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1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 June 18, 1853.]

2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 491

4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0  HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Thursday.

5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 Mr. Fresh field inquired whether the Succession-tax was to apply to property of corporations such as the Royal Hospitals held in trust for the poor, and for the care of insane persons ?

6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the tax was to apply to corporations even of an eleemosynary character.

7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 In answer to Mr. J. Gibson, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the only alteration in the law with respect to the Advertisement-duty that he intended to make was, to reduce its amount.

8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 MR. KEOGH AND THE DERBY GOVERNMENT.

9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 Mr. Keogh rose, according to notice, to call the attention of the House to a statement made in the other house of Parliament on Friday evening last, and repeated on Tuesday night by Lord Derby, reflecting upon his (Mr. Keogh’s) personal honour. He had stated that Lord Naas had asked him, while Lord Derby’s Government was in process of formation, whether he would take office under that Government. This assertion had been positively denied in the other House; but he (Mr. Keogh) now assured the House of its truth, and hoped to be believed. The facts of the case were, that Lord Naas, after being offered the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, and before accepting it, sought him (Mr. Keogh) at the Reform Club, and, not finding him there, pursued him from house to house, and street to street. Ultimately, he (Mr. Keogh), by the noble Lord’s desire, had an interview with him at his house, and it was there the noble Lord asked him whether he would take office under Lord Derby’s Government ? He at first treated the subject jocularly; but when the noble Lord requested a serious answer, inquired by whose direction the question was put. Lord Naas said, by direction of Major Beresford (Laughter), who was in communication with Lord Derby. Subsequently, Major Beresford complained of the opposition given by him (Mr. Keogh) to the Government of Lord Derby, upon the ground that an offer of office made, or a question put by Lord Naas, had entitled them to kinder consideration. (Cheering.) The hon. and learned gentleman stated other circumstances; and asserted that such a question as that put to him by Lord Naas might be well understood to be an offer of office, although the noble Lord had denied that he had, directly or indirectly, made such an offer to him. He hoped, in conclusion, the noble Lord would place the matter in a right light before the House.

10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 Lord Naas said that his recollection of the circumstances of the case differed very materially from that of Mr. Keogh. It was true that the interview alluded to had taken place, and at that interview he (Lord Naas) said to Mr. Keogh, “ If office had been offered by Lord Derby to you or to your friends, would you have accepted it ? ” The hon. and learned gentleman replied, “I think, after the part we had in overthrowing the late Government, such an offer might have been made (Laughter).” But there was nothing like an offer of office, or any intention of doing so ; although he (Lord Naas) had said that Major Beresford knew of his asking the question, which was, indeed, the fact; but Major Beresford did not authorise him to make any offer of place.

11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 Major Beresford assured the House that he had neither directly nor indirectly authorised Lord Naas to offer office to Mr. Keogh or his friends. He saw the noble Lord at the time alluded to, and the noble Lord said he should be likely to see Mr. Keogh. Upon that, he (Major Beresford) said that after the part the learned gentleman and his friends had taken in assisting to overthrow the late Government, they might expect an offer of place; but that could not be, although he (Major Beresford) could say there was a friendly feeling towards them upon the part of the Government. With regard to the conversation which subsequently took place between himself and Mr. Keogh, the learned gentleman had put an in- terpretation upon it, which facts did not warrant; giving to the House an impression that he (Major Beresford) knew of an offer of office having been made to Mr. Keogh, which was directly opposed to the real state of the case. In conclusion, he protested against the introduction of such private and confidential matters into the House.

12 Leave a comment on paragraph 12 0 After some remarks from Mr. Napier and Mr. Butt,

13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 0 Mr. Disraeli said the question was one which ought hardly to have been introduced, inasmuch as it principally concerned the personal veracity of two members of that House. With regard to the affair itself, he thought the statements of the noble Lord and the hon. and learned gentleman perfectly reconcileable with each other, although leading to different conclusions.

14 Leave a comment on paragraph 14 0 Lord J. Russell reminded the House that the discussion had arisen from a direct personal attack made upon the Solicitor-General for Ireland, by one who had lately held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under Lord Derby. With reference to the statement of Lord Naas, it fully confirmed that made by Mr. Keogh, who was justified in regarding the communication of the noble Lord as likely to be followed by an offer of some office. He (Lord J. Russell) was bound to say that he never before saw such a want of candour and fairness towards a former friend as that by Lord Naas to Mr. Keogh.

