The Sun. — London, England, 1819-11-05 00:00:00

CITY BIIILE SOCIETY. 'Yesterday, a most numerous -and respectable Meeting took place in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion Tioit,e, for the rurp6se of receiving the Annual Report of the City Bible Society. The majority of the company consisted of Ladies. The LORD Ms'on was in the-Chair. His Lordship came forward. amidst loud ap plause. He rejoiced at seeing so numerous and so elegant an assemhlage upon so important a subject. The necessity of meeting to accomplish the purposes of the Institution was the greater, 'as the efforts of mischievous characters had been lately most desperate, and had their success been proportionate to their intention,•the worst conse quences might have been apprehended, but the Christian Faith had suffered nothing. Notwith standing the endeavours of those labourers in the vineyard of infidelity, twelve honest men were round who put a period to their exultation. But, still, great mischief bad been done, The rising generation, if their parents did not watch over them - with scrupulous care; would be severe Al- . feters. His Lordship trusted that the necessary precautions would be - taken for-the sake of our good old Constitution, Which was inseparably in terwoven with; -the principles of • the Christian Faith, and concluded with searing that the variety of the duties, he had to perform bad prevented him from giving the question to be submitted to the Assembly, the 'consideration- .which, under other circumstances, lie would have don.—(Loud applause.) • After his Lordship had concluded, Mr. .1. l'oYNTee read the Report, of which the followiug is the substance :—The Friends of the Bible so ciety are as unwilling to advert to any controvert ed opinions, , as it is unnecessary to their cause that they should do so, being not :more prevented r'Avy.,then.by inclination , from!becoming par ties in any degree to the vainauld_fiteting con tetitions,,of, a ; world, '' the foslhjonof which pass eth away ;" but in a moment when 'the Bible ii seiChas,been assailed with new-and extraordinary activity ;• when, it has been sou lit to destroy all sense:: of future , responsibility, by undermining the first principles of seligion, : and to dissolve Lire connexion between man And. his. Maker, 'by the bold denial of a revelation frOtn, Heaven ; when publications of the : most flag,itious tendency have bee f) •h r o wu Atm) the widtst circulation, and still continue : to_be. disseminated with the tno3t iter - nicious industry ; and When all hope in death has been. sought to be taken away from our expiring nature ; • when the most „s(tietnn and sacred troths of our holy•Religioti have been, impugned andtle ri,ted, and the flood-ga'es of licention‘ness and vice hake been set wide open—under circutn stances such as these, thure.appears a peculiar call upon the friends of divine truth, to show them selves in earnest in the cause of •their insulted Lord, and to redouble their, activity in support of this sacred 'and useful Initittrion. We live in tired in " a day of rebuke and blasphemy," when, althoogh it might have been expected that a sympathy If feelin g would have hailed the full blaze of Scrintote with which the nation s, , fang been foroured; and that a deep sense of gratitude would have been excited by the signal dcli'verance which has been wrought fur us in .the resttnatiou of temporal peace, there have still beep fo ,, nd among us, and still abotind, multi tudes sslto deny the Lord that bought them, who treat wuh profaneness and irreverence his holy ‘y(ird, and make a mock al those blessed (piths which the Lord of Life and Glory himself de 7 *wended from Ileaven . to promulgate, and for which ilia 'Martyrs of old counted not their lives dear to • . . Theila,St ItepOrt of this Committee commenced by noticing hip formation of the Merchant Sea man's Auxiliary Bible Society (which arose out of the Thames Marine Committee), the object of which. enlarged plan vat to supply above°loo,ooo Thitish Seamen with the Sacred Scriptures. That Committee had then supplied above 1090 vessels B.bles and Testaments, by which means 160,000 sNanten had received and carried out, as the best chart and compass of their perilous voy ages, the word of everlasting