in this. The girls are all trained to The Committee have also to state, that the Institution has been indebted this year to the charity of a benevolent individual lately deceased, for a legacy in aid of its funds. John Goodridge, Esq., late of Speights'-town, has bequeathed 50%. currency to the Trustees, which bequest has been received from his Executor. One subject of regret occurs among the many gratifying circumstances which the Committee have had it in their power to record; and this is, the resignation of the office of Treasurer by Mr. Frazer. This regret is increased by their knowledge of the cause which deprives them of his valuable services. Mr. Frazer resigned the office on the 5th of March, and the Committee subjoin the following Resolution, unanimously adopted by them, as expressive of their feelings on the occasion: "Resolved, - That this Committee, having learnt with the deepest regret the resignation of the office of Treasurer by Mr. Frazer, in consequence of his continued ill health, feel anxious to record on their minutes the high sense entertained by them of the zeal, method, and ability, with which he has so faithfully discharged, for several years, that important office, and that the Secretary be requested to communicate the same to Mr. Frazer by letter." On a review of the whole, the Committee venture to recommend to general attention and support the interests of an Institution, calculated to benefit the Colony in many important respects; and desire to offer their fervent prayers to Almighty God for the continuance of that blessing which has hitherto so mercifully prospered their labours. W. M. HARTE, Barbados, March 29, 1828. CORNWALLIS HOUSE ASSOCIATION. WE have been requested to insert the following notice respecting the Ladies' Association at Cornwallis House, near Bristol. The Institution has our most cordial wishes for its welfare. "It is gratifying to witness the attention given in the present day to the wants of the lower ranks in the community. It is also pleasing to observe, that in the labours of benevolence those are not forgotten, who though belonging to a higher class in society, and not so circumstanced as to need the assistance of what is commonly called charity, are yet subject to sorrows and bereavements which call for christian sympa thy, and which genuine philanthropy would seek to alleviate. 66 Among the number of females in the rank of Gentlewomen, whom we see daily deprived by death of the protection of parents and husbands, many have a home to seek, of whom some are not only sorrowing for the deprivation of all that was most dear to them, but are also suffering the ills necessarily attendant on a change from competency to indigence. For the benefit of this latter class, several Institutions have been nobly endowed, such as Partis's College near Bath; and in many Dioceses there are Colleges for Clergymen's Widows. But among those who feel painfully the loss of a social and protecting home, there are some who neither require nor would accept an asylum offered by an eleemosynary Institution: such it may be supposed, would, in many cases, gladly join a voluntary association, where uniting with ladies of christian principles and liberal education, in such works of benevolence as their fortunes would permit, they might enjoy the combined advantages of economy and independence, and participate in the gratifying consciousness of time and talents usefully employed. "The late Queen Charlotte gave her sanction to an attempt to form an association of this nature, and evinced a cordial interest in its success. The Institution thus favoured by herMajesty, has now existed about twelve years. It is under the patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Marquis of Cholmondely, the Viscount Lorton, the Duchess of Beaufort, the Duchess of Wellington, the Marchioness of Exeter, the Countess Fortescue, the Dowager Countess Manvers, the Countess of Carysfort, the Countess of Clare, the Dowager Viscountess Anson, the Lady Isabella King, the Lady Olivia Sparrow, the Right Hon. Lady Willoughby of Eresby, the Right Hon. Dowager Lady Clonbrock. "A local committee of Guardians and Trustees appointed by the Patrons and Patronesses. "President of the Guardian Committee,-Lady Isabella King. "Secretaries to the Committee,-Miss Stanhope, Miss Townsend, Clifton. "Assistant Secretary,-Miss Sharrer, Cornwallis House, Clifton. "A local committee of ladies was appointed to form the establishment, and a sum of money was subscribed, which, until required for the purchase of a house for the Institution, was placed at interest in the public funds, in the names of Trustees. For the first five years the society resided at Bailbrook House, near Bath; that place being rented for the purpose by two of the Patronesses, (Lady Willoughby and Lady Isabella King) in order to prevent an outlay of the subscribed fund, during the time that the undertaking might be considered as a mere matter of experiment. On the sale of Bailbrook in 1821, it was deemed necessary to the welfare of the Institution to secure a permanent residence, and the sum which had been accumulating was laid out in the purchase of Cornwallis House, near Bristol, in the names of local Trustees and Guardians, appointed by the Patrons and Patronesses. An additional sum was raised (see the printed account for 1819) to endow a few official situations for ladies of respectability willing to enter the establishment as assistants to the presiding lady. This fund remains at interest in the names of the general Trustees, and has been augmented from time to time by the donations of such as were anxious for the extension of that branch of the Institution. The whole amount of the contributions placed under the control of the Patrons and Patronesses, part of which has been vested in the purchase of a house, and the remainder placed at interest for the endowed situations, does not amount to much more than 8,000l., as may be seen by the Treasurer's account. Such improvements as were thought desirable to render the mansion more commodious, were made at the expense of a few of the immediate friends of the Institution. no "The late Bishop Heber, in a letter addressed to the