Star.
London, England, 1824-05-06 00:00:00

BRITISII AND FOBLIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

Yesterd.iy the great General Meeting of the British
and Foreign Ili6:e Society was held in the Freemasons' I
flail. At a very early hour the hall was filled by cler- I
Kymen, and a number of the most eminent individuals
in the metropolis: in all no less than 1.800 were present.
TEic NAIOUTII was unanimously called to the chair.
Necretary teal the Report, which was exceed-
ingly voluminous, and gave a detailed account of the
great progress of the society in ever y part of the globe.
,:e i ;tie of Bibles in new dialects had been greater dur-
ing the last yeas than on any former occasion. They
had copies of- the sacred volume printed in the Esqui-
maux and Otaheitan languages, and the light of divine
truth was now penetrating in the most benighted coun-
tries. The account of the Scriptures having been printed
and ciseulated throughout Ireland in the Irish lan-.
gunge was received with particular applause. They
had also been printed in the Welsh language with notes.
The Report mentioned that since the last anniversary
47 Lew auxiliary institutions had risen to their aid.
The statements contained in it were throughout received
with masks of high satisfaction.
The Earl of HAnROWBY moved that the report should
be agreed to.
The motion was seconded by the Earl of RODEN,
who addressed the Society at great length. He saidl
he knew an individual, a man of pleasure and a man
of the world, who was only anxious for the world's ap-
plause and admiration. That individual, some time
since, from motives of curiosity, went to one of the
anniversary meetings of the Irish Bible Society. He
was *shamed almost of being seen OlereJ. dad ird

THE LVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1824.
THE FUNDS.

STOCK EXCH INCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols nprned this morning at 96 a, and got up to 913 i for
ON Account, at which price they remain steady, with little doing.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
There has been a good deal doing in the Mexican Scrip, but in
all other Foreign Securities very little has been done.
Current Prices : New Spanish 15 to 6, Old 18, Chilian 11.74
Russian 96 97, Mexican Scrip 91 Austrian 17, French Is:
Alliance Shares It; to 1, Colombian 896, Ditto Scrip 21 New
Prussian 99f 100, Old 9SI, Irish Shares Ito 6, Greek 2to dis.
An Express from Paris brings the French Rentes of Tuesday at
105, for the end of the month. It is reported on 'Change that the
Brazilian Luau is to be hid fur at Two o'Clock, and it will be op_
tional to take a half or the whole of it. A great number of persons
who have written for shares of the Brazilian Loan have withdrawn
th it letters, owing to the uncertainty of the state of affairs in that
quarter of the globe.

EXCIIANGES.
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PH ICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
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4. per Cents. Old looN.
4 per Cents. New 108% Vs
4 per Cents, Assented 101,Y1 54;
Bank Long Anus. 22 15 16 23
India Stock 2993/4—lndla Bonds 82s. 83;.
cl 1;i11. .8;;J ,ON) 51s. 48'. 495.
Ditto Sm:tl 511. 48s. 495.
Consols tor Atct. %. •

The intelligence lately received from Greece, though
generally layout al)ie to its independence, is vague and
contradictory—particularly so far as relates to Lord
BYRON and the English volunteers who have offered
their services. We nave, however, received an authentic
account of the recent events in the Morea, for the,cor-
tectness of which we pledge ourselves. It is contained
in a letier limn Ytevesa :

EXTRACT.

PRRVESA, MARCH 51, 1824.

" After three months' deliberations on the best means
of carrying on the war against the Turks, the parties
into which the Greeks are divided appear to be sensible
that they have hitherto mutually misconceived each
others views and resources : and the late attempt to
stist,iin the fortunes of the Greek Insurgents, unless
quickly followed up by more powerful succours, may be
found in the sequel only to have aggravated their situa-
tion. The Philliellenists must have already perceived
that the divisions and discords existing among the
numerous factions are likely to baffle, for a long time
to come, any means which they can employ to vanquish
this real hlidra. An event happened in Mesalongi about
six weeks ago, which must have exceedingly damped
the a; dour of the English volunteers in their attempt to
introduce the salutary reforms which they have so
much at heart ; and it will have convinced them,
at the same time, of the hazard of forcing the insurgents
into a course of action which is totally opposed to their
habits and modes of acting. The Philhellenists, early
in January, established a small arsenal and laboratory
in the place, which was protected by a Captain's guard.
" A Sulliot Captain, with his followers, having been
refused admittance without regular permission from the
superior Authority, in a sudden gust of passion, drew
his pistol and shot the Captain (a Prussian Officer
of Lord Byron's suite) who fell dead at his feet ! Some
more persons are said to have lost their lives in this
aff;ay.• The feelings of Lord Byron were so strongly
agitated by thii cruel bloodshed, that he was seized with
violent epileptic fits, which excited real alarm for his
life, but from which he happily recovered. It is un-
derstood that the' consequences of this barbarous
atrocity have been extremery prejudicial to the
affairs of the Insurgents ; for about 18 or 20 expert
gunners and artificers, sent out it is said by the Greek

