The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-12 00:00:00

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IIRIT:311 41) EthzEIGN selluoi, slo4rlT.
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The Isreolporeonti annn:il nieseing of this Sudety,
i .•!ilitteal fur the ptiriense of f..rming selentelsin every
8 . entry' tier the educattott•of -he poor, mak plane no Sa-
teen lay, at the Freemasons' 1104, iireat Queen-st reel.
It e.aii-isie.l chiefly of /semen% hyltetiging to the !iorietv
..f rt.:lids; lewd Elorinetoo, in cona-tpeetece of the al,-
. N... • of the i hike of Stlast•N fruit.' indisposition. tools the
1 llt.tir. The Report eras then read by the Se, retary,
al itailli:lgallaccuitet of the schoo, institute.: it France,
N ,rway, Sweden, Russia, and every part of Enr01.... On
:'..- plate of tie- Society. lyniatt stated the beitenta a hieli
ti A been r.-8-8-ist-41 Iroise them. !tirveral tivittlemen then
i.Jilressed the tast•eting in proposing the Resolutions
Nes:tiled upou the to.pert-
Air. Elise, the 31enther for Middlesex, said lee should
suyport, to the ,itneost of his al,ilit‘. aii Institution a hie%
had fur its ohjert the greatest hleasing the / ~,,, r rmil.l
ye.;.rv, namely, religious instritetion, partienlarly when
he had the satisfaction of knowing the great good done
:,v it. No children who had been edseated in these
oinarics, e ere to be reword annum the uumertous
.ttemoile depiedetor% with which the town VAS infested.
float ;done he thouelit was a sufficient iudnerult tit for
every nee to come forward.
Mr. BENJAMIN SII.SW salt!, that there was %mortising
peculiarly striking in the %Tort, when a reference was
wade to that motto, which would long live in tine re-
membrance of Englishiesen, and which might lie i.iiitai-
il-reil as tote last legacy of an expiring alunarch, which
woe, " that lie wished that every child throughont his
dominions should learn to read the Whir.' lie hoped it
would lung. continue to he the lea;:ing principle which
the Society had for its object anal its conseeinence. Ile
EJwitratulAte.i the meeiing that they had such a Patron
as his pment Majeste. It was thus that the King, the
Stonier, and the People, wire all united ; it was by In-
lei; wipe's of 'this kind that • the Throne was support,id,
cid that it would be perpetuated.
The Rev. Joust Ifoorza, after a few olwereatious on
the allrantayes tittle Institution, and the noble patronage
it Intl received, read a letter from Ids Royal highness
floe Duke et Rent, written but two days [wrote lee ems
taken ill, in which he espresstel.his high approloatidn of
i.pd a illing ness to snppurl the Society—whoeh letter, the
Rev. Ifentlitesen observed, fully verified all the encomi-
ums which hut s° justly bent bestowed un his incavery.
31r. WiLat.itroacc said, that one of the principles of
the Society was, that it delighted in the growing vela.
orrity and insist improvement of other countries, acid it
Ora a cirenmstance that might excite gratitude, that the
same enlarged spirit began to pervade every system of
y.ery iii!rts—es au commerce herself began to be liberal
um! enlarged, for in another blouse it was ,wknowledgeol
?tat all Ilan,* old notions, that the prosperity of our
a f.oillotry wastes he pronsotell by the depression am:water,
v...te e• false as they wile base and tejnrious. If c -
n rev herself had grown lihrral, should not ethicatioa
1-conic so ? and should we wit rejoice in being permit-
te.: to trace, front laud to laud, and country to contort..
this Society gradually ditfusing itself throueliout doe
telsoie of them, and eserrising its heniguant influestre
-. 4.; their improvement and solid advantage. lie was
-eatifieti, therefore, to fuel, that both abroad and at
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boo, the Society was continuing its labours with an-
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• baled ardour and increasing success. Thrre was no
ntedeoll by whicit true morality could be so advanced
among nem as be education. In proportion as nations
became erect ar.l rich and powerful anti increaaed iu
Losestefse wren, there also became a tendency to less, n
1.•. d impair the moral principles, and therefore these
:-.eyireies were peculiarly urctc'ary in the present times.
lie allude.' to Prince Leopold having rnorerted the
Societe, tool said, he was sure thee he teed,: in ... v..-ay
leove his rank employed to a letter aced nobler riirri..e,
e an in its Winer subservient to the ptinuotion of toe
telereers of the Societe.
Mr. Waasizeoca, 'Charge ties Affair,' to the King
cr Stvellen, mentioned the benyfits olden had resolted
rem schools instituted iu that cuuatry en the plan of
this Society.
Mr. Antes:, the Treasurer, gave an account of flee
c ; ools which he had visited in Norway, Strede.ii,ltussia,
'I eriesy, Greece, the lonian Islands, and liaiy, :Intl wen-
ttire I the liberality of the Emperor of Russia in tapper'
er those- in his dominions.
Mr. D. Beencast, of New York, enticed the schools
for-wed in America upon the present systeite and men-
tioced rever,l instances of their good etTecte.
Mr. l) vs.: et., of St. Domingo, said. that it was the in-
tention of his Nlejesty the King of Hayti, as soon as the
Pn,elish latienage was more generally known, to receive
lie_lish Protestant Clergyturn into the schools, and by
si at means nut only the national latienage. n hie+ was
el-resell, hot the national religion, would be (deluged.
1 f ere were at present in St. leteinneu, eleven schools
uopst the system of the present Society.
lleneral VAGANK.I, of Venezuela, expre:sc.l his deep
-.llrEse of the merits of the Smiii•ty, and of the henries
veloich his own country, as well es l hill. had derived
lc .o, it. They had scarcely emer4i .i from a rate of 111.-
81i:cure and of ignorance, and made some 8-Iberia after
le!eertv, when the education of the people immediately
r•:• teat their attention.
:Some other lientlemen then addressed the Meeting::
3! ...”- which, the company retired. The room was crowded
:I:. an early hour with respectable persons, mostly
e•males. tiulAcriptions to a large amonnt were re- !
i rived, at the head of which was the Dulte of Bedford
ta: !MI. 1

