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NEW THEATRE. ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This limalag. W NESiDAY, May IS, win , be performed TIIE HYPOCRITE- Nen) , Cantwell, Mr. Dos ton; Blair-storm. Mr. Liston: Charlotte, Mrs. W. West. Actor which. THR LIAR. Young Wilding. Mr. Elliston. T 0 ennehrle with, MY LItANIIMI•TiIr,n. Mel y (toossip. Mr. I larley ; no/AM. Madsine vestriA. T.-morrow, Speed the Monet. with Deaf as s Post. and Killing No Msntsr. gite THEATRE liiiiiL: COYET-GARDEN. MR. vouFscrs NIGHT. 'Fhb hewing. W ON I' DAY, May MI. wilt be performed TOE 140Ntni MOON. The Duke, Mr. Yeutter: Rolando, Mr. Jones: Javier, Mr. K. turns. 'Wilms. Idles C pester: Vt , laute, Miss V. 11. Kelly ; Hostess. Mrs. Datenpurt ; ZestMra. Mhts Jonet.hic kfrer wh, TM?. M %nisi tot fly men°. Counters Annevirs. Miss Paton; Swann*. Miss M. Tree. ADELPIII THEATRE. STRAND. This Evening. WEDNESDAY. May SA and MD% V. May dS,. M. HENRY'S SPLENDID SPECTACLE. THE NITROUS OXIDE I Or, LAUGHING OAS ! UNCOMMON ILLUSIONS. TRANSPORMATIONS. ke. EXPERIMENTS ON OAS. MUSICAL GLASSES, PHANTASMAGORIA, he. die. la addition to the Portraits of Misers N.Tree,Strpbeits, and Paton. Messrs. btaeready, Young. Kean , and tarliendO, will be introduced striking Likenesses of Slug Henry TIM Anna Dollen, and queen la zabetb. &MCI'. 41. Pit, Is. Gallery. Is. ISnors open at half-part SI: ant begin at Se rent Ilalf-Prlee at half put Eight. - - NEW SURREY TREATRR. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, the Melo-Drama of 2111.12 CA AND THE RIVAL After WARRIORS; we, The TIGER ItUNT. which. ADirmiTacor.s OF To LYonclude w ING; ur. i H th OW To GIVE A ROUT. r MATRI ar. THE CATARACT OF THE MOUNTAIN. The Dassten Passe enswarsteed putdielideg yesterday nrendeg lass .` hell-post six *Meek. LONDON, WEDNESD4Y, MAY 24, 1824. The Allgemeine Zeitrng of the 17th of May, contains the following details, which arc the latest we have re specting Greece, and the prcparations of the Ottoman for the next campaign against the Christians: — (From the .4llgemeine Zeitiong of 17th May.l VIENNA, M• 1" 11 On the 2d of April (after the resolution was taken in the Divan that )lolttavia and Wallachia should be evacuated), the ratifications of the treaty of amity and commerce took glace, which had been concluded between his Majesty the King of Sardinia and the Porte. This ra:iHcation had been delayed by some difficulties that arose in the drawing up of one or the articles. This treaty secures to Sardinian vessels the free navigation of the Black Sea. The Sardiniarvt`harge d'Affaires was immediately afterwards pre sented by Lord StrAngford to the Turkish slinistes. Several letters Elam Venice mention the death of Lord Byron at Alissulunghi, alter ten days Writes. TRITATE, MAY R. In; Two ships from Corfn have ar rived, bringing many letters mentioning a report of the death of bird Byron at Missolonghl, where a oonspirocy against the Greeks had been defeated. In the Nona the dissensions among the insurgents continuaL One of l'olocotroors sons is said to have been made prisoner at Corinth, by the party of the Senates, the rather to be besieged in his house at Tripoli:to, and another son to be commanding in Napoli. MonsinorEs, MAY h. . ; be cautiously guarded agai ns t b y legislative enactment. We are therefore happy that Mr. Huskisson has devoted his discriminating and highly-informed mind to this im portant subject; and his declaration of a night or two since, that no Bill should pass for the incorporation of any of these companies, without a clause compelling the names of all shareholders to be registered at the Stamp Ofllee, is a great security against fraud or abuse of privilege by these ' corporations. Mr. Huskisson, on Monday night, also stated his decision, that no Bill would be allowed to pass without a clause empowering a party, in case of judg ments being obtained against the treasurer, and they ; not being made good, to *elect any one or more of the members of the incorporation, upon whom he may levy for the full amount of his claim. The Right Hon. Gentleman I then anticipated Mr. Grenfell's question of last night by stating, that the name of the previous subscriber would be held responsible up to the very moment in which the transfer should be effected at the Stamp (Mice, thus rendering every transfer ineffective, until the change of name in the registry took place. We wish, in place of these private bills for incorporation, that there was one common law enacted for all trading companies, putting all Ruse associations on the same footing, and not conferring, .by particular enactments, different privileges ion each. Thus the parties embarked in such speculations would he enabled to incorporate themselves without any application to the Legislature, and be saved all the solici tation and anxiety that now attend the progress of private bills through the House. These privite enactments bare latterly multiplied beyond all precedent, and require the greatest caution and vigilance on the part of the House, from the pernicious tendency of many of them, when first introduced. We do not think of including die Bills for the incorporation of the new companies in this description ; but had they been 'suffered to pass without investigation, and in silence, fresh applications to Parliament would in stantly follow, to sanction schemes whose whole basis was delusion and fraud ; and we should have speculations wane than the South Sea bubble again brought forward, under legislative protection, and ruin entailed on uncon scious thousands. • We hare pretty recent news by several vessels from the Levant. I At Hydra they supposed themselves fully acquainted with the I plans of the Turks, and delegates from the islands had tr -t there to deliberate on a plan of defence. Hydra, Site:lie, and Ipsara, were not only to hold in readiness their whole naval force, tint to' emir new ships. Other islands send, for the first time, their contingent to Ifydra. A Greek squadron is to observe the motions of the Turkish fleet ea soon as it leaves the Hartlanellem. Up to the 13th of April no Turkish man of war had tome out of the channel. The Capitan Pacha's fleet is to have on balm% some thousand troops at Scutaro; but no great fears are entertained of I this Ant, as it is generally stated to be very weak and ill-manned. The only sailors to be depended upon are Dalmatians and Italians, who served in the last campaign, and