The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-25 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.

An Inquest was held yesterday afternoon
before TizoatAs STint.iNn, Esq., Coroner, at the Elephant
and Castle, Pancras, on the body of an unknown man, wtio
&strop d himself in a very singular manner.
Mr. 'Chabot, of Clarendon-et itiare. surgeo I, stated; that he
was called to attend the deceased on Monday evening laSt ;
was lying in the wash-house of Mr. Mackay's house, in Brill;
row. Witness found him with the windpipe divided, and also
the two jugular veins and the.lefrcarotiti artery. On searching
his pockets '2os. in silver wer. found, and slum. halfpence. and
various papers ; ,deceased appeared to be about 35 years of age,
and w..s most resp-ctablv dressed.
The papers were produced ; one was anote signed J. M. and
directed to Mr. Jas. Scarratt : it ran as follows
" Sir—l will meet you at seven, or thereabouts, in the morn-
ing, opposite the Court of Requests, Castle-street. I have sent
a parciti to-day to Sloane's coach-office, d, Castle-square, Brigh-
ton ; should be very glad if you could make it convenient to
see to 4. 4,J. M."

•
" Sept. 19, 103.7
Another was a note in the following words
" Mr. Manning will make Mr. Webb to match 0 of the
Olwets, same as he looked at to-day, by to-morrow evening.
" Yours, 4.k.x. " J. MANNING.
" Arcade, Sept. 19, 1823."
There were also two bills of the.liing's Head Inn, Henley.,
The beadle said he inquired at the Arcade, and found a Mr.
Manning does live there, but he is nt present out of town.
Another paler was in the following words:--
" Mr. (ho: Downes, supposed by .1. S. rabbet'. • Ditto and
Ditte. Geo. Down., Ditto rohbcd G. and L. to the amount
of 500,050/. S. S. robbed Geo. Downes 25/. in distress ; what
Geo. D. robbed G. and L. I don't know—it must be something
considerable."
No meaning could however be made for this extraordinary
document. . . _ .

Some cards were also found in his pocket of the White liar' ,
Chichester.
Jantr:s. Mackay, of No. 25, Brill-row, Somers'-town, said he
knew the deceased. He had been in the habit for the last three
months of coming to the witness's house. On Monday last he
came to the shop to be shaved ; a conversation passed about
the weather, and witness shaved the deceased. He then in-
quired if his face did not look blank tr I his ma were swelled 1
as he said his face was as black as a cloud on Sunday, and that
it must be imagination, for he could see double. lie then left
tie shop, but instantly came back on account of the rain,- anti
observing he was very hungry, some ham and beef was fetched
him, and some beer; this he ate, and drank part of the
beer ; he dun smoited two pipes of tohacco, and the witness
1:11”.. It becoming dark, witness asked him to:have some tea,
wifc't he drank. Witness went out to the next house, and of.
his return he found the deceased was backwards, and on going
into the yard he saw him lying on his back on the stones ; a
handkerchief, covered with blood, was lying in the privy, and
it is therefore conjectured that he there committed the act, and
, then walked into the yard. Viltness instantly4`me for Mr.
Chabot.
Elizabeth Mackay, wife of the former witness, corroborated
her husband's testimony. She did not think deceased quite
right in his mind. Ile appeared in a very hasty manner. flo
informed the witness he had been a great traveller; he had been
to Cornwall, where they attempted to poison him ley laudanum,
but lie was not such a fool as to take it.
The Jury then took a view of the body, and on their return
were briefly addressed by the Coroner. lie observed, the ue-
ceased might haVe been in a state of derangement at the time )10
committed the act.. His conduct, lie considered, was that of
a madman ; indeed, be. thought the damment before men-
tioned sufficiently proved that, for he never saw such extravil..
gent nonsense in all his life.
The Jury then returned a verdict—" That the deceased cut
his throat, being at the time in a state of mental derangement."

