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fourteen years, they had, agreeably to the powers vested 
in them, determined on the creation of 10,000 half-shares 
of 52. each, to be appropriated preferably to the pro- 
prictors. Resolutions were then passed, empowering the 
directors to make a further issue of shares to that extent. 
~The general meeting of the shareholders in the London 
Joint Stock Bank was held on Wednesday. The report 
Stated that the affairs of the bank for the half-year ending 
the 31st ult. showed a net profit for that period of 
19,1897. 5s. 11d., of which sum the directors proposed to 
apply 18,0007. to the payment of the usual dividend of 6/. 
per cent. on the paid-up capital of the company, and to 
carry the remainder to the credit of the guarantee fund. 
The guarantee fund would then amount to 94,4032 17s, 
2d, ‘The statement of the account of liabilities and assets 
was on the debtor side, to capital paid up, viz. 60,000 
Shares, at 10/. each, 600,0007. To amount due by the 
bank, 1,771,7397. 18s. 7d. To amount of the guarantee 
fund, 93,2147. 11s. 3d., and amount carried to profit and 
Oss account, 38,154/, 2s. 1ld.; making a total of 
2,503,108/, Tis. 10d. Qn the credit side, by Exchequer- 
bills and India Bonds, 246,613/. 14s, 6d. ; by bills dis- 
Counted, loans, and cash, 2,222,469/. 17s. 4d.; by build- 
ing, furniture, &c., in Prince’s-street, 23,0002, and 
building, &c., in Pall-mall, making a total the same as the 
other side, of 2,503,108/., lls. 10d. The report and 
Statement of the accounts were agreed to unanimously, 
and a vote of thanks given to the directors. 
Anti-Corn-law Mectings.—On Tuesday a meeting of 
electors of the borough of Marylebone took place, for the 
Purpose of completing the formation of a Central Borough 
Anti-Corn-Law Association, to carry out the objects of 
the great League Fund. Mr. Bagshaw presided, and was 
Supported by Gen. Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Ewart, M.P. 
and other gentlemen, The meeting was addressed by 
Mr. Henry Waymouth, Dr. W. C. Taylor, Mr. Ivemey, 
and others; and resolutions for the formation of the pro- 
Posed Association were adopted. It was also decided to 
hold a public Meeting at the Colosseum on Thursday, the 
26th inst. for the general purpose of the League. On 
ednesday evening a meeting of the sixth district of the 
Metropolitan Asscciation, comprising the division of St. 
‘uke, Islington, and Clerkenwell, was held, Mr. P. A. 
Taylor in the chair. The meeting was addressed by Mr. 
T.M, Gibson, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P., Dr. Bowring, 
M.P., Mr. Martineau, Mr. Buckingham, and other gentle- 
men connected with the district; after which resolutions 
Were adopted in favour of the League Fund. 
Church Pastoral Aid Society—On Tuesday evening a 
meeting of the members of the Bloomsbury branch of this 
Society was held, the Hon. and Rev. Montagu Villiers in the 
chair, The report stated that the society by its grants now 
Maintained 243 incumbents, having under their care and 
Pastoral superintendence a population of 1,832,552 souls. 
The charge to the society for these incumbents, 129 of whom 
Were without parsonage-houses, was 21,1102. In addition 
to this number, 194 clergymen and 31 lay assistants were 
Supported in their labours by the funds at an annual charge 
f 17,7052. It was expected that after the ordinations to 
€ held during the present and ensuing months, 15 more 
Curates would be appointed to occupy grants now vacant, 
Yequiring a further sum of 1,3007, The contributions re- 
rey received amounted to nearly 2,000/., to which was 
vee added 70/. 6s. received by the Branch Association, 
: ter addresses by the Rev. Dr. Dibdin, Rev. Mr. Hughes, 
au Others, resolutions were passed in support of the 
Jects of the society. 
thi oyal Humane Society.—The half-yearly meeting of 
th a Society took place on Tuesday, Mr. Baron Gurney in 
eh chair. Among those present were Lord John Rus- 
Th and several other influential members of the society. 
