The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-02 00:00:00

PRINTEU&S' PENSION SOCIETY.

Yustertiay the aluuat general meeting of this so-
ciety took place at the London Tavern, Lr the purpose
of receiving the report of the committee fur the past
year, the appointment of cttieers for the year ensuing,
and, among other business, to elect five pensioners from
a list of 24 candidates.
After the conclusion of the pAI,
B. TAYLOR, Esq., F.R.S., took the chair, and after 9,
few preliminary remarks, called upon the secretary (Mr.
J. S. Hodson) to read the report, which set forth that
the society had been established nearly a quarter of a
itr extended to
upwards of IGO of their poor, aged, and deserving°Yhad, and liberal
royalty, century, during which period it not only had received
the support and assistance of the employers in the
aidt r ad
ler,
oru
but
the
rt lsoputbhl,
eicpawtrhoince.h ,gc
aid
df
brethrer. "'he subscriptions nt the last annual din-
ner were not re.re than Ha, much Icss than the
usual average, but the trtnual sub!criptions exceeded
those of the previous year by 401, while there had been
a coniderahla diminution of the expenses. The '
IL -
vested property. of the society was now 5,7614 16
i s. 4d.
The death or tbve pensiont.rl during the . -
ye...r asid o^c
sioned the vacancies to be filled up on this occasion,'
the death of Henry 11PY' 1'4.1,, late of sh By
society ht.d acquired a Icg.6ey of 2504 The.oc-lane, the
the past year, including a previous bid receipts of
91-1., arnone;ed to I,OSS/. 3,.., 41 .. . anee of 45/. 14s.
remained of 501. 15:,. ng o•9,_01 which a balance
The report bavirg been adopted, itsome discuisieo, thu
in
cop,. Was resolved, after
an additional pensioner, to 1:L
of the above legacy,
sioner," should be laula„ii„i! ..I,lled " The Flay Pen-
The remaloing hut 9;;. ; - ':"e("
thanks were accorded 'Tss
httving been disposed of,
broke up. tothe chairman, and the meeting

II 3 got the trick of
vve
aAy .0
TH/N G /._ /"K E LEATHER.
sought to be
is applied, and
At thi3 time i
catautcho.ue and pushing things to extremes
e ue.y. ci-jdo
L. • Lowry has been broached,
found to answer; and immediately it is
like leather"
applied in all manner of ways—fitting and
untittin,e You may tee this in such small matters as
gutty perclea which are now sought to
be applied to all lea:Timid° purposes. But the " no-
thingprinciple is more strikingly exem-
plified plified in the current movements of the day. Not long
ago Free Trade was the great question; and Free Trade
became the law. Forthwith a host of projectors sprang
up who proposed applying it to everything, Free Trade
in law, Free Trade in banking, Free Trade in religion,
Free Trade in carrying letters, Free Trade in education,
Free Trade to the extent of doing nothing for nobody,
but letting everybody do everything for themselves. We
were to let everything alone. To leave towns un-
cleansed, streets unsewered, children uneducated, crimi-
nets unreformed, paupers uufed, letters uncarried, be-
cause to attempt to do these things by means of a law,
would be an " interference with the free-trade principle."
In short it meant nothing like leather 1 Look. at the
plans of social and national reform which are afoot.
There are fifty different movements, each of which, ac-
cording to its special
advocates is the only thing to
save society. Listen to the multitude of cries—" More
church," cry the clergy- " T
, he charter," cry tbe work-
,
jag classes; 4. National schools," cry the educators;
" Total abstinence," cry the teetotallers; "No war,"
cry the peace advocates; "No state schools and
churches.,,' cry the voluntaries; ~ No flesh meat," cry
the vegetarians;
" Co-operation and communism," cry
the socialists; and so on with a host of other movements.
W e need not say that
we sympathize with many of
them, though we cannot disguise from ourselves that
they strikingly illustrate the nothing like leather princi-
npieec.dfuEl very
erray h
e thingdoes
indifference, if not with scorn; or, at all events,
no virtue in another mans
did, triessituorßsersuede us that "Codlin's
Short." As
amkaeurasecnesaisnahl,i.syoo:rurnog
jht:teattn.oacbieeia.e ttuhreeeaotnsweiitllwsiethe
Short; S,
n..
.s •-_ov!...y well
the friend-- as far as ha
as Tom Collin did,
'T. --"" to have perfect
faith in any Tan,ce • They find a little of good in
awbleolefaurTeseareu"i'mass is really r ki
are ready to welcome
'di i:orfii stiCe va
trle'l l'nne—otny°t confinede in
toto a n
may , good from
whatever quarter it curie, fr.:.r the h 2fiord
men goes,out
tyhgtabr:tu:t:i
troth
olderteii
ir,
a:: tydn
w e do manage to edvenze, notwithstanding particular clique?, or parties, or
„rzotiori
which proceed from settle r the erica
go faswtpenough7anthdatfroni others that
quarte And after all,
we are ruined
eneddo
bnceetzluso
are inol jog in any degreeba!
h i s own
ut
men are doing
that the nothing like teatite,r.snei°g, and
part towards helping the world onward!—Eliza Cook'.:
tyho ktneo.w;
Journal,

THE ARMY.---Prom
the army estimates for the
current year, it appears that, for the recruiting service, to
31st of March, 1863, the charge to WI provitit4
,
1°'5541* 115' id., of wiui, 3,1011. Os. La f9t t q FR*. it;
Luba.