The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-07 00:00:00

LONDON .IUSILLIAY BIBLE SOCIETY.

Yesterday there was a very numerous meeting for
the promotion of the objects of this Society, in the
Egyptian, flail, at the Mansion-house.
'The Lord 'km took the Chair at ele.ves (Moot;
bat before that • time the Hail vas nearly- filled with
!Mies and Gentlemen, assembled in consequence of
the Public Advertisement by which the meeting was
convened.

The Rev. Mr. Owee, in an eloquent speech, stated
to the company the origin and progress of the So-
ciety, and the great advautages which it might be
expected the cause Would derive from the counte-
nance and support of the. first city In the world.
Thet support he was sure would not be wanting, in
atclof the good work which was now extensively car-
rying on through the world. • . .
Mr. Br.ustAnrt stated, that the translation and
distribution of the Bible among foreign nations,
tended not only to diffuse the spirit of Chrisfian cha-
rity, peace, and concord, throughout the world,
but to conciliate the affections of •foreign nations to-
wards :this country. hi Sweden, and among the.l
simple and honest Dalecarlians, he could assure them,
that the peasants felt the highest gratitude to those
who had supplied them with the bread of life; and
always exclaimed, that the English were not their
enemies, but their true friends, who interested them-
selves so much about their eternal salvation. The
City of London had lately taken a prominent part
in the relieving the temporal wants of their country-
men • and he trusted that they ,could not now be
backward in their endeavours to supply their spiri-
tual wants. ' i
The Rev. Mr. Ilewt.tes expatiated in the great
advantages which all descriptions of Christians mist
receive from having the Bible put into their hands, j
and haring the pure word of God administered 101
them in the mintier that this Society proceeded in.
The Bibles circulated by them were not accompanied
with any notes, or expositions, to suit the doctrites ,
or purposes of one Church, but were a gift to ill i
descriptions of Christians, in which they might read
the word of God without any comments. The prin. I
elide of this Institution tilts so good, that he had so',
doubt of its success and prosperity. Theesto per-
petua, which had been so often applied to our Con-
stitution,
would, he trusted, be the wish of all the re-
ligious for the succes's of this Institution.
The Resolutions suggested by the Committee were
then read by the Secretary.
Mr. Rowcnorr came forward, fn order regularly
to move them. He felt himself, in point of talents, •
far unequal to the task of discussing a question of
such vast impertance ; but as there were occasions
which caused " the dumb to speak," so, feeling the.
great advantages to be expected from those proceed:
ings, he did not hesitate to come forward. tie wan
glad to see that great hall crowded with well-wishers
to the cause, and' with, so respectable and august an
assembly as he was now addressing. When he re-
membertel that Egypt was the country from which
morality and science first enlightened the ancient
, ' work!, he could' not avoid Observing, that from this,
which was called the Egyptian Hall, and from the
Resolutions then passed, he had hopes that still
greater benefits would now be diffused over the
.world, by the exertions of those distinguished per-
sons of the City of London who were there present.
He thought that the spirit of Christian charity and
peace might be so diffused among the nations as to unite
them all iff moral union. The benefits of educating
the poor had been so strongly felt of late, that tno
great societies for that purpose, which he was sorry
1 to say, appeared rival societies, had both of them
