ABSTRACT OF THE CASH ACCOUNT OF THE PARKER SOCIETY.

Subscriptions received for 1854, and previous years 3522 0 0

Balance due for 1851

PAID.

Total..

.£3548 10 0

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THE LAWS OF THE PARKER SOCIETY.

LAWS OF THE PARKER SOCIETY.

I.—That the Society shall be called THE PARKER SOCIETY, and that its objects shall be-first, the reprinting, without abridgement, alteration, or omission, of the best Works of the Fathers and Early Writers of the Reformed English Church, published in the period between the accession of King Edward VI. and the death of Queen Elizabeth; secondly, the printing of such remains of other Writers of the Sixteenth Century as may appear desirable (including under both classes some of the early English Translations of the Foreign Reformers); and thirdly, the printing of some manuscripts of the same Authors, hitherto unpublished.

II. That the Society shall consist of such a number of members, being subscribers of, at least, One Pound each annually, as the Council may determine; the subscription to be considered due on the First day of January in each year, in advance, and to be paid on or before such a day as the Council may fix; sufficient notice being given of the day appointed.

III. That the Management of the Society shall be vested in a President, a Treasurer, a Librarian, and a Council of twenty four other subscribers, being Members of the Established Church, of whom not less than sixteen shall be Clergymen. The Council and Officers to be elected annually by the subscribers, at a General Meeting to be held in the month of May, or immediately after; and no persons shall then be proposed who are not already members of the Council, or Officers, unless their names shall have been transmitted to the Secretaries on or before the 15th of April in the current year, by nominations in writing, signed by at least five subscribers. And that there shall be three Secretaries appointed by the Council; also that the Council have power to fill all vacancies during the year.

IV. That the accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the Society shall be examined every year, previously to the General Meeting, by four Auditors, two of them selected from the Council, and two appointed by the preceding General Meeting.

V. That the funds shall be expended in the payment of the expense incurred in producing the works published by the Society, so that every member not in arrear of his or her annual subscription shall receive a copy of every work published by the Society during the year, for each sum of One Pound subscribed, without any charge for the same; and that the number of copies printed in each year shall be limited to the quantity required for the number actually subscribed for.

VI. That every member of the Society who shall intimate to the Council a desire to withdraw, or who shall not pay the subscription by the time appointed, shall cease to be a member of the Society; and no member shall at any time incur any liability beyond the annual subscription.

VII. That, after the commencement of the proceedings, no rule shall be made or altered except at a General Meeting, and after notice of the same has been communicated to the members by circulars, or by advertisement in two London daily newspapers, at least fourteen days before the General Meeting.

VIII.-Donations and Legacies will be thankfully received; the amount of which shall be expended by the Council in supplying copies of the publications to clerical, or other libraries, destitute of funds to purchase the same, and for such other purposes, connected with the objects of the Society, as the Council may determine.

THE MEMBERS OF THE PARKER SOCIETY.

THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AMONG OTHERS, ARE IN THE LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO

The Parker Society.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT.

HIS GRACE THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.-HIS GRACE
THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.-His Grace the Duke of Manchester -His Grace the Duke of Sutherland.-His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe The Most Honourable the Marquesses of Bute, Cholmondeley, Conyngham Downshire, Northampton, Ormonde, and Salisbury.

The Right Honourable the Earls of Cavan, Chichester, Clancarty, De Grey, Dunraven, Essex, Galloway, Howe, Jermyn, Nelson, Rosse, Shaftesbury (President), and Spencer.

The Right Honourable Lord Viscounts De Vesci, Ford wich, Hill, and Lorton.

The Right Honourable and Reverend Lords Charles Thynne, John Thynne, Arthur Hervey, Wriothesley Russell, The Right Honourable Lord George A. Hill, Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Lord Edward Chichester, &c., &c.

The Right Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London.—The Right Reverend the Lords Bishops of Durham, Winchester, Chester, Chichester, Ely, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, Llandaff, Manchester, Oxford, Peterborough, Ripon, Rochester, St. Asaph, and of Worcester.

The Right Honourable and Right Reverend the Lords Bishops of Meath, and of Killaloe and Clonfert.-The Right Reverend the Lords Bishops of Down and Connor, of Ossory and Ferns, and of Cashel and Waterford.

The Right Reverend the Lords Bishops of Bombay (late and present), Calcutta, Capetown, Colombo, Guiana, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney (late), Toronto, and of Tasmania.

The Right Reverend the Bishops of Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, and of Virginia.

The Right Honourable the Lords Bolton, Calthorpe, Farnham, Lindsay, Lyttelton, Rayleigh, and Teignmouth.

Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Argyle.-Right Honourable the Countess of Annesley -Right Honourable Viscountess Valentia.Right Honourable Lady Ward, &c.

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MEMBERS OF THE PARKER SOCIETY.

The Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.-The Right Honourable Lord Justice Clerk, Scotland.-The Honourable Mr. Justice Jackson The Chevalier Bunsen.-The Right Honourable Henry Goulburn, M.P. for the University of Cambridge.-The Right Honourable W. E. Gladstone, M.P. for the University of Oxford, &c.

The very Reverend the Deans of Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Gloucester, Manchester, Norwich, Peterborough, Salisbury, and Winchester.-The Deans and Chapters of Lichfield, Worcester, Limerick, Raphoe, Tuam, &c. The very Reverend the Deans of Clogher, Cloyne, Connor, Cork, Derry, Cashel, Elphin, Emly, St. Patrick, Ossory, Kildare, and Kilmacduagh. The Honourable and Worshipful T. W. Law, Chancellor of Bath and Wells. -The Worshipful H. Raikes, Chancellor of Chester, E. T. M. Phillips, Chancellor of Gloucester, F.R. Sandys, Chancellor of Ossory, Marsham Argles, Chancellor of Peterborough, and J. N. Woodroffe, Chancellor of Cork.

