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olutious that liNl been 6arried, an 4 for ateept- ins; of the office of President of the proposed stitution." He considered this dxv as highly ho tunirable to the city, when its first Magistrate thus exerted himself to spread abroad the vene rable Gospel of ehrist, and to how-down in humble adoration to him on whom they depend ed for every blessing. When he (the Chancellor of the Excheyicr) wfts honoured with his. Lord ship'-s ;invitation for thksday, he had at first:doubt ed whether _it would be in his power, to attend, 3len publiedife had necessarily public cares to occupy 'their time ; but he had felt, on reflection, that a day...could not: .more ore honourably given to any subject - than to that which was : under the conside . rat4ori of the meeting. Ile ,tad alio 'felt, that a - public servant could not do better.. than to skew That he hoped success, through Alessing from •above, and no time could be better spent than that which was devoted to an objectwhiel it was to be hoped would bring dow n thatblesSing, SUrprise had been expressed that a Society like that now about to be established had not been iustituted before. Such surprise might be na tural; but,the ways of God, were not like those It might have been expected that such a Society would have been instituted under vtry different circumstances. It was reasonable to sup pose-that it would only be established in time of peace ; but it appeared to be the will of -the Al irdghty that the thunder of war shouldbe the har binger of the" still small voice of tlie Gospel." " 2 VA: live „(said the Honourable Gentleman) in times when strange convulshit4 occur, as well in the natural as in the political world. We have but lately heard of a great city .being/reduced to rilins by nn areful convnlsion of nature, and we -know not but a similar fate may now await •If,'hOwever; such be the will of Providenee, while these massy pillars bend' beneath the weight they shodd ;uphold, and while the towers of this city ore shaken by the earthquake,'l do not know bow . vve cari be found ' , better' employed than in pro : - moting the-objects of meetings like this. Though our ciimate' has been hitherto exempt front such awfid visitations, and though I trust in Provi dence4t will long remain exempted from them, 've(there are convulsions in the moral world of lvhi-Chr We' haie been `doomed to feel the effects : there are =convulsions in the moral ;world, not less terrible in their.nature than thOse which proceed from the fermenting minerals in the bo 'sant of the earth. We have seen in. our country, - men striving to further that which Ought to be in abhorrence. We have seen our country men uniting for a purpose from . Whih we Should have hoped-Englishmen would shrini: with hor ror. We have found associations . for Med„ . and administering - ,.unlawful oaths tO,pledge each other to' assassination, and such diabblical purposes - we have seen carried into effect. That such events have taken place am bound particularly to de plore, as J cannot hut remember with - ceaseless regret, that one dark act of assassination has placed Inc in an awful and arduous office, the ini portw.nt duties of 'which the . singular blessing of Providence can alone enable me successfully to discharge. (Applause) —W e have seen a good' man .and a , minister snatched away frOm among us, in whoSe praise, after what has been said and writ ten, I will only say, that he was a 5 incere fiend to the Bible Society. We awe to a per son who has this day favoured us with his pre sence, a most interesting account of a conversa tion which he had with the assassin, which read ing, all must feel how hardened in iniquity the murderer had become, and how insensible to guilt the mind of man maybe, when unassisted by the light of revelation." The Right Hon. Gentle r-an then went on to describe the advantages likely to result fromthe proposed institution, as its ef fect would be to teach the unfortunate, however dCpressed,' to fly to:the Bible for consolation: In conclusion, he recommended to their consideration t!)e benefits likely'to flow from an Association to - promote the formation of Bible Societies: One • Association of this kind, of which he was a mem ber, had led to the formation - of no fewer than ten Societies.