The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-04-05 00:00:00

I'l `l E STA 1' t4*.S MA N.

&try subsctlber of five guinea', Its life Mn.o
bet, and of thirty guineas a Member of the Com-
mittee of filnnagement of thp Association. Aosili-
ary meetings are recommended 'to be called in the
different *divisions of this ektensive district, and the
co.o.peration of such' Ladies and, Gentlemen as Will
afford their assistance, is earnestly desired, and will
be gladly accepled.
The Gemmittee -cannouclose their tteport, without,
agniu irprians to this Assenibly, and particularly,
to the Lurks; for'their countenance and support in
this vast and important undertaking, which filds fatr
to become the•characteristic of this age and nation.`
JOHN RICHTER, Chnitorth

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He objected to the name " meosterian" being
Riven to this Association, .hnwever great might be
the merit 4 of the individual from whom it originated,
because it tended to promote dissension and"- oppo-
sition.
The Duke of Stitsscx entered the room white Mr.
Blair wus speakilig, and was received with the pt.
most enthusiasm, the tokens of which were renewed'
when his Royal Highness rose to propose the third
Resolution, which &erred to the labours of the
Committee, who, in a small district near Drur.y.
lane, had found no less thin 307 G children, not only
withoefinstruction, but without the ineansof ob.
Wain it: His Moral' Highness called the' attention
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The two following itesolutionswiere likewise.putl
and carried :-1-
~ Tica this Meeting is highly gratified by the presence of so !
nianerous on reisemblnge of the Ladies of this MetropAis, under 1
whose fostering care and,protection this Association cannot fulll
to attain motor-it} and perfection.
" That the Thanks of this Meeting he given to Cie Yamis
Mnekitaftb, for his able and .conitant exertitrii, io bil ppo r t of,
general Education, find for his great attention to the business of i
the clot ." . I ,
Sir J. MAOLINTOIIIII gavial( returned ,thanks is ai .
appropriate address, the Meeting:adioarned.

.L 4W INTELLIGENCE.

Count OF CII et4CERY, Aram 4.

