The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-16 00:00:00

YISHJIOAGISS' AND POULTIRIRS' men- I
Y1f77011.
The friends and supporters of thie charity met last
evening et the Alban, to celebrate its 24th anoiremety. The
chair was taken by Mr. redeem Bingham, M.P. who was
Mipported by Mr. A. W. Haglike for Brid water,
end Mr. P. W. Keats, M.P.ler Rochester; Mr. Alderman
Meal, Mr. Formby, Mr. J. Cession, the Rev. T. Hugo the
Rev. A. Itomell, and several influential members of the fish-
memo' and poulterers' trades. From the report, which
warted by the remetary, it appeared that the society was
Medalled in 1834, for the wpm ed mvidhag en asylum
and meintenanos for the aged and deste members of the
two trades, their widows and orphans, and for 'mating
temporary and timely relief in the numerous came of distress
so frequently occurring among the working class or
men. Through the ellitiOna made by the committee e
first end chief object was obtained in 1849, by the par-
rhea of freehold land, deliehifulty situate at Wood
Otem, near Honey, sad the erection thereon of as
asylum, consisting of twelve house,, which are at present
occupied by 21 inmates, consisting of seven married coupes
re:stein 10s. ed. per week, three single persons receiving Ta
pot week, end two other married couples who, owing to the
met of more ample fends, have necessarily bees admitted
without pentiona. To the comfort and happiness of these
Inmates the utmost attention la paid, and it is highly gratify-
leg that only two deaths have occurred since the opening of
the asylum in 1549. To confines to maintain the. la-
mbent objects was the maim amp of the committee, end
the gee %test efforts were now !Meg mule to raise the mane'
biome toe poet that will usable them to allow portions to
the whole of the ioznaha in the RVIIIIII without
which, as before Mated, Is not the owe at present,t:o°:i
the houses, which Wog seensistad unoccupied, having been
remedy tenanted with four aged people without pewit:ins
The reading of the report was followed by an el sent and
=pat appeal from toe caelrman for liberal eontribations to
enable the committee to cony out the pod work so nobly
begun. The interest felt in the Malty was fully evinced by
the number sad respectability of the compaypremst, as well
as by the hearty ash trac.ical ravage made to the appeal of
the committee. The total amount rubearibed M. the occasion
was Mont 1761., including ten guineas from the chairman and
eve guineas from the following dr nors : Mr. P. W. Martin,
11. P, Mr. Alderman Meth', Mr. T. Pricker, Mr. John
Freak, Mr. Fora s Stewart, Mr. Christopher Grove, Mr.
Thomas Grove, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Hades, Mr. Bpi sine,
Mr. Cameos, Mr. H. Blundell, Mr. John Bsoft, Mr. Thomas
Charles, Mr. H. °item. and the Rev. G. Roberts. The
mead atangemmta were under the direction of Mr. J. J.
Hate, conductor of the English Orobeetal sad Choral Arm-
Mans, the vocalists being Mies Salem end Messrs. Holmes,
Hobbs, Mailer, and Thompson.

07 UWIIB.

Yesterday the new oommission for the ensuing
yea wee spend by Mr. Alderman Muni, is the alotenos of
the Lord Mayor.
The .__l_L_ lades bee rued by the Chief Clerk, en
the melon of Mr. Di lamer, wreended by Mr. J. WATZIL•
LOW, Kr. tatty tlitaterin was elected clubman for the
following t dada.
The walk, deputy having taken the their, the &out a of
the lest court were red sad approved.

SANITARY

Dr. Lwri;;;;;;W:iiic:l4;w;tl;:iii;;;porte,a that
the sessealby Marne foe the Lot week bditent a favourable
rendition of the peddle health. The nanther of deaths (66)
b a little below the avenge for the oomeepending weeks of
the last three mare; end lathe coarsest the lest three works
the death re's his fake from 132 to 92, and thence to 66,
ebonies that greet improvement lies takes plus in the state
of the publio health duriog that time. Neatly half of the
bathe (26) have been among Wean, and only 11 among old
person, of 60 and upwards. The chief mum of death were
as follows :—Putmostary coneumpdon, g; tronebbie, p;
pneuroonia, 4; tar, 2 ; and ler dreembehte end Mothing, 7.
There were elm 7 deaths from hooping-tnegh, which le en-
nenelly prevalent ; 3 from meseles ; 1 from dysentery ; end
1 from infantile climb:es. There WY no death from fever,
or eosrtatlna, or small-pox.