The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-25 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1810.

LONDON and WESTMINSTER MU-
TUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 445, West.

Strand.

PATRON—The Most Noble the Marquis of WESTMINSTER

CnAntriAN-TDAVID SAIOINIONS, Esq.

This Association is founded on the principle of the Equitable
Society, modified so as to distribute the surplus profits equally
amongst the Assured.
The Board of Directors meet every Tuesday at Eleven
o'Clock ; but assurances may be effected, if required, on any
other day. Attendance is daily given at the Office, 448, West
Strand, between the hours of Ten and Four, where Tables of
Rates, and every information may be obtained.
FRANCIS EWART. Secretary.

MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY
TENDERS FOR LOANS.

The DIRECTORS or the MIDLAND COUNTIES RAIL-
WAY are prepared to receive TENDERS for the REMAIN-
ING PORTION of the LOAN which they are empowered
by their Act of Parliament to raise on Interest at the rate of
Five per Cent. per Annum, for any term net less than three
years. Interest to be paid half-yearly.
The Tenders are to express the sums, and the term of years
for which the same are proposed to remain.
App'ications to be addressed to Mr. Pattesen, 13, George-
street, Mansion House, London ; Mr. S. Woods, jun., :3, In-
dia-lsuildings, Liverpool ; Mr. Ashworth, 57, Back King-
street, Manchester ; and to the Secretary, at the Office of the
Company, High-street, Leicester.
By Order,
Leicester, Jan. 16, 1240. .1. F. BELL, Secretary.

TAONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL
WAY COMPANY.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the neat HALF-YEARLY
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY,
will be held, pursuant to the Act of Incorporation, on THURS-
DAY, 30th January, 1540, at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, at One o'clock precisely, when Five Members of
the present Direction, viz.—Donald Maclean, Esq , M. A.
Goldsmid, Esq., Richard Heavyside, Esq., Thomas Sinclair
Robinson, Esq., abd Risbert Sutton, jun., Esq., will go out of
office ; and whb, being duly qualified, offer themselves for Re-
Election ; and at Which meeting certain Shares upon which
the Second and Third Calls have not been paid, and have been
in consequenee thereof declared forfeited, under minutes of the
Board of Directors of the 6th December, 1838, and the 28th
March, 1839, will be submitted for confirmation of such
forfeiture.

The Transfer Books of this Company will be closed on
Thursday the 16th, and remain shut until the 31st day of
January.
Under provision of the Act, no person can vote at this
meeting who shall not have paid all the Calls due.
JOHN HARMAN, Chairman.
THOS. WOOD, Secretary.
London and Brighton Railway Office, 10, Angel-court,
Throgmorton-street, '2AI Jan., 1840.
Section 151. "Provided always, and be it further enacted,
that no person shall be entitled to vote as the proxy of any
person or corporation as aforesaid, sinless the instrument ap-
pointing such proxy shall have been transmitted to the secre-
tary or clerk of the said company, five days at least before
the holding of the meeting at which such proxy is intended
to be used."
pLYMOUTH, PEN
FRYN IRON

CREBACI 1, and DUF
COMPANY.

Capital, 400,0001. ; in 8,000 Shares of 501. each.
DIRECTORS.
Henry C. Bingham, Esq. I Richard Hill, Esq.
Samuel Bosanquet (of East Anthony Hill, Esq.
Wooihay), Esq. John Mullett, Esq.
John Dixon, Esq. Henry Luard, Esq.
Charles Franks, Esq. John Nichol], Esq., M.P.
MANAGING DIRECTOR IN Losnos.—John Dixon, Esq.
MANAGING DIRECTORS IN TIIE COUNTRY.
Richard Hill, Esq. Anthony Hill, Esq.
13ANKEtts—Messrs. Bosanquet and Co.

