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The Great Mall was filled some time before the business of the day had commenced, and amongst the numerous assemblage of alegandy dressed ladies, those of the Society of Friends were particularly of Norfolk, inclosing a cheque for 251. in behalf of the c ha rity.--(Apeolasse.) Lord TREMLESTOWNI, in a neat speech. proposed the health of the illustrious chairman. His Royal Highness, in returning Minsk., adverted to his political opinions, particularly those which apper tained to Catholic emancipation. and expressed Mantel( Manfully and liberally upon the subject. In alluding to the Chanty. he animadverted at length upon its great utility and humanity, and having, he said, opened the case to the company, the presence of theiehildren -would speak more eloquently than he could attempt in their cause.—(Cheering:) His Royal Highness coueluded by proposing the health of the Lail of Donotighmore, for his steady and zealous support of Catholic emancipation in the House of Peers. Dr Poem reit then read a letter from the Noble Earl, apoloaizing for his absence, and enclosing a cheque in favour of the charity.—Also a letter from Lord Hutchin son, whose state of health rendered hint incapable of joining public society. The Noble Chairman then proposed the health of Lord Nugent and Mr. Plutiliett, which was drank w ith great applause. Lord N oozier addressed the company in a powerful speech. His Royal Highness proposal the health of Mr. Hub• house, and his brother member for Westminster.— (Loud and reiterated applause.) Mr. HODHOUDE rent/lied Malik, in a speech which . appealed feelingl to the bosom of every able present, and more imm ediately to the objects and husinesa for which the company had assembled. The Hon. Member was greatly applauded. Thechildren were now introduced to the air of "The Beggar tiny' by the band, and having beeta advantage ously arranged, the illustrious chairman invested two of them (8 boy and a girl) with a medal, with'appropriate remarks, and to the boy he observed, that sa the year 1807, a boy had had eituilarly bestowed on hint a token, who now had obtained an elevated situation in life, and was enabled by it to subscribe IS guineaasububily to the institution.—((,oud applause ) The mooing of subaniptions announced pang plerwere folly demonstrated the generous feelings and liberal be. 1 nevolence which so eminently distinguished thb celmtry in which we hate happiness to live_ . 4 MERCHANT SE.43IA'N'S BIBLE SOCIETY. The third anniversary of this society WAS held at the City of London Tavern, on Monday. At ahtt.it twelt e o'clock the great room was tilled by a numerals" assem blage of ladies and gentlemen. Lord Viscount Exmotell was unaniononsirnelled to the 0,110, and opened the business of the day. 'l' he report, which was read by toe secretary, gave an encoeragtng (nitise of the proceedi iigs of the o:ntlit Mee during the last year, a n d of the sup 4rt whicli4t r e l y hail receiv.d iu their exettio m Mns froet Jeverai meale brakes; the testi:sheiks of competent% Mica, so the ineliuroted and conduct of that intetestiug class of :oxicty, the merchant s.-attieli, were every day eccu 1111 l mid the steady course pursued by tins institution, in circoloting the *acted scriptures, co-operattitis with the labours of other incomes. kindred in their Mike though not its the means adopted to accomplish ft, tat! fooled a fair hope that perhaps the only stain which rests on this portion of our countrymen. would ere loog be removed, and that tiny would its a I'VW years ... bear a comparison, in respect io morals anti religion. staith any other men in this highly favoured country. Tie . society had distributed, at the thovesend stamp's only,' ottriti g the last year 816 Bible, anti 109t3 Testaniente. Inc irport svas mope,' In Admiral Sir J. Satninarca.... after which thattlie were toted in the chairman, .when a liberal collection was made, mid the meeting erparated. - SONS 01' 7'IlE CLERGY. • The anniversary meeting of the Corporation of the Aunt of. the C!ergy, took phsice on Thureley, at St. Paul's t'utliethel, and scarcely did we seen more numerous and respectable assemblage. This society, since its institutive, has received into itti t schuols more than ftoo children of both sexes, must of whom hive been tippreitticed out to eyeful employments. The number p re sent all the otablialtment, owing to the inadequacy of tie/funds, dues not exceed Mo. Before twelve o'clock the cathedral was exeeseively crowded. and numbers were netiessitattal to crowd into the ritlefti.iiss.