The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-01 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS;

DEAL, DEC. 31.—Arrived the William, COFFIN,
from New York ; Charles, BRODIE, from Canary
Island ; and De Frow Hendrica, VANEENSEER,
from Lisbon.—Came down from Gie River the
Centurion, for Bengal, and Anna Dorothea, for
Madeira ; the latter has sailed. _Sailed this morn-
ing, at 10 A. M. the whole of the outward-bound
East and West Indiamen, Coasters. and Colliers,.
with a light breeze from the north.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Sailed the following
outward-bound vessels :—Duncombe, for Ja-
maica ; Pallas, for Gibraltar ; Betsy, for Charles-
ton ; Shannon, fur Naples ; Venus, for Hayti ;
Euphemia, for Trieste ; Lord Exmouth, for Gi-
braltar ; and Richard and John; for Rio Janeiro.
Arrived the Adelphi, WALKER, from Archangel ;
she spoke on her passage the George, of Hull,
all well.

FALmotrrit, DEC. 29. --- Arrived the Susan,
TRUMAN, from Liverpool for Rotterdam.
ABERDEEN, DEC. 27.—0 n Tuesday the Atlas,
STRUTHERS, of this place, from Shields to Ber-
bice, with coals, put back with damage, having,
in the gale of the 14th instant. when about ten
miles to the. westward of St. Kilda, shipped a tre-
mendous sea, which breaking above halt tip to the
tops, carried away a number of her stancheons,
her bulwarks, cook-house, &c. and broke tour
or five of her deck beams; parted with the Mi-
nerva, SHARP, (ruin Shields to Antigua, on the
1 Ith instant, off Loch Eribol. The brig Anne,
of Bu'ness, front Dantzic to Leith, came into
Straitness in the gale of the 19th instant, and
nearly upset when coming to anchor, having
four or five feet water in her hold. Capt. STRU-
THERS experienced a most violent gale on Wed-
nesday the 17th instant, during which he !rained
that a fishing smack belonging to Gravesend,
bound to London, with her cargo of fish, was
totally lost with all out board, by striking a rock
in Water Sound, Orkney ; and that next day a
sloop, belonging to Kit kwall, had been carried
into the Orkneys, with three bodies on board, but
none of the crew alive. Spuke a brig belonging
to Kincardine, ant; Was informed, that in the fatal
gale of the 14 instant, he had seen, in the Moray
Frith, a brig bottom up, seemingly .about 200
tons, with black sides and a wh.te bottom.

ABERDEEN, DEC. 27.

FIRE IN ST. ANDREW'S CHAPEL.

On Christmas-day, just as the communion
service had begun, one of the most dimming fires
took place in St. Andrew's Chapel, King-street,
which we have almost ever seen. At one time,
we had not the smallest doubt but that this beau-
tiful building would, in the course of a few hours,
have been a pile of ruins. As far as we can learn,
the fire was occasioned by the overheating of the
stoves, the noes of which having got red com-
municated with the outer casing, and from thence
to the pipes which pass under the organ gallery
for the heating of the chapel. On the first alarm,
the congregation retired in a very lankily manner,
without any accident ; but, by the time the fire
engines were brought, the flames had burst out
from under the organ platform, and ascended
more than half the height of the instrument. It
is impossible to describe the feelings of the con-
gregation, driven in an instant from the most
sublime pact of our service to God, nor of the im-
mense crowd of people sho had assembled on the
street. Well aware of the.nature of the interior
of the building, they had not the smallest hope of
its being saved. However, by the very great ex-
ertions of those who had the charge of the fire
engines, and of the incalculable multitude that
formed lines for the conveying of water from the
various fire cocks and wells in the neighhourhood,
as well as trona the Harbour, the Barrack Yard,
and even from the farther extremity of North-
street, very for•'unately the lire was checked, and,
by perseverance and the most judicious manage-
ment of the water, it was ulthintiefy subdued,
without extending farther tutu the gallery, in
which it originally began. The damage is but
trifling, in co • parison to what was apprehended ;
and, what is very singular, although the organ
appears to have been surrounded with fire, yet no
part of the •instruuteut had been touched by it,
and the only injury it has received was front the
water, which was discharged in torrents from the
engines, the pipes of which were conveyed to the
roof.

