The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-10 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. [.Fr ths Etoik of May .B.] MADRID, APRIL 30.—The Baron d'Eroles has been proposed for the Embasy at London. His - .Majesty will not deprive himself of his sevices - here, and positively declared this resolution to the Count d'Ofalta, when he spoke to him of it. Five.millions of aite Loan of Guebhard have surived here, which have been deposited by the _King's.order in the Bank of . St. Charles. Per snas.rvhn are well acquainted with the Ministers affirm, that -this -sum will not be touched, being destined for the expenses of an expedition pre paring at Cadiz for South America. This ex pedition is to consist of three frigates, with 2,500 troops, and a Commissoner is gone to Cadiz to hasten their equipment. 'The King returned to Aranjuez the evening before yesterday. Only two Ministers are with bins; the others have returned to Madrid, as well as M. Ugarte, Secretary of the Council of StMe. The French troops that were with his -Majesty have resumed their cantonments on the two banks of the Tagus. These troops are the 15th•and 22d of the line, - two battalions of the Swiss Guard, the 12th and 13th of cavalry, and - 1 SO gardes du corps, who will be reinforced by 130 others, who had remained at Madrid, and will set.ott to-day for Aranjeuz. • The persons confined at Roa have been in part liberated ; the others are sent to the prisons of Valladolid. Among the latter is the Empecinado, who was falsely said to have been massacred: PARIS, MAY 7.—Letters from Lisbon of the .24th April say—" The expedition to Brazil is decreed. It will consist of 9,000 men. The .Commander-in-Chief will be Bernardo de Sil veira; the scond in command, J. Carlos de Sal -danha. The troops have orders to be ready to depart within a fortnight at the latest." ST. PETERSBURGII, APRIL 17.—The ice in the Neva broke up the day before yesterday ; it had 'been frozen over since the 16th of November. — The masses of floating ice interrupted for some time all communication between Wassili-Ostrof and the other quarters of this city. Major-General Narischkin, of the division of Hulans of Lithuania, has just been dismissed the service. Additional officers have been sent to all the Custom-houses on the land frontier, as well as in sea-ports, to prevent the introduction of contraband goods. CHAMBER OF PEERS.—SITTING or MAY 6. The project of the law for the conversion of the Rentes was Presented by the President of the Council, which was ordered to be printed.—The discussion on the septennial Law was con tinued. Count Lanjuinais concluded his speech against it. The Marquess of Aramon and. the Duke de Narbonne spoke be it, and Count Auguste de Talleyrand and Count de Segur against it. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING OF MAY 6. A Report was presented on the project of a law for reducing the Stamp Duties (timbre), and the tax on registration (mire r.4-;.;treinent ), which was approved of. The discussion of the reject to take place on Monday. A discussion then took p:ac.e on the pensions to the military, in which all the speakers were in its favour, and the law was agreed to by a large ma- ority. [The Ofonieur of Friday, May 7, has nothing official, and t remainder is filled with the Debates of the Chambers.] l'Aft 13, 'AI Ar 7.—F RENT 11 LT ns.—Five per Cents. opened at 103 f. 80c..; closed at 103 f. 70c.—Bard: Stock, 14180.—Nea p01:zan Rentes lISZ —Spanish ditto, It; ; Royal Spanish Loan, X,:l.—Exchange on London : one month, 23. 25. ; three months, Covrs Authentique, May 7.) IFROM THE BRUSSELS PAPERS:I - Fit.NKFonT, MAY 3.—The numerous arrests Which have taken place this winter, as well at Munich as at other cities in the kingdom of Bavaria, excites great attention in all tiermany. It is affirmed that, among the persons arrested, there are several who, by their rank in society, and the em ployments they have filled, belong to the principal classes in Bavaria. Letters from Pera have been communicated to us, of which the following is an extract :—" The Ottoman Government had resolved to employ the Janissaries in the intended expedition against Greece ; but as soon as they were informed of it, they manifested their discontent so loudly, that it was necessary to ti;) this project. Another means was then tried ; secret Instructions were sent to the Aga, in consequence of which he declared to the Janissaries that great rewards would be given to those who would make the campaign against the Greeks as -voloreeera. This appeal had no satisfactory result—only 20 or 30 individuals having stepped forward, in the hope of getting a good sum of money. iNtrgiET.3, MAY 6.