{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_43461/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_43461","id":"gutenberg_43461","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43461","summary":null,"tags":["Category: History - British","Category: History - Modern (1750+)","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings","Category: Sociology","Charities -- England -- London","Visitations (Church work) -- England -- London"],"text":"Transcribed from the 1853 W. Birch edition by David Price, email\nccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Royal Kensington Libraries for allowing\ntheir copy to be used for this transcription.\n\n\n\n\n\n NINTH\n ANNUAL REPORT\n OF THE\n ST. MARY ABBOTT\u2019S,\n Kensington,\n CHURCH OF ENGLAND\n DISTRICT\n VISITING SOCIETY,\n\n\n TOGETHER\n\n WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT SOCIETIES\n SUBORDINATE OR AFFILIATED TO IT.\n\n * * * * *\n\n 1853.\n\n * * * * *\n\n KENSINGTON:\n PRINTED BY W. BIRCH, TERRACE, HIGH STREET.\n\n\n\n\nST. MARY ABBOTT\u2019S, KENSINGTON,\nChurch of England\nDISTRICT VISITING SOCIETY.\n\n\n PRESIDENT.\n THE VEN. ARCHDEACON SINCLAIR, VICAR.\n\n VICE-PRESIDENTS.\n SIR J. CONROY, BART., K.C.H. SIR HENRY WILLOCK, K.L.S.\n\n TREASURER.\n Mr. CLARKE.\n\n JOINT SECRETARIES.\n THE REV. THE CURATES. MR. WARNER.\n\n AUDITORS.\n MR. WESTON. MR. FREDERICK THOMPSON.\n\n COMMITTEE.\n\nMR. BAILEY. MR. GOODEVE.\nDR. BAYFORD, D.C.L. MR. HUGHES.\nMR. BELLWORTHY. REV. J. H. HOWLETT.\nMR. C. BUNYON. MR. MERRIMAN.\nMR. COOKE. MR. J. N. MERRIMAN.\nMR. ELLIS. MR. CARRICK MOORE.\n\n COLLECTOR.\n ALFRED ELLIS, 16, _Lower Phillimore Place_.\n\n * * * * *\n\n_Ladies or Gentlemen who may be desirous of taking charge of Districts as\nVisitors_, _are requested to communicate with the Secretaries_, _who_,\n_in the event vacancies occurring_, _will inform them thereof_.\n\n_The Secretaries will be happy to give all the information in their power\nto any Subscriber or Parishioner who may wish for it_, _upon any point\nnot fully treated of in the Report of the Committee_.\n\n\n\n\nGENERAL RULES.\n\n\n1. THIS Society shall be called the \u201cST. MARY ABBOTT\u2019S KENSINGTON,\nCHURCH OF ENGLAND DISTRICT VISITING SOCIETY.\u201d\n\n2. The object of this Society shall be, to improve the temporal and\nspiritual condition of the Poor of Kensington.\n\n3. A Fund for that purpose shall be raised by Subscriptions and\nDonations; Subscriptions to be due on the first of January in each year.\n\n4. Annual Subscribers of not less than One Guinea shall be Members of\nthe Society.\n\n5. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Board, consisting\nof a President, Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, Secretary, and Committee of\nManagement. The Vicar to be President, ex-officio; the Curates, Members\nof the Committee; other twelve members, to be elected at the yearly\ngeneral meeting of the Society. A Report of the Proceedings of the Board\nshall be presented annually at the General Meeting, and published for the\ninformation of the Parishioners.\n\n6. The Board shall meet on the first Saturday in every Month, to audit\naccounts submitted, and decide upon cases referred. Three Members to\nform a quorum.\n\n7. The operations of this Society shall be extended over that portion of\nKensington which is in connexion with the Clergy of St. Mary Abbott\u2019s\nChurch.\n\n8. The Visitors shall all be members of the Established Church; their\nbusiness shall be, to keep a List of all the families in their several\nDistricts, according to a prescribed form; to inquire into all cases\nrecommended; to administer relief; and to circulate Books and Tracts upon\nthe List of this Society.\n\n9. Relief shall not be given in any case by the Visitor to a larger\namount than 2s. a week for adults, and 1s. for each child, nor continue\nfor a longer period than four weeks, without the sanction of the Board,\nat its monthly meeting. The Board, however, shall not be subject to the\nsame restrictions.\n\n10. Relief shall be administered by orders on Shopkeepers, and not in\nmoney, except in extreme cases.\n\n11. No applicant of notoriously immoral character shall be relieved; but\nrelief shall not be refused to any person on account of his religious\npersuasion.\n\n12. No person shall be relieved who has not resided three months in the\nParish, and has not occupied the same house or lodging, unless good\nreason be assigned.\n\n13. Subscribers to the Society may recommend cases for inquiry and\nrelief. Recommendations may be sent to the National School House, whence\nthey will be forwarded daily to the Visitors. Money remitted to any of\nthe Parochial Clergy for the relief of particular families shall be\nappropriated to that purpose, if they are found to be proper objects of\ncharity; otherwise it shall be returned to the Donor, or, with his\nconsent, added to the general fund.\n\n14. Visitors are requested to forward their Books to the Secretaries,\nfor the consideration of the Board, the Saturday before the monthly\nmeeting.\n\n15. A Parochial Lending Library shall be provided by the Board, together\nwith a supply of Books and Tracts, to be either given, lent, or sold by\nthe Visitors. No Book to be sold at a lower rate than half-price.\n\n16. Cases of sickness shall always be reported by the Visitors to the\nParochial Clergy.\n\n17. The Board, at its monthly meeting, shall supply the Visitors with\nfunds proportioned to the probable wants of their several Districts.\n\n\n\n\nCONTENTS.\n\n PAGE\nBLANKETS 22\nCOAL FUND 20\nCLOTHING FUND 21\nWINTER CLUB 21\nPROVIDENT CLUB 21\nWORK SOCIETY 23\nMATERNITY SOCIETY 13\nPAROCHIAL NURSERY 14\nINFANT SCHOOL 15\nCHRIST CHURCH NATIONAL SCHOOL, GORE LANE 18\nJENNINGS\u2019 BUILDINGS SCHOOL 16\nANALYSIS OF RELIEF GIVEN 24\nDISTRICT VISITING\u2014ITS PRACTICAL WORKING 25\n\u2014RESULTS 28\n\n\n\n\nNINTH ANNUAL REPORT.\n\n\nIn putting forth, for the information and satisfaction of the\nParishioners of St. Mary Abbott\u2019s, the Ninth Annual Report of the\nKENSINGTON CHURCH OF ENGLAND DISTRICT VISITING SOCIETY, the Committee\nfeel constrained to call the serious attention of all residents blessed\nwith the will and power of exercising a discriminating charity to the\nseveral subscription lists annually put forth from the date of its\nfoundation. A comparative view of the balance sheets of its receipts and\nexpenditure, from the time that the several Ecclesiastical Districts were\nseparated from the Mother Church will reveal facts, which no impartial\nperson can consider in creditable keeping with the progress that has\ntaken place in the numbers and respectability of the population. Large\nareas of formerly vacant ground, both in the New Town and on Campden\nHill, are now covered with houses, in the occupation of tenants who must\npossess competent, if not abundant, means. In Palace Gardens, mansions\nhave sprung up, which, in all the appliances of a luxurious and tasteful\ncivilization, throw into the shade the neighbouring Royal residence. The\nvalue of rateable property is now assessed at a sum that very largely\nexceeds its registered amount six years ago. From such data, and arguing\nfrom the general benevolence of the English character it would not have\nbeen unreasonable to expect a corresponding advance in the sums set apart\nfor Christian Almsgiving. This natural hope has not been justified. The\nreverse is the case. Year by year the contributions have been falling\noff, until between the revenues of 1846 and 1852, there exists no less a\ndifference than 150_l._, being considerably more than a third of the\nentire income from those sources. Nor must it be supposed that the\ncontinued erection of habitations adapted to the requirements of families\nmoving in the upper and middle walks of life has been unaccompanied by\nany provision for the accommodation of the numerous classes who wait upon\nand minister to their wants. In one street alone a considerable number\nof small dwellings, containing from six to eight rooms, have recently\nbeen built, by which comfortable lodgings are secured to upwards of five\nhundred new inhabitants, of whom a large majority, on any failure of\nhealth or employment, would become eligible candidates for temporary\nrelief. Under the pressure of circumstances thus doubly adverse, with a\nsphere of usefulness steadily increasing, yet decreasing supplies\nwherewith to occupy it profitably, it may be a matter of surprise to\nsome, that the operations of the Society have been so efficiently and\nperseveringly maintained. But the solution of the problem is to be\nsought in the tendency of those operations themselves. The alleviation\nof physical misery was but one, and not the most important one, amongst\nthe many objects, which engaged the attention of its first managers. To\nforestall the occurrence of distress, by stimulating and encouraging\nprovident habits, was, in temporal affairs, their main purpose. The\nprinciple of forethought was systematically wrought into the mind of each\napplicant for help. Hence, in proportion as the love of the rich waxed\ncold, the energy of the poor strengthened; and though the bounty of the\nformer diminished, the savings of the latter augmented until the Deposits\nin the Coal, Clothing, and Winter Clubs have more than doubled the\namounts collected by subscription. These constitute a reserve fund\nalways available to its members, in seasons of unlooked for privation.\nOrdinarily, the man who has money in each of these Clubs requires no\nextraneous assistance; he is sufficient for himself. His three grand\nwinter wants, fuel, raiment, and rent, are all provided for. This\nindependence enables him to understand the pleasures of an honest\nindustry; raises him above the influence of any trifling fluctuation in\nhis trade, and educes at once and fosters the invaluable characteristic\nof consistent self-respect. The establishment of safe and remunerating\ninvestments for the earnings of the prudent artizan is a boon, which soon\nreturns an ample interest to a neighbourhood. As their intention and\nworking becomes known and comprehended, they are thankfully appreciated\nby the more thoughtful portion of the operative body, who soon learn that\nby the exercise of a due economy and regular apportionment of their\nwages, it is quite possible to anticipate the ordinary exigencies of the\nfuture, and live independent of eleemosynary aid. That this result has\ntaken place in Kensington is demonstrable from the subjoined table, which\nshows the sums spent by the Visitor in a district where the population\nhas increased an eighth in three years before and after the introduction\nof the Clubs. It would probably be found a fair type of the system.\n\n Money expended. Money deposited.