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A Sketch

OF THE

ORIGIN, PROGRESS

AND

WORK

OF THE

St. GEORGE'S Society

NEW YORK,

A. D. 1786 TO 1886,

MEMOIRS

presidents and others

Prominent in its History.

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NEW YORK :

HENRY DAWSON, PRINTER,

54 NEW STREET.

PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS

ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY

New York

THIS SKETCH

^eopectfuU^ ^ctiicatcti

AUTHORS AND COMPILERS.

ROBERT WALLER
E. F. BEDDALL,
H. A. RACKER.
New York, 1887.

CONTENTS.

Preface vii

Introduction ix

Original Constitution, Copy of . 6

Original List of Members 9

Incorporation, Act of 24

Withdrawal of President from Banquet of Friendly Sons of

St. Patrick ., 29

British Protective Emigrant Society 35

Election of Dr. Wainright as Provisional Bishop of New York 38

Arrival of Louis Kossuth 4c

Lord Napier 46

Presentation of Copy of Dr. Morgan's Sermon to Queen Vic-
toria. Correspondence 51

St. George the Martyr 55

Deed OF Covenant 57

Board of Deputies of Benevolent & Emigrant .Societies 65

Visit of the Prince of Wales 66

Gift BY Henry Eyre 68

List of Subscriptions 68-69

Contingent Fund .... 72

Visit of Prince Arthur 73

Labor Bureau 79

Lives of the Presidents and other Prominent Members of the

Soci*Y 81

Goldsborough Banyer 82

Theophylact Bache 85

Miles Sherbrooke 87

Joshua Waddington 88

Samuel Corp 89

Jonathan Ogden 92

Thomas Dixon 94

Joseph Fowler 95

Anthony Barclay 95

Charles Edwards 98

Edward F. Sanderson 100

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W. D. CUTHBERTSON lOI

John S. Bartlett, M. D 102

John C. Beales, M. D 103

William Young 104

Septimus Crookes 105

Henry Eyre 106

Sir E. M. Archibald 107

John G. Dale no

Henry E. Pellew iii

F. W. J. Hurst 114

Edward Hill 115

R. J. CoRTis... 117

William Seton 118

Edward Walker 119

Robert Waller 120

Chaplains 121

Rev. Benjamin Moore 122

Rt. Rev. Geo. Upfold 123

Rt. Rev. Jonathan Mayhew Wainright 124

Rev. Francis L. Hawks 125

Rt. Rev. Manton Eastburn 126

Rev. Francis Vinten 126

Rev. Moses Marcus 126

In General 127

A Retrospect 129

1886. Centennial Year ... 136

List of Subscriptions to Centennial Fund 138

List of Officers 141

Names of Members with Dates of Admission 171

Appendix.

PREFACE.

CAINT GEORGE, as every one knows, is the pa-
^ tron Saint of old England. But who this Saint
George was, what was his origin, when and where he
was born and what he did to deserve martyrdom are
matters of dispute down to the present day. It has
been claimed, for example, that this revered Saint
of England was one George, Bishop of Alexandria,
" a furious Arian and bloody butcher of the true
Christians," who was born at Cappadocia in the
third century, and was slain in a tumult among his
own people, A. D. 361. That such a barbarous
and bloody tyrant as history tells us this man was
should be canonized and his memory honored by the
dignity of martyrdom, even at a period when virtue
and honesty were less reverenced than now, sur-
passes belief, and we have therefore unhesitatingly
to discard his claims for distinction and look else-
where for tfie origin of our worthy Saint.

The true Saint George was likewise born in Cap-
padocia, or, as some assert, in Syria, of Christian
parents in exalted position, by whom he was
brought up in the true religion and fear of God.
He had no sooner reached the years of discretion
than he lost his father, but bravely encountering the
enemies of his faith he departed with his bereaved
mother into Palestine, of which she was a native,

and where good fortune and fair inheritance befell
him. Thus qualified in birth and means, and being
of a vigorous frame and of an age fitting him for
warfare, he joined the army and was forthwith made
a Colonel, in which position he gave such frequent
proofs of his valor and withal behaved himself so
nobly that the Emperor Diocletian, not knowing he
was a Christian, promoted him to a seat in his
Council. In due course his mother died, and he,
following the bent of his inclinations, and with the
increase of his income thereby occasioned, gave his
services exclusively to his Sovereign, having then
reached the twentieth year of his age. At this time
it would appear that trouble had arisen in the gov-
ernment of the Roman Empire, and Britain, then
one of its dependencies, having revolted, steps were
taken to subdue it, which having been accomplished
the Empe'^or's troops thus released were then used
in the fierce and savage persecution of the Chris-
tians, no part of the Empire in which this sect were
found escaping the general slaughter.

The persecution then resolved on and already
begun at the seat of government quickly ex-
tended to the other provinces of the Empire, and
Diocletian himself in person, having urged in the
Senate the prompt execution of his cruel behests,
young George could contain himself no longer, and
having been an eye witness to the murderous and
diabolical barbarities practised upon these unoffend-

ing Christians, he abandoned his military profession,
and having previously donated all his substance to
the poor, boldly entered the Roman Senate and ad-
dressing the members then in session denounced
these unjust and cruel laws, and demanded the im-
mediate cessation of their inhuman tyrannies. This
valiant stand, however, availed him nothing. Upon
his constant and persistent profession of the Chris-
tian faith, they wooed him, first, with promises of
future honors and more material advancement, but
finding him inflexible and not to be brought over,
they then resorted to torture, not sparing anything
which might express their cruelty or ennoble his
afliiction. And at last, when they found that neither
their blandishments, their threats nor their cruelties
moved him they procured his sentence to prison,
and on the following day had him drawn through
the city and beheaded, and thus this George was
invested with the glorious crown of martyrdom,
upon the tw^ty-third day of April, A. D. 290.
The nature and severity of the punishments which
are said to have been endured by this Saint in de-
fence of his faith and his fellow Christians, his vic-
torious encounter with a venomous Dragon upon
Dunsmere Heath, and of his subsequent return to
Coventry, where he became the father of Guy, the
famous Earl of Warwick, these can be believed or
not as the reader pleases. But if he be an English-
man, it were heresy of a damnable kind to deny

Saint George, reject his saintship, or throw discredit
upon his noble deeds as a Christian martyr.'^

Such then was the Saint whose memory English-
men delight to honor. In all parts of the world
where the English tongue is spoken Saint George's
fame extends. Here a church, there a charity, dedi-
cated to the good Saint, attest the popular apprecia-
tion of his worth. And what more fitting title then
for a society associated together for the purpose of
relieving the wants and distresses of Englishmen
who may be found stranded in the great City of
New York than that of the Saint George's Society.
Could the good old Saint awaken from his slumbers
of sixteen centuries and see for himself the readi-
ness with which the means necessary to the carrying
on of the Society's beneficent work have been, and
are being supplied, the self-denial and philanthropic
zeal exhibited by its members in attending to the
duties incidental to the fair, and equitable distribu-
tion of its funds, he would certainly rejoice in the
assumption of his name for the furtherance of such
an object. And on the twenty-third day of April,
the anniversary of his martyrdom, as each year rolls
arotind, his face would surely beam with pleasure
ineffable as he witnessed his merry sons regaling
themselves in the good old Anglo-Saxon style,
keeping his memory green and his good deeds in
glad remembrance.

* Vide The Historic of that most famous Saint and Soldier, Saint George
of Cappadocia, by Peter Heylyn.

INTRODUCTION.

THE author of our being intended man for socie-
ty and has impressed him with principles of a
social nature. A disposition to benevolence is im-
planted in his heart, and unless eradicated by the
prejudices of education, will extend itself in such a
manner as to comprehend the human race,

The effects of this amiable disposition cannot,
however, be exerted in the same manner towards all
mankind. Our family, our friends, and our country-
men have claims upon our affections prior in order
and superior in strength to those that result merely
from our common nature.

Even in particular societies, besides the ties of
friendship and family, other circumstances will exist
by which indivic^uals find themselves more intim-
ately connected with each other than with the rest
of their fellow citizens. Thus the graduates of a
particular University or the natives of a particular
Province consider themselves in all countries as
bound to each other by a more immediate relation
than that in which they stand to other communi-
ties.

In a country like North America, the inhabitants
of which have derived their origin from different
parts of Europe, it is not surprising that they should

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be attentive to that circumstance. Though now,
blended in one political body, they are still distin-
guished by the places from which they sprang, and
look back to England, Scotland or Ireland as the
country of their ancestors.

Hence have arisen societies distinguished by
names peculiarly adapted to each country, and so
far from prejudicing, they promote the general in-
terest of humanity by directing, and fixing the at-
tention to particular objects.

Many acts of the most beneficial charity have
owned their existence to these societies. And
merit in distress might frequently have passed un-
noticed if there had not been a body to whom it
could make application with confidence of success.

Even in a political view, considering this country
as deriving infinite benefit from the emigration of
foreigners, these societies have their use. They
may afford counsel and assistance to strangers upon
their first arrival, and by leading'^^^Mji to prosperity
encourage the emigration of others.

A SKETCH

OF THE

ORIGIN, PROGRESS AND WORK

OF THE

ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY

OF NEW YORK.

npHE occasion of the approaching celebration of
-'■ the one hundredth anniversary of our Society
has suggested the appropriateness of reviewing its
history and work from the date of its formation, in
1786, down to the present time, and at the quarterly
meeting held at ^he offices of the Society, No. 13
Trinity Place, on October loth, 1885, effect was
given to this idea by the adoption of the follow-
ing resolution :

" That a committee of three be appointed to pre-
pare a record of the work of the Society since its
commencement, to be published during the Centen-
nial year of the Society." Whereupon, the Presi-
dent appointed Messrs. Robert Waller, E. F. Bed-
dal and H. A. Racker as such committee.

In entering upon the duty thus assigned to us we

would preface our sketch by the remark that the
Minute Books of the Society, from which our facts
are chiefly taken, supply but little material for the
work before us beyond a simple recital of the offi-
cial doings of the Society at their regular and
special meetings. In a period of one hundred
years, and with a Society whose duties are almost
exclusively charitable, and therefore gratuitously
performed, it would necessarily happen that changes
in the location of its offices, and in the personnel of
its executive would frequently occur, and that in
consequence of such changes records of important
events would either be lost, mislaid or destroyed.
Thus it is that we have to present an apology for any
meagreness that may be noticed in our details,
which, had they been more complete, would doubt-
less have proved both entertaining and instructive ;
but we trust that enough is here produced to serve
the purpose of our appointm*^Ttl>Rnd to demonstrate
the value of the services performed to suffering
humanity during the period over which this history
extends.

In starting out upon this interesting research we
regret to find that during the confusion consequent
upon *the yellow fever epidemic of 1822 the early
records of the Society, comprised in the Book of
Minutes, were lost, and that the only data at our
disposal prior to that time are found in the follow-
ing interesting sketch prepared by George Chance,

Samuel Corp, Robert Barnes, and Joseph Fowler,
a committee appointed at a quarterly meeting held
in January, 1828, and presented and adopted at a
subsequent meeting in April, 1830 :

" The St. George's Society of New York was es-
tablished in the year 1786, immediately after the
date of the introduction prefixed.

" It arose from the congenial feelings of some na-
tive English then settled here, who felt, that though
this was to be their permanent residence, they could
not restrain the gratifying recollections of their
native land, or be unmindful of the condition of
any who might resort to their vicinity in a state of
indigence or distress.

" They formed a band who should delight in peri-
odical meetings, with the view of cherishing social
intercourse among themselves, and devising means
for the relief and happiness of others.

" The most prominent character in organizing the
Society was Mr. John Wilkes, a true born English-
man, with a heart full of kindness and abounding
in all the social affections, whose worth, justly ap-
preciated as it was by numerous and respectable
connections, soon created subscribers to a constitu-
tion, and the English of character, finding their
way hither, almost without exception became mem-
bers, either permanent or honorary, according as
their residence was either fixed or transient.

" Although it is said that this Society was estab-

lished in 1786, yet, as there had existed one before
the Revolutionary War, with the same title and of
somewhat similar character, it was resolved in the
following year to make eligible and to invite, as new
members, any of the antecedent Association, or
their immediate descendants or friends, though
natives of this country, who might be desirous of
enrolling themselves, and thus evincing respect for
the land of their ancestors and manifesting their
sentiments of charity and benevolence.

" The few lines of introduction to these sheets
were from the pen of the late Richard Harison,
Esq., of this city, to whose memory, whether we
regard individual worth or professional renown,
every tribute of respect, every token of our esteem
is due. Of capacious mind and expanded imagina-
tion, it was natural that the associations he indulged
in should draw and fix his admiration upon the land
whence were derived the precepts which had been
the subjects of his ardent and unwearied studies, and
that with this enlighted bias, he should look with a
friendly eye and a feeling heart toward an insti-
tution of this character, and he became one of the
Society.

" In like manner, a most exemplary and estimable
personage, long since deceased, the Rev. Dr. Moore,
afterwards the venerated Bishop of the Diocese,
was an early, cheerful and efficient member, long
actingf as one of the Charitable Committee.-

" The expressive motto on the seal of the Society
was of his selection —
' Let Mercy be our Boast and Shame our only Fear.'

" The present members of the St. George's So-
ciety, united as all preceding them have been, in
the bonds of charity and good will, feel grateful for
the aid their cause has received from their own
countrymen and from so many distinguished citi-
zens of the State. Their institution rears its
structure upon the basis of benevolence and love of
country, and ought to be supported by every native
of character who lands upon the American shore.
It is their determination to dispense what good may
be in their power, and although most of them may
have made their homes in this, their adopted country,
they cannot cease to venerate that of their fore-
fathers, or rejoice in holding up the virtuous char-
acters to whom it has. given birth, as examples for
emulation."

By a reference to the Book of Minutes containing
the earliest proceedings of the Society, now in our
possession, commencing April i6th, 1823, it would
appear that the original Constitution was lost, prob-
ably at the same time and under the same circum-
stances as the first Book of Minutes disappeared,
and at a meeting held at the time a resolution was
adopted authorizing the Secretary to advertise for it
in the Evening Post and the New York Gazette.
Whether this effort to regain it was successful or

not does not clearly appear, but as a result of dili-
gent search and careful inquiry, we have discovered
a copy of it in the possession of Mr. J. H. V. Cock-
croft, a grandson of James Cockcroft, elected in
1787 a member of the Society, through whose cour-
tesy we are enabled to reproduce it here.

RULES OF THE SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE.

Rule I. — That this Society be called the Society
of St. George, established at New York for the pur-
pose of relieving their brethren in distress.

Rule II. — That no person who is not an English-
man, or the descendant of an Englishman, shall be
admitted a member of this Society.

Rule III. — That no person shall be admitted a
member of this Society unless chosen by ballot, and
no one shall be balloted for unless he is nominated
at a meeting previous to a ballot being held (except-
ing honorary members, who may be proposed and
elected at the same meeting). That no election
shall be held unless twenty-four members be present,
and no person shall be admitted a member unless
he be chosen by three-fourths of the members pres-
ent.

Rule IV. — That the Society shall meet four times
every year, to wit : on the 23d day of January, on
the 23d day of April, on the 23d day of July, on
the 23d day of October, and that the Society shall
dine together on St. George's Day, and that the
other meetings shall be in the evenings.

Rule V. — That a President, Vice-President,
Treasurer, Secretary, four Stewards and a Charit-
able Committee, to consist of seven, shall be ap-
pointed annually (the same Officers who served
the previous year may be re-chosen); and that the
23d day of January shall be the day of election.

Rtile VI. — That every member shall pay an an-
nual subscription of thirty shillings to the Treas-
ury, on or before the first day of April, and every
member neglecting to pay his subscription shall no
longer be esteemed a member of the Society, un-
less he be re-elected by ballot.

Rule VII. — That the Charitable Committee shall,
with the consent of the President, Vice-President
and Treasurer, or any two of them, distribute any
sum or sums in charities between the times of
quarterly or Special Meetings, provided such distri-
bution does not in the whole exceed one-fourth of
the annual funds of the Society.

Rule VIII. — That every member absenting him-

from the Annual Dinner, shall pay to the Treasurer
ten shillings as a fine for such absence, and four
shillings for absenting himself from the quarterly
meetings, unless prevented by sickness.

Rtile IX. — That no resident of this City who is
eligible to be a member of this Society shall be ad-
mitted as a visitor.

Rule X. — That a majority of votes shall decide
every question [the Chairman to have a casting
vote], except to annul or alter any former rules, in
which case three-fourths shall be requisite. That
no number under twenty-four shall constitute a
meeting for the purpose of making or altering
rules.

Rule XL — That the President, Vice-President
and Officers shall have power to call Special Meet-
ings on giving three days notice to every member
residing in the City of such meeting and the busi-
ness, and as great inconvenience may result from
members not attending Special Meetings that may
be called shall pay a fine of four shillings towards
the Charitable Fund unless prevented by sickness.

Rule XII. — That any non-resident being an Eng-
lishman or the descendant of an Englishman, who
may apply to become an honorary member of this
Society, may be proposed and admitted, agreeable

to the rules of the Society, on payment of forty
shilHngs, to be applied to the Charitable Fund.

ORIGINAL LIST OF MEMBERS.

Samuel Kirkland,
John Kirkman,
William Laight,
Gabriel W. Ludlow,
Carey Ludlow,
William Ludlow,
George Ludlow,
David Lucas,
Rev. Mr. Moore,
Gilbert Morewood,
Richard Morris,
Thomas Maule,
Daniel McKinnon,
Henry Nash,
Henry Philips,
William Parsons,
Thomas Randall,
Paul Robert Randall,
William Rowlett,
Edward King Roston,
James Rivington,
Michael Roberts,
Thomas Roberts,
William Seton,
Richard Smith,
William Staples,
John Smith,
Charles Startin,
Henry Waddington,
William Walton,

Francis Atkinson,
George Appleby,
Samuel Anderson,
Charles Allingham,
John Berry,
Theophylact Bache,
Richard Bailey,
Thomas Barrow,
Goldsbrow Banyer, Prest.
Samuel Corp.
James Casey,
Frederick Cockle,
Henry Chapman,
James Cockcroft,
John Dewhurst,
Robert Dale,
Gilchrist Dickinson,
John Evers,
John Ellis,
Abraham Evening,
Thomas Elmes,
Charles John Evans,
Samuel Elam,
Richard Harison,
Andrew Hamersly,
James Johnson.
William Kenyon,
Thomas Ketland,
John Charles Shaw,
John Sadler,

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John Taylor,
John Thompson,
Daniel Tucker,
John Thurman,
William Thomas,
Francis Thomas,
William Venning,
Joshua Waddington,
William Young.

Gerard Walton,
Abraham Walton,
Robert Woodriffe,
John Wilkes,
Charles Wilkes,
William Williams,
Richard Wilson,
Adolphus Yates,
Lawrence R. Yates.

II

When and what amendments to the Constitution
were adopted between 1786 and 1824 cannot now
be ascertained, but from the Treasurer's books for
1809 to 181 2, 1 81 5 to 1 819, and subscription lists
for the annual dinners 18 19, and 1822, which have
fortunately been preserved, it would appear that at
some time previous to 1809 ^^^ dues from members
had been changed from an annual subscription of
thirty shillings, to an initiation fee and annual sub-
scription of five dollars respectively, and that in
1816 the initiation fee was raised to ten dollars. In
18 1 5 it is recorded over the signature of the Secre-
tary, Thomas Procter, that " during the war no an-
nual meetings were called " and that at a meeting
held at the Bank Coffee House on April 3d, of the
same year, a resolution was passed making it op-
tional wich members to pay their arrears. From
the Minute Book commencing April i6th, 1823,
already referred to, we find that the name of the
Society was changed In the year 1824 from the
" Society of Saint George " to " The St. George's
Society of NewYork." Provision had also been
made for the election of Life Members on the pay-
ment of a sum of not less than fifty dollars, which,
together with any donations received, was to con-
stitute a Permanent Fund and the interest thereon
alone was to be used in charity. The dates of the
quarterly meetings had been changed from the 23d
of January, April, July and October, to the loth

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day of those months, the number of the Stewards
increased from four to six, the fine for absence at
the Annual Dinner and at the quarterly meetings
had been abolished and a set of By-Laws framed for
the government of the Society, which have been
maintained up to this time substantially as they
were originally drawn.

At the quarterly meeting held January loth,
1825, the following additional article to the Consti-
tution was unanimously adopted :

" No alteration shall be made in this Constitution,
unless such alteration shall have been proposed at
a previous quarterly meeting," and on January loth,
1828, a further amendment was made providing for
the election of one or more physicians in addition
to the other officers.

In the previous year [1827] the then President,
Mr. Thomas Dixon, received an invitation from the
St. Andrew's Society to be present at their annual
banquet, but which, owing to his absence in Canada,
he was compelled to decline. A similar invitation
was given the following year by the Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick, which was accepted. From the
prominence given in the minutes to these incidents
it would appear that this was the commencement of
a practice, since so happily followed, of inviting the
Presidents of each of these sister Societies to be
present at the annual banquets given by the others.

About this time the Treasurer of the Society was

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embarrassed by the retention on the roll of the
names of members, who, whether from absence, or
a change of circumstances, had failed to pay their
annual dues, and a resolution was adopted ordering
their names to be stricken from the list.

In 1830 a motion was presented by the Rev. Dr.
Wainwright, " that a committee be appointed to take
into consideration the expediency of establishing in
this City, an English Emigrant Office under the
patronage of this Society, for the purpose of giv-
ing advice and assistance to persons newly arrived
in this country, and if expedient to report a plan for
carrying the design into effect," which having been
carried, a committee of five was appointed to con-
sider the subject, and in June of the same year a
report was presented recommending the establish-
ment of such an office ; but in January following,
the effort was abandoned, the committee having
been unable to raise the funds necessary to carry
out the project. The difficulty of obtaining a
quorum at the quarterly meetings appears to have
received the attention of the officers at this time,
and in 1831 a motion was made to amend the Con-
stitution so as to make nine a quorum, but the
proposition was negatived, as likewise was a motion
made at this date also to prevent the re-election of
the President, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries. In
this same year an effort was made to amend the
clause in the Constitution relating to the Secreta-

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ries, by making it read two Secretaries in place of
Secretary and Assistant Secretary, which was not
successful ; but a motion to reduce the number of
the Stewards from six to four, made at the same
meeting, was adopted.

In January, 1835, the Treasurer's report, showing
a debit balance of $264.06 against the Charitable
Fund, a committee of three was appointed to devise
means for replenishing that fund ; but at a subse-
quent special meeting held in the following month
the committee reported that having referred to the
Constitution " they discovered that the only con-
stitutional power they possessed of enlarging the
charitable or disposable fund consisted in obtaining
new members," and the matter was then dropped.
An informal resolution, however, was passed by the
meeting to the effect that each member should ex-
ert his influence with those of his acquaintances who
were eligible to obtain their consent to be proposed
as members of the Society at their next meeting.
Following up this idea a committee of five was ap-
pointed at a special meeting held March, 1835, " to
collect and present at a future meeting of the Society
the names of Englishmen residents and such others as
are eligible to become members of the Society," and
this committee appears to have done its work well,
for at the next regular meeting, held April loth,
sixteen new members were proposed and afterwards
elected. At a special meeting held the week fol-

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lowing a slight amendment was made to the fifth
By-Law, under which, as originally drawn, it was
provided that the expenses of the invited guests at
the annual dinner should be borne by the Society,
by striking out the words " the charge of whom
shall be borne by the Society," and substituting the
words " but no expense attending the dinner shall
be chargable to the Charitable or Permanent Fund."
The second article of the Constitution defining who
were eligible for membership was likewise amended
at the same meeting, and made to read as follows :

" The following persons may be admitted mem-
bers of the Society :

I St. — A native of England.

2d. — A son of a native.

3d. — A grandson of a native.

4th. — British officers and their sons, wherever
born.

5th. — Natives of British Territories who may be
sons or grandsons of Englishmen."

In this year (April loth, 1835), the minutes show
that a committee was appointed " to prepare for the
press a list of members, with the Constitution and
By-Laws of the Society, and that 500 copies of the
same be printed as early as practicable * *

* * and that the commtitee be instructed to

draw up an address expressive of the nature, wants
and claims of the Society, and that a copy thereof
and of the list of members be transmitted to such

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persons as may by membership or otherwise be likely
to promote the interests of the Society. This com-
mittee, consisting of Joseph Fowler, James Chester-
man, Charles Edwards, Moses Isaacs and Dr. Bart-
lett, having concluded their work, presented a re-
port at the quarterly meeting of the Society, held
January nth, 1836, which was accepted, and from
which we make the following extract :

" A scheme which has for its object the benefit of
its fellow creatures never fails to awaken in the
breast of the philanthrophist a lively interest in its
favor. To the humane and benevolent, therefore,
no apology for the members of the St. George's
Society will be required for placing before them
some of the characteristics of an institution which
its officers have reason to believe has been some-
times misrepresented and is not generally well un-
derstood.

" Half a century has elapsed since the formation
of this Society, and it had been continued with
little interruption in useful, though not extensive
operation to the present day. An erroneous idea
has prevailed, and which may not in every instance
have been removed, that the funds of the Society
have been lavished at the festive board. This is
not true. The annual dinner is provided at the ex-
pense of the members who partake of it, and in
some instances a surplus of money arising from the
subscriptions to it has been transferred to the Treas-

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ury Box of the Society. If sometimes at a meeting
the social glass and the national song have found
a place, all will agree that it was in good keeping
with natural feeling, and few will be found to con-
demn the practice. For the more extensive useful-
ness of the Society the great want is, in plam
language — money. There are other means, how-
ever, by which great service may be rendered,
such as seeking out proper objects and examining
the cases of applicants for relief, certificates of
which will always be cheerfully attended to by any
member of the Charitable Committee, whose duty
may be thereby rendered less burdensome and its
performance facilitated.

" The great claim on the members, and on those
who may, by becoming members, or in any other
way, enjoy the privilege of doing good, is — their
countrymen in distress, strangers in a strange land, —
and although few have it in their power to relieve
every case, to the credit of humanity be it said,
fewer still is the number of those who can look on
such a scene with cold indifference, Tt need hardly
here be stated that the cases which call for charitable
aid are numerous. Those who, urged by philan-
thropy, or in the course of their duty as officers of
some charitable institution, have made a winter's
walk through the narrow streets and by-lanes of this
large city — those and those only can duly appreciate
the value of a few dollars, or what good even a

single dollar may sometimes effect in the garret, the
cellar and the hovel, when properly distributed and
seasonably applied. It is not so much the common
beggar, whose home is in every street and at every-
body's door, who claims the attention of the Chari-
table Committee ; it is more frequently the silent
sufferer who has seen better days ; assistance to
whom, when administered with delicacy, comes nearer
the heart of both him who gives and him who receives.
Benevolence is the avowed purpose of the Society,
the every-day work of the Charitable Committee,
and may it not shine forth once a year through the
fellowship of that band, united for the perpetuity of
the means which may keep the hands of Charity in
constant exercise."

The address concluded with an appeal to all who
were charitably disposed to assist the Society, either
by becoming members, if eligible, or by donations to
its funds ; but the success attending its circulation was
apparently limited, since at the April quarterly meet-
ing of the same year the question of "how to fur-
ther increase the membership " was again considered,
and a committee of eighteen was appointed to pro-
mote this object. At this meeting a committee of
five was selected to devise means for increasing the
Permanent Fund, to which the President was subse-
sequently added. The records fail to show what
success attended the efforts of the first named com-
mittee, but the second would seem to have taken up

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the subject vigorously, for in January of the follow-
ing year they were able to report a substantial ad-
dition to the Permanent Fund of the Society.

It is proper to state here that the fiftieth (jubilee)
anniversary of the Society was fitly celebrated by a
dinner given at Mr. W. Niblo's saloon, now Niblo's
Theatre, on April 23d, 1836, at which upwards of
130 members and their friends are said to have been
present.

At the quarterly meeting held April loth, 1837, a
committee was appointed to devise a plan by which
the private donations made by individual members
of the Society, for the relief of distressed applicants,
might come under the recognition of the Society,
and at a special meeting held June loth, in the same
year, the committee reported :

" That in order to afford efficient relief to proper
applicants and avoid imposition, it appears expedient
that a form of address, as proposed, should be printed
and given to the applicant by the officer or member
recommending the case for relief, with the blanks
properly filled, and that the address should be signed
by the party so recommended :

The bearer, , is anxious to

obtain assistance to enable to procure

and requires the sum of

dollars. Is recommended by

Mr. , and is con-
sidered very worthy of relief for the attainment of
„ object.

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The sums subscribed should be paid only to the
Charitable Committee of the Society, or to the order
of one of the members of the committee, who will
look to its proper application,"

At a later meeting called in the same year, the
needs of the Society for the funds necessary to en-
able them to relieve the wants of their fellow country-
men, from some cause or other not now apparent,
but probably an unusually severe winter, appear to
have been seriously increased ; since a committee
was then appointed to solicit a donation from the
Corporation of the city in supplying their immediate
wants. This application was presented in due course
to the Board of Aldermen, accompanied by a peti-
tion signed by prominent members of the Society,
but it was rejected, the Board declining to make any
contribution. From the petition then presented we
make the following extract :

" That while the petitioners are aware of the large
amount (as a total) which is received by the city as
commutation money for foreign passengers, they
freely admit the great expense upon the city for for-
eign poor, and yet the Society indulges in a hope
and belief that, if the Honorable the Corporation
would extend a kind hand prior to the severe winter
weather by a sum which could be distributed by the
Charitable Committee of the Society, or through
their supervision (under such restrictions as the
donors might order) the city authorities would be

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saved not only present but very serious future charge,
for It is one of the principal points of the St. George's
Society to find passage back to England, and to
urge back and find provision for destitute English-
men, their widows and children.

" Your petitioners therefor, pray that the Honor-
able the Corporation will take this petition into con-
sideration and allow the St. George's Society of the
City of the City of New York money, or fuel, or
clothing, to be laid out or used during the winter
which is now about to set in."

Not deterred by the refusal of the Corporation to
assist them the committee worked on, and by means of
private subscriptions from members of the Society
endeavored to procure the needed funds, and Mr.
James Doorman having offered $500, conditionally
upon the raising of an additional $1,000, a special
subscription was set on foot, which resulted in the
collection of a sum of $1,658, out of which 170 in-
dividuals and families are said to have been relieved,
at a cost of $1,203.38, and the balance of $454.62
left over was handed to the Charitable Fund. The
Collecting Committee appointed for this special work
were then discharged, after receiving the cordial
thanks of the Society for their successful exertions
in thus mitigating the sufferings of their fellow
countrymen in distress.

The twenty-third of April, 1838, was a proud day
for the Sons of St. George in New York ; it was

ushered in by the arrival of the steamship " Sirius "
from Liverpool and Cork Harbor, leaving the lat-
ter on 4th inst Later in the day, the " Great
Western." which left Bristol on the 7th inst, came
to anchor in the East River, the two events crea-
ting an unusual excitement, as they solved the
problem of successfully navigating the Atlantic by
steam power. There was also a local cause for re-
joicing ; the banks of the City of New York re-
sumed specie payment, having suspended May loth,
1837. The anniversary dinner was held at the
Carlton House, on the northeast corner of Leonard
street and Broadway, and among the guests were
the commanders of the " Sirius " and " Great Wes-
tern," Lieut. Roberts, R. N., and Lieut. Hoskin,
R. N.

At the quarterly meeting held July loth, same year,
a communication was received from the Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick, advising the Society that great frauds
had been practised on emigrants by persons adver-
tising themselves as Bankers' agents, procuring by
false representations money from the ignorant and
unwary, when on motion it was resolved that a com-
mittee of three be appointed to confer with the
officers of the other benevolent institutions to inves-
tigate the matter and to endeavor, if possible, to
adopt measures by which the poor might be enabled
with safety to remit money to their friends. This
committee subsequently conferred with the other

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Societies, as directed, and its several conferences re-
sulted in the adoption of a resolution recommend-
ing the formation of an association having for its
object the imparting of advice gratuitously, particu-
larly in regard to boarding houses, remittances and
deposits of money, and the procurement of employ-
ment for emigrants from the British Isles ; but when
the subject was further considered, at a meeting held
January loth, 1839, it was decided to abandon the
undertaking, their means being exceedingly limited
and the little encouragement received from the other
Societies not appearing to justify any further effort,
and the committee was accordingly discharged. The
committee appointed to increase the Permanent Fund,
already referred to, having adopted in its report a
recommendation relating to the incorporation of the
Society, the subject was taken up for discussion at
this meeting, and a fresh committee of three was
chosen to carry the same into effect. This commit-
tee reported at the regular quarterly meeting held
January loth, 1840, that through their own exertions,
coupled with the kindness and assistance of friends,
they had been enabled to obtain an Act of Incorpo-
ration, which Act, it was stated, would be found in
the printed laws of the State of New York, at page
65, and of which the following is a copy :

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An Act to incorporate the St. George's Society of
the City of New York, passed March 23d, 1838.

