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:~ .y:~'_ :F,. INDIA. ( From the Calcutta Monthly Journal. ) COMECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF LORILEA. PONTIFICIAL authority having been delegated to his Excellency the Bishop of A NTIPHILA, to consecrate a Bishop as his coadjutor, he selected the Most' Reverend FRE MAURELIO .MARIA STADELLINI, hiss Vicar General, for the Office of BIsHOP of Don'ISA, and Apostolical Vicar at the Dominions of the GREAT MOGUL, IDULSHAW GOLCONDA, and in .the Island of BOIVIIIAY, in virtue of the Pontifical Brief : the ceremony was performed on Sunday, the 7th of this month, in the Mother Church of N. S. de ESPERANCA. The performance of the ceremony requiring the . presence of three Bishops, and there being uo other Bishop on the spot but the Bishop of A ATIPHILA, his Excellency, in pursuance of the authority delegated to him, selected the Most Reverend FRANctsco DE PARRAS, Delegate of the Primate of the Fast at this Presidency, and V?rar of the Church of N. S. de Gloria of Ma sagon, and the Reverend Dom MATHIAS DE *MONTE E FARIA, Vicar of the Church of Sam Miguel, to officiate as Vice -Bishops on the oc casion. - Ten - a. m. having been fixed upon for the corir inencement of the ceremony, a Committee of the principal parishioners was selected to receive the Bishop of A NTIPHILA, who having alighted from his carriage, was conducted to the place wheie the ceremony was to be performed, by, another deputation of :Clergymen, composed of the fol." lowing ViCao:,-":-, The Most Re - i!--JActlro de SILVA, Vicar-Gelleild of Salsette. The Rev. Jinotquio RODRIGUES; Vicar of the Mother Church, . • The Rev. THEODORA dOiABREO, Vicar of KaveL The Rev. BEPENAIT I DO' de- Souza., Vicar of Salvacao at Mahim. The Rev. Louttr)itci,PEttEißA, Vicar at ALizagon. The Rev. Famictscade itiloNT . E, Vicar at Bandora. The Rev. CONSTANTIVO de VIEIRA, Vicar at Corlem. The Rev. 'J. 1/4.3tAcENO de ALMEIDA, Vicar at Ver -sotah. Tile, Bishop having. taken his seat after the usual formalities, thee - Commission sent out by the Tope was read, and - the . -Bishop and the „Vice Bishops commenced; . .the ceremony at 10 aim. which was concluded at , l p. tn.i . w.ith the flythn l'e Deum Lauclamus. • There were about '4O Clergy preknt on the occasion, besides a numerous concourse of people from this and the neighbouring islands. The church was fitted up in the most superb . manner, and the ceremony performed with all clue solemnity. This is the second ceremony of this nature that .fias taken place on this Island, the first having been performed on the 10th January 1808, in the instance of the consecration of the late Right Rev. Monsenhor Raymond°, Bishop of Malabar; the Bishop of Antiuhila having also been his alloliness's delegate on the.occasiou. Bombay, Nov. 11, 1824. *INDIAN BOOTY. (From the Bombay Courier, Dec. 18, 182.:1.) „ . We learn from an authentic source that the „Fropecty taken at Kittour is estimated at about - -twelve Lacs of rupees. We, cannot refrain from stating, that it is much to be regretted, on occasions like this, that the restrictive orders from the authorities in Eng land regarding Prize ..Property, forbid an early d;stribution of it among the troops, by whom it has been gallantly won ; and it is much to be wished that the Governments in this coun try were, in all cases of undisputed Prize, en). Towered to authorize an immediate distribu tion, ittSte;,4 of deferring it for years, as is the case. at —present, when, by the course of na. tare, many of the original claimants have been laid I t snay not be uninteresting to. many of - our readers to be made acquainted with the order on this subject, and through the kindness of a friend, who has often assisted us on similar oc casions we are enabled to lay it before them. h C. All Booty captured from an enemy by the Company's Troops alone becomes the property sr t•I the Company by virtue of the letters Patent scam the Crown dated 14th January, 1753. All llooty captured from an enemy by a Force of his. Majesty's troops form a part, is the property of the Crown, and no right to any part • of hucb•booty is in either case vested in the troops captiiriug. it, except by special grant from the Court of Directors in the first case or the Crown su lite second. The Court, therefore, have posi tively directed, that no booty taken from an eumuy should be called or considered as lawful Trite, or the proceeds thereof in any way appro priated or distributed without their previous sanc tion (or that of the Crown in cases where the 3.