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FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Thursday, Nov. 10.) PARis, Nov. 9.—Gpneral St. Cruz, late Ali liisier of War in Spain, arrived on the sth at Bardeaux, coming from Madrid.—" Among the reports to which his journey has given rise," says the Memorial Bordelais, " it is affirmed that he is charged with a special mission from the Go vernment, that a salary of 90,000 reals is assigned tin), and that he is going to embark for the Ha vannah, where, on his arrival, he will take the command of the last expedition from Ferrol, amounting to 12 or 14,000 men, to act against the indepe►►+tents of Mexico. This General, who `?►as served in that distant country, is perfectly acquainted with it, and has distinguished himself there try his military talents." The same Journal says—" The partisans of M. Zea say, that, notwithstanding his fall, he has not lost the favoUr of the King, since he has been allowed to present himself to kiss the King's hand, a favour which was refused to all his dis graced predecessors. It is added that the King said to hin► on that occasion, ► A great storm has arisen against you. I have been obliged to yield to it, but nevertheless I preserve my favour to you.' " The Baron De Castel, formerly Chief Clerk in the Forei it p Office, has been sent for to Madrid, is wheresaid he is to fill a high situation in the same office, in the room of M. Fernandez de Ur rutia, who will keep the office of Secretary to the Council of State. FaExcn FUNDS.— Parts, Nov. 9.—Five per Cents. 99f. 80c.—Three per Cents. opened at 70f. 10c. ; closed at 691. 40e.—Bank Stock, 2,l , ls.—Neapolitan Rentes (Certf. Fal conet), 84f. 80c.—Royal Spanish Loan, 50f.—Exchange on London, one month, .25f. 5c.; three months, 24f. 85c.—( Court dixaentilue.) CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. A Meeting of this Society took place yester day at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. A little before twelve o'clock, a very numerous and respectable assem blage, consisting principally of Ladies, had nearly filled the great room of the Tavern. Shortly afterwards, the Right lionom , able Lord Grunbier, accompanied by Mr. Macauley, the Reverend Messrs. Bickereteth, Pearson, Stewart, Cunning ham, and othersfriends of the Institution, entered the room.— The Right Honourable Lord GAMBIEIL having been called to the Chair, The Reverend Mr. BICRER sT Era (the Secretary) after .a few prefatory remarks, in which he congratulated the Meeting on the success of their labours since they last met, opened the business of the day by reading to the assembled Missionaries, (who, to the number of twenty-four, some accompanied by their wives and children, were placed on the right hand of the Chair. man), the instructions of the Committee as to their conduct in the responsible situations which they were shortly about to fill. The Reverend Secretary addressed himself in turn to such of the Missionaries as were destined to labour in different quarters of the world, arid read from a printed paper appropriate ex. isortations to each. They were all aware of the arduous duties which they had, undertaken, and the Committee had no doubt that they wonlit . peraevere in their efforts a and, animated by the love of God and the hope of an eternal reward, follow the bright example of those who had preceded them in the glorious path they had chosen. They were destined to spread the truths of the Gospel in disfan f and remote regions. Judging from the success which had hitherto attended the efforts of the Society, the Committee were led to hope that, under Divine Providence, the same success would continue to attend those whom he now addressed. After the Rev. Secretary had coneludedia -feeling and eloquent address, which we are sorry our limits will' not allow us to give more at length, the following Mis sionaries severally replied, each declaring his devotion to the cause in which he had embarked, and his determination to sacrifice even life itself, to promote the diffusion of Christianity amorist the Heathen The Rer. Wm. K. Betts,West Africa • 1 1 ..cr. Sam. Gobat, Mediterranean; Rev. John Latham, North India ; Rev. Wm. Mitchell, Western India ; Rev. Jas. Selkirk, Ceylon ; Rev. Ben. Pratt, Australasia; and Mr. Jones, IVest The Rev. Mr. BICKERsTETH said that before the Meeting separated, he could not help coogreaulating them and the friends of Christianity in general, on the very great progress which the _Missionary cause had made during the last few years., Fifty years ago there were hardly any Missionaries—now there were no less than 40 different Institutions for the education of Mis sionaries. The Gospel had been printed in 142 different tongues, including nearly all 'the modern heathen - languages. Colleges had been formed in remote places, and subscriptions to a very large amount were annually collected in furtherance of the ob jects of the Institiition: The difficulties which had opposed' themselves to the progress of former Missionaries, were no longer to be aparehended ; those who were now going out would find that the way had been smoothed for them by the efforts of their .predecessors. There . had been, it Was true, some failures by death and 'otherwise; but upon the whole, he was happy to in form theth the cause WE:S proSpering, and - would, by the blessing of ProVidence, he trusted, still continue to prosper.