The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-22 00:00:00

ROYAL HUMANA SOCISTY.

last evening the ninety-first anniversary festival
of this institution was celebrated at the lirresmaesid Tavern,
Great Quese-strest, Linools'able-fields, seder the peen-
deecy of Lord Memos Paget, L.P., who was supported by
SIR Weller Sterling, M. le Marco& de Bithisy, Y. Jaybera
Sir William Fraser, Bart., 2LP., and M. Wooed. The
chairman, ia proposing the toast of the coming —" The
Presidoet and Vier presidents, and prosperity to the Royal
Humane Society "—paid a warm Whale to the memory of
Dr. Hawse, the benevolent fonder of the institution, and
west ca to observe that aniocpt the admirable ansionatoos
of a oheritehis or philaathrepic chorister whisk were kenos
in this country, there was now which deserved to rank 111010
highly than the Royal Humane Society. As a sailor he
might be allowed to say that there was no medal which
sailors could receive as a reward for valour before the enemy
with greater pride ad delight than that whit* same to
them from this society. The objects of the sosiety were
divided under two heeds ; tint, it provided the means of
remise persons from drowning, and secondly. it granted
rewards to thosewho risked their own lives for the safety of
than fellow nen. Two such objects as then
were certainly deserving ci all prase and en-
eousegenseut, and it wee Interestingto bear
is mind that the coastguard service had rendered most
impotent aid in connection with this society, the records
of the Institution showing that 1,000 lives par aim= wars
wind through the exartioom of that valuable body. Moos
the establishment of the society the number of lives saved
this errantry alone, and mostly in or near the metropolis,
bad base upwards of 35,000, and this important
feet was quite sufficient to commend this admirable
iostitutiors to the support and encouragement of al
who were disposed to eneourage beasevaset objeota.
Y. lo Marquis de Bethisy ia French oebiaman), is re-
spooding to this toast, took occasion to introduce the same
of the late Prism COMM" begging the compeer to drink to
the memory of ere who was mourned ie finghod and loved
in Francs. During the 'vesting the usual distribution took
place of medals awarded to those who bad ban prowl.
dentiallt instrumental in saving Mama life. The enema
subscriptions ennennoed by the seenitery was wady 3201.

METROPOLITAN PEED
A DIUNEING FOUNTAINS
ASSOCITION.

Yesterday the annual meeting was held at Willis's
Renew, St. Jamas% Mr. Pasauel Gamer.
ILP., I. the ask. The report, read by Mr. Jobe Lee, the
secretary, compared the situation of the poor ood thirsty
wayfarer in London to Mist Attie " Amherst Mariner," ,lousy
he was left with " not a drop to dank." although the daily
supply of water around him amounts to 100000,000 one,
equal to a lake of 70 pares in extent with a depth of sit fest.
This ditlcalty of obtaining water to drink wee a fruitful
mum of crime, lunacy, and Mee in man, and the cause of
moth suffering to horses, cattle, sheep, and dogs. Mr.
Merles P. Molloy, of Liverpool, was the int to seek
• remedy for the evil, is the setablishaisst of free &M k.
tog toanthies and troughs ; aod, in 1859, following
bad • tree drink.
his example, Mr. Gamey, the chairman,
ieg tosateia erected ow Snow-bill, at whisk as seam as
5,000 persons bad bees bows to drink deity. The present
association was then galled ioto mistime, and, Its is.
augaration is April, of the same year, it has opined. is
various part of the metropolis, 89 drinking tmetaies, lye
eattle sod vary many dig troughs ; and it is estimated that
in the summer months. more than 300,000 people &Sok
daily at the fountains. Daring the same period fountains
have also been erected by private benevolence sod paro-
chial boards, bat these, got being 'soder the supervision
of the society, had too often been .sleeted and suffered
to fall into decay, or bad becalm public nuisances, through
the mischievous acts of drunks. men sod tboughtlem
boys, who, with the "roughs" of Loudon, constitute the
enemies of the society's staff. Last year eight sew foun-
tains and one cattle trough were erected by the society, god
seven private fountains and one rattle trough placed nadir
it emu Three other fountains—one in London Fields and
two is SharwMtab pazith—are about to be erected by the
society ; and Yr. Charles Banton, M.P., will shortly, at his
owe expense, plate a very earthly arse sear the Haw
of Parliament. The smogs east of water tar each
fountain, when the full rate is aharged, amounts to
U. a year. The committee do not feel thentheime
in • riceitim to make the society • *Miami me, bat they
mimesis a bops of Wag ultimately enabled to place a free
supply of water withia the roach of all the itinerant poor of
Leedom. Tbe Cbalmaa observed that 200 more four
tam, at the very last, were required, and the society dr
sired to take charge of all the fountaise sad troughs le-Los.
doe, to assure their egleiset nthistesame ; but this could
oath be dem at mold of 1,0001. • year, and at peemat the
manual saboaripMees did act amenet to half that sum. Be
regretted to say that a recent appeal to the publics had Buie
probed 1501. The report was unanimously adopted.