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of i hes committee. Of the Meeting to the many important „sures 1
Sir JAldas-alAcirwrosu then rose and addreased.- .madoin the Report, bhowing the absolute necessity ! Before his Honour the Vzos!Cetelecaktoet. '
tlle essembly. At a sincere friend and en ardent lof in ihstitution.like the present. lie was one of 1 'totem v. HARRIS.. .. ~ -,
w ;I-wisher to the objects of this rising Institution, ;those who, from the commencemeuteliad been happy . The whole time of his Honour .was occupied, in
he Mt peculiarly gratified in filling the situation to Ito aid societies for the promotion of knowledge and hearing Counsel on a motion for dissolving the In-
* hieh be had been elevated, more by accidental cir- ° virtue, bet more particularly of associations of this juiloon which had been granted in this: case,• a fall
insmstancesthan personal merits. There were few description, where the good to be imparted was not answer having been put in. The Plaintiff was the
things that could give him higher or more refined confined to one sect or denomination, but was equally Lessee from the City of London (previous to the
pleasure thhie to behold upon this occasion so *turner- distributed among all. " Schtiols for all" was the City Lottery for the disposal of the houses in Skin.
malt I Meeting, not merely because he met his coun- • design, and that design he felt assured would be car- ner-street and Temple-Bar, taking place), of the
try mete but because he met them on such an occasion, . tied into execution. By reading the Bible, the lower house situated, No. 5, Skinner-street, which after.,
engaged in such a cause. It proved, more satisfac. orders would be taught to " fear God and honour wards formed one of the prizes in the
City Lottery.
'foully theft any other species of demonstration, that the' King," two of their most important duties. The Defendant was the fortunate holder of the ticket
the no was gone by when it could be contended, ' %Viet regard to the 'lame of etas, Society, it was a to which the house in question fell as a prize, and
that to enlighten the ignorant was to render them',; matter of little consequence, end the title of " Lan- he having brought an action of ejectment against the
misettible, fe was now agreed that knowledge and ' rasterian" was only adopted to avoid circumlocution. Plaintiff on the ground that he had incurred a fie--
Naas were of the same stock, the one being the The effect of all these benevolent Institutiont would feiture of the lease in consequence of having neglect-
tree, of which the other-was the fruit: He knew Ibe to render more kind and. civilized the human spa- ed to comply with a provision by which he was
of but one writer! of ingenuity and ability, •Who• !ries, to makes man "love his neighbour as himself," taken, bound to insure the house at the sum of
bad ventured riiiriously to contend that knowledge l' in short, to fraternize society, tieing the word with. 20001. the Plaintiff filed his bill- to have the Defend-
was the bane of our species, and that in the state out any allusion to past. political occurrences. ant restrained from proceeding in his ejectment, the
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of ignorance of the brutes, the human mind was The Rev. Roweevo lime seconded the Resole- Plaintiff undertaking to conform to the btipulation iu
most expanded by enlightened views, and most
tied in a Sery animated address. the lease.
elven, to. benevolent • impressions. This writer
rd Cocutuxa rose to move the fourth. Resol.u. i
(441itedeville) was at the same time the most im- tion. • Ilh Lordship wits received with unmixed tp., not finally disposed of.
moral of his age, as if to give a practical proof 1
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ialause. ' He was an advocate for this system from ' ......—_:...-=. -
Of dm troth of his theory, by showing that his own in •
I experience the service of his country in the Nall,
heeling. and talent- had tended to corrupt and de- , here he had uniformly seen the best conduct ou the
base his heart and astute. - For himself he had never ° ! '
1 part of those who had received the rudiments of - Row-ItTßFPT.—Michael Tobin' and John Rodbnrne were
entertained' a doubt upon the subject, and it was 1 .
ed•teirt ton. The Resolution he proposed was decla. -charged *oft suspicion of committing several street roblieries, and
were cam-Bitted
t•fifyists to find his opinions confirmed by the prat- for trial.,
tice of enlightened Europe.' The state of barbarisme - t West ofTemple-bar, on a moderate chat W •
George Thacker. Richard Bowers, aneehhomas Hayes, three
• - Cilihtlon there were 30,000 children without the
in ,ah;oh many nations of the North had been long • 'boys, were ctiarsod with attempting to lob several gentlemen la
means of education, It was secondedeby .the Rev.: the Strand-- le.. ll* se • disconsolate .' -
. .ovierS was i.f.lVen. to hI9 velvets,.
sunk, was gradual) subsiding ; even war, appo.;`l RI- •
IgreFeserceses- with considerable warmth. , wee promised to keep lire from bad compatty, if possible:
reel]) the most dreadful enemy of man, was promet.: . • ' other two were committed.
log this met oleect, under the over-ruling govern- ' Mr. num; intoodocol.the fifth Resolution at some 1
this of
Associa. TwO men were committed on a charge of stealing Bank-notes.
Mout .if• Providence. Ile then noticed the formation , length, remarking on the advantages to the amount of several thousand pounds, from a house in the
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of rations Societies for the introduction of the store' lion over the Society for tile. Suppression of Vice el City., • .
iirlior not meaes of moral and religious improvement 'in as much as....hy. education a preventive was' if- . . . --1,-..,--a-
-and • not a
.mere conlroul. ,established. _Zs : SHOCKING Occunactica.—Goff, the Officer of
a luring t:K.pctor, and impressed upon liiiaudifory the ! foidedv
'thee:bey of such an Institution ht the City of West- !
• motion erase" that by education the; poorWskott Union-hall, having on Sunday morning received ins
teitister, feferring to the Report for confirmation. nviY
