The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-18 00:00:00

SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
THE OAKS.

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The Bishop of London's Fund.

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gentlemen composing
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held at the offices, No. 46A, Pall-mall. In the re-
gretted absence of the bishop, Lord Egerton
diocese
Tatton was called to the chair. Mr. T. Godley, the
secretary, read the annual report, which was a very
voluminous document. It appeared from it that
the whole number of mission districts connected
with the fund was 74. Of these 60 had been esta-
blished by means of grants from the fund; 12 ori-
ginally belonged to the Diocesan Church Buildi.ng
Society, and had since been adopted by the fund ;
two were established by the Diocesan Home Mis-
sion, and three independently of the fund. Of the
60 missions founded by grants from the fund, 30
were founded through the initiative of the com-
mittee. There had been a considerable decrease in
the income during the past year. The total re-
ceipts between Dec. 31, 1863, and D. 31, 1864,
were £71,269 12s. 2d., and in the corresponding
period in. 1865, £48,248 15s. The income was,
therefore, less than one-half of what was hoped
would have been contributed, and of what was actu-
ally required if the fund was -actually to accomplish
the work which was proposed. A large part of the
income of the year had been derived from new
donations received from the original subscribers to
the fund, as well as from the instalments of sub-
scriptions9ftfund
than
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individualmnoi previously promised. But the increase in
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once be accomplished. At the present moment the
staff of clergy whose stipends were paid in whole
or in part by the fund was 111, and the annual
charge was £12,435. The stipends in five cases
which were not included in the above number
had ceased. In four of these cases the endowment
had been obtained, and one was about to be en-
dowed. The number of Scripture readers for which
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was £2,336, and for the latter £145. The distribu-
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don of grants for buildings, sites, and. purposes not
requiring annual renewal was as follows :—£30,760
had been voted on account of 34 churches. Of these
14 had been consecrated, four others were opened
for services, nine were being built, and the works of
the others would be begun as soon as sufficient funds
had heed raised, 13 of the churches thus aided had
been already endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners. The other churches for which votes had
been made would have a sufficient population at-
tached to them to enable the incumbents to claim
endowment grants from the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners as soon as the churches were completed. In
61 mission districts grants to the amount of £27,505
9s. 3d. had been voted for buildings, leases, and for
some incidental expenses, as fittings and repairs.
There was also an annual charge of £505 for the rent
of rooms; £8,500 had been voted for 19 school
buildings, and £l,OOO had been placed at the dis-
posal of the Diocesan Board of Education for the
fittings and maintenance of the new schools during
the first year of their existence ; £765 had already
been expended in small grants under this head. Ad-
ditional school accommodation had also been provided
to a very considerable extent in the mission build-
ings. There had been voted £10,025105. for church
sites, £7,509 for school sites, and £9,540 9s. 3d. for
sites of mission stations. The report concluded. with
an elaborate review of the past, and an earnest ap-
peal for increased aid to enable the fund to deal
with some of the pressing cases which were daily
arising. Lord Ebury moved the adoption of the re-
port, which was seconded by Viscount Sandon, and
carried. Mr. Richard Hoare and Mr. Arthur. Mills
were elected to fill two vacancies on the executive
committee caused by death.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

ABERDEENSHIRE.

ABERDEEN, May 17.
The election for this county took place to-day,
the candidates being the gentlemen already named
in The Sun,—Sir James Elphinstone, lately mem-
ber for Portsmouth, and Mr. Dingwall Fordyce, of
Brueklay, son of Mr. Fordyce, who some years ago
represented the city of Aberdeen in Parliament.
It may be remembered that in 1861 the county was
most keenly contested in the Liberal interest on
behalf of the Hon. Arthur Gordon (son of Lord
Aberdeen), by a strong party ably led by Mr.
Ligertwood, when, although Mr. Gordon did not
appear personally in the field, the power of the poll-
' tical section to which he belonged was very clearly
manifested. .To-day that party has experienced a
triumph far exceeding their utmost hopes, the re-
turns of the polling showing the figures :
Mr. Fordyce (Liberal)
Sir J. Elphinstone (Conservative). l,OBB

Majority for the Liberal candidate... 1,087
Mr. Fordyce is the first Liberal who has ever been
returned for Aberdeenshire ; and while his political
principles have been popular with the farming
interest, there is no doubt that his views as a Free
Churchman have tended in no small degree to swell
the present great and unexpected majority.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

L/31 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrive'd, May 17—George Town, from Barbadoes ; Rosa
and Concordia, from Guernsey.
Arrived, May 18—Afar, steamer, from Ghent.
(Sailed, May 17—Unionist, for Vera Cruz; Dundee, for
Jamaica.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed, May 17.—Wave Queen, from Algoa Bay, for
London ; Unionist, from London, for Vera Cruz.

Bank of England Bsturnt.•--Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to thoethAeertsieth:tidesSithVictoria,B4ooo
cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, . M0ry:6,111,886561.,825
3,9
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued ~,,X26,851,825
sGiloßvvuseirrnlißomnullit. Dnebril 015 1
•—• Gold Coin and
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£26,851,8115