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. PE ARSON, the. Principal of the institution for the education of Missionaries at Islington, then addressed the Meeting, - whom he congratulated upon the glorious sight which they on that day beheld-=that of 24 individuals prepared to quit their country and to devote all, their energies, even life itself, to the diffusion of the Gospel in distant lands. He was happy that he had been an humble instrument in preparing them Nor their sacred office, and should never cease to offer up his fer yent prayers for the success of their labours, and for their tem poral and eternal welware. Mr. ItracautEV rose for the purpose of introducing - to the Meeting two Reverend Gentlemen (Mr. Stewart and another Gentleman e whose name We could not catch), who had been for some time employed as Missionaries at Sierra Leone. Many reports had, he was aware, gone abroad to the prejudice of that colony, but the meeting now had ocular demonstration that peoplecould live there without much apparent injury from the effects of the climate. lie (Mr. Al acauley) had himself resided for fi years in that colony, and while there he had been in the .eajoyment of as good health as he had enjoyed in any other part of the world. He therefore trusted that the Missionaries would not in future be deterred by the reports to which he alluded. The Rev. Mr. STEWART said a few words in confirmation of what had fallen from Mr.. MacauleY, but in so low a tone .that we could with difficulty catch their purport. The Rev. J. W. CUNNINGHAM called the attention of the meeting to the state of the Institution which had been esta .blished at Islington for the instruction of the Missionaries. Ttiis Institution had been established in 1321, for the purpate of .supplying certain defects in the former manner of preparing the Missionaries for their situations. By collecting the candi dates and students in a spot near to the metropolis, the Com mittee was enable'l to submit their conduct and progress to the constant inspection of certain responsible individuals appointed by themselves, subjecting them to a common discipline, fur nishing then) with the advantages of a course of studies more immediately suited to their respective destinations, and che rishing in them all those peculiar feelings which their occu pation demanded. Acting under these impressions, the Com mittee confidently looked to the co.operation of the public, through, whose liberality they hoped to be enabled to form a separate fund for the purchase of suitable premises, and 'be thus Spared the necessity of drawing upon the general funds of the Society. In that hope they had, however, been disappointed, for although their original plan had been to accommodate fifty students, they had - as yet been able to take only twenty-two, and even for their support it lied been neces sary to borrow 1,000/. from the general funds of the Society. He (Mr. Cunningham), therefore, trusted that it was only ne cessary td mention this circumstance to induce the friends of the Society to come forward and afford their assistance to this truly useful Institution. He had, in his capacity as one of the Select Committee, carefully watched its progress, and he bore willing testimony to the great advantages which had already resulted 'froth it. . He had the authority of an eminent Professor for say ing, that some of the young men in this Institution had disco vered the greatest talent for the acquisition of languages, and that there were others who were as likely to be as distinguished by their. acquirements in science, as by their zeal and devotion to the great cause in which they were engaged. Thanks were then voted to the Noble Chairman, who re turned thanks, and the meeting separated. A considerable sum, in aid of the purposes of the Institution, .as Collected at the door. CAMBAEDGE AUXILIARY SOCIETY Fo, PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY among the JEWS, ( Cambridge Clitontch., Nov. 11.) The Annual Meeting of this Society was held at the Towh- Hall, on Tuesday last. The Rev. Dr. GoprkEY, President of Queen's College, being requested to preside on the occasion, opened the business of the meeting by observing, that he pre sumed the assembly before him might be divided into two classes, one whose mind* Were - made up, and the other anxious for information respecting the object and proceedings of the society ; and he had no doubt but that they would be amply gratified in these particulars by the gentlemen who surround ed him. He then called upon the :S..cretary for the report. The Rev. ProfesSor LEt , . said, that the Committee had not felt it necessary to print a report of their local proceedings, especially as Mr. Hawtrey, the Secretary of the Parent Society, had promised his attendance, and would furnish them with the particUlars of the transactions of the society more in detail than any report of theirs could be expected to do. In addition to which, abstracts of the general report would be distributed to the meeting. The Rev. C. SIMEON, the_-Trtasurer, then read an abstract of the financial accounts of the Auxiliary for the past year; from which it appeared that the sums remitted from Cam bridge (including 771. 13s. 9d. collected at Trinity Church, 24/.145. 6d. collected at the last public meeting, 141. 55.• from the Chatteris Association, and 6/. 6s. collected after a sermon at Pampisford) amounted to 2061. 