\n1847 \u00a313 12 9 \u00a311 16 3\n1850 7 0 0 18 18 3\n1852 10 5 6 26 0 10\n\nThe Winter Club deposits amounting last year to \u00a38 1_s._ 6_d._ are not\nincluded in the summary. Enough however will have been adduced to\nindicate in what way the reduced resources of the Institution have\nhitherto sufficed for its actual necessities. But the causes that have\nled to the deficiency in its income are yet to be explained.\n\nThese may be stated as arising first from the death or change of\nresidence of many original supporters; and, secondly, from want of\nacquaintance on the part of new comers with its existence. Nor should\nthis be a matter of much surprise; since, in every populous parish, so\nmany Institutions for the temporal and spiritual advantage of the\nworking-classes are necessary to be maintained, that comparatively few of\nthose, who do not make a conscience of inquiring into their condition,\nare aware of either their number or relative importance. This remark\napplies with peculiar force to suburban districts such as Kensington,\nwhere a large proportion of the heads of families proceed early in the\nmorning to transact their daily business in London, and do not return\nuntil the evening. The fault of their ignorance is not however to be\ncharged to the Committee of the Society, who do all in their power to\nmake known its title to assistance, both by the publication of Reports,\nand the appointment of a collector, whose business it is not merely to\ngather old, but also to solicit new subscriptions. But in many\ninstances, the servants are prohibited from receiving printed appeals by\na general order, which, of course, renders nugatory any communication\nthat might be addressed to their masters through the medium of the Press.\nThis is a hardship on both parties, in that the very individuals who are\nthe first to complain of the apparent omission, are the involuntary\nvictims of their own direction, and continue deprived of a satisfactory\nchannel for the administration of their alms; while the Charity advocated\nin the pamphlet intended to be left at their houses suffers in the full\namount which might otherwise have been placed at its disposal. There are\nsome cases on the other side, in which the clergy have been requested by\npersons immediately on their entrance into the Parish to supply them with\na list of the benevolent Institutions requiring succour. It would be\nwell were this example more universally followed. None would then\ncomplain of being overlooked.\n\nWith these preliminary observations the Committee proceed to the more\ngrateful task of giving an account of their stewardship in the past year;\nand as the best means of exhibiting the organisation now existing in St.\nMary Abbott\u2019s, and informing the public of the comprehensive scheme of\ncharity, to which they are invited to take a part, the present Report\nwill bring in order under notice, the graduated agencies of beneficence\nthat are exerted upon the poor throughout the several stages of their\nlives.\n\nAs that which refers to its very earliest period, it may be advisable to\ncommence with some account of the\n\n\n\nMATERNITY SOCIETY,\n\n\nwhich, after an independent course of active usefulness for above thirty\nyears, has been in some measure affiliated to the District Visiting\nSociety, though still retaining the valuable superintendence of those\nladies, under whose judicious management it has been productive of such\nessential service. Its purpose is to provide bags of baby-linen and\nother fitting articles for respectable married women during the month of\ntheir confinement; these are entrusted for distribution to the members of\nthe Committee, who usually grant them on the recommendation of a\nsubscriber, or of the Visitor of the District in which the applicant\nresides. A copy of the New Testament is sent at the same time, which is\noften not without its influence in suggesting to the recipient the\npromise that, though in \u201csorrow she is to bring forth children,\nnotwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if she continue in\nfaith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety.\u201d Those possessing\nlarger means, who have been preserved in this great peril and danger,\nneed not be told that next to the accustomed offering at the Altar, there\nis no more appropriate object for the pecuniary acknowledgments of a\nthankful spirit, than an Institution claiming to ameliorate those very\nsufferings from which they have in mercy been so recently delivered.\n\nBut the question of support and maintenance soon follows upon the birth\nof the infant. The poor mother cannot afford to remain at home all day\nto tend her child. What then becomes of her babe? Shall it be consigned\nto the care of some aged neighbour, at a cost of a third part of her\ndaily earnings; or must the education of an elder daughter be interfered\nwith, that she may become its nurse? Both these pernicious alternatives\nhave been superseded by the\n\n\n\nPAROCHIAL NURSERY, IN GREAT GROVE HOUSE.\n\n\nThis establishment consists of two good sized airy rooms, in a quiet part\nof the town, fitted up with cradles, mattresses, and other articles of\ninfantile furniture, for the reception of babies, whose mothers are\nengaged in daily employment. A small yard or playground is attached,\nwhere the children old enough to run alone may take their exercise\nwithout any fear of the dangers incidental to the streets. The charge of\nthis infant family is confided to an experienced matron, who with the\nassistance of a competent nursery-maid, conducts the affairs of her\nLilliputian kingdom to the satisfaction of the many parents interested in\nits prosperity. During the past year, the attendances of infants have\nreached the startling number of 2788, being 286 beyond those recorded in\nthe last Report. The payments for their safe keeping have exceeded \u00a320,\nwhile the reduction in expence to their mothers is calculated at no less\namount than \u00a3278 16_s._\n\nTo all who, in watching over the helplessness and innocence of infancy,\nhave learnt how delicate is the constitution, how difficult is the\nrearing of a child, the Committee hopefully commend the cause of these\nbabes of toil. To rescue them from the evils of a careless tending; to\npreserve them from disease engendered by deleterious cordials,\nadministered by ignorant and impatient guardians to hush their cries; to\ninsure them the common blessings of light and air, of cleanliness and\nwarmth, is essentially a mother\u2019s charity. Nor will the lady, surveying\nwith a grateful heart, the commodious arrangement of the apartments of\nher little ones, have her sense of gratification, in bending over the\ncradle of her son and heir, diminished by the recollection that she has\nbeen instrumental in procuring for the offspring of others, some amongst\nthose comforts so abundantly bestowed upon her own. And if, as is\npresumed, our boys and girls are taught, in advancing youth, to set\napart, on principle, a certain percentage of their allowances for\npurposes of Christian love, where will they find an object for their\nsympathies more in unison with their age and feelings than one devoted to\nthe reception of children far younger and more feeble than themselves?\n\nAt the age of two years, the infants are transferred to one of the three\nSchools of the District. Of these, that in Church Court, which, as the\nfeeder of the central National School, has enrolled upon its books about\none hundred and fifty scholars between the ages of two and seven years,\nreceives the great proportion. The rest, for the most part, are absorbed\nby either the Jennings\u2019 Buildings or the Gore Lane School, each of which\npossess a prescriptive right to mention in these pages, not only from the\ngrants they have severally obtained, but from the position they hold in\nthe Parochial organization.\n\n\n\nJENNINGS\u2019 BUILDINGS,\n\n\nis a purlieu of the town, leading out of the High Street, and is the\nchosen settlement of the Irish Romanists. It consists of a series of\ncourts and alleys which, for closeness and filth, are probably without a\nparallel westward of St. Paul\u2019s. Being a _cul de sac_, unlighted,\nirregularly paved, and indifferently supplied with water, its best\ndisposed inhabitants find it difficult to cultivate the habits of\ncivilized life. The majority give the matter up, and seek in alcoholic\nand other stimulants, an antidote against wretchedness, malaria, and\ndisease. Nowhere are the evils of overcrowded chambers more apparent.\nSingle rooms frequently shelter two, and even three families. Its\nchoicest district exhibits a return of forty families to eighteen houses;\nof one hundred and sixty persons, exclusive of lodgers, sleeping in\nthirty nine rooms. The entire population, inclusive of Palace Place,\nmust exceed one thousand five hundred souls. Prior to the erection of\nthe present School, it was impossible for ladies to penetrate its\nrecesses. The Police entered its retreats in couples. In 1847 the work\nof reformation commenced; since then a steady progress has been made. At\nfirst, the school was emphatically a ragged school; its scholars were\nliterally running wild and half naked in the streets; they outraged alike\npropriety and decency. Gradually, a change has been wrought.\nCleanliness and obedience are rule, where formerly dirt and turbulence\nprevailed. Gifts of serviceable clothing to the elder and most regular\npupils of both sexes have introduced some appreciation of tidiness and\nself-respect. Above all, the systematic visitation of its Ladies\u2019\nCommittee and their friends, has been productive of most humanizing\neffects. Slight attempts are recognizable, on the part of the residents,\nto render their locality less decidedly objectionable. They have, at\nleast, before them a higher standard, which a few are endeavouring to\nreach. The teaching of the children has thus reacted on the mothers; and\nthough from the constant importation of fresh immigrants the battle must\nbe fought uphill, there can be but little doubt on which side the victory\nwill rest at last. But with the Homeric hero it is fair to wish for\nlight. Granted the day and the contest must be successful. It is the\nignorance of the Irish, that is the nurse of their misery; lighten this\ndarkness, and as the clouds of superstition and prejudice roll away,\nwhatever germs of good, and they are many, now lie undeveloped in their\nhearts, will blossom beneath the genial rays of knowledge, and bring\nforth fruit in season. Already thirty children have gone from this\nschool to earn their own living in the states of life to which it has\npleased God to call them; and if in their different situations they are\npractising, as the reports of their employers testify, the virtues of\nhonesty, sobriety, and industry, of gentleness and modesty, there can be\nno undue assumption in attributing this happy issue far more to\ndiscipline and precept, than to nature or example.