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_ •N • "Nr.' •.* . . • NS*: • ale Sharp, and the other Venerable perigitea had Participated in his feelings, now appear to , &skir language would be 44 GO on, persetsere is the . glcrota canoe. Yon cannot know what good you tilt late as you view the effects of your labours. AIL flesh is grass, and the glory of them the flower of • grass,. but tt,:e word-of the Loan abideth for ever." Mr. Bevan returned thanks.. * Methinks of the Meeting were next given to the Extra Secretaries. Other animated and appropriate appeals were made to the Meeting. Amongst them was an admirable smell . by Mr. H ad . THORNTON, on a motion for thanks to tne Officers d Committees of the several Asso• ciations formed in the City, and its vicinity, for -dis seminating a knowledge of the Bible. In this the Hon. Gentleman strongly set forth the objects of the Society, and called on the Meeting to pursue them with zeal. One of the principles of our religion was to propagate it by every means in our power s we were taught daily to pray, that the kingdom of GOD may come, and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven." While raising this prayer, if we did not endeavour to hasten the coming of GOD'S king dom, by diffusing a knowledge of his word, our pro fessions of faith were insincere.—The Meeting did not break up till late. . AIBLIS soczar. The Society formed last year as Auxiliary to the Bible Society, held yesterday their AnniirersarY Meeting. in the.Egyptian.Hall at the Mansioa 'House,. , The business having been shortly o by ,the LORD MAYOR, - Mr. WILSON read the ReisOrt of the Cnistoitteedt the Society: -This set forth at large the cheering . . prospect which opened -before them, in she-efforts made by all classes to obtain and to dissetninate a knowledge of the Scriptores. One. Perim% was men: tioned who had. taken a number .of Bibles on board the Tender`for the relate of - the unfortunate persons detained there. A child, only nine years of age, was stated to have paid Id. per week, out of tlitee.half pence allowed her for pocket money, to pay for her Bible, in order to present it to her grandmother.— The younger Members' of many families exerted themselves with similar Zeal in the cause ; and many . Members of-the Roman Catholic Church were seen to vie with their Protestant brethren in spreading abroad a knowledge of the Bible. Eight Associa tions had been established within the year, in and near the Metropolis, which had furnished in aid of the Parent Society £670, 1758 Bibles, and 1013 Testa ments, making in the whole 2771 Bibles and Testa ments, distributed through their means. The Re port stated 54 quarto Bibles to hare beep printed for the use of the several wards in Newgate.' Small Bibles had been given besides, and it appeared that they had been in no instance misused. An adequate slumber of Bibles had been furnished to the Warden of the Fleet, for the benefit of the prisoners confined in that prison. The total number of Bibles distribu ted by this Society within the year was 2284 ; — of Testaments, 1744. It was stated with regret that the Rev. Mr. Buenra had resigned the situation of Secretary to the Society, and had been succeeded by the Rev. Mr. T. WALKER. The Lord Mayor Elect IdAlderman DOMVILLE). Sir W: LEIGHTON, Mr. ELLISH. the Member, and other persons of distinc tion, were added to the list of Vice Presidents. The donations to the Society had amounted to £3,500. The . circumstances of the times might well guard against astonishment at their having been no greater. The Committee hoped for increased exertions in the ensu ing year, and trusted, the triumphs of our army abroad, and the increase of our commerce at home, would cause an increase of exertion on the part of the friencts to the Bible Society; as yet the poor had done :.store; in proportion to their means, than the rich.— This circumstance, it Was hoped, would be sufficient to give a new stimulus to the opulent, to aid an un derfaking, the obj ect of which was to unite the re. sno:est regious.cf the earth in' the bonds of reciprocal good will. . Mr. BavAN ('freasurer) detailed the receipts and expenditure of the SOcietp The &miser amounted to £3,493. 17c. 7J. and the expenditure deducted, there remained in hand a balance of it'll. 9s. • A letter was read from Mr. Vsestrratti; in which the Right Hon. Gentleman exptessEJ regret at being unable to attend the Meetiug. After the . extraordi nary events of the year, he could have wished to be present, but was detained by business of importance et Westminster. The Society had Lis best wishes. • The Report of the Committee was then agreed to. • Mr. ROWCROFT moved, that the. Thanks of the Meeting should be given to the Lord Mayor for the grant of the Hall, and for his constant exertion in the cause. Dr. WINTER seconded the motion. He came for- . ward on. this occasion with great pleasure, satisfied that his Lordship, in supporting this Society, con ferred a benefit oti his fclloa'-creatures