The people of the State of New York, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows :

1. Anthony Barclay, Joseph Fowler, Charles Ed-

wards, Rev. Manton Eastburn, and such other
persons as now or may hereafter become asso-
ciated with them, are hereby constituted a
body corporate by the name of the St.
George's Society of New York.

2. The objects of said Society are benevolent and

to afford relief to the indigent natives of
England, and their wives and children.

3. The corporation shall have power to make by-

laws, rules and regulations for the admission
of its members and their government, the
election of its officers and their duty and
government, the expelling any of its mem-
bers for not obeying its laws, and for the safe
keeping of its property and funds.

4. The said corporation may purchase and hold

real and personal estate, but the annual in-
come of the said real and personal estate
which the said corporation may at any one
time hold shall not exceed five thousand dol-
lars.

5. The said corporation shall possess the general

powers and be subjected to the general re-

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strictions and liabilities prescribed in the third
title of the eighteenth chapter of the first
part of the revised Statues.

The committee having been advised that a reso-
lution had better appear on the minutes of the So-
ciety at some general meeting showing that this Act
was accepted and recognized, the following reso-
lution was accordingly prepared and adopted :

" This Society having been incorporated under
its present style by an act of the Legislature of the
State of New York on the twenty-third day of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

Resolved, That such Act be accepted and recog-
nition revert back to the time when the said Act be-
came a law, and so as to cover all the proceedings
from that period, and all future proceedings of the
Society, and be binding on all its then and present
and future members."

The funds available for distribution, at all times
meagre, would seem at this period to have been un-
usually low, for a motion was made at the regular
quarterly meeting, held October loth, 1838, to
make arrangements for giving a Charity Ball, for
the benefit of the Charitable Fund. The proposi-
tion was fully considered, but after ascertaining the
expenses that would attend the securing of suitable
rooms, and estimating the number of tickets that

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could be sold, the project was abandoned as being
unlikely to yield any profit to the Society, in the
judgment of the committee having the matter in
charge. They recommended, however, that a con-
cert should be given instead, which was agreed to,
and which took place at the City Hotel, on Feb-
ruary 5th, 1839, and yielded a surplus of $237.12,
which sum was handed over to the Treasurer for the
use of the Charitable Fund. The efforts to obtain
extraneous aid, thus happily inaugurated, were after-
wards repeated, and on the 23d of December, 1840,
another concert was given at the new National
Opera House, which appears to have been a still
greater success, since it yielded a surplus of $1,300,
after the payment of all expenses."

That a membership of the St. George's Society
was esteemed a high honor at this time is evinced
by the fact that at a meeting held October loth,
1840, a committee was appointed to draft a form of
diploma of membership to be issued to members,
and a design having been prepared by Messrs. Raw-
don, Wright & Hatch, engravers, the same was ac-
cepted, and the number required were ordered to be
printed. The form and wording of this diploma
are not given, nor is there any indication appearing
in the minutes of what they consisted. It is prob-
able, however, that this diploma consisted of the

The success of this concert was attributable to the eminence of the
artists who volunteered, the veteran Braham singing " The Death of
Nelson " and " The Bay of Biscay." See N. Y. Albion, Dec, 26th, 1840.

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Certificate of Election still in use, a copy of which
will be found in the appendix.

At this meeting it was announced that Captain
Roberts, of the Steamship " British Queen," had
presented to the Society the flag of the Steamship
'• Sirius," the first vessel that had steamed across
the Atlantic, which gift was accepted with the
hearty thanks of the members. A question having
been raised as to whether applicants who were resi-
dents of Brooklyn were entitled to relief under the
rules, it was decided that they were proper benefici-
ciaries, under the second Article of the Constitu-
tion. It was further held, on the question being
raised, that those entitled to assistance were " natives
of England, or their wives, widows or children (but
without reference to the wife or widow being a native
of any other country) resident in the cities of New
York and Brooklyn."

Up to the year 1842 the work of inquiring into
the worthiness or unworthiness of the numerous
applicants for relief devolved entirely upon the in-
dividual members of the Charitable Committee, but
at the January meeting of that year notice was given
of a motion " That the President ex-officio shall be
a member of the Charitable Committee in addition
to the number of which the committee at present
consists, and that he shall have the same power to
dispense money in charity, as is now allowed by the
rules to members of the Charitable Committee.

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And that in addition such committee shall be em-
powered to appoint a trusty person to visit and re-
port to them who are and who are not proper ob-
jects for the relief of the Society, and to remuner-
ate the said person for his trouble in making such
report," which was adopted at the next meeting,
held in the following April, and this was the initia-
tory step taken to provide a paid Almoner, an office
which, with one temporary interruption, has since
been continued, with marked advantage to the in-
terests of the Society.

The birth of the Prince of Wales, in 1841, called
forth a motion to give a ball in honor of the event,
and a committee was appointed to make the neces-
sary arrangements. No record of the success at-
tending the ball is given, except from a paragraph
in the annual report of the Charitable Committee
we gather that a surplus of $700 was realized from it.

In 1844 an unusual event occurred in the abrupt
withdrawal of the President of this Society from a
dinner given by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick,
at which he was an invited guest, and which, from
the prominence given to it in the minutes, would
seem to have produced considerable feeling and ex-
citement at the time. It is referred to here, not for
the purpose of reviving an incident probably long
since forgotten, or of provoking resentment towards
a sister society, with whom' cordial relations now
exist, but as a matter of history, and also as illus-

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trating that spirit of patriotism which has ever
characterized Enghshmen at all times and in all
parts of the world, and which it is to be hoped will
ever continue. The incident is best explained in a
letter addressed to the Society by its then Presi-
dent, Mr. Joseph Fowler, and by a set of resolutions
adopted upon the receipt thereof. The letter reads
as follows :

LETTER.

To the Vice Presidents and Members of the St.

George s Society of New York:
Gentlemen :

Lest any surprise should be expressed or felt at
my retreat from the festival of the " Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick," I deem it proper to state to you I
ascertained that the "Repeal of the Union" was
to be the substance of a standard toast about to be
given by the Chairman. I apprised him that, as the
representative of St. George's Society, I could not
honor it, and should withdraw from the room when-
ever it should be proposed. But feeling bound to
acknowledge the welcome they had given me as a
guest at their festive board, I told him that I stood
ready to respond to any toast they might have ar-
ranged in honor of the sister societies, and if he
would brine the toast forward I would most cheer-
fully reply to it, reserving to myself the liberty of

so

leaving the room whenever any objectionable toast
should succeed it. My suggestion I found could
not be acted upon by the Chairman, who was either
unable or unwilling to disturb in any way the order
of the standard toasts. He then rose and proposed
" The Repeal of the Union, the Queen, Lords and
Commons of Ireland," and on the instant it was
proposed I left the room, under a conviction that
the Society I had so often had the honor to repre-
sent would sanction and sustain me in so doing.
Respectfully yours,

Joseph Fowler,
President of the St. George's Society
of New York.

The resolutions adopted at the next meeting of
the Society read thus :

RESOLUTIONS.

" Whereas, at a meeting of the Friendly Sons of
St. Patrick, convened especially for the declara-
tion of the principles of that Society, sundry res-
olutions were passed vindicating the conduct of
their President and the course of their proceed-
ings at the late anniversary festival, and the same
having been published in the newspapers, are
thereby communicated to this Society, —

" It is Resolved —

" I St. — That the St. George's Society deem the

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principles thus avowed and the proceedings thus
sanctioned by the " Friendly Sons of St. Patrick "
as at variance with that spirit of courtesy, harmony
and good feeling which ought to be the character-
istic of an alliance with charitable and kindred in-
stitutions,

" 2d. — That the St. George's Society give their
cordial approval of the conduct of their worthy and
respected President in withdrawing from the anni-
versary celebration of the " Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick," being in accordance with their feelings as
well-wishers to the integrity, harmony and stability
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland.

.3'

;d. — That the thanks of the Society be tendered
to the President, Joseph Fowler, Esq., for his firm
and manly conduct on the above occasion."

In the following year (1845), the Charitable Fund
was again depleted and recourse was had once more
to a concert, as a means of replenishing it. Among
other celebrated artists who assisted at the perform-
ance was Ole Bull, the violinist, but the result was
hardly commensurate with the effort made, since it
only produced a net sum of $62, after all expenses
were paid. At the January meeting of this year a
committee, consisting of Messrs. Thomas Dixon, An-
thony Barclay, Henry Jessup and E. F. Sanderson,

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was appointed with full power to obtain for the So-
ciety a portrait of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
who were authorized to raise by subscription the
funds needed to secure it. Overtures made to Mr.
Partridge, an artist of eminence, to copy a celebra-
ted portrait of Her Majesty painted by himself, but
the price asked being more than the committee felt
warranted in expending, negotiations were entered
into with Mr. William Garden, Her Majesty's own
artist, to take a copy of the celebrated picture by
Winterhalter, in Windsor Castle, which resulted
successfully, and the money (70 guineas) having been
raised, the portrait was obtained, and at a special
meeting held on St. George's Day, 1852, it was pre-
sented by the committee to the Society, together
with a copy of the address of thanks to Her Majes-
ty, signed by the committee on behalf of the Soci-
ety, and the reply of Lord Granville, in acknowl-
edgment of the same, and the committee was dis-
charged.

On April 2d, 1846, a special meeting was called
for the purpose of taking into consideration the
propriety of consolidating the British Protective
Emigrant Society with that of the St. George's
Society, and a committee of seven was named to
consider the same, but at a subsequent meeting,
held on April nth, a report was presented by the
committee advising against the proposed amalga-
mation, and the subject was dropped.

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The anniversary dinner which had previously been
dispensed with, for various reasons, was again
omitted in 1847, owing to the calamitous condition
of Ireland, and to the destitution and distress ex-
isting in Scotland, as well as on the European Con-
tinent at that time ; but the decision would seem to
have caused considerable dissatisfaction, and to have
led to the introduction of a resolution at the next
meeting of the Society complaining of the action
taken, which was not adopted. The omission of the
dinner, however, was made the pretext for soliciting
additional subscriptions in aid of the Charitable
Fund, and a committee of seven was appointed for
that purpose, who, at a subsequent meeting, reported
a total subscription of $186, and the committee was
discharged. This collection having been found in-
adequate to meet the immediate needs of the Soci-
ety, a new committee of seven was selected to make
further endeavors to replenish the fund, but the
records fail to show what success attended their
efforts. The funds of the Society continuing to be
insufficient unusual efforts were made to provide
them, and in April, 1848, advantage was taken of
the anniversary to hold a special service at Trinity
Church, and after an address suitable to the occa-
sion, delivered by the Rev. Dr. Wainright, a collec-
tion was taken up, which amounted to $111.60, and
the sum thus realized was turned over to the Chari-
table Fund. The practice thus initiated of attending

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divine service at Trinity Church was followed for
several years afterwards, but was suspended in 1853.
Another special committee, appointed at the quar-
terly meeting held April loth, 1848, "to consider
and report upon the best mode to make known to
British subjects resident in New York the object and
design of St. George's Society, and to obtain an
accession of members," brought in a lengthy report
at the next meeting, held April 17th, containing a
number of recommendations looking to the more
prompt collection of the dues from the members
and the more economical distribution of the funds.
The report was received, and on motion it was re-
solved : " That a Finance Committee be forthwith
appointed, whose duty it shall be to superintend the
investments of the Society's funds accumulating
from time to time, inclusive of the sum now in the
Treasurer's hands, and whose duty it shall be to col-
lect the arrears due from members in a prompt and
effective manner." It was further decided that the
office of the Almoner should be abolished, and
notice was given to amend the Constitution so as to
provide that thenceforth all subscriptions and dona-
tion should be added to the Permanent Fund, and
that the Committee of Charity should expend only
the interest derivable from such fund. The resolu-
tion finally adopted reads thus :

" All subscriptions and donations are to be added
to the Permanent Stock of the Institution, and the

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Committee of Charity are authorized to expend
only a sum equal to the interest derived from said
fund ; nor shall the Treasurer advance any sums to
be disposed of in charity beyond the actual means
derived from said interest." This resolution, how-
ever, was subsequently rescinded by a unanimous
vote at the quarterly meeting held January loth,
1849.

The feasibility of uniting the British Protective
Emigrant Society with this Society was again
brought up for discussion at a meeting held May
4th, 1848, and a committee appointed to inquire into
the subject having brought in a report favoring the
amalgamation, it was adopted by a vote of 15 to 5,
and the following Articles agreed to :

Article ist. — That the British Protective Emi-
grant Society and the St. George's Society be
united.

Article 2d. — That the functions of the British
Protective Emigrant Society be hereafter man-
aged by a committee of twelve, and be designa-
ted the British Protective Emigrant Committee, with
power to form rules and regulations for carrying
out the objects for which the British Protective Em-
igrant Society was established.

Article jd. — That the above committee shall con-
sist one-half of members of St. George's Society
and the other half of members of the British Pro-

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tective Emigrant Society at the date of its union
with St. George's Society, or of persons in future
subscribing not less than $5 per annum for the pur-
pose of said British Protective Emigrant Commit-
tee, although not members of St. George's Society
nor eligible to be elected thereto. Said committee
shall be elected at the annual meeting of St. George's
Society held for the election of its officers.

Article ^th. — Future subscriptions and donations
to the British Protective Emigrant Committee shall
be paid to the Treasurer of the George's Society.

Article jt/i. — There shall be provided from the
funds of the St. George's Society a sufficient sum
annually for the maintenance of the objects of the
said British Protective Emigrant Committee, which
sum shall be equal to the usual and average sum
heretofore expended by the British Protective Emi-
grant Society for that purpose, should that amount
be deemed necessary by said committee."

A concert given in January of the following year,
by the St. George's Society and the British Protec-
tive Emigrant Society, jointly, realized $1,132.35,
one-half of which was allotted to the Charitable
Fund of the former Society, and another concert
given in December of the same year, at which Mrs.
F. A. Kemble assisted, and to whom a gold medal
was presented in commemoration of the event, pro-

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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

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as a forgery. His allusion to the " Celt " called forth
condemnatory remarks in the " Irish American ''
paper, which ended in a letter addressed by Sir
Henry Bulwer to Richard Bell, Esq., then President
of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, which was pub-
lished in the " Albion " of May 3d, 185 1, disclaim-
ing that his remarks justified the assumption that he
intended any disrespect to the descendants of the
Celt.

The elevation at this time of the Rev. Jonathan
M. Wainright, then, and for some years previously,
Chaplain of the Society, to the Episcopacy as Pro-
visional Bishop of the Diocese of New York, caused
the appointment of a committee to wait upon him
for the purpose of offering their congratulations,
and this action elicited a letter from him, which we
venture to reproduce here :

LETTER.

" At the personal interview with which you
favored me I had the honor and the pleasure of ex-
pressing, in a few words, my thanks for the kind
notice taken of me by the St. George's Society. I
now learn that a quarterly meeting is soon to be
held, and I therefore avail myself of the earliest
opportunity afforded to request of you to do me the
favor of expressing to the Society upon that occa-
sion my gratitude for the many distinctions they

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have conferred upon me, and more especially for the
last implied in the resolution to appoint a committee
to congratulate me upon my elevation to the Epis-
copacy. I have been connected with St. George's
Society for more than a quarter of a century. I have
had the privilege of the personal acquaintance of
every President who has held office during that
time, and of very many of the other officers and
members. I have often been a guest at their hos-
pitable table, and by repeated elections have been
called to the office, which I still have the honor to
hold, as one of their Chaplains.

Under these circumstances the satisfaction they
have been pleased to express in so kind and cordial
a manner through you, gentlemen, at my being ap-
pointed to so high and responsible a position in the
Church, has been most gratifying and encouraging
to me, and I pray God to give me such grace that I
may never disappoint the just expectations of those
who have thought of me so favorably.

With my best wishes and prayers for the contin-
ued and increased prosperity and usefulness of St.
George's Society,

I am, gentlemen,

Most respectfully, your obedient servant,
Jonathan M. Wainwright.
Prov. Bishop of the Diocese of New York.

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The arrival of Louis Kossuth, ex-Governor of
Hungary, in this country in 185 1, eHcited a charac-
teristic address from this Society, which was de-
Hvered to him by its then President, John C, Beales,
as under:

" Amid the universal rejoicing at the safe deliv-
erance of your Excellency from the hands of your
enemies and your arrival on these friendly and
hospitable shores, the English residents in the city
of New York cannot remain silent. The Sons of
St. George, remembering that freedom was their
birthright and constitutional liberty their inheritance,
claim to add their mite of joy and gratulation to the
already overflowing measure of delight with which
their younger brethren have received you. The God
in whom you have trusted has wrought your deliv-
erance from a cruel bondage, and we thank him and
bid you welcome to safety and liberty. We have
an abiding hope and trust that the same Gracious
Power will yet make your path plain back to your
dear Hungary, to resume the power and office with
which your people invested you. We welcome to
safety and freedom, not only the dauntless assister
of rights, the courageous defender of the liberties
of Hungary, but with the respect due to his office,
we salute the rightful ruler and governor of his
people. Were such exhortation needed, we would
charge you in the name of your country's freedom
never to relinquish that high dignity until her free-

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dom is an accomplished fact, and at the call of those
who bestowed it.

" We have seen with a thrill of joy, such as free-
dom can only feel, that sorrow and suffering, the
deadly sting of a devilish treachery, imprisonment
and exile, have not broken your brave heart, but
still retains its firm trust in God and the right. We
pray that during your sojourn with this great people
that that trust will gather renewed strength, and
that your heroic soul may be nerved to fulfil its
mission — the final restoration of Hungarian nation-
ality. We pray that the dark cloud which now
overshadows your beloved country may be speedily
removed, and that you may be spared to be to your
countrymen in the future as in the past — a Pillar of
Light.

" The Sons of St. George therefore bid the noble
Magyar welcome. They know that his cause will
surely triumph, for it is in the safe keeping of one
who with patient endurance will bide his time, and
as certainly drive the Austrian before him like a
whirlwind, as that to-morrow's sun will rise ; they
know that a just and right and true cause is in the
hands of God and it must triumph. We would re-
mind your excellency that our own Saxon Alfred
was defeated — that the Scottish Bruce was twelve
times overthrown, losing all but hope and honor.
They conquered despair, and their success came at
last. It came of faith and endurance, and so by

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God's help shall come the freedom of Hungary.
We, Sons of St. George, whose native land is now
ruled by a descendant of Alfred and the Bruce, say
to your excellency, in all hope, that faith and endur-
ance and union will yet work out the salvation of
Hungary.

" We pray that every blessing which earth can
afford you, health and happiness for you and yours,
may rest on you ; and that the approving voice of
this great and free people, their universal sympathy,
may sooth those sorrows which not even your great
heart can wholly withstand, and nerve your arm for
that glorious future in which we believe you will yet
take a part, which can be none other than brilliant
and successful."

The satisfaction produced by the amalgamation
of the St. George's Society with the British Protec-
tive Emigrant Society was short lived, for on Oct.
loth, 1853, 3. motion was made for the appointment
of a committee to confer with the Protective Board
of the Emigrant Society, with a view of sundering
the connection of the two societies, and on January
loth of the following year a report was brought in
recommending the dissolution of the union, which
was accepted, and on its coming up for discussion at
the next meeting was formally adopted. A motion
to amend the Constitution so as to give power to the
Charitable Committee to act as an Emigrant Com-

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mittee also, by way of giving advice to, and assisting
emigrants in obtaining situations, was passed unani-
mously. In this year Mr. William Miles, President
of St. David's Society, presented eight lots, of 16x25
feet each, in the Cypress Hills Cemetery to the four
British Societies, St. George's, St. Andrew's, St.
David's, and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, which
were divided into four equal proportions, and spe-
cially reserved for the burial of the pauper dead of
the four societies respectively.

The subject of Almoner, which office was abol-
ished in the year 1848, came up for consideration at
the April meeting in 1854, when the previous reso-
lution was rescinded and the office of Almoner
again restored.

Like many other charitable societies, St. George's
was in a chronic state of impecuniosity, so far as its
distributable funds were concerned, and at the
meeting held January loth, 1855, it appearing that
the sum at the credit of the Charitable Fund was
but $116.66, and the demands upon the society at
the time being large, a special appeal was made to
the members through a committee appointed for
that purpose, which resulted in the collection of
$2,015, which sum was handed to the Treasurer.
The report of the Committee announcing their
efforts was concluded with the recommendation
that the following resolution be adopted and pro-
mulgated among their fellow countrymen at home :

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"That the St. George's Society of New York, in
view of the large number of mechanics and laborers
now out of employ, most of whom are in a suffering
condition, do strongly recommend those of their
countrymen intending to emigrate to the United
States to remain at home until a change for the
better shall take place." The recommendation was
referred to a special committee who, at the next
meeting, held on April 23d, advised that, in their
judgment, " it was inexpedient to take any further
action at the time, since they found on inquiry that
while there had been and was much suffering among
the poorer classes of emigrants, yet that for good
mechanics there was more employment to be had
than was sought for, and that brighter prospects ap-
peared in the future."

At the quarterly meeting held April loth, 1857,
notice was given of a motion asking for a committee
to consider the propriety of changing the motto of
the society, and on June loth of the same year a
committee of five was appointed for that purpose,
who, at the October meeting, reported that in their
opinion the motto " Let Mercy be our Boast and
Shame our only F'ear," was inappropriate to the ob-
jects of the society, and in recommending its aboli-
tion suggested in its stead " Ubique patriam re-
minisci," " For England's sake we succour England's
sons." The report came up for discussion at the

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January meeting of the following year, when it was
voted to retain the original motto of the society
without change.

On St. George's day, 1857, the dinner was at-
tended by over two hundred members and their
friends at Delmonico's, Chambers Street and Broad-
way, Henry Eyre, Vice-President, in the chair.
There were present as guests Lord Napier, Lieut.
Col. Dawkins, Cold Stream Guards, and others. In
response to the usual toast of Her Majesty's Repre-
sentatives, Lord Napier made his first public ad-
dress in this country, which was listened to with
great interest, there being at that time some impor-
tant diplomatic differences between the two Gov-
ernments. He spoke in the most conciliatory man-
ner, evidently intending to convey the impression
that England's Queen, and England's Government
earnestly desired that the most amicable relations
should subsist with the United States, concluding
with this remark :

" Finally, gentlemen, I have received these senti-
ments as a faithful trust from the hands of my
Sovereign, and I will not lay up this profitable talent
in a diplomatic napkin."

The seventy-second anniversary of St. George's
day was celebrated with more than the usual enthu-
siasm. The morning opened dark and gloomy with
a thick fog, which happily gave way at noon to a

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clear bright sky, and allowed the Red Cross Banner
of St. George to display its well loved colors to the
kissing breeze. The principal feature of the cele-
bration was the revival of the special religious ser-
vice at St. Thomas' Church. At this service a large
congregation, including Lord Napier, and the fami-
lies of many of the members of the society, were
present, who had the pleasure of listening to an ex-
cellent sermon from Dr. Morgan, the Rector, which
contained many happy allusions to the favored con-
dition of England, blessed in her Queen, her war-
riors dead and alive, and her children scattered far
and wide over the whole world. The Provisional
Bishop [Potter] officiated and was assisted by the
Rev. G. C. Pennell, Chaplain of the Society, and
several other Episcopal clergymen. Prayers for
the Queen were introduced, as in the Liturgy of
the Established Church.

The dinner took place at the Metropolitan Hotel
and was attended by one hundred and twenty-five
members and many invited guests, among the latter
being Lord Napier, British Minister to the United
States, Mr. Odo Russell, First Attache Baron Von
Gerolt, Prussian Minister, Mr. Pearly, British Com-
missioner of Fisheries, the Presidents of St. An-
drew's, St. David's and St. Patrick's Societies, &c.
The chair was filled by Dr. John C. Beales, Presi-
dent of the Society, who was supported on his right
by Lord Napier and on his left by the Prussian

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Minister. The British flag surmounted the Chair-
man's seat, at each end of which were draped the
flags of Prussia and the United States. Shortly
after nine o'clock the cloth was removed and the
doors having been thrown open Lady Napier, at-
tended by a number of ladies, was introduced into
the room and occupied a seat at the upper end im-
mediately beneath the copy of Winterhalter's paint-
ing of Queen Victoria in her royal robes, forming a
most charming background.

The occasion was deemed so important at the
time and was attended with so much eclat that we
feel constrained to give some extracts from the
speeches made.

Said the President : " I wish you joy on the re-
turn of our anniversary, and particularly on the
goodly sight I see before me of the large assemblage
collected to celebrate it. I trust thus far you have
enjoyed yourselves, and I hope there will be still
greater pleasure for you before you depart. But a
short time ago, and even up almost to the day of
your election, I most certainly did not anticipate
that the honor and duty of thus addressing you
upon this occasion would have fallen upon me. I
return you my sincere thanks for the honor you
have done me. It is most gratifying to me, as I
feel it to be proof that you still have confidence
that my utmost exertions will be at the service
of this Society. We used, as you know, to give ad-

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vice to British emigrants and assist in forwarding
them to their future homes in the interior of this
country. But that part of our duty has been rend-
ered less necessary, owing to the judicious and well
carried out labors of the Commissioners of Emigra-
tion of this State, the esteemed and venerable presi-
dent of whom, Julien C. Verplanck, I am happy to
say, we have present with us as a guest this evening.
Yet during the past winter many an humble cot has
been cheered and many a starved and suffering
human creature has been comforted and assisted
through the charitable efforts of your Society. And
if there be any Englishmen who stand aloof and
sneer at the comparatively trifling good done by the
St. George's Society, I say to them come and join
us, unite your hands with ours and let us make that
little good greater.

" But a short year since England was struck with
horror, I will not say with terror, at the dreadful
news from India, which told us of the massacre of
our brave countrymen and of the horrible and unim-
aginable atrocities that England's daughters had
never before suffered from a foe since the dawn of
history. England's enemies shouted with joy, and
gloried in anticipation of her downfall. I am proud
and happy to say that in this country among intelli-
gent men and among all good minded Americans
that sentiment was repudiated. I say it is a glory
to Americans that on this occasion they cheered us

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in the struggle, and acknowledged that England's
cause was the cause of right and civilization. But
here, in a few months, owing to the indomitable
courage of Great Britain's sons — I say Great
Britain — English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh — years
collapsed into days, and this evening we receive the
news of the fall and capture of Lucknow. Retribu-
tion has fallen upon the rebels and England's might
and England's honor stand clear and bright before
the civilized world."

In response to the toast of " Her Majesty's Min-
isters and Representatives in this Country," Lord
Napier, after thanking the meeting for the oppor-
tunity given him of meeting so large an assemblage
of his fellow countrymen, said :

" It is a mutual satisfaction for us, I trust, to draw
closer the ties of nationality and good fellowship.
I feel the pleasure, I experience the benefit, of es-
caping from the engrossing political concerns of
Washington and mingling with the industrial move-
ment and practical intelligence of this great metro-
polis," and then, after alluding to the Crimean war,
he said, " We have passed through the fires of a
great affliction. It has been said that a country is
happy whose history is dull ; but, gentlemen, we
have little experience with that sort of felicity which
is connected with stagnation. We repudiate the
sordid safety of an isolated and idle Power. It is
the boast of Enorland to be embarked in a course of

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ubiquitous activity and unceasing progress. We be-
lieve that our purposes are good, that our actions
are honest, that our work deserves, on the whole,
the commendation of men and the favor of Provi-
dence ; " and then referring to the mutiny in India,
he added, " This day we have learned that the fan-
tastic fabric of barbarous empire, supported by de-
lusion and despair, has crumbled under the thunder
of the British guns, and that the Indian mutiny, with
all its associations of terror and anguish, of faith,
of tenderness, of glory, is vanishing away, leaving
to us the duties of mercy and the task of restora-
tion. God forbid, gentlemen, that I should exten-
uate the cruelties which have been committed, that
I should undervalue the sufferings which have been
endured. We will never forget the young, the in-
nocent, the fair, the brave, who have trodden the
darkest road that leads to immortality. Our loss
has indeed been grievous, but our consolations have
been great. We possess the virtues of the departed,
we possess those examples of piety, fidelity, patience,
and heroism which will be laid up in the brightest
treasures of time ; and we possess a friend in the
hour of tribulation. When the gloom had gathered
most thickly, then a voice of comfort and encour-
agement burst from the American people. That
was a fraternal voice, and its tones will not soon
expire in the grateful memory of England."

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After alluding to the marriage of the Princess
Royal of England with the future Sovereign of Prus-
sia, which had taken place just previously, and com-
mending the union as a gentle symbol of that pro-
found and ancient sympathy which still prevails be-
tween the nations of Germany and England, he said:
"You preside at the gates through which the British
and German people are being poured together into the
vast receptacle of future nations." You guard, you
teach, you relieve, you employ the destitute emi-
grant, the forlorn and unconscious instrument in a
mighty and benevolent dispensation ; you pass him
or his children on to a new — we hope a happier —
existence.

The officers of the Society having requested Dr.
Morgan to supply them with a copy of the sermon
preached by him on this occasion, in order that they
might forward it to the Queen, he consented, and
it was presented to Her Majesty, as the following
correspondence will show :

Her Brittanic Majesty's Legation, )
Washington, June 30th, 1858. f

" I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
a copy of the sermon preached before the St.
George's Society of New York on the last anniver-
sary of St. George's Day, by the Rev. W. F. Mor-
gan, D.D., which the Society desire to present to
Her Majesty, the Queen.

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I have transmitted the vohime in question to the
Earl of Malmesbury with the accompanying dis-
patch, requesting that his Lordship submit the offer-
ing of the Society to Her Majesty with the expres-
sion of their humble duty and attachment.
I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your obedient, faithful servant,

Napier"
To the President of the St. George's Society,
New York.

Washington, June 30th, 1858.
My Lord :

" On the last anniversary of St. George's day a
sermon was preached before the St. George's Society
of New York, by the Rev. W. F. Morgan, D.D.,
rector of the parish of St. Thomas, in that city.

" The service of the church was read on the same
occasion with the prayers for Her Majesty and the
Royal Family, a circumstance unusual, if not un-
precedented, in the United States, but which was
justified in the opinion of the Rector by the char-
acter of the congregation and by his office as their
representative.

" The sermon was marked by an admirable spirit of
sympathy for the recent distresses of our country,
which was fully shared by the American people at
that time, and it contained, without adulation, an
expression of an esteem for our Sovereign, which
is a national feeling in this Republic.

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" The Charitable Society of St. George's, moved
alike by gratitude to the preacher and by devotion
to Her Majesty, have requested me to transmit to
your Lordship the accompanying copy of the sermon
delivered by Dr. Morgan, in the hope that Her
Majesty may be graciously pleased to accept it with
the offering of their humble duty and attachment.
I have the honor, &c., &c.,

Napier."
The Earl of Malmesbury, &c., &c.

Her Brittanic Majesty's Legation, )
Washington, November 7th, 1858. f
Sir :

" In conformity with the wishes of the Society of
St. George at New York, I had the honor of trans-
mitting to the Earl of Malmesbury the copy of the
sermon preached at their last anniversary by the
Rev. W. F. Morgan, D.D., which the Society de-
sired to present to Her Majesty the Queen, as an
offering of their duty and attachment.

" I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury, by
order of the Queen, to convey to the Society of
St. George Her Majesty's thanks for the volume re-
ferred to, and to state to you that Her Majesty has
learned with pleasure the feeling expressed towards
her by this Society.

" I have also conveyed to Dr. Morgan Her
Majesty's acknowledgement for the expressions of

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respect toward her which are contained in his ser-
mon, with the spirit of which Her Majesty has
been much gratified.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your most humble and obedient servant,

Napier."
To the President of the St. George's Society,
New York.

On September ist, 1858, on the invitation of the
Trinity Church authorities, the Society attended a
special religious celebration at Trinity Church, in
commemoration of the successful completion of the
first Atlantic cable, which had been laid between
Valencia Bay, Ireland, and Trinity Bay, Newfound-
land. Later in the day a demonstration took place
in the city, in which the .Society participated, by in-
vitation of the Mayor, in a procession from the
Battery to Forty-second street, when the freedom
of the city was presented to Mr. Cyrus W. Field
and Captain Hudson, two gentlemen who had taken
a prominent part in laying the cable, and speeches
were delivered in honor of the occasion.

