Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-28
LONDON AUXnIsRY sIBLe SOCIETY.


ise OF tue city OF London Auxiliary Bible Svceu took
place at tIe Mansion uVUse rhe hall crowded to
excess b. adies ald gentlemen. Among the public
Characters present were Lord Gambler, the Chancellor
OF the Excb-qner, Sir Digby Naekworth III. Sheriff
Williams, and several Clefglmsn. Two New ZsSlaud
Chiefs were also present. who excited the curiosity OF
ihs assembly. The sth report OF the Society read
b. the Secisarl, the Rev. b. Wilson. ibe following
"Your copmittee have many details to present as
the proceedings OF their own auxiliary sody The sum
received iTsm the this Year has bee tdl
i6S Id 1be amount paid this year the parent in
stnIion rs OSu. lie enTe SUN paid u that society
| Is 1850. The uuWber % Bibles and restaments
issued DUNG the year is 1898 Bibles and 0i6 rest-
ments, making total ot - 3ql copies OF the Holy
| Scriptures since the es'ahiishment Of the Society.
Paris Is nov subdiS i,rd into districts IN three OF
which disticis there have been collected l5Y francs
from 2sl families. AmsltrJsmis nearly covered with
ASSOCIATIONS for liSs purpose. In Ru.sa the Iibie
Institution bas during six years. established $50 hin.
dTed societies for The USE Of which 81 geo copies Of
the Holy Scriptures have been printed VI are now Al
the press, IN various languages.
" Ia the countries bordering upon the Mediterranean
Institutions have been formed, and facilities cIrcu
ldtsgthe SCRIPTURES discovered In the innan Isands
Athens aud al Sujyfna, societies have been estab
lishsd while channels are openrd Tor the intro
ductisn the Scriptures into jerusalem Itself ana t
countries around Jana. Damascus, Tn2oli and Aiep
| po- New and uniformed languages have in other
| qoarl.Ts been reduced to o era,nmaueai system
fer the very design of printing the sacred volume
lh. South Sea aniers are eager for the sheets Of
The Gotpe! OF S, Luke, that activity can SATISFY
them hey have 600 persons who read and tn.
frequently yet In circles till midnight, teaching each
| other.
|
ton OF the Scriptures continue tOproceed with KAN
| pied success aud the parent commtee have with A
noble generosity, voted SUN of 5000 the Lord
Bishop OF Calcutta for carrying The translation aud
| printing Of the sacred books"
| The lard Chancellor move the repent he re
| ctived and adopted. Never had he attended on an
occasion ON 7bch ii was more important make the
warmest efforts 10 promote the object which The meet
ing had la view. he regretted thai he had not been
able to attend their meeting in spring aud sll more
deeply Should he have regretted being sbseut on this
occasion for I, would have given him The Sespestpain
| ed Pd ava vii hou
had the oppoT nifty OF paying homage the principles
Of the bibie society and endeavotinv 10 SHOW, nj.
deR desire promote its objects Tie hal lately seen
statement In the public papers which he beei ed 10
he ioeraby crITect froIH that statement il appeared
that for bible societies, nCHding the society for the
propagation OF CHRISTIAN knowledge and the mis.ona
rles, less sum than was in the year 1919
raised by public Subscription in England. (Appiause0
Great as ma sum was, ne was sorry to say II sul Tell
short OF the demand which prevailed for religious in
stTuctiOn. L. had been said If in dsparsgement Of
Tue gleai eNeTlHhs o' the blbe societies Within the last
twenty years, that crime aud vice still gone on In
tue saipe proportion as before. To that lie would an
sweT that those who kept the black catalogue guilt
were not To be found amongst The readers 81 the bible
they were heather IN christian country Tie still
however. anticipated The best adysntaess (rotu he
growth Of Christian kn0Sledge in the empire. IL Uae
not IN this csuniy alone ha the exeTons VI the bible
societies we've ccnhned they reached The
gOns Of The earth In locking at their distant Rter
csuIse, it was Impossible contrast 1t With tue
eerly intercourse of Europe With nncviiized Nations
Their early intercourse was unacccmpani.a Ivy the
trhthl- o. 'g'vA instruction, and both the people
| and their gisitsrs became mutually miserable. They
| e
word Of Cod IN their bible they nov did, bEi that
which dehased The worst part Of their society
practice OF using ardent spirits. They visited the
tribes "n The coast of ntics-ne rs before, 10 make
their unhappy country The Of violence aud mjus-
uce Ito teach them The aud comforts Of civilized
lie, to protect them fom fraud, and instruct then n
| tn, principles Of christian knowledge. The mouutiins
OF Sierra Leone now rcsonuded with the praises ofIbe
mast high, and The name OF Britain was uttered with
blessing instead OF curse In India the iasoIs Of
! few dozen missionaries, with few thousand bibles
had been astonishingy successful population Of
nd THAR 81 ale.
| India aud Africa, bnt New Zealand aud the Temolesl
regions of The inhabilabe globe.
| Several gentlemen addressed the meeting among
| them were HT. Sheriff Williams. Lord Gambler The
! Rev g. Clayton. the Lord Mayor, Sir d. EackwoIth
| the Rev. MIR owen. aud others.