" The state of this country, at the present mo-
ment, when placed in compaiison with its situa-
tion with the corresponding period of last year,
exhibits an exhilarating contrast. At that time
the sum of. actual distress was perhaps unparal-
leled, and it was deepened by still darker antici-
pation. Our crops had failed, manufactures were
at a stand, and commerce seemed to have desert-
ed us : the rich were embarrassed, and the poor
were starving. Government was in perplexity,
and some classes of the people, goaded by despair,
vainly sought for relief in tumult and innovation.
But a change has since gleamed upon us, equally
rapid, unexpected, and decisive : the cheerful
voice of industry has again awoke and drowned
the murmurs of sedition. In the former gloomy
season the chief occupation of public spirit was
to render more effective existing establishments,
and to plan new institutions for the relief of the
poor :—now that field of useful action, though still
ample, is happily narrowed, for both the necessa-
ries of life, and the means of their acquisition,
are comparatively abundant and accessible.—
Though the circumstances of this district render
it less susceptible of those sudden fluctuations
which agitate quarters more Cully peopled, and
more dependent upon the changing aspects of
commerce, yet we too have bad a portion of the
common distress, and participate in the general
renovation. On the state of the woollen mann-
facture depends the demand for what may be call-
ed the staple export of the Highlands, and we
rest on the general prosperity of the country for
the sale of our cattle. In the close of 1816, and
indeed during the whole of that year, we could
find no market for our produce, except on terms
which were ruinously low. But the state of things
is now considerably improved, and promises fair
for progressive melioration."—(The Inverness
Courier.)

P 0 ET It Y.

TO THE NEW YEAR.
By Mrs.M‘M rl L LAN.

[From The Morning Post.]

Thou art not drest in Spring's reviving hue;
Nor Summer drapery of etherial blue;
Autunin's rich mantle is not on thy form;—
But Winter hails thee from the halls of storm.
War's sounding bugle wakes no echoing strain,
But Peace salutes thee on the whiten'd plain !
In soothing carols breathes her grateful vow,
And weaves an olive chaplet for thy brow.
Then come, mild Spirit of the New-born Year,
Bani.h each sigh, and dry Misfortune's tear;
Give Hope's fair visions to the anxious breast,
Bring present joy, and be in future blest.
Let not the traces of thy rapid Night
Stain Britain's day-star with the gloom of night—
Let not the garlands of the peasant's mirth
Become dark cypress on his lowly hearth—
Let nut thy me,uty he in grief obscured,
Nor thy events in misery immured.

Thy predecessor mark'd his dreary reign
With deepest anguish, and. with hopeless pain;
Reft from BRITANNIA'S crown the brightest gem,
And pluck'd the sole leaf from the parent-stem;
Wird Hope's warm wishes in a murky cloud,
Till to Despair each sweet expectance bowed!

Come, then, though cradled on a mount of snow,
Though ice-wrought arrows and a frozen bow
Attend thy birth, yet may thy hours' swift wing
- Heal wintry sadness with the smile of Spring!
Blest by the rich, and welcomed by the poor,
Promise of joy to Britain's land restore. •

Let not young Love, nor ripen'd Friendship think
Thy hand will wither every sacred link.
It in the heart one form beloved is kept,
If o'er one hallow'd name true love has wept,
If o'er one relic midnight tears are shed,
If from the soul earth's dearest bliss has fled—
Oh ! bring a solace from the fount above,--
A balm extracted from Elysian love!

Time ! ,wift ambassador 'twixt GOD and man,
Design's great parent, soul of ev'ry plan, -
Thy periods, from the birth-day to the grave,
Successive follow as the restless wave
Breaks into liquid fragments on the shore,
Then mingles with the ocean as before !

FAbiIIONS FOR JANUARY.

EvENts•sa DaEss.—A black crape frock over a black sarsnet
slip ; the body is composed of white crape tastefully orna-
mented with deep vandykes of black vclvet, each vandyke
finished at the point by a little light ornament of black che-
nille. Short full sleeve of intermixed black and white craps;
the fulness drawn to the middle of the arm, and confined in
three separate folds by vandykes of black ve!ret. The; bot-
tom of the skirt is finished by a row of black velvet vandykes,
surmounted by a large rouleau of white crape, entwined with
black chenille. Above this is a piece of white crape tucked
byas, and finished at the edges by rows of black crape leaves:
two rows of roses, set on at small distances, and without
leaves, which are composed of black crape mixed with che-
nille, complete this elegant and novel trimming. Head-dress
a white crape toque, ornamented round the front with che-
nille, and finished by a diadem of white crape roses.
CARRIAGE DaEss.—Bombazeen high dress; the body, made
quite plain, fastens behind. There is no collar, but it is full
trimmed round the throat with -black crape. Plain long
sleeve, finished at the wrist by a puckering of crape, intermixed
with rich black silk trimming. The skirt, which is of a mode-
rate width, is trimmed round the bottom with a double row of
black crape, disposed in a light and novel manner., This is
surmounted by a row of Spanish puffs, which are let in very
full ; they are of a round shape, and the middle of each is
formed of a piece of black satin disposed in fill plaits. Over
this is a rouleau of intermingled black crape and rich black
silk trimming, and above the whole is placed a rowof Spanish
puff's, composed wholly of black crape, and something smaller
than those beneath. With this dress is worn the Russian
wrapping-cloak, composed of tufted mole-skin cloth, and
lined with black sarsnet. A pelerine of enormous size, and
a large full hood, render this one of the most comfortable
envelopes we have seen for a considerable time.—(.lcher-
mann' s Repository.)

