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

AFRICA-MR. PARK.

( From the Glasgow Courier. )
We have been favoured by a Gentleman in-
terested in African discovery, and who has tilt-,
veiled a considerable way into the interior of the
southern parts of northern Africa, with some
cotes regarding the death of our lamented coun-
tryman, Mr. PARK. The narrative is drawn from
a negro, a native of Yuouri, adjoining the spot
where Park perished, and who witnessed what
he relates. Considering every circumstance, the
document is clear and satisfactory, plain and un-

oir ti,,,i.- it .... , • •
ndqUitt hilliPeltirleiry aitne 'men ion of the ne-
in LI )
gro to deceive, and in its most material features, •
it is borne out by accounts obtained througir •
other channels. The notes front which the fol. '
lowing summary is draWII Up were obtained in 1822: '
Du NcAssto, a negro, was born at Ilimie Yeoutie.' He was. •
in the Pass about to be mentioned, to sell Collis, when he was , ,
seized by the Foulahs, carried off as a slave, and afterwards taken ,
to the Gold Coast, where he was shippednn beard a Porttiguese •
vessel, and carried to Bahia, where he remained three years..., • i
He was employed in a Portuguese slave ship as a seaman, and
returned to Africa' in her, during Governor Maxwell's residence
on the coast. Duncanno states, that he was in his native Colin,.
trv, Birnie Yaourie, sixteen years ago (H 106) when Mr. Park
~
arrived there in a canoe with two masts : no persons landed.—.
The canoe continued her course down the river With the tifi:
Yellers in her. The King of YaOurie aware of their danger,
sent °Weight comes after them to warn them of it, and in one
of the canoes was sent a red Cow, intended as a present to-• '
the white men. 111 r. Park did not communicate with them,
j but continued sailing onwards. The canoes followed, and ,
'at last Mr. Park probably dreading hostile intentions,
' tired upon them, but , fortunately did not kill any one.--
The canoes returned, hut the King anxious for the safety of
the travellers, again sent people to proceed after them, request.
ing them to stop and he would send people to phew them the
sate and proper passage in the Channel of the Kim.: The
1 messengers could not, hOwever, overtake them. Park con-
tinued his voyage till the vessel got amongst rocks off' nous*
and was in consequence " broke. Birnie Yaourie is in Houma,
but Boussa is not. The latter is in the country called Burg®.
Birnie Yaourie is by land distantone day's journey from Boussa, •
but by water one day and a half. Duncannotleseribed the place
or Puss where the canoe was broke, to be like the cataracts in . .
our mountains. The water run with great force. The canoe
was carried rapidly along, and before they could see their im-
minent
danger, it struck, with violence on • some rocks and was- •
dashed to pieces. The people of Boussa stood Lifson the rocks
projecting into the River, desirous, if possible, to afford •
the white men assistance, but the catastrophe was so sad.. • :
den, and the violence of the stream so great, that they could ::
not reach them.—The break of the river on the rocks iat
described as dreadful, the whirlpools formed appalling'
and the agitation of the waters so great, as almost to raise •
the canoe on its end, and precipitate it stem forwards Wm
the gulphs below it. At the moment the vessel struck.; Mr. .
Palk held something in his hand which he thieW into We*
water, just as the vessel appeared to be going to pieces. ' Tho
" water was too had"—so agitated that he could not swim, met,
lie was seen to sink in it. There wire " plenty" other white
men in the canoe all of whom-were drowned. The river O enl:
is as broad as from Le .Fever point to Tagrin point, Sierra
Leone, or above four miles. 'There was a ' hbiek man, a
slave, who will saved from the canoe. 'This black man spoke:-
the F'oulah language, and was a :love to.a Foula,h,Man. When,
Duneanno left Yaourie, this man was still in Massa, . but he
knows nothing More of him. Puncanno asserted positively that!
no person ii-oin Park's vessel landed, at Birnie,Yaourte; that the,
Black wasthe only individual wed, awl lthat that man only;
was left at'lloussa. The people oft iiiiustia weht,in canoes to
'this " bad place" in the flyer, ' where Perk'S vessel was+
broken, and where he was Ilfowned, and some expert divers,
dived into the stream and picked up twelve piatole and two
long musquets. " Plenty id people'. '. went fioni Birnie fawn.,
rte to Boussa to see the, \Steck after the. King of Boussa had -
sent to the King of Yatiurte to inform him of the disaster.--..
Park informed the bliielc man who was ,in the , boat that its
a week :or two he shotild carry him with sthe canoe into .s
4, great Ocean," where the water was salt ! . Titus far the'
simple narrative. It beam the stamp of truth, upon it, and
it is untfossibleto reflect upon.the catastrophe, without feelinga
of the deepest sorrow. and regret,•at tho enterprising traveller
when he was so near completing .his labour,-anti. reapingthe
'ettru
reward of till his toils. Variouisacectints, obtain iho
our present'thannel of.inf tFroation, 41Zree in;stating' that f'ront
below Bausso9.llenin this riyertiktiilll and ' 'tMb. and, broalL e
and navigable.. - - . - ,'••-

