Patronage of Church Livings. 



Although there appears to be only 9284 parish 

 churches in England, there are 11,593 benefices; 

 1200 of which are in the patronage of the diocesans; 

 1005 in deans and chapters; 103 in the five colleges 

 of Manchester, Rippon, Southwell, Westminster, and 

 Windsor; 583 in the universities of Oxford and 

 Cambridge, Eton and Winchester; 1015 in the King, 

 Prince of Wales, and Duke of Lancaster ; leaving 

 7597 in the patronage of lay impropriators. 



Knights of the Bath. 



Since 1816 the order of the Bath has consisted of 

 68 military knights grand crosses, and 12 civil; 196 

 knights commanders, and 520 companions. 



Royal Society. 



On the 30th Nov. 1815, the number of ordinary 

 members on the election list of the Royal Society 

 was 580 ; that of foreign members, 43 ; total, 623. 



