The Sun.
London, England, 1821-02-14 00:00:00

PORT OF LONDON'

Yesterday the .Anniversp-ry Meeting of this Su.
ciety, which , has .for its object the promotion
.religion . among eainen, li'as held in the grew'
Hall of the Freemason.4'. Tavern, Great Queen,
street, Lincoln's inn fields; The Right Hon. 3
C. VILLIERS, M. P. was unanimously called ti
the Chaif.• He was supported by R. H. MA RTYX
Esq. the Treasurer.
Mr. LACEY read the Report of. the Proteedin,,s of the So
ciety. It stated, that the cost of e-e purchase And 'fitting up ,f 3
his Majesty's ship Speecky, as a Chapel for ihe Porta London.
had been little short cf ,30011 but the accoirntodatiern is coni.
hlete for fIOO hearers, The Society hamplincurred debt of a fey
undred pounds, and their first °hied was to payoifthjs debt-
and then procure annual subscriptions, to keep up the import•
ant works which they had begun with so much benevolence ant:
Zeal,.• .

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Letters were mu from Mr. VANSTTTART and Lord' Gait.
ntrit, who could not atterif the meeting, bat each of whom en.
closed handsorne,donaticias..
The Earl of I oCKsavicr, in a neat speech, recommend,
the Society to the Meeting,„which had for its object to bri4
our brave seamen to a knowledge ,of -that Religion, to know
which was eternallife. fie proposed the first Resulutibn.,
Dr. THoIIPZ seconded iheßesoluticn, and in .doing aD
gzed our seamen for their bravery, and of their necessity wi
our commercial greatness. We owed them not only an asylum
in Greenwich Hospital in oil age,, but also an evert Ling asy•
him under the cross of Christ The motion was then carried.
Mr. Wrenmar orcn- acknowledged, in nvoring •the scond
Resolution, that he had been tardy, except by his poor subscrip-
tions, in advancing this great cause.- lie lamented that seamen
in general had not even-the education of ordinary men. It had
been said by some that to make seamen religious would dams
their'eourage. On the contrary, that must make our seamen
still more courageous, which, in the hour of death's last agony,
; could render 'even the tender heart of wormth brave. lied:tanked
hie Honourable Friend (Mr. Martyn) for having, giten them
...Jai opportunity of Showing, ' in so imposing a manner, their
pxrzc-
titude to our seamen for the astonishing service they had ren,
dered their country. -The day might soon arrive when e,-ery
one of our seamen would become in some sort missionaries to
carry the impo.tant teuths of the Gospel to the benighted kite-
bitants of the most di it: nt :ands.
Admiral S;,AANciun seconded tthe'Resolutimi, which w, a<
carried unanimously.
The Hon. and Rev. GEE-taD
,moved the third Re-
-solution, and in doing this he would not place it on the ground
of a duty owing to the sailors'for their .important services, but
en the higher grounds of ththltluty, which required them to
give religious instruction to every enligh:eied bemg.• • .
The Rev. Mr. ALLEN, from America, seconded the Rev-.
lution.

Mr. MARTiriv read a letter from the Directors of the Port
Society of New York, stating that places of public worshiPha;..i:
been established for seamen at Roston, Philadelphia, and
Charlestown and also giving an-account of the great suzcezi'
of their -own Institution.,The Resoli.tiou was then carrif.ll.....
The Rev. Mr. STRATTAN proposed the faiutb. Re9olirtion.
in a short speech. -
Lieut. SAUNDERS, of the Royal Navy, seconded theileso-
luticn, which was carried unanimously.
After sneeches from Mr. STEPHEN, the Rev. Mr. Tnonx,
the Rev. W. Cool:, Mr. 31anTY-N, thanks were voted t 7
the Chairman ; and after considerable subscriptions had beer.
entered into, the Meeting separated, much gratified-with:l:hr":
proceedings of the day.

ENGLISIIEtt eleant and :attractive.'-
Theatre was on Monday night dedicat•ed to tv.
Masquerade,' which surpassed any exh:bition of
the kind we have witnFsed for many, years. oje
confined limits preclude the possibility of detail,
though eminently deserVed by the manner iii
which many of the leading Characters were-sup-'
ported. The liberality and judgment• displayed
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in the arrangements produced' a very striking ge•-
neral effect. God save the King was sang' after
supper with the warmest enthusiasm. The Crowd
was immense. The Strand, in front of. the
Theatre, was almost impassable until a very late
hour. The word "-iiarnivnl," in plain larricet°ll
the front of tho Theatre had a splendid
(Morning Post.)

As a proof how fast the tide of popular cpi;ilt),
is turning in this place like others, we nce't
only mention the following fact. 'Our Theutrer
which has nightly been. made a plaCe
the display of, political feeling, on Thurs&
evening exhibited quite a new feature ; f°l
most of the folks in the gallery have bithe!7
to been lavish ' in —their applause for the
QUEEN, but on the above night, when B'3.
overflowing audience honoured the Theat":7
a cry was made by some one in the ga'T
lery for three cheers for' the Qui:EN, but in"
stead of this having the desired effect, it
received with hisses, and was' immediately
lowed -up by three groans for her MAJE:,,-TY.i.
and the performances concluded with " God` 0
the King ;" performed by the excellent hanr°l
the West Kent Militia, without the ieast,epp
tion.—(Maidsione Joirrna(, Feb. 13.) ,
On Monday se'unight, the Rev.W. IL 11.
ELIitTLEV, 'of Bucklebury, Berks, 'educed his
tithes 20 per cent. in consequence of the distr<=ss
of agriculture.

The Middle-Sex Sessions commenced yesterdaf.
before FRANCIS CONST, Esq. and a full Beach of
Magistrates.' Nothing of public interest 0c"
curred ; the calendar is comparatively auu
the offences are not marred with any peculiar.
atrocity.