at large. The great events taking place on the Continent, he viewed with satisfaction, as tending to promote the great Work they had at heart. He hoped these would be made the means of extending the knowledge of the Bible, and of producing universal benefit. The Motion was carried, and the Lord Mayor re r • turned thanks' for the honour done hhn. The Rev. J. TOWNSEND had shared • the festivities of that Hall in former years, but had I;ttle thought that the time would come when he should stand there on an occasion like the present, to plead that cause of which he was now the advocate., He declared it to be his opinion, that the British Empire, in all its prosperity, owed more to the general introduction of the Bible to the great body of the people than to any other cause. He hoped the labours of the Bible Society would not terminate till the Scripture was known in every land, and in every house. He moved the Thanks of the Society to the Right Hon. Vice President, and the other Vice Presidents, for their patronage and support.—The motion was carried. Mr. Alderman ATKINS, as one of the Vice Presi dents, returned thanks for the honour they had receiv ed. He dwelt at some length on the gratifying scene which the preceding day had furnished, when he had the felicity of seeing the Duke of Cambridge lay the. first stone of a new school for the education of a thousand children. This and similar institutions now springing up, in imitation of the enlightened munifi cence of our ancestors, would, he trusted, remove ig norance and diminish vire. For himself, and the ether Vice Presidents, be returned thanks, and stated it to be their intention still to persevere in the cause, trusting to the ALMIGHTY for his blessing. Mr. Alderman BIRCH regarded the Bible Society as tending to strengthen the Constitution, and bless the people. He bestowed an animated panegyric on the Report of the Committee which had been read, and moved that the thanks of the Meeting should be given to the Committee,. Mr, C. CHANT, the East-India Director, seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. FKERIFIELD returned thanks for the Commit tee ; they felt they owed their thanks to the Society ))aving. through them, been enabled to taste the luxury of doing good. Mr. CLARKE moved the thanks of the Society to the 'Treasurer. Mr. THORNTON seconded the motion. He called on the meeting to make the greatest exertions in the cause in which they were engaged. To superficial observers it might appear, that as £76,000 had been subscribed at v iriofts times, enough had been. done. it ougl:t to be borne in mind, that the object of the Society was to supply Bibles to the whole world. 'Within the last eight years, 800,000 Bibles had been dish ibuted, but what were these when compared only with the population of this cotintry, and what corn pso ed with that a the world at large Could Grua. S. - ' • J . • SKETCH OF MILITART EVENTS FROM TUE 11T OF ILPTIMIEE TO VIZ IIT •r OCTOBER, isir ~.,:.: . .• rft ;;_ ' • .. 11.Ee • , F NCII ?.M FRS -5-4 •-- - ' —..—... . . : • WO *,a y !RA RT, OCTOBER Is. . ~• -.4 I Gilt French garrison, at this mordent, suilounts to 4000 men, who perform the duty conjointly ,with the troops of the Grand Duchy., The National Guard has ceased mounting guard since yesterday. RASTADT, OCTOBER 17. . . Letters from Frankfort announce a numerous pas.. sage of troops . thrOugh that town. They come from France, and are proceeding to the army. Several regiments and a train of artillery set out some days ego for Saxony. • MARBOURG, OCTOBER is. : Yestirday, at half-past one in the afternoon, we had the happiness of again seeing our beloved Sove. reign. Baron de Trott, our Prefect, the mounted guard of honour, and the gendarmerie, had marched to the frontier to meet the King. The Mayor, M. Wegener, received his Majesty at the Green Gate, and addressed to him the following Speech : 1 . i , SIRZ—The attachment and fidelity of a people 'to their Sovereign may be relied on, when they. re main immovable, at a moment when his States up- I pear to be threatened for some time. The loyal coo duct of the inhabitants of Marbourg, during the late • troubles, may therefore convince your Majesty of the I joy with which at this moment we lay our homages .; at your feet." " Vive Jerome Napolem!