The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-10 00:00:00

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Wits the I)enn of Westminster, IYr. Ireland, Vicar of Croy-
don?--Yes,, he we., for. • wee, y years. -•-• •'
• • !fin Ise' any rialeivi connection with Poe Amides 1— Ile WI
trustye elf, the farm at •Mlichatu, belanigiog to the buipitul, which
he will not hive up, ,
Is he lessee ?—No. It:ajor Moore is lessee,:
bias he hail any thing to an with A rebid-hop K'bitgift's Ithipl-
- ?--Ikes, he In.d fur today yeah, as 'V intr. •
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Wr. Tues. IlzwitoN and Mr. Thos. !buts, called. in, and cat-
mint& June • •
Ifistitlare ein•ithwartleirs of Croydou).:z4r. Itow•on s Yes.
•• • • 110 ~is know any 'Wog of A rizabi,,,hop WAWA', fosysit:-
•• lan stilton ? W• eon /iv...1441We inforni4ttaillo--
3• there a school there I—Ye..
• A free school 1— It should he a free school:
144terrian advent oh opined briVontarylmillitibutilifiTee.
I. there a school at t7roydon 0f.4a0•
' • Iblaidiiiinti/S—Yei,lliere Is a school opened,•linduichintl-wshne,_t•
who paid from Archb4hop 15'hitgift's chat*. gigs 4:741714
. tin 3 he has a house. . . , •• • ,: •
• How ninny buys does he teach on Arehlit/firlietiN
as
Iltortultifion ?-flour ; there ore quite educated 3 td1":
• bishop Tenuystss'a *ill.
Mr. !lend r I believe the. lesson none ern tkaglit nadir Ares-
bishop W hitelft's will ia, that nine have applied -
Does the nowtortonch any boys on any other fottsdittion 1—
• Ise school is opened no .Dr. Bell's s% mein. • • , • . •
• ' Mr. iiewsou: 'there are two. schools sherej ar, Wart is
appointed sehonisnpurer by the Satiety, and hr has the issue In
live in. at d the salary 6 loog•ng to Archbishop 41rhitgifee
Negotiation.'
ho is she other sibosellsminter —T do not recnltect his untie I
‘• bet that on' Hell's plain is taught; in Wtsikires taehoottlistose,.
• Does Mr. Denten. who has a salary #4as-she • charith, reach
. any scholars at all? , Yoe, hedoes. • • '
In di hat nay ? tot p pose as hoardrti alohikeoiit lbottidert.
Floes he sake in say free, nod fur dolh •-aeil do teat
'he does owe. - • . . • ' • • ;"` •
Yon state, that the reason whe,thrtabimmartikitiet,,ik. that
'gorse havenpplied ?—ito it hail
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tesisadll).4en at?*
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penile in froydon w T.
ate. 5P1.12 le be-teedlitter otoohiitg,-111r4teollt believe
dte.reopiaM from the ionidimee of is k thee wefts to beam ease.:
Mite people to Drifyrdon any tobjeCtion tb basst,thelr children
spetuht for'oethiart ?-140.- if they wit* aware 'that o'l7 could
Tslietthem taught for nothing, they would be glad to attend su it.
'.. Mr. Ilewson : Ft has.bgen forbid is such that they do'
• ;let apply for it;
• By aims len it been forbidden ?—jt hot b.rWthentwatiellt
there has not been a school for ossay.jearts.. • . ',
Do you know any thing about theeopertY _.
tligkoephit Nos_
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A little absent i'. •
Are the lauds much under-let?—Yes, I should think they are;'
they are let upon lease.
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I'm you know what is done with the ascribe; of the funds,
after paying thee:peaces ?—I do not know; the warden, the
• spoor brethren, and Mr. Bisset, the school-taaster, have the
ammasement of it altogether.
What do :hey do with it.l—T canned say.
• Mr. Head : I believe since an investigation Ins taken place,
it has been applied according to the donor'. will.
What lithe yearly virtue of the estate at New cross of 95
. 'acres of Mod I—Mr. Hew.on :We cannot tell ; I suppoo. doe
thousand or one thousand live hundred pounds a year; hut it is
• 'its tin a long lease.
a Who let the lease?—The *rosters. It is let to'srvetal tenants.
Dow mauy years are there to run I—l do aurkuow, bat • it is
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'said the lease is for nines, yrar'.
Hits itleen let Within the last twenty years_?—Yes; I think
it ha. been.
ti h.tt fine was taken on letting it on lease )—Thai I know
'nothing dbuut ; the pariah has lately received nothing from this
• sedate.
Who let it ? —The trust; there were 12 or 13 When they were
iippoitiledlome years ago, hut very few people know si ho are
the trustees; Mr. Dru ssssss ood, of Croydon, the .clerk to the
' Artistes*, 111:1se able to give every isforination upon the subject.
Dave you seen the priuted paper which Mr. Harding pro-
duced to the Committee? No, Ido not know that I have; I
have sten payers printed laCtitytkin which may be those re-
' ffegred to.
As for as yen It ndm. &ism believe thee to be correct ?
Yes, I believe they ore. . •
;Do they mote theism! woe SW. a yew
• • .. 110 they snake the Itllt they edit* tweet Ate.`l6lsl./—lies.
• • Do they make the new rental to Iget. 111101.1-44,41,.141 bleat
We know; but we know very little about tt.; the warden Gould
• /ire eau infuhaation upon that subject