Somerrous—Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and Co.
The Plymouth, Pentrebach, and Duffryn Iron Works, at
Merthyr Tydvil, in the county of Glamorgan, are amongst the
earliest of the great Iron Works established in South Wales,
and during a period of above fifty years have been the property
of, and constantly conducted by Messrs. Richard and Anthony
Hill and their late father, on an extensive scale, and with very
considerable advantage.
Messrs. Hill, being desirous of disposing of these works, have
entered into a provisional agreement with the other Gentlemen
above named as the Directors of a Company proposed to be
formed to carry on the works, to sell the same for the sum of
327,000/., possession being given on the Ist of May next. The
value of the works, &c., as estimated by Mr. William Need-
ham, an experienced ironmaster, employed by those Directors
on behalf of the proposed Company, was 384,33/.
The Works are in complete repair, and in full and profitable
employment, and will, by the Ist of May, he capable of produc-
ing annually 25,000 tons of bar iron, for which there is an
ample supply of minerals upon the property; and judging
from their present capabilities, and from past experience, it is
calculated that the profit on the purchase money of 327,0001.
will be equal to 101. per cent. per annum.
'The undertaking is offered 10 the public as a permanent in-
vestment of capital ; and, as the Company will be in receipt of
the profits of the Works from the Ist of May, a considerable
dividend upon the invested capital may be expected at the end
of the first year, and regularly afterwards.
Messrs. Hill agree to continue in the management of the
Works for at least two years, from the 1 st of May.
The capital requisite to complete the first payment for the
Works, and to carry on the business, will amount to 200,000/.,
which is to be paid by the Shareholders as follows, viz.:—

121. I Os. per Share on allotment, or within fourteen days
afterwards.

121. 10s. per ditto on the 15th April next.
The remainder of the capital to be paid as and when the Di-
sectors shall require it, in calls not exceeding Si. per Share at
the utmost, and at intervals of six calendar months each.

A Prospectus, containing full particulars, and copies of Mr.
Needham 's Report, may be had at the Offices of Messrs.
Swain, Stevens, and Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, and
No. 10, Whitehall and Co.,essrs. Baxendale and Co., 7, Great
Winchester-street, and No. 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields.

Applications for Shares must be made on or before the Ist of
February, fall instructions as to which will be found in the
prospectus.
The prospectus, and Mr. Needham's Report, may also be
had at the following places :
Messrs. Yates and Cox, Liverpool.
Messrs. J. Edington and Sons, Glasgow.
Messrs. W. and J. Leechman, Glasgow:
Messrs. Classon and Duggan, Dublin.
Messrs. Ward, Merriman, and Co., bankers, Marlborough.
Messrs. Jones and Co., solicitors, Brecon.
The Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr Tydvil.
The 'Plymouth Wharf, Cardiff.
Mr. William Steward, Iron Ore Office, Whitehaven.
Messrs. J. W. and 0. Whateley, solicitors, Birmingham.
Thomas Taffiey Harding, Esq., solicitor, Manchester.
At the Banks of Messrs. Wilkins and Co., Merthyr, Brecon,
Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, and Llanelly.
Mr. Edmund Saxby, No. 6, Telford-terrace, Herne Bay.
Messrs. Rossall and Charnley, Lancaster.
William Glasson, Esq., Greenbank, Falmouth.
Collan Harvey, Esq., St. Day's, Truro.
Messrs. Phippen and Craven, solicitors, Bristol.
Charles Hassell, Esq., solicitor, Brif tol.
Messrs. Buller and Co., Southampton.

Life Assurance may be effected for North and South America,
for the East Indies, for any of the British Colonies or Garrisons,
fey a continued or an especial Maritime Risk, for the Whole of
Life, or for the duration of any Military, Civil, or Diplomatic
Duty.

Four-fifths of the Profits are divided among the Assured,
whether at home or abroad.

HENRY P. SMITH, Actuary.

Eagle Insurance Office,
3, The Crescent, Blackfriars, London.

NEW DISCOVERY.

NV- AND J. WALTON beg to call the at-
• tention of the Public to PRICE'S PATENT
COMPOSITE CANDLES, which require NO SNUFFING.
These economical Candles possess all the essential pro-
perties of Wax, giving a light equally brilliant and as effec-
tually consuming the wick, at only Is. per lb., or Its. per
dozen. Also, Stearine Whx, 165., and Cocoa-Nut Candles
10s. per dozen ; Double-pressed Cocoa-Nut Oil, ss. 9d. ; and
Single-pressed ditto, 4s. 6d. per gallon. Both equal to Sperm
in their burning properties. For Cash.
To be obtained at W. and J. WALTON'S Candle Manu-
factory, 20 and 21, Little Britain, near the new Post-office.
One pound packets for sample.