--(Applause) He then moved his esolution. • • The Rev. Mr. MASTERS seconded the motion of the Chancellor Of the Exchequer, and expressed satisfaction at the progress Of . the Gospel, which was the light and glory of the world; and which in the course of time would' irradiate with its beams the whole universe. • The Resolution was then carried unanimously. The LoPO MAYOR returned thanks'. for the ho nour conferred upon him. He had accepted _the situation a President to the proposed'lnstitution with great cheerfulness as Lord Mayor of the city of London. Had he been in any other situation, should have been unwilling to 'take it on him self, feeling •as he did, that many could be found m9re equal to the discharge of its deities.. Since, however, it was intended that the Lord Mayor Alouldahvays . be she President; he could - have 'no • objection „ as ~if he' were found deficient, his sue et ssors . would be efficient. Tht! following Resolutions were then submitted to thy Meeting, and.carried unanimously. " to the Vice. Presithit."--,MoVed by Mr. John , 2conded the Rev, Mr. Hatch. ' " r; t the ProvisiOnal COmmittee fcr their zealous • 02 c;use.—Moved by'Mr: Pearsell, seconded by, Dr: E ards.- . • 711. as to 'the Secretaries of' the Parent Institntiott.— Ilovrd by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, seconded. by the Rev. -H. F. Bra d.cr. Thanlts to the Chancellor of th! Ekt;l;equer and fhe other Gentlemen who have advocated the cawe, of the Society this dav, , and that the name of the Chancellor of the Exchequer be added to the list of Vice Presittryt,:.".---The former: Re cc,lution was moved by Mr. Barclay, and seconded by Mr. Tnoraton. " Thanks to the Lord Mayor for his' conduct in the Chair on this occasion, Sod for his grant of the use of the F4,,rypian atll."—Moved b.; Alderman Wood, secoaded by Win. Alien, lone of the : Socieiy of Friends%) Alderman SCHOLEY returned thanks (for the Iltve Presidents) ; as did Mr. Neale (for the Pro visional Committee), .Mr. Owen (for she Secreta riesto the ParentJustitution.), the Chancellor of the' Exchequer (for hinAlf and others who had s?Ohen on this occasion), and the Lord Mayor (rot the thanks Voted for his conduct in tire chair, Bcc.). His Lordship concluded, by informing the Ascemblv, that their labour of love was ended, and the Meeting adjourned to a future day. The- , :ndbscription -then'. commenced. We tin cler~tand a very considerable .. - trn was immediate , Wsirsqibed,- awl Many annual subscribers were ent,2l-131 . 0n the books. MAItS. ARPIV.:'—..2 1:1111131in, 1 Waierf urd DtIE-1 Lisbon,. 2 Got I...nburgh, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey,.l Waterford. ~ ..,.. • ' --. ,. OF . s . , . • PRICE Tocio; THIS DAY AT,TWELVE, o'cLocK. C0n541:4....5qi,1 Red. Ann... 56/ 57 I Omni= .... f"..i pr. THE SUN. SOLVW QUIS nrcEnE F.U.St73I M'EA'L' ? LONDQ N, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1812. As_the dispatches of Lord WELLINGTON, re specting his late glorious and decisive victory, there, in all probability, sent round by Lisbon,. two or three days, or more, may elapse before they reach this country. ' Of the fact we are now in possession ; but we feel the 'most anxious wish to be in possession also of the details of a vic tory which, we 'trust, will be .decisive of the fate of the Peninsula. The following Official Bulletin hating only ap peared in a part of our impression yesterday, we insert it again to-day. TIIE FOLLOWING RELAES TO OPERATIONS PRE- VIOUS TO THE DAY OF THE GREAT VICTORY. Supplement to the Gazette of the Principality of Asturias, 25tb July, 1812 Marshal Don' Pedro de la Barcena communi cated to the Superior Junta of this Principality, dated the 22d of July, from the Siege of Astorga, the intelligence contained in the following Dis patch, end we hasten to communicate it to the public for its satisfaction :-- " SIR,--The Officer charged with the observa tion of the enemy's movements, reports as fol loNVs, in a letter dated the 20th inst. The events which have taken place in the army of Marmont are as follows " Don Charles Espana, with Thin Julian, beat the enemy severely at Castillo Vadrillo : his ca valry covered itself with glory. The number of killed, it is said, is not less than 2700. The French were obliged to retreat to the heights of Villa Puente. Our troops were yesterday at Canizal. " The Allies attacked at the same time on other points. The number of prisoners amounts to 4 or 5000, who yesterday came into Salaman ca! amongst them is General Carrier, severely wounded. " A