The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

THE PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.

The annual dinner of the friends of the Printers'
Pension Society took place on Friday evening, at the Lou-
don Tavern. The. LOAD MnYoR took the chair, sup-
ported by Mr. Sheriff Crosley, Pr. Saargin, and other
gentlemen.
The company having received with due honour the toasts
of the health of her Majesty, the health of Prince Albert.
Ithe president of the society, and the rest of the royal
family,
The CH/MIKAN said that his next tout was one which
Mudd not fail to be interesting to them all. They had drunk
tt many times before, and each time it came recommended by
• munificent subscription. He would now give them the
"Stationers' Company;" and add the old saying, May it
lest for ever."
His Lounium. then gave the towt of the "Army and
Navy," which was drunk with enthusiasm.
His LORDSHIP then said that his next toast was, " Pros-
perity to the Printers' Pension Society." They were all well
aware of the good the society had already effected in relie4-
tag decayed compositors and preesmee,aod stepping in to the
&mistimes of the d and widowed. Tnis era. one rea-
son why it was entitled to their support, because it Lad by
its career of usefulness earned it. Me necessity which
existed for it was another strung induce meet to its vigorous
maintenance; for he found that there were few tradesmen
more liable to be afflicted with blindness: and a printer
when blind might be considered as helpless. He found that
it had already pensioned 193 persons, and that it was at the
present moment paying pensions to 66. Toers were also
three tither pensiiners on private foundations. lle found,
however, that at the last election they had been able to sleet
only four caodidates out of a list of 24; and it was difficult
to conceive the pain sea the disappointment ot the 11111111 C.
emsful. Increased lovelies would enable the society to
diminish that amount of suffering, and he hoped that a
large subscription **tad be the rearms• to the WM.
Mr. Sheriff CROSLRy then gave toe health of the chair-
man, which was dug honoured.
Several ether toasts followed, and the secretary (Mr. J. S.
iludeoo) having annosuced that the subscriptions of the
i evening amounted to about 3501., the company separated.
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METROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL.—A .11
meeting, convened by the National Party Finsbury Com-
mits e (one of whose objects is "the defence and develop-
ment of local s If-government") was held on Friday even-
ing, et the Belvedere, Pentonville. Mr. Sbetn, chairmen
of the orsamittee, presided. Resolutions approving of the
formation of tee committee, and urging amendments in
Sir B. Hall's bill, were spoken to by Mes-rs. Washington
Wilk.% J. Fuller, C. H. Blt, D. McDookell, A. Marshall. 1
It. Moore! and J. Piggott, 104 writs' saaaisomly,

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DUBLIN, Aran. 28:

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An erroneous report gained yin the Dublin
parrs of last night and this morning, to the effect I
that wry:awl had been created in the representation
of the entity of Longford, by the death of Mr.
Richard Maxwell Fox. This afternoon it transpired
that the hon. member wee not dead, but is said to be
extremely ill ; hi Mends, however, entertain strong
hse of his final recovery.
His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle received a
deputation with an address yesterday from the Royal
Irish Academy.
The Bailing Mail says ;—" A vacancy is shortly
expected in the county of Clue, by the appointment
of one of its gallant members to staff employment.
The gallant officer's exertions towards the Repeal of
the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill will be long roman-
bored by the liberal constituency of that county.*