met the most distinguished patronage and 'support.—
It Would, doubtless; be a powerful aid to those so-
defies, if the Bible were put into the hands of those
who had been thus taught to read; and, on the
,other ham:, those societies for promoting education,
would also powerfully assist the cause of religion
and morality. After many observations on the ad-
vantages to be expected from the exertions of this
Society, he tOticludedby moving the Resolutions.
Mr. FATELL seconded. the Resolutions, .and said,
'such spirited exertions, if he could truit to the pro-
ceedings of that day, would reflect credit and honbur
its the Corporation of thq City of Loudon. When
he saw so many persons assembled to enable the
poor to read the Word of Peace, he forgot the scenes
et bloodshed which. were acting in other countries,
east/ he began to hope that good will and charity
,would egotist be introduced amongst mankind. For,
ander all the circumstances of the world, much, he
was convinced, might be effected by appealing to the
hearts of men, by teaching them to live in harmony
with each other—by banishing all ambition, except
that of 'being virtuous. He hoped the most extensive
essistance would be given to the Society ; for he con-
sidered the diffusion'of religious knowledge, as the
liest mode .of producing moral reformation.—(Ap-
Ipause.)
The Resolutions were then put, and carried with
unanimity, and loud :cciamations.
• Mr. N. VANITTTAILT (the Chancellor of the Ex.;
chequer) 'next addressed the meeting—he spoke,
however, in se low a tone of voice, that we could
sdarcely collect a sentence of his speech. He seemed
to approve, generally, of the proceedings which had
taken place. To the sfOrmatioe of Societies of this
description .he attached great importance, as tending
rto ameliorate the moral character of the population
—and, by introducing a love of industry and tem-
perance, ministering to their personal comfort—
:When such was the object of a. Society, he conceived
no man's time or fortune could be more properly em-
ployed, than iu farthering Its vie% s.
Mr: Mantle maintaiued, that teaching children
to read the. Bible, was to implant in their breasts the
seeds of virtue, which .would grow with their growth,
and strengthen With their strength. It was the Bi-
' ble which had civilized the world, and if read by
every one, it would impress on every heart obedience
to the laws, charity mid brotherhood saWardS our
fellow-creatures.
Mr. Tuoarrros, jam in an eloquent spitech,ltem!
. posed Thanks to the Vice-Presidents. He considered
the r- - - this Society • ' good end its Neu
dation so 1
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ramids of Egypt, which bad lasted so many ages.—
lie thought, that in the present times, they could
boast, in their Secretary, of a man no less indefati-
gable than the celebrated Mr. Howard, in his exertions
to do good. He was convinced, that npt only in Swe-
den, but in Spain and Portugal also, the exertions
of th's Society would do much to conciliate the af-
fections of the people to this country. What could
be more grateful to our renowned General in that
country, than to see, that while he was adruNister-
ing comfort and healing to his sick and wounded,
others were as anxiously labouring to administer spi-
ritual comfort and consolation to the dying ? After
many general observations on the importance of the
Society, he proposed his resolution of thanks.
This motion having been seconded, and ably sup-
ported by a number of Gentlemen, was also carried
unanimously, and with acclamations.
Alderman Solo4.te, and some other of the Vice-
Presidents named, returned thanks, and expressed
sentiments highly favourable to the object of the
Meeting.