have been induced by great promises to serve in the present, which they at first refused. It is affirmed that the Capital' Paella has succeeded in retaining these experienced seamen, by the intervention of a foreign ConsuL PORTEUSIAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Yesterday, the first General Meeting of the above Society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, where a numerous and fashionable attendance took place. Major Monter : of the Royal Engineers, at one o'clock, was called to the C ' hair in which he was supported by Doctor Cayce, the Rev. Mr. Tilt, and various other sof distinction. The CHAIRMAN opened the inp in a neat speech, ex planatory of the objects of the Institution, which was formed for the' purpose of circulating the Holy Bible, with the more interesting and devotional chapters, distinguished for youthful meditation and family reading. The Rev. Mr. Tier then read the Report, which stated that the delay of the Committee in not bringing forward their Report at an earlier period, arose from the desire of ascertaining the nature of the public opinion as to their plan of promoting a more general and useful reading of the Holy Saiptures t for which purpose they hid circulated thur Bibles, to elicit the objections of persona competent to form a correct ludgment of the plan • but the result had bean cc perfectly suettifu , and many leading characters, amongst whom was his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, had become thie rayons. The origin of the Society was not to be traced to an opi- Won of the incompetency of other Societies already in existence to promote the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, nor of entering into a competition with them, but the conviction that ulterior benefit on the widest scale was attainable by the adoption of some plan not hitherto tried, was the only motive of their !Oman. Although other Societies were actively employed in circulating the word of God so extensively, y et their fruit was not proportionate to their labours. Much rema ined to be done by the means of an easy and improved method of application. After a close investi piton by *event talented indiaduabi, they were led to a decided conviction that time Bible could not be read with benefit by the lower order of society, unless their attention was directed to those parts which were plain, and calculated to have an effect upon their eumds, and the disregard of the Sacred Volume which pre vailed originated in a want of that direction necessary to conduct the inexperienced reader to the more devotional and practical parts of that multifarious book. The numerous agaus of Bible Associa tions found the poor not osly willing, but even anxious to the word of Ord; but when they flantsal the 11Ible, their was consumed in turning over the pages in search of such passages as seemed to possess the greatest Interest, and adapted to their own peculiar state ; and in times of affliction, when children and others' were called to read the Scriptures to the dyitsg person, they were generally found reading chapters of the Jewish laws, doc trines, and other abstruse subjects, which were not calculated to impart that instruction end comfort so important to the afflicted and inquiring mind. From the a times down to our own, it was fully manifested that an indiscriminate reading of the Scrip. tures was not the best adapted to promote the edification of youth and inexperienced persons. 20,1100 Porteusian Bibles, Testa ments, and Indexes, have been arc-tested throughout the United Kingdom and on the Contineat of Europe, and considerable be nefit had been derived front their reading. The Report corcluded by stating that the Porteusien Bible contains the authorised English version in various sizes, with the more interesting and devotional chapters distinguished for_ youthful meditation and family reading. upon the plan of the late Biehop Porteus. To the Bible is prdised the Porteusian Index, or Family Guide to the Holy . Scriptures, with a variety of texts, enforcing the Christian religion, and by which the attention is completely attracted to those various parts of the Scriptures more easily to be understood. The Rev. Mr. TILT rose to offer a few remarks, tending to ex plain his motives for co-operating in the Committee. He was aware of the existence of two great and leading societies engaged in the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, and could not have been induced to give his support to the measure unless he felt convinced that greet good wan to be derived by marking the chapters wherein the letter of the Scriptures is most plain, and with the least admix ture of doctrinal obscurity, as well as by classing them under Lad ing and distinct heads ; and he was highly gratified in thinking, that the plan was favourable to the views of Christians in general, who, whatever might be their peculiar tenets, and however they might vary in their opinions about the sense in which Scripture is to be received, agree that man was formed by his Maker to be a re ligious being. Although it was their duty to recommend the read ing of the Scriptures, yet their were certain parts not adapted to all occasions. The Ides of giving the Bible, with the advantages of a' selection together, with tables of reference and most useful matter, was highly important, and calculated to instil into the minds of the wienliyhtened a degree of knowledge which would prove highly beneficial to society. The Rev. Gentlemen said he twilit Mr. Harris, the gentleman who was the companion of allude to one of the moat important abuses of the Holy Scriptures, Mr. Graham i n hi s aerial vo yage f rom B erw i t .k. airmr, and which was but tam general among the lower orders of some yin this country, and which this plan was adapted to counteract, by Soho, to the neighbourhood of Rochester, Kent, ascended giving some method to minds not sufficiently penetrating to supply yesterday, in a balloon of his own property, and constructed it to themselves. It was that of sufliring chance to determine under his own immediate direction, from the gardens of whatyortion they shall daily read, as the ancients were said to cast the Eagle Tavern. in the City-road. the % irgilian lots, from whence they infer the doctrine of fatalism; By half-past three the gardens were nearly filled with that the parts to which they are thus conducted have a pointed and and rte :es...ley