—May he long reign over his faithful Westphalians." • The following is a specimen of the printed state- . The King expressed, in his reply, his entire satis. I meats thrown into the towns in possession of French faction at the conduct of the authorities, as well as of garrisons, by means of the Baschkir arrows, employed the inhabitants of Marbourg. in the army of the Crown Prince: His Majesty afterwards traversed the town amidst BERLIN, OCTOBER S i 1513. the ringing of bells and acclamations of joy from the " In the month of August the French armies at- inhabitants, and proceeded to his palace, where all tempted to invade at once Mecklenburgh, Swedish the authorities had assembled to receive him. The King had a long discourse with the Prefect ; Pomerania, the Middle-Mark, Silesia, and Bohemia. all In the month of. September, after vain efforts, repelled his Majesty's words were dictated by penetration, on all sides, they were driven across the Elbe near humanity, and unalterable goodness of heart. The Kiag, after having unremittingly laboured yesoe-day Hamburgh, wedged into a corner of Lusace, driven and to-day with his Ministers, set out, accompanied up to to. the right bank of the Elbe, expelled from Bohemia with considerable loss of men and cannon, by the benedictions of his people, to proceed to his and not only disturbed in their lines of corn monies- , capital. ' 'tion between Dresden, Altenburg, Leipsic, and Er- Among other measures which the King has . fort, but those lines more than once broken and in- taken for the good of Westphalia, his Majesty has tercepted. . ' orderecethe re-establishment of the fortress of Mar. " Towards the end of the month the combined bourg, and to-day they have already begun working armies had passed the Elbe at all po i nts. The vie- on it. Several thousands of peasants are to be put in reetesition, and artillery for lining the ramparts tory of Gorde (16th of September) opened to the ,is expected. It is Baron de Phull, Colonel of Art 1- corps of General Walmoden the Old Mark, Lune lery, an officer of the greatest merit, who is - charged ' burgh, and the route of Hanover and Bohemia; the victory of Dennewitz (the 6th of September) made , with conducting the works. the Prince Royal master of the Duchies of Anhalt, • We every day see new battalions pass through here. To-morrow 500 of the old cavalry are' expec and other provinces formerly Pruss:an, Hessian, and of Brunswick ; opened to him the gates of 'Dessau, ted,*and the day after to-morrow 800 will arrive; so that the corps placed at Cassel will be from 11 to Halberstadt, Halle, Merseburg, l3ronswick, Cassel; and in fine, the victory of General Blucher, at Bis-. 16,000 men, with a fineartillery and a numerous ca- -chofswerda, (22d of September) secured to him the , valry. The garrison of Marbourg is not included passage of the Elbe at Elster, his march upon Leip- , In this calculation. sic, by turning Wittenberg, and his communication MILAN, OCTOBER 17. with the army of the North of Germany. If the Proclamation of his Serene Highness which " The Russian and Prussian armies, immovable we have published produces in all the departments of the position which they had chosen in Bohemia, ' the kingdom the same effect which it has produced .from Toplitz to the Elbe, awaited the enemy in the' at •Milsn, we may beforehand announce, that the' 'fatal valley of Culm, received him with courage, ; wish expressed at the conclusion of that proclaim:l drove him bac's with intrepidity as often as he dared to tion will be quickly followed by its entire accotn-; descend from the mountains, wasted him with famine, ' plishment, and that we shall all soon be able to pre-' demoralised him, and incessantly drove him back , sent ourselves at the foot of the throne of his Impe. upon Dresden ; which, front being a point whence he , rial Majesty, addressing him in these words, 44 Sire, attacked, now became to him a point of retreat. Its: we were worthy of receiving from you a country.... the mean while the Austrian army extended itself, on : we have known how to detend it." one side as far as Freyberg, Chemnitz, and Alien-1 The good disposition which is now. evinced in the burg ; and on the other, towards Thuringia and,Ba- i capital has not only its source in that noble beredi. varia ; pushed forward strong detachments, and co.; tary pride which the Italians have religiously preset-- verell powerful diversions operated i'y.partizans at ved at all times, even when, it was not permitted brave as fortunate,—Colomb at Frankfort, Thielman them to give proofs of it ; but yet it is powerfully at Naumburg, Platoff at Altenburg,. and Mensdorf ' fortified by another sentiment, and not less noble— , at the gates of Leipsic. that of our true interests. 46 Where was Bonaparte during the whole of Sep. None of us can have forgotten what Italy was be tember ? At Dresden, and its vicinity ; again at fore the Emperor reanimated it by the spectacle of Dresden and its vicinity ; perpetually at Dresden anctlis high deeds, and by his grandeur. No one can its vicinity. He sent his sick and wounded to Leipsic ' have seen, without surprise, without admiration, and ' and Erfurt; burned (by accident as was pretended,twithout gratitude, what it has become under his but designedlyas we know)his magazines at Dresden; !powerful and creating hand. • kept the King of Saxony and hie family at Dresden,j We need not blush to repeat with his Serene High to give himself the semblance of security, and tirade , ness himself, gs we had lost our glory, because they of Dresden his Paris, his Germany, his Europe. It' had divided us ; and they only wished to divide us In was from Dresden that those bags of letters were