An auxiliary Bible Society, to co-operate with the British and Foreign
Bible Society, in London, was instituted here on the 11th of November,
1811. The late Rev. Francis Leighton, explained to the meeting, summoned
on this occasion, the nature and objects of this charity. A number of
liberal donations were offered, and an extensive annual subscription
entered into. The important object of this society, as its name imports,
is, the gratuitous distribution of the scriptures among the poor
inhabitants, and also by its contributions, to aid the noble design of
the parent society in translating the Bible into all languages which are
represented by letters, and to circulate them throughout the earth. The
Rev. Archdeacon Corbett is the president, and the annual meeting is held
on the first Wednesday in July.