The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-12 00:00:00

to his body, which,
,h‘lwever, providentially did
not take effect. The horse plunged on the report
of the pistol, and freeing himself from the hold
of the murderer, gailopped off with his master
in safety.—A very numerous party of ruffians
was stationed on a different road, along which it
had been thought more probable that Mr. BAT-
WELL would pass, for the purpose of effecting
his assassination.

By the Waterloo, arrived off the Start from
Canton, letters to the 16th March have been received. The
good understanding between the Chinese and the English was
then perfectly re-established. The factory returned to Can-
ton on the 25th February, and the season being then far ad-
vanced, every exertion was made to complete the cargoes, and
dispatch the remaining ships. It appears that the Viceroy
of Canton had been pPaced .in an awkward predicament, on
account of the supposed facilicy with which he had allowed
the quarrel with the English to be adjusted. Placards had
been exhibited, in the streets, contrasting hiS conduct in the
affair of the American seaman strangled for accidental
homicide, and in allowing 01.3 English to escape, who
had committed wilful murder, at least according to the
Chinese interpretation of the affair. On the other hand,
the Viceroy, it seems, has still to' justify his conduct to the
Emperor for having restored the trade, ,though his life would
probably have, been sacrificed tad the revenue of Canton,
which depended on that tradi,' fallen short of its usual
amount. The Waterloo left China on the Ifith of. March,
two days after the Charles Giant and Nellie Castle, which
ships she came up with
.in the Straights of Canda, and all
three, without having sailed in company, anchored at. St. He-
lena the 18th June. The Kellie Castle and the Grant were to
sail from St. Helena on the 23d. The ships expected to sail from
China within the fortnight succeeding die departure of the Wa.
feria° were in the following rotation :—Briclgrwater, Lo:rther
Castle, Atlas, and General Kyd: The Vansittatt arrived in
China on the 2d March, which ship, and the Seale3y Castle,
were lying at Whampea, and would probably be ready to sail
for England by the middle of April.

The chief Opposition Paper, this day, advert-
ing to the Durham Verdict,. says, that in the
reign of GEORGE the First, " The Independent
Whig, Cato's Letters, and other works, pub-
lished by the staunchest of the supporters of the
Hanoverian family, exposed the abuses of the
Church .with a severity of animadversion, to
which the observations of Mr. WILLIAms are
mildness itself." The same Paper adds, " Per-
haps on a future day we may adduce some spe-
cimens, by way of illustrating his position."
We doubt not that it will do so, because
abuse of the Church is exactly conformable
with the political and religious character of the
Journal alluded to. But who wants it to " illus-
trate its.position" on this or any subject ? How-
-1 ever, if it wants to abuse _the Church it needs
.not go back to the reign of GEORGE the First, as
the Speech of
,Mr. BROUGHAM, OTT the trial in
question, will amply supply it with materials for
that
.purpose. We earnestly hope that some
able:ChampionS•fors the Church will come for-
ward in 'Aipport-Of it against that Gentleman's
attack on that occasion, which far exceeded all
the bounds usnally allotted to the licence of
pleading, 'and, such as might indeed be expected
from Carlile, if 'he were invested with a Bar-
rister's gown.

The King of PEastA, we are assured, has been
recently converted to Christianity by the argu-
ments of the celebrated Missionary Mr. MARTIN.
Such a conversion must have an important effect
in spreading the lights of the Gospel through
regions of darkness, ignorance, and idolatry.

• CAUSE OF THE ,GREEK4.—A Public Meeting
took place at Edinburgh on Wednesday last, in
the Merchants' Hall, for the purpose of consider-
ing the most effectual means of alleviating the
sufferings of the Greeks. The following Resolu-
tions, moved by the Rev. Dr. M'Crtia, and se-
conded by R. HUNTER, Esq., were unanimously
adopted

" That the name and history of the Greeks are associated
With recollections .of the most sacred nature, nand excite in the
breast of the scholar, the patriot and the Christian, a deep and
lively interest in the fate of that once illustrious but long op-
pressed and degraded people.
44 That this .fleeting has heard, with the utmost concern and
distress, of the wanton cruelties which, as appears from the
most credible documents, have been inflicted on the Greeks
during the struggle which they have maintained for some
time with the Ottoman. Rower and especially in the recent
transactions within the island of Scio, where a great part of the
inhabitants, -while conducting themselves peaceably and sub-
missively, were massacred in cold blood by the Turks, and the
remainder thrown into captivity, or obliged to seek for safety
by flying to foreign shOres with the loss of all their property.
" That a' subscription be immediately opened for the relief
of those Sciots. who survive that massacre, and of such other
Greeki as may be placed in similar circumstances."

The Duke of YORK had a long interview with
the Kivu' on SatUrday, previous to his departure for Edin-
burgh, to take leave of his Majesty.—Yesterday morning, the
Duke of York attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St.
James's; afterwards his-Royal Highness left town for Brigh.
ton, where the Royal Duke is expected to stay one month or
five weeks.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE arrived at Vienna
on the 2.lth ult. from Carlsbad.

On Tuesday last Sir WILLIAM M.txwELL, of
Monreith, was elected Member of Parliament for Wigtonshire.
The immense revenues of the See of Clogher
have been put under sequestration.
SILK MANUFACTURE.-We learn that a small
establishment for the manufactUre of silk goods has been form-
ed at Blackburn. A number of hands have been brought from
Macclesfield, who commenced operations the week before last.

•
BEST TRADE IN TIIE COUNTRY.—We have
been informed, through a channel on which we can hnplicitly
rely, that the sale of the works of the great unknown, for
twelve months previous to a very late period, amounted to
36,0001. Calculating in the. usual lilanner, his share of the
clear proceeds would be 12,0001.—(Glasgow Courier.)
We have heard it reported that the Society for
the Suppression of 'Vice .are about to prosecute
the Editors ciftbe,..l3:qi:llAoir CHA EL ES WI r.-.
LIAMS, which` *iii_causeiontiigeasation among,
the liollandersl -• •