The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-07 00:00:00

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

An address was also voted to Lord John Russell, in appro-
bation of his late political conduct, which I shall feel much
obliged if you will please to insert in your valuable journal.
J. J. M.
COPY OF THE ADDRESS TO LORD JOHN
RUSSELL.

" TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JOHN RUSSELL, HIS MAJESTY'S
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT.

" We, the undersigned inhabitants and electors of Swansea
and its contributory boroughs, desirous of conveying to your
Lordship our cordial concurrence in the sentiments contained
in the speech delivered by your Lordship to the electors of
South Devon, beg leave to offer our congratulations on the
able and effective manner in which you have silenced and re-
futed the assertions of your enemies, and to express our con-
viction that every honest man must be satisfied with the avowal
of your principles, and cannot but consider your Lordship en-
titled to his support.
" With such an avowal on your part, we trust that the day is
fast approaching when all party feeling shall in the State sub-
side—when all parties shall be emulous to excel in promoting
the welfare of their country by the introduction of salutary
measures for its improvement—by a firmness in resisting agita-
tion—by a determination to uphold its dignity, in never making
a concession on the ground of expediency—by fearlessly re-
moving all grounds of complaint, and meteing out justice with
an impartial hand to all classes of his Majesty's subjects.
So long as your Lordship is influenced by motives such as
these, we cannot but believe, that our expectations will be
speedily realized, of seeing that Constitution, so wisely framed,
but now so much impaired, again revive—of seeing it, under
your Lordship's auspices, renovated, regenerated ; then, in-
deed, may we again boast of the blessings of our Constitu-
tion—then, indeed, may it again become in future ages, as it
has been in former ones, the envy and admiration of the world.
" That the address, when signed, be forwarded to J. H.
Vivian Esq., M.P., with a request that he will present it to
Lord John Russell in the name of this meeting.—Carried
unanimously."

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.
The 31st anniversary meeting of this Society was held yester-
day, at Exeter Hall. Lord Bexley, on taking the chair, con-
gratulated the meeting on the great prosperity of the Society,
and stated that the receipts of the year had exceeded those of
any preceding year, and that peace, and harmony, and love,
prevailed throughout the whole Association. The Rev. E.
Brandram, the Secretary, then read a voluminous report. The
subject of it was to the following effect :—The receipts were
larger than those of last year, or any former year, and the
issue of Bibles and Testaments was proportionably great. In
Paris, during the last year, 62,194 copies of the Scriptures had
been distributed ; the year before 55,616, being an increase
of 6,578. A French Bible Society had also been formed, and
though it was small at present, they ought not to despair of it,
when they considered what that of England was in 1804. The
report went on to detail, at length, the progress made in Ger-
many, Prussia, Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Lord Teign-
mouth moved that the report be received and printed. The
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry seconded the resolution.
Several other Gentlemen then addressed the audience ; and,
after some routine business, and a vote of thanks to Lord Bex-
ley had been agreed to, the meeting broke up.
The Catholic congregation of a village in the neigh-
bourhood of Frankfort, dissatisfied with the Priest sent to them,
requested to have their former pastor returned, threatening
that they would otherwise embrace, en masse, the Protestant
faith. The preceding Clergyman had, it seems, made some
reforms in the service, which led to a rebuke from the superior
ecclesiastics, in consequence of which he resigned.