!MIN L PORTR AIT Or COLIJAIBUS,—(FrOm
the New York D _4(lvertiser.)—We are highly
gm fi .d to state, that, by the last arrival- front
Spate, our country is put in possession of an
or gl' al and celebrated likenet a of Cotusteus.
Its mor,t particular history has been forwarded.
to Washington, where the picture is 'destined
to add to those already in the Capitol.—
By a certificate from the President of the
Na kraal Museum of Seville, verified at the
office of the Political Chief of that city,
and which is attached to the canvass, we observe
that it is identified in all its parts as an original,
and by the same master who proluced the full
length likeness of CoLustays which is still itt
Seville. Tire certificate further states, that this
is the 'same that was in the Cart*. It is
presented to the nation by GEORGIE G. HAR-
RELL, Esq. United States Consul at Malaga,
who secured the possession of it at Seville, by
the aid of the Prior of the Cetinje, when that
institution suffered suppression. The painting it-
self manifests the hand of a master, and is well
preserved ; but its chief value consists in -its
belqg an original and true likeness of Coi:tim-
BUS ; as such, to Americans, it must be del med
a valuable acquisition, and to the votar'es of
painting a triumph of their art, which posiesses
thus a faculty to rob from the grave that portion
of its terrors which it derives from oblivion.
MATHEWS took his leave of a London audience
for the season, at the English Opera House, Ott
Tuesdafevening. The house was full of most
respectable company, who testified by their plau-
dits their approbation of the merits of this
favourite actor, and the regret they felt that his
talents were withdrawn, though only for a short
period. MATHEWS goes to Ireland this week ;
and at Easter he will open the Lyceum' with Lis
new enter ainmentY.
morning, as Robert
SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday morno
Booth, a young man who has been long engaged
as bass singer at Bagnigge Wells, a place of
amusement flinch frequented bY the working
classes, was on his return home through Hol-
born, he was Seized with a sudden affection of
the head, not unlike apoplexy, when lit signified.
a wish lo some of his Companions to procure hint
instantly complied -with, but Lefore a coach could.
any mode of conveyance home ; his request was
be procured the unfortunate man had ceased to
breathe.---The body was inclosed in a shell until
an Inquest should, be holden thereon.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, September 25

[THIC TIMES
'We have fottnd; after some experience, that
the safest mode of treating the intelligence con-
veyed through French Newspapers from the seat
of war is to let it shift for itself. Between ad.
ditions to facts and their suppression—between
garbling and inventing—we seldom find a single
French narrative, especially if it professes to ern-
brace more than some one simple occurrence, that
does not stagger the stoutest faith, or puzzle the
clearest judgment. Their Spanish allies are no bet-
ter. There is now a long story from the Madrid
Restaurador, full of that figure of speech called
" confusion." Riego and Ballasteros are the he-
roes, but the things asserted, particularly of the
former, we.confess ourselves unable to believe,
to contradict, or to explain. Riego, who was
said to have made his way into Cadiz, is now al-
ledged to have marched towards the army of
Ballasteros in its cantonments, near the frontier
of Grenada, with the hope of recalling the
troops to their country's cause, and to have
sought an interview with Ballasteros him-
self, for no purpose but to trepan that officer
into his power. Nay, says the Madrid Servile
print, Ballasteros was actually a prisoner in the
bands of Riego, and in a house which they oc-
' copied jointly at Priego. How is all this ?
Priego is stated in the first line of the account
to be one of the_ positions of Ballasteros; yet
Riego, who moves upon him as an enemy,
and with whose corps the soldiers of Bal-
lasteros have commenced an action, takes the
latter prisoner in the midst of his own army
—Had Riego captured the army too ? Be this
as it may, up comes the French General
Bonnemains, who was never before said to
have been employed either in watching . Bal.
lasteros, or in pursuing Riego, rushes on the Con-
stitutional General like a whirlwind, and destroys
his whole army to a man. AnOther letter, im-
proving upon the first, informs us that Riego, en-
deavouring to fly with three officers only, was
taken at La Carolina (eighty or one hundred
miles from Priega), and handed over to the
French ! It is enough to say about all this hum-
bug, that we really do not understand it. Ilos-
tilities appear to have re-commenced before
Cadiz on the 9th or 10th instant, and the French
describe their own preparations for the as-
sault to be on the most formidable scale. On
the 12th the Duke d'Angouleme moved from
Port St. Mary's for Chiclana, on the left of
his positions, with his whole Staff. Some infer-
ences appear to have been drawn from this fact,
that an attack was to be made on the right
of the Spaniards in the Isle de Leon, towards
the point of Santi Petri. A misfortune, we la-
ment to say, has befallen the Patriots in Cata-
lonia, where, on the 16th inst., the small corps
,which had issued from Barcelona, intending to
relieve or reinforce Figueras, was compelled,
after an action with M. de Dames, at Undo, to
surrender, to the amount of t,OOO men.

