British and Foreign Sailors' Society.

OBJECT:-To promote the spiritual interests of seamen; the society comprehending "all denominations of Christians holding the essential doctrines of the protestant faith.”

Treasurer, Sir JOHN PIRIE, Bart.

Sub-Treasurer, GEORGE GULL, Esq.

Honorary Secretary, Rev. THOMAS TIMPSON.
Secretary, Mr. THOMAS AUGUSTUS FIELDWICK.
Bankers, Messrs. HANKEY, Fenchurch Street.
Collector, Mr. E. SHREWSBURY, 15, King's Row, Walworth.
Society's Rooms, 2, Jeffrey's Square, St. Mary Axe.

Enland Nabigation and Railway Mission.

Formed 1837.

OBJECT:-"To promote religious instruction among railway labourers, and all classes of persons connected with rivers, canals, basins, and inland waters that intersect the various parts of the United Kingdom."

Treasurer, JAMES NASH, Esq.

£324 6 10

306 17 0

17 9 10

Secretary and Superintendent of the Mission, Rev. J. T. JEFFERY.

British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews.

Formed 1842.

OBJECT:-The Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews; "the more immediate field of the Society's operations "being" London and the larger towns of the United Kingdom."

INCOME, year ending April 25, 1847
EXPENDITURE

BALANCE, in favour of the society

£1916 11 7 2265 3 5

30 2 3

Treasurer, JOHN DEAN PAUL, Esq., 217, Strand.
Secretaries, Rev. E. HENDERSON, D.D.; Rev. JAMES HAMILTON, M.A.
Resident Secretary, Mr. G. YONGE, 1, Crescent Place, Blackfriars.
Collector, Mr. W. PARNELL, 6, Benyon Cottages, Kingsland Road.

President, Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of BEAUFORT.
Treasurer, JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., 20, Birchin Lane.
Hon. Secretary, Miss ADAM.

Assistant Secretary, Miss WEBB, 61, Stafford Place, Pimlico, London.
be addressed to the Secretary," Care of Mr. Suter, 32, Cheapside."

Letters

may

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.

Formed 1839.

OBJECTS:-"The universal extinction of slavery and the slave-trade, and the protection of the rights and interests of the enfranchised population in the British possessions, and of all persons captured as slaves."

INCOME, year ending May 1, 1847

£1604 1 1

EXPENDITURE

BALANCE in hand

LIABILITIES, about.

Treasurer, GEORGE WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Lombard Street.

Secretary, JOHN SCOBLE.

300 0

Collector, THOMAS BOULTON.

Office, 27, New Broad Street, London.

British Anti-State Church Association.

Formed 1844.

OBJECT:-"The liberation of religion from all state interference."

British and Foreign Temperance Society.

DECLARATION:-" We agree to abstain from distilled spirits, except for medical purposes, and to discountenance the causes and practice of intemperance."

OBJECTS:-" To encourage and assist those who teach in Ragged Schools; to help such by small grants of money, where advisable; to collect and diffuse information respecting schools now in existence, and promote the formation of new ones; to suggest plans for the more efficient management of such schools, and for the instruction of the children of the poor in general; to visit the various schools occasionally, and observe their progress; to encourage teachers' meetings and bible classes; and to assist the old, as well as the young, in the study of the word of God."

Treasurer, R. C. L. BEVAN, Esq., Lombard Street. Bankers, Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN, TRITTON, and Co., Lombard Street. Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. LOCKE, 127, Regent Street. Assistant Secretary, Mr. J. G. GENT, 64, Union Street, Clarendon Square.

Aged Ministers' Society.

Formed 1818.

OBJECT:-"The relief of aged and infirm protestant dissenting ministers of the presbyterian independent, and baptist denominations, in England and Wales, accepted and approved in their respective denominations; who, having been settled pastors of congregations, have resigned their office in consequence of incapacity by age or other infirmities."

INCOME
EXPENDITURE

£584 4 2

478 9 6

CAPITAL, stock yielding about £447 per annum.
Cases relieved last year, 44.

Treasurer, THOMAS PIPER, Esq., Denmark Hill, Camberwell.
Trustees, JAMES ESDAILE, Esq., THOMAS PIPER, Esq., HENRY WAYMOUTH, Esq.,
JOHN WILKS, Esq.

Secretary, Rev. G. ROGERS, 70, Albany Road, Old Kent Road.
Collector, Mr. ISAAC HAILES, 27, Francis Street, Walworth.

Widows' Fund.

Formed 1733.

OBJECT:-"The relief of the necessitous widows and children of protestant dissenting

ministers."

