The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-24 00:00:00

THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.

The 201st anniversary of this valuable corporation
was celebrated yesterday. As becomes an establish-
ment so nearly allied with the sacred profession, the
duty of charity was first sanctified by a religions cere-
monial. Divine service was performed in the afternoon
in St. Paul's Cathedral, when an impressive sermon was
delivered to a crowded congregation by the Rev. C. A.
Thurlow, rector of Malpas and Chancellor of the diocese
of Chester, who chose for his text the 14th chap. of St.
Luke and the 14th verse, " And thou shalt be blessed,
for they cannot recompense thee ;" and very ably
availed himself of the occasion to point out to his nearers
the necessity of supporting an institution so valuable to
distressed ministers, their widows, and the bereaved de-
scendants of clergymen of the Church of England. The
rev. gentleman's eloquence was well applied, and re-
sulted in a substantial collection of upwards of 100/.
The service was attended by the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alder-
man Farebrother, the Bishops of Oxford, St. David's,
St. Asaph, Winchester, &c.
The anthems and sacred poems were magnificently
rendered by a full choral service which
St. Paul's,V
which included the
choirs of her Majesty's Chapel Roy
nainster Abbey, and St. George's, under the direction of
Mr. Goss, the organist of the Cathedral.
lest-
epreevseennit--ngtha t
thepresent—the
Merchanthen su usual T
annual
ayio rs, festivalha li was
atwhich were held in
• the
Lord Mayor, in the chair, the Sheriff.;, theAtrcahrbt.i.shop
of Canterbury, the Bishops of Winchester, St. Asaph,
Sir
Oxford, Chichester, Bath and Wells, St. David's, Kil-
arro
more, and Glasgow ; the Lord Chancellor, the Rev,
n neßi
Bart., Sir
Bridges,
R.
p.
Sir
BGlyn, Bart
the Rev. Sir Lionel Darrell, 13art., Mr. ,y Bar.
H. ''
row, M.P., Mr. Freshfield, M.P., Mr.
Robert
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or d m
a Johnsm a
ryTohny
Wilson,
• Clive,
my., Mr. Sergeant Channel, the Dean of St. Pani
Archdeacons Bentinck and Creyke, Rev, --28,
Thurlow, Rev. Canons Blorofield, Self,...Chancellor
Jennings, and Pilkington• ; Rev, D Repeal),
erg, and Vivian Rev. George Curley,rs. Jacob, Spy-
art!), Henry Brown, R. G. Baker, R, Henry How-
er, R, E.
L. Bennett, Charles Macke; • Copleston, H.
Hall, J. C. linden, Thomas it' W.
H. Hoare, W. J.
William Rogers, W. J. e • lint)", B. R. Plumtre,
richton,
many others • Aldermen Co Povah, fled
and Wire ; iii. John
1,0 1 peland, Farebrother, Finnic,
John Wood, Mr. Rich 1 ys, Mr. Robert Hickens, Mr.
galay, Mr. Thom Richard Twirring, Mr. Richard
Mgr.
J• U. Chancellor,a Thomas &on, Mr. J. W. Burmester, Mr.
Mr. Edward 'r. Felix Knyvett, Mr. S. B. Brooke,
Hargreave A&
__Wyndham Mr. J. C. Wood, Mr. Oliver
Mr. Charles Elliott, and Mr. 'Robert Seim.
dere. '

