Star.
London, England, 1816-10-17 00:00:00

ST. CLEMENT: BIBLIff 4SSOCIATIOY.

Yesterday thtritiii.e Annial Meeting of the St:
Clement Danes and Ladies' Bible Association' was,
held at Bt. Clement's Church; the' Reverend Mr We
GURNEY, M. A. in the Chair.

The Secretary read the Report of the totimittee
to the Meeting. It detailed an interesting and tit,
tering account of the progress of this valuable Asso-
ciAtion, for the prop (Ration of the Gospel amongst
Christians of every denomination ; and as a proof of
the very effective manner in whith. Bibles had been
distributed by the Committee, it stated that. onthe•
closest investigation; four bibles were only found to
have been pawned,
.or sold, out of the considerable•
numbers sent into circulation by the
General Nivita.a. in ns ving that this Roport be
printed under the direction of the Committee, took
occasion to enter into an eloquent examination of the
great moral and religit.us principles from which the
Ass.)ci.ition spiting. Much as fie revered the !stab-.
lidiment of the 'British and Foreign bible Society, he
not but view with peculiir satisfirction-Auxi-
liary Institutions like the present, which' extended
their branches throughput all .classes of society, and
kept alive that interest and . spirit' hich cultitatted
as growth of religion and morality. The flon.•Ge...
neral warmly commended the. activity and teal 01'
the visiting Conimittee, both Of Ladies and Gentle.'
men, in giving practical effect to the great business
of the Association.

W. B"i'llut seconded the General!' ms* ntioili
and•adverted with gratitude to the universal diffusion
the Gospel of late years in all quail* -of the'
globe. He particularly dwelt- upon the interesting
' account which Buchanan gave of
-:ber of -native Chsistiens in Tangore, and their peke-
fel intensteetlie 'eastern contincot, 'of Hindman.
Te the ',regress of Christianity was, its his opininik
to be. traced .the. Abolition of the -Sieve Trade, sad
the. wait mural. imp:eyeful"' which yakked the'
germ of-the elegized life in modern times. . 7
Mr. Bayamon Swtw, M.P. in an energetic apse
defend.d the bible Societies from the real er pro.
tended. feeling. of hostility, which had been. ira:wih;
*Aged in ~cettain quarters towards* them. she cow:
tended that the-great basis .4 chair institution, was
• thalami for which•the Apostlessiabourei), Saints had
prayed, .ind Martyrs fallen. He also touched upon'
the gloni.ols pecceedingi of Lord aliamouth's
~ Licit 0 Algiers,: as emanating hone that bpuit os
hristiaulty which had taken such 'deep 'root in this
ametry, and tic, fruits of which were feltin every.
quarter al•thiginbe. The lion.orablt Gentleman
conciii.lcd by. mowing the shanks-of the Meefultto
the rresident, and In the Ladies' Ass ici4tooo.
This motion, as well. sidle preceding one, was car;.
rjerluitattimoustry. Several o.hrt 6. t,.•-iiffirent br•othell
of the Association, were adopted by 4;1. i mg,
594, 4ccompanteet by appropriate • obter•abbet • !urn
r..JAMis. STUMM', • jots. and% other .p n en. fa,
win', b eve 41) active interest -in the hu110.," to
the Association.-
-T' lumber

• L'he Church was crowded to eaten. Ain
or Ladies were present, who contribtfted rargely to the
collection at the doors, ip •sd of thi ASV*liglol6.

'tonoxsit's Inquisition
dais taken at' he sign-Of the Triumphant Charidt, in
Pembroke Mears, Grosvenor-place . Si. 'George%
Hanne,:r.square, on the view. of ite body of Mist
Elizabt-th Peinhetton, ten years of age. who died in
onstlirence of het clothes having caught fire. 'while
toasting view bread. Verdiet?— ctidental Death.
An,,ther Inquisition' was taken, at the same
place, twin the body of Joseph Welsh, a gram, at
the stables of Mr. Hall, who was found tymg neat a
horse winch he bad been eleaninv in the stables. Ver.
diet,—Died by the Visitation Of GOD. ,
Vesterd .y an laquisition was titian at the Loath*
'fleispital, on the body of F. lisinsaOrth, late a 4awlet
in the ship yard:of:Sir R. Wi.grain, at Blackwell,
who, while assisting to load a. Ewe ct timber on the
sawcit, the rope broke; when the dnceeinill in jumping
out. fns foot slipped, and he. vas etssght between a
-spoke of the -wheal and **post, by whiCit •he received,a
violent braise on his chest. A Medical Gentleman,
stated, that five of his ribs were brakett,• and las liver
materially- injured. lie 'died an 'Monday

