The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-02 00:00:00

The details of the system on which the duties o the office of Commander-in-Chief are to be exe cuted have not transpired. In a Second Edition of our Paper last night we gave a concise report of a Speech made in th e House of Commons by Mr. PEEL, explain ing the circumstances under which he had re signed the office of Home Secretary ; and we have devoted a very large portion of our paper of this day to a complete report of the several Speeches made by other Honourable Members . on this interesting occasion. It would be doing injustice to the laudable curiosity of most of our readers, were we to sus pect them of resting satisfied with any observa tions of ours, instead of perusing with attention the whole of this important debate. The open ing speech of Mr. PEEL, was distinguished by the display of much talent ; and. the admirers of that Right Honourable Gentleman (amongst 'Whom we beg to class ourselves, except on one unfortunate subject) are full of exultation and aPParently of hope—though the extent of our ingenuity does not enable us to discover any rational grounds for their indulging such a de • fusion. But the Right Hon. Gentleman cannot, We suspect, b e very much gratified with the ex . hibition made by his connection, the Member for Derry. If his speech is faithfully reported, we Must say that we never met with a more melancholy display of resentment and chagrin at having lost the sweets and emoluments of office. lie stigmatised the union of the Whigs with Mr. CANNING as one of the basest coalitions which th e country had ever witnessed, and attacked the Press as being " corrupted to the very heart's core." There are occasions on which pity takes Place of every other feeling, anti such we con ceive to be the present situation of the Hon. Member for Derry. The eloquent speeches of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and Mr. BROUGHAM will be read with much interest ; but it is to Mr. CANNING'S speech that we would direct the at _ tention of our readers, and particularly those who are interested in the Catholic Question.— We would invite them to peruse it with the attention it deserves, not only as a Piece of eloquence, but as containing the true 'view to be taken of the subject by all the sincere • friends of Emancipation. He has not made it a Cabinet Question, but, as he informs them, the V ery fact of his being in office must promote its ultimate success. Nothing can now injure it but treachery on the part of its professed friends. As to the defence of his own conduct, we 4 hould be sorry to weaken it by giving any abridgement of it. The Right Hon Gentleman metered into a history of his political life as con nected with the Catholic Question, and proved t he consistency of his conduct in the most unan- Werable manner. The whole scene was such as to le ave no aoubt on any impartial mind, as to the sentiments ettertained towards him and his Government by kt h:e Representatives of the English nation, and of the feeling out of ,doors, it requires no ordi 11,,arYobtuseness to lave any doubts as to who is ti le favourite of the people. The statement which has been made that the 4'l o as f SHAFTESBURY had resigned hi s situa o,. " Chairman of the Committees of the House () f L or d s i s altogether unfounded. Th e Noble L Or d haring been placed in that situation by a Ot e of the nouse, cannot resign it without the tan gent of the House. r• SPENCER PERCEVAI, has been appoint an Und er -S ecre t ary o f S tate i n t h e H ome I) e Partm en t, in the room of Mr. Da wsoN. bee Th e Allaenzeine Zeitung of the 25th ult. has received, b u t it con t a i ns no po li t i ca l news . tai have not ro om f o r a long arti c l e i n it, con hig an eu l og i um on t h e mer i ts o f BEETtio v and on the liberal conduct of the Phil s : r4l °llic Soci e ty o f L on don to this great mu teal genius. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. This morning the British Funds have been marked by e Z„ iti , e , r4b le agitation, and very extensive business has, h_ ll. - the whole, been transacted ; the fluctuations have "'ea ,more frequent than important, and the appearance of eons n h j -18 48 been ' rather heavy, from a consideration enter -Lned in the City that the new Ministry will be obliged to Jltfia'.'e energetic measures, and meet e difficulties of our ancial affairs w i t h bold and active measures, to reli l ue ve distre sses which so l amenta bl y press on the middle Zi fo nd host val ua bl e classes of society at the present moment ; an idea has been entertained that what h called there nking fund would he touched ; a tax on real i t - i l L ° P e rtY has also been suggested, and a consequent reduc vn of the assessed taxes ; one thing appears clear, that the Present aspect of affairs cannot go on long, and that lkli 'dater who is able to place our national income and expen diture in a more healthy state will deserve the best thanks 'f all classes of the community. Consols opened at S2i i-, they afterward* became flat and as low as Sgi i , now 82-ti • but are India Bonds are again on the rise, being 70'2 pm. ; Exchequer Bare also Is. per Cent. better, being 45 7 pm. In the Foreign Funds nothing of an important character has taken plat*, C olombian and Mexican Bonds - are very heavy, the form er h... --uag 3l& ii; and the latter 6 7 i ; in the other Foreign Securities little or no altera tion can be quoted. Greek find purchasers who are gradually .iritl quietly picking up the Bonds at 16i- i ; and expectation is his favourable tin ertained by many that ere lon g imr tant g atellig ence may b e expected from this quarter. Shares %%thane to attract scarcely any attention, and prices are Illit elY nominal. Ca Iliss.—Anglo Mexican, 40 37i'dis. ; Brazilian, 3 die. ; - uttib' 15" per Share ; Real del Monte, SO 90 pm. - '1111,1", 13 - die. :, toittv-Kahisa, 20 pm. ; as 60 40 die. An Two o' Cl ock. t patioJprea s from Paris, announcing the disbandin g of the /4. 01 7 Guard, in consequence of some acts of insubordi kin'. --, a nd more than equivocal expression relative to . the r hesst rY _ ' has had considerable effect on our Funds, .the cul t t ' la deem e d a bold one, and may create morediffi /ta! titan at present meets the eye; the French .1 Fundswere 14; "t., however, materially fallen. Consols, wli t i., n i tl w . e t i o filii 3 4 "nlites after 12 o'clock at 821 . 