-toyal sanction is legally requisite), but that all such booty, or the value arising from the sale of it, be set Apart and deposited in their Treasures, and a correct account taken of it and transmitted to Aran by the earliest practicable opportunity, to await their decision, or the decision of the Crown, as the rase may require.” After the fall of Kittoor, the particulars of which were announced in our Extra, published on Thursday evening, we learn that part of the force, under Colonel Sealey, was detached to ••-..Shumshurgurh, a Fort in the Jungle to the west ward, which had -been occupied by some of the party who escaped from Kittoor, but we under stand it teas afterwards recalled, on information being received that it would be given up without opposition. SUPPLEMENT to the LONDON' GAZETTE, /LILY 19. 14-7DIAI3OAttn, JULY 19, 1'435. • Dispatches have been rektived at the East India House from the Governor General in Council at Fort-William, in Bengal; with indosures, of which the following are copies and ex tracts s-- fatract from a letter from the Governor-General in Council to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, dated Fort 25th and 28th Feb• 1825. W. Lam, - Since the dste of our last address to your Hon. Committee, of she•Slet ultimo, relative to the Birman war, we have receiv ed aotne Interesting reports of the operations of our troops in be different quarters, copies of which we lose no time in sub- mitting for your information, briefly referring to their contents in this place. From Assam we have received the gratifying intelligence of the defeat of the Burmese in the neighbourhood of the capital, Rungpore, where they had collected their scattered parties with the intention of making a stand ; but after the gallant attack and capture of their stockaded position on the 29th ult., they despaired of success; and it appears by the dispatch from the Agent of the Governor-General, that, on the 2d inst., the fort of Rungpore was surrendered, and the principal Assamese and Burmese Commanders were in our camp. _ . On the south-east frontier, we have received reports of the evacuatiop of Mungdoo and Lowadhung, on the troops under Brigadier-Gen. Morrison passing the Naaf, and entering the province of Arraean. • The official dispatches, announcing the capture of the capi tal'of Assam, the expulsion of the Burmese, and the complete subjugation of the country, having been received, copies are transmitted as numbers in the Packet. Copy of a Letter from Licutenant-Colanel Richards, command ing in Assam, to the Deputy Assistant -Adjutant-General, t astern Division, dated Camp, Illeura 31ookh, January 13, 1825. Sin—l had the honour to report to you, in my letter of the 11th instant, the march of seteral detachments against the enemy : I have now 'the honour to transmit• copies of letters from the different officers, who have all returned to the fleet, detailing the particulars of their operations; I feel much obliged to the officers and men who have been employed. The object for which they were detached has been completely ful filled. I am happy to state, that, notwithstanding the fears of the inhabitants of those places visited by my detachments, I do not think the enemy will dare to venture to molest them again, after their late defeat at all points. The di.tachments under Captain M'Cleod and Lieutenant N. Jones having joined me this forenoon, I have to report my in tention of advancibg to-morrow morning upon loor Haut, at which place the enemy concentrated and stockaded. I have, &c. A. RICHARDS. Extract from a Letter from Captain Martin, commanding a Detachment of the 57th Regiment Native Infantry, to Bri gade-Major Bayldon, dated Camp, Deeorgong, 10th Jan. 1825. About eleven o'clock P.M., the detachment under my com mand moved silently forward, and as we approached the stock ade of Deeorgong, Capt. Neufville led us by a considerable de tour to the right to avoid two advaneed posts, and to get into the rear of the stockade. We were now in sanguine hopes of effecting a complete surprise, but the enemy must have had scouts on the plain, as we were challenged by both out-posts. At a short distance from the stockade, signal-lights appeared froth both chokies, and the alarm had evidenily been taken ; at this moment a small party of men that had broken from the rear, by mistake, suddenly appeared in front, and a few shots were fired, but, immediately stopped. The detachment now pushed oriNiapidly, and entered the stockade as the last of the fugitives wei4uitting it on the opposite side: they were pur sued to the jungle . ; six men were killed and seven taken. The only casualty I haht to • regret on onr part is the death of one sepoy by an accidekal shot. This stockade consisted of a double fence of bantlictr, tut without a ditch. The amount of the enemy's force within it could not, I imagine, Ita7e ex ceeded two hut:Eked men. „ . Extract Iran a Letter from Lieutenant Walden, commanding .a detachment of the 46th Regiment N. I. to rtrigade-Major BolOn, dated Moora Mook, January 13, 1825. Having ascertained that the enemy, to the number of 100 or 120, were in stockade, distant four or five coss, and judging fror4 Ow, Ole they had. been absent that it might be more, I immediately ordered the men under arms, leaving a small party- to, guard the knapsacks; and proceeded, over a very bad road, which greatly distressed the men. A little before day break I crossed the Dhonseera again (about a mile below the stockide), and proceeded along its right bank, and reached the sioclifle about sun-rise ; a fog allowing me to come up unper ceived, the enemy were completely surprised, and about twenty were killed, amongst wham was a Phokun and five Usseell Mautis ; thirteen pris,oners were taken. [Here follow two letters from Lieut.