The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-15 00:00:00

The Hermes, a new steamer, has been commissioned at
Woolwich; to be commanded by Lieutenant W. Simpsert
Blount : the Phoenix steam-frigate is- also commissioned ;
Lieut. T. G. Gordon is appointed to her.
The ./Etna surveying vessel, Lieut. Arlctt (commanding),
and Raven tender, Lieut. Kellett, arrived on Thursday
last (from Teneriffe), having completed the survey of the
Canary Mends. It is expected she will proceed to the
eastward to be paid off. The raven has come into harbour.
AT SPyrunan—)Etna, Didon (French frigate), Bardas-
ter (convict ship), and La Belle Alliance and Mary Anne
(free traders).
IN HAnitoun—Britannia, Royal George, Excellent, Pe-.
lorus, Seaflower, Raven, and Parmelia and Prince Regent
-(transports).
APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenant W. S. Blount to corn-.
mand..the.Hermes steamer ; Lieutenants William Fordyce
Blair, and Frederick Hennalt, to the Pylades ; Lieutenant
George Bynn., late of the Fly, to command the Pincher ;
Lieutenant W. Downey to the Linnet ; Mr. John Sand-
ford, .Master, to the Asia, fitted as a demonstration ship, .
at Sheerness ; the Rev.-James H. Malet, Chaplain, Mr.
J. C. Giles, Acting Master, and .Mr. George Dittman,
schoolmaster, .to the Rodney ; Mr. Georme'Clarke, Purser,
to the Columbine, vice Jeffery; deceased!.
The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants, at
the Royal Naval College on Tuesday and Wednesday :
Messrs. Ed. Morrell Mathews, Richard 'Waller, James
Dirom, Henry Caldwell, late Spartiate ; Aug. Ch. Mur-
ray, Geo. H. C.*Sunderland, late Melville ; William Tot-
tenham; late Alligator ; John Cashman, late Jackdziw ;
D. 'D. W. F. M'Leod, late Rattlesnake ; Ed. Fr. Clarke,
Duncan J. T. King, Hastings ; Samuel James Bricknell,
late Curacoa ; Arthur Farquhar, Fly ; Geo. G.. Otway,
Malabar.; Arthur Wellington'Wood, Portland ; H. Stokes,
late Sparrowhawk.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—The San Josef, 120, was paid
off into ordinary on Friday, and the Royal Adelaide, 120,
was commissioned on Saturday by Captain Falcon, C. 8.,
for the flag of our Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir W.
Hargood. The San Josef will act as a receiving-ship to
the Royal Adelaide. The 'Vulcan, revenue steamer, ar-
rived here on Monday, and started the same evening. The
Spartiate, 74, Captain Taite, was paid off ihto ordinary
on Tuesday. The Hope transport arrived on Tuesday
with the 37th depot from Cork.
LN HAMOAZE. Royal Adelaide, Rodney, Pylades,
Hope transport.
IN TIIE SOUND.—Waterwitch.

REV. JOSEPH WOLFF-HIS EXTRA-

ORDINARY NARRATIVE.