-- 'rite choir was admirably arranged, and at an early peritld Au gentlemen, congaing of the musical depernocet tuuk their ven ous stations. The whole was conducted in a masterly manner by blr. Greaturex. After the intuits a most excellent sermon was mailed by tho Rev. Thomas Rennell, A.M. Vicar of Kensington. The collection at the door unwonted to esel. Is. fel. The company Proceeded from tie. cub to meteltant ta)lors• hall, where a owner was pre.:itkst for them. Mom five fetlock about 2.50 persons sat down to n sumptuous enterteimeent, the lord M'syoe in the Chair, supported on the right by litwEasal Flighnese the Duke of Gloucester, and on tie heft by the Arch bishop of Canterbury. The healths of Mu Duke of Gloucester, the lend Mayor. Arelthishop of Canterbuty, Uidtup of Lon-tao, Jac. were drank, and. >pesetas of thanks wire delivered hp re urn. The ivotbsslonel gentlemen cote:l.l;3'ml the convene with nib° deliehtad harmony ; and at a seasonable hour tea °wheel I separated, after haviog contributed entrants the suptwit of tbo Charity. ...... . . A HILL TO AMEND THE LAWB RELATING TO TILE RE LIEF OF THE IVOR IN ENGLAND. —...m..-- Whereas the rates foe the relief of the poor have of late years greatly increased ; and if some timely check be not provided to prevent the further increase thereof, there is reason to apprehend that the lands in many parts of England. over burthettod by the charge of maintaining the poor, will not be words Cultivating. And whereas the habits of induetry and frugality are most essential to the well-being, comfort, and independence of the . labopring classes; but the too great facility of obtamung relict; by tlou. who are able to work, is calculated to encourage idleness, extravagance. and imprudence, the sure forerunners of poverty. misery, and vice. And whereas also the removal of the poor who are usable to maintain themselves to the places of their settlement, is utteudet with great oppression to them, as well as &great expence , trouble. and litigauon. to the different parishes and townships front and to which they are so removed I audit is nut ressouable that these who have by their labour contained to enrich one place, s..oukl be mooted to another, and efleteiry distant place, where there is no,desnami for their tabu*, isiteee be Maintained in sickness, and in seasomof meek, eleoltimem For reasedysimant. vadat the several matters aforesaid, be it therefore Wadi by the [lag's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and convent of the lords spiritual and temporal. and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the autimpley if the same, That from sad after no greater sum shall be asmered. raised. or hivied, _ .der . the relief of the poor. *ia parishoewaship, or plea. in MOM, for any one year, NM asamsed for th at moss iamb& parish, township. Ist limper iodine. a r a to Ilikeolabet 0 imasellWthe sale ee eassteed he the • lros ip. r.-i•Eig as allwearila - be bettor ascertained. be it diested. that dee amsubb et eanatebles ei:y- perish. et place. raaliassielhas impost pur e _ deW as ewe gebeliWorgeeara/ session of Memos. to be holder grid*. s- • , , ' Isti m s+ atiame. stem he pasaing of *lea" hid deliver i s the their ar die pall, Se" the altrict IMMO ends parish therembip. or paw. shall be, a certlhome in stool by :he overseers of Ilse peer of such parish. townshlp.ee or some of than (who ere hereby required. upon timmisd. co sign the same). of the aggregate lonottat of the rum se steisesed for the last year = mob tonaship or place, for the Misr of the pow; width mis the sigh etqapeeee is hereby required sera:elm mg am. as be entered fairly in a book so be pomaded be thermopiles. he • irlialieefiqhe itheil be outdid at love sod vie tai the ow- Mils *tem limb oratificate, the sum of mod re lasie.. . ft lie so the constable in his ascounts; and the desk it the piece es3l. and is hereby required. at all dates bereafter. upon applismisa of any person whatsoever, to furnish • copy et any suds osedfleate as may be required, upon receiving the teem' - for his And be it krtherced, that before lay rate, hereafter to be • ' made he die relief of poor. shall be al owed and 423 7 stbhUsigalidellins of the peace. such ju • sottiortsea mid Toirovbed at inquire into the amount of illinelss; saw m VI , ade for the current year, and to ascertain this saw with the 'amount of the rate so to bo Mewed . • signed. not exceed the total amount limited by this as; provided always, that lams/ it shall be made to appear so such justices, that there is any increased charge in the county rates which are payable out of