8 MAY 1841, Page 5

The annual meeting of the Church Missionary Society took place

at Exeter Hall, on Tuesday ; the Earl of Chichester presiding. On the platform, were Viscount Sandon, Lord Glenelg, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Chester, Mr. Plumptre, M.P., Sir George Rose, and many clergymen. In a speech of considerable length, the Chairman referred to the late meeting for the purpose of establishing Bishoprics for the Colonies ; and also to a proposal emanating from the Archbishop of Canterbury, for nominating a Council of Bishops to decide on ecclesiastical points that might cause any difference between this Society and the Society for Propagating the Gospel ; which he strongly recommended. The report stated that the affairs of the Society were in a most promising state, particularly at Sierra Leone, New Zealand, and the island of Malta. Their income during the past year (in which seventy-seven new associations have been formed) was 90,6041.; which was exceeded by the expenditure by 8,026/.

The annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society was held on Tuesday, at Exeter Hall ; Mr. Emerson Tennent in the chair. The meeting was crowded to excess, ladies forming the majority of the audience. Amongst those on the platform, were Sir George Murray, Sir George Rose, Colonel Conolly, Mr. Sergeant Jackson, Mr. Plumptre, Sir Robert Bateson, and Mr. Hindley. The report stated that the receipts of the Society during the past year had amounted to 90,182/, whilst the expenditure had been 109,2251.; leaving, together with the debt before existing, a balance of 39,916/. against the Society. To meet that sum, there was a set-off of 12,3221., due from various foreign stations to which temporary aid had been granted.

The yearly assemblage of the British and Foreign Bible Society crowded Exeter Hall on Wednesday. Lord Bexley was the Chairman; and on the platform were the Earl of Chichester, Lord hIountsandford, Lord Teignmouth, M.P., the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Chester, and several Members of Parliament. The statistics of the Society are interesting : they have issued during the year 900,000 Bibles and Testaments ; since the establishment of the Society in 1804, 13,000,000, beside issues in Europe and America, in all 22,000,000; the Society has been concerned in the publication of the volume in 136 languages, or, including those partially executed, 158; there are now 2,747 branches to the Society ; the receipts of the year were 101,322/., including the produce of sales, 57,585/.

The Bishop of Salisbury preached a sermon at Magdalen Chapel on Wednesday, to celebrate the eighty-third anniversary of the Magdalen Hospital. Afterwards there was a public meeting at the Albion Tavern, at which Sir Edward Cust took the chair. Since the foundation of the charity, it has redeemed 7,000 females from a miserable life ; more than two-thirds of whom have been reconciled to their friends or otherwise provided for. The list of subscriptions, which amounted to some hundreds, was headed by the Queen Dowager.

The Sunday School Union assembled on Thursday. The Society has 481 Sunday schools within fifteen miles of the Metropolis, in which are 86,000 children. In Cape Town there are 10,000 attendants upon the Sunday schools. The progress of Sunday schools in North America and in various other places is also considerable. The income of the Society for the past year was 1,677/., and the debt 142/. 6s. 7d.

The Shipwrecked Mariners Society ate their yearly dinner on Wednesday. Two hundred and fifty sat down to table ; at the head of which was Earl De Grey. Among the guests were Sir Charles Napier, Sir George Cockburn, Sir George Murray, Sir A. Dalrymple, Mr. Byng, M.P., Mr. Oliphant, and the Prussian Consul.