In the year 1859, ^^^ Constitution was amended
so as to increase the number of members consti-
tuting the Charitable Committee from five to seven,
and in the following year it was further amended so
as to make emigrants from the British Colonies
eligible for relief as well as natives of England.

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ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR.

At the quarterly meeting held January loth, 1859,
attention was called to the importance of investiga-
ting at once any rights which the St. George's So-
ciety, through the Anglo-American Free Church of
St. George the Martyr, might hold upon St. Luke's
Hospital, and after some discussion a select commit-
tee of five was appointed to inquire into the subject.
This committee presented a lengthy report at the
meeting, held April i ith, from which and from other
documents to which we have had access, we have
gathered the following particulars :

At some time previous to the year 1845, the Rev.
Moses Marcus, then Chaplain of the Society, in-
augurated a Society under the name of " The An-
glo-American Free Church of St. George the Mar-
tyr," the objects of which were to make provision
for the spiritual welfare of such of the British emi-
grants to this country as might be members of the
Episcopal Church, and afford them the temporal aid
and counsel they might need on their arrival here.
His efforts, in a measure, were successful, he havino-
been instrumental in providing the usual services of
the church for those newly arriving in this city, as-
sisting many in procuring employment, relieving tem-
porarily those who were in distress and aiding others
by information and advice in selecting localities in

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which they could make their permanent home. In
his achievements for the benefit of the Association
he secured a grant of land from the corpo'-ation of
Trinity Church, situate at the foot of Duane street,
and now owned by the Erie Railroad Company.
The grant was made to the Association for church
purposes, and as adjuncts to the church it was con-
templated to provide schools and a hospital for the
sick poor. Subsequently an exchange of this prop-
erty for twenty-four lots lying on Fifth avenue be-
tween 54th and 55th streets was effected conditionally,
with the Municipal Corporation of the City of New
York, upon a part of which St. Luke's Hospital now
stands, the condition being that a church and hos-
pital building should be erected within three years
from the date of the grant, upon plans which were
to be approved by the Mayor.

In 1848, the Rev. Moses Marcus visited England
for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions in aid of
the Corporation of St. George the Martyr, but was
unsuccessful, and while prosecuting these labors he
was seized with a fatal illness and died, regretted by
all who knew him. After his decease the Corpora-
tion was kept alive through the untiring energy and
zeal of Mr. Thomas Field Frank, the Senior War-
den, services being performed gratuitously by the
Revs. Dr. Walton, Hopkins, Carder and others, to
the great and lasting benefit of the parish. Elec-
tions were held regularly every Easter Monday,

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and services performed in accordance with the Can-
ons of the Church and the customary regulations of
the diocese.

The efforts of Mr. Marcus in England in raising
the needed funds were supplemented by those of
Mr. Robert Bunch, then Her Brittanic Majesty's
Vice Consul in New York, who succeeded in col-
lecting $10,823.55, of which $823.55 was subscribed
specifically, as alleged, for the purpose of building
the Hospital, and $10,000 for the Church or Chapel.
These amounts, however, having been found to be
totally inadequate for the purpose intended, over-
tures made at this time to the Church of St. George
the Martyr by the Corporation of St. Luke's Hos-
pital, which had been started about the same time
through the exertions of the Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg,
rector of the Church of the Holy Communion,
looking to the surrender of the land in question
upon certain terms, were entertained, and the Church
of St. George the Martyr being unable, through lack
of sufficient money, to fulfill the obligations upon
which the grant of land was held, and St. Luke's
having the needed funds, an agreement was eventu-
ally entered into between the two corporations on
the 1 8th of October, 1852, under which the lots held
by St. George the Martyr, on Fifth avenue, were
made over to St. Luke's Hospital, upon the follow-
ing, among other, conditions :

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" First. — That the incorporation of St. Luke's
Hospital, their successors and assigns, shall and will
at all times during the continuance of such incorpo-
ration, or by what other name it may be called, keep,
set apart and reserve one portion, ward or wing of
the building to be erected for a hospital capable of
containing twenty beds for the use and the accom-
modation of British emigrants, and which shall
always be called ' The Ward of St. George the
Martyr.' "

" Second. — That fifteen of such emigrants shall at
all times during the continuance of such incorpora-
tion, or by whatever other name it may be called, be
admitted into the said hospital upon the certificate
of either the British Consul or British Vice-Consul
for the time being, or of the Rector, or of a Church-
warden for the time being of the Anglo-American
Free Church of St. George the Martyr, such certifi-
cate to state that the person requires medical or sur-
gical aid."

" Third. — That the British Consul, Acting British
Consul, or Vice-Consul of the port of New York,
and also one of the Wardens and one of the Ves-
trymen of the said Anglo-American Free Church of
St. George the Martyr for the time being, shall be
ex-officio members of the Board of Managers of St.
Luke's Hospital and have equal rights and powers
with all or any other managers."

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" Fourth. — That no by-law, ordinance or regula-
tion shall ever be passed affecting in any way the
British emigrants admitted or to be admitted into
said hospital separately from any other class of
patients ; but such regulations shall be uniform in
their application, and all patients shall have equal
attendance, care and comforts, without extra charge
or restriction."

The indenture also provides that the St. Luke's
Hospital shall extend the Ward of St. George the
Martyr to the extent of ten additional beds, on the
application of the Church under the corporate seal,
the Rector and one of the Church Wardens for the
time being, and the payment to the Treasurer of
the Hospital of such sum as shall be agreed upon
between themselves. It further binds the Hospital,
its successors and assigns, in the sum of five thou-
sand dollars, to be paid as liquidated damages for
every non-observance of any of the covenants and
agreements therein specified, which payment, it is
stipulated, shall not affect the rights and privileges
of British emigrants to the uses of the hospital, or
of the rights of the church to apply to the courts
to enforce the covenants therein contained.

The transfer of the land in question was formally
sanctioned by the Corporation of Trinity Church
by a special deed, and a bond was given by St.
Luke's Hospital to Trinity Church in the sum of

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twenty-five thousand dollars for the performance of
the following among other conditions :

" That there shall be at all times beds to at least
the number of twenty, to be used by British emi-
grants arriving in the City of New York, being
members of a church in communion with the Prot-
estant Episcopal Church in the United States of
America, having no settled place of residence, who
require medical or surgical skill, for which beds,
when vacant, such emigrants shall be entitled to a
preference."

From the foregoing it would appear that the St.
George's Society, in its corporate capacity, has not,
and had not, at any time, any legal rights in the
management, patronage and support of St. Luke's
Hospital, and the privileges granted to British emi-
grants, so far as they relate to the use of the hos-
pital for their medical and surgical treatment, rest
with the Church of St. George the Martyr and the
British Consul or Vice-Consul, for the time being,
in this city. But in order to protect the provisions
of the agreement made with St. Luke's Hospital it
is highly expedient in the interests of British emi-
grants, now and hereafter, that the Church organi-
zation of St, George the Martyr be maintained in
all its legal integrity, so that the important rights
and privileges, acquired under the agreement above
recited, may be in no wise imperiled.

6i

After the consummation of the arrangements ex-
plained above, serious trouble arose as to the dispo-
sition of the fund collected in England by Mr. Bunch.
As we have said, $823.55, as was claimed, had been
collected for building the hospital and $10,000 for a
church. The first of these amounts had been
promptly turned over to the Treasurer of St. Luke's
and the latter sum had been deposited in the New
York Life Insurance & Trust Co., to the joint credit
of Anthony Barclay and Robert Bunch, trustees,
the idea of erecting a new church edifice not having
yet been abandoned, and the interest was appropri-
ated temporarily to the maintenance of the church
of St. George the Martyr. Arrangements were
made to occupy the building situate at the corner of
Thompson and Prince streets, in conjunction with
Emanuel Parish, and the Rev. Mr. Leonard, having
accepted a call as rector, it seemed then likely that
the Church of St. George the Martyr would, in due
time, assume its proper position among the Protes-
tant Episcopal congregations in this city.

In December, 1853, however, a formal demand was
made by St. Luke's Hospital for the whole or a part
of the sum collected by Mr. Bunch in England, upon
the ground that the contributors had intended the
money for that institution. Legal proceedings were
commenced, and it being evident that a protracted
litigation would evidently absorb the greater part,
if not the whole of the fund, a compromise was ulti-

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mately effected under which one-half of the money,
with interest, was turned over to St. Luke's and the
balance retained by the trustees of the church. The
sum so paid amounted to $5,234.02, the representa-
tives of the hospital stipulating that it should be
applied " for and towards the endowment and sup-
port of the Ward of St. George the Martyr and
the furnishing and finishing of the chapel to be con-
nected with the hospital." The other moiety remain-
ing in the hands of the trustees had then to be dis-
posed of, and acting upon the report of a special
committee four members of the St. George's Society
were in the year 1859 elected upon the Vestry of
St. George the Martyr, and some of the former Vestry
became members of the Society, now having com-
plete control steps were immediately taken to erect
the church. Three lots were purchased on the north
side of Forty-fourth street, between Fifth and Sixth
avenues ; a plan was adopted for a suitable build-
ing at a moderate cost, the transepts alone having
been erected, which were capable of seating three
hundred persons, the church was opened for divine
worship, as a free church, in April, i860. During
the time the building was in progress services were
conducted in a room hired for the purpose, and the
expenses of the church for salaries, &c., having thus
commenced, application was made to the venerable
Society in London for the propagation of the Gospel
in foreign parts for the payment of a sum of ^500,

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which had been promised through Mr. Robert
Bunch, so soon as the church building had been
roofed in, and which in due time was paid, one-half
by mutual arrangement going to St. Luke's Hospital.
After this every effort was made to carry on the
Parish, but without success, and it having been fully
demonstrated that there was no need of a separate
church for Englishmen, and as a free church it hav-
ing proved a failure, the pews were all rented on No-
vember I St, 1 86 1, except one-third, which were re-
served for British emigrants. The resources of the
church being then exhausted in the payment of
current expenses, the rector resigned and the prop-
erty was sold. In 1867 the Rev. Frederick Sill was
appointed minister in charge, and the Parish again
accepted an invitation to worship in the church at
the corner of Thompson and Prince streets, now
called St. Ambrose. Subsequent misfortunes having
dissipated the balance of the funds held in trust,
in 1873 the Senior Warden resigned, and his place
was filled by Mr. Robert Waller, the present Senior
Warden, and the continuance of the Parish there-
after was maintained solely by the direct assistance
of St. George's Society, through an annual appro-
priation made up from its Contingent Fund for that
purpose, from which time the Senior Warden de-
voted his energies to preserving, through the church,
the valuable rights in St. Luke's Hospital, to which
we have already referred. It seems hardly neces-

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sary to recapitulate the names of the various minis-
ters who have since been in charge of the Parish;
suffice it to say, that at this present time the position
is held by the Rev. B. F. DeCosta, D.D., and the
congregation worship, by invitation, in the Church
of St. John the Evangelist, West nth Street and
Waverly Place.

Experience having shown that a separate church
for British emigrants was not needed, in 1878 the
Vestry of the church made formal application to
St. Luke's Hospital for a transfer of all the rights
and privileges acquired under the deed of covenant
of 1852 to the St. George's Society, and although
at first the suggestion was somewhat favorably re-
ceived it was finally rejected ; one result of the dis-
cussion which then ensued, however, was to induce
St. Luke's to designate by name a particular ward
for the use of British emigrants, in accordance with
the first article of the agreement, and which up to
this time had been neglected. The ward select-
ed is in the south-west wing, on the ground floor
of the hospital building, and is indicated by a tablet
as the "Ward of St. George the Martyr." The
St. George's Society can therefore point out with
some pride to the fact that the first idea of a church
and hospital, or a church hospital, originated with
its Chaplain and Secretary, the Rev. Moses Marcus,
and that the present valued institution of St. Luke's
Hospital is built partly upon ground obtained solely

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through his efforts, and that besides, a considerable
sum of money was collected through the exertions
of members of this Society and paid over to that
institution. It behooves us, therefore, as guardians
of the interests of British emigrants, for whose ben-
efit these exertions were made, to see to it that the
rights of presentation and representation in St.
Luke's thereby acquired are preserved in all their
integrity through and by the maintenance of the
Church of St. George the Martyr, until St. Luke's
shall transfer those privileges to this Society, which
it is to be hoped they will some day voluntarily con-
sent to do.

But, to return to our narrative. Ever alert in all
that concerns the interests of Englishmen, the So-
ciety, at a special meeting, held December 9th, 1859,
to take into consideration a plan for the formation
of a general Board for the protection of emigrants
of all nations from the frauds so frequently prac-
ticed upon them by the sellers of counterfeit tickets
and other swindlers, appointed two delegates,
Messrs. Robert Waller and Philip Pritchard, to re-
present the Society in the proposed Board. At a
subsequent meeting, held April loth, i860, the dele-
gates reported that after several preliminary meet-
ings an organization had been formed under the
title of " Board of Deputies of Benevolent and
Emigrant Societies of the City of New York," and
a Constitution adopted, under which officers were

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elected from the Delegates of the Societies that had
joined the same, and that the two delegates from
the St. George's Society had been called respec-
tively to fill the posts of Vice-President and Secre-
tary. They further reported that in accordance
with the Constitution the Board had prepared an
Act to meet the requirements of their case and had
sent a Special Agent to Albany to secure its pas-
sage, and which law had subsequently been passed.
The report closes with a warm commendation of
the liberality displayed by the British Steamship
Companies in furnishing the necessary funds to se-
cure the passage of the Act in question.

The Act referred to was passed March 23d, i860.
Chapter 103, and was amended April 27th, 1870,
Chapter 423, (see Appendix).

The British Steamship Companies immediately
availed themselves of its provisions, and through it
they were enabled to effectually suppress the out-
rageous frauds that were being constantly practised
prior to its passage. No better work than this has
ever been accomplished by the Society, and the
thanks of this great community are justly due to the
gentlemen who, at great labor and cost to them-
selves, secured this result — Messrs. Robert Waller,
Philip Pritchard and R. J. Cortis.

The arrival of the Prince of Wales in the United
States, in the year i860, was made the subject of a
special meeting to consider what, if any, action

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should be taken by the Society in reference thereto;
but it appearing that His Royal Highness was trav-
elling through the country as Baron Renfrew, a
guest of the American people, and not as the Heir
Apparent, and that any public demonstration would
be distasteful to him, the Society forbore to take
any further action in the matter. In this year the
Constitution was variously amended, the most impor-
tant change being to make eligible for relief those
who might come from the British Colonies as well
as those emigrating from England.

The death of the Prince Consort on December
14th, 1 86 1, was commemorated by the adoption of
Resolutions expressive of the deep regret of the
Society at his untimely death, and of their sympathy
with Her Majesty, the Queen, and her family in
their affliction. The annual dinner in celebration of
St. George's day was this year abandoned in conse-
quence thereof. In the three years following, 1862,
1863 and 1864, the usual public dinner was likewise
dispensed with, on account of the civil war then
raging.

The dinner was again omitted in 1865, on account
of the assassination of President Lincoln, and reso-
lutions of sympathy and condolence with the Gov-
ernment and people of the United States were
passed at the time.

The Society now enters on a new era of pros-
perity and usefulness, for at the quarterly meeting

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held Januar}^ loth, 1865, on the presentation of the
Treasurer's report, showing that the Permanent
Fund amounted to only $1 1,000, the then President,
Mr. Henry Eyre, offered to double any additional
sum that could be raised to the extent of $5,000,
and a special committee of three was appointed with
a view of increasing the fund to $25,000. This
committee went diligently to work, and at the meet-
ing held January loth, of the following year, they
were able to report a total collection of $14,174,
thereby raising the fund to an amount in excess of
what they had set out to accomplish. Among the
larger subscriptions we find the following :

Henry Eyre, ... - - $5,000

James Boorman, .... - 500

T. B. Gunning, ----- 500

Royal Insurance Co., ... - 500

Robert W. Russell, ... - 500

Edward Walker, - ... - 500

Thos. D. Middleton, - - - - 300

Sir Edward Cunard, - - - - 250

Messrs. John Sykes, Jr., &; Co., - - 150

E. M. Archibald. ----- 100

Edward Blackburn, - - - - 100

Liv. LoND. & Globe Insurance Co., - - 100

Wm. H. Morrell, - - - - 100

Wm. C. Pickersgill, - - - - 100

Richard P. Rundle. . . - - 100

Thos. A. Vyse, Jr., ----- 100

Joseph Walker, - . - - 100

Robert Waller, - - - - - 100

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<^ 1866 and 1867.

Chas.^. Gostenhofer, - - - S250

Arthur E. P. Phillips, - - - - 250

Mrs. Geo. S. Rainsford, . . - 250

E. F. Sanderson, ----- 250

Samuel Clapham, - - - - 200

Thos. Chas. Baring, - - - - 150

John Sykes, Jr., - - - - ^5°

Chas. Clifton, . - - - - 150

John Haigh, Jr., - - - - 100

Aaron Arnold, - - - - ■ ^°°

Edward T. Christianson, - - - 100

George Moke, . - - - - 100

Orville Oddie, ----- ^°°

Henry Rudge, ... - - 100

Benj. B. Tilt, ----- i°°

John T. Walker, ... - - 100

Alfred Waller, - - - - ^°°

William Young, - - - - - 100

Messrs. Wm. Jessop & Sons, - - - 250

Geo. W. Taylor, ... - - 250

The larger subscriptions to this fund were more
Hberal than were anticipated, but in order to induce
a more general interest, it was unanimously resolved
that all donations of $50 and upwards should con-
stitute the donor a life member of the Society, and
by this provision sixty-four additional names were
added to the list, including the five sons of the
President, Mr. Henry Eyre. The Committee could
not close its report until January loth, 1867, when
$1,140.38 further subscriptions were reported, Mr.

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Henry Eyre's magnificent offer thus securing a net
increase in the Permanent Fund of the Society of
$15,314.38.

At the annual meeting held January loth, 1866,
the Treasurer's report shows that a change had been
made in the investments from Bank stocks to Rail-
way Bonds, and at this same meeting a resolution
was recorded complimenting the Treasurer, Mr.
Robert Bage, upon the efificient services he had
rendered to the Society during the twenty-one years
he had held that ofifice, and urging his retention of
the position. In the year following, eulogistic reso-
lutions were adopted upon the death of Mr. Charles
H. Webb, who was elected a member in 1824 and
had filled various positions in the Society, among
them that of Almoner or Agent for the Charitable
Committee and the British Emigrant Society.

In 1868 the annual dues were raised to ten dol-
lars and the subscription for life membership to one
hundred dollars. The Charitable Committee at
this time reported the rendering of aid by the Brit-
ish Steamship Companies in granting tickets at re-
duced rates to those who were desirous of returning
to their homes in England, but were unable to pay
the regular fare — a practice which has been contin-
ued with great advantage to the Society to the
present day. In this year the annual dinner on St.
George's day was dispensed with, owing, as was then
alleged by the President, to the want of interest felt

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by the members, as was evidenced by the small
number of tickets that had been taken — some forty
in all. At the October meeting following, the
Committee that had been appointed to revise the
Constitution, presented a report recommending var-
ious changes, which were finally adopted at the
meeting held January loth, 1869, and which pro-
vided for the abolition of the Charitable Committee
and the substitution of an Executive Committee, to
whom were delegated general powers in the super-
vision and management of the affairs of the Society.
At this time also it was provided that the initiation
fees of new members should go to the credit of the
Permanent Fund. Sir Edward Thornton, C. B.,
H. B. M. Minister at Washington, was then elected
an honorary member of the Society, a compliment
which he highly appreciated, and his recognition of
the good work of the Society was doing was exem-
plified by an annual donation of fifty dollars, which
he made to its funds during the whole period he
represented Her Majesty in this country.

The Executive Committee finding themselves
hampered by the Constitution in granting relief in
deserving cases which did not come within its rules,
determined in 1869 to form a Contingent Fund,
which should be open to subscriptions from all the
members and which would enable them to afford
assistance in extraordinary cases of destitution or
distress not strictly regular, or for aiding which the

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disposable funds were insufficient. The object of
this Fund is set forth in the following memorandum
and it has fully met the want it was intended to
supply.

THE CONTINGENT FUND.

This Fund was established to relieve members
from the constant applications for subscriptions to
special cases, and to take the place of appeals by
means of public entertainments, such as concerts,
lectures, readings, etc.

The following facts are presented to the mem-
bers, and through them to all Englishmen, who take
an interest in a well ordered charity :

The whole of the fund is distributed, all expenses
being paid out of the regular income of the So-
ciety,

It enables the Committee to relieve extraordinary
cases beyond the limit of the Constitution.

It provides for cases not strictly recognized by
the Constitution.

It ensures a careful enquiry Into all applicants for
its bounty, and thus relieves the subscribers of this
trouble, as well as anxiety arising from indiscrimi-
nate almsgiving.

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It enables Englishmen who may not be members
of the Society to subscribe to the relief of their fel-
low-countrymen.

On January loth, 1870, the President informed
the Society of the contemplated visit of H. R. H.
Prince Arthur to this city, whereupon a special com-
mittee of five, consisting of the President, the Vice-
Presidents and Messrs. C. T. Gostenhofer and
Robert Waller, was appointed to confer with the
sister British Societies in this city on the subject of
preparing a suitable address to His Royal Highness
on his arrival here, or the taking of such other
means to celebrate his coming as might seem to
them advisable. The Committee subsequently re-
ported that an address had been prepared and would
be presented to His Royal Highness at the Bre-
voort House, on Monday, January 31st, which was
done, there being present representatives of the St.
George's, St. Andrew's, St. David's and St. Patrick's
Societies and the New Caledonian Club, the ad-
dress being read by Mr. E. M. Archibald, H. B. M.
Consul at this port. On Christmas Eve of this
year the Executive Committee inaugurated the
custom of making a gift of money and provisions to
the worthy pensioners of the Society, a custom
which has ever since been continued.

The celebration of the Scott centenary on 15th
December, 1871, in Central Park, was participated

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in by this Society, and was the subject of the ap-
pointment of a special committee to take charge of
the proceedings.

At the quarterly meeting held October loth,
1 87 1, the death of Mr. Robert Bage, who had been
Treasurer of the Society for twenty-seven years,
was announced, and special resolutions were adopted
and entered upon the Minutes, expressive of the
regret of the Society at the loss they had sus-
tained thereby. Subsequently it was decided to
mark their appreciation of the services he had ren-
dered to the Society by presenting his family with
a piece of plate, the cost of which was supplied by
subscriptions raised among the members. During
the three years following, the Society appears to
have pursued the even tenor of its way, no incident
worthy of special record having occurred in that
interval. But in 1874 the Executive Committee
desired to change the method of relieving transients
by supplying them with tickets for meals and lodg-
ings, instead of giving them money as had before
been the practice, and they then inaugurated a more
complete system of dealing with such cases.

The benefits expected to accrue to emigrants
through the establishment of the British Protective
Emigrant Board in 1849, to which reference has
previously been made, received the close attention
of this Society, and although the Board was ulti-
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perform was thereupon assumed by the St. George's
Society under a new clause in the Constitution,
making the giving of advice to emigrants a part of
the work of the Executive Committee, but it was
not until 1874 that any definite and decided action
was taken. In that year, with the co-operation of
the St. Andrew's Society, offices were rented at No.
3 Broadway and two persons were appointed, one
as Almoner and the other as Assistant or Secretary,
whose duty it was to look after the British emigrants
arriving at this port, and with the view of better
enabling them to obtain information as to where
labor was most in demand, and the price it would
bring, a joint circular was issued by the two Socie-
ties to all kindred institutions in the United States
and Canada, inviting them to supply such informa-
tion as was needed in carrying out this object. A
copy of the circular will be found in the appendix.
The responses received were most encouraging and
the results highly satisfactory, so satisfactory, in-
deed, that it was at once decided to afford tempo-
rary relief to persons passing through New York
on their way to their new homes by means of tick-
ets for meals and lodgings, which could be obtained
at low rates in the restaurants and lodging houses
that had been established under the auspices of the
Charitable Institutions in the city. During this
same year a few philanthropic individuals formed
themselves into a Board, called the Board of

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United Charities, of which the President of this Socie-
ty was made Chairman, the object being to system-
atize the work of all the charitable organizations
and protect themselves, so far as might be, from
imposition. A careful investigation of this sub-
ject was set on foot, and the Board made a re-
port, showing the need of not only checking indis-
criminate almsgiving to individuals, but also of
preventing subscriptions to unworthy charities. It
also organized an Exchange, at a small expense,
through which the names of applicants for relief
were communicated from the one to the other,
and by which the purposes aimed at were more
fully accomplished. In 1 874-1 877 the Chairman,
the then President, Mr. Henry E. Pellew, issued a
Hand Book embracing a compendium of all the
Charitable Societies in the city, both public and
private, their aims and objects, their receipts and
disbursements, with particulars showing who were
proper recipients, and directions as to the procedure
necessary to secure relief. For some unaccountable
reason the Board did not long continue to receive
that support from the public to which its merits en-
titled it, and in course of time went out of exist-
ence ; but the good work and the fruit of the seed
sown is seen in the " Charitable Organization So-
ciety " which succeeded it, and which gives promise
of a more enduring existence.

The united Board having obtained the consent

of the Commissioners of Charities that appHcations
for relief should be recognized when supported by
either of the several Charitable Societies, especially
in regard to the distribution of fuel by the public au-
thorities, the St. George's and the St. Andrew's
Societies undertook the work of visiting in the ist,
2d, 3d and 4th wards of the city, and the Executive
Committee of this Society were able to report that
great benefits had immediately resulted from this
concession. The joint arrangement with the St.
Andrew's Society in regard to supplying informa-
tion to emigrants, of which we have already spoken,
was terminated in 1878, but this Society continued
the work, and in 1880 issued a circular of informa-
tion and advice, which was freely distributed in
Castle Garden among those arriving from England,
the Commissioners of Emigration having through
their Secretary aided the Almoner in his endeavor
to assist the new arrivals by giving him free access
to the bureaus under their charge.

In 1879 ^ Ladies Committee was formed to assist
in visiting applicants for relief and in advising the
Committee as to who were proper recipients for
their bounty, and although the object sought to be
attained was commendable, the methods adopted
were found to be impracticable and were accord-
ingly abandoned after a two years trial. The death
of the Princess Alice in the previous year and the
resolutions of condolence with Her Majesty adopted

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by the Society upon that sad event, which had been
forwarded through Sir Edward Thornton, brought
a suitable acknowledgment. At a later meeting in
the same year a determination was expressed of
founding a Home for aged men and women, and a
special committee was appointed to carry the same
into effect, but the scheme, though a highly laud-
able one, did not meet with the support that was
anticipated, and for the time it was allowed to drop.
The subject was again revived in 1882, when it was
proposed to raise a sum of money to be invested
according to the Constitution of the Society in the
names of the President, Treasurer and Secretary,
as Trustees, the income alone to be used in placing
old and destitute English people in existing Homes,
and the principal to be allowed to accumulate until
a sufficient sum was raised to erect and endow a
Home, throuorh and in the name of the Anorlo-
American Free Church of St. George the Martyr.
While this scheme met with the approval of the
Committee, the fund has not yet been started, but
it is hoped that the wealthy Englishmen residing in
this city may at some time in the near future take
up the matter again and carry it to a successful con-
clusion.

St. George's Day in 1883 fell upon a Sunday and
the members of the Society attended, by invitation,
a special service at the place of worship of the
Church of St. George the Martyr, when the Rev.

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B. F. De Costa, D.D., the minister in charge and
Chaplain of the Society, delivered an eloquent dis-
course, which was afterwards printed and copies
sent to Her Majesty the Queen and to H. R. H.
the Duke of Connaught.

In 1869 and 1870, and again in 1883, special com-
mittees were appointed with the view of increasing
the membership of the Society, the latter committee
proving the most successful, since by a report pre-
sented by the Chairman, Mr. John Moulson, in the
year subsequent to their appointment, it was shown
that two life, and thirty-one annual members were
added to the roll through their personal efforts.

In 1884 the Orders of the Sons of St. George,
representing artisans and mechanics of English na-
tionality, intimated a desire to open a free employ-
ment bureau, and at the same time overtures were
made to this Society for assistance in establishing
on a more permanent basis what was designated a
" Labor Lodgery," to which applicants could be
sent, and where, besides receiving meals and lodg-
ings, they could be washed and clothed and made
more presentable for the situations they were seek-
ing to obtain. The subject was brought before the
Executive Committee and Messrs. Robert Waller
and Charles F. Wreaks were appointed to investi-
gate the whole subject, who subsequently brought
in an exhaustive report, showing the benefits likely
to be derived from the scheme and recommending-

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a trial of it to be made. The report was unani-
mously adopted, and this Society, having appropri-
ated a small sum towards the expenses of the
Bureau, and having consented that its Almoner
should act as its Superintendent, the Bureau was
started and proved a complete success, no less than
four hundred and fifty-five situations having been
obtained for worthy Englishmen through its instru-
mentality, during the first two years of its existence.
This Labor Bureau indeed has proved to be one of
the most useful and effective adjuncts to the work
of the Society. It had always been felt that the
giving of alms to able bodied men and women,
while frequently necessary and expedient, was, on
the whole, demoralizing in its tendency and influ-
ence upon the recipients, and it was thought that if
the deserving could be assisted by putting them in
the way of procuring the employment they sought,
and thereby enabling them to earn their own liveli-
hood, a great deal of practical good would be done,
more, indeed, than could be accomplished in any
other way. The giving effect to this idea was the
culminating effort of the Society at the close of the
first century of its existence, and it leaves to the
historian of the future the work of recording what
other and more beneficent provisions shall have
been made for the benefit and relief of distressed
Englishmen in this great metropolis, believing that
its successors will at least recognize the sincerity of

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its efforts, if they do not follow in its footsteps.
The good it has sought to accomplish has sometimes
been beyond its powers, and mistakes of judgment
have occasionally been made ; but the reader of this
brief sketch will surely admit that its purposes have
been commendable, and that the work it has done
has been done well.

LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS AND OTHER
PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

A history of the St. George's Society would not
be complete without a retrospect of the lives of its
founders and the more prominent of its executive
officers. They were all representative men in their
day of the better class of English society in New
York, and to their efforts is due, in a large measure,
the success attending this institution. They were
men of intelligence, energy and probity, ever alert
in their efforts to promote the comfort and happi-
ness of their fellow countrymen in this city, and
always ready to open their purses to the calls
of charity and benevolence. It has been no easy
task to gather together the materials necessary to
the preparation of these memoirs, but from their
prominence in city life, enough is known of these

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men to 'establish their reputation as leaders in the
sphere in which they moved. Always thoroughly
loyal to their native land and its institutions, they have
proved good citizens in their adopted country, and
while not unmindful of their duties and responsibil-
ities to the poor and friendless of all nations, they
have recognized that " blood is thicker than water,"
and have used their best energies in assisting their
fellow countrymen in distress, and in building up a
fund which should yield an assured and permanent
income for all time for the beneficent purposes of
this Society.

GOLDSBOROUGH BANYER.

Mr. Goldsborough Banyer was elected first Pres-
ident of the St. George's Society on January 23d,
1786. He was born in London in 1724, and came
to America about 1737. He was appointed Auditor
General in 1 746, and served as Deputy Clerk of the
Council for several years. In 1752 he was appointed
Register of the Court of Chancery, in 1753 Judge
of Probate, and in 1757 he was elected a Trustee of
the New York Society Library, holding that office
from 1757 to 1764, and again from 1771 to 1788.
He remained for several years in the public service,
until the termination of British rule, and in the year
1786 was elected to the Presidency of this Society,
until his removal to Brunswick, near Albany, during

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the latter part of the year 1787, when Mr, Theophy-
lact Bache was elected in his stead. He married
in 1767 the widow of Major Appy, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Major Abraham Mortier, the British Pa)^-
master of all the forces in North America, by whom
he had two children; the elder, Goldsborough Ban-
yer, Jr., married Maria, daughter of Chief Justice
Jay, and had issue one child, who died young.

Albany Annals, Vol. V, published by Munsel &
Co., Albany, 1854, page 278, we abstract the follow-
ing from " Random Recollections of Albany," by
Ignatius Jones :

" Among other curious subjects that attracted my
attention during the early part of my residence in
Albany was a blind old man led about the streets
by his colored servant — "

"It was old Mr. Goldsborough Banyer, a most
intelligent, wealthy and respectable old gentleman."

