654 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. (out 
ИТ c GBNTREL AS SOCIATION mx 
D OF THE Mu 
WIVES AND FAMILIES, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, OF SOLDIERS 
ORDERED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. 
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Joint Patronage of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, FISLD-MARSHAL HRH. THE PRINCE ALBERT, Kg, 
Ver em 9^" AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT 
—His GRACE THE ÅRCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. LIEUTENANT yl Toa tx HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G. 
C aeh emiten INE RAL THE EARL OF BEAUCHAMP Vice Chai — VISCOUNT INGESTRE, 1st ике Guards. "Lokp LILFORD, 
Tr нана - RA Jonxw KIRKLAND, LORD HENRY bani s сд М.Р., and Mason THE HONOURABLE H. L. Pow 
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L mt TENE MP. Colonel Boldero, M.P. | э in Lettsom ne, de Lieut.-Co!. Hon.J.Lindsay, М.Р.) Andrew Spottisw: 
Lo doe — s үн Lord x Lieut.-Col. Hunter Blair, М.Р. | Si Rt. Hon. Joseph Napier, M.P. | Augustus MN t n. 
The Marquisof Blandford, М.Р. | Lord E — AM How ard, M.P. Major a Staff Officer ofi Hon. A. Kinn ird, M 35 Colonel 8 I TON - M.P Rev v. F. J. Stainfi 
"The Earl of Annesle Lord Henry Cholmondeley, M. if | Pensi Lieut.-Col. Brownlow Мао М. P. | Captain n, R.E Líeut.ol. Taylo А 
"The Earl of Cavan Lord Charles da | Lient. "Col. Caulfield, МР. Ross eR ptain William Stuart qon Wilson Patten; sq. МР. Captain W. FD dme. 
The Earl of Effingham Lord Fevers J. €. Colquhoun, Esq lville Portal, Esq., M.P Sir William Verner, М.Р, ut 
"Тһе Earl of Shaftesbury Captain Archdall M.P. Сары, Dongas, foti loyalRifies Captain Laffan, M.P. Major the Hon. H. L. Powys, Shirley Woolmer, Esq, : 
Viscount PRI Colonel Bak el Dunne, M.P | Lieut.-Col. Lawrenson 60th Royal Rifles. General Wyodlam, урта) 
Auditors—George а Bell, Esq., Law Fir en: * "^ Sowell, Esq., Pank ~ ет and. Treasurer—Sir 0 John Kirkland, No. 80, Pall Mal 
Honorary Secretar y—Major the Hon. Henry Littleton Powys, 60th Royal Rifles Assist erick Hayley Bell, "Esq. mit 
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I The foll d at a General Committee Meeting on the 3d of October, 1854, tie Right Hon, the EARL оғ ATION in the седна =: 
e National Club on the 24th Februa Notwithstanding all that has been said a ritten on the us the faet still 4 
de ASSOCI ts Joined on t ore putation from the Army and Navy cu A Ms i sadness, that for the wife uL family, widow and orphan, of our remaing 
усына ара blic сои held in LWillis's Rooms on {һе 7th March, мй, 0 whether non-commissioned officer or private, no provision whatever is made, 
ftem Sir Peregrine Maitland, G.C.B., iu the chair,) and has Nothing | but private charity keeps them from pauperism when their husbands —— 
way. 
of its 0) 
the fi roter de rit day пине Кане has boah ihe moans of alleviating fu marriage of these good men is fully permitted by military authority; it is even ertt 
DONI ON , induces the Committee tò make a half-yearly prar " n: proceed- a reward for good conduct, and yet ayay they be ordered to the seat of war, or die їп the service 
Pn vedere pot only to show that the noble efforts made by the country o of. the silent | of their X their familie s are cast aside m — qutm m дево! la tion. e go 
€— not а frui cn Pn! em also to direct public attention to fle а and absolute | this is по over-statement, the Com «ау ee have selected а few cases out of hundred. ыт al of w 
aecessity for the establishment of e permanent National Provision for the Wives and Families, are those of wives of non-commissioned office rs rs and pirana vhs баз 
"Widows, and Огрһапв, of ou eran Wes 
Case 490, Муз. B.—Wife nt of е: 38th. Married with Case 460, W.—Wi lauce-serjeant in n 6th | Mrs. T. L., 28th Regiment: жы with leave. ү ds 
Cii Left destitute with reyes Dragoons. Мапа with lent: em destitute with 3 children, | serjeant. Left with 5 children. Нег husband left her sme 
small sum her husband left for her. Five of her children pro- | and expecting her confinement. eekly rper. till she | little money and his watch, to part with in саве of need, The 
` vided for; the sixth being an infant, and the mother being | became a widow, when she pron S iE 802., and e bu E Me watch had been parted with, унча thís Association helped her 
weakly, she received a weekly allowance of 5s., until she obtai mes children provided for by the Birmingham Local Сш 2 out of all «ds troubles, and she regularly receives money-frem 
work as a wash — fo — the Association —— e Сазе 198, Mrs. E. H.— f te in the 38th T nd er husband. ЯФ 
"means, er own livelihood, assisted by her а ыр 8 [iy авй {е жие hildren. Ds child Mrs. E..B. case 321. — Wife of a private, 88th Regimeat. 