Lady President, in 1817, thus strongly expresses his approbation of the plan:- I can longer delay offering you my thanks for the flattering attention which you have paid to my slight hints, for the conduct of an Institution which bids fair, if successful, to lay the foundation of many similar societies; to alleviate much distress of the severest nature; and even to become an important feature in the domestic prosperity of the nation.' "With a view of promoting kind and harmonious feeling in the society, equality is preserved in every thing affecting the real comfort of the inmates. Each resident lady contributes to the housekeeping expenses the same annual sum of 50%., derived either from private income, or from the salaries annexed to the endowed situations. The Lady President, and one or two other Members, pay, in addition, a large annual rent for private apartments in the establishment, thus augmenting the fund for the annual expenses of the Institution, but in such a manner as cannot be construed into any thing like a pecuniary obligation conferred on the less affluent inmates. "It is obvious that the continued existence of such an association must, from the nature of its pecuniary arrangements, depend upon the agreement of a sufficient number of members; the prescribed sum to be paid by each lady-associate being small, and the allotment of rooms to be rented by more affluent ladies being limited, and it is well that there should be this obvious necessity for union within the walls of the establishment. Interest is thus combined with duty;-for if discord should divide the society, it must decline and die. This teaches the necessity of caution in the reception of inmates, and of kindness to those who are received; and to this extent, perhaps the common dictates of propriety and honour, prompted by a prin ciple of self-respect, may be sufficiently powerful to preserve peace and good order: but in taking a higher view of the subject, in considering the real happiness and spiritual welfare of the members of the Institution, it must be admitted that there can be but one bond of union, and that is christian love; a concord produced not by the narrow spirit of exclusiveness so natural to the unrenewed or the selfdeceived heart, but arising from those dispositions, which the Holy Spirit of God alone can produce in the human mind, " love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." To cherish such principles, is the object and endeavour of the society, and it may be hoped that this has been in some degree attained. Every influence which the nature of a voluntary association will permit, is used to promote active benevolence; and in a sisterhood acknowledging the Divine authority of the command, "Six days shalt thou labour," it may be supposed that such calls to exertion are not given altogether in vain. In the choice of occupations it is not forgotten, that domestic life is woman's sphere; such employments therefore are preferred as tend to unite rather than disperse the inmates, to promote activity at home, rather than to excite attention abroad." NATIONAL General Committee, June 25, 1828.-At a Meeting held in the Vestryroom of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, the Schools of the following places were received into union, and sixteen grants subsequently voted:-Amesbury, Wilts; L. Berkhamstead, Herts; Birstall, Leicester; Blackburn Western District Schools; Finmere, Oxford.; N. Ferriby, Yorkshire; Llandudno, Carnarvonshire; Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire; Llanllechyd, Carnarvonshire; Llanenddwyn, Merionethshire; Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire; Penn, near Beaconsfield; Pultenham, Surrey; Rhuddlan, Flintshire; Runcorn, SOCIETY. Chester; Stratford-on-Avon; Trefdraeth, Anglesey, Tuxford, Notts; Walgrave, Northamptonshire; Wavenden, near Woburn. Grants.--Ashted, Warwickshire, 2001; L. Berkhamstead, 204; Blackburn, (conditionally) 2004.; Walgrave, 801.; Henllan, 1007.; Pendle, (conditionally) 30.; Penn, 301.; Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, 257.; Carmarthen, (additional) 25.; Rhuddlan, (conditionally) 50.; Trefdraeth, 351.; Llanllechyd, 35.; Llangddfan, 70%.; Machynlleth, 1007.; N. Ferriby, 201.; Tuxford, 20% The Committee adjourned until the first Wednesday in November. POLITICAL RETROSPECT. STATE OF THE COUNTRY.-During the latter part of the preceding month, a very favourable change in the weather has taken place, offering every facility for gathering in the harvest, without its sustaining the damage that was anticipated earlier in the season. The injury sustained by the crops is extremely partial; and the corn, which had been levelled with the ground, has very generally recovered itself, and looks nearly as well as ever. This is partly owing to the smallness of the heads, which has likewise tended to prevent it from speedily attaining to maturity, and may so far be considered a favourable circumstance, as it has also delayed the much-dreaded sprouting, a misfortune which does not appear to have occurred in any district. In other respects, the harvest affords a very pleasing aspect, as the stalks are thick, and the quality good; and in the north especially, the produce rather exceeds that of an average year. Oats are, in general, very luxuriant; and the crops of peas and beans are heavier, and of better quality, than ordinary. Potatoes and turnips are also exceedingly abundant. Notwithstanding the disturbed state of various parts of the world, our foreign commercial relations have not suffered any material diminution; and our exports, both of growth and manufacture, in their various branches, remain steady. The cotton manufactures are very brisk; and the demand for home consumption is large and regular. The American tariff passing so suddenly and unexpectedly into operation, produced a temporary check upon the woollen trade, which was particularly felt in those parts of Lancashire where the manufacture of flannel is carried on; but this is now, in a great measure, removed, and the cloth weavers are again in full employment, with every prospect of its continuing through the winter. Our other manufacturing districts are in an equally