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

?Hr. DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG.

Yesterday morning, soot after eleven o'clock, her
Imperial Highness the Duchess of Oenesteuaist,
with .her attendants, conducted by General Tv RN Ea,
her Chamberlain,. left her residence in Piccadilly in
two of the PRINCE Rerierev's carriages, and proceed-
ed to St. Paul's Cathedral, where her Imperial
Highness was received by the Bishop of Iv:cow; as
Dean of the Cathedral; in his robes, attended by the
Vergers with their silver staves, &c. belonging to
the Cathedral, who conducted the• Grand Duchess
over the body of the Cathedral, from which they
proceeded, with torches and a, lanthorn, to the
church under the Cathedral. They then ascended,
and after viewing the choir, the monuments, and
trophies of victories, they proceeded. to ascend 'the
staircase to see the different curiosities. Her Im-
perial Highness made a considerable stay at the west
end of the first gallery, which has the best view of
the whole building, and where her Imperial High-
ness had a long conversation with the Bishop of
'Ascot.; making appropriate enquiries. The
Grand Duchess proceeded from thence to the Whig.
pering Gallery, where she expressed her curiosity
sufficiently gratified, and from fatigue declined
ascending higher to view the other curiosites. They
descended to the body of the cathedral, and retired
to the vestry, where the Royal Duchess partook of
some refreshment. She was in continual conversa-
tion with the Bishop of Ltecor.m, and appeared
highly gratified with the building. The Bishop
conducted her to her carriage, nud showed her every
possible attention and respect.
A large concourse of people were assembled on
the occasion, who, althoagh extremely eager to view
her person, behaved with the greatest decorum and
regularity. The Grand Duchess left St. Paul's ex-
ectlit at one o'clock, and proceeded to the Tower of
Lestlidespi hesmebnipeop6,-Offieeri were in readiness
to receive her Imperial Highness, by command of the
sPEarNT. She was received with military
honours by the regiment on dity theilt;itild was con-
ducted over the estabiislinteet. On their quitting it,
the sun proving remarkably powerful, the-top of the
royal carriage was thrown open, anti the Royal
Duchess returned through London in the open car-
riage. She proceeded to the Panorama, in Leicester-
square, at which exhibition she expressed herself ex-
tremely gratified, and returned to the Pulteney
1 Hotel soon after five o'clock.

. The Earl of favaaPoor. will give a grand enter-
tainmeat to her imperial Highness, this day, at Fife-
Rouse.

The Royal Duchess had a select party to dinner in
the evening at her Hotel, which was served up id the
most splendid and magnificent style.

The following is given in the Ministerial Journals
as the substance of BONAPARTE'S demands :

44 I. He DEMANDED ITALY, int•isting that 14.:UGENE
BEAUHAUNOIS should be King. In Oil demand of
Italy Venice was included : so that lie wa more ex-
orbitant in his terms than he was when the Treaty of
Loneville was concluded, by which Venice was ceded
to Austria.

" 2. He DEMANDED the LINE of the
The Netherlands, therefore, to remain annexed: to
France, and he to continue Master of Antwerp and
the Scheldt.
" He did not demand that Holland should be re-
stored to him: bet he did demand what would have
made the independence of that country merely no.
minal—he Amended Nitneguen, and part of the line
of the-Weal.
44 4. Besides the demands we have just stated, he
demanded provisions or indemnities for different mem-
bers of his family who would be dispossessed of ter-
ritosies or titles. Thus an indemnity for JOSEPU
BONAPARTE for the loss of his Kingdom of Spain;
an indemnity for JEROME BONAPARTE, for the loss of
his Kingdom of Westphalia ; for NAPOLEON Louis,
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves ; for EUGENE
BEAUGARNOIE, for the sacrifice of his claim to the
Grand Duchy of Frankfort, upon the demise of
CHARLES D'ALBERT, Archbishop and Grand Duke of
Frankfort. The nature of these indemnities and pro-
visions we are as yet unacquainted with.
.44 Such, .we *reassured, was the substance of his
demand or projel. The Plenipotentiaries of the Allies
.had in the commencement of the nerciation delivered
their raja, which went to reduce France to her an-
cient* limits, including, besides, a cession pro tem-
' pore of some fortresses now in the possession of
France. How much time was occupied in the dis-
custion of this projet we know not; but at length
BONAPARTE was required to deliver a categorical
answer to it by a certain day, the 10th or 12th of
March. When the time fixed had expired, he de-
livered his prqief, containing the demands we have
mentioned. And what is perfectly new in the his-
tory of diplomatic transactions, where parties pro-
ceed upon the desire of agreement and accommoda,
tion, BosAra&re did net require any, answer, or
offer to consider and mutually concede disputed
but ordered his Minister back to his

WEST LoNpos 4.41-AtddSrvii.ittf
48SOCIA1 lON, •

Yesterday *fry 'fiumerotis Meeting tlas 614 at
Freemasons' tavern of the eriends of Universal
Education, for the purpose of raising a fund for then
establishment of Schools for the instruction of
children of the lover classes of the community iti the

district west of Temple-Bar. Sir JAtnes Mackinti,sh
took the Chair at one o'clock, and was supported
on his right by the Duke of Sussex, Mr. Whitbread,
Lord Cochrane., and Mr. Home ; and 'in his left by
Earl Stanhope, Bart Dtruley,
,Sir Francis
Bur-
dett, and Mr. Western. The flail aas much
crowded, particularly by females of high distinction
—among whom we noticed the Marchioness of Lans-
down, Lady Elisabeth Whitbread, and Madame de
Steel.

The business of the day was opened by redding
two letters. The first was from the Duchess of 81-
denburg, stating the regret of her Imperial High
•s
at her not being able to fulfil her intention of atteirs
ing the Meeting; and the second from Mr. Brougham,
inclosing a draft for 501. and stating his reasons for
supporting the Association.
The subsequent Report from the Conimiltee op,
pointed to make previous enquiries wftS also read.
The Committee appointed at a General Meeting of
the Vest London Lancaster inn Association to carry,
into effect the object of the Association,
Report, that they mace commenced their labour*
by endeavouring to ascertain the number of unit*
cated children in the extensive-district to whicb thw
AssOciation propose to give the opportunity of in.+
a:ruction. •
The bound's which this Association has prescriha4

to itself, includes the whole of
.the western part u(
the metropolis, from the City of London to tto -
Parks, and between the Thames and the New Tioll4
—a very small part only of this district have .nex
been able to visit; but it has afforded them ample
reason, to congratulate this Meeting, teat the parents
of the objects of their cousideration ore alive to•the
benefits and comforts to be derived from education; •
which from the limited modes of communicating
striction heretofore in ti,e, they have Irad no 0p..,
portonity themselves of enjoying, but most anxiously
desire, and hi,pe to be able to obtain for their chit,
dren, throttgli the assistance of this Asaoctation.—.
The district comprised between Broad-street, toomsa
I:ury, and the Strand, and bounded by St. &tubes*
lane and Drury.lanei has been carefully and &It,
gentl) examined ; thegrentest part visited.: hose by
house, and much of it room by room, and the Cum.
mittee have found 3.076 children, of both sexes, of
au age capable cf receiving instruction,, but without
any adequate means by which it can be imparted ti
them. On the most moderate calculation the metro•
polis, west of Ti mple-Har, contains at least 30,000
children without the means of education. it is not
only merely that many of them are too poor to pry"
cure instruction, but that the present establishmet
are also lamentably inadequate to the numbers and
that the mode of conveying it is inadequate to the
object.