The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-28 00:00:00

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BERIVOLRAT
INSTITUTIOIf.

The third anniversary festival of this charity wan
Eildj.esterdey evening at the London Taven, under the
• yof the Earl of DARTMOUTH, end was attended
about 100 modicum. The object of the institution is
to provide pensions to bond jide farmers, their widow,, and
venterried orphan daughters, sod to maintain and educate
the orphan children of farniers. In carrying out them
benevolent objents, the society lima' its aid to Jarman
hang British bon subjects, who. during twenty ooessoudve
CZhave cultivated r an embalm SIMMS of
ngs of as least 00 mem, or at rentals of at lasestimPlOwe.
ma annum, who by uncontrollable circumstaness
lave been so sedated as not to possess an income
two all source, exceeding 21)1. a year, and who
bare attained the fall sgu of sixty years. In team
however, of bodily infirmity, resulting from accident, and of
sash • nature as to &EOM the candidate from following
my occupation as • means of livelihood, the above limit of
age shall be reduced to forty-five years. Widows of fanner.
mho have, doting lifetime, fulfilled the above cooditioss ;
seek widows being not lees than fifty-five years old, and not
=of an income exceeding twenty pounds pm annum.
al orphan daughters of farmers, who have fulfilled
daring lifetime the above conditions ; such unmarried
orphan daughters being nos less than sixty years old, and
set possessed of an income exceeding twenty pounds per
annum. Orphans of either sex, whom fathers have fut.
filled during lifetime the above conditions for ten years,
sad who am not imbecile, dimmed, or deformed.
Of the pensioners story myriad couple is allowed the
sem of 401. per annum ; every male pensioner is allowed the
rum of 261. per annum ; every female pensioner is allowed
the sum of 20/. per annum. The wide field which exists
for the exercise of the benevoleme of this institution u evi-
denced from the fact that, although the society has bees
fanned so recently, it bee already 18 male, 3 marries 10
widow, and 1 unmarried pensioners, while three have died
in the receipt of sanialtiee. Some of the came mentioned
in the report are of • very distressing character.
Alter the usual loyal end national roost,, the Chairman
proposed " Sumas to the Institution," sod, after remarking
that the ill-feeling of the free-trade struggle had sow hap-
pil) subsided, adverted to the disasters to which Lomat
fanners are unavoidably subject, and the mariner in which
they were often suddenly reduced from • state of comfort to
am of destitution. That institution was founded, be said,
by Alders's' Mechi, to afford relief under such misfor-
tunes, end it bed already done a vast amount of good, and
be hoped that those counties which bad not yet adequately
supported it would be led duly to appreciate its CIAiLOI. The
&maims and subscriptions announced, including a dona-
tion of 245 C from the tf mem and 201. from the Berl and
oountem of Dartmouth, amounted to 2,7401

MITROPOLITAN Ptio HOSITTAL, DEVO2IBIIIII-
- Crrr.-21e tweenyewremb atavisms/try of this
valuable chock was held last meals& at the London
Tavern ; Lord Athed Paget, M.P., is the chair. From the
report presented ea the occasion, it appears that the number
of attendances of patients at the hospital during the last
twelve yaws had been nearly three quarters of a million.
The increase during the year 1862, however, had been nn-
pmadented, in consequence of the removal of St. Thorned@
Hospital—the number having reached no leas than 109,983.
The finances of the institution, in the meantime, bad
unfortunately diminished; and there was now an
adverse balance of 2,0h1f. se. In proposing the teed
gbg mean, the noble chairman untie an energetic ap
to the Fabian on behalf of the chanty, pointing out- how
smell a preportiee any iadividualenheeription would bear to
the daily retaliate menials of those eminent men wbe
lased the medical end sargieal malt It was, moreover, a
fres hospital ; ands it bad no endowment; he traded it
wield be supported in a manors befitting the reputation of
this vest and wealthy metropolis. During the evening eon.
Whatnot amounting to the liberal sum of 2,109/. were
announced. The mudeal entertaininenta of the evening
were seder the t of Kr. Edwin Gray, maimed
by Miss Annie =CI. J. Bargees, and Mr. Meehan
Basith. • " '

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