life. It is with much pleasure that the extension of that Society„ is itete• recorded. Their labours have continued to he abundant, and their success has been pro portionate. Within the last ten months 643 ves sels have been visited and supplied, containing 9717 seamen, of whom 8433 are able to read, and who have been furnished gratuitously with 452 Bibles and 1372 Testaments, while 266 Bibles and 117 Testaments have been sold, at halt, cost price, to seamen in the foreign trade, and in lit le tno.te than date months 330 Bibles and 172 Testaments have been sold at reduced prices to seamen in the coasting. vessels. The Fleet prison continues to share the atten tion tli the ,Nssocittion, within Whose district it , i(tiated(zllet Blacktriars'and Farring . don), Intl is repotted by aot Association to [ive re,.:eived 168 cozies of the Holy Scriptures within the space at three years. 'l'h, g i ft a a s i ng l e :rill' Testament in a coati iii Golden.la h u., an,d the s s d,e of one in the neigh bonsliond of Si:!'ron-hill, up,;'t hl from the lei"" of the Ni;rtii Ci y Association to have been at tendril th e 1110 , - it beneficial ct.,"s• quences--a fact- which may perhar tend to excite.,:! mire ge nera! attention to that lary,e class of the 7;?I,.i'ICS of Ireland, %Ilk() are either en: 'rely or partially dent among its. A fact is tew(ded by the Sini!h. - fi'eld-Absociation (too long in details fur 111 We part:cular notice), which serves to slier./ the great itapottance of the distribution of the. Bible iu s.w4tening the attention. of those individuals to tht-ir highest interests, who, from neglect of th.e public means of grace, might probably have otherwise continued in f 1 state of ignorance and sin to the lest moment of their tires. The following statement vjil show the nature 11-1 t; 6r,elety's progrOs in the past year, and its , ac!tu it connittign l'alatice in hand last year L. 15 4 11 Anannit of Donations to tile Auxiliary ilunual Subscriptions 341 5 IS Total Cash 'mid by Associations—. Cu Ai received for Sale ufliibles . to Subscribers - 4 L. 1323 7 p • To conclusion,--The Committee would »gain direct the atrention of all who can feel tor their own intere3t4 and tor those of others, to the ROW and peculiar in a .t oa c ;ten wa.ea tire nation .s placed by the extensive ditrosion of infidelity and irre ligion. Mr. Sheriff Ro-ruweee moved the first Resolu tion, which wa,s seconded by the Ilay.JoHN °wear, who, in a - speech of considerable length, described the great necessity which existed in the present times, for a vigorous exertion on the part of the friends of t t he Gospel. The Resolution was also seconded by LUKE HARWOOD, E - S:ki. and carried tohrohnotisly. The Rev. 3. CuNtileGliaM moved the third Re solution ; and, in a long, eloquent, and manly address, supported the object ~ot the Society. He denied that i:,fidelity or sceptici , m had taken such a deep mot as rel:s imagined, and added that all the great aed good men in Society were in favour of the troths of the (;ospel. The `elev. Mr. LIEFCIIILD seconded the Resolu tion, which was put, but ht fore it was canted. Counsellor Platecies, of the Irish Bar, rose and spoke as follows :—ltiTleed, my Lord, when ii e sec the omens whi c h every day produces—when we see blasphemy openly avowed—when we see the Scriptures,trudarionsly ridiculed—when in this Christian Monarchy the den of the Republican and the Deist yawns for the unwary in your most public thoroughfare—when marts are ostenta tion,sly opened where the moral poison may be pnrehased, whose• subtle venom enters every soul —when infidelity has - become an article of Coin nit rce, and Man's perdition may be cheapened at the stall of every 'pedlar, no friend' of society should continue silent. It is no 'longer a Ties don of political : , privilege—ot sectarian coo. troversy—of theological discussion a, it is be come a question whether Christianity : itself shall stand, or whether we shall let go the film anchor of our faith, and drift, without chart, helm, or compass, into the 'shoreless ocean of impiety and blood ! I despise as much as any man the whine of bigotry ; I will go as far as airy than for rat i ona l lib ert y ; lists I stilt trot depose inyGod, to deify the infidel„, pr e tear, in .. pieces the charter of the State, anti grope for a :Constitution amongst the mut ky pigeon holes of every crerdiess, iawless; — intoxicatid - 'regicide.