The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-12 00:00:00

AUXILIARY sCiluOL.

, Yesterday a numerous and respectable Meeting
w'as held at the Ft eetnasons! Tavern, for the
purpose of forming, a School Society, for the
Parishes of Saint George, 13;notnibtiry, and
South Pancras. Duke of Strssax, who had
agreed to take the Chair, was unavoidably
absent. The Dnke of BLDFoIiD consented to be-
come President of the Society, but could not
attend the Meeting. Ilia Grace sent a liberal du-
nation. The Meeting voted ,JOSEPH BUTTER-
I-4.;.q to the Chair. The object in view
was the dissemination. of useful instruction among
the boys in the above parishes, and particularly
the sons of poor Irish people in St. Giles.
The Archbishop of Jerusalem attended, it ap-
peared trout his speech, which was explained by
Nn interpreter, that this Ecclesiastic some tittle
since left the lioly City in seatri.of a system of
edneatiOn, best calculated to promote and ex-
tend the Christian Religion. Ile expressed him-
self tin I,l(lvocute for ittoral nod religious instruc-
tion. One of the Clergymen present observed,
that it would be most honourable for this color-
try, if the desired system should he found it) Eng-
land, and carded to the city in which Christianity
originated. The Archbishop wore the costionti
of the Greek Church ; his (turban was dark blue,
his beard long, and his whole character that of a
devout Christiall Minister.

Atter the Marquess of TAVISTOCK, the Bishop
Of NORWICH, the 1100. G. BENNET, Air.
BrtouGnam, .nail others, had bf!en voted Presi-
r:eots of the Society, the Compiny wade a•gootl
Subscription to carry into effect the general
object.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—aI `the morning of
Soul-flay se'unight, a melancholy accident bey.
petted at one of the coal-pits at Fairley. Two
collits, viz. Jaws Dunlop and William Rae,
stepped into a creel to go down to their %writ.,
when they were unfortunately precipitated to the
bottom, a depth of twenty-tour tat horns. Seve-
ral other colliers had descended in'the same creel
shat morning ; but luckily the two men did not
observe that when they entered at, the creel, in-.
stead of being suspended as usual, by the dogi,
hung only by a piece of tar string, which was in-
stantly broken by their united weight. They Were
•brought above ground with all possible dispatch,
both alive ; bur tholop expired soon after. Roe'd
back was broken, and he was otherwise shockinelY
cut and bruised. lie stirti%ed about tlaiee hours,.
They were both young men, about 26 years of age,
and one ot them (Dunlop) was lately married, anus
has left a widow to deplore his untimely tato. IL
is said that they had been nine years companions
on board-a ship of war, anti had seldom wrhoght
asunder.--(Edinburgh Courant, March 8.)
In the operation of digging for coal in the
North Bastion of the fort at Ayr, Scotland, con-
.structed in 1634-5, by Cromwell, was•found, the
other day, a gold coin, of neatly the size of •
half-a-crown, in good preservation, with the
exception
.of being a little
.coiroded hi the edge,
so as to render it very difficult to decipher
the inscription round it. On the obverse is the
figute of an angel, armed with a spear, the point
ot ‘vnich is thrust into the mono h ot a dragon, the
odicr end being ornamented with the figure of.
-a cross, the inscription, 'RICARD, DI. Gga.. RS*.
ANOL. & FRANC. On :he reverse js the figure Of 4,
ship on the sea, having ito the centie of it a shield,
wi!ti the alms of Frauce and England quartero.
From this shirld• is elevated a cross, the let.
ter I'. on one side, and a •iose. on the other;
the legend PER CRVCd. TUA. SALVA. NOS. 'CPC.
xPa. instead ot REDEMP. ~inch may,
perii,p, be read thus : Per (Timm Nam salvo 140.3
Christe Redeutptor The legeutl oo both aids* is it.%
. the Saxon characters. •