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Leader (1850-1860), 7th October 1854, Edition Town of 2, Page 959

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      badly oJT as yon are now , you would be utterly miserable here . We have lost already two married men by cholera . I sleep in the staff tent ever since I got better of tlie cholera . Everything is enormously high here ; a mouthful of white bread and cheese for supper costs 6 d- One thing lately we can always get a pint of ale for 2 d ., or porter l $ d . ; in fact , ifc is the only tiling wo relish : for the bread is very bad , and we get nothing but the nasty beef , which we cannot eat , but boil down and make soup of . I get , as I said before , Is . lOda-day pay . Out of this , 4 id . is stopped for rations , and 2 da-day for mess-money ; so that by the time I pay for something fit to eat , there is not much loft ; still I shall , please God , send you all I can , &c The women here have ' way of ma-king money by washing ,, the water is too far off . &c . 3 " I am sorry to say I have been very ill , and as it is far the best for mo to let you know the whole truth , I must inform Jt ovl that I have had the cholera ; I was very bad while ifc asted , tout thank the God of all goodness for his great mercy , He has restored me- The doctors have been very kind indeed to me ; everything I could wish for was got for me ; almost all the officers and the colonel came to me and inquired about me constantly . Pool- L . M ., J . M ., and E ., and ; Mrs . X ., have all died since iny last ; also J . R ., and S . F . Indeed , my dearest wife , I rely in perfect confidence in my Redeemer , and feel myself quite unworthy of His mercy ; and . during the worst of my illness , I felt humbled before Him . in wtioin alone any salvation is sure . " Your ever-loving husband , " E . R . " The wife of tbe writer of this letter ( a most excellent noncommissioned officer ) was lelt nearly destitute with five young children . She bearsa most irreproachable character , and is most anxious to exert herself to obtain her own livelihood ; but ^ yhat can she do with five young children P Her two eldest girls are entirely provided for by the Association , and she receives a weekly allowance of seven shillings . The Committee perceive with pleasure , that the authorities are gradually sending them home from the East . Three arrivals of soldiers' families have already been brought before t 3 » e Committee , for no sooner do-they land than they apply to the Association , and it is needless ti » add how readily their application is always responded to . Widows and orphans . The first efforts of this Association were limited to the immediate relief of the "Wives of Soldiers ordered on active service who , in . consequence of their having families , were left behind utterly destitute of all means of existence , save the temporary out-door parish relief . Since that time the sword and the pestilence have too fatally done their sad work , and many of these poor people have become more hopelessly destitute by the death of their husbands . lhe Committee , however , encouraged by the magnificent contributions received from all parts of the world , have found themselves in a position to make the fol'owinc scale of donations for Widows , which is the same that -was adopted by the administrators of the Waterloo Fund , in 1 S 15 '—• Unanimously resolved , — " That relief in tlw shape of a . donation not exceeding the undermentioned sums , being the same as agreed to by the "Waterloo Committee on the 2 Sthof June , 1 S 15 , be adopted as a scale for the "Widows of non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers now serving against Russra . . "A Pension may be granted , in the place of the -whole or part of such Donation , should it appear expedient to the Committee . " Scai . 