The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-02 00:00:00

there circulated 67,000. In that country many working
men had come forward as travelling vendors, and had
been highly successful. The speaker then instanced a
most gratifying revival near our own locality. In August
last, a good man, who had visited Blackpool, during the
bathing season, found that the village, which contained
about 500 inhabitants, was very scantily supplied with
Bibles. He joined five other individuals in an attempt to
supply the want. They procured a supply from the
Society's agent, at Manchester, and each sallied forth
with a number of them to sell, though with little hope of
being able to succeed to their wishes. Great, therefore,
was their surprise and delight on again meeting at the
door of the house they had left, to find that all of them
were sold. A further supply was procured, and in less than
a fortnight more than 1400 more were disposed of ! This
was the beginning of a remarkable revival in another and
much more populous place. It occurred to them and
others friendly to their views, that as so much was done
at Blackpool, something might be done in Manchester.
Several children of wealthy families came forward, and in
one week one girl sold 300 copies ; another 600, and the
teachers and children connected with one place of wore
ship soon sold, within their own sphere. 4000 copies.
The Manchester and Salford Auxiliary Society, which in
thirty-four years (up to 1844), had sold 194,152 copies,
or about 5712 annually, had this year sold 15,000 copies.
In October alone the sale had been 9430; in the first
eight days of November, 11,300, and after that time the
sale had been over 1000 a day ! Orders had also been
received at the office for 2000 in one day, and 4000 on the
next! The extent of the recent orders exceeded 38,000.
One lad of 16 years of age went selling Bibles into the
street, and getting amongst fourteen or fifteen carters,
none of whom had one, he sold a copy to each—the Old
Testament at 10d., and the New at 4d., at which prices
the society provide them neatly bound. The whole of
the canonical books they now furnished for 9d., and the
Testament at 31.1. A policeman, who saw the boy selling
them, took him up on suspicion that he had stolen them ;
but when the matter was explained, he was released, and
the officer himself became a purchaser. He concluded
by seconding the resolution, and urging upon the meeting
further exertions in the blessed work in which they had
engaged, seeing the bright promises of still greater success
th a were before them.

The resolution was unanimously passed.
The meeting was afterwards ably and feelingly ad-
dressed by Mr. CORDAUX and Dr. RAFFLES, who moved
and seconded a resolution, which was, " That the meeting
was highly gratified to hear that the Scriptures. in various
editions, could now be obtained from the society at such
low prices, and regarded the circumstance as a powerful
motive to increased effects in able distribution."
Mr. DUDLEY, in a second appeal to his attentive
auditors (he having omitted some points), alluded to the
new field open for their exertions in China, which, ac-
cording to the best accounts, had a population of
230,000,000, or about one-third the population of the
whole globe. Although no fewer than thirty-five to forty
lat.guages were spoken in so many provinces, all could
read from one book, as the characters were like those in
music. He showed a volume beautifully printed in the
Chinese characters—a translation of the Gospel of St.
Luke, and the Acts of the Apostles ; and announced that
a special fund had been opened for the benefit of the
Chinese, called " The China Fund." To this fund,
several ladies contributed in the room.

A collection for the general purposes of the society was
made, and, after an appropriate address from the Chair-
man, a vote of thanks was passed to him, and the meeting
separated.