15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 Sir J. Pakington objected to the tone of Lord J. Russell’s speech, and vindicated the conduct and speech of Lord Naas. It had been said in the other House that the appointment of the hon. and learned gentleman was the least reputable which the present Government had made; and, admitting that there was nothing in the conduct of the right hon. gentleman which would have disqualified him for office under the late Government, he (Sir J. Pakington) now shared that impression. Since that time the hon. and learned gentleman had been represented as having morally and physically trampled under foot the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, and the conduct of the noble Lord (Lord J. Russell), as the author of that bill, yet required explanation in connection with the appointment. He (Sir J. Pakington) was at first so disgusted with the appointment of the hon. and learned gentleman, that he cut from the public papers extracts from speeches delivered by him in Ireland at public meetings, and kept them in his pocket for some time, lest the matter of the appointment should have come before the House.

16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 Mr Keogh accepted the opinions of those who had spoken upon the matter between himself and Lord Naas, as a complete satisfaction to his feelings. With reference to the new charge preferred by Sir J. Pakington, he would only say that, since his interview with Lord Naas, he had spoken at no public meeting in connection with the Ecclesiastical Titles Act.

17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Bentinck, and Mr. Vance having said a few words, the subject dropped.

18 Leave a comment on paragraph 18 0 THE SUCCESSION DUTY BILL.

19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 The House then went into committee on this bill, five clauses of which were agreed to, after four hours’ uninteresting discussion, and the Chairman reported progress.

20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 The other orders of the day were afterwards disposed of.

21 Leave a comment on paragraph 21 0 Appointments.—The Lord President has appointed Charles Edward Boothby, Esq., of the Council-office, to be his Lordship’s private secretary. Mr. Boothby was some time secretary to the Marquis of Lansdowne. Mr. A. W Hanson, late her Majesty’s Consul at Liberia, has been appointed Consular Agent at Sherbro Castle. Mr. W. Augustus Tollemache, Unpaid Attache at Paris, has been appointed Paid Attache to her Majesty’s Legation at Rio Janeiro.

22 Leave a comment on paragraph 22 0 Casts for the New Crystal Palace.—Some packages have arrived by a steamer from Hamburg, containing casts for the New Crystal Palace at Sydenham. These packages were of such extraordinary size and weight, that it was found to be impracticable to land them at one of the ordinary wharfs; and it was found to be necessary (with the sanction of the proper authorities) to land them at Greenwich, in order that they might be immediately landed, and safely removed to their destination.

23 Leave a comment on paragraph 23 0 Sale of Autographs.—An interesting collection of rare autographs were sold on Wednesday last. Among them an autograph letter of Maria Antoinette, date 1784, for £1 15s.; one of Martin Luther to a friend, £3; of Charles Edward Stewart, £3 10s.; of Cardinal Richelieu, £2; of Napoleon Bonaparte, addressed to Mr. Jances, of Chalons, dated February, 1791, £11; of Jean Paul Marat, £3 12s.; of James Stewart (the Chevalier St. George), £2 14s.; of George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, obit 1628, £1 10s.; the signature of George Washington to a document, accrediting the American Minister to the first French Republic, sold for £1 6s.; an autograph letter of David Garrick, in French, written to De Latouche, who was translating Shakspeare, £1 3s.

24 Leave a comment on paragraph 24 0 Australian Pacific Steamers.—The six screw-ships building for the Pacific Steam Company, to ply from Panama, Tahiti, New Zealand, and New South Wales, are progressing towards completion; and the first ship of the line is expected to start from England the latter end of July. The whole squadron will be out at Sydney, and established on the Pacific route before the completion of the Panama Railway across the Isthmus. Hopes are entertained that the service between Panama and Sydney, and vice, versa, will be performed in from 32 to 35 days; thus bringing the Australian colonies within a postal communication with England of from 50 to 53 days, in conjunction with the steamers of the Royal West India Mail Company.

25 Leave a comment on paragraph 25 0 CHESS.

26 Leave a comment on paragraph 26 0 TO CORRESPONDENTS.

27 Leave a comment on paragraph 27 0 A., Brussels.—We beg to acknowledge with thanks the interesting games lately played by our correspondent and others with the celebrated German master, Von Heydebrand.