3 S of Donation for "Widows with . Children dependent for Support . s | * ¦ ¦ . ¦ . Bake . Si « g § I ft" g -I ? . _^ JLAl _ _ iL jl A A £££ £ ( £££££ Sergeant-major ... DO 100 115 125 135 1 G 0 160 17 fl 200 Sergeant CO 80 90 100 105 120 130 HO 1 C 0 Corporal 46 60 70 > 75 80 00 100 110 120 Drummer 3 f > 40 50 C 5 CO 70 75 80 90 Private 30 40 45 ' CO 55 60 CS 70 80 Of "Widows the Association has already 64 in their books , and of Orphans 108 . The following letter shows that for the Widows of those brave men who perished with thoir Colonel in the Europa transport , ample provision was made , and that the measures adopted for tlioir relief have fully satisfied tho Officer commanding the dejiOt of the Eimiskillings : — '" Canterbury Barracks , July ISth , 1854 . " Sin , —I have the honour to acknowledge , with many thanks , the receipt of your memorandum , detailing the amount of tho donations granted by the Association of which you are tho Honorary Secretary , to tho widows and orphans of tho live non-conunissioneu officers and men of tho Enninkillins Dragoons who wore lost in tho Eurona transport / . ** l ' no ready and liberal aid thus sonfc to their relief , will , I trust , be effectual to alleviate in some degree thoir distress ; and it niarkH , too , in a way for which I am most grateful , how deeply tlio Committee of your admirable Association apprceiato the bravery and noblo conduct of those who stood by thoir Colonel to tho last . " Sure I am , from private accounts which I have received , that land all on board done their duty as jnanfully as thoso who perished , there would not have boon a life lost in tho Europa . " I . havo not failed to communicate to tho ofilcor com - manding tho regiment in Turkey , tho liberality with wlrioh tho Association havo met my application for nsslHttvnco to tho surviving l ' umilios by a grant of 415 f . " I am glad , too , to express my bomho of tho admirable arrunKomonts of tho Sooloty , by which tho distribution of this simn has been ont rusted to tho persons best ablo to Juuro of tho moat judicious moaiiH of administering , in eaoh individual caso , to tho permanent relief of tho aullorors . " 3 havo tho honour to bo , Sir , " Your obedient servant , " V . "W . ViTx-WyonxM . Captain , ., „ " Commanding Dup 6 t EnnlakilUng Dragoons . "Major Hon . H . L . Powys , lion . Hoc . " patio 154 , 0 , ¦\ v , T . — A boy of tho ; S !* rd Regiment , whoso lftllior and mother both dlod of cholera In Turkey ; a most aistroHslng case . A weekly nllowanoo granted to tho orphan tt KnuulOvthor , with whom tho boy was loft . * o * tho llvo widows and children of tho Oth I'JnnlHkllUnKa , nnnuitioH havo fc « on purchased , largo sumN having boon nnb-BiMliji ' d lor them Id addition to tho Kraut from thin AeHOolajj « u i tlm amount will reader thwn indopondonb for thoir Vuv tho otlior widosvH , donations , varying from 5 ? . to 1 {) l ., t m !•";' " K ! ' hnnioiUatoly on tlio rooolpt of olllolal nouilontlon of tuolr himbands ikmlli . Mont ol" thorn wore niioiMty on tlio IkjoKh of Iho AhhouIhIIoh , ami hnd boon rocuivUik roliol for fiomn time : it lti propowxl to Kiwit tl »< in nil aunuiil PoijMion on Iouk cm tlioy roirialn Widows , and the . roBourcoi * of tho Association eonlliiuo aivallublo .