11 , 11 4 : 1 1 1 ( . 3 , 01d at 814 some heavy sales took !dace ; ale . me fell ins a -ae l ion d"Ettsince taken place, and they are now 82 4 . 4 , co . ai, th.‘te, however, entertained whether they will main leiar this ; Greek Bonds are about f per Cent. higher, ' au, 1 7 ; Colombian, 31 i ; Mexican, 67 i. 3 e THREE O'CLOCK. 2 b t l , °ll3°lB lB2i i and steady; C o l om bi an B on d s, Yers; Mexican Bonds, 67 i 8. Potj it on s CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES. — o l v 21 8 b Danish B on d s 614 • for A, 4 0 824 Greek Do. 1825, 16i b l3r z u Ulan Bo n d s 624 Joi eao s Mexican Do. 1825 68 Chirian Ayres Do. Peru v i a n D o . 30f Do. 32 Russian Do. Colu m b ian, 1824, 32 904 Spanish Do. 124 BRITISH & FOREIGN BItLE SOCIETY. (THIS DAY.) The Annual Meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society, was held this day, at the Free mason's Hall, Great Queen -street, and so great was the interest excitedon this occasion, that long before the hour appointed for the commencement of busi ness, every part of this spacious ball was crowded ; and by the time the Committee entered, it was ira possible to find even standing room, in any part of the building. One of the most interesting features of a public Meeting, we mean the presence of ladies, was wanting on the present occasion, females having been excluded, for some reason which we did not hear stated. Amongst the distinguished individuals present, we noticed Lords Bexley, Gambier, and Teign mouth ; the Bishops of Litchfield and Coventry, and Llandalf ; the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Mr, Fowel Buxton, M.P., the Hon. Mr. Shore, the Hon. Gerard Noel, and General Orde. Lord TEIGNMOUTII took the Chair amid loud cheers, and addressed the meeting thus :—ln addres sing you on the 23d Anniversary of our Institution, I cannot but recognise with devout thanksgiving, the fostering and protecting care of that gracious Being who first inspired the hearts of Christians to unite their efforts for the circulation of his holy word, and has crowned those efforts with the success which could not have been obtained without his blessing upon them. Ascribing, therefore, to Him alone to whom it is due, all the glory which has been accomplished by the Bible Institution, we may be permitted to indulge in the joy which arises from a contemplation of the benefits conferred on mankind through its instrumentality. To see the Monarchs, the Nobles, and Digni taries of the world ; to see Christians in all parts of the universe, of all ranks and orders of society, co-operating, as it were, by a divine impulse to diffuse that holy light which was given to con duct the weary and heavily laden pilgrims on earth, through the mazes and labyrinths through which they have to pass to holiness and happiness, is a thing that must delight all who take an interest in the salvation and happiness of man kind. May this spirit, ,by the favour of God, continue to be the delight and admiration of future ages.—(Hear, hear.)—ln the history of the Bible Institution there is nothing more striking or more gratifying than that spirit of brotherly affection which it diffuses through its members and as sociates in all parts of the world, and which has ever shone most conspicuously at our annual meetings. May I be permitted to say, that it reminds me of the testimony of the Heathens to the early Christians, " behold how these Christians love one another." (Hear, hear.) It is deeply to be lamented that any circumstance should ever have occurred to disturb that harmony, union, and co operation which formed the ornament and strength of our society, and to cast for a while, a dark cloud over those bright and expanding prospects, which for so many years had animated our hopes and labours. I allude to the question re specting the Apocrypha ; and I am happy in being able to say, that that question has now been for ever decided.—(Hear, hear.)—The Resolutions of your committee, which obtained the sanction of the last General Meeting, have ever since been the fixed and inviolable law of their conduct, and every measure has been adopted to secure au adherence to that law. The communication of those resolutions to our foreign associates, has been followed by explanatory rules, defining the eircum stances and cases in which the assistance of this So ciety can be granted ; and they have been framed with a precision calculated to prevent the applica tion of the - funds of the Society, directly or indi rectly, through the circulation of the Apoeryha. I shall now take the liberty of saying afe w words on tlw conduct of you: Committee. In general, as well as with respect to the Apocryphal question, their conduct has been most proper, and that question has been most uneoroproelisingly arranged. From experience of nearly 24 years, I can bear testimony to the zeal, integrity, and indefatigable toils with which your successive Committees have discharged the impor tant duties that have been entrusted to them.— If it should be thought that their decision respecting the Apocryphal question was too long delayed, or that in accordance with the fundamental rules of our Institution, it ought to have been settled at an earlier period, which I am not disposed to contro vert, their hesitation arose from the most conscien tious motives, and the rules subsequently adopted was a retraction of their errors. The Committee do not pretend to exemption from errors of judgment, but as Christians, they never refuse to acknowledge their mistakes, arising from the best intentions, when those mistakes have been jointed out to them. I shall say no more on this subject, which I should wish to have sunk for ever in obli vion.—(Hear, hear.) But after what I have stated, I think I may fairly claim for the Committee the benefit of the Apostolic precept—" Bear ye one another's burthens, and so fulfil the law."