- [MORNING HERALD.]
We have received the Paris Papers of Mon

day. It will be seen that the French Autho-
rities give favourable accounts of all their ope-
rations in Spain. The corps of Diego is entirely
dispersed ; and that Commander is said to have
Bed to the mountains in the neighbourhood of
Malaga. Some successes have also been gained
. over the Constitutionalists in Catalonia. Pre-
parations for the attack against Cadiz are said to
have been completed on the most extensive scale ;
and the letters from Port St. Mary speak with
confidence of the speedy capture of that city.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The firm and resolute manner in which Lord
Nugent has acted since his arrival at Cadiz re-
beets the highest honour on him. Those worthy
Spaniards who wish to hold out to the last, and
who knows that a successful defence for a very
short period must force the French either to flee
with disgrace or rush on their destruction, have
been greatly aided by the strenuous exhorta-
tions and active exertions of his Lordship, who
has uniformly deprecated all attempts at negoci-
ation, as the complete abandonment of the cause
of liberty without any object. The attempt,
however, was made ; but we rejoice that it was
unsuccessful. The difference between capitula-
tion on terms, and unconditional submission, is
merely nominal when there can be no guarantee
for the performance of what has been stipulated.
The restoration of Ferdinand to power must ne-
cessarily be accompanied with the ascendancy of
those brutal and ignorant ruffians who have fought
along with the French for the re-establishment
of Despotism ; and the knife would soon be to
the throat of every man who took any part in the
regeneration of his country. This Lord Nugent
bad the discernment to see, and the firmness to
maintain on all occasions. If there had been
even a disposition among the Spaniards to
yield (and of this there is no evidence), we
would wish to see an Englishman volunteer any
thing rather than the freeing them from any part
of the responsibility of such an act. What a
haunt Spain holds out to the world 1 The
Spanish gentlemen, at the time when Charles the
Fifth deprived Spain of its liberties, were supe-
rior in character to English gentlemen. In 1578,
the revenue of Spain alone amounted to
4,138,0004 sterling, including the Netherlands,
Sicily, M ilans, and Naples ; the Spanish King
had 3,479,0004 a-year in Europe. This sum
was nearly equal to the whole annual income of
the people of England at the period in question.
Hurrae calculates the whole of the income of Eli-
xabeth at 500,0001. The revenue of France in
.1574 was, allowing for the difference in the value
of the livre, about 610,0001. a-year. And now
what do we see ? Scotland alone, the whole re-
venue of which was not then equal to that of one
Hof the towns of Spain, paying now more taxes
than could he raised at present from the whole
of that extensive and fertile country. The struggles
for religion and liberty raised the character and
sharpened the intellects of our population ; a I

large and well-informed middle class has grown
up, which, in spite of the defects of our Repre•
sentation, preserves in our higher classes a regard
for character. The Spanish gentleman, accuse
tomed from his infancy to venality and corrup-
tion of every kind in their worst form, sink
lower and lower every' generation. Hence the
melancholy spectacle the country has afforded in
the corruption and treachery of nearly all the
higher ranks. Should Spain succeed in preserv-
ing her liberty, a generation will grow up under
the influence of public opinion, alive to virtue;
for virtue and true honour could only exist under
a public controul.

[New TIMES.]
According to private letters front Paris, the
last price of the Rentes in that capital on Mon-
day was 90f. 30c., Scrip 2,1 premium, and Spa-
nish Bonds 42i ; but in Paris as well as here the
operations are extremely limited, speculation
being in a great measure suspended until deci-
sive intelligence shall arrive from Cadiz. We
learn by the French Papers of Monday, that the
French head-quarters are now removed from Port
St. Mary, which is north-east of Cadiz, to Chic-
lana, which is south-east; and it is expected that
the next attack will be made on this quarter in
order to get possession of the Isle of Leon, thus
drawing the toils more and more closely round
Cadiz itself. It has been repeatedly asserted, that
in the early part of the siege the French squadron
did not keep up a strict blockade ; it appears,
however, that in the month of August the French
flotilla took no less than fifty-six vessels, loaded
mostly with flour and other provisions for Cadiz,
besides driving many others ashore.—lt was late-
ly stated in a letter from Gibraltar, by a person
who seemed to admire the exploits of Riego, that
on arriving at Malaga he seized all the property
he could lay his hand upon, took a large
quantity of plate from the Churches, and
plundered all the rich merchants, causing thou,
who refused payment to be shot! For this
cause he shot fourteen monied Spaniards !
Having thus enabled himself to pay his
troops, he abandoned Malaga, which he
came to protect, and marched on an expedi-
tion, the particulars of which have at length
transpired. He thought he could persuade the
troops of Ballasteros to betray their General ;
but failing in that, he requested Ballasteros to
grant him an interview. The latter foolishly
enough acceded to his request, when the traitor
threw oil the mask and made Ballasteros pri-
soner. The treachery, however, was of little
avail.- A French General came up in the nick
of time, attacked the corps of Riego, and put it
completely to the rout. Riego himself was
closely pursued, and we trust he will be brought
to justice for his atrocities: some accounts, in-
deed, go so fur as to say that he has been arrested.
The fabulous story of a victory obtained by
Milans, which was circulated by the Bayonne
papers, relates to the affair of Altafulla, which
formed the subject of a report from Marshal
Moncey, inserted in our paper of the Bth inst.;
we need scarcely add, that the Marshal claimed
the advantage on that occasion. A more impor-
tant success however has been very recently ob-
tained by the French troops under the Baron de
llamas, who so completely routed a large body
of the rebels on the 15th instant, not far from
Figueiras, that on the day following two thou-
sand of them surrendered themselves to him as
prisoners.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

