The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-23 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

THE YELLOW suomacze.

The annnal meeting of members of the above so-
ciety was held yesterday evening at the Southwark Literary
Institution, Borough-road. In the absence of the Red of
Shafteabury,
tithe chair waa taken by Mr. Rot:rem, M.P..
and amongst pons supporting the chair Revues M.P.;
Rev. Mr. Cadoien, the Rev. J. Linghaso, theJes-
up, Mr. Martin Were, Mr. Marcus Smashed, ge.
After the usual preliminaries, the Seer=, Mr. NEWMAN,
proceeded to read the report, which s that the society
had been established in 1854, for the purpose of affording the
means of temporary livelihood to destitute boys without
reference to their previous history, as well se e course of
discipline which should produce regular and indastrioaa
habits, and fit them for higher and more permanent employ-
ment. All boys south of the Thames were admissible oath,
remdeohools, of which 20 werethen operation. The earnings
of the boy. had been steadily increasing, end daring the pest
year had exhibited the following gratifying results :—Aver-
age number of boys employed, 37; total earnings, 6671.
Boys' allowance and thirds, 4161. ; paid to boys' bank, 1221. •
paid to society, 1291. The payments to the society were Doi
sufficient to make it self-supporting, sod therefore donations
and annual subscriptions were earnestly solicited. The
balance-sheet showed a telance In hand, but it was to be
borne in mind that until within the last eighteen months
the superintendent's salary had bean paid by Mr. Cadman,
and that there was stiU 661. due to that gentleman. Cut-eff
clothes were earnestly ,ed and aid for the occasional treats
to the boys, of which there had been two daring the put year.
Since the commencement of the middy, 569 boys had been
admitted, of whom 228 had, through the instrtunentality of
the committee, been timed in respectable situations u errand
boys, smiths, carpenters, clerks, &c., and one was now the
superintendent of • shoe-black society, three had emigrated
to Canada, one to the Cape of Good Hope, three had been
received into military bends, two had entered the navy,
eight the merchant service, six had enlisted in the army, two
hundred and fifteen had left of their own award, sad MI:V-
eit were still in the society's employment. The object of
the society in reclaiming vagrant boys to steady, regular pur-
suits had beta well carried out, and the chaplain of Home-
monger•lane Gaol had testified to the diminution in the
number of juvenile offenders since the establishment of the
schools. The secretary of the Southwark Court of Leet
had borne Medlar testimony, but noticed that the boys of
the society were often annoyed and drawn off by the idle
vagrants of the streets.
The meeting having been opened with prayer by the Rev.
Mr.Cadrean, and speeches having been delivered by the Chair-
man, the Rev. Mr. Jessop, the Rev. Mr. Csdman, Mr.
Martin Ware, and others, the report was adopted.
Three boys. namely, Westcott, Baker, and Smith, were
then called to the pletforre, and presented by the chairman
with a book u a testimonial to their oonduct daring the pest
year, after which thanks were voted to the chairman, end
theproceediags terminated. .

Art the dais of the proceedings, Mr. Snipe reed a letter
from Lord Shaftesbary, accounting for his lordship's absenoe
by the fret that his lordship was obliged to attend a similar
meeting at Swindon.