—(Hear, hear.) There is one other topic on which I could expatiate, although it is ac companied with the most painful recollections—the loss which this Society, and the interests of religion, have sustained by the removal of the truly apostolical Bishop of Calcutta. But as that subject will be particularly noted in your Committee's report, I shall only say, he had my affection when living, and that I hope ever to retain what I deeply feel, my respect, esteem, and venera tion for his memory. The Secretary will now read that report.—(Great applause.) Mr. JOSEPH PRATT, the Secretary of the So ciety, then proceeded to read the Report, which was extremely prolix, and occupied the attention of the meeting for above an hour. It commenced by stat ing that a new Regulation had been agreed on, to the effect that all monies received for Bibles printed by the Society without the Apocrypha, should be returned to the Treasurer of the Society, to be sub sequently applied as the Committee should think fit. In reply to enquiries relative to the funds of the Society, the Committee had ordered a larger ba lance sheet to be published this year than they thought necessary in preceding years, conscious of their own integrity.—(Hear, hear.)—They did not claim exemption from error in their application of the funds of the Society ; but they trusted the Meeting would receive their assurance that the errors they had fallen into were not intentional ; and, without at tempting to vindicate themselves any further, they would leave the facts of the case to the considera tion of the Society. As to the expellees which had been incurred in former years, many of those who directed those expences were gone, and the Com mittee could not see the expediency of pursuing any further investigations en that subject. For those investigations which had already taken place, had been productive of considerable expense and great interruption to the regular business of the Society. After a lengthened panegyric on the Foreign Se cretary of the Society, Dr. Steinkoph, the report proceeded to d e t a il th e f ore ign operations of the Society during the past year. On the recommen dation of the Rev. Francis Cunningham, 2,000 Bibles had been sent to a Protestant Minister in the South of France, where the Holy Scrip tures were in great demand. In the neighbour hood of Lubeck, there was a great deficiency of the Holy Script ures , and 500 copies had been dispatched there. Throughout Germany the ope rations of the Society were most extensive and suc cessful; 18,000 copies of the New Testament were demanded for the use of that kingdom, but the So ciety thought it expedient to order only 11,000 to be issued at present. The Saxon Bible Society was not able to comply with t h e regu l at i ons o f t h e British and Foreign Bible Society, as respected Bibles. But they had sent for a large supply of Testaments. All the Continental Societies appeared anxious to fall in with the views of the British and Foreign Bible Society.—(Cheers.)----In Norway, at Malta, and in different parts of the Mediterranean, the Society's Agents were most efficiently employed. The Missionaries on the shores of the Mediterranean .were most active•agents of the Society, and one of them wrote, saying, that the Jews frequently enquired how soon the Book will come. In India a greater number of Bibles was distributed during the past year than in any preceding one. There was scarcely a European soldier in India who had not a Bible in his possession.— In South America, Bibles were now in the hands of those who had never before seen a Bible printed in their own tongue. After some further details con nected with the Society's foreign operations, the Report adverted to the State of the Funds. The income of the last year was about. 80,0001.; some thing less than 2,000/. than it had been last year. This reduction was ascribed to the circumstance of not having received so much money from Scotland. But that money was not lost though it did not flow into the same channels as hitherto. Seventy-four new Branch Societies and Associations hail been estab lished during the past year, and 294,000 copies of their Bibles had been distributed within the same period. Amongst other circumstances of congratu lation, was that of the Lord Bishop of Llandaff hav ing been enrolled as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society.—(Hear, hear.)—An Auxiliary Society was formed in the Highlands, where it was calcu lated that there were not less than 12,000 families without Bibles, many of whom, it must be admitted, were not able to read ; 250 Bibles and 500 Testa ments had been distributed by the Society, and 3,000 more were appropriated to their use. in Ire land a great progress had been made. In 1806 there was only one Society established in Ireland for the distribution of the Sacred Volume; that was, the Society for Discountenancing Vice, and pre vious to that period that Society had only distri buted 60,000 Bibles. But, since 1806, not less than one million of Bibles had been distributed ; still it was calculated that there were a million of houses without a Bible. It was to be hoped, however, that this state of things would be of short duration. A version of the Ftihle in the Irish language was nearly completed, and it was expected that there would be a great deinand for this version. An agent of the Society wrote to say that in one parish in Ireland, where there was no Protestant Clergy man residing, 360 adult Roman Catholics, were to be found reading the Bible.—(Cheers.)