This society from its institution, to April, 1809, has paid £613. 11s. 6d. to 760 women; to 308 during confinement in child-bed; 438 during sickness; and to 14 losing their husbands. Treasurer, the Rev. C. J. Chapman Secretary, Mr. J. English. Charity for Clergymen’s widows, &c. in Norwich and Norfolk. President, the Lord Bishop of Norwich for the time being Treasurer, the Rev. Mr. Parr. The Norfolk Dissenters’ Benevolent Association, for the relief of aged dissenting Ministers, their widows and orphans, is supported by voluntary subscriptions among the Calvinistic Unitarian, and Baptist Dissenters; and an annual collection, in aid of the funds, is made at every meeting of the above persuasions in the county. The annual meeting of the society is held the first week in May. J. Barnard, Esq. of Knapton, Treasurer. The Benevolent Association, for the relief of decayed tradesmen’s windows, and orphans; was instituted in 1790. From the statement of the society, it appears that near 700 tradesmen’s widows and orphans have already received benefit from the funds of the association; and that the accumulating fund of the society from benefactions, &c. amount to nearly £3000. Mr. C. Bagg, Clerk. The Norfolk Benevolent Medical Society, for raising and establishing a fund for the relief and benefit of widows and children of surgeons and apothecaries, and of indigent members of the profession, in Norfolk and Norwich, instituted in 1786. This society holds a general meeting yearly, in May, at Norwich and Swaffham, alternately. The Society of Universal Goodwill, in Norwich, for the relief of foreigners who are not entitled to assistance from the parish laws of this country. The number of persons who have been relieved by this society, amounts to near 3000. The Amicable Society for Attornies, for raising and establishing a fund for the relief and benefit of the widows and children of Attornies in Norfolk and Norwich, instituted 1784. Subscribers pay one guinea annually, and they have accumulated a fund of upwards £2000. Meetings of the society are held at the White Swan, St. Peter’s, on the first Monday in April and October. Besides the preceding, here are some other public, and many private charities and benefactions, which, together with those already enumerated, serve to shew that the spirit of beneficence is not fled, nor the hand of liberality closed. Formerly, here were two workhouses for the poor, one the Duke of Norfolk’s Palace, hired by the Court of him for that purpose, and within these few year, pulled down; the other in St. Andrew’s, adjoining the Hall, which is the only place occupied for that purpose at present. The annual expence of maintaining the poor of Norwich, has amounted to £20,000 on an average for the last 20 years, which has been raised by an assessment on the half rental of occupations, at about 5s. on the pound quarterly.