28 Leave a comment on paragraph 28 0 SURAK.—1. It has no merit whatever. In the variation, you give White a move which leaves his King in check ! 2. Your solution of No. 487 is correct—the others are both wrong

29 Leave a comment on paragraph 29 0 B L.—The variation you suggest was not seen until too late. You are quite right.

30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 STENOGRAPHEUS.—The system of Chess Notation which you did us the favour to submit to our consideration is certainly creditable to your ingenuity, but so utterly unsuited to all practical purposes that it would be a mere waste of space to give it publicity.

31 Leave a comment on paragraph 31 0 I. L. J. of Edinburgh.—You can Castle under the circumstances mentioned.

32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 G. G. H., Crosby-hall.—It shall be examined.

33 Leave a comment on paragraph 33 0 Germanicus.—The report of M Kieseritzky’s death is, we are afraid, too true, although we have received no authentic notification of such an event.

34 Leave a comment on paragraph 34 0 Student.—You should make yourself master of the profound and interesting analysis of the Bishop’s Gambit—by Jaenisch and Petroff—now publishing in the Chess-Player’s Chronicle.

35 Leave a comment on paragraph 35 0 Cheviot.—The Glasgow Chess-club now meets at the Athenaeum Institution, Ingram-street, every Monday and Thursday evening, from five to ten p.m.; and on Saturdays, from one to six p.m. It numbers about 70 members. President, H. G. Bell, Esq., Sheriff-Substitute of Lanarkshire; Hon Secretary, James Horne, Esq.

36 Leave a comment on paragraph 36 0 Solutions of Problem No. 487, by Alfred of Canterbury, D. D., Omega, C. L. of Stroud, Nellie. I. L. J. of Edinburgh, R. W. H., Jack of Worcester, are correct.

37 Leave a comment on paragraph 37 0 Solutions OF Problem No. 488, by Rugbiensis, Clio, Ricardo, C. L. of Stroud, J. II. of Sheffield, J. P., E. H., Derevon, Agnes, Mr. Jellyby, are correct. All others are wrong.

38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0 Solution of Problem No. 487.

39 Leave a comment on paragraph 39 0 WHITE. BLACK.

  1. 40 Leave a comment on paragraph 40 0
  2. 1. B to Q Kt 5th B to K 8th, or (a) •
  3. 2. Q to K Kt 5th (ch) Kt takes Q
  4. 3. Kt Mates.

41 Leave a comment on paragraph 41 0 (a) 1.

  1. 42 Leave a comment on paragraph 42 0
  2. 2. Kt to K B 4th (ch)
  3. 3. B takes Kt—Mate.

43 Leave a comment on paragraph 43 0 Kt takes P

44 Leave a comment on paragraph 44 0 K to K 4th

45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 Solution of Problem No. 488.

46 Leave a comment on paragraph 46 0 WHITE. BLACK.

  1. 47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0
  2. 1. Kt to Q Kt 7th (ch) K to K 4th
  3. 2. Q to her 4th (ch) K takes Q
  4. 3. Kt to Q B 6th (ch) K moves
  5. 4. Kt to Q B 5th—Mate.

48 Leave a comment on paragraph 48 0 PROBLEM No. 489. By Mr. Silas Angas. black.

49 Leave a comment on paragraph 49 0 WHITE.

50 Leave a comment on paragraph 50 0 White to play, and mate in four moves.

51 Leave a comment on paragraph 51 0 CHESS ON THE CONTINENT.

52 Leave a comment on paragraph 52 0 The following beautiful Game was played a few days since, at Brussels, between the great German master Von Heydebrand der Laza and M. de Rives, an amateur, who requires only practice with an opponent of first- rate skill to reach the topmost rank himself.

53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 white.