the poor rates, which may require sit additional assessment beyond the assessment for the relief of the poor for the year last pat. as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for Jodi justices, in that case, to allow of such excess only as shall be equal to such increase of the county rates. And be it further onat:.,±ll, that it shal not be lawful for any churchwarden, over s eer, or guardian of the poor, or any other person having authority to administer reins/ to the poor. to allow or give, or fur any justice of the peace to order, any relief to any v E tt male. • Idehattsuever. being single and uni at narrieJ the fu 11 pr any part of his fmily, un:e.s such pour perm at actually, at the time of arsking ,tteli riser; by reason 41 age, aicknetis,or bodiiy infirmity, unable to obt.sin his livelihood, and to support his family by work. And be it further , nactea, that from and after the it shall not belawfill for any justice of peace, or uther'person, to remove, or ca to be ronovetl, any pour pirson or persons , against the •ir lof such povon or persons, fruit any parish, township, or p ice. or being 'unable to . nutintain hint or theno• • elves, or under colour of such petiain or persons being Ltticd in any other parish, township, or place. any law or statute to the ontrary notwithsufnlin.t. Provided aiwus, that nothing in this act shall in Kilf-Wi.o be deemed to alter any lair no. in farce fur . the punishment of vi l / 4 4rtuita.. • numerous. At one o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX took the Chair, and opened the business of the' day. His Royal Highness apologised for the absence of the Duke of Bedford, who had been under the necessity of leaving town. and at the same time read a letter from his Grace, couched in the warmest terms towards the Society, and enclosing a donation of 1001. per an HIM. • The Reverend Geoitess CLAYTON read the Report of the last year's preceedings of the Committee. In the Metropolis alone 20,689 children had been educated, on the system of mutual in struction, and they had now the greatest satisfaction in being enabled to enumerate 44 schools in the Metropolis, upon the same system, of which 23 had been established within the last five years, and they were still encreasing at the same rate. The British System was spreading progressively through Scotland and Ireland. Many masters hail been taught last year at the school in the Borough .. In India this system had gained a footing amongst one hundred millions of souls, who were under British influence. At Calcutta no less than Sit schools had been estab • lishtel, and a school for the education of females, a thing never heard of before in that quarter of the globe, was about to be established. The natives were perfectly disposed to partake of the education offered, and there was no doubt that, if the enter • prise was carried on with spirit, they would be enabled to chace away that numerous train of evils which always accompanied superstition. The progress which the British System was milking on the Continent was particufarly satisfactory. In France and the Netherlands the Sy.tem had answered beyond the greatest expectations. In Italy their progress had been in some measure impeded, by the late convulsions ; but at Florence no less than schools had been established, of which three wete for girls.— With Spain the Committee had maintained is constant conununi. cation, and the subject would soon be taken into consideration by the Cortes. Many schools had, however. been established there already. 'rite Report proceeded to give a most interesting ac count of this progress which education was making in North and South America ; at St. Domingo and other islands in the same quarter of the globe. It concluded, however, by representing. that much remained to be done, even in our country, and exhorted the pious and liberal not to slacken, but to increase their en deavours for the success of a cause in which the highest and best interests of society were so greatly concerned. The Rev. GEORGE Bullpen, the Secretary of the London Missionary Society, moved that the Report should be printed. and in dw course of his speech detailed the progress of education in the South Sea islands. The changes that had been recently produced in Otabeite were remarkable. No less than 7000 of the natives were now able to read. The Repott wee agreed to unanimously. The Reverend 'LOWLAND HILL. in moving an expression of gratitude to his Majesty, for an annual donation of 1001. which lie had been pleased to stake to the Socie y, observed that his Majesty by this