Bel stated that during the preceding six months 
nites had been brought under the notice of the com- 
¢ 3) Of these 78 were successful, and 7 beyond reco- 
3 14 were attempts at suicide, and six had been re- 
to the present Court; 13 cases had occurred in 
ver > and of these 11 were succesful, 2 beyond reco- 
sha eal 8 attempts at suicide. 21 silver medals, 18 
relly © medals, and three votes of thanks engrossed on 
m had been awarded, and 156 persons had received 
sell, a ay rewards. On the motion of Lord John Rus- 
berland fe of thanks was passed to the Duke of Northum- 
Grace or his liberal support of the charity, and his 
the cates re-elected President. The subscriptions for 
Trent year amounted to 3,489/. 1s. 7d., and the ba- 
e om last year 136/. 2s. 4d. The general expenses 
Year were 1,752, 1s. 3d., and those of Hyde-park 
m pu Pats 4d. Stock to the amount of 1,236/. had 
Medals Tehased, and the balance in hand was 5/. 4s. 1d. 
Gee then awarded in the cases above alluded to. 
half-yearty for the Deaf and Dumb.—On Monday the 
Ff 3 e, general meeting of this institution, established 
Or the Support and education of indigent deaf 
in 179, 
Feport state ote was held atthe London Tavern. The 
fete 1,8 
» Write, 
ay H _ During the last 12 months 70 children had 
i Mto the asylum, and the committee now 
3 More, from a list of 93 candidates, should 
Ving that the necessary funds to maintain 
ore has Would be afforded. Nearly 300 children 
Maintained bee: Instructed in the school, and clothed and 
that insta y the charity. The list of candidates showed 
born deaf aw of three and four children having been 
Courrence, nd dumb in one family were not of unfrequent 
Cre Were f In one family containing seven children, 
CONtaining ot, Porn deaf and dumb ; in another family, 
& Six, there were three ; and in another, contain- 
belie 
ne them 
ing five, there were three. The receipts arising from sub- 
scriptions, legacies, dividends, &c., during the past year, 
amounted to 11,575/.; the disbursements to 10,7720. 3 
leaving a balance in hand of 8022 
Election of Chief Rabbi.—We learn by the daily pa- 
pers that the Presidents of the various Jewish synagogues 
in Great Britain have been requested to proceed imme- 
diately to appoint delegates from their congregations, and 
to report their names to the secretary of the Great Syna- 
gogue, preparatory to their assembling in London to elect 
a Chief Rabbi of the Jews of the British empire, in the 
room of the late Dr. Hirschel. Several eminent men are 
said to be mentioned as candidates for the office. 
The Scottish Monument.—We noticed in our last the 
proceedings of the Marylebone Vestry on the 31st ult., in 
adopting a resolution to ascertain how far their grant of a 
spot of ground in Regent’s Circus for the erection of this 
the dancing were renewed until nine o'clock, when the 
party broke up, the patients being evidently as much de- 
lighted with their holiday as the visitors, who assembled 
in large numbers to witness this interesting festival. 
Mortality of the Metropotis.—The number of deaths 
registered in the week ending Dec, 31 was 1004: males. 
5235 females, 481. Weekly average, 1838-9-40-1—males, 
467; females, 445. The occurrence of this mortality in 
the different districts was as follows—West districts, 129; 
North, 190; Central, 194 ; East 229 ; South, 269. é 
Jrovinefal Wetws. 
Incendiary Fires.—The following fires have been re- 
ported this week :—In Surrey, two barns filled with wheat 
and barley, and the stables on the farm of Mr. Woodward 
of Thorpe, were totally destroyed on Saturday evening, 
In Lincolnshire, on the 4th inst., several corn-ricks on 
monument might expose the Vestry to legal p ding 
On Saturday last there was an exceedingly full attendance 
of the Vestry for the purpose of deciding on the confirm- 
ation of this resolution. Mr. Clapp moved the non-con- 
firmation of the minute. He contended that the Vestry 
had just as much right to erect this monument to the 
Scottish Reformers as they would have to erect one to 
Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Pitt, or any deceased Tory noble- 
man. Mr. Gomm thought the Vestry would find out that 
the course they had pursued was no joke. In the first 
place, the Vestry had no right to give the land for such a 
purpose at all; and, secondly, they had no right to allow 
the parish to be disgraced by a monument to such charac- 
ters. Mr. Hodkinson denied the character given of those 
men, and declared (amidst great confusion) that they were 
Jacobins, and justly-convicted traitors. Mr. Walpole 
Eyre thought it a disgrace to the parish, and little credit 
to the memory of these men, to put up a monument 
to them under the pretence of its being a lamp-post. Mr. 