" He was the most perfect type of the Anglo-
American then living (1809). He was the last of a
race, or class of men now totally extinct — a race
born in England, grown rich in America, proud of
their birth and prouder of their fortune. He had
been a Secretary of State under the Colonial Gov-
ernment. At the breaking out of the Revolution,
very naturally, and the prospect considered, very
wisely, took sides, not arms, with the Mother
Country."

" A short, stout built man, English alike in form,

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in character and aspect, and, at the closing years of
his life, infirm, gouty and nearly blind, but still
sound in mind and venerable in appearance."

" The colored servant by whom he was led was
no unimportant personage. He was his man Fri-
day— his man Peter — his all in all — for without his
aid locomotion was impossible. Peter resembled his
master very much, save his gout and his blindness.
He was of the same height and make, as well dressed,
nearly as old and quite as grey. He was, moreover,
as independent, as important and as irritable. At a
short distance, indeed, it was difficult to tell which
was master and which was man."

" Nothing could be more amusing than their dis-
putes and conversation when moving together arm-
in-arm down Pearl street and across State street
to Lewis' Tavern, a haunt to which they resorted
daily. Distinguished individuals, from the year
1800, made this Inn their resort and headquarters.
His estate laid along State and Chestnut streets,
Albany."

Goldsborough Banyer died at Albany in the year
1 81 5. We have no recorded date of his widow's
death; suffice it to say, that she lived to a good
old age, beloved by all who had the honor of her
acquaintance.

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THEOPHYLACT BACHE.

The several families of English extraction, bear-
ing this name, are said to find a common head in
one De Le Becke, who came from Normandy with
William the Conqueror in the year 1066, and whose
name is enrolled in the ancient list of those who sur-
vived the memorable battle of Hastings, fought on
Oct. 14th, 1066. The more immediate ancestor of
Theophylact Bache, the second President of St.
George's Society, elected in 1788, was William
Bache, father of Theophylact and Richard, from
whom all of that name in this country are descended,
and who was a Collector of Excise in the town of
Settle, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Theophylact Bache was born at Settle, on Janu-
uary 17th, 1734, and arrived in New York on Sep-
tember 1 7th, 1 75 1. He came out at this early age to
the care of Mr. Paul Richard, whose wife, Elizabeth
Garland, was a relative. Mr. Richard was an emi-
nent merchant, and at one time was Mayor of this
city, young Theophylact coming here to act as a
clerk, or assistant, to him in the management of his
business.

Mr. Richard evidently regarded Theophylact with
favor, since a codicil was attached to his will, dated
19th September, 1756, shortly before his death,
leaving Mr. Bache ^300 currency, and naming him
as executor of the estate. Mr. Theophylact Bache

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married on i6th of October, 1760, Ann Dorothy,
daughter of Andrew Barclay. They had a numerous
issue. Of those who Hved to maturity we may
mention Paul Richard Bache, who became a mem-
ber of the Society in the year 1791, Andrew Bache,
who became a member in 1793, William Bache, who
joined in i 794, and afterwards acted as Secretary to
the Society from 1796 to 1801.

Mr. Theophylact Bache filled many positions of
trust in this city. In the year 1760 he was elected
a vestryman of old Trinity Church, and continued
as such until 1784, was again elected in 1788, and
for a third period he served from 1792 to 1800. In
1773 he was elected the fifth President of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, and was again elected
in 1788, and continued in office until 1792. He
was elected President of the New York Hospital
in 1794, and remained at its head until 1797; he
likewise held office as a Governor of the Hospital
from 1785 to 1797. In the year 1803 Mr. Bache
retired from active business life and spent much of
his time at his country residence in Flatbush, Long
Island, where he was often seen in the field with his
gun and dogs, of which he was very fond. An ex-
cellent portrait of this gentleman adorns the walls
of the New York Chamber of Commerce. He was
President of this Society from i 788 to i 799.

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MILES SHERBROOKE.

Mr. Miles Sherbrooke, a member of the Auction
House of Perry, Hays & Sherbrooke, was a mem-
ber of the Committee of Correspondence of Fifty-
One in the year 1774.

He remained in New York during the war and
carried on his business in Mill street. During some
period of his life he lived in Flatbush, Long Island,
where he was captured in June, 1778, by Capt.
Mariner, of the American army, who owed him a
personal grudge. At this same time Mr. Theophy-
lact Bache and Major Moncrieff were also taken
prisoners. He was one of the Vestry appointed by
General Robertson to relieve the poor of the city. In
the year 1779 his property was confiscated, and he
was banished. In 1784 he petitioned the New York
Legislature for a reversal of his Attainder, which
petition appears to have been granted, since he was
again living in New York City, in Whitehall street,
in 1790, and was elected the third President of the
St. George's Society in 1800, serving for two years.
He was one of the incorporators of the New York
Chamber of Commerce, a merchant of great ability,
and a gentleman of a warm, social nature combined
with a versatile and well-stored mind.

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JOSHUA WADDINGTON.

Mr. Joshua Waddington was elected to the Presi-
idency of the St. George's Society in 1802, in suc-
cession to Mr. Miles Sherbrooke, and thus became
its fourth President. He was born at Blyth, Not-
tinorhamshire, Enijland, beinor the seventh son of
Joshua Waddington, M. A., Rector of Harworth,
by his wife Anne Waddington, nee Ferrand.

Mr. Waddington married, in 1780, a daughter of
Mr. Elias Desbrosses, who died without issue. He
again married, in 1804, Gertrude Gouveneur, daugh-
ter of Abraham Ogden, and had issue two sons and
eight daughters.

He came to America in the year 1776 at the so-
licitation of his brothers, William and Henry, who
had already established themselves in New York as
importers of foreign goods, arriving here on the
eventful 20th day of September, when one-half of
the city was destroyed by fire. He was sleeping in
the store of his elder brothers in Broad street, and
was awakened by the reflection of the flames from
Trinity Church, which was then being consumed,
the fire continuing to burn all that night and the
following day; truly his was a warm reception. The
elder brothers, William and Henry, eventually re-
tired to England, leaving a very flourishing business
to Joshua. From that time he stood at the head of
the linen importing trade of America, doing business

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under the name of J. Waddington & Co., corner of
Pine and Pearl streets. A dissolution of the firm
took place at the time of the war of 1812.

In the year 1786 Mr. Waddington was elected a
Director of the Bank of New York. He is said to
have been one of the most energetic and socially
disposed merchants of his day, and to have en-
tertained his friends and associates with regal
splendor, and was never better pleased than when
extending true English hospitality at his home, or
while distributing charity to his fellow countrymen
in distress. He was a true Son of St. George, proud
of his family and of the land of his birth, and care-
ful of all that concerned his honor and good name.

Mr. Waddington was interested as a stockholder
and director in many of the old Banks, Insurance
Companies and other joint stock enterprises of the
city of his day. He closed his honorable and well-
spent life A. D. 1844, in the 89th year of his age,
beloved and respected by all who knew him and
deeply mourned by his brethren of the St. George's
Society.

SAMUEL CORP.

Mr. Samuel Corp was the senior partner in the
English exporting house of Corp, Ellis & Shaw,
and lived at the time of the organization of the St.
George's Society, in i 786, over his store, as was the

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custom of New York merchants at that early day,
at 1 71 Pearl street. In 1806 the firm sold to Mr.
Samuel G. Ogden, who was also an exporter at that
time, at 102 Greenwich street, a large lot of cannon,
which formed part of the armament of the ill-fated
" Leander," the flag ship of the Caraccas Expedi-
tion. Mr. Ogden had the misfortune to make the
acquaintance of the celebrated General Miranda in
1805, and under the inspiration of a few bottles of
old Madeira, such as could only be provided by the
wealthy merchants of the city, the General induced
him to enter into his wild scheme for the liberation
of South America. Accordingly he fitted out his
ship " Leander " with a full cargo of war material
and despatched 150 of the young men of the city, by
this vessel, upon the visionary expedition to Carac-
cas, but the scheme proving a failure, the loss fell
upon Mr. Corp, who honorably discharged in full all
the obligations that had been contracted.

Mr. Corp remained in business up to the time of
his death in 1838. His business in 1835 was carried
on at 45 Pine street, and was there continued until
the close of his commercial life of fifty-nine years
in the City of New York, unsullied by any stain or
dishonor.

He was a man of strict probity, keen intelligence
and great kindness of heart, an amiable and Christ-
ian gentlemen, and an active and energetic worker
in the cause of charity and benevolence. In the

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St. George's Society he filled the position of Stew-
ard in 1788, 1794, and 1795. He was a member of
the Charitable Committee from 1796 to 1799 inclu-
sive, was Vice-President from 1800 to 1808, and in
1809 h^ ^^^ unanimously elected the fifth President
of the Society, filling that honorable office until
181 5. He was again elected President of the Soci-
ety in 1821, and served until 1824.

Mr. Corp enjoyed the high distinction of being a
continuous member of the St. George's Society for
a term of fifty-two years. He was one of the sub-
scribers in 1 786 and remained a member in good
standing until death removed him in the year 1838.
He was one of the committee who reported as to the
action taken to recover the original Minute Book
of the Society, which was lost about the year 1822,
when the city was scourged by yellow fever, and he
induced the city authorities to fence off all that part
of the city below St. Paul's church as a sanitary
precaution to prevent the spread of the sad epidemic.
He married late in life and had issue one son, William,
who afterwards became Deputy Register of the city.

It is interesting to note that at the annual meet-
ing, held January loth, 1838, resolutions compli-
mentary to Mr. Corp, after his decease, were passed,
and the minutes were signed by James B. ElHman,
Secretary, a member elected in 1833, and now living,
forming, as it were, a connecting link between the
beginning and the end of the century.

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JONATHAN OGDEN.

Mr. Jonathan Ogden, elected sixth President of
the Society in 1816, was the son of Joseph Ogden
and Sarah his wife, of Holbeck, in the parish of
Leeds, County of Yorkshire, England. He was
born March 6th, 1768 and came to this country
somewhere about the year 1785, but at what date
does not clearly appear ; at any rate, he had the
honor of witnessing the inauguration of General
Washington as first President of the United States,
on 30th April, 1789. He was married by the Rev.
Bishop Benjamin Moore, of the Diocese of New
York, at Trinity Church, on March 15th, 1804. to
Miss Charlotte Eliza Walton, daughter of Mr.
Abraham Walton, of New York, gentleman, and
Grace Williams his wife. They had issue two sons
and three daughters, viz.: Joseph, born 1805;
Sarah, 1808; Jonathan, 181 i; Grace, 1813 ; and
Charlotte Eliza, 1818.

Mr. Jonathan Ogden was elected a Vestryman of
Old Trinity in 18 16, and was thereafter re-elected
year by year until his death in 1833. He was one
of the most highly esteemed, successful, and pop-
ular of the many honorable and respected mer-
chants of his day in this city, where he established
soon after his arrival in America the house of
Ogden, Day & Co., subsequently changed to Ogden,
Ferguson & Co. He is said to have been at one time

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the largest holder of cotton in the United States.
In private life he was a pure, high minded and ex-
emplary Christian gentleman, beloved by his family
and revered by his many friends and acquaintances.
In the welfare and advancement of his clerks and
employes he took especial interest, and it gave him
pleasure to know that many of them rose to be dis-
tinguished and honorable merchants under the
guidance of his commercial tutelage. On May 5th,
1795, he was elected a member of the New York
Chamber of Commerce, and continued to hold that
connection until 1833. He was one of its most
honored and gifted members, and died deeply
lamented by all his associates, as was attested by
the resolutions passed upon his demise and the
warm and heartfelt regret manifested by members
of the Chamber of Commerce upon that sad occur-
rence, as well as by the many corporations in the
City of New York of which he was a Director. He
was a member of the St. George's Society for a
number of years, serving on its Charitable Com-
mittee from 1806 to 181 5, and was elected to the
Presidency by the unanimous vote of the members,
in January, 18 16, which honorable position he con-
tinued to hold until 1820. His partners, Mr. John
Day and Mr. Samuel Ferguson, respectively, were
Vice-Presidents of the Society under the Presidency
of Mr. Samuel Corp.

Mr. Jonathan Ogden died at his residence, No. 4

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State Street, New York City, on January 2d, 1833,
and was buried in his family vault in Trinity
Church, opposite Wall Street ; his wife, Mrs. Char-
lotte Eliza Ogden [nee Walton], having- died before
him on August i6th, 1826.

THOMAS DIXON.

Mr. Thomas Dixon, the eighth President of the
Society, was elected as such in the year 1825 and
served for ten years. He was born in England in
the year 1792, and arrived in America in 18 16, es-
tablished himself in the dry goods trade at No. ']']
Pine Street and there continued for many years,
but in a later period of his active business life he
became a banker and dealer in foreign exchange.

He was a resident of New York for forty-six
years, and during that time did his full share in
building up the wealth and grandeur of this the
empire city. Of uncorruptible integrity, of liberal
sentiments and of a charitable disposition he was
greatly esteemed by his fellow-men. He did much
for this Society and his cheque for one hundred
dollars came as regularly to the Treasurer as the
years rolled along. In personal appearance he was
of a tall, commanding presence ; at home a genial
host and in business a courteous and accomplished
gentleman.

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Mr. Dixon returned to England in the year 1862
and died at Eastbourne, Sussex, on October 3d of
that year, aged 71 years.

JOSEPH FOWLER.

Mr. Joseph Fowler was thrice elected President
of the Society and served for three separate terms,
viz. : in 1835-6, 1846 and again in 1856. He was
H. B. M. Acting Consul at the port of New York
in the year 1856, filling that office during the in-
terval elapsing between the retirement of Mr.
Anthony Barclay and the appointment of Mr. E.
M. Archibald, October 1857. He was a true
Briton, a faithful servant of the Crown, and enjoyed
the full confidence of the Government at home and
of the English residents in this city.

ANTHONY BARCLAY.

Mr. Anthony Barclay, President of the Society
1837 to 1839, was the third son of Mr. Thomas
Barclay, the British Consul at New York in the
early years of the Republic, when Washington,
Adams and Jefferson were Presidents. Although
natives of this city, the three Barclay sons claimed
to be British subjects through having been born, as

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they were, under the flag of the British Consulate.
They rose to the very highest eminence as mer-
chants. Henry Barclay, the elder, and George
formed a co-partnership as importers and shippers
in the early part of this century.

Henry Barclay retired from the firm about the
year 1833 and resided at Saugerties, on the Hud-
son, and became a principal stockholder in the
"Saugerties Paper Company." He had Moses T.
Beach as his foreman in the factory, who afterwards
became famous as the proprietor of the " New York
Sun." Robert Gracie & Co., No. 20 Broad Street,
were Mr. Barclay's agents in this city. The firm of
H. & G. Barclay had a quick, energetic clerk named
Schuyler Livingston, who, on the retirement of
Henry Barclay, was made a partner in the firm of
Barclay & Livingston.

Some time after this, Anthony Barclay, the
younger brother, came from Savannah, Ga., where
he had been living for some years previously, and
where he had married a Mrs. Glen, a wealthy widow
of that city. Soon after his arrival in New York,
he joined his brother's firm.

Mr. Anthony, then known as Colonel Barclay,
first lived in Dey, near Greenwich Street, with his
sons — Clarence, Henry and De Lancey, and his
daughter, who was presented to the Queen about
the year 1859. Subsequently he removed his resi-
dence to Collecje Place. His house was the con-

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stant resort of the elite of the country, he being re-
nowned for his social and convivial entertainments.
His most intellectual and entertaining wife was ac-
knowledged to be New York's most brilliant conver-
sationalist of her day, and was the genial dispenser
of happiness and enjoyment to their delighted
guests.

Colonel Barclay was a grand old gentleman, viva-
cious, jovial, of a social disposition and a great lover
of choice viands. The best wines and liquors to be
obtained in the country were always found to per-
fection and in abundance upon his old-fashioned
English mahogany side-board. In December,
1842, on his being appointed British Consul for this
port, he retired from the firm of Barclay & Living-
ston, in favor of his eldest son. As Consul he suc-
ceeded Mr. James Buchanan, who had held the
Consulate from the year 1816 up to that time, and
was assisted by Mr. Robert Bunch, as Vice-Consul,
to whom reference has already been made in this
sketch in connection with the Church of St. George
the Martyr. At the time of Mr. Barclay's appoint-
ment to the distinguished position of H. B. M. Con-
sul at this port, on December 6th, 1842, he retired
from active commercial pursuits and placed all his
acknowledged abilities at the service of the British
Government. His Exequatur as Consul was with-
drawn in 1857, on the charge of having enlisted
men for service in the Crimean War. Notwith-

standing, he received a pension from the British
Government until the time of his death. On his
withdrawal from public service, he retired to his
country mansion, near Hartford, Conn., where he
died March 17th, 1877, in the 85th year of his age,
deeply lamented by all his friends and associates, and
was buried in St. Mark's Church, corner of Second
Avenue and Ninth Street, New York City.

CHARLES EDWARDS.

Mr. Charles Edwards, the eleventh President of
the St. George's Society from 1840 to 1841, was
born in England on May 30th, 1797, and came to
the City of New York in 1825. He was a lawyer
of pre-eminent ability and author of " The Chancery
Reports," issued in 1833, four volumes, octavo, a
work of such high merit as to call for a second edi-
tion in 1844. His second literary production was a
monogram entitled " The History and Poetry of
Finger Rings." Then came his " Feathers from
my Wing," " Pleasantries about Courts and Law-
yers," published in 1867. The amusing context of
this last work demonstrates most keen acumen in
collation and shows clearly the scholarly acquire-
ments of the learned author. Its dedication reads
thus : " I dedicate this book to Pierrepont Edwards,
Esq., Her Brittannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at the

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Port of New York, through my love for him as a
son and from my pride in him as a man." The
book contains interesting anecdotes of Alexander
Hamilton, Burr, Chancellor Walworth, Daniel Web-
ster, William H. Seward, Harman Blennerhasset
and others of the bar, and abounds in wit, showing
the humorous flow of mind possessed by its collator.
Mr. Edwards was very fond of and a great devotee
to private theatricals, a man of most untiring en-
ergy, both socially and professionally, and one of
the most versatile and learned men who have had
the honor of presiding over the St. George's Society.
He entertained with a hospitality and blandishment
that knew no bounds. The best of the land sought
his invitations and delighted in his society. The
ex-Consul, Anthony Barclay, would always be met
at his table, where he and others used to delight in
listening to the heart-stirring and side-splitting anec-
dotes of their genial host.

Mr. Charles Edwards died May 30th, 1868, leav-
ing a widow and four sons, Pierrepont, H. B. M.
Consul (a^g^ak for the Port of New York, com-
missioned as such July 30th, 1880 ; Charles Gilbert,
Frederick Stuart, and Arthur Mead.

His gate always stood wide open and his latch
string ever hung without.

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EDWARD FISHER SANDERSON.

Mr. Sanderson, twice President of the Society, in
1842-3 and again in 1848. was the senior member
of the Sheffield and New York firm of Sanderson
Bros. & Co., No. 16 Chff street. He was born in
England in 1799, came to America in 1823, and
started business at 1 34 Pearl street ; subsequently he
became a citizen of the United States. He mar-
ried a daughter of Mr. Isaac Carow, and having
amassed an ample fortune he returned to England
in 1856, where he died September 26th, 1866, in the
67th year of his a^s^e.

His departure for England was signalized by a
public reception given to him by his brother-mer-
chants and members of the St. George's Society,
who thereby testified the esteem and regard they
entertained for him as a merchant, a philanthropist
and a man. He was a Director of the Merchants'
Bank, as well as of several of the local Insurance
Companies, a gentleman of cultivated and refined
taste and well read in scientific literature, especially
in mineralogy, of which he had made a special
study.

W. B. CUTHBERTSON.

Mr. W. B. Cuthbertson, the thirteenth President
of the Society, was an extensive importer of wines
and spirits in Water street, New York City. Of
his early Hfe and parentage we can trace no record,
but we find that as an English merchant he was
highly esteemed, and that having joined the St.
George's Society he became an interested and active
worker in alleviating the wants and necessities of
his fellow countrymen. He was regular in his at-
tention to the duties of the committees upon which
he was placed, and was always ready to assist by
subscriptions or otherwise when called upon. He
held the office of President from 1844 to 1845,
inclusive.

An amusing story is told of a famous clerk of his
which we may venture to reproduce here. Desiring
clerical assistance, he was induced to engage the son
of his old friend, the head of the great house of
Oldfield, Bernard & Co., one Tom Oldfield. at a high
salary,a young blood of the day,and a close companion
of the late Henry William Herbert(Frank Forrester),
blessed to the memory of all English and American
sportsmen, and noted for his scholarly attainments,
an habitue of old Washington Hall, where in years
long ago the Society held its annual dinners. After
the engagement Tom would make his appearance at
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This went on for a week, when Mr. Cuthbertson
remarking upon the lateness of the hour at which he
appeared remonstrated with him upon his conduct.
" But, my dear sir," said Tom, " I don't get my
breakfast until i o'clock, how can I come earlier?"
" Get your breakfast earlier," responded the mer-
chant. " How can I," was the answer, " I don't get
up until past 1 2." " Then get up earlier," responded
Mr. Cuthbertson. " How can I," said Tom, " when
I don't go to bed until daylight ?" Further argu-
ment was deemed useless, and thereupon Tom Old-
field left the employ of the venerable merchant.

JOHN S. BARTLETT, M. D.

Dr. John S. Bartlett was the fourteenth President
of the Society, elected 1847 and served for one year
only. He was born in Dorsetshire, England, A. D.
1790, and took up his residence in New York on his
arrival in this country. He was a graduate of the
Edinburgh College of Physicians A. D. 1820. For
some years he edited the *' Albion " newspaper, and
among his many publications we find "The Physi-
cian's Pocket Synopsis," Boston, 1822, "A letter to
the President, Counsellors and Fellows of the Mas-
sachusetts Medical Society" (of which he was a
member), Boston, May 31st, 1837. In 1833 he re-
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n 1837, his residence being at No. 33 Barclay street.
In 1853 his office was at 86 William street. He
was a man of happy, social temperament, of a con-
vivial disposition, delighting in all the good things of
this life, a keen sportsman and a trusty son of
Britain. He died at Middletown Point, N. J., on
August 25th, 1863, in the 73d year of his age.

JOHN C. BEALES, M.D.

Dr. John C. Beales was President of the Society
from 1849 to 1853 and again from 1858 to i860.
He was born in the county of Norfolk, England, in
the year 1804, and emigrated to Mexico in 1829,
where he married Dona Dolores De Soto, a de-
scendant of Fernando De Soto, the discoverer of
the Mississippi River. He was the son of John
Beales and Sarah Waller, his wife. He was edu-
cated for the medical profession and attended a
course of studies at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, under
a private tutor carefully selected for that purpose.
He was a student under John Kendrick, an English
surgeon of ability, and while at St. George's Hospi-
tal, London, became dresser to the celebrated Sir
Benjamin Brodie, and eventually graduated from
the Royal College of Surgeons, London, under Sir
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took up his residence in the City of Mexico. In
1835 he removed to New York.

For many years Dr. Beales was medical examiner
for the Albion Life Insurance Company. He was
the recipient of the honor of M. R. C. S. London,
and elected Licentiate of the Proto Medicato of
Mexico, a Fellow of the New York Academy of
Medicine, and held the degree of Doctor of Medi-
cine of the College of Physicians at Madrid, Spain.

Dr. Beales was a tall, well built speciman of an
Englishman, fond of society, a giant in energy and
a Demosthenes in speech. For many years he was
the leading spirit in St. George's Society and was
always ready to respond to any call that might be
made upon either his time or his purse.

He died July 25th, 1878, aged 74 years, leaving
one son and one daughter, who inherited his large
estates.

WILLIAM YOUNG.

William Young, one of the descendants of a very
old Scottish family, the Youngs of Leny, whose
present chief is Sir Charles Young, Bart, was born
at Deptford, in the County of Kent, England. His
father, the late Vice-Admiral, \V. Young, held there
a Naval Shore appointment. Having married in
the course of his travels a lady of Charleston, S. C,
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passed in the North and in the South became pro-
prietor and editor of the New York Albion in 1848.
This journal, which no longer exists, he held and
conducted for eighteen years, including the difficult
period of the Civil War in the United States. He
retired from it in 1866 and has since resided mainly
in Paris. Wm. Young is the translator of two hun-
dred of Beranger's Songs, of L'Homme Qui Rit, one
of Victor Hugo's romances, and the author of sun-
dry minor works. He was elected President of the
St. George's Society in 1854 and 1855.

SEPTIMUS CROOKES.

Mr. Septimus Crookes, the seventeenth President
of the Society, was a warm personal friend of the
illustrious Charles Edwards, whose memoir already
appears in these pages, and who in witnessing Mr.
Crookes will testifies that he had known him inti-
mately both in England and America for upwards
of 30 years. We find no record of the particular
line of business in which he was engaged while re-
siding in this city. He remained a bachelor all his
life and died somewhere about the latter part of
the year 1867.

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HENRY EYRE.

Henry Eyre was born on November 14th, 18 15, at
Beverly, in Yorkshire, the second son of the Rev.
James Eyre, Rector of Kirk Ella and Canon of York,
and Penelope Phipps Eyre. He was educated at Bev-
erly Grammar School, and in 1829 went to Rio de
Janeiro, where he began his business career with the
well-known house of Phipps & Co. of that place
and Liverpool. In May, 1839, he came to New
York and started the firm of J. L. Phipps & Co.,
which still exists. Retiring from that firm in 1850,
he established the house of Henry Eyre & Co. in
New York, and Eyre, Moke & Co. in New Orleans,
in connection with Johnson & Co. of Liverpool, Rio
de Janeiro and Pernambuco. In 1852 he went into
business for himself in the South American and
China trade, and at one time was one of the largest
importers in this city. He was for many years a Di-
rector of the New York Branch of the Royal In-
surance Company of Liverpool, the Bank of the
Republic and the Continental Insurance Company,
and a Warden of the Church of the Incarnation.

He married in 1849 Georgina, third daughter of
John Eyre, Esq., of Eyre Court, County Galway,
Ireland, who died in 1873, leaving five sons, four
of whom became life members of the St. George's
Society, and one daughter.

Mr. Henry Eyre was elected a member of the

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St. George's Society in 1840. He served on the
Charitable Committee in 1854-5, was elected Vice-
President 1856-57, presiding at the anniversary din-
ner in 1857, at which Lord Napier was present, and
was elected President in 1861, and held office until
1866. Realizing the responsibilities of wealth he
gave $5,000 in 1865 to the Permanent Fund of the
Society, upon the condition that a similar amount
should be raised by the members. The offer was
promptly and liberally responded to, and by the time
the list was closed a sum of $15,314.38 had been
raised.

On his retirement from the Presidency he contin-
ued to be a firm friend of the Society, and upon his
death, which occurred on May 4th, 1882, resolutions
expressive of deep regret and sympathy were adopted
and forwarded to his bereaved family.

SIR EDWARD MORTIMER ARCHIBALD.

Sir Edward M. Archibald was born in Truro,
Nova Scotia, on May loth, 18 10. He read law
there with his father, an eminent Colonial Jurist,
and entered the British service as Registrar of the
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia when only twenty-
two years of age. Subsequently he became Regis-
trar and Clerk to the Local Legislature, and then in
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and Judge of the Supreme Court. While holding
these offices he took part in several important com-
missions, notably the one which negotiated the
French Fishery Treaty. He retired from the office
of Supreme Court Judge in 1855. The enlistment
of soldiers in this country for the Crimean War and
Mr. Marcy's remonstrance led to the withdrawal of
the Exequators of the British Minister at Washing-
ton, Sir John Crampton, and of Mr. Barclay, the
British Consul in this city, in October, 1857. Judge
Archibald was appointed to succeed Mr. Barclay,
and on February gtb, 1871, he was promoted to the
Consul Generalship. His district included the states
of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode
Island and Delaware.

Durine the Civil War and the Fenian excite-
ment, Judge Archibald's duties were often more of
a diplomatic than a commercial nature, and the
success which attended the performance of them
won for him high praise both from the Home Gov-
ernment and leading men in this country. At the
close of the War he was made a Companion of the
Order of the Bath. He assisted under Sir Edward
Thornton in the payment of the Geneva award,
carrying with him to Washington in one instance
$15,000,000, in cheques. A curious fact in connec-
tion with this trip was that the train upon which the
Consul General was travelling broke down, and as
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expired the British Government came very near
being declared a defaulter.

During the War when the mixed Court was es-
tablished for the suppression of the slave trade
Judge Archibald was made one of the Judges.

During his residence in this city he on two occas-
ions entertained English Princes. The first was in
i860 when the Prince of Wales visited this country,
and the second in 1870, upon the visit of the Duke
of Connaught.

In 1880, Sir Edward was entitled to retire upon a
pension, he having attained the age of 70 years, but
an exception was made in his favor by Lord Salis-
bury, and he was permitted to retain the office. In
1882 he went to England, where he was knighted
and received the order of St. Michael and St. George
with a pension of ^1500 per year. He afterwards
resigned his office and left this country to reside in
England.

Sir Edward was elected a member of St. George's
Society in 1857, and became its President in 1867,
holding this office until 1870. On his retirement
from the Government service a complimentary
dinner was given to him at Delmonico's which was
attended by two hundred representative citizens.
He died in Brighton, England, on February 8th,
1884.

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JOHN G. DALE.

Mr. John G. Dale was born in Lancashire, Eng-
land, in 1830. His father was a minister of the
Episcopal Church. He entered upon his business
career with the shipping firm of Richardson. Spence
& Co., of Liverpool. At the close of the Crimean
War, the Liverpool and Philadelphia line of Steam-
ships was established between the cities named, and
Mr. Dale came to this country as book-keeper. In
the winter of 1856-7 the Delaware River was frozen
over and a vessel of this line in seeking a harbor put
into the port of New York, which accident, it is
said, led to the establishment of an office in this
city, of which Mr. Dale was made the head.
Thenceforth until his death he devoted himself,
heart and soul, to the building up of what is now
known as the Inman Steamship Line. Possessed
of great business capacity and strict integrity he at-
tained an enviable position, not only among men in-
terested in shipping, but in business circles gener-
ally.

Mr. Dale was likewise the New York Agent of
the British and F'oreign Marine Insurance Com-
pany.

In speaking of him shortly after his death one of
his friends said : " He was a man of positive convic-
tions, strong in his likes and dislikes. At the din-
ner table he was the best of hosts."

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Mr. Dale was elected President of St. George's
Society in succession to Sir Edward M. Archibald,
which high position he held from 1871 to 1873, in-
clusive. On his retirement from the Presidency he
was elected Treasurer and filled that office with
great satisfaction to the members until the day of
his death. He was a member of the Down Town
and Union Clubs, and of the Maritime Exchange,
Produce Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce.
He was a member of Calvary Church, in whose
work he took great interest and was a liberal con-
tributor to charitable institutions.

He died at his residence. No. 55 Irving Place,
this city, March 23, 1883, leaving a widow and five
children — four sons and one daughter.

HENRY E. PELLEW.

Mr. Henry E. Pellew, born in 1828, at Canter-
bury, England, and twentieth President of the So-
ciety, was the son of George Pellew, D.D., Dean of
Norwich, who was the third son of Edward, first
Viscount Exmouth. He was educated at Eton and
Trinity College, Cambridge, was M. A. of Cam-
bridge and Oxford, and Justice of the Peace for
Middlesex. He came to this country and married
in 1858 a daughter of Judge William Jay, of Bed-

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ford, Westchester County, N. Y., whose father,
John Jay, was the first Chief Justice of the United
States, and a Governor of this State.

Mr. Pellew returned to England in 1859 ^^^ ^^"
mained there until 1873. He was largely instru-
mental in founding Keble College, Oxford, which
was undertaken as a memorial of the Rev. John
Keble, with the special object of enabling its mem-
bers to reap the advantages of a University educa-
tion at the smallest possible cost. As Secretary of
the Keble Memorial Fund, Mr. Pellew collected
over ^50,000 on its behalf, and on coming finally
to this country he resigned his place on the Council
of the College, besides the office of Treasurer of
the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,
and at the same time retired from the active super-
intendence of other religious and charitable insti-
tutions in England with which he had been associ-
ated. His first wife having died, he married the
youngest daughter of Judge Jay in 1875 ^^^ then
returned to take up his permanent residence in
this country.

