The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-13 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

the principal ezpence is incurred by the school.
room and school-master. One school-master and
one school-room will do for a thousand children,
and the ezpence is so much per head, according to
their number. A school of 400 cannot be kept at so
low a rate for each, as a school for 1000 ; but sup-
posing it were to amount to ten shillings per head
per annum, compared with other systems, the sav-
ing is immense ; for by this plan, the great expeuce of
books, pens, ink, &c. is done away, as one spelling-
Lbook, one set of Scripture Lessons, one copy of the
I arithmetic, will be found sufficient for five hundred
or a thousand children. The cheapness of the plan
will, and must, recommend it to general adoption.
There is 110 sectarian principle introduced into
this plan. The Bible, and the Bible alone, is the
Ischool-hook. AU Christians appeal to the Bible,
for the morality which they practise, and for the
doctrine which they believe. The morals of Greece
and Rome, when in their highest glory, were in a
terrible state ; but where true morality influence the
I conduct of any man, the principle is drawn from
that source alone, which GOD has given to guide our
steps. You lead children by the Bible to Goo and
his grace, for instruction here, and for happiness
hereafter—you also prepare them to receive 1113 re-
ligious instruction of the Clergyman—they are en-
bled to understand his sermons in a manner they
could not possibly do if they were incapable of
reading the Scriptures themselves. The Canon
Law ordains, that the children of the Esta-
blishment should be tostrested 4,:y the Ciergy in
the principles of the Church, and taught accord-
; ling to the faith established by law. Dissenting Mi.
Inisters will also teach their youth. Here we may see
the peculiar utility of Siinday Schools. Every day,
in Lancasterian Schools, the children are taught to
read the Bible, and on the Sunday their time may
' be taken up in catechising and receiving the religi-
ous instruction of the Clergyman, and Ministers on
whom it may be the desire of their parents they
I should attend.
_

My Lord,—lt has been said, that this plan will
drive children Gam the Establishment, but very con-
trary is the fact. The nearest town to this place, in
which one of these schools has been established, is 1
Uxbridge ; and there it has exhibited its important
effects on the Established Church. Of two hundred
children, one hundred and thirty have constantly
attended the Establishment. It may be taken as a
fair calculation, that two-thirds of the children of
the whole population of the country, will be found
going to the church.
Mvantages also arise from all the children of a
town being school-fellows ; for early associations
have ever been a bond of friendship among mankind.
Religions animosities, and religious discords, will
he prevented ; they will never persecute each other
for differing on miller points, while they agree on
I the important ones; they will not dispute, whe-
ther a word shall be rendered this way or that. Of
what consequence is it in the eye of the Almighty,
if one goes to Meeting, and another to Church, if
' the heart he under the influence of right principles
!before Got)?