The name of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was
then added to the list of Vice-Presidents, and that
Gentleman returned his thauks:

Alderman WOOD statea, that when he served the
I office of Sheriff, lie found among the prisoners iu the
different jails of this city, many who very thank-
' fully received the present of a Bible, and appeared
very anxious for religious instruction. If any of
those men became reclaimed •by the Bible, and af-
terwards were useful members of society, surely
that alone would be equivalent to all that could be
! subscribed, even if it amounted to ten thousand
pounds a-year.
A great number of other Gentlemen, principally
Clergymen, also addressed the meeting on the sub-
ject, and the assembly seemed generally persuaded
ot the importance of the object which was proposed
to them.

'Thanks having been unanimously voted to the
Lord Mayor, both for the support he had formerly
given the Society, and for his now presiding at the
meeting, and lending the Egyptian Hall,
His Lordship, in a short speech, returned his
thanks, and expressed his warmest wishes for the
success of the Society, assuring them of his deternd-
nation to do all that was in his power to contribute
to it.
The Meeting, which was very numerous, then
broke up; and a subscription was immediately en-
tered into for forwarding the object of it.

THANKS OF ME METHODISTS ro EARL

STAN HOPE.

At &Meeting of the General Committee of the Societies founded
by the late Rev. John Wesley, held Ad July, ISI2, Dr. Adam
Clarke in the Chair,
Resolved, That the most respectful Thanks of tlit Cotnmitee
be presented to the R ight Honourable the Earl Stanhope, fur
his Lordship's unwearied exertions in behalf a Religious Litter-
t—for the support and valuable assistance afforded relative to
the Bin respecting Religious IVorship, which received the Royal
Assent on the 9th instant—far the petite and condescending at-
tentions manifested to the Members eT this Committee upon va-
' ripus occasions--and for the liberal :Aid important services ten-
dered by his Lordship to the eery larste body of people whom
, this Committee have the honour to represent.
(Signed)' A 1/A M 1 I Ait h ii, Chairman.
JOS. BU 1' I i ‘l, 0 11.211, Secretary.
COPY OF EARL STAN:IOI4ES ANSWER.
B.:rcer's-orect, Angell% 1811
GEKTLEMED— It is highly gratify istr to me to find that my
. exertions in behalf of Religious base met with your full
approbation, and with than of the tievert:! Committee of the
Societies founded ty the late Reverend .101 in Viesley. Way 1
beg the favour of you to return my cordial acknowledgments to
your w urthy Colleagues for their obliging expreamons mid great
friendship towards me, and for their concurrence:in those priu-
elides res :cuing the sacred right of private judgment in matters
of ReligiOn which 1 have never ceased to maitttain, and which
were most emphatically and unequivocally declared in the Bill
which I introduced last S,ssiun to the House of Lurch. The al.
reedy tottering Tow er of Intolerance could not any longer stand
in opposition to-the power of argument, aided by the force of
ridicule. That rotten and despicable system he at last given
way, awl it is only necessary to attack it properly, and w ith
united efforts, directed by the light of principle, to cause it to-
tally to disappear like an empty dream. 1 have the honour to
be, Gentlemen, your ever faithful servant,
(Signed) STA N HOPE.
To Dr. Adam Clarke, and-Joseph Butterworth, Esq.
The Resolution of the said General Committee, respecting
the principle which recognizes the Rights of Conscience, is re-
! cited in their Circular Letter, dated July 31, Isl 2, in the Tot-
, lowing words, viz.—
" As to the principle, the Conan ittee, at an early stage of
a their deliberations, come to the Resolutiou, Tint although
" all well-regulated societies, and danuminutious of Christiaas,
" will exercise their own rules for the admission of public or
" private teachers among themselves, yet it is the unalienable
" right of every man to worship GOD agreeably to be dictates
• " of hislawu coasciruce ; and that be has a right to hear and to
" teach those Christian truths which lie eouscientiiiitsly believes,
" without any restraint or judicial interference from the Civil
j " Magistrate, provided be do not hereby disturb the peaCe of
" the community : and that on nu account whatever would the
" Committee concede this fundameutal principle."

Lieutenant WARRAND, who lately so much dis,
tinguished himself as to receive the immediate re-
ward of Government, by being appointed >taster and
Commander, was brought up under Lord Sr. :VIN
CENT ; in which school Captain lloTirsit, and. many
other brave officers have learned to add to. the glory
of their country.
The Duke of LEINSTEBI his irother, Lord WIL-
LIAM FITZGERALD! the lcince, PATRULIAt son of
the Duke of •Aitiou,. Count Sr. AwroNto, and the
Honourable Mr. 'De C•.eacir, hire arrived at Potts:
mouth in the Seropis storeship, from Sicily. .
Moan MxrrlNcs.—The following 'is an account
of the Music Meetings fixed for this and the. ensu-
ing month of September, with the place's at which
they are to be celebrated, and the dnys of perfume-
since :
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Hampshire—At Portsmouth, August 19. IN and it.•
Ifisitshire—At Doncaster, August 19 and ‘,O.
rp and North Wales— At Oswebtry. opening cf the new or-
Apia built by Allen, August tos and 26.
Iv-mower. laoneeeter. and Hereford—At Worcester, Stith '
Trieasial Meeting of the Three Choirs, September 9, 10,
.sad 11.
It was intended to have bad a Musical Festival at
Hudderafie'd the last wee/Au-September, is which
church Gust is-erecting a new organ, upon a very
large
.and grand scale; but the discordant state of
that district bas prevented its taking effect.—Madame
CATALANI will be at Portsmouth on the 19th hulk
to perform at' the Greed Musical Festival, which
will be given there ou that day.
Yesterday morning, a, stern-stage, fixed to one of
the ludiamen repairing in Perry's Dock, Blackwell,
gave way, by which two persons, 4 father and son,
wards of 50 feet. The former
re; the son is not materially bout.
last nionth, astonishing numbers
landed at Whltehavee LOA the'
trpm, Ireland. • flit!

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BIRMINGIIAIII, AUGUST 4.

