The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-02 00:00:00

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A nreelillg Was held last week at the 11J1e.Vue
Malvern, forestablishing a District Com-
mittee of the Society for promoting Christian
Knowledge within the Deauery of Powick (the
sanction of the Lord Bishop of the diocese'having
been duly obtaincdy, when. the Right Hon. Earl
Beauchamp was nominate& President of the Dis-
trict Committee, the Hon. Henry Lygon, M. P.
Gen. Dowdeswill, Anthony Lechinere; Esq. and
the Rev. Joseph' • Martin, Vice--Presidents ; the
Rev. H. Pr. Domvile, au& the Rev. 11. Card,
Joint Secretaries ; and Wm. 117 all, Esq. Trea-
snrer. Earl Beauchamp was not able to take the
Chair, but hai'vlsothely transmitted a donation of
201. to the-Committee : his brother, time
Lygon, likewise sent a donation of 101'. • '
The Rev. 11. Card, the Vicar of Great Malvern,
last ‘vrek preached a sermon for the benefit of the
Sunday school established in that parish ; and the
eloquence and persuasivene,s of this discourse
may be well imagisted, 'when we relate that the
Collection 'at the doors amounted to the liberal
sum of 611. is. 6d.—The plates were held by
Ladies Calthorpe and Lyttelton, the Hon. Miss
Addington, and Mrs:. Wall,. who were •attended
by Mr. Lechmere, Mr.Mildmay, Mr. H. •Adsiing'.
ton, and Mr. Wall.

Last week, in consequence of a communica-
tion from the-Lord Bishop of the diocese, a Ineet•
in of the Clergy within 'the Deanery of Droll-
wicli, took place at the George Inn, Droll wicb,
the Rev. J. Wingfield; Prebendary of Wocgstei,
in the chair, when it was nuatiittiously agreed that
A District Committee of the Society for Promot-
ing Christian F.'.owledgc should: be formed
within that deanery.- was resolved that the
Lord Bishop bt the diocese should be requested to
act as Patron, the Earl of Plymouth as President,
and J. Phillips, Esq. of lianbury Hal!, as Vice
President : the Rey. T. Blackhall, Vii ar of Tar-
debigg, accepted the offices of Treasurer and Se-
cretary.

The thirteenth Anniversary of the. Sund'ey
Schools, established in the parish of S.t..Mary de
Crypt, in Glouceister, was celebrated on Sunday
se'uoight. A most excellent and appropriate dis-
course was preached on the occasion. by the lion.
and Right Rev: •the,Lord Bishop of that diocese.
The cause of this admirable Wa, so
very successfully advocated by his Lordship, as
to produce an accession to its funds of 431. 7s: 10(1.
Sunday week a sermon was preached in the pa-
rish church of Newest, by the Rev: R. F. Onslow,
the Vicar, for the benefit of the Sunday School
established there. The ditty of affordiog instruc-
tion to the tisialt eeneratlon of the poor was en-
forced with impressive earnestness by the preacher,
and the collection for the charity amounted to the
sum of 311. 10s.

On Tuesday last was held at Dorchester the
third Anniversary Of' the Dorsetshire Auxiliar'y
British and Foreign Bible Society, and not
the nniavoinable state of the weather,
the 'Nisi Prins Court, where the. meeting was held,
was tilled at an early hour. 1116 st of the members
of the General Committee, • anti many Clergymen
of the established Church, 'Protestant Dissenting
Ministers:, and other 'gentlemen, were present.,--
The Rev. Dr. Cracknell read tire animal report,
which gave a most pleasing aocoturt.. of its
lions and fund. of the society. Several Gentle-
men then addressed the ceinpany on the subject of
the meeting, and their speeches were heard with
great attention rind satisfaction.