\n\nThe average of attendances during the past year is about sixty-five,\nthough this number has, at times, been considerably exceeded. The\nexpenditure for rent, books, master, &c., is \u00a3114, of which only \u00a361 is\nobtained by regular subscriptions. But it most assuredly becomes all who\nhave at heart the interests of Scriptural religion, who desiderate the\nspread of Gospel Light, and love the truth as it is in Jesus, to combine\nin strengthening by both personal and pecuniary aid, an Educational\nInstitution, abundantly blessed in the rescue of many children from\nheathenism, vice, and crime. It is planted in a Missionary Field of no\nordinary importance; stretched before our very doors, almost as much\nuntilled and unsown as the sterile wastes of Paganism. One isolated spot\nit has, whence all that is green and refreshing in its barrenness\nproceeds\u2014its District School. Shall _its_ vegetation wither for lack of\nAlms and Prayers to water the young and vigorous shoots?\n\nNor has the attempt to extend the National System of Education to the\nEastern portion of the Parish proved less satisfactory.\n\n\n\nTHE GORE LANE SCHOOL\n\n\nhas gone on improving in numbers and efficiency since its foundation.\nFor some months, these essentials to prosperity proceeded at an equal\nmarch. But, afterwards, the attendance of younger children became\nnumerous enough to interfere with the tuition of the elder. This serious\ninconvenience was beginning to be felt at the publication of the last\nReport. However, at the very crisis, the Trustees of the little British\nand Foreign School at the bottom of the Lane, ingenuously acknowledging\nthe decided preference manifested by the parents of the children for the\nteaching of the Church, and finding the impossibility of maintaining,\nwith any adequate return, their own establishment, with praiseworthy\nliberality offered it to the Vicar, under an impression that he might\nstill render it useful, by converting it into an Infant School. Although\nan assent to this proposal involved an immediate acceptance of\nliabilities to the amount of \u00a3100, the necessary funds were advanced\nthrough the Treasurer of the Trust, in the conviction that, when the\ncircumstances of the transfer became known, so great an obligation would\nnot be suffered to rest on the generosity of a single individual. Thus,\nan Infant School, and playground as well as a Master\u2019s House, are secured\nto the present Trustees, at a small annual rent of \u00a35. The result has,\nin a great measure, justified the anticipations of the Promoters of the\ntransaction. The Christ Church Congregation, to which these Schools are\npeculiarly attached, have partially accepted the responsibility. The\nwhole juvenile population of the Lane avails itself of the opportunities\nafforded to it. Fifty Infants attend the Lower, one hundred boys and\ngirls the Upper School. Their pence have increased\n\n from \u00a31 14 6 in 1851,\n to \u00a310 16 4 in 1852.\n The Subscriptions from \u00a318 11 0 in 1851,\n to \u00a342 12 6 in 1852.\n\n\u00a392 have been contributed in donations, and a new item in the income,\narising out of the sale of the girls\u2019 work, {19} returns as the profits\nfor the last six months \u00a32 3_s._ These are encouraging features of the\nprospect, but when it is considered on the other hand, that the very\nlarge and special expenditure involved in the purchase of the New School,\nand the reduction of its share in the Collection at St. Mary\u2019s, from \u00a330\nto \u00a314 should have fallen in the same year, it cannot be a matter of\nsurprise that the adverse balance of the last account is more than\ndoubled in the present. Whilst, therefore, the Managers would return to\nthose many friends who have assisted them with gifts of clothing, and\nother prizes, for the pupils, they would earnestly press upon the\ncongregation of Christ Church, and the residents in the Gore, the duty of\nyielding to the Schools of their Church and neighbourhood, a regular, a\nliberal, and a conscientious support. It is a pleasure to add that this\ncall has been responded to by several; were all to act in a like spirit,\nas God has prospered them, there would no longer be an occasion for these\nappeals.\n\nIn passing from the juvenile to the adult members of the labouring\nclasses, the Visitors are bound to keep the same principle in view of\nhelping them to help themselves. Whilst either are capable of so doing,\nit is the truest charity to withhold all other aid. In children, this is\neffected by insisting on their receiving an Education adapted to their\nfuture prospects: in adults, by fostering providence and forethought.\n\u201cFrugality,\u201d said Goldsmith, writing to his brother, \u201cin the lower orders\nof mankind, is true ambition; it affords the only ladder for the poor to\nrise to preferment. Teach then, my dear sir, to your son, thrift and\neconomy. I had learnt from books to be disinterested and generous,\nbefore I was taught from experience the necessity of being prudent.\u201d\nThis homely but difficult truth is becoming year by year more generally\nacted upon. It influences the whole social body. Insurances on life and\nagainst accidents are its forms amongst people enjoying wealth and\ncompetence. With others, possessed of smaller, but permanent incomes,\nthe savings\u2019 banks develope its latent energies. Provident funds remain\nfor those who live from hand to mouth. Of these last, there are four in\nSt. Mary Abbott\u2019s, having for their objects the safe keeping of weekly\ndeposits, to be appropriated respectively to Coal, Clothing, Rent, and\nother minor expenses, at the end of each year.\n\nThe last Report recorded a falling off in 1851 in the contributors to the\nCoal Club; it has been amply compensated for by the present large\nincrease. The accompanying statement shows the comparative numbers in\neach year:\u2014\n\n Depositors. Deposits & premium. Coals distributed.\n1851 367 \u00a3181 17 1 145 tons\n1852 425 209 2 10 174 tons 5\u00bd cwt.\n\nA similar table indicates a similar satisfactory advance in the Clothing\nFund, which has never retrograded since its establishment:\u2014\n\n Families Amount deposited. Amount spent.\n depositing.\n1849 73 \u00a336 19 4 \u00a342 14 7\n1850 124 55 17 5 65 8 5\n1851 157 66 15 0 72 12 6\n1852 190 78 14 1 91 19 9\n\nIn the Winter Club, on the other hand, there has been a large diminution\nin the number of Depositors, consequent on the reduction in the interest\nwhich, in former years reached the excessive rate of fifteen per cent. on\nthe sums received; the result was, a disproportionate accession of\nmembers, some of whom were not entitled to avail themselves of its\nbenefits. By means of the Visitors these impositions were detected,\npeople depositing in false names and residences exposed, and instances of\nfraud from one person holding several cards prevented. By lowering the\ninterest about one half, the temptation to deception has been lessened;\nand so healthy is the present condition of the Club, that no case of\nartifice occurred at the recent repayment of the principal. Its\nstatistics now are\u2014\n\nDepositors. Deposited. Withdrawn. Paid.\n308 \u00a3309 6 0 \u00a340 3 6 \u00a3289 2 5\n\nOf its 308 depositors, 89 were also depositors to the Coal and Clothing\nFunds.\n\nThe Provident Club, instituted for the reception of small sums, from one\npenny upwards, is also doing its best to strengthen the same practical\nthrift. Though open all the year, its chief receipts are taken, as might\nbe rationally concluded, during those months when the other funds are not\nin operation. In one District, where the Visitor herself collects the\nweekly savings, the comparatively large sum of \u00a38 has been set aside. As\nno interest is allowed in this Club, such a fact goes far to confirm the\nopinion that it is safe keeping, not usury, that the poor desire. Nor\ncould a more pleasing proof of their confidence in their Visitors be\nadduced, than that afforded by the simplicity and good faith in which\nthey trust their money to their charge. The statistics of the Club may\nbe thus condensed:\u2014\n\nDepositors. Sum deposited. Balance from 1851. Withdrawn 1852. Balance.\n128 \u00a324 6 4\u00bd \u00a37 11 5\u00bd \u00a320 12 8\u00bd \u00a311 5 1\u00bd\n\nIn aggregating the result of the above economical agencies, it appears\nthat they have been used during the past year by upwards of a thousand\nfamilies, the sum of whose united deposits ranges between six and seven\nhundred pounds. Were there no ulterior benefits connected with the\nSociety, this alone should ensure it the commendation of intelligent\nphilanthropists.\n\nBut it is not only by pecuniary transactions that a preparation for the\nfuture is presented to the mind of the prudent housewife: she is invited\nto insure against the cold.\n\n\n\n\nBLANKETS.\n\n\nA large stock of blankets is annually distributed on loan to deserving\npersons, who are considered by the Visitors in want of such a boon, and\nnot likely to abuse it. For several years, and with an experience of\nmany hundred blankets, but few cases have occurred in which their\njudgment has been deceived. Some half dozen blankets may have been\npawned, and as many lost; more are fairly worn out. A replenishment took\nplace at Christmas, 1851, and above three hundred were given out in\nNovember last. For each of these sixpence is paid by the woman to whom\nit is lent, which, being devoted to cover the expence of its washing when\nbrought back in summer, is either returned as the price of ablution to\nthe holder herself, or given to the best laundress in the district where\nshe lives, in remuneration for this necessary work.\n\nBut the most industrious persons cannot always obtain occupation. Breaks\nin employment perpetually occur, especially in the case of females.\nServants out of place, laundresses and charwomen, milliners and\nsempstresses, alike dependent on families visiting London only for the\nseason, all may be included in this list; simply to relieve them in\ndistress would be to increase the evil; it is a different thing to find\nthem work, hence the formation of the\n\n\n\nWORK SOCIETY,\n\n\nof which the intention is to purchase, by subscription, flannel, calico,\n&c. to be made up into articles of useful wearing apparel, by any\nrespectable women who may be thankful to fill up their intervals of\ninvoluntary leisure by using their needles. The Clothing thus made is\nsold at the cost price of the materials. A wife, therefore, who makes\nher husband\u2019s shirts, may obtain it for little more than her own labour.