The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-27 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON .JOURNALS, DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 27. [THE TIMES.] The Spaniards, in order to suspend what we hope we may call the imminent recognition of the independence of the South American States by this Government, put forth at intervals wild reports of the armaments which they are going to send out for their subjugation. So, last night, news was said to have reached this country from Madrid, that an expedition, consisting of 36,000 men, was fitting out at Cadiz, which would be ready to sail by the beginning of July. Exagge rations of this kind need no refutation, more especially as the motives which give birth to them are obvious. However, many people think that we linger long and needlessly in making the recognition. One moral good would spring from it even to the Government of Old Spain,—that it would be saved the guilt of many an untruth ; and further, though we may not be deceived by the pretences of Ferdinand arid his Ministers, it is not clear that such pretences are equally in noxious elsewhere. It is probable that the em bers of discord may be kept alive in the sepa rated provinces by some reliance on the promised exertions of the mother country in behalf of those who still adhere in their hearts to the obsolete system. And in this view the suspension of our recognition is actually injurious to the inte rests of humanity. But there is one course which would answer all the purposes of recogni tion, and would render the formality almost superfluous. The French say that their presence in Spain is necessary, in order to prevent scenes of civil discord from being acted between the confEcting parties. In reply to this we have only to say, that we are very sure the liberal party needs not the protection of the French, but would be quite content to be left to defend itself against the fury of its adversaries; and if, as was pretended at the commencement of the invasion, the Royalists were by far the most numerous, and only needed to be freed from a certain temporary predominance of the opposi tion faction, that good has been effected. Surely,' therefore, these " most numerous " subjects of the King have still less occasion to require the protracted stay of an army of foreigners in their country. But if the presence of the French in the Peninsula does no good to Old Spain, we are sure that it does infinite harm to the trans-At lantic Provinces; for the hope of assistance to the vanquished 'Royalists there, can only be founded upon the continuance of the French in the mother, country,and the consequent disposability of the na tive force. The stay of the Bourbon army, there fore, even should it be allowed that it preserves peace in the Peninsula, occasions the continuance of bloodshed in South America. It is our duty, therefore, to urge the return of this army to its own country. We ought to be able to recog nize the independence of Old Spain (which we cannot do while it is held by the foreigner)—the independence of New Spain will follow of course. The inhabitants of this latter country will then settle into tranquillity, and conform with more readiness to the new order of things, which they will perceive to be irreversible. For ourselves, we shall consider every sanguinary tumult, every disturbance or commotion, in the trans-Atlantic States, as occasioned by the continuance of the French in Old Spain. [BRITISH PRESS.] A number of unhappy Spaniards have sought refuge, within the last week or two, in this country, destitute, in fact, of every thing. They have fled to these shores, to escape the bands of assassins that awaited them on passing the Py renees ; they were wretched prisoners in France for months, and there every possible privation and insult was dealt thorn ; but in France they would not be suffered to remain, unless they could point out some certain means of support— to Spain they dared not return, but at the risk of being entombed in horrid dungeons, or butchered in cold blood by a fanatic po pulace. In that unhappy country all the agent's of 'evil have been unloosed ; it is now a scene of anarchy and blood from end to end ; Tyranny and Fanaticism, in their most odious, forms, - every - where present themselves—Freedom and Know ledge are equally proscribed. Though the In quisition is not revived in all its past horrors, it actually exists in its worst spirit. The ancient ordinances . of this dark tribunal against mental improvement of every sort have been renewed, and confided to the enemies of all knowledge—. the Spanish monks and clergy. No recorded amnesty has issued as yet from Ferdinand or his Ministers. The concession, however :blotted by exceptions, exists only in name ; there is still no security for the humblest follower of the Con stitution. The rabble are in arms in every great town, incited by the Monks and the Ser. viles : they are in ceaseless agitation, and con tinual murders are witnessed in noon day ; these. horrors are perpetrated under the violated names of loyalty and religion. The French see thern:— they followed on .their invasion, but they take no . effectual steps to arrest the authors, or prevent - the cotnmissidn .of the same appalling crimes.