—The ceremony of the baptism of the young Princess of Orange took place at the Vague the day before yesterday, in the great Church of St. James; she was christened by the names of Whilhelmina Maria Sophia Au gusta. A bankruptcy of a very extraordinary nature has thrown the town of Enghien into consternation. The bankrupt, with his wife:and children, has embarked at Havre on board a packet boat fir New York. It is said that the Bank of Brussels, after the example of that Of England, will lend money on mortgage at three per cent. --The Prussian Governor of Munster has issued an ordinance, which, after a preamble enforcing the necessity of accustoming • young people who frequent the public schools, universities, &c. to a regular and simple mode of life, commands the keepers of coffee-houees, billiard-rooms, confectioners' shops, &c. in towns where there are such schools, and in the immediate vicinity, not ens receive any pupils of these establishments, unless accom panied by their parer.ts, tutors, or masters, and when the regu lations-of the school permit. But as .students who take long Walt s should not be prohibited from going into a public-house for refreshment, a certain distance from each school shall be fixed, beyond which the prohibition shall not extend. If ..the student should have noisy and riotous meetings at home, the persons with whom they lodge shall inform their masters. — The chief director of the schools shall send to the royal Con .sietory in two months an account of the regulations which each ..of them shall have laid down for his establishment. We regret to state that Lady AMHERST met ' .swith a most unfortunate accident, on Saturday the 13th of December, while riding from Cal cutta to the Park at B arrac k pore . r' Her Lady ship fell from her horse, and was compelled to ~ „,t urn to Calcutta, where on her arrival she was a ) 1,.4 :; we are happy, however, to state, though :severely bruised, when the last departure took Place, her. Ladys h ip was nearly recovered.--(In -than and. British Observer or yesterday.) Amongst the pa ssengers about. to t a k e th e i r - .departure for.lndia, is Major-General G EORGR „Dlctc, of the, We under -,Bengal establish ment.. stand that the gallant. General proceeds in the Fairlie, Captain A ldham. We are happy to find • that the General's visit to Europe hag so far re: -.stored his health as to enable him to return ; and we congratulate the East India Directors and service at large at the.opportunity that is likely 'to be affo.ded of benefiting by Isis skill and perience. - Major-General DIOK was seconti in ,command of the army under Sir. DAVID OCHTEIi LON Y during the second campaign in Nalmtd , and commanded the light brigade of the divisjon . Of the Bengal army, und e r th e immediate .M n '. .mend of the Marquis of HASTINGS during 1114 rjahrattucampaign,--(Mid.) FOR THE SUN. GROTTO OF ANTIPAROS. Ma. EDITOR—Among the many caverns and grottos which the persevering curiosity of man has discovered, that of Antiparos is one of the most singular and most beautiful. Though from some ancient inscriptions it appears to have been visited both by Greeks and Romans, yet the natives of the island looked upon it with more fear than curiosity ; and it was with considerable difficulty that some of them could be per suaded to accompany the French Ambassador, N. de Nointel, who re-discovered the cavern in the seventeenth century. it was visited, and fully described, at a subsequent period, by Tournefort, the celebrated botanist, who considered it as one of th e most extraordinary and beautiful natural curiosities he had ever seen. The French Ambassador and his suite, consisting of above 500 persons, spent three whole days in this grotto, and one of the company has given of it the following description : " After we had landed on the island, and walked about four miles, we came to a hill, in the side of which yawned a horrible cavern, which by its gloom struck us with terror, and almost repressed curiosity. Recovering from cur first surprise we boldly entered, and had not proceeded far when we discovered what the ignorant natives called the statue of a giant; but which was in fact merely a .parry concretion, formed by the water dropping from the roof of the cave, and by degrees hardened into figure which their fears had transformed into a monster.—ln vited by this extraordinary appearance, we proceeded further into this subterranean abode. In our progress new wonders struck our eyes. The spars formed into trees and shrubs, pre sented a kind of petrified grove ; some were white, some green , and all receded in proper perspective. They struck us with greater astonishment as we knew they were productions of nature, which, hitherto in solitude, had, in her playful moments, arranged the scene as if for her own private amusement. We had, however, as yet seen only a few or the wonders of the place, and were introduced merely inn) the portico of this amazing temple. In one corner of the half illuminated recess, here appeared an opening about three feet wide, which seemed to lead to a place totally dark, and which we were