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duced the handsome sum of $1,651.09, which placed 

 the finances of the Society once more upon a sound 

 and soHd basis. 



In 1 85 1 an effort was made, by petition to the 

 Legislature, to place the Society on the same footing 

 as the other National Charitable Societies of the 

 city, by adding the President to the list of Com- 

 missioners of Emigration, but the effort failed, the 

 committee, to whom the petition was referred, hav- 

 ing reported against it. 



On St. George's day of this year service was held 

 in Trinity Church at 3 P. M. Prayers were read 

 by the Chaplain, the Rev. Jonathan M. Wainright, 

 D.D., and an eloquent discourse was delivered by 

 the Chaplain, the Rev. F. Vinton, D.D. 



The annual dinner was partaken of at the Astor 

 House; Dr. J. C. Beales, President, in the chair. 

 There being present as guests Sir Henry Bulwer, 

 H. B. M., Representative at Washington ; The 

 Swedish Charge d' Affaires, Mr. Lytton (now Lord 

 Lytton) and others, besides over one hundred and 

 seventy members and their friends. 



Sir Henry Bulwer responded to the toast of H. 

 B. Majesty's representatives in this country in a 

 most eloquent speech, in which he alluded to a pre- 

 tended despatch from himself to the Secretary of 

 State, published by a paper called the " Boston Amer- 

 ican Celt." He repudiated the whole affair and 

 characterized the publication in a humorous manner 