Duting the late severe weather, a man of 87
years of age, who was a public beggar, was found dead in his
room, at Orleans, and the medical men who examined the body
declared that the death was occasioned by cold, the room, which
was much exposed, having been without fire. On opening a
little cupboard, the authorities were astonished at finding that
this man, who had denied to himself the means of supporting
life, had possessed sufficient wealth to purchase all the comforts
of existence. Independently of several titles of investments,
nearly 9,000 f. in five-franc pieces were found in bags, and a
basket was filled with bards, the fi uits of his recent collections.
A nephew of the deceased, who was present, and who had not
entertained the slightest suspicion that his relative was so well
off, was, of course, much delighted at the discovery.
NAMES OF STREETS.—A correspondent of the
Post suggests that the sole power of naming streets, &c., should
be left to the different district surveyors, who should be enjoined
not to allow the same name to be used twice over. He says,
" It would be no exaggeration to say that Christian names have
furnished one-tenth of the squares, streets, lanes, and alleys,
of the metropolis. There are above 50 John-streets, and as
many Charles-streets. Charlotte is given to upwards of 30,
and George to no less than 75 places in London. The royal
appellation of William is by no means scarce. The name of
her present Majesty has been pressed into the service' for
numberless streets, so that the loyalty of the motive will hardly
excuse the confusion it creates. Next to the Sovereign comes
the Church, which occurs upwards of 50 times, while new and
old have been hackneyed until the forme' has become the latter
over and over again."
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.—At a shooting
party at Llanerchydol, on Monday last, four guns killed one
hundred and forty-two head of game, viz.—eighty-one hares,
five rabbits, the remainder pheasants and woodcocks.— Salopian
Journal.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 21, 1840.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and ap-
point Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, Knight Com-
mander of the Most Honourable Alilitary Order of the Bath, to
be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Order.

WHITEHALL, JAN-. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland nominating, presenting, and appointing the
Rev. Henry Pep) s, 8.D., to the Bishopric of the Isle of Man
and Sodor, void by the translation of the Right Rev. Father in
God Dr. James Bowstead to the See of Lichfield.

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 24.
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant the Hon.
H. S. Blackwood, from the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Mitchell, who exchanges, Jan. 24.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards--Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. E. Stopord, from the half-pay of the 22d Light Dra-
goons, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice H. Army-
tags, who exchanges, Jen. 24,
Lieutenant and Captain F. Paget to be Captain and Lieute-
nant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Stopford, who retires, Jan. 24.
Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. C. Grimston to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice Paget, Jan. 24.
Ensign C. L. Cocks, from the 54th Foot, to be Ensign and
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grimston, Jan. 24.
Scots' Fusilier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. G. Moncrieffe, to
be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hornby,
who retires, Jan. 24.
Ensign and Lieut. M. P. Drummond. to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice Moncrieffe, Jan. 24.
Lord G. Fitzgerald to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Drummond, Jan. 24.
12th Regiment of Foot—J. C. Bloomfield, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilson, who retires, Jan. 24.
14th Foot—Ensign R. W. Romer to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice 'lleitis, promoted, Jan. 24.
36th Foot —Qurtermaster W. Stuart, from the Royal Afri-
can Colonial Corps, to be Quartermaster, vice Wakefield, ap-
pointed to the 71st Regiment of Foot, Jan. 24..,
43d Foot—Ensign the Hon. P. E. Herbert, from the 44th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Cholmondeley, promoted, Jan. 24.
44th Foot—F. Shelton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Herbert, appointed to the 43d Foot, Jan. 24.
71st Foot—Quartermaster W. Wakefield, from the 36th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice T. Creighton, who retires
upon half-pay, Jan. 24.
84th Foot—Lieut. W. M. Mitchell, from the 17th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Blackwood, who exchanges,
Jan. 24.

Royal African Colonial Corps—Sergeant F. 13. Shaw, from
the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Quartermaster, vice Stuart,
appointed to the 36th Foot, Jan. 24.
UNATTACIIED.—Lieut. H. Bertles, from Adjutant of a
Recruiting District, to be Captain, without purchase; Lieut.
J. Mellis, from the 14th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase,
Jan. 24.
STAFF—Lieut. D. Hanson, from the 13th Light Dragoons,
to be Adjutant of a Recruiting District, vice Bertles, promoted
Jan. 24.