informed con tained only a reservoir of water. We threw down some stones, which rumbling along the side of the descent for some time, the sound seemed at length quashed in a bed of water. Our candles being lighted, and the whole place completely illuminated, never could the eye be presented with a more bril liant or a more magnificent scene. The whole roof hung with solid circles, transparent as glass, yet hard as marble. The eye could scarcely reach the lofty and noble ceiling ; the insides were regularly formed of spars, and the whole presented the idea of a superb theatre illuminated by an immense profusion of lights. The floor consisted of solid marble, and in several places magnificent columns, thrones, altars, and other objects appeared, as if nature had designed to mock the curious pro ductions of art. Our voices, upon speaking or singing, were magnified to an astonishing loudness ; and upon the firing of a gun, the noise and reverberations were almost deafening.-- In the midst of this noble amphitheatre there arose a concretion of above fifteen feet high, upon which mass was celebrated, the whole place being lighted by about four hundred lamps, whilst the beautiful pillars that rose up around the altar appeared to be candlesticks, and many other natural productions presented some resemblance to the various ornaments employed in deco.: rating the altar. Below even this spacious grotto, there seemed to be another cavern, down which I ventured, and descended about fifty paces by means of a rope. I arrived, at length, upon a small spot of level ground, where the bottom appeared to (Wier from that of the amphitheatre alone, being composed of clay, and yielding to pressure, into which I thrust a stick, the depth of LIC feet. In this cave, however, as well as in the grotto above, vast numbers of the most beautiful crystals were formed, one of which particularly resembled a table. Upon our egress from the truly wonderful grotto, we dis covered, upon a rock near its mouth, a Greek inscription partly obliterated, containing the names one of Antipater, and of seve ral others, who are supposed to have visited this natural curiosity." Accordino. to Tournefort, the access to the grotto is both terrific and dangerous, but the beauties of the place make ample amends for the danger and fatigue of reaching it. The grotto is about forty fathoms high, and not less than fifty in breadth. The roof forms an arch tolerably well shaped ; and the eye is every where delighted by an almost infinite variety of figures of a crystalline marble, or rather alabaster, transpa rent, and of a snowy whiteness, representing bunches ofgrapes, festoons, spears, hanging curtains, fluted pillars, &c. &c. some of them, adds this celebrated botanist, present so beautiful and exact a representation of the head of cauliflowers, that one might imagine nature had designed to thew how she proceeds in the vegetation of stones ; a process which he seems fully inclined to credit. For, speaking of the island of Antiparos, and of its grotto, he says, This island, however contemptible it may appear, contains, nevertheless, one of the most beautiful things in nature, anti which demonstrates one of the greatest truths in physics, and that is the vegetation of stones." The island of Antiparos, the ancient (Hiatus, is situated two miles W. of Paros, once so celebrated for its beautiful statuary marble. It is a mere rock. on which there is one village, of which the inhabitants feed upon the little barley which they cultivate upon some of the less barren spots. A. P. SYSTEM OF CLASSICAL EDUCATION. • On Saturday last, a Gentleman named TI a LT., delivered an Introductory Lecture on Education at Willis's Rooms, before a very numerous body of Literary Gentlemen. If we may credit the statement made by this Gentleman at the onset, his system must be of a very extraordinary nature,—at, least its effects present a novelty altogether so extravagant, and, indeed, incredible, that Mr. Hall ought to consider himself as fortunate in not living in times less enlightened than the present. Mr. Hall has stated, that under his system, a Gentleman who was totally unacquainted with Latin, not having even com menced the study of it at school, acquired so much knowledge of the language in 7 days as to enable Wm to undergo an ex amination in the whole of the first book of Virgil's Zneid— not only touching his ability in translating it in grammatical order, but, what puzzles us- more, both in 'the parsing and scanning ! Mr. Hall further stated, that this examination took place in the presence of twenty Gentlemen of literary eminence. As we understand that this Lecture will be followed by others, wherein Mr. 11. promises a more full developement of his system, we decline any comments for the present ; .but we must, however, do him the justice to state that he very fairly offered to undertake the same task, by instruct ing any