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

LONDON HIBERNIAN SCHOOLS.

There was a most numerous audience of Ladies
and Gentlemen on Saturday, at the Freemasons' Hall, to hear
the Annual Report of this Society's proceedings. Lord GA 3,1,
BIER was called to the Chair, during the absence of• laird
LANSDOWN; but at a little before one the Gallant Admiral
vacated his seat to him.

. . .
The _Report stated that the Day Schools were distributed
through the provinces of Ireland in the thllowing proportions :
Schools. Scholars.,
Ulster - - - 326 31,702
Leinster .. - 31 2,665
Connaught - - 204 18,271,
Munster - - 72 9,749
Of these, 188 ate in connection with Noblerneu and Gentle-
men resident in the country, 274 under Clergymen of the Esta.
bfished Church, 1.0 under Dissenting Ministers, 26 under
Roman Catholic Priests, and 574 without the benefit of local
superintendence. Since the last year the agents of the ,Sec:.ety
had been increased from 22 to 60, and the number of copies
issued from the Depository in the course of the year atr&ants
to 2005 English Bibles, 12,297 English and 2000 Irish 'testa-
ments, presenting an increase of 890 Bibles, and 2368 Testa-
-108,902 copies since the commencement of the institution. .
peasantr.
Testa-
ments upOn the .thstribution of last year; and a grand total of
Lord Itocitsavaor moved, and Mr. ST,ANVET, M.P. se-
conded the Resolution, that the Report then read be received,
adopted, and printed, which was carried unanimously.
Lord
per..
Lord liannast moved that the thanks of the meenng,ke pre-
sented to the Duke of Gloucester, which was seeondV3,ll.l,latat
bspeeeenchgrboTistlhyerlsorn.eptrnStield7twEh,ewnftoit
hsaaigbd:atlri
of its agents had received directions from the
many gentkroan present
At the conclusion of the Han• e been
_c)::etiielnisschmh stated: t
tat
ehaa
ett
:a:7;i
deavour to change the religious ogni,ntiittdsojoanfnr:,ehil,
man, who stated his name to be '..." the preceding -h-
-speec. , mission to make some obseryations on
a desultory, conversation, .
which he proceeded to do,
iPthewNoble Chairman, that as Mr.
took part, it was decided 0'
riber to this Institut/On he . l
, ccu d
Macdonnell was not a Subscriber whel:hwas called to order. After
ss3fectionneirs,speech, to
In the course of 3.4
Bible as a class-boOk, he prove it was
instancea the
not necessary w use the_ n
_,
d and among other
er authoritieS cited
Parish Schools of Scotia
ts on that subject by the Editor of a Morn
not be allowed to addre it-
the statements
the Bible c 4
AScotticB,sinY-
. ' ' t affirm, that
Rev. Edwaldler,inbrustaibe
man, he roust
all the Parish schools.
.
Rev. Mr. IRVING, in an animated speech, supported
The . , lie had been 'I 1 the Institution.in ,re,,..ne,
ct t and shared in the
faonder, whu
hospitah
• ty Or its peasantry ;he had partaken in the jolces and
or oi their fire si
surpassed in the middle ages, and he ei-
aloauld not hp re-
' trkiog the ignorance and unhappy manner in which their
A superstition existed there
horted all denominations of Christianslle
to support so exec ma
Society as' the pre
whichchi ldrehna
dwneor
rot been
bel)etnousguhrpt
present, Which was to destroy this fatal want of
education.—(Bear, hear!)—Thanks were• then voted to the
Chairman, and the fleeting
separated.
'ihiaeon the

FRENCH PAPERS.

[.Fr ths Etoik of May .B.]
MADRID, APRIL 30.—The Baron d'Eroles has
been proposed for the Embasy at London. His
-.Majesty will not deprive himself of his sevices
-here, and positively declared this resolution to
the Count d'Ofalta, when he spoke to him of it.
Five.millions of aite Loan of Guebhard have
surived here, which have been deposited by the
_King's.order in the Bank of
.St. Charles. Per-
snas.rvhn are well acquainted with the Ministers
affirm, that -this -sum will not be touched, being
destined for the expenses of an expedition pre-
paring at Cadiz for South America. This ex-
pedition is to consist of three frigates, with 2,500
troops, and a Commissoner is gone to Cadiz to
hasten their equipment.
'The King returned to Aranjuez the evening
before yesterday. Only two Ministers are with
bins; the others have returned to Madrid, as
well as M. Ugarte, Secretary of the Council of
StMe. The French troops that were with his
-Majesty have resumed their cantonments on the
two banks of the Tagus. These troops are the
15th•and 22d of the line, - two battalions of the
Swiss Guard, the 12th and 13th of cavalry, and
-1 SO gardes du corps, who will be reinforced by
130 others, who had remained at Madrid, and
will set.ott to-day for Aranjeuz.
• The persons confined at Roa have been in part
liberated ; the others are sent to the prisons of
Valladolid. Among the latter is the Empecinado,
who was falsely said to have been massacred:
PARIS, MAY 7.—Letters from Lisbon of the
.24th April say—" The expedition to Brazil is
decreed. It will consist of 9,000 men. The
.Commander-in-Chief will be Bernardo de Sil-
veira; the scond in command, J. Carlos de Sal-
-danha. The troops have orders to be ready to
depart within a fortnight at the latest."
ST. PETERSBURGII, APRIL 17.—The ice in the
Neva broke up the day before yesterday ; it had
'been frozen over since the 16th of November.—
The masses of floating ice interrupted for some
time all communication between Wassili-Ostrof
and the other quarters of this city.
Major-General Narischkin, of the division of
Hulans of Lithuania, has just been dismissed the
service. Additional officers have been sent to all
the Custom-houses on the land frontier, as well
as in sea-ports, to prevent the introduction of
contraband goods.
CHAMBER OF PEERS.—SITTING or MAY 6.
The project of the law for the conversion of the Rentes was
Presented by the President of the Council, which was ordered
to be printed.—The discussion on the septennial Law was con-
tinued. Count Lanjuinais concluded his speech against it.
The Marquess of Aramon and. the Duke de Narbonne spoke
be it, and Count Auguste de Talleyrand and Count de Segur
against it.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING OF MAY 6.
A Report was presented on the project of a law for reducing
the Stamp Duties (timbre), and the tax on registration (mire-
r.4-;.;treinent ), which was approved of. The discussion of the
reject to take place on Monday. A discussion then took
p:ac.e on the pensions to the military, in which all the speakers
were in its favour, and the law was agreed to by a large ma-

ority.
[The Ofonieur of Friday, May 7, has nothing official, and
t remainder is filled with the Debates of the Chambers.]
l'Aft 13, 'AI Ar 7.—F RENT 11 LT ns.—Five per Cents. opened
at 103 f. 80c..; closed at 103 f. 70c.—Bard: Stock, 14180.—Nea-
p01:zan Rentes lISZ —Spanish ditto, It; ; Royal Spanish Loan,
X,:l.—Exchange on London : one month, 23. 25. ; three months,
Covrs Authentique, May 7.)