In reply to the toast of "the Vice-Presidents of the
Institution 'Chancellor,
) ' the Lord
expressed his sympathy of the corpora-
tion, and
prorniAedhi,u,timthost theco-operationjects
m forward-
ing its ends. The Bishop of Oxford, in acknowledging
as a clergyman's son,
which pro-
the toast of " the Stewards," paid a graceful compliment
than on
to the memory of Sir R. H. Inglis, the late treastrer of
the institution, and urged that the quiet methodin which
including legacies, to any
deserving applicants were relieved, without the publica-
- and,
as nearlyu s
usual
al
tion of their needs, was a distinguishing. and meritorious
,ie by Messrs
act*Miorn. •
featured u e ed ,
c withocfT: t
sti i i the
the
I,
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viands
amounted,
u an ntinstitution.edd ,woi
fnT
el
Isi The 5 collection,3,were
mores p pi. d
other
Bathe and Breach, of the London Tavuoefritgnhges
company.oiated a s
toastmaster,were o f une unexceptional pt thi
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great
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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-
GAIMEN.-31 dame GI:ISI.
The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera feel the greatest ;,,ratifi-
cation in having it in their power to announce that that most distin-
guished artiste, _lime. Giulia Grisi, will nee, appear, for a short
period, on the stage of the Lyric Drama. The Directors !tieing
that cireumetances had arisen to prevent Mme. Grisi retiring to her'
residence at Florence, as contempleted a. the termination f her
late engagement in the United States of America, and, moreover,
that she woul I most probably reside in England the greater portion
of "the precut year, naturally sought to induce her once more
to Join the corps it the Royal Italian Opera, and were in the
hope of being able to have announced their success in the pro-
spectus o their Reason arraneerneets. The Directors were, how-
ever, unable to prevail on elme. Grisi to ewer ieto the engagement,
and iremediatc'y made propceitione to aeoth-r cllsenguished artiste
to Undertake the repertoire width Madame t,riet has so long
and SO honourably fl led. The Directors not having succeeded
is these negotiations, again appbed t Mme. Grist to postpone for
a short period her final retirement tr,tn the stage. Under these
eircumstencee, lithe Grisi, with Ler accustomed kindness, con-
sented to lent the Directors her hrealietbie essistence. and
d they
an
are
now, therefore, enabled to announce that she will sing, uring
ergegerner t of tan eiehte, the ptineipa: characters of her well-known
repertoire.
TIII3 13,4. Y, Thursday, May 21, will be performed (for the first
time this reason) Donizetti's opera
LA EAVOIIiT.
eAlute. Grisi.
Lceneri.
lldlle. ltellinl.
Ines
eldees ere ................ Signor Lablache.
Don Ge.s•aro .................. Signor Soldi.
Alfonso Xi .................... signor Graziani
(His first appearance in that enaracterin England); and
Ignor Mario
Fernaedo ....
(His third appearance this season).
Conductor
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Commence at Eight.—Boxes. Statts, arid Pit Tickets to be had at
ALA i
tha Box-office of the theatre, ot the prncipal musicsellers and
librarians.

RCYAL OPERA, DRITRY.LANE.

Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
TO-MORRO W EVENING

WIII. he perferms--1 NORMA, in which Madame Arga, Mdlle Mag-
ner, Signoo Armand!, Mr Hamilton Braham, &c., will appear.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet Divertissement.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
"Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone.
THIS EVENING.

Will be performei MONEY. Characters by Messrs B. Sullivan,
Backstone, W, yarren. Compton, &c. ; Mrs C. White, Misses Rey-
nolds and Mrs. Griffiths.

After whic% a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAY-
MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855.
To conclude with A KIS3 IN THE D K.

ROYAL PRINCESTA T ATRE, OXFORD-STREET.

trader the Management of Mr. CHARLES BEAN.
TIII3 EVENING,

WM be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY.
To ccnclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka-
tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster•—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed the comedy of P A.O L PRY. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. C. Selv and Wright ; Miss M. Keeley, ;sirs. L.
Murray, and 1.11,s Woolgar.
To be followed by THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS.
To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THI3 EVENDIG,

Will be performed STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Characters
by Me?srs..t. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell
sad Mrs. Melfort.

To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW
DWARF THE KING OF iIIE GOLD MINES.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
ender the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
TUIS EVENING,
Will be mformed THF, LITTLE DEMOS.
After wh:ch, SALL: SMART.
To concluile with KING QUEER :.AND 1113 D.LITGUTERS

ASTLE ROYAr. AMPVITTHEATRE.
Lessee and Manner, Mr. Win. Cooke.
THIS EVENING.
THE 17Et.D AGAINST THE FAVOURITE !
lifter which, the SCENES in CIRCLE.
ro coneho, with !be [lslet orb: AT KE tRNEY,
Mr. Coolcc announces for Whit Monday a Grand and
Mag,nifiennt.Chivalt lc Spectac.ie of intense inter‘•st, to be produced on
a scale of unparalieied grandeur rm.' rfncr, combining both stage and
ring, unitc.d by the gigatitt• prirtab:e platform; followed by a new
plbrPliant series of Scull,: Acts in the Aren,i, invented and directed
ty Mr. William Cooke.
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Rox-ofnce open Iron Eleven till ronr. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Lqueatriau Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.