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It is true, we are many miles from Falusbuth; but our
moans of information are by no means limited or/ tut-
'repent, yet such is the &highness of our wtst-country
friends, at least in this instance, that net one word of ad-
ditional information respecting the Kent can I dean to-
day. I hope you will find yourself in possesaiou of the im-
portant requisites from that place direct ; for, rattily. upon
such awfully interesting occasions, no o:te should withbokl
an iota of authentic information from your vrluuble me-
dium fee relieving public anxiety and individual uuccr-
tainty. One thing yott may assure • your readers, that
nothing is wanting to meliorate the pitiful state of ttit
rescued passengers. As I told you in my last, the whole
population of Falmouth are leading a helping hand to-
wards this desideratum.
Anxiety hem is at its highest possible pitch • during the
whole of this day we have experienced dreadful weather;
and at the time I write you the gale is frightfully in-
creased from S. It is high water just now, and the tide,
hastroached our quays, and floats over the lower streets
of the town, hut not sufficiently high to do injury ; the
tradesmen are, however, preparing for a complete inunda-
tion to-morrow mornings spring, which doubtless will
visit them, should the wind not abate. Up to this moment
all is see in the shipping way, though they ride very hard j
in the Sound, &c. The Madras Indianian is daily ex-
racte: here, and many valuable ships besides are in the I
Channel. May they shape their coast clear of northern
shoals! I shall write you again to-morrow, should any I
thing of importance occur, which I sincerely bore will not
be the ease. I did not tell you in my last, that shortly
after the Kent's passengers were on board the Cambria, a
soldier's wife was safely delivered of a child, and both
mother and infant were doing well on Friday.
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The Paratnrstx stated that nobody was to speak except
subqcribers.

Mr. LAWLESS said that nothing could give him more pleasure
than to subscribe to the Institution; and
Mr. C. Snow said, he would appeal to the meeting, whether the
Gentleman could be allowed to proceed, after what had been said
by their President; he would put it to the gentleman's own sense
of honour. . _

BLno.sfsbußYAND SOUth PANCRAS AUXILIARY
BIBLE SOCIIf TY.
A most numerous Meeting of the above Society. being its
twelfth anniversary, took place yesterday at the Frnmaselth'
Tavern. The greater pan of the usembly was composed of
Mn 03 ANT, the President, having stated the objects of the
flue Meeting
Rev. Mr. Irr.rtsrr ft read the Report of the Committee on
be state of.the Society'. affairs. Tne stun of 6fOl. 193. lid. was
raised by the Society in the course of the year. Five hundred and
eighty•four bibles and testaments hid been distributed, making,
since the establishment of the Society, 10.041. Of the auto sub-
scribed, 4051. had been paid over to the Parent Institution, making
in all 11.2011. Ils• I Id. The number of free subsetibere was 698,
and those for books $75, making in nll 1.173. The Report next
noticed the diminution that apoeanal in the number of subscribers
and collectors. The amount of the subscription was NO/. less than
what it was last year. It also noticed that the Society had been
net by opposition from the Pope and from the Sultan. The
Report concluded by hoping the Society would not relax their
exertions.
Mr. C.flalAitwould not praise the exertions of the Committee
Uhl had framtd the Report, for he well kn., the pleasure the praise
of their fallow-mortals could give must fall far short of the sublime
faeliag they eojoytd in seeing the effects of the exertions of the
SOCSetv. That Report had adverted to the opposition the Society
Lad met with. The only inferonee he could draw from that cir-
cumstance was, that they must more fully evert themselves to meet
it. It was the fervent arch of their late lamented Sovereign that
every. Englishman should be able and might have a bible to read.
He was happy to say that that wish wan an nearly accomplished as
it was. Rut he sinuld ask whether 80,000 000 of Indians were
not equally (*.fens of concern in the eyes of the Deity ? They were
eal.af upon to disseminate the influence of Christian knowledge
a h :revel. the winds blew or the seas rolled. He besought them
to' proceed with that prudence which had always characterised
them. He concluded by moving the tint Resolut on.