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.IMERIcAN
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VsitiAlt. AND AtatitTtAL 00 Gollittilyteige
NADIAN 'REFORMS&
teltOM Tllc lACKSTT'a 11A84001a
la 1
Qn it • r.p uLTOR,-1 have jest retarded 'fromKing.:
'toe, Upper Canada, where, on the 13th inst., at.
tended the trial of Robert Gourley, for a libel on
the Government of the Upper Province; and for at.
tempting to sow sedition among the people, The
Assizes were held by Judr, or, wrathy.* cell him
• there, [And Campbell. The trial occupied the whole
day, cud was attended by as large an audience as the
Court-house could possibly accommodate. The cause
-was opened by the Solicitor, Mr.-Belton, a young
man from York, and the alleged libellous- and sediti.
ous matter read from a pamphlet to the Jury. His
comments were more declamatory than argomenta.
live, his epithets more pointed and persons! than
were applicable to such an occasion. ife was fel-
lowed by Mr. Gourley, who being, as he Said, no.
accustomed to public speaking, was peritatted by
the Judge to read an addre,s to the Jury. It took
a wide and extensive range, and enumerated many
grievances suffered by the people under the admimis-
. station of the Executive Ceencil of that Prratince, and
asserted the consequent necessity of piposing'thern to
the Public. It inveighed in strong and forcible language
eglinst the corrupt conduct of particular Government
officers and Immeshes in the province, and in a few io•
stances applied epithets which were undignified and
ne worthy of their author. The address, however,
in general, adopting a frequent use of antithesis and
• metaphor, exhibited i specimen of bold,: energetic
composition, seldom equalled, cud contained many
: excellent maims of political wisdom end josrica......
Tbe Solicitor replied at considerable length, and die-
. played some talent, hut mire acrimony. Thar Judge
in charging the Jury appeared to lean rather bard
against the Prisoner: but when the vet • 01 ag.,
• was proirounied, as it . ‘.
by
Jury, and received by the ',Wieners eisli.lttbendete.
peal of acclamation, his eye, whine lessee star fading
in the autumn of life, brightened anew; and the
muscles of his face, which age and the severity of hie
office had contracted into folds, there apparently to
remain undisturbed till saluted by the worm of the
grave, were forced into smiles, and Isis whole appear.
since indicated the most heartfelt joy. The einem.
stance convinces me that the task which he had just
performed (probably from a sense of duty to the
(,overnment) was disagreeable to him, aftd that the
milk of human kindness still Unwed in his bosom.—
. 'rho morning after the verdict was announced,
" Gourley for ever," was found inscribed on almost
every fence and corner post in Kingstoe. Respect.
able men, from the distance of 4 to 500 miler, having
attended the trial as friends of Mr. Gnualey, with
him the nest day partook of a dinner given by the
citizens of Kingston, which was distinguished, as is
. usual for such occasions, by song, sentiment, and
mirth. Few of lite grievances complained of are;
the refusal of lands and compensation promised to
the disbanded soldiery of the province, end to the
emigrants who arrived there from the Mother
Country.
• Mr. Gourley, who, sa it was testified on the
trial, belonged to a family highly.respectable—whit
some years since raised a volunteer corps,for toe sere

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