nce acknowledged
the compliment in the following words:--

"I am, indeed, deeply touched and gratified by the toast which
has just been proposed by the Lord Mayor, and by the very kind
and feeling manner in which you have drunk to the health of the
Princess and myself. It is to me a source of sincere
gratification to receive again the hospitality of the Chief
Magistrate of the City. I can never forget, nor can the Princess
ever forget, the manner in which she was received on her first
entry into London; and although she is not here to-day--a fact
which I most deeply regret--I can bear testimony that she has
never forgotten, and never will forget, the reception given to
her three years ago. The occasion which has brought me here
to-day has given me sincere gratification. I shall be happy on
all occasions to do any thing that may tend, as the Lord Bishop
of Winchester said this morning, 'to alleviate the sufferings of
man.' But I feel sure that the work I have been enabled to
perform, small as it may be, will bear testimony to the great
good done to the poorer classes by a Society which has existed
for so many years. Sincerely I thank you for the opportunity you
have given me in coming forward on this interesting occasion,
and I shall always be happy to render every assistance in my
power to an institution which is calculated to render such
important benefits to the world. I return my best thanks for the
greeting I received this morning at the ceremony, and also for
the kind manner in which I have been received on this occasion."

Her Majesty the Queen signified her interest in the proceedings of the
day by sending L100 to the Building Fund, and L100 was also contributed
by the Prince of Wales.

The Bible Society has, since its establishment in 1804, issued about 113
millions of Bibles, Testaments, or portions thereof. Its issues yearly
are now about four million copies. The full income in 1887 amounted to
L116,761; and the sum received for Scriptures sold was L104,880. The
Society has aided the translation of the Bible into 280 languages or
dialects.

FRIEND OF THE CLERGY CORPORATION.

_June 13th, 1866._

The sixteenth anniversary festival of this institution was celebrated at
Willis's Rooms on the 13th of June, 1866. Among the guests were the
Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Armagh, and numerous dignitarie