—The re were now applications from all the Societies in Ireland for a further supply of the Holy Scriptures. The Report concluded by observing, that its efforts were decidedly successful in disseminating the Scriptures without that appendix, which, however sanctioned by custom, was not in the same spirit as the other parts of the Sacred Volume. The reading of the Report was received with loud and continued cheers. The Right Hon. Lord BEXLEY was sure the great assernoly before whom he appeared would not rea dily forgive hire, nor would he have forgiven himself, for having risen before his friend and Right Reverend Prelate, who would next address the meeting, and nothing would have induced him to have done so, but that he was obliged in a few minutes to be elsewhere on public business; and a similar engagement had prevented the pre sence of a Mght Honourable Friend of his, who otherwise would have, as he had on many for mer occasions, been present to-day. The Noble Lord would take the liberty of making a few observations on the report that had been read; but he could not forego expressing the pleasure he had in presenting himself, though but a few minutes, before the meeting as a friend of the Society, and that it had long been considered by him as one of the greatest honours of his life to appear in the ranks of the friends and defenders of this Institution. He also felt the greatest gratitude 1: the Almighty for having sr.ned their President to appear be fore them on another occasion ; though many other friends had been called from the scene, the loss of whom was deeply to be lamented, yet he trusted that no ultimate deficiency would take place in the supporters of the cause. For the first time, and he trusted for the last, a part of the report that had been read had assumed a sort of apologetical character; but he trusted that the manly tone in which the apology had been -made would not render it less acceptable, and that it would be a long time before they ever 'again heard Of dif ferences or discords. In looking to the more domestic affairs of the Institution, he could not but cast his eye on the Sister Island, where he saw the seeds that had been sown by this and si milar institutions bidding fair for an abundant harvest, and strongly claiming the redoubled operations of thiS Society. Scarcely was there a part to which the word of God by this So ciety had not been sent forth; scarcely was there a sea that had not been traversed by its liberal friends. The continent of America, and the whole continent of India had been thus travelled over, and he trusted that the interior deserts of Africa would also very soon receive the word oftruth. The enterprise of British travellers had lately led them through those deserts and plains which had hardly ever been trodden before, and he earnestly hoped, that wherever British travellers went, the Bible Society would be made known, and its truths disclosed. As the Noble Lord was obliged to go away, he trusted to the goodness of the Reverend Prelate who sh ou ld f o ll ow hi m in supplying the deficiencies of speech, which he felt were very great. He moved th at t h e Re port, an abstract of which had been read, might be received by the Meeting, and ordered to be printed under the direction of the committee. The Hon. and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY had been always extremely sorry to decline complying with the re quest of his Noble and truly valued Friend, who had just left the room, and he grieved to say, that not from want of will, but ability, he certainly could not comply with the request with which he had concluded his speech, namely—to make up the deficiencies of that speech. He trusted that when the meeting heard the little he had to say, they would chiefly for get it, and recollect what they had heard from the Noble Lord. Annual reports were in his view ex tremely important, because they taught not codly the past but the present condition of things; they afforded also grounds for enquiry into the causes of effects, as well as of endeavouring to rec tify ally thing that had taken place capable of being rectified. He felt happy to say, that from the term's of the Report, recollecting the candour, the minuteness, and the truly Christian tone with which it was brought forward, that in his opinion the meet ing had no cause but for gratification and future exertions; more especially when they recollected that the circulation of the Scriptures had been greatly in creased during the last year, in spite of circumstances which it might have been supposed would have pro duced a contrary effect. Therehad been a defalcation of the funds (luting the past year, arisin g from circumstances which he did not feel it has duty to enter into. He would, only express art earnest hope that the great and zealous cause would sustain no deterioration from the cessation. He could not, however, but make one observation upon this point which was, that from 5000 to 6AOO copies of the Scriptures in the Gaelic language had been sent to Scotland, and that had been a truly Christian answer to all that bad passed in that quarter; but he would leave this sub ject to others far better qualified to expatiate upon it than himself. He was anxious to con fine himself to the business of the day ; and An nual Reports had not only the objects he had mentioned, but he thought they had another; he thought the word.s of the Scriptures might be accommodated to them as they had to Mi nisters, and be considered as messengers going to the hearts of each individual. He considered that after such a report had been read, each individual was called upon to consider his own conduct with respect to the institution during the last ycar,to consider how far he had used hisbest endeavours to promote the interests of the Society; to consider how far he had used his best endeavours to forward the interests of those for whose benefit the Society had been formed; how far by his example he had shown that the Bible was to be most highly valued, and how far, in the last place, he himself had grown in the knowledge and practical truths of the Gospel. The Reverend -Prelate trusted that he should be for given, from the situation in society he held, for taking the opportunity of impressing upon the minds of those who heard him, the reflections which he considered an Annual Report calculated to afford ; and he hoped, that not only at that moment, but that when the respective individuals com posing the Meeting returned to their homes, they would find that the issues of such enquiries and reflections would be to deepen their attach ment, to confirm their perseverance, and to in crease their exertions in this blessed cause. The cause of the Bible Society for many years ap peared to be, and now it was in no degree diminished, the cause of love, the cause of joy, and forward ing of the best interests of mankind. For his own part he ventured to , affirm, that he felt, with regard to the Society, that if he could be found ever to oppose it, (he spoke for himself individually,) he should tremble lest he should be fighting against God. If he could feel his ardour cooled, or his labours diminished, or in any way slackened, he should tremble lest the prediction of Scripture fell on his head :—" If any man should draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him."