The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-12 00:00:00

too deli Cate foi us to touch upOn at present, and
particularly as we have reason to believe that
explanations will soon issue from the proper
quarter.

This is Settling-day at the Stock Excita nge, but
we do not hear at present of any failures.

The Amphitrite Greek.'-ifian of war, from Na-
poli de Romani, has arrived in the river with
dispatches.

A Flanders Mail arrived this morning.—The
Following are its principal contents :

BRUSSELS, Ocr. 6.—Their Majesties have been pleased to
send a sum of 2,500 florins for the relief of the sufferers by the
hurricane which laid waste part of the province of Luxemburg
on the 18th July last. The King has also assigned for their use
a further sum of 6,000 florins.
• It is on the 18th of this month that the States-General will
meet, in conformity with the Constitution. This year there will
be at least 45 new Members, in consequence of deaths or pro-
'motions.
The number of 56 Members is necessary to constitute the 2d.
Chamber. As the whole number is but 110, and the 45 new
Members must be first regularly admitted and take the oaths,
it appears that only.lo need remain .away to prevent the Cham-
ber from deliberating:, Let us hope that every one will repair to
his post.
The public are very anxious for the communication which
will be made to the Chambers, with a view to remedy many
things that have given rise to complaints. It is atlimed that
imeasures have heen resolved upon, front which some ameliov.
afions may be expected. •
A private letter front Paris mentions .as probable the recal
' of General Guilliminot.from the Embassy at Constantinople.—
.The favour in-:which that General stood with the Duke of An-
gouleme during the war in Spain, leads to a belief that he will
take an active part in the Govenunent. It is added, that he
will be succeeded by M. tie Ferroways, and also that Baron de
Datnas-will have the command of the army in Spain, and enr.
else at the same. time the functions of Anibassador.
D itEsni;:4, S T.27.—The Grand Duke Constantine arrived
here on the, 25th. and the Princess his Consort yesterday. The
Grand Duke will remain here only a few days; but the Prin.
cess will stay here.for the winter for the recovery of her health.
The King will have his summer residence at Pitnitz on the
30th, and come to Dresden fer the winter. Prince Maximilian
will then go with the Princess his daughter to Florence anti
Madrid, to visit his daughter the Dowager and the reigning
Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and afterwards the Queen of Spain.
FR.ANKrowr, QcT.-3.—The King of Bavaria will set out
on the-12th of this month for. Vienna, and the Queen, with the
Princesses, the following day. The marriage is expected to
take place on the 27th.
It is intended to erect at Munich, near the Glyptotheca,
founded by the Prince Royal, a new edifice, on which will be
placed the collections of paintings at. Schleisheim and .Munich.
Besides the grand gallery, it is said that four others will be
forme& namely, at Augsburg, Nuremberg. Itatishon, and
Wartzburg.—(Brandr Papers, Oct. 9, and Frankfurt Ditto,
Oct. 5.)

We have received Gibraltar Chronicles to the
Wth ult. which state that the Spanish Council
at Lisbon had communicated intelligence to the
Board of Health-at Cadiz, that several suspicious
diseases bad manifested themselves in the towns
of Carverra (district of Torres Vedras), Sierra
de San Gras, Filhaboar, and Cavell, all in the
kingdom of Portugal. The Board had in con-
sequence forbiddep admission to vessels coming
from the Portuguese coast b6yond Lisbon, and
subjected those coming from that capital, or from
the coast between it -and the Spanish frontier,
to a quarantine of one-fortnight.