Treasurer, STEPHEN OLDING, Esq., Clement's Lane.
Secretary, Mr. H. K. SMITHERS, 3, Brabant Court, Philpot Lane.
Collector, Mr. I. HAILES, 27, Francis Street, Walworth,

From whom Forms of Petitions and every other information relative to this charity may be had.

Exhibitions during the year to 117 Widows in England at £11 each.

Exhibitions
Exhibitions

Exhibitions

56 Widows in England at £12 each.
45 Widows in Wales at £8 each.
18 Widows in Wales at £9 each.

Of the 175 English Widows, 89 were of the baptist, 73 of the independent, and 13 of the presbyterian denominations. The denominations of the Welsh widows are not specified.

Protestant Union.

Founded 1799.

OBJECT:-"The benefit of the widows and children of protestant ministers of all denominations who subscribe in conformity with its rules."

Treasurer, W. ALERS HANKEY, Esq., Fenchurch Street.
Secretary, Rev. JOHN HUNT, Brixton Rise, Surrey.

VOL. X.-FOURTH SERIES.

5 L

Orphan Working School.

Founded 1760.

OBJECT:-"To provide food, clothes, lodging, and education for orphans and such other necessitous children as shall be elected by the subscribers."

President, HENRY WEYMOUTH, Esq.

Treasurer, JOHN REMINGTON MILLS, Esq.

Secretary, Mr. JOSEPH SOUL, 9, Boxworth Grove, Richmond Road, Islington.
Collector, Mr. J. HARRISON, 21, Doris Street, Kennington Cross.
Funded property and estates yield, per annum, about £2000.
Office, 19, Gresham Street.

New Asylum for Enfant Orphans,

STAMFORD HILL.
Founded 1844.

OBJECT:-"To board, clothe, nurse, and educate the infant orphan under eight years of age; and until he shall be eligible to enjoy the aid of those institutions which provide for the fatherless above that age." "It being the design of this charity to receive and bless the fatherless infant, without distinction of sex, place, or religious connexion, it shall be a rule absolute, beyond the control of any future general meeting, or any act of incorporation, that while the education of the infant family shall be strictly religious and scriptural, no denominational catechism whatever shall be introduced, and that no particular forms whatever shall be imposed on any child, contrary to the religious convictions of the surviving parent or guardian of such child."

Treasurer, Sir G. de H. LarpenNT, Bart.
Sub-Treasurer, ANDREW REED, D.D.

Honorary Secretaries, DAVID D. WIRE, Esq., Rev. T. AVELING.

London Society Protestant Schools,

NORTH STREET, LITTLE MOORFIELDS.

Instituted 1782.

OBJECT:-"Educating and annually clothing one hundred poor children."

To which is united,

The Female Orphan Institution.

Founded 1830.

OBJECT :-" Maintaining and educating the daughters of gospel ministers." ' INCOME, year ending Feb. 1, 1847

EXPENDITURE

BALANCE in hand

DIVIDENDS annually

£154 12 6

174 4 3

19 14 1

124 12 6

Number of female orphans, 7.

Treasurer, THOMAS CHALLIS, Esq., Alderman. Secretary, EBENEZER TAYLOR, Esq., 25, Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn.

Apprenticeship Society.

Formed 1829.

OBJECT:"That this society shall be designated the Society for Assisting to Apprentice the Children of Dissenting Ministers of Evangelical Sentiments.""

Secretaries, C. J. METCALFE, Esq., Roxton House, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. Rev. J. SPONG, Mortimer House, Mortimer Road, Kingsland.

In the year, 6 premiums of £20 each, and one of £19, have been granted.

A Donation of Ten Guineas, or Annual Subscription of One Guinea, gives 16 votes. A Donation of Five Guineas, or Annual Subscription of Half a Guinea, gives 8 votes. An Annual Subscription of Five Shillings gives 4 votes.

The Elections are half-yearly.

Walthamstow Girls' School.

Established 1808.

OBJECT:-"The education of the daughters of missionaries."

"That there be provided a comfortable residence, education, board, washing, ordinary medicines, and books; and that the total charge to the parents or guardians shall not exceed £12 per annum for each child under ten years old, and £15 for all above that age; if clothing be included, £5 per annum extra. The education to be liberal and respectable; attention to domestic affairs to be taught at a suitable age. The whole to be conducted with a strict regard to utility, habits of economy, and comfort."

Treasurer, JOSEPH TRUEMAN, Jun., Esq.
Secretaries, Mrs. E. CAREY, Mrs. FOULGER, Walthamstow.
Collector, Mr. HINE, 22, Montpellier Square, Brompton.

1517 18 11

99 19 1