--illy Lord, I am the datire indignant at these de signs,:bfcause they ,are, sought to, be coneesled in the disguise of liberty. It is the thit,y of , every real ft hold to Liberty to, tear her mask from jilt; fiend who has usurped it. Believe no one who tells you that the frienlS of freedom are now, or ever were, the enemies of religion. They know too reed, that rebellion against God could not 'prove the basis of goveroment foe man, and (lore the Fondest stroc ture impiety can raise, is but the Babel monument of impotence, and its pride, mocking the builders with a moment's Strength, and then covering them with inevitable confusion. My Lord, I will not abjure the Altar, the Throne, and the Consti tution, for the bloody tinsel' of Revolutionary Pan tornine, Neither ,i\jr. Pain,e nor Mr. P a rlroer,.nor all the venom-breathing brood, shall swindle from me the hook where. I have teamed these precepts, in despite of all the scruff and scorn and menacing, -ay, Of the sacred volume they would obliterate. Yet it is a book of facts, - as well authenticated as any heathen history--a hook of miracles, incon testibly avouched —a hook of prophecy, confirmed by past as well as present fulfilment--a book of poetry, pure and natural, and elevated even to in. spiration—a book of morals, such as human wis dom never flamed for the perfection of hum a n happiness. Sir, I will abide by the precepts, ad moire the beauty, revere the mysteries, and as far as me lies, practise the mandates of this sacred volume ; and should the rididule of earth and the blasphemy of bell assail me, I shall console myself by the contemplation of those blessed spir;ts, who, in the' same holy cause, have toiled arid shone, and suffered in the " goodly fellowship of the Saints"—in the " noble army of the Mar tyrs"—in the society of the great and good and wise . of every nation ; if my sinfulness be not cleansed, and my darkness illumined, at least my pretensionless submission may be excused ; ifl err with the luminaries T have chosen for toy guides, I confess myself captivated by the loveli• ness of their obser Holdint, , , - , my Lord, opinions such as tire-e, I should consider myself culpable, if, at such a crisis, I did not declare them. A lover of my country, I yet draw a line bet ween patriotism and rebellion. A warm friend to liberty of conscience, I will not confound toleration with infidelity. With all its ambiguity, I shall die in the doctrines of the Christian faith ; and with all its errors, I ant contented to live under the glorious safeguards of the British Con stiterioo. The LORD MAYOR, in returning thanks, paid a high compliment to Counsellor Phillips, tor the eloquent Address he had given. His Lordship el,o co:mut:tided the Speech of Mr: Clioningh'aul. The Rev. Wm. -WARD proposed the 4th Reso. lotion, which was - -seconded by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, and carried unanimously. Aidernum 13R4DG,Es (Lord Mayor Elect) return ed Tbanks. Captain PACKENUAM proposed the fifth Resolu tion, which was seconded by Sir Digby Maxwell, and carried nnauirnously. The last Resolution teas moved by the Rev. Dr. Iltru.shri, and seconded by the Itev.Dr.STENCOPFT% It tt NS carried unanimously. The Lono MAYOR again returned thanks, after which the Meeting broke up. ' very considera ble stun was colireted at the doors. The following were the Resolutions moved and }opted Resolved—That the Report now read be re ceiver,' and adopted, and that it be printed under t h e di re ,:,tion of the Committee. 2. ResoN:ed — That the wicked and blasphemous publications t►ow unblushingly diffased through the •cation, forth, in the opinion of this Meeting, an additional reason ,for supporting the British and Foreign Bible Society, .;'hich having for its simple and exclusive object the vii,lest possible circulation of the Holy Suriptures, is rccisely adapted to repel, in the most eflicient and'h:lequate manner, such impious attempts, by giving a 4istioct honour and prominence to the inspired volnioe, by en circling if with the affection and marked reverence of Christians of every name, and by tints Con tributing to pledge the nation to that holy book, which infidelity is daring to revile, and oft which all the Principles of moral and regions order and siibordination, styli therefore the very foundations (if public tranquillity and-private virtue and happi ness, ultimately rest. 3. Resolved—That the sincere aanowledg ments of this Meeting are due to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, for the patronage he has afforded to the Institution as President ; and for the hand some manner in which he granted the use of the Egyptian Hall for the Anniversary meeting. . 