The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-30 00:00:00

LONDON OINZI4L POZTEW BENDVOLENT

.4580CIATION.

A public meeting in furthersace of the objects of
thin association, and for the enrolment of new members, was
held in the Lowe-WI, Beater Hell, tut evening. The
object,' of the association, so stated in the handbill calling the
meeting, see to grant pensions to infirm or permanently dis-
abled porters (being members), whether employed in whole-
sale or retail houses of all wades, also to memangers or porters
employed In beaks, Warsaw, °Mae, hotels, and commercial
retablubmeato pnerally, within a distance of ten miles from
the Otte& Post-office, end to their neceesittioa widows and

orphans.
Mr. Alderman Metal took the chair' and In commencing
the preesedings said it was a good sign of the times that the
redoes classes of society were combintng to fern such testi-
taltame as *6. One object of their meeting :was to enrol
sew membere, end he should put hie name down es an
bowery member. He believed that within a circuit of ten
sable Gem the Post-oatie than were no fewer than 80,000
porters. Only 1,400, boomer, had as yet enrolled themaelves
ambers of the esseeinden. The sobeariptiona of honorary
members aassuaiod to 1,9861., sod the metre from members
and from ether soarer brought np the total receipts to
2,602 L; and the expesom, he was clad to see,
were only leaving • Wears of 2,4701. in
band. He wee glad to dad that they had determined
to haves nest egg, es it was intended to raise the funds to
3,0001. before they distributed anything, and then it wee in-
tended to distribute the interest of the fond invested and
tereothirde of the income, so that the Institution was likely
to be permanent. He was informed that after the let of
Searcy cent no person would be admitted es a member who
was moo* than 60 years old, so that those who bad paned
that age had only a day or two in which they could joie.
The eamiciation appeared to him to be well worthy of the
support of employers end of the porters themselves.
Mr. ldeoaoutt moved the first resolution, to the effect
that the want of an institution to relieve the infirm and per-
manently disabled porters and their necesattona aidowe end
orphans had long been felt, and hailing its establishment.
The association, he said, had enlisted the (Impolite. of sums
of the largmt wholesale houses in the City and of the retail
tradesmen at the Weetend.

Mr. BEN NETT seconded, and pointed ott that by means of
this saeoetation the porters who became members of it were, in
feet, Laying. op • provision for their orphans end widows, by
• sabecnpuon which was far leas than a benefit society or by
Ids tbNIN•1100. _ . .

The resolution vie corded unanimously.
Mr. MANDAT moved the next resolution, pledging the
meeting to um Its utmost eadateoure to laniard the tercets
of the am. elation. As • porter himeelf, he said he knew, es
they most all know, tint peaces in their position tome
unable to rare mosey. and it wee only by means of ince
aIMOCIWOZP as this that they wen ambled be provide is rows
degree for their widows sad orphans. They were net obi/
to subscribe to the establishment of the aemeletian, dm It
we. alrealy retabllshed, and not a Lambing of the mosey
subscribed by the porters bad been applied towards Its ens-
bilebnient, bat those expenese had been defrayed by the
honorary subscribers.
Mr. Aro:nu. seconded; and this, like the former resolu-
tion, pored uoanimously.
• revelation, moved by Mr. hire, thanking the honorary
subscribers fur their contribution to the !undo, was henries
speed tee; and se the closed the meeting • number of the
porter. present enrolled their names is members.

DEATH OF THE MAECHIOPIEFA OF BUTL—We
lave to aanotince the dacesee, to her fiftieth year, of Logy
MAU Fredonia* Chrleftsta, Marchioness of Bate, which
plow la Edinburgh on Wednesday. The deceased lady
woe Ho mooed ilsogitee of the first Marquis of Beatings,
sad wee manful to the late Marquis of Bute in January,
1146. The late pear died In Much, 1848, and left at his de-
ems the present marquis, who we born on the 12th of
ihribee, 1847.
the fourth week of November lest 800,4157
Cursweft in feoeipt of relief in England and W.Jlee.
oorreepooding wok of 1838 the number was 817,291.