51NG1Y.44.4 I NCI DE'N'iT:r; 41, young ',Frenchman
.
having hati.the misfortune to itikfaikliitiotlied -Aft the eery
eve of his marriage, believed hertiw best.,Ar ; evirrtnigittz, 11l
her bridal dress, To convince him of di* ' Id tl4l' ,11" e"
his friends having dressed a twin .sfsier of itIPPR" In h
i4l
dititi,recisely similar to that of her ill-fated'xisteci placed hers
at the foot' of the widowed bridegroom's t164444mt1Y at the
• hour he said the spirit came. He looked up, and imme"°
1Y
exclaiming, " Good heavens ! here are tiro of them," fell back
upon his pillow and expired.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From' the Mooriteur. )
ORDINANCE OF THE KING.

4. CHARLES, by the Grace of God, King of
France and Navarre.
On the Report of our Minister the Secretary
of State for the War Department, we have or-
dered and do order us follows:
" Art. 1. Our well-beloved grandson the
Duke de Bordeaux is named Colonel-General of
the Swiss guards.
" 2. There are.to be attached to the person of
the Colonel-General as Titular Aides-de-Camp,
Major Generals Baron de Gady, Baron Vasserot
do Vincy, Count Courten,nud Colonel Graffen-
vied de Blonay.
ig 3. Honorary Aide-de-Camp, Forestier.
" 4. The former Staff Major-General of the
Swiss Guards is to-remain.

" 5. Our Secretary •of State' for the War De-
partment is charged with the execution <of the
present ordinance.
"Given at our Chateau of -St. Cloud, the
the 28th September, in the year of Grace
1824, and the first of our reign.
" CHARLEs."
The Duke of I3eja sets off to-rnerroAv with his
suite for Vienna.
The re-entry of all the classesdn•nll the Col-
leges of the Academy •of Paris is fixed for Mon-
flay, the 4th instant.
The Royal Council of Public 'lnstruction has
decided, that on occasion Of the accession of
Charles X. a holiday shall ber granteti in the .first
fortnight `of this month.
(From the Journal des Debate of Saturday.)

PAM., OCT. 2.—We have abstained, that we might not in-
terfere with present affliction and present joy, to raise any
question on the Censorship, and to endeavour tv find out the mo-
tives for the error committed by the Ministry, which had recourse
to a measure so contrary to public opinion and the French chit

racier. Legitimate liberty is generous, because she is strong.