FANCY MOURNING DESNABILLE.—Morning slip of grey
Merino crape, ornamented with black round the border in
ranges of leaves; the slip made low, without sleeves, and
worn over a cambric spencer, ornamented with fine muslin,
embroidered at the 'edge with black, and finished at the
throat with a triple ruff of 'limbo, tied in front with black
lure. Black sarsnet French apron, edged round with a trim-
ming of black love. Corneae of fine muslin, crowned with a
garland of black flowers. Black chamois slippers.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.—For the univeral good of trade,
we are happy to see that the mourning is much abridged.
For walking, black bouts and black slippers have now given
place to a half-boot, the foot of which is of fine black satin
leather, the gaiter part of grey cloth, bound with black, and
buttoned at the side with jet buttons.
Tiaras of jet are worn on the hair, and broaches are formed
of every shape that fancy can invent: black bugle bands en-
circle the waist, but the favourite cestus is. of jet, and is styled
a neglige, one end of which depends about a quarter of a
Belle Anemblie.)

BRIGHTON, DSC. 30.—At four (o'clock this af-
ternoon a Privy Council was held at the Pavilion.
Besides the Patxca REGENT, there were present
the Duke of York, the Marquisses of Hertford
and Cholmondeley, the Earl of Liverpool, Vis-
count Castlereagh, Lord Stewart, and Sir B.
Bloomfield. Viscount Chetwynd arrived early in
the afternoon, and attended the Council as Clerk
in Ordinary. Mr. Leach was sworn into office as
Vice-Chancellor. Sir %V. A'Court, our Minister
at the Court of the Two Sicilies, attended the
Council. Atter the Council had concluded their
deliberations, they dined with the Regent. The
Duke of York remains at the Pavilion until Sa-
turday next. _

A veteran soldier, who has recently arrived
from St. Helena, mentions that be found his situ-
ation there very comfortable. Though the pro-
visions were salt, they were of the best kinds, and
the tuen were healthy. The Governor exerted
himself in promoting public amusements. A good
understanding subsisted between the garrison and
Buonaparte's people; but the Emperor himself
was very retiled, and was
,never seen by our in-
formant during all the time he was on the
island.

Mrs. and Miss Baines, who are confined in Car-
marthen town gaol on suspicion of forgery on
the Bank of England, appear to be above the
middle rank in life. Young Baines is in the coun-
ty gaol with the• two Johnson:, implicated in a
similar charge.

CELEBRATION OF THE REFORMATION.

' A most numerous assemblage of persons, Chris-
tians of all denominations,. met yesterday at the
City of London Tavern, to celebrate the Thivd
Centenary of the Reformation.
The Meeting was called for twelve o'clock, and
at that early hour, notwithstanding the weather
was most unfavourable from. the dense impene-
trable fog which overspread the metropolis, the
Great Room was nearly full, and very soon after-
wards the door was besieged by numbers who
could not get in.
It was expected that the Duke of SUSSEX would
take the chair precisely at twelve, but his 'Royal
Highness did not make his appearance at the ex-
pected time, and symptoms of impatience were
soon manifested. On a wish that the business of
the day should forthwith commence being gene-
rally signified in the usual way,
Dr. COLLY ER begged to inform the Meeting
that the Duke of Sussex had not yet arrived.
,His
absence might in part he accounted for from the
state of the weather. That no time might be lost,
he would propose that a Chairman should forth-
with be named. It was intended that the person
called to the chair should be a Clergyman of the
Church of England, as the present meeting was
not called to further any sectarian objects, but
was intended to consist of Christians of every de-
nomination, and to advance but those principles
its which they had all one common interest. He
recommended it to the meeting to call the Rev.
Mr. Simeon to the Chair.

