The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-22 00:00:00

CORPORATION OP THE SONS OP THE CLIME

The court of assistants of this corporation held
its last meeting for the present soma ea Elaterdsy. The
attendance of members during May. June, sad July, in-
cluded Mr. Alderman Cs,peland, M.P., J. W. Freshfiold,
Fag., and the Rev. Dr. Vivian (the three treasurers) ; the
Marquis of Westminster, K.G., the Earl of Pelvis, the Arch-
bishop of York, the Bishop of Herbage, Sir John Heiken,
Bart., Sir Brook W. Bridges, Bart-, M.P., Archdeacon
Jones, Rev. Galion Jenniags, Mr. Alderman Finnic, W. H.
Barrow, F 4111.. M.P., and Mews. James Beasley, Charles I
' Francis, William Gilpin, Christopher Hodgson, Edmund
ropy*, Henry Powmli, J. H. A. Ponder, J. Propert, and
Thos. Tilson. la May and July the court elected forty-five
widows sad yid angle daughters of clergymen to pessions
for We of 101. pee um= each, to fill the vacancies which
led eenused during the past year in the list of 712 ladies
psramaset predawn on the corporation funds, be-
sides gresefam donations to 96 other widows and
dangliters. In June the sum of 2,20ui. was
distributed amongst 150 poor clergymen, and in the
present mouth the governors have had the pleasure
of raising the pensions of 29 widows and daughters from 101.
to 15/. mad 201. per annum each, to fill the vacancies which
lied occurred amongst the higher clams of (elisions. The
governors were also enabled to num the pensions of tea
other widow, awl dwaghterspeneeneatly, from 101. to 151.
per annum. Besides the valuable assistinuce thus afforded
to clergymen, their widows and aged daughters, donations
of venous amounts have bees panted for apprenticing,
educating, and placing out in life mazy ehilttres (both boys
ad girls) of poor clergvnieu. In the costs of every year
the pensions and donations of this spriest corporation,
amounting to nearly 17,0001 , carry direct relief to about
1,210 applyiag from various part of England
sod Wales, and whim it is considered that relief to an iodi-
vidnel waver imarestly in very may ewes relief to other
asembers et the family, the full beside which the corpora-
dip oses es widely and, it may be added, so judicioualy
Cal sesteely bermermstimated.

TER LIAOI7I TOR GERMAN 'UNION AND FREEDOM.
—Preis a relied published by this association in Eogland,
it apron that a propaganda, by moans of pamphlets, has
lea genanieed to promote the came of Geroun union and
hoodiuth One of the brtelturrs of the league, referring to
the emailtutional complication in Austria, advised tbe dis-
solution of the Reielisnith, the convocation of • ascend par-
iir=
..meet for thine provinces of the SEE Which form pert
el the German Bend, end the • cistablishineet el
Mayo, and Galicia oo the priori of leolidative mammy.
feesviews of the leaps, coirie e with twee Si the liblEßl
Nile Rader Austrian sway, as well as VII the vessel reso-
lution, of the Dist el Peak. The pompfdet la question
wan exteesively eirteleasst is the Riau dominions.
Another publication, on the deldeewitpllobiteio question—
due, like the provisos brochure, to the pa of Karl Blind—
er= edited, both in the lash& aad Nom Lagoa" et
Leedom sad Bamberg. sad dleallated maw MI the mem-
bers of perlimeat Is Ibis .essay. Is Yip petal peer of
Germany. et Italy, bees Aber ematvies, the of
this mesiatisa bearheiessaly dammed, sad n
their
publiesthre bees ameamly repsdased.