But the imprudent partizans of The Alinisters have broken the
- silence which the policy of their employers should have imposed
on them ; they pretend to inform us' what were the important
circumstances which occasioned the establishment of the Censor-
ship ; they point out the persons who, according to them; have
procured the Ordinance to restore the liberty of the press. 7,.1n
this proceeding there is a most disguSting indecency, and
even anattack against the principles of legitimacy, and of eon-
stitutional liberty. 'The hnportunt circumstances now pointed
out asweeasioaing • the establishment eif 'the Censorship ht.ethe
of 'ecting event for. which all France is now in mourning. -Do
not these writers perceive what anti-national, anti-royalist.sen-
timents they attribute to the Ministers, in supposing them to
entertain such injurious .suspicions of the loyalty and delicacy
of the French. They thought, it appears, there were French.
men capable of profiting, by ainoment olgeneral consterna-
tion, to propagate revolutionary doctrines, and expose the prin.
ciples of legitimacy to danger. They had so little confidence
then in the intelligence of the nation, as to suppose it likely to
be agitated by such miserable attempts. •!They were-wrong.
The opinions of all parties would have cruebed witlruniversal
ccntempt any journal which could have been so mhd and so
pious as to disturb the 'last moments of the "Father of his
Country: If the sickness othis'Majesty was The true reasolvof
establishing the Censorship, the Ministers; •by provoking and
promised scanditiouaofinro9gtiiiW,lrtti TiVilitlll;),M
Sovereign hold the language of faliehood. For this Ordinance
gives as a motive " the jnrisprUdence willch has just been ad-
mitted by the Tribunals with regard to an existence, in right,
and in fact, of the Journals:" 'We .know that this motive
was only a•pretext, but it is for the -Ministers. openly to say,
that they slipped into at 'Royal Ordinance, a• frivolous and
unfounded allegation—an allegation which was, moretwer,
useless, for with a good conscience and a sentiment of loyalty,
they would have Said, " In consequence of important cir..
cumdances rnhich will be communicated in the two Chambers."
To what does it serve now to substitute for a pretext—absurd
and insulting to the Tribunals—another which is absurd and
insulting to the whole nation ? On the lrith of August, -Mini-
sters wounded the honour of the Magistrates, and on'the3Oth
of September they wounded the honour of all' France ; and all
this to prevent the avowal of a truth known to all the would—'
an avowal which escapes at every minute in spite, of them.
Who is there, in fact, who does not know that the sole motive
of the Ministers was the fear inspired by sonic articles in
Itoyalist Journals, and their inability to reply t ()Them ? These
are the important circumstances which they attempt to disguise
in so many incoherent and contradictory ways. But this.finesse
his attobject in view still more blameable. 'The partisans of
Ministers dare to pretend that we ought ..to be thankful to the
Administration- for having supported for two years the liberty
of the press, and for restoring it to us, after suspending it six
weeks. What unbecoming and unconstitutional language t An
Administration supporting far two years the execution of that
articleof the Charter which guarantees to the citisons the right
of publishing their opinions, being responsible to the law ! An
Administration which hark suspended this liberty, not for six
weeks, but till the meeting of the Chambers, that is to say,
for as long a space as possible (six or seven months), asks our