MI. Allen alluded 10 the depicrable want Of reii
goUs Instruction which he had observed during The
voyage he had taken 10 foreign nations In Russia there
were twenty millions ot people who had never he
scriptures IN language they could understand butthe
| present benevolent emperor, Alexander removing
their guoraEce Of the VOID OF God and teaching thai
sacred word to The children in bis empire from
Siberia 10 the fuTihesl point snnth.e should
forget the animation which beamed in the cauniepance
| off the emperor when Prince Alexander Gatziu pre-
! pared religions lessons from the bible to be taught
! amongst the people Ths emperor ordered that these
lessons sbOuid he widely distributed throughout the
| empire and 50 rapidly had they been stat hon Pc
tetshuTgh ~ Moscow. that he (Nr. Alleu) found they
bad arrived at the latter clay before he oond reach il
From Russia hr had IL the Grecian Islands where
hundreds Of thousands ef bibles were wanting aud
| you'd be eagerly received by the people The few
which he and his companions were able t0 carry with
them, were eagerly souFhi aef and boat as pat OF
from the island OF Tenedus, inplnTng him Ia leave
there two three For himself he could
ouly say be loved the friends OF The bible and When
this iraHsoty lie past, be wished to dwell with
them Tor ever ppisGte)
The Reverend II. Watkins proposed the resolution
recommending the formation Of ladies' branch soci
ETY.
MT. W. Frenfe'd seconded the motion. He pointed
cut Tie advantages that were derived from ladies'
branch societies 10 Brisis and in Liverpool. The
Brist" Sucey paid, ~ The last year. to The paenksocI
ETY., 5G0k aud that Of Lysfpeol, 20OnE. The Fades
Of tue metropolis ougbt 10 be sshaned seeing them
selves ouldsne by the towns lie had MENTIONED.
relied therefore. that 10 'be tn'ong year they wand
by increased txeTirns the appearance Of tar
diness whirh VAS az present exhibited.
The motion was agreed to.
The REV. r. wilson said before the New Zealand
chiefs retires be wished 10 introduce them more par
ucnarly 20 The meeting, aud 10 state thai they came
here from the Aniipodes, 10 learn The books. marHers,
religion. habits and improvements 81 I've EnglIsb aud
they hoped tue AID Of this society the attainment
Of their nbject. (Appausel They had betu at Cam
bridge Wi.h SIR. Lee the professor Of Arabic w order
to reduce fr ;br Grsf lime 10, ir LANGUAGE 10 gtatp
niatica scale and be tMr WILSON, hoped that these
New ZeaaUdy5s wouJ shortly he Able 70 ssrry back to
their counDmsn bible printed in their own Ian.
Tie tNo cbis0ain,, at the conclusion Of MI wilson's
speech, bowed 10 The assembly, and immediately With
drew.
NEW ORLEANS Novemher 2I.- MIR. Tbom
az Boiling robertson. was this day elected
governor OF the State Of Louisiana, by both
Houses Of The Legislature. Mr. p. DeEbis0y
declared tia, he had too much Difference ana
respect ior che wishes of the people, 10 pers
mil competition hefNeen himself and Mr..
Roberuon, Who had obtained large majority
of tie otes Of tie people.
Criminal Court -'lbe trial Of Joscph Tabog-
d. a Spauidrd indicted for having mus deied
another Spauard psmed MdIiaAo, vas con-
clpdrd on Thursday. The ronusel pf ihe pri.
soDei answered 10 TIC tl0quen; pleading #
the attorney geuersi; tiey maintained de-
fence not Without difficulty, bui With complete
success that lhe kiiiipc was committed ia de-
ieuCe 81 his person. Tits assertion appea'-
cd TO lull, saii iy the jury aud aner4 debate
prolonged 10 O'Clock iu the evening tie sc~
cused was pronounced by their verdict 10 be
AOt guilty and was immediately set rs large. !
a Great crowd .sstmbed on Friday 10 hear