Committee in London, immediately resolved to q,sit a
country where their lives were in jeopardy every hour,
by those whom they went to assist. They left iqesa.
longi for Zante and Cephalonia to pet form quarantine.

" The insubordination of the Sulliote battalion (abort
500 strong, on whom Lord Byron chiefly relies) could
no longer be tolerated in Mis‘olonghi. With a view to
withdraw them from the place, it was resolved to make
a general movement of the insurgents assembled there.
One of the divisions was to advance to attack Lepanto,
and the other to advance on Arta ;lot bithe:terrrothing
has been done, though Arta from the real weakness of
the garrison at the time, might easily have been surprised,
and much alarm was felt for its safety when the Insur-
gents first advanced from Mesalongi, at the beginnirig
of this month.

" It is now four months since the Turkish armies retired
from Greece, leaving only small garrisons at had.
rangik, Zcitum, and Negropont. Yet in spite of all the
active assistance and the strong incitements used to urge
them into action, they have not been able to make any
impression upon those positions, or gain ground on their
enemies. On the contrary, as their own internal discords
have raged more violently than ever, they have them.
selves entirely frustrated the plans so zealously urged
by the English Philbellenists for appeasing and uniting
their factions, and for laying the basis of a more efficient
general Federal Union, according to their view of the
subject."

We have not as yet heard what steps Government
may deem it necessary to take, in consequence of the
late disastrous intelligence from the Coast of Aftica; at
all events, it is probable that nothing will be done until
the arrival of, official intelligence from thence. His
M.ijesty's ship MAIDSTONE, Commodore CHARLES
BUI. LEN, is now on the voyage to tae above quarter,
having sailed from England about three weeks since.

In the absence of official accounts of the melanchoiv
events on the Gold Coast, we cannot but regret that
there is no circumstance which affords a well grounded
hope that the intelligence already received is not in a
great measure true.

From the circumstance that the news was unknown
at Sierra Leone six weeks after the fatal catastrophe
took place, the truth-of it has been doubted ; but owing
to the force of the winds and the currents, the commu-
nication between Cape Coast and Sierra Leone is he-
quently much longer than that time, and the passage
is indeed seldom made in less than two months.

In another column we have some further pat tictilars,
though not of a later date than the previous statement ;
and on recurring to some accounts, of the same date as
those first published, but more circumstantial in details,
we find it stated, that Major Cutstiomst,who commanded
one of the corps into which Sir C. M'CARTHY divided
his force, had all the English soldiers with him, and
that he had returned to Fort Accra ; so that no risk re-
mained of a surprise of that place by the Asiiantees.
Sir CHARLES MeVARTHY had- with him all the mer-
chants, who had entered as volunteers, and a few
officers ; the rest of his corps was composed of the na-
tives of Cape Coast Castle. Major CutsuoLm is said
to have been only 15 miles from Sir C. M•Cantitv when
the attack was made upon him, but did not hear of
the disaster in sufficient time to afford assistance.

Another corps of natives was expected to be detached
from Fort Accra in a few days against the Ashantees.
Those of the native troops who survived the disaster
under Sir C. AI`CARTIIY, reported that they had seen
the bodies of the untot Innate merchants who perisl ed,
as left in a state of mutilation by the Ashantees. These
facts ate derived from the letter of a passenger by the Eli-
z:tbeth, Captain BUNN elf, from Cape Coast to Barbadoes.
—When w•e recollect how many persons, between
whom there could be no collusion, nor any conceivable
motive for uniting in the fabrication of intelligence of
this nature, told the same story, we fear the hopes of its
proving untrue must rest on very slender foundation.
We understand that a ship has arrived from Sierra
Leone at Plymouth, which left on the 23d March, but
we cannot ascertain that any person has received let-
ters by her.

New York Papers reached us this morning, to the 14th
of April. The following are extracts from the Aetu
York Daily Advertiser of the 13th ultimo :