Whatever turn affairs may take in Spain during

he present intestine struggle, Its subjugation by

the arms of France is an event not to be looked for.
Such a result must be quite out of the contemplation
of any reasonable man, who knows any thing of
the Spanish nation, or who is at all familiar with
the character of that proud and high-minded
people. The prevailing spirit of liberty in that
kingdom does not arise out of any sudden zeal ;
it is not a burst of revolutionary enthusiasm
kindled by interested incendiaries, neither is it
an insane sympathy, begotten amidst visionary
theories or fostered by political intrigues : it has
nothing of this stamp about it. It is the natural
result of the progress of knowledge, combined
with the more equal distribution of wealth ;.
the same causes are at work not in Spain
only, but throughout the whole of Christian
Europe, and have engendered that spirit of po.
litical improvement, which the bayonet can never
put down, and which laughs alliances to scorn.
There is no triple confederacy of Sovereigns can
conquer the mind of man. There are more codem
_ _

tertio's in the background, but their conspiracy
will be fruitless. There are more difficulties in the
way of success than mere military strength can ever
surmount. A cloud of black events, we fear, will
break over us before the conflict with Spain is at an
end. The truth is, the different governments of Eu-
rope, powerful as they are in outward appearance,
are in reality extremely feeble, and they are be.
coming every day weaker by the very efforts
they are making to terrify by a display of their
power. The cause of this lies upon the surface.
While the people have advanced in intelligence,
Governments have stood still. Existing institu-
tions have not been suffered to partake of that
improved spirit of reason and liberty which has
altered the character of the age. Power, which
has no support but in opinion, goes on to admi-
nister the same system, now that its subjects are
everywhere enlightened, as was acted upon
when all was submission, in those days when
superstition never doubted and credulity never
inquired. it is a truth, which those in autho-
rity would do well always to bear in mind,
that every Government, in its nature despotic,
must become feeble in proportion as its subjects
become enlightened ; for as all political power
has its origin in the will of the nation, its tenure
must be precarious, when it is so exercised as to
make that will adverse. When authority is in
league with justice, and in amity with freedom,
kings have nothing to fear from the discontent
of their people. Rebellion never yet rose up
against an honest ruler. It is profligate and
wicked Ministers that strike at their Monarch's
throne. It may soued paradoxical, but it is not
the less true, that Kings are oftentimes as much
a prey to power abused as their subjects. It
is their fate to depcud upon dependants : men of

'stern integrity rarely cross their path, and
still less frequently come into their councils ;
and if they are unwilling themselves to hear un-
welcome truths, they are surrounded by those
who are quite as unwilling to utter them. To
return to Spain. As for any triple junction of
Monarch to preserve social order, either in that
kingdom or in any other, it is a base pretext.
Let those,to whom the charge of the public wel-
fare is confided execute their trust faithfully, and
they have nothing to fear from the disturbance
of social order, either abroad or at home. If

Governments wish to have their authority obey.
ed, the task is easy : let them make it the real
interest of the people to obey it. The Continen-
tal Sovereigns may then dissolve their Holy Al-
liance, and our Ministers may repeal the Six Acts

[MORNING POST]
French Papers to the 23d inst. reached us last
night by Express. The intelligence which they
have brought, if correct, is highly important.—
Riego, whose name has been loaded with abuse
by the Royalists, and whose military abilities
seem to have been doubted by the friends of the
Constitution (who would otherwise have brought
them earlier into action)—Riego, the pretended
fugitive, who after plundering had deserted Ma-
laga, and fled back with his prey to Cadiz for
shelter, appears on the contrary to have advanced
with a considerable force beyond Granada, and
to have succeeded in taking Ballasteros pri-
soner ! The details of this extraordinary event,
as copied in the Mode from the Madrid
Restaurador, though purposely confused and fol-
lowed by an assurance that Riego had been sub-
sequently defeated, and even captured, are cal-
culated to excite much interest and gratification.
This daring Chief evacuated Malaga, it is true, but
for the purpose of advance, not of flight. By skil-
ful marches he eluded the columns sent by the
enemy to arrest or to surround him, and presented
himself before the army of Ballasteros, at the head
of nearly 5,000 infantry and cavalry, and made an
appeal to its patriotism. The Journal des Debuts
owns that " some soldiers deserted to his stan-
dard." But the Madrid Restaurador with
greater caution passes over this fact, and only
states, though without explaining why, that
Ballasteros accepted the offer of an interview
demanded by Riego ; that he came to the house
occupied by the latter, whilst both armies re-
tained their positions in front of each other, and
that whilst the conference lasted, his escort

was disarmed and himself made prisoner. Now

it appears to us that unless the whole of this
transaction was a matter previously arranged be-
tween the parties, in order to facilitate the return
of Ballasteros to the cause of his country,—or
unless he found that his troops were departing,
and that he could not prevent their patriotic
defection, be would not have consented to
throw himself as he evidently did, if these
accounts be correct, into the hands of the
Constitutionalists. That the latter was the
case, appears probable from the line of con-
duct pursued by General Balauzat, whom he
had left in command during his absence. In-
stead of immediately avenging the insult offered
to hit superior, and restoring him to liberty,
which he could easily have done if his army had
not been reduced to an insignificant body,
he merely 64 harangued his troops and prepared
to act against the forces of ltiego." As a kind
of apology for this inaction, it is hinted that
his " Divisiou" (for the word Army is suddenly
and significantly dropped for that of Division)
was in want of rations, and thut he had been

