The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-23 00:00:00

SOCIETT 101 TEI BILIZP OP Dranurss.

The third annual meeting of this society was
held at Willies Rooms yesterday. The Duke of Mau,
mamma presided.
Mr. D. Boman, one of the hon. secretaries, read the
report, which stated that the amount of the grants made to
the various districts had been lees than that announced at
the manual meeting last year. This fact, which would
at twat scarcely seem to aooord with the announced increase
of income, WU to be explained partly from the mild cha-
racter of the weather dunce those months when the poor
usually suffered most, and partly from the fact that the
society had a smaller balance, by 7091.,. than that with
which it commenced its operations in the winter of
1861.82 ; but chiefly from the great increase and opening
oat of the local resources of districts, which
had in many instances taken place at the
instigation, or from the example, of the society.
The entire expanses of management, which this year
amounted to 273/, were defrayed by the guarantee mm-
Edam, and the watacriptioes and donations to the funds
were Uwe applied, without any deduction whatever, to the
Wild 01 the pout The total donations for the year were
2,0114 ; and the subscriptions, I,MOI. • the grant' to
various parishes and distriete being 2,934/. ; and the balance
emaideing, 8121.
The Bishop of LONDON, in proposing the adoptioe of the
report, said be appeared at the meeting in two oarecities, as
president of the old society for the relief of distress, and as
bishop of the diocese. In both he felt that he was perfectly
in plane in coming there to advocate the new society. With
the old society, which was established on somewhat different
prim:Mks to this, he was d course must intimately con-
meted, for it was distinctly one of the institutions of the
diocese. It acted entirely through the clergy of the diocese,
sod called upon them to organise district visiting societies
each ie their own meek, which of °our'e necessarily cm.
tested of members of the church of England. Now they,
the clergy of the church of England, were perfectly aware that
there was a large sphere of activity beyond the members of I
their own communion in which they were very thankful to
take part ; nor did they weeder it to be a doctrine of the
cinch or of Chnetimity that they were in any way what-
waver to neglect the temporal or spiritual interests of those
to whom he referred. (Hear, hear.) He therefore thought
there was nothing inconsistent in his being presidsut of the
old society, and at the same time anxious to see the pew
msociatios which did sot cosaiteits operatioes to the church
of Englaol, flourish. Nor bad he any fear that the old
society would suffer by being drawn off to the new one. It
was a curious hut we known fact, that the more we accus-
tomed people to give, the more ready they ware to give ;
ad the greater number of appeals a man mewered, not
only did he receive the greater number, bat the greeter
Dumber he was waling to admit upon biz list. (Hear. hem)
The resolution was seconded by the Feel of atarsorrni, I
and carried unanimously.
Lord weAwcurn proposed a vote of support to the
society, which was seconded by the Hon CHANDOB Luau,
and also adopted.
A vote of thanks to the almosen and of of the I
society, moved by Lord Bowman', seconded by Mr. It.
Brasov Law, was thew carried and a inesilar vote to the
chairman concluded the promedinp.

A fancy bazaar in aid of the funds of the Lon- I
doe Surgical Some is to be held at St. James's-ha from
the 30th of Sum to the Ind of July. The Duchess of
Sutherland, the Lady Cossteme Grosvenor, cod other dis-
Moicirhed ladies are stall holders. The band of the Soots
Fusilier Guards will attend each day. This institution Ms
for. Its object the trestalest of surgical dimmer of women.
SOUTH Knanumrrort hinenns.—During the week
.emu June 20,11 m Melton ham base A 3 follows :—Go Mon.
day, Tuesday. sad Saturday (free days). open (l° are. tall
10 a.m.l 71 Os 624. Wednesday, Thursday, end Frida
4 y
. _
let Jays. edsnimio• to the public Bd.). open from
10 a.m. au 6 p.m., 1,414. Total, %OA. FooL the
opening el Ike Yams* 4,109,296.