Star.
London, England, 1818-01-30 00:00:00

MISRCHANT SEAMEN'S UXILIARY
BIBLE SOCIETY.

A Meeting was yesterday convened at the Egyp-
tian Hall, Mansion House, for the purpose of esta-
blishing an Institution, ender the above head.. far
',supplying British Merchant Ships with the Holy
Scnpterea. The Assembly -was honoured wi •
attendance of some of the Nobility and several hie*.
bets of Parliament. A great proportion of elegant
females also graced the Meet*.
• At oaf o'clock the Ria Hon. the LORD MAYOR
was called to the/Asir. His Lordship, in briefly stat-
ing. the object tithe:Meeting, said, he not only felt it
his duty as Chief Magistrate, but also as a man and
a-Christian, to second the views of the Assembly, by
affording the use of the Hall, and otherwise contri-
buting his aid:, but he was still more proud of the
honour of becoming in any way instrumental in a
cause promising so mush glood to his fellow creatures
keit, and tD . their eternal mush
in the world to
cotae.-(eskiese.)
Lord Gillman then addrested the Meeting. It
had been, he said, his happy lot to rank among that
audsceous bbd y of luck who had, on all occasions,
pfoved *erMelves the glorious defenders and safe-
guard of their country. That this was the character
of British Seamen, was a principle as universally ad-
Witted at it wee triumphantly felt and : enjoyed.—
They were a body, indeed, who had. at once ensured
to us the blessings of peace, and the extensizn of trade
-,-security to our dominlois, .and stability to.- the
Ihnone—(applainc.) His Loidship would not detain
the Meeting by entering into a lengthened detail of
the geetat and invaluable services which British Bea-
ailen had rendered% their country, .but simply direct
the attention of the Assembly to the object before it.
Ai* was to provide those to whoa we owed so much
of our national .prosperity and glory with that, of
which-so many thonsaidiof them were still destitute,
to furnish them with one of the choicest blessings the;
/add reteiveitalculitted to -make than at-once hap-
py, bah here in 4 hereafter —be Meant the HolY
Beriißisreil It was hii pride already to belong to a
Buciet/; whose purpose is was to disseminate the Sa'
deedVritings througlein the British Navy ; and in
Ills2erperietee MSeamen, he had witnessed the
Elea arid blessed which the perusal of the
Bible had had upon. them. Here his Lordship related
some instances Where the introduction of . the Bible
Was eminently sitcconfuly in changing the lives of the
most prtieffie Seeluene sledestailiing religion in
oohs holt, siheie vice sad iattnaltality long reigned.
One `came Isnot* Otheit,lo23 that of a very old sea-
inan, notorious for his depravity, who had nag .been
at the helm of alhip, but who haviag.got a sigist of
02e, ale, he teas once, in his old place, led to reflect
*ma d% scene-around hha—.ho nafh. had rocenrse
Mikis Bible; lad at esigt!rua JaCk slot only Ise.
came a Christian, bat a--W---oner.--(ifcpfamia.)
His Lordship said, *et although the object pf the
present Meeting.tratuet err prands itierchantedlips
and seamen of the Navy vfi*-the Hely Setipturiss
(that hactidp taraigreat extent Wag dill already),
_ls-was tilts( ejaem. Ida goe hands elf tame deeply
sin nettethrifh the istereset:of
mio-tistrhandiOf• Ds* wise- had' carried elf 'trade
illirmenuneiatr to tha-varionevairao of the habitable
Odl: It sboni&be rise entries; however, that the
• greate bulk of the British Navy had-been, at all times,
feigned nem the obipstf oar merchants; for, ripened
bOrteice- and eaparieieev they Wire found- most fa
hurler aii-to timer casiairy at the time of necessity
...yesiggfampea;b;,-14friteisibiltic-conclotied arr ener-
pdioupPeakidy hnitiesing.'the Mattingfrandilis cam-
%One morass pc. prea forward-us support nf- a
otatareafrataittivith liYfiee tn the Britiab-Searnas
.4idavolving, ass imisiticetatisitot peace =abatis' lit
iplesb.i •A. o•iif Reseintkar foe' pso Jotting:
dblic6rcedielisigratA his%orahiplirol
jpisd-theirribc• • • •
jibs itmoorlidiiterrifte 'tecadded•thM peso bition,.the
ettioesd- whedh hritsliv stave-104000W our wain:
ansmoaconstapandi- It-wavadruitted-bythe. Com
*lice arhornletovekedarto-reincipihe grievattees
easeiat ationwit amistosii that dse• pies= state of
otedrey,toiwlateb-dicriveremdiscact wire the resat
atf that sow- ei-prodisacriabich ineariablrwas-
. cumetivelat 'ormighweed-ntorat .
• Sfiredoia -thalsernbiyer
,agfeachsiag ist a. atomiser e patron oEthis lastatuison,
onginating as it did inthe presentidayiraltyi Never
`lrtetilbte seukticin utonsiadeittecitd her seamenthan
samraeier-was-there a generation' of L'Oishi,
ams trial indebted' to them than the present. There
lifleixothing; he contended, in: the- chaftctet of the
sear; opposite-to-religious feeliw He constantly
is.r the-syndics of the deep; where.dangerwas-thd
WOlt audinenti and deliverance the most miraculous.
frsßiieliq Itair.not s past of his character. He was
more liable to superstition : and from the neglect of
his mind, ease in the habit of calling that fate which
wAS• the effect of direction.—llie concluded by propo.
sing the stcond,Rasolution.
The Rev. W. DIALTRT, Rector of Clapham, rose