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      SOU TH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847 . Tho Court of Directors grant LETTERS of CREDIT and BILLS upon tho Company ' s Bank at Ai > Er , AiT > B at Par . Approved drafts negotiated and sent for collection . ] 3 usi » ness with tho Australian colonies generally , conducted through tho Bank ' s Agents . Apply at tho Company ' s Offices , 154 , Old Broad-street . London . WILLIAM PURDY , Manager . London , October , 1854 .

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      -PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE JL COMPANY . ADMITTING ON EQUAL TERMS PERSONS OF EVERY CLASS AND DEGREE TO ALL ITS BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES . Capital , Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds . Chairman-Major ITiETSTRY STONES , LL . B . Deputy OhairmRii ^ AMJiJB ANDREW DURHAM ) Esq . With upwardn of Fourteen Hundred Shareholders . There , are two important , clauses in the deed of settlement ; , by which tlio Directors havo power to appropriate ONE TENTH of tho ontiro prolltB of tho Company . lat . —For tho relief of brocI and distressed partita asflurod for llf \) , who have paid five years' proutlums , thoir widows and orphans . 2 nd . —For tho jroliof of agod and distressed original proprietors , assured or not , their widows and orphana , topothor with flro per confc . por annum on tho capital originally Invested by thorn . All polioiea indisputable awd froo ofstamp duty . Rates of promlinn oxtromoly moderate ) . No extra ohargofor ROing to or residing at ( In time of poaco ) AuHtrnhwla—Mormuda—Madeira— Capo of Good Hope—Mauritius—and tho British North Amorlcan Colonloa . Medical mon In all oasoa romunoratod for thoir roport . AflHurancoa Krantod against ParalyHls , BllndnosH , AcoiaontH , Iiifianity , and every othor aftlictlon , bodily and mental , at moderate rates , A lU > ural commission allowed to agonta . Annual prouilum for asHuriug 100 ? ., nsimoly ;—Ago—20 t 6 \ 10 » I Ago—40 * J 2 13 d !>« 1 1 « 0 I 50 iJ 1 H ft ProHnoctuBOH , with tablos and fullosti Information , mny bdliudut tlioolllcoa of tlio Company , or of any of thoir a ^ i'iitM . Aiipllcatiouti for agouolou roquenlod . . IJKNJAM . IN MASSEY , Mana « or . Ollloos , 70 , Chonpaldo , London .

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      ITALIAN AND FRENCH XiANGVAOES . MR . AKRIVAEENE , D . X . L ., from the University of Padua , who has been established in London for three years , gives private lessons in Italian and French at his own house , or at the house of his pupils . He also attends Schools both in town and the country . Mr ARRrVABEND teaches on . a plan thoroughly practical , anct the most mediocre mind cannot fail to thoroughly cotnpue * hetid his lessons . Apply by letter to M r-UtftlVAEEUE , No . 4 , St . Michari ' iplaee , Brompton .

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      FOR EIGHTEEN POSTAGE STAMPS , Travellers and Tourists may receive Cpost-free ) a Copy of HpHE ROTAL HOTEL aUIDB AND i ADVERTISING HAND-BOOK , cotitaininK a list of all the Hotels in the United Kingdom , together With those on the Continent , which ca . n b © recomnatjnded ^ If Travellers support tli 3 Hotel Proprietors who fesSflesfiljsr giv « a Tariff of their charges , they will save their expenses ,, and benefit the public . Direct to the Royal Hotel Guide Office , 441 , Strand .

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      iSi ow ready , price One Shilling ( vol . TIL Cabinet Series ) DIRT AND PICTURES SEPARATED in the Works of the Old Painters . By H . MERRITTLondon 1 Holtoake and Co ., 147 , Fleet-street .

