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The sums subscribed should be paid only to the 

 Charitable Committee of the Society, or to the order 

 of one of the members of the committee, who will 

 look to its proper application," 



At a later meeting called in the same year, the 

 needs of the Society for the funds necessary to en- 

 able them to relieve the wants of their fellow country- 

 men, from some cause or other not now apparent, 

 but probably an unusually severe winter, appear to 

 have been seriously increased ; since a committee 

 was then appointed to solicit a donation from the 

 Corporation of the city in supplying their immediate 

 wants. This application was presented in due course 

 to the Board of Aldermen, accompanied by a peti- 

 tion signed by prominent members of the Society, 

 but it was rejected, the Board declining to make any 

 contribution. From the petition then presented we 

 make the following extract : 



" That while the petitioners are aware of the large 

 amount (as a total) which is received by the city as 

 commutation money for foreign passengers, they 

 freely admit the great expense upon the city for for- 

 eign poor, and yet the Society indulges in a hope 

 and belief that, if the Honorable the Corporation 

 would extend a kind hand prior to the severe winter 

 weather by a sum which could be distributed by the 

 Charitable Committee of the Society, or through 

 their supervision (under such restrictions as the 

 donors might order) the city authorities would be 