-Col. Richards, dated Jar Mary 27, and January 20, 1825, and which were inserted in TfiE Sit 11 on Tuesday.l _ _ _ Copy of a Letter from Major Waters to Captain Bayldon, Major of Brigade, dated Jan. 29, 1825. Sir—l have she honour to appriie you, for the information of Lieut.-Colonel Richards, commanding in Assam, that agree. ably to his instructions; I repaired to the head of the column, on his being wounded, and, on assuming the temporary com mand, I perceived Captain Martin in possession of the stockade and posts on the right flank, and the Birtnahs in full and pre cipitate retreat - towards the fort, from which a strong fire was opened. I immediately ordered the artillery to the front, which soon silenced the enemy's fire ; precautionary measures were then taken for the security of the posts vacated by the enemy, Ia verbal report of circumstances made to Lieut.-Colon& i Richards I have, &c. E. F. WATERS. [Then follows a general return of the killed and wounded in the action, near Rungpore, on the 29th January ; the return of the ordnance, and a•copy of biettt.-Colonel Richards's Report of the 3d February, 1825, for which see THE SUN of Tuesday.} Return of Ordnance and Military Stores surrendered by capitu. iation to the Force under the command of Lieut.-Colonel A Richards, on the Ist Feb. 1825. Brass Guns-1 Danish fourteen-pounder, 21 from three pounders downwards.—lron Guns, 1 forty-pounder, 1 English nine-pounder, 941 from three-pounders to swivels, Total 965.-... 332 muskets, 226 swords, 22i; spears.-7,000 iron balls, and a considerable quantity of gunpowder. R. G. BEDINGFIELD, Lieut. comg. Arty. Det. Translation of a Burmese Letter addressed to Lieut.-Colonel Richards, commanding in Assam, referred to in the foregoing Dispatch : Moonkoong Alampoo, alias Sam P ' hokun represents, on the part of himself and the other C hiefs, to the English Comman der in Assam, that the inhabitants of Assam were originally slaves to the Burman Emperor, and that an embassy was sent by the Rajah to the King of Ava to solicit assistance, and to request he would send troops into Assam ; in consequence of which, men from five States, all subjects to the Burman autho rity, were collected and ordered to invade the country ; now a number of the chief men of Assam have invited you to come in to turn us out, and we were aware of this; but the Assamese wish, for their own benefit, to provoke us to war with each other, by which both parties would sutler; we, therefore, to prevent this, are willing to evacuate this country; and, to prove our sincerity, we depute Durmadur Bhurniacharee, a native of Ceylon, and our High Priest, to apprise you of this, and as the people of Assam are now inimical to us, we will immediately retire to our own country to inform our King of it, and we hope you will not molest us on our jour ney ; and that you will sen;r orders to the chokies under your contrcul to allow us to pass unmolested. This is absolutely ne cessary, as, if we were attacked on our retreat, it will cause much bloodshed. Copy of a Letter from Lieut.-Colonel Richards, thdatebove . - d Camp, before Rungpore, Jan. 31, 1825, in reply to e a I have received your friendly letter by ti.e hands of Durmad_ hur Bh u r m acharee, High Priest, and fully comprehend its con- tents. lam willing to permit your force to retire from Assam, and will not commit hostilities or molest you with any attack from my army, provided you go peaceably, and without com- Mittnm depredations on the country or inhabitants of Assam. Your wives, children, and such people as are willing may ac company you, but none of the inhabitants of Assam are to be taken away by force. 'I will give orders to all under my autlio riy, and to th chokies, not to molest you on your way out f A t s,sain, which you w,ill leave immediately, and by the mos o t ,direct route. THE COLONIES. The latest Quebec Papers, dated April 28, •in elusive, contain no article of . domestic interest except the following : • QUEBEC, APRIL 23.