reference to the circumstances of their position, with well-drees. el persons, amounting in number to at least regard both to man and his Maker. An investigation into the 1,000. About an hour before the ascent took place, a c a u s es of suicide, If it could be carried on with sufficient acuteness, strong degree of interest was excited by an announcement would lead to the discovery, that in moat instance' it arose from a that a young lady would ascend with Mr. Harris. The total absence of that reliance upon the mercy and goodness of the young adventuress soon after made her appearance. She Creator which t tcoomp e ea t o h i e knowledge f or . Reveltion, f ad appeared to be ;bout la years of age, of rather delicate ; ra itli te m w t hi 'eterc es,or con ditio n misconception was • on n en ; it; t hat ose docotri the,o frame and complexion, an her appearance altogether was which were delivered to them, a to teach submission. Our owe extremely interesting. Iler ramie* Stocks, but the rank country had frequently , supplied instances of fatal delusion, calcu.l or situation in life of her or her family was studiously laced to chew the good effects which would result from a temperate concealed. use of the Scriptures; and Switzerland bad lately . given an ex ample, which he trusted would not meet with imitation, but NITS The intrepid girl mounted the stage with but a slight to dispel the phantoms which haunt the gloomy minds in appearance of fear in her manner, and was instantly region. The learned also might derive benefits from the plan of greeted with the warmest cheers from the spectators. the Institution. It was a common mistake for the man Mr. Harris gave the word, and the cords being slipped, of education to think that whatever was i." and easy to the immense vehicle ascended swiftly for a short distance, his own apprehension must of necessity be so to that of but !suddenly stopped, and it was then discovered by the those who, from the difference of education and habit, might lie termed his „unit in any thing but the capacity for thinking and apee:ators that one of the four cords by which it was f orm i ng a j ust concept i on o f w h at can penetrate the understanding fastened to the earth had not been loosened from the pole. I only through the eye of an enlightened mind. The familiar A gt trend feeling of alarm prevailed for a few momenta, manner of teaching what Jesus Christ adopted confirmed what he had stated. Ile chiefly made use of parahles, which, although they which wns increased by the apparently perilous situation might be said to have generally a mystic signification, anti such of the aeronauts at that moment, and there was a general as his disciples themselves could not always trate, yet the cry of " "'eft the rope,—for God's; sake cut the rope !" but literal meaning might be found admirably adapted to convey to this was prevented by those who had previously received the multitude the 10000 Is was his design to inculcate. Ilene they their Orders, until a sigr.al was given by Mr. Ile-,is, by were furnished with a modelof the judgment of Jesus Christ, who the waving of his flag, and the rope was then severed in a add ressed d p t l w s v" t l ta r su i bl t i erm me an s I :l kit tri l fecu t ri r an capaci(I uage wi t h ad . ;it; "Se mi:tint:tit, and the balloon, freed from all restraint, ascended ' here pture abounds ; and by marking the plain ammo they would most majestically, the pmple below rending the air with be more able to understand what they read. lie concluded by their cheering., and Mr. Harris and his fair and am- moving, that the Report be received and printed, eke. rageous companion waving each a flag from th e car. E. Dowsow seconded the motion, and nteanniended the plan, The stoppage of the balloon, when at a eertainilhiglit, as best calculated td improve N the mind. The Rev. JAMES UPTO contemplated the meeting with emi s . was preconcerted, and is an invention of Mr. Harris 's, we faction, and conceived that the oleo adopted by the Satiety was ed. believe entirely new, iii vele!' to afford an additional and m i n e', to i mprove the in t n j, an d snake them wino to tni. prolouged gratification to those who might attend to wit- ration." its his attempt. The Rev. MT. PIITCRAID coincided with the views of the So. The hatloon bore away in a south-westerly direction, and cite . He had entered the lace without having any knowledg e of the Society ' s plan. He was p happy to ascertain that the whole Bible was in sight about eight minutes. would be circulated with the Index, as he could never lathed his Up to two o'clock this morning no tidings had arrived sanct i on to &g a rbled account, or extracts from that holy work. at the Eagle Tavern of the fate of the adventurers. Its. The Rev. Mr. DAY agreed with wheelie/I already been said, and ports were current at a late hour that Mr. Harris had anticipated considerable advantages arising from the plan. . , en been unfortunately killed by the balloon striking against a I The Rev. Mr. EVANS tree, near Croydon, and that his fair companion was eo Vatemwd the a^ Dr C aced other Gentlemen , d spoke in high terms of the 6 0 tiety': errinusly injured as not to be expected to survive. Ire ' Thanks was then vetsdte the Chatum, Ake., and tkesornpany trust, hoircver, this report may prove unfouudcd. separated. The Marquis of Lamelorrei moved last night for certain returns, to chew how often the operation of the Acts of Charles the Second, to which he had alluded during his motion of Monday night, had been suspended. These statutes enacted, that no individual should exercise any office, under the Excise, without frst taking the oaths of supreeneey and allegiance. Of late, however, the Noble Marquis stated, these Acts bad been practically dispensed with, and Officers of Excise had been admitted without the obligation of taking these oaths. His elject was to show the anomaly that existed respecting the laws the Noble Marquis had l rought under the consideration of the House on Monday night, and that while they jealously excluded English Catholics they admitted those of the same religion from Ireland to revenue offices, by a partial suspension of the Acts iu question. Lord Lanstlown con cluded by moving for copies of all instructions under the 12th and 15th of Charles the Second, and also for copies of any new instructions issued. under these Acts since 1828. Lewd Liverpool admitted, that by the statutes of