— Under such dreadful cirettnistanCes, the Consti tutional Spaniards who were prisOners itt . France could not pass the Pyrenees, but to bare their throats to the assassins. Those . who returned to Spain were flung into dungeons, or many of them Murdered. No resource therefore remained to in France but t o t h r OW the surviving captives themselves .on 'these shores, however destit ut e ; and here, accordingly, they have arrived iu hun dreda, And utterly unprovided. Their present melancholy situation is one deserving the best sympathies of this country ; they have been ru i ne d i n t h e c a us e o f lib er ty ; the Constitution for which they fought might have been too theoretic, and filled with faults, which tune and experience would probably have cor rected„ bUt compared with the code that now curses 'Spain ; it was a system of perfection. The benevolenc e of this country, which never yet shut its hand ag a i nst i ts just peal, has already supplied some thousands for the support of the Spnisk exiles, but that slender. fund has, we be-. neve, been exhausted, and Ministers, highly to their credit, have supplied theirloss, and stepped forward to the aid of the hapless refugees. 4utif the inhscriptian - 3vitich existed a. month or two since could lie renewed, many of these duals now anxious to .quit England for S outh America, might there find, compatriots and a home—and contribute with .their swords td the defence and independence of the New World.-- To Spain they cannot turn while the present dreadful system continues — a_ system only sup ported by the presence of French troops within that country, who are the body guard of ihe ty rant, and which must crumble into dust within a week after the last French battalion ,re -crosses the Pyrenees. • - - • [MORNING POST.] • Mr. Brownlow's Motion respecting " they Ca tholic Association," is one of which we long ago perceived the necessity, and now applaud both the motive and the wisdom. Did this self-elect ed Body really represent such of the Catholics of Ireland as possess either property or respectabi lity, it might be well to know exactly what the feelings and opinions were of so large a portion of the Irish public. The fact however is, that the " Catholic Association," while it repre sents no part of the people of Ireland, is generally presumed here to be the correct organ of the whole Catholic population, and ac ' cordingly the sins of a contemptible factious junta are laid at the door. of millions, who, except in a general religious designation, have (we at least hope and trust) nothing with them in common. It would therefore, if not an act of justice, be an act of friendship to the Irish Ca tholics themselves to put down the. Capel-street Parliament. But there are still higher and more essential reasons for terminating its labours. We con fess,that werel rebind otherwise circumstanced, the burlesque proceedings of this Association would supply an effectual antidote. to the poison with which they are impregnated. In any part of Great Britain, as we some time, back observed, they would be innocuous; but in Ireland their pur pose and their effect is to mislead and ultimately sacrifice a mass of wretched, ignorant, supersti tious, sufferhig population, who, under better guidance, would become peaceable and loyal subjects. We are not disposed to make rash as sertions or cry " wolf!" at every mouse—but with equal confidence and discretion, we think, we do not hesitate to say that insurrection and rebellion are the objects of the Catholic Association. In this accusation too we do not hesitate to include some of the Pastoral Letters which have lately appeared. Now, in arguing this question, we will take the broadest ground which even the " Chamber" in Capel-street, and the Bishop of Kildare could desire. - They doubtless iwagine, notwithstanding the strennous,and in cessant exertions of the Government and People of England to ameliorate the condition of the Irish people, and in all other respects- to serve and raise that country, that insurrection is justifi able, or, in other words, practicahte at the pre. sent, or some not far distant moment. We meet--1 them thus on a footing, which, though they dare . not avow, it is