The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-16 00:00:00

" TUTI QUI PROV.TDI."

We have on many former occasions had the
pleasure to direct public attention to the good
effected by the Provident Clerks' Association,
whose motto stands at the head of this article.
From a small and comparatively unknown
Society the Provident Clerks' las gradually made
its way until it has attained the position of a safe
and well-established life office, having upwards
of 700,0001. of existing assurances, and a re-
venue of more than 20,0001. a year, beside
a Benevolent Fund, from which annuities of nearly
8001. a-year are now paid to infirm and aged clerks
and widows, from which loans to meet temporary
difficulties have been made to the extent of 17,5001.,
and more than 1, 0001. has been presented as gra-
tuities.

The managers of this assooiation have, indeed,
reason to be proud of the position to which their
unwearied efforts have brought the associa-
tion, and the great body of clerks we are glad to learn
are beginning to appreciate more fully than before
the advantages offered to them by membership.
The names of the trustees rank with the foremost
in tho commercial world, and the warm interest
evinced by those gentlemen in the progress of the'
association is an evidence of the value and sound-
ness of its principles.
There is perhaps no body of men on whom pecuniary
misfortune presses with greater severity than upon
the clerks, whose habits of living, education, and
social position render the mental pangs of poverty
still more acute than the physical privations it en-
tails. They are, therefore, the more imperatively
called on to make some provision for a rainy day,
and we trust to hear that they have done so by a
speedy accession to the ranks of the Provident
Clerks' Association.

DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL DURDAS.

Admiralty, Jan. 15, 1855.
The following despatch has been received from
Vice-Admiral Dundas :
Britannia, in tke Dardanelles, Dec. 30, 1854.
Sir,—l beg you will be pleased to lay before the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the following
statement I consider it my duty (as it may have escaped
the observation of their lordships) to submit for their
favourable consideration before I resign the command of
the naval forces in the Mediterranean.

Early in July last Lieut. Henry Carr Glyn, of the
Britannia, accompanied by His Serene Highness Prince
Ernest of Leiningen, and thirty picked seamen of the
fleet, were detached on service to Rustchuk on the
Danube, for the purpose of organising the Turkish gun-
boats, and throwing a bridge across the Danube at that
point.

This work was most effectually performed by the great
exertions and ability of Lieut. Glyn and His Serene
Highness, who were frequently exposed during these
operations to the harassing ire of the enemy. His
Excellency Omer Pasha rendered his thanks in person
to those officers ; and the bridge, which is still standing,
has been of great assistance to the Turkish army.
It may be necessary to add that both Lieut. Glyn and
Prince Ernest with their men, suffered materially, in
health from fatigue and the unhealthy season in which
these operations were obliged to be undertaken.
Medals were offered to those officers from the Turkish
Government, but which they declined ; and I trust my
lords will consider their services to be deserving of pro-
motion.—l have, &c.,

(Signed) J. D. DUNDAS, Vice-A.dmiral.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.
In consequence of the importance, at the time,
of the above service, and the very praiseworthy
manner in which it was performed, Lieut. Glyn
has been promoted to the rank of Commander.