great part of the army took the road to Medina, pursued by the Allies, and to-day again we have heard much firing. "In that quarter, it is stated, was King JO seph, with some troops, whiehhe brought from Madrid. " The greater part of the Waggon Train, which the fiat day reached from Tordesilias to Medina, fell into the hands of the English. In conse quence, Lord Wellington ordered the inhabitants of the district of Toro to come and examine the effects, and receive what might respectively be long to them ; several in fact have r e ;vexed what they conceived as lost. The army of Lord Wellington has been rein forced with 12,000 men. • The adherents of the French in Valladolid have been obliged to take up arms. The French cavalry is destroyed. I shall write to you to-mor , r ow in detail.--1 communicate this to your Ex cel ency for your satisfaction, hoping that you will be pleased, to publish such important intelli gence—as soon as I receive that which I. am pro mised,' I shall send it also to your, Excellency.— God preserve you, &e. " PEDRO DE LA BARCENA. • " Siege of Astorga„Tuly 22." The President and Members of the Sapreme J::nta of Asturias We had no opportunity of - tal:int; more than a *** e r brief notice - -yesterday of the Meeting'held the day before in Palate Yard, on the gUbject 61 a Parliamentary Reform ; .but some •matters oc rred at' that Meeting which - seem to demand a more. serious attention. Ani.ofig otT:n. topics treated by Major :CARTWRIGIIT, he stated that new Civb 'had been instituted, consisting • of a considerable number of persons possessed 'of pro-: perty similar to that which entitles a• Member to sit 'in Parliament, and the Major, after bestowing' high eulogiunis on this Club, signified that the, people might look forward with great hope to its proceedings, and expect from. it the same*" glo rious , results " Which had,been produced to our ancestors by the Barons assembled on the' field of Runnymede. It was no ‘ l«mbt difficult for the Reporters of the Major's , speech,, heavy and ob scure as his oratory generally proves; ,to extract any clear 'aria definite meaning, particularly in a' • 'part where he might be purposely cautious and. ambiguous ; but as tin supposed, if not the de . elared, -purpose, of the new Club, is to effect . a Parliamentary Reform, and the Members ire to possess 4 qualification - Similar to ',that which t'eOlus thew eligible to a seat in Parliament, it is. au, Institution towards which it becomei the friends of the Constitution-to look witlrjealousy) if -not hlarm, fora FOURTH EST,',,Tt; seems to be. - rising 'under the guise of a Political Club, and al • the same , " glorious results" are 'held - out as likely to - ensue from its operations es were pro duced by the Barons who exacted Magna Charta from KING Jo N, it may reasonably be appreh ended that the new Association is iziterided .to'oVer-awe Parliament, if not the Crown; till they have effected those measures which in their wisdOm they deem 'necessary for iMproving the Legislature of the country. An Institution . which excites the admi ration of such politicians as those who have gene rally held meetings for Parliamentary Iteforin in this metropolis,. must, at all tidies, and under any circurnstiinees, be viewed with suspicion by all loyal . men who know the value of our Constitution, and have seen the dreadful effectsof innovation inFrance, and the several countries which it has reduced to oppression and misery ; but there is still more rea son for suspicion when its objects and its possible consequences are thus stated by such a politician as Major CARTWRIGHT. But what renders the matter_ ridiculous, if any thing of this nature can be seen in so light a point of view, is the gross in consistency of the orator, for while he pagneyrises in high terms this Club, whose Members are to possess Parliamentary qual4ations, and, are likely to pro cure objects as important as the , exaction of Magna Charta by the Barons ; he vehemently exclaims against an Oligarchy which, he . ..says, renders the House of Commons a body Subservient to them, and by no means a representation Of the people, But the new 'Oigarchy which he cam- . mends, and from which, he saYS; such -gloriOns , results may he expected, would • not - have an influence in detail over Members of the House of Commons, but absolutely over-awe the whole Representative Body into submission to their de mands ; or, like