The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-24 00:00:00

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 23.—Our market to-day has scarcely
been so good as yesterday, and the transactions arc more
limited. The following are the transactions :—Aberdeen,
134 * —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Chester
and Birkenhead), 174—Ditto, 221. shares, 7 d.—Blackburn
(late Blackburn, Chtherse, and West Yorkshire), 1--
Caledonian, 184—Eastern Counties, 91—East Lancashire,
17 7-16 f—Great Northern, 204—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
73 `---Ditto (fifth ■hares), 6 1.16 d.—Leeds Northern
(late L. and 'T.), 174—London and North Western, 1241 6
—Ditto (new * shares), 6 6 f p.—Ditto (fifth shares),
4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341—Midland,
64 e—Ditto (new preference 44 per Cent.), d.—Norfolk,
344—North British, 7l—North Union B (guar. by L.
and N. W. and Lane. and York.), 174—Shropshire Union
Railway and Canal, 3 d.—South Eastern and Dover, 211 j
1 I—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19—Ditto (unpaid
up), 2 d.—York and North Midland, 24*—(treat Southern
and Western, 36.
BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 22.—This market showed symp-
toms of increasing firmness. Midlands were done at 64
North British, at 61; Shrewsbury and Birmingham A's, at
6s; and B's at 64.

CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.--
The anniversary festival in aid of the funds of this institu-
lila was held last evening at the London Tavern; Viscount
II ea, in the chair. The object of this society is to
lessen the privations of and to preserve from penury and
want decayed mechanics and worn-out artisans when old
age and misfortune have overtaken them. It was estab-
lished in ISIS, under the auspices and patronage of his late
Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. It now affurds a per-
manent assistance, by means of monthly pensions, to de-
cayed artisans, mechanic,, manufacturers, and tradesmen,
to bereaved and destitute widows. Since its establishment
it has been the means of granting permanent relief in old
age to 882 poor pensioners, and the amount distributed in
monthly pensions up to the present time has been
68,994!. 10s. The chairman, in giving the toast of the
evening, " Prosperity to the City of London General Pen-
sion Society," observed that its main claim to general sup-
port rested on the fact that it was confined to claimants of
no particular class, station, age, or locality—the one limita-
tion by which it was guided and Which gave it an
additional right to their aid was, that all partici-
pating in the benefits offered, should, after strict inquiry,
be found deserving of relief, and to have done their best to
do without that relief. Since 1833, the pensions granted
to individuals had been gradually increased in amount,
and now was,—for men, U. 71., and for women, 18s. This
would be further increased when the state of the funds
justified that course. The number at present pensioned by
the society was 69, 2 of whom had received the pension for
26 years. 8251. has been paid during the past year--•
larger amount than during any of the preceding 17 years.
Ile could not too often remind them that in the distribution
of their benefits this society took up only caw, of actual
distress, and that they might feel assured none of their
money went to relieve fictitious cases, with regard to which
individual charity too often did harm instead of good—
eases so fairly satirised in the "Critic ' 01 Sheridan—
the famous advertisement passage of which the noble
chairman quoted to the great amusement of his audience.
James Thompson, Esq., chairman of the board of directors,
proposed the health of the chairman, and announced thit
the noble lord's father, Earl Stanhope, bad, as he learned
within the last half hour, accepted the presidency of the
eociety.—Sir Horace St. Paul, Bart., proposed the health of
the corporation of the City of London, which was re-
sponded to by Sir James Duke.—During
scriptions amounting to upwards of 4001.
eaclumive of a legacy of 100!. from tb.
son, and (just received) from the e.
both Bebbon • legacy of 1,00D1..
Consols, with • reversionary legacy 1.
of 2.0001. in addition. Anisng the
evening were Id guineas from the n,
annual subscription from Earl P
double the amount of his fernier

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