Mr. SIMEON having taken the chair, in obe-
dience to the unanimous call of the room, de-
clared he should hardly feel more awkward-on the
throne of England, than he now felt on that
throne which he had been required to fill— He
would however, with much pleasure, as far as his
abilities would permit, discharge the duties of the
situation till the Duke of Sussex should arrive,
when be should be most happy to surrender it
into abler hands. He briefly opened the business,
by stating the purpose for which they were as-
sembled, and congratulated the meeting on the
difference between the present situation of the
country and that in which it was found before the
Reformation.

The Rev. F. A. Cox, of Hackney, having•acted
a prominent part in the Committee by which the
present meeting had been called, was desirous of
stating the motives by which he and they had been
animated. Nothing was further from their wishes
than to erect the standard of party. If ever there
were a period when that of self-annihilation ought
to be raised—when all sectarian feelings ought to
give way, it was on this great occasion. He was
the friend to unlimited toleratiost—to boundless
freedom of thought,—and it any feelings opposed
to these lurked in his heart, it was his wish that
that might be the occasion, and that the solemn
moment which should uproot them. He described
false religions to be distinguished from the true,
by the zeal with which they waged an intermina-
ble and exterminating war against those who dif-
fered front them, and the fury with which they
sought to annihilate the heresy, by annihilating
the heretics. It was thus that the Romans had en-
deavoured to put down the Christians, and thus
the Mahomedans had endeavoured to promulgate
their religion. But they who advocated the reli-
gion of the Lord—they who were Christians, fol.
lowed no such examples, and sought but to prove
the importance and the value of their tenets by
good-will towards men ;" and were opposed to
all persecutions. He then read the first of a string
of eighteen Resolutions. 'I his declared the,right
of man. to worship his Creator according to his
own conscience, in his own way, to be a natural
and unalienable right, with which no human au-
thorities ought to interfere.
Mr. YOUNG seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
While Mr. Cox was speaking, the arrival of the
Duke of Stiss'ex was announced. He entered the
room just after the first Resolution had been
carried.

The Duke of SUSSEX (having taken the Chair)
expressed sorrow at not having been able to meet
the assembly sooner. The fog had made it dif-
ficult for him to come, and his carriage had broken
down, but having at length got there, he trusted
he should not break down in the Cause. He had
felt much flattered by the application made to him
to preside on this occasion, as the meeting had
been called to support those principles which he
had been accustomed to stand up for elsewhere.
He pressed upon their consideration the impi.o.
piety of st►ffering politics to be mixed w►ith any
part of the proceedings of the day, and authorised
by the room to do so, he should most carefully
exert himself to guard against thy;, introduction of
any thing of the kind. it was most important
that they should not be misrepresented or misun-
derstood in this particular. _ _ _

The second Resolution, which declared Reli-
gion to have been never intended to aggrandize
one peculiar class, or to be used as an engine of
state, .but to purify the heart and mitigate the ca-
lamities of life, by giving the sufferers hopes of
immortality, was next read.
• Dr. COLLYER, in moving the above Resolution,
eloquently described the character of true Reli-
gion, and that of the principles on which the Re-
formation bad been commenced. That Almighty
Being, whose hand had spread so-wonderful a di-
versity.over all his works, that no blade of grass
was exactly like another, bad willed that the
same distinguished varieties should belong to the
mind of man. Every man had a right to form an
opinion on religious matters for himself ;—the
Bible was his rule, and God would be his judge,
and no human power had a right to inter-
lere—(Applause.)—No party feelings could be
suffered to mingle with the business before the
Meeting. The cause which they, stood forward
to support was too God-like to admit of human
passions being called into its aid. Religion, like
the sun, imparted life and purity to other objects— .
it exhaled what was noxious,—iliumiued and gave
splendour to all that received its ray, and could
receive contamination from none. On this day,
contemplating that event which they were assem-
bled
,to commemorate, it was for them to tell that
Great Being trim whom all good proceeded, that
they were exceedingly grateful that that.chain lied
been broken by his will, which had fettered the'
mind of man in matters where God. himself Lad