— (Great applause.) The Right Rev. Prelate conclu ded by seconding the motion, and begged just to observe before sitting down, that ano ther noble and very valued friend of his would have been at the meeting to-day, he meant a Noble Lord, had he not been detained by the la mented death of his nearest relative. The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of LLANDAFF, in rising to fulfil the duty which the Committee had been pleased to intrust to him, could not but endeavour however briefly, to express the gratification he felt in witnessing the scene before him. - Those who were now present like him . self, for the first time, would know some thing of the feelings—of the deep-felt feel ings—which he felt, and which he had al most said overwhelmed the heart of any one who witnessed an assemblage of individuals collected together in this holy work. Such a scene could be witnessed, unmoved by no one, but it necessarily was felt by a more than ordinary emotion, by one who was a Minister of God, however, unworthy of that high title : by one who was bound by the most sacred ties to assist in the dissemination of the word of that God, of whom he was the Minister, and to lend his helping hand, feeble as it might be, to those who were now perishing for lack of knowledge, that word of life which alone was able to make them wise unto salvation. Im pressed with a deep sense of the Right Reverend Prelate's respoi.sibility as one of God's Ministers, he had attended there to-day to assist those more ho noured instruments of God's glory in co-operating to send to those who knew not yet the name of our Saviour, the word of God.—(Hear, hear.)—Hitherto it had been permitted him to view the operations of this Society, and to assist in some humble degree in its labours only at a distance, but by the Providence of God he had been permitted to hear the annual de tails of the operations of the Society; to witness the extensive benefits which it had been in the hands of God the instrument of diffusing; to hear how anxiously those blessings were yet called for by those who had not yet received the word of God ; he owned he could not witness such an assemblage as this, united in one spirit, in one heart, and in one mind, working to accomplish one great object, he could not witness it without heartfelt gra titude to the Giver of all good things.— To be able to come to the field of action personally, was to him a matter of no small satisfaction. To see•so many of those who were the tried advocates of the Society, still permitted to give their labours to the furtherance of Christianity and to the service of God, still allowed to come forward, to render the annual accounts of the labours of the past year, and to implore from God, the giver of all blessings, and then from them who had the means of increasing the funds, their assistance to enable the Committee more abundantly to dis pose of the blessings the Institution was calcu lated to afford, gave him the greatest delight.— He could not but feel it a high honour to be allowed to appear on the present occasion, before the Hon. and Venerable President. He, who had stood for ward ar the outset of the Institution—who had been the hearty and zealous supporter of it, and who now, through God's providence, witnessad its advantages, and to hear the gratifying re ports read, afforded him no small gratification. The nature of the Report which was read, called upop every friend of the Society, not to slumber in i t , orv i c e; it summoned each one to renewed ex ertions, to renewed vigilance, renewed energy, and renewed perseverance. The last word, in deed, he would Venture to suggest as th e motto for each individual: perseverance in multiply ing the friends of the Society, and perseverance in increasing the funds of the Society, and perseverance in extending the operations of the So ciety, but above all, perseverance in prayer, that he who had hitherto vouchsafed his blessing to those labours of love, might still be pleased to be with those who were engaged in the work, to direct and guide Chem at home and abroad, to purify and preserve them from error, and to give as long as the Society existed—he trusted as long as there was an individual to receive a Bible, that he would be pleased to. give his continued blessing in still larger measure than had been bestowed before.—(Cheers.) He moved that the cordial thanks of the Meeting might be given to the Right Hon. Chairman, for his unremitting attention to the objects of the Institution. The. Right lion. CHAS. GRANT.—After the very affecting and solemn declarations which he had just heard.—declarations sanctioned by the situation in life--by the character and by the example of thofie by whom they had been made, felt him self unworthy to present any observations to the assembly. He had been called upon, how ever, to second the motion which had just been wade by the Right Rev. Prelate; and assuredly, if there was any personal propriety in the indulgence of especial feelings with respect to the motion he was called upon to second, it was the propriety which, in this instance, pressed peculiarly on his mind.