3s. 6d. In addition to which, 138/. had been received from the undergraduates of the Uni versity during the year. Making the whole amount trans mitted to the Parent Society, since the formation of this Auxi liary, little less than 2,000/. The Rev. C. S. HawT nr.Y moved the first resolution : " That this meeting. acknowledging ,the Christian duty of sending out missions for the diffusion of scriptural truth, highly approves its specitl application to the Jewish people." He said the resolution must recommend itself to every consi derate mind, fot if we acknowledged it to be our duty to circu late religious truth through all the nations of the earth, grati tude demanded that we should be especially solicitous to dis seminate it amongst that people, whose fathers were time first to propagate it amongst the Gentiles. And he would endeavour to show how far we had discharged this debt of gratitude, by I detailing the proceedings of the Parent Society. In noticing its domestic operations, he stated his conviction that the cause of the society was gaining ground, and obtaining increasing attention from the Christian world. The income of the so ciety in the last year, exceeded that of any former year by up wards of 1,2001.; seven new auxiliary societies had been form ed, while those which formerly existed were flourishing. The schools of the society were in a favourable state; 50 Hebrew. girls and 40 boys were receiving Christian education, and al., thought more than 300 Jewish children have been educated, the society has not heard that any one of them has returned to Judaism. Their masters and mistresses speak highly of their conduct, and it deserved to be particularly noticed, that a lady at the west end of the town, who bad had a girl from the school for eighteen months in her service, has been so well satisfied with her behaviour, that she had applied to the ladies' commit tee for another. The missionary establishment has also realized the expectations of the committee. Six labourers have been sent forth during the past year, and six have been admitted into the seminary, two of whom were members and graduates of this University. Many thousand copies of the Hebrew New Testament and Tracts have been circulated during the past year, and the committee have determined to undertake the printing of a new edition of the whole Scriptures of the-Old and New Testament in Hebrew.—The Reverend Gentleman then remarked, that it was encouraging to reflect that there were symptoms of a growing attention to religion, and of a less hos tile feelhig towards the society, among the Jews of this coun try. The monthly lectures to the Jews at the Episco pal Chapel were more numerously attended than formerly, and several of the hearers had applied at the vestry for Hebrew Testaments, to see if these things were so. Two Rabbies have also during the past year been fre9uent writers in the Jewish Expositor, and have proposed their objections and stated their arguments in a manner until lately altogether unknown in the , annals of this controversy. When he was last at Liverpool, he found the JeWs there disposed to converse freely upon these topics, and so far from manifesting any hostility to the friends of the society, they expressed an earnest desire to know the truth. At Plymouth,the officiating k atter of the synagogue has been,under the divine blessing, convinced of the truth of Christi anity, and at the sacrifice of all his temporal emoluments, has been baptized, and made a public confession of his faith in the gospel.--While ' however, he stated these cheering circum stances, lie said he was also bound to notice another, rather of an opposite character. The society had met with unexpected opposition, and a bulky volume of 500 pages had been written against it. This circumstance, however, so far from injuring the cause of the society, had gained an accession of friends, and shortly after the appearance of the work, one gentleman sent ten guineas as a donation, and a clergyman proffered the use of his church for a collection, who till then had been indifferent to this subject.—in noticing its foreign operations, he said, that the accounts from every missionary station, except one, were gratifying. In Holland, where Sir. Thelwall labours, a whole family in the higher walks of life had been brought to a know ledge of the truth, and were now adorning the gospel of God their Saviour. In Prussia, the King had issued an edict, that all letters and papers connected with the society should be cir culated free of expence ; and also, that the young men, who are educating for the ministry, should learn the Hebrew lan guage, in order that greater facilities may be aflbrded for the instruction of his Jewish subjects. Professor Tholuck, of Ber lin, is engaged in preparing a work on the Prophecies relating to the Messiah, and also delivers in the univrsity a public lecture on rabbinical literature and divinity.—The Rev. Gent. lamented the sacrifices which many of the Jewish converts were called to make upon embracing Christianity, and mentioned the gratifying fact, that in Germany and America there were asylums opened for Jewish converts. Count Von der Recke, at Dussel that, had, formerly instituted an asylum for destitute children,and wished to appropriate a part of that institution to the service of those . Jews who might be called to suffer on account of a reli gious profession. After alluding to the present state and future prospects of the society in Poland, on the shores of the Medi terranean, in Palestine, etc. the Rev. Gentleman, in conclu sion, said, he would pot it to the meeting, whether there was not sufficient encouragement for them to go forward. He did not ask them to establish a new society,-but to give their con tinued and increased support to a long-tried institution, which has already effected so much good. As to those who might still say, that the conversion of the Jews could only he effected by a miracle ; he would merely observe, that if, when the un fortunate accident which recently happened at Portsmouth, two or three Jews had been present, and had been plunged with their fellow-sufferers. into-the boundless - ocean, any Christian had