54 Leave a comment on paragraph 54 0 (M. de R.)

  1. 55 Leave a comment on paragraph 55 0
  2. 1. P to K 4th
  3. 2. P to Q B 3rd
  4. 3. P to Q 4th
  5. 4. Q P takes P
  6. 5. Q B to K 3rd
  7. 6. Q Kt to Q 2nd
  8. 7. Q Kt takes Kt
  9. 8. Q to Q R 4th
  10. 9. Castles
  11. 10. P to K B 3rd
  12. 11. K B P takes P
  13. 12. K Kt to K B 3rd
  14. 13. Q B to K B 4th

56 Leave a comment on paragraph 56 0 (a)

  1. 57 Leave a comment on paragraph 57 0
  2. 14. K B takes Kt
  3. 15. K to Q Kt sq
  4. 16. K R to K B sq
  5. 17. P to K Kt 3rd

58 Leave a comment on paragraph 58 0 BLACK.

59 Leave a comment on paragraph 59 0 (Von H. der L.) P to K 4th K Kt to K B 3rd Kt takes K P P to Q 4th Q B to K 3rd Q Kt to Q 2nd P takes Kt Q B to K B 4th P to Q B 3rd Q to Q B 2nd Q B to K Kt 3rd Q Kt takes K P Kt to Q 6th (ch)

60 Leave a comment on paragraph 60 0 Q tks Q B (ch) K B to Q B 4th Castles on K side

61 Leave a comment on paragraph 61 0 Q to Q B 2nd

62 Leave a comment on paragraph 62 0 WHITE.

63 Leave a comment on paragraph 63 0 (M. de R.) (V

64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 18. Kt to K R 4th 19. Q to Q B 2nd 20. P to K Kt 4th(b) 21. Kt to K B 5th

65 Leave a comment on paragraph 65 0 22. K Kt P takes B 23. Q to K Kt 2nd 24. B to Q B 2nd (c) 25. B to Q Kt 3rd (ch)

  1. 66 Leave a comment on paragraph 66 0
  2. 26. Q R takes R
  3. 27. B to K 6th (d)
  4. 28. R to K B 3rd
  5. 29. R to K R 3rd (e) 30. Q to K B 3rd
  1. 67 Leave a comment on paragraph 67 0
  2. 31. Q to K B sq
  3. 32. P to Q R 3rd
  4. 33. K to Q R 2nd 34. K to Q Kt sq (f) 35. Q R P takes P

68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 BLACK.

69 Leave a comment on paragraph 69 0 (Von H. der L.) P to Q Kt 4th K R to Q sq P to Q R 4th B takes Kt P to K B 3rd K R to Q 2nd Q R to Q sq K to K R sq

70 Leave a comment on paragraph 70 0 R takes R R to Q sq Q to K 4th Q to K B 5th Q to Q 7th P to Q R 5th B to K 6th R to Q 6th P to Q Kt 5th P to Q R 6th

71 Leave a comment on paragraph 71 0 And White resigns.

  1. 72 Leave a comment on paragraph 72 0
  2. (a) Q to her 4th would perhaps have been better.
  3. (b) A good move. Preventing the adverse Bishop being played to K R 4th, and enabling White presently to make an opening for his Castle’s battery on the King’s citadel.
  4. (c) P to K 5th, threatening to take the Q Kt Pawn with the Bishop, would have been of little avail, since Black, in answer, would have played his Queen’s Rook to Q sq.
  5. (d) We doubt much if this is so strong as advancing the King’s Pawn ; for suppose—
  1. 73 Leave a comment on paragraph 73 0
  2. 27. P to K 5th Q takes P, or *
  3. 28. Q takes Q B P Q to Q 3rd
  4. 29. R to K sq

74 Leave a comment on paragraph 74 0 And White has considerably the advantage.

75 Leave a comment on paragraph 75 0 (e) Intending to take the K R Pawn, and mate next move.

76 Leave a comment on paragraph 76 0 (f) This move is not worthy of M. de Rives’s earlier play in the present game. He ought here to have played P to K 5th, or, as he subsequently suggested, Queen to K B 3rd. In the latter case, the following is a probable continuation:—

77 Leave a comment on paragraph 77 0 31. Q to K B 3rd P to K R 3rd

  1. 78 Leave a comment on paragraph 78 0
  2. 35. Q to K R 5th R to Q sq
  3. 36. R to K Kt 3rd B to K Kt 4th

79 Leave a comment on paragraph 79 0 (Black must guard against his K Kt Pawn being taken, or he would lose off-hand, apparently. If he try a counter-attack, by pushing onwards with his Q Kt Pawn and Q R Pawn, White must capture the Pawns as they advance, with his Q R Pawn and his King )

  1. 80 Leave a comment on paragraph 80 0
  2. 37. P to K R 4th Q to K R 7th
  3. 38. R to Q 3rd R to Q Kt sq

81 Leave a comment on paragraph 81 0 (If he move the Rook to K B sq, White may play his Queen to K B 7th; and will win easily whether his Queen be captured or not.)