the Barons of old, proceed to exact all they want from the Sovereign himself. If such an oligarchy would not be more formida ble than that which the Major reprobates, be cause they possess borough influence, we leave all rational men to determine, as well as to consider what might become of the Consti tution in the struggle. That the Members of the new Club may hold forth fair and legitimate pre tensions is naturally to be expected, but what des perate characters might get among them, or to what daring excesses they might ultiMately pro ceed, it is impossible to say ; but that it is an in stitution pregnant with mischief, and calculated to bring on destruction, may well be apprehended. We have thought it our duty to draw the attention of all reflecting and well-meaning people to this new Institution, which is so highly commended in a quarter where commendation may justify alarm, particularly as the meeting where this cormnenda tion was uttered was not held till ,the Parlia mentary Session had ended, and when there was, of course, no opportunity for some honest patriotic Member of Parliament to rise in his place; and submit the creation of so alarming : an Association to the wisdom of the Legislature. We trust, how ever, that our Rulers will not b.e negligent specta tors of the transactions of such a Club, 'but will so far counteract its progress, as to prevent one of its " tilorious results" from proving the over throw of the Constitution. • His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND entertained a large party of Nobility, arid several of the Cabinet Ministers, last night, it his -house in St. James's. The Duke of LEngsrEa, his brother, Lord WILLIAM FITZGI:RALD, the Prince PATRULIA, son of the Duke of ANJotT,•Count ST. ANTONIO, and the Hon. Mr. DR COURCY, have arrived at Ports mouth, in the Serapis store-ship, from Sicily. His Grace th l e k Archbishop of CANTERBURY has conferred on the Rev. EDWARD. BARRY, M. D. Recto,r of St. Mary's and St: Leonard', ford, th'e degree of Doctor in Divinity. 'The Bank -gave notice yesterday, that they wooled make all the payments on the Otnnium, except the last, when the whole must be re deemed. Commodore COCKBURN, one of the Commis si()ners. to South America, who as just returned from Cadiz in the Grampus, bad a long confer ence v. ith Lord CASTLEREAGH, at the Secretary of State's OiEce ? yesterday. A letter has been roc-eived from off Toulon, of the 12th 'July, stating, that the fleet there•bad shewu a disposition. to revolt. - The same spirit, it is said, bad been manifested in some of the de partinents Of the South .of ii'rance. It 'farther adds, that a revolution had taken , place at tari), and that troops had been sent to take pos.-; se-sion of it. We have to announce positively, that'Madame CATALANI,wiII be. at. Portsmouth- on the 1 9th inst. to perform at - the ,grand Musical Festival ytthich will be given there on that day. Mr. C. KEMIII.F.; and his wife, - are engaged to perform a . few nights at Cheltenham. Matter's are fully arranged for their return to Cov4nt-Garden theatre. . _ It would be an act of just:ce - and gratitude,' on the part of the Snrgeons, to precut :some mark of respect to, those. whose 'duty it is to superintend the pavenittat of the metropol:s, • fo i r ,the . chance , which ha o long beta ,atfor . rted them of a. pla e tiful harvest o{,fractures-anj ?AL 14. J _...5.°. , - #rxrdotTiti Atm. s.—,Arrived the C.c'ft• l'ff‘CLAY, from St. Mary's, State cif Geor7;ia, sith a cargo of timber for this port, 40 da-p ryaSsar- the American flag was flying at Amel:a Liana , the tine of her departure from St.ivrary's. Put in here to complete her cargo for Malta a . na Smyrna, the Harriet, - ANDERSON, master, frd;U London, in ballast. Arrived the Polly, BROWN, and the MT?, JE\VSoN, from Penr:,;n ; the Robert ancl' Mart;, PVNTON ; and the iipsznr, CROFTON, from Sun derland, with cargoes of coals for this port ; ti Three Brothers, 'WESCOTT ; hope, VI-I-TEO Gratitude, RODD ; and the Union, Ihm, foal Wales, culm laden ; the Ceres, RUSSEtt, fro° Chichester; the FAN,VENER, from Loa' dun ; and • the John Byrkins, SANDERS,: fro' Gloucester. . DEAL AUG . 6.—Sailed his Majesty's ship E mont for off-Flu3lling.. FIVE O'CLOCK.—Arrived the Rapid schooner with a convoy from Falmouth. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 6.