Mr. Pellew became a member of the St. George's
Society in 1857 and served as its Secretary in 1858
-59. On his return to New York he was elected
President in 1874 and served with mark distinction
until 1877. During this time he largely identified
himself with the principle of co-operation and the
interchange of information among the charitable and

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benevolent institutions of the city, and in conjunc-
tion with the late Theodore Roosevelt and a few
others he successfully started the " Bureau of
Charities," which subsequently became the Board
of United Charities of which he was Chairman. He
edited at the same time the valuable hand book of
the Benevolent Institutions and Charities of New
York, which was published annually from 1874 to
1877 by that Board, and which work has now de-
veloped into the valuable institution of the Charity
Organization Society. The success of the street
cleaning and tenement house reform movement and
the erection of improved dwellings for the poor was
largely due to his active interest. He was appoint-
ed a Commissioner of Education, but resigned in
1 88 1 and has since been compelled on account of
impaired health to give up his connection with many
institutions, such as the Association for Improving
the Condition of the Poor, of which he had been a
Vice-President and President, The Free Circulating
Library, Cancer Hospital, etc. During the whole
time of his connection with this Society, Mr. Pellew
devoted his energies in enlarging its usefulness, and
under his Presidency a marked improvement was
inaugurated in the mode of distributing its funds.
His enforced retirement as an active member was
sincerely regretted, for under his able administra-
tion the Society reached the zenith of its greatness.

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F. W. J. HURST.

Mr. Hurst, twenty-second President of the So-
ciety, was born at St. John's Antigua, British West
Indies, on 13th February, 1840, the only son of
Alphonse John Hurst, of the firm of Hurst &
Turner, of that place. Educated at Bermuda, he
commenced his mercantile career with the firm of
C. W. & W. Gray, of Great St. Helens, London,
in 1856. In 1859 he was in the office of Guion &
Co., of Liverpool, and in 1861 became managing
clerk and agent for Edward Lawrence & Co., at Ber-
muda, Nassau, Havana, and in the Confederate States
from August 1863 to the close of the Civil War in
1865. He was appointed manager for the United
States of the National Steamship Company of Liv-
erpool in 1866, residing in New York, in which year
he was elected a member of the St. George's So-
ciety, His name soon appeared upon the list of
officers, for he was elected Assistant Secretary and
a Steward in 1867, and a member of the Charitable
Committee in 1868. With the late Edward Walker
he was largely instrumental in facilitating the work-
ing of the revised Constitution in 1869, under which
the Society changed the style of its officers, and was
eleeted in that year a member of the first Executive
Committee. He was Vice-President 1870 to 1873.
President 1880 to 1882, and upon the decease of

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Mr. John G. Dale he was elected Treasurer of the
Society, which office he held until 1885.

Mr. Hurst married on 2d June, 1868, Caroline
Eliza, daughter of Mr. Edward S. Jaffray, one of
New York's merchant princes, a member of the So-
ciety and a liberal contributor to its funds. This
estimable lady died at Long Branch on August
i2th, 1873.

Of a genial social nature, of a liberal and chari-
table disposition, and of a fine and commanding
presence, Mr. Hurst became a valued member of
the Society, and through his influence and exertions
largely increased its membership and its funds.

While in England he was a member of the 5th
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, from 1859 ^^ 1866,
was elected Sergeant in i860, Ensign in 1862 and
Lieutenant in 1864. In New York he was elected
a member of the Union Club in 1866, was President
of the Traveller's Club in 1871 to 1873, President
of the Land and Water Club in 1883 and is now
Treasurer of the New York Yacht Club.

EDWARD HILL.

Mr. Edward Hill, twenty-third President of the
Society, was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, in 1825.
He came to this country in 1854, and established
himself as a merchant, engaging more particularly

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in the importation of chemicals, in which business
he amassed a large fortune. He was a man of the
strictest integrity, scrupulously exact in all his busi-
ness dealings and of unusual business capacity.

Mr. Hill became a member of the Society in 1856,
was elected on the Charitable Committee in 1862-8,
on the Executive Committee 1869, and again in
1877-8, was Vice-President 1874-5 and 6, 1 880-1
and 1882; President in 1883-4, and Treasurer in
1885-6, thus serving the Society for twenty years
in one capacity or another.

He was of a generous and impulsive nature, in-
defatigable in his efforts in promoting the usefulness
of the Society and liberal in his contributions to its
funds. During the time he was President he took
and furnished an office at his own expense for the
use of the Society, charging it only a small part of
the rental, and as a crowning effort of his useful life
contributed a sum of $5,000 to its Permanent Fund.
He was a member of the Vestry of the Church of
St. George the Martyr, and as a representative of
that church was a member of the Board of Mana-
gers of St. Luke's Hospital. He died August 8th,
1886, leaving three sons and two daughters, two of
the former being members of this Society.

The members at large can judge best of his lib-
eral nature by his munificent contributions ; but it
is left to his associate officers to testify to his ster-
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him, during the later years of his life, they were
led to place entire reliance upon his judgment and
to adopt any suggestion that he might make. As
an example of faithful performance of duties volun-
tarily assumed and of active, yet unobtrusive, be-
nevolence wisely dispensed, the name of Edward
Hill stands pre-eminent among the many noble char-
acters whose presence have graced and whose deeds
have benefited humanity in general and the St.
George's Society in particular.

R. J. CORTIS.

Mr. Richard J. Cortis, the twenty-fourth Presi-
dent of the Society, was born in Hull, in the County
of Yorkshire, England, on March 7th, 1824. He
came to this city in January, 1855, where he has
since been successfully connected with the Liverpool
Lines of Steamers, and for thirteen years occupied
the responsible position of General Agent and Man-
ager for the White Star Line.

Mr. Cortis, with others prominent in the work of
the Society, was largely instrumental, in the year
i860, in securing the passage of an Act of the Leg-
islature designed to put a stop to the operations of
swindling ticket agents in this city, who ruthlessly
robbed the ignorant and unwary passengers bound
for Europe from this port, and which Act completely

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fulfilled the object and purpose for which it was
passed. In his private life he has been a liberal
supporter of the Society, and as General Agent of
the White Star Line ungrudgingly and effectively
aided its charitable work by granting free passages,
at the request of the Chairman of its Executive
Committee, to those of its beneficiaries, who. from
failing health and inability to gain a livelihood here,
were desirous of returning to friends in the old
country. He was elected President of the Society
in 1885, and was re-elected to the same office in the
following year.

WILLIAM SETON.

William Seton, the first Assistant Vice-President
of the Society 1 786-1 787, and Vice-President 1788
-1 79 1, the representative of an ancient Scottish
family, was born in Fifeshire, April 24th, i 746, and
died in the City of New York, June 9th, 1798.

He first visited America in or about the year
1758, and settled there permanently in 1763. He
was a member of the New York Chamber of Com-
merce in 1765, the year of its foundation, and was a
founder as well as one of the first officers of the
Bank of New York in 1784.

As a Loyalist he suffered during the Revolution-
ary War, and was the last Notary Public appointed
by the Crown in his adopted city. When the war

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was over he established the once famous mercantile
house of Seton, Maitland & Co. He married Miss
Rebecca Curzon, of Baltimore, and left issue, one
of his descendants being Monsignor Robert Seton,
D.D., Rector of St. Joseph's Church, Jersey City
Heights.

EDWARD WALKER.

Elected a member of the Society in 1843, he
served for twenty-seven years as Secretary, Second
and First Vice-Presidents, and as a member of the
Charitable and Executive Committees and Commit-
tee of Accounts. Of a social disposition and of a
generous nature, he was one of its most active and
useful members. He was Chairman of the first
Executive Committee under the change in the Con-
stitution made in 1869, and while holding that office
he founded the Contingent Fund, from which great
benefits have flowed to the beneficiaries of the So-
ciety. The good he did can hardly be recounted
within the limits of a memoir brief as this must ne-
cessarily be, but in perpetuating his name it is suffi-
cient to say that he was as generous with his purse
as he was indefatigable in his efforts to relieve the
misfortunes of others. He died in 1877 and at his
death the Society mourned one of its most zealous
and useful members.

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ROBERT WALLER.

Born at Luton, in Bedfordshire, England, May
1 6th, 1 82 1, arrived in this country in September
1840, and was elected a member of the Society in
January 1841. After declining the Secretaryship
in 1 85 1, he was appointed a member of the Chari-
table Committee in 1853, and in that capacity served
fourteen years, eleven of which he was Chairman.
He was elected a member of the Executive Com-
mittee in 1872, serving for eleven years, nine of
which he acted as Chairman. He was elected a
Vice-President in 1883-4, when he retired from ac-
tive service, having held office for twenty-seven
years. In 1859 he represented the Society at, and
was Chairman of, a meeting held to organize " The
Board of Deputies of Benevolent and Emigrant So-
cieties," and was subsequently appointed a Deputy,
and elected a Vice-President of the Board, a position
which he still retains. In 1874, and afterwards, he
represented the Society on the Board of United
Charities, of which the President of the Society was
Chairman. With other members of the Society he
became a Vestryman of the Anglo-American Free
Church of St. George the Martyr, after a special
report made in 1859, and in 1873, was made its Sen-
ior Warden, representing the Church on the Board
of Managers of St. Luke's Hospital as Vestryman
and Warden from 1867 to the present time, and

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jealously guarding the interests of British immi-
grants secured by the Bond of Covenant, dated 15th
October, 1852. In 1873 he suggested to the Board
of Managers of St. Luke's Hospital a Sunday col-
lection in the Episcopal Churches for the benefit of
that institution, and in 1878 he addressed a letter to
the New York " Times," recommending a general
collection for all the hospitals in the city, which re-
sulted in the appointment of a Special Committee,
and finally in the establishment of the present Hos-
pital Saturday and Sunday Association, of which he
is one of the Incorporators.

During the whole of his official connection with
the St. George's Society, Mr, Waller has been a
steady and consistent advocate of the principle of
aiding the destitute by assisting them in procuring
employment rather than by granting them relief by
alms-giving, and as Chairman of the Executive
Committee he initiated and carried out many valu-
able reforms in the application of its funds, of which
the Society still reaps the benefit.

CHAPLAINS.

Although it would appear from the records that
Chaplains were not annually elected until the year
1836, distinguished divines, members of the Society,
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from an early date, acted as such, for in the Hst of
subscribers to the anniversary dinner in 1822 we
find the name of George Upfold, who subsequently
became Bishop of Indiana, signed as Chaplain. We
have concluded, therefore, that this sketch would
hardly be complete without a reference to the more
prominent Clergymen who have rendered efficient
aid, as Chaplains or otherwise, to the Society.

REV. BENJAMIN MOORE.

The Rev. Benjamin Moore, son of Samuel Moore,
was born at Newtown, Long Island, October 5th,
1748, and received a liberal education at Kings (now
Columbia) College, N. Y., of which institution he
afterwards became the President. After pursuing
his theological studies under Dr. Auchmuity he went
to England in 1764, and in 1774 was ordained to
the Episcopal ministry by Bishop Tenick, of Lon-
don, and on his return officiated as Assistant Min-
ister of Trinity Church. He was appointed Rector
of Trinity in 1800, and in the following year was
elected Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the State of New York. Simplicity of character,
with uniform prudence, are said to have been his
distinguishing virtues. In Christian labors he was
very abundant. Trinity Parish Register showing
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3978 marriages and baptised 3064 children and
adults, many of whom afterwards became members
of the St. George's Society. He continued to per-
form the duties of his high vocation until the year
181 1, when his health failed, and after frequent at-
tacks of paralysis he expired at his residence, which
was situated in Greenwich Village on the block next
above the present Episcopal Theological Seminary,
the gift of his only son, Clement Clark Moore,
LL. D., on February 27th, 18 16, in the 68th year of
his age.

Bishop Benjamin Moore married on April 20th,
1778, Charity, daughter of Major Clement Clark,
an English officer in New York.

Bishop Moore originated, in the year 1796, the
Charitable Committee of the St. George's Society,
of which he was a member for several years. He
may be called the first Chaplain of the Society. In
his life was fully exemplified the motto " Let Mercy
be our Boast and Shame our only Fear."

THE RIGHT REV. GEORGE UPFOLD, S. F. D., LL. D.

He was born at Shemley Green, near Guilford,
Surrey, England, on May 7th, 1796. When eight
years of age his father brought him to the United
States and settled at Albany, N. Y. He graduated
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College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York
City received his degree of M. D. in 1816. In
181 7 he took up the study of Theology under the
direction of Bishop Hobart, was ordered Deacon in
1 81 8, ordained in 1820, elected to the Episcopacy in
1849, and on December 16th, in the same year, was
consecrated Bishop of Indiana. He was elected a
member of the Society in 1822, and served on the
Charitable Committee in 1830. During the period
he resided in New York he was a regular attendant
at its meetings, was Chairman of a Special Com-
mittee appointed in 1830 for the purpose of aiding
emigrants on their arrival here — a movement that
has since occupied the thoughtful attention of the
Society down to the present time. He died at In-
dianapolis, August 26th, 1872, universally beloved
and respected.

RIGHT REV. JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINRIGHT,
D. D.. D. C. L.

The Right Rev. Jonathan Mayhew Wainright,
D. D., D. C. L., was born in Liverpool, England,
February 24th, 1792, graduated at Harvard College,
Cambridge, Mass., in 181 2, ordered Deacon in 181 7,
was ordained Priest in 1818, and was consecrated
Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of New York,
November loth, 1852. He died September 21st,
1854.

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He was the author of several Theological works
and edited various books of chants and church
music. The church of St. John the Evangelist was
consecrated as the " Wainright Memorial."

Dr. Wainright was elected a member of the So-
ciety in 1 82 1, was on the Charitable Committee
from 1838 to 1854, and proved a most zealous and
indefatigable worker, ready at all times to lend a
helping hand where needed and to lead where char-
ity pointed the way. He took a prominent part in
the establishment of the Anglo-American Free
Church of St. George the Martyr, acting as Secre-
tary at the preliminary meetings, and it was largely
through his influence and efforts that the valuable
grant of land was obtained from Trinity Parish for
the benefit of the British emigrants. Nor did his
interest in the Society languish after his elevation
to the Episcopacy, for the minutes record the active
part he took in the services held upon various occa-
sions in Trinity Church upon St. George's Day.

REV. FRANCIS L. HAWKS

Was elected a member of the Society in 1836;
was its first formally elected Chaplain and held this
office until 1843. He was thrice elected to the Epis-
copacy, but each time declined the office.

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RIGHT REV. MANTON EASTBURN

Was born in Leee^ England, February 9th, 1801.
He came to the United States when quite young;
graduated at Columbia College in 181 7, and in the
General Theological Seminary of New York in
1 82 1, was ordered Deacon in 1822, ordained Priest
in 1825, and consecrated Bishop in 1842. He was
elected a member of the Society in 1837, was one
of its Chaplains from 1837 to 1843, ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^
the incorporators named in the Charter obtained in
1838. He was Rector of the Church of the Ascen-
sion in New York from 1827 to 1842, and died Dec.
12, 1872.

REV. FRANCIS VINTON

Was elected a member of the Society in 1848,
Chaplain i860 to 1872, and while holding this office
delivered several eloquent discourses before mem-
bers of the Society on St. George's Day, at the
special services held upon such occasions. He died
in 1872, after declining an election to the Episco-
pacy.

REV. MOSES MARCUS

Born in London, August 27th, 1798, came to this
country in 1834, was elected a member of the So-
ciety in 1845, was Chaplain from 1846 to 1849, Sec-

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retary 1847, 1848, and was mainly instrumental in
founding the Church of St. George the Martyr.
We have no record of the date of his ordination,
but an official document shows that in the year 1823
he was appointed astipendary Curate by the Bishop
of Peterborough, England, to the Parish Church of
Brigstock and Standon, in the county of Northamp-
ton, His first charge in this country was Trinity
Parish, Nantucket, Mass., of which he was the first
Rector, the church having been built for him in
1838. He died in England, November 25, 1852,
whither he had gone to collect funds for the Church
of St. George the Martyr.

IN GENERAL

In a brief sketch, such as this was intended to be,
extending over a period of one hundred years, it
would be impossible to notice all of the many hun-
dreds who have rendered efficient service in the
cause of the Society during that time, and the Com-
mittee, to whom this duty has been entrusted, could
only select for special mention those who have oc-
cupied more prominent official positions and who
have borne the burden of the work. But had time
and space permitted it they would have made a
more extended reference to men who have now

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passed away, such as Robert Bage, the efficient
Treasurer, who served for twenty-seven years — a
faithful and zealous officer of the Secretary ; James
Chesterman, who was Treasurer from 1827 to 1844;
John Wilkes, " the true-born Englishman with a
heart full of kindness," and to John Evers, from
whose diary much interesting information has been
obtained.* Nor can they forbear making a passing
allusion to those of the living who, whether by per-
sonal assistance or by gifts of money, have mani-
fested the interest they have taken in the work of
the Society. Of such they would mention Edward
S. J affray, one of New York's leading merchants,
who, joining in 1856, steadily refused to accept
office, but whose contributions to its funds are always
forthcoming when needed ; Charles T. Gostenhofer,
an active member from 1865 to 1874, but now resid-
ing in England ; John Moulson, a member since
1857, a former Vice-President of the Society, an
executive officer for several years and a generous
contributor of money when called upon ; Edward
Blackburn, a life member since 1865, and who, while
having permanently retired from New York to take
up his abode in England, gave substantial proof of
the interest he still takes in the Society by a munifi-
cent donation of $2,cxDO to its Permanent Fund in
its Centennial year ; and Thomas M. Braine, who

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for twelve years faithfully and efficiently fulfilled the
onerous duties of Secretary.

With such examples before it and with such ma-
terial to support it, the Society need have no fear
that the work which was started in 1786, and has
been continued down to the present day, will suffer
from lack of men to do it, or of means to carry it
on.

A RETROSPECT.

Such in brief, is the history of the St. George's
Society of New York. As with most institutions
of the kind, the work of administering its charities
has fallen upon a few, but as those that have been
prominent in its affairs have died or become disa-
bled by reason of age or infirmity, others have step-
ped in to fill the breach, and thus its efficiency has
been at all times maintained.

The investment of its funds has been character-
ized by extreme prudence and care, fromi the date
of the establishment of the Permanent Fund in 1824
down to the present time. The amount held by the
Treasurer of money invested on this account on Jan-
uary 9th, 1886, aggregating $46,915, market value.

While the St. George's Society, as now consti-
tuted, was established in the year 1 786, there would
appear to have been an organization of Englishmen

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of some kind or other long anterior to that date ; at
any rate the anniversary of our Patron Saint was
periodically celebrated, since we find by a reference
to the New York " Mercury" of April 26th, 1762, a
notice of this kind :

"Friday last, being the anniversary of the St.
George's Society, Sir Jeffrey Amherst gave a ball to
the ladies and gentlemen of this city at Crawley's
New Assembly Rooms. The company consisted of
ninety-six ladies and as many gentlemen, all very
richly dressed and 'tis said the entertainment was
the most elegant ever seen in America."

On the same authority we learn that the Honor-
able Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in
North America had designated April 23d, St.
George's Day, as one of the holidays to be observed
during the year. Again quoting, this time from the
" New York Journal" of April 29th, 1771 :

"On Friday last [April 23, 1771], being the anni-
versary of St. George, a number of Englishmen, de-
scendants of Englishmen, amounting in the whole
to upward of one hundred and twenty, had an ele-
gant entertainment at Bolton's in honor of the day.
President John Tabor Kempe, Esq., and present
His Majesty's Attorney General, the Right Honor-
able the Earl of Dunmore, his Excellency, General
Gage, the gentlemen of His Majesty's Council, etc.,
etc., on which occasion twenty-three toasts were

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drunk and the company parted at early dawn and in
high good humor. The following is a list of the
toasts proposed :
I. — The King.
2. — The Queen.

3. — The Prince of Wales and the rest of the
Royal Family.

4. — The Constitution of England in Church and
State.

5. — The Army and Navy of Great Britain.
6. — The Governor and Province of New York.
7. — The Commander in Chief and Army in
America.

8. — His Majesty's Secretary of State.
9. — Prosperity to Great Britain and Ireland.
10. — Prosperity to British America.
II. — The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
12. — The Mayor and Corporation of the City of
New York.

13. — Prosperity to Kings College in New York.
14. — The Chamber of Commerce in New York.
15. — The Marine Society in New York.
16. — The Worthy Descendants of the First Set-
tlers of the Province.

17. — Our Brethren, the Sons of St. David.
18. — " " " " " St. Andrew.

19- — " " " " '' St. Patrick.

20. — Prosperity to the Manufactories of Great
Britain and Ireland.

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2 1. — May the friends of Old England ever enjoy
her Protection and her Enemies feel her Resent-
ment.

22.— The Roast Beef of Old England.

23. — The Sons of St. George in every quarter of
the Globe.

In 1 782 a notice of this kind appeared in the Royal
Gazette of April 2 2d of that year :

" The Sons of St. George and their descendants
purpose to celebrate the anniversary of their thrice re-
nowned champion on the 23d April, at Mr. Strachan's
Tavern. Gentlemen who propose to assemble on
this occasion are desired to leave their names at Mr.
Rivington's," and by the same authority we are in-
formed that " the anniversary of the tutelar Saint
of Old England, the thrice renowned St. George,
was celebrated with universal festivity. The houses
of entertainment were filled with his fine sons, who
passed the day and evening with their wonten cheer-
fulness and good humor. The St. George's Social
Society held their annual festival at Mr. Strachan's
Queen's Head Tavern, where an elegant dinner was
prepared for that purpose. The following local
toasts were drunk, and the day and evening spent
with every social enjoyment :

I. — The Day, St. George and the Dragon.

2. — The King.

3. — The Queen and Royal Family.

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4- — The Army and Navy.
5. — General Clinton.
6. — General Knyphausen.
7. — Admiral Arbuthnot.
8. — Governor of the Province.
9. — General Tryon.
10. — General Pattison.

II. — General Prevost and the brave troops that
so gallantly defended Georgia against the combined
forces of French and Rebels.

12. — The immortal memory of Colonel Maitland.
13. — Lord North and the Majesty of both Houses.
14. — Admirals Rodney, Ross and Digby.
15. — Admiral Parker.

16. — The Sons and Daughters of St. George in
every part of the world.

1 7. — The sons of St. David, St. Andrew and St.
Patrick.

18. — A speedy revival of Civil Authority and a
happy re-instatement of the Loyal Refugees.

19. — Peace with America honorable to Great
Britain."

It is fair to assume, we think, from these references
and from the tone and spirit indicated by the toasts
proposed at the anniversary dinners, that the Soci-
ety, whatever else it may have been, had a decided
political complexion in its early days. Be it under-
stood, however, that these sentiments were ex-

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pressed before the United States had secured their
independence, and at a time when EngHshmen, both
here and at home, believed that the contest then
raging would eventually terminate in the success of
the British arms. But, be that as it may, soon after
the evacuation of the City of New York had been
accomplished, a reorganization of the Society was
effected, the results of the war were accepted as
final, and from that time the Society ceased
to take any active part in politics, thence forward
devoting its energy and means to relieving the ne-
cessities of its fellow countrymen and in promoting
the social enjoyment of its members. For many
years after the war it may be safely assumed that an
Englishman's lot in New York was not a happy one.
The animosities engendered by that deadly contest
and the spirit in which it was waged naturally crea-
ted a feeling of animosity between the two people
which time alone could soften, hence the necessity for
some such organization as this to bring Englishmen
together and enable them to obtain among them-
selves that social relaxation and enjoyment which
was denied them by others of the community. But
the final extinction of the acerbities caused by the
war and the renewal of friendly relations between
the two countries have happily rendered this exclu-
siveness in social life no longer necessary,* and

*This was exemplified in 1840, when prominent members of the Society
assisted in founding the St. George's Cricket Club, and appointed, for several

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consequently the Society now applies its influ-
ence and resources to the development of that
higher purpose of benevolence for which it was
primarily created. Yet, while this is so, the duties,
that would naturally devolve upon a Society of
Englishmen such as this, have not been neglected.
The birth or death of a member of the Royal
Family, the appointment of the representative of
our Sovereign to this country, the visit to this side
of prominent men from our native land, the success
of our compatriots in arms, these events have invari-
ably been appropriately noticed by our body and
elicited from it addresses suitable to the occasion.*

In conclusion, let us express the hope that as
for one hundred years past this Society has stood
in the van in all matters touching the relief of the
destitute, the friendless and the distressed of our
fellow countrymen who have migrated to these
shores, so may it in the second century upon which
it has just entered resolve that the same record of
philanthrophy and usefulness shall be maintained.

It is a matter of regret to us that in New York
City and Brooklyn, with nearly two millions of in-
habitants, among whom there must be numbers who

years thereafter, St. George's Day as a holiday, in order that they might visit
the grounds decorated with flags of the two nations floating on either side of
the Cross of St. George, which was done without causing any manifestation
of dissent such as might have occurred at an earlier date.

*In 1818 an address was presented by the British residents of New York to
the Prince Regent, afterwards George the Fourth, on the occasion of the
death of the Princess Charlotte of Wales, who died in November, 1817.

are eligible for membership, so few have joined our
ranks. It must be because they have not learned
of the existence of this Society, or having learned
of it, have not understood or appreciated the good
it is doing, and if a perusal of these pages shall in-
duce some of those to join who have hitherto held
aloof, our work will not have been in vain.

In closing this sketch we desire to express our ob-
ligations to Mr. William Kilby, Assistant Librarian
of the New York Historical Society, and to Mr.
Wentworth E. Butler, of the Society Library, for
courtesies extended to us in the researches it has
been found necessary to make. Also to the New
York Evening Post for the permission to examine
its files so obligingly granted.

886.

The Centennial year of the Society was signalized
by the receipt of a letter from Mr. Edward Hill,
who had filled the office of President for the two
yearsjmmediately preceding, reading as follows :

New York, 3d February, 1886.
To Mr. E. F. Beddall, Chairman, and Gentlemen of

the St. George's Society of New York,
Gentlemen :

I have for some time had it in my mind to do

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something during my lifetime for St. George's So-
ciety. It appears to me this Centennial year pre-
sents a suitable occasion.

I purpose to present its Permanent Fund with
two thousand five hundred dollars [$2,500], and a
further sum of two thousand five hundred dollars
[$2,500], or any part thereof which may be dupli-
cated during the Society's year by members or
others.

I am. Gentlemen,

Your Obedient Servant,

Edward Hill.

An acknowledgment was at once sent to Mr. Hill,
thanking him for his most generous offer and signi-
fying the Society's hearty acceptance of it, and a
Committee, consisting of Mr. R. J. Cortis, its then
President, Messrs. E. F. Beddall, F. W. J. Hurst,
H. A. Racker, John Parsons and R. Fleming
Crooks, having been appointed to give effect thereto,
a circular was issued requesting contributions from
members, which resulted in an aggregate collection
of $10,240. Among the subscriptions will be found
one for $2,000 from Mr. Edward Blackburn, a life
member of the Society, but who had resided in
England for many years previously. The letter an-
nouncing this munificent subscription was lost by
the sinking of the ill-fated steamship " Oregon,"
but was subsequently recovered. The Committee,

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however, were Informed that the gift was made upon
the condition that the money would be paid as soon
as $8,000 in all had been received, which served to
inspire them with renewed zeal, and, more than the
necessary amount having been procured, the sub-
scription list was finally closed in December of the
same year. The following is a list of the contrib-
utors :

Edward Hill, . . - . - $2,500

Executors Edward Hill, - . - . 2,500

Edward Blackburn, . . . . 2,000

Henry W. O. Edye, - - - - 250

R. Fleming Crooks. . . . . 100

A. D. Shei'ard, - . - . . 150
Jas. M. Constable, . . . . 100
Alexander Nicoll, .... 100
Edward Perry, . . . . 100
Timothy Hogan, - ... 100
r. j. cortis, ..... 100

E. F. Beddall, ..... 100
Geo. T. Knight, .... 100

F. S. Smithers, ..... 100
C. T. Gostenhofer, .... 100
Benj. L. Brigg, . - - . . 100
George Legg, .... 100
Jas. N. Jarvie, ..... joo
Thos. B. Bowring, .... 100

B. Richardson, ..... 100
Erastus Wiman, .... loo
Thomas Garner, ..... 100
F. W. J. Hurst, .... 100
John Orpe, ...--- 100

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John T. Walker, .... loo

Thos. Maddock, ..... ^o

Alfred Fraser, .... ^o

H. A. Racker, ..... 25

Jeffrey Beavan, .... 25

John J. D. Trenor, .... i©

T. G. Shipton Green, .... 25

John Parsons, . . . . . 150

Percy Chubb, ..... 50

Geo. W. Knight, ..... 10

Edward Litchfield, .... 25

John Notman, ..... ^o

A. M. Townsend, .... 25

R, Matthew, ..... i©

J. M. Emanuel, .... i©

Edward P. Vacher, .... ^q

Fred. H. Wills, .... 10

Robert Wells, ..... 50

Robert Gordon, .... go

Jas. M. Constable, .... g©

F. C. BOWRING, . - - - - 10

G. F. Lough, ..... i©

John H. Taylor, .... i©

Chas. R. Leaycraft, .... 25

Sanderson & Son, .... 25

Herbert Barber, ..... 25

A. E. Tucker, ..... 35

H. W. Eaton, ..... 25

A. M. Townsend, .... 25

Geo. Massey, ..... 25

$10,240

It is sad to relate that Mr. Hill did not live to
learn the result of his generous offer, he having died

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August 8th, 1886. The following set of Resolu-
tions, adopted by the Executive Committee at their
next meeting after his decease, will best attest the
estimation in which he was held and the great loss
sustained by the Society through his untimely
death :

Whereas, Death has removed from amongst us,
in the midst of a busy career, our lamented asso-
ciate and friend, Mr. Edward Hill.

Whereas, Mr. Hill has been an honored and re-
spected member of this Society for upwards of
thirty years, holding the position of President, and
at the time of his death that of Treasurer.

Resolved, That by the death of Mr. Hill, this So-
ciety loses one of the most earnest workers in behalf
of its charity ; one whose influence was wide-spread
in the promotion of its object and to whose tireless
efforts in its behalf as a worker and contributor to
its funds the Society is largely indebted for its abil-
ity to cope with distress.

Resolved, That in our late associate we recognize
a man who, by sterling traits of character, has cre-
ated for himself a place in our records worthy to be
held out as a model to admire and follow.

Resolved, That this Committee, as a mark of re-
spect to the memory of our late friend, attend the
funeral in a body.

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS

OF THE

ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY

OF NEW YORK.

CORRECTED TO JANUARY, 1886.

1786. 1787.

President Goldsbrow Banyar Goldsbrow Banyar.

Vice-President Theophylact Bache Theophylact Bache.

Asst. Vice-President . .William Seton William Seton.

Sect, and Treasm-er. . .John Wilkes John Wilkes.

Stewards Thomas Barrow Thomas Barrow.

John Evers John Evers.

John Berry John Berry.

John C. Shaw John C. Shaw.

1788. 1789.

President Theophylact Bache Theophylact Bache.

Vice-President William Seton William Seton.

Asst. Vice-President . .Joshua Waddington Joshua Waddington.

Sect, and Treasurer. . .John Wilkes John Wilkes.

Stewards , . .Gerard Walton Gerard Walton.

John Berry John Berry.

John Delafield John Delafield.

Samuel Corp Samuel Corp.

John Evers.
1790. I 791.

President Theophylact Bache Theophylact Bache.

Vice-President William Seton William Seton.

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Assi. Vice-President . .Joshua Waddington Joshua Waddington.

Sect, and Treasurer . . .John Wilkes John Wilkes.

Stewards John Berry John Evers.

John Delafield Adolphus Yates.

John Evers John Dewhurst.

Adolphus Yates Frederick Philips.

1792. 1793-

President Theophylact Bache Theophylact Bache.

Vice-President John Atkinson Miles Sherbrook.

Asst. Vice-President . .Peter Kemble Frederick Philips.

Treasurer James Casey James Casey.

Secretary John Wilkes Martin S. Wilkins.

Stewards John Evers Daniel Badcock.

Adolphus Yates Robert Kemble.

John Newhurst Gilbert Morewood.

Frederick Philips John C. Shaw.

1794. 1795.

President Theophylact Bache Theophylact Bache.

Vice-President Miles Sherbrook Miles Sherbrook.

Asst. Vice-President . .Frederick Philips Frederick Philips.

Treasurer James Casey James Casey.

Secretary Martin S. Wilkins Martin S. Wilkins.

Stewards Daniel Badcock Samuel Corp.

Robert Kemble Francis Bayard Winthrop.

(jilbert Morewood Gilbert Morewood.

John C. Shaw John C. Shaw.

1796. 1797-

President Theophylact Bache Theophylact Bache.

Vice-President Miles Sherbrook Miles Sherbrook.