4. Resolved—That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Right Hon. and others the Vice- Presidentsof the Society, for the patronage which they have afforded to the institution ; and that the Gentlemen specified - in the annexed List be the I. T ice-Presidents for the year ensuing. 5. Resolved-1 hat the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Trcasurer, the Secretaries, and the Committee, for their zealous exertions to further the objects of the Society, and for their interest ing Report ; and that the Gentlemen specified in t-he annexed List be the committee for the ensu ing.vear, with power to enlarge their number. b. Resolved--'that the mairuesr thanks of this Meeting be given to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, for his zealous attention to the business of the Meeting, and for his able and judicious conduct in the Chair this day. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, LINCOLN'S INN, Nov. 4. SUPPOSITIOUS CHILD. SERGEBSON V. lIIIRGERSON: This case, which we fully reported in Antust last,. and which rebtes to the supposed i!legiti rnacy of Miss Sergerson, was again heard thiS morning. Mr. IVINGF/ELD stared, that when it was last before the Court, his „Lordship had declined to hear it, in consequetiCe—of the >ltbda*ifs being sworn 'before a Master in the High Cont:of.clfati cerrio Ireland. Since that there bad been some treAr - atEdavits filed, which he considered not iterhe satisfactory, I n these also several letters of •she moilivrwere ifiserteo, which he contendedlie,bud a right to answer Alt , r heari.tg Mr. COMBS- and Mr. HART, the Loan CtiA . Kesta.oil desned h3r. Hart:to proceed with the case, ..nit from hearing the letters read,- the Counsel , 1) tf!,. wher side %rook belhetier enabled to. jo:lge wri►ether' they wished any del a y. Mi. HART then stated the affidavits in support Of the motion, and Mr: FARRAR was heard on the same side. Mr. WINGFIELD. requested delay, as it was essential that every explanation should be given bv•the mother. The LORD CHANCEL-LOR acquiesced in the pro, priety of doing so ; and, after some further dis cussion, it was fixed lot Saturday se'nnight. As the facts uf the case are of a peculiar dalicare•na tnre, we shall refrain froth giving any report till Counsel on both sides have been fully heard. • • VAN S - lINDON V. BAINBRIDGE AND OTHERS. The ATTOUNI;Y-GESNERAL moved his Lordship to dismiss an order for issuing an attachment against the defendmrts.• .The Court had, Rre;. viously to the long . vacation, granted an - order which directed that the plaintiff and other credi torS of"the late Air. Goldsmith should have access to the hooks, papers, &c. •at seasonable hours. The plaintiff, however, - not having that access which he wished, had filed an affidavit on ' which the act ment was. issned. ,We fully reported all the case when it was formerly heard. • The Latin CHtNCRLLOR, after hearing Conn se! at great length on bath sides, dismissed the or der of attachment with costa. • DAMES V. THE DISKO OF MARLBOROUGII. Mr. HART stated, that he had a motion to make in this case, but understanding that it would suit the convenience of Counsel on the other side if it - woe postponed, he had no objection to do so till Saturday, on which day, with the leave of the Court, he 'would bring it on. - GOOLDING V. JUKES. Mr. 1-TART said, that this was a motion to re strain the defendant from receiving any money on account of the plaintiff, or from interfering in any respect with tl►e management of her busi►►ess. The plaintiff is a widow residing h► Somersetshire, and being left with the management of a very large brewery, she wished to get some person to act as.agent for