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

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.
This morning the British Funds have been marked by
eZ„iti,e,r4ble agitation, and very extensive business has,
h_ll. - the whole, been transacted ; the fluctuations have
"'ea
,more frequent than important, and the appearance of
eonsn
hj -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 with bold and active measures, to reli lue ve
distresses which so lamentably press on the middle
Zifo nd host valuable 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
it-ilL°PertY 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*, Colombian and Mexican Bonds
- are very heavy, the former h...
--uag 3l& ii; and the latter
67 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
tinertained by many that ere long
imr tant
gatelligence may be expected from this quarter. Shares
%%thane to attract scarcely any attention, and prices are IllitelY 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' Clock.
t
patioJpreas from Paris, announcing the disbanding of the
/4.017 Guard, in consequence of some acts of insubordi-
kin'. --, and more than equivocal expression relative to. the
rhesstrY_ ' has had considerable effect on our Funds,
.the
cult t' la deemed a bold one, and may create morediffi-
/ta! titan at present meets the eye; the French
.1 Fundswere
14; "t., however, materially fallen. Consols, wliti.,nitlw.etio
filii 34"nlites after 12 o'clock at 821. 11,
114:111(.3,01d at 814 some heavy sales took !dace ; ale.
me
fell ins a-aelion
d"Ettsince taken place, and they are now 824.4 , co.
ai, th.‘te, however, entertained whether they will main-
leiar this
; Greek Bonds are about f per Cent. higher,
' au, 17 ; Colombian, 31 i ; Mexican, 67 i.
3e THREE O'CLOCK.
2 btl , °ll3°lBlB2i i and steady; Colombian Bonds,
Yers; Mexican Bonds, 67 i 8.
Potj it
ons CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES.
—olv
21 8
b Danish Bonds 614
• for A,4
0824
Greek Do. 1825, 16i
bl3rzu Ulan Bonds 624 Joi eaos Mexican Do. 1825 68
Chirian Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 30f
Do. 32 Russian Do. Columbian, 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 detail the foreign 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 Scriptures, 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 the regulations of the
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.)—There
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 should follow him
in supplying the deficiencies of speech, which
he felt were very great. He moved that the 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, arising 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
it, orvice; 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 the 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.