Asst. Vice-President . . Frederick Philips Frederick Philips.

Treasurer John Ferrers fohn F'errers.

Secretary William Bache (son of the William Bache.

President)

Stewards Samuel Corp Francis Bayard Winthrop.

Francis Bayard Winthrop., Joshua Waddington.

Gilbert Morewood William Williams.

John C. Shaw James Casey.

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Charitable Committee . .Kev . Benj. Moore, D. D..Rev. Benj. Moore, D. D.

Samuel Corp Samuel Corp.

F. B. Winthrop John Atkinson.

John Atkinson Samuel March.

William Kenyon Thomas Roberts.

John H. Tompson Absalom Bainbride.

Samuel March Bsnjamin Winthrop.

1798. 1799-

President Theophylact Bache Theophylact Bache.

Vice-President Miles Sherbrook Miles Sherbrook.

Asst. Vice-President . . Frederick Philips Frederick Philips.

Treasurer John Ferrers John Ferrers.

Secretary William Bache William Bache.

Stewards Daniel Badcock Henry White.

James Casey John Ellis.

Samuel March Aquila Giles.

William Williams Thomas Roberts.

Charitable Committee. .'Rev. Benj. Moore, D. D..Rev. Benj. Moore, D. D.

John Atkinson John Atkinson.

Thomas Roberts Thomas Roberts.

Benjamin Winthrop Benjamin Winthrop.

Aquila Giles Aquila Giles.

Joshua Waddington Joshua Waddington.

1800. 1 801.

President Miles Sherbrook Miles Sherbrook.

Vice-President Frederick Philips Frederick Philips.

Asst. Vice-President . .Joshua. Waddington .... Joshua Waddington.

Treasurer John Ferrers John Ferrers.

Sec7-etary William Bache William Bache.

Stewards Henry White Henry White.

John Ellis John Ellis.

Thomas Roberts Thomas Roberts.

Aquila Giles Aquila Giles.

Charitable Committee . .Rqw . Benj. Moore, D. D..Rev. Benj. Moore, D. D.

John Atkinson John Atkinson.

Thomas Roberts Thomas Roberts.

Benjamin Winthrop Benjamin Winthrop.

Henry Waddington Henry Waddington.

John Ellis John Ellis.

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i8o2. 1803.

President Joshua Waddington Joshua Waddiugton.

Vice-President John Wilkes John Wilkes.

Asst. Vice-President . . Samuel Corp Samuel Corp.

Treasurer John Ferrers John Ferrers.

Secretary Thomas Delves Thomas Delves.

Stewards Henry White Henry White.

Henry Waddington Henry Waddington.

John Ellis John Ellis.

John Evers - . . . .John Evers.

Ckaiitable Comtnittee . .'R'l'iho^ Benjamin Moore.. .Bishop Benjamin Moore.

John Atkinson John Atkinson.

Benjamin Winthrop Benjamin Winthrop.

Henry Waddington . . . . Henry Waddington.

John Ellis John Ellis.

Thomas Roberts Thomas Roberts.

1804. 1805.

President Joshua Waddington Joshua Waddington.

Vice-President John Wilkes John Wilkes.

Asst. Vice-President . . Samuel Corp Samuel Corp.

Treasurer John Ferrers John Ferrers.

Secretary Thomas Delves Thomas Delves.

Stewards Henry White Henry White.

John Ellis John Ellis.

John Evers John Evers.

John Waddington John Waddington.

Chatitable Committee . .Rt. Rev. Benj. Moore.D. D.Jonathan Ogden.

William Duer

William Duer Samuel Corp.

John Waddington Capt. Frederick Philips.

Benjamin Winthrop Ezra Hounsfield.

John Ellis Thomas Waddington.

Thomas Roberts Thomas Roberts.

1806. 1807.

President Joshua Waddington Joshua Waddington.

Vice-President John Wilkes John Wilkes.

Asst. Vice-President . ."^ssciw^X Corp Samuel Corp.

Treasurer John Ferrers John Ferrers.

Secretary R. S. Newby R. S. Newby.

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Stewards John Ellis William Bayard.

John Evers John Atkinson.

Samuel Anderson Samuel Anderson.

Paul R. Bache Paul R. Bache.

Charitable Committee. .Rt. Rev. Benj. Moore,D.D.Rt. Rev. Benj. Moore, D.D.

Jonathan Ogden Jonathan Ogden.

Samuel Corp Samuel Corp.

Capt. Frederick Philips. . .Capt. Frederick Philips.

Ezra Hounsfield Ezra Hounsfield.

Thomas Waddington Thomas Waddington.

1808. 1809.

President Joshua Waddington Samuel Corp.

Vice-President John Wilkes Samuel Ferguson.

Asst. Vice-President . John C. Shaw John C. Shaw.

Secretary Robert S. Newby Robert S. Newby.

Treasurer John Ferrers John Ferrers.

Stewards William Bayard William Bayard.

Thomas Proctor William Williams.

Paul R. Bache James Casey.

John Sadler Samuel March.

Chaiitable Committee. .Rt. Rev. Benj. Moore.D.D.Rt. Rev. Benj. Moore, D.D.

Jonathan Ogden Jonathan Ogden.

Samuel Corp Thomas Waddington.

Thomas Waddington Thomas Proctor.

Ezra Hounsfield Ezra Hounsfield.

Capt. Frederick Philips. . .Capt. Frederick Philips.

1810. 1811.

President Samuel Corp Samuel Corp.

Vice-President Samuel Ferguson Samuel Ferguson.

Asst. Vice-President . .John Charles Shaw John Charles Shaw.

Treasurer John Ferrers John Ferrers.

Secretary Robert S. Newby Robert S. Newby.

Stewards Thomas Proctor Thomas Proctor.

Paul Richard Bache Paul Richard Bache.

James Seton James Seton.

Charles Shaw Charles Shaw.

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Charitable Committee. John Atkinson, Jr John Atkinson, Jr.

Jonathan Ogden Jonathan Ogden.

Samuel Corp Samuel Corp.

Capt. Frederick Philips. . .Capt. Frederick Philips.

Ezra Hounsfield. Ezra Hounsfield.

Thomas Waddington Thomas Waddington.

1812. 1813-

President Samuel Corp

Vice-President John Charles Shaw

Asst. Vice-President . .Ca^^i. Frederick Philips .. .

Treasurer John Ferrers

Secretary Robert S. Newby

Stewards John Atkinson, Jr

Thomas Barrow

William Duer

Charles Wilkes

Chaiitable Committee. John Atkinson, Jr

Jonathan Ogden

Samuel Corp

Capt. Frederick Philips . . .

Ezra Hounsfield ...

Thomas Waddington

These ofi6cers evidently held over to 1816, as during the war no meet-
ings were held. On April 3d, 1815, however, John Noble was elected treasurer
and Thomas Proctor secretary.

1816. 1817.

President Jonathan Ogden Jonathan Ogden.

Vice-President John Charies Shaw Charies Wilkes.

2d Vice-President Charles Wilkes Thomas Barrow.

Treasurer John Noble John Noble.

Secretary Robert S. Newby Robert S. Newby.

Stewards W^m. Duer Wm. Duer.

Cadwal'r D. Colden Cadwal'r D. Colden

Henry Cruger Richard Harison.

James Eastbum Andrew Hamersley.

Charitable CommitUe. John Goodeve John Goodeve.

John Delafield John Delafield.

James Chesterman James Chesterman.

Dr. Joshua Fisher Dr. Joshua Fisher.

John Downes John Downes.

Richard Vose Richard Vose.

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i8i8. 1S19.

President Jonathan Ogden Jonathan Ogden.

Vice-President Charles \Yilkes Thomas Barrow.

•id Vice-President Thomas Barrow Thomas W. Moore.

Treasurer John Noble John Noble.

Secretary Cadwal'r D. Golden Cadwal'r D. Golden.

Stewards Thomas Warren Joseph Tremain.

David Wagstaff Thomas Marston, Jr.

Edward Thornton .Bernard Metcalf.

Thomas W. Moore James Sanderson.

Charitable Committee. .Thomas Sands Thomas Sands.

James Ghesterman James Ghesterman.

Dr. James Fisher Dr. James Fisher.

Daniel Oakey Daniel Oakey.

Robert Ogden Robert Ogden.

Rev. John Bristed Rev. John Bristed.

i820. 1S21.

President Jonathan Ogden Samuel Gorp.

Vice-President Samuel Gorp John Day.

2d Vice-President Thomas Barrow Daniel Oakey.

Treasurer John Noble John Noble.

Secretary Gadwal'r D. Golden Thomas Proctor.

Stewards Thomas Marston, Jr Thomas Dixon.

Gharles Wilkes Gadwal'r D. Golden.

Fanning C. Tucker Francis Tomes.

James Whitehouse James Seton.

Charitable Committee . .Rev . John Bristed Rev. John Bristed.

James Ghesterman James Ghesterman.

Dr. Joshua Fisher Dr. Joshua Fisher.

Robert Ogden Robert Ogden.

Thomas W. Moore John Okill.

John Okill T. Rutherford.

1S22. 1S23.

President Samuel Gorp Samuel Gorp.

Vice-President Daniel Oakey Daniel Oakey.

2d Vice-President Thomas W. Moore Thomas W. Moore.

Treasurer John Noble John Noble.

Secretary Thomas Proctor Thomas Proctor.

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Stewards Thomas Dixon Thomas Dixon.

James Chesterman George Chance.

Joseph Matthews Wm. Roberts.

George Chance Thos. Bowerbank, Jr.

Charitable Committee. .John Suckley ...

Chaplain Rev. G. Upfold, D.D

Physician Joshua Fisher

1824. 1825.

President Samuel Corp Thomas Dixon.

\st Vice-President Daniel Oakey Joseph F'owler.

2.d Vice-President Thomas W. Moore George Chance.

Treasurer William Roberts William Roberts.

Secretary A. S. Garr A. S. Garr.

Asst. Secretary Wm. H. Shipman Wm. H. Shipman.

Stewards Thomas Bowerbank Thomas Newbould.

G. W. Wallis Thomas Sands.

John Wheeley Samuel J. Tobias.

Thomas Newbold John S. Timmins.

Thomas Sands George W. Wallis.

Thomas Carter Wm. H. Hardy.

Chaiitable Committee. .Thomas Gibbons Robert Barnes.

Robert Barnes John Noble.

James Chesterman James Chesterman.

John Noble Luke Barker.

William Weyman William Weyman.

Com. of Accounts. . . .Benj. Armitage Daniel Oakey.

Thos. Warren John Noble.

James Blackstock Thomas Warren.

1826. 1827.

President. Thomas Dixon Thomas Dixon.

\st Vice-President George Chance George Chance.

id Vice-President Joseph Fowler Joseph Fowler.

Treasurer William Roberts James Chesterman.

Secretary Andrew S. Garr Andrew S. Garr.

Asst. Secretary Wm. H. Shipman William H. Shipman.

Stewards Thomas Warren Edward Hardy.

Geo. H. Newbold Joseph Sands.

Francis Tomes. James Blackstock.

Edward Hardy Francis Tomes.

Henry Heycock Henry Heycock.

James Blackstock William Dawson.

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Cha)itable Committee. .Rev. Dr. Wainwright Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Daniel Oakey Daniel Oakey.

John Noble John Noble.

Jas. Chesterman Wm. W. Shirley.

Robert Barnes Robert Barnes.

Com. of Accounts. . . .William Weyman William Weyman.

Thos. Newbould Thomas Newbould.

Hugh Spooner Hugh Spooner.

1828. 1829.

President Thos. Dixon Thomas Dixon.

\st Vice-President . . . .Geo. Chance George Chance.

2d Vice-President. . . .Joseph Fowler Joseph Fowler.

Treasurer Jas. Chesterman James Chesterman.

Secretary Andrew S. Garr Andrew S. Garr.

Asst. Secretary Wm. H. Shipman Wm. Dawson.

Stewards Wm. Dawson John H. Bartlett.

Thos. W. Moore Wm. Barraclough.

Hugh Spooner Samuel Butcher.

Geo. Pardow William Cairns.

Joseph Green Henry Jackson.

John H. Bartlett Edwin F. Sanderson.

Physicians Dr. Joshua Fisher Dr. Joshua Fisher.

Dr. Luke Barker Dr. Luke Barker.

Dr. Wm. H. Ireland Dr. Wm. H. Ireland.

Charitable Committee. .Rev. Dr. Wainwright Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Daniel Oakey ... . Daniel Oakey.

John Noble John Noble.

Wm. W. Shirley Robert Barnes.

Robert Barnes . . . Wm. Roberts.

Com. of Accounts Hugh Spooner Hugh Spooner.

William Lang Jas. Blackstock.

Jas. Blackstock Francis Tomes.

1830. 1831.

President Thomas Dixon Thomas Dixon.

\st Vice-President . . .Joseph Fowler Joseph Fowler.

2d Vice-President Wm. Banks Wm. Roberts.

Treasurer James Chesterman Jas. Chesterman.

Secretary William Dawson Wm. Dawson.

Asst. Secretary Hugh Spooner Joseph Sands.

I50

Stewards E. F. Sanderson Francis Tomes.

Edward Hardy Joshua Dixon.

Wm. Barraclough Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Pennell Wm. W. Shirley.

Joseph Sands E. F. Sanderson.

Henry Jackson C. H. Webb.

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Joshua Fisher Dr. Barker.

Dr. Barker Dr. Ireland.

Dr. Ireland Dr. Fisher.

Cha7-ital>U Committee. .Rev. Dr. Upfold. Rev. Dr. Upfold.

Daniel Oakey Daniel Oakey.

John Noble John Noble.

Joseph Trulock Joseph Trulock.

Samuel Corp Samuel Corp.

Com. of Accounts. . . .Wm. Cairns Wm. Cairns.

Jas. Blackstock Jas. Blackstock.

Francis Tomes P'rancis Tomes.

1832. 1833.

President Thomas Dixon Thos. Dixon.

ij^ Vice-President . . .Joseph Fowler Joseph Fowler.

2d Vice-President. . . .Andrew S. Garr Henry Jackson.

Treasurer Jas. Chesterman Jas. Chesterman.

Secretary . . , Wm. Dawson Wm. Dawson.

Asst. Secretary Joseph Sands Joseph Sands.

Stewards Heniy Wreaks Wm. Cairns.

Wm. W. Shirley James Blackstock.

Adam Ashton Wm. Barraclough.

John Mortimer, Jr Francis Tomes.

C. H. Webb E. F. Sanderson.

Joseph Tarratt Joseph Tarratt.

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Ireland.

Dr. Barker Dr. Barker.

Dr. Ireland

Charitable Committee . .Daniel Oakey Daniel Oakey.

Joseph Trulock Joseph Trulock.

Samuel Corp Francis Tomes.

George Chance Geo. Chance.

Wm. Roberts Wm. Roberts.

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Com. of Accounts Wm. Cairns Wm. Cairns.

James Blackstock James Blackstock.

Francis Tomes Edward Hardy.

1834. 1835.

President Thomas Dixon Joseph Fowler.

\st Vice-President Joseph Fowler Francis Tomes.

•id Vice-President Henry Jackson. Joseph Tarratt.

Treasurer Jas. Chesterman James Chesterman.

Secretary James Blackstock ... . James Blackstock.

Asst. Secretary Joshua Dixon J. B. EUiman.

Steioards Wm. Cairns Henry Wreaks.

Wm. Dawson Edward Hardy.

E. F. Sanderson Chas. Edwards.

Joseph Tarratt John Connah.

J. Robinson

T. Adams

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Ireland Dr. Ireland.

Dr. Barker Dr. Barker.

Dr. Wm. Roberts, Jr.
Charitable Committee. .Daniel Oakey Daniel Oakey.

F. Tomes George Newbould.

J. Trulock Josh. Trulock.

Geo. Chance Joseph Cox.

Joseph Sands J. B. Dodd.

Com. of Accounts Wm. Cairns Wm. Cairns.

Edward Hardy John Mortimer, Jr.

Henry Wreaks Henry Norris.

1836. 1837.

President Joseph Fowler Anthony Barclay.

\st Vice-President Francis Tomes John J. Bartlett.

id Vice-President . , . .Chas. Edwards Charles Edwards.

Treasurer James Chesterman James Chesterman.

Secretaries James B. Elliman James B. Elliman.

Francis Tomes, Jr Edward W. Canning.

Stewards E. W. Canning S. T. Cary.

Joseph Lowe Robert S. Buchanan.

Charles Wreaks J. C. Beales, D. D.

John B. Waistell Henry Jessop.

152

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Barker Dr. Barker.

Dr. Roberts Dr. Roberts.

Dr. Beales.

Chaplains Rev. Dr. Hawks Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Rev. M. Eastburn, D.D.
Charitable Committee . Daniel Oakey Joseph Cox.

Dr. Pennell Jos. Trulock.

Jos. Trulock Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Jos. Cox Dr. Pennell.

George Cripp Edward F. Sanderson.

Covi. of Accounts Wm. Cairns Wm. Cairns, Jr.

John Mortimer, Jr Henry Norris.

Henry Norris Moses Isaac.

183S. 1839.

President Anthony Barclay Anthony Barclay.

\st Vice-President. . . Charles Edwards George Chance.

2d Vice-President Edward W. Canning Thomas Stalker.

Treasurer Jas. Chesterman James Chesterman.

Secretary Jas. B. EUiman B. H. Downing.

Asst. Secretary Edward Frith Henry Jessop.

Stewards B. H. Downing A. W. Jee.

D. Evans B. W. Davis.

J. Blain Thomas F. Green.

Samuel Clapham James Sheward.

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Barker Dr. Roberts.

Dr. Roberts Dr. Beales.

Dr. Beales

Chaplains Rev. Dr. Hawks Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Rev. Dr. Wainwright Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Rev. Dr. Eastburn Rev. Dr. Eastburn.

Charitable Committee. .Jas. Boorman Thomas Dixon.

B. H. Downing Dr. Barker.

E. F. Sanderson Joseph Steele.

Wm. Jackson Charles Cox.

Chas. Cox W. D. Cuthbertson,

Com. of Accounts . . .Wm. Cairns Wm. Cairns.

John Mortimer, Jr John Mortimer, Jr.

Henry Norris Henry Norris.

153

1840. 1841.

President Charles Edwards Chas. Edwards.

\st Vice-President. . . E. F. Sanderson E. F. Samderson.

2d Vice-President W. D. Cuthbertson W. D. Cuthbertson.

Treasurer James Chesterman Jas. Chesterman.

Secretaries B. H. Downing B. H. Downing.

Henry Jessop Septimus Crookes.

Stewards Glover Clapham John Taylor, Jr.

George Stothard Wm. Bottomley.

John Warrin R. N. Tinson.

Alfred Waller Jos. Rhodes.

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Roberts Dr. Roberts.

Dr. Beales Dr. Beales.

Dr. Sabine.
Chaplains Rev. Dr. Hawks Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Rev. Dr. Wainwright Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Rev. Dr. Eastburn Rev. Dr. Eastburn.

Charitable Committee. . Dr. Barker Dr. Barker.

Joseph Steele Joseph Steele.

Charles Cox Edward Hardy.

Edward Hardy Geo. Stothard.

Wm. Jackson Wm. Jackson.

Com. of Accounts. . . .John Mortimer, Jr John Mortimer, Jr.

Henry Norris Henry Norris.

Samuel Clapham James B. EUiman.

1842. 1843.

President Edward F. Sanderson Joseph Fowler.

1st Vice-President W. D. Cuthbertson Robert N. Tinson.

2d Vice-President Robert N. Tinson Jolin Taylor, Jr.

Treasurer Jas. Chesterman James Chesterman.

Secretaries Septimus Crookes Charles B. EUiman.

Charles B. EUiman Henry Owen.

Stewards Henry Dixon Edmund Baldwin.

Samuel C. Shaw John K. Bradbury.

Robert Bage Henry C. Hobart.

Henry Owen James Stokes.

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Roberts Dr. Beales.

Dr. Beales Dr. Sabine.

Dr. Sabine Dr. Bradshaw.

154

Chaplains

Charitable Committee.

Com. of Accounts

President

\st Vice-President .
id Vice-President. .

Treasurer

Secretaries

Ste'wards .

Physicians.

Chaplains ,

Charitable Committee.

Com. of Accounts.

President

1st Vice-President.

.Rev. Dr. Hawks Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Rev. Dr. Wainwright Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Rev. Dr. Eastburn Rt. Rev. Bishop Eastburn.

Rev. Mr. Dowdney.
.Wm. Jackson Alfred Waller.

Alfred Waller George Stothard.

George Stothard Josh. Steele.

John Taylor, Jr John Warrin.

John Warrin John Campbell.

.John Mortimer, Jr John Mortimer, Jr.

Henry Norris Henry Norris.

J. B. Elliman James B. EUiman.

1844. 1845.

.W. D. Cuthbertson W. D. Cuthbertson.

.John Taylor, Jr Henry Jessop.

.Henry Jessop Septimus Crookes.

. Robert Bage Robert Bage.

.Henry Owen Henry Owen.

Joseph Rhodes James Sheward.

.Septimus Crookes James R. Walter.

Joseph Harvey Edward Walker.

James Owen Frederick Diaper.

Richard Clark William Hindhaugh.

Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

. Dr. Beales Dr. Beales.

Dr. Sabine Dr. Sabine.

Dr. Bradshaw Dr. Bradshaw.

.Rev. Dr. Wainwright. ...Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Rev. John Dowdney Rev. John Dowdney.

.John Campbell William Jackson.

Thomas Warrin Jos. Rhodes.

Edward Walker Edward W^alker.

James R. Walker Alfred Waller.

James Sheward Edmund Baldwin.

.John Mortimer, Jr Robert N. Tinson.

James B. Elliman Benjamin H. Downing.

E. W. Hoskins John K. Bradbury.

1846. 1847.

.Joseph Fowler John S. Bartlett, M. D.

. Dr. Bartlett James Stokes.

155

2d Vice-President.

Treasurer

Secretaries

Stewards

Physicians.

James R. Walter. . Frederick Diaper.

. Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Henry Owen Rev. Moses Marcus.

Thomas Reynolds Thomas Reynolds.

, Henry Brind Thomas Warner.

George Loder Dr. Bradshaw.

Matthew Mottram. Joseph H. Ash.

Charles Lowther George Johnson.

Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Beales Dr. Beales.

Dr. Sabine Dr. Sabine.

Dr. Bradshaw Dr. Bradshaw.

Dr. F. H. Jackson Dr. F. H. Jackson.

Rev. Dr. Wainwright Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Rev. Jno. Dowdney, M.A.Rev. Jno. Dowdney, M. A.
Rev. Moses Marcus, D.D.Rev. Moses Marcus, D. D.

Charitable Committee. .Edmund Baldwin Edmund Baldwin.

Edward Walker Edward Walker,

William Hindhaugh WiUiam Hindhaugh.

George Shaw George Shaw.

B. H. Downing B. H. Downing.

Robert N. Tinson R. N. Tinson.

Alfred Waller Alfred Waller.

J. K. Bradbury Charles Clifton.

Chaplains

Com. of Acc'ts . . .

• President

1st Vice-President,
id Vice-President.

Treasmer

Secretaries

Stewards ,

Physicians

1848. 1849.

.Edward F. Sanderson J. C. Beales, M. D.

.John C. Beales J. Leander Starr.

.John Leander Starr William Young.

.Robert Bage Robert Bage.

.Rev. Moses Marcus Edward Walker.

Edward Walker John T. Walker.

.Thomas Knock John C. Wells.

John T. Walker G. B. Brown.

William J. Heather Henry Jessop.

Robert Martin Thomas Knock.

.Dr. Richard Pennell Dr. R. Pennell.

Dr. J. C. Beales Dr. J. C. Beales.

Dr. G. A. Sabine Dr. G. A. Sabine.

Dr. Robert Bradshaw Dr. Barker.

Dr. Francis H. Jackson. . .Dr. Bradshaw.
Dr. Francis.
Dr. Jackson,

156

Chaplains Rev. Dr. Wainwright. . . .Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Rev. Moses Marcus, D.D.Rev. Jesse Pound.

Rev. Jesse Pound

Charitable Committee. .Edmund Baldwin Charles Lowther.

George Shaw G. Shaw.

Charles Pitt C. B. Elliman.

Edward F. Richardson . . .Charles Pitt.

B. H. Downing Thomas M. Sother.

Com. of Acc'ts Thomas Dixon Thomas Dixon.

R. N. Tinson Charles Clifton.

Charles Clifton R. N. Tinson.

British Protective Emigrant Board for 1849.

Thomas Dixon Anthony Barclay.

Richard Bell W. D. Cuthbertson.

John Connah Septimus Crookes.

Richard Irvin Henry Jessop.

Matthew Rudsdale Thomas Knock.

G. W. Taylor B. H. Downing.

1850. 1851.

President J. C. Beales, M. D J. C. Beales, M. D.

1st Vice-President William Young William Young.

2d Vice-President Charles Pitt Charles Pitt.

Treasurer Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Secretaries Edward Walker Edward Walker.

J.T.Walker J.T.Walker.

SUwards A. Waller Robert Bage.

Dr. Bradshaw Joseph Kershaw.

T. C. Wells C. C. Harvey.

J. T. Walker Robert Waller.

Physicians Dr. Richard Pennell. . . . Dr. R. Pennell.

Dr. J. C. Beales Dr. J. C. Beales.

Dr. G. A. Sabine Dr. G. A. Sabine.

Dr. J. W. Bradshaw Dr. Joseph Bradshaw.

Dr. F. H. Jackson Dr. F. H. Jackson.

Chaplains Rev. Dr. Wainwright Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D.Rev. F. Vinton, D. D.

157

Charitable Committee. .Charles Pitt C. Pitt,

C. B. Elliman C. B. Elliman.

Charles Lowther R. Bunch,

Robert Bunch J. C. Wells.

Z, Waller Z, Waller,

Joseph C. Wells C. C. Harvey.

Thomas M, Sother.
Com. of Acc'ts Edward F, Sanderson E, F. Sanderson.

R. N. Tinson R. N. Tinson.

Charles Clifton Charles Clifton.

British Protective A. Barclay A. Barclay.

Emigrant Board. . . R. N. Tinson W. D. Cuthbertson.

W. D. Cuthbertson Dr. J. S. Bartlett.

C. B. Elliman Thomas Knock.

Robert Bage H. De B. Routh,

Edward Walker C, B. Elliman.

Richard Bell Richard Irvin.

Richard Irvin Richard Bell.

John Connah William Brand.

E. W, Canning Benjamin F, Dawson,

G. W. Taylor David Ogden.

W. C, Pickersgill Thomas Stalker.

Superintendent. ., Charles H. Webb,

1852,

1853-

President J. C. Beales, M. D J. C. Beales, M. D.

\st Vice-President. . . .William Young William Young.

-zd Vice-President Charles Pitt Charles Pitt.

Treasurer Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Secretaries Joseph C, Wells Joseph C. Wells.

John T. Walker Edward F, Ward,

Stewards R. Bunch James E, Walker,

Holbert Smales E, F, Ward,

C, C. Harvey T. Tempest.

Dr. Arnold Alfred Large.

R. Lethbridge.
T, M, Sother,

158

Physicians.

Chaplains

.Richard Pennell, M. D....R. Pennell, M. D.

J. C. Beales, M. D J. C. Beales, M. D.

G. A. Sabine, M. D Joseph Bradshaw, M. D,

R. H. Jackson, M. D Edmund Arnold, M. D.

Otto Rotton, M. D Otto Rotton, M. D.

Jos. Bradshaw, M. D

Ed. Arnold, M. D

.Rt. Rev. Dr. Wainwright,Rt. Rev. Dr. Wainwright.

Provisional Bishop of New York.
Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D.Rev. F. Vinton, D. D.
Rev. Dr. Neville.

Charitable Committee. . R. Bunch Charles Pitt.

Charles Pitt Robert Bunch.

C. C. Harvey Thomas Tempest.

Dr. Bartlett John S. Bartlett.

Charles B. Elliman Robert Waller.

William Thomas Charles B. Elliman.

Thomas M. Sother Thomas M. Sother.

,E. F. Sanderson Edward Walker.

C. Clifton Robert Waller.

R. N. Tinson C. Clifton.

Anthony Barclay A. Barclay.

.C. B. Elliman E. F. Ward.

J. S. Bartlett Robert Bunch.

Adam Norrie Alfred Large.

David Ogden Charles Edwards.

Benjamin F. Dawson M. B. Burnett.

W. D. Cuthbertson Richard Bell.

Robert Bunch Adam Norrie.

Thomas Knock W. D. Cuthbertson.

Richard Bell J. R. Morewood.

James W. Cameron David Ogden.

Edward W. Canning C. B. Elliman.

Superintendent Charles H. Webb Charles H. Webb.

1854. 1855.

President William Young William Young.

\st Vice-President Joseph W. Bradshaw, M.D.Joseph W. Bradshaw, M.D.

id Vice-President Thomas Knock Thomas Knock.

Treasurer Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Com. of Acc'ts.

British Protective
Emigrant Board.

159

Secretaries Edward F. Ward Edward F. Ward.

Mitford B. Burnett Mitford B. Burnett.

Stewards Mitford B. Burnett Henry Eyre.

C. G. Hook Robert Leech.

Francis Rider John C. Loch.

George Bulpin J. R. Crookes.

Charles Christmas.
Job Roberts.
Physicians Richard Pennell, M. D. . . . Richard Pennell, M. D.

John C. Beales, M. D. . . John C. Beales, M. D.

Joseph W. Bradshaw, M.D.Joseph W. Bradshaw.M.D.

Edmund Arnold, M. D. . .Edmund Arnold, M. D.

Otto Rotton, M. D Otto Rotton, M. D.

Chaplains Rt. Rev. Dr. Wainwright. Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Rev. Edm, Neville, D.D..Rev. Dr. Neville.
Chaii table Committee. .Charles Pitt Charles Pitt.

Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Thomas Tempest Henry Eyre.

Henry Eyre Robert Leech.

Robert Leech George S. Rainsford.

George S. Rainsford George Schedel.

Thomas M. Sother T. M. Sother.

Com. of Ace' is Edward Walker Charles Clifton.

Robert Waller Edward Walker.

Charles Clifton Robert Waller.

1856. 1857.

President Joseph Fowler Septimus Crookes.

1st Vice-President. . . . Henry Eyre Henry Eyre.

2d Vice-President . . . .Henry Owen Joseph C. Wells.

Treasurer Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Secretaries Mitford B. Burnett M. B. Burnett.

John C. Loch William M. Smith.

Stewards Charles Cooper J. S. Milford.

R. Bainbridge Arthur Kendall.

J. Stanley Milford Joseph E. Walker.

William M. Smith

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Beales Dr. Beales.

Dr. Bradshaw Dr. Bradshaw.

Dr. Rotton (Brooklyn) Dr. Rotton.

Dr. Charles M. Cooper.

i6o

Chaplains Rev. Dr. Hawks Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Rev. Dr. Neville

Charitable Committee. . Robert Waller Robert Waller.

C. B. EUiman C. B. Elliman.

G. S. Rainsford E. F. Ward.

E. F. Ward George L. Rainsford.

Dr. Rotton (Brooklyn) C. H. Webb (Brooklyn).

Com. of Acc'ts Charles Clifton Charles Clifton.

Edward Walker Edward Walker.

Robert Waller Robert Waller.

1858. 1859.

President John C. Beales, M. D John C. Beales, M. D.

1st Vice-President Edward F. Ward Edward F. Ward.

id Vice President Edward Walker Edward Walker.

Treasurer Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Secretaries Henry E. Pellew Henry E. Pellew.

W. P. Talboys Philip Pritchard.

Stewards Henry E. Pellew Thomas M. Braine.

Joseph E. Walker J. H. Prout.

George M. Knevitt James Napier.

W. P. Talboys Philip Pritchard.

Physicians Dr. Pennell Dr. Pennell.

Dr. Beales Dr. Beales.

Dr. Bradshaw Dr. Bradshaw.

Dr. Rotton Dr. Cooper.

Dr. Charles H. Cooper Dr. Rotton.

Chaplains Rev. Dr. Hawks Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Rev. George C. Pennell . . .Rev. Geo. C. Pennell.
Chaiitable Committee . .Edward F. Ward Robert Waller ~]

Charles B. Elliman Philip Pritchard \ j\t y yi.

George S. Rainsford Thos. M. Braine V

Arthur Kendall E.M. NewbouldJ

Chas. H. Webb (Brooklyn)Jno. T. Walker i

G. M. Knevitt >• Brooklyn
James Napier )
Com. of Acc'ts Charles Clifton Charles Clifton.

Robert Waller John T. Walker.

