The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-01 00:00:00

%URCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)-
, Annual Meeting of the Church Missionary Society,
Veld to-day, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-
IV' The meeting began at eleven o'clock, and the
*oorn was crowded to the greatest excess with most
W respectable individuals, by far the greater part
Cl4°
In were females ; hut from the entire exclu-
Z all accommodation for gentlemen attending for the
§44 it was with the greatest difficulty we got crammed
"de of the most remote corners of one of the galleries.
lt. GAMBIER was in the Chair.
'l4: Secretary read the report of last year, which gave
1
41jog flattering accounts of the success of Missionaries
Vut to different quarters of the globe. At the
, ts: time, it called loud for further assistance from
i, 'gib
. gikutors, otherwise some schools that had been
11,NZq in Bombay, New South Wales, and elsewhere,
i 7 have to be closed for a time, the Committee being
IN. to • send out sums adequate to carry them on,
k„, they received an additional supply. The state-
Nt:, too, rendered from different Missionaries abroad,
444.ted the Committee to exert themselves in sending out
totkPoal numbers of Missionaries, as places were being
Sfithout every day, where such gentlemen could be uilist
_
47 employed.
44)t4: l'uoarrozi, the, treasurer, stated the state of the
Netiali The income for last year, was 43,0001. and a
Itet ~ being an increase of the former year's amount of
I,_
, 'Right Hon. Lord BEXLEY next addressed the.
.t h,., I but in a tone, to us, almost perfectly inaudible;
Zgerstood him to express the highest gratification at '
.. "opriety of the Institution. He hailed the conver-
I" the heathen, as the most happy event, and consider- i
education as one of the greatest blessings- that
hefal this or any other country. He confidently
‘,14 that this and every similar institution would go
._ .\ Fain strength and ground every year. He moved,'
V% Report that had been read might be received, and
\t'd to be printed under the direction *of the Coin-
.
, sltill; Rev. Om. James Ho ARE felt the highest satisfac-
Vg honour in.rising to second the resolution ; and he
'ire it would meet with the cordial concurrence of the
ills best wishes attended, and his most earnest
I,lNit
kNou were offered upo for those who had gone forth as
IN aries. He felt personally infinitely indebted to the
' It Of. this country, .for not only,what they had done
t yarding the object of ; the Institution, • but
C valiant example they had set to the opposite sex;
L.Xtated them to continue not only to think of their-
Ili Women and country men, who had gone abroad,
"kJ! Our fellow individuals for whose conversion they
i'10440. He begged them also to keep in mind that this
tlikCiit the seed-time, and that .whilst prosperity had
i No attended every endeavour, there was the most ex-
-1 A:geld yet uncultivated, and the most cogent reasons
"ittedoubled exertions of the Christian community of
t kNotry.—(Great applause.)
eVqZIII,III3 NOEL said, that the meeting, amidst
11414141 met with in Sierra-Leone, and in different parts
&Vest of Italy, deemed that they had every reason to
:', i,4:he greatest ultimate success. There was a time when
t`+‘lsitants of those parts were on the most perfect le-
' :tti'll the brute creation, but now he would venture
' oVikat there were to be found in Italy some persons
;14 %Cog principles and feelings of as truly 7enuine religion
id 0 found in the primitive days. A donationj of 701.
Ihten received from an individual in Sierra Leone.
Meeting was proceeding when we left it.

, ALLEGE
' piLLEGE E LECTION:—TIiere is a great deal
ttki:g, advertising,invention, statement, and counter-
vre 't upon this subject. Now we know the College
I„,_
tht any person in or out of it, and, notwithstanding
41% li'lt and swagger, Mr. Croker will be elected.
iilat the reports circulated was one that Mr. North had
d, the contest; this is not true—that gentleman will
t ties "41 will, next to Mr. Croker, we have no doubt be, as
e ,
ms to be, the most respectably supported. As for
Itiiqizint Lefroy, notwithstanding his private virtues,
sot be the repreeentative..-rPub/in Patrivt.

LONDON UNIVERSITY.

Yesterday was the day appointed for the cere-
mony of laying the fOundation stone of the London
University. The spot which has been selected for
the building is situated at the end of Gower-street,
and comprehends a very extensive piece of ground,
which is enclosed by paling. Gower-street and the
adjacent streets were yesterday crowded with pas-
sengers and carriages moving towards the place.—
As, upon such occasions as the present one, fine
weather is most desirable, it fortunately_ happened
that yesterday was one of the finest days enjoyed this
season. The weather being so propitious, there was,
as will naturally be imagined, a vast number of per-
sons present, desirous of beholding the ceremony
which was about to take place. The preparations
which had been made for the accommodation of the
company were very well calculated to secure that
object. The visitors, who were admitted by cards,
were conducted to an elevated platform, which was
so much inclined that the most distant spectator could
readily see every particular of the ceremony. It would
certainly have been a desirable luxury to the persons
present to have had an awning placed over them,
under which they might shelter themselves from the
oppressive heat of the sun. Immediately before the
platform on which the spectators stood, and at about
three yards distant from it, another platform had been.
erected, upon which the foundation-stone of the build-
big was placed. The number of persons present must
have been upwards of 2,000, the greatest pro-
portion of which was composed of well-dressed ladies.
Every house in the neighbourhood, which afforded
the smallest opportunity to beholders of witnessing
the operations of_ the day, was, crowded from the
windows to the roof; and even many windows in
Gower-street, from which no view of the scene
could by any chance have been expected, were filled
with company. At a quarter-past three o'clock the
Duke of Sussex arrived upon the ground, and was
greeted by the acclamations of the peopleboth inside
and outside the paling. When he descended from
his carriage, the band of the third regiment of Foot
Guards, who had been upon the ground some time
before, playing occasional airs, struck up the national
anthem of" God save the King." In about ten
minutes afterivards the Royal Duke,attended by the
Committee and stewards, went in procession to the
platform, upon which the foundation-stone was de-
posited. The stone had been cut exactly in two,
and in the lower half there was formed a rectangular
hollow, in which the medals, coins, &c., were to be
placed.

A gentleman (the architect, we believe) thenread
the inscription engraved upon the copper-plate
which was to be placed inside the stone. The in-
scription was as follows :

DEO OPT. MAX.
SEMPIT'ERNO ORRIS ARCHITECTO
. .
FAVENTR
QVOD FELIX FAYBTYM QYE SIT
OCTATVM REGNI ANNUM INENITEE
tigollolo QWARTO BRITANNIARVM

REGE
cHLSISSIMVS PRINCEPS AVGYSTV9 FREDERICVS

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