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

Princely Beneficence.

The Hon. Rustomjee Jamsttjee Jejeebhoy,lll6l3l;
ber of the Legislative Council of Bombay, sou
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the late Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, placed some time
since at the disposal of Mr Crawford, M.P. 1°""
London the sum of £15,000 for the purpose of al)Pr'r
priation to charitable purposes in London, in °Ol3
section with the name of his late father, 11Qtei
eapecially the charities of the City of London, °
which his father was a freeman, under the followlDg
condition :—" The charities selected to be tbal
which have iu view the alleviation of the wants
the poor and indigent, the infirm and hapless, an
not societies which are of a religious character?' 'I""
charities so selected are enumerated in the folio-514
list, the ruling principle of the appropriation botls
the selection of those institutions whose door° are'
always open to every class of sufferers on the !"
stant, without reference to any other consideration
than the merits or urgency of the particular case i
n
need of help. The appropriation to the 14°""i
Hospital is in connection with the new i'vi°g, °f
which the foundation stone is to be laid on the 4tll
of July by the Prince of Wales, end the fact that
the London is pro-eminently the hospital of the
commerce of the port of London, Hospitals: Lon-
don £2,ooo—University College, 1;1,000—Aletrom
sex, I;soo—King's College, £soo—London Fever,
politan Free, £l,ooo—Royal Free, £soo—Middle-
-I:soo—City of London for Discuses of the Chest:
1:500—for Sick Children, £soo—Royal, for Incur'
ables, £4oo—British Home for Incurables, £4o°
Asylum for Idiots, £l.OO-Tfor Diseases of the Skint
£3oo—total, £8,500. Dispensaries : City, £5OO--'
Farringdon, I:soo—City of London and East Lon-
don, £4oo—;-Royai General, I:4oo—Metropolittor
£4oo—Western City, £2oo—Finsbury,
£2oo'
City Orthopmlic, £2oo—Queen Adelaide's Died
pessary, Bethnal Green, £2oo—total, £3,000.
Miscellaneous: Association for the Relief of poor
in.._ the City of London, £2oo—Stranger's ii°l33ef
£Soo—Provident Clerks' Fund, /500—Seaman
Hospital Society, £soo—Royal National Lifeboati
Institution, £soo—Shipwrecked Fisherman'afin
Mariner' Benevolent Society, £3oo—llcstatati:
Sailors' Asylum, £2oo—City of London Geyer"
Pension Society, £2oo—Accident Relief Senl6ll'
£loo—Society for Relief of Distressed Widower
£loo—total, £3,100. City of London Truss Society,
£2oo—Guildhall poor-box, £loo—Mansion-house
poor box, £loo—total, £4OO. Grand total, £15,000.

THE NEW CLUB.—Tho formation of the nevi
club is progressing with great success, and the
directors, amongst whom are Lord Beauclerc,
Mejor
General Downing, Viscount Maiden, Captain Addison,
Captain W. W. Knollys, Lord Muskerry, and Lord Nigel
Kennedy, teem determined to make the club everything
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 entree,
and, all things considered, the prospects of the new club
are of the most cheering description. The clubhouse is to
be erected (on tee scale of the Carlton and Reform) in the
irnmaliato vicinity of but in the meanwhile a
temporary building will be migaged for the ueccrumedetiou
of tho members. The name of the club will be &gadod
upon at the first g2neral meeting of the =embers,