obliged to dispatch a messenger to some distance
in order to procure them. Now in a case in
which nothing ought to have been done, if it was
intended to be done with effect, but to commence
an immediate attack, rations, it might have been
thought, would not have been absolutely neces-
sary. Every thing tends to prove therefore that
what bad been called the army of Ballasteros had
ceased to be an army, and that if Itiego had not
recruited the whole to the standard of his country,
but a small and insignificant proportion of it remain-
ed connected with the Invaders. But then comes

the grand crisis, says the Reataurador: " Just at
the must critical moment the French, commanded
by Gen. Bonnemain, suddenly appeared. They
rushed with their ordinary impetuosity upon the
corps of Riego, and put it completely to the rout,
and the revolutionary Chief was closely pursued."
Other accounts add, as we have already stated,
that he was taken ; but as no explanation is given
of the sudden appearance of General Bonne.
main, who was engaged in the pursuit of de-
tached corps at a considerable distance from the
seat of this extraordinary occurrence, and could
hardly contrive to reach it " at the critical mo-
ment)" we shall entertain a hope that the Saints
have ceased to perform miracles for the unholy
cause
of the enemy, and that Riego is now at the
head of
a powerful army. Event the accounts
that speak of his capture do not mention the de.
hverance of Ballasteros. He had perhaps been
tried and shot as a traitor. Such an execution,
when Abisbal gave the first example of defection,
would probably have prevented all those that
have since
brought so much disgrace upon the
Spanish name, and so much ruin upon the
country.

We regret exceedingly to have to announce the
failure of the respectable
house of FREDERICK
MEYER? and Co. at Hamburgh, on the 9th inst.
Their deficiences, however, we understand, are
much less than might have been expected. The
gross sum is stated at Bark() Marks 136,990
(about 12,000/. sterling.)
The Director of the General Post-office at
Leipzig, says the Hamburg
h Correspondent of
the 12th instant, has officially notified to the
public that the small town of Hof had been al-
most wholly destroyed by fire. About 400
dwelling-houses, including the church, the town-
house, and the post-office, had fallen a prey to,
the flames. The evil was accidental ; it originat-
ed in the shop of a varnish-maker.
Gen. IlEssalitm, a wealthy individual in the
French army, lately presented his father at
Thoulouse, whose circumstances were bordering
on mendicity, with the sum of 4,000 francs, about
1601. sterling !--(Preach Paper.)