MEMORA xnum.—The Christian names of Ensign llalfhide,
of the 49th Foot, are Charles Alexander, and not Robert
Sampson, as stated in the Gazette of the 21st June, 1839.
Captain W. Briggs, upon half-pay Unattached, has been
allowed to retire from the Service, with the sale of an Un-
attached company, he being about to become.a settler in New
South Wales, lan. 24.

Til ON EY MARKET and CITY NEWS

(FRIDAY EVENING.)
TIME S —What was surmised yesterday seems to be
pretty generally adopted to-day as correct—that the Bank
of England had made some considerable progress at least
in the settlement of their engagements abroad, before is-
suing the late order for the reduction of the rate of interest.
In effecting that purpose they have had to sustain a power-
ful action upon them by the merchants of Paris and other
great cities of the continent, who have not only contrived
to influence the exchanges, but to keep down the price of
gold itself, so as to render any form of payment that could
be adopted a disadvantage to the Bank. It was foretold,
and the result seems to prove it, that the operation must,
under the very best management, become a costly one to
them. Remittances to Paris to the amount of 500,0001.
in gold are said to have taken place in the present week
for the account of the Bank of England, and which it is
conjectured will nearly close that account.
The impulse given to the Consol Market by the Bank
notice of yesterday has not been kept up. There has been
a slight re-action to-day, and the Market looked generally
flat, especially at the latter part of the day. Very little
business was done. The closing quotations were 011 to
for money, and 911 to for the account. Exchequer
bills are well sustained, and left off at 18s. to 20s. prem.
The returns of the cotton trade in France, just made for
the year 1839, offer in their general features the same results
as in this country. The arrivals during the last year were
342,100 bales against 390,978 for 1838, or 48,878 less in
the former than in the latter year. The quantity taken out
for consumption and export in 1839 is stated at 329,100
bales, against 392,478 for 1838, or a diminution of
63,378 bales. The stocks on hand on the 31st of
December last are calculated at 75.000 bales, whereas
at the corresponding period of 1838 they were only
62,000, and at the same time in 1837, 63,500. The quan-
tity taken in the ports for consumption or exportation
during the last four amounts to 1,440 bales, giving an
average yearly of 360,000 bales. Deducting from this
the portion taken for export to Switzerland; Germany,
&c., estimated at about 40,000 bales yearly, the real con-
sumption in the cotton manufactories of France will
average 320,000 bales a year, or 26,500 per month. The
decrease of consumption has been rateably the same in
all the cotton districts there. Thus the proportion of de-
crease of cotton supplied from Havre last year was equal
to 56,000 bales ; from Marseilles, 3,000 ; from all other
ports, 5,000. The opinion generally obtains in France,
that notwithstanding the greater stock of cotton on hand,
and the largeness of the crop in course of shipment
from the United States, the prices of cotton will not be
materially affected so long as they remain at mode-
rate quotations ; for the increased consumption by
the manufacture this year, which last year was so much
checked on account principally of the forced advance in
prices of the raw material, would, it was considered, freely
absorb the additional imports which might be expected.
unless there should be an extraordinary accumulation of
stock in the markets. There was reason to believe that
money would become much easier in trade, and the return
of confidence from that cause would serve to stimulate the
consumption,

.
Some country correspondents have desired to obtain,
through this journal, further information relative to the
report lately made by the directors of the London Joint-
Stock Bank to the Proprietors. To sum up their remarks
as briefly as possible, they may be stated to be—l. That
among the assets separate amounts should be given for "bills
discounted," "loans to customers," and "cash in the bank,"
instead of placing the whole in a single sum; 2. That
in stating the " expenses" included in the sum of
10,2631. 9s. 4d., there should have been a separation
of the items, but particularly that of bad debts ;3. That
a distinct account should have been given of any debts due
from Canada or from the United States, or secured by the
stock of loans raised in those countries ; 4. That some
better reason should be assigned why it was determined to
issue new shares, instead of calling for a portion of amount
still due on the existing shares. Such inquiries are made
with great propriety by shareholders in joint-stock compa-
nies residing at a distance, who will insure more regular
management at head-quarters, when it is seen that they are
able, and take the trouble, to judge for themselves. All
such accounts should certainly be given more in detail
than they are at present, were it only to prove to the
world that the bad example set in this respect by some of
the American banks is not meant to be followed in this
country.