Charles the Second alluded to, all persons holding offices in the Excise were crompelled to take the oaths of allegiance end supremacy. When the late enacteuents, consolidating the Celan ens and Excise of both countries, were brought forward, they caused an alarm among many who had been admitted to hold offices under the Revenue in Ireland, on the intimation being made to them, that in conse quence of the consolidation of the Customs and Excise of both countries, their services might be received here, and these individuals were apprehensive that they might be obliged to take the oaths or give up their offices. No regular instructions, Lord Liverpool stated, had been issued on the subject. Ile had however wished that some addition might be made to the Art of Indemnity that passed annually, to meet this new ease, and the Acts of the pre emit session had been framed for that purpose. The sen timents of the leading Minister of the country have latterly been distinguished bj marked liberality, and always by a candour the mast frank and conciliating. But how many digieulties and impediments do these proscriptive statutes tring with th el, which a simple repeal, and that =news- siou which is due to loyal and attached subjects of every p e rsuasion, Catholics and Dissenters, would at once re-' move. We sincerely hope, that in this advanced age of liberality and knowledge, these penal enactments will uot much longer blot the stitutr-book, and that legislative proscription for difference of faith and religious conviction will at length be finally exdnguished by a solemn resolution of the Le.g'slature. ' ' Neesiesiewleme--_ Cn the Member fee. tiiweriek, Mr. Spring Rice, moving last night the third reading of the Bill for the incorpora tion of the New Patriotic Insurance Company in Ireland, with a power to sue and be sued is the names of their re specdve officers, Mr. Grenfell, adverting to shat had fallen from a Right Ilenourable Gentleman (Mr. lluskia son) on a flanner night!, as to the formation of Joint Stock Companies, from which he understood that the names of all holders of shares were to be registered at the Stamp Office, wished further to know whether, in the event of the transfer of stock by any of the original holders, the names of the individuals thus previously registered would be still held responsible ; if not, the original holders would leave the concern when they found it a losing one, and dispose of their shares to those who possessed no reponsi bility or property, to the serious injury of public credit. Mr. Herries said, that the question of the Honourable Gentleman involved a point of law, and that in the ab sence of the Right Honourable Gentleman, the Presides of the Board of Trade, he was not then prepared to answer it. From the numeious applications now depending before' Parl anent, from Joint Stock Companies, for charterer OW-' c wporation, it is most necessary that the abuses of privilege] that might follow oa d sw le extended speculations should LITERATURE. . • . , . . . • 1 1 .1.IIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. 'LONDON WELSH .41.1X1C I 4El' BIBLE SOCIETY , MEETING. The Earl ef Westmorland entertained Count and Countess • •—• 11 1•••-- Lieven, the lasi and Countess of honed*, and a large party, at The Eleventh Anndal Meeting of this Society was held yester dinner yeetetdey, at his house in Groavenorgquare. day, at the Pistil's I lead Tavern. Cateston-street. Lady Warbtrton has issued cards of Invitation for a splendid . :sir W. W. Wyse, But. M.P., the President, took the Chair. mut on Friday, the 16th June, to meet the Duke and Duchess of Ile shortly addr esoe d the m scmbly , ecmbly, h. opening the business of tine (Begeester, at ter house in A fbernariegsM-et. • day, by is:marking, that they were n g met there to suppeirt. by The Earl of Aberdeen had a grand dinner party yesterday, at 'controversial arguel.nts, the Cathie of the Society which t hey were his house in Argyll-street. . then about to commemorate, the acts of which carried with them . Lord Sher on e entertained a distingOished party at dinner yes- the nature and force of the very best arguments, but to receive the We next advance to the reigns of James 11. and Wil:- account of the Secretaries of the progress of that admirable Insti- ham Il 1., but still no change of dynasty brings with it. terday, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street. Counreis Brownlow has issued nude of invitation for a root on ninon, which had efticted so much total among their countrymen. any change in favour of Ireland. The same offensive, and the 2:1 June, at Mr house In Cavendisn-square. I The Rev. Davin Ruts.(., one of the Secretaries, then read the • Veen the leaders; disport of the Committee. It appeared that flfel copies of the Bible virtull . l y riclu ' iv e alliance] bc 6 P rotestant . I ground the Catholic to !Wt. dust. However , they Mighe The Duchess of Wellington's asseMbly. on Monday evening, a Apaley House, was very numerouslv.ang elegantly attended. tll , Sines the last Anniversary . been distributed by the London 10 3 , Hulse Save a grand rout on Monday evening, at her house ' IVelsh Auxiliary Society, making the number of Bibles, distil . - quarrel for power among themselves, they still strewed dui in New Iturlingtoe.strem The t hree drawi ng . cooms were fitted bitted since its formation, amount to 2.3133, in the Welsh language. seed of levolt and civil war between the Chanties. Tbe clersy of that day readily made whatever eon) ism !risk up with great taste and elegance; there were present nearly 300 , The receipts of the last year hail increased, and the balance then i pawns of the hoe/ ton. I in the hands of the Treasurer, after every I I their consciences the turn of affairs required, but they lion. Mr. and MIL Apr Ellis lead a grand' dinner party On I was 2131. 135.; and the whole sum remitted e b t y pe ti n i; e t S w oc al ie d ty efr t a o y tTe , Monday, and will also give another on Friday next, at them. house Parent Society, in Mil of the general fund, amoUnteil to 2.3231. never for a moment laid d o es n t h e i r enm i ty to t h ose w hd in Spnriggar lens. The Rev. Jolts BREEZE, of Liverpool, rose to move, that the were not orthodo.e. The Earl and Countess of Lonitiale gave a splendid entertain- Report then teed he received and ado a nd. and that it be printed Among tile persons most puzzled Ltd perplexed Ply the tee type; most on Monday, at their house in Charlea.street, Berkeley-square, : under the direction of the l'onindttee. 