—Nineteen vessels have arrived from Great Britain at this port since the evening of the 24th instant. Their passages on an average have been about 27 days, the shortest of them being 23 days. A FIRE broke out last evening, about eight o'clock, in the house of Mr. Etienne Robitaille, St. John's-street, St. John Suburbs. The lower part of the house was occupied by Sir. George Clancy as a dry goods' shop, and the fire broke out there. It appeirs that Mr. Clancy; his wife, and family, were all absent, and that the fire was first discovered by Mr. Robi taille, who occupied the upper story, by the heat and smoke in his own apartments. When he went below he found tire shop , completely in flames', and he had just time to &nforin his own family, and to effect their escape before the whole house was enveloped in fire. Nothing was saved from this house. The adjoining house, also belonging to , 51r. Robitaille, was totally consunn d. Those on either side, belonging to Mr. Etienne Defoy and Widow Blois, of Ste. Foy, were only partly, con sumed, but are complete wrecks. The house on the opposite side of the street, belonging to Mr. Gagnon, caught fire several times but fortunately was not destroyed,• although emptied of all its furniture. Luckily it was calm, otherwise the damage among these buildings, which are all of wood, must have been very great. A number of the houses near to the spot were emptied and the property they contained almost deStroyed, without much reason and no advantage. This is an evil which ought certainly, if possible to be remedied. All tumult and want of s y stem at ' fires is fatal. Great exertions were successfully made to arrest the flames by the Citizens and Military. 'No part of the,pro iierty is, we believe, insi*ed, except - that of Mr. Robitaille, the policy on.one of whose houses covers only 1501. ; !drs. Clancy's goods and furniture were insured for 400/. ; both at the Quebec Fire Assurance Company. The loss sustained by many persons to whoge•houses the:fire did not extend, but which were emptied of their' contents, is very considerable, and entirely falls on indi viduals very little able to bear such losses. We hear that a subscription is to be opened for them, to which the liberal public of Quebec, we have no doubt; will largely contribute. BOGOTA. EXTRACT.OF A LETTER, DATED MAY 9, 1025. Sze—l have the honour of acquainting you, for the informa tion t) 4 .' Merchants engaged in the trade of Colombia, .that the Congress, fOr the prese4it year, which has just concluded its sittings,_ has not effected any changes in' the commercial regu lations of the country, excepting those stated below. I am, with great truth, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, JAMES HENDERSON, His, Britannic Majesty's Consul-General. J. Bennett, jun., Esq. MARCH 28, 1825.—The law of June 28, 1821, which al l Owed on the importation of muskets and lead a reduction of 5 per cent. from the duties, upon an equal amount of mer chandise imported in the same vessel. The new regulation will take effect after the expiration of six months, in respect to vessels from Europe ; of four months front the United states'; and of three months from the West Indies. Lead, at the expiration of these periods, must pay an import duty of 12 per cent., if introduced by national vessels front the colonies, and 5 per cent. if front Europe or the Uni ted States. If introduced in foreign vessels. from .Eur Ope or the United States, 12 per cent. t • if from the colonies, 17 per cent. Muskets cannot be imported into the Republic, as merchan dise, after the expiration of the,above periods. APIIIL 16, 1825.—1 t was decreed that the Customs duties must be positively paid at the expiration of the terms of three and six months, allowed for their liquidation. The expense of any process for their recovery after those periods to be paid by the merchant, as well as the one per cent. per month, decreed by the law of :august 2, 1824, to be pay able after the termination of the said periods. EPISCOT'AL FLOATING CHAPEL SOCIETY. A Neetin:4 was held yesterday at the City o London Tavern, for the Purpose of forming a Society under the above name, the chief object of which is to give religious instruction, according to the doctrine and discipline of the Esta blished Church, to seamen, in floating chapels to be esta blished in the , principal ports of the kingdom. The.meeting was announced for two o'clock, tint at that hour there were so few persons in attendance, that it was delayed for some time after, and even then the number present was very small. It was, however, as nuinerouslended as could have been expected in such weather as this, an3a o t. such an hour of the day. At half-past two o'clock o bli'i Lord Mayor, accompanied by Lords Clarendon, Calthorpe, .and Bexley; Admiral Sir R. G. Keats, K.C,11. ; tie Hon. Captain Waldegrave, R.N. ; Mr. W. Williams, M.P. ; Mn; W. T. Money, AI.P. ; Mr. J. But terworth, MA'.; Mr. Sheriff Browne, Mr. Z. Macaulay, and some other Gentlemen, came on the platform. The Loan Mayon having taken the Chair, briefly stated the nature and object a the Society, and pointed' out many of the advantages which must follow from a religious instruction of seamen. t, . Fora more particular 'account of this Society, we insert the following prospectus, which enters more into detail on the sub ject than the speeches of any of the Gentlemen who addressed the meeting : " It has