The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-29 00:00:00

. 1 • REPORT
OF THE C6HMITTEE OF THE BRITISH * t'O.
REIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY TO THE GENERAL:
MEETING.

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On occasions of this nature it is exceediriOy grail.
Eying to be able to report the increasing revation
and influence of the Institution ; and your Cointnit•
tee trust, that when the) have Submitted to this Ge-
neral Meeting the progress of this Society during the
last year, a conviction will universally prevail that
the 'British and Foreign School Society is not inferior
I in utility, nor less de-erving of public support, thus
any Institution which exists inthe British empire.
I The Reports of the proceedings of Schwas ors the
British System, in different parts of the kingdom,
having been given in November last, the object of the
present General Meeting is to receive a statement of
the proceedings of the Institution, and an account
of the receipts and disbursements during the past
year, and to appoint new Officers for the ettsuitos
year.
The events which have occurred during the past
year have fully justified the propriety of having given
to the Institution the title of British and Foreign
School Society, since it at onbe designates the object
of the Institution to be the promotion of education
both at home and abroad.
The first r .u•Ou,abie cleounistance wet the attioisi-
' Lion to the Society of the services of the Rev. Dr.
Schwabe, Minister of the German Chapel in Good-
man's-fields, oho kindly undertook the important
office of Foreign Secretary. In a journey Which Dr.
Schwabe took to the Continent, last summer, het
found frequent opportunities to spread a knoviledgn
. of the Institution in different parts of Germany; and
since his return to England he has commenced a cot..
respondence with the celebrated Pestalozzi, at yoer•
dun, in Switzerland, with a view to invite Ida co.
Operation in the -urcess of this Society, end to ascer.
lain what parts of his excellent system of instruction
may be engrafted upon the British System. The
Doctor has also corresponded with public spirited in-
dividuals at Coblentz, Elberfeld, Potsdam, and
Konigsberg, concerning the introduction of the Bri-
tish System, and with Count de Llysterie, at Paris.
The Rev. Mr. Coltman, of whom mention was
made in the Report of November, having obtained a
thorough know ledge of the British System of Edu-
cation, has returned to Germany, intending to take
the advantage of any favourable opportunity of in.
troducing it into the schools of his native country.
The affairs of the Congresi having deiained the
Emperor of Russia at Vienna, the measures which
the Committee have every reason to believe his law`
perish Majesty is disposed to adopt, for the intro.
duction of the System into his vast empire, have been
'unavoidably suspended; but the Committee have re.
• ceived the gratify ing intelligence, that the Minister
of the Interior had written to the Emperor at Vien-
na, informing him,that after his retort, to St. Peters..
.burgh, he would have the honour of laying Dr.
Ilatnet's account of the N_w System before his Me.
jesty. •
. During the late interval of peace, every suitable
opportunity has been taken to disseminate 'a know.
ledge.of this Society in France. Several Gentlemen,
who were friends to the Institution, undertook, its
travelliog through that country, to put the Reports
;and other publications of the Society into the hands
,of benevolent and influential persons. Thus informs-
! tion relative to the object of she Society; and the fe.
cilities of the system of education, were 'diffused
through France, Flanders, flatland,- ant Germany.
The Gentlemetewho hare in this ssay.. particularly
promoted the objects of the Society are—Fri:mit
Horner, Esq. M. P. one of the Vice-Presidents; Mr.
Leonard Horner; Mr. John Murray, of Edinburgh;
and Mr. Rae Wilson, of Glasgow.
Complete sets of the lessons. were presented to
those foreigners, who, on visiting the Inatitetion,
were found to enter with eagerness into the merits of •
the plan of instruction, that they might be.able to
communicate abroad the most accurate account of the '
method whereby so great advantases may be etteined.
Amongst those were—=the Abbe 'Gushier sad tee •
Count de l'Abord.
The publications of the :Society have at been ' 4
sent to the Minister of the Interior in RuSiis; the s'
Abbe Montesquiou, Minister of the Interior in * •
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France ; Professor nets'', at Geneva ; Mr. Pestal. ' -.•
lozzi, in Switzerland; and the Rev. Illr.Ledaboerlat• •-•••
Rotterdam. ;
At the half-yearly Meeting, in Novpnber last, the • /
Society was informed of the steps ydel' had beets •"'"
taken to prepare qualified teaches to organize
schools in Franca. It will be recolecled, that se'
vend Gentlemen from that ceuntr, were present on •sr'
tkat.occasion, and took part in oe business of titer '•
day. One of those Gentlemen the Count
l'Abord, was so much interestet, that he instentltr
commenced writing a work upoi iha subject, welds" •
was first printed in Landon, and afterwards re. • .
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rioted in Paris. This book was dedicated to his
Royal Highness the Duke of lent.
The Abbe Guallier, who visited, the Institution
during the winter, expressed his great admiration at
the order maintained amongthe childien, the qsick-
nes, with which they acqulsed their instruction, and
the great economy in the expenditure. This Fr de-
siastie, on his return to faris, became a zealous
promoter of the British System. Ile hung up
against the wall of his apartment the lessons used its
the school, and invited parties of learned mess, ex-
that hr ' etc to them the methods

pressly, .te might , plain
used in teaching the children.
Monsieur de Bassgui, who had been appointed by
Louis Viii. Administrator of the Colonies, made
arrangements for the instruction of two young men,
to be qualified to (oral schools in the isles of Bator.
bon and Martinique.
The Committee have received from Mr. Moos,
who was mentioned in the lust Report, very ample
detail, of his proceedings in Paris, On his arrival
he found the Duke de lt,tcheforicault Lianrourt, and
the Count de La)sterie, emplo)ed in prepaying
works for the.press, in recommendation of the new
System for the adoption of the French people.
This cause has received very important assistance
from Mr. Benjamin Shaw, a Member of the Com.
Iniilees who has resided in Paris with his family
during several months. This, Gentleman, who, soon
after his arrival in that city, became acquainted with
the mist zealous adrocatos of the System in France,

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