LONDON AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY

A.n anniversary Meeting of the Friends of this
Institution was held yesterday, at twelve o'clock, in the
Egyptian Hall (Mansion House). The floor of that mag-
nificent chamber was exceedingly crowded. Shortly after
12 o'clock, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by two Lathes, the
Right Hon. Lord Bexley, Mr. Alderman Brown, Mr. Alder.
man Thompson, and several other Gentlemen, presented them.
selves to the Meeting, and were extremely well received.
The LORD MAYOR, having taken the Chair, addressed the
assembly. His Lordship said, that before he called on their
worthy Secretary to read the Report which had been prepared,
they would allow him to express his regret that indispensable
business of a public nature had prevented his being as punctual
to the appointed hour as he could have wished. It was unne.
cessary that he should proceed to discuss the nature of the In.
stitution which they had met to commemorate, since every
argument that could be urged for or objected against it, had
been long since exhausted. It was at length decided, by expe-
rience and time, that though in a lOW cases some errors might
possibly arise, and some mischiefs might result, as regarded
the minds of those who were extremely ignorant and unin-
formed from a perusal of the Scriptures, yet, on the whole, the
general diffusion of the Bible among all classes was one of the
greatest blessings that could by possibility be conferred on
theme—(Hear, hear !)—His Lordship concluded by requesting
the Secretary to read to the Meeting the Committee's Report.
The Secretary then read the annual report, of which the fol-
lowing are extracts :
" If your Committee have no surprising details to furnish of
a splendid success—if they make the Crank avowal that the
fruits of their efforts have not been so abundant as on a former
day, yet they are not without the cheering persuasion that
the following statement will inspire the joy and awaken the
gratitude of the present assembly.
" The Committee have the pleasure to inform you, that they
have received in the past year, in subscriptions; and on the sale
of books and donations, 406/.55. Id. ; and in remittances from
the associations, 519/. 18s. Id.; and that they have paid to the
British and Foreign Bible Society 7151.25. 7d.; making a total
of 15,9211.45. 4d. paid to the parent Society since the establish-
ment of the Auxiliary.
" The Committee have distributed, duri the past year,
1,043 Bibles, 602 Testaments, making a gran total of 31,752
copies of the Holy Scriptures circulated by your Society."
The annual meeting being convened earlier than usual, the
following explanation is given
" As the use of this Hall was given by the Chief Magistrate
of the city, and as it has been with considerable difficulty that
arrangements could be made amidst the pressure of business at
the close of the mayoralty, it became of importance to fix the
anniversary at a different period of the year. It is therefore
proposed to transfer gradually the public meeting from the au-1
tumn to spring.
" The Committee hare to acknowledge with gratitude the
important services which are performed at the ladies' branch of
the Society. There are connected with that society about,
.150
ladies, who have, during the past year, collected from among
the poor 3574, and who are now paying weekly visits to up-
wards of 600 industrious families, in order to receive their
humble but cheerful subscriptions."
The Report having been read—
the Lo
Societyr d B E xo
nr. Ethve raopspe
e,
aa
rnat
eecongratulated
proportion of the inhabitants of the metropolis at this season of
the
anddie Lord
so respectablerayor an
addf
naturally have been expected.—(Hear,
stance he could not help looking upon as a certain
.indication,
the year, when an attendance by no meathiseasroon—umTehroisuesiremutgmht.
that since the period of the last Meeting of the Society it
had lost none of its former supporters. He (Lord Bexley)
derived pleasure from the recollection of having been. pre-
and it was not without being reminded of some _
ed
excited in his breast many serious reflections, that he. advert
sent at the first establishment of this auxiliaryminastttersitutitohnat;
ton.s as to
and his occu-
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' • to the situation and prospects of this society, and,
patrons , as
above all, the situations and prospects of this great country.
lie could not but recollect,, that at the period to which he
Ilia fariged)—ndsr:fiect
alluded, the country was engaged in that protracted and awful
struggle which was to determine the stability of its greatness,
and the existence of its liberty : he could not cease to re-
member that Great Britain was then, if he might use the
phrase, in the crisis of her fate : that the great question was
then undermined, whether the extraordinary individual who had
usurped the throne of one of the greatest powers in the world
should prostrate at his feet the independence and happiness of
Europe ; or whether England, under Providence, would be
enabled to arrest his career, defeat his projects, and success-
fully combat theanany and mighty dangers by which she was
threatened. He thanked God she had since overcome them
all. When he referred to those eventful times, he could not
help adverting to his own political engagements, and to the un-
remitting anxiety and application which they had occasioned
him ; nor could he refrain from expressing his gratitude; for
having been assisted to reach, at last, a haven of peace and
quietness ; and after a long season of trouble and uneasiness, to
enjoy the calm pleasures of a peaceful repose.—(Hear !)—He
could not allow the present opportunity to escape him, without
offering a very few words in relation to the signal success which
bad attended the great cause which was advocated by this so.
ciety. When the establishment of so admirable an institution
was first proposed in the City of London, its friends were told
that their cause was hopeless ; and when they talked of the bene.
fits to be derived from translating the Bible into 40 or 50 lan-
guages, they were assured that th eir hopes were visionary,and their
expectations exaggerated and unreasonable.--( Hear !)—Happy
he was, however, to find, that since that day, those hopes and
expectations had been realized beyond the most sanguine anti.
cipations ; for the melting had now the satisfaction of knowing,
that not in 40 or 501anguages only, but in 140 different tongues,
the Bible had either been already published, or was now pre-
paring for publication, through the exertions of the parent and
auxiliary societies.—( Hear!)—The number of auxiliarysocieties
established in aid .of the principal institution had more than
doubled in the same period ; for there were at present, in this
kingdom alone, no less than 800 Auxiliary Bible Societies.—
In various countries abroad their existed 2,000 associations of
the same description.—(Hear, hear o—The flame which had
been so auspiciously kindled here, seemed to have spread
itself with equal promptitude in foreign parts ; for at that
former period to which he had adverted, there existed only
six Foreign Bible Societies. The Meeting might now look
round them, and count in different states 26 national associations,
in correspondence
,with our own, and having 600 auxiliary
associations to support them.—( Hear !)—ln Great Britain al-
most every district possessed an Auxiliary Society; on the
Continent, though it could not be denied that much had been
done, there remained yet much to do. Amidst this galaxy
which shed so bright and healthful a radiance over this king.
dons, the city of London, as it was to be desired, shone a re-
splendent luminary. Placed in the situation which they occu-
pied, as the citizens of time capital of this great ethpire, it well
became the inhabitants of London tofshew that commerce might
be devoted to nobler purposes than the acquisition of wealth,
or even titan the establishment of our national greatness, which
had hitherto been the just and constant subject of our eulogy
and attention. If, therefore, they wished their country to be
powerful without injustice, rich without luxury, great without
wickedness, it became them, by every means, to encourage and
support institutions like this of the Bible Society—(Hear !)
institutions whose establishment would rank them among the
benefactors of mankind. The Noble Lord concluded by
moving the first resolution.
Mr. PAY ELL felt particular pleasure in seconding this re-
solution. Ile remembered that at the first institution of the So.
ciety he had had the honour of supporting a similar proposition.
The Noble Lord who preceded him had well observed, that at
this season of the year it was matter of considerable congratula-
tion to witness so numerous and highly respectable an assem-
blage; and be (Mr. Favell) must agein congratulate the ladies
—the wives, daughters, and female friends (as he might call
them) of this excellent association—en the encouraging pros-
liects which now rewarded their kind exertions in its favour.—
Hear !)—They who, like himself, were its public advocates,
aboured, on these occasions, under a considerable disadvantage;
because, from the length of time that this institution had
existed, they had, of necessity, very little new to say upon the
subject. He could only express a hope, therefore, that Provi.
Bence would continue to smile on their labour; and he did trust
that he might appeal tbr the demonstration of its favours to
the success with which they bad been hitherto blessed. Where-
ever these associations had been established in the city, or its vi-
cinity, their good effects had been sensibly felt, anti it was found,
that among females, all who were the friends of the institution
had become better wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, friends,
than they had been before they were connected with us.
Before he sat down, he would observe that there was one topic
which seemed well worthy to attract the attention of their
Chairman ; and it was this—that the establishment of the Auxi.
liary Society had proved most beneficial not only to the Parent
Society, but also to the Magistracy of the city of London, by
operating towards the prevention of crime...-{Applause.)—This
sort of preventive service, effected by the diffusion of the Bible,
was one of the highest utility; and much as all who heard him,
in common with their fellow-countrymen, must fee/ indebted
to the humane exertions of those benevolent individuals who
devoted ther time, talent, and, attention to the improvement of
prison discipline, their thanks were due in a yet greater degree
to that institution which prevented the commission of crime._
( Hear !)—From one of the late prison discipline reports, he ob-
served that out of 119 female convicts whom the ladies had visited
in the prison of Newgate, it appeared on examining them to that
fact, that only three or four had been either brought up in the
schools, or had in any way participated in the advantages which