Hume denied that there was any wish to erect this under 
the pretence of its being a ‘‘lamp-post;’’ he should indeed 
consider himself, and the Reformers whose memory it was 
to commemorate, disgraced by the erection of a lamp-post. 
He asked for its erection as an ornament to the parish ; 
and thought there was but little credit attached to those 
who now sought to set that erection on one side. He was 
sorry he had ever brought the subject before the Vestry, 
as it had created a party spirit he had not anticipated. He 
had already been at great expense in the contract for 
digging out the foundation, and he wished the Vestry to 
decide at once whether they could proceed or not. After 
considerable discussion a division was d d when 
the farm of Mr. Peacock at Thorpe Tilney, 10 miles from 
Sleaford, were consumed. On Saturday last a great part 
of the farming-stock of Mr. Rusher at Heckington, was 
fired and destroyed; and on Sunday, 7 stacks of wheat, 2 
of barley, and one of hay, were burnt to the ground on the 
farm of Mr. E. Cooper at Ramsby.—In Cheshire, on 
Thursday week, the stacks in the farm-yard of Mr. R. 
W. Barton, and-1,100 feet of timber, valued at 1,000/., 
were entirely consumed. A labourer residing in the 
neighbourhood of the farm has been apprehended as the 
supposed incendiary, and committed to take his trial. 
Caernarvon.—On Saturday last the Monk steamer was 
totally lost on Caernarvon Bar, and 24 persons drowned. 
The vessel was on her voyage from Portinllaen to Liverpool, 
and struck on the north bank of the bar about 6 P.M., on 
Saturday, when the engine became immediately disabled. 
She soon stuck fast on the sands, as it was then within an 
hour of low water. The master, being in hopes she would 
float off with the flood tide, endeavoured to pacify the 
passengers to await the event, but made signals to the 
life-boat station, by exhibiting lights and burning a tar 
barrel, in hopes they would come off. The boat, however, 
could not be made available, as she was in such.a position 
that she could make no way against a strong tide and head 
wind, and consequently no assistance could be rendered. 
The vessel went to pieces during the night, and only four 
of the crew succeeded in saving themselves in a small 
punt, after much danger and exertion ; they were once 
capsized on approaching the bank, but, fortunately securing 
the boat, they hauled her on the bank, and launched her 
a iderable distance over it, to get into the channel 
there appeared—For non-confirmation, 35; for confirma- 
tion, 14 ; majority in favour of proceeding with the monu- 
ment, 21, The surveyor announced that the foundation 
already dug came in contact with a manhole belonging to a 
sewer, and the Commissioners of Woods and Forests dared 
them to build over it. The architect of the monument, 
therefore, desired to move the foundation four or five feet 
more northward. An angry discussion again ensued, but 
the application of the architect was complied with. 
ZToxton.—On Saturday night a murder and suicide, 
d under cir 5: of a di: ing nature, 
caused much exci amongst the inhabi of Hunt- 
ingdon-street, Hoxton Old Town, and its neighbourhood. 
This double crime was committed by a man named Giles, 
a maker of hooks and eyes, who had resided some time in 
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between it and the main, which they were enabled to reach 
by the use of the bottom boards, having lost the oars when 
she capsized, As day came on, a life-boat from Lland- 
dwyn was able to reach the fragment of wreck which still 
remained on the sands, and found two other persons, who 
were brought away in safety. The body of the captain 
has been washed ashore; and, so far as can at present 
be ascertained, the number of lives lost is not less than 
twenty-four. 