Mr. BLAQUIRE,who arrived in London yester-
day morning from Corfu, has brought the most
satisfactory intelligence of the success of the
Greek cause. The-Turks have been defeated in
every action, and, when he left; 100 Greek ves-
sels were in pursuit of the Egyptian Beet, deter-
mined to give them battle wherever they may
come up with them.
The following is a letter dated Malta, Sept. 4 :—" The Paella
of EGYPT'S expedition against the Greeks sailed on the 16th,
'l7th, 18th, and lUth of July, consisting of about one hundred
and ninety-five vessels, including the ships hired to transport
the troops, most of them British and we may mention, that
should they fall in with any Greek vessels, they will be exposed
to capture."
Mr. MACDONALD, the late Consul at Algiers,
has arrived passenger in the Nocton packet from
Gibraltar. •

HENRY GRATTAN DOUGLAS, a native of Ire-
land, is appointed Chief Magistrate at Van Die:
man's Land.

On Friday last, an interesting ceremony was
performed at the Rev. Rowland Hill's Chapel, in Illackfritirs-
road, namely, the ceremony of baptizing three youths, natives
of the island of Madagascar, who were sent over to this country
about six years ago by the King of that island, for the purpose
of being instructed and educated in the principles of the Chris-
tian religion. The ceremony of baptism was held preparatory
to their leaving England, from which they are about to depart
for Madagascar. A bout 11 o'clock, the chapel doors were opened,
and the interior soon filled with a highly respectable congrega-
tion, the majority of which were composed of elegantly dressed
ladies, all of whom seemed to take a deep interest on the occa-
sion. The three youths, the eldest of whom appeared to be about
18 years of age, were conducted into the chapel by the Rev. Mr.
James, and took their seats immediately under the pulpit.—
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tures, except their colour, resembling the natives of that part of
the continent of' Africa, which is contiguous to Madagascar.
The service commenced with a hymn, in which the young;
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en
joined ; after which the Minister ascended the pulpit,
livered an extempore prayer. He then described the happy or.
fects produced by a conversion of a number of the natives of
Madagascar, a country of which the great mass of its population
mere Pagans. The Minister then stated the progress in use.
ful and religious knowledge the three young men had acquired
since their arrival in England, and which it was devoutly to
be wished they would make a good use of when they returned
to their native country. The copy of a letter was read,
the original of which had been some time ago transmitted to
the King of Madagascar. It was written and dictated by
one of the youths then present, of the name of Omoah,
and in excellent language described the advancement he. and
his companions had made in useful knowledge ; the happiness
and thankfulness they felt for the blessings of' a Christian edu-
cation, and calling on their King, to disseminate the Holy Scrip-
tures all over his dominions. The Minister proceeded to state,
that the slave trade had been carried on at Aladagitscar to an
amazing extent, previous to the arrival in England of the three
young men now present, one of whom was the son of a mau
in great power in that island. The traffic in human flesh was
now abolished by the King, who gave it up with no small
degree of self-demal, under the stipulation, that a certain num-
ber of youths, the children of his subjects, shook' be con.
veyed to Great Britain, educated in the principres of the
Christian Faith, and when they were accomplished, the youths
to be conveyed back to his dominions. The above conditions
were readily agreed to, and carried Into effect, by. Sir Robert
Farquhar, late Governor at the Mauritius, upon whom too
much I raise cannot be bestowed, for his conduct in affording
the Missionaries, and those persons intrusted with the conversion
of the natives of Madagascar, every facility in his power for the
undertaking. A letter received from Mr. Jones, the Mission-
ary, dated from the interior of Madagascar, was also read to
the congregation. It described, in glowing language, the
hundreds of converts that had been mate in the country since
his arrival, the inhabitants of many of the villages having
given up their barbarous customs, and were now to be seen
on tile Sabbath, reading and expounding the Holy Scriptures
to each other. The letter concluded, expressive of the assist-
ance at all times rendered by Governor Farquhar to those who
were intrusted with the important duties of converting the in-
habitants of an island, the population of which, was estimated
at four millions of souls. The Rev. Mr. James now proceeded
to perfonn the ceremony of baptism, and concluded thiti novel
and interesting ceremony, by supplicating tahneapthe fulfilmentrayersof,die
congregation for the safe return of the youths,
of the hopes entertained of the diffusion of the Christian. know-
ledge amongst the natives of .Madagascar.