The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-14 00:00:00

EDUCATION.

The following in'eresting scene -dein-it-v(1 re-
cently at Deptford Church, afffiiiiitig an admir-
able example of what .with proper care may be
effected on the minds of the uninformed, and nu-
mber proof of the advautages to be derived from
education. An African, called Benjartsini born
some hundred miles above the termination of dui
River Congo with the sea, and who pluiceeded
with the late Captain ,Turkey to explore that
river, was Pabliely baptised and received into the
Protestant Vaith by the name of Benjamin Peters.
He is about 24 years of age, and is, perhaps; the
Only native of that unexplored tegfun notirin tl lS
country. Of Captain Toeitey
_he speaks. the
Most ti,ffectionate aild'gratettd.terms, and declares,
that to his instruction alone doting the voyage
out he has been enabled to 'read, and can with
ease go through the testament. The intlefatigabl6
exertions of that lamented otfieer have not beets
unavailing, gaud a - founttation for Knott ledge
in- the mind of, Peters seems so ,firmly root-
ed, as to give fair prospects for realising the.
expectations than must have been formed by
Captain Tochey.' Peters is anxious to ri-torn to
his nativaplace, but in-:fortunately no means offer
for that purpose at present, . where be donhts not
be should soon become of consequence from the
advantages ofreading and writing, which, he says;
ate unknown among his countrymen. Within
these few days he has engaged himself as servaut
to a Gentleman in the vicinity of Tower-hill, and
intends strictly to puttue his learning, to which
he is greatly amehed at every opportunity. The
motives of Captain Turkey in rode:Ay/Sitting to
rescue from ignorance and barbaritm this poor
African. are :Jodi as must strike forcibly all
virteous mindi, and redound to the memory
of that :enterprising Oditer. It needsrno cunt-
meta ; the act will for ever last as a testimony
highiy floGotirable to his feelings Itoi a man and a
christian, and it is to he :.regretted that hiS pre.‘
mature death precludes his ivitnessing the effects
of his good 'vriirk. To tt"Y visit the
shores of Africa it should serve as a stitualtts and
example, and tlicy cannot be addresst'd ou the
subject In other words than tholc.ol,Holy
which tire, " Go, and do than likewhe,"

INVESTR UN 61A rcti , NVoit.M.wcarD
Exrikh; filti,litd on Nlinithly t.ight, at a 4„,itt.t
before tett, when from (nor o'clock in the morn.
iwg he hart wHtked 4S nHes, RAKER, who did
not stnrt tltt aye', had ciPopletett the smite notnln.r
roils mi his titiversnry ily nine et nicht, y,,-
tertlay (the 7th ilits)hotli sr arttli haii•pist four.
At six in the ;Afternoon liAros bad completed 34
tnitei, And BAK BR 40,

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SOLIOI quts DICVIS ?MAIM ACTUtAT 9

LONDON,
lrf/P3DNE.B/).41% 111.1 Y 14, 1817.

Atlength we have been gialifted with •ietters

direct from the Chinese Embassy. Lord Astnenst

and his Suite arrived at
,Canton on New Year's

Day, all well, atter a delightful journey of four

months through the heat of the country. It tip.

pe3rs that the immediate cause of the dismissal of

the liknbassy without an au4jcuce "ii tho misre.

presentations of, the Mini liter UTu-KUNG.YE, for

'ri►ich he was, ih a few days afterwards, distuibzied

from all his offices and though an interchange of

present, and .:ivilities after this took place, the

Chinese did not ebuse to relax from their demand

of the usual, degrading prostration 3, a demand

which Lord ANIIMRST thought proper to tesist.-

As we anticipated, no ill effects resulted from this

ref usa; on the contrary, it appears, that the eh

nese were all attention and civility. We have a

letter from one of the Gentlemen composing the

Suite, of which the following is an Extract :
" Notwithstanding our abrupt dismissal from
the Court, our journey towards Canton was not
only attended by all the usual honours and marks
of respect and attention shewil to Foreign Em-