evident they take and would con tend on. Our purpose is not to delude a multitude, but to expose the delusion which is attempted„to_ be practised on them.; nor. with this view shall. we scruple to state for the 44 A-910600h " and Dr. Doyle, the real designs they entertain., ,and the foundation on which they build their super. structure of sedition. In the first place, they reckon a little on the hostile rivalry of the con tinent of Europe to this country, and infer, be. cause a few bigots among the Ultras of France and the Absolutes of Spain have called Ireland the vulnerable part of the British Empire, that nothing more is necessary than to rebel and suc ceed. At the Palace of Kilcock this no donbt is conclusive. Will the Catholic Association, how ever,, have the goodness to say whether, in the first place, there is any rational cause for sup posing that' war between England and any part of the Continent is not probable, but possi ble;- under the existing , circerpstances,of Europe. We' assure them it is not.. We..heg to inform _those sages that the interest of the Continental Governments compels them to. niaintain,peact with Great Britain, much more than ,the interest Of this country prescribes a Similar, course. Let ' not the " Chamber" or his Iteverence.of Kilcock deceive themselves or the poor misguided pea , sentry of Ireland with such shallow speculations. Europe is at the mercy of England, and 'what ever jealousy, or hatred, or inclination of certain Powers, they thirst not enter the listi with Great Britain, tier so much as intrigue against her, par ticularly on her own soil. [NEW TIMES.] The Resolutions su b m itted by th e. E ar l . o f Lauderdale suggest one mode of protection to the Public against speculative Associations. If it be necessary to deposit a large part of the in tended stock, fewer persons _will- be inclined to, take shares in any new undertaking which_ they have not fully considered and approved. His Majesty's. Ministers stand on grounds peculiarly delicate in_ every .qUestion of this nature.. The. Pahlic expeCts . of th em t o p romo t e t h e most liberal system of commercial policy that, is con-, sistent with the security of property ; and they have sufficiently evinced their. wish to satisfy that expectation. But it must be remembered that there are two mode's of promoting trade and in dustri; namely, that which depends on the efforts of associated bodies, and that which rests on indi vidual enter Prise. _Both are desirable under differ ent' circumstances ; but the principal object of a wise:Statesman is to . afford the utmost possible scope' to the develOpetnent of individual industry. We have- several times alluded to the pending .question het‘ieen the individual Underwriters of Lloyd's' and the great companies which threaten to ,swatio„„7 up that . useful establishment. Adam Smith delkvers an Opinion,lhat Insur a nc e , w h e ther from th e r i s k s Of the sea, of life, or of tlre, is fitted to be carried 'on by a joint 'stock company. c‘ withotit e , seluSiv e Privilege." We shall not stop to inquire how far that opinion justifies insurance w r i a ientclelr, b y" e ( '-' lll l:i4nlo)Vith exclusive privileges,. o 0'6 . 1\14110e Ins urance C ompany pro e' jected in 1810 was of that ch!irit.Fte; but we may observe that since. AslamuS ; -1,-4 ,time the system of Marine Insurance has received much greater perfection ; and that, practically speaking, it is now carried on with more benefit to all parties concerned than was ever known in the history of commerce. It has been said that-aldifficulty is sometimes found in extending insurances at Lloyd's so far as may be wished. Objections of this nature will not bear examination. Nobody can doubt but that it is an object of national in terest to keep up Lloyd's Coffee-house ; the only question is, Whether the admission of numerous and powerful Associations to compete with the Underwriters there will overpower' the latter.—. -And we own we think that the event is to be ap prehended ; because we see that among these asso ciations almost all the mercantile interest is di7 vided. Every merchant must naturally wishto effect his insurances with the Company whose profits .he shares ; and these Companies will willingly enough take all but the most hazardous risks. Ir seems demonstrable, therefore, that mine but the most hazardous risks will be left to Lloyd's. It is equally clear that in such a case Lloyd's will be deserted by the most responsible Under writers : so that the eventual result will be, that the hazardous risks (which in fact are the chief object of insurance) will have the less security the more the market is occupied by powerful Companies. [MORNING HERALD.] A letter, dated Madrid, May 10, says— " When Ferdinand