stood by, and refused to help them, believing they would be delivered by a miracle, presumptuous as the thought would be, it would not be greater- madness than to expect the conver sion of the Jews by a miracle, or declining on that account to support a society, whose object was to rescue their Jewish bre thren from their present degraded situation. The Rev. J. LAMB, Master of Corpus Christi College, se conded the resolution:. He said all who agree in the preamble, will agree"with the motion itself. If we have any pity for the Gentiles, ive ought to have much more pity for the Jews. Gra titude demands our attention to them. if we have any value for the gospel; we have derived it from the Jews, who were the first preachers of it. The Rev. Professor LEE proposed the second resolution : " That this meeting regard the Loffdon Society for promot ing Christianity amongst the Jews with peculiar satisfac. tion, as a most important instrument for awakening the minds of Christians to the discharge of their duty towards that long neglected people."—He said that. the Christian world had not been sufficiently alive to this great suect since the days of' the Reformation. This society has nothing but the proroga tion of - the truth at heart, anil if it only promise - enquiry and circulate informntion,even though ebmroverted, the truth will be elicited. if the ews are ready to enter into the discussion of the important -questions respecting Christianity a very im portant point has been gained. We should be anxious to act towards them like Christians, and to show the Jews that as Gentiles we are ready to do all in our power for their welfare. However small and inadequately patronized the society may at present be, our duty to support it is plain. It will even be ad vantageous to ourselves, leading us to investigate prophecy. Jewish literature has been less cultivated recently, than it was 150 years ago, and - there is notoubt' that the discussions which have taken plate will prove of the greatest value to the public at large, and especially to Clergymen. In bringing the Chris tian and Jew together, we shall have this to console us, that we have done what we could to ameliorate the condition of the Jews, and we shall be enabled to die in peace, anticipating the glorious day in which " the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and wolf shall lie down with the lamb." The motion was seconded by the Rev. J. W. Cuningham, M.A. vicar of Harrow. lie said that having twice already stated his views of the Society in another place, had hoped that he 'should be excused from appearing t efon the present meeting. In merely stating the effects produced upon the minds of Jews, the Rev. Gentleman observed, we oily went into the smaller' part of the subject, and omitted to state the good the Society effixted upon the minds of Christians. He was almost disposed to recommend to the Secretary a change in the title of the Society, and that it should be called for the future, " A Society for the growth of benevolent feelings among Ch istiantf to teach them to discharge a great many duties they used to neglect, and to omit many calumnies they had been accustomed to utter. The Rev. Gentleman then combated several objec tions usually urged by the opponents of the Society, namely, that we had not adopted the fittest means—that we should mend the Gentiles first—that the Jews were only to be convertefl miracle—and that the time was not come. He then begged to ask, what were the symptoms which would satisfy an objector that any time was appropriate. Perhaps lie would say, that one of the signs of the times would be, that there should be a considerable stir among the Jews, and benevolent zeal among Christians—that Hebrew Bibles and Testaments should be circulated, and schools and missions should be encouraged— that we should be supported by the Universities, by the Oriental Professor, the Greek Professor, as well as by the un dergraduates, and the venerable •Pastors of some of our churches—and that objections should be urged in duodecimos and octavos, and dull works of 500 pages. We triumphantly answer we have them all ! He would address himself to the generous minds of those rising into public life, and they would permit bins to say, when setting out in life, " where great good is to be done, let not petty objections weigh with you." Great things must be looked at with a large eye anti a large heart. 1 am no defender of bad taste in speaking or writ ing, being an advocate for the finest culture of the mind, but I would not hang the Society for fashion sake, or be cause defective taste might have been displayed in a few cursory speeches. He was reminded of a trial before one of our Cliief-Justices, when a Jury was urgedto convict a pri- Boner of stealing to a greater amount than forty shillings) and they refusing, the prosecutor pleaded that the mere fashion of the article was wortirmore than that sum. " Yes," said his Lordship, " but you would not hang a man for fashion's sake." —And because we are not all consummate orators or logicians, our sins against taste or fashion ought not to be visited upon a valuable Society —you would not hang it for fashion's sake ! -A joke about a Jew, or a Jews' society, is a remarkably easy thing, by which the Society has suffered; but it is an equally easy thing to laugh one's own soul to perdition. I want you to carry this impression with you—that as in striking at a shadow, you may possibly wound the body that reflects it; so.no one can laugh at the figure of a Jew, but he may injure the reli gion which stands behind that figure. 