The Rev. J. PARSONS noticed the great want of Bibles which
be; existed strong the troops in India; not that he meant to im-
plicate the Government or any other Societies, for his Majesty's
Government in India had established libraries at nearly every mutt.
tart' post in India, mostly composed of religious books, under the
control of the Captains, fur the use of the soldiers; and he was war.
ranted in asylogliser-abrire hid already done great benefit. Rut
there were still demands which would exist for centuries. They
were to reutembe• the immense number of languages which existed,
and that the Societies had as yet only been able to translate the
Holy Scriptures into twenty tour languages. He concluded by
secondirg the first Resolution.
Tl.e Rev. Mr. Evausow moved the second Resolution. It
would be a'm ••: impossible to suppose that the first part of this
Resolution was not superfluous, if they did not niece with the con.
finnation of its necessity. The union in persecution at present ex-
isting betweeo the Pope and the Sultan was unnatural. But the
opposition in these distant regions did net attract their attention so
much as shit said to exist in the Sister Kingdom. Perhaps it was
going too far to say that the reading of the Scriptures was abso-
lutely opposedio Ireland; but he now held in his hand a Charge of
the Cattle lie Clergy to their flacks, in which it was stated to he the
command of the Pope that the books distributed by the Bible So-
ciety shculd not be read by the faithful. The Rev. Gentleman here '
read, ard was proceeding to continent ou this document, when he
was inter :opted by
The PARSIDENT, who begged to say that these remarks, though
they might be good in themselves, ye: they were unseasonable. It a
class was attacked in their Meeting", it would not be fair to refuse a
hearing to those who might be able to answer the accusations.
Such diseussinna wete not at all consistent with the object of the
Aleeting. He hyped the assembly would approve of the course he
hail adopted. (Hear. hear.)
The Rev. Mr. Ew.orsow thanked Mr. Grant, the President, for
the Christian and gentlemanlike manner in which he had checked
him. Ile (Mr. Evanson) was the lest to throw down the apple of
discord ; but perhrpe his feelings may have hurried him into a line
of argument not fitted to the occasion. Ile would now advert to
the more p!easirg part of the Resolution, which was conceived in
the true spirit of Christianity. He moved the second Resolution.
Mr. LAWLESS was proceeding to make some observations,
when

llr. LAWLESS said, he would most certainly bow to the Chair,
and he would merely enter fairly and calmly into the defence of a
people who had been that day calumniated. (Here the Gentleman
was interrepted by loud cries of " Chair, Chair.") W hen we
were again axle to hear, we understood Mr. Lawless to any that he
should submit. and say no more. He accordingly sat down.
The Rev. Dr. W tare ea seconded the second Resolution, and
said, that the more the Scriptures were circulated, the nearer would
the design of our great Redeemer be accomplished.
The Bishop el LICHFIELD said, that although unconnected
I with the Society, yet he was happy to add to It his feeble support.
The opposition which had been offered, had only rendered the
cause deem to his heart. The difficulties that had been sur-
mounted, exceeded, in an inconceivable degree, any thing which
the founders of the Institution could have imagined. His Lordship
moved the diloi Resolution.
The Rev. .1. Bitmenore, Secretary to the Parent Institution—
He would not allude to the disturbance which had that day taken
place; but he would turn back to the allusion which had been
made to the late lamented Monarch. It put him in trued of that
part of the ceremony of the Coronation where a Bible was presented
to the Sovereign, on which occasion it is called the most valuable
thing the world a/fortieth. Ile would now turn to the bright spots
which lie had to puint out to the meeting. They were so nuttier.
ous that it would be difficult to know v. here tolegin, or where to
stop. Ile would give them an abstract of what he had stated to a
similar meeting on Monday fortnight last.—From Asia they had
received the most gratifying intelligence. The Madras Auxiliary
Bible Society was having 1,000 copies printed in one of the
native languages, at the press cf a rival Society. This union cculd
not be too touch encouraged, nor could it be too much praised.