praise for its goodness, because it has been obliged to give up
the melancholy pleasure of speaking alone ! This, will deceive
nobody. We have to thank the King. Full of a noble eon&
• deuce, he measures the hearts of the French by his own heart,
and he gives us a right which he knows we shall only employ
for his service, and for the defence of his crown. We must
return thanks to the King then, And it, is to him that we shall
endeavour,to,prostit our respectful andlincere gratitude. The
Ministers alone bane done the mischiefi, and the: King-alone has
•
• - done the good.
• Though we were not perMittetl; during the-reign of the Can.
ttorship, to print the muted the illttstrious author of Delo Mon:.
asepsis scion la Chark, our readers are certainlynot ignorant,
title two or three .days-after the publication of the Ordinance
e,August, ill, M.' de Chateauhriand, always ready to de-
fend the public liberties, the immortal work of the departed
Monarch; published a pamphlet, entitled 'De la Censure.
This noble and generous work, in spite of the obstacles
thrown in•ite way 4 the subalterns of administration, has sold
10,000 copies. To.morrow the Noble Peer publishes another
.pernphlet, the tied Or which is De l'Abolition de la Censure,
which will form a sequel to the other.
%icy of inforWe take the opportu-
aling our readers, that i the last eight or ten
slays, same English Journal's,
Imre filled their cam and •Ipalintleularly 'The Courier,
calumny diatribes orabsurd stories against
hl. de Chateauhrian"
slur pitver
entitled
rope Caurfer, indeed, .even pretends
Roi est Mort r Rae lc. Kai honoured
btthe most "Rue Itegalssnofttleotnid
jeslotre7ho'dy by Its proud
Anti menacing tone,
olyiri--consorsilip m.4leiliTatau.
.briand's Pamphlet on hsls
most WOO' Mime?, because, under the Cen beenle)Pth to in 4
not reply ft) hit? the Parisian Journals, for &sr I)lifilistnnapYnwrlTitng
the work that was attacked. Let us now hal
field of t:ttele more neble
1/ it is tO:
be combated; It will be done on a
.and, above all, more French.
.BEttr.tk, 5err..23.-41IS Majesty has addressed the follow-. Yi
ing Cabinet Order to the Regency o ' beignitz— " During my
..stay in Silesia, .I had so many motives for setisfactionAthatl

cannotleave tide province without expressing my pleasure at
the state of the country, on the progress of civilization, and on
the good order every where remarked. I have, in particular,
heard with pleasure of the zeal which the States, the Circles,
and the Towns have shewn to improve the Landwelir, the ap.
' pearance of which gave me4reat satisfaction. I appretinte these
sacrifices so much the more, because 1 am not ignorant that cir-
cumstances, which It is impossible to.remedy, subject the coun-
try to several embarrassments; but`in them 'I see a proof that
the advantages of an Institution so important to the welfare
of the State are fully felt. I charge the Regency to make these
sentimenttknown-inits district,and to thank the inhabitants for
the proofs of their attachment to my person.and family, which,
they every where displayed. I express my satisfaction with
the Regency itself, and with all parts of the Administration,
for the favottrable.result of their activity.

" FREDERICK WILLIAM.
•
" Breidau, Sept. 15, 1824."
( From the Courier Francais.).
" PARIS, OCT. 2.—The Abbe de la !Vienna's has returned
from his journey beyond the Alps; and though lie has un-
doubtedly received some pleasure from it, he also suffered some
tribulation. He was near enjoying, at the island of Capri, all
the pleasures of arbitrary government, which he has so often
praised in his journal. Not having a passport, he was taken
for a Carbonaro in disguise, and the Commissary of Police
would not set him at liberty-till he was ordered by the tiovern-.
ment. It was necessary that a young French artist, whom
thence brought acquainted with ill. de la Alennais, should take
a boat and go over to Naples for an order to set the Abb.' at li-
berty, who, thanks to the zeal of his companion, was released
after 24 hours' detention.
They write horn Britsea,--of September 15, that a man of the
name of Nicora, who was sentenced to two years imprison-
ment, for the involuntary homicide of a young girl, has escap-
ed from Corsica by means of a Sardinian passport. His escape
makes a great noise, and those who should have prevented his
embarkation are accused of negligence, because it is said they
had received information of.what was to happen. By not tak-
ing precautions to prevent .the escape of condemned persons,
people are exposed, in this Island, to hereditary hatreds. By
interrupting the course-of justice the goverment exposes it.
self to force the Corsicans to murder one another, to satisfy a
, point of honour, which is among them as sacred as duelling in
France.

( From ailignanrs Messenger of Saturday.)

PA Is, 2.—The manufactories of Alsace have for some
time been remarkably active, on account of the demand for
America, to which country the exports within two months
have been very considerable. This demand has occasioned
calicoes, and other cotton goods, to rise nearly 25 per cent.
The workmen can scarcely manufacture articles in sufficient
abundance to meet the demand.