. .
it's(4,-t.t'iilinAelree.—(Applanse.)—He thin moved
the ite!oliitiotr, which was seconded by the Rev.
3. "Lownshend, and carried unanimously.
WEYMoUtH, in nerving the third riesoin-
tion, 'set forth the difficuities nucler which those
rgood meh had laboured who formerly entleavoured
-to'thake the truths of the Rible known to Mawkind
in tzencral, and the opposition which they had to
':encounter down to tire reign of Queer; Elizabeth.
would they have exulted who sealed the truth
of the ::7"criptures with t ceir blooth, could they have
"known the in ti,at very capital %vhere they were
pet secured a society would one day he iOrmed, like
that which was now established, for promulgating
a kirowleNe of ti!e Bible moved a Resnin-
dtclaratory of the important benefits con-
let red on mankind by the attempt made to diffuse
a knowledge of the Scriptures.
Dr. DoN•.Holt seconded the tuot!on, which was
carrivd ue inimously.
Mr. J. MACKENZIF, in moving a Rcinottom,
3Vhich censured " as equally intrusive and un-
wortl.y every effort authoritatively to impose any
expositions of the Scriptures, of which every one
had a -ight to examine, read, mark, and inwardly
• -digest," contended, that the grand point to which
• their attention should that day be directed was

the great circulation which had been given to the
Holy Scriptures through the Reformation. He
showed that St. Paul and our blessed Saviour
himself had recommended an examination of the
• Scriptures. It was fit that men by readinz the
Bible themselves should know what they believed,
that their faith should not be like that of the Ca-
tholic Collier, who, when interrogated on this
subject, gave the answers which foliose to the
questions put to him :
Q. What do you believe ?—A. I believe what
the Church believes.
R. What (oes the Church believe ?—A. The
Church believes what I believe.
Q. And what do yon both believe ?—A. Why
• we both believe alike.—(A Laugh.) •
Mr. G. MiEas seconded the Resolution, and it
vas carried unanimously.
1)r. RirPots had thought it would not be amiss
to meet the question which might be asked :
" How did it happen that they had-not belore cele-
brated that event, than which none could be more
glorious, with the exception of the Advent of our
Saviour He would answer this by mentioning,
that when the possession of civil and seligions
liberty among us had been celebrated, they had,
in fact, celebrated the principles of the Reforma-
tion. He saw the Reformation commemorated
•in 1788, when the centenary of the Revolution
teas celebrated, and he had thought the Sallie cha-
racter belonged to the public rejoicings of the Ist
ofAugust, and other days which he mentioned. The
J.:big he described to be the true friend of the
Iteforntation, as. he had been the best of earthly
Eings. lie had ever been c.o•eful to maintain his
`Coronation oath. Blessed be God that he had
olone so, and his had ':ern the paten's, :wish,
that a day might arrive wlems tkre should be
.tro child in the whit extent of his dominions woo
could not read his Bible." Ile moved a Resolu-
tion, setting forth that the experience of Europe,
irons the third to the sixteenth centuries, had
_shOwn that the principles of the Reformation were
as important in practice as they were theoretically
correct ; and that many of the evils which the
world during that long period had had to mourn,
night he traced to a violation of those principles.
Mr. Cu aims seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
The Rev. Mr. Boweas moved a Resolution de-
scriptive of the evils which had flowed from the
absence of the principles of the Reformation. In
the speech with which he prefaced it, he elo-
quently set fortis the arts by which the minds of •
mess had been enthralled by the priests of other
times, and forcibly descanted on the lung mental
night which had followed. Ile dwelt with pecu-
liar animation on the crusades which had been
undertaken, in which that cross which should
have been the- emblem of peace, because the
standard Of war, and the signal for desolation.
Instead of prosing the olive-branch of peace,
held out by mercy to a perishing world, it had
called forth the sword and torch of war, and
had consigned millious to death. lie adverted
to the blessings which had flowed front the Re-
formatiou. Of that Reformation, our own im-
mortal ‘Vickliffe . bad been the morning star ; hut
his death had prevented the accomplishment of the
great work, till the flame which warmed the breast
of Luther, in 1517, burst fortis and scattered the.
darkness which had rested on Europe fur so many,
ceoturies. Religious freedom was the glorious
snit, and no fear could now be entertained of the
return of the days of persecution, slit Ided as our
libel ties were, under the broad shield of the House
of Hanover.
The resolution was seconded and agreed. to.
Mr. J. WILKES took a retrospective view of the
persecutions to which the Christian world had been
exposed. He described the exhunwion of
and the martyrdom of Jerome and Huss,
both of whom, in the midst of the flames to.
which they.were consigned, had sung the praises
of the Supreme Being, and believed that a day
would arrive when the light of his word should
be permitted to shine on the world. He moved
the following Resolution
That, afflicted at the retrospect of evils so mach to he
deplored, this Meeting delight to trace even those gleams of
moral light which in the fourteenth century partially, dissi-
pated a gloom so oppress:ye and profound; and that the
inemorieS of Wicki hi, of Jerdme, and Huss, and of the
Waldenses, are enshrined within their hearts."
Mr. D. BEvAN seconded the motion. lie ob-
served they were now like travellers looking hack
no the point from which they had started. They
had left darkness and superstition, and it was nosy
their happiness to see lowal light shed On the
world. It had belen said no fear could now be en-
tertained of the; return of the days of Persecution.
J!e trusted such, danger was very remote, but
should it be the will of God that such a time should
again be known, they could only hope to triumph
over their enemies by maintaining the pribciples
of the Reformation.
The Resolution was carried.
It was here-int hooted that the Duke of Sussex
vished the4utore Speakers to be very brief.
Mr. Cox read part of a letter from Dr. tichwnbe,'
in illustrvion of the principles wbich •animated
those with whom tips meeting had originated.

