Star.
London, England, 1827-04-21 00:00:00

MERCHAND SR IMEN's BIBLE SOCIETY.

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Yesterday 1 Meeting of thear; Society was held at the City
of London Tavern ; the Right Hon. the Loan Alavoa in the Chair.
Viscount Eaxourn was prevented from presiding by illness.
The Report was read. It entered into a detail of the nieans em-
ployed for circulating the Holy Script among the Merchant Sea-
men. Captains of ships were allowed to take out with them Bibles and
Testaments, and if they sold them, the money waacirried to the ac-
count of the Society ; if not, they returned the books. By this means,
many copies of each bad been sold. The receipts during the past year,
by various sources, had been 5801. Is. 10d. while the cost of Bibles
and Testaments had been 4861. Ss. 10d. The total distribution of
Bibles from the commencement of the Society in 1818, to the 10th
of April, 1827, had been 23,778 Bibles and Testaments to men
employed in the Mercantile Service of the country, and to fo-
reigners. During the last year 1988 Bibles and Testaments were
distributed.

The Rev. Mr. &misname, the Rev. Mr. BRANDSAM, the Rev.
JOSEPH FLITCMER, and others, severally addressed the Meeting at
some length, and stated the benefits which had arisen, and con-
tinued to arise, from the distribution of the Holy Scriptures among
Seamen, proverbially the most ungodly of all men.
The thanks of the Meeting were given to the Loan hLtroa.
who returned his acknowledgments, and shortly eulogized the
Institution.

The 'Alerting then broke up, and a considerable suns was col-
lected at the doors.-slany elegantly-dressed Ladies attended the
Meeting.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Pawrosouro, Aram !O.—Wind S R—Arrived the Haaher,
—, from Christiania, in 22 days. Sailed his Majesty's ship Sr-
aura, for the Cea•avf Africa.

DIAL, Aram 20.7.11 rind E.—Arrived the Adamant, lhavrx,

from Sierra Leone; Thomas, iIIIRTHAT, front Dunkirk, after being
on shore on the Goodwin; and Acaster, hiosx.or, from the Medi-
terranean. Arrived from London, the Providence, Puna, for
Smyrna; Julia, SAILOTANT, fur Trinidad; Susannah, HTNOTRION,
for St. John's; and Mary, —, for Hamburgh. •
Gaavasssn, Arita. 20.—Arrived the Petrel, ANTRIM, from
Honduras. Sailed the Riperansa BAROARA for Bilboa.
WHITBY, APRIL 1 9.—The Pedestrian, '
of Shields. coal lad. n,
was driven on shore this morning In a fog, within Whitby Rock, but
expected to he got off, after throwing part of her cargo overboard.
CHATHAM, APRIL 20o—The Navy Board, by the directions of the
Board of Admiralty, have sent orders here to abolish the offices of
the Timber Master/and Master Measurer. The Clerks of the lat-
ter are to he placed under the Clerk of the Check, and the Mea-
surers are to attend the ship side to superintend the work carrying
on, as assistants to the foremen; they are alio to measure up the
works monthly, and to gift a daily account of the expenditure of
timber. The Clerks of the Timber Master are to be employed
under the Storekeeper, and the receipt and issue of timber to be
kept in future in that office. There is to he a Timber Receiver at
4001. per annum, and a Timber Converter at 3001. per annual—
. . . . . .

the latter in place of the Timber Master's Assistant.

SHIPS ENTERED AT THE CUSTOMHOUSE.

Juvraaos—The Atalanta, Millard ; Atwood, Stranack ; London,
Gibbs; au; Light; and Hayti, Stephenson, from Rotterdam;
Neptunus, Ahrens, (ruin Wismar • Cynthia, L:eckbater, from Al.
meira ; Frcyhrit, Meyer: from Lubeck; Resolution, Mudge, and
Mariner, Douglas. from Gibraltar; Hope, Cousins, and Fame,
Barfield, from Hailingen ; William, Nazeby, from Medemblik;
Heroine, Benstion, from Lisbon ; Dido, Luscomb, from Gergenti;
Dorothea, Drews, from Griefswald; Cameron,, Tod, from Ber-
bice; Wilhelmina, Olsen, from Christiania; and the Guardian
Torrington, from Memel.
CLEANED Cluzwaaos—The Agenoria, Fairborn, for Finney?. ;
Raphemia, Norrie, fur Montserratt ; Arno, Scales, for Dantaic;
Huskisson, Maitland, for Jamaica ; Germania, Homann, for Bal.
timore; Success, Zimmerman, for. Mau ; Aid, Palmer, for Mi-
ramichi; and the Iris, Jeune. for Jersey.

Sr. KATIIHRIN2's DOCK.—In the Sheriff's Court, on
IThursday, an action was brought by Messrs. Morrison, who carried
on the business of currier, and leather cutters In certain premises
which will be required by the St. Katherine's Dock Company, to
recover compensation for the loss of those premises. The sum
required fur lease and good-will, was 795i1.—Mr. John Bromley,
a surveyor, stated that he had surveyed the premises in question;
that considerable improvements had recently been made upon
them; a warehouse had been converted into a dwelling-house, or
chambers, and the espense of these alterations exceeded 2001.
He believed the premises to be held under a lease, which left it
optional on the part of either landlord or tenant to determine the
tenantcy at the expiration of the first 14 years. Of this term, but
two years and one quarter were unexpired, and he estimated those
two years and a quarter at 4301. The M . Morrison had taken
other premises, in Fore-street, Cripplegate, for which they were to
pay an advanced rent, and also a premium, He valued the fixtures
on the premises at gist. and certain utensils necessary to the
business, at 501.—Mr. Tait, clerk to Messrs. Morrison, proved
that the greater part of the claimants' Nosiness lay at the
Scotch Wharf, and that it was highly desirable to them to
be near that Wharf. He also stated, that the ge net
profit of Messrs. Morrison's business, for the last three years, was
2,3701. He thought, in consequence of the removal to Fore-street,
additional horses and carts would be requisite to convey their goods
Irons their new premises to the Scotch Wharf. Witness was of
opinion that Messrs. Morrison would lose, by their removal, many
of their retail and Casual customers.—The Jury, after deliberating a
short time, returned a verdict for goodwill, 3,9s4l.—tease, 5001.