long been a subject of regret that the variety of be nevolent efforts to improve the moral condition of the lower classes in society should have effected so little in behalf of sea men ; and this indifference to the discharge of an important national and Christian duty has of late years been particularly felt by such as were anxious to promote their religious instruc tion in connexion with the Established Church. " A very superficial acquaintance with the moral character of seamen will be sufficient to discover that the credit of such qualities as generosity and heroism is not necessarily associ ated with the possession of Christian virtues. It is the misfor tune of these men that they are doomed to early, and in too many instances to habitual separation front those opportunities of religious improvement which are common to society at large ; and the effect of such privation, combined with the force of depraved example, is too frequently a habit of indifference and moral insensibility, which is not to'he corrected by an influ ence so distant and unconnected with their situation as that which is exerted by the regular parochial churches. But if any thing, in addition to extreme ignorance, were wanting to re press an occasional inclination among seamen to frequent the ordinances of public worship in the Establishment, it would be conviction that they do not come within the scope of church provisions. A sailor is impressed by the belief that he Tins:. sesses no claim to accommodation in a church, and lie is too frequently the victim of professional vanity to think of in truding himself in any situation where he cannot establish the title of undisputed right. Such feelings in the bosoms of sea faring men are powerfully aided by . a reluctance to expose themselves to the observation and fancied contempt of a genteel congregation, and the concurrent influence of these and similar causes will be sufficient to account for the fact, that an average of probably not fewer than 10,000 seamen in the Thames alone will not, in ordinary cases, present two hundred in attendance upon the national forms of worship. ' Such apathy and misconception as have been described, can only be overcome by the influence of an arrangement which shall carry the principles and the ritual of the Church of England to the contact and to the observation of seamen in a shape that is calculated to awaken ;Mention and accofumo date the ordinances of public worship to didr professional condition, their habits, and even their most unreasonable pre judices. " This has been attempted in the case of other denomina tions, and a number of zealous individuals, acting under the influence of a religious concern for the spiritual improve ment of seamen, have succeeded with the establishment of Floating Chapels in several of the principal ports. The result of the experiment has in most- instances surpassed reasonable expectation, affording satisfactory evidence that there is nothing repellant to the seaman in the sanctity of congregational de votion, and that these interesting but neglected objects may be collected in attendance upon religious worship with proba bly greater facility than any other class of the community. " Having a scertained the peculiar adaptation of such institn lions to the end in view, it is proposed to constitute an 0 Epis copal Floating Chapel Society," for the object of promoting their establishment in connexion with the Church of England. The Provisional Committee , appo i n ted to conduct the prelimi nary arrangements, have peculiar satisfaction in being able to report that Lord Alelvilie, upon the part of His Majesty's Go vernment, has most liberally proinised the grant of as many vessels es may be required for the principal ports of the empiVe,, including the expence of alteration and outfit necessary to is-. commodate them to purposes of congregational worship. or will the bounty of Government be restricted to the donation and equipment of the necessary vessels : it is intended to compre hend the salary of clergymen regularly approved by the Bishops, in those : particular cases where the want of means, or other cir cumstances of a local nature, may render it desirable that the Admiralty should undertake the appointment. " The design has also met with the approbation and concur rencevedits o a f p s pn ev c e ati ral v d n is t t o i nt r ft heir lrieedspPercetre dioceses, and the contqat tes, who havealready favour. tze every reason to believe that the same liberal and satis factory arrangement, as it respects the appointment of the clergymen, will be effected in every port to which it may be ne- • _ _ cessary to extend the provision. " The Committee are authorized also to state, that the cha pels will be granted by Government to gentlemen or societies .appointed on behalf of particular 'ports to present the applica tion ; and it is proposed that they shall severally be placed under ,he direction of a