The Venerable Archdeacons Berners, Bevan, Brown, Buckle, Davys, Hare, Hill, Hodson, Hoare, Law, Mac Donald, Philpot, Spooner, C. Thorp, Henry Williams, William Williams, of New Zealand, R. J. Wilberforce.

The Venerable Archdeacons Bell, Beresford, Creery, Digby, Mant, Monsell, Oldfield, Power, Stopford, Strean, Stuart, Verschoyle, and St. George. Reverend Dr. Corrie, Master of Jesus Coll. Cambridge.-Reverend Dr. Plumtre, Master of University Coll., Oxford. -Reverend Dr. Phelps, Master of Sidney Sussex Coll., Cambridge. -Reverend Dr. Philpot, Master of Catherine Hall, Cambridge.-Reverend Dr. Archdall, Master of Emmanuel Coll., Cambridge.-Reverend Dr. Tatham, Master of St. John's Coll., Cambridge.-Reverend Dr. Cartmel, Master of Christ's Coll., Cambridge. Reverend Dr. Symons, Warden of Wadham Coll., Oxford. -Reverend Dr. Fox, Provost of Queen's Coll., Oxford.-Reverend Dr. Cotton, Provost of Worcester Coll., Oxford, and Vice Chancellor of the University. Reverend Dr. Jeune, Master of Pembroke Coll., Oxford. -Reverend Dr. Ainsley, Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge.-Dr. King, President of Queen's Coll., Cambridge.-Reverend Dr. Webb, Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge.-Reverend Dr. Cardwell, Principal of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford.

The Reverend Dr. Sadlier, Provost of Trinity Coll., Dublin.-The Venerable
Archdeacon Thorpe, Warden of the University of Durham.-The Very
Reverend Dr. Lee, Principal of the University of Edinburgh.-Reverend
J. Wheeler, President of the University of Vermont, U.S.-Reverend Dr.
Hawtrey, Provost of Eton.- Reverend Dr. Williamson, late Head
Master of Westminster School, &c, &c.
LIBRARIES.—The Royal Library, Berlin -Balliol Coll. Oxford.—Gonville and
Caius, Pembroke, and Queen's Coll., Cambridge.-Wadham and Worcester
Coll. Oxford.-Trinity Coll., Dublin.-University of Edinburgh.-King's
Coll., London.-Advocate's Library, and Library of the Writers to the
Signet, Edinburgh.-St. Bees' Coll.-Cathedrals of Chester and Cashel.-
The London Institution.- The London Library.-The Chetham Library,
Manchester; and many other Collegiate, Public, and School Libraries, &c.

THE LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN. REV. G. E. CORRIE, D. D., Master of Jesus College, Cambridge.-REV. R. G. BAKER.-REF. C. BENSON, Canon of Worcester.-JOHN BRIDGES, ESQ.-JOHN BRUCE, Esq.-REV. GUY BRYAN.-REV. RICHARD BURGESS, Canon of St. Paul's.-REV. T. TOWNSON CHURTON, late fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.-REV. SAMUEL CARR, Colchester.-HON. WILLIAM COWPER.-REV. W. HAYWARD Cox, Oxford -REV. J. W. CUNNINGHAM.-REV. THOMAS DALE, Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's.-REV. W GOODE.-JOSEPH HOARE, ESQ.-REV. T. H. HORNE, Canon of St. Paul's.-HON. ARTHUR KINNAIRD.-HENRY Pownall, Esq. -REV. JOSIAH Pratt.-REV. M. M. PRESTON.-Rev. Dr. ROBINSON.-REV. DANIEL WILSON.

General Secretary and Librarian,

REV. JOHN AYRE.

Editorial Superintendent of the Society's Publications at Cambridge,
REV. F. GELL, Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.
Secretary for General Business,

WILLIAM THOMAS, ESQ., at the Office of the Parker Society, 33, Southampton Street,
Strand, London, to whom all cheques and Post Office Orders are to be made payable.

Auditors.

HON. A. KINNAIRD, H. POWNALL, ESQ., and F. LowE, Esq.

Bankers.

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MESSRS. HERRIES, FARQUHAR, AND Co., No. 16, St. James's Street. REGULATIONS FOR DELIVERY OF THE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY.

1. They will be delivered, free of expense, at the office, or within three miles of the General Post Office, London.

II. They will be sent to any place in England beyond the distance of three miles from the General Post Office, by any conveyance member may point out. In this case the parcels will be booked at the expense of the Society, but the carriage must be paid by the members to whom they are sent.

III. They will be delivered, free of expense, at any place in London which a member resident in the country may name.

IV. They may remain at the office of the Society until the members apply for them; but, in that case, the Society will not be responsible for any damage which may happen from fire, or other accident.

V. They will be sent to any of the Correspondents, or Agents of the Society, each member paying the Correspondent or Agent a share of the carriage of the parcel in which the books were included. Arrangements are made for the delivery on this plan, in many of the cities and large towns where a sufficient number of members reside; and it will be esteemed a favour if gentlemen who are willing to further the objects of the Parker Society, by taking charge of the books for the members in their respective neighbourhoods, will write to the Office on the subject. VI. They will be delivered in Edinburgh and Dublin as in London, and forwarded from thence to members in other parts of Scotland and Ireland, in the same manner as is mentioned above with respect to England.