  1. 82 Leave a comment on paragraph 82 0
  2. 39. Q to her sq, and wins.

83 Leave a comment on paragraph 83 0 *27. P takes P

84 Leave a comment on paragraph 84 0 This seems his best move.

85 Leave a comment on paragraph 85 0 28. P to K B 6th

86 Leave a comment on paragraph 86 0 And again White has by far the better game.

87 Leave a comment on paragraph 87 0 CHESS ENIGMAS.

88 Leave a comment on paragraph 88 0 No. 824.—By Mr. H. J. C. Andrews.

89 Leave a comment on paragraph 89 0 White: K at Q Kt 4th, Q at Q R sq, Bs at K R 2nd and 5th, P at Q B 3rd.

90 Leave a comment on paragraph 90 0 Black: K at Q 4th.

91 Leave a comment on paragraph 91 0 White to play, and mate in two moves.

92 Leave a comment on paragraph 92 0 No. 825.—By Mr. Whitten.

93 Leave a comment on paragraph 93 0 White: K at K R 2nd, Q at Q R 7th; Bs at K 2nd and Q 2nd, Kt at K B 5th; Ps at K R 4th, K Kt 6th, K 4th, and Q 5th.

94 Leave a comment on paragraph 94 0 Black: K at K B 3rd, Q at K R sq, R at K sq, B at Q B sq, P at K 2nd.

95 Leave a comment on paragraph 95 0 White playing first, to mate in four moves.

96 Leave a comment on paragraph 96 0 No. 826.—By Mr. H. J. C. Andrews.

97 Leave a comment on paragraph 97 0 White: K at Q Kt 2nd, Q at Q R 4th, R at K R sq, Kt at K R 5th, P at

98 Leave a comment on paragraph 98 0 Black: K at K 4th, Q at K R sq, R at Q R sq, B at K R 7th, Kts at K R 2nd and K Kt sq, Ps at Q Kt 6th and Q R 2nd.

99 Leave a comment on paragraph 99 0 White to play, and mate in five move.

100 Leave a comment on paragraph 100 0 No. 827.—By Mr. H. J. C. Andrews.

101 Leave a comment on paragraph 101 0 White: K at Q Kt 2nd, Rs at K Kt sq and Q Kt 5th; Bs at K B 2nd and Q Kt sq, P at Q B 4th.

102 Leave a comment on paragraph 102 0 Black: K at Q R 3rd, B at K B 8th, P at KR 2nd.

103 Leave a comment on paragraph 103 0 White, playing first, can mate in two moves.

104 Leave a comment on paragraph 104 0 No. 828.—By Colonna.

105 Leave a comment on paragraph 105 0 White: K at K 8th, R at Q Kt 2nd, B at Q 2nd, Kt at Q 3rd ; Ps at K Kt 4th, Q B 2nd and 5th.

106 Leave a comment on paragraph 106 0 Black: K at Q B 5th, Ps at K Kt 4th and Q B 3rd.

107 Leave a comment on paragraph 107 0 White to play and mate in four moves.

108 Leave a comment on paragraph 108 0 CHURCH, UNIVERSITIES, &c.

109 Leave a comment on paragraph 109 0 Preferments and Appointments.—-Rectories: The Rev. J. Rowland, to St. Botolph, Cambridge; the Rev. W. Jephson, to Hinton Waldrist; the Rev. G. Burd, to Sheinton, Shropshire. Incumbency: the Rev. T. Daniels, to the district of St. Paul, Hulme.

110 Leave a comment on paragraph 110 0 The Queen has appointed the Venerable Archdeacon Hare, the Venerable Archdeacon Tattam, and the Rev. Henry Melvill, B.D., to be Chaplains in Ordinary to her Majesty.