This Meeting is honoured by the presence of Mem-
bers of the Legislature ; and those high personages
in the nation, who have taken Mr. Lancaster by
the hand, are satisfied with the beneficial tendency
of his System. Persons who affirm that it will ever-
throw the State, cannot come forward in public
and declare this sentiment ;* they whisper in private,
and talk in corners of the streets ; they insert para-
graphs in Newspapers, but they dare not venture
to a public discussion.
The wealth and strength of every country depend
upon its population; when its population is moral
and religious, it will be so much the more powerful.
Should we have heart! of those horrid murders which
have lately tilled our streets with so much alarm, if
every body obeyed the Ten Commandments ? No.
If every human being were governed by right princi.
pies, you would only see right conduct. Gaol deli-
veries •,‘ ould not be so neinerous, and our criminal
cock would die away of itself • because there would
be no victim on whom it could operate. The pro-
motion of Pducation, by improving the morals of the
country, lays the axe to the root of many evils, of
which the benevolent complain.
Education is peso of great consequence in a reli-
gious point of view. It will make the riiing gene-
ration a most he lou,•al.'e and extoll tit race ; and
effect the ardent desires of our vent.raide Sovereign
and the Prince Regent, who wish only to reign over
a free and enlightened people.— [Loud and repealed
applauses.]—lt was the ardent desire of his Majesty
that the blessings of this system should be diffused,
to which he has been a most liberal contributor. Ills
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, I have authority
to say, by no means intends to withdraw his sanc-
tion from Mr. Lancaster, though he patroaizos the
Metropolitan School. His wishes are to promote
the education of the people by the instnurentaiity of;
all parties, and he is, therefore, its universal patron. ;
My Lords, Ladies, and Gentletnen,—l now
return my sincere thanks for the honour done me;
and, in the course of two or three years, I hope you ,
will experience the full benefits of the School you
are now about to establish in this place.
Mr. Fox having sat down, the lion. Robert Smith. at the
early age of seventeen, rose to move the various Resolutions,
constituting the basis of the society, intended to be instituted.--
In a neet but short speech he very modestly addressed the Meet-
ing, stating his approbation of the opinions already advanced
by his noble relation, and Mr. Fox, and expressed the pleasure
he felt on the occasion, in being engaged in promoting so desira-
ble an object.
The Resolutions were seconded by the Rev. JACOB Sienna*,
who, in the following words, addressed the company for a few
minutes:—
MY LORD, LADIES, AND GENTIZSIEW,--We are assembled on
this occasion, as the friends of our race, the advocates for the it
of the ignorant, and the benefactors of the rising gene.
ration; it is, therefore, with no ordinary sensations of pleasure
I rise to second, with my unqualified approbation and heavy
concurrence, the Resolutions now proposed by the lionoutshie
mover, whose appearance at this Meeting must be gratifying to
all, and whose conduct this morning has added lustre to his rank,
and stamped dignity on the brow of early manhood. It is my
sincere wish, that his life may long he preserved, an honour to
his family, an ornament to the Legislature, and a blessing to his
country.
My Lord, and Gentlemen,—The plan of education recom-
mended to your sanction and support, is not now a novel project ;
for more than tea years its excellence has been dessionstrausd. and
its superiority to other systems, particularly those usually prac-
tised, appears from its unexampled success. The school estab-
lished is the Borough of Southwark for more than fine years, has
been honoured by the patronage, and aided by the benevolence
of our venerable Monarch, who is well known to have expressed
this desire, that every poor eldW seder his Government, should
be taught to read the Bible; as also, by other branches of the
reigning family of the British Empire.

