The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-02 00:00:00

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

The annual nthillniot this sattiely Mai held yes-
terday, at Roster hUhen the Bari of Harrowby preskled,
by the American Meister (Kr.
L rr:nestsd)beespEalliMites of Chohnondeley, Kr. Plumptre,
M.P., the of Bit T. D. Aclaad, M.P., the
Rev. F. Clam. and ROT. Dr. Bunting.
The Rev. A. BRARDRAII, the ermetuy, having read a
Wes from the Arebblitep of Canterbury, is which hie grace
the Mime Mamma ia the pt be of the
=raj promesilid by the mamma as
before the mete-
keg. It sommeneed by ehemeteeking the year that had
weed es ens is mid* gems of the imam of Provi-
denw were food taterminglad with much that was bright
motand Womb& It then pomaded to review
seeiga operations of the ornately, divesting attention first
to the continent of imam elm, Its operations embraced
Frame, where 108,11118 silage of
the Serlptares had been
hued daring the pest year, and 2,728,968 shies the diet
erablithseat of the smisty ; Belgium, Rolland, and the
Rhoda provisoes, where upwards of 76,000 oopies had been
dildirolad I Germany, Hungary, Italy, Pram* Malta,
Game, Tootle, Chine, South Australia, Sierra Leone, the
West Indies, sad British North America. Returning to Its
domestic operations, the report proceeded to congratulate
the society on the circumstance that Prince Albert had
lately constituted himself a life governor of the institution by
• donation of M. The total receipts of the year had
emanated to 91,6341. 121. 7d.; not so large as last year,
Ind& inebaded, however, upwards of 7,6001. of • ,pedal
had. sentributad towards the society's extraordiaary
dem so the Continent, which fund Oda yeas had only been
inarreced by 1,3141.8,. 2d., so that the regular income of the
year showed as increase of 2,0231. 14s. Td. over the preceding
year. The total sum applicable to the general purees of
the societuris 44,1361. 2e. lid. The free contributions
from auxi societies bad amounted to 31,413% la. Id., the
doeatioas to ,11661. 3e. 4d , and the lipid's to 4,3481. Is. ld.
The sales of the year had amounted to 46,1861. le. 6J., and
the payments had been 97.2461. 2a., being 8,4151. Os. 10d.
more than the payments of the preceding year. The list
contained some noble donation, amongst 111• M were *es
Jute Cook, Cheluinhstn, 1,0001. ; an " Anonymous Friend,"
5001. ; Mr. Durant, Copthall-oourt, 6001, to. The banes
of the year had amounted to 1,138,695 ;sopies, befog 29,177
more than on the previous year. The total issue" from the
commencement of the society amounted to 23,110,060 copies.
The engagements of the society amounted to 63,6561.185. 2J.
The number of new societies estaolithed during the last year
was 132, making the total of societies now existing 3,182.
The Lord Bishop of NORWICH moved the adoption of
the report in an eloquent and effective address. After paying
a just tribute to the merits of his venerable predioseor,
Bishop Stanley, he concluded by saying, let them send the
Bible to Spain, India, Chine, New Zeeland, Rome ; but the
object that ought to be nearest to the heart, above all things
to excite their zeal sad entlinsisam, was the circulation of
the Bible in England. (Cheers,)
His Exoellency the AMBRICAN MINISTER seconded
the resolution.

The CHATRYAN wee about to put the resolution, when
a gentleman rose on the platform and Intimated his desire to
bring under the notice of the meeting the extremely low rate
of wages paid by the society to the binders an others whom
it employed in the preparation of its Bibles. His lordship
said it would lb* impossible to discuss such a question in •
committee of 3,000 members of the society, and he could not
therefore accept the amendment.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
Capttin PARRNHAM, R N., in an interesting and
amusing speech, in the course of which he detailed the pro-
gross of the society in Tuscany, and the history of his own ex.
pulsion from Fl mince, proposed the second resolution, declar-
ing that, on a review of the owlets's labours, all its friewls
might well feel encouraged and strengthened to go forward
in their undertaking, humbly depending upon the continu-
ance of God's goodness to uphold and prosper the work of
their hands upon them.
The Marquis of CHOLMONDELBY seconded the reso-
lution, and it was further supported by the Rev. Dr. Ar-
ober, of Oland= Chapel, in • speech as realm kable for its
liberality of spirit as its eloquence and force.

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The resolution wu earned saanisnously, as were four
°then of a complimentary character, the advocacy of which
occupied the meeting for saw hours.