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London, England, 1825-05-05 00:00:00

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Arrived off Dover, the Jupiter, MANDELII, from St. Domingo.
The Morningfield, -, from Bahia, was totally lost on the
island of Floras (River Plate), about the 20th of February. Cargo
saved, in a damaged state.
The Orient. Brew* we, from Liverpool, arrived at Buenos Ayres
sth %inch, after being on shore in the River Plate.
The Caroline, Smears, from London to Pillau ' • and the Jane,
James, from London to Riga, were stranded near Helainpfors oa
the 16th ultimo.

His Majesty's ship Morn, Captain Lord BYRON, arrived at .Val.
paralao on the 4th of February.
His Majesty's ships CAMIRIRCIi, FLY, lad. TARTAR, were at
Lima 18th December. The TARTAR sailed for 'Panama on the
22d December.; and the FLY sailed for Valparaiso, Ras, and Eng-
land, on the 23d December. •
FALMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Lord Hobart
packet, from Buenos Ayres--sailed 9th March; and from Monte
Video 11th ditto; the Camden packet had sailed on the 15i of
March,-from Monte Video for England. Arrived the Fortitude,
Dorm, from Lisbon, in 18 days.
Poisysnotrrn, May S.S.E.—Arrived the Wanderer,
%%rear:, from Sicily. Passed by the Disks, Lag, from Rio de
Janeiro, in ten weeks passage; also the Buckinghamshire, —,
for Chita; and Bombay, for Bombay. Arrived his Ma.
jesty's ship BLossom, from Woolwich ; and Viper cutter, front a
cruise. Sailed his Majesty's ship Moguls, fur the Cape of Good
Hope; and Repulse cutter, on a cruise.
DEAL, Mar 4.—Wind S.—Arrived and sailed for the River, tbe
Thomas,'BELL, from St. Vincent's, in 40 days. Sailed the New
York packet, BARCLAY, for Jamaica; Albion Hotesou, for. Mi.
ramichi ; Bombay, for Bombay; and Lady: Flora, for
Bengal. The Lowther Castle remains.
LIVIRTOOL, MAY E.—Wind S.S.W.— Arrived the Mary,
WATSON. from Paraiba; Leonidas, WARD, and Jubilee, —, from
New Orleans--sailed 17th March; Crisis, Moans, from Marais.
ham; and Mary, , from Denia.

BIBLE SOCIETY MEETING.

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Yesterday the General Meeting of the British and
Foreign Bible Society was held at the Freemasons' Ta-
vern. The Hall was crowded to excess at an early hour.
Lord TEIGNMUTH, the President, was prevented
from attending by indisposition, and Lord BEXLEY was
unanimously called to the Chair. '
The SECRETARY read the Report, which was ex-
tremely voluminous, and gave lengthened details of the
progress which the Society's Agents and Auxiliary
Branches had made abroad. It represented that great
progress had been made in France, in the Netherlands,
and-throughout Germany. Great difficulties have been
met with in the circulation of the Scriptures in Rusiia,
but the Russian Bible Society had redoubled its e,ser.
tions, in order to overcome them. They had pr-ntied,
translations of the Scriptures in 41 dialects, and had
circulated 420,000 copies throughout that empire. In
Greece a great number of copies had been distributed,
and they were everywhere received with avidity. It
was known that the-Greeks often employed themselves
in reading the Scriptures while they were waiting for
their enemy—(Applause). —An edition of the New Tes-
tament was now printing in modern Greek, for their
we. A great number of copies had been circulated in
the Armenian language. In India new aid and fresh
advantages were gained i • in Colomllia steady progress
was made. On the South Sea Islands numbers of people'
having been taught to read, nearly 500 coples.of the
Scriptures had been circulated, and more were anxiously
requested. In almost every part of the globe the So-
ciety had established a correspondence, and the good
work was making glorious progress.--(Applause).--
The gross amount of the subscriptions, during the.last
year, was 44,0001.
Lord HArraoway moved that the Report should be printed.
The Rev. W. Da.smay seconded the motion • and after speeches
from several of the principal Members, the Reolutiou was agreed
to, and the Meeting then adjourned.

RATES OF POSTAGE.—Letters to South America and
Ireland, via Liverpool, according to Resolutions agreed
to in a Committee on the Postage Rates in the Howie of
Commons, on Tuesday evening, are to be charged as
follows :—For letters and packets to or from any, port
or ports in ColoMbia or Mexico, on the Continent of
America, every single letter 21. id. every double letter
4s. 2d. and for every ounce in weight Ss. 4d. and-so in
proportion for every letter or packet of greater weight
than an ounce. Letters and packets from, or to any
port in the British Colonies in the West Indies, to or
from any port or• ports in 'Colombia or Mexico ,for
every single letter Is. add every double letter 2s.land
for every ounce in weight 4s. and so in proportion 1,
every letter or packet of greater weight than an ounce.
For letters and packets between Great Britain and Ire.
land, by way of Liverpool, every single letter Bd..
every double letter is. 4d. for every ounce in weight
2s. Bd. and so in proportion for every letter or packet
of greater weight than one ounce.
An old bachelor) named William Galt, died lately
in Virginia, leaving property, according to his own
estimate, amounting to 750,000 dollars (150,00(11. ster-
ling). He emigrated from Scotland in 1775, and com-
menced trading with a pedlar's .pack. At that time he
did not own an acre of soil; but in 1825 he could ride
fifteen miles in a straight line on his own ground.
There is a veteran soldier, still living in Paris, will
ss as born in the reign of Louis XIV. his name is Pianna
Hum He is 118 years of age, is in the full posses-
:ion of his faculties, and in good health ; his long ve-
nerable beard gives him the appearance of one of the
patriarchs of the olden times; he has served-in nume-
rous engagements, and is decorated with various Orders.
COMBINATIONB.—The Manchester Mercury of Tues.