her. Her brother engaged the de fendant for a certain term of years, at a salary of 150/. a year, in consequence of the defendant al leging himself to be peculiarly skilful in the mar nagen►ent of a brewery. The result, however, sheaved the contrary, as the business had nearly been ruined since he came into it, the beer being so very hail that no publicans would take it. Irlc had also thrown away and caused to be destroyed a manlier Of casks of beer. Tie. Lord CHANCELLOR refused to grant the in innobion until notice had been served on the party tin the other side. He considered himself obliged 't , + do so, , from the circumstance of this beer. hav ing in several instances seen destroyed nearly eighteen months before the present application was made. tOLICE INTELLIGENCE. SEDITION. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.— Information having been received at the Vestry of St. James's Parish, that at certain houses in the vicinity, a number of persons nightly assembled (among whom were military men), for the purpose of discipline in the use of arms, and remained there until unseason able hours, it occupied the serious attention of the Parish, ,when finding strong proofs of such information, the Vestry Clerk was or dered to present the case before the Magis tratesof this Office; and accordingly be attended and laid the information before H. M, DYRII, Esq. and G. FARRANT, Esq. when some of the places of meeting were pointed out. The Vestry Clerk stated, that on Monday morning last, a watch man, whose box was opposite one of the places of meeting, was frequently alarmed at hearing a noise itr the house alluded to, At very late hours, • especially on Sunday night last, prior to the Fins bury Market-place .Meeting; and on that evening he saw such proceedings that he informed the .constable of the night,-.the following morn ning, and the Parish thought . proper to make the case known. -Thala.gistrates thought it most cap:tire:LA: to trove the watchman brought.6efuro them, as being most likely to render infortnatk ° l on the subj ect . H e i n a s h ort time was to the office, and stated the following panic" tars :—That on Sunday night last, at a - very 001 seasonable hour, he was opposite the a.b9ve place, where debating is sometimes held, sitting 41 his box,. and his attention _.vas attracted hi 41 ' noise as if many persons were talking together; he saw a man standing some distance from the place, and supposing that lie was about no goad he marched towards him, when be retreated 0 1 ) dark court. The watchman still followed him! on seeing which he came to the watchman , and accosting him by his sirnaine, said, te Don . ; you know me," •and littering his own name, sO l i "lam a Bow-street Officer." He then told the watchman that he had been sent there to water' the proceedings of the parties, who were suspect' ed of treasonable pra.•;ces. He said that he Irad been to the Debating Rooms, where there ‘ireFf" several persons exercising w;ith arms ; he had at' tempted to get in, but on arriving half way up t" stairs he tvas stopped suddenly,.and told he could, not be admitted without a peculiar kind of ticket, and he was forced to leave the place. While he wee on the stairs he heard persons 'marching abou t ' and using, what he thought, arms, and from va" rions other circumstances he had no doubt hut tiler were there for the purpose of being instructed in the use of arms. He heard arms mentioned , and some person' told ihein to bring arms with them to-morrow (meaning the Monday when 0° Finsbury Meeting was held). We are in, !AWES . sion of the 'lame of ti,e above pers.'', who be' longs to the place, and the situation of o(bef places, but it would he imprudent at the pres , q4 to mention them. The Magistrates are taking every necessary step to find r, , lfficient proofs i* briog the parties to justice, and officers are op,' pointed ,to watch . . their tua“;envres.—(ilforttiag Paper.). . N'SjON-1 - 1 6USl3,—Yestcrdov Brookes, Broom , . Harrisxi,,aiid' Stewart: ‘Tere brought up tot examinarion;lor he sohbery at Lon man's ware" house. The only new evidence examined Wog Robert Ingleby, apprentice to Mr. Martin, th 4 bookbinder, who Stated, thar a !miser left tuto editions of a, Todd's Johnson " tit his houiei Mr, Broome came afterwards; a nd w as t a lking r° hi-s master about the books.