doiettion had (lone honour to Inm.,vlf, by recog nising the teinstitutional principle of toleration, and of giving tie Leuelits of education to till and every denomination of reli gious. (Applause.) Wit.elAlll ALLEN. Esq. the Treasurer, seconded the motion. The Rev. Mr. WIIALIN moved the thanks of the meeting to his Royal highness the Duke of Suisex and Prince Linpold, tbr their patronage of the Society. The motion was carried with great applawe. The Duke of Sussex, in returning thanks for him& elf and hie Royal Relative, observed, that the latter was anxious to support this and every other Institution of interest to the vimso of Charity, trout his sense of the obligations that lie is. under to this country; front his own feelingv, and front coweiemous motives of what INS ISlllellteti consort would have done had she been alive. (Loud applause.) As for himself, the Royal Speaker said he bad been brought uy in principles of general toleration, and he felt, es a wan, Out he was wider obligation, to that country which so generously received his family, to adhere to these pnnciples of toleration which placed that family upon the throne. At to cho danger, which some had meld there was giving general education, he vhserved that he had never known it hatit was to fear any danger, and when he met it he grappled with it, trusting to Providence and honest intentions for his e ittety. (Loud applause.) His Royal Highness obeerred, that he lied never advocated a contrected system of education, and when education was given to ell abroad, he saw no reason for tieing that in detail at home, which was done generally abroad.... Ilia (oral Ilighneee concluded an ol ! yeesive speech 'by emigre tolating the meeting to the stivtion Wilds they host olsteitied, and upon the impotent heurtits which the extension of their by /dent •of education was likely to confer upon society. Thanks were afterwards voted to the Duchess of Kent, the Petrone.' of the Female Ss!teols, and to Prieee Rataplt, naluitio•ear, on whose behalf an interpreter retutsted thanks ; when, alter some further proceedings, the meeting separated. highlygratifital, after a liberal collection bad been made. • _ - - The Coronation —At twelve &dock on Thursday, , the drawings :aid plans of ;he state of Westminster. hall and the Abbey, with all iho galleri.zi, arrange. mots, Ste. as they aro now fitted up Mr the corn. • nation, were 'prepared by order shun the hoard of ,tgorks, flit. the purpo s e of being 13. fire his Ma. Pry , who it i> expected. tviil be graciously pleased to select the colours and ornament, tor the . finishitl ival decoration of the whole. Want rctnains tits the worktutsu and artixans could be finished in a ntuntli or six WeAs. It is said, that, as betiire the corona. tion of (;corgo the 11. a grand installation of the kni&ltta of the garter will take place . :r Abbe'.., and that an old print of the ceremonial limn the kieruld's office has Leen with the othe: . .drawings prepared tin. his Majesty's inspection. it is thou tit flout these indications that the e.Teitionial of the coronation will rsitively take i L.ce early in the month of July, if nothing totiireseen does nut tieenr. Substan 60 scaffolding is now erecting at the sum. skit of St. Paul's cathedral for tha Purpose of re. proving the ball and cress which use tote:11 decayed, and placit t g Hoe ones in their stead. It wiil lie is very laborious work. The preparations attracted the flock° of con O.:ratite trJuith; of per,uns,M Fri. day assetubled in St. Paul's choral yard. ST. PATRICK'S CHARITY. The antlivereary festival of St. Patrick's Charity, fur ed.icating and clothing the children of pour Catholics, and pros hug an asylum fur the maintenance of destitute tentsle orphans, was held on Monday, at the Freemason's Great Queen.street. His Royal flightiest, the Duke of Sussex in the cli&r. His Royal flightless entered the room, and was greeted with the most enthu siastic bursts of applause from all parts of the room, and the ladies in the gallery were not less expressive of their tokens of admiration of the ilhistrious personage who honoured the charity wi 't his pfeICIIGC. Agee the to- Moral of the cloth, Aids .Domine, was song by the following professional gentlemen, who, we understand (couch to their credit be it said) tendered their services tatunously—Nlr. J. Smith, Mr. Gettie, Mr. Timiey, Mr. D. Smith , Mr.iDesinin. &c. - The illustrious chairman then griect--" The King," " The Queen, and Royal Famtly."—(Applause.) Dr. POYNTER read a letter of excuse from the Duke ~ •1 a . . r!~; n. . 0 . M 1 ~!► • • .Ibf. - , 4