local committee, which is to charge itself with the responsibility of the superintendence, the provision of the clergyman's salary, and whatever may be essential to the promotion of the general design. " An object intimately connected with the religious improve ment of seamen is the care and instruction of apprentices ; and the same provision which afforded the advantages of a chapel to the one, would supply the accommodation of a school' to the other. In seminaries so intimately connected with the profes sion, the juvenile part of its members might b 2 collected from those senes of depravity and vicious example where they are ordinarily scattered during the continuance of their vessels in port, and introdficed to such an acquaintance with the principles of the Christian religion, and the elements'of practical misiga tion, as should constitute the foundation of a moral worth and nautical superiority, honourable to the individuals, and benefi cial to the country. " A lending library, and depository for the Scriptures, prayer books, homilies, and judiciously selected tracts, might also be annexed to each chapel, and placed under the irection of the clergyman, who must in every case be appointed with the ap probation of the bishop of the diocese. "An undertaking so comprehensive in its scope.,—so Chris tian in its object—and so peculiarly national in it claims—must commend itself to the approbation and generous support of as many as would desire to combine the promotion of true reli gion among a very important class of the community with the prosperity of every interest and relation, whether foreign or domestic, which is affected by the character of the maritime profession." Lord BEXLEY rose to submit the first resolution. After .• lvertin„, , to the great exertions and most invaluable achiev ments of British Seamen in the naval and commercial service, his Lordship observed, that every •thing had been done .to se cure the temporal comfort of those brave men, but that hi therto little public attention had been paid to that which con cerned their eternal welfare. Now, however, that the subject had been thus publicly taken up, he hoped it would meet that general encouragement which a subject of such vast im pedance deserved. That every means of religious instruction I should be afforded to our seamen, would not be denied ; and it would also, he thought, be admitted that such instruction should he carried on under the care of the national church, and that these men should not .be suffered to wander from one teacher to another. Hitherto .clergymen of any sect might preach in the places appointed for the religious instruction of seamen. This was attended with the inconvenience that each change in the instructor might produce's new mode of instruc tion. It would therefore be well to have one uniform and regu lar course of instruction under the care of the Established Church. Difficulties had hitherto stood in the way of such an andertaking, but they were now, for the most part, got over, and those that remained might be easily obviated. The prac ticability and utility of the plan had been already proved, by the floating chapel established in i the port of Dublin, under the sanction of the Archbishop of Dublin, and by that in Liverpool under the sanction of the Bishop of Chester. It was not in tended that the instruction in the' proposed chapels should be by Chaplains in the Navy, for in the first place they were not sufficiently numerous, and in the next, it would be attended with greater advantages to throw the instruction open to the wider range of the Established Church, in which were men more zealous and better qualified for such instruction than the naval chaplains, however respectable. The Noble Lord, after observing that the Government would bear the expences of the chapels, and in certain cases of the clergymen ' but in others the providing for salaries of the clergy would be left to the society, who would in all cases have the appointment of the clergyman, subject to the sanction of the Bishop of the diocess in which he might Officiate, concluded by moving the first resolution, as expressive of the duty of a Christian community to provide for the religious instruction of so large and useful a body of its members as were the seamen of this country. • Mr. Sheriff'BnowNE seconded this resolution, and amongst other remarks on the subject, observed that the doctrine and discipline-taught by the clergymen in the prOPtised chapels would be those of the Church of England, and none other ; and that, rather than depart from that regulation, the plan would be given up. • The resolution was then put, and carried. Lord CsvrnonoE, previously to moving the second reso lution, dwelt with much force and warmth on the necessity and - great importance of giving to every individual the means of instruction in that which concerned his eternal salvation ; and of all classes of the community, none had