other individual presented to him by any number of Gen tlemen then present. As to the system itself, it appears that the essence of the old plan is preserved, and many observations were certainly so just, that we think they may be very benefi cially adopted in practice. Mr. Hall deprecated in very strong terms the custom of putting boys to learn the Latin Grammar before they know any thing of the English ; and he noticed that girls far excel boys in this respect, because there being no inflections in English nouns .to guide them as to case, they are compelled to ascertain it on abstract principles, from which a boy, learning Latin, is excluded. .Mr. Hall's mode of commu nicating the words of • this language is by means of the roots, wherein he avails himself of tile associat)en presented by their incorporation into English words as an aid to the memory. He very severely commented upon, and strongly censured, the mere memorial course usually pursued in schools. The whole of this lecture was received with the most gratifying and distin guished a pprobation.—Among tile company present we ob - served Professor Millington, Sir Horace St. Paul, Bart. M.P., David G. Gilbert, Esq. 'M.P., Sir G. Cockburn, Bart., Lord Dillon, Sir Peter Laurie, General Thornton, the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, .Lieut.-Col, Ackton, Dr. Gilchrist, W. H. Bosan quet, Esq., F. Goldsrnid , Esq., the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw,' Basil Montague, Esq., Dr. M‘Donnell, &c. ece, --- HACICNEY•COA CII OFFICE..-On Friday, No. 781, a hackney-coach was had up at this office, upon a summons before the Cotrunissioners, to answer for charging a gentleman back carriage from Marsh-gate. Coarhee maintaininE.r, that Westminster-bridge being . Macadamised, consti tuted an out-skirt, and therefore entitled him to a back fare to Charing-cross. The Commissioner -held, that if Macadamisinz altered the Act of Parliament, then, any one , passing Regent-street) or St. James's-square, would be liable to a back f are , and .fired coachee ten shillings. THE ARMY. ,~.~_. On Friday the Leighton Blizzard trcop of Bedfordshire yeo manry cavalry assembled at Leighton Buzzard to perform their annual ex , rcise. On Thursday the w!iole of the Bedfordshire 'regiment was inspected by Colonel V!se, who declared his en tire approbation of the soldicrlike appearance and correctness with which this troop performed their manoeuvres. The 2d division of the 94th Regiment of Foot, is ordered to embark at Greenock, , on board the'.Alarquis of Huntly tran sport, tor Gibraltar. The 2d division of the 94th (Cumberland) Regiment of In fantry is ordered to embark at Portsmouth, on board the Prin cess Royal transport, for hullo:. The 2d (or the Queen's Royal) regiment of foot, now in Ath lone, is ordered to march front that station to Dublin, and to embark for England, on board the transports that convoy the 54th regiment from Portsmouth to Ireland. It is understood that the Bth (or King's) regiment of Infan try, whi c h i s or d ere d home, after being relieved in the lonian Islands by th e lah (Royal Irish) regiment of foot from Malta, will repl ace t h e 34th regiment at Port s mouth. WINDson, AIA 9.—lt is expected that the two regiments now at Wind s or will be shortly removed. We understand the Royal Ho rse G ua rds will he succeeded by the 2d Regiment of v I Life Guards, and the 75th by the 2d, or Queen's Royal. Commissions in the Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry. Lieut. Henry Bell to be Captain, vice Richard Bell, resigned ; Cornet Robert Healey to be Lieutenant, vice Bell, promoted; John Wilkie Himsw•orth, Gent. to be Cornet. ROYAL NAVY, &c. PORTSMOUTH, MAY V.—The first division of the 34th Regiment embarked front this garrison yesterday, in the Suc cess transport, Lieutenant S. P. Pritchard, and sailed this af ternoon tbr Dublin. yesterday the last division of the 95th Regiment sailed for Malta, in the Surrey, Lieut. R. Coates.— The Cato, Lieutenant Meredith, and the Prince of Orange, Lieut. T. Williams, sailed yesterday for Cork, to embark the i lst Regiment, for Canada. The Marquis of Huntley, Lieut. Lovitt, sailed fir Greenock, to embark part of the 94 th Regi ment, for Gibraltar. Lieutenant Charles Cotton (son of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart.) is promoted to the rank of Commander. Captain W. Hotham is appointed to the Sappho. Lieutenants J. West and J. Camillari to the Etna; Lieutenant John Fletcher to the Albion ; Mr. Richardson (who accompanied Captain Franklin in his overland expedition to Icy Cape) to be Surgeon of the Plymouth division of itoyai Marines ; the Rev. Wm. Evans to be Chaplain of the Victory. The Naval Promotion spoken of, we understand, will take place on the anniversary of the Coronation, in July next. DovEn, MAY 7.—The destination of the Thetis, 46, Sir John Phillimore, is altered ; she is not to proceed to St. Pe tersburgh, but, to tit for five months foreign service.