GERMAN PAPERS,..
STUTOARD, MAY 1.-A Journal contains the folloking
dress of the Municipal Council to th.e_sitizens of Stkitgitt_.
The publication made a few days ago, of the treasonable gatis-
of Lieutenant Koseriz and his accomplices, excited, in an
equal degree, indignation at their crime and its extent, and
its just astonishment at their ignorance of the sentiments of
the people of Wurtemberg. When the conspirators aimed at
nothing less than the dethronement of his Majesty the King,
the overthrow of the Constitution, and the establishment of a
Republic, and further intended to give up to destruction our na-
tive city, whose support in their wicked plans they could not hope
for, they formed a most erroneous estimate:of the fidelity of the
people of Wurtemberg, which is too firm for such an atr •
ocipus
project to succeed. But experience teaches that, notwithstand-
ing the entire insufficiency of the means, attempts were, how-
ever made, which, though they turned to the ruin of the con-
spirators, might have produced very lamentable and fatal conse-
quences. In a case like the present, in which the King, the
constitution, and especially the city, were threatened, though
only by a small number of foolhardy and perfidious men, the
Municipal Council, as the legal organ of the community, un-
dertook to express to his Majesty, in a humble address,
which was agreed to on the 27th of April, and presented the
same day, its feelings on the danger, and the happy averting
of it, as well as his Majesty's clemency towards the principal
criminals. The address is as follows :
" May it please your Majesty,—We have just learnt from the
public journals the particulars of the treasonable plans of
Lieutenant Koseriz and his accomplices, which have excited
in us a mingled feeling, which we are unable to describe, of
astonishment and grief at the boldness and infatuation of these
wretches. Though their infamous plans which threatened
everything that is dear and sacred to the people of Wurtem-
berg must necessarily have been defeated, by its loyalty and
good sense, yet the base attempt to carry these plans into
effect might have involved your Majesty and the whole coun-
try in incalculable misfortunes. We, therefore, gratefully
praise Divine Providence for having enabled your Majesty to
crush those plans in the bud, and preserved from all evil your
Majesty and the country, as well as the city, which the con-
spirators intended to visit with special vengeance, because they
could not depend on its co-operation in their favour. Th•
apostacy and the crimes of some disloyal individuals, which is
accounted for by the excitement and errors of modern times,
cannot shake the firm reliance on the long-tried at-
tachment of the people of Wurtemberg to its Prin-
ces ; and as it is certain that it is the same people
of which Duke Eleerhard, your Majesty's ancestor, once
boasted, that he could sleep with safety in the most solitary
forest, in the arms of any one of his subjects, we confidently
affirm that, notwithstanding the criminalty of a few, love,
gratitude, and fidelity to your Majesty and your august house,
are firmly rooted in the hearts of the people ;of Wurtem-
burg. The magnanimity, generosity, and clemency, which
your Majesty has on this melancholy occasion shown to the
most guilty criminals appear to us a soothing and beautiful in-
stance of mercy. The memory of this noble action, like that of
the princely words we just mentioned, will survive in history, and
be transmitted from generation to generation. May it be at-
tended with none but good consequences, and may your Ma-
jesty enjoy, for the many benefits you hare conferred upon your
people, not only the gratifying reward of your own conscience,
but the universal and just approbation of your contemporaries
and posterity, and may God be pleased to continue to give your
Majesty and your august family blessings and happiness, and
protect you against all misfortunes and adversity.—We re-
main, with unalterable fidelity and devotedness, &e. &c."
His Majesty was pleased graciously to receive the feelings
of loyalty and attachment to his person and family expressed
in this address, and to thank the Municipal Council for this
renewed expression of its approved sentiments. The Coun-
cil, convinced that on this occasion it has fulfilled the wishes
of the citizens, does not fail to acquaint them with its proceed-
ings and the result.
FRANKFORT, MAY 2.—Exchange on London, two months,

ij.5.,1111

150..—Frankfort Paper, May 3. -
TRIESTI, APRIL 25.—Accounts from Alexandria of the 28th
March say that the plague seemed to abate, that the number
of cases that occurred daily was smaller, but the symptoms
were not more favourable. Accounts rom Constantinople
say that the intended ceremony of the circumcision of the
Hereditary Prince was deferred.
VIENNA, APRIL 27.—Five per Cents., 1021; Four per
Cents., 96i ; Bank Shares, I,34B.—Allgeineine Zeitung,
May 2.