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      npHE IRISH LAND TONTJ 1 NSL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT . tVILLIAM BLOUNT , Esct-. Director of the London Joint Stock Bank . RICHA . RD HARTLEY KENNEDY , Esq . Aldovman ^ Vice-Cha . irnian of tlxe Great Britain Iiisuriince Cote' - pany . THOMAS FRANCIS , Esq ^ , Thurloe-sqtiaro , London . JAOTES RHOD 13 S , Esq ., Director of theIxmdonaiad County Bank . ARCHIBALD SPENS , Esq ., Director of tlio Great BMtain Insurance Company . . Three to form a quorum . Bankers—The London and County Banking Company . So-lici toes— "WILKINSON , GURIfEY , and STEVENS , 2 , Nicholas-kne , Lombard-street . Sbceetaht-HENRY CASSIN , Esq . Offices—17 , Graccchurch-street , London . This Tontine consists of eight most valuable fee-simple estates in Ireland , held by parliamentary titles , granted by the Incumbered Estates Commissioners . These estates contain- 18 , 761 a . lr . lip ., producing at present a clear rental of 7600 ? . 148- per annum ,, paid with regularity by a contented and solvent tenantry . In the opinion of eminent English and Irish surveyors whohavo personally examined the propertiesy this rental will progressively increase tfolO . OOOJ . a year ; and they vialu © thoestates , including timber 1 , at 175 iOO 0 J ., to which sum they add * to cover expenses , GOOOfc . —making-in-all 180 ; 0 O 0 Z . It is proposed to raise this sum by subscription in 1 , 800 nominations of 1007 . each , find that the estates shall he held for the benefit of tho subscribers as personal estate ; but to me « t tho convenience of parties who inay not desire toinvest more than OOZ . in tho undertaking , the directors ^ ill issuer half-shares ( two upon one life ) of 501 . each , tho holders of such half-shares of courso agreeing in tho selection of ono life . Each subscription shall lie held upon olao life of not tasb'tltan 70 years of ago on the ISt day of Septombor , 1 K 31 , of eithdir sex , to be nominated by the sixbscnber ; and upon tlib fall ! of any life tho sliaro in tho ultimate stake depending thorcon is to merge for tho benefit of tho owners of tho continuingshares . So soon as all tho lives named ehaU bo rpducod to twenty , or at an earlier period if four-fifths of tho ahareholdtera concur in desiring realisation , tho estates shiiAl be soW and tho proceeds shall be divided amongst tho nomiuors of tho then existing lives . The property to bo ultimately divided is estimated at 2 [> O , 0 OO * After f osorving a sum not" oxcoouJttiier 1200 J . encli year to meet tho cost of management n » nd other requisite exponHen , the remainder of tho yearly rental ahull ho annually'iuveuted and divided every fifth your , until 1801 ) , among tho noniinors of tho lives surviving on tho Slat of ]> eoombL > r nrovioiiH to each division . Tho subscna-ent apportlonmonts of tho rontal , on similar principles , it ia intended uhall talco placo annually . No responsibility whatever will bo i uourrod by tho sub seribors , their only risk boiug tho niwioy thoy mny rcupoctnilly subsorlbo . As soon as th « sharos aro taken a dood of sottloment nhal bo prepared , own Gaining all necessary provisions for carryinw out tho objects proposed , and among othor clauHoa , one will ;) o iiiHortou empovvering j , li <) traiiHl ' ur m > d rcKlHtratlon of tho interuHt of tho subMorllicrra , tho liol « lor of a rogiiiLorod transfer of aboriginal iutoruat being entitled to all the right a of si flrot nomlnor . In case tho requisite ntimbev of nominations are not subscribed for , tho ontiro money paid in nhall boroturnnd to tho MibHerlbor . w , free of all deduction ^ immed i ately aftor tho Oth January , 1855 . JJOJtM OJT XiriJOATIOK POK JX 1 GMV OJ ? NOMIKA-TIOIf . To tho Committee or Mn \ i ( t « emonbof tho IHhIi Lund 'J ' onMno , 17 , Graoeolu » roh-Htreot , Liondoii . Oontlomon , —I dosiro U > subftorlbo , uj > ou tho t < iri « i » of tho prospootHH , nomlmitloiia of WM . « ' « - ' ' '" tllfM , , * llaoi and I horoby agroo to accept tlio niuiic , or any h » number which you lnayivsHlgn to mo , mxl to I' » y t " » iua Bum of Umi . aL such tlnioiw you ninynppolni . Dated tho day of iNS't . OliriHllaii and miniiiiuo in full IttlHUloiKIO .. ••••¦ , ;;¦• • JJiwinoMH or profcHhlon ( II any ; Tiu-MoH intnnainff < o mibsoribo , mion lyiplloatloii t ;> tho Si 0 ¦< t rv wlin " furnl » l « 'U will , a copy ol ' ll . c d « . tullo . l pro-HiiwtuH Tin rontlil , i ) lim « . ami othi-r partloulum of tho ffitViH wit i " l a niimri mxl dotailod vulualluii thorooT , oa « bo Lion at tho OJIlo «'« of tho TouUuo .

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      October 7 , 1854 . THE LEADER . & $ 9

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 7, 1854, page 959, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2059/page/23/