—A croSs.exa" miumion of Mr. Martin took place, but it 44 sugget!:'ed, that the publication of that, and conversation which occurred afte rwar d s , filigb . . prejudice the prisoners. 'They were remanded. MOST DREADFUL ACCIDENT.--it is With aCEP concern that tie record one of the most distress,• lug and shocking events that have occurred berg for many years.--Ou Saturday last three tremen" dons explosions took place in hells Pit, near this town, belonging to the E arl of LoNSDALe , 5 1 0 occasioned the death of twenty out of the twenty' two unfortunate colliers who were working in ir• Notwithstanding the most prompt assistance ren" tiered by the stewards, aided by the introduction of air-pipes, it was with the 'greatest difficull that the bodies were approached, fourteen of which were removed on Sunday, and six to-day; The. two survivors, Parrick•M'Avoy and his son. were only rescued from their perilous situation early this morning, in a most deOnrable state; but we are happy to add that sanguine hopes sre entertained of their recovery. ,On hearing the melancholy Intelligence, the Earl of Lansdale sant 22goineas to he distributed among the relity . tious of the sufferers—one guinea to each family! besides which, we understand, they will base dwellings ,rent free, and eighteen-pence a vveCl from the fund arising from the colliers' weekly subscription deducted from their wages. dreadful. occurrence demands the attention of all classes. Not an individual in this populous tovrt t and neighbourhood can be found who does n°! doplore the'awful catastrophe. But of what avaL,' is the sorrow which we all feel, unless it produc e some beneficial effect 'to the surviving r e l ati ves 44 tire, poor sufferers ? As their present means are inadequate !o the difficulties or their-truhappy can' dition, it has been suggested that a public sat scription be opened for them, and a collection made in, the churches and chapels.. We trut.t it c hint will not be neglected.—Whitelmen, Nev. CONFUSION' OF MURDRII..--.We gave yelertiq at length the confession of Thomas Woods, 4 - 1° stated himself to have murdered a woman betweet Edinburgh and Leith, ten.weeks ago, and W Wl' turns out to i',;! a gross imposition, as the fAlott was only released troll; the jail at Horsetuonger lane on Monday, to which Piee he had beets) committed as a vagabond, before the time of (VIS alleged murder. He accused himself at Unk 9t Hall with the murder of a female at2Leicestig• and afterwards throwing her into the river there' This, upon inquiry, turned out to be a fabrics' Lion ; and it turned out that the fellow had in v posed upon a Clergyman in like manner in lb . ° country. M r . R. STAL'LRS, on seeing the reintirr yesterday,. p ro du ce d t h e b oo k s from Union Raw by which this gross impositioh wtas detecttia.'" The prisoner was remanded for a' week. and will he dispOsed of at the Sessio ris.—( 3l9 """ P Paper.) CHILD BURNT T O D EATH .—Y et:ter d a y *0 -I • quisition was t a k en at Sr. Bart hole ,mew's tiosP ,. h ' id, before TH OMAS SHELTON, Esq.. on view of te body of a fine girl, named Matt ; Dudley, age d' eleven years. Verdict—" Accida: ['tat Death. BIRTH. On the 24 inst. the Lady of John Leo :is Newnhaws New Tio4ber-place, Sussex, of a son and heir. _—• MARRIED. lict On the 9.d inst. John Cavell, Esq. o f Bo .ndsey-hall, latefio rde to Margaret, Young e st d aug ht er o f J. cott, scl• - . prietor of the Sans Parch Theatre. , . %.,• F. On the Ist inst. at his DIED residence, a t Enfield, ;sir ' , Giesler. I iddi gBe°' On Wednesday morning, at Newingtc n - gr een, Is- so n ti after a short illness, havi n g surv i ve d hi i brother Jaru e mer four days, Mr. John Billing, in the 46th year of hii age, senger to the Commissioners of BankruF as. call' On the 4th inst. Mr. Joseph Purser, , of :inch-lane ' hill. .....:e_ MINIMarimmmom....100•11•••••••••••••••••••1 ea L9NDON: Printed by.). B. CARSTAL &S, of No.' W. k ; Ormond-street, Queen-s quare; an d pu bli s h e d 14 _ 0 Si!' SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Moho*. -street, At r rs ol aelfi Office, No. 114, Strand ; whets A4i :ertiserue,ntst Letters, &c. 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