greater claims such instruction than our seamen. His Lordship thenadverted to, the establishments of this kind which had been set afloat by the Dissenters, whose zeal and diligent perseverance he praised, and whose excellent example in this respect he was glad to see the Church of England imitating. However, with out in any degree objecting to those chapels already establish. ed, he would wish, preferring as he did the doctrines and discipline of the thurch of England, to see chapels established for the instruction of seamen according to those doctrines. His Lordship concluded by moving, that experience having shown the disinclination of seamen to frequent our churches on shore, the establishment of floating chapels, in conjunction with the Church of England, would be one of the most effectual modes of giving them religious instruction. The resolution was then carried. Admiral Sir R. KEATS, K.C.IL, bore testimony to the ex cellent conduct of the seamen, in those ships in , which a strict attention to religious duties was observed. Ile moved the next resolution, declaring the necessity of forming such a society as the present, on the principles and discipline of the Church of England. • This was seconded by the Hon. Captain WALDEGUAVE, R.N., and carried. Mr. Z. MACAULAY expressed his approbation of the So ciety, and hoped that great care and caution would be observed in the appointment of 'the clergymen who were to officiate in the proposed chapels. He moved the next resolution, appoint ing the printipal officers of the Society. - Lock Ens, Esq., seconded this resolution, which was carried. - • Lord CALTHORPE, as one of the Vice-Presidents, return ed thanks for his appointment, and expressed his readiness to act. Mr. J. POYNDER moved that the Society do immediately enter upon its functions, by the establishment of Floating Chapels, &c. This was seconded by the Rev. Mr. EVANSON, and carried. Lord CLAnENDON, in moving thanks to Lord Melville for the readiness with which he obtained, the sanction of Govern ment to the undertaking, warmly eulogized the object of the Society, which he confidently hoped would be productive of the most salutary results. Mr. MONEY seconded this resolution, which was carried. Lord CALTHOnPE moved the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Mayor, which his Lordship acknowledged, and the meet ing broke up at nearly five o'clock. • WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS' BENIiVOLENT INSTITUTION. This valuable Society held its Eleventh Annual Dinner yesterday at thi London Tavern, the LORD MAYOR in the chair. At six o'clock , his Lordship, in company with Mr. Alderman Thompson, Doctor Herdman; and other gentle men of distinction, entered the room. After the usual toasts, The LORD sl.s , toit rose. The toast he was about to pro. pose was one which must have been already anticipated. He alluded to Success and prosperity to the Institution.' ro dwell on the benefits Whieh, in so short a time, hail been insured to so ciety in general, and more particularly to the Society of Watch makers, would be useless. All must he convinced that the aged, whose incapability prevented them from working any longer, and the widows of those who were unfortunately cut off without leaving any provision for them, were the objects most fitted and, most worthy of their support. He should no longer occupy their time, but again propose the toast—( Drank enthusiastically.) " The health of Mr. Alderman Thompson" was proposed by the Lord Mayor. The excellent qualifications, high talents, and unremitting exertions, as a Magistrate and a Member of Parliament, of that Gentleman, were too well known to all who were acquainted with his 'name, to require an elaborate disquisition. The worthy Alderman returned thanks • lie feared that any serv ices he might have at any time rendered the City, either as an Alderman or a Member of the House of Commons, were too insignificant to merit the high praise bestowed on him by his Lordship. He would, however, pledge himself, that if it should be the pleasure of his fellow-citizens again to return him as their Ilepresentative, any deficiency of talent under which lie might labour, should be compensated by zeal, :activity, anti atten tion. • The health of the remaining Officers were then drank, and the Company separated, individually expressing their satin. faction at the excellence of the dinner, wines, and attendance, which, under the guidance of Mr. Bleaden, they had enjoyed. The celebrated Harriette Wilson, last week, had an interview with Stockdale, at Calais.— (Morning Paper.) 7. \- • „ k \. 