—The Primrose, 16, Captain Stoddart, will sail on Saturday for the Jamaica station.—Sixty seamen have been dispatched from the Guard-ships to Falmouth, to be put on board the packets, some of the seamen of which have refused to work, in consequence of a new regulation having abridged their privileges. The Meteor bomb is commissioned by Capt. J. Scott for service at Algiers. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. 1, Arrivals in England. From China.—The Bridgewater, Mitchell, in the Downs the 3d inst., sailed the 10th January ; and from St. Helena the lath March. The Scalchy Castle, Newall, off Portland the 3d inst., sailed the 2d January ; and from St. Helena the 14th March. The Repulse, Paterson, off the Isle of Wight the sth inst., sailed the 18th December, and from St. Helena the 12th of M arch. From Batavia.—The Thalia, Munro, at Porthmouth the 3d inst., sailed the 7th December; Irtto the Cape, the 22d Fe bruary from St. Helena, the 7th March, and from St. Michaels the 23d April, bound to Rotterdam. The Magellan, Vanden Oven, otf Dover the 3d inst., sailed the 10th December: Front the Cape.—The Golden Grove, Steel, off Dover the 2d inst., sailed the 22d February. IL Arrivals at the Eastern Ports. Java Head.—The Atlas, 'Mayne, from China, was off there 20th January. At St. Helena.—Tide Pilot, Gardner, from Bengal and the Mauritius, on the 12th March ; the Rapid, Wright, and the Horatio, Christie, front the South Seas, on the 11th March. At Rio Janeiro.—The Aigle, Starbuck, from the South Seas, having the King anti Queen of the Sandwich Islands on board, as passengers to England. 111. Sailings from the Eastern Ports. From Chinn.—The Hythe, Wilson, for London, on the 10th January. The LowtherCaStle, Baker; and the Warren Hast ings, Howes, were to be dispatched the next ships, on the 18th January. Front St. Helena.—The Felicit as , Campbell, from the Mau ritius to London, the 9th ; and th e Pilot, Gardner, front Ben gal, on the 12th March. IV. Miscellaneous Occurrences. The Thalia, Munro, from Batavia, with six feet water in her hold, r, engaged s chooner at St. Mi c h ae l' s to keep company with her to ngland, and-sho has gone into harbour at Portsmouth to be surveyed on account of her leaky state, and lighten her cargo, previous to proceeding to Rotterdam. The Golconda, Ldwards, for Madras and Bengal, which sailed from Portsmouth the Inth ult., experienced very bad weather, and put into Plymouth the 2d inst. with loss of sails and other damage. She will sail again the first fair wind. V. Ships spoke with. The Canning, IL'ncl , from London to Bengal and China, 24th March, lat. 1. 44 N., long. 20. 39. AV. The Orwell, Farrer ; and the Thames, Havisitle, from Lon don to China, 4th inst. lat. 49. 50. N., long. 4. 20. W. Vi. Passengers Homeward. Per Scalehy Castle.__ Ir. Thos. B. Brooke, from St. He lena ; Mr. Domingos Joae Gomez. l'er Bridgewater—None. l'er Alfred, Dolgc, lately arrived from , Batavia—Two Masters, Brown, from Penang. Per Repulse—Sir W. Doveton, from St. Helena; Thos. Greentree, Esq., Mrs. Eliza Greentree, four Misses Greentree, Master Thomas Greentree, Lieut.J. B. Spiller, Master George Jenkins, Master Stephen Cole, two invalids, and one native servant. • Per .Juliana, Webster, recently arrived from Bengal—MN. Cathro, Mrs. Orton and child. Front the Mauritius—Lieut. Harford, his Majesty's U2d re giment; Lieut. Wood, his Majesty's 44th regiment; Mr. H. C. Bury, Mauritius civil service. VII. Ships expected to sail next week. For Madras and Bengal.--The Resource, Fenn, the Lord Amherst, Lucas, and the David Scott, Thornhill, from Ports. mouth on Monday ; the Exmouth, Owen, on Thursday, the Lady Raffles, Coxwell, and the Cornwall, Bunyon, from Portsmouth on Saturday. The Fairlie, Oldham, from the Downs, on Thursday. For Bombay—The Simpson, Capt. Simpson, from Graves end, on Wednesday, and the Triumph, Green, from the Ports mouth, on Saturday: For Batavia, Penang, anti Sincapore.—The Salmon River, Gransmore, front Gravesend op Thursday. For St. Helena.—The Resolution, Gibbs, from the Downs on Saturday. For Van Dieman's Land, New South Wales, and Otaheite. The Active, Prince Regent, and Stedcombe, from the Downs on Saturday. For the Cape.—The Oscar, Gibbs, from Gravesend on Tuesday. • MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECS.—We have received the following letter from a respectable correspondent, giving an account of the most melanOholy shipwreck off the Western Isles : Customhouse, Tobeymory, April 29, 1024. Siu,—l have to communicate to you the loss of the brigan tine Helen of and from Dundee, bound to Quebec and Mon treal, with a general cargo, which occurred on the morning of the 19th instant, about 200 miles west of St. Kilda Island; she struct on a rock under water, on the morning of the 10th inst. Rock All," then bearing by the compass W. by S. a S., distant six miles. The crew and passengers continued at the , pumps for thirteen hours, but being overcome with fatigue, were necessitated to endeavour to abandon the vessel, as the leak *as rapidly ga i n i ng on them, the water at that period be ing within :$ feet of the hold beams. When lowering the long boat, she unfortunately was stove in pieces against the vessel, with a tremendous sea. The crew at that period, twelve in number, embarked in two small boats, with one passenger, and shortly after leaving the vessel she, sunk, when melancholy to relate, sixteen passengers on board petished, among the num ber were a Miss 'Webster from Dundee, with six women, three men, and six children. The crew were providentially picked up at sea by the bark " Flora," Captain Baker, from Dantzic to Liverpool, and safely landed on the island of Tiree, one of the Hebrides Isles. I am,. Sir, yours truly, WEM vss. ORROK, Comptroller of the Customs, Ttibeimory, (Ediaburg4 Courant, May 7•) SCOTLAND. UNITED SECESSION SYNOD. EDINBURGH., MAY s.—" The chief business he fore the Synod on Friday was to consider a reference by the Presbytery of Selkirk, respecting a call by the first congrega tion of that place; in - favour of 3lr. Lawson of L'eclefechan.— The presbytery of Annan and Carlisle, it appears, had loosed Mr. Lawson from his charge In Ecclefechan, and the Presbytery of Selkirk had taken the previous steps to his admission at Sel kirk, in consequence of which a member of that presbytery en tered- a protest against his induction. In this state of matters, the case came before the Synod. After explanations had been given which appeared to be satisfactory to the member who had protested, he withdrew his protest. Having heard reasons of translation by the congregation of Selkirk, and answers by the congregation of Ecelefechan, the Synod, after some debate, sustained the call, and appointed the Presbytery of Selkirk to proceed in the settlement of Mr. Lawson in the first congrega tion of Selkirk with all convenient speed. The Committee appointed to consider what influence Mr. Kennedy's Bill for regulating the relief granted to the Poor in Scotland would have on the poor connected with the Secession if passed into a law, gave in their report, when it was unani mously agreed to petition Parliament against the Bill. After hearing some petitions transmitted through the Pres bytery of Annan and Carlisle, for money for assisting in preaching the Gospel in Cumberland and other places, the Synod adjourned till Tuesday. On Tuesday a Committee was appointed to draw up a peti, tion to the House of Commons on Mr. Kennedy's Bill. The report of the Committee on the state of religion in the High lands was read, and severel Ministers were appointed to iti nerate there in the course of the summer. The Synod closed yesterday. SCOTTISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. On Friday the 30th ult. the Annual Meeting of the Scottish Missionary Society was held in the Assembly Rooms, George street, the Right honourable the Lord Provost in the Chair. The Report contained a review of the operations of the So ciety during the past year, and on the whole presented pleasing prospect to the Christian world. At Astrachan an interesting young Persian, named Mahomiti Ali, who is de scended from one of the principal families in Dtrbent, was bap tized by the missionaries ; and a considerable sensation was excited among the Persians resident in that city. In the East Indies, the Reverend Mr. Mitchell, the first mis sionary of the society to that quarter of the globe, had in . the course of a few months established in Bancool and the neighbourhood, twelve schools, containing upwards of 400 children ; but the Directors had at the same time to lament the premature death of Mr. Mitchell, who had scarcely commenced his labours when a period was put to his life. In the West Indies a new mission has just been begun under very favourable cir cumstances. Two gentlemen, who possess estates in Jamaica, have not only granted permission to Mr. Blyth, who sailed for that island in January last, to instruct their slaves, but have ge nerously engaged to bear a considerable part of the expence of the mission. The meeting was very numerously attended, and was addressed by the Rev. Dr. Gordon; the Rev. Mr. Young of Perth, .James Dickson, Esq., the Bev. Mr. Henderson, the Rev. I). Dickson, the Rev. Mr. Young of Whitby, and several other gentlemen. The octogenarian Physician, who has been in the practice, for many years past, of going to the top of Arthur's Seat, on May-day, at an early hour in the morning, took his accustom ed walk, on Saturday last, the Ist of May, 1824, accompanied by four grandsons. He put into the hands of several friends, particularly students of medicine, whom he met there, the fol lowing Address to Old Age : Welcome, Old Age, I'm glad to see your face, On this high