At a imauent when the cities of London and West-
mios•er are about to set examples to the other .eurpo-
t ate holies of the kingdom, in presenting to her Ma•
~ty their condolence on account of her misfortunes,
and their con4ratulations on her return to this metro-
; oils, it may be desirable fue.them to have is view the
I,Alowing Address, which the Lora Mayor, Aldermen,
1 Livery of the city of London, presented to her
Ita.iesty, on her hanpy escape on a former occaiion,
from the foul and malign:lnt conspiracy directed against
I ••:- honour and 'her lit : •

" MAY IT PLYASZ YOUR ROYAL RICITIIISS.
" We, his Majesty's loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor. Al-
,t•-men. and Livery or the city of Liihdon, in Common-hail
• ....enabled, bearing Li mind these "cutitneuts of profound
y mention and ardent affection titlth which we hailed the ar-
s:ral of sour Royal Highness In this conntry. humbly he-
, •erlt tour Royal Highness to fkelYe,our. assitrancri, that
. the hearts of the citizens of lausidon those sentiments have

s :vet rxprrirneed diminution oi.chnasge.

•• 1)cepl) impressed in every t hcinneited with the sta-
I :!ity of the throne of this kingdom under the sway of the
I r•uce of Itrunswick—tenderly ali'e to every circumstance!
yr.retin•:; the personal 11 eltare of •etery !Wench °Nita ilins-
-Tons house—we have felt indignation and abliotrYnee
capve•:sible upon the disclosure of t;int foul and detestable
c • nspiracy. which, by plrjured spd suborned traiducera, has ;
i•-rti untried on sgaiust your Royal Highness's honour and''
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•• Tbp veneration for the laws. the moderation. the for-
I•earance. the frankness. the magnanimity, which your Royal
Coalmen. basso eminently displayed under eiretuasiances so
t ying; these. while they demand an expression of our en-
-1 minded applause. esneot fail to excite in us a confident
Pope. that, under the sway of your illustrious and beloved
eanghter. one ;Waren will enjoy all the benefits of so bright I
t.••• example; and we humbly lira permission, most upfeign-
....iv. In assure your Royal Hightiess, that, as well for the
slap of our country, as from a sense of jtistier and of duty,
we shall always tall. and be ready to give proof, of the