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    • THE DEAKIN INSTITUTION. 45

      THE DEAKIN INSTITUTION. 45

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      Amid The Din Of Warthe Strife Of Parties...

      wrote a small work entitled ' Mary Morton / for the Society for part her Promoting fourteen , ' Mary Chri Morton pounds stian , and Knowle as an her acknowled d Sister ge , and / for gment she which has on latel the their y Society written part of has its a second value sent

      and usefulness . " Previously , Mrs . Moore had stood as a solitary subscriber of a but in this

      account guinea per she annum stands to as the a donor funds of of £ this 10 Institution 10 s . having , generousl year y di ' s -

      , vided the Society ' s gift between the Friends of the Clergy Corporation and the Deakin Institution . Such acts need no comment .

      _" The board desire to express their sense of the great loss which this Institution has sustained by the death of our universally

      lamented townsman , Mr . John Rodgers , who was one of the warmest and most energetic of its friends , and one of its most munificent

      supporters . Independently of his great personal influence , it is ri caused ght that the the reports governors of this generall Institution y should the to be bench know placed of that in the Mr . hands Kod and gers the of

      he great every has _functionaries member left the of Deakin the of House the Institution State of , Peers and deep , in this ly indebted , and many Bishops to his other , generous ways ,

      liberality " The . board feel the great necessity for urging the governors to to the funds of the Institutionwhich

      use their influence in adding , must now almost entirely rely on the annual donations for increasing

      the list of annuitants , and they venture to hope that if the clergy of the town could be induced to bring the claims of this Institution

      before their respective congregations , a large sum would be raised , they and many askcould honored be names a more added graceful to our and list acceptable of governors comp ; and liment what to ,

      offer a pastor , than to place in his hands the means of assisting some lady of his congregation in reduced or straitened

      circumstances ? "In conclusion , the board of management have the pleasure to

      announce that the appeal made by them to the governors generally in favor of making Mr . Ridge a governor of the Institutionas an

      , acknowledgment of the high value they put upon his services as gratuitous secretary since the foundation of the Institution , has been

      most liberally responded to , and a sum has been contributed which not only will suffice to make him a governorbut leaves a surplus ,

      , which it is proposed Mr . Ridge shall be requested to accept /' At the close of the poll , the chairman declared that a lady

      residing in London , and a lady residing in Sheffield , had the greatest number We find likewise of votes , from and the they newsp were aper thereupon report unanimousl that the sum y elected of £ 25 .

      was presented as , a thank-offering from a lad , y on the election of the Sheffield candidateand that the treasurer ' s account shows the

      capital fund of the Ins , titution at the present time to be £ 9 , 050 ,

      being an increase of £ 350 since January . The number of annu-

      The Deakin Institution. 45

      THE DEAKIN INSTITUTION . 45

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1860, page 45, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091860/page/45/