left forAranjuez,- the with drawing of so many French troops, and the in tention of taking away the whole of them—the farce of Vinuesa's interment, &c. were with the expectation of inflaming the Constitutionalists to commit some excesses, and cause the return of the French to quell them and assist the Royalists, by which not a Constitutionalist would have escaped. This luckily was frus trated : if it had succeeded, the Portuguese would have followed in wreaking their vengeance in the same way. If the present plot in Lisbon had gone on—and it is said the assassination of the King was intended—something of the same nature might have taken place here. These Mi nisters have been sadly reviled, and intrigue has all along been busy .to get them out ; they are kept in by ' the influence of the French Am bassador. The Clergy are inveterate ; their influence is not so great as they wish. The King, by his isolated manner of living, can retain no friends nor make any party ; they cry up the praises. of the rufante Dou Carlos as the proper man, for the nation. One ought not to be surprised at any thing that may take place. I Understand this Government has re turned to the British Ambassador a very un-' satisfactory answer upon the subject of the recognition of the independence of the Ame rican Colonies. Expeditions continue to be talk ed about : 36,000 men are ordered to he raised. The Provincial Militia will not leave the coun try. Of the prisoner's in France, they had thoUghts of employing ten thou*and, but they are afraid to. trust them. It is very easy talking; but peo ple who know Spain, know very well that it is impossible to execute any thing of the kind with out foreign. aid. The Clergy rely, however, on bringing under subjection.a part, nay,the whole, of the Arriericas.. Without a revenue- from thence, ,they are no longer their possessions; and Without them they are no longer formidable. With them, too;shle; for the present, the whole army of" Em pleadas"—those employed in America, and those, here without places. Let the Americas be de; Glared independent—their hopes gone, and then they will , look 'at home; and a change must take place.HThe Council of State was commanded to give in a Report upon the State of the Nation.— This they have done, and it amounts to this,,that the nation is in its worst possible state, and the first thing_ to remedy it is the declaration 'of amnesty, and therefore people have got hold Of" this as likely to be published ; but no amnesty will be granted, at least with the title. If any' thing be done, it will be headed, " Regularnento General pora lock) el Rgino,"—a general regula tion for the whole kingdom. The new French Commander, General Pigeon, came into Madrid this afternoon." rmortNINQ CHRONICLE.] Mr. Kennedy obtained last night the oppor. tunity, for . which he has been for some time anxiously longing, of explaining how he and Dr. Chalmers alone are in the right with respect to the Poor Laws of Scotland, and all the rest of he people of that country are in the wrong.— We do not believe a measure was ever submitted to a Legislature, which met with such unquanfi . ed condemnation by all ranks and classes of. the people for whom it was destined, as this'bn. fortunate offspring of the Hon. Gentleman,--. However, nothing daunted by this reception, he declared .« that in withdrawing his Bill, he .did not wish it to be understood that he was to be prevented by any clamour that might be raised from prosecuting his object." Clamour to 'he sure--Nul n'a raison gut nous et nor amis. It was rather, cruel in the - Hon. Gentleman to keep back from us .his reasons till he had withdraWn his Bill , just as it were, to shew us the extent of the -,loss we had sustained. However, let us exa mine a little the reasons of the Hon. Gentleman : Assessments were . either good or had'' if good, :they should be general ; if bad, they should be abolished ; and seeing that in the greater part of Scotland no assess ments existed, he wished to abolish them in the remaining Parishes, and to produce that uniformity of system which was so de sirable in every countr y." reasoning The here, when redu ce d to a strictly logical form, seems to be : assessments are either good or bad, &c. ; in the greater part of Scotland there are no assessments, therefore assessments are bad, and ought to be abolished. But some other argu ment is necessary to prove that they are bad than the mere fact of their not existing in' the greater part of Scotland. When Mr. Dawson, who died only the other year, introduced the two-horse plough from Norfolk into Scotland (for improvement in that country is but of yes terday's growth), it might have been urged that the old Scotch plough, which required a number of horses or oxen, and one person to hold it and another,to drive it, was used throughout the greatest part of Scotland, and it was therefore the best. When Mr. Kennedy's proposition is fairly examined it is little less than prepos terous. In the first and best cultivated, and most thriving parts of Scotland, he finds as sessments, and in the Highland and Moor land parts, which form the greatest portion of the country, he finds none, and for the sake of uniformity, he wishes to assimilate the practice of the best to that of the worst parts of the country.