"two boys, aged 12 and 1: 13, for hom situations € ps shave | provided for, and a weekly allowance of 7s Married with leave. Left perfectly ba rem with 5 ehildren. 
cap : The two youngest, twins, born sinee her husband very 
ase .F—Wife of a private е эче тин Regiment. Tos health since pagon kanap наод 2: меш ИШ of 19 
_ Mrs. Е. F., Sth Hussars.—A most respectable person, married | Married with leave. Left destitute with 5 children. A weekly Nos. 406, 407, 408.— pr y enm 
жй lesve, на I ee" health. A: ih six ейтеп. allowance ot diui Ж ыы with leave gs m IR Бено 
ну ovime tl Te, „for which a donation of 21. was grand. «Сазе 439, 38th Regiment.— Mrs. A. the wife of a serjeant. жара meus in aN 
k Married with leave. Left destitute with 4 children. Has been Clara. 968, 21 Modi odes We olt s ый A 
s ‚ 489, Mrs. W. Н. R—Wife Ж a private, i3th Light pe d with jS де Aet. 141. a year, апа all her children Married witit кате, Left d pear rania — en me -— 
„Married w take pea istress. A weekly allow: 
A Ta ieri provided? A ttuation as eo obtained for her, Мез. egiment.—Married with leave. Sixteen years Mec m iare. 4. Qe Wife c of а serjeant of the 38th Regiment. 
: vided for. wie "^ a private, Tief (7ч vidi 5 children. A weekly | Married with leave. Left destitute with 6 children. А weekly 
"Married with leave, oaro. Lof destino vith for china, ул елм xpeet- pu AT Rm кыр рь A leave, Left destitute Case 592, Mrs. T.—Wife of a serjeant of the 1th Hussars. 
„ing her confinement. А. weekly allowance of -— 26 sce to авг 5 children, nable to leave ш Ии Married with leave. Leftwith 6 children. - Eldest daughter 
-the parish out-door relief of So. a-week and fou eekly allowance of T3.. vided with a.situation, пайа ae . 
_ This dreary catalogue of destitution might be дый almos MS n endless extent, and all tl g each case might be given; but the е 
aple statement of these facts is more than enden: to prove the need. for, , and the reality of their work, 1t is true that the раи à of the soldier may be compelled to support his wife and 
{ d but the. ыркы, would ask whether the workhouse is а fitting 5 piaco rite such letters as the following :— 
p nexr Varna, August 20th, 1854. | Ше daughter, Ву the last mail from } En gland I eere ше ав my means will маа to defray any expense which may 
arma, Augu ЕЗЙ | melancholy me ies of my wife's death, which o in placing her in апу establis ууш» ich you select... 
Е "leaving ту little gia entirely provided for, expect to embark for obest чае ТАСТА у Шу 1 
at d you 
iberty "take in addressing you; but having heard of your kind- | де, аа erefore humbly hope that you will kindly са n- | very anxious that so: 
mess to the wives and children of soldiers now serying iu Turkey, |. quniries » be made, so that my child may not be left entirely vide чаа. m 28 remain, sm most MEAT 
- d an-induced to request your kind assistance on behalfof my | unprotected or uncared for. I will most gladly "ORE “тв ый X. а A i. 
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пэр Bhed olier wt , Industrial 
School at, Birmingham, at the xu of the вобада у and wheu thorou ughly trained and edueated, will be provided with a situation Jr the managers s. the ыс School, v: iilo Зайт 
cuneo brs 1 tid ** Dev: ——Á— July, 1851. MT more i Eae be A iom D how grateful | part of whom still remain claimants on the As 
be: glàd to thi ла» рро t > that has been extended to | erally those who have become widows and orphans. conc 
ren, fresh appli 
i ате the poor women hus showing that the number of women men and 29 
Г Р their ndis doing for them. . With a few exceptions, allhave |.is greater publie were led. paaie 
e "hope you are well and happy altogether and E nced the greatest thankfulness, and readiness to find — Niamentary | Return called for in both їһ Houses of Parliament П 
deii eni сш и another. But, my diar. chita, vou | ment for казр. Two wives of soldiers who v been however, aecounted for, by — cho lese 
look after our youngest sister, for she is but eved with weekly allowances, offered.t Ems que p the Parliamentary cR 
God bless ;you all and keep you under His Association as soon as their husbands remitted money ; 63d Regiment. 63d 
daily prayer of your loving гы Lee. » ips mid received dans — from her белча Parliamentary Return. Arene 
ear sister Fanny; kiss her for m paying а sovere at "MI | „of Women 
d inei : all | the эже time, ** That there was "ie poor матта че lo ho SM Mss ene Ghani анон» 245. 
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The Association Return was үе 
ild К d hat ou can t |in aio as cooks, nurses, omen, &e. ‚з d ч ras given; | 
ren, and st jat yon e a м; toti genera yh — given satisfaction; one of them Writes thus ul unde ар Arie i irte Fi: Й 
bo o the inspecting officer :— д Wir ommanding t 
t write to me, my с позднего о рине 1 nouciob vut E Robe ps тыны T d MAD el Mere been the] 
camp. Idare say | £etti ngon. I never was so > happy in ee my life, 11 have рте e e y vpancy in the reti 
We have our ерак» | 2 kind master mistress; they look to my comfort one, Ifthere be such a знч ра UT heo" 
no houses near us for| УЗУ; I might well say, it is equal to my own juni C» "t; mens wat am be in fi 
i more j 
j e, a curious 
ir kindness to me and my child; also for the 10s. I have анаа perience of this Association, that, 
onr received, with which I have bought some clothes. I hope that I Horat who bave married with lenve, or 
my time. The lady s ї admitted into by the-3 
my sincere thanks to you for your 
natives ot Nova Scotia and нү оп чн 
Government to their : 
wn country, have 
de them with com- 
n my power, 
E dus for ае | di 
could | the 
able to proceed t 
next day; and thus stran a 
the streets of Westminster, paar fad лэр ү тод vemm aida 
with e i p ment — у P 
they were unable to pay for. Respecta! ied o f 
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