11n attending to the Report, site royal claims on their allegiance were the clergymen of the to the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Grafton, and the Ladies; he perceived that the principles of tlset Auxiliary Society perf e ctly Established Church ; who, ham:Oral prayed for King James a Fitzroy, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl of Westmorland, and I acconled with those of the Parent Bridsh and Foreign Bible So.l their lawful s o v ere i gn , as soon as %Wallin] was proclaimed took to Lady Georgina Fine, B• •1 and Cousins Brownlow, Lord Lyre- /jet, which was the dissemination of the Holy Word of God' praying for hint ; hut again, on the success of the Jacobin' facie dock, Mr. and Lady A'Beekett, Mr. and Lady C. Polite'', Genes amongst all people, without note or comment. It had been said :in de north, very prudently prayed for King .times ones more. rat Grosvenor, Mark Singleton, Bsq., &c. am. that diem would be some danger in Mixing up the Dissenters with • till the arrival of Schoseberg, . when. as fax as bit quarters reseirest; The Bishop of Winchester had a barge party at di:Me:yesterday, the Episcopalians, and that these demarkations benteen the latter' they returned to prayink for King %V alien] again. at his house in Great George-tercet, I% estininsuar. and the former, which were conscientiously considered by each as , The " Steward: fit (ind's horse," so far from being The Earl and Countess of Radnor have arrived at theft house in essential to their relignsus welfare. would b e entrenched upon t but • f 4 li ng A d p illifal, .. y M eet enlicernid, to h are s peas , o E tr e h x e a n c e tl . y er d thei te sa l. o m w e n s in tam tere4 p W 3 7: Lower Grosvenor -street, from their sear, Longford Castle, Wilts. of this he hati no apprehensions ; the Gissenters would happil y The Earl of Surrey has arrived at Nortielk Rouse, St. James's- the Episeopalians IS a cause where all their various differences were ,_ e stewards of any other house. In trut h, t h e conleauk square, from his seat, Worksop Maness. Netts. laid aside, and which embraced only those great truths that were ! tu The Earl and Countess of Falmouth rag family left town yester- alike believed by all. In allusion to the exertions made by the clay of humankind seems, when brought to the teat, to be day for It'otton. Surrey. Ladies in promoting the abject of the Society, he mast readily ad- not a in l ass it b o e f tr he r u h n a t n t* tl e i tt r eea coi t i e imbn mould which make* ut Lord and Lady Kennedy and finolly we expected In town in a mined that they had done m u ch, th at th e i r S erv ice s h a d proved to the few days, from their seat in Scotland. be very beneficial s, but, he asked, were they not in the first of Arrivals at Blake's Hotel, Jemle-street :—Captain and Mrs. I transgressions? Did w e n o t fi n d t h at t h e i r persuasive powers had ~,. IVith whatever loyalty the I r i s h i srote t te d t h e t b r p t i themselves fount! no peoteesees. With 'bower sea Beaucluinip Procter, front Southam p ton ; and the Misses Capes, , been the cause of many of the arils existing in the world l . Then, till from a tour. Mr. and Mrs. Tinny have left ditto for Salimbury„ lif they took the lead in error, they will it cease tenfold th3lir assists ' , they defended the existing.,Goverameet, they Weis diswri- Arrivals yesterday at the Waterloo Deal, Jerceyn-street s—The • antis in.the correction and total destruction of that neer ; and sole selves always th e ohj ee te,r e kt e d r . Hon. and Rev. Luna, and Mrs. Seville;, and Mr. and 31ts. he was that their WI could accomiiiish many things in Which itlit Among the many intimation; situations in which the Irish kris Childers and family, from a tour. own would altogether fail ; they possessed a power of persuasion ! been placed by thoh] " Marriage vows, film is dime Ott,'' Departures from Fenton's Meted, St. James's-streets—Hyde and influence over the heart that men did not, and which, if exerted which bind their country to Eng s rMti, the dilemma In vrhide they Parker, Esq., for his seat in Berkshire; and R. Loraine, Esq., for around in a good cause, wo u ld lead to the happiest results. lis looking ' fo un d themectee, at the Revol t em was not t h e g e m " i o n = Neweasd le. him he was at first disappointed at mint so few present ; , crue l, If the were loyal to the King tie free, they , Vele Arrivals at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn.street .:_Tbe Bi s hop of b ut a f r i en d h a d to ld hi m that i t was an inconvenient hour of the ' b y t h e King c finny ; and: if they escaped with life from the Hereford from Hereford; and Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward, from day for their poorer brethren, who were necessarily engaged in their • King de Actu, it was Fat to be plandeted and prescribed by the Hampshire; Mr. and Mrs. Bonner, from Brighton' Airs. and calling; but that, had the meeting taken plate at a later hour, that King dejsre afterwards. Miss Bridget, from Southampton; and the :key. Mr. mint- room would have been completely filled. The Bev. Gentleman, I Hugo-o'er atque soar dent mercede suorum.—Vtiors. gornery after urging the necessity of enabling . others to learn the truths of 1 " in a ma . aaer an mamma . and high _ Tneeded, Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street:—Mr. and Mrs. the Gospel, which had so powerfully influenced them in their feel- I 'Twixt father rend hair matt P e l r ' s w settled." Walker, from Edinburgh ; Major and Mrs. Warner, front Bath; lugs and conduct, as was evident by their attendance on the pre , ; and Mr. Mr.. and Miss Jennings, from Brighton. Departures : sent occasion, concluded by moving the first Resolution. In fact, moat of the outlawries In Ireland were for treason cams Sir J. Gardiner, for Hampshire; and 31r. and Mrs. Reid, for their The R ev . JOSEPH litiGliaa , one of the Secretaries of the I milled the very lay on ohieh the rrinee and Princess a Orange seat, Suffolk. Parent Society, seconded it. lie said they had only to look at the accepted the crown in the b a n q tiettn g -h ouse; th oug h t h e e r r e of object of the Society to i of its character. It was of the ' this event could not possibly hare reached theether aide of the. _ ... .. . judge o. _-- greatest greatest simplicity ; and when he reflected on it he could nut but be struck with the astonishing success that had attended it. All Its exertions were directed to the distribution of one single volume there was no complication in the work they had to perform, not did it at all interfere with or prevent the friends of the Society from going on in their own 'annum modes of doing good. Doubtless there were many other Institutions which hi g hly merited and re ceived their support, in the different ways which each of them pre ferred ; hut in order to prevent collision, and to assemble together persona of all opinions ' but who. on the great question of salvation, entertained a universal sentiment, and were all in unison, and who when they spoke out said, " Now will we form a grand partner ship of universal benevolence." It was suggested that the Bible should be distributed without note or comment. The proposal was made to the t'lltistian world, and it had succeeded. The Reverend Gentleman then detailed to the meeting many interesting particu lar* respecting the operations of the Parent Society, and urging the cordial co-operation of all classes of Christians in forwarding their common object of diesemminating throughout the world the precious benefits of the Christian religion. The Rey. JOHN Jowcs, one of the Secretaries, moved the thanks of the meeting to sir W. W. Wynn, President of the So. ciety, for his continued patronage and support ; and also to the' Vice-Presidents. In allusion to their worthy President, it became him to state, that Sir IV. W. Wynn was President of a Bible So ciety in that county which he and his forefathers had for many ern tunes so honourably represented, the county of Denbigh; he was also a President of a sin filer society in Menonethslaire, and was a powerful coadjutor with an lion. Friend and Relative of his in a like laudable work at Montgomery, where his benevolence was continually exhibiting itself, and he need not remind the meeting that Sir W. W. Wynn was also the President of the London Aux iliary Welsh Society, and that the liberality of his support had allot enabled them to do much of the good which that Society had effected. When he reflected on these things, he could not help feeling it a high and distinguish .3 honour to stand there and move tie preaent resolution, which he did with the sincerest pleasure. Another Rev. Gentleman ' by the name of JOHN Jones, se conded the resolution. In doing so he observed, that when he reflected on the tenacity with which the Welsh adhered to their native language, and recollected that they could not arrive at re. iijious knowledge but through that medium, be felt it to have been one of the most glorious blessings to his countrymen, when the Bible was translated into their own tongue; for then was his coumry emancipated from ignorance, and, he trusted, from the dominion of that state of mental apathy towards religion which the Bible nlooe could remove. And looking at other nations, and reflecting that they were equally attached to their languages, he could not but consider it a most glorious consummation, when he found the Parent Society had translated the hook of God into lie languages and dialects. The result of these labours, he trusted, would be commensurate with the hopes and objects of those who performed them. Sir %%'. W. 'Wire x returned thanks. The Rev. Mr. ill•Cett. moved a resolution of thanks to the Treasurer. Secretaries, and Committee for their respective services during the past year. The Rev. Bent. said, that his motion gave hint an opportunity of pointing out the great exce ll ence of their in stitution, for the gentlemen mentioned in it were of all denominn tions of Christians ; some churchmen, and some dissenters of dif ferent classes, and yet they all had combined their exertions in the furthering one common cause, which showed at once the glory and grandeur of the Society. He said that in relation to what had often been expressed by their Honourable President on former occasions, lie himself wished most earnestly that it could be effected. Sir W. W. Wynn had frequently wished to see a Welsh Episcopalian Church in London, for they had their dissenting meetings, and though he (the Rev. Gentleman) was himself a Din/enter, yet the Dissenters wished to see their countrymen and fellow-Christians, who were of the Episcopal persuasion, gathered together in a place of divine worship. He wished and hoped that, by the powerful influence and earnest zeal of their excellent President and his friends, that this object could he accomplished. In adverting to the great benefits that resulted from Bible Associations, he said it wasobvions that they tended to elevate the minds of the poor, and to excite in them an emulation to rise above that vulgar ignorance' which once so unhappily charairtetised them. And another pleas ing feature IHO, the full attendance given on those occasions by the youths of both sexes. At the present meeting he was happy to see so many young persons, as it gave them an assurance, that when the present generation was passed away, others would rise up and carry on the good and great work which they were then assembled to ad vocate and promote. The Rev. R. Owen seconded the resolution. The Rev. !)Auto ROBLE returned thanks. lie said, that not. withstanding the astonishing results of the labours of the British and Fitreiga Bible Society, there was yet a vast field left open for • all their exertions; and in order to stimulate them to redouble I their energies, it would be sufficient to state, that were a Society to commence front that day, and proceed onward in the distribution • of the Bible at the same rate of progress that had been made by the . British and Foreign Bible Society, it would take about four hundred years to supply the Inhabitants of the whole world with one cony each. Ile urged this as an argument for the uniting of I all denominations of Christians in this mighty undertaking, seen g j that it was one which no individual class could by possibility at. • tempt, so great was its object, so all embracing its design. The • Reverend Gentleman concluded by moving the thanks of the Meeting to the members of the several associations, and also to I the ladies, for their zealous, active, and efficient exertions in pro , mating the objects of that Society. I The Reverend Istre, of Camberwell, seconded the reso lution. The Rev. Michael. ROBERTS moved, that the Meeting