The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-28 00:00:00

.VEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLRNT AND PROVI-
DENT INSTITUTION.

Yesterday evening the eighteenth anniversary
Radical ci the Newsvenders Benevolent and Provident In-
stitution was held at the Freemasons Tavern. It should be
stated that this charity was founded in the year 1839, its
object being to greet temporary relief and permanent am-
sentence to persons employed ate principals and assistants as
vendors of newspapers, who from age, intirmity, or distress,
may require the Wet the benevolent. On the peneent occa-
sion, the bueineas meeting, held fur the purpove of submitting
the report of the committee for the poet year, the chute* of
takers, the election of pensioners, and other mailers connected
with the administration of the sisiety'e atom, took place at
half-past eh in the evening, and was very numerously
attended by the subecrthera and friends of the institution.
Mr. L. WILD, of Catherine-street, Strand, w.O in the
chair.
It appeared front the report that the receipts of the paid
year aneiunted to a net base of 2411. 7s. 191., of which a por-
tion had been invested, end the remainder, after the payment
el =Teary expenses, had been devoted to the payment of
annuities, varying htail IW. to 161., to pemeionere on the
books of the society. While acknowledging thankfully
the improvement in the tteeineee of the eociety, the
report expreteted a doubt whether it was commen-
surate loth the poeition and circumstances of the
trade, a trade comprieing some 600 prineipals and about 2,000
persons engaged ae &whiten's, of whew miniperttively few
were membere of the meekly ; and a etumg appeal wee made
Sur co-operation and seitiatinee on every person connected
with the nowepapir trade.
The ordinary bueineee of the animal meeting having bet n
transacted, the company adjourned to the great ball of the
Yretemeome Tavern' to partake of suiper. Tim chair was
occupied by Joan WALTER, En., who woo wor
ported by Ir. W. H. Smith, of the Strand, Mr. J. Mar.
&meld, Mr. L. Wild, 31r. Terry, Mr. It. 3. Wend, Ile., and
about 200race:there of the trade.
In the course of the evening the usual loyal and patriotic
toasts were duly proposed and honeuted, and after thou,
the chairman, who discharged hie duties with much tact sad
ability, reopened " Preeperity to the Newavendert; Benevo-
lent and l'euvident lo.titution." He alluded to the ecetning
necessity of combination mooing all (1116.8 and tracks—•
practice whlch had at one time been much abused, but which
et late seemed to have been turned to benevolent and cha-
ritable purposes. That principle of combination wee espe-
cially earned out in that mysterious agency by which the
physical and intellectual went.. of a (pest city like "dm'
were supplied. By no clam wee that eupply so euecesefully
and ateaduotaly carried out MI by the newsvendere, who,
ministering to the intellectual wants of Ode only with dili-
gence and punctuality, bed acquired a proportionate repu-
tation; and in fact be did not know what London would do
without that clime, who might be termed its unit timed in-
tellectual victualler.. To each a dam of men the value of

each sn institution ea this was obvious, and he urged on
every one connected with newspaper►—those who supplied
and theme who reed them—to support it. lie observed, how-
ever, that the working expen.ea of the society were 40 per
Of Its renerhich he thought WWI too great a per
mintage, and he trud that some etforte would be made to
! redo,. them.
The Health of Mr. Mark* Dickens, the President of the
Institution," was proposed by Mr. Wild, and duly honoured.
Other appropriate towns, kuluding that of The Chairman
and the l're.s," followed.
Subscriptions exceeding 1001. were announced, mincing
which were—the chairman, ; Mr. W.ll. Smith, 101. its.,
Mr. J. Macdonald, M. ; Dana' Mthschild, 61.; the Morning
Pao, 101. 10s., lac.,
The proceedings of the evening were enlivened by a very
excellent selection of vocal music under the direction of Mr.
Smytham, who was assisted by Miss J. Wells, Mr. Lawler,
Mr. Donald King, and Mr. Denise. The arrangements on
the part of the directors of the Freemason'. Tavern were ex-
otedingly satisfactory. Mr. B. Beaks was the toastmaster.

THE CASE OP MR.WILLIAII TAYLOR.—A numerous
meeting of the friends of Mr. Taylor, of No. 1, Church-
=, Gresham-street, City. wan held at Dully's Hotel on
y last—Mr. M. W. 'Yates in the chair. Several
gentlemen addressed the meeting, stm. their firm convic-
tion that Mr. Taylor was quite ins le of acting to the
manner imputed to him, and ex their belief that the
charge brought @gain." him—of conspiring with others to
defraud Mew.. Gorman and Lawson—wee not only vile,
malignant, and oppressive, but was brie preyed in a vin-
dictive spirit unparalleled in tho annals of peace whereupon
the following *volutions were unanimously ;greed to
1. That this meeting desiree to express ita sympathy with
Mr. Taylor in his prevent positiou, and to defiers its un-
bamnded in hie integrity. 2. That the gentlemen
present form a committee to take such steps as they may
consider desirable to extricate Mr. Taylor from the charge
now pending against him. 3. That the foregoing resolutions
be advertised in the Lindy Notre sad Titre. The Chairman
read a letter from Mr. George Fox, of Manchester, recom-
mending that a subscription be commenced, and requesting
him to put down his (Mr. Fox's) name for 201., and gave
him the names of several other gentlemen who had pre-
mised contribution" equal to his own. An executive com-
mittee was formed, consisting of the following gestlimm, to
carry out the above recommendation—rm. Masers. Mu-
ander, Pruitt, Gaze, Gunning, Lawns, and Morley. Chair-
man—Mr. M. W. Yates. Trearurer—Mr. F. B. Armada.
Honorary —Mr. Jonathan Taylor, 70, Feneltareh-
stmt. The meet recommended that a imitable address
should be prepared and printed, with a list fur subscin.p-
lions, to be sent te the principal houses in the trade, with the
view ef obtaining contributions
MARTLEI{ONE FREE LIBRART.—This institution
which started under such favourable auspices, has at laal
proved a failure, and about to re closed.
having mom time since declined to usantkei a mute, and
voluntary aid afforded being found, after a rned trial,
quite inadequate to the support of the aNablkt, even
under the moat ecoacenioalarranrmentr,igls to be shutip an
weshiseday, the 24th of June next. The boatel mu Sobs re-
turned to each of the &mom as may apply far them price to
the cematien of the business of the library,
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