—" It was asserted by some that assessments were necessary in every civilised country. His answer to this was the fact he had stated, that in the greater part of Scotland ther e were no assessments." W e are to i n f er f rom this—first, that the greater part of Scotland is all in the highest state of civilization ; and in the second place, that no inconvenience is felt from the want of assessments. We suspect we know a good deal more of Scotland, and the pro gress of its civilization, than the Hon. Gentleman. No country in Europe has advanced more rapidly in civilization than Scotland ; but the population of a very great portion of the country are still strangers to nearly all the arts of life. As far as the peasantry are concerned, except in the assessed districts, namely, in the Lothians and the Merse and Tivotsdale, comfort was not to be found in their dwellings till of late years. Within two miles of the town of Perth, in one of the most beautiful districts in Europe,.Strath earn, a plate or a piece of stone ware was not to be found in a single cottage. SOCIETY OF ARTS. Yesterday the Annual Meeting'of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers, and Commerce, took place at the King's Theatre; when the prizes were dis tributed for proficiency in the several,departments of Science - - and Art. The Theatre was lighted in the usual manner, and crowded in every part. His Royal Highness the Duke of SussEx ar rived atone o'clock; and took the Chair. Near his Royal High ness, General Mina, the Greek Deputies, and several personages of distinction, were seated. The ROYAL CHAIRMAN congratulated the Society upon the numerous and elegant assemblage which he had the honour of witnessing on the present occasion, and called upon the Se cretary (Mr. Aikin) to read the Report. Mr. ALK IN then read the Annual Report, which conveyed a -very favourable account of the progress and extension of the objects of the Society, and enumerated the meritorious individuals upon whom the prizes-had been conferred. The Duke of SUSSEX, ix distributing the rewards, paid se veral compliments to the individuals who received them. In presenting the silver Isis medal to Mr. Johnson, for a portrait, he remarked upon the palpable value of this Society, which de veloped merit in so forcible a manner ; the individual who now received the reward being deaf and dumb, and having had his talents cultivated by their patronage. In presenting the large gold medal to, Henry Blyth, Esq., Burnham, Norfolk, for embanking 253 acres of marsh land from the sea, he complimented that gentleman on his valuable efforts in the promotion of rural and agricultural economy. He also spoke in the highest terms of Mr. Hurd's services, in raising oaks for timber, for which the Society had rewarded him with a large gold medal.. - In presenting a youth 10 years age, Master Passmore, with the silver palette, for an historical subject in pencil, his Royal Highness held out to the successful candidate the prospects which the Society had opened for him, and which he trusted he would realize to the utmost . of his sanguine expectations in fu- I ture years. The presentation of the prizes occupied the Chairman until past four o'clock ; and many of the candidates, particularly the Ladies, were loudly applauded. In agriculture and rural economy, there were 3 prizes; in chemistry, 4 ; for original oil -paintings, 14 ; for copies in oil (hporary class),' 5 ; for paintings in water colours, and co pi es ,. 15'; for chalk drawings, 13 ; for drawings from statues and busts, 10 ; for plaster models, 4 ; and copies from the antique, 4 ; for architecture, 11 ; for drawings of machines, 2; fOr en graviugsl.6 ;, for manufactures, 18 ; for mechanics, 20 ; and for colonial improvements, 4. The•Dilke of SussEx, in conclusion, congratulated' the So ciety on the benefits which they h a d conferred upon the public, and the encouragement which they held o u t t o t deserving.in every department of art. The4society celebrated their anniversary by a dinner in the evening, at . Freemasons'-hall. The Trustees of the late Earl of STRATHM.ORE have appointed the Rev. ROBERT GREEN, A.M., of New castle-upon-Tyne, to the donative of