acknowledged, with devout thank:lib:ma, to the Supreme Disposer of all things, the success attending Bible Societies, and the en. couragernent afforded was sufficient to animate every individual to proceed with new and unabated zeal, to bring about that glorious' eta, when the knowledge of the lord should cover the earth' as the waters cover the sea. The Rev. Gentleman then addressed the Meeting in a very animated speech in the Welsh language. The Reverend 511eitaet. Jones seconded the resolution-- in a speech also in the language of his countrymen. The thanks of the meeting were then given to Sir W. W. Wynn, for his kindness in presiding over and conducting the bUIADCOII of , the day ; who briefly made his acknowledgments to the company. and the meeting then broke up. I A handsome collection was made at the door. MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ROCK% TNZ CILEURATED IRISH CHIEFTAIN'; WLTN SONZ ♦CCOCNT OT HIS ♦NCZSTOIS. "MITTEN 81" [Continued from the British Press of May &J :then; net on the same day, and the Lonialisnleneant Wks Apnea, with an army to enforce obedience, we 111111stdmie Is of the government. So little wan min= MIA emenllllll‘4ll tiM mere decency of Minis obetoted by that medium ilpiret; *bids two thing less than the confiscation of the whet. Weed osuldewity t and which having, in the reign of James I. and he the despoiled the natives of no leas than ten millions Silt Astral t • thirty-six thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven sms. raw ailed to its plunder one million, sixty thousand. sena baaiesladd l ninety-two acres more, bring the amount, altogether, Lord ('lare, calculation) of the whole saperlaal an=te island ! Thus not only had all Ireland mined confiscation in die sniMilt of this century, but no inconsiderable portion of it Iced boss twin and even thrice confiscated. Well might Lord (Use say. "thee • the situation of the Irish nation; at the Revolution, Mode sneers . 'attend in the history of the inhabited world." Vet this is the period *hid! our Orangemen hare the face to celebrate ! The Orange Chief's affect to glorify the memory of King W 11.1.14 M. only as the Weenier of Peotestantism and the upholder of the civil and ieligious liberties of Ireland ! They.succeeded under his accession in confirming their ascendancy over their Catholic fellow-countrymen, and shutting them out from all access to honour and office. It is this monopoly that constitutes the civil and religions liberties which they were- r.nahled to maintain; for these liberties have a wide stretch of interpretation, and include, in the Orange Glossary, whatever is essential to their excla sire erijoynient of them. 'fhe same terms have various te mptations, according to the clan and condition of those who use them Give us oar daily bread we pray, For this we pray, and we pray sight, rut tho' we say all ills Mons way, Some mean Grove boresd, and wow men whits. Others extend it beyond bounds, Tema are so difficult to fir, The Sul: sax takes in its pooh e ammo., His Wire includes her couch sad six. So, likewise, the worshippers of the Pal ver of Onawett identify with their notions of impreseriptible right, the civil liberty of taking to themselves all the lucrative pests and places of profit, and the religious liberty of' throwing the gross charge of the Established ('hutch upon the Catholics, and taking to themselves the gross prance of the assessments towards its maintenance!! This proce, ding may be quite canonical, but any one about to expound the precepts of the Gospel would be puasletl, we think, to pick an illtisenition one of it; at least, )f this is righteoui dealing in the sight of Heaven, the scope of our creed is sufficiently wide, and our salva tion may be worked out with very hide restraint upon our selfishness. The Orange aristocracy breed is and in ; it was, there fore, not likely that the accession of any new Sovereign would he more auspicious to Ireland than the preceding; that kingdom felt equally the strong hand of authority whoever held the reins. Quern Anne came next, and she kept alive the glorious and ittiwtortal ntemorn. The Penal ('ode, enacted ti this period, will for ever remain s monument of the atrocious perfection to which the art of torturing his fellow.creaturen may be brought by civilized man. It was truly, as Burke calls it, " a machine of wise and elaborate connivance, and as well fitted for the oppression, Impoverishment, and degra dation of a people, and the debasement in them of human nature itaelf, as ever proceeded front the perverted ingenuity of man." There was noire blood drawn by Dittelesiati, and other heathen ("ringlets in persecution ; but the refinement of wasting away the hearts of a whole people by piecemeal was reserved for the Christian and Protestant legislators of Queen Anne. bet ua not, however, L give all our execrstions to Piero, and their now half brokeo.up chincry of oppression—let us keep some for those persons (and they are neither few nor obscure) who at this moment still sigh suer those good old penal rimes--who consider liberality and justice as degeneracy from their ancestors, and who try to infuse into .eery remaining fragment of the polypus of persecution, the same pest.. I •nt life that pervaded the whole. IVith this part of his country's history, an Irish Chronicler has little else to Co than to mourn over it Ind be silent. The chief' actors in the scene can hardly be called Irishmen, and the sufler,ri in the back-ground were all mote and nameless. Having occasion to advert to Swirl., and quoting a pas sage from his " Letter concerning the Sacramental Test," the following note is subjoin, d : " Ilia paniiihlet, also, entir'A Reasons reprulisvp Test us fievour if the Rowan Calhafica.' in which he ironically brings forward the claims of the Catholic*. as fat superior to those of the Dissenters, abundantly proves to what a hopeless state the former class were reduced, when die very justice of their cause could be sported with so safely, and the strongest reasons for dusk entrans chisement adduced as a sort of ar.iaini.iilmai ad absairdism, under the perfect security that such a result was impossible. "Sometimes, indeed, his good sense. as well as his hatred to the Whigs, led him to laugh at the prevalent alarms about Porievy and, in one instance, the circumstances to which he alludes show to what ludicrous lengths the Ascendancy Spirit was at that time carried. In the