John T. Walker Robert Waller.

i6i

i860.

1861.

President

1st Vice-President.
2d Vice-President..

Treasurer

Secretaries

Stewards

Physicians

Chaplains

John C. Beales, M. D Henry Eyre.

Edward F. Ward Edward Walker.

Edward Walker Philip Pritchard.

Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Philip Pritchard R. J. Cortis.

R. J. Cortis T. M. Braine.

J. Moulson, Jr C. W. Frederickson.

T. M. Braine J. N. B. Middleton.

R. J. Cortis

C. W. Fredrickson
Dr. Pennell
Dr. Beales
Dr. Cooper
Dr. Rotton
Dr. Cansdell

J. M. Vickers.
E. T. Christiansen.
Dr. Pennell )
New YorkI Dr. Beales \ New York.
Dr. Cooper )
Dr. Otto Rotton, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn.

Charitable Committee.

Com. of Accts.

Delegates to Board of
Dep. of Benev. and
Emig't Soc ,

Rev. George C. Pennell. . .Rev. Dr. Hawks.

Rev. Dr. Hawks Rev. G. C. Pennell.

Rev. Dr. Vinton Rev. Dr. Vinton.

.Robert Waller
Philip Pritchard
Thos. M. Braime
Rev.G. C. Pennell
Jno. T. Walker \

James Napier > Brooklynjames Napier V Brooklyn
G. M. Knevitt ) S. S. J. Frith )

.Charles Clifton Charles Clifton.

Charles B. EUiman Charles B. Elliman

Joseph C. Wells Arthur Kendall.

Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Philip Pritchard Philip Pritchard.

Robert Waller ]
Nezv Philip Pritchard 1
York. Thos. M. Braine f

Thos. F. Frank J

New
York.

Jno T.Walker \

President.

\st Vice-President. . .
2/ Vice-President ....

Treasurer

Secretaries

Stewards .

1862. 1863.

Henry Eyre Henry Eyre.

Edward Walker Edward Walker.

Philip Pritchard Philip Pritchard.

Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Richard J. Cortis Thos. M. Braine.

Thomas M. Braine John Cook.

Edward Baker Daniel Goodwin.

John M. Webb Orville Oddie.

Daniel Goodwin John M. Webb.

Orville Oddie Charles Vinton.

102

Physicians Jno. C. Beaks, M. D Jno. C. Beales, M. D.

Chas. W. Cooper, M. D...Chas. W. Cooper, M. D.

Otto Rotton, M. D Otto Rotton, M. D.

Inglis Lough, M. D.

Clmplaitis Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D.Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D.

Rev. Fran. I. Hawks,D. D.Rev. A. S. Leonard, D. D.
Charitable Cominittee..^o\,&x\.^2\\^x \ Robert Waller ]

Thos. Field Frank | New Thos. Field Frank I New
Edw. W. Canning f York. Edw. W. Canning f York.
John R. Griffith J John R. Griffith J

John T. Walker ) John T. Walker \

Cbas. Paulson \ JBrookfynChas. Paulson V Brooklyn.
Edward Hill S Edward Hill )

Com. of Acc'ts Charles Clifton Charles Clifton.

Charles B. EUiman Chas. B. Elliman.

Arthur Kendall Arthur Kendall.

Delegates to Board of

Dep. of Benev. and Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Efnig't Com Philip Pritchard Philip Pritchard.

1864. 1865.

President Henry Eyre Henry Eyre.

\st Vice-President Edward Walker Edward Walker.

2/ Vice-President Thomas D. Middleton Henry de Beauvoir Routh.

Treasurer Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Secretaries Thomas M. Braine Thomas M. Braine.

William T. Smith Wm. T. Smith.

Stewards William T. Smith Charles H. Webb.

Orville Oddie Orville Oddie.

William A. Virtue James B. Hodgskin.

Joseph N. Harvey George Wade.

Physicians |. C. Beales, M.D ) ^ Jno.C.Beales.M.D \ ^^

^ C.W.Cooper,M.D \ (T'J S, R. Percy, M. D \ ^fj^^

H.J.Phillips. M.D ) ^'''^^•H. J.Phillips.M.Di ^'''^*-
Otto Rotlon,M.D. BrooklynOiio KoiionM-'D. Brooklyn ^

Chaplains Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D. Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D,

Rev. A. S. Leonard, D. D.Rev. A. S. Leonard, D. D.
Charitable Committee.. RohQn^zWeY ] Robert Waller ]

Thos. Field Frank I A^ew Thos. Field Frank I New
Edw. W. Canning | York. Edw. W. Canning t York.
John R. Griffith J John R. Griffith J

John T. Walker ) John T. Walker

Charles Paulson >■ BrooklynCha.rles Paulson J- Brooklyn
Edward Hill ) Edward Hill

163

Com. of Ace' is Charles Clifton Charles Clifton.

Charles B. Elliman Charles B. Elliman.

Arthur Kendall Arthur Kendall.

Delegates to Board of Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Dep. of Benev. and Richard J. Cortis Richard J. Cortis.

Eniigt Soc

1866. 1867.

President Henry Eyre Edw. M. Archibald, C. B.

ist Vice-President . . .Henry De Beauvoir Routh. Henry De Beauvoir Routh.

2,d Vice-President John T. Walker John T. Walker.

Treasurer Robert Bage Robert Bage.

Secretaries Thomas M. Braine Thomas M. Braine.

William T. Smith F. W. J. Hurst.

Stewards Charles H. Webb Thomas D. Middleton.

James B. Hodgskin John R. Griffith.

George Wade John Hobbs.

F. W. J. Hurst.
Physicians J. C. Beales, M.D. ) ^^^,^, J. C. Bedes, M.D ) New

S. R. Percy, M.D. \ ^^^ H. Railton, M. D \ York.

H. Railton, M.D. ) ^''''^•

Otto Rotton,M.D.j5n?oi/j/«Otto '9.ot\.on,'M..'D .Brooklyn
Chaplains ... Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D.Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D.

Rev. A. S. Leonard, D. D.Rev. Alfred Stubbs, D. D.
Rev. Edward W. Syle.
Charitable Committee.. '9.6btri'SNsi\\&v ^ Robert Waller ]

Thos. Field Frank I New Thos. Field Frank ( Avw

Edw. W. Canning f York.'Edvi. W. Canning ( York.

John R. Griffith J John R. Griffith J

Chas. Paulson ) Charles Paulson ]

Edward Hill >- Brooklyn. Edward Hill I Brooklyn

R. J. Cortis ) Richard J. Cortis J

Com. of Accts Charles Clifton Charles Clifton.

Charles B. Elliman Chas. B. Elliman.

Arthur Kendall Arthur Kendall.

Delegates to Board of

Dep. of Betiev. and Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Emig't Soc Richard J. Cortis Richard J. Cortis.

1868, 1869.

President Edward M. Archibald, C.B. Edw. M. Archibald, C. B.

1st Vice-President John R. Griffith John G. Dale.

2d Vice-President John Hobbs John Hobbs.

164

Treasurer Robert Bage Robert Bage,

Secretaries Thomas M, Braine Thomas M. Braine.

Solomon J. Jones Solomon J. Jones.

Stewards Morris H. Henry, M. D . .

J. Milner Vickers

Solomon J. Jones

Physicians John C. Beales, M. D John C. Beales, M. D.

Morris H. Henry, M. D.. Morris H. Henry, M. D.

Otto Rotton, M. D

Chaplains Rev. Francis Vinton,D. D.Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D.

Rev. Franklin Babbitt . . . Rev. Franklin Babbitt.
Charitable Committee. .Thos. Field Frank] Edward Walker, Ch. Ex.

Edw. W. Canning ( AVti- Robert Mackie. [Com.

Chas. B. EUiman [ F^r/^. Edward Hill.

F. W. J. Hurst J Charles Paulson.

Edward Hill ) Aymar Cater.

Rich. J. Cortis \ Brooklyn.Y . W. J. Hurst.

W.C.Mumford ) Arthur Kendall.

Com. of Acc'ts Charles Clifton Charles Clifton.

Arthur Kendall Thos. Field Frank.

J. Milner Vickers Edward W. Canning.

Delegates to Board of

Dep. of Benev. and Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Emig. Sac Richard J. Cortis. Richard J. Cortis.

Almonee Rev. Frederick Sill

1870. 1871.

Presidettt Edward M. Archibald, C.B.John G. Dale.

Vice-Presidents John G. Dale Thomas D. Middleton,

F. W. J. Hurst F. W. J. Hurst.

Treasurer Robert Bage John Hobbs.

Secretaries Thomas M. Braine Thomas M. Braine.

Peter Jones Peter Jones.

Executive Committee . .Edward Walker Robert Mackie, Ch.

James Coopley Edward Walker.

Aymar Cater J. Sefton Brancker.

Wm. C. Mumford Charles T. Gostenhofer.

Robert Mackie Wm. C. Mumford.

Wm. B. Bowring Edward Phillips.

John Hobbs James Curphey.

Com. of Acc'ts Charles Clifton Robert Waller.

Robert Waller Thomas F. Frank.

Thomas Field Frank R. J. Godwin,

i65

Physicians John C. Beales, M. D J. C. Beales, M. D.

Morris H. Henry, M. D.. Lewis P. Walton, M. D.

Otto Rotton, M. D Charles F. Young, M. D.

Chaplains Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D.Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D.

Rev. Franklin Babbitt Rev. Franklin Babbitt.

Delegates to Board of Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Deputies, etc Richard J. Cortis Richard J. Cortis.

1872.

President

Vice-Presidents

Treasurer. .
Secretaries

.John G. Dale

.F. W. J. Hurst

Charles T. Gostenhofer.
.John Hobbs

Executive Committee .

Com. of Acc'ts. . . .
Physicians

Chaplains

Delegates to Board of
Deputies, etc ,

President

Vice-Presidents .

Treasurer .
Secretaries

1873.

.John G. Dale.

.F. W. J. Hurst.

.Charles T. Gostenhofer.

• John Hobbs.

• Thomas M. Braine Thomas M. Braine.

Peter Jones Peter Jones.

.Robert Waller, Chair Robert Waller, Ch.

James Curphey Thomas B. Bowring.

Edward Dobell James Curphey.

Ernest Chaplin Edward Phillips.

Edward Phillips George F. Pim.

Joseph Hyde Sparks Joseph Hyde Sparks.

Charles Vinton Charles Vinton.

.Thomas F. Frank Thomas Field Frank.

Richard J. Godwin R. J. Godwin.

E. Brenton Archibald E. Brenton Archibald.

John C. Beales, M. D John C. Beales, M. D.

Lewis P. Walton, M. D. . .Lewis P. Walton, M. D.
Charles F. Young, M. D. .Charles F. Young, M. D.
Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D.Rev. Franklin Babbitt.

Rev. Franklin Babbitt Rev. Frederick Sill.

Robert Waller Robert Waller.

.Richard J. Cortis Richard J. Cortis.

1874. 1875.

. Henry E. Pellew Henery E. Pellew.

.Edward Hill Edward Hill.

Briton Richardson Briton Richardson.

.R. J. Cortis R. J. Cortis.

. Peter Jones Peter Jones.

H. G. M. Linton H. G. M. Linton.

1 66

Executive Committee. .Robert Waller, Ch Robert Waller, Ch.

James Curphey R. D. Perry.

Charles T. Gostenhofer Hen. H. Romilly.

John G. Dale John G. Dale.

John Moulson John Moulson.

Edward W. Mascord Edward W. Mascord.

I. Collin Vincent I. Collin Vincent.

Com. of Ace is R.J. Godwin R. J. Godwin.

E. Brenton Archibald E. Brenton Archibald.

Thomas M. Braine John Orpe.

Physicians John C. Beales, M. D John C. Beales, M. D.

Lewis P. Walton, M. D. . .Lewis P. Walton, M. D.

Charles F. Young, M. D. .Charles F. Young, M. D.
CJiaplains Rev. Franklin Babbitt Rev. Franklin Babbitt.

Rev. F. Sill Rev. J. H. Rylance, D. D.

Delegates to Board of Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Deputies, etc Richard J. Cortis Richard J. Cortis.

1876. 1877.

President Henry E. Pellew Henry E. Pellew.

Vice-Presidents Edward Hill Briton Richardson.

Briton Richardson John Moulson.

Treasurer John G. Dale John G. Dale.

Secretaries Henry Romilly Henry Romilly.

Maynard C. Eyre A. E. Tucker.

Executive Committee. .Robert Waller, Ch Robert Waller, Ch.

R. D. Perry Edward Hill.

John Moulson R. J. Godwin.

Edward W. Mascord R. D. Perry.

J. Collin Vincent S. Dally.

Richard J. Godwin C. F. Wreaks.

Thomas E. Evans E. Brenton Archibald.

Com. of Acc'ts E. Brenton Archibald. . . .John Orpe.

John Orpe Thos. W. Weathered.

Thomas W. Weathered. . .J. Collin Vincent.
Physicians John C. Beales, M. D- . . - J. C. Beales, M. D.

Lewis P. Walton, M. D.. .Lewis P. Walton, M. D.

Charles T. Young, M. D .C. T. Young, M. D.
Chaplains Rev. Franklin Babbitt Rev. F. Babbitt.

Rev. Jos. H. Rylance, D.D.Rev. Jos. H. Rylance, D.D.
Rev. F. Courtney.

Delegates to Board of Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Deputies, etc Richard J, Cortis R.J. Cortis.

:67

1878. 1879.

President Briton Richardson Briton Richardson.

Vice-Presidents John Carey, Jr John Carey, Jr.

Thomas E. Jevons Thomas E. Jevons.

Treasurer John G. Dale John G. Dale.

Secretaries .

,W. Wilton Phipps Alex. E. Tucker.

A. E. Tucker Samuel Lee.

Executive Committee..^. D. Perry, Ch R. D. Perry, Ch.

Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Edward Hill E. Brenton Archibald.

Henry E. Pellew Henry Romilly.

Henry Romilly Charles F. Wreaks.

John Moulson W. W. Phipps.

F. Brenton Archibald G. Bentham Rae.

Henry Eyre "|

E. M. Archibald^ j.£x.O#-

Henry E. Pellew J

.F. C. Gostenhofer F. C. Gostenhofer.

C. F. Wreaks Berkeley Mostyn.

J. Collin Vincent James E. Pulsford.

.J. C. Beales, M. D Lewis P. Walton, M. D.

Lewis P. Walton, M. D. . .Ben. F. Dawson, M. D.
.Rev. Jos. H.Rylance,D.D.Rev. Jos. H. Rylance,D.D.

Rev, F. Courtney Rev. F. Courtney.

Delegates to Board of Robert Waller

Deputies, etc Richard J. Cortis

Com. of Acc'ts.

Physicians
Chaplains. .

President

Vice-Presiden ts

Treasurer
Secrctai ies

1880. 1881.

... F. W. J. Hurst F. W. J. Hurst.

....Edward Hill Edward Hill.

Thomas E. Jevons Richard J. Cortis.

John G. Dale John G. Dale.

Alex. E. Tucker Alex. E. Tucker.

F. G. Richardson F. G. Richardson.

Executive Committee . .Robert Waller, Ch Robert Waller, Ch.

Samuel Dally Samuel Dally.

Chas. F. Wreaks Charles F. Wreaks.

G. Bentham Rae Berkeley Mostyn.

W. W. Phipps Edward Mascord.

Berkeley Mostyn E. F. Beddall.

Edward W. Mascord John R.Waller.

i68

Henry Eyre ^ Henry Eyre ^

E. M. Archibald, E. M. Archibald, |

C. B. \ Ex. Off C. B. \Ex.Off.

Henry E. Pellew I Henry E. Pellew I

B. Richardson J B. Richardson J

Com. of Acc'ts F. C. Gostenhofer F. C. Gostenhofer.

J. G. Harper J. G. Harper.

Richard Sanderson Wm. Lindsay Blatch.

Physicians Lewis P. Walton, M. D. . . Lewis P. Walton, M. D.

Benjamin F. Dawson, M.D.Benjamin F. Dawson, M.D.
Chaplains Rev. Jos. H.Rylance D.D.Rev. Jos. H. Rylance, D.D.

Rev. F. Courtney Rev. A. G. Mortimer.

Delegates to Board of

Dep. of Benev. atid Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Emig't Soc Richard J. Cortis Richard J. Cortis.

1882. 1883.

President F. W. J. Hurst Edward Hill.

Vice-Presidents Edward Hill . . . .R. J. Cortis.

Richard J. Cortis Robert Waller.

Treasurer John G. Dale John G. Dale.

Secretaries Alex. E. Tucker Berkeley Mostyn.

E. G. Richardson Percy Chubb.

Executive Committee . .'^ob^r\. Waller, Ch E. F. Beddell, Ch.

Charles F. Wreaks Charles F. Wreaks.

Berkeley Mostyn John Moulson.

H. A. Packer H. A. Racker.

John Moulson Alex. E. Tucker.

Henry W. O. Edye Henry W. O. Edye.

Edward F. Beddall Herbert Barber.

Henry Eyre 1 Sir E.M.Archibald ^

E. M. Archibald, I C.B.G.K.C.M.G

C. B f Ex. (9/Henry E. Pellew \ Ex. Off

Henry E. Pe'lew I B. Richardson I

B. Richardson J F. W. J. Hurst J

Com. of Acc'ts F. C. Gostenhofer F. C. Gostenhofer.

Edward W. Mascord Edward W. Mascord.

Wm. Lindsay Blatch Charles S. Bonnor.

Physicians Lewis P. Walton, M. D. . .Lewis P. Walton, M. D.

Benjamin F. Dawson, M.D. Benj. F. Dawson, M. D.
Chaplain Rev. A. G. Mortimer Rev. D. P. Morgan.

169

Delegates to Board of

Dep. of Benev. and Robert Waller . .
Emig't Soc Richard J. Corti;

1884.

, Robert Waller.
Richard J. Cortis.

1885.

President

Vice-Presidents,

.Edward Hill Richard J. Cortis.

. Richard J. Cortis Edward F. Beddall, Ch.

Robert Waller Berkeley Mostyn.

Treasurer F. W. J. Hurst Edward Hill.

Secretaries Berkeley Mostyn Percy Chubb.

Percy Chubb Oliver Adams.

Executive Committee. .E. F. Beddall, Ch H. A. Racker.

Charles F. Wreaks .Henry W. O. Edye.

Henry W. O. Edye Herbert Barber.

John Moulson John Parsons.

Alex. E. Tucker H. O. Northcote.

H. A. Racker Thos. B. Bowring.

Herbert Barber.
SirE. M.Archibald"]
C.B.K.C.M.G. ■

,A. M. Townsend.

Ex.

Henry E.Pellew]

B. Richa.dsoT }Ex. Off.

F. W. J. Hurst J

F. C. Gostenhofer.

Henry E. Pellew f

B. Richardson J
Com. of Acc'ts F. C. Gostenhofer. .

F. S. Smithers Charles S. Bonnor.

Charles S. Bonnor F. S. Smithers.

Physicians Lewis P. Walton, M. D. . . Lewis P. Walton, M. D

Benjamin F. Dawson, M.D.Benj. F. Dawson, M. D
Chaplains Rev. D. P. Morgan Rev. D. P. Morgan.

Rev. B. F. DeCosta Rev. B. F. DeCosta.

Delegates to Board of Robert Waller Robert Waller.

Deputies, etc Richard J. Cortis Richard J. Cortis.

1886.

President

Vice-Presidents,

Treasurer .
Secretaries .

.R. J. Cortis

.H. W. O. Edye ,

Berkeley Mostyn.

.Edward Hill

.Jeffrey Bevan. . .

Oliver Adams. . . ,

170

Executive Committee . .Y,. F. Beddall, Ch

H. A. Racker

Herbert Barber

R. Fleming Crooks. . .

John Parsons

Thomas B. Bowring. .

John Orpe

Com. of Acc'ts Henry Hague

James Francis

R. M. Waters

Physicians Rev. D. P. Morgan. .

Rev. B. F. DeCosta. .
Chaplains B. F. Dawson, M. D . .

J. W. Dowling, M. D.

Delegates to Board of Robert Waller

Deputies, etc Richard J. Cortis

Facsimile of present Certificate of Membership.

NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE

ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY

OF NEW YORK,
WITH THE DATES OF THEIR ADMISSION.

CORRECTED TO JANUARY, 1886.

A.

1786.

Allingham, Charles.

1851.

Anderson, W. 0.

"

Appleby, George.

"

Arnold, E. M. D.

"

Anderson, Samuel.

1857.

Archibald, E. M. C. B.,

Atkinson, Francis.

L. M., 1865.

1788.

Atkinson, John.

1858.

Adams, James.

1790.

Ashley, Johti.

"

Ashtnore, Sidney.

1793.

Abrams, Josiah.

i860.

Aylwin, Horace.

i8or.

Apthorp, Col.

1861.

Ameiy, William.

1809.

A r milage, Benjamin.

1863.

Adams, Wm. Edwin, L. M.

"

Atkinson, John, Jr.

1874.

1815.

Atkinson, George H.

1865.

Alderton, Charles.

1816.

Atkinson, William H.

1866.

Arnold, Aaron, L. M. 1866.

"

Ashton, Robert.

1869.

Archibald, E. Br en ton.

1817.

Anderson, John A.

1870.

Ashworth, C.

A rmstrong, William .

H. R. H. Prince Ar--

1818.

Adcock, H. W.

thur William Pat- 1

"

Allport, James.

rick Albert. K. G. [ ^- ^

1822.

As tor, George.

K. F. K. P.

182S.

Ashton, Adam.

1873.

Aspinwall, Thomas.

1829.

Adams, George.

1874.

Arkill, James.

1830.

Atkinson, George, Hon. M.

1876.

Adams, Oliver.

1836

Anstice, Moses.

1879.

Arnold, Richard, L. M., 1879.

1846.

Ash, I. H.

1880.

Allen, George €., L. M.

1848.

Austin, Thomas.

Allen, Philip.

Arrows-worth, L. V. D.

"

Alexandre, J. E., L. M., 1880.

"

Allcock, R. E.

1884.

Angel, F. M.

1850.

Arthur, John.

"

Allen, T. H., M. D.

172

1786.

Banyar, Goldsboro.

1816.

Barraclough, William.

Bache, Theophylact.

1817.

Beverley, John.

"

Berry, John.

"

Bazalgette, Datiiel.

"

Barron, Thomas,

1818.

Bingley, George.

1787.

Bayley, Richard.

1819.

Booi-man, Robert.

Badcock, Daniel.

1822.

Blackstock, James.

1788.

Brownjohn, Samuel.

"

Barker, I., M. D.,L. M. 1 832.

1789.

Beck ley, John.

1823.

Bliss, Theodore E.

I790.

Bullock, Richard.

1824.

Bartlett, John S., M. D.

Bond, Phineas.

"

Barber, Alfred.

I79I.

Bache, Paul R.

"

Barclay, Thos., Cap., H. M.

Bayard, William.

"

Butcher, Samuel.

"

Bullock, Thomas.

1825.

B7vadbent, Abraham.

1792.

Bushnell, Thomas.

1826.

Banks, William, L. M., 1830.

Barry, John, Jr.

Bryan, Thomas.

1793.

Bellamy, Samuel.

1827.

Barnett, Thomas.

Bainbridge, Absalom.

1828.

Bent, Buckley.

"

Bache, Andrew.

1829.

Bryan, William.

1794-

Bache, William.

"

Boocock,J. A.

1799.

Black, John.

1831.

Bissell, Peter.

I Boo.

Broom, William.

"

^cggof^ Joseph.

iSoi.

Bird, Robert.

"

Bage, Robert, L. M., 1865.

1803.

Brooks, Thomas.

"

Bent, W.

1804.

Barfe, Thomas.

"

Blain, Joseph, L. M.. 1832.

1806.

Brown, William.

1833.

Bi-own,John B.

1809.

Barfe, Robert.

1835.

Bottomley, James, Jr.

Bach, Robert.

Boorman, James, L. M., 1865.

"

Barney, James.

"

Brock, John.

1810.

Rristed, John.

"

Barclay, Anthony, L. M., 1835,

"

Boorman, James.

"

Beales , John C, M. D., L. M.,

"

Baylehole, Charles.

1835.

"

Bowerbank, T/wmas.

Buchanan, Rob. S.

1811.

Barnard, Charles.

"

Birkbeck, Alexander.

"

Bates, Joseph.

1838.

Baxter, Timothy.

1814.

Bridge, Joel.

1839.

Bottomley, William.

1815.

Barnes, Robert.

Bald-win, Edmund.

Brown, Thomas.

"

Branker, William.

1816.

Becket, Henry.

1840.

Brown, Robert.

Butt, John.

"

Barber, Thos. Hunt.

173
B.

1840.

Barber, James, L. M., 1840.

1863.

Barr, Wm. S.

"

Bentley, Hettry.

1865.

Binney, Edward, L. M.,

1865.

I84I.

BradshawJ. W., M. D.
Bradbury, John K.

Blackburn, Edward, L.
1865.

M.,

"

Bradbury, E. H.

Borrow, W. B., L. M.,

1867.

"

Bradbury, Samuel.

"

Beaumont, John P.

1843.

Baylis, Henry.

"

Bradford, George.

Brown, John P.

1866.

Brancker,J. Sefton.

1845.

Bradbrook, G. A.
Brind, Henry.
Bishop, E. W.

1867.

Babbitt, Rev. F.
Bonner, G. T.
Bonner, E. H.

1846.

Barham, F.

*'

Bingham, D.

1847.

Bass, Charles.

Brownlow, E. B.

Brandreth, B., M. D.

186S.

Bowring, W. B.

"

Brown, George B.

1869.

Beales, James A. G., L,

, M.

1849.

Bunch, R.

1869.

1850.

Bedford, T. Stanley.

1870.

Bristoau, Alfred.

I85I.

Burgess, George.

"

Brinkman, Wm.

1852.

Burnett, M. B.
Buljin, G.
Bond, W. S.

1871.

Beste, Charles F.
Bowring, Thomas B.
Bam ford, C. L.

1853.

Bainbridge, Rich.

1872.

Bassett, Francis M.

1854-

Baxter, John.

1873.

Barkenshaw, Wm. C.

1857-

Braine.Thos. M.,L.M.. 1862.

"

Bend, WmB.

1858.

Brooking, Roope.
Benley,John H.

Beament, George.
Busch, Peter.

"

Bloomfield, David.

1874.

Burnaby, George R.

Brown, Thomas, L. M , 1858.

"

Booth, James.

"

Brownell, Wm.

Butterfield, Fred., L. M.

1874.

1859.

Batchelor, Cliarles.

1875.

Busk, J. R., L. M., 1875.

Blackburn, Thomas.

1876.

Bradley, George A,

i860.

Baker, Edward.

Blackburn, Arthur.

"

Benson, J. J.

1877.

Blatch, Wm. Lindsay.

Bailey, Tliomas.

"

Boote, Edward.

"

Bailey, G. F.

1878.

Barbour, Tliomas.

1862.

Baring, Thos. Charles, L. M.
1865.

1879.

Bonnor, Charles S.
Bicknell, David.

"

Bascombe, Western J. D.

1880.

Beddall, E. F.

"

Butter Jield, Aubrey G.

1882.

Barber, Herbert.

174

[882.

Bowron, Wm. A.

1883.

Brimble, H. E.

Brandreth, Wm.

"

Bucknall, H. W. J.

i883.

Booher, Wm. Lane, L. M.,

1884.

Beddall, E. K.

1883.

"

Brigg, Benj. L.

"

Bainbridge, John G.

Bliss, Ernest C.

"

Baring, Alexander.

1885.

Bowring. E. C.

Beesley, James.

Budd, Palmer.

"

Bluhn, Otto.

"

Blagdon, S. P.

'■

Boardman, E. C.

c.

I8I6.

Beavan, Jeffrey.

1786.

Corp, Samuel. L. M., 1826.

Cairns, George.

"

Casey, James.

"

Cooper, Joseph.

"

Cockle, Frederick.

I8I7.

Child, Lewis.

1789.

Cockroft, James.

Chance. George, L. M., 1830.

1787.

Chapman, Henry.

I8I8.

Cartmcl, Robert.

1789.

Capron, Henry.

Calder, William.

"

Courtauld, George.

I8I9.

Carter, John.

1790,

Couse, Cap. Charles.

1820.

Cluipman, Benjamin.

Coles, John.

I82I.

Corrie, William.

1791.

Cruger, Henry.

1822.

Corrie, George H.

1792.

Clayton, Thomas.

"

Congrcoe, Chas.

1793-

Colden, Cadwallader D.

"

Calrow, Richard.

1794.

Cox, John.

"

Cox, John.

1796.

Cuyler, James.

1823.

Capper, Walter S.

1803.

Coleman, Robert.

Cox, Joseph.

1809.

Croia, William.

"

Cripps, William.

"

Clough,J. B.

1824.

Capper, Francis.

"

Cairns, William.

1828.

Cripps, George.

1811.

Chapman, William.

1830.

Caroille, Charles.

"

Campbell, Daniel.

I83I.

Cox, Charles.

1815.

Claphatn, Joseph G.

"

Contzah, John.

"

Coggill, George.

• "

Co'uper, George.

•'

Chesterman,J., L. M., 1830

Carrel, C.

1816.

Clark, Chas. R.

1833-

Canning, Edward W.,L. M.

•'

Carter, Thomas.

1833.

««

Carter, Matthew.

1835-

Cary, Samttel T.

"

Cox, Henry.

"

Clapham, Samtul.

175
C.

1835.

Castle, John,

i860.

Christianson, E. T., L. M.,

Crook, William T.

1865.

"

Cobden, Henry A.

"

Carr, George.

1836.

Castello, David.

1861.

Cotvley, E. J.

"

CochraA, Rupert L.

1863.

Cooper, Chas. W., M. D.

1838.

Clapham, Glover.

"

Clatworthy, John.

"

Catherwood, Fred.

"

Clatworthy, Thos. B.

"

Cuthbertson, Wni. D.

1864.

Casserly, James A.

>'

Cooke, Thomas.

Clegg, Walter 0.

"

Cunningham , IVm .

Cornwallis, Kinahan.

"

Crookes, Septimas.

1865.

Cortis, Samuel S.

1839.

Clapham, James P.

"

Curphey, James, L. M., 1871.

1840.

Cartlidge, Charles.

1866.

Clapha?n, Sam., L. M., 1866.

"

Clarke, Richard.

1867.

Cater, Aymar, L. M., 1867.

Conway, Ja??tes.

"

Converse, Chas. M.

I84I.

Campbell, John.

"

Cuthbertson, W. F.

"

Clifton, Charles, L. M., 1844.

1868.

Carr, William R.

1842.

Clark, Richard.

"

Conrtah, John, L. M., 1870.

1843.

Catnpbell, Jaities M.

1869.

Coppell, George.

"

Campbell, Alexander.

1870.

Connah, George,

"

Connah, John, Jr.

1871.

Cable, Thos.E.

"

Cook, John.

"

Chaplin, Ernest, L. M. 1873.

"

Campbell, James.

Clatworthy, Frank.

"

Cocker, R.

"

Clatworthy, William.

1845.

Cooper, C, L. M., 1865.

"

Crusoe, E. H.

1847.

Cunard, Sir Edw. Bart, L.M.,

, 1872.

Craske, Charles.

1865.

1874.

Copcutt, W. H.

1848.

Chapman, Robert.

1875.

Carey, John, L. M. 1875.

"

Chambers, Jno. IV.

1876.

Chubb, T. C.

1849.

Carter, Nicholas.

1877.

Courtney, Rev. F.

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"

Walker, J as. E.

Wells, Jas. S.

"

Walker, Z.

1874.

Whitman, Eben.

1850.

Wood, Fred.

"

Welsh, John M.

"

Ward, E. F.

"

Weathered, T. W., L

-. M.

Wilmer, Chas. K.

1883.

1852.

Williams, Geo. B.

1877.

Webster, Fred.

1853.

Ward, Asline.
Withers, F. C.

187S.

Wills, Fred. H., L.
1879.

M.,

1856.

Wheeler, Gervaise.

"

Walker, C.

1857-

Wilmer, Arthur,

1879.

Wiman, Erastus, L.

M.,

1858.

Wiggin, Augustus.

1879.

1859.

Wiggin, Fred.

i88t.

Woodriff, J. R. P., L.

M.,

i860.

Watson, J. C.

1881.

194

W.

1882. Watts, F. S.
Wansbrough, J. Evens.

1883. Wreaks, Henry.
Walker, G. F.

1884. Walker, B. E.

1786.

1789.
1848.

Young, IV m.
Yates, Lawrence R.
Yates, Adolphus.
Yates, Richard.
Young, William, L.
1865.