•
My Lord, My owls age and inexperience alike urge the to
desist from occupying much of the time, or of trespassing long
on the attention, of this respectable Meeting. With much sa-
tisfaction, I have listened to the very appropriate speech deli-
vented by your Lordship, at the opening of the business b^fore
us; whose condescending and repotted attentions to the wishes
of Gentlemen present, have in&libly impressed your name mt
OUT hearts. I cannot refrain from expressing my sincere vene-
ration for those principles which your Lordship, both at this in-. •
stant, and on a former interesting occasion, has so warmt., avow-
ed. We have witnessed in your Lordship those sentiments of
Religious Liberty, and genuine benevolence, which might be •
expected from a descendant of the distingoisleed founder of the I
House of Chatham, whose memory is immortal, and whose
well-earned fame will expire onfv a itb the :ie., of time.
My Lord, and Gentlemen, After the enlarged developement of ,
the mode of instruction which we have h 'ant from :Ir. Fox,
our London friend, and which is designed to be adopted by this
Society, it Is unnecessary, and perhaps it would be improper,
for inc to enter into any detail. It is indeed a subject which has
always interested my feelings; for to the instruction of the ebil-
, dren of the poor I have been taught, and 1 ens now induced,
from my owe observations, to attach the greatest importance.
Were my resources equal to my feelings, they should be eat-
! oyed in its service; but, limited as my benevolent ellores must
be. there arc yet no means within my ability in which 1 would
not gladly engage, to forward the views of Ibis Institution. The
, circulation of the Scriptures in all directions, and the teaching
of children " to remember their Creator in the days of Mar
! youth," I cannot but consider as most powerful auxiliaries to
introduce that long-promised event, and anciently predicted pe-
rind, when t .e peaceful dominion of the AIESSIAIT shall extend
I from sea even to sea, and when the kingdoms of this world shall
become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and its
shall re*u far ever and ever.
The Rev. WILLIAM Pates, in seconding a Motion of Thanks
to me Hon. Robert Smith, enlarged upon the liberal principles
of the system, declared his entire approbation of the object of
' the Meeting, and expressed the high personal respect he enter-
tained for the Noble Chairman, and the lion. Mover, for the
prolongation of whose lives he should ardently tray.
The Rev. ANDREW HORN, in seconding a Motion of Thanks
to Joseph Fox, Esq. warmly supported the proceedings of the
day, stated the great importance he attached to the subject, and
observed, he so strongly felt for the success of the cause, from
his own knowledge of the condition of the poor in Scotland,
England, and Ireland; and so highly did he estimate the Jove:e-
-1 tion of youth, that had Dr. Hells plan been proposed, it should
have received his full concurrence. Ile firmly I,elieved, that
the plan of 1 atioister could not undermine the Church, nor
was he afraid that Dr. Bell's plan could injure the Dissenters.
The Thanks of the Meeting were unanimously soled to Sir
Thomas Baring and Sir John Dashwood King, Barts. for their
• liberal suppor of .he plan, and also to the '.Mayor of High W.''-
, combo. Pt rfect unanimity prevailed during the a hole of the
• proceedings, which were concluded by the unaiiiinous thanks of
i the Meeting, accompanied with the greatest applause, to the
! Noble Viscount who presided.

M. AMICI, an astronomer of Milan, has con-
structed a telescope 17 feet in length, and 11 inches
in diameter. It is the largest ever made in Italy,
and Is said to equal the best English glasses for ob-
serving the heavenly bodies. On trial it was proved
that the smallest writing might, by means of it, be
read at the distance of 300 yards, and every- stop and
fine stroke plainly discerned.
Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, a fire
broke oat at the joiner's shop belonging to Black-
wall yard, and consumed nearly the whole building.
As nobody had been in the shop since Saturday even-
ing, it is not known how it began, but is supposed
to have been occasioned by a spark which had been
left unextinguished on the preceding night.
M. )(meatier has attracted great notice at St.
Petersburgh, by an invention for extracting sugar
from the flour of different sorts of grain mixed with
potatoes.
STATE OF TILE METROPOLIS.—The best preventive
security against every danger is a'20,0001. Prive in
the present State Lottery, which any person may ob-
itain for a few pounds, if bought on or before Mon-
t day, the 10th, as all the Lottery will begin at nine
`o'clock the next meriting, and finish the same day.

A few mornings since early, the house of Samuel I
Salter, Esq. of Rickmansworth, was broke open and
robbed of ahuantity of plate, jewellery, and other
property.
A few mornings since, the house of Miss Davis, of
Twickenham Green, was bro'.(e open, and robbed of
a quantity of linen and other property.
On Friday night, be►ween 10 and 11 o'clock, as
Mr. Charles Fiddler, of Ewell, Surrey, was return-
ing home, he was stopped on the Dorking-read, be-
tween Epsom and Ashsted, and robbed of Dorking
and other Bank Notes, to the amount of 210/. by
two men.