1110 \\4, MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, July 25, LONDON. Nos. 4, 46, 71, 305, 407, 458. COUNTRY. Nos. 97, 227, 238, 246, 320, 425, 437, 455, 499, 524, 541, 546, 553, 558, .578, 613, 680, 707, 710. - 26, LONDON. Nos. 86, 235, 316, 349. Co U`STRY. Nos. 38, 67, 68, 145, 285: 427, 471, 477, 497, 50 1, 528, 579, 592, 649, 668. Wednesday, - 27, LoNDeN. No. 2. Lodge of Bene volence. COUNTRY Nos. 54, 84,"112,121,12 6, 129, 164, 215, 291, 314, 400, 414, 440, 442, 468, 472, 478, 537, 548, 549, 563; 577, 661, 690, 696, 705. - 23, LONDON. Nos. 7, 39, 82, 142, /56, 216, 327, 481. Gen. Corn. Fem. Sch. at 11. CouNTar, Nos. 45, 57, 70, 110, 153, • 176, 170, 214, 243, 269, 334, 420, 453, 461, 518, 545, 556, 586, 587, . 642 ' 679, 717. - 29, LONDON. No. 239. OUNTRY. Nos. 53, 236, 533. - 30, LONDON. COUNTRY., Nos. 358, 412, 492. Tuesday, Thursday, 'ridgy, Saturthq, PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bak Stock ... 230 231 230 k 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 9Oll a 3A per Cent. Ditto Red 9Bll 4 per Cent. New ... 104 31 i 4i Bank Long Ann. ... 22a 5-16 India Stock .., 271; Ditto Bonds 53 54 pm. South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN V' Austrian Bds, 5 per cent. 99A Brazilian Bds 1823 ... 24 dis. j Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian, Bds, 6 per cent — Colombian Bds, ti per cent 86 Do. do. 1824 Danish, 5 per cent. Do. Scrip Greek Bds Do. Scrip, 1825 l2 1 dis. Mexican Bds 76 Do. Scrip 1823 ... 2il 2 din. Neapolitan, 5 per cent.... 91i DA Y AT ONE O'CLOCK Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. lid. 34 35 33 Ditto 500/. 16t1 Ditto Small lid. Ditto Commercial Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Opening 901 SIDS AT ONE O'CLOCK• Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds Do. Scrip Portuguese I p l e o r m e l e m n .. .. ........... Prussian, Ditto New Russian, Neiv, sp. ct. 97 4 Spanish 1821, 5 per cent-- 0 1823 . f French kentes, 5 per cent. Exchange ... —f. 3 per cent. ......... 7v3 Exchange PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Sher' liNt , Anglo-Mexican Mining Company Anglo-Chilian Mining Company Castello and Espirito Santo Brazil Mining Company ••• 1 6 Chilian Mining Company Consolidated Copper and Tin Mining Company Famatina Mining Company . : . General Mining Association . Paseo Peruvian Alining Company 31 ... 14 . . 1 3 i 1 11 1 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Mining Association ......... __„, Royal Irish Mining Company Royal Stannary and British Mining Association • • ••• IC Tywarnhale Mining Company Australian Company .. iii 1 / 1 British Rock and Patent Salt Company . West India Company • ••• ............... ! . . .t. rorattarz A 4 ti Lc. ARR VE D. I)ug• 0 0 Guernsey and Jersey Gottenburgh Ilaruburgh France WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-111OrtL, Morning, 32 minutes after 6. j Evening, .2 minutes TILE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM 41,11).6.4 LONDON, I t os , THURSDAY EVENING, JULY French Papers to the 19th inst. reached Of not night. They say the Egyptian fleet was beaten, and driven to Candia to escape fr °Tfi ns ;" enemies, but that it proceeded thither t° tr 3 .0 00. port 5,000 more Egyptian troops to the 66 ott of action in the Morea ; and that the ad here he ir of the patriotic cause are paralyzed in t o ol efforts by the quarrels among their Chie rs ' t he that Calamata and Salona have fallen in t° d hands of the Turks. A letter from Corfai June 7th, in the Quotidienne, says, °ligfielt authority of the Captain of an English ce' that the troops of R EDSCHID PACIIA 113 : e l se a great measure dismantled the town s of l ‘ jl , l t o longhi, and that the Greek garrison had u s)C ti capitulate. The news of the taking of StiPtidit the Turks has reached Zante. H o w muc h cr 0 01+ t° is due to these statements it is difficult ,asf e but nevertheless we cannot help hoping 1 ; to or' hear something more consoling and .1110 re able to the cause of the Greeks, and avi al impatience some authentic accounts . eft FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JU I. Y 8.---Fi/e Pferthief,,oleg 103 f. 45c. ; Four and a Half per Cents. 103 f. 45C. - . de r so Cents., 76f. 30c.—Bank Stock, 2,18..4.50c —Rent e 'te,` Fir (Certif. Falcone* 90f.—Roval Spanish Loan,. ,i ""-. on London, one month, 25f.; three month s, 24f. Autlientique.) th e The Milan Gazette of the 6th July 11° i t f is ol t l i o le wi c i o ig py ex o t r ra a ct la fr w om lat t e h l e y G pa a s z s e e t d te b o y f t C : e r ie fl : o ' r meat feudal o t f en t u h r e es i . on T ia t t g i iv l , s .s la u n s d g s r f e o a r t re t ° ' , 0 ceive the British Government extend in , s o l o t ; ° I . P f ; and liberal doctrines to the States 1111 / e t hei ' ll O witted to its controul, not only heca us- those st, calculated to encrease the happiness of 0 1 5 '4 o der.' 0 1 live under our rule, but also because it re ro ios t pre-eminent and illustrious in the art °fe e # le ° is 5 ' e ri t we are in arms : the glory of the on e 010 0 t o equal to the glory of the other. This ?3,l,lotia' has also enacted some new law s and r" art" no Or ill' respecting the payment of the d uties 0 8 0 8 lion and importation, lowering them t 9