The letter also gavif'some fiemint of the ceiebra-
, tine of the tri-centenary Jubilee in Germany. •
Dr. NEwMAN congratulated the Meeting on
the protection they enjoyed under the House of
Brunswick, and reminded the Assembly that they
owed their present Chairman to the Reformation.
He wished to know Whether they would wish the
principles of the Reformation to stand still; to gn
back wards or to go 'forward ? Could they stand still
while so Much remained to he done—while Spain,
Portugal, and Turkey, remained strangers to the
1)1651.11gs we derived from the Reformatiou ? If
they decided to stand still, who Would guarantee to
them that his H,Jiness the Pope would stand still,
and that the' Ministers of the Inquisition would
stand still ? Won hi Luther under such circum-
stanceshave bade them stand still ? Should they
oo back then ? lie wished them to. see what must
follow such a Resolution, and to do this, he begged
to remind them of what had occurred in the reign.
of Edward VI. when an insurrection broke out in
Devonshire, in opposition to the prinCiples of the
Reformation. A Crucifix • was then carried be-
fore the insurgents•, and their demands were com-
prehended in 13 articles. The tenth of these
demanded " that the Scriptures, in the English
language, and the books in explanation of them,
should be destroyed, or the priests would no
longer, Abe able tosonfound the heretics." This
conduct they must imitate if they determined up-
on going back ; he therefore exhorted them to
press forward as they wished " glory to God in
the highest, peace on earth—good. will to men."
He moved a Resolution declaring it to be the ob-
ject of that Meeting to celebrate the Reformation
of 1317.

,Mr. AloßtAn4 seconded the Resolution, which
w as carried..

The Rev. Di'. STYLES complimented the pre-
'et:thug speakers, and the Royal Chairinati, for the
part they had taken on this occasion. He spewed
how greatly the circulation of the Bible had been
facilitated by the art of printing, which he regarned
as a beam front the eternal mind. The art of
Its inting, however, was nothing without the riglit
of printing, and this it had been the object of
Papal power to put down. Before the art of
printing was known, the price of a copy of the
Holy Scriptures was 500 crowns. Shortly after
that invention, the price was reduced to 60
crowns ; but now, blessed be God ! they
might be so cheaply obtained that no poor
man need be without one, to console him in
times the most disastrous and melancholy. He
hoped unlimited toleration would exist in this
country. Every man had a right to think for
himself, and no power could prevent him front
doing so ; but, thank God, through. the principles
of the British Constitution, in. England they pos.
si•ssed the right of thinking aloud. .They owed
their thanks to the Ahniglity—for that the tree of
liberty—he did not mean the tree of revolution--
had been permitted to grow. so high as it had
grown in this country. That tree, the root of
which had been nourished by their fathers' blood,
had so flourished, that they might now sit down
tinder it to enjoy its shade. He concluded a very
animated speech by moving the following Reso-
Rohm :
" That the Reformation havinz promoted the recog.nilion
of the great principles which this sleeting maintain, has
(-tided by the art of printing), emancipated any mations
from such soperstitions ant tyranny—has' hestoWe'd net the
people constitutional freedom, and •restored to magistrates
lawful authority—has burst asunder the fetters which en-
'chained the human mind—has ameliorated the destiny, even
of those countries which IMve not vet yielded to its influence
--and has contributed to that improvement in social happi-
ness at which this Meeting can rejoice;—although society
maw not yet have attained that state which piety must desire,
and philanthropy approve."

