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ANGLICAN CHUKCHES. 



The total statistics of the bishops and clergy 

 of the Anglican Church in Great Britain, Ire- 

 land, and the British Colonies, were, in 1869, 

 as foflows : 



England and Wales. Archbishops, 2 ; bish- 

 ops, 26 ; deans, 30 ; archdeacons, 71 ; benefices, 

 12,837; curates, 5,678; rural deaneries, 613; 

 church sittings, 5,643,492. 



Ireland. Archbishops, 2 ; bishops, 10 ; 

 deans, 32 ; archdeacons, 34 ; benefices, 1,560 ; 

 curates, 599. 



Scotland. Bishops, 8 ; clergy, 169 ; parson- 

 ages, 72 ; churches, 168 ; schools, 101. 



The Colonies. Dioceses (including those in 

 process of formation), 51; bishops, 49; clergy, 

 2,400. 



The contributions to the Board of Missions 

 for the year ending October 1, 1869, were 

 $127,710.85. There is a deficit of funds of 

 over $19,000. The mission to Greece is in a 

 condition of financial embarrassment. Dr. 

 Hill's resignation of his position there was to 

 take effect in November. Bishop Paine, of the 

 African mission, has returned to the United 

 States to recover his health. The China mis- 

 sion is in a promising condition. A transla- 

 tion of the Bible into the Mandarin dialect is 

 being made. No agent has been appointed 

 among the freedmen since the death of Mr. 

 Gillette. 



The anniversaries of the Low-Church party 

 were held in November, in Philadelphia. The 

 total receipts of the American Church Mission- 

 ary Society were $98,172.39 : of which $49,- 

 824.89 were for its own purposes ; $38,837.98 

 for objects kindred to the work, but not under 

 the control of the committee ; and $9,509.52 

 for foreign missions. The year was reported 

 the first in which the payments exceeded the 

 receipts. The society has had 108 missionaries 

 in the field. At the twenty-second annual 

 meeting of the Society for the Promotion of 

 Evangelical Knowledge, the receipts of the so- 

 ciety were reported at $51,583 ; the expendi- 

 tures at $49,443 ; the property, at $82,000. 

 The "Evangelical Education Society" held its 

 third anniversary. Its receipts during the year 

 were $31,659; its expenditure, $41,881. The 

 close of the year leaves the society with 112 

 students wholly or in part dependent upon it. 



The Church of England is divided into two 

 convocations, Canterbury and York. The 

 Upper House of Canterbury consists of the 

 archbishops and the bishops (21 in number) of 

 the several dioceses. The Lower House consists 

 of 24 deans attached to the several dioceses, 

 58 archdeacons, 25 proctors for the chapters, 

 and 42 proctors for the clergy ; in all, 149 

 members. 



The Upper House of the province of York 

 consists of the archbishops and bishops of the 

 dioceses (7 members). The Lower House con- 

 sists of 6 deans, 15 archdeacons, 7 proctors for 

 the chapters, and 31 proctors for the clergy ; 

 in all, 59 members. 



The two great schools of the Church of Eng- 



land are the Universities of Oxford and Cam- 

 bridge. The twenty-six colleges and halls of the 

 University of Oxford had in January, 1868, 

 4,190 " members of convocation," and 7,535 

 "members on the books." The number of 

 professorships was 41. The seventeen colleges 

 and halls of the University of Cambridge had 

 (including 127 members not on the college 

 books) 5,435 members of the senate; 1,927 

 undergraduates ; and 8,974 members on the 

 books. The number of professors was 35. 



The Society for the Propagation of the Gos- 

 pel in Foreign Parts report a general fund of 

 76,784 12s. Id. ; appropriated funds, 12,- 

 108 8s. 5d.; special fund, 14,238 19. 6d. ; 

 making a total of 103,132. The receipts 

 of other church societies during the year clos- 

 ing May, 1869, were as follows: Church Mis- 

 sionary Society, 157,330 ; .South American 

 Missionary Society, 10,551 ; Colonial and 

 Continental Church Society, 35,445 ; Colonial 

 Missionary Society, 4,030 ; Church Pastoral 

 Aid Society, 51,845; Bishop of London's 

 Fund, 49,603; Additional Curates' Society, 

 30,538 ; Irish Church Missions to Koman 

 Catholics, 24,445 ; Incorporated Church 

 Building Society, 13,757; Church of Eng- 

 land Scripture Headers' Association, 11,732. 



The religious homes, houses of mercy, mis- 

 sions, religious houses, and institutions of 

 similar character, of which a considerable 

 number have sprung up within a few years 

 past, are various in organization, from volun- 

 tary parochial and benevolent associations, to 

 societies approaching the character of mo- 

 nastic institutions. The Kalendar, published 

 by the " English Church Union," enumerates 

 fifty-five homes, penitentiaries, missions, and 

 orphanages ; twenty guilds and brotherhoods, 

 and twenty institutions and societies. The 

 last are open associations. Many of the re- 

 ligious homes have a number of institutions 

 under their charge. Thus, the " Sisters of All 

 Saints," Margaret Street, London, have the care 

 of twelve subordinate institutions, dispensaries, 

 homes for aged women, industrial schools, or- 

 phanages, etc. Many of these homes, which gen- 

 erally are sisterhoods, in the larger towns, have 

 established reformatories for fallen women. 

 The guilds and brotherhoods are more strictly 

 devotional in character. The English Order of 

 St. Benedict, founded by " Father Ignatius," 

 as he styles himself, corresponds in character 

 with the Roman Catholic ascetic institutions. 

 The " Guild of St. Alban the Martyr," with 

 nineteen branches, or brotherhoods and sister- 

 hoods; the "Society of St. Osmund;" the 

 " Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of 

 the Body and Blood of Christ," and others, have 

 for their object the elevation of the ritual, the 

 cultivation of a more devotional spirit and ob- 

 servance of the purity of the Church in doctrine 

 and practice, and other similar ends. Others 

 are more or less open associations, for prayers, 

 for missionary work, for benevolent purposes, 

 for the assistance of poor churches, etc. 