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, A,311. 28. PROMOTION. Mato
NV. R. liobeos (1862), promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTIIINTL—Lintassat H. Oakley (1843), to com-
mand the Spy, 3, brigantine, South Eut Coast of America
statists.
Acting Assistai.t•Ssrgern T. Murray, to the Majestic,
1119, meow steamship of 400 horse power, at Sheerness.
&Meg &coed Master J. A Graves's., to the Retribution,
11111.pedsMeAsks el stunt frigate of 400-bore. power, Medi-
leeMellws station.
Tom/tem Clerks B. Watson and W. C. Williams to the,
Royal Albert, 121, screw stems ship of 690 horse power,
Mediterranean station.
bLidohipmen A. C Adams, to the Childers, 12, at Chathem;
F. 11 S. Flood, to the Horatio, 24. acrew steam guard ship,
of 260 horse power, at Shearson; 0. M. D. Rlphiastose, to
the Iltdidort, 6, paddle-wkeel lAN= ship, of 600-horse
power, is the Sound ; F. S. R. Webber and J. W. Lambe,'
to the Russell, 60, screw steamsip, at Sheerness; F. I). B.
Broughton, to the Tartar, 20, mew steam corvette, of 260-
bores power, at Chatham 3. Pennington, to the
Hastings, 60. screw steam skip, at Portsmouth; C. R. Hu-
la, a, a IL W. Hereford, to the Hawke, 60, screw steam
ship, at Sheerness; Lord W. T. Kerr, to the Cornwallis, GO,
screw steam ship, at Derouport; R Sheepshanks and P.
Durrant, to the Flacon, 17 screw steam sloop, of 100-horse
power, at Spithead; M. B. Medleycott, to the Orion, 91,
screw steam ship, of 600-horse power, at Chatham; J.
Dawkins, L. C. Keppcl, and S Osborne, to the Duke of
Wellington, 131, screw steam ship, of 700. horse power, at
Spithead.
Naval Cadet F. P. Cammilleri, to the Nile, 91, screw
steam ship, of 600-horse power, at Davenport.
The Boxer gun-boat, with engines by John Penn
and San, went down the river oa Friday to try their work-1
lug capabilities. On reachieg the measured mile it was
found that she made 207 revolutions per minute with a
pressure of 63 lbs. on the square inch, and a speed of 10.
knots with the tide, and 9 knots agaisat the tide. After
her trial she came back to the Royal Arsenal to take as
bard her ammasition previous to bar departure.
Captain Glegg's 9-pounder field battery, 3rd bat-
talion Royal Artillery, embarked at the Royal Arsenal, on
Botorday, on boud the Gibraltar steam transport ship for
seaveretwe to the Crimea.

DURATIONS FROM THE Aftuy.—The War-offioe
returns of deserters from the army and regiments of am•
bodied militia, made up to Saturday last, exhibit a large
increase on those of the preceding months, the &unions
from the regular forces, including thc Household Brigade,
the Royal Artillery, and Lind Transport Corps, amounting
to 378 ; of these, 14 are from the Royal Artillery, 2 from
the Sappers end Miners, 13 from the Grenadier Guards,l
12 from the Coldstreams,l3 from the Soots Fusilier Guards,
47 from cavalry regiments, including 2 from the Royal
Hone Guards (Blue), 21 from the Royal Marines, and 6
from the Land Transport Corps; the remaining 252 are
from Infantry regiments of the line, including 7 who
deserted to the enemy from the army before Sebsetepol.

DEVONPORT, APJUL 29.
The Conqueror, 100 guns, .crew steamer, is to be
launched on Wednesday, at 4.30 p.m.—A courtmortial
will be held to-morrow on board the Impregnable, for the
trial of Commander Hawker, and the mister of the Heels,
6, paddle wheel, (or naming her on the rocks at (Sunhat.
The Presieent, 50, hid arrived at Callao from Valparaiso,
en March 6. The Hecate, Commander Olyao, eWed yester-
day for the West Coast of Africa. Several trusports are
here loading for the Black Sea, and daring the week seversl
have returned from Balaklava in ballast—amongst them the
litepents and Samuel Laing, which took the navvies tor the
railroad work.

DUBLIN, Avail. 28.
The Hermits, with about 300 troops of the 2nd
Feet and 60th Rifles, sailed yesterday from Quarnatown
the Cape of Good Hops.
The Zebra, transport screw steamer, whisk sailed from
Kingstown the preceding day, touched at Queenstown, and
having taken 160 commiokariat drivers on bard, steamed
out of the latter port yesterday, on her way to the Crimea.

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