hill we meet with mutual grace. I've reached its summit, in my eightieth year, In good Old Reekie where is my compeer ? My legs, thank God, are still for motion free, I'll stand by them, while they can stand by me ; Together we'll jog on, while I have breath, Till to a better world I'm sent by death. This old Professor, on Thursday the 2'2d of April, 1824, brought to a happy termination the fifty-fifth winter course of medical lectures, which he has delivered at Edinburgh. In this course, which has consisted of more than one hundred lec tures, he has regularly read five every week, without a single interruption, on any appointed day for teaching at the College, during the whole winter session. For this singular blessing, when on the summit of Arthur's Seat, on May-day, he returned thanks to Almighty God,•front that high altar, in the following abridged Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer. Our Father, which art in heaven. Father of all, I kneel to thee, Supreme in heaven adored, And present here, through all thy works, The Universal Lord. Hallowed be thy Name. Accept, 0 God, my grateful thanks, For all thy blessings given, And may on earth thy praise be sung, Eien as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. This day be bread and peace my lot, All else beneath the sun Thou knoweet if best bestowed or not, And let thy will be done. Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory. To thee, whose temple is all space, Whose altar earth, sea, skies, One chorus let all beings raise, All nature's incense rise. II EXII /01 (NORT HUAI BEILLAN D). FUNERAL CEREMONY of the late Reverend ROBERT CLARKE, A. M., REcTou of AVALwrcE, and LEC TURER. of HEXHAM. The solemn tolling of the great bell at the Cathedral, at four in the afternoon, gave note of the mournful pageant that was soon to fill our streets. Alas ! the last melan choly honours were about to be paid to one who, by his many and extensive acts of benevolence, had justly endeared himself to the inhabitants of liexham—we mean the Rev. ROBERT CLARKE, A.M., Rector of Walwick, • and Lecturer of this town, whose premature demise in London on the 20th ult., afforded but too copious a theme for sorrow amongst a most extensive and respectable circle of friends in this town. and neighbourhood. The loss of a pod man is at all times a heavy calamity, but particularly so (to our mortal apprehension) when it pleases Divine Providence to summon those to himself whose immature years might be supposed to give hope of lengthened life and utility. And thus it was with regard to the excellent individual alluded to in this article : he was committed to his final resting-place in the family vault in the Cathedral here, on the sth of May, which was precisely the 53d anniversary of his birth, amid the general and unaffected expression of grief of a vast multitude of people who attended the obsequies. The funeral service was very impressively read by the Rev. C. Lee ; and, after a solemn dirge on the organ, the following Anthem was chaunted in a way that produced an awfully sublime effcct:-- Great God ! what do I see and hear, The End of thing 3 created ! The Judge of mankind doth appear, On clouds of Glory seated. The trumpet sounds ;—the graves restore The dead, which they contain'd before, Prepare my soul to meet him. The following 'Gentlemen were Pall-bearers : Major Bainbridge, Mr. Mewburn, Mr. Allgood, Mr. Errington, Mr. Tulip, Mr. Brooksbank, Mr. Charlton. Mr. Ridley. As Chief Mourners— Mr. Rimington (London), Mr. Nathaniel Clarke (ditto), Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wastell, Then followed the Rev. Georg . 6 Richmond, Rev. Thomas Scurr, • Rev. Francis Thompson, Rev. -- Benson, Rev. R. S. Hartley, Rev. George Wilson ; who were succeeded in the rear by a great number of the most respectable Gentlemen of Hexham and the neighbourhood, viz. Colonel Carr, Mr., Clayton, Major Charltbn, Mr. Rich mond, Mr. "Williamson, Mr. Kirsep, Mr. Elstob, Mr. Stokoe, Mr. Friend, Mr. J. Mewburn, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. F. Scott,' Mr. Ridley, (Lincoln-hill) Mr. Harbottle, Mr. W. Bate s, Mr. John Bell, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Donkin, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. John Kirsop, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. N. Leadbitter, Mr. William Bell, Pir. Stokoe, (Accomb), Mr. Crawford, Mr. William Bell, (Banker), Mr. C. Head, Mr. Donaldson Bell, Mr. Kepple,- Mr. Todd, Mr. Robert Bell, Mr. Seddon, Mr. Gibson, 31r. Smith, Mr. Thomas Bell, Mr. Thomas Reay. It is on solemnities such as that we are now recording that we are forcibly reminded of the too expressive words of the author of the " Night Thoughts"— " Why all this toil, for triumphs of an hour ? What, tho' we wade in wealth,, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in—Here lie DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS flank Stock 2421 2411 3 per Cent. Red. 9 5 4 .1 3 percent. Cons- 9l; :4 per Cent. 101 i {Old 4 per Cent. Assented . lol =l4 New 10844 j BanklLong Zinn — Itnv. 3 per Cents. . PRICES OF FOREIGN FL Austrian Scrip, 5 per cent. 163- Chilian, 6 per cent O3/ Colombian Ittis. 