 A fortnight since I attended a meeting of the Bible Society. The Treasurer of this institution is Marshal of the district &amp; by a somewhat unfortunate arrangement had appointed a special meeting of the Society &amp; a Slave Auction at the same time &amp; place, one being in the Government house &amp; the other in the adjoining yard. One ear therefore heard the glad tidings of great joy whilst the other was regaled with “Going gentlemen, Going!” And almost without changing our position we might aid in sending the scriptures into Africa or bid for “four children without the mother who had been kidnapped therefrom” (JMN3: 117).