The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-16 00:00:00

Princely Beneficence.

The Hon. Rustornjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, meui;
ber of the Legislative Council of Bombay, soh
the late Sr] Jamsojee Jejeebhoy, placed some fife
since at the disposal of Mr Crawford, M.P. "•°-
London the sum of 115,000 for the purpose of aPPro'
priation to charitable purposes in London, in con
nection with the name of his late father, more
edpecially the charities of the City of London,.
which his father was a freeman, under the following
condition :—" The charities selected to be tb°s;
which have in view the alleviation of the wants gla
the poor and indigent, the infirm and helpless'
„,al3„
not societies which are of a religious character.' -"
charities so selected are enumerated in the following
list, the ruling principle of the appropriation being
the selection of those institutions whose doors !re
always open to every class of sufferers on the !ha
stant, without reference to any other consideration
than the merits or urgency of the particular case la
liked of help. The appropriation to the London
Hospital is in connection with the new wing, °f
which the foundation stone is to be laid on the 4th
of July by the Prince cf Wales, and the fact that
the London is pre-eminently the hospital of the
commerce of the port of London. Hospitals: Lon-
don £2,ooo—University College, 13,000—Metro"
poiitan Free, £l,ooo—Royal Free, 1500—Middle'
sex, £soo—King's College, £soo—London Fever,
£soo—City of London for Diseases of the Chest,
£soo—for Sick Children, £soo—Royal, for Incur
ables, £4oo—British Home for Incurables, £4OO--•
Asylum for Idiots, .1100—for Diseaees of the Skin,
£3oo—total, £8,500. Dispensaries : City, £5OO--
Farringdon,l:soo City of London and East La'
don, I:49o—Royal General, £4OO--Metropolitan,
£4oo—Western City, £2OO _Finsbury,
City °rthor din, I:2oo—Queen Adelaide's pis"
pensary, Bethnal Green, 1:200—total, £3,000.
Miscellaneous: Azisociation for the Relief of P°ar
in the City of London, £2oo—Stranger's 1-I°e",e'
I;soo—Provident Clerks' Fund, 1500—Seaman °
Hospital Society, £soo—Royal National Lifeboat
Institution, £soo—Shipwrecked Fisherman's° and
s
Mariner' Benevolent Society, £3OO—DOBu:l2U!
Sailors' Asylum, 4:2oo—City of Landon General
Pension Society, 1200—Accident Relief Society,
.1100—Society for Relief of Distressed Widows,
£loo—total, £3,1C0. City of London Truss Society,
£2oo—Guildhall poor-box, 1;100--Mansion-house
poor-bos, £loo—total, £4OO. Ort.nd total, £15,000•

HE-I;lll3.—Thefcrmittion of the new'
T NEE7,.cd,larpeetatoinrsl,
club. is progressing with great success, and the
va.mviron.gKstnown;:m are Lord Beaucierc, msjor-
General Downing, Viscount Maiden, Captain Addison,
Kennedy, seem determined to l‘mivasklttrhye calnuabLevoredryNtlairnegl•
that can be desired. Already a large number of members
of the highest distinction have been enrolled, and the daily
application for admission is very numerous. The greatest
care is exercised in the selection of candidates for the entre4
and, all things considered, the prospects of the new
club
are of the most cheering description. The clubhouse Is to
be erected (on the scale of the Carltonßeform)in tha
immediate vicinity of Pall-mall, but in the meanwhile a
temporary building will be engaged for the accommodation
of the members. The namo of the club wilt be decided
upon at the first general meeting of the members,