POST.—The reduction yesterday by the Bank Er-
rectors of their rate of discount from 6 to 5 per cent. per
annum has necessarily provoked a good deal of discussion
among commercial men in the city ; we do not, however,
discover that there is any disposition to find fault with the
proceeding. If the French Government should succeed
in effecting a reduction of the Five per Cent. Rentes, of
which there is every prospect, the Bank of England would
have been presently compelled to take the step they have
done for reasons the most obvious, and it is clearly better
that they should be in advance of this measure, more
especially since the rate of interest in England is now
generally below that lately demanded by them ; for
it is hardly fair that the old and steady houses who
look io the Directors for accommodation at certain
periods of the year, and who have little inclination to
apply elsewhere for it, should have 1 per cent. per annum
more to pay for the discount of a bill than their neigh-
bours. Our contemporaries, of the press are perplexed
by this movement on the part of the Bank. They think it
may possibly not be justified by the result, but arc scarcely
prepared to state their opinions at alt positively and dis-
tinctly upon the subject; yet, should things go wrong
again, they claim the privilege of laying the blame at the
door of the Bank, Is if that institution could undertake to
protect the public from the consequences of insane specu-
lations in the Funds, in share 3, arid in all kinds of pro-
duce—speculations which are but too often fostered and
promoted by the press itself. We could wish that our
contemporaries would venture, as they exact the right of
descanting so freely on the conduct of the Bank Di-
rectors, to speak out boldly. Let them say at once
whether they (the Directors) have, in their opinion,
done right or not. We want to fix them to some
principle or other by which we may be able to
compare their sentiments of the present time with those
to which they may be pleased to give utterance some
six, or eight, or twelve months hence, because it is
easy to see what has been done amiss, and what might
have been better avoided, after the revelations of time are
Wore us ; and, if no opinions be hz.zarded now that the
position of the Bank is sufficiently intelligible to all, we
can give but little credit for foresight hereafter, when it
comes to be discovered, as it very probably may, that a
wiser policy might have been adopted. Our contempo-
raries are sorely puzzled. They know not what to say or
what to think of the reduction by the Directors in their
rate of discount. It may be right, or it may be very
wrong, and, should it unhappily prove the latter, they
wish not, as we have intimated, to be debarred, when the
time comes round, of the enviable privilege of declaring
such to be the fact. In the interval they take the amiable
course. They give the Directors the benefit of the doubt,
and say nothing by which they run the smallest risk of com-
mitting themselves.

HERALD.—The Money Market for commercial pur-
poses appears to have settled down very quietly. Dis-
counts on good paper have been effected this day at 41 to
53- per cent., and there is a feeling that nothing of a dis-
turbing character is at all likely to affect the value of
money at present.
On the subject of the reduction in the rate of in-
terest from 6 per cent, to 5 per cent., the generally
expressed opinion of the leading mercantile interests
is, that the Bank of England Direction have acted
correctly. Scund commercial paper is discounted at
much lower rates in many of the continental cities
than here, which, coupled with the glut of silver bullion
that prevails these, as well as the difficulty which our
merchants find in getting their orders for foreign corn com-
pleted at rates that will pay in the English markets, are
considered as secondary causes, which have also justified
the Bank Direction in their determination.
The opinion gains ground that there will be a funding
of Exchequer Bills, and the premium on them further
advanced. On this subject we have some reason to be-
lieve that though the matter has been in contemplation for
some time by our Finance Minister, still it has not been
officially communicated in quarters where the arrangement
of the conversion must be finally managed.

SUN.—We are sorry that we arc unable to announce
any improvement in the Continental exchanges. The
rates paid for bills this afternoon were again unfavour-
able in most instances to this country. The exchange on
Paris was done at 25 55 to 521, on Hamburg at 13 9
to 91, on Amsterdam at 12 21 to 12 2, and Antwerp at
12 2i,and on Frankfort at 1501.
The English securities did not close quite so firmly,
Consols for Money having dropped to 913 and for
Time to 911 ; Exchequer Bills supported, however,
the improvement to 20s. prem. ; East India Stock
touched 250, and the heavy stocks were pretty steady.
Business was not animated in the Foreign Market
after the middle of the day. Spanish Actives rose,
however, for the Account, to 26i, though the latest
price of the day was not higher than 25 ; Portuguese
New Five per Cents. were heavy to the close at 34 ;
Brazil Stock receded to 76 ; French per Four Cents.
were marked 103 f. 50c., and the Three per Cants.
dropped to 80f. 75e.
A very animated appearance was presented in the Share
Market by the dealings which took place in a large number
of the Railway Shares, especially the minor lines,which at
times of pressure are scarcely saleable. The prices paid
were generally higher than those et yesterday. There
is very little doubt but that sudden spirit of business
will not last long, as an extension of
healthy trading
operations will absorb the surplus capital afloat in the
City.

