The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-23 00:00:00

SOrTHIVAItK.

:Ur. Julian, the London manager of the Royal Liver
Friendly Provident Society, established at Liverpool, at-
tended before Mr. Woolrych on an adjourned summons
charging him with refusing and neglecting to pay to Maria
Clark, the widow of a member, the sum of 10f. alleged
to be due to her as Ida represeutative, he having been a
member of the society.
It appeared that the deceased had been a member about
a year and a half, paying twopence a week for IW. at
death. Ito had been for many years an active officer of
the DI division of the Metropolitan Police, from which he
was pensioned a short time ago. He was taken ill in the
early part of the month, and died on the 6th instant, and
when the complainant applied to the defendant for the 10f.
she was refused on account of her husband being out of
limits at the time of his death. It was shown,
however, that the complainant paid ls. 10d.,
being 11 weeks due on the Saturday previous
to his death, but the rules of the society were put
in showing that any member being in arrears six weeks
shall not be entitled to the funds of the society until a
month after reducing it below the six weeks. The rule in
qiiestion was clearly printed on the contributor's card, so
that all members might nee that. The defendant advised
the complainant to petition the directors for a grant of
money, consequently the summons was adjourned until
yesterday.
Mr. AN oolrych said he had looked over the rules, and it
was clear that the deceased was out of limits, and could
not demand any money from the society. He, however,
thought it was a very hard case, and one which he thought
the society might consider, and under their roles grant her
some little aid. Ho now wisln.4l to hear what had been
done.

Mr. Julian informed his worship that, immediately after
leaving the court on Tuesday, the 15th, he forwarded a
communication to the directors at Liverpool, setting forth
all the circumstances of the case, and the directors had
taken it into their consideration, and ordered him to hand
her a donation of 51.. being the maximum SUM allowed to
defaulting metnbers under the most pressing circumstances.
He bad further to add that had the widow sent in her
claim to him in the first instance, he would readily have
endorsed it, and there would have been no maxim to
trouble his worship.
Mr. Woolrych, after perusing the directors' authority to
pay the complainant the af., said he was glad to perceive
that they had taken the poor woman's case into consi-
deration as they had done. It did thew inanite credit,
and showed that the society was conducted on fair
principles.
Mrs. Clark told his worship that her husband's death
was so sudden that she did not know hardly bow to act.
She did what she thought was best, and was thankful to
the magistrate for his kind intercession.
Mr. .Julian having banded her the .5/., she thanked him,
and left the court with her friends.

THE MAMMON-ROUSE METROPOLITAN DlNlltitati
Commirrer..—Though so recently funned, the committee
invited by the Lord Mayor (as reported yesterday), for the
purpose of relieving the distress unhappily pervading the
eastern districts of the metropolis, met yesterday at the
Maw-ion-house, to proceed with the benevolent and phil-
anthropic object in view. The Lord Mayor presided, and
the meeting was attended by Mr. It. 11. Wade, Mr.
Robert Wigram, Mr. Henry Green, the Rev. F. G. Blom-
field, Mr. W. D. Bromley, M.P., Mr. John Holmes, of
Bread-street, Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., and Mr. P.
Cazenove. It was mentioned by Major Snell that Sir
Anthony de Rothschild and Mr. Alfred de Rothschild were
prepared to join the committee. Several letters were read
from correspondents from the suffering districts, detailing
appalling distress, and a deputation, consisting of the
Rev. Stanley Ball, the incumbent of St. Dunstan's, Step-
ney, the churchwardens, and several other gentlemen from
the locality, attended the committee, and stated cases of
extreme distress ; and to this deputation an immediate
grant of funds wes made. The committee are so zealous
that they resolved to meet de die in diem, and will con-
sequently sit again to-day. In addition to the announce-
menu' already made, the following donations have been
received :—Portion of a subscription by the gentlemen of
the Stock Exchange, :Mi.; Messrs. Martinez, Gasaiott,
and Co., 108/. ; Messrs. Contts, ; Messrs. Sandemno,
Son, and Co., 1001. ; Mr. George G. Sandeman 501.
Messrs. F. A. Duero: and Co., 20/. ; Messrs. F. Beeley and
Sons, 201. The total subscriptions of the day amounted to
1,200/.
THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE.—The fifth ordinary
meeting, for the present session, was held in this society's
rooms, No. 0, Conduit-street, on Monday last (Jan. 21),
the Rev. W. Mitchell, vice-president, in the chair, when
two papers were read—the first by the Rev..laines Brodie,
M.A., on " The Lessons taught us by Geology in regard
to the nature of God and the position of Man;" and the
other by Dr. John hall Gladstone, F.R.S., on " The
mutual helpfulness of Theology and Natural Science."
The discussion that followed chiefly turned upon Dr.
Gladstone's paper, which consisted mainly of instances of
analogy between the books of nature and revelation, and
the true methods of interpretation which should be em-
Dryed in endeavouring to undereiind either " book."
. Gladstone maintained that Human philosophy has
dons little to make men better Christians ; but had Christ
never become man, it may be a question whether the race
of man would not have sunk lower and lower in their de-
gredation, and whether there could have been that state
of civilisation which allows the calm pursuit of intellectual
studies." Captain Fiahbourne, Mr. Warington, Rev. D.
Irons, Mr. Reddie, and the chairman,took part in this dis-
cussion. The meeting was then adjourned to February 4,
when a paper will be read by the Rev. Walter
vice-president, " On Meteors and Falling Stars."
THE WEATHER IN IRELAND. —The thaw, which
commenced on Friday, still continues. The ice on the
ponds adjoining the city is gradually breaking up, and the
sport of the skating
_portion of the community is for the
present at an end. The thaw appears to have been general
over the country.—Dublin Expruts.
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