dis....order that they might no longer fear us." But as if patched, which being intercepted and published, have it was not sufficient to ravish us of our great name, communicated just ideas of the true situation of the they laboured in taking from us all the means of ever French army, and of the dispositions of the troops. : reconqueriag it. " Besides, from the 28d of September, the retreat . No career was opened either lb valour, industry, or of that army was begun; oh the 28th the Emperor, talent; all the public establishments cpnsisted in some the King of Saxony, the Royal Family, escorted by public schools, in which it was lawful to teach every the Guards, quitted Dresden, taking the only route thing, except to think ; and in an innumerable quan which remained to them—that of Leipsic. . tity of hospitals—as if the best assistance which can ~ The Treaty of Alliance concluded at Toplitz, be furnished individuals of all classes was not to en. between Austria, Russia, and Prussia—the negocia- able them to depend upon their own resources, their tions opened with Bavaria—the unequivocal move- own labour, their own knowledge, and their own ments of the Grand Combined Army towards the courage. Maine—the siege of Wittenberg resumed with vigour, Our youth, to whom Government offered .no in which were used the formidable Congreve rockets... useful or honourable employment, were reduced to the junction of the army of Blucher with the Prince pass their lives in pleasure and idleness. The public Royal's, have proved to Napoleon the necessity of reienues (and this is particularly applicable to Lom-I retreat more effectually than his Ministers and Gene. bardy) were drawn from our country to feed the rals had hitherto been able to do. i luxury of Vienna. Nothheg was done to increase 66 The feeble attempt near Dessau necessarily fail.' our interior prosperity. We had, it is true, a Prince ed.—The Prince Royal and General Blucher passed of the Imperial Family ; but this Prince was not al the Elbe at the same time, in the early part of Octo. lowed to hold a Court, nor be surrounded with any her, and are in line before Leipsic, ready to give pomp. Who, besides, does not know that he was battle and attack the enemy. 1 without power to do good ? Several of our contem " Russia, Austria, and Prussia, have mutually , poraries can attest that they have frequently heard guaranteed t4eir States on the footing of 1805 ; fur. ! the last Archduke complain, and seen him afflicted nishing each other 60,000 auxiliary' troops, and setting at his own want of power. out with the unchangeable principle of not permitting Is not what we have just said of Lombardy a single French bayonet to remain in Germany. confirmed, in respect to Vepice, by the unanitn,,us " Already the sceptre of the King of Westphalia cry . of the Venetians ? . Ask them what 'Austria has is broken in pieces ; the city of Cassel, through the done during the few years she governed them ? They instrumentality of General Tchernitcheff, has placed will tell you that they have received no other benefits its keys in the hands of the Prince Royal. The old from her than the base money with which she inun order of things succeeds to the mint oppressive dated their country. anarchy. I How different our destinies, since they were ' 66 At London, the news of the successes in Ger- fixed by the valour of Napoleon, and regulated by many, and of those in Spain, were received almost at his genius ! the same time. Vtom that capital we learn, that on We have a Court, about which are placed our the 30th of Aug,st St. Sebastian's was taken by .richest landholders ; they distinguish themselves at assault ; Soult beaten on the 31st : that on the 9th of it by their magnificence. It affords employment to September, the citadel capitulated ; and that Suchet I the artists and workmen of every description ; it is ~had entered and abandoned Tarragona. the first channel through which flow the superfluities " The trenehes are opened before Jimmie, Stettin, of riches, to the advantage of the arts and the profit and Glogau. Their garrisons are destitute of neces- of the people, who by iui i means can more %tn earies ; -they have many sick. Even Magdebur g h is pay their eases. ill provisioned, Napoleon is even placing the fur. Near the Court are establishei two great bodies Irmo on the Rbine to a gate of defence," Istikcb =oil to ft; all ow atoption. They are coin- pssintof all those, who after having consecrated a re of their lives in serving and honouring the State by their labours, have obtaioed from the munificence' of the Sovereign the means of still serving their coon- • try by their councils and experience. The public schools have been multiplied. per, haps to profusion, as if' the Emperor in a inalneat wished to bring back modern Italy to the great age of Lorenzo the Magnificent and • X. These establishments are open not only to the rich bit en the bons of all Italians who serve the State, and ho nour it by their success in the arts