Star.
London, England, 1827-05-07 00:00:00

LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.

A'very crowded and r spectable audience, composed
of the supporteys and friends of this Society (which was
instituted for-cliculating the Holy Scripture; and esta-
blishing Schools in Ireland), assembled on Saturday at
Freemasons Hall, to receive the twenty-firsr Report of
the Committee. Lord Loarow was called to the Chair.
The Treasseer lead the Report, which stated that the
Society had distributed since its foundation 167,961
Bibles and Testaments in the English and Irish lan-
guages, part of which, 100) Bibles and 2000 Testa-
ments were the munificent grant of the British and
Foreign Brlsle.Society. The Report also stated the in-
creased and urgent demand for additional Schools and
Scripture Readers, and after adverting to the great in-
crease in the number of conversions from the Roman
Catholic faith to Protestantism, concluded .with an
camest app-al fob. continued support.
Many ab'e and interesting speeches were delivered by
the Noble Chairman, Lord CARISENET, the Rev: Sir
G. Now., the Rev. JOHN W. cueratuouasa, of Harrow,
the Rev. Tssc6tas NeWSIAN, the Hun. and Rev. BAPTIST
Nom., the Rev. HUGH MACNEIR, the Hon. CUANZA,
JOHN SHORE, the Rev. JOHN BENNETT, of Cork, the
Rev. JANE; CARLISLE, of Newry, the Earl of WIN-
CHELSEA, &C. &c.

The purport of their several addresses was to thew that
the Reformation was making great progress in Ireland,
and that that glorious sr°. k was greatly promoted by
the distribution of the Scriptures among the lower or-
ders these, assisted as it had been by the exertions of
the Scripture Readers, whose numbers the meeting
sele exhorted to increase, and that Ireland only wanted
t".e means of iniproyement and cultivation of mind, to
41.tover iu the fullest extent the fallacy anctsuperstition
•oer y, Irani which it was their unanimous opinion
of that unhappy country originated and were
; and calling upon the meeting, not to relax
,xertiona, which had already produced such
effects, and which would eventually place
heland in tt.at happy station which she ought

yesterday mot sang some thieves broke into the
of Mr. Cr.sr, haberdasher, in Whitt-el o.s.
and stole front the back parlour a barometes,
lictutes, and some wearing apparel; but as
not enter the shop it is supposed they MU

THE ARMY.

Ike He In two detachasents, baked at Aylesbury on
Thursday and Friday, on their way to Liverpool to embark for
Ireland, and on the mornings on the ensuing days, proceeded oft'
their route.

The 3d Regiment of the Burks Yeomanry, ate to assemble for
exercise in the 28th instant.

Lord Gamma Lennox is appointed Brigade Major in Ohs South
West District, vice Lieut..Coionel Bummer, ptornoted.
Thu 15th and 66th Regiments are ordered to embark at Cork,
for Canada, to relieve the 70th and 76tit Regiments, which are to
return to ingland.—The Romney is refitting to take a part of them
troops.
The first division of the itrd Regiment from Jamaica, sailed en
Tuesday. in the Zephyr, lieut. &rims, and Amphitrite, Lieut.
Wane, for Leith.

Detachments belonging to the oth and 46th Regiments of Infan-
try, embarked this day on board a steam vessel in the River for
Gravesend, on route to Canterbury.
A detachment belonging to the 4th Regiment of Not embarked
this day on board a steam vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on
route to Chatham.

Detachments belonging to the 4th and 11th Regiments of Light
IDragoons, marched this day from Westminster for the Cavalry
Depot at Maidstone.
A detachment belonging to the n2d Regiment of root, marched
this day from Westminster for Harwich.
A detachment belonging to the .12d Regiment of Infantry,
matched this day from Westminster for Brighton.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Faaauaar 24.
The first division of the 92d (or Highland) Regiment, consisting
et the Headquarters and three Companies, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel D. Wattauson, embarked for England, on board
the Arab transport, between eight and nine o'cleck, on Monday
morning, from the Ordnance Wharf.
Two Companies of the 91K Regiment. antler the command of
Captain Litotes, marched front Up-Park Camp, between four and
five o'cloc► the same afternoon, to garri,un Kingston Barracks.
The command of the Force. in this island has, in consequenci of
the departure of Lieut.-Colonel Witt.tamsosof the 92d Regiment,
devolved upuo Lieut.-Colonel PUIVIS, of the Royal Artillery.

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