Gibside Chapel (in the .county of Durham), Nice the ReyeTend JAIIES BLACKBURN, ' de:Ceased. `The'' remains of the late Dr. STRAHAN, the friend and exeCutor . of Dr. S. Joi!NsoN, were in terred' on Monday in Islington church, of which parish he had been vicar 50 years. The inhabit ants, to testify their respect, shut up their houses, and assembled in greater numbers than were ever witnessed in that parish. Amongst the. nu merous" cirriages which followed were those 'of the Lord Chancellor, and many other persons of distinction. FATAL BOXlNG. — Tuesday evening a fight took place under Pile-hill, near Bristol, between two of the workmen at a coppersmith's, who had previously quarrelled. After the contest had been continued for some . time, one of the. men fell, and was conveyed. home to his house in a state of insensibility. Surgical aid was procured, but in vain, for this unfortunate victim of the brutal practice of boxing died in a few hours afterwards. Verdict of the Inquest—" Man slaughter." Au Inquest was -held last week at Lichfield, on the body of William Proffitt,, aged 14. Being . at work at Messrs. Leach and Corbett's mill, he became - entangled . in a strap connected with the machinery ; was dashed with great violence 'against the ceiling . several . times, and before he could be liberated was mutilated in a dreadful manner. He died almost instantaneously.— Verdict—" Accidental' Death, with a deodand of fie'e shillings on ,the.machine." COA-L-MARKET, MAY 26. Ships at Market. ships sold Prim ' 8 Newcastle , - - els Od to 37s Od 2i Sunderland - -2/ - 303 9d to 42, ed BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., at Hythe, • Kent, the lady of the Rev. Henry Thompson, of a 'still-horn daughter. On Tuesday, at her residence in the Regent's Quadrant, Madame Caradori Allan, of a son. MARRIED. On Tuesday last, at St. Mary's, Newington, Mr. James Sexton, of the Hon. East India Company's service, to Miss Briggs, of Walworth. DIED. On the 25th inst., Martha, wife of Mr. Large, Old. Cave ndish-street, Oxford-street. • On Tuesday, the 25th inst., in Cecil-street, Strand, London, Miss Hannah Kilner, of Ulverstone; Lancashire. On the 22d inst., at Ramsgate, aged 13, Richard Gardner Hepburn, youngest son of the late Charles Hepburn, Esq. On the 12th inst., at his house, Canterbury-plaCe, Lambeth, Peter Watson, Esq., aged 73 years. At Paris, on the 6th inst., M. Hurtaut, a celebrated architect, and Member of the Royal Institute. At Exeter, on the 18th instant, Mr. Nicholas Loaves Potts, aged. 2-1, second son of James Potts; Esq., merchant, ' New castle-upon-Tyne.- LONDON WELSH AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIe The Eleventh A n n ua l M eet i ng o f t hi s S oc i ety Wa s he ld Tuesday, at the Paul's Head Tavern, Cateaton.street. Sir W. NV. WYNN, Bart. M.P., the President, too g Chair. Ile shortly addressed the assembly, in o P enit : t o business of the d ay , b y remar ki ng, t h at t h ey were no t e s to support, by controversial arguments, the cause of LP L , t ciety which they were then about to commemorate, the 8C 1# which carried with th e m th e nature an d f orce o f t he veri c F o f argument, but to receive the account of the S ecre tarie . g ete d f progress of that admi ra bl e I nst i tut i on, w hi c h h a d efi much good among their countrymen. The Rev. DAVID RUELL, one of the Secretaries, the r r , the Report of the Committee. It appeared that 30 eq i dl the Bible had, since the last Annive rsar y, b een distribut e d the the London Welsh Auxiliary Society, ma ki ng t h e nn,,n ) i n tV Bibles, distributed sin ce it s formation, amount to 2,3 6 *" e oe;j Welsh language. Th e rece ipt s o f the last year had We' a t. and die balance then in the hands of the Treastlr er ' w ho , , every cxpence was defrayed, was 281. 15s. ; and the sid sum remitted by that• S o c i ety t o t h e P arent S oc i ety , in the general fund, amounted to 2,3231. t lid The Rev. Jonw BREEZE, of:Liverpool, rose to mo re- ,!it the Report then rea d b e rece i ve d an d a d opte d , an d that o' printed under the direction of the Committee. In attenu . i iii the Report, he .perceived that the principles of that A. a pE Society perfectly accorded with those of the Parent Brin s o f Foreign Bible Society ; which • was the dissemination . 