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London, England, 1822-12-30 00:00:00

SOCIETY for PROMOTING CH FUSTIAN
KNOWLEDGE, Bartlett's-buildings, Dec. 16, lel—
At a numerous and highly respetable MEETING of the ME M -
BERS of the SOCIETrfor PROMOTING CHRISTIAN
KNOWLEDGE, convened for the purpose of considering'
what measures it might be proper for the Society to adopt, on
occasion of the lamented death of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta ;
The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of LONDON in the
Chair,(in the unavoidable absence of his Grace the President,)
The following Resolutions were unamously agreed to :
That this Board having received, with feelings of the deepest
regret, intelligence of the death of the Right Rev. Thomas
Fanchawe Middleton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Calcutta, do sin-
cerely deplore the sudden termination of that long and inti-
mate connection which subsisted between his Lordship and the
society. _ _

That this Board feel it their duty thus publicly to express
their lively sense of that rare union of wisdom, activity, and
firmness, which,marked the character of the late Lord Bishop
of Calcutta, and qualified him, in an eminent degree, to ac-
complish the arduous undertaking of establishing in the East a
branch of the Apostolical Church of England ; an undertaking
which, under his prudent and energetic management, was in
the most promising state of advancement ; but the completion
of which, under the Divine Blessing, must be looked for from
a similar combination of talent and piety in those who may
hereafter be called to the exercise of Episcopal functions in
India.

That this Board, recollecting the solemn and affecting ad-
dress in which the Bishop, upon the eve of his departure for
India, took leave of the Society, and adverting to the pledge
which he then gave of promoting to the utmost of his power the
objects of the Society, within the sphere of his spiritual in-
fluence, are desirous of expressing their 'grateful sense of the
zealous and effectual manner in which that pledge has been
redeemed.

That, with a view to a more durable expression of the esteem
and regret of this Board, measures be taken for the erection of
a Monument to the memory of the late Lord Bishop of Cal-
cutta, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul ; the expence to be
defrayed by the individual Subscriptions of Members of the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ' • and that books
be forthwith opened at. the Society's Office, and with the Secre-
taries of the Diocesan and District Committees for receiving
the names of the Subscribers.

That this Board feel a melancholy satisfaction in adopting a
suggestion made by the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, in his
last letter to the Society, relative to the foundation of Five Scho-
larships in the Mission College at Calcutta; and accordingly
agree to place the sum of 6,0001. at the disposal of the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for the pur-
pose of endowing five Scholarships, besides affording a salary
for a Tamul Teacher in the said College, with such reference to
the Sons of the Society's Missionaries as the Statutes of the
College may allow ; and this Board, anxious that the piety and
.zeal of the late Lord'Bishop of Calcutta should be honoured
with an appropriate Memorial in the country where they were
most conspicuouSly and beneficially displayed, do recornifien4
that the said Scholarships be founded, and henceforth called by
the name of Bishop Middleton's Scholarships.
That this Board, having a well-grounded confidence that the
Venerable Archdeacon Loring will, during the vacancy in the
See of Calcutta, use his best endeavours to promote the several
important designs for the advancement of Christian Knowledge
in the East, which occupied so large a portion of the late. Lord
Bishop's time and solicitude, do invite the Archdeacon to enter
into correspondence with the Society ; and do assure him, that
any suggestions, which he may think proper to offer, in fur-
therance of those designs, will Obtain the Society's most favour-
able consideration. _ _

That, as a mark of the high esteem entertained by this Board
for the character and virtues of the Widow of the late Lord
Bishop of Calcutta, a Copy of the Resolutions adopted at this:
Special General Meeting of the Society, handsomely written on
vellum, be presented to Mrs. Middleton, immediately after her
arrival in England. •
That a Committee, consisting of nine Members of the So-
ciety, viz. :—His Grace the Lord Bishop of Canterbury
(President), the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, the
Right Rev. the Lord Bishop_of Llandaff ( Dean of St. Paul's),
the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, the Venerable the Archdeacon
of London, the Venerable the Archdeacon of Middlesex, the
Venerable the Archdeacon of Colchester, the Rev. Dr. D'Oyly,
and Joshua Watson, Esq. be appointed to superintend the
erection of the Monument, and to take all such steps as may
be necessary for carrying the Resolutions of this Meeting into
effect.
_ _ _

That the contributions towards the erection of the Monu-
ment be limited to the amount of each Member's annual
subscription to the Society.
That the Resolutions adopted by the Board at this Special
Meeting of the Society be published under the direction of the
Committee.

-Agreed unanimously, That the thanks of this Meeting be
given to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London for
having taken the Chair; and for the very obliging and able
manner in which he has conducted the business of the day.
' GEORGE GASKIN, D. D. Secretary,

Barlett's-buildings, Dec. 27. 1822.
At a SECOND SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING,
convened for the purpose of receiving and taking into conside-
ration an Application from the Incorporate Society for the Pro-
pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for permission to co-
operate with the Members of the Society " for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, in the errectionsof a Monument to the
Memory of the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, in the Cathedral
Church of St. Paul, and thus to perpetuate their feelings of gra-
titude for his services, and admiration tor his talents;"

His Grace the LORD ARCHBISIIOP of CANTERBURY,

President, in the Chair ;
The following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to :
That this Board gladly acknowledge the cordial union that
has so long and so happily subsisted between the Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge and the Incorporated Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; inasmuch
as the two Societies arose from the same stock, were founded on
the same principles, and acted under the same Presidept.
That this Board, therefore, however anxious they may have
been to reserve to the members of the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge the honour of offering a suitable tribute
to the memory of the late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, cannot re-
sist the earnest request that has now been made;y the sister So-
ciety to be admitted to co-operate with them in the erection of
the monument proposed to be placed in the Cathedral Church
of St. Paul.

That two members of the Incorporated Society for the Propa-
gation of the Gospel, viz. the Rev. 11. H. Norris and the Rev.
J. Lonsdal;:, be added to the Special Committee which has
been appqinted to carry this design into execution.
That the Archdeacon of London be requested to furnish the
Board with a copy of the admirable address elelivered by him at
the last special general meeting, for the uses of the Society.
Agreed unanimously,
.That the cordial and respectful thanks
of the meeting be offered to his Grace the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, for presiding on this occasion.
GEORGE GASKIN, D.D. Secretary.