Star.
London, England, 1827-04-28 00:00:00

LONDON AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.
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A very simaseran :Meeting of the friends of this
t'tranch of thw Bible Society took place yesterday in
the Egyptian Hall, Mansion H,•use. In consequence
of the death of the Loan MAYOR'S eldest son, Alder.
man HUNTER took the Chair for his Lordship, who
was to have presided: Tee Rev. Mr. CLA IMOD read
a better from the R;ght Hon. the Lois MAYOR,
expmsing bis regret at not being able to attend,
owing to the doommtic calamity just mentioned.—
The 'Reverend Mr.. PART C then read the report of
the Society. The receipts. of the year amounted to
.5461 Bs. 841. out of which sum 4301. bad been paid
to the parent sticiety. The copies& the Scriptures dis-
tributed by the• Society amounted to 16.506. Since the
formation of this branch; it has paid into the parent
society 18,0001. and not less thap 36,372 copies of the
Scriptures have been circulated by it. The .Bishop of
LLautiale, in proposing the adoption of the Report,
said, that he should be wanting to himself, as an humble
Minister of the Gospel, if be a ithheld his countenance.
from so invaluable on engine to the purity of religiose;
His Lordship's address was received wash great applause
A liberal sobegiption was entered into. The meeting
was princip composed of Ladies.

Yesterday a Meeting of Postmasters was held at the
Freemasons Tavern to receive a Report from a Depu-
tation appointed to present a Memorial to the Lords
of the Treasury oa the subject of proceedings taken
by the Commissioners of Scamps, to recover ;mobi-
-1 ties from several Postmasters, whose postboys had
taken up paueagers on their return home. Mr. Wanes
was called to the Chair, and stated, that the Memorial
had been presented, and that Mr. Haaatza had assured
them that all proceedings should for the present be sus-
pended, until a decision should be come tolwhether say
alteration should be made in the present Act. The
Chairman gave it as his opinion, that the desired alter-
ation would be mad* in the present &slims, the Solici.
cotaf.Stamps, who drew the Bill, having declared that
it was not intended to apply to Postmasters.
Dolma, Aran. 26.—Ansongst the passengers who
arrived this day flaw France, by tits tipithre packet. wore--Lord
Mows sod soite. Mr. Camay, Mr. &nowt, and Mrs. W. Wake.
laid, the wit* of Mr. W. Wakeisid. who is now antlised in Len-
inism Grado,ise aiding is the abaci= of Was Tenser.
DILEADVIIL Csacousrasca.—About three o'clock
this morning, the watchman going his sounds in Gilbert•
street, Cleskeawellpdiscovered strong bodies of smoke
issuing from the luwerparts of the house of Mr. Kings.
land, wholesale shoe warehouse. He gave, a prompt
atom, which moused the inmates; and Mrs. Kingsland
(Mr. H. was from home), her mother, a servant, a youth,
and two young children, escaped by the front first. flour
window. along the balcony, which adjoins the next
house. The smoke soon filled the house with the utmost
density, but yet no flames were anywhere perceptible;
and all was conjecture as to where the fire was, until
the firemen discovereethat a flue belonging to a stove
in one of the workshops bad been carelessly left with. a
fire io it, and the vent being closed, some wood-work
bad gradually become heated, and produced that dense
body of smoke, the fatal effects of which we have to re-
late. The firemen having adopted the uso4l means to
assist the smoke in its escape, discovered, is a small
room adjoining the workshop, the lifeless bodies of two
apprentices,. in bed, who had been suffocated by the.
smoke which we have described. Their bodies were
removed into the open air, and every means adopted to
ti restore animation, but unhappily without effect: they
bad evidently ceased to exist some time before they
were discovered.

Yesterday, at Queen-sqtare Police Office under the
head of M Disordernes," a young man who stated himself to
be a lavbetatiouer, and gave his address Grosvenor row, Pimlico,
was charged by the watchmen with being drunk and disorderly on
the previous evening.—lt appeared from the -statement of Charles
Rix, a watchman, that while be was perambulating his beat in
Bbisiy.atreet, Pimlico, about eleven o'clock on Thursday night, the
defendant came up and accosted him about a dog that was on the
pavement, inquiring of him.wbether be was • friend td dogs, and
Übe encouraged them ? Musses recommesded idea to go home,
when hn stepped Into the 'Went of the read, and effered to light
Moe and the deg together. The defendant sow begins to square
with lab fists, and threatened to glose his eleeffikS.—Flnding re-
asons/Mee in vain, be et last took bins to the watchhouse.
Mr. Watts now asked whet be had to say to the charge ?
Defeodans—Pleue your Worship, I was returning home, and
met the watchman with a dog, cod having a mortal antipathy to the
can's* race, I certainly did give' him a kick ; the fact is, I bate and
detest dogs of every descriptkm.
Watchman—The dog did net molest yes.
Defendant—Please your Worship, I never see a dug but I am
vexed and irritated.
Watchman—But the dog did net vex you.
Defendant—No man in this metropolis is so annoyed by dogs as
I am ; I fiate the very naiad of dog.
Mr. Worm Inquired of the night minable if the defendant wag
intoxicated ? who answered in the aMnnative.
The Worthy Magistrate then ordered the defendant to pay a fine
of 6s Defendant—Am Ito understand, Sir, this is for inebriation?
I was not Ikea.
Mr. Wars—lt has bees sworn to by two ,vritnesses, sod front
your ecstasies I should think they wets correet. DefeNdant—Well,
Mr, I will pay the is. for pleuure; but I again repeat, that I detest
a deg. Gentlemen, lam very muck obliged to you, and wish you
aR good morning.
Yesterday morning, between the hours of two and
three o'clock, the dwelling-house of Mr. Hooper, Little
Clarendon•street, &rota Town, was burglariously
entered, and several articles of wearing apparel, besides
some linen, were• packed up in readiness tube conveyed
of the premises: but in consequence, it is sapposed, of
some noise which the thieves heard, they tobk alarm
and decamped, leaving the property as they had packed
it up in readiness tog removal; aid also* crow-bar with
which they had eff:cted their eattaace at the back part
of the premises

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LAMBETH VESTRY MERTIMI

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Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitants of the parish
of St. Mary, baobab, Was held at the Vestcrsomn.
The Rev. Dr. Dort's, the Rector of the parish, in the
Chair; the meeting was most numerously atmsded,
most of the respectable inhabitants. being moat.
Oa Easter Tuesday, %hen the parish accounts for
the year were presented, Mr. Roffey, one of the Vestry-
men; gave notice, that as yesterday, he should submit a
motion to the effect to do away with the select vestry,
and'substitilte the old system which had been practised
in the parish for a long- series of years, viz. ae open
Vestry, which, might be attended by any respectable
inhabitant. In consequence of this notice, the Meeting
was yesterday convened, when tte quertion, as above
very briefly stated, was put by the Rev. Chairman. •
Mr. FALL. one of the &kit Vestry, defended himself
and hit; colleagues, and complained of the absence of
two Overseers of the'out liberty.
Mr. L,rr, an inhabitant, and a Magi.trate for the
County, said, that the reason •f the absence of, those
Gentlemen alluded to by Mr. Fall was, that they were
so much disgusted with the conduct porsvied by soma
of the Select Vestry, that they would not attend the
Meeting that day.
•The question. was theti pet, and carried by as over.
• whelming majority. The whole of use Select Vestry,
twelve or fourteen in number. have been thui diseased,
and the old practice of the parish is again introdscid,
to the no small satisfaction of the parishioneffo