111 Leave a comment on paragraph 111 0 The new Dean of Peterborough, having been instituted by the Lord Bishop of the diocese, was installed with the usual ceremonies, at the morning cathedral service on Sunday; and, on Monday, read himself in.

112 Leave a comment on paragraph 112 0 Consecration of St. Matthias. Stoke Newington.—This church was consecrated on Monday by the Bishop of London. Notwithstanding the unpropitious weather, a very large and reverential congregation assembled. The church is the work of Mr. Butterfield, and was built by Messrs Myers. It has been two years building, and its cost is about £7300. It is 135 feet long internally, and is about 70 feet to the ridge of the nave roof, and 132 feet to the top of the gable cross of tower. The church is of early middle pointed character, and consists of nave and aisles, with a western centre door and north and south porches, a tower with a saddle-back roof, which forms the choir on the ground plan, with aisles on either side of it, and a sanctuary space to the eastward of the tower, with a vestry of two stories to the north.

113 Leave a comment on paragraph 113 0 New Church in St. Marylebone.—Active measures are in progress for the erection of a church in the southern part of the parish. A site in Callmell-buildings, Portman-square, has been munificently granted by Lord Portman for £4000. one-half its estimated value. A preliminary meeting of some of the influential residents has been held, and between £1000 and £2000 has been already contributed.

114 Leave a comment on paragraph 114 0 New Church at Isleworth.—-The Duke of Northumberland has given £2000 towards building a new church in the populous parish of Isleworth ; and also offered a site in a most eligible situation. The endowment will be provided out of the vicarial rent-charge of the living, the present incumbent, the Rev. Henry Glossop, having liberally volunteered to give £150 a year during his incumbency; and the dean and canons of Windsor, as patrons, having agreed to set apart £100 a year for the purpose, on and after the next presentation.

115 Leave a comment on paragraph 115 0 TERCENTENARY FESTIVAL OF CHRIST’S HOSPITAL.

116 Leave a comment on paragraph 116 0 The three hundredth year of the existence of the Royal foundation of Christ’s Hospital was celebrated on Wednesday, by the Benevolent Society of Blues, with great eclat. It was originally intended that the festival should have taken place in the great hall of Christ’s Hospital, but an epidemic which has recently prevailed among the boys put a stop to this arrangement; and the Society availed itself of the kindness of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, who offered the use of their hall for the occasion.

117 Leave a comment on paragraph 117 0 Nearly five hundred guests sat down to dinner; there being nearly two hundred ladies present as spectators. The noble hall, brilliantly lighted and remarkably well ventilated, afforded ample accommodation. The dinner, which was excellent, was provided by Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern.

118 Leave a comment on paragraph 118 0 The festival, besides its tercentenary commemoration, was also rendered subservient to aid the funds of the Benevolent Society of Blues, which was instituted in the year 1824 “ for the relief of persons educated in Christ’s Hospital, their widows and orphans.” Since its establishment it has received and entertained 1680 applications from above 600 applicants, comprising clergymen, bankers, members of the legal and medical professions; and, in short, persons engaged in almost every branch of mercantile, commercial, and professional pursuits, in many instances having large families dependent on them for support, and under circumstances of very urgent distress, rendering renewed appeals unavoidable. These applicants have, after due inquiry into the merits of their respective cases, received assistance from the Society to the extent of upwards of £8300—namely, in gifts, £4130 ; in loans (free of charge for interest or otherwise), £820 ; and in pensions to the aged and infirm, £3380. The present number of pensioners (some of them upwards of 90 years of age) is 18; and two pensions have recently become vacant,

119 Leave a comment on paragraph 119 0 The chair at the festival on Wednesday was taken by Mr. Aiderman Thompson, M.P., president of Christ’s Hospital, and patron of the Society; and among the company were the Duke of Northumberland, the Earl of Leicester, Viscount Churton, Colonel Angerstein, Sir H. Dalrymple, Samuel Whitbread, M.P., Samuel C. Whitbread, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Bentley, treasurer of St. Bartholomew’s; Alderman Hooper, Major Morland, Col. Outram, A. M. Storer, Esq., Charles Few, Esq., president of the Benevolent Society of Blues; Colonel Dixon, Charles H. Turner, Esq., W. Cotton, Esq., Charles Finch, Esq., F. H. Mitchell, Esq., George Forbes, Esq., Sir George Staunton, Professor Hall, Rev. Dr. Jacob, Rev. Dr. Gilly, Rev. Canon Dale, Rev. Canon Jacob, Rev. C. V. Le Grice, Hon. and Rev. H. Legge, W. Pott, Esq., Samuel Bendry Brooke, Esq., B. B. Cabbell., Esq., M.P., &c. The hall was brilliantly lighted, and decorated with a variety of flags and banners and heraldic achievements of the various City Companies.