wit; orrice mEntoPozas.
MINUTES 07 EylllllrulitglisrltE THIVOM-
Mr FT'S T. THII MONS. 0 Tab
t'dt I OP TM POLICE OF THE PASTROPOt
Arewsiaatioa afWikviass nitillt4o) Eft. Sessikeol:7
• • Do. you rase,* tiny of those enfitinciva.aseociail
tions itt the Metruifelis that went br the name ol
Crittetlads l"-16. •
_ ,Tlw • 'Were before rim,' time ?-Ites, before lily
xtakilftim: Police of the Metropolis. Do not under.
stimiliiit to mean that such associatiOns 140V1 not.
'existed. I have no doubt-they hate existed, tit the
practice has not existed in my time.
2 But you have notice of their name Niles.
They she altogether extinct ?--lfes.
• ,-You know-nothing, of them now ?-140.
Does it not appear to you, that open taking a waft
.qn a Sonday, in fine weather, there is at striking
change' lOr the better, within your own observation,.
in the Manners, morals, behaviour, and appearance
'of the loWer orders, in the different districts round
about the Metropolis ; suppose, for instance, a person'
th4e to walk towards l'entotiville, and see the beau.
tifal fields in that neighbourhood, filled with thou-
'ands of People walking with their families, or chose
to. wait to Bttersealise, would he not find the man-
ners and driss of those people very much improved
to what they formerly-were I—l think it.would be,
very difficult for a philosopher to form his conclusions
of-the marinen and morals of the people from the ap-
pearances he observes in sucb places. .for there are so
many. at, the circumstances Brat contribute to. make
7'ep such emu:owes that *low engage the eye with a
sort of captivation. withbeirengaging the intellect as
:piths Nate of morality, or more than a Superficiality
0? ' Manners. Tae, increased population will fl-ick
to those plices whre they may find fresh air• mid
atnisenient ; the multitude' in. tfle.enjoyanent of this
air, wilt in their walks weer the pleasant. characters of
regularity and order. For myself, . being ..so
lame, I have not had much experience of late years,
sot being 'able to walk -about ; I have o4sereed,how.
ever, thl.t there is an i:'crease of decency, in peiiPot-
tielt-to the attention wee have, been able tospaptothe.'
'behaviour of the lo*er eideri oi, the people in' this
' The jouroeymea tradesmen are not
$O. frequently ;vet with igtb.e.ir daily working habits;'
you-do not see theme/005k ditty aprons on, antis°
uorth a and I am, persinisietA, ,fintu what I hive limrd,
although it his net come-, wilhin. wq own Observation,
' that there is a great ar.4l-Apore.siecescy amongst the.
lower orders or the people than there used to.be, in
Li eir'respeatdt chureles and plicei 142weitship. The
d-ori cf places for sects:try meetings used. to be sar-
i coded by th,;l.3e4st.blackstiaids a die caltduct of
the tower orders id this particular le.octw very diffe-.
rent to what it used to be f it.used.to be the habit of
the lowest blacliguirds to attend about the doors of
those pl.ices, and make the,greatest disturbance. sad
annoy the frequenters of them in their religious wor-
-1 ship. That practice, not,altogether yet CeieWd
but, however, weliaie' used every exertion within our
;power-to suppress it, and we bareauppressed.it in Ai
Ileac many instances where complaints -have- been
diode.. And here again, the utility of the appointment
'of the new description of officer I have mentioned,
Would be most cOnspicuous k for hu would be required,
as an easily diacharged duty, 40 have his eye towards I
all the places.. 4. worshiP in. parish.. The. Petty
Constables do net, ant will not attend a but if' the
Pettyeonstabfes time. wider ibe contr,ouf koi-eopp..
mend of the Superintendaast, daring. tliktircle alt 1.11-
vise Servke, decency-ISW decorum would be effec.2l
itailly isainzained. . .
•Do yOu think that the Sabbath-day is better ob.
*reed -in the Metropolis now than it was. ten year's
ago?—Much better,
-Yoti are noir speating of the Seetriles no less than
the •Estahlishmeml—No doubt ; we have had pan..
;lotions carried on iii a spirit rattier severer than we
wish, egainst butches for selling meat on a Sunday
morning. . .
Do you not think that is pushing the matte rather
too far f Certainly is polities it too far 104 it the
sense kelt was pursued 'in prosecuting thieves, more
adva'ntage4ouldhe.derived to society. We:have had
she office •loaded with
.miseeabh!'
niaiorm Woos' by a
Sotiety of miserable 6ee taxies, the pee alti. helm only
and welOuld de go otherwise than impose the fine:
some of those persons* do not appear to be actuated
by any.Motitie'nfidvantagi- the Public. 14ut this