•
Last evening a public meeting of the supporters of the
Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, was
held in the ancient Ladye Chapel, Southwark, for the pur-
pose of hearing a farewell address from the Rev. Joseph
Wolff, the Hebrew Missionary, who, after an absence from
this country of eight years, arrived here in April last, and
is about to take his departure on a mission to Timbuctoo,
early next month., The building was crammed to suffoca-
tion ; every niche and window was filled, and notwithstand-
ing the heat and the fainting of ladies, which frequently
occasioned cries for air and water, the greatest interest
prevailed to the close of the meeting.
The Rev. W. CURLING, M. A., presided, and briefly
recommended the object of the society to the consideration
of the assembly.
The Rev. J. WOLFF, on presenting himself to the meet-
ing, was warmly cheered by his friends. Mr. W. appears
to be about fifty years of age, is of a robust make, and has
a countenance which is full of thought and expression—
his address is exceedingly modest and simple. Having first
expressed his gratification at being surrounded by so many
Christian friends, and professed that his sole object was to
seek the conversion of his Jewish brethren, he proceeded
to give a narrative of his last mission. His first mission
commenced in 1818, when, after having studied the Ori-
ental languages, under the Rev. C. Simeon and Professor
Lee, at Cambridge, he proceeded to Rome, from whence he
was banished by the Pope. He then went in succession
to p: each to the Jews at Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Mount
Horeb, Mount Sinai, Joppa, Antioch, Aleppo, Bossorah,
Ispahan, and several of the Interior towns of Asia and
Africa, returning in 182. Having left England in 1827,
with his wife and child, he proceeded to Malta, where he ar-
rived at the time of the battle of Navarino, which occasioned
him some delay. Shortly afterwards his child died, and he
proceeded to Cyprus, since which he has trav,elled 21,000
miles through various parts of the workl, encountering pri-
vations and perils of every kind. On visiting Jerusalem he
lodged in a Greek convent, near Mount Zion. Ile was
met by a number of Jews, who came out of the city chaunt-
ing a Hebrew melody, prophetic of the restoration of their
nation, which it appeared that they thought he disbelieved.
Having satisfied them upon this point, and preached the
Messiah to them, he proceeded to Alexandria, where he left
his wife and went to Sulonichi, and preached to the Jews
there. He distributed copies of the New Testament at
Tenedos, Lemens, and Mount Athos, which is now occupied
by about 1,000 monks, but formerly by 15,000. After
leaving Athos, ptoceeding in a boat, a pirate was observed
by the boatman bearing down upon them, and to save
themselves from being taken and sold for slaves, they run.
the boat ashore, and climbed up the rocks, in doing
which they cut their feet and knees severely. They
were thirty hours in reaching the summit, • during which
they had no food or water. It being the hottest season of
the year, they suffered greatly from thirst, and Mr. Wolff
became so exhausted that he did not expect to survive,
and bade his companions go on and leave him, which
they did, but had not proceeded far before they dis-
covered water, and carried him to the spot. This re-
freshed them so much as to enable them to reach the valley
on the other side, where they were kindly treated by some
shepherds. Mr. W. was lame for a long time after this,
his feet being full of thorns, which could not be extracted
without great difficulty. Having visited Smyrna and Con-
stantinople, where he saw some copies of the New Testa-
ment which he had given away in other parts to Jews, who
had forwarded them to their relations here, he travelled
into Ancient Phrygia, Oczakow, Bokhara, and other places
where the Gospel had never been preached before. In
Armenia he received many kindnesses from Sir J. Camp-
bell, Dr. 111‘Niel, and other European gentlemen whom he
met there, but he found the Christians (so called) here-
abouts as ignoratit.and brutish as heathens. At Mesched
and Balk he was advised to retreat, or he would certainly
be put to death. For the sake of protection he requested
a pass from a native Prince at Chorazim, who, understand-
ing that he came from England, expressed his readiness to
serve him, but first demanded an order upon the King of
England of 1,0001. per annum for the service. Having ex-
plained that it was not in his power to procure such an al-
lowance, he was told to go where he pleased, and sent away
abruptly. He set off for Herat, but had not gone thirty
miles when he was overtaken by two horsemen, who charged
him with stealing 10,000 pieces of money, and making
him their prisoner, conveyed him to a town which had not
been visited by any European before. He was then escorted
to Terschiz, where the streets were covered with dead
bodies, the Turcomans having recently made an incursion,
burning the neighbouring villages, and destroying all they
met, excepting 1,500 strong men, whom they took away as
prisoners. me. Arabs were crying in the streets " Our
bones are broken !"—an expression indicative of extreme
grief. After distributing some copies of. the Scriptures,
the Khan of Terschiz, finding he had no money, suffered
him to depart. Soon after he was stopped by a party of,
twenty Arabs, who made a prisoner of him and str?pPed
him naked. They then tied him to the tail of a horse
and flogged him frequently as they Went on. They had
taken some other travellers iso, and treated them in the
same way. When they halted they inspected and valued
their prisoners, but did not consider him worth more than
3/., as he had lost several. teeth. As they found some fir-
mans from Abbas Mirza, however, among his books and
papers, they said, " This is .no common man, let us kill
him, or we shall lose all the rest." He entreated them
not to kill him, and told there he would put them in the way
of getting a good price for them. He then wrote upon
the7blank leaves of some remaining copies of the New
tament—'‘ To the Jews at Terbad llydorca—l; Joseph
Wolff, of the Jewish nation, who goeth about to proclaim
Jesus Christ, have been. made a slave ; purchase me, and. I
will give you back the money." These books were imme-
diately dispersed, bat. Abel Hassan, the Chief of the slaves,
was not easy, and consulted with his men about killing him.
He overheard them, and told them if they persisted is
their purpose, their lives would also pay the forfeit. This
deterred them, but they put him upon a wild horse, anti
drove him up the mountains, lioping he would fall headlong
and lr.ak 1 i; neck ; he. was preserved. At length he -•
was led in chains with others to a slave market. His corn-
()anions, who were Musselmen, cursed him, and said, " This
infidel defiles us," while their masters .thanked God that

they had got so many slaves. He was eventually purchased
by a Jew, and assisted back to Bokhara, from whence he
went to Calcutta, under the protection of the Persians.
While in.the East Indies, he was most kindly, treated by
Lord W. Bentinek, the late Dr. Morrison, and other Eng-
lish gentlemen. He concluded a narrative full of interest-
ing details, by declaring his determination. to live and die a
Christian Missionary to all. the remnants
.of his nation, and
to establish a Christian Church in Jerusalem on the model

of the Church of England, in which' her liturgy and rer-

vice in Hebrew should be used, and her doctrines taugEt
to his brethren.--Applause.) •
A liberal collection in support of the Society was made
at the doors.