to•second it. hiccensidand itjhe stati. 2:461 nn est
of the. country to furnish its seamen • with the Word
of "Gov; for, while it incited morality, religion, and
4hedience, it secured to the poor mariner in perils and
thvgor,, in fact, is whatever extremity, thatsolid ;cam-
f= which, Gov giveth, but no man taketh away.
Mr..Wg.eitaroaca next rose • to address the Meet-
ing,. and was received with shouts of approbation.—
There was not,- he said, an English heart but must
fe.tl, not a tbpscan but „must. be warmed with, the im-
ps:twice of the. subject before the= It would, in-
deed, ise an act -of woes ingratitude, if the present or
kture interests of the Britiilt Seamen, who had done
se much for their, country,- should be disregarded ;
and now thiit the raging tempest of war-had ceased,
a taw oppertunity,ofered itself of communicating
• the desired cod H@ had often, heard it
.said, that
tt:e• true native character of a British • seaman could
nay .exist iainapiety and carelessness. This he de-
rblert; and poorly.readiindeed, must that man be, in
elthei-tEe hisrory.of mankind, or the right-principles
of narse, whadrew such conekt.sions,No I thu sesmast,
who pens-ssed truc coarage, was Ile who loved his
and who, in peril. or in darrger, founded his
lope upon this rock- of ages--(altpses.)-41e pro-
posed theAltird Resolution.
Mr; Tity.Ltiti s:econded Eisolntinn,
• Certain. Pit IC E. 4 ntt,'Stererary.to the IStivallig ole
Sint lety, eft th 4 t`err. of 'that botlifftbr
attia.s' of Thq.liatt

been brinuied wish-Ate:l*iWe( likthiscrists and
singers ; but be cared net, knovii4 in be Ad by nib,
penence, that one steady seaman, . who feared his
GOD and loved his Bible, was worth a dozen meni
who thoqght txuecourege consisted only in blasphemy
and driickiag. fie had Seen on board 'a &hi Wfisnt
these Methodists had Oka the enemy a good beat...!
ing, and who, no &Obit; did not Wish to see the Me..l
thothits again--(Leugkisr ithfit itpyleeses.)--He reed,
a Resolution.
Dwasa, in seconding it, adverted to the case
of a'poor Otaheitian, who had been stolen from his
native country, and lost his ant at Algiers. " This
man was placed in an hospital, and taught to read
the Bible ; when, having denied the blessed kturw-.
ledge of salvation, he set out, upon his recovery, to
his own country, to diffuse the truth of the Gospel.
Mr. C. Grant coincided is all that had been urged
in favour of distributing the Bible to every Briush
Seaman capable of appreciating its value.
The Rev. Mr. Wars, of Wisbeach, late a Lieute-
nant in the Navy, mbeed the Thanks of the Ititeting
to the Lord Mayon
The Rev. D. Mims seconded it ; and subscrip-,
tions being opened, the Meeting dissolved.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT oVonAWCERY, JANUARY :v.
ISI LA COME= v. PARSONS.

Sir S. RO*ILLIG in this instance, moved that an
injunction be granted by his Lordship tu.restrain the
Sheriff from selling certain goods, Etc. the property
of the Plaintiff, a respectable female in 014 Iltir-
lington,Street, which goods have been taken ill ere.
cudon at the instance of the defendant. He also
moved; that the said defendant be restrained from
entering judgment on a Bond and Power of Atter-
ney, or from proceeding in any way' at law againit
the plaintiff on such documents. Froiwthe cejerrie
statetritift, made an usual in cases of injunction, it
appeared there had heist some money transactions
between the parties, tad that the plaintiff had been
'induced to sign the two, deeds which she did with-
yin knowing their nature or the consequences which
might rag( from theist. The defendain proceeded
against her at law, and then she was *impelled to
make the present application. The tact was, that
though they had been engagedin some pecuniary
matters, the defendant was considerably her debtor.
She bad Made the usual affidavit in support at her
allegations, said as the •
.herprOceedings qp tila
deeds would infallibly be her rum, she h4t4) the
Court would grain her protection, by i •, 18 dot
injunction.
The Loan Cuaacau,Mt—Take the ipjuncties,'
Without prejudice to any flitnre application.
Lordshipllls then Whisked, that as the Hintie of
Lords would not sit on Wednesday next, being Itsch,
Wednesday, he shouldattetuf in Court that day._
" • • .
Cotitt WittAlitY st‘
rail 11140 o. Citlai AND TWO intlab.

This was an indictment against there &feeding
at the last Assizes for the County of &trier (en-chie
Statute 18th Elisabeth, for repressing disorders.of
comitim informant, in haying conspired to Eike
money to compiorinse an information upon the late
Coal Act, and& pketence of suing the kiiMigiki
;ofend* before the. Magistrates- The
were found gisiky, and is Michaelmas
Common Serjeant obtained a Rule to sbew cense
'why the inclemEli Wily ent should not be aricked, on. Ore
iersound t Statute 18th applied 0
'suits and-process in the superior Commend Quartet'
Sessions only, and not to a case like the present,
'which related to a summary conviction before the

RiTafriiway' and I'4r. JEssom. were now heircf-
against the Rule, and Mr. COMMON SLMJEAITT beini
heard in support of it,
The Court were unanimously of opinion that the'
• Statute in question applied only to informers prose-
cu;itsg. suits in the superior Courts,. and not to in.
formets befUrtiMagistratei haiingla and
diction, and therefore the Judgment was arrested.
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