Mariam, SEPT. 22.—Althotigh twelve days have elapsed
since the arrival of 31. &m in this capital, he has not yet been
to his Majesty, to transmit to him the important communica.
dons with which he is said to charged, in consequence of the
conferences which have taken place at Paris between the French
Government and the Ambassatiors,of the High Powers. This
delay, upon an object of such high importance, assumes in vul-
gar eyes the appearance of an indifference, which would be al-
together inexplicable, if the administration in Spain was not
completely different to what it is in every other country in Eu-
rope.. it is undoubtedly in consequence of these inconceivable
delays that nothing has transpired 'relative to what has been
done, or will be done, with respect to it new foreign loan. Ne-
vertheless, much is said upon this subject, and the following
statement upon the negociationa that have taken place is much
. more probable than any other. Upon arriving at Paris from
London, M. Zea-Bermudez had conferences with Messrs.
of Frankfort, Naples, and Paris, from which resulted
a proposition on the part of those gentlemen to contract for a
loan of 400,000,000 fr., of which one4ifth alone at the fixed rate
of fifty-eight per cent. and four.fifths• to be negociated for the
Government, payable in twenty.fourmonths, with an anticipa-
tion of 60,000,000 fr. between the present time and December 31.
However, in making this verbal proposition, Messrs. de R.—
begged of .51. Zea the time necessary to go to London, to con-
fer with their elder brother previous to.making the written pro-
position. But this elder brother of the four houses was against
entering into any negociation with Spain.
Messrs. de R— returned to Paris. Having gone too far
with 1.11. Zen to make an abrupt retreat, without presenting a
proposition analogous to the first i they began by explaining
that upon the 00,000,000 fr. offered in advance, they intentle
that they should pay to France what Spain. was indebtett to her,
namely :
For payment of the account agreed on '34,000,000 fr.
'For the subsidy of '2,000,000 of francs per mouth
for the support of the army up to Dec. 81 24,000,000
'Total . • .58,080',000-
What Spain, by her transaction; with England
in 111:23, promised to pay as indemnities to
, English subjects : 10;000,000

'Total - 68,000,000 fr.
By this proposition the negociatlon was broken off.
Ifut its M. Lea had stopped a long time at Paris for the nego.
elation, and it was disagreeable to return to4ipaitr with such a
disapp,intinent, conferences were renewed in the last moments
of his stay, and M. Zea carried with him a note. from Messrs.
upon chat could be done. The issue of su many fruitless
attempts, it would seem, ought to produce a conviction that it
is impossible to raise a loan at a higher rate than,(ls per cent.,
of which :to in bonds of the loan of the Cortes, and 35 in
money. The chances of opportunity have also gone,by. The
fever,•or mania, for loans, has diminished. in England. The.
losses suffered with Spain, and the loans of the New American
States, have opened the eyes of bondholders.
FRENCH FUNDS —P,lnts, Oct. 2.—Five per Cents. opened
at 1011. 00c.; closed at 1011. 00e. ; Bank Stock,;. 1,940 ; }lento
d'Espagne, 184 ; Royal Spani‘h Loan, 1112.3, 57 ; Exchange
on London, one month, 251. 15c. ; three ditto, 25f.--(Ceari
Authenague.

G It E E C E.

( From Me Agent of Me Greek Committee.)

