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ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the CLERGY ORPHAN'
SOCIETY, Held at Freemasons' Hall, on Tuesday 22d or
February. Present, the Bishops of London, Chichester,
Gloucester, Chester, Bath and Wells, Exeter, Landaff, Sa-
lisbury, Litchfield ; the two Lord Chief Justices of England,
Mr. Justice Park, Mr. Justice Gaselee ; and above a hun-
dred other Governors, and Friends of the Charity.

The usual business of the morning being ended,
during which 14 Orphans of deceased necessitous Clergymen were
elected into the excellent Male and Female Clergy Orphan
Schools, at St. John's Wood, and a long list of new Subscribers,
from District Committees of the Deanery of Storrington in Sus-
sex, and from Lincolnshire, was read by the Secretary ; the
Company proceeded to the Hall at five o'clock. After the
usual loyal toasts, the Bishop of Bath and Wells rose to
propose the health of the Right Reverend President of the
Society, the Lord Bishop of London ; and acknowledged—the
obligations under which the Institution lay to the Right Re-
verend Prelate.

The Bishop of LONDON expressed himself-hig,lily grati-
fied by the handsome terms in which his health has been pro-
posed, and the flattering manner in which it had been drank,
His Lordship admitted that the Bishop of Bath and Wells
had properly dwelt on the interest which he felt in the welfare
of the establishment ; and declared that he should consider
himself unworthy of the office which he held in the Church,
if he did not feel such an interest in an Institution excellent in
its object ; and so conducted as fully to satisfy the wishes of all
who contributed to its support, and were anxious for its being
rendered as beneficial as possible to the Orphans of the Clergy.
His Lordship congratulated the meeting on the prosperous
state of the schools, but claimed no merit to himself on that
account, as it was owing to the vigilance and judgment of the
Managing Committee, and the competency and exertions of
the officers of the Institution ; to the increasing interest ex-
cited throughout the country in favour of the establishment ;
and to the countenance afforded by such numerous and highly
respectable Meetings as the present. Those. gentlemen who
were present at the proceedings of the morning, would have
heard with great pleasure that fresh sources of support were
opened ; and that there was at length some prospect that their-
wishes might be realized, that the number of children'
admitted into the Clergy Orphan Schools might be equal to the
capacity of the building. A considerable contribution bad
been received from the Archdeaconry of Lincoln ; and equal li-
berality had been displayed in the thirty parishes of the Deanry
of Storrington, in Sussex, under the auspices of the excellent
Prelate who presided over it; and as much might be expected
from the Lewes Deanery Committee of this Society. From
Buckinghamshire, also, considerable supplies might be antici
pated, in consequence of the activity of the Clergy in that part
of the Country. His Lordship earnestly requested the Gentle-
men present to exert themselves in making known, and pro-
moting, the interests and objects of the. Charity. The success
which had already attended partial endeavours, was a strong
indication, and the best pledge, that the friends of the Society
would succeed upon a larger scale. To those among the Laity.
who were then assembled from all parts of the country, his.
Lordship presumed it would be unnecessary to expatiate on
the benefits resulting from the Institution; inasmuch as it was
to their conviction of its utility and importance, that the meeting
was indebted for their company. It was due to the Master, and the
Mistress, of the Clergy Orphan School, to repeat what he had
often before had the pleasure of expressing, that nothing could
be more praiseworthy than, the care and attention bestowed by
them on their charge : in these respects they had by no !nears
fallen short, during the last year, of their former merit. His
Lordship concluded, by proposing the health of their worthy
Vice-President Lord Kenyon ; unfortunately obliged to be ab-
sent on account of ill health ; a Nobleman not less remarkable
for his stedfast attachment to the Church, and zealous support
of all its Institutions, than respectable in all the scenes of so-
cial life.