\nThat this Society supplies a gap in the District Organization is not more\nplain from the consideration that out of the 144 workers, whom it has\nemployed, 118 have been recommended by the Visitors, than from the\nposition which it has assumed, as a valuable coadjutor in the industrial\ntraining of young females. Under its auspices, many girls have been led\nforward from plain to fine needle-work, and some who commenced by\nexperiments on aprons may now be trusted with the finish of a garment\nrequiring the neat performance of accomplished skill. It has also proved\nof considerable service by undertaking emigrant orders. One family, in\nparticular, was indebted to its ready-made department to a large extent;\nand thus not only enabled the Committee to dispose of a portion of their\nsuperfluous stock, but benefitted themselves by procuring what they\nwanted much cheaper and better than they could have done at the\noutfitting shop. Charitable persons using its agency to furnish clothes\nfor the Jennings\u2019 Buildings and Gore Lane Schools, or, indeed, for the\npoor at all, have the double satisfaction of knowing that they are doing\ngood, not merely by their gift, but by its preparation also; while to the\nladies superintending the cutting out and execution of the work, and\nconducting its weekly sale, special thanks are tendered by the Committee,\nwho are not unaware of the time and regularity that so intricate a duty\nmust demand. The sales alluded to have realized nearly \u00a360, of which \u00a37\n13_s._ was received from the Depositors to the Clothing Fund. Owing to\nthe change in the Collector, some subscriptions were omitted to be sent\nfor last year, and the consequence has been, that the receipts under that\nhead are less than those on former occasions; nevertheless, the accounts\nhave nearly balanced themselves, and there is no reason to imagine that\nthey will not entirely recover by the next audit. It would be\nuncourteous to close this retrospect of the Work Society, without\nexpressing its acknowledgments to the linen drapers of the town for their\ncontinued disinterested and valuable assistance.\n\nBut the most resolute determination to preserve a position of\nindependence cannot always contend against the adverse vicissitudes of\nlife. Sickness visits all in turn; and though a man may struggle through\nthe illnesses of wife and children, what is his resource when he is\nhimself struck down? Must he, with a family heretofore respectably and\nhonestly supported\u2014after his tools, furniture, and clothes are pawned,\u2014be\nat last consigned to what is, in fact, to him, the degradation of the\nworkhouse, or so pledge his future labour, under an accumulation of debt\nincurred perforce, that all hope of future freedom from its load must, on\nreasonable calculation, be shut out? Judged even by the maxims of the\nmost rigid political economist, no less than by the diviner impulse of a\njust compassion, indifference in such a case were not only _a crime_,\n_but a blunder_. For if by a judicious advance of money, it be possible\nto procure that attendance, medicine, nourishment, and change of air,\nrequired for the restoration of the sinking patient to his normal health,\nit is clear that the productive energy, which is the immediate source of\nnational wealth, must be increased, by the same means that carry into\neffect a paramount part of Christian obligation. It is, therefore, very\nsatisfactory to find that while the number of cases relieved by the\nVisitors during December, 1852, are less by one third than those of the\ncorresponding month in 1851; even of these considerably more than half\ncome under the category of sickness. The analysis of the Visitors\u2019 books\ngives the following result of cases assisted in December last:\u2014\n\n By In age. In poverty. Out of Sickness.\n employment. work.\n 13 32 31 36 156\n\nThis return is an abstract of the work in thirty-two Districts only, yet\nin these, in one month, two hundred and sixty-eight families\nparticipated, more or less, in the bounty of the Society.\n\n\n\nPRACTICAL WORKING.\n\n\nNumerous, however, as the visits indicated by these figures must\nnecessarily be, they afford but a very moderate criterion for estimating\nthose actually paid. It is to the habitual intercourse established\nbetween the Visitor and the Visited, an intercourse honourable and useful\nto both parties, that all the higher results of the system are to be\ntraced. This enables either to judge more truly of the other; disabuses\nthe poor of the prejudice that those above them in station are\nuniversally proud, unfeeling, and isolated from their hopes, wants and\nsympathies; and the rich of the impression that their humbler brethren\nare envious, discontented, and ungrateful. Mistakes are indeed committed\nby inexperience, but gradually become rectified by longer acquaintance\nand better knowledge. Mutual understandings are established. The\nChristian Visitor is soon distinguished from the patronizing almoner, or\nthe salaried official. His friendly interest ceases to be confounded\nwith intrusive curiosity\u2014his proffers of amity with intentions to insult.\nOnly let a District lose, for a season, the services of its Visitor, and\nthe expression of regret is speedily made known. It is not in human\nnature to resist for a continuance the silent pleadings of an unvarying\nkindness, manifested, not simply in encouraging what is good by advice\nand approbation, but in discouraging what is evil by warning and\ndiscountenance. Influence follows, as a matter of course, and is used,\nin most instances, under a solemn sense of responsibility for the\ntemporal and eternal welfare of those submitting to its sway. House by\nhouse, and room by room, the inmates of the cellar and the garret, are\nbrought into contact, and joined in bands of unity with their\nfellow-Christians. None but the vicious are held as outcasts, and for\nthe worst of these the means and place of repentance are religiously kept\nopen. Liberty of Conscience is respected\u2014Creed is no bar to aid; not\nthat the Christian Visitor is insensible to the dangers of rending, by\nschisms, the Mystical Body of his Lord, but that he judgeth no man,\nleaving him to his own master to stand or fall. Conscious of his own\ninfirmities, he will be careful to enter on his ministrations in a devout\nand lowly spirit; he will pray night and morning for a blessing on his\nlabours, and lay before the throne of Grace his special difficulties and\nimperfections. His aim is a high and spiritual mark; and though he may\nnot reach his standard fully, he keeps it in his view. It is to\nillustrate, in his own conduct, the beauty of holiness, and so to bring\nto bear upon his charge the mute but telling teaching of example.\nCourteous with the rude; consistent with the fickle; patient with the\nperverse, meek with the passionate, forbearing censure with the\ncensorious; silent with the gossip; reverent with the scoffer; just and\nimpartial towards all;\u2014ready with advice when sought; attentive to the\noft-told tale; kindling in sympathy with woe;\u2014the fosterer of virtue; the\nuplifter from vice; the promoter of repentance; the refuge of poverty\u2014he\nstrives to show to others, in the mirror of his deeds, the character\nthemselves should be. And when, in voluntary confidence, they seek his\nfurther guidance, he leads them onward in the pathway of the Church. By\nhis instrumentality the babe is brought to Holy Baptism when its mother\nreturns her thanks for safe delivery; the child is rescued from the\nstreets, and sent to school; elder boys and girls, induced to renew, in\nConfirmation, their Baptismal vows; Prayer Books and Bibles provided for\nthose who require them, at reduced prices. Public Worship and the\nSabbath rest, pressed home on the consciences of all, and the necessity\nof the Lord\u2019s Supper inculcated on the serious but timid believer, in\nevery case requiring further counsel and advice, he commends them to the\nministration of the Clergy, who are thus enabled to exercise a\nsupervision over the masses of their population that would be impossible\nwithout some such intermediate agency. Now informed in due order of each\noccurrence of sickness, remorse, doubt, difficulty, and penitence, they\nare able to bring to bear on the sufferers exhortation, argument, and\nconsolation, according as their circumstances demand. Thus one by one\ntheir flock are brought under their hand, not merely by a casual\nvisitation, but in their hours of need, when they might otherwise refrain\nfrom sending for their pastor, however thankful to be tended by his\nunrequested care. Nor are such results of rare occurrence. They are the\nordinary issues of systematic visiting. In a well-regulated District, no\nevent of spiritual interest should escape notice; for without any attempt\nat unseasonable intrusion, the rounds may be so arranged as to be both\nregular and expected. The Books and Tracts of the Lending Library should\nbe enquired after at least once a week, not necessarily to change them,\nbut to hear that all is well with those who read them. Visitors who have\npursued this plan, and adopted its facilities for profitable\nconversation, are not likely to let it fall into abeyance. There can be\nno doubt that their word in season, following directly upon the\nimpression produced by some pious work, may oftentimes have been the Holy\nSpirit\u2019s means of turning souls to God. For this is the supreme end of\nthe Society; and if it fails in this, all its other successes are but\nlight in the balance, leaves not fruit, husks devoid of heart or kernel.\n\n\n\nPRACTICAL RESULTS.\n\n\nOutward tests of soundness in the one thing needful, must be mainly\nsought in reverence for the Lord\u2019s Day, in appreciation of His appointed\nordinances, and attendance at Public Worship. With some of the smaller\ntradespeople, who formerly were accustomed to keep open their shops, and\ndrive their usual trade on Sunday, the persuasions of the Visitors have\nbeen effectual in procuring an entire cessation of business; and others,\nwho have not strength of principle wholly to forego their profits,\ntrusting to the blessing of the Lord, have yet been influenced, by the\nprevailing sense of decorum, to intermit their sale during the hours of\nDivine Service. So, too, as the Church accommodation has been enlarged,\nChurch-goers have increased. Within a comparatively short period, it was\nmockery to reprove a poor man for not attending the House of Prayer;\nthere was no room for him. Of late years a change has taken place: three\nnew churches have been built; they are all filled; another is required.