bassies, but: was rendered personally agreeable by
a greater degree of liberty than I believe was ever
enjoyed in China by any Foreign Einbasiy ‘v6t-

soever, even by that of Lord IthwartskY. The
liberty of making frequent excursions into the

country and into the cities, was perhaps, strictly
speaking, a liberty rather taken than a liberty
given, but not the least objection was made

to it, or the least obstruction thrown in the

way of it. The uncommon duration of the

journey, which, from the lowness of the rivers
in particular spots, extended to four months,
afforded unusual opportunities for these excur-
sions) but it would have been easy for the Offi-
cers of the Government to have imposed much
greater restraint, without even affording "the
Embassador any very tangible grounds of com-
plaint. The old ground of Lord MACARTNEY'S

ourney %vas gone over to a great extent, but we

also trod a considerable portion of new ground,
or, more properly speaking, water. The chief

novelty, however, was our navigation for six weeks,
partly on that noble river, the Yang-tse-Kiang, and
partly across that great inland Sea, the Po-yang
lake to Nan-tchang-po, during which we had an
opportunity of visititsg Nan•king, and the Lai-
shun, a mountain remarkable for its picturesque
scenery. Captain MAxweLL, of the Alceste, and

a Deputation of the British Factory, met us at
a short 4listance from Canton, into which port the

Ltnbas,atlor %I'm conducted by a procession of boats,

but the Canton Chinese were very sulky, and nei.

titer saluted the,VAnbassy nor turned out a single
soldier. We were lodged in. a Temple among the
Gods of the Heathen, which, hotvevcr, to do the

Chincna justice, bah liven fitted up in a very coal.
fortable manner. The dlces!e will be ready about
the 24th instant (January), and we hope to see
our friends in England the first week in Sufic.'

We received this morning the Palk Papers of
&Imlay last. The article we mentioned yesterday
respecting Madame REGNAULT DS SAINT JSAU
D'ANGel,,* is copied into the Mon iteur of Sunday.
We think it is clear from this circumstance- that
the article alluded to is put forth, with the view
of paving the way for this lady's liberation.---The
following are Extracts :

U Pants, MAY 11.—It is the Raison de sante of
Doctor Puzin, at Chaillot, to which Madame
Regnault de St. Jeilfl D'Angely has been trans-
ferred..

" Letters from Italy express appreheniione

hat the Pope's dirorder is water on the chest.

" A solemn service was performed yesterday
in all the, churches of Paris, in memory of Madame
Elizabeth, the unfortunate Sister of Louis XVI.
The King, and the Princes and Princesses of the
Royal Family, assisted at the service in the Cita«
pel of the Tuileries.

" The Infant of Spain-,' Don ret*ncis Pan!, is
expected here this evening.

" Count Feruan.Nuncz, the Spanish Ambassa.
lor to this Court, arrived here the day beforeles-

crafty.,

" A Malian frigate anchored off Havre the 7th
imam : it will probably take on board a part of
he Russian troops about to embark.

" The conspirators at Bordeaux are under trial
before the Court of Assizes there. The number of
persons under HM 81114,111 is 28.

" FIVE PER CENTS.—.Saturday, 68 f,
"PaEsnix, APRIL 28.—The marrbige between

the Hereditary Prince of Tuscany anti the Princess
of Saxony, third daughter of Prince Maximilißn
(brattier of our King), is finally determined upon,
" There is also► sunelt tall( of an approaching
marriage betweeti the Archduke Regnier, brother
of the Emperor of Austria, and the Princess Ama,
lia of Saxony."

1114;010re Papers to the 11th of April arrived
is rooming.

(From 14e Baltimore "Ida-raw of the 9t4 -OW.)
" Extract of a Letter from Dernerara.—Wc have
ud three smart shocks of an earthquake within