NAPOLI DI ROMANIA, AUG. order to
affiird time to the Executive and Legislative Bodies to make
their arrangements, 1 have been absent for a few days at a very
delightful spot within 8 or 9 miles of this, the garden of Tolone;
anti on my return last night, the first news I heard were, that
the fleet of Mahomet Ali reached Rhodes about a fortnight since.
It is supposed that it merely stopped there to obtain water and
refresh the troops, after which it will either steer towards Can-
dia mitre- Mom. vls already stated, the most vigorous pre-
parations are making throughout the confederaticra, and from
all I see, it really strikes the that this grand expedition will
tend.rather to enrich than endanger the Greeks. It is besidei
of infinite importance that they should be occupied, and from
the success which has attended their last feats, I see no motive
fur alarm as to the future.
I told 11_, In my last letter to him sent through your.
self, that there were above 10 vessels bearing the English flag
in the. Egyptian fleet: the accounts on the subject are contra-
dictory,. sonic saying. there are no English vessels, while Co.;
letti, -a member of the. Government, assures me there is Alia
of more than 30, ,with the names of the Captains, in the hands
of the Executive ! I have.asked for a copy, and hope to be
able to send it.
In consequence of the deplorable state of the Ipsariots, who
have collected at Napoli di 111alvasia to the number of four
thousand, of which three•Tourths arc women and children, I
have determined to let them have IOU!. in -the name of the
Greek Committee. I. am urging the establishment of a chart.
tables' at the seat of Government ; but I will not rob the
Greeks Of their due—the idea Originates with themselves. A
subscription: tier the Ipsariots is:, also much talked of; and will
no doubt take place ; yet these are the people who are constant-
ly abused, and designated as worse than the Turks.
ZANTE, Alto. 24.—Lord Charles Murray died at Gastouni
on the 11th inst.,.and.was buried there.

Tim GREEK, MrECEWAS.—JOHN 'I74II.VAKI, a
rich Ipsariot, long estriblished. in Russia, is regarded by the
Greeks as one of their most liberal friends, not, only on lie-
: count of the large sums he has given to several public esta-
blishments, but also on Account of the money he has supplied
to contend far their independence. He was distinguished
during the war between the Russians and Turks in Ind, and,:
selling his patrimony at that • period, fitted out a privateer,
and did a great deal of mischief to the Musselmans. At
the peace' he retired very poor to St. Petersburgh, where he
found protectors and patrons. He •was appointcd'intendant
of Public Revenue at Astrucan. In this ernploymenthe grew
rich without injuring the country which ,had received him. He
hactliardly heard that the Greeks desired to improve them-
selves than to contributed large ',sums of money to establish
schools. :-He improved the harbour of Ipsara at ,an expendi
ture of '300,000 piastres. When Greece proclaimed her inde.:.
pendence, he forgot his age add infirmities, and breathed only
of the combats in which he desired to engage. Possessing 4 re,
venue of mere than 1;000,000 piastres, -he has consecrated •it to',
thd liberation of his countrymen. He is on the poin tof coming
amongst them to end hislast-days with theni.—amyrneato

CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.

Yesterday, a numerous meeting of the friends
of this institution took place at the City of London Tavern,
for.the purpose of confirming the appointment of a secretary,
with a salary, and upon other business connected with the in-
teresteoof the Society—Virst. WILLIA3I9, Esq. M.P. in the
Chair. _