1 have never known, in my observations upon life, an individual habitually given to treat serious subjects with 'levity and contempt, whose own moral interests were not essentially endangered by it. The Rev. Gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that God's blessing might rest upon the Society, and that as its early friends and the older members of the University were falling in the ranks, others might not ke wanting to carry it forward " conquering and to conquer." The Rev. Professor ScuotsrtEr.ra moved the third resolu. tion :—" That the blessing : which has attended the endeavours of the London Society in calling the attention of the Jews to Christianity, and especially by means of its translation of the New Testament into Hebrew, affords just matter of gratitude and thanksgiving to Almighty God."—He observed that he rose with cordial satisfaction to take a part in the proceedings of the meeting. The speech which had just been delivered by Mr. Cunningham, had completely swept all the objections against the society out of the way, and left him at full liberty to urge some arguments in its support. The resolution he had to propose was doubly agreeable to his feelings, as it brought for ward specific instances of usefulness. It was impossible to lose sight of success, but though we might not be favoured with it, our duty was the same simply to prosecute our object. It was customary to taunt the advocates of this and similar institutions, that although such and such societies had been established some months, or it may he years, yet the world was not con verted. But he contended that such success had been granted, as would leave no room for any . one to doubt that the blessing of God does rest upon the society. It had been instituted 17 years, and had at length succeeded in calling the attention of that long-neglected people to the great subject of Christianity. I say nothing, said the eloquent Professor, of the beauty of the edifice we are building, but the foundation is fixed, the scar• folding is erected, and who can doubt, from what has been done, but that the superstruct ure w ill b e completed. More than 20,000 New Testaments had been circulated, some of which had proved as the rod of the Redeemer's strength, to bring wanderers into the fold of that Redeemer's salvation. We see more than our fathers saw; let us then take our part in the glorious work, adopting the language of a pious Jew himself, " The hand of the Lord is upon us, therefore let us arise and build." The Reverend ROBERT CoxE seconded the motion. The fourth resolution, of thanks to the President, Vice- President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Committee, and also to the Chairman, and to the Mayor for the use of the Hall, was proposed by the Reverend William Marsh, vicar of St. Peter's, Colchester. This gentleman made some pointed'allusions to the work which had been published against the society, which he thought resembled those books which Dr. Johnson said should only be read at the beginning and at the end. With regard to its ntemerous but unsupported allegations, he was reminded of the trial of Archbishop Laud, wherein it was remarked by Sergeant 'Wylde, that though no single act of treason had been made out against the Archbishop, yet that a great number of suspicious circumstances had been set forth, which might be equal in amount to one act of treason. Upon which the Counsel tin the Archbishop acutely observed, that " two hundred black rabbits would not make one black horse." And he (Mr. M.) thought, that two hundred such allegations as were contained in that work would not make one argument, nor warrant a verdict against the Society. The Reverend C. Staftox, Fellow of King's College, se conded the motion. lie said it was a fact, that, in Poland, no other institution could effect any thing except through this So.. ciety. The Papists and the Greek Church would not permit Bibles or Tracts to be circulated among their people, nor would they suffer missionaries to teach them. They had no objec tion, howeier, that the Jews should be instructed, and by this means both Bibles and Tracts came into circulation. Had it been asked seven years ago, how many Jewish converts the Society expected to proselyte, perhaps they might have said 30 or 40 ; but at the He moment th e re were 100 in the city of Berlin'alone. tie observed, that some people made it a rule to believe only half of what was said at these meetings. And in reference to the actual efficiency of the Society, he would even consent that they should put out out of consideration all that the Secretary of the Parent Society had advanced. But we had other testimonies from abroad absolutely unimpeachable.— From our agents? No !, but from the Grand Turk and from the'Pope himself ; one of whom had issued his Firman and the other his Bull, proscribing the Society, abusing it for its suc cess, and mentioning its very agents and missionaries by name. " Will you," !aid the Rev. Gentleman, " believe them ?" (Immense applause.)—lie would put it to the Meeting, whe ther the instances of success which had been mentioned at home, and the still greater number which had occurred abroad, were not sufficient indications that the Lord was with the Society of a truth. The CIIAIIMAN shortly returned thanks, and dissolved the Meeting.. The amount collected at the doors of the Hall was 241. lls. and at the Church 751. 19s. 94d.--Total 1001. 10s. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD. Nov. IL—On Thursday last the following Degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. Thomas Oliver Goodchild, Exeter. Francis C. Belfour, Magdalen ,Hall. Charles Pitt, , Christ Church. Rev. Win. Horne, } ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Hey. John Jones, I.A.A to the Perpetual Curacy of Botledeyrn, Anglesea ; patrons,. the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College, in this University. The Rev. William John .Brodrick, A.M. to the Rectory of Castle Rising, with Rovdon ' Norfolk, on the presentation of the Hon. Tulk Greville Howard and. the Hon. Alary Howard, his wife. The Rev. Chaloner Stanley Leathern, M.A. to the Rectory of Ellesborough, Bucks ; • patron, R. Grenhill Russell, Esq. of Checquers, M.P. for Thirsk. The Rev. Thomas Brown, Rector of Conington, Cambridge. shire, to hold by dispensation the Rectory of Wistow, Hunting donshire; patron, James Torkington, Esq. of Stukeley Hall. The Rev. J. P. Parker, to the Rectory of Bentham, York shire.- The Rev. Thomas Chambers, M.A. has been presented, by Robert Knight, of Barrels' House, in the county of Warwick, Esq. to the Vicarage of Studley, in that county, void by the cession_ of the Rev. William Annesley, M.A. the last incum bent. - The Rev. George Redford, A.M. of Uxbridge, has accepted ac ' invitation to become the .'Minister of the congregation at Angel-street, in 'Worcester. Mr. R. succeeds the Rev. R. Vaughan, who has removed to Kensington. The Lord Bishop of Hereford has been pleased to collate the Rev. Frederick Twistleton, LL. B. Fellow of New College, in this University, Rector of Broadwell cum Adlestrop, Glocester shire, and his Lordship's Domestic Chaplain,_ to the Prebendal Stall of Eyne, in the Cathedral Church of Hereford, vacated by the death of the Rev. John Lilly, M.A. Archdeacon of the diocese. The advowson and right of presentation to the Rectory of St. Leonard's, near Exeter' was sold for 3,500/. In the year 1737 the same property was purchased by the late Mr. Baring's father • for 90/. ! and Mr. John Colsworthy, the present pro prietor of Mountradford and Larkbeare, bought the same ad.. nwson for 30/.1 Arrivals in town yesterday brought accounts that, owing to the late heavy rains in many parts of the road between Warnford and Alconbury-hill, the water is up to the fetlock joints of the horses. The rivers Avon and Trent are swelled near a foot and a half. The fens between Spilsby and Peterbororg'l are covered with -water, so are those in part of the isle of Ely. The vale of Aylesbury is also in a similar state. FIRE AT MIRAMICiii. Yesterday a public meeting took place at the London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of raising a subscription for .the relief of the un fortunate sufferers by the recent fire at Miramichi, in the pro vince of New Brunswick. Mr. Joint BAINBRIDGE (the Agent for the Colony) took the Chair. He infornied the meeting that they were assembled for the purpose of providing means for alleviating the suffer ings of a large number of their fellow beings, who had been subjected to one of the most dreadful visitations of Providence. He then read the accounts of the calamity which have already appeared in our Journal, and also a letter which he had that day received, in which the writer expressed his hopes that a subscription would be raised in England to purchase seeds and farming implements to be used next spring in the colony. Ile (the Chairman) was happy to find that a subscriptiOn to the extent of 2,0001. had already been raised in Halifax, for thepur pose of affording temporary relief to the sufferers, and he trust ed that this example would be followed up by the British public in a manner worthy of their character for charity and benevo lence. Several resolutions had been prepared, which would be submitted to the meeting.—(Hear!) Mr. SIIEDDEN moved the first resolution (see advertisement) expressing the , regret of the meeting at the melancholy occur. rence which had called them together. Mr. BLISS, in seconding the resolution, said, that as a native of the province, and on that account peculiarly interested on the subject, he might, perhaps, he excused if he occupied their attention for a few minutes.—(Hear !)--Appeals to the charity of the British nation were, it was well known; not unfrequent, but never was there a more pitiable ground for an appeal ofsuch a nature than that which had lately come to the public know ledge. A large portion of a province had been visited by one of the greatest calamities to which a community could possibly be subject. A country had, as it were, been swept away before the eyes of its inhabitants. He might not inaptly apply to the dreadful occurrence the language which the Roman historian had applied to a similar occurrence in his time—inter maxirnam, et nullam, provinciam, tuna nox interfuit. On the present occasion, a hundred miles of territory had been com pletely destroyed by fire. It appeared that the fire had existed in the forests in the neighbourhood of the settlement before it reached the settlement itself. It must not be supposed that the conflagration was the result of negligence or of malice,. con. flagrations were frequently produced in the province from na tural Causes, and they were frequently resorted to . by the inha bitants, not only as the least expensive but the only means of clearing the ground. The belief, therefore, of the existence of a fire in the neighbourhood of the settlement created no un. easiness. The inhabitants had no suspicion that destruction was so near them until the day previous to the fatal night, when, from the unusual darkness of the sky, they began to apprehend some danger. On the night of the 7th of October they retired to their beds, when the wind suddenly shifting to the north-west, and blowing with a fury of which those who had not been in the country could scarcely form any idea, involved them all in instant destruction. The fire was so powerful, and so suddenly urged forward, that many of the inhabitants made no attempt to escape, but perished unre. sistingly in the flames. With the exception of a small num. ber of buildings on the shore, which were protected by their I t peculiar situation, none escaped. The fire made clean work— , it ate up every thing ; even .the ships off land were burnt to the water's edge. In one moment, the gains of whole years spent in industrious commerce were destroyed. Those who possessed property lost it all ; those who depended on their daily labour for their subsistence lost even that support, for there was no longer any occupation for them.