be habituated to regulariteetend applicate ion,- may ' formation that Mrs. Smith, a widow, who keeps the
-e !
This great .whik seemed second only in magnitude be prepared for industrious and honest pursuits, and If rake's Read Public-house, Dock-head, had that
and importance to the' introduction of priatiotg, become useful members of society!"—lt was sivolkj. , morning been found dead in her cellar, and thatsuse
Which had first served to dispel the gloom in which ed by a .Gentlemen whose name we ceuld not-learn. picions were entertained of her having been murder-
our fere-fathers were wrapped, and the full benefit of . The Secretary • then read a list of Subscriptions, .ed he immediately went down to the house, where
winch could not be reaped until all were made capable ,
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whieh had beets already entered into, and the name,. he found the body of the unfortunate.wontan lying in
of en j,-) ing it. From his experience in a very dis- , were received with great applause; among them the cellar. On examining the body, Goff perceived
tart country he was aide to hear testimony to (he ci. • were the. following:---Mr. Brougham, 501. ; Mr. Oar* were several cuts, inehe throat, which, how-
trilizitig effect of theintradoction of fetters, as well Whitbread, 301.; letly Elizabeth Whitbread, loe ; ever, did eokappeee to him to have been the cause of
es to the. happy consequences of the enjoyment even Sir F.-Burdett, 10001. three per cent. stock ; Lord , her death, and on a surgeon bring sent for, ,it
of t'e meaitest objects' Of 'education. The mere ea- Ctichreae, the amount of prize money date to him ' ePPeered, that in 'fact; such with the case, none of
rainy to write gad read he had found to produce a for the burning of the enemy's ships -in Bahr., ' the incisions having touched a vital pare Goff then
spirit of patriotism and affection for home, among : Roads, supposed to be between 4 end 70e1.; !Loral proceeded to question the the lodgers, of whom
three., compelled to reside in our distant settlements, ! Stanhope, 301. ; Sir James Macklntish, 201.; Mr. : there were several lithe house, and front wheseettte-
'that •.,a.; itighly gratifying. Those of the lower or: i Storek, 501.3 v', David iticard,o2ol,l**•,dm •.• ~..f went it appeared., that Mrs. Smith not appearing at
der' who could write, were in the habits of cur- 1 Lord STANHOPE next proposed the 6th &solution, !A'reatrelt as "ual en Sunday morning, search was
' made for her, and at length she was discovered lying
recreeeling with their friends in England, they could ° which he 'did with peculiar pleasure, since it was
deadein a deep 'drain in one corner of the teller
scarcely be said to be absentlrom home, since this ;to carry into practical effect, what had been so
her throat cut, and a small pen-knife much smeared
faculty enabled them to carry their friends and kiu:- well treated theoretically ; it was fur a snbscrip-
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with blood lying near the edge of the drain. On
dred with them wherever they !named. It had, be- tion to commence the establishment for the eduea-
questioning the son of the deceased, a boy about tensides, this treat additional advantage, that, not • Lion of the poor in the City of Westminster, which
years of, age, be stated, that his mother came to his
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forgetting, like the more ignorant, their laud and alone contained upwards of 350,000 souls. it was ed-side on Saturday night after he was asleep, she
their relatites, those who possessed the advantages said that the School when formed, would almott ;
said she hoped GOD would bless him,
of the rudiments of knowledge felt that they had support itself; he wished it to he grounded on such ! woke him'
and told him if she should be dead beforerng,
characters to maintain, and that those they loved at a plan as would require no future aid from annual
he Mast et the Victuallers' Society, of which she was
home were looking after them, and (raring their ' contributions, which bore the stigma of charity.—
a member, and that they would bury lier and take
gradual progress through the paths of virtue or of ; Ile knew a school of only sixteen boys, where a
care of him. She thew kissed him, and taking a
vice. After a variety of other interesting remarks : balance of more than 701. at the end of the year, was .
small knife from his pocket, the same which was
'upon the subject, ewhich we have not room to detail, ' cleared by only two' of the boys being compelled to
found near her, she wished him good night, amid left
Ite•concluded by an address to his country-woolen to work at a time et some' useful manufacture. This
Mint- and he saw her no more till she was found dead
give their aid in support of this admirable Associa- scheme was what he would recommend, and although
the next morning.—it would appear, that haying
Hon, the object of which was purely benevolent and he now only gave 301. to this Association, he would
failed to accomplish her purpose of cutting her
disin•erested. . devote to it 2001. if what he suggested were adopted.:
throat she threw herself into the drain, and thus put
• Mr. Wnieeaseri (the Duke of •Sussex not having relpplausel—llis Lordship then went back to history 1
: a period to her existence. The unfartuttate woman
at that tints arrived) rose to move the first Resolution, to trace the progress of nets and civilization which
was much embarrassed in her. circumstances, and no
*which he did very shortly, complimenting Sir James ; had kept pace with knowledge, which was the great
doubt remains that it was her own hand which termi-
Mackintosh on the convincing argument and persua. ! support of the whole. He referred to various Acts i
sive eloquence of his speech, and expressing his in- ' of Parliamennt passed in times of comparative ;erne- mated her lire.
Painter and Oliver have been already a month in
ability to say more upon the subject without weaken. ranee and barbarism, and particularly to that extend- I
training for the great match, on the 3il of May.