Mr. Bo nwossi, one of the Directors, after some observa.
lions upon the zeal and talents of the late honorary secretary,
31r. Richardson, proposed a resolution in favour of the ap-
, pointment of that gentleman with a salary of '2OOl. a year.
Mr. COPELAND seconded the motion.
Mr. GREGORY considered the proposition equally wicked
and impolitic—wicked, inasmuch, as it was calculated to divert
the money which had been raised for poor deserving objects to
a very different purpose ; and impolitic, because it violated
economy, which he considered the vital principle of charity.—
, The appointment of a secretary with a salary stripped the So-
ciety at the power of placing 15 poor women upon the books of
die Charity, and he trusted that those benevolent individuals
Who surrounded him would give -its due weight to the objec-
tion, and unite' in the endeavour to put an end to all possibi-
lity of specillating upon the prosperity of institutions of this
kind.—(Some applause and hissing.)—To Mr. Richardson,
whose respectability and rank were well known, the sum of
2001. could be no object, while to those unfortunate persons
who were waiting in anxiety for the bounty of the Society, it
was matter °fermi' concern. The motion would, he trusted,
be negatived,,when the meeting considered that the affirmative
would turn away from the current of charity 400 annual subs
scriptions.—(A mixture of applause and hissing.)
Mr. WHEELER contended strenuously in favour of the ap-
pointment, which, he said, was deeply due to Mr. Richardson,
and the refusal of which would be an act of the grossest injus-
tice to that gentleman, whose services had added so immensely
to. its numbers and respectability. When first Mr. Richardson
accepted the office of secretary, the difficulties he bad to con-
tend with were very great. The number of subscribers amount-
ed:to no more than 180, and they had found serious impedi-
ments to increase, but those impediments were removed by the
intervention of Divine Providence, who directed them to a per-
son qualified in every respect to benefit the institution. Whe-
ther or not he hail fulfilled the expectations of those by whom
he 'had been appointed, was well known to the public; but
perhaps it was not equally well known that it was owing to
hisixertions that the subscribers increased from 100 to 6,000
(loud applause); that he had not only devoted a great part of
his oWneime, which was his stock in trade, to the interests of
the Society, but actually bestowed the attention and labour of
his clerks upon the duties of the office. He (Mr. Wheeler) was
not personally acquainted with Mr. Richardson, hut he knew
him to be entitled by the most undeniable claims to the situa-
tion of secretary with the salary.
Mr. TITTERTONIR Director) stated that he had suggested
to the board of Directors the propriety of rewarding the exer-
tions of Mr. 'Richardson, by whom the business of the Insti-
tution was transacted with incredible rapidity and correctness.
In the space of half an hour 400 claimants, it was ascertained.
had been paid in consequence of his admireble arrangements.
(Applause.)—The other sex were pointed at by Mr. Gregory
in rather an uncantlid manner. The exclusion of 15 women
was selected as an argument against the appointment, and was
certainly calculated to give an unfair hnportance to the pro-
posed measure. 'But the way to view the question was, to ask
how much had been gained by Mr. Richardson's labours, and
to place one sum against the other. How could the Society
expect, that after a five years and a half's attention to it with.
out recompense of any kind, a man could continue to labour
upon the same terms P It might as well be expected that a
man would be clerk in the Bank or in the East India-house
gratis.—(Applause and laugher.)
Mr. Cttoox said, that an advertisement had appeared in
The Timer newspaper of the 29th of September, calling upon
those persons who objected to the appointment of a Secretaryo
with a salary, to attend the meeting of the City of London Ge-
neral
the advertisement, and asked whether It would not have been
much more fair and honourable, to advertise for the members
been
Pension Society, on the 4th of October. lie then read
not to come and object without hearing, but to conic and hear,
and ascertain, whether they were hound to vote for or against
the proposition.—(Applause.)—lle would beg leave to ask,
whether it was not extremely unfair to put such an advertise-
ment as that he had read into a great public print. The
object of it was palpable, anti he should wish to be in-
formed by the Gentleman who opposed the appointment, whe-
ther he was the person to whom the meeting were indebted for
the advertisement. Mr. 'Crook concluded with observing, that
it would be most unconscionable to call upon Mr. Richardson,
after he had for so long a period served the Society gratuitous-
ly, to continue to do so, after the Institution had so extensively
improved under his superintendence.
Sir PET Eit LAURIE said, that if the Society had been set
going by Mr. Richartition at the commencement, he should be
diaposod to give it the epithet of a job; but the fact was, the
former secretary was not capable of performing the duties, and
the performance of the duties fell upon Sir. Richardson, who