\nThe free seats, extended as they have been at St. Mary\u2019s, are crowded;\nChrist Church, consecrated but eighteen months ago, has in the morning\nscarcely a vacant bench. Its opening must have provided for several\nhundred Churchmen, formerly wanderers from Church to Church. The\nRegister of Baptisms presents rather an increased than a diminished\naverage; but there must be a progressive augmentation in its entrances,\nbefore it can be considered as a satisfactory record. There exists a\ntendency amongst the ignorant to confound Registration with Baptism, and\nmany believe that the civil supersedes the religions ceremony. After all\nthe exertions of the Visitors to diffuse information on this subject, and\nto awaken the Christian sensibilities of the parents to the importance of\nthe Sacrament, their returns exhibit a catalogue of nearly one hundred\nchildren unbaptized. And though many of these are infants, and some the\noffspring of Baptists, enough remain to demonstrate what would soon\nbecome the spiritual condition of the people, were their vigilance to\nsleep, or their admonitions to be withdrawn. The candidates for\nConfirmation at the last celebration of the Rite, were more numerous than\nusual; and drew forth the commendation of the Bishop for their devotional\npropriety of demeanour. To the greater proportion of those admitted to\nthe Sacred Ordinance, it has been the door and vestibule of the Holy\nCommunion of the Body and Blood of their Redeemer. Hence, amongst other\ncauses, there has accrued an accession to the Communicants of the\nDistrict, the approximate estimate founded on the Easter Administrations,\nbeing in 1851, 614, in 1852, 670. The total attendances at both Churches\nwas 5423. Nor must it be supposed that these are furnished solely from\nthe pew-holders in the Congregations; the humblest ranks are represented,\nand form, though a minority, one that is both respectable and slowly\nincreasing. No habitual receiver of the Blessed Sacrament can fail to\nhave been struck with the gratifying sight afforded by the regular\npresence and devout behaviour of a class of young men, who commonly\nfurnish a fifth of the Communicants at St. Mary Abbott\u2019s, on the third\nSunday in the month; a class which, however independent of the actual\nworking of the Society, owes both its formation and guidance to the zeal\nand perseverance of not the least active or efficient Member of its\nCommittee.\n\nHere then the Committee close their Review, under a conviction that they\nhave established a claim upon the generous consideration of their fellow\nParishioners. The facts enumerated speak for themselves. No force of\neloquence, no appeals to sentiment are required to enhance their value.\nThey satisfy the head\u2014they ought to influence the heart; for if it be a\nduty at once acknowledged and indisputable to exercise charity by\nclothing the naked, feeding the hungry, raising the fallen, helping the\nweak, educating the young, and visiting the sick, the widow, and the\nfatherless in affliction, there must abide an awful responsibility on\nthose, who not only decline to do so personally, but refuse to strengthen\nthe hands of others dedicating time and energy to these works of love.\nTo all such, if such there be, the Committee may reasonably say, You are\nliving surrounded by a large and necessitous population, the\nrepresentatives in their poverty and suffering of the Saviour Who died\nfor your Redemption\u2014He, in the wisdom of His Providential ordering, made\nyou to differ from the meanest of that multitude, granted you ability,\nwealth, industry, position, character, for the express purpose of\nenabling you, as followers of Him, to bear their burdens. Occupation,\nbusiness, pleasure, health, or feeling, may preclude you from taking\ndirect part in the discharge of this your trust. By habits and\ntemperament you may be unfitted for personal ministration. Let, then,\nthis Association be your almoner. It acts under the Presidency of your\nVicar, and the superintendence of a Committee of Laymen like yourselves.\nIt is pledged to investigate the fact and cause of each alleged distress,\nto turn your bounty to its best account, to apply it with a cautious\ntenderness, a discreet forbearance. Chosen from the gently nurtured and\nthe educated, its dispensers bear it to hearths and beds of real\nprivation, and unsimulated disease. Witnessing the extremes of pain, and\nwoe, and want; entering abodes whence less unselfish pity might turn away\ndisgusted; carrying the message of peace and hope to the broken-hearted\nand despairing; it is _theirs_ to imitate the Divine Example, and go\nabout doing good\u2014should it not be _yours_ to emulate their labours,\nsustain their efforts, and extend their power in well-doing? Can it be\nright, or wise, or just, or patriotic, or Christian, to allow them,\nwhatever be their earnestness, self-denial, or single-mindedness, to\nvisit and relieve the Lazarus of your own door, uncheered by your\nsympathies, unaccompanied by your prayers, unprovided with your alms?\nLet each one answer for himself.\n\nIn conclusion, the Committee would humbly commend the future proceedings\nof the Society to the compassionate care of that Lord, who being rich\nunto all, has blessed its operations to the present date, beseeching Him\nto overrule its plans and works to His own everlasting glory and the\nfinal salvation of those who now and hereafter shall regulate, subserve\nor benefit by, the ministrations of that abounding charity, which it is\nits especial object to stimulate, develope, and control.\n\n\n\nAPPENDIX A.\n\n\nAll experience tends to prove a probable connection between dirt and\nvice. There is truth in the proverb, \u201cCleanliness is next to godliness.\u201d\nWe have the warrant of Holy Writ, for stating that men love darkness\nrather than light because their deeds are evil. In every attempt to\nelevate the inhabitants of a neglected District, respect must be had to\nits sanitary arrangements. No exertion ought to be spared to procure for\nit water, light, and systematic cleansing; against the demoralizing\novercrowding of single rooms the most stringent clauses of the Lodging\nHouse Act should be rigidly enforced. The following extracts from the\nVisitors\u2019 Reports certify how these obstacles impede any permanent\nimprovement in the physical condition of the poor in the less favoured\nparts of the Parish, and bring out in strong relief the existence of\nevils requiring the attention of the local authorities, if not the\nintervention of the Legislature to ameliorate or remove, as wholly\nunworthy of a civilized community.\n\n\u201cIn this district there is much and constant illness in consequence of\nbad drainage, and the entrance of the court is almost impassable in wet\nweather for want of paving.\u201d\n\n\u201cFive out of nine houses in my District are totally unsupplied with\nwater, and the inmates have either to buy or borrow of their neighbours.\nI feel the uselessness, of impressing upon the people the advantages of\ncleanliness, when such drawbacks as I have mentioned come to the\nassistance of their naturally dirty habits.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn this eight-roomed house forty people, men, women and children, live.\nEleven human beings are crowded into a small low-roofed garret; the walls\ndecaying from want of paint; the mother and children a heap of dirt and\nrags. The landlord has been remonstrated with again and again to have\nthe house cleaned which is in a hopelessly dirty condition.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis street has been much improved by being lately paved. It is now\nkept clearer by the people, and is quieter than formerly.\u201d\n\n\n\nAPPENDIX B.\n\n\n_The Treasurer in Account with the Church of England District Visiting\nSociety_\u20141852.\n\n1852. (DR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nBalance from 1851 22 16 6\nTo Subscriptions 247 14 0\nDonations 23 16 0\nAlms Boxes 41 8 3\nSixpenny Deposits 8 10 6\non Loan of\nBlankets for\ncleaning, 1851\nand 1852\nSales of Bibles 1 13 0\nand Prayer Books\nInterest from 0 8 9\nSavings Bank\nCollections after 85 17 9\nSermons\n 409 8 3\nPROVIDENT FUNDS:\u2014\nTo Deposits for Coals 185 10 4\nTo Deposits for Clothes 85 11 9\n \u00a3703 6 10\n\n * * * * *\n\n1852. (CR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nDistrict Grants, from Jan. to Dec. 1852 289 17 0\nGENERAL EXPENSES:\u2014\nStationery and Printing 20 1 9\nPurchase of Books 0 15 0\nMessenger 1 8 0\nEllis\u2019s Gratuity for 1851 3 3 0\nEllis, Collector\u2019s Commission 13 11 6\nTisdall, E., Scouring and Storing Blankets 10 2 6\nfor 1851\n 49 1 9\nHaines, Mr., Wine for the Sick 1 3 0\nPROVIDENT FUNDS:\u2014\nBy Coals 208 19 7\nDeposits Returned 8 8 5\nStationery and Printing 4 2 9\n 221 10 9\nTradesmen\u2019s Bills for Clothes, as per 91 19 9\nTickets\nDeposits returned 7 2 5\nStationery and Printing 2 16 3\n 101 18 5\nSalary of Receiver of Deposits 20 0 0\n 683 10 11\nBalance, 31st December, 1852 19 15 11\n \u00a3703 6 10\n\n Examined and found correct, JAMES WESTON, AUDITOR.\n\n\n\nAPPENDIX C.\n\n\nRev. H. HOLME WESTMORE, _Treasurer_, _in Account with Jennings\u2019 Building\nSchool_.\n\n1852. (DR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nCollections at St. Mary Abbott\u2019s on the 9th of 66 4 3\nMay\nAdvanced by the Vicar 24 7 0\nSubscriptions and Donations as shown in the 91 5 1\nList annexed\n \u00a3182 6 4\n\n * * * * *\n\n1852. (CR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nBalance due to the Treasurer at the end of the 11 9 5\u00bd\nyear 1851\nBread 9 8 8\nStipend of School-Master 70 0 0\nSundries 1 15 2\nRent 10 8 0\nCoal, Wood, &c. 3 7 8\nStationery and Books 5 12 9\nSempstress 6 10 0\nCleaning the School 2 12 0\nClothing 2 12 0\nRepaid the Treasurer\u2014see Statement for 1851 57 0 0\n 180 15 8\u00bd\n Balance in hand 1 10 7\u00bd\n \u00a3182 6 4\n\nAudited and found correct by me,\nFebruary 20th, 1853. HENRY GEORGE.\n\n _Subscriptions and Donations to the Jennings\u2019 Buildings School in the\n year_ 1852.\n\n \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nArchdeacon Sinclair, Vicar 3 3 0\nAbercrombie, Miss, Kensington-square (Donation) 1 0 0\nAbercrombie, Miss K., Kensington-square 1 0 0\n(Donation)\nAlms-box in School room 0 4 1\nBack, The Rev. Henry, Kensington 1 1 0\nBathurst, Mr., Vale place, Hammersmith, (A 30 0 0\nDonation from the \u201cDunlop Trust\u201d)\nBell, Miss, Hornton-street 0 10 6\nBoyd, Mrs., 5, Gordon-terrace 0 5 0\nClarke, Mr., 37, Kensington-square 1 1 0\nCodd, Miss, 2, Campden-hill Road 0 2 6\nCodd, Miss Shirley, 2, Campden-hill Road 0 2 6\nColbeck, Mr., 12, Hornton-street 0 10 0\nColbeck, Mr., ditto (Donation) 5 0 0\nCole, Mrs., The Terrace 0 10 0\nCooke, Mr., The Ferns, Victoria-road 1 1 0\nCotton, Mr., 10, Kensington-square 0 10 0\nCripps, Mrs. W., 9, Gordon-terrace 1 1 0\nCroad, Major, Forest-house 1 1 0\nCroad, Major, ditto (Donation) 0 5 0\nDavies, The Rev. S. Price 1 1 0\nDesbarres, Mr., Wyndham-villa 0 10 0\nDisbrowe, Miss, Kensington-palace 0 5 0\nEngland, Miss, by Miss Hare, Upper 1 0 0\nPhillimore-place\nFerrar, Mrs., Gordon-terrace 0 10 6\nFirmin, Miss, 15, Hornton-street 0 10 0\nA Friend, by Mrs. Paynter (Donation) 5 0 0\nA Friend by Archdeacon Sinclair (ditto) 1 0 0\nA Friend, by . . . ditto (ditto) 1 10 0\nA Friend, by . . . ditto (ditto) 1 1 0\nA Friend, by Archdeacon Sinclair (Donation) 1 0 0\nFriends, by . . . ditto (ditto) 6 0 0\nGee, Mrs. 5, Victoria-road 0 10 0\nGodfrey, Mrs., Douro-place 0 5 0\nGood, Mr., Palace-green 1 0 0\nJ., by H. H. W. 5 0 0\nJackson, Mrs., 3, Sheffield-terrace 0 5 0\nJones, Mr., 18, Victoria-road 0 10 6\nKershaw, The Rev. L. 0 8 0\nKnight, Mrs. Bedford-place 0 5 0\nLitt, Miss, Kensington-square 1 0 0\nMerriman, Mr., 45, Kensington-square 1 1 0\nMerriman, Mr. J. N., 7, Kensington square 1 1 0\nMurray, Mrs., 23, Newland-street 0 10 0\nPrendergast, Miss Mary, Norland-square 0 2 6\nPenny, Mrs., 12, Upper Phillimore-place 1 1 0\nRathbone, Miss, 15, Lower Phillimore-place 5 0 0\n(Donation)\nRogers, Miss, 7, Albert-place, Victoria-road 0 5 0\nSheppard, Mrs., 5, Ladbroke-place West, 0 10 0\nNotting-hill\nSheppard, Miss, ditto ditto 0 10 0\nThornton, Mrs. Edward, 5, Kensington-gate 0 10 0\n(Donation)\nTudor, Mr., Bedford-place 0 5 0\nVincent, Mrs., Upper Phillimore-place 0 10 0\nVincent, Mr. George, ditto 0 10 0\nWaddilove, Mrs., Ladbroke-place West, 0 5 0\nNotting-hill\nWarner, Mr., 9, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nWatson, Miss, Bath-place 1 1 0\nWhite, Miss, 11, Pembroke-road 1 0 0\nWillis, Miss, Palace-green 0 10 0\n \u00a391 15 1\n\nAPPENDIX D.