—Sailed his -Majesty's ships Porpoise, and Caroliim, for the Indies ; and the Surrey for the Cape of 60 01 Hope. Arrived , his Majesty's ship Vesta, with a 01 3 ' voy from P,lymouth. • bis Pique, with the convoy for the Mediterranean. LYKINGToic-, Auo. C.—Sailed the whole of the outWard-b9und: heetB, under convoy of tis I\l4 - jesty's ship La Pique, aid passed the Needles,' ,1.1 well. GALLANT EXPLOI T. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A SEAMAN - ON BOt-It' THE VOLONTAIRE. " Volontaire, Guiph of Lyons, June g3,.1 81(2, " I shall begin with giving you an accoupt Uf as neat a take-in as you ever heard of in all Y°Lb r life. You must have known long a oof our tine little squadron having completely dished a conv o y of twenty sail of the enemy. This dashing s trob-,e, has made the Mounseers so shy, that not one °' them has hardly dared to shew 'his nose since. -lie sides this r our Captain keeps such a sharp look out, that not a boat can ,try to steal along sh° re ~ without getting . a pelting from us. us. As we lo ci ' there was a convoy laden with provisions for 13. 0 " celona, and that they would not dare to budge ,peg whilst we kept close in shore, our Captai' 'determined to lay a trap for them. He accordingY made ;ail off shore, as if about, to take his of the coast: but when we got at a proper dry tance for the purpose, our First Lieutenant, gr: Shaw, was sent in with the boats, in the hope nabbing their convoy, as soon as it shou,td endea'-i Your to make a run for it. By some. accident 0111 other, the enemy got scent of our, scheme, oil determined upon nabbing us in their turn. v it a this intent, they sent out front Marsoilies an arrli e felucca, in order to pounce upon our hiiats pectedly. This was very well planned on tiler ( part : but had they known that -they would had to deal with Old Steady, they Woad 4 9 ' 6 thought of the mattermore than once before 01 put it intO executions. But the long anti tare sir of the history is this—our gallant Lieutenant discovered the, scrape he had got into tll'an he de", termined td make the be, , t of it ;. and li'eingsPli.". to the back bone, and e.s good a seamaa, and ° F . cleVer a fellow, as ever stepped. over a mail °; war's gunwale, he at once. gave. three chcei." pushed forward with his boats, boaided the Co d my, in spite of the Most gallant resistance , brought her Off without a single man 16110 our side, and but threcwo; tded, allot whom %vit'' , I - hope, be soon ready to make a dash at the COe': my. Among these, lam sorry to say, Mr. Ingram: Oh, how r envy him I .11e is a vs r '. fine young man, and we all hope he will get P r°- . rooted as well as Old Steady." THE THr.ATRE.—In addition to the respeete;_ j !, - corps of provincial perforrneri Who have been tpl; season assembled - at the' Haymarket Theatre, a 3 Wednesday night Mr.TALBOT made aPPear a l'‘ flc f in the part of Ranger. Mr. TALBOT, as our iteacie ..4 , must remember., was some years ago an a ctor Drury-Lane Theatre, and chiefly distingui 2l 2. e " himself in the character assigned to bins in :' ,1 •" ; . BAILLIE'S excellent play of De Monfort. He then evidently a Performer of good sense ail knowledge, with, however, somewhat Of stiffness and formality in his manner. He has endeavour: ed to acquire a more easy carriage, and considerably overcome his former habits of 6 , e" portment. Yet Ranger is still a part too ligh t ," •.4)rightly, and airy, to comport with Mr. TALso'r talents and general cast of acting, but he thro4l-2° out exhibited judgment, andrendered the par 'spectable. The• character of Clarinda Was 3 r: tamed with admirable spirit and humour by GLOVER, and the play, which may he deemed on: of. the very best of Modern Comedies, ss'LL • throughout supported in a manner very: to the Theatre. an The 'passengers on •Westminster -bridg e, Wednesday last, were alarmed by the cries of e , ora . person' in distress,. and on looking over.tni l - r4tlements to ascertain the cause, they observe a boy half immersed in water, clinging to one ° the buttresses. They, immediately gave the alarm to the watermen at the stairs, two of whom rove_ to the spot; before theY reached the boy, b 0 ever, he, was so exhausted itiat he had let go 10 ' . , creditabLc hold and was'carried rip the.streain by the They immediately followed him and were f`': l- 0 tunate,enough to save him. O 17 n conveying - • to the shore, he• said 'lie had fallen off one " f the a barges at the: StrandLhridge, and had Sus taille himsglf thus far .by swimming.