had been furnished by Bible auociations.--(Hear fad
alone might manifest the vast importance of supporting such
societies, and the intimate connexion which subsisted between
their well-being and the well-being of the Magistracy, by their
tendency to prevent crime. That they did so, any one might be
immediately satisfied, who could compare the condition of a fa-
mily, however poor, which was thus placed in possession of a
Bible, and a family which, like too many in this great metro-
polis, was without the sacred volume. In the one case, good
order and good morals—in the other, profligacy, vicious habits,
and consequent crime—marked the effects of possessing the Scrip-
tures, or showed the miserable results of an ignorance of them.
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by briefly contrasting the pleas.
ing example afforded by a Lord Mayor, and Aldermen,
and a Sheriff elect, who were friendly to an institution founded
on the liberal principle of disseminating the sacred volume to
all denominations of Christians-without distinction of sect, with
that frightful picture of intolerance and bigotry which the
neighbourhood of that hall presented only a century or two ago,
when men of the purest lives and most unquestionable
.I,:iety
were imprisoned, insulted, and executed even for their religious
opinions. He hoped that Providence would give to the efforts
of this Society " the wings of the morning" wherewith to fly
to the uttermost parts of the earth to promote peace and good
will towards men.—(Hear, hear !)
This resolution was carried unanimously.
The Rev. Mr. HALL, in proposing the second resolution,
observed, that London possessed a claim to the pre-eminent
'
distinction among the cities of the universe, for its opulence,
its vastness, its population, its public works, its munificence
and spirit, its progress in arts and sciences; but the same
distinction, in former ages of the world, had attached to
Babylon, Nineveh, Carthage, and Tyre ; and these, and Rome
herself (vainly called the Eternal), had perished in their turn
from the excess of luxury and grandeur, and were now utterly
extinct. Rome, indeed, still languished on, in a state of en-
feebled and miserable existence ; but she was the mere wreck
of her departed might and ancient renown. The successive
fall of these magnificent capitals was mainly attributable to
their want of a great and general moral principle, which might
have stemmed the torrent of popular corruption, and withstood
the influence of those inevitable evils which are entailed by
luxury and power; but he did hope that London, from the mul-
titude of her benevolent institutions, and especially from that
strong feeling of piety and religion on which this institution
was founded, was destined, immoveable to that moral principle,
to remain to the end of all things, great, mighty, and respected,
amidst the cities of the world. The Rev. Gentleman then com-
bated the objections which had been urged against the Society.
and conclude by moving the second resolution.
Mr. LAURIE (Sheriff elect), in a neat speech, seconded
the resolution ; and it was carried unanimously.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks for the honour which
had been paid him ;. and doubted not that all chief Magistrates
of the city would be happy to give the same assistance and en-
couragement which he had been able to give to this Society.
Mr. Alderman Bnowx also expressed his acknowledgments
for the compliment paid to himself and his colleaguea, though
he felt that as they had simply performed duties to the fulfil-
ment of which it was an honour to be called, no thanks were
due.

