of prevent-
ing these sad spectacles, and the Legislature and
'the diffusion of etsisarsal education could go baud
in hand to remove the stain from the country. 1..
bearers in the cause were alone wanted; money
'could be had from various coarters, and from a
'relent Poblic ; but the chief want was of per.
odes who would take an active part in looking into
the subject, and gisieg their aid to carry it into
elect. The Worthy Gentleman then drew a most
satisfactory picture of the growth of the universal
'School System, within the jhort period of two years,
on the Continent. In Pelfnce 483 schools had bees
established, and it was gratifying to learn, that at •
• late culmination, the highest prize, the gold medal,
was given to Francis Martin, who bad been wet
over from the Borough School. to enceinte the sys.
• tem in the schools abroad. It was right to mark
this liberality on the part of France, for Martin was
• Protestant.—( elpplause.)—ln Spain, schools were
established.—{Applause.)—ln America, every thing,
was doing, and the State of Pennsylvania were tak-
ing legislative measures to give effect to the school;.
• —(Applause.)—lt was a proud gratification to find;
both at home and abroad, this spreading of the sys-
tem ; end he relied on the aid of Antilles., Societies
for diffusiog universal education at home, on the prin.
ciples of the Parent institution.--(Applause.)
Mr. C. ItrioNTAcUE WILLIAMS seconded this Re-
solution, in a brief and ingenuous speech, in which
he called on those who, like himself. might he said to
be entering into life, to take a part in the business
of these Institutions—and try and emulate, if not
exceed. the labours of their predecessors. which bad
been clothed with so much glory.—[This young
Gentleman was warmly applauded.]
The Rev. J. SMITH, of Penzance, Cornwall, rose
to propose the Vote of Thanks to the Royal Chair-
man. The Rev. Gentleman said be came from
' among the poor miners and fiThermen of Cornwall,
who would all crowd aromas; him on his return to
bear what he bad seen in London. He would have
to tell them of Meetings like this, end that a
Prince, the son of a King, took a lead in measures
• which had for their object the amelioration of the
state of the paper.--(glens.)—fle thought he
could now beer tics peed people from whom he came
(and some of them wive pions) exclaiming, when
vley heard this intelligeece--" Kings tied Priooes
are the norther fathers for the Church of God."—
(Amlouse ) —lf the venerable Sovereign, before he
oscbanged as earthly for a heavenly crown, could be

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