— The Reverend Prelate had stated the obligations which this Institution was under to the Noble Chairman. He felt them, and he always had this satisfaction in seconding such a motion, that whatever might he his defects in expression, those would be more than compensated by the feelings of the assembly. The Hon. Gentleman felt that per haps he ought to address the Noble Chairman only as a public man, and to ask for the thanks of the Meeting to be offered to him only as the Presi dent of this Institution, and since he had received notice that he was to second this motion, it had been his endeavour so to view the Noble Lord; but he had found it totally impossible to separate him from the many Assciations with which he was connected. He had been trying to form an abstract notion of a Bible Association, but however much his inclination led him into that strain, he had been unable to carry on the analysis in his mind. How could the Hon. Gentleman sever the Noble Lord from the various Institutions with which he was connected. How could he separate him from the dearest relations of his life, from all that delighted him in the past and cheered him for time to come. When lie looked back to the time that was gone, or forward to approaching years, how could he separate the Noble Lord from his feelings, and the recollection of those who had gone before. He had the satisfaction in seeing, and declared that he offered up the most sincere thanks, on account of the Noble Lord's still being permitted to hold the eminent station he filled. He confessed, too, that when he entered from the bustle of the world into this hall, that it was a re freshment to see the venerable Lord in that Chair; and he knew not how he should be able to bear the breaking up of that satisfaction.— (Great applause.)—He should not proceed further upon this subject, as he observed it to be peculiarly felt by all ; but for once he wished that but for five moments the Noble Lord could vanish from the Chair, that there he might indulge in those feelings he could hardly controul, more especially as they met an echo in every bosom pre sent. He had said it was refreshing to his heart to enter the Hall, and certainly it was one of the pe culiarities connected with this Institution that he was enabled to speak of entering into a crowded assembly as a refuge from the cares and toils of the world. (Hear.) He considered it a paradox, and that could he applied to no other situation. The language in former times of poets and of orators was, that they wished to escape from the worlds alarms, to deserts, to mountains, and to valleys, whilst he felt an ardour to escape from the tw-lt and hubbub of the world, not into a desert or valley, hut into the crowded assembly, where there was such an assem- blage of united feeling in favour of one grand cause springing trona one source, which could not _fail to cheer and refresh every Christian. The meet ing had heard somewhat of defalcation, a word now in their vocabulary—(much laughter)---mt a word to him of no ill omen, because if the slight diminution of the funds, which had been occasioned by the general unfortunate depres sion of commercial affairs, had it been tenfold oft hat which it was, it should not discourage him in the slightest degree. How could the Meeting be discou raged when they heard of the distribution of copies of the Scriptures, not by hundreds, but by millions. —(Hear, hear.)—lt was impossible to think they could ever be left without means to carry on the institution. At the same time there was much to excite thought and sorrow, from a temporary dimi nution of the funds. What did it imply ? It implied that these were welds of the highest nature to which the meeting was bound to refuse, but which he trusted would go to no great length. It was impossible to expect, that, with respect to an Institution of this kind dif fusing, as it. did, its effects throughout the whole universe there could be no diversity of senti ment, but he felt satisfied that all those things would become subservient to the great end the Institution had in view, He hoped that when they met again next year, they would have the nigh satisfaction of having detailed to them the most gratifying reports from numerous quarters. In concluding a very able speech, to which time will not allow us to do justice, the ight Ho- Gentleman felt particularly satisfied in being able to congratulate the Noble Lord on being permitted once more to fill the Chair, and therefore he most cordially smonded the motion.—(Great applause-) The Honourable C. J. SHore, Vice-President, then proceeded to address the Meeting. He entered at length into the views which induced him to un dertake that °Mee, which he only did in pursuance of and in promotion of that Christian feeling , which he hoped would always animate man kind in the discharge of the greatest duty they owed on earth ; that of propagating the Christian Religion. He then adverted to the late Committee, whom he defended at great length, from the charges brought against them ; amongst which that of secrecy was perhaps the most prominent. All charges of that nature would fade before investigation, as the spots on the sun's disk, vanished by the transcendent brightness which so completely shone above its deject.— Such would be the case with all charges against that honourable body of men, and he doubted not that they would receive that general and ho nourable verdict of acquittal to which all men who did their duty with Christian fidelity were entitled. He then alluded to the late contro versy, and observed, that though every species of wordy warfare was adopted, he wondered that panegyric had not been attempted. He merely alluded to this as an historical effect, not with a view to introduce that dreadful schism de structive of all good purposes, except that of more closely uniting the Christian feelings of those wh.. were combined to forward this charitable pur pose. He then eulogized in strong terms the amiable character of the late Mr. Owen, and spoke with great animation of his official conduct. When with the Society, a tempest, as it were, clouded their horizon, and it required the exercise of a strong in tellect and firm principles to avoid the danger, this was at length relieved by the star of a protecting Providence, which had brought the Society to its present elevation, and which he trusted would for ever enlighten, in like manner, the charitable attempt to circulate the Christian religion. He - then pro posed that a vote of thanks be passed to the late Treasurer, the Committee, and Secretaries. The Hon. BAPTIST NOEL seconded the motion, which he was glad was received with perfect appro bation by the burst of acclamation with which its announcement was followed. He wished to introduce into the motion the name of another Hon. Gentleman, Dr. Steinkoph;who had long been their Foreign Secre tary, and who had always performed his duties with that Christian feeling so honourable to his friends, and so pleasing to himself; till, unfortunately for them, illness compelled him to resign. The Hon. Gentle