The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

LONDON GANIA4L,INITASS' BEZUFOLINT

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A public meeting was held last evening at Myde
dist= Hall, Upper-street, Islington, to explain the objects of
this arociation, which, as stated in the placard convening
the meeting, are to grant peneions to Infirm or permanently
disabled porters (being members), whether employed In
wholesale or retell houses of all trades; also to messengers
or porters employed in hanks, ineuranoe offices, hotel', and
commercial establishments generally, within a distance of
ten miles from the General Posboffice, and to their tease
snow widows and orphans.
W. IdonLEr , jun.. Fag., who occupied the chair, said that
since February lest, 1,2151. bad bees subscribed, oat of the
9,0001., which Wee the sum originally intended to be ool-
tented. He thought they ought to have raised that sum
long ago. There were 1,272 subscribers of be. and upwards,
who bad subscribed altogether 4954.10 e. Besides these them
were 417 honorary subacribere who had contributed 1,7291. 111.
They weer engaged in • good, a &alai, a righteous, and, above
all, • Christian cense. It was hoped that the porters would join
the association in great numbers, and that they would come
to the Hants of the belples and the infirm.
Mr. J. H. DEVONSIME moved the that resolution, to the
effect that the porters of London h 490 long fait the need of
au institution to relieve the infirm and aged member, of their
bed,, and also to make provienin for their widows end
mphans, and that the meeting hailed with delight the esti-
blistunent of the ItheOCiation se the means of supplying a
deficiency which had hithetto existed. He said, if all or •
large proportion of the porter. would subecribe not lees than
ds. per annum to the astorlation, the aggregate amount
would tee such that coupled with the income sibling from
the investment of this subsaiptions of honorary member., a
godly number of pensions of go. a week 'mild be granted to
permanently disabled porters. He was glad to stets that a
number of the me rchents of greatest eminence hide City
of Leaden were patrons of this ass-elating. (Hear, hesr,)
It wee calculeted that there were 40,000 porters in London
and be vicinity, and the promoters of the association confi-
dently trusted that a great portion of these would join the
&revelation.
The Rev. Dsgtxt. Watt" ricer of Islington, seccnied
the resolution, which wee unanimouely agreed to.
Mr. B. HILL moved the second resolution, pledging the
meeting to use is exertions to promote the objects of the
WOCiatiOn by rubscribing to As funds. Re said that homed
of there being 49,000 porters in London, allowing only one on
an average to each esiabliabment, ft would be found that
there were nearer 89,000. He believed that if ell, or the
greeter portico of this number sobacribrd, the mbectiptioge
would amount to a sum which would trovide for all the 0311-
Iteireacies that would probably happen.
Mr. W. F. Rows seconded, and tide motion was des
weed unanimously.
Mr. Smartt, Mr. Goodfellow, Mr. Pettey, ant Mr. Host.
also addressed the meeting, and another etiolation expressive
of the gratitude of the meeting to the honorary members
for their subscriptions end exertione was also carried.
Several entimithime were received by the Summary in the
course of the evening, and at the close a number of prretne
joined the association.

FANITABT IteFoott.—On the Bth, before tho
Newark magistrates, a oesaplaist was made by M. Belly,
the town swoop:wowing Mr. Thomax Bayley, the proprie-
tor of the large Warty in Hill-get+. The charge was that
of carryiag on a aowlonsend offeneivo trado, namely, that of
offal and moue boiling, contrary to the ptcletatoss of the
Newark Improvement Aot. air. Butnaby addressed the
beach at oonsiArrable length. and conducted thews' on behalf
of the commiadooere, and Mr. Heathcote appeared for the
defendant. Numerous witowees were called on both Wee,
afue hearing whom. sod the arguments cf the whetters for
I
and against the orowcatioh, the bench Were of opinion that
the defendant sow guilty of the charge preferred what bite,
sad thereupon conv:cted tom in the penal y of 501., which
they bad an power to taltigate.—Stem ford Norcury.