The Birmingham and Derby Shares realised 20 ;
the Birmingham and Gloucester, 16 ; the Hull and
Selby, 11 ; the Brighton 91 to 10 ; the Blackwall, ;
the Midland Counties 17, and the North Midland, 114-
discount ; the Great Western, 21 ; the New Shares, 1 ;
the Southampton, bi ; and the Birmingham Quar-
ter, 19 premium.

The Olympic Theatre has been taken by Mr.
,
Butler, the tragedian, who is now busily crnPlo3'ed in making,-
engagements for the ensuing season. lames have been
mentioned which are likely to give considerable e chtt to the
new management. Mr. Baker, late of Drury lane and the St.
James's Theatre, is selected a acting manager, and it would be
difficult to make a more judicious choice.

PRICE sd,

ROME, JAN. 14.

(FROM OCR CORRESPONDENT.)
PROPAGANDA AT ROME.—Academical Grations in forty-
three languages. . .

JAN. most interesting exhibition took place on
the Sunday, within the octave of the Epiphany. The
Students of this vast establishment are composed of youths
who were brought here from all parts of the globe to re-
ceive their education, and to qualify them to disseminate
the truths of the Christian religion in their own respective
countries. These fine youths are about one hundred in
number, and were of every clime, of every shade and
co-
lour, from the fair son of Albion to the jet-black Ethiopian.
This soul-stirring academical display commenced by the
head-scholar of the Propaganda, Mr. A. Manahan, of
New York, who pronounced with considerable elegance
of manner and diction a Latin preface; after this the other
students in their respective turns, and each in
his own native language, recited in prose or
in verse an oration in commemoration of our Saviour's
being manifested to the world by a star. A dialogue by
two Chaldeans created the greatest interest; the singular
in onation of their voice was peculiarly striking. They
also sung a hymn, which was plaintive and sweet ; there
was a mild melody in the notes that pleased the ear and
touched the heart. An Arab, from Mount Lebanon, made
a long oration; his language was energetic and quite
electrifying; his style commanding, and flowing with per-
suasive eloquence ere long his voice will resound in the
drear desert of Arabia, expounding to his tribe the Divine
Truths of the Gospel, peace and good will to all men. A
dialogue by two Chinese from the interior was most in-
teresting. They are intelligent looking youths, and of
gentle and engaging manners.
Mr. Maclntyre, from Prince Edward's Island, recited in
the Celtic, whilst orations in English, Irish, and Scotclx,
did not sully their bright name, but rather added to the
rays of that Star of the East, whose appearance was this
day so gloriously celebrated, and which will shed the light
of the Gospel into the dark and most remote recesses of
the globe, ever resplendent and triumphant.
After the recitations, which lasted several hours, the
Cardinal, Mezzofante, who speaks forty languages, con-
versed with the youths in their own native tongue, and the
Chinese appeared delighted to find one present able to
converse with them. There were present the Bishops of
Canada, Tripoli, Bagdad, Aleppo, Damascus, Smyrna,
Amena, Candyle, and several mitred Abbots ; also, the
celebrated author of the Fall of Jerusalem, and onc:, Ge-
neral of the famed Black Brunswickers, but now Akbot,
Gerard, a Monk of the Order of La Trappe the ex-King
Don Miguel, and many Cardinals and distinguished vi-
sitors were present.
The Baron General De Lapplle, a distinguished Prus.
sian officer, died a day or two ago ; he was a faithful ad-
herent of his Royal Highness the King of Prussia's
brother, who has resided at Rome many years in perfect
seclusion. The obsequies of the General took place this
morning, and although a foreigner and a Protestant, the
Roman Government ordered his remains to be attended
with military honours.