Our Theatre has this season agaie introduced 1h 11
the popular equestrian pieces, such as Timms:. Me
Tartar, Red Blood Knight, Secret Mine, &c. as-
sisted by the Covent-garden horses and Performers.
Last night the lintiNG li,osclus (or Mr.,Betty, as he
should now be called), was brought forward in Tun.
cared, under the following very modest announce
" My. M'Cutaey feels the greatest pleasure in be-
ing able to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of I3ir.
mingham and its vicinity, that he has engaged the CELL.
IMATED and UNIVERSAL LY.ADMIRED Mr. BETTY
(whose traosscendant abilities in his it excited
the astonishment and eNthusiastic applause of the
&mitotic world, and which now, matured by time,hasa
ranked him with the virWr 'FRAGE!), ANS of the age ;
and have acquired at the Theatre Royal Covent-gar-
d2n for the ensuing season, MORE LIBERAL TERMS
THAN ANY PERFORMER IN ENGLAND now re-
ceives), to perform here for Three Nights," Sic.—
What was excellent in his performance, when a boy,
is by no means improved; and what were then
errors, are now more than confirmed. Nature was
prodigal to the person of the Youth, but has wasted,
or overdone, the bounty intended for the Man:—llis
face i 6 nu ways expressive for the stage. His person
too corpulent, and conveys at first view an idea of a
Bacchus, or young Falstaff. Fat to the very throat
—his voice is husky and Cis wind thick, which make
I his-exertions painful to the ear. In the character
I before us (Tattered) we too well remember Hume A ti,
upwards of twenty years ago; and since that time
I ELLISTON, and others, to suffer our judgment to be
stolen in favour of Berry—because it was fashion-
able to applaud him when a child. As he now ap-
pears there is too much room for censure. When he
makes love—(for which, by-the-bye, his person is
an insurmountable denial, from its corpulency and
flatulence)—he stares his mistress out of counte-
nance, while his body appears writhed with agony,
and is altogether devoid of the gracefulness and easy
deportment of the Gentleman ; his steps are short,
quick, and unhandsome. When he endeavours to
appear dignified, in consequence of the cheat prac-
tised upon him by Siff edi, or the insulting language
of Osmond—(to do justice to which, the character of
Tattered affords many fine opportunities hi the hands
of a skilful master)—he, by overacting, assumes a
Bobadil, bombastic fierceness, in which his features
afford him no assistance, and makes the part rather
of a ridiculous cast than princely. When he would
be calm, his voice is lust, clad his articulation
scarcely audible. His declamation and wildness, hs
the last Act,- was unfinished ; strength seemed Ade.
nied to him; nature did not support judgment; in
short, if hamlet's Advice to the Players was cor-
rect, Mr. BETTY cannot be called a good Actor.---s
His principal requiitite (and which alone supported
him in his Retcius-ship) is a strong and retentive
meinory.—He is never at -a loss for his author, al.
though his author too often looses by him—that qua-
lification alone is at all times sufficient to rank him
among Performers of a third or fourth rate, in cha,
racters where a little ranting may be needful ; but
most assuredly never higher. Ile wisely takes care
that his.engmtement at every Theatre he calls at is
only for a night or two—the curiosity of those who
went to see the buy, Induces them to behold the
man—but none can be prevailed upon to go a second
time, on the score of the Performer's excellence.—
He is announced to-night for Osman; in iltm:s'fra-
! geily.of Zara,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, Atm. 5.

Arrived the American ship Asia, Thomas M'Clay, Matter,
froM Amelia Island, w itir timber for the Dock-yard.; has been
40 days on her passage. As vain as she came in sight of this
port, a boat from the Royal Sovereign, of 110 guns, lying is
Cawsand Bay, !worded and detained her.
The Royal Sovereign was paid this' morning, in Cawsand.
Bay, and is expected to sail to-morrow for Basque Roads.
Arrived the Aspen, Douglas, from Sunderland; Ceres, Rus-
sell, from Chichester; and William, Fawkiter, from London.
DIAL, Annusr 6.

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Sailed his Majesty's chip Egmont, for off Flushing.
Five: o.'..CLoca.—.Arrivcd the Rapid schooner, n lib a convoy
from Falmouth.
PORTSMOUTH, Almon. 6.
Sailed his Mtgesty's ships Minden, Porpoise, and Caroline, fob
the last ladies; and the Surrey for the Cape of Hood
Arrived his Mqjesty's ship Vesta, with a convoy froin
moitth.
• COW ES, AUG CST 6.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Le Pique, with a eonvh for tha
Mediterranean.
LYMINGTON, AUGVIrt 6.
Sailed the whole of the outward-bound fleets, under convoy
of his Majesty'. ship Le Pique; passed the Needles all well.

The model'of a buoy, upon a new and improved
construction, was exhibited on Wednesday, 12d
ult. in the Narrows, North Shields, in presence of
a numerous body of the shipping interest' of the
port, who gave it the most unqualified apprQba.
tion. It was placed in the ilt:rd Saud during st
boisterous sea, amidst the broken water
always preserved its perpendicularity: '•
so %sell adapted for the safety of ships in the,
to our harbours, and in general navigation,
the greatest danger exists amongst sand-haul
(and where the buoys now used are of it-
during a tempestuous sea, is the invoutioi
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