The house of Colonel Strutt, M. P. in Upper
Grosvenor-street, was broken into a few nights past ;
but the female servant hearing the noise, got up, and
occasioned the robbers to decamp without their
booty.
F,arly last Monday morning, the house of Thomas
Cobb, Esq. of Ellstree 11111-house, near Edgeware,
was broke open, and robbed of plate, jewellery, and
other property, to a considerable amount.
On Friday night last, about eleven o'clock, as
Mr. Mason, Carpenter and Builder, was going to
to.his house, No. 9, Hill-street, Windmill-street,
near Finsbury-square, he was suddenly attacked,
when opposite the door of Mr. Cooper, tea-dealer,
the corner of Windmill-street and Providence-row,
by two ruffians, by whose repeated blows he was
knocked down ; and as he lay on the ground, one of
I the monster's, with a knife, or some other sharp in-
strument,, was in the act of cutting his throat, when,
' providentially, the shopman, who had just shut up
the shop, and was thee in it, hearing the fall of Mr.
Mason on the pavement, and immediately afterwards
some groans, came out of the shop, on which the
fellows, who heard the door unbolting, ran off. Mr.
Mason was then conveyed home, and on his being
i attended by the pupil of Mr. Barnett, Surgeon, of i
I the City-road, the wound was discovered not to be
mortal, the incision, though deep, not having reach-
ed the fatal part. Nothing was taken from the per-
' son of Mr. Mason : but it was, doubtless, the inten-
tion of the ruffians to have deprived him of property
and life, had they not been disturbed.
A German Paper, after enumerating the News-
papers, Magazines, and Reviews, published in Great
Britain, adds, " of the latter, the Edinburgh and
Quarterly Reviews are the most celebrated. They
I are conducted upon opposite principles. The Edin-
burgh Review, though still most esteemed, has lost
much of its popularity, since two of its principal
Editors, Mr. HoRNER and Mr. BROUGHAM) have been
called to important situations."
A duel took place last month at Bourdeaux, be.
tweet) two merchants. On the first fire, one of the
parties fell, and the seconds immediately approached,
supposing that he was mortally wounded; after 'a
close inspection they found that he had not sustained
any injure, his antagonist's ball having glanced aside,
and lodged in the trunk of a tree ; but he was ne-
vertheless dead; having, it is conjectured, anticipated
by his terrors, that fate which he might otherwise
,have escaped.- His antagonist was wounded in the
I right. are.

LAW MrTE L LIGE NCB.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, JAN. 11

TaIACILARAY V. BAUTLETT.

This was an action to recover the amount of two
Bills of Exchange, amounting in value to upwards of
30001. drawn by Defendant at Newcastle-upon.
Tyne, for the accommodation of Messrs. Preston
and Co. in Tooley-street, to relieve them against the
pressure of the times. Preston and Co. had acc:pted
the bills, and had them discounted by the Plaintiff at
Bristol, under a special assurance that they should
be taken up before they became due. They having
failed in their undertaking, the Plaietiff brought the
bills to them, and in in-lignstion threw them on the
table; soon after whizli one of the Prestons came in,
took up the bills with others of a like kind, tore
them in pieces, and thaw them inlo the fire.' Tin.
soon after failott. The action was new brought to
recover their amount from the drawer, who appeared
only in the character of an accommodating Agent for
the Frestons. These facts were stated in evidence by
one of the Prestons, without copies of the Bills,
they having paid Bs. 6d. in the pound by composition
to their creditors.

Lord ELLEVISOROVGII held that the Plaintiff could
not sustain his action, on the ground that notice was
not given to Defendant within six months after the
bills became due.—Plaintiti non-suited.
Another action was next tried between the same
parties, for the same sum, on the ground of tut. I)'.
fendant's refusal to execute fresh bills on tha loss of
the former, pursuant to Act of Parliament. A juror
was withdrawn, and the case was reserved for argu.
meut.

POLICE.

BOW-STREET.

Mrs.Vermilloe, the landlady of the Pear-tree pub.
lic-house;andTurner, theman who lodged iu thehouse
of Williamson, who was barbarously murdered, have
attended at the Office within these few days. Several
other persons have attended at the Office within the,e
few days, by order of Mr. GRAHAM, and have under.
gone private and strict investigations before that Ma-
gistrate, which caused him to dispatch Lavendet,
Vickery, and Adkins, on Friday evening, to appre-
hend a man of the name of Hart, who, it has been
ascertained, worked in the house of Mr. Marr on the
day the murders were committed at night, and he was
seen in the company of Williams between ten and
eleven o'clock, as the murderers were supposed So
have entered Mr. Mares house about twelve o'clock.
On Saturday Hart underwent a private examination
before Mr.Gambiro, after which he was ordered into
close confinement, and a man to take care and sit
up with, him. On Saturday, the privy of the house
where Hart lodged, was emptied in the presence of
Vickery and Adkins, but nothing particular was
found.