\n\n\n_The_ REV. J. H. SPERLING, _in Account with the Christ Church National\nSchools_, _in Gore Lane_.\n\n1852. (DR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nDonations and Annual Subscriptions 42 12 6\nSpecial Donations for the Purchase of the 92 14 0\nInfant School\nCollection at Christ Church, June 27th 18 14 9\u00bd\nShare of Collection at St. Mary Abbott\u2019s, 14 11 0\nSept. 25\nChrist Church Alms Boxes 2 4 2\nChildren\u2019s Pence 10 16 4\nGirls\u2019 Needlework 2 3 0\n 183 15 9\u00bd\n Balance due to Treasurer 41 1 3\u00bd\n \u00a3224 17 1\n\n * * * * *\n\n1852. (CR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nBalance due to Treasurer, January 1st 24 18 1\nMaster\u2019s Salary 52 10 0\nMistress\u2019 Salary 16 7 0\nCollector\u2019s Poundage 2 2 0\nBooks, Stationery, and School Materials 11 1 5\u00bd\nFuel 3 15 6\u00bd\nBookcases and Table 9 0 0\nPurchase of Infant School 97 0 0\nRent of Infant School, 1\u00bd years 7 10 0\nInsurance of Infant School 0 13 0\n \u00a3224 17 1\n\nExamined and found correct,\nFebruary 10th, 1853. GEO. WARNER.\n\n_Subscriptions and Donations to the Christ Church National Schools in\nGore Lane_, 1852.\n\n \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nThe Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair 2 2 0\nAbud, W. T., Esq. 0 10 0\nBrowne, A., Esq. 0 10 0\nBunyon, C., Esq. 1 1 0\nBunyon, Mrs. 0 10 0\nBoyd, Mrs. 0 5 0\nBannester, \u2014 Esq. 1 0 0\nCooke, E. W., Esq., R.A. 1 1 0\nCole, Mrs. H. 0 10 0\nCope, C. W., Esq., R.A. 1 0 0\nCroad, Major 1 1 0\nDisbrowe, Miss 2 0 0\nDodd, \u2014 Esq. 0 10 6\nDodd, Mrs. 0 10 6\nFrankum, H. H., Esq. 0 10 6\nFrankum, Mrs. 0 10 6\nFriend, by Mrs. Mayne 0 10 0\nGee, Mrs. 0 10 0\nGordon, Lord F. Hallyburton 1 0 0\nGordon, Lady Augusta 1 0 0\nGreen, Mrs. 0 5 0\nHildyard, Mrs. 1 0 0\nHooper, Esq. 0 10 0\nInverness, Her Grace the Duchess of (Donation) 1 0 0\nJones, C. A., Esq. 0 10 6\nJones, Miss 0 10 0\nKidd, R. C., Esq. 0 5 0\nKite, The Misses 0 5 0\nKingdom, W. Esq. 1 0 0\nLady, \u2014 per Archdeacon 1 0 0\nMerriman, J., Esq. 1 1 0\nMoore, Mrs. Carrick 0 10 0\nMorton, \u2014 Esq. 0 10 0\nPearse, J., Esq. 1 0 0\nPhilp, Mrs. 0 10 0\nPlasket, T. H., Esq. 1 1 0\nRamadge, Mrs., 1851 and 1852 1 1 0\nRedgrave, Mrs. 0 10 0\nRedgrave, Miss 0 5 0\nRendel, Mrs. 1 0 0\nRowley, Mrs. 0 10 0\nSperling, J. Esq. (Donation) 1 1 0\nSperling, Rev. J. H. 1 1 0\nTaylor, Lady (Donation) 2 0 0\nTurner, Mrs. 1 0 0\nVallotton, H. L., Esq. 1 1 0\nVallotton, Mrs., for 1851 0 10 6\nVallotton, Miss 0 10 0\nWillis, Mrs. 1 0 0\nWatson, J., Esq. 1 1 0\nWeston, J., Esq. 1 0 0\nWeston, A., Esq., Jun. 0 10 6\nWeston, Mrs. 0 10 0\nWeston, The Misses 0 12 0\n 42 12 6\n\n * * * * *\n\n _Donations in aid of the Purchase of the Lower School_.\n\nA Lady, by Archdeacon Sinclair 5 0 0\nMiss White, Pembroke-road 10 0 0\nA Lady, by Archdeacon Sinclair 5 0 0\nE. W. Cooke, Esq., R.A. 3 3 0\nA Friend, by Archdeacon Sinclair 10 0 0\nLady Caroline Lascelles 50 0 0\nMiss Watson 5 0 0\nA Friend, per Archdeacon 2 1 0\nA Remembrance of a beloved Wife 2 10 0\n 92 14 0\n\nAPPENDIX E.\n\n\n_The Treasurer in Account with the Work Society_.\n\n1852. DR. \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nSubscriptions and Donations 34 6 1\nClothes Sold 59 19 3\u00bd\n \u00a394 5 4\u00bd\n\n * * * * *\n\n1852. (CR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nAdverse Balance from last year 1 1 4\u00bd\nPaid to Workers 26 0 11\nFor Materials 65 7 4\u00bd\nPrinting, Stationery, &c. 1 3 5\nCollectors and Messengers 0 19 9\n 94 12 10\n 94 5 4\u00bd\n Adverse Balance 0 7 5\u00bd\n\nExamined, and found correct, by me,\nFeb. 7th, 1853. S. PRICE DAVIES.\n\n_List of Subscriptions and Donations to the Parochial Work Society_,\n1852.\n\n Donations. Subscriptions\n \u00a3 _s._ _d._ \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nThe Venerable 1 1 0\nArchdeacon Sinclair\nMrs. Abercrombie 0 5 0\nThe Misses Abercrombie 0 5 0\nMrs. Abud 0 2 6\nMrs. Frederick Barlow 0 5 0\nMrs. Boyd 0 5 0\nMrs. Bunyon 0 5 0\nMrs. Clarke 0 2 6\nMiss Clarke 0 2 6\nMrs. Colbeck 0 5 0\nMrs. H. Cole 0 2 6\nMiss M. Cooke 0 5 0\nMrs. C. W. Cope 0 5 0\nMrs. Cotton 0 5 0\nMrs. R. B. Cunnyngham 0 2 6\nMiss Cunningham 0 2 6\nRev. J. Price Davies 0 5 0\nAdmiral Deacon 0 5 0\nMrs. Deacon 0 5 0\nMiss Deacon 0 5 0\nMrs. Des Barres 0 5 0\nMrs. Disbrowe 0 15 0 0 5 0\nMiss M. Forbes 0 2 6\nMrs. John Gee 0 5 0\nMrs. George 0 5 0\nMiss Giles 0 5 0\nThe Misses Good 0 5 0\nMrs. Joseph Goodeve 0 5 0\nMrs. Grafton 0 5 0\nMrs. John Green 0 2 6\nMr. B. Robart Hall 0 5 0\nMrs. Hessey 0 5 0\nMiss Howlett 0 5 0\nJ. H. 0 3 6\nMiss Jones 0 5 0\nMrs. Aston Key 0 5 0\nMrs. Mc Dougall 0 1 0\nMrs. Montgomery Martin 0 5 0\nMrs. Melladew 0 2 6\nMrs. Merriman 0 2 6\nMrs. J. N. Merriman 0 5 0\nMrs. George Ogle 0 5 0\nMrs. W. Payne 0 5 0\nMrs. Paynter 0 5 0\nMrs. Penny 0 5 0\nMiss Phillips 0 5 0\nMrs. Philp 0 5 0\nMiss M. Redgrove 0 2 6\nMiss Robertson 0 2 6\nMrs. Rougement 0 5 0\nMrs. Alexander 0 5 0\nRougement\nMrs. Senior 0 5 0\nMrs. Shaw 0 5 0\nMrs. Sulivan 0 5 0\nLady Taylor 1 0 0\nMrs. Thew 0 5 0\nMr. Thompson (The 0 10 0\nTerrace)\nMrs. Vallotton 0 5 0\nMrs. Warner 0 5 0\nMiss Watson 1 1 0\nMrs. Weston 0 5 0\nMiss Weston 0 2 6\nMrs. E. Willis 0 5 0\nMrs. George Willock 0 5 0\nFrom District Visitors 15 2 7\nNational School, for 1 10 0\nWork\nMrs. Hutt, for Work 0 4 6\n \u00a318 11 7 \u00a315 4 6\n\nAPPENDIX F.\n\n\n_Kensington Parochial Nursery_, _Statement of the Account_.\n\n1852. (DR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nTo Balance from 1851 1 4 4\nSubscriptions and Donations 46 5 0\nPence from Parents of Infants 21 19 3\n 69 8 7\n Adverse Balance 4 18 0\u00bd\n \u00a374 6 7\u00bd\n\n * * * * *\n\n1852. (CR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nBy Rent 28 10 0\nNurses 32 13 4\nHousehold Expenses 13 3 3\u00bd\n \u00a374 6 7\u00bd\n\nAudited, and found correct, by me,\nFeb. 4, 1853. S. PRICE DAVIES.\n\n * * * * *\n\n*** Subscriptions will be received by the Revs. the Curates; any member\nof the Ladies\u2019 Committee; at the Committee-Room of the National School,\non any Friday, from Twelve to One o\u2019clock; or at the Nursery, Great Grove\nHouse, High Street.\n\n_List of Subscribers and Donors to the Kensington Parochial Nursery_,\n_for the year_ 1852.\n\n \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nThe Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, The Vicarage 1 1 0\nAbercrombie, Mrs., 25, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nAbud, Mrs., 15, Sussex-place 0 5 0\nAllt, Miss, 36, Kensington-square 0 2 6\nAnsdell, Richard, Esq., 7, Victoria-road 0 5 0\nArnold, Miss, 20, High-street 0 2 6\nAuldjo, Mrs. T. Richardson, Noel-house 0 5 0\nA Friend 0 1 0\nBailey, Mr. Charles, 45, High-street 0 2 6\nBall, Miss, 6, Bath-place 0 2 6\nBall, Mr. Edward, 26, High-street 0 2 6\nBancroft, Miss, 5, Hyde-park-terrace 0 5 0\nBannister, Mrs., 6, Campden-grove 0 2 6\nBanting, William, Esq., 4, The Terrace 0 5 0\nBarlow, F. Pratt, Esq., 24, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nBeaver, Mrs. E., 16, Leonard-place 0 2 6\nBedford, The Duchess Dowager of, Bedford-lodge 0 10 0\nBellamy, Mrs., 12, Hyde-park-gate South 0 5 0\nBennington, Mrs., 2, Victoria-road 0 5 0\nBiggar, The Misses, 3, Allen-terrace 0 10 0\nBirch, Mr. William, 10, The Terrace 0 2 6\nBoden, Mrs. G., 18, St. George\u2019s-terrace 0 2 6\nBoyd, Mrs., 5, Gordon-terrace 0 2 6\nBrassington, Mr. John, 27, High-street 0 2 6\nBreeze, Mrs., High-street 0 2 6\nBuckmaster, Mrs., 16, Holland-street 0 5 0\nBunyon, Mrs. C. J., 7, Hyde-park-gate South 0 5 0\nC. J. F., Esq. 0 2 6\nCallcott, Mrs., The Mall 0 2 6\nCallcott, Miss, 2, Campden-grove 0 2 6\nChalmers, Mrs., 2, Ladbroke-place West 0 2 0\n(Donation)\nClarke, Mrs., 17, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nClarke, Mrs., 15, Campden-grove (Donation) 0 10 0\nCodd, Miss, 2, Campden-house-road 0 2 6\nColbeck, Mrs., 12, Hornton-street 0 5 0\nCole, Mrs. Henry, 1, The Terrace 0 5 0\nCooke, E. W., Esq., The Ferns, Victoria-road 0 5 0\nCooke, Miss Mary, Ditto ditto 0 5 0\nCooper, Mrs., 26, Lower Phillimore-place 0 2 6\nCope, Mrs. C. W., 19, Hyde-park-gate South 0 5 0\nCrampton, Mrs., 27, Sussex-place 0 5 0\nCrane, Mrs., 16, Scarsdale-terrace 0 2 6\nCrosse, Mrs. H., 8, The Terrace 0 2 6\nCrosse, Miss, Ditto 0 5 0\nCundell, Mrs., 6, Sussex-place 0 5 0\nCunningham, Mrs. Allen, 2, Madeley Villas 0 5 0\nCurzon, The Hon. Mrs. Edward, Scarsdale-house 0 10 0\nDavies, The Rev. S. Price, 17, Lower 0 5 0\nPhillimore-place\nDeacon, Mrs., 12, Leonard-place 0 5 0\nDeacon, Miss, Ditto 0 5 0\nDesbarres, Mrs. W. H. 0 5 0\nDisbrowe, Lady (Donation) 0 5 0\nDisbrowe, Miss, Kensington-palace 1 0 0\nDitto Ditto (Donation) 5 8 0\nDitto Ditto (Collected by) 0 15 6\nDonation Box in the Nursery 0 8 0\nEdwards, Mrs., 31, Upper Phillimore-place 0 5 0\nEllis, Miss, 42, Kensington-square 0 2 6\nElteen, Mrs., High-street 0 2 6\nEvans, Mrs., 13, Sussex-place 0 2 0\nFerrar, Mrs., 3, Gordon-terrace 0 2 6\nFirmin, Miss, 15, Hornton-street 0 10 0\nFletcher, Mrs., 8, Notting-hill-square 0 2 6\nFletcher, John, Esq., 22, Upper 0 5 0\nPhillimore-place\nFrankum, Mrs., 12, Sussex-place 0 5 0\nFreem, Mr. Edward, 23, High-street 0 2 6\nFreeman, Mr. Robert, 17, High-street 0 2 6\nFrost, Mrs. George, 28, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nGiles, Miss, 26, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nGloyne, Mr. C. G., The Terrace 0 2 6\nGood, Mrs. William, 5, Hyde park-terrace 0 5 0\nGoodeve, Mrs. Joseph, 41, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nGrafton, Mrs., 11, Sheffield-terrace 0 2 6\nHaines, Mr. John, High-street 0 2 6\nHall, Miss, 2, Kensington-square 0 2 6\nHampshire, Mrs., 10, Sussex-place 0 3 0\nHansler, Mrs., 32, Upper Phillimore-place 0 2 6\nHepburn, Mrs., 8, Hornton-street 0 5 0\nHessey, Mrs., 27, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nHockly, Mrs., 8, Pembroke-road 