00 , Holy Word of God amongst all people, without note or ' et ment. It had been said that there would be some ( 1 1,0' mixing up the Dissenters with the Episcopalians, and that R 0 demarkations between the latter and the former, whicnr.lif conscientiously considered by each as essential to their,a'd po ous welfare, would be entrenched upon ; but of this he t;• apprehensions ; .th e Di ssen t ers wou ld h app il y meet the 1,1)latil palians in a c ause w h ere a ll t h e i r various differences wer`,o aside, and which emb race d on l y t h ose great truths that wer'Aei believed by all. In allusion to the exertions made by the IP ite d in promoting the object of th e S oc i ety , h e most rea dily ado j to that they had done much, that th e i r serv i ces h a d prod he very beneficial : hut, he asked, were they not in the 0, 0 0, transgressions ? Did we not fi n d t h at t h e i r persuas i ve P°l had been the cau s e o f many o f t h e evils existing in the v 4) "f o ld Then, if they took the lead in error they will increase te e n d 3 il their assistance in the c o rrec ti on an d tota l destruction or nt error ; and sure he was th a t th e i r sex could accomplish nit'd things in which his own w ou ld a l toget h er f a i l; they pos se a power of persu as i on an d i n fl uence over the heart that 70 did not, and whi c h, if exerte d i n a good cause, wou ld lel o the happiest results. In looking around him he was At 0 disappointed at, seeing so few present • but a friend had „ toed him that it was an in c o nven i ent h our of the day for their pil o t brethren, who were necessarily engaged in their calling 1,.. a 0 that, had the meeting t a k en p l ace at a l ater hour, that 1 " - an , would have been compl e t e ly fill e d. Th e R ev. , Gentlein t o after urging the necessity of ena bli ng ot h ers to l earn the titl of the Gospel, which had so powerfully influenced the their feelings and cond uc t, as was evident.by their attend% v , on the present occasion, conc l u d e d b y mov i ng t h e fi rst Resolet`the The Rev. Joszlin HUGHES, one of the Secretaries ot io(4 Parent Society, second e d it. H e sa id t h ey h a d on l y to at the object of the Soci e ty t o j u d ge o f i ts c h aracter. It eld of the greatest simpli c ity ; an d w h en h e reflected, on it ‘he O d d not but be struck with the astonishing success that had atten l e it. 411 its exertions were -di rec t e d to the distribution,of,et single volume; there was no complication in the work O', had perform, to nor did it-at all interfere with or prevent t ea , friends of the Society from going on in their own various enu i, of doing good. Doubtless 'th ere were many ot h er Instituq.;, which highly merited and received their support, in-the-din ,t ent ways which ea ch of th em p re f er r e d ; b ut i n or d er to prey collision, and to assembl e t oget h er persons o f a ll op i n i o ns, ~j who, on the great qu es ti on o f sa l vat i on, enterta i ne d a un iYe_ sentiment, and were all in unison, and who, when they . s P ° 4 l out said, 7' Now willwe form a grand partnership of univerf benevolence." It was sugg es t e d th at t h e Bibl e s h ou ld be tit' o , tributed without note or comment. The proposal was niatle, , the Christian world, and it had succ ee d e d. Th e R ev. Gentle, man then detailed to the Meeting m a ny int eres ti ng particultL respecting the operations of the Par en t S oc i e ty, an d u r g i n g cordial co-operation of all classes of Christians in forwartlir d their common object of dissemmi na ti ng throughout the If° the precious,benefits of the Christian religion. The Rev. JOHN JON ES, one of the Secretaries, moved thanks of the meeting to Sir Wynn, President Of t o Society, for his continued patronage and support ; and also i t the Vice-Presidents. In allusion 46 their worthy President! ,f became him to state, that Si r W. W. Wynn was President a Bible Society in that county which he and his forefathers li d f for many centuries so hono ura bly represente d, t h e county o ~e , Denbigh ; he was also a President of a similar Society in ?-i d rionethshire, and was a pow e rf u l coa dj utor w i t h an H on . F en o , `and Relative of his in a like l a ud a bl e wor k at M on tgol where his benevolence was continually exhibiting itselt;4 ll l , lo need not remind the meeting that Sir W. W. Wynn wa s , ,i ls t the President of the London Auxiliary Welsh Society, .and ,h the liberality of his support had alone enabled them to do OW', of the good which that Society had effected. When he vegff ed on these things, he could not help feeling it a high anti u," . tinguished honour to stand there and move the present roo t ' . tion, which he did with the sincerest pleasure. Another Rev. Gentleman, by the name of Jolt N JONi 0, 1 8 ; conded the resolution. I n d o i ng so he observed, that w h en reflected on the tenacity with which the Welsh adhered to theD t native language, and recollected th a t th e y cou ld no t arrive s religions kowledge but through th a t me di um , h e f e l t it to hal e been one of the mo s t g l or i ous bl ess i ngs to hi s countrymen, When the Bible was translat e d int o t h e i r own tOngue ; for then was his