lug the force of what had already been delivered.— . ing the benefit of Clergy to the Peers and Peers of ;
This fight is looked up to with as much anxiety as
The Resolution was expressive of the approbation of, Pa.-Bement (meaning Bishops) who could not read. 1
that between Cribb and lifolineaux, at tlessleton
"the Assembly with the plan formed at a General ; This was only three hundred years ago, eitd•benefit '
•bleeting on the 2el of August, 1813. i of clergy was allowed them, in what offences ?•__ , Gap, and many hundreds are already pending on the
lissue. Betting even. Richmond, and Davis,. the
It was seconded by the Rev. Mr. WAUGH, who, house-breaking, -horse-stealing ,and highway rob-
at some length, entered into the causes of the lg.; bery.—[Lutighter]—This was the House of Peers, 1 navigator, fight second. Bettting sit to tout. on
Dormice that prevailed among our ancestry, even at ; the first assembly in the country ! Some judgment I Richmond.-. - .
a late period, when our Bishops, being unable 'to I might be formed of the progress the lower classes - BeeemONT A)111 'FLETCHEIL—These two Poets,
write, were obliged to make the sign of the cross . would make in a short space by noting the pro- , who wretew great number of plays in concert, hey.
instead of affixing -their signature. Be approved ' gress the House of Lords had made until the Mem- tins one day met at a tavern in order to form the rude
Most highly of the plan of 'enablieg the poor chit- :bees had arrived at their present enlightened stete.— : draught of a tragedy, Fletcher exclaimed, ‘i• I'll
dren to read the Bible without gloss or comment, Education, is the Chairman knew, was the grand : kill the King ;" which words being 'overheard by a
thus millglitening their undeestandhap, and enabling preventive of crime, for north of the Tweed (where waiters les to recommend himself, • was officious
them to make their own remarks. By thus afford- nearly all were educated), offence's were much less 1 enough to lodge an Anforrnation against theme but
lag the lower ordhiet the means of more extensive in- frequent in proportion to the population than in ; their loyalty being unquestioned, and the relation, of
forination, the future infifhlotages to society might be i! England. In short, his Lordship had one grand ob- the circumstances probable, that the veneeatice ,wal
incalculable. To even the Wiest ranks of oar ! jection to these Associations, if he must speak plain. only aimed at a theatrical Monarch, the affair entloi
specks we might possibly be indebted for the 'first ly; and it was, that if they were successful, the office' in a jest.
itatemett, poPts, and legislators. ' jof poor Jack Ketch would become almost' a sinecure In January, 1811, a pair of swallows which had
Sir h'. Be KDIATT proposed the second Resolution. ! [laughter]. not migrated, hatched a young one inean oldleausb
Ile einifessed that he hail entered the room with con- • The Resolution for a Subscription having been se- at Lilawood, near Heaham.--The three birds,
liderabie doubts upon this subject, and with an in- I tended •• e •
was put an carried, as well as all the pre- marked by a person who saw this rare ecirChni-
trattion of expiessiug those -doubts. The able speech I skits Resolutions Without a single dissentient voice stance, lived together till the arrival of their bee.
111 00V1 of the Chairman bad, however; dispelled them, and aid the tw• 3 0
.111 g : 9 three in the summer. These they theftjoinedl•and
lie felt himself called upon to declare, 'that not . departed with them at the close of last autumn.
That this Meeting highly ayproves the intentioosof the corn-
only nqw, . but •on all future occasions, he mittee ti, ronvem• Auxiliary hteetlng6 in the different sith-clivi-- •Ou Monday. last, Robert Turner, a man eBO
ears of a e
should feel bound to give the objects of this meeting sinus of this District. • yg, who had lived at Low Worsall, near
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his support. Ignorance was the nurse of tyranny, . That this Meeting cost:mutilates the country no the illit:trintit I
'arm, who had been convicted of poisoning Margo..
and the more men became acquainted with their instrousepe whirls has been afforded no nil neravines tit. the Uri. ret Appleby, a woman who had affiliated a child
fish Byttrita of Uninersai fr.:duration by his Koval Hi•hisess the ....,... k:,.. ;
duties, the better they Would discharge theta. The 'Bake of Kent, and iia.tt:lt. lim, hot' that the ilcompla- of such 'tr." ' and John James, for the murder of Wit.
,K. solution he proposed was an approbation of that enlightened p alioli os '1 11 1/1114111re the Most ileneficial effects liam Ridley, of Middleham, bailiff, by stabbing
adopted at the former general meeting, that 46 no by 'it' '-'• ••''''''l s'in'us ''''
,him in the neck whilst hi the execution of his duty,
eyssem of education can be effectual which does not The thaokb of the Meeting ware likewise voted to were executed behind the Castle of York, pure
provide instruction for the children of parents of all his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, for his Manly, suant to their sentence. They were both married.
•• hetkiode denominations, and at the same time avoids energetic,- and consistent support of the British men. ,
ell interference with the province of the Clergy and System of Education, by means of which he is de..
Ministtitg, in teaching their peculiar ,ditochisms and sirous that all religious prejudices and animosities, so
relleioue tenets." • injurious to civilization, may subside in universal be.:
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Mr. BLAIR seconded this Resolution, Boa noticed nevolowe and good fellowship. , !
the seccese a society to which' he belonged had met His -Royal Highness shortly expressed his high
, w 411 in instructing the children of Roman Catliolict. StsitSt of this expression of
gratitude.

314:ch :11, ISH.

POLICE.

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' BIRTHS. '1
Snaky inoraing. la St. James's-place, the Lady of fliasik
Blunt, of the Kurd Nary, of a daughter, who lived but a
short time.
On die iNth ult. at Linea/nee, the Li of the Rev. J. Mao-
by, of a son.