M.,

1884. Waters, John R., L. M.

1884.
Wynne, Chas. W.

1885. Withers, Geo.

Y.

1867.

1872.

Yorston, Chas. H.
1867.
You7ig, William.
Young, Jesse.

L. M.

Deceased members and those who were absent, or had withdrawn from
membership, are printed in Italics.

H. M. signifies Honorary Membership.
L. M. signifies Life Membership.

ERRATA.

Page 171. Adams, IVm. Edwin {Italics), should
" Arkill, James, "

Angel, F. M.,
" 173. Brown, Thomas {Italics), "

Bailey, G. F. {Italics),
" Barkinshaw, Wm. C, "

" 174. Booher, Wm. Lane, "

•• 175. Converse, Chas. M., "

" Coppell, George {Italics),

" 178. Firth, S. Archibald,
" Godwin, R. J., "

" Garnar, Thos. {Italics), "

Garnar, Thos., L. M. {Italics),
" 180. Harst, Arthur, "

Hildich. A. H.
" 181. Jerons, Thomas E., "

" Jarvis, James N. "

" 182. Kortbright, G.
" 183. Little, G. W.,
Loch, D. Chat.
" Longcraft, Chas., "

*' 184. Mackie, Robt.,
" 185. Mills, C. T.,
' 186. Orgill Wm. {Italics),
Picherskill, W. C,
Power, W. H. {Italics)
187. Piatt, James B.,
IQO. Seager, Mark {Italics), "

Tarrant, Jos. {Italics),
91. Tinker, Thomas, "

Thompson, Fred., "

2. Virtue, Wm., "

,.3. Walker, Joseph E. {Italics),

Ward, Asline, "

Walter, John R., "

. Walker. B. E..

be Adams, Wm. Edwin (Roman).
Arkell, James.
Angel, E. M.
Brown, Thomas (Roman).
Bulley, G. F. (Roman).
Burkinshaw, Wm. C.
Booker, Wm. Lane.
Conyers, Chas. M.
Coppell, George (Roman).
Frith, S. Archibald.
Godwin, R. J.. L. M., 1883.
Garner, Thos.

Garnar, Thos., L.M., (Roman).
Hurst, Arthur.
Hildick, A. H,
Jevons, Thomas E.
Jarvie, James N.
Kortright, G.
Little, R. W.
Loch, D. Chas.
Leaycraft, Chas.
Mackie, Robt., L. M., 1865.
Miles, J. C.
Orgill, Wm. (Roman).
Pickersgill, W. C.
Power, W. H. (Roman).
Piatt, Joseph B.
Seager, Mark (Roman).
Tarratt, Jos.
Tinker, James.
Thomas, Fred.
Virtue, Wm., L. M., i860.
Walker, Joseph E. (Roman).
Ward, Asline, L. M., 18S3.
Waller, John R.
Walker, R. E.

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APPENDIX.

Facsimile of original, presented by Mr. J. H. V. Cockroft
to the Society.

RULES

O F T H E

SOCIETY

O F

ST. GEORGE:

ESTABLISHED AT NEW-YORK,

FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING
THEIR BRETHREN IN DISTRESS.

NEW-YORK c PRINTED BY J. M'LEAN, & CO.
No. 41, HANOVER-SQUARE.

M.OCCLXXXVU.

INTRODUCTION.

J. HE Author of onr Being intended Man for
Society, and has imprefi'ed him with Principles,!
of a locial Nature. — A Difpofition to Benevo-
lence is implanted in his Heart; and, unlefs
eradicated by the prejudices of Education, will
extend itfelf in fuch a Manner as.to.comprehend
the Human Race,

The FfTeGs of this amiable Difpofition can-
not, however, be exerted in the fame Manner
towards all m;inkind : our Family, our Friends
A 2 and

[ iv ]

and our Countrymen have Claims upon our
Affe£tions, prior in Order and fuperior in
Strength to thofe that refult merely from our
common Nature.

Even in particular Societies, befides the Ties
of Friendfhip and Family, other Circumflanccs
will exift by which Individuals find themfelves
more intimately conneifted with each other, than
with the reft of their fellow Citizens. — -Thus the
Graduates of a particular Univerfity, or the Na-
tives of a particular Province, confider them-
felves, in all Countries, as bound to each other
by a more immediate Relation than that in
which they (land to others of the Community.

In a country like North-America, the Inhabi-
tants of which have derived their Origin from
different Parts of Europe, it is not furprifing that
they fhould be attentive to thai Circumftance.

Though now blended in one political Body,
they are flill diflinguifhed by the Places from
which they fprang, and look back to England,
Scotland ox Ireland as the Country of their
Anceftors.

Hence havearifen Societies, diftinguilhed by
Names peculiarly adapted to each Country; and
(o far from prejudicing, they promote.the general

Interefts

[ V ]

Interefts of Humanity, by dire<Jting and fixing
the Attention to particular Objefts^

Many Ads of the moft beneficial Charity
have owed their Exiftence to thefe Societies: —
And Merit in Diflrefs might frequently have
palTed unnoticed, if there had not been a Body,
to whom it could make Applicauon with Con-
fidence of Succefs.

Even in a political View, eonfidering this
Country as deriving infinite Benefit from the
emigration of Foreigners, thefe Societies have
their L fe. — They may afford Counfel and Aflift-
ance to Strangers upon their firfl Arrival, and
by leading them to Profperity encourage the
Emigration of others.

Such being the Tendency and Nature of
thefe Societies in general — the Subfcribers con-
fider them as truly laudable, and being ail
either Natives of England or Defcendants of
Englifhmen, have agreed to form themfelves
into a Society, and be fubje£l to the follow-
ing Rules for the good Government thereof.

RULES

OF THE

SOCIETY
O F

ST. G E O R G £•

RULE

T,

HAT this Society be called the SOCIETr
cf ST. GEORGE, eflablifhed at New-York
for the Purpofe of relieving their Brethren in

Diilrefs.

RULE 11.

That no Perfon who is not an Englifhman,
or the Defcendant of an Engliflimaa, Ihali be
admitted a Member of this Society.

RVLE

( 8 )

RULE III.

That no Perfon (hall be admitted a Member
of this Society unlefs chofen by Ballot, and no
one fhall be balloted for unlefs he is nominated
at a Meeting previous to a Ballot being held,
{excepting honorary Members who maybe pro-
pofe.d and elected at the fame Meeting). That
no Eledion fhall be held unlefs twenty-four
Members be prefent, and no Perfon fhall be ad-
mitted a Member unlefs he be chofen by thre\;-
foucths ofvthe Members prefent.

RULE IV.

That the Society fhall meet four Times
every Year, to wit, on the 23d Day of January,
on the 23d Day of April, on the 23d Day of
July and on the 23d Day of Odober. That the
Society fhall Dine together on St. George's
Dat, and that the other Meetings fhall be il!
the Evenings.

RULE V.

That a Prefident, Vice Prefident, Treafurer,
Secretary, four Stewards and -a Charitable >Com-
mittee, to confift: of feven, fhall be appointed
annually (the fame Officers who ferved the pre-
ceding Year may be re-chofeh) ; and that the
23d Day of January {h^\i$i0$^ be the Day
of .Election.

RULE

( 9 )

RULE VI.

That every Member fliall pay an annual
Subfcription of Thirty Shillings to the Treafury,
oil or before the firft Day of April. And every
Member negleding to pay his Subfcription, (hall
no longer be efteemed a Member of the Society,
imlefs he be re-ele£ted by Ballot.

RULE vn.

That the Charitable Committee fhall, with
the confcnt of the Prefident, Vice Prefident and
Treafurer, or any two of them, diftribute any
Sum or Sums in Charities between the Times of
Quarterly or Special Meetings, provided fuch
Diftribution does not in the whole exceed one
Fourth of the annual Funds of the Society.

RULE VIIL
That every Member abfenting himlelf from
the annual Dinner, fhall pay to the Treafurer
Ten Shillings as a Fine for fuch Abfence, and
Four Shillings for abfenting himfelf from the
Quarterly Meetings, unlefs prevented by Sick-
nefs.

RULE IX.

That no Refident of this City who is eligible
to be a Member of this Society {hall be admitted
as a Vifitor.

B RULE

( lo )

'rule X.

That a majority of Votes (hall decide every
Queftion (the Chairman to have a cafling Vote)
except to annul or alter any former Rules ; in
which cafe three-fourths fhall be requifite. 1 hat
no Number under twenty-four fhall conftitute a
Meeting for the Purpofe of making or altering
Rules,

RULE XL
That the Prefident, Vice Prefident and Offi-
cers fhall have Power to call Special Meetings,
on giving three Days Notice to every Member
refiding in this City of fuch Meeting and the
Bufmefs. And as great Inconvenience may re-
fult from Members not attending Special Meet-
ings, any Member neglecting to attend any
Special Meeting that may be called, fhall pay
a Fine of Four Shillings towards the Charitable
Eund, unlefs prevented by Sicknefs.

RULE xn.

That any non Refident, being an Englifli-
man or the Defcendent of an Englifhman, who
may apply to become an Honorary Member of
the Society, may be propofed and admitted
agreeable to the Rules of the Society, on pay-
ing Foi-ty Shillings to be applied to the Chari-
table Fund.

LIST

LIST

OF THE

MEMBERS

OF THE

Society of St. George,

ESTABLISHED AT NEW-YORK.

A Bache, Theophylacl

Atkinfon, Francis Berry, John

Appleby, George Bayley, Richard

Anderfon, Samuel Barrow, Thomas

Allingham, Charles ^^^^^^a^^e^^

c

B Corp, Samuel

Banyar, Goldfborow Cafey, James

Cockle,

( «* )

Cockle, Frederick ^-^ F .

Chapman, Henry* ^^'j^<yrJMp^7'rx.

Dewhurft, John* i^t^j^e^J^K^'^^^,

Dale, Robert ^ ^^ z;^^ .|.

^HBdckinfon, Gilchrift ^<^y^ ' "^^^^^^^^^^

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^c^^^e:^^^^^^''^ Harifon, Richard

j^ Hamerfley, Andrew

Evers, John Ji^ccx>Uv^>^^oO^ ^r/9^.ic

Ellis, John &/ /7 ji-?

Evening, Abraham Jlc^'^^ ^.r^**^^-*^^'^.
Elmes, Thomas ^

Evans, Charles .^y^^^''^ . '"\

Elam, Samuel- Johnfon, JamelX-

Ketland,

( 13 )

-^wy^^n. K'<i?2^^s^«'^^ Maule, Thomas
Ketland, Thomas* ^^M'Kinnon, Daniel
Kirkman, SamuelW<so. .. yf

Kirkman, John %/nmocu^ai,U^V^'»^

Nafh, Henry

L

Laight, William
Ludlow, Gabriel Wil-
liam
Ludlow, Carey
Ludlow, Daniel
Ludlow, William
Ludlow, George
Lucas, David*

^t^ou^^, ^^^ Philips, Henry*

^ ^ Parfons, William

Moore, Rev. Mr. / ^

Morewood, Gilbert V. ^

( H )

Q^ T

Taylor, John
Thompfon, Joha.
Tucker, Daniel
Thurman, John
^^ Thomas, William

Randall, *i>5^>u!»r5P«»fi» Thomas, Francis
Randall, Paul Robert <^ . ,., •
Rowlert, William Jc^i^,4l^i^^^»^

Rofton, Edward King (p^ J ' ^

Rivington, James •/^♦*t///«y3^c^^>^*y^

Roberts, Michael ^

Roberts, Thomas

ifi^e*.oCr., ^ey^^^ Venning, William*

Seton, William

Smith, Richard

Staples, Heftfy/^^^,/^^*^^^

Snaith, John

Startin, Charles

Shaw, John Charles W

Sadler, John , Waddlngton, Jo/hua

^<^i^'-gn-a^^e,^Mi4^ Waddington, Henry -Jf-
-/ W^ y^^A^^ ^Walton, William
<7^t^, ^^i^^*^*--''^-^Valton, Gerard
i^i^ i:^ftr, i^c»^rK> e^ :/Sr2a^alton, Abraham
^ ■ ^^~> Woodriffe, Robert*^

^^f^^^^^^, U^0^^r7otM» Wilkes,

( 15 )

■Wilkes, John Y

Wilkes, Charles Young, William

Williams, William Yates, LawranceReadc

Wiifon, Richard* Yates, Adolphus,

^Thofe ivhofe Names are marked with a Star,

&}-e -Honorary Members,

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Jan. 10. 1826, 5 shares United States Bank Stock, $100 each $ 500 00

Jan. II, 1836, 27 shares National Bank stock, $50 each 1,350 00

Jan. 10, 1846, 51 " " " $50 " 2,55000

$600 City Water Stock 60000

Cash 262 88

3,412 88

Jan. 1856, 51 shares National Bank stock, $50 each $ 2,550 00

10 ' ' Mechanics Banking As. $25 each 250 00

13 " Bank State New York, $100 each 1,30000

10 " Bank of Commerce, $100 each 1,00000

45 " Mechanics Bank, $25 each 1,12500

Cash 120 25

6,345 25

Jan. 1866, One bond Hudson R. R $ l.ooo 00

Twenty bonds Morris & Essex, ist M'tg, $1,000 each. 20,000 00
Seven " " " $500 each. 3,50000

Cash 691 92

25,191 82

Jan. 1876, Ten bonds Mich. Cen. G. M., $1,000 each $10,000 00

Six " Morris and Essex, ist Mtg., $1,000 6,00000

Five " " " 2nd " $1,000 5,00000

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One " Lake Shore & Mich. So., CM 5-000 00

Five " " " " " $1,000 each. 5,00000

One " Hudson R. R 1,00000

Cash 569 76

33,069 76

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Five

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One

Five

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One

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Morris & Essex, 1st Mtg., $1,000 each.. 6,000 00

2nd " $1,000 " .. 5,000 00

" 500 00

Lake Shore & Mich. So. , 6 M 5,000 00

" $1,000 each 5,000 00

Ches. & Ohio Pur. M i ,000 00

Northern Pacific Ld. Gt 1,000 00

St. Paul, Min. & Man., $1,000 each . . . 2,000 00

Less Dr. Cash.

36,500 00
113 16

36,386

Par value, $36,500.
Market value, $46,915.

RECAPITULATION.

DISBURSEMENTS & RECEIPTS.

1809-1&19 $ 5.477 so*

1820-1839 14.411 15

1840-1853 19.345 98

1854-1868 35-42835

1869-1885 84,47290

$159-135 S8

Jan. 10, 1886. Balance Cash to Credit Charitable Fund 609 40

" " " " " " Contingent Fund 1,209 59

" " " Permanent Fund par value securities. $36, 500 GO

Less balance Cash debt 113 16

36.496 84

Total subscribed and disbursed 77 years 197.451 71

♦Receipts.

PATIENTS SENT TO WARD OF ST. GEORGE THE
MARTYR, IN ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL.

1859 10

i860 14

1861 14

1862 14

1863 33

1864 17

1865 27

1866 29

1867 21

1868 34

1869 36

1870 38

1871 33

1872 35

1873 33

1874 ^9

1875 39

1876 34

1877 25

1878.
1879

1880 39

1881 69

1882 70

1883 42

1884 26

1885 •• 22

Total 834

THE BRITISH PROTECTIVE EMIGRANT SOCIETY.

The British Protective Emigrant Society was established in 1844,
but did not commence operations till early in 1845. Situations were provided
from that period to applicants, as stated below, from 1845 to 1850. the time of
the association with the Parent Society:
I 845-1850.

Jan., English i,755

" Scotch 940

" Welsh 97

" West Indies 48

" Irish 1,714

3,554

1850-1853.

Jan., English 1,109

" Scotch 210

" Welsh 52

" West Indies 12

" Irish 579

1,962

Total 5,516

PRINCIPAL SUBSCRIBERS TO CONTINGENT FUND.

Archibald, E. M $ 600

Dale, J. G 550

Gostenhofer, C. F 650

Hurst, F. W. J 1,050

Jaffray, E. S 1,300

Power, W. H 900

Francklyn, C. G 1,250

Hill, Edward 1,300

Pellew, H. E 1,035

Richardson, B 500

Wliite Star Line 900

Moulson, John 450

Carey, John, Jr 600

National S. S. Co 450

CONSTITUTION, ETC.,

OF THE

BOARD OF DEPUTIES

OF

BENEVOLENT AND EMIGRANT SOCIETIES,

OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

ORGANIZED JANUARY 7TH, 1860.

LIST OF OFFICERS.

President.
WILLIAM JELLINGHAUS, of the German Society.

Vice-President.
ROBERT WALLER, of the St. George's Society.

Treasurer.
B. J. HART, of the Hebrew Benevolent Society.

Secretary.
PHILIP PRITCHARD, of the St. George's Society.

Directors.
SOLOMON J. JOSEPH, of the Portuguese Society.
ROBERT GORDON, of the St. Andrews Society.
WILLY WALLACH, of the German Society.

Societies Represented in the board.
THE GERMAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
THE ST. GEORGES SOCIETY,
THE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY,
THE FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK,
THE ST. DAVID'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,
THE FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,
THE SWISS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,
THE PORTUGUESE HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
THE SCANDINAVIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,
THE HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

Office of the Board.
The Office of THE GERMAN SOCIETY, No. 86 Greenwich St.

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I.

The title of this Association is, " The Board of Deputies of Benevolent and
Emigrant Societies of the City of New York."

ARTICLE II.

The objects of this Association are : To guard and protect immigrants to
this country, arriving at the port of New York, and emigrants or strangers
about embarking hence for foreign or domestic ports, from fraud and imposi-
tion; and if such frauds or impositions are committed, to use all legal means
to bring the offender or offenders to justice, and to exercise vigilance and due
diligence in the pursuit of these objects, and to procure the requisite legisla-
tive acts in furtherance thereof.

ARTICLE III.

Sec. I. — The members of this Association are delegates from Benevolent
and Emigrant Societies. Each Society shall be entitled to two votes on all
questions.

Sec. 2.— Each Society may be represented by two deputies, but any one
deputy present at a stated or special meeting, may represent his Society, and
his vote shall be final.

ARTICLE IV.

Sec. I.— The officers of this Association shall be a President, Vice-Presi-
dent, Treasurer, Secretary, and three Directors, who shall be elected annually
by ballot, at the meeting in November ; and together these officers shall form
a Board for the transaction of such business as may be entrusted to them.

Sec. 2. — The duty of the President shall be to preside at all meetings, to
decide questions of order, and perform the duties that usually appertain to
presiding officers.

Sec. 3. — The duty of the Vice-President shall be to preside at all meetings
in the absence of the President, and to perform the duties of the President, in
case of his absence from the city.

Sec. 4. — The duty of the Treasurer shall be to keep safely the moneys of
the Association, and disburse only such amounts as may be ordered on the
warrant of the President or acting President.

Sec. 5. — The duty of the Secretary shall be to keep a true record of the

proceedings of the Association and of the Board of Directors, and to notify
the Deputies and Directors when meetings are to be held.

Sec. 6. — The duty of the Directors shall be to attend the special or stated
meetings of their body, and to nominate and appoint directly, or through the
President or Chairman, the necessary committees to further the objects in
view, and such other matters as may from time to time be before them for con-
sideration.

ARTICLE V.

Sec. I. — This Association shall be supported by a voluntary annual sub-
scription, which shall be paid to the Treasurer.

Sec. 2. — Meetings of the Association shall be held on the evening of the
second Tuesday in May and November.

Sec. 3. — A quorum of the Association shall consist of a majority of all the
Societies represented.

Sec. 4. — In case the votes on any question are equally divided, the Presi-
dent or Chairman shall have a casting vote, otherwise he shall have no vote.

North Atlantic Steam Traffic Conference.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Attention is called to the provisions of the following Act, and notice is
hereby given that any and all persons violating the same, will be prosecuted
thereunder.

By order,

THOMAS S. SANDFORD,
New York, January i, 1S76. Secretary.

LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

AN AC T
TO PREVENT FRAUDS IN THE SALE OF TICKETS

UPON

STEAMBOATS, STEAMSHIPS, AND
OTHER VESSELS.

PASSED MARCH 23, i860, j AMENDED APRIL 27, 187O,

(Chapter 103.) | (Chapter 423.)

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows: —

Section i. No person shall sell or issue within this State, any ticket or
instrument, mentioned in section two of this act, for or upon any company or
line mentioned in said section, unless the agents of such company or line; and
no person shall sell or issue, within this state, any ticket or instrument men-
tioned in section two of this act, for or upon any line, ship or steamship,
mentioned in said section, except the agent of the owners or consignees of such
line, ship or steamship; and no person shall be deemed an agent of such com-
pany, or of the owners or consignees of any such line, ship or steamship, un-
less by such company, or by the owners or consignees of such line, ship or
steamship, duly appointed; which appointment shall be by a proper authority
in writing, and which shall also designate the name of the company, line, ship
or steamship for which he shall act as agent, together with the street and num-
ber of the street, and the city, town or village in which his office shall be
kept, for the sale of such tickets or instruments; and no person shall be

deemed an agent, within the meaning of this act, unless appointed in the
manner and form aforesaid.

Any person or persons, or association, who shall keep an office within the
city of New York, for the sale of the tickets or instruments referred to in sec-
tion two, asserting or assuming an authority as above required to sell the
same, shall keep afhxed, in a prominent place in such office, a printed certifi-
cate of such authority, permission or agency, signed by the proper officers of
the companies, and shall file a copy of such authority, permission or agency
with the chief of the police department within said city, which said printed
certificate and verified copy shall contain the name of the company, line, ship
or steamship for which he or they shall act as agent; the name of the street
and number of the same in which such office shall be kept for the sale of such
tickets or instruments, and the name or names of the individual or individuals
authorized to sell the same, who shall be considered the person or persons
owning, leasing or controlling the said offices; and for a failure to comply
with these provisions such offices shall be deemed disorderly houses and sub-
ject to the penalties prescribed in section seven.

§ 2. No person other than the proper agents, appointed as provided in
section one of this act, shall issue, sell, or offer to sell, or in any way dispose
of, or attempt to dispose of, to any person or persons, any passenger ticket or
instrument, either written or printed, or partly written or printed, or both,
entitling or purporting to entitle, absolutely or upon being exchanged, or up-
on the happening of any condition or contingency, any person or persons, to
any passage, or right of passage, conveyance, or right of conveyance, upon
any ship, or steamship company, or line, or upon any ship or steamship be-
longing to such company or line, or upon any ship or steamship whatsoever,
from any port or place within this state or elsewhere, to any port ox place what-
soever; or shall take, or receive, any money or valuable thing, as a considera-
tion for such passage, or conveyance, or for the procurement of such ticket or
instrument; and no such ticket or instrument shall be sold or offered for sale,
or any consideration as aforesaid, received in whole, or in part, for the pro-
curement thereof, except by such agent at the office designated in his ap-
pointment; nor until he has been authorized to sell the same according to the
provisions of the preceding section; nor for a sum exceeding the price charged
at the time of such sale, by the company, owners, or consignees, for or upon
whose line, ship or steamship, such ticket or instrument was sold; nor unless
such ticket or instrument was made and delivered to such agent b) such com-
pany, owners or consignees, for the purpose of being sold; nor shall any such
ticket or instrument be issued or sold, which shall entitle, or shall be repre-
sented as entitling any person or persons to a passage by any mode of convey-

ance, or to any place of destination, or by any route, company, line, ship or
steamship, other than the one bargained for.

And no person or association not having the authority required above shall,
under the pretense of selling or disposing of the same, procure, or attempt to
procure for any person or persons in his or their names, any ticket or instru-
ment mentioned in section two of this act, from the regular and authorized
agents, officers, owners or consignees of any line, ship or steamship, unless
requested so to do by such person or persons, and unless such person or per-
sons are made aware that the said tickets or instruments are procured from
the said officers, agents, consignees or owners for such person or persons, and
that such procuring party has no authority to sell or dispose of the same. And
any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be subject
to the penalty prescribed in section five.

§ 3. No person other than the proper agents, appointed as provided in
section one of this act, shall sell or offer to sell, dispose of, or in any way at-
tempt to dispose of, to any person or persons, any order, certificate, receipt,
or other instrument in writing, either written or printed, or partly written or
printed, or both, for the purpose or under the pretence of procuring any
ticket, or instrument mentioned in section two of this act, upon any company
or line, ship or steamship therein mentioned; and every such order shall be di-
rected to the company, owner or consignees at their office.

§ 4. All persons violating any of the provisions of the preceding sections
of this act shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a state
prison, for a term not more than two years, or by imprisonment in a county
jail not less than six months.

§ 5. All persons, who, by any means amounting to a conspiracy at com-
mon law, shall sell, or attempt to sell, to any person or persons, any passen-
ger ticket, or any instrument either written or printed, or partly written or
printed, or both, entitling, or purporting to entitle, either absolutely or upon
being exchanged, or upon the happening of any condition or contingency, any
person or persons, to any passage or right of passage, conveyance or right of
conveyance, from any port or place, within this state or elsewhere, to any
port or place whatsoever, upon any ship or steamship, company or line, or
upon any ship or steamship, belonging to such company or line, or upon any
ship or steamship whatsoever, or who, by means of any such conspiracy, shall
obtain, or attempt to obtain, any money or other property, for the purpose or
under the pretence of procuring or securing such passage, or right of passage,
conveyance, or right of conveyance, ticket or instrument, as aforesaid, shall,
on conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for a term not
exceeding five years.

If any drivers of any hack, carriage, cab or other vehicle, or any runner,

decoy or ageiit, shall knowingly lead, carry, direct or convey from any depot,
wharf, stopping place, hotel or lodging house, any person or persons to any
office, violating the provisions of this act, or any one of them, he shall, upon
conviction, be punished in the manner prescribed by section five, and may be
indicted and convicted as prescribed in section six.

§ 6. Persons offending against any of the provisions of the last preceding
section, may be indicted and convicted for a conspiracy, as at common law,
and this, although the object of such conspiracy shall not have been executed.

§ 7. All offices kept for the purpose of selling any passenger tickets or iu-
struments in violation of the provisions of this act or of any one of them, or
where, without the authority required in section two of this act, a pretence is
made to sell 01 dispose of the same, or where it is asserted or assumed that
there is an authority to sell or dispose of the same as required by this act,
and none such exists, or of which it shall be advertised in any newspaper, or
by printed bills or posters, wherever affixed, that there is such authority, and
none such exists; and all offices where such sale or disposition is made, in vio-
lation of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed disorderly houses; and all
persons keeping such offices, and all persons associating together for the pur-
pose of violating the provisions of this act, shall be deemed disorderly per-
sons and guilty of a misdemeanor ; and shall, upon conviction of being mem-
bers of such association, or of being interested, directly or indirectly, in the
transaction of such business, or shall receive any part of the profits thereof,
shall in like manner be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be punished by imprisonment in the county prison for a period not less
than three nor more than twelve months; and it shall be the duty of all mag-
istrates of the county where such offices are kept, or where such sale has been
made, or where such association is organized, upon due proof thereof, to issue
a warrant for the apprehension of all persons that may be found therein, and
to have such offices closed and such signs and advertisements removed.

§ 8. All complaints regarding the violation of this act, shall be presented
by the district attorney of the district where such complaint was made, to the
grand jury for indictment, in preference to all other complaints. And it shall
be the duty of the judges of the court of general sessions of the peace, and of
the courts of oyer and terminer, in the counties of Erie, Albany and New
York, to call the attention of the several grand juries to the provisions of this
act.

§ 9. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the actual con-
signee of any line, ship, or steamship, from selling passenger tickets thereon,
or so as to prevent the purser clerk, or ticket clerk, of any ship or steamship
from selling in his office on board the ship or steamship for which he is purser

clerk, or ticket clerk, passenger tickets to passengers upon such ship or steam-
ship for that or the next immediate trip.

§ lO. In case the departure of any ship or steamsliip, for a passage on
board of which, to a foreign port, any ticket or instrument herein before
mentioned, shall have been sold, shall be delayed more than two days after
the day of sailing mentioned on such ticket, or other instrument— held as evi-
dence of the right of passage thereon — the person holding such ticket or in-
strument shall be entitled to his board and lodging in such ship or steamship,
without any additional charge, from the second day after the day of depart-
ure, as above mentioned, until the actual departure of such ship or steamship,
and shall also be entitled to receive from the owner or consignees of such ship
or steamship so detained the sum of fifty cents per day, for and upon each
and every day of such detention; and in case of refusal on the part of the
owners, consignees, or master of such ship or steamship, so detained as afore-
said, to comply with any of the requisitions of this section, the person holding
such ticket or other instrument, as aforesaid, shall be entitled to recover back
from the owners or consignees the amount of passage money paid by him, to-
gether with his damages for such detention, not exceeding fifty dollars.

§ II. Every ticket or instrument, hereinbefore mentioned, sold, issued or
delivered, to any person or persons, as evidence of a right of passage upon the
high seas, from any port in this State, to any port of any other State or na-
tion, and every certificate or order sold, issued, or delivered to any person or
persons, for the purpose or under the pretence of the procurement of such
ticket or instrument, and every receipt for money paid, in whole or in part,
for such ticket or instrument, shall state the name of the ship or steamship for
or towards a passage or right of passage on board of which such ticket, in-
strument, certificate, order or receipt, is or was sold, issued or delivered, the
name of the owners or consignees of such ship or steamship, the name of the
company or line, if any, to which such ship or steamship belongs; the port or
place from which such passage is to commence, the port or place where such
passage is to terminate; the day of the month and the year upon which the
voyage is to commence; the name of the person or persons purchasing such
ticket or other instrument, or receiving such order, certificate or receipt, and
the amount paid therefor; and such ticket or instrument, order, certificate or
receipt, unless sold by the company, owners or consignees of such ship or
steamship, shall be signed by the authorized agent of such company, owners
or consignees; and each and every person who shall sell, issue or deliver to
any person or persons, any such ticket, instrument, certificate, order or re-
ceipt, unless such ticket, instrument, certificate, order or receipt is made or
filled out in the manner or form prescribed in this section, shall upon convic-
tion be punished by imprisonment in a state prison not exceeding two years,

or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. But no indictment or con-
viction under any of the provisions of any of the preceding sections, for the
sale, attempted sale, issuing or delivery of any ticket, instrument, certificate,
order or receipt, shall be deemed bad, on the ground that such ticket, instru-
ment, certificate, order or receipt is not made or filled out according to the
requirements of this section.

§ 12. The word "ship' used in this act, shall include every denomina-
tion of sailing vessels, and the w^ord " steamship " shall include steamboats
and propellers, and every kind of vessel propelled in whole or in part by
steam.

§ 13. The term " company " wlierever used in this act, shall extend and
include all corporations, whether created by or incorporated under the laws
of this state, or of any othe state or nation.

§ 14. This act shall not be so construed as to permit railroads incorpora-
ted in any other state to sell passenger tickets under this law, in this state,
nor any ship or steamship, for or in behalf of such railroad company.

§ 15. This act shall take effect immediately.

ST. GEORGE'S ^^^^^^^ ST. ANDREW'S

SOCIETY, ' SOCIETY,

OF THE No. 3 Broadway. °p™e

City of New York. State of New York.

New York, June ist, 1874.
Dear Sir :

In accordance with Resolutions adopted by the Managers of our two
Societies, the offices have been removed to the above address, for the purpose
of enabling British Immigrants to obtain more readily the best and most
trustworthy information.

Our immediate objects are to aid our countrymen in obtainining employ-
ment, and to prevent their unnecessary detention in this city, where the ex-
pense of living is so great, and where imposition and fraud are so prevalent ;
and it appears to us that in no way can these ends be better promoted than by
furnishing, free of charge, perfectly disinterested information. With this
view it is proposed to open Registers, on which the names of all applicants
for employment, skilled or otherwise, shall be entered, with full particulars as
to qualifications, &c., and also, as far as they can be obtained, the names of
persons in want of such labor, either in this city or elsewhere.

The success of this scheme will greatly depend upon our receiving, from
time to time, particulars as to the rate of wages in various parts of the coun-
try, the cost of living, the chances of employment, means and cost of trans-
portation, &c., and we shall much appreciate any assistance which you maybe
able to render us in developmg our plans, either by bringing them to the knowl-
edge of employers of labor, or by communicating to the office such information
as may come under your notice.

We are, Dear Sir,

Your most obedient servants,
HENRY E. PELLEW, ROBERT GORDON,

President St. Georges Society, President St. Andrews Society,

of the City of New York. of the State of New York.

E^*A11 Communications to be addressed to either Society, at No 3 Broad-
WAY, New York

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