120 Leave a comment on paragraph 120 0 Stationed in the gallery at the extreme end of the Hall, was a very numerous and efficient party of vocalists, under the direction of Mr. George Cooper, which included Mrs. Endersohn, Miss M. Williams, Miss J. Williams, Miss Annie Loder; Messrs. Francis, Lockey, Hobbs, Cummins, Burnby, Gadsby, H. Phillips; and Masters Stainer and Gadsby, who delighted the company with a variety of songs, duets, &c., during the evening.

121 Leave a comment on paragraph 121 0 After dinner the Chairman gave the toasts of the ” Church and Queen,” “ Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family,” the “ Pious and Immortal Memory of our Royal Founder, King Edward VI.”—which were drunk with much enthusiasm.

122 Leave a comment on paragraph 122 0 The next toast was the “ Army and the Navy,” to which his Grace the Duke, of Northumberland responded, observing that Christ’s Hospital was intimately connected with that branch of the service to which he had the honour to belong. During the war many of the young men. who had been educated at Christ’s Hospital entered the navy, and had arrived at the highest rank in the service (Cheers). The education of a young man destined for the navy was then confined to navigation and seamanship; but now another service had been introduced, that of steam, with its intricate machinery, which was absolutely indispensable to the navy. He was delighted to meet those with whom he had been associated in days gone by, and he was proud to acknowledge, with feelings of gratitude, that the first hints on navigation which he had received had been given within the walls of Christ’s Hospital (Applause).

123 Leave a comment on paragraph 123 0 The next toast was ” Prosperity to the Royal and ancient foundation of Christ’s Hospital—may they prosper who love it, and may God increase their number.”

124 Leave a comment on paragraph 124 0 The Chairman, in proposing this toast, referred to the many noble men who had been educated in Christ’s Hospital, and the feelings of gratitude they entertained for the institution; and named, among others, Dr. Middleton, Bishop of Calcutta, who had sent a cheque for £4000 to the Hospital, which he regarded as the most benevolent institution in the world.

125 Leave a comment on paragraph 125 0 The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm, as was also “ The Health of the President, Mr. Alderman Thompson,” who had always been a liberal benefactor.

126 Leave a comment on paragraph 126 0 The “ Benevolont Society of Blues,” “ The Treasurer and Governors of the Hospital,” “ The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors,” “ The Masters and Officers of Christ’s Hospital,” and several other toasts, were afterwards drunk, and duly honoured.

127 Leave a comment on paragraph 127 0 One of the hits of the evening was made by Mr. Harker, the toastmaster, who, being himself a “ yellow-stocking,” and finding some of the company inclined to be noisy, threatened, in the exercise of his official duties, to “ send them to the stone.”

128 Leave a comment on paragraph 128 0 The company separated after eleven o’clock, highly delighted with the social character of the festival.

129 Leave a comment on paragraph 129 0 CONVERSAZIONE AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.

130 Leave a comment on paragraph 130 0 The festivities of the present Mayoralty bid fair to stand out in bold intellectual relief to the routine of turtle and venison feasts which are usually the staple characteristics of the civic year. The late Aiderman John Johnson, when Lord Mayor, left an excellent example for his successors, by inviting to the Mansion-house two hundred or more of the most eminent men of science and letters; a similar distinction characterised the mayoralty during the Great Exhibition year; and the present Lord Mayor has already distinguished his year of office with similar honours to genius and talent, for all which there is precedent of centuries since; for, at the table of a Lord Mayor first met those great lights of history—Erasmus and Sir Thomas More.

131 Leave a comment on paragraph 131 0 Last week was intellectually signalised at the Mansion-house by a conference of the chief magistrates of about eighty of our principal cities and towns, on the subject of providing more extended facilities for instruction in art and science throughout the United Kingdom; and

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