The Rev. ALEXANDER FLETCDER begged to in-
troduce to the Meeting the Reim mation under
the figure of a tree. It had first displayed its ver-
dant beauty in the plains of Saxony: when it was
planted there he could not tell perhaps it was at
the birth of our Saviour, when Angels . sung
" Glory to God in the highest.• Peace on.earth,
and' good will to men." Thefruits of the tree the
people of this country had for 3 centuries enjoyed;
clusters of them were now before him in the Resolu-
y tion—the were, " Emancipation front Supersti-
tion," "Constitutional' Freedom," the Resto-
ration of the Lawful Authority of Magistrates,"
and " the liberation of the human mind from the
darkness of the Aristotelian philosophy." He eu-
logized the House of Brunswick for their attach-
ment to the plinciples. of the Reformation, tv,hich
he described to be the brightest gem in the Sove-
reign's diadem.
The Resolution was carried.

The Rev. Jos. lvEmY deicribed the conduct of
Melancthon, Zoinglins, Calvin, and Luther, and
slimed the world had derived the most im-
portant benefice from their labours. To them
he ascribed that mental emancipation which had
taken. place since a Britkh Monarch had been
compelled to walk bare-footed to the tomb of that
base ecclesiastic, Thomas A"i3ecket. la speak-
ing. of the persecutioo which Luther had expe-
rienced, he applandvd the resolution lie.had dis-
ol.iyed, when, haying appealed to the General
Council, his frieudi advised him not to goto,the
Diet of Worms, but,he aiistVered--" If there
wore ai many (lords as ‘vortr.s, still would I
go." The Pope issued a bull against him, but
Dither burnt the hull in the presetice.of A vast
concourse of people. With it lie burnt every
thing that could in any way scent to attach
him to the Church of Rome, regardless of
the displeasure of the Pope. He who had not
feared the roaring of a bull, was not to he
disinhyed by the braying of an ass. The liberality
cif Luther he admired.- Once, when his disciples
were pulling down some lionntn Catholic idols, he
went to them and told them they were very wrong.
-Let us," said he, " preach so, as to enlighten
their miods.,.and they will pull down these thim2s
themselves." This principle, lie trusted, would
ever be acted upOn. In the ,words of the immor-
tal Selden, he would say he desired. " above all
things liberty—civil iiberty-,—religions liberty—
that liberty of the heart w-;qich had been purchased
by a Saviour's blood." He moved,

"'flint without conferring' any excessive praise On Luther,
INlelanctlzon, 2niuglius, Cal vi u, and the band of, brethren
who originated and pronzoted this beneficent event,'alkil with-
out applauding all their conduct, or all the doctrines which
they taught, ilia Dlvetittr must 'regard them as great.qmong
the greatest of manikizid—Whist rc6llect With astonishment
and adtuiration their .tahints-, their ritotrY; their zeal; and
must recommend to their children, and their childoett's chit.;
dren, an imitation of their dauntless courage, their steady

. ,
per; verAree, and that itiilniiinaoh /e 'obedience to the dic
fates of their conicienees, which they, nuhly iiisphiyect."

Mr. FR Elt a seconded the motion, which was
cartie•d.

rive other Resolutions, applauding the princi-
Plea of the Reformation, and deprecating religions
intolerance, Were 'Moved by Mr. Davis, of the
Common Council, and seconded by the Rev. J.
Townsend, Who complained of the harshness with
which Protestuott are'ireated in foreign countries,
and expressed a hope that a Society would be
formed, to let Catholic Governments know, that
it Was expected Protestants should be tolerated in
their dominions as Catholics were in England.
The Resolutions Were put and carried.
The ReN: ATTHSW WILF,.uS pro'poscd thanks to
the Duke of Sussex, in -a long eccentric speech.
lie warmly eulogized the [louse of Brunswick,
for their attachdient to the principles of the Re-
formation, and their aversion to intolerance. Ile
had-not forgotten that a. Duke of Luoenhourg
was among the first Reformers, who signed the
memorable protest at Spires, against the several
enactments which had there been made, and per-
haps the Mt eting did oot know that from hit'their Chairman was descended. His present Ma-
jesty was a friend to religious liberty. The King's
joiner was a Methodist prvacher, and his body
coachmalt was a rank Methodist. The person last
alluded to was old Daddy Saunders. It was known
to the King that his coachman was a Methodist,
but that never caused him to get one Inikind word
and his Majesty, when the old man had retired,'
if he met hint, never failed to stop hii carriage to
say, " Saunders; how do you do ?" 'He eomPli-
mented the Chairman on the anxiety he had dis-
played to promote the cause of Religious Liberty;
and in conclusion, on proposing the vote of
thanks, called on the coMpany not. Merely to
lift up their hands, but to rise.
This call was instantly obeyed, and the Reso-
lution %vas carried with loud acclamations.