0 2 6\nHoof, Mrs., Madeley-house 0 5 0\nHook, Mrs., Tor Villa, Campden-hill 0 2 6\nHopetoun, The Countess of, Niddry-lodge 0 10 0\nHorsley, Mrs., 1, High-row 0 2 6\nHorsley, Mrs. J. C., The Mall 0 2 6\nHotchkin, Mrs., The Mall 0 2 6\nHowlett, Miss, 9, Young-street 0 5 0\nHughes, Mrs., 29, Upper Phillimore-place 0 2 6\nHughes, Mr. William, 50, High-street 0 2 6\nIngram, Mrs., 5, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nJackson, Mrs. W. H., 3, Sheffield-terrace 0 5 0\nJackson, Admiral, 21, Hornton-street 0 10 0\nJackson, Mrs. Howard, 8, St. George\u2019s-terrace 0 2 6\nJenings, Mrs., 2, The Terrace 0 5 0\nJones, Miss, 18, Victoria-road 0 5 0\nJudson, Mr. W., 30, High-street 0 2 6\nKey, Mrs. Aston, 40, The Square 0 2 6\nKingston, Mrs., 8, Scarsdale-terrace 0 2 6\nLascelles, The Lady Caroline, Bute-house, 0 10 0\nCampden-hill\nLegrew, Miss, Ladbroke-place West (Donation) 0 2 6\nLitt, The Misses, 42, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nLomas, Mr. J. H., 34, High-street 0 2 6\nLomax, Mrs., 19, Victoria-road 0 2 6\nLudlow, Mrs., 21, Kensington square 0 2 6\nLugar, Mrs. R., 19, Pembroke-square 0 2 6\nLyon, Mrs., 23, Sussex-place 0 2 0\nMcDermott, Mrs. W. H., 8, Gordon-place 0 3 0\nMelliss, Mrs., 9, St. George\u2019s-terrace 0 2 0\nMerriman, Mrs., 45, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nMerriman, Mrs. James, 7, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nMoore, Mrs. J. Carrick, 4, Hyde-park-gate 0 5 0\nMorgan, Miss 0 10 0\nMorris, Mr. John, 29, High-street 0 2 6\nMortimer, Mrs. Roger, 23, Notting-hill-square 0 5 0\nMortimer, Mrs., 11, Leonard-place 0 2 6\nPalmer, Mrs., 15, Victoria-road 0 2 6\nPearse, Christopher, Esq., 25, Sussex-place 1 0 0\nPenny, Mrs., 12, Upper Phillimore-place 0 5 0\nPhilp, Mrs., Colby-house 0 5 0\nPollock, Mrs., 7, Bath-place 0 5 0\nPope, Mrs., 6, Lower Phillimore-place 0 2 6\nRayner, Mrs., 16, Upper Phillimore-place 0 2 6\nRedgrave, Mrs. Richard, 18, Hyde-park-gate 0 5 0\nSouth\nRedgrave, Miss, 16, Hyde-park-gate South 0 2 6\nReynolds, Mrs., 15\u00bd, Holland-street 6 2 6\nRichards, Miss, 39, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nRobertson, Miss, 14, Sheffield-terrace 0 2 6\nRougemont, Mrs., Wright\u2019s Lane 0 10 0\nRougemont, Miss, Ditto 0 5 0\nRougemont, Mrs. D. Alexander, 23, 0 5 0\nKensington-square\nRussell, Francis, Esq., 12, Douro-place 0 5 0\nRussell, Mrs., 1, Gordon-place 0 2 6\nSaintsbury, Miss, 42, Pembridge Villas, 0 5 0\nBayswater\nSenior, Mrs., 9, Hyde-park-gate 0 5 0\nShaw, Mrs. William, Wycombe-lodge 0 5 0\nShepherd, Mrs., 46, High-street 0 2 6\nSilver, James, Esq., Addison-road 0 5 0\nSlade, Mrs., 32, Sussex-place 0 2 6\nSlater, Mr., High-street 0 5 0\nSmith, Mrs. Browning, 45, Bedford-place 0 2 6\nStainton, Mrs. R., 3, Hyde-park-gate South 0 5 0\nSymons, Mrs. Charles, 10, Young-street 0 5 0\nTaylor, Lady, St. Katharine\u2019s-lodge 1 0 0\nTaylor, Mrs., Little Campden-house 0 2 6\nThew, Mrs., 21, Hyde-park-gate South 0 5 0\nThompson, Mrs. Frederick, St. George\u2019s Terrace 0 5 0\nThompson, Mr. J., 3, The Terrace 0 2 6\nToms, Mrs., The Terrace 0 2 6\nTurner, J. W., Esq., 31, Lower Phillimore-place 0 3 0\n(Donation)\nTurner, Mrs. J. W., Ditto 0 5 0\nTurnley, Mrs. Henry, 5, The Terrace 0 5 0\nUwins, Mrs., St. Alban\u2019s-road (Donation) 0 2 0\nVincent, H. W., Esq., Thornwood-lodge 0 10 0\nVincent, The Misses, Ditto 0 10 0\nVincent, Mrs., 1, Upper Phillimore-place 0 5 0\nWard, Mrs. Ogier, 9, Leonard-place 0 2 6\nWarner, Mrs., 9, Kensington-square 0 5 0\nWarner, Miss, Ditto 0 5 0\nWatson, Miss, 3, Bath-place 1 0 0\nWatson, Joseph, Esq., 8, Hyde-park-gate 0 5 0\nWebster, Mrs., The Mall 0 2 6\nWeston, Mrs. James, 12, Hyde-park-gate 0 5 0\nWhite, Mrs. 11, St. George\u2019s-terrace 0 2 6\nWillis, Mrs. E., Palace-green 0 5 0\nWillis, Mrs. James, 24, Victoria-road 0 2 6\nWillock, Mrs. George, Vicarage-place 0 5 0\nWinn, The Hon. Mrs., 9, Pembroke-road 0 5 0\nWyllie, Mrs., 1, Douro-place 0 5 0\nYoung Ladies of Miss Forbes\u2019 Establishment, 0 10 0\nVicarage-place\nDitto Ditto 0 10 0\n \u00a346 5 0\n\nKENSINGTON MATERNAL SOCIETY,\n\n\n_For providing Child-bed Linen and other suitable Articles of Clothing_,\n_for the use of poor Married Women during the month of their\nConfinement_.\n\nAt a meeting of the Friends of this Society on the 6th of December, 1848,\nthe following Rules were agreed to:\u2014\n\nI. That this Society shall be called the Kensington (St. Mary Abbott\u2019s,)\nMaternal Society.\n\nII. That its affairs shall be managed by a Committee, Treasurer, and\nSecretary.\n\nIII. That the Ladies taking charge of the Bags of Linen shall form an\nHonorary Committee, to meet twice a year, viz.;\u2014the first Wednesday in\nMarch, and the last in November, after Morning service, at the National\nSchool, or oftener in case of necessity.\n\nIV. That the Committee shall appoint a Treasurer to make the necessary\npurchases on behalf of the Society, and to superintend the disposal of\nthe same.\n\nV. That the Treasurer\u2019s Account shall be submitted to the Committee at\nthe Half-yearly Meetings.\n\nVI. That the Lady Visitors of the Kensington District Society shall be\nrequested to support this Charity, to visit Persons in their respective\nDistricts assisted by the same, and to afford them relief, as in other\ncases, at their own discretion.\n\nVII. That the Meetings of the Committee shall begin and end with Prayer,\nand shall be open to receive any Lady Subscriber or Donor who may wish to\nattend.\n\nVIII. That no woman shall be considered eligible for this Charity who\nhas not resided in the Parish for one year. No woman to be assisted with\nher first Child, or the first by her second husband.\n\nIX. Applicants to bring a recommendation from a Subscriber, and also, in\nconsequence of recent frauds, a Card from their District Visitor.\n\nX. The Bag of Linen to contain the usual Articles, and to be lent for\nfour weeks; if returned in good order, a roll of Baby Linen given as an\nencouragement.\n\nXI. The Bag of Linen not to be kept because bespoken, if required by\nanother Person; the first applicant to be recommended to some other lady\nfor a Bag.\n\nXII. Applicants to receive suitable tracts sanctioned by the Archdeacon;\na new Testament lent with the Bag; and an account kept of the number of\nPersons assisted by the Society during the Year.\n\n\nLADIES TAKING CHARGE OF BAGS, 1853.\n\nMrs. Cope, 19, Hyde Park Gate South 1\nMrs. Merriman, 45, The Square 2\nMrs. Clarke, 17, The Square 1\nMrs. Barlow, 24, The Square 1\nMrs. Aston Key, 40, Kensington Square 1\nMrs. Sheppard, 5, Ladbroke Place West 1\nMrs. Grafton, 14, Sheffield Terrace 1\nMiss Codd, 2, Camden Road 2\nMrs. Pollock, 7, Bath Place 1\nMrs. Cripps, 9, Gordon Place 1\nMrs. Woodcock, 7, High Street 2\nMrs. Lloyd, 4, Upper Phillimore Place 1\nMrs. Stephens, 23, Victoria Road 1\n\nTreasurer and Secretary.\nThe MISSES WHITE, 11, Pembroke Road.\n\n\nSubscriptions and Donations thankfully received by the Treasurer, or may\nbe called for by the Collector, ALFRED ELLIS, 16, Lower Phillimore Place.\n\n _Treasurer in Account with the Kensington Maternal Society_.\u20141852.\n\n(DR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nSubscriptions and Donations 19 5 0\n 19 5 0\n\n * * * * *\n\n(CR.) \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nMaterials 13 9 5\nWork 4 15 7\nCollector 1 0 0\n \u00a319 5 0\n\nAudited, and found correct, by me,\nDecember 23rd, 1852. M. A. CRIPPS.\n\n _Subscriptions and Donations to the Kensington Maternal Society_, 1852.\n\n \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nAbercrombie, Mrs. 0 5 0\nAuldjo, Mrs. 0 5 0\nBarlow, Mrs. F. 0 5 0\nBarlow, Mrs. J. 0 5 0\nBuckmaster, Mrs. 0 5 0\nBayford, Mrs. 0 5 0\nBoyle, Mrs. 0 5 0\nClarke, Mrs. 0 5 0\nClarke, Miss 0 5 0\nCotton, Mrs. 0 5 0\nCripps, Mrs. 0 5 0\nCodd, Miss 0 5 0\nCope, Mrs. 0 5 0\nCoulbourne, Mr. 0 5 0\nCoulbourne, Mr. J. 0 5 0\nCrosse, Miss 0 5 0\nDesbarres, Mrs. H. 0 5 0\nGunter, Mrs. 0 10 0\nGoodeve, Mrs. 0 5 0\nGreene, Mrs. E. B. 0 5 0\nHorsley, Mrs. 0 5 0\nHessey, Mrs. 0 5 0\nHelme, Miss 0 5 0\nHowlett, Miss 0 5 0\nHare, Miss 0 5 0\nHolmes, Miss 0 5 0\nJenings, Mrs. 0 10 0\nJames, Miss 0 5 0\nKey, Mrs. Aston 0 10 0\nLascelles, Lady C. 0 10 0\nLloyd, Mrs. 0 5 0\nLitt, Miss 0 5 0\nMerriman, Mrs. 0 5 0\nMerriman, Mrs. J. N. 0 5 0\nMiley, Miss 0 5 0\nOgle, Mrs. 0 5 0\nPenny, Mrs. 0 10 0\nPaynter, Mrs. 0 5 0\nPollock, Mrs. 0 5\nPallister, Miss 0 5 0\nRougemont, Mrs. 0 5 0\nRougemont, Mrs. D. A. 0 5 0\nRathbone, Miss 0 5 0\nShaw, Mrs. W. A. 0 10 0\nSenior, Mrs. 0 10 0\nSheppard, Mrs. 0 5 0\nThew, Mrs. 0 5 0\nWeston, Mrs. 0 5 0\nWarner, Mrs. 0 5 0\nVallotton, Mrs. 0 5 0\nDonation from a Friend 5 0 0\n\nALPHABETICAL LIST OF STREETS, &c.\nINCLUDED IN THE DISTRICTS OF THE\nST. MARY ABBOTT\u2019S, KENSINGTON,\nDistrict Visiting Society.\n\n\n*** _Members referring any case to the Visitor are requested to state_,\n_on the Ticket or Note_, _the exact residence of the applicant_, _and the\nNo. of the District_, _from the following list_.\n\n_Communications respecting persons resident in streets_, _&c._, _not in\nthis List_, _may be made to the Clergy of the respective portions of\nKensington or Notting Hill_.\n\n No. of the District.\nAdam and Eve-cottages, High-street 25\nAdam and Eve-yard, High-street 25\nAlbert-square, Southend 17\nAlbert-cottages 17\nAnnis-place, Duke\u2019s-lane 26\nBall\u2019s-court, High-street 19\nBarlow\u2019s-cottages, Kensington-square 17\nBird\u2019s-cottages, Duke\u2019s-lane 26\nBird\u2019s-cottages, Jennings\u2019-buildings 4\nBrown\u2019s-buildings, High-street 6\nBullingham-Place 26\nCampden-hill West 30\nCamden-street, 1\u201319 32\nCamden-street, 19\u2014end 33\nCamden-street, South-side 38\nCamden-street-mews 38\nChancellor\u2019s-yard 25\nCharles-place 15\nCharles-street 12\nCharles-street (Little) 15\nCharles-street cottages 15\nChurch-court, Nos. 2, 7, 9, 10, 13, and 22\nGalleries\nChurch-court, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14 23\nChurch-lane 27\nChurch-street 27\nClaremont-cottages 35\nCooke\u2019s-lane 16\nCooper\u2019s-gardens, 37 to 55 37\nCousin\u2019s-cottages 36\nDuckmanton-court 20\nDuckmanton-yard 11\nDuke\u2019s-lane 26\nDulwich-court 26\nEdge-place 36\nGardiner\u2019s-buildings 20\nGordon-cottages, Duke\u2019s-lane 26\nGore-lane, West side, 1\u201320 1\nGore-lane, West side, 21\u201334 2\nGore-lane, West side, 35\u201347, East side 3\nGreat Grove House, High-street 6\nGregory-cottages 28\nHaine\u2019s-buildings 17\nHolland-cottages, Duke\u2019s-lane 26\nHolland-place 27\nHolland-street 28\nHornton-mews 24\nHughes\u2019-cottages 19\nIvy-cottages, Gore-lane 3\nJames-place 12\nJames-street, North side, No. 1\u20134; East 12\nside, 1\u20132\nJames-street, East side, No. 3\u201310; West 9\nside, 3\u201310\nJames-street, No. 11\u201320 14\nJames-street, West side, No. 11\u201314; 21\u201324, 13\n22A\nJames-street-mews 12\nJennings\u2019-buildings, &c., No. 1\u201323; 37\u201363 4\nJennings\u2019-buildings, &c., No. 24\u201336 5\nKensington-place 6\nKing-street, West side, No. 1\u20134 17\nKing-street, West side, No. 5\u201315 18\nKing-street, East side, No. 16\u201324 19\nKnibb\u2019s-cottages 25\nLawrence-cottages 27\nMall (The) 34\nMarket-court proper 21\nMarket-court, Gardiner\u2019s-buildings 20\nNew-court, Jennings\u2019-buildings 4\nNewland-street, East side 25\nOliver\u2019s-cottages, Market-court 20\nOrchard-street, Holland-street 28\nPalace-place, No. 8\u201314 7\nPalace-place (remainder) 8\nPeel-place 34\nPeel-street, North side, No. 1\u201325 29\nPeel-street, South side, No. 75\u201371, 1\u201310 31\nPeel-street, South side, No. 11\u201317, 27\u201329, 30\n21\u201326, 34\u201351\nPhillimore-mews 24\nPlayhouse-yard 6\nReservoir-cottages 36\nRussell\u2019s-gardens 10\nSharp\u2019s-cottages, Jennings\u2019-buildings 4\nShepard\u2019s-gardens 10\nSomerset-yard 25\nSouthend-row-gardens 16\nTavern-yard 4\nThomas-place 4\nTrafalgar-place 16\nVictoria-cottages 17\nWiple-place 27\nYoung-street 11\n\nLIST OF SUBSCRIBERS AND DONORS FOR THE YEAR 1852.