flourishing condition; and the danger of a failure in the harvest being considerably lessened, there is VOL. X. NO, IX. little reason to dread lest the approaching winter should diminish the comforts and employments of the lower orders. The Duke of Clarence has resigned his office of Lord High Admiral, which it is expected will be again merged in the Lords of the Admiralty. SPAIN. The King has returned to his capital. He was at St. Ildefonso on the 8th, and intended to make his triumphal entry into Madrid on the 11th, with great pomp. Te Deum was to be sung on that and the two following days, which were to be celebrated as days of public rejoicing. The death of the Duke de San Carlos has considerably embarrassed Ferdinand's cabinet. The Count d'Ofalia has been nominated his successor, but is considered as greatly inferior in talent to the late minister. In the present circumstances of the nation, it would be difficult to find any person who could discharge, with equal ability, the important duties of the station in which he was placed. PORTUGAL. The measures of Don Miguel's government, which we recorded last month, have been followed up with the violence which usually attaches itself to revolutionary tribunals. The submission of Oporto, without bloodshed, has not been productive of the least mercy to the inhabitants. Every article that could be traced to have been in the possession of a constitutionalist, even to the furniture of a ready-furnished house, has been declared to be confiscated. A commission of six judges has been sent from Lisbon to try the accused, and the commissioners are instructed to direct their inquiries against any acts of an hostile tendency to the absolute government, committed since the year 1820, when the measures for introducing constitutional monarchy were first contemplated, and to punish all persons who have been implicated in them. The sentiments of the British residents in Portugal were, of course, in unison with the feelings of their 4 H Government at home, and directed to the support of Don Pedro. At Oporto, circumstances were particularly favourable to the declaration of these principles, and the expression of them has not been overlooked by Don Miguel. Two of them, Sir John M. Doyle and Mr. A. Young, have been committed to prison under a charge of high treason. It was in vain that they pleaded the legitimacy of Don Pedro's authority, and the sanction given to his claim by their own sovereign. The demand of the British Government for their surrender has proved equally unavailing. The answer was, that they had rebelled against Don Miguel, and that he would try and punish them. In Lisbon, the same kind of measures are pursued, and with equal activity; but no equally public opposition having shewn itself there, the acts of oppression are less sweeping. The number of arrests in the neighbouring provinces amount to upwards of sixteen thousand. The jails are overflowing, and unable to contain their victims, without the aid of prison ships. The Governor of the Madeira Islands has preserved his fidelity to his sovereign, the Emperor of the Brazils; and, therefore, these islands are declared to be in a state of blockade by Don Miguel, of which circumstance our Government has just taken sufficient notice to preserve our merchant vessels from danger. In the meantime, the condition of the emigrants within the Spanish frontier is peculiarly distressing. The priests in the cabinet of Madrid have so close a feeling with their brethren in that of Lisbon, that every difficulty is heaped upon the miserable Portuguese, who have been driven from their country for their loyalty. The resentment of Don Miguel pursues them with unrelenting fury, and endeavours to deprive them of even the slender hospitality which is allowed, rather than given them, by the Spanish administration, and which would probably be withdrawn, but for the interference of the British and French ambassadors. A naval force from the Brazils is shortly expected on the coast of Portugal. A man-of-war, of sixty guns, after having captured a Portuguese vessel on the coasts of that kingdom, has arrived at Gibraltar, where the others are expected to rendezvous after their voyage. The French cabinet are understood to coincide with the British in sentiment on these affairs, and to have offered their assistance to the Emperor of the Brazils whenever he may require it. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.-The fortress of Schumla, hitherto considered almost impregnable, has fallen before the Russian arms, after a desperate and protracted assault of four days. This is a fearful blow to the Turks; and letters from Vienna confidently affirm, that it has already produced overtures of peace from the Porte. Schumla was one of the strong-holds of the Turkish empire: it was strongly and well stored with magazines of all kinds. In the former wars between these two hostile neighbours, the Russian troops have never been able to penetrate further than its walls. There their progress has invariably been checked; and the Ottoman ministers trusted to their receiving a similar check in the present campaign. The inhabitants of the province of Bosnia are in a state of avowed insubordination. A large body of troops raised in this district, and newly organized, being ordered to join the army, broke out into open insurrection, murdered the officers appointed to conduct them, and turning the arms with which they were supplied against the governor, besieged him in his citadel, and compelled him to accept terms of submission from them; viz. that he should, for the future, reside at Tiranik, and govern according to the ancient laws of Bosnia. The troops which had been dispatched from Bosnia early in the spring, as reinforcements to the Servian garrisons, hearing what had been done by their countrymen, immediately quitted the fortresses, with the intention of regaining their homes, and encountering on their route a body of Mahommed Pacha's troops, who attempted to enforce their return. A conflict ensued, in which several hundreds of men were slain. Kars, one of the strongest fortresses in Turkish Armenia, has fallen before the arms of General Poskevitch, after |