man went on to observe, that the Society at one time was like a giant shorn of its strength, and had also to contend with superstition and infidelity ; but he was happy to say that it now stood forth as the Sampson of the Christian religion, and was with both hands grasping the pillars of superstition : with one it was crushing the bigotry of Hindostan, and with the other that at the feet of the Andes. He concluded by seconding the motion. The Rev. Mr. IRVING at this moment stepped forward, and was beginning to address the Chair man, when his voice was completely drowned by hisses and loud uproar. He turned ferociously towards the Meeting, and exclaimed, with angry gesticulation, " Do ye know in what spirit I am to speak, that ye dare to put me down ?" Then, turning towards the Chairman, " Hoer is this, my Lord ?" This address was re ceived with loud bursts of laughter and hisses ; together with deafening cries ,of " chair, chair."— His Lordship intimated to Mr. Irving that, at that moment his speaking was irregular, the motion being passed. Mr. Irving again attempted to address them, but as before, considerable uproar ensued. He seemed however, determined to wear them out, and, after several attempts to speak, the majority seemed in favour of his being heard. He at length rose to support the motion, and not to op. pose it, and to add to it what was essential to make it complete. He left his sick bed to-day, and was about to speak to the Church of Christ. The society, as was well observed by his Rev. Brother, had its arms on the two Collosus of superstition, but why should it commit an act of suicide by a desertion of those principles which ought to guide it. He did not come to the meeting to embroil it with divisions, but merely to make a recommendation which he considered it his duty to do, and which he conceived the Society were bound to adopt. When he endeavoured to do his duty in the Committee, of which for the last year he was a member, he would be attended to. When he heard of the con troversy about the Apocrypha, he believed it was more from principle than prejudice that it was agitated by the Scottish Church. He was opposed to schisms, but when be examined the foundation of the controversy, he discovered it arose from a deeper root than mere prejudice. He would, therefore, propose, that the Meeting should recommend to the Committee to make a public acknowledgment (as a great majority of them had already done privately) of their sorrow, that they had unwittingly (or some such word, he did not care what) allowed the word of God to be mingled and adulterated with what was not the word of God.—(Great hissing.)—The Rev. Gentleman then ex claimed with great fervour—" Is there here a mem ber of the Church of England, a member of the Church of Scotland, or a Dissenter, who could say that any thing foreign to the word of God should be mixed up with it ?" He did not mean to reflect upon the Committee, nor did he in his heart charge them with wilful errors—far from it. He firmly believed that they did it from a spirit of love and affection, and from a sincere regard to the general interests of the Soeisty. " Is there," conti nued the Rev. Gentleman, " since you have already passed three distinct resolutions to pursue a different conduct, is there, I say, anything unmanly—(with much animation) —anything undignified, or anything uncharitable, in making such an acknowledgment, which would have the effect of weaning back a whole country's affection, and a whole country's prayers ?—(Much applause.)—l will not speak out to you the whole conviction of my mind, lest I should give offence to the feelings of• a weaker brother, but I verily believe that the hand- of the Lord has been against you for your apoatacy.—(Great hissing. ) I speak this to your charity—.l speak it to your candour. He then recommended that in filling up the vacancies in the Committee, they should take uo test from any can didate, as by this proceeding they excluded a large portion rof the Christian Church, who were known to be great supporters of the general objects of the Society. This he considered to be good policy —expediency—and principle. He rose to propose these resolutions out of a love to Christ and his Church, and to put down schism ; and out of a love to his native land. He called upon them to open their minds, and consider the situation of Scotland with respect to the Apocrypha, and then he was sure they would not blame the Scottish Church for its conduct. That Church never recognised the Apo crypha out of its reverence to the unadulterated Word of God.—(Hissing.)—When order was restored, the Rev. Gentleman said that he would trouble the Meeting no more with reflections on the Committee, but he would mention that remonstrances against their conduct were sent to him from several Scottish societies, who were ardently attached to the general cause, and were most willing to be restored to the bosom of the Society on the above recommendation being made. But the Society need not be surprised, if, without some acknowledgment of their error, the members of the Church of Scotland, whose forefathers endured a whole century of persecution for conscience sake, should nut now co-operate with them. And now, said he, I have stood alone among the friends of this Society, of which I was a Director in my seventeenth year, having been appointed at that early age to represent the country in which I was born. I well remember (he said, with animated fervor) that Paul stood alone at Antioch, and opposed error when surrounded by his friends, Peter, James and others.