- . .
rilieJury. ieturned a triodict--Aicidental . - - 'information
An Inqoest wee held nu the body of J. Flagg, a is a species ofn not very qt to cap:i-
common .litfOinier:
. .
watchman.• employed by the London 'Dock • (Am. vase the
rAt-, who,, on goSeglia .rounds •On the west aide, Has 't ever 0104ra to.*ms, that considerable im.
—abed over the quay, and eke 'drained Verdict—
pedirnetats aretiroion in thit fray of the eitetwales of
ccidental Death.
publit jcistlci, flint' the want . pl. a 'character who
.. .- : . ,
Another Intpiest Ina held at the Crown, Sliadwell, 1114,ht,,,. be named O roblic. Accuser. ladividuals
cite body of ItClas he,. Master of the PeItitYSTIACS. IKP/ "auall, °I *any iostiotiOvi oirher the line oe the
Coates; -the Mate, deposed, that • the deceased, Mani Of obtiinim for tjsewiseiees that justice which
is dia. due /-1 hive.had such an abhorrence-of the
timselt..and others; brOught the ship onto' the East
veer name of _a Putihi ACCusei, from. its existence at
inky Dock. end- took her .to Stone •Stairs . tier,
the time of the French Revolutionohtt. I have take*
Isere she was moored, and whilst witness •was sects.
I bppertunity, and have bad tio inclination, ta Cie.
PS her, Mr. Clarke went into the cabin. And soap ' "
,tate upon such a Anatttr.) but this I aim sure of, Chet
Itet witness? heard the deceased's ,son, 12 years old,
it there *pea claraeter in nature of e
.Solicitee;
• vac
My father has fallen down and hurt him-
,.• , witness .inttainii went below_ out; found VT Atterney, to watch 'tom views of justice. aa:uvii as
,4imiong with hie face on the stove :11 raised him of the. Very interesting Circumstances of pitnitiller
sig. sod a Medical Gentleman was sent.fo4wbo. at. Dues tea, "4'l'l before us, and they could have.
temPted toileedliiii,' tint .tvithoUt east, laidrlde triad' .4"."lsAliaa summits. the Windt. would•bnerander.
fel. But in the. chancier- of Public .Accumr, „Its
..,;; -We slightest doubttout.that the deceased came to
bit, death by* apoplexy. Verdict—Died by tbiVisi. l* I ha*" abboattOio to inch. an aPimillt.
ration
of Coo. . . . ,.. A ..:: . scoot, But if there was aleelleregulated institation.
An It:qui:Watt was shield. oiTueiClay evening. tot
such as bavimenti644lt would be 4ttend" with
Qt j.;Gowetti. ebh`sidesshis advaidiniia'...it would aid the • parties
Middlesex Hospital, on the hod
aged SO, wlio was in the service of mars. Cinebe, hallalr a sarong titli .to jirstice. . The want of such
Delafield, and Co. brewers, and died .consequence itsaistattee it is tquetitly.;our misforftme.to lament:
'of falling from a ladder.—C. A. tarsiirts, House Not hOoll% ROY prisdictionAtier . any thing that, is
Surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital, said, the 'deceased like tteallaso:!_
L..ollavti 'only ;alp 'lib'. breaches of, the
brought to the pospital in a state of insensibi• that anditaa,, saints. 1744,...11 another littleimetter,
f. with his left afi dreadfully Jracturrit and leg "'"'"'"Ir! 10. me to Mention:An:the CoMmtttee 4 I
lacerated. Front ihe.State el body of the deceamii, mean.',..tl/1.1..46"a1...tat'ata rdi'llutglz*mcmgat lb' 4"1"
remained, through extreme jpitin, delirious till be* orders ..`". Peurget• !nit ippect so ,thiir lodgiags;
died, which was on Monday t. tad it was. evident he as•beftvieen landlords -and tsAants ; ailllster 00-.- that
died in consequence of the injury "he had received.... kind are altogether out of our . jurisdiction. I have
frequently thought.
'''', Lappettn, servant to Messrs:* Combs. and °. to
that although it woul4 add vastly
OIL he saw the deceased tall.l he . was, cleaning a to the trouble of We Magistrate, rt it imouldt.._. lie of
lamp ac he goad upon a'ladder t the bottom of the rat iMphrtanai fa ones bona piwir geopleOt fharelope ass
ladder having :po spikes in it, slipped, and the de.
,exceed gs.iviiilu ,4„...ibi11ei,..1.1.1111**,,i, f„,,eL wma:.,,_;_ the root ef4o4.
ceased-and the ladder fell ; thadectased tell about ---- "''''''..l"4l"'y s'ialliwatel aqu")"1141"1)
• feet upon his left arms he (Witness) helps& him the power by stinsmaryAriidicpoo, to settle tbeviie.,
in s and the.oulfwattfilte Used: wire, that he bad /St"' ander the 110).ver. Of •000 atil,ol littierigelfteilti.
,Ann in the rites placasliritrii.Witkis 'feil and hurt iftlle fini.,4isw::,e Is not Pildrhial f 4,Y, or 4,°°,16. ice.
Is. the- oeisdu swhO etas. inciter-1y ip his silo& found 1."7"--ti -'-''ile Pm!' to
t* .., lii 4107,iiiceli to the. htictithitut flOstitaLT-- wA.6utd- hc. a Sha e. ati ... t cOlfill'aana oral*
tip.
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~mpWats of that sort In din tonne ck a Week iOl
we are obliged.to say-eifOly poor fellow, I would do
Any thing for, you.. 4sOf T haft no power."
And of conrso,,the• only remedy that, the parties