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Richardson.
Mr. STEPHENs was of opinion that it was not the most eco-
nomical plan to be converting honorary secretaries into salaried
secretaries. An honorary secretary was considerably above a
secretary ; he had a power which a salaried Secretary could
not dream of wielding, and the question was, whether he
would become the sort of person which a society could wish,
upon being paid fin. his exertions, and whether that sort
of controul could he exercised over him which it was nem-
eery for a society to maintain over its servant. He (Mr. Ste.
phens) did not mean to oppose this proposition but he certainly
thought that it was a practice worthy of being discountenanced,
to make a man an honorary secretary, and after a service of two
oor three years, to let him creep into a salary and a sinecure.—
, (A laugh anti applause.)—The town had already been informed
of the practice in other instances, and certainly under different
circumstances; and really he hoped that the thing would soon
'drop altogether. Ile confessed his prejudice towards the sort
.of-conversion to which he had alluded ; and was of opinion that
there was nothing like the honest old plan of advertising for a
• secretary, for then there would be comparison of talent, and the
.person elected would feel himself bound to attend to his duties.
The eriontaton here inthrmed the meeting that Mr. Ri-
chardson' had dropped the title of honorary secretary at the last
meeting.
A Subscriber cried out, " Ts this sum of 2001. to be annually
paid r'
Mho CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative, and that it was
to take its date from Midsummer, 1023, at which period the
title was dropped, and the appointment determined to be sub-
mitted to the great body of subscribers.
Mr. Ourotime rose to reply. Ile admitted the respectability
of Mr. Richardson.; and, in answer to the question whether
that gentleman had not merited something front the Society,
would say he certainly did. In fact, Sir. Richardson had
already received something substantial in his consciousness of
having done so much service disinterestedly, and in the nume-
rous votes of thanks which he bad received from crowded assem-
blies, for his gratuitous labours. With respect to the epithet
" honorary," lie should just make one observation. Ile feared
that sonic circumstances combined to make a new reading ne-
cessary, and that for the word " honorary," ought t.) be substi-
tuted that of" mercenary."—(l4outi disapprobation and some
laughter.)
The CliAtitmAN was obliged to call the meeting to order,
and Mr. Gregory declared that he did not mean to apply the
effensive word to •Mr. ltichardeon. He certainly thought, after
all that had been said of " honorary secretaries" lately, and
their determined object at starting, those who ever intended to
make money by serving the poor, ought to drop the distinguish-
ing title.
Mr. EVAN s was decidedly of opinion that the resolution en-
tered into at a fortner meeting, and now brought forward for
confirmation, should be rescinded, upon the ground that the
sum of 2001. would beeibliged to be withdrawn from 15 poor
women, and because the subscriptions of 333 subscribers would
be swallowed up by such appropriation of the funds. Ile was
convinced that if the salary in question were voted to the Secre.
tary, the Society would sustain fatal injury in the defection of
the great mass of f the subscribers. Ile for one would with-
draw from it,
as he could not permit so unwarrantable an app.
propriation of his money. He trusted that his example would
be followed by many others, convinced as he was that this was
the best way to dispose of " honorary" secretaryships. The
female subscribers, in particular, he looked to for approbation
of his amendment, which he then moved to the effect of refus.
'
ingthe salary.
A Oentleman said, on the part of some ladies who were
present,
that the original mot,
(Applause.) had . their 'full support.—
The question on the amendment was then put, and four
hands were held up. The original motion was then carried by
acclamation.

A ballot .waaimmediately called for:loudly by the opponents
to the motion for the appointment, and

Mr. T. Wu sow, M.P., rose .to rdeprecate the attempt:to
sow dissension in, anti occasion expence to, the Society, by the
proposition to proceed to -a .ballot. lie represented also the
total absurdity of doing NO, the numbers being, he said, -so
disproportionate as-to:leave not the slightest doubt of the deter.
minauon of the majority.
The CHAIR 31.4 w, in reference to the laws of the Society, de.
dared that the ballot (if any were determined upon) must take

place upin the spot, and the votes were to be calculated from
the number of votes to which each individual was entitled by
the amount of his subscription. Now there was one gentle-
man in his eye who would support the original motion, whose
vote would outnumber those of all who opposed it.
This inforhiation concluded the business. The salary is de-
clared settled, and the Chairman having expressed his satisfac-
tion the Meeting proceeded to the other affairs.
This Meeting most strongly proved that there is a feeling
against the formation of societies fur the benefit of the officers
now on the spread in the city.