—(Some exclamations were here made against his violence of manner.) lam meek in words (he added) though violent in manner, because ear nest in spirit. (He was then obliged to retire, being quite exhausted.) A great deal of tumultuous confusion ensued, during which the Chairman put the original motion, which was carried, as we understood. Mr. F. BuxToN, M.P. then rose, but could not proceed for sometime, in consequence of hissing and noise. When order was in some manner restored, the Hon. Gentleman , said that it wss painful to him, in consequence of the lan guage made us' of by the Rev. Gentleman (Mr. Irving), to allude to the Apocrypha Controversy. That, in the midst of the vast transactions of the Society, many errors may have been committed he would not deny ; for what society, consisting of men with the infirmities incidental to mortality, was free from them ? But take it all in all, and he would venture to say, the Bible Society was the brightest ornament that ever adorned this country, and has been a blessing not only to it, but to the the whole world. Yet the Reverend Gentleman would return thanks to the Committee, and at the same time call upon them for a confession of their faults. He did not blame the Rev. Gentlen.an for bringing this matter before the meeting, for be was one who considered that the dissen %ions which occurred regarciing it had taken up too large a portion of the Society's time, and that it was now high time to dispose of the subject finally.—The Hon. Gen- I lowa was much hissed during his speech, in consequence of which we were unable to catch same part of it. He concluded by describing the Rev. Gentleman's recornm.m dation as a coarse proposal, which ought not to be listened to.—(Much hissing and uproar.)—The Hon. Gentleman then moved the thanks of the Meeting to the Dukes of Clarence, Cambridge, Sussex, and Gloucester, for their zealous support of the Society.—The motion was seconded by Lord Gambier, and carried unanimously. After some further business the Meeting separated. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. It having been generally known that Lord Lynd hurst, accompanied by the other Judges and Legal Dignitaries, was to go in gra:nl procession to West minster Hall, to open the Commission, a large con course of persons assemble :n Parliament-street.— The Judges, Masters in Chancery, King's Counsel, .S:c. attended the new Lord Chancellor to breakfast, it his house, in George -street, Hanover-square, from whence his Lordship proceeded to Westminster, where ipon entering into Court he was su r u in. His Lordship was attended by Mr. Canning, Lord 'gar ,.owby, Lord G"derich, Mr. 1 lushisson, Loi d Dud iey, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, Ind several of the Masters. His Lordship was iressed in his robes of State, as was also the Master ,f the Rolls. Upon our being admitted into the ~ ..3ourt-, which was not till half-past one o'clock, t was crowded to excess. The gallery, into which he late Lord Chancellor never admitted any person, was crowded with ladies. The Hall was so full of !allies and gentlemen, as to render it almost.impas ,able. Sometime after his Lordship had taken his ,eat, his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, !_.ord High Admiral of England, came into Court to , xpress his sorrow at not having been able earlier to ittend his Lordship. , Shortly after Lord LYNDUURST entered the Court, he oaths of office were administered to him by Mr. Wilbraham ; his Lordship then resumed his seat., Ind, addressing Sir Charles Wetherell, asked if he had my thing to move. His Lordship then proceeded, a order, through the Bar, until he came to Mr. ‘lontaguc, when that Gentleman made a motion, ••onnected with some bankruptcy case, but from he great noise which prevailed in the Court, it ,vas impossible to catch the import of what he said. Ilis Lordship, after disposing of some other formal aasiness, rose at two o'clock. We were gratified at ,tieing that Mr. Canning appeared to be in excellent iealth, and quite recovered from the effects of his :ate illness. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Shortly before two o'clock, Lord Tenterden, ac :ompanied by the other Judges, entered the Court, .vhen the Commission was opened. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY I.—Wind S.W.—Passed, the Concordia, ilawser, for Palermo ; and the Boy, Green, Norna, Rand, Ind Twa Friends, Sayer, bound to Harannah. Arrived rom the River and sailed, the Alacrity, Findlay, for New 'outh Wales; and the John, Watts, and Glatton, Lawton, for Honduras. PORTSMOUTH, May I.—Sailed, the Amphitrite and Zephyr transports, from Leith. FaLmouni, APRIL 30.—Wind variable.—Arrived off Port, the Courier, from New York to Havre ; and So.. ;ilia, from Charleston to ditto. Also arrived, the Martha, Wilson, from Matanzas; and Rook, Napier, from New York. Sailed, the Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbo n . _ _ GRAVESEND, MAY I. —Sailed, the Rhoda, George, Jim Demerara; Cambridge, Pe.'rce, for New South Wales ; Portland, Just, for Jamaica; Albinia, Shadford, for De.- , nerara ; John, Kinton, for Algiers; and Britannia, APGill, for St. John's, New Brunswick. Yaamount, Mar I.—Two vessels were on Kettle 'iottom Sand this morning: one is off, the other will re main till flood, when it is expected she will be got off. The Ann, of Belfast, was spoken with on the 13th ult., a lat. 48., long. 25. CORN EXCHANGE.—(THIS DAY). There are very moderate supplies of all kinds of Grain this week. Wheat remains scarce, and Monday's advance is fully •upported. Barley, Beans, and Pease, remain as last reported. l'here is not much demand for Oats, and this article remains t the same terms as on Monday. There is a fair demand for resh-made Flour. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. 3,250 qr., 1,800 qrs. 300 qrs. 3,6ooscks. 630 1,050 3,350 4,050 :ngysh Irish Foreign 7 ASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta visited the Kirro yesterday. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Feo lore left the King's Palace, Kensington, yesterday Punn ing is a carriage and four, with outriders, for the sect of he Duchess of Clarence, in Bushy Park. The Princess Augusta arrived at her residence, in the King's Palace, St. James's, on Monday afternoon. Her Royal Highness entertained the Duchess of Gloucester and a select party of Nobility and Gentry to dinner. The Duke of Clarence joined the party in the evening. After attending the King's Court on Monday afternoon, Earl Eldon proceeded to the residence of the Earl of Liverpool, the late Premier, to inquire after the health of his Lordship. MARRIED.--At Pirbright, Surrey, on the Ist inst. Chas. Stirling, Esq. fourth son of the late Andrew Stirling, Esq. of Drumpellier, Lanarkshire, to Charlott e Dorotha, only daughter of Vice-Admiral Stirling, of We_ burn Farm, Surrey.