Carmuarthen.—The local papers observe that the state 
of society in Wales may surprise some of their English 
readers, when they acquaint them with the fact that there 
has been for some months past in the neighbourhood of 
St. Clears, a mob of depredators amounting to about 600, 
who assemble nightly for the purpose of destroying the 
turnpike-gates on the various lines of roads. They are 
that street. Pulmonary p in an agg 
form had lately rendered him so weak and infirm that he 
could not continue at his work; and the result was, that 
after parting with almost every article of furniture, and 
everything wherewith he could raise money to purchase 
food for his family, he became very much distressed. On 
Saturday evening, in the absence of his wife, he cut the 
throats of his two younger children, and then destroyed 
himself. One of the children was found to be still alive, 
and some hopes are entertained of her recovery. An in- 
quest was held on Monday, when the jury returned a 
verdict of “‘ Temporary Insanity.” 
W oolwich.—The 16 gentlemen cadets belonging to the 
first class of students at the Royal Military Academy who 
have been detained at their studies beyond the usual 
period as a mark of disapprobation of their conduct in 
joining in some street disturbance a few months back, 
were examined on Tuesday, and the extra duties having 
it d sufficient isk ft, and a warning to 
others not to follow a similar course, they have obtained 
leave of absence, and will be immediately appointed to 
commissions. 
Hanwell Lunatic Asylum.—We noticed in our last the 
entertainment given on New Year’s eve to the female 
lunatics in this asylum. A similar festival was given on 
Twelfth Night to the male patients, and with the same 
satisfactory results. The scene of the fé¢e was one of the 
long galleries on the male side of the house which open 
into the great central tower, and the circular gallery on 
the same floor within the tower. These galleries were 
tastefully decorated with festoons of evergreens, inter- 
spersed with drawings and numerous mottos in ornamental 
borderings. The greater part of these decorations were the 
work of patients ; the paintings and the mottos, some of 
which were in Latin, were exclusively their performance. 
As on the previous occasion, Mr. Mainzer was present, 
and added’ to the interest of the scene by occasionally 
presiding at the piano, selecting a sufficient number of 
the patients to form the chorus. A band of music, 
composed partly of patients and partly of the ser- 
vants of the house, filled up the intervals between the 
singing and the dances, which were kept up with great 
spirit and frequently renewed, After ‘God save the 
Queen’? had been sung in good style, the whole party 
joining in the chorus, they sat down to supper, which was 
followed by pipes and tobacco. After this, the music and 
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headed by a very tall man, dressed for disguise as a 
female, and known by the name of Rebecca; and as many 
of his associates are likewise dressed as females, the whole 
gang have been christened “ Rebecca and her daughters.”” 
These men are nearly all of them ably mounted, and are 
the terror of the neighbouring country. The Pwlltrap 
gate has been destroyed several times, and as frequently 
replaced by the trustees of the road; but immediately 
after its re-erection, the confederates have invariably a8- 
sembled in greater force than before, and levelled it to the 
ground. They are well organised, for although so bua 
rous a body they disperse immediately afterwards in di f 
ferent directions, and completely elude the vigilance © 
the local police. Rewards have been offered for ea ae 
prehension, and some of the London police have tis 
sent down to assist the constabulary in discovering the 
church authorities of Coventry in 
churches, and adopting the ee 
benches. As this improvement ‘ z 
Margaret’s, Ipswich, it Fae not be wns to 8 
readers if we give the following letter if noon to Mr. 
Fonnereau of that town by the Bishop of Norwich, who 
has done so much to introduce JRO praying benches 
in other parts of his diocese :— Palace, Norwich, Dec. 
16.—Dear Sir,—Agreeing with you, as I entirely do, upon 
the injustice and evil tendency of pews, by. which the be- 
nefits of our church services are, comparatively speaking, 
confined to the higher and wealthier classes, to the ex- 
clusion of the poor, I sincerely hope your appeal to the 
inhabitants of Ipswich may be successful, and that they 
may be amongst the first to express, as a collective body, 
their disapprobation of a system so adverse, in my opi- 
nion, to the true interests of our national church, which 
professes to have so much at heart the spiritual welfare of 
the poorer and humbler classes of our population. I am 
persuaded, indeed, that one of the prominent causes of 
dissent, as well as utter disregard and indifference to reli- 
gion, manifested by too many of these classes, is attribu- 
table, in a great degree, to that exclusive system of pews 
which has for so many years prevailed. If you have not 
yet seen a charge delivered, Nov. 1842, by Archdeacon 
Samuel Wilberforce, I would recommend it to your notice, 
as containing much valuable information and able remarks 