6 per cent BB Scrip 2 1AW ., Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Scrip ` 3 lf7 ciia. Alexican Scrip Oi 9 pm. Neapolitan, 5 per cent. ... Peruvian Scrip Portuguese Bonds ... -- Scrip 7 111611 WATER AT 1,91 , 1D0 Morning, 21 minute% atter 12. India Stock India Bonds 75 4, . 80s. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex: Eills 34 31 40 34 Ditto Small 32 3I) Bank for Act. India for Con. Aect. Cons. for Acct. 98i MS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto New Russian - , New, 5 per cent 9l;:i Spanish 11121, 5 per cent 2l 1U23,. ditto lfi Alliance Shares Palladium Equitable Loan 41 3 Irish Ditto 1 If 11ancheiuer Ditto French Scrip BRIDGE TO-NIORROW. Evening, 4!) niinuteri after TU. E SUN. SOLE 31 Qlll.l 1)ler;111: 1 , 41-SUM AUDITAT LON DON, MOND A 1 1 ; MAY 10, 1824. CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened • at , 961- to a for the account, and for money 961 i, with very little doing. There are no Expresses in from Paris, nor has any intelligence of import ance been received this morning from any quarter of the globe. The Holy Alliance and France, however earnest and sincere may be their wishes for the re-establishment of the failen despotisms of South America, are too desirous of repairing their finances, and of husbanding their strength, for that moment at which they may think it safe to contract the liberties of mankind, to venture at present upon open hostiities. The prevalent opinion amongst well informed persons is, therefore, that the peace of Europe will be preserved for some time, and consequently that the British Funds, now that the late alarming rumours have subsided, will experience a further and progressive ad vance.—French Rentes, 104 f. 50 C. I have seen letters from Paris, of undoubted authority, in which it is stated that the expedition from Cadiz will sail to the Ilavannah, where it will be reinforced before going to its ultimate destination. The attack will be made upon Mexico. Depend upon it that we are on the eve of great events in the New World. The improvement in Greek Scrip has been occasioned by a skilful financial operation of the G reek Commissions. These Gentlemen being con.. dent of the triumph of the Greek cause, are making large purchases of their own Stock, on account of their Government, with a view of afterwa r ds selling it to the Public'at par, or at a premium. This measure can hardly fail to increase the public confidence in the stability of the Greek Government, and the ultimate triumph of its in- dependence. No expresses this mo ruing from Paris. CITY, Half-past One.—Spanish Bonds, which opened at 19.1 have advanced to 21k, owing to a belief that a negociation is on foot for their re cognition and acceptance in part of a New Loan• We have given extracts from the French and Brussels Papers. The Etoile confirms the intel ligence (exclusively published in THE SUN of last Tuesday, on the authority of our Corre spondent in the city), of a .Decree having been signed at Lisbon for sending out a force of nine thousand men forthwith to the Brazils. The Etoile adds, that the troops were ordered to be in readiness within fourteen days, and that the command of the expedition was to be entrusted to BERNARDO DE SILVEIRA. The shortness of the time allowed for the completion of the expe" dition accounts for, and satisfactorily explains) what certainly seemed rather singular in our ori ginal account, viz. that it was thought that the want of transports would prevent the execution of the Decree. This difficulty (which, of course, cannot be an insurmountable one to the Govern ment of Portugal), it now appears clearly existed only as to the time allowed for the preparation of the expedition. Five millions of GUERHARD' S 101111 have arrived at Madrid, and are to be sr propriated, according to an article in the Eloiles to the equipment at Cadiz of an expedition con' slating of three frigates and two thousand flO hundred men, destined for South America. Letters from Alexandria, of the sth of Apo" announce that the great magazines of gunpowde r and of military stores of all kinds prepared et Grand Cairo by the Pacha of EGYPT, ostensibil for the purpose of invading the Morea, have bee r ' destroyed by fire, and that three thousand of th e , Paella's troops perished by the explosion. If th e Pacha really intended to command an exped i# lion against the Greeks, this great disaster mat be considered as an interposition of PuoviDEN6S in favour of that struggling. Christian peopl e ' This is at any rate the light in which the cat s‘ tro pi tht, exe c versi P { ' CAp \Via s eri t of e th e the ail( Nc 04 Rio Pt , 14/