country emancip a t e d f rom ignorance, and, he trusted, fr? ill the dominion of that state of mental apathy towards rengio which the Bible alone could remove. And looking at other us .; dons, and reflecting that they were equally attached to them languages, he could not but consider it a most glorious corium' matron,, when he found th e P arent S oc i ety h a d trans l ate d the Book of God into 140 languages and dialects. The result ca these labours, he trusted, wo u ld b e commensurate w i t h the belie, and objects of those who performed them. Sir W. W. WYNN returned thanks. The Rev. Mr. .31%,ter, moved a resolution of thanks to th e Treasurer, Secretaries, and Committee for their respective o r ' vices during the past year. The Rev. Gent. said, that his ,mo tion gave him an opportunity o f p o i nt i ng out the ghat exce!, lence of their institution, for the gentlemen mentioned in 1 ; were of all denomin a ti ons o f Ch r i st i ans ;. some churchmen, some dissenters of different classes, and yet they all had conl,: bined their. exerti ons i n t h e f urt h er i ng one common cause,shewed at onc e th e g l ory an d gran d eur of the society. Ile"-aal' that in relation to what had often beets expressed by their Hon. President on former occasions, he himself wished most' eat" nestly that it could be effected. Sir W. W. Wynn had ire' quently wished to see a Welsh Episcopalian Churth'in LOU' don, for they had th e i r di ssent i ng meetings, an d thoughls (t4,.1 ker.' Gent.).was himself a Dis se nt er , yet t h e Di ssenters w ished to see their countrymen and fellow-Christians ; who were a' the Episcopal persuasion, ga th ere d toget h er in a place of di vine . worship. He wished and hoped that, by the powerf ul influence and earnest zeal of their excellent President and his friends, that this object could be accomplished. In adverting to the great benefits that resulted from Bible Associations, be said it .was obvious 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 characterised them- And another pleasing feature was, the full attendance given on those occasions by the youths of both sexes. At the pre sent meeting he was happy to see so many young persons, as it gave them an assurance, tlyat when the present generation was passed away, others would rise up and carry on the good and great work which they were assembled to advocate and - promote' The Rev. R. OWEN seconded the resolution. The Rev. DAVID RUELL returned thanks. lie said, that notwithstanding, the astonishing, results of the labours of the British and Foreign Bible Society, there was yeta vast field left open for all their exertions ; and in order to stimulate them to redouble their energies, it would be sufficient to state, that were a Society to commence from that day, and proceed onward in the distribution of the Bible at the same rate of pro gres s that had been made by the British and Foreign Bible Society' ii would take about flinr hundred years to supply the inhabitants of the whole world with one copy each. He urged this as an ar?ument for the uniting of all denominations of Christians in this mighty undertaking, seeing that it was one which no indi vidual class could by possibility attempt, so great was its ob ject, to all embracing its design. The Reverend Gentleman concluded by moving the thanks of the Meeting to the mein ben of the several associations, and also to the ladies, for their zealous, active, and efficient exertions in promoting the objecfs of that Society. The Rev. isr.Es, of Camberwell, seconded the resblirtiOn* The Rev. MictiAef. ROBERTS moved, that the Meeting acknowledge, with devout thankfulness, to the Supreme Dig; poser of all things, the success attending Bible Societies,• and the encouragement r.fforded was sufficient to animate every_ in - , divklual to proceed with new and unabated zeal, to bring ; boa that glorious era, when the knowledge of the Lord should cover die earth as the waters cover the sea. The Rev. Gentle' man then addressed the Meeting in a very animated•speeeh iii the Welsh language. The Rev. IllictiAEL JONES seconded the resolution--in speech also in the language of his countrymen. The thanks of the meeting were then given' to Sir AV' Wynn, for his kindness in presiding over and conducting the business of the day ; who briefly made his aeknowledguients to the company, and the Meeting then broke up. A handsome collection was made at the door.' Printed and. Published, for the PROPRIET one, at • OPFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. GAABTAIAi• L,....,.. ............ Ili be heh 11ETrj Parlia stood Men* that t: the 2 notice NO. --___ T' Seas° coats, Laml procu p PRES Char Rob ( hear dr' Heti Si r , F. Pral Th o kick Joh, Nat I At BAN are tiv Cal ato str