The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-15 00:00:00

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S AUXILIARY BIBLE
SOCIETY.

The Anniversary Meeting of the Merchant Seamen's Auxi-
liary Bible Society for supplying British Merchant Ships with
the Holy Scriptures, was held at the City of London Tavern yes-
terday, Admiral Lord Viscount EXMOUTH in the Chair. The
Secretary read the Report, which contained some very interest-
ing particulars of the various degrees of success experienced in
distributing the Scriptures amongst British sailors. At Graves-
end the Society's Agent circulated in the present year 361 Bibles
and 995' Testaments, and sold at half price on board the dif-
ferent ships, 455 Bibles and 101 Testaments ; of these numbers
310 Bibles and 67 Testaments were sold to seamen on board of
ships which had been previously visited and supplied by the So-
ciety's Agent. Since the formation of the Society in February,
1813, the following are the numbers of copies of the Holy
Scriptures distributed to Seamen trading to and from the Port
of London :—Supplied to ships at Gravesend, without payment,
in the first rear, 1,705 Bibles and 4,068 Testaments ; in the se-
cond and third years, 1,118 Bibles, 3,038 Testaments ; sold to
Seamen, at halt cost, in London, Gravesend, and in the Coast-
ing Trade, 2,226 Bibles and 786 Testaments ; making a total
distribution in three years of 5,049 Bibles and 7,942 Testaments.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF -KING'S BENCH, MAY 14.
SM►_TII AND OTHERS V. PILE.

. This was an action on the case against the defendant as a
common carrier, to recover the value of a parcel booked at his
office, the Bell and Crown, by Messrs. -Rogers and Co. bankers
of London, to go by the Southampton mail coach, containing
satisfied notes of the plaintiffs, who are bankers at Christchurch,
and which parcel was lost through the alleged negligence of
the defendant's servants. At the trial before the Lord Chief
Justice at the-London Sittings after last term the plaintiffs had
a verdict for 10301. the amount of the notes lost, and repaid by
their Agents.
Mr. 'OLICiTOR-GENERAI, now moved for a rule to shew
cause why the.verdict should not be set aside and a new trial
granted,•and he made two points :-1. That the plaintiff* were
not entitled to recover against the defendant in consequence of
the negligence of their agents, the London bankers, in not in-
timating the value of the parcel in question, so that means
might have been adopted by the defendant to take special care
to ensure its safe delivery ; and, 2. That there was gross neg-
ligence in the . London bankers in paying the notes the very
next day after they were lost. The parcel had been booked by
the Southampton :nail coach, but in consequence of coming too
late to the office had been sent by-the post coach, both of which
coaches go' from the defendant's house,' and it was suspected
to have been stolen by. a person who got into the latter vehicle.
The COURT, under the circumstances stated; thought the
case deserved further consideration, and granted a Rule to chew
cause.

PRICE OF HOPS, pei• Cwt., May 12.
• Pockets. • Bags.
Kent.',.. 21 16s a4lOs a 4115 s Kent .. 21 Ios a3l lOs a 41 41
sussex.. 2i bs a2II Ss a Si 4s Sussex 21 Os a 2110 s a2l 16s
Essex... 91 lOs a3l 15s a 414 s Essex 21 5s a3l Os a•:41 10s
Farnham, flue, 41 lOs to 61 10s—D0. second, 21 16s to 31 Os.
Foreign Pockets, —s to —s to

SEEDS, May 14.
Red Clover (Foreign)
Ditto 'English —s 54s 513 s to fits

. _..., _ ...,„..
NVliite ditto tiffs 7tis ',4os to 10Ss
nye-Grass . . Iris 22, to 25s per kr.
Turnip Seeds ... 2os Od to 22s Od 24s pr. bush.
White Mustard Seed ss Rs to 7s Gil
Brown diftu —s 7s lOs to i2s Od
Red and Green ... —s od to —s Gil

Carraway Seeds —s 703 to 76s
Coriander do.

Cinque Foil' . 20s 0(1 to 28s 0,1 per or.
'Trefoil
Ribgrass ~Bs 28, ttr 324. -
Canary per qr 42. 4ss to —s 0,1 per qr.
Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, MI 13s to —1 Os per thott-
sand—New Rape •;re,l, 301 to 311 Os per Last.—Rape Cake,
010 s to 01 Os per thussand.—Tares, 32s to ads —s prr qr,