The other resolutions were then proposed, and unanimously
carried, after speeches from Mr. Sheriff Thompson, M.P., Mr.
Alderman Keys, the Rev. J. Fletcher, of Stepney;
i M. Bois-
sot, (Minister of the French Protestant Church a London),
the Rev. J. II illyer, of Bedford, Mr. James Allen, of the Society
of Friends, the Rev. 11. Venn, Minister of St. Dunstan in the
East, - Burder, LL.D. and Barrister at Law, the Rev. Dr.
Macbride, Arabic Professor in the University of Oxford, and
one or two other Gentlemen.
Thanks having been voted in the usual course to the Lord
Mayor (who had left the Chair to attend the Justice-room, be-
fore the close of the meeting), and Sir C. S. Hunter, who had
presided as his successor in the Chair, the Meeting broke up
at about four o'clock.
The Resolutions passed at this'Meeting were as follow r--
" I. That the report which has been read be approved and
adopted by the meeting.
2. That this meeting, sensible of the advantage which,
under the Divine blessing, has been derived from the patronage
conferred upon the society, tenders an expression of gratitude
to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the President, to the Right
Hon. and others the Vice-Presidents, to the Treasurer, to the
Secretaries, and to the Committee, for their countenance, sup-
port, and exertions, during the past year.
" 3. That this meeting, deeply impressed with it conviction
of the necessity that still exists for perseverance in distributing
the sacred volume, requests the gentlemen, whose names the
Secretary will read? to undertake the various offices of the
Society for the ensuing year.
" 4. That this meeting records its gratitude to the Itadies
who have exerted their efforts for the Society, and approves of
the following appointments which have been arranged by the
Committee of the Ladies' Branch.
" 5. That this meeting regards with undiminished interest
the effects which have resulted from the Bible Associations, in
connexion with the City of London Auxiliary Bible Society.
That while the meeting feels grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings which he has bestowed upon these operationst it ap-
peals to all the members of the Institution for additional atten-
tion, earnestness, and zeal, in this peculiar department of the
Bible Society system.
" 6. That this meeting hears with admiring gratitude, that
the blessing of God still attends the benign operations of the
British and Foreign Bible Society, and will therefore, as far
as its influence may reach, strive to render the City of London
Bible Society a still more efficient auxiliary, and an Institution
worthy of the metropolis of this affluent and charitable nation.
" 7. That this meeting, sensible of the obligation conferred
upon the Society by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, desires
gratefully to acknowledge the kindness of his Lordship in
having granted permission that the anniversary of the Society
should be held in the Egyptian Hall, and also for the suit-
able manner in which his Lordship has presided upon the pre-
sent occasion."

A Petersburgh Newspaper says, that the finest
sables are caught near the little town of Clek-
-minsk, in Siberia, 2,000 verts distant to the north
of Irkutsk. A valuable branch of industry is
carried on with this sort of peltry.
Letters from Perpignan state, that in some of
the districts of the first circle of the department
of the Lower Pyrenees a murrian rages among
the cattle, and that sheep in particular are af-
fected by it.
The Members of the Royal Caledonian Hunt
gate 100/., and the Members of the United Meeting lOU., to
be ilistributed to the various charitable institutions in Aber-
deen. Miss Stephens gave the proceeds of a Concert, amount-
ing to 651., to the Stewards, to be distributed in the same
manner.

A miserable woman died on Tuesday in cons*.
quence of drinking a great quantity of gin at a
draught at the bar of the Cooper's Arms, Kent-
road. It appeared that she had been urged to
the destructive action by persons sitting there.
FIRE.—A very alarming fire broke out at the
house of Mr. Dodds, a loom-turner, in Thomas-
street, Brick-lane, about three o'clock yesterday,
which destroyed the premises and damaged seve-
ral adjoining houses; but by the timely assist-
ance of engines and firemen the devouring ele-
ment was stopped.

COAL-MARKET, SEPT. 24.
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BIRTHS.
On the 24th inst., at Kentish-town, Mrs. James Block, of a
daughter.
On 18th inst., at Cheltenham, the lady of the Rev. J. Tho-
mas' late Assistant Minister at the Dissenting Chapel, Oxford,
of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 23d, at Wanstead, George Blair Hall, Esq., only
son of the late John Hall, Esq., Postmaster-General of Ben-
gal, to Laura, youngest daughter of Sir W. Plomer, deceased.
On Wednesday, the 24th inst., at St: Ann's, Westminster,
Mr. Mich()!son, of Grafton-house, Soho, to Miss Ray, of Finch-
ley, 3liddlesex, sister to :11r. Ray, of the same place.

DIED.
On the 22d inst., Philip, the second son of Mr. Evans, of 97,
Hatton-gardon.
On the 20th inst., in the prime of life, the lady of Robert
Banner, Esq., deeply lamented.
On the 6th inst., at Florence, Mr. Laurence Rowe, of Brent-
ford, aged 69.
At Edinburgh, on the 13th inst., Dr. John Smith, physi-
cian, in the 39th year of his a-:e.

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