\n\n\n*** _It is particularly requested that any error in this List may be\nnotified to the Treasurer or Secretaries_.\n\n_Subscriptions and Donations may be paid either to the Treasurer_,\n_Secretaries or Collector_.\n\n_Subscriptions may be given in favour of any particular district_, _if\ndesired_.\n\n Donations. Subscriptions.\n \u00a3 _s._ _d._ \u00a3 _s._ _d._\nHER MAJESTY THE QUEEN 10 10 0\nThe Venerable Archdeacon 5 5 0\nSinclair, Vicar and\nPresident\nAbercrombie, Mr., 25, 3 3 0\nKensington-square\nAbercrombie, Misses, The 2 2 0\nSquare\nAlexander, Miss, 26, 0 10 0\nHornton-street\nArnold and Roxberry, 0 10 0\nMessrs., High-street\nAbud, Miss, 15, 0 10 0\nSussex-place\nA Friend, by the 0 5 0\nArchdeacon\nBailey, Mr. C., 45, 1 1 0\nHigh-street\nBall, Miss, 6, Bath-place 0 10 0\nBanister, Mrs., 6, 0 10 0\nCampden-grove\nBanting, Mr., 5, The 0 10 0\nTerrace\nBarlow, Mr. F. Pratt, 24, 4 4 0\nKensington-square\nBarlow, Mrs. F. P. ditto 1 1 0\nBarlow, Miss, ditto 1 1 0\nBarlow, Miss Katharine, 0 2 6\nditto\nBarlow, Mr. J. Pratt, 2 2 0\nHyde-park-gate\nBarrow, Sir G., 1 1 0\nKensington-palace\nBarrow, Lady, 1 1 0\nKensington-palace\nBayford, Dr., 5, Upper 1 1 0\nHornton-villas\nBeachcroft, Mr. C., 1 1 0\nHigh-street, Notting-hill\nBedford, Dowager Duchess 2 2 0\nof, Campden-hill\nBell, Mr. John, Little 3 0 0\nCampden House, East\nBell, Miss, 27, 1 1 0\nHornton-street\nBennington, Mrs., 2, 1 1 0\nVictoria-road\nBeresford, Lady G., 6, 1 1 0\nHyde-park-gate South\nBiggar, Mr. J., 3, 1 0 0 2 0 0\nAllen-terrace\nBiggar, The Misses, ditto 4 0 0 2 0 0\nBirch, Mr. W., 10, Terrace 1 1 0\nBond, Mr., 5, 1 1 0\nGloucester-terrace\nBoyd, Mrs., 5, 0 5 0\nGordon-terrace\nBoyle, Mr. W., R.A., 4, 1 1 0\nChurch-street\nBreeze, Messrs., 19, 1 1 0\nHigh-street\nBuckmaster, Mrs., 16, 2 2 0\nHolland-street\nBunyon, Mr. C., 1 1 0\nHyde-park-gate South\nCallcott, Mr. W. H., The 1 1 0\nMall\nCamden, Mrs., 5, 0 10 0\nAllen-terrace\nClarke, Mr., 2 2 0\nKensington-square\nClarke, Mr. John, 25, 1 1 0\nHornton-street\nCodd, Miss, 2, 0 10 0\nCampden-house-road\nCodd, Miss Shirley, ditto 0 10 0\nColbeck, Mr. T. R., 12, 1 0 0 2 1 0\nHornton-street\nCole, Mr. H., 1, 1 1 0\nKensington-terrace\nCollingdon, Mrs., 5, 0 10 0\nKensington-square\nCollingdon, Mr. I., ditto 1 1 0\nCompton, Miss, 12, 0 10 0\nScarsdale-terrace\nCooke, Mr., 12, 1 1 0\nScarsdale-terrace\nCooke, Mr. E. W., The 2 2 0 1 1 0\nFerns, Victoria-road\nCoomb, Mrs., 5, Upper 1 0 0\nPhillimore-place\nCope, Mr. C. W., R.A., 19, 2 2 0\nHyde-park-gate South\nCornell, Mr., 1, 1 1 0\nCanning-place\nCotton, Mr., 10, 2 2 0\nKensington-square\nCowper, Mr. E., ditto 1 1 0\nCowper, Miss M. E., 9, 0 5 0\nKensington-park-road\nCrane, Miss, 16, 1 1 0\nScarsdale-terrace\nCripps, Mrs., 9, 1 1 0\nGordon-place\nCroad, Major, Forest House 1 1 0\nCrosse, Miss, 8, The 1 1 0\nTerrace\nCrosse, Mr., H. W., The 0 10 6\nTerrace\nCunningham, Mrs., 2, 1 1 0\nMadeley Villas\nCunningham, Mrs., 4, ditto 1 1 0\nDesbarres, Mr. H. W., 40, 1 1 0\nBedford-place\nDisbrowe, Miss, 2 2 0\nKensington-palace\nEllis, Mr. C., 42, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nEngland, Miss, 3, 2 0 0\nPhillimore-place\nForbes, Mrs. and Miss, 16, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nForbes, Miss, 1 1 0\nVicarage-place\nFox, Mr. C., 10, 0 10 0\nCampden-hill-road\nFreem, Miss, 23, 0 5 0\nHigh-street\nFrost, Rev. G., 28, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nGaven, Mr. D., 15, St. 1 1 0\nGeorge\u2019s-terrace\nGee, Mrs. John, 5, 1 1 0\nVictoria-road\nGeorge, Mr., 4, 1 1 0\nHornton-villas\nGiles, Miss, 26, 0 10 0\nKensington-square\nGloyne, Mr., 5, Terrace 1 1 0\nGodfrey, Mr., 3, 0 10 6\nSomerset-terrace\nGood, Mr., Palace-green 3 0 0\nGoodeve, Mr., 41, 2 2 0\nKensington-square\nGrafton, Major, 14, 0 10 0\nSheffield-terrace\nGreen, Mrs. E. B., 16, 1 1 0\nLower Phillimore-place\nGrew, Le, Mr., 1, St. 1 1 0\nAlban\u2019s-road\nHaines, Mr. John, 0 10 0\nHigh-street\nHall, Major, 1 0 0\nPhillimore-terrace\nHall, Mr. R., 3, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nHampshire, Mr. William, 1 1 0\n16, Sussex-place\nHayes, Mr., 5, 0 5 0\nPembroke-road\nHaynes, Mrs., Peel-street 0 1 0\nHawes, Mr., High-row 0 1 0\nHennell, Mrs. C., 21, 1 1 0\nCampden-grove\nHennell, Miss, ditto 1 1 0\nHepburn, Mrs., 8, 1 1 0\nHornton-street\nHessey, Rev. Dr. F., 27, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nHolmes, Miss, The Terrace 0 14 0\nHorsley, Mr. J. C., The 2 2 0\nMall\nHorsley, Mr. and Family, 2 0 0\n1, High-row\nHowlett, Rev. J. H., 9, 2 2 0\nYoung-street\nHughes, Mr. W. H., 50, 1 1 0\nHigh-street\nIfold, Mrs., South-lodge, 0 10 0\nCampden-hill\nJackson, Rev. J., 1 1 0\nKensington-place\nJackson, Admiral, 21, 2 0 0\nHornton-street\nJackson, Mr. H., 8, St. 1 1 0\nGeorge\u2019s-terrace\nJackson, Mrs., 3, 0 5 0\nSheffield-terrace\nJenings, Mrs., 2, The 1 1 0\nTerrace\nJenings, Miss, ditto 0 10 0\nJolly, Mrs., 10, 1 1 0\nCampden-grove\nJones, Mr., 18, 1 1 0\nVictoria-road\nKent, Mrs., 1, Bath-place 1 0 0\nKey, Mr., 7, Upper 0 10 0\nPhillimore-place\nKey, Mrs. Aston, 5 0 0\nKensington-square\nKidd, Mr. C., 5 0 0\nHyde-park-gate\nKingsford, Mr., 0 10 0\nHigh-street\nKingston, Mr., 3, 0 10 6\nScarsdale-terrace\nKite, Mrs. Penfold, 3, 1 1 0\nGordon-place\nLascelles, Lady Caroline, 4 0 0\nCampden-hill\nLascelles, Miss, ditto 1 0 0\nLasbury, Mr., 12, The 0 10 0\nTerrace\nLeicester, Mrs., 1 1 0\nBullingham-place\nLewis, Mrs., 7, 0 10 0\nEdwardes-square\nLitt, Miss, 42, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nLloyd, Dr., 4, Upper 1 1 0\nPhillimore-place\nLloyd, Mrs., ditto 1 1 0\nLomas, Mr., 34, 1 1 0\nHigh-street\nMackay, Mrs., 17, 2 2 0\nScarsdale-terrace\nMerriman, Mr., 45, 3 3 0\nKensington-square\nMerriman, Miss C. ditto 0 2 6\nMerriman, Mr. S. ditto 0 2 6\nMerriman, Mr. W. ditto 0 2 6\nMerriman, Mr. James N., 7, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nMerriman, Mrs. J. N. ditto 1 1 0\nMiley, Mr., 6, Upper 1 1 0\nPhillimore-place\nMiley, the Misses 9, Upper 1 0 0\nPhillimore-place\nMoore, Mr. J. C., 4, 2 0 0\nHyde-park-gate\nNoble, Mr. Jesse, 12, St. 1 1 0\nGeorge\u2019s-terrace\nOak, Mr., 36, High-street 0 10 0\nPallister, Miss, 22, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nPaxton, Mrs., 56, 0 10 0\nHigh-street\nPayne, Mr. W., 32, 2 2 0\nKensington-square\nPaynter, Mr., Addison-road 1 1 0\nPearse, Mr., 25, 1 0 0\nSussex-place\nPenny, Mrs., 12, Upper 2 2 0\nPhillimore-place\nPhillips, Miss, 37, 0 10 0\nKensington-square\nPhilp, Dr., Colby House 1 1 0\nPhilp, Mrs., ditto 1 1 0\nPickering, Miss, 4, 0 5 0\nPembroke-road\nPickering, Mr. J., ditto 1 1 0\nPickering, Miss M. G., 0 2 6\nditto\nPitt, Mrs., Vicarage-place 1 1 0\nPollock, Mr., 7, 1 1 0\nBath-place\nRadford, Mr. J., 16, 0 5 0\nSheffield-terrace\nRathbone, Miss, 15, Lower 1 1 0\nPhillimore-place\nRedgrave, Mr. R., 8, 1 0 0\nHyde-park-gate South\nRedgrave, Mr. S., 7, ditto 0 10 0\nRedgrave, Miss, ditto 0 10 0\nRemnant, Mrs., 25, Upper 0 10 0\nPhillimore-place\nRougemont, Mrs., 1 1 0\nWright\u2019s-lane\nRougemont, Mr. H. ditto 1 1 0\nRougemont, Miss, ditto 1 1 0\nRougemont, Miss S. ditto 1 1 0\nRougemont, Miss Helen, 1 1 0\nditto\nRougemont, Mr. D. Alex., 2 2 0\n23, Kensington-square\nRougemont, Mrs. D. A. 1 1 0\nditto\nRussell, Mr., 3, 1 1 0\nScarsdale-terrace\nRussell, Mr., 12, 0 15 0\nDouro-place\nScales, Miss, 5, 1 1 0\nKensington-square\nSenior, Mrs., 1 0 0\nHyde-park-gate\nShaw, Mr. W. A., 5 0 0\nWycombe-lodge\nSheppard, Mrs., 5, 1 1 0\nLadbroke-place\nSheppard, Miss, ditto 0 10 6\nSheppard, Mr. 4, 0 10 0\nPhillimore-place\nSheppard, Mr. High-street 1 0 0\nSlater, Mr., High-street 1 0 0\nSmith, Mrs. George, 27, 1 1 0\nBedford-place\nSmith, Mr. J. H., ditto 0 10 0\nSmith, Miss, ditto 0 10 0\nSinclair, Miss, Edinbro\u2019 1 0 0\nSinclair, Miss M., 1 0 0\nEdinbro\u2019\nSperling, Mr. J., 16, 3 0 0\nPalace-gardens\nSperling, Mrs. J., ditto 2 0 0\nStephenson, Miss C., 1 1 0\nKensington-palace\nSullivan, Mrs., Little 2 2 0\nCampden-house East\nSymons, Mrs., 10, 0 10 0\nYoung-street\nTaylor, Mrs., 0 10 0\nSheffield-house\nTaylor, Lady, 1 1 0\nKensington-palace\nThew, Mrs., Hyde-park-gate 2 2 0\nSouth\nThompson, Mrs., Lower 1 1 0\nSeymour-street\nThompson, Miss, ditto 1 1 0\nThompson, Mr. F., 5, St. 1 10 0\nGeorge\u2019s-terrace\nTyne, Mrs., High-street 0 5 0\nUwins, Mr. Thomas, R.A., 1 1 0\nVictoria-road\nVallotton, Mr., 1 1 0\nHyde-park-gate\nVallotton, Miss, ditto 1 0 0\nVincent, Mr. H. W., 2 0 0\nThornwood-lodge,\nCampden-hill\nVincent, Mrs., 1, Upper 0 10 0\nPhillimore-place\nVyvyan, Miss, 10, 1 0 0\nNotting-hill-terrace\nWaddilove, Dr., 2 2 0\nLadbroke-place West\nWarner, Mr., 9, 2 2 0\nKensington-square\nWatson, Mr. Joseph, 4 0 0\nHyde-park-gate\nWatson, Miss, 3, 1 0 0\nBath-place\nWebster, Mr. Thomas, The 1 1 0\nMall\nWest, Miss, 18, 0 10 0\nBedford-place\nWeston, Mr., 3 3 0 2 2 0\nHyde-park-gate\nWeston, Mr. A., jun., 1 0 0\nditto\nWeston, Miss, ditto 0 5 0\nWhite, Misses, 2 0 0\nPembroke-road\nWilkins, Mr. Serjeant, 7, 0 10 0\nThe Terrace\nWillis, Miss E., 2 0 0\nPalace-green\nWillock, Mrs. George, 3 3 0\nVicarage-place\nWilson, Mr. B., 22, 1 1 0\nBedford-place\nWoodcock, Mr., 4, 0 10 0\nHigh-street\nWorthington, Mr., 3, 0 5 0\nMayfield-place\n\n * * * * *\n\n W. Birch, Printer, High Street, Kensington.\n\n\n\n\nFOOTNOTES\n\n\n{19} Families may render essential service to the School by supplying it\nwith plain needlework, which will be executed at a moderate price, and\nthe profits devoted to the general school expences. Communications\nrespecting needlework may be addressed to Mrs. Jackson, Kensington\nPalace, who kindly superintends this department of the girls\u2019 school.","title":"Ninth annual report of the St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Church of England District Visiting Society: with some account of the different societies subordinate or affiliated to it","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":14476}