•
loofe. tiksuelth:CateSisanaCtionefireepass 1--Theyritay
coort of Coosairaca for Jams trades 40s;
klittrt in many. eirieS the only remedy is trespass,. which
leas not worth' their while to tiring t thiclupPeas in a
thootaind eases, and we are ()tinged to say, we have
meant of relieving them. There is another case, in
.which'it,woold he beneficial to give the Magistrates
a SiMilar pewte;.l.mean, in case seher• the only re-
medy is for the party to bring, what is called an action
of tromer, to recover goods that are in the hands of
disi)ontst, • designing,- and crafty people; but where
there is no actual theft or fraud, we frequently cry.
for the sake of .the poll-, people, the experiment of
ieniing a summons, perhaps to the people belonging
to an inns who have detained their good.; then, it the
'keepers of the inn were more knowing than they were
some time ago, they would throw the Magistrate's
summons mto the fire. Io such eas-s we cannot stir
a step, .and we hesitate ahewing bur teeth when we
cannot bite.
Do you not think that it would be advantatzeous,
if crimes against the..public peace were, attacked by
borne ;Truer who might be. considered as a public
prosecutor I—No doubt it veuld be attended with
good effects; no doubt that. 011. matters which are
ultim4tely to go before a jury and a higher moor,
having the advantage of beang,uader the care ot a
public prosecutor, who-would get up end go through
with ,it, would be in immense Blessing to the people.
You then think it would be of great advantage to
the public, if. there was a person paid by the public,
who would act in the nature of a public solicitor for
individuals who are not in a situation to pay them.
selves 1--Most assuredly ; there can be no doubt of
it, if the appointing .is made by the Magistrates.
Would not the ends of justice be answered by pre-,
• •
wanting
,what. too. often takes place, namely, those'
collusions between the prosecutor and the .person
43obt about it.
LIDO you net` think, diat even if this plan should.
not be adopted, that bills of indictment ought to be
prepared, and subpoenas and sommonses issued, free
of expenses, where the public iuterest is concerned,
to 'persons wishing to Lace an indictment and other
proceedings I—There can be •no doubt' of it ; for
though the expense of. an indictment is no more than
2s. 64. or.Ss..yet it turns aside the intentions of jus-
tice, in, teen ,the most miserable taxes, nmety•nioe
dove out. 01.4,htiodred. „
I think It' is the practice itti the country, but 1 do
not knew that it is au in London, that for Laws of
tiMe and tocsins!, allowances are paid by the di&
tfrePt coVnies.to prosecutors 1... At the Old Bailey
qtly; they give there•at species of reward aevred ate
indemnity for money laid out, and allowances to dif-
fereni-witnesses ; at the other Sessions they will not.
I know nut the reason why ; but it is instilg a vast
benefit 49 the public. I think it should be in the Op.
Aloe of tt Justices at the Sessions. In many of the
comities,. tor inttanee in _Essex and Kent, -they Will
do it it the.,sessieins, but they will not do it here.; I
dattrnknOw why. But the less eipensethet should
be-in every process to detect *crime, certainly the
foetter is it for the public. Such proceedings should
be free of 4all the expense possible to the prosecutor.
We have s many inbtanceS of poor wretches coming
to tis for ireliet of ;his tort, that we do not know
whartir-Bii.. 'Co. knoirs, 'we should have no peace
411 this-torn, with out the.aystens of warranting one
.another, 'as it is called, that is, coming to the Justice
for a warrant ; and 1 suppose that in seven out of
twelve ..ofjare cases ;hat come before us, the poor.
petipleliaveno money. You must have warrants, or
there will be no peace.
,When bail. is *odered before you, are you very
panicular in ascertaining the sufficiency of persons
who Offer themselves as bail I—According to the oa
tore of the offenie, we require the bail ; it may be
said to be more or less Upon the nature al the offence,
when the bail. is offered $ for ,persons who commit
tingle assaults or minor crimes, then we 'wish to take
thebail." is as low a sum as possible; I myself, in
cases of that description, do not require the security
whiel is almost constantly required. For offences of
that descriptiOn. the 14a0strates generally bind them
over in the sum of 0401 but frequently I bind them
only for 4110,.end•that 'twitters the same 'purpose ;
but whenever these is any case where the security of
the public requiref.an.appirarance at the Sessions, as
Magistrates, we'are ar!or.4 0%10 to be particular.
Sotnetimes we requite -011,041y40nr hours notice of
Wit, who are offered befOreßne admit theta L but in
general it may be asid.:that these. matters are coop
attended, (To, k onwitutai)