—( Hear, hear The loss of property must be immense for that country, and even compared with the vast riches of this country, it could not be considered inconsiderable. It appeared from the accounts which had been received, that in the town of Miramichi 250 houses had been destroyed, and in Fredericein, 39. He was sure he was not estimating the value of those houses too highly when he said that they were worth about 1,000/. each. From that fact some estimate might be formed of the destruction of property occasioned by the calamity. But the destruction of property, great as it was, was as nothing compared with the destruction of human life. It was already estimated that upwards of "290 persons had perished in the flames ; but it was much to be feared that many parties, em ployed in cutting timber in the woods, had be en destroyed en muse. Fugitives were daily coming in, lamenting the fate of their companions, and seeking food and shelter, which could not be afforded them. Surely such a scene as that which he deplored could not fail to excite the sympathy of the people of England. It could be compared to nothing but a hurricane of fire, eating up in its progress houses, beasts, men, ships, and even fish, for their element was no protection to them, but they were seen dead, floating in thousands on the surface of the water. Nature herself almost seemed to have bees in danger. The effects of the conflagration was felt in the neighbouring provinces, and the smoke spread over them like a fog. At Ha lifax, Farenheit's thermometer stood at 84, a most unusual cir cumstance for the season of the year. Great, however, as was the mischief which had been occasioned, the calamity was not yet at an end. Unless they received timely succour, what could the survivors expect but to die in the approaching winter of famine and disease. Ile much feared that the number of those who still had property left in the colony would hardly be sufficient to protect it from the attacks of the sufferers, ren dered desperate by hunger and privarion.—( Hear, bear !) There was a pass in human suffering beyond which men would not respect the laws of God or man, when they seemed to be abandoned by hoth.—( Hear !)—The calamity had happened at a most unfortunate time, for the winter which was about to set in, bound land and water for five months, and even pre vented free communication with the colony by sea. He as sured the meeting that he was not exaggerating the picture of suffering. He was merely stating facts, anti upon those facts he founded an appeal to the benevolence of the British people. On behalf of his brother colonists, he would say, that if assistance should be rendered them, it would be re ceived with gratitude, and treasured in recollection.—(Hear !) An appeal to British charity wastiever made in vain, in favour of any country, however distant or unconnected with her; but in the present instance she was called upon to extend her aid to one of her own colonies, consisting of chiefly of emigrants from her own soil, or . their descendants. This was not appeal to the English . people to afford the means of education or re ligious instruction to her colony (both most meritorious objects, however), but it was to relieve their fellow subjects in the last extremity of misery. The unfortunate event would not fail to excite commiseration in the United States. He really felt jealous of the liberality of that country to a, British colony. On a former occasion of a similar nature is a British province. the United States immediately raised 10,000/., and sent it to the relief of the sufferers.—(Hear !)—lt was a maxim of religion, that those who did charitable deeds, found favour in the sight of the Lord. He trusted that lie should not be suspected of speaking with levity when he said, that an opportunity was now afforded to those who possessed large capitals of making profit able investment, which would not be affected by fluctuations of markets, and which would return a large interest hereafter. —(Hear, hear !)—The Honourable Gentleman concluded by expressing his thanks for the kind sympathy which had been exhibited in behalf of his brother colonists, and for the indul gent hearing which had been granted to him.—(Much applause.) The resolution was:carried uuanimously. N; r. YOWLER moved a resolution declaring the propriety of opening a subscription, which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then stated that he had received communi. cations from several of his Majesty's Ministers, enclosing sub scriptions, and stating that though no official information , of the calamity had reached Government, it would neglect no means of rendering to the sufferers such assistance as was in its power to afford.—(Hear!)—He then read a list of subscriptions received, amongst which were the following :—The Earl of Liverpool, 100/. ; Earl Bathurst, 100/. ; the Right Hon. Wm. Huskisson, 25/. • the , Hon. Wilmot Horton, 30/. ; James Butler, Esq., 1081. ; Henry Bliss, Esq. 50. ; Robert Shcdden, Esq., 50/., &c. Mr. Yousei moved the third resolution, which was carried. It was announced that books would be opened for subscription at Lloyd's, at the North and South American Coffee-houses, and at several Banker's in the City. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. ARCHDEACON LILLY.—The following just tribute to the memory of the late Archdeacon Lilly, from one eminently qua lified to estimate his character, has been communicated to us, and we insert it with pleasure :—We cannot think it sufficient to mingle our regret with the concern which all must feel who knew the late Archdeacon Lilly : we add the result of our ob servation on the activity and zeal with which he discharged his archidioconal duties. It was in his contemplation to inspect all the churches in his archdeaconry. Consideration of distance and expence was absorbed by his anxious desire to see that all places set apart for divine worship, within his jurisdiction, should be sound in structureand decent in appearance. Many churches he did visit, and left directions for their improvement, which were generally followed—because conceived with judgment, and delivererd with kindness. The promptitude with which his suggestions were carried into effect exceedingly gratified him ; and he was accustomed to speak with particular pleasure of the attention which he experienced from the incumbents and churchwardens of every parish where he had given what seemed more like advice than official command, with such urbanity was it tempered.—(Hereford Journal.) PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS Bank Stock 3, per Cent. Red.......... 85$i 3 per Cent. Cons. .86g$ 3} per Cent. Ditto Red. 4 per Cent. New lO2l N Bk. lag. Ann. 204 13-16 11-16 i India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bds, 5 per cent Brazilian Bds 1825 ----- Scrip Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian, Bds, 8 per cent — Colombian p. c. 68a 9 81 Do. do. 1824 71 704 14 70i Danish, 6 per cent. Do. 3 per cent. Greek Bds Do. 1825 Guatimala Mexican Bds 66 Do. do. 1825 t: .PttICES.OF SHARES AT ONE o'CLOCLI , ~,t, Fer '"; . /1 Anglo-Mexican Mining Company .................. . 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A few extract s h ave been made fill them, and will be found in another column, We have received by Express, this morning' 11 the French Journals o f Th u rsday. 'They 4 , 1 no further news from Sp a in. The French , 8 per Cents. fell in the course of Thursday t 68. 40., but rose again, and were qu oted : 69. 20. at the close of the day. The f°ll°vll4 are extracts : The Officl iFalro he • LES, 4- 4 G " az i t r ain d s ak th d e F fo ri ll daNer ovr y in A g rar No . " Notwithstanding the replygiven to the Nowttr ur — r bruary o e last, that no disp u t e s ex i s t e d between the r' e ' d Government 101 and the Baibary States, another Frig id' w ith declares that the fleet of his Majesty was directed I ; •of that of his Sardinian M a j es ty aga i n st Algiers, in e ce ' s4qs- C o% o ' I new differences having arisen between the Bey And o to Ve can dan do no more than repeat the denial 1" Diu P the Moniteur. 10. CONSTANTIttarLgy m .o. The news from Smyrna relative to the fi re which has - 00 fated this city is very affiicting. They di ff er 1 11 " 4 fr no o intelligence given in the Oriental Spectator, and they' - bi al n fire ol doubt but that the e was purposely OCessi°P cor elf' incendiaries, in order to pillage the town the more s e 3 00 Nothing certain is kno wn as to the last opera tions of PI 31 not Pacha. But it is thought that the present camP3io al'isift disposed of the Greek question, or occasione d lil:eact ft" result. It is even s a id th a t Ib ra him wishes to onll u ' r. n fe tras on his return to E g ypt, a nd t 6 resume his militarY;s ,t;1; tions in the More* in the spring. The Egyptian at Alexandria on the 29th of September. (From the Drapeau Blanc.) BANKS 01. THE BLIINX, I' ? " r e The unfortunate illn ess o f th e Emperor of Aus tria a' h t to 4 burg has spread universal c o n s ternatio a t Vientla t '' 0' out the Monarchy. The last reports, however.) 4 ! e couraging, eaed, and his blish andweb l e ie begin to f o o ho (g p ia e n lri e. srMajesty w ill 91* st an The h p e ri Q nc u e ee ss r es i u PO P° fthßeAQVuae:Amisothaet:iirsuartbozbu:rtgo wg aa o it" n D The news of the loan of 20 millions of florins o n d e :oi l° l e°f Austria is premature. The intention exists but n othing 7 t ot' has been done, and it seems the negociation will not be in as poi ed to M. Rothschild. No o th er re son is assigned for s lit e ret than the intentions of the Gov e rnment to withdraw 5111.theop money, with which Hun ga ry is inundated, from cur e The Dutch, Mail has brought us th e . P- c' "i f tug Papers to the 4th of November,. cou.---1, et her counts of the military 'operations of the ?i ,bicl i lands Army in the East, and the successes bo gh have attended their arms. Th e 11')r° Papers have also come to hand this d' have made the following extracts,:--- pot p hfl a tem t a c iw h Aoo e ifr s ,k f ßl : 7ow. m ni i. ..f N 6e. 4 After a long interval we have atAlle7e:rie; cf 13 ,::: :° Papers to 2d July inclusive. We select the followioioe.ll al' MAY 12.—An Express has arrived in ths r ight "' lt l os; been Major-General Van Geen, g sent into 1 3 ° 1 ' 5 ' 'ric h er . entirely successful. His Majesty's troops entered t its e i o f .i a ett c h : eee3 a n r oe , tmh b y r o in fh g a : di n arecr g le : c, t a e c dc afterot o unt 0 f the e 7c i c( 1 1 P s i liT l :o b n l i our troops, and which were defended by sixty Pie ces non of various sizes. • fc 64 s „ n ws A i . 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