The communication,' from Africa were of the most gratifying
character. There were cases there where the introduction of the
Bible had been attended wish the most beneficial consequences.
There was a trans/a:ion going on of the Srrip urea into the Nanta-
qua language. Let them turn to the Western hemisphere and
they would find equally gratifying results. In the small island of
Monteerrat a Bible Society had been established. L 3lr. Brandon
here read a letter from a resident there, who detailed the supersti-
tions of the inhsbitant:. j He then proceeded to say that all the
authAities of the island uad united to forward this praiseworthy
object, and they might aeon expect to receive 201. or 301. front that
source. The results in South America were equally happy, and
there would soon be a Spuish version of the Scriptures in that
country. In the north, among the Esquimau:, the Bible had been
received with joy, and no greater punishment could be held out by
parents to their children than not sending them to the selooie that
were there established. With respect to Europe, they would be
glad to hear results quite as gratifying. At Dresden there was a
short time beck a meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the
Bible after Luther's Version ; that Society has ly began ten
lears ago in 27 individuals ; in that period they had distributed no
ess than 33,491 Bibles and 7.767 Testaments. He had received a
letter from their zealous servant, 31r. Pinkerton, who had visited
the Society at Paris, and la ul received the most gratifying report..
He had not forgotten his own country : results equally favourable
were continually received. Ile must, however, urge the personal
visitation of the collectors at the houses of individuals, who might,
by this means, be induced tosubscribe. After seconding the Reso-
lution, he concluded by resdtrg an extra:t of a letter received that
morning front the American Bible Society, in which the words of
Hannah More were voted with praise.
The Reverend 11. CUL/XINGHAM, Vicar of Harrow—Time,
on institutions like this, he said, had been truly asserted to act
like wind on riaine. Int was feeble, it extinguished it; but if it
was strong, it only served to sustain the fire. There had been a
danger which it was well their enemies had warned them of, vie.—
that as they grew in strength they might be more inclined to trust
to it than to Divine Providence; but lie was happy to see that they
had kept their humility. There certainly did exist some evils
which it behoved them to look to—the diminution of subscribers.
He would endeavour to show the cause; it was common for what
happened to be every man's work nobody did, and that was the
cue at present ; every body left to his more able neighbour the task
of collection,which, in consequence, was often totally. neglected.
They were :low at the threshold, and they must push forward and
reach the temple ; because they had done a little, they had not done
all. He thought that there might he good Cstholice; fur the reli-
gion which Boauet and Fenelon professed might rear good men:
they had Catholic subscribers already ; but he hoped soon to see
the time when Catholic Bishops would join in their cause. The
Rev. Gentleman, after a most eloquent speech, concluded by mov-
MR the fourth Revolution.
The Rev. Mr. BATSOX.—IIe understood that under the most
I exact ton:potation there had not been more than 25,000,000 of
Bibles circulated in the three hundred years since it had been
translated into English; now let them Imagine how few of the inha-
bitants of the earth could, during that period, have profited by it.
He seconded the Resolution.
The PRESIDENT returned thanks, anti the Meeting broke up at
four o'clock.

Last week, while a mason at liiiitaskine House was
driving a stone out of a wall with a pick hammer, a
labourer was passing behind him, and just at the moment
the instrument was thrown back to give a blow, the sharp-
pointed end struck the poor man in the eye with such force
as knocked him down and totally destroyed his eye; part
of it being forced out of the socket, was found fixed
upon the point of the hammer after the accident.—Stirling
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A daring robbery was committed on Monday night, soon
after eight o'clock, on the person of Al r. A hairon, mate of a vessel
from Bergen, lying In the river, below IVapping. Having been
on shore upon a visit to some friends. on his return he was met by
two young women at the corner of Burr-street, East Smithfield,
who, after some fruitless attempts to induce him to give them
something to drink, struck him a violent blow upon the back part
of his head, which knocked him down, and, as he lay In a senseless
state, he was stripped of a watch, a quantity of silver, his hat, and
a packet-book, containing papers of importance, &c.