13ow gransr.—Futuous -Ileninto.—Yesterday the
driver. of , pae of the HOunersmith stages. was
charged ander the Act 50 Gee. 111. cap. 48, sec. 2,
'with driving his coach so furiously as to endanger
the lives of his Majesty's subjects.--John *Manson,
Bag. said -her was travelling by the coach last Satur-
day witt; five Ladies,,and,*tween the Cher, and
the turnpike gate. a .4reatford coach, drawn:by. three
flute up with. them, when the -defendant
stetted la!, :lorries and continised.to flog them, wren
a, .face.wath the. Breasford. A:oak; be And.cha,Ladiet,
became alarmed* Opectins „ao be overturned- every
• minute, from the citrelest manner it appeared to be
driven at;. the 4,114111. initiated him .to. stop ;the.
coachman.in the 10os' tatele waii driving, which
be did, by leaning .out of the coach window, solid.:
had no el
irn not tord4c.tiv; he
e at
thensuch
evade
a da
use.ager ni allouspac thee.—
threats he could, think of, telling him he was a Ma.
gistreie, and be cettlinly would punish him but he
cuminped his furious pace till it appeared totim that
the defendant had give; up. attempting to overtake
the Brentford coach, .which bad three horses. cud he
had buti,wo. A Gentleman on the outside. was also
in great NAVISANIAL Couloir, the Sit-
ting Magistrate, Observed, that he ernsidered the
cluttge fully raved. ste it was admitted that the horses
-were.gallopus, which hevonsidered4riring &dowdy.
and 'so as to endanger the live. of the King's sub-
pets. He, therefore, convicted hist in the penalty
a fithi. tiad.costs.• .
.I:VP4lfir:*..4l(e.,.W. J. Amer, a respectable in--1
kabqut 4!emearilk LiOadoittne. was brought
'to the c& fa-tbe custody of, Burke% the Olkey
dead 4derowent along ex:lnitiation before hfr4Osammilil
4;flhwjtb, Jrl.tbs capleeity. of Collectoefor
.gacli.iipcomeraa. the parish of •Lleaal.
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