The Press.
London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

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The RAILWAY PLATE of bo sous., given by the South
Western Railway Company, added to a Sweepstakes of
3 WIC each.
Mr. French's Noisette
Mr. Powell's Ann Page
Mr. Mare's Little Kitty
Won by a neck. the winner WWI afterward% sold for
930 guineas, the fund realising upwards of 19(I.
kirn MAJEsTY'S PLATE of 104 guineas. The winner to be
sold for 3001. Two miles.
Mr. tireville's Torment ( Well, I I
Mr. J. M. Stanley.). Corybantes
The following also ran :—Don Quiwte, Batapelt, Peril-
(lions, Economy, Anonymous Letter, Stamford, 'Nightshade,
t'arbtmele.
netting: Even on Torment, 9 to I against Corybantec,
ti t', I against Itackapelt. lit to I against any other. Tor.
meat won, hard held, by four lengths.
The RICHMOND PLAII.: of lift not
\I r. 'l'. Stevens's Sleeping Partner ( WaLetield I I
M r. Parkes's Sweethemi
Betting : Even on Sleeping Partner, 9. t,) I against
Peal. A tine race, Sleeping Partner %inning on the post
by it bead.
The SCUrnIY STAres (11411411 CM)) of 19 WA's. each. ;oak-
meu riders.
'amain Rowley's Itordeaux
t;r purrs Littlr'S ClUthWurker (Owner) 2
Mr. Hobson's Apostate ( Owner) 3
HANtio SWEEPhTAKES Of 3 nut's.. each. with '2l) aAbled.
Major Martyn'a Tamerlane (Wells)
Mr. Hasham's haulm(
Won by a length.

lIENVFIrENT !swum-mix held its
fourth annual festival on Tuesday evening. This
institution is designed to afford permanent. incomes
to the widows and unmarried dnughtere of the
middle and higher classes. The Right lion. Lord
Bateman presided upon the occasion, and was sup-
ported by boot Erskine, Sir Felix Agar, the Rev.
Robert. Montgomery, the Rev. Joseph Browne. (!ap-
tido Hickson, b. H. Lemette and W. li. Wood,
Emirs., and some two or three huntlered other gen-
tlemen, including many leading members of the
`tuck Exchange, who, with their customary libe-
rality, have taken a special interest in the success of
this society. After the usual loyal toasts hail been
drunk, and the Rev. Robert Montgomery end Captain
Hickson (the former in a very eloquent speech) had
respectively acknowledged "The Church," and " The
Army and Navy," the noble chairman proposed
" Success and prosperity ei the Institution on whose
behalf they were then assembled." " Happily," he
observed, " he could fieetire the society that this suc-
cess was in a fair way of being obtained. The ex-
cellence of its objects had an commended it. that,
although it only originated in 1849, they could now
appeal to a list of some thirty eases, most of which
were appended to the report, and which had been ap
positely• alluded to by Mr. Montgomery as miniature
memorials of misfortune in its most touching guise,
and in all these instances iwniument relief had been
altiirdiel. Nothing could be more distressing than
the miserable lot of those who had fallen from
affluence—the widows and daughters of officers in the
army and navy. of the clergy, of merchants and
member; of the Stock Exchange, or of other affluent
classes who had been unfortunate. Practically it
was one of the first principles of religion to visit the
fatherless and widewe in their affliction, and to the
illustration of this principle in one of its most ho-
nourable forms they were, through the medium of
the operations of this society, devoting themselves.
Proof had been already given that their society was
no bubble' by the collection of some 1.500/. per
annum, and the provisions which gave the sub-
scribers the security of an investment in the funds.
At the same time they had evidence that the society
was a growing one, as the numerous atetulance that
day" (and, we may ourselves add, the increased sub-
s Tiption announced SOOll afterwards) •• testified.-
The noble chairman, who observed that it was the
first °erasion upon which he had presided at a meet-
ing of this description, was warmly cheered for the
anti ability which he 'mimed in the cause of the
charity throughout the proecedings ; and atter varions
()Viler toasts had been gi' 1 it—their president (lird
Shaftesbury), the trustees, Lord 'Erskine and the
members of the council. and the the latter
latter gallantly responded ti by Sir Felix Agar—the
party broke up. We should add that the Coldstream
band was in attendance thr.mghout the proceedings.
together with a corps of v.walists. which included
Miss Poole and that sweet-voieed Miss Williams who
has become Mrs. Lorkey. By a mysterious under
etateline. al-o. which was sail to exist between the
etewarie and the latellt•rd, tie dinner, eines, and at •
totellnee were of a eharact cr of unusual ewellence.
In this roAleet WO can tai ly state, in short, that it
was the best public 1 inne •we elver atti:e.l-61. The
subseriptit on wits npwi rds 1.1i;)0/.
THE TitewsTr vev In ;TtvAL ur TIII: V4.rNorso
or CHRIST'S ik OW on Wednesday
night in the Merehact Tai ors' Hall. which had been
lent. for that purpose. A. originally intended, the
eelebration was to have t Ikt`ll Oleo in the great ha 1