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PASSING EVENTS. 287
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Public And Political. The The Month Grea...
to this institution was lield at the Hanover Square Hooms—the Sari of . Shrewsbury and Talbot in . the chair—for the purpose of receiving the report
of the board of management and of the auditors for 1861 , and to elect five annuitants of . £ 20 from the list of 149 candidates . In addition to the . £ 10 lessen kindly the collected disappointment for the highest of failure unsuccessful by giving candidate < £ 10 to , the each board of the propose next five to
upon the poll . The Secretary read the report of the board of management , which was of a very elaborate character , and most satisfactory . The cash expenditure account to Decemb £ 17804 er 10 31 s st . , 3 d . ; 61 balance , showed in : — bankers Total recei ' hands pts , £ . £ 520 12 , 203 17 s 9 . s . 10 5 c d ? . . ; ;
balance provident , £ 1 fund , , 231 recei 1 , 4 s . pts lOd , . — £ 19 total , 036 , , £ 19 5 s , . 036 Id . ; 5 s expenditure . Id ., which , , with XI , 7 , 80 the 4 am 10 ount s . 3 d of . ; receipts on cash accountmade total receipts £ 31239 14 s . 6 d . The usual
complimentary votes of thanks , to the committee of management , , the auditors , Mrs . Laing , the honorary secretary , & c , were passed . The Twentieth Anniversary of the Ragged . School Union was celebrated
under the auspices of Iiord Shaftesbury . Connected with this Institution is the Shoe-Black Brigade . Since it was established , the London shoe-blacks have earned £ 11 , 955 ; and the united earnings for the last financial year
amounted to £ 4 , 548 , —a sum which represents the polishing of no less than a 1 , wide 119 , 320 and pairs valuable of boots field . In of industry the collection and of both rag paper s and - other makers refuse and there hilan is
-, p thropists have the deepest interest in the prosperity of this new ragman ' s . role . The operations of this brigade have commenced , the boys having begun their perambulations in the western and northern districts . Five trucks ,
similar to those used by bakers , are at work . Each truck , which costs £ 15 , is attended by three boys m uniform . These carry a printed tariff of prices the to be vendors given . for The the central articles depot they purchase is in Albion , fairl Place y drawn London up in Wall the . interest of
In Limehouse , four children have died from the effects , of arsenical paperhangings . Dr . Letheby examined the green paper , and found that it contained arsenic in the proportion of three grains to the square foot .
Severajl deaths have been lately occasioned by the dress catching fire , owing to the prevailing fashion . It is observed that the production of crinoline is going on at a _flourishing rate in Sheffield . One firm alone sends
• out no less than twenty tons weekly of the delicate material , while the total weekly " make" of the cutlery capital amounts to no less than 150 tons . This rate of manufacture has been , maintained throughout the whole of the
past winter , and promises to increase as the summer advances . Already enough crinoline has been manufactured at Sheffield to encircle the globe again and again .
Some hope is entertained that the measures proposed by President Lincoln to do away with slavery may lead to beneficial results . According to the census of 1860 , there were 259 , 078 free _jSTegroes in the
Slave white females States of over America males , in and New 222 York , 745 was in the 19363 Free and States the . excess The excess of of females 1690 . At the present timethe excess , of females , over males in negro New
York is , about , 50000 . , The following , grants for charitable purposes are amongst the estimates submitted to the Victorian Legislature this year , viz .: — . £ 75 , 000 , for the
support of the charitable institutions of the colony , . £ 5 , 000 for the maintenance of deserted children , £ 6 , 000 for assistance to the aborigines , and . £ 125 The , 000 irr for egular educ supp ation l . of cottonconsequent upon the American differences
is seriously felt in our manufacturing y , districts . In Lancashire especially , the , distress is very great . It has been suggested , that if collecting boxes were fixed in conspicuous places in the International Exhibition , many would
Lancashire gladly contribute operatives their . mite towards alleviating the necessities of the
Passing Events. 287
PASSING EVENTS . 287
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1862, page 287, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061862/page/71/
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