The church of St. Nicholas, at Stettin, in which
the French garrison had deposited 40,000 quintals
of hay, was, on the Bth December, entirely consumed,
with its contents. _ _

The magnificent church of Montreal', near Paler.
me, was burnt to the ground on the tith ult. It was
an antique strucfu..e, and contained many carious
monuments of ancient 'kings. The entrails of St.
Louis, who died before Tunis, and whose body was
conveyed to France, were deposited in it.
By the late improved regulations of admission into
the British Museum, 29,000 persons have been ad-
mitted in a season, instead of 15,000 as before; and
with liberty to remain in any of the rooms as long as
they pleased.
Captain Bullock, late of the Norfolk Militia. has
o been committed to Norwich Gaol under Lord Ellen-
borough's Act. It appears that the pound at Thorpe
had been removed from its old site to a piece of
ground nearly opposite the residence of the Captain,
I who, conceiving the removal to be an infringement
upon his property, encircled it with a fence. Short-
ly after, the pindar of the parish coming to impound
a mule, applied to him for entrance, which being
refused, he proceeded to force an opening throo,,h
! the fence. Upon this Captain B. pro!►abiy to make
a shew of supporting his right, tired a gun at the

parties. •
The death of Mr. E YLES, of Margate, has occa-
sioned a vacancy for a Resident-Surgeon to the Ge-
neral Sea-bathing Infirmary. We suppose that a si-
tuation which affords so comfortable a retreat to a
Practitioner, desirous of yetiring from active pro-
fessional life, will he much sought after.
The long .c ontinued war has had the effect to wean
the inhabitants of South America from the use of
many of our manufactures, which we formerly ex-
ported in great quantities to that great quarter of
the world. The Mexicans are said to have made
considerable progress in those Arts, which they never
thought of cultivating till this mischievous war forced
them to attempt it.
The Country Bank, which stopped payment is
consequence of the failure of Boi.nrato and Co. we
are happy to see, by an advertisement in one.of the
Lincolnshire Tillers, has resumed its payments; un-
der some alteration in the firm.

SPOTCII

MILLER'S AlMrf.
Prompt (Davison), Leith
Marquis of Huntley (Martin),
Dundee _

SM ,ICKS,
rrived. Snik
I 8 Jan. I It, Jan. —5, P. M.

16, -3, P. M.

Downes Wharf.
Swift (Stark), Montrose
l3nrelcugh (Tod), Leith
Brdport (Wishart), Dundee 8

19, —4, P.
16, to., P.
16, —2, P. i.

HIGH WATER. AT LOS
Morning, 7 minutes after 11.

lON BRIDGE THIS ff k"
1 Evening. 42 agnates ail. 1.

hIA Ramp,
On Monday Ine, at Manchester. Mr. MelTille, of Nottingham,
to Miss Townend, daughter of William 'Kderseatd, Esq. of Ard•
wick-place.

DIED.
On the Bth inst. aged 14 months, Fanny Laserlies Jenner,
daughter of Hubert Jenner, Esq. 11.. D.
Lately, Mr. W. Collins, of Great Portland-street. author
of a Poem on the Slave Trade, Life of George Mrtriand,
Artist, &c.
On the lit Inst. at Bristol, Mrs. Gould, nidow of the late Mk
jor-General Parton Gould.
Saturday morning, at his house in Stafford-place, Pimlico,
Mr. George Elsa outs, 18 years arse of his Majesty's Pileur
gess.

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