Journal., of the Irish Route 44 . Cornmons, there is a Petition presented by the Protestant porters of Dublin against one I Darby Ryan *a Capes's' under the late king James, and a Papist notoriously disaffected, woo bought up whole rasps. of coals, and employed those of his own persuasion and affection to carry the same to customers, by which the petitioners were debarred and hindered from their small trade and gains.' "On another occasion it appears from the Journals that the Ilackney Coaclimen of Dublin asserted the Ascendancy cif ins Bea with a similar spirit, and 'es, sal the Houle that it 'night he ttiewt, that 'lane list Pruleituid ii,:evary ewe: oars noisrld hate &my to keep and dike hdekiley-eaaeli , e, "To these circumstances Swift is supposed to allude, alien, with his usual happy humour, he remarks that, if the Dublin fries are allowed to t ontin e. .., • they ought to be only trusted in the bands of Protestants, who had given security to the Doverninent . ." We hold our PaoI'EsTANT EsTARI 169 V IRNT to he an essential and fundamental part of our Consti tution ; but as the principles of every Constitution must be at al times paramount to itsferns, therefore it is that we wculd extend equally to reit!, British guided, without regard to his religious opinions, all those benefits. slid all those civil privileges, the enjoyment of which makes allegiance not a duty merely, but a free-will offering ; we would have it the willing oblation of a grateful and happv people. We know of no policy, in equity or iu faith, that can serer Ale interests of the UP:I72D KIND DOM. It is a solecism alike in language and is govesnment. (Tube continued.) - - - - - - CITY BUSINESS. Yesterday a Court of Alderman was held at Guildhall for the dhpurth of buirincus. The Gaol CornmWee presented a report relative to a Bill now before Parliament in respect of (hob. and suggested the cape dicncy of the Court endeavouring to obtain a eluuse to be inserted therein, authorizing the Magistrates to nonimit prisoners tram the Borough of Southwark to Seirgate and the other City g Lois, in strati of the Borough Compter, which the Court agreed to, and re ferred to the Committee to take the requisite measures fur ettcting tbc object. _ The LOAD MAYOIII communicated to the Court that the ensuing Sessicn at Guildhall would be held on Alooday next, u d at the Old Bailey on the Thursday following, instead of the days origi nally.appointed. The Court were then occupied for a considerable time In hearing • complaint °gait st Mr. James Swaine, a coal undertak:r, and Counsel were heard both fur and against him ; and after in vestigating ail the circumstances, be was discharged from Hi are obliged to postpone the report of the anniversary of this situation. Institution. A petition from several owners of spring carts, used in removing The living of Brighton, vacant by the promotion of th e furniture. en". kc• in Peel nr letting the u me i t'r * nd Rev. Dr. Carr to the Bench, has been bestowed upon the the exist' ig regulations for cam, &c. was presented, and re ferred to the ( . 0 umittee appointed to culiskier the petition of the 1 Rev. Mr. Wagner, late tutor to the Marquis of Douro, earincs.'‘ company. eldest aen of his Grace the Dube of Wellington. THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday morning, at twelve o'clock, his Majesty held a Court at his Palace in Pall-mall, which was attended by his Majesty's Ministers, the Recorder of London, &c. &c. The King held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Buller attended as Clerk, when Lord Chief Justice Best, of the Common Pleas, kissed hands upon his appointment, and was sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accotdingly. After the close of the Privy Council, the Recorder of London was admitted into the prtaence of the King in Council, and made his report of the convicts capitally con victed at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, when It illiam Hill, for uttering forged Bank-notes • John Easterly, for burglary; and John Hill IVae. ' ataff, for uttering a forged draft for Ent, were ordered for execution on Tueaday next, the tat of June. All the other prisoners were respites' during his Majesty's pleasure. At the close of the Recorder's Report the Rev. Dr. Bethell was introduced into the presence of the King, in his closet, and did homage before his Majesty, upon his election to the Bishopric of Gloucester. The Bishop of Lincoln attended the ceremony as Clerk of the Closet. Earl Cathcart attended as Gold stick in Waiting. The Earl of Errol and Colonel Whalley were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Court broke up about a quarter past tour o'clock. Yesterday afternoon the Duke of York held a Levee, as Commander-in-l'hief, at his Of fi ce in the Ilorse Guards. The Earf of Harrowby, the Duke of Wellington, the Right Hon. George Canning, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had audiences of the King. On Monday night Ltrd Marcus Dill, attached to the Embassy in France, arrived in town with despatches from Sir Charles Stuart, our Ambassador at Paris. _ _ Yesterday a Board of the Lords of the Treasury was held at the Treasury Chambers, Whitehall. Mr. Secretary Peel was absent from the House of Com mons on Monday night, in consequence of indisposition, which, however, we are happy to say, is not likely to de tain him long from attendance on his various duties. The rumour was revived yesterday that the English Commissioner at Mexico has demanded passports to return to Great Britain. According to intelligence said to have arrived from Ma drid, the expedition fitting out at Cadiz is in a state of great forwardness, and will consist of 36,000 men, who are to be ready by the beginning of July. Private letters from Germany speak in the most positive terms of the intention of the Allied Sovereigns to assemble, at Prague, for the purpcsc of discussing the affairs of , Greece and South America. A letter from Malta was yesterday received by an emi nent home in the City, fully confirming the account (given in yistirday's British Press) of the expluaion at Cairo, which appears to have been more extensive than at first reported. Five thousand persons are mid to have lost tt.e'r lives, and property to the amount of more than half million sterling was destroyed. This letter states that the Turks wilfully set fire to the magazines, to avoid marching against the Greeks. AEROSTATIC EXCURSIOV.