The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-13 00:00:00

CLERGY ORPHAN SOCIETY.

'The annual general meeting of the governors of the Incorpo-
rated Society for clothing, maintaining, and educating poor or-
phans of clergymen of the establishedichurch, was held on Tues-
day at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street..
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London presided. There
were also present the Bishop of Lichfield and thiventry, the
Lord Chief Baron; Mr. Justice Gazelee., M. Bainn Gtirney,
Lord Kenyon, 'Sir Robert Inglis, the Rev.,Dr. Russelkof the
Charterhouse, W. Wilson, Eiri ,-&e. • - - -t, • f
The report stated that this society was estab6shed
in'conse-
, quenee of the inadequacy of the provision made for the married
parochial clergy, nearly one half of whom; notwithstanding
Queen Anne's bounty and the occasional grants'-subsequently
made by the legislature, are not receiving.an income sufficient
to enable them to provide for their children after their decease.
This society was founded in the year 1749, to rescue the younger
orphans of the clergy from the evils of poverty and a neglected
education. In 1809 it was incorporated at the sole expense of
the late Bishop (Bairington) of Durham. A new school-house
was erected at St. John's Wood, in which there are at present
upwards of 130 children, snaking the whole number who have
enjoyed its benefits exceed 1,000.
The Rev. Dr. Shepherd (treasurer) read a statement of ac-
counts, from which it appeared that the receipts of the past year
were—Subscriptions £1,501 175.; donations from the archdea-
conry of Lincoln, Totness, &c., £645 12s. 6d.; dividends on
stock £2,582 ss. 84.; patrons of charity schools £7O 18s. ltd.,
making together, including legacies, &c., a total of £6,038 9s. Id.
The disbursements were for maintenance of • the children
£3,445 Os 2d. ,• investments £1,601 lls. 3d.; repairs £l4B 165.,
which, with other cbarges; sn;cle the e-xpenditure so much as to
leave the balance Of £46 15s. 6d. only in the treasurer's hands.
A special fund for apprenticing children had recently been
established, towards which there had been received during the
year £1,022 4s. ltd., of which £B3l ss. had been funded, and
a balance of £95 remained in hand.
It was agreed that this fund, which had been as yet .exclu-
sively appropriated to the girls, should he available to the male
children also.
Six boys and eight girls were then elected; after which the
usual routine of choosing officers for the ensuing year was gone
through, and thanks voted to the right rev. prelate in the chair.
The Bishop of London acknowledged the compliment. He
took occasion to make known that the trustees of. the Cholmon-
deley Charity had a considerable sum in hand for exhibitions in
favour of young men at college of limited means., He regretted
that he could not give more assistance to this valuable society,
but he could assure the governors that he should be always ready
to promote its welfare to the utmost of his power. (Applause.)
The meeting then adjourned.

Orticra OF STEAM POWER.—It appears by a letter written
by the Marquis de Cinq-Mars, in the icign of Louis XIII., by
the celebrated Marion Detonne, that a man confined in the
Rice Ire by the Cardinal de Richelieu as a monomaniac; had
discoyeredin the application of the steam of boiling water a sub-
stitute for the power of man and the force of water in directing
various operations. Marion Delorme saw this pretended mad
man during a visit which she paid to the Bicare, in company
with the Marquis of WoreWqr,, who is alwa's considered in
England the first discoverer of the power of steam.—We are
ignorant whether this letter has been proved to be authentic.
Cuarict Francais.