The Bishop of LONDON neat proposed the health of the
Stewards for the, day, and remarked that it was to the cir-
cumstance of some among them being of high" rank, and dig-
nity; and engaged, in consequence, by business which would
not allow of their attendance ' • that the absence_ of so many of
the number was to be attributed, especially in the case of
Lord Liverpool, the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, the Lord
Mayor of London, and the Dean of Christ Church ; the
Bishop of Bangor was also absent from illness. Since the origin
of the Clergy Orphan Society in 1749, when it emanated frau
the SonS of the Clergy, who still continue its generous friends
and patrons, no anniversary had equalled the present, whether
as to increased funds, or the election of every little candidate,
or the eminent talents and character of the Stewards, who were
members of both of our Universities, and the largest company
ever present at this Meeting. The healths of the Stewards
being then drank, the Lord Chief Justice BEST returned
thanks for the honour done them; :ut having expressed his
sense of the excellence of the Institution, and his good wishes
for its welfare, thus emphatically concluded If the Clergy'
had exacted all that the law gave them, their children would n°;now be in a condition to require the assistance of this Charity.
The Bishop of LONDON called the attention of the Needed
to the claims of a kindred Charity, the Corporation of the Son;
of the Clergy ; when the Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT returnee'
thanks_as one of its members.
The Bishop of LowDois" gave —" The two Universities ,
and then—" Success to the Clergy Orphan Corporation."
His Lordship then proposed—" The Prospenty of the Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge • with thanks for the gra-
tuitous supplies of books furnished by it, from time to time, to
the Clergy Orphan Schools."
The Rev. Mr. Secretary PARKER returned thanks on behalf
of the venerable Society—the honour and . ornament of the
Church of England, and The active friend of all mankind ; and
assured the Meeting that it was desirous of rendering every as-
sistance, and of seconding every exertion in favour of art lulu-
tution which so well deserved, the support of every Clergyman in
the British dominions.

The Bishop of BATH and WELLS begged leave to propose
the Health of the four Judges who now honoured the Society
with their company, and said that it was unnecessary to point
out, that as religion is the foundation of law, and that law, in
turn, lends her support to religion ; so the Judges of the land
were always foremost in giving their personal aid and sanction
to the institutions of the Church.

Lord Chief-Justice ABBOTT acknowledged the truth of the
Right Rev. Prelate's observation, and trusted that he and his
brethren would always be found doing their best to maintain
the union of the Church and the Law.

The National Society was given by the Bishop of Lo;4nor.i
and the Rev. Secretary, Dr. WALIVISLEY, in returning thanks
for the honour conferred upon him, by associating his name
with that of the Society, expressed himself happy to state that
the National Society had been progressively increasing in the
last thirteen years. That it had derived great aid from the
King's letter, which had not only added considerably to the
funds, but had made the objects of the Society more generalli
known, and increased the demand for assistance to country
schools. He was convinced that, if in the prosecution of this
great work their funds should again be exhausted, the general
sense of their beneficial application would secure their being
again replenished.
The Bishop of LONDON proposed the health of the Tres-
surers, Mr. Archdeacon Cambridge and Mr. Joshua Watson.
The Archdeacon, returning thanks, expressedhimself much
distressed and mortified at standing alone on that occasion, uo:
accompanied by his brother Treasurer, whose ill health would
not permit him to attend the dinner, though he had not .BhTunx
from the business of the morning. Mr. Watson's absence*
however, afforded him an opportunity which he had not befoll
enjoyed, of speaking fully of the meritorious services rendered
by that gentleman to this Society, which, of all those he served
so faithfully and effectually, he verily believed was his chief fa'
vourite, because he thought he could not demonstrate his Ot;
tachment to the Church more strongly, than by. protecting On
educating the families of the deceased Clergy, whose sm.!'
means have prevented their making any provision for
,theft"
children.
" The City of London and one of its Members present.'?`
Mr. Wilson returned thanks. •
After the regular toast, " May the Orphans of the Clete
never want protectors, or the protected gratitude'." the compita
retired. 0
The Schools are well deserving of examination, awl may •:A
seen by applying to the Secretary, the lion.. and Rev. dwaT
J. Turner, M.A., 30, Somerset-street, Portman-square; or t
the Master or Mistress, St. John's Wood. • •

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On the 11th inst., at Putney Mrs. Mosley Watts, of a'soll_,'

MARRIED:
Last September,. Dr. Scott, of Bedford-square, to Mari"
daughter of the late W. Willes, Esq.

DIED.
On the sth inst., Charles Broughton Shelton, eldest son
of
Wm. Shelton, Esq., of Mile.end, in the 17th year of his age.
On the Bth inst.,.Mr. James Tomlins, of Westham-abbel'of
On the 26th ult., at Clifton, Thomas•Munkhou.se, E 54.9
Gloucester-place. fo
On the 25th ult., at Brighton, Dr. Johannes Muller, late
Christiana, Norway.

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