The Duke of SussEx returne;l thanks. In rising,
said his Royal Highness,' to thank you for this
compliment, I feel that it was one less clue to me
than to yourselves. I have always thonght it my
duty to attend every Meeting where I believed
that the welfare of this country might be pro-
moted. There was, indeed, .a sort 'of.. bus-1
know '64ot. how I heard-it, but there was a sort of
buz,- that a Meeting-like this was not conducive
fo hit interests of the Church. 13nt'the prOceetl-
ings of this day will extinguish such unfounded
apprehensions. I knew they would, and I came
here determined to try the result. When it was
first proposed to me to take the Chair of this As-
sembly;l asked to be informed of the Resolutions
which were intended to be submitted to its consi-
deration. That I thou.ght it tight to do, because
when a MeMber of the Royal Family attends a
.public Meeting, his preSenee gives it a certain
sanction, and he should see that was about to be
clone before he would take upon himself Such a
reFponsibility. 1 therefore Made the inquiry, and
finding none prepared,. 1 drew np the outline of
those Resolutions, which you have Adopted with
such on3nioil!y. The great prioeipk of civil and
religious libertywhich they inculcate is purely
that of the RefotrOrioti. it is use principle
which called the present Fatniiy to the throne of
these realms, and which gives to rile King of
England the title of the Sc:ereign of a nee lieu-
ple—a title far more glorious than that of any Em-
peror, or Ant ocrat whatever.-- (Applause.)—Wete
he the king of slaves, how would his dignity.be de-
meaned ! And arc we not to have the liberty of the
press ? Arc we to he deprived of that, the only
lasting foundatioa both of our civil anti religious
liberty ? I for one do say, that the security of
that liberty is essential to the security of the
House of lirunswick.—(Applause.)—They are as
much bound to preserve that liberty as they are
to 'observe any of those conditions upon which
they hold the throne of these realms. . Neither
the- liberty of conscience or the liberty of the
press is to be lightly I,,olated because a few indi-
viduals are displeased. It any inroads are sup-
posed to be made by licentiousness upon the li-
berty of the press, it is not these few individuals
who ought to be the judges of the question. Let
the public decide it ; I take my stand upon the
Opinion of the Public; for we have seen that in
more than in one instance they decided rightly.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for the hand-
some manner in which you have approved this
Resolution.

'" ['l'his speech was followed by loud and lcirg
con t ":►eels of. applause ]
Other Resolutions for printing the proceedings
►►nd subscribing, to defray.the.expenses were the'
passed, as also a vote of thanks to the Rev. P.A.
Cox, after which the Meeting broke up.
The 'room was extremely crowded. Several
ladies were present.

At a time when the whole ..kingdom is under-
going a survey of the duties on Houses and Win-
dows,:the following brief sketch of the operation.
of,those•duties might not he unacceptable, kind'
might possibly. tend to remove some erroneous
opinions :-.4The Act of the 48 Geo. 3, cap. 55,
enacts,, that all windows or lights, however c0n....
strutted, in all parts of dwelling-houses, as' wek
internal as external, and in all household offices,'
whether adjoining •the -house or •nor, sltall be
charged to the ditties. And every dwelling- hotise;
ithoe the value.of 51; per annum., shaft he charged
an inhabited (loose duly, accordiog to the full-an-
nual value, or .rank tent of the sdnie, in which
animal value .or rent are to he included
bold awl ,other offices, stables, 'coach-houses,
courts, gardens, and pleasure-gronods, within one
,acre, •which might be ,occupied therewith.—lt
might also be some satisfaction to the public to
know, Iliac the additional stuns to be coll.,!ed by
putting the above -Act in Joffe, will he paid into
Isis Majesty's I'l:v.:lover -whole and nutottel,led,
and that the surveyors of taxes sue not entitled,
as formerly,. •to airy .part of the duties so col-
lected.

Tire Original Blirglicr Congregation in Pettit,
agree.nbly t4i rppninlmeitt of the Associate Syno,!,
'observed last Thursday .as is day, of l'hank.sgiving,
in commentotation of the beginning-or the clarions
era of Reformation , front Popery in Germany,' of
which this -period.-commerices • the t'onrth n-
tenary. , Appropriate discourses were lielivered.on
the occasion by the Rev. IVm. TAYLOR, their
pastor, from Revelations xl. 12.