and sciences, wit, are admitted in them at the expense of Government ; they participate in them all the rewards which he so bountifully dispenses ; they acquire In them a right to all the advantages which the same Government sooner or later grants to those men who wish and who know how to render themselves useful. But this is not all, great works are executing at all points of the kingdom to facilitate commer cial communications. Here navigable canals are opened and finished in less time than was formerly required to plan them ; there are repaired or opened large roads, the utility of which was in vain felt for ages before, and the magnificence of which attest the p6wer and the prosperity of the people for whom they are made ; besides, monutments and triumphal arches arise, which furnish an employment for a crowd of workmen, prove to the present generation the resurrection of Italy, and the majesty of him who ' governs it. In all the departmenli • our towns are . embel lished with superb promenades, which at the same Time contribute to their salubrity and their splendour. It is thus that the Government protects and en. courages all the arts which have rendered our Italy so illustrious. Who does not know what generous rewards he grants to those of our young mea who distinguish themielves in our academies of Milan . . Venice, and Bologna ? Who has not seen all the efforts he has uted; during eight years.- to excite our painters to hold the sceptre of painting, and to ho. nour their country by honouring themselves - -So many benefits inflame all hearts. Who among us would not hasten to answer the call of the Prince ? Those would not be Italians who did not feel all that they owe at this moment to the - Emperor and to the country, all that they owe to their chit. dren, and all to themselves. But if there should be found among us such men, this is what ought to draw them from their in sensibility : let us say to them,' there exists at present gold and silver in Italy Ad the enemies of Italy, if they should succeed in effecting an entrance into it (which is impossible), would have to offer them but degraded paper money. without value as without guarantee, the most discs. trous scourge which can afflict a nation. The force of circumstances is perhaps great, but we shall be stronger than it, if we firmly resolve— and we mill . firmly resolw.—Moniker, Oa. 24. - HELIGOLAND MAIL. " HELIGOLAND, OCTOBER Rt. o'Cloc.k in the Evening.. .gt We have just received the gratifying news" of the entrance of General Tettenborn into Oldenburgh, at she head of 5000 infantry and 1500 Comas.— The surprise was so great, that very little resistance ,was made, except by a body of Danish cavalry, which was muted in the course of a few minutes." EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER—FAME DATE. Oldenburgh is in the possession of the Allies. l'ettenborn surprised it by a coop de aloes; 300 Dumb light cavalry were sabred. - - “ It is confidently reported and believed, that Bo naparte was rapidly approaching Berlin at the head of all his forces, and that the combined Allied Army are in - tall march after him." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 181 S. JUNCTION OF BAVARIA WITH THE ALLIES. ADVANCE OF THE FRENCH TOWARDS BERLIN. • A Gottenburgh Mail arrived last night with the above important intelligence, and it was immediately announced by Ministers in the following official manner “FSMEION OFFICE, OCTOBER as. 44 The Hon. ROBERT GORDON arrived this night with dispatches from the Earl of AaespsE•, dated Commatau, October 12, which state, that a Treaty of Alliance and Concert between Austria and Ba. varia was signed by Prince Rauss and Gen• Wait% on the Bth inst. General WRRDE, with 35,000 Ba varian troops, is immediately to co-operate with those of Austria. He was already in movement, and was to have 25,000 Austrians under his command. " Mr. GORDON passed through Berlin on the 10th, at which time General TAUSNZIONp with 12,000 men, had fallen back to cover the capital, the enemy having pushed a corps across the Elbe at Wittenberg. On the evening of the Pith, the French had not ap• poached Berlin ; for the defence of which city, forty thousand men, including General TALIZNZEDA tow, had been assembled." A Letter•from Harwich, of yesterday's date, re ceived this morning, states as follows : • The Lord Duncan, Captain HAN:it:row, arrived this morning from Gottenburgh, bringing the Hon. Mr. GORDON, brother to the Earl of Asattovai, who is said to be the bearer of the Treaty between Bavaiia and Austria, so that the accession of that -power to the good cause is no longer doubtful. No battle had taken 'lace, although the Allies had compleated their cordon round BeNAPARTX and his army; much uneasiness was occasioned at Gottenburgh, ou account of May's division having given them the slip, and 'passed 'to the right - Of *the Elbe, and many gl owY reports were in circulation in consequence ; but %, trust•Derlia is yet safe, and that t , l l all may 0 of 1 1