The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-06 00:00:00

OTHER COLLECTIONS.

At the heal of these stands the county of York. The Yorkshire
Association (with his Grace the Archbishop and all the nobility and
gentry of the county as patrons and liberal subscribers) has remitted
to the Central Association the large suns of 5,0001. The press has
very cons derately and effectually aided the cause of the soldier's
family, but no paper, either of daily or weekly circulation, has so
practically assisted these poor people as the " London Journal." The
editor of that paper, by the weekly issue of 12 supplements, at one
halfpenny each, has realised the surprising sum of 1,4211., which
has been paid in weekly Instalments of 1201. Nothing proves so
unanswerably as this does the sympathy of the poor, as the purchase
of the supplement was not compulsory on the subscribers to the
paper.
Subscriptions have been received from all parts of the world;
from Panama, Bahia, Bombay, Quebec, Nova Scotia, St. John's,
New Brunswick, Brussels, Pau, Lausanne, Bonn, Paris, Calais,
calcutts, Ceyloh, .Montreal, Boulogne, the Black sea Fleet, Ber-
muda, Fredericton, New Brunswick, &c.
The generous sympathy of the Navy for the wives of the Army
has been very gratifying ; indeed the first person who by an able
letter in "The Times" roused the public to a sense of their neglect
of the soldier's wife, was " A Naval Officer."
But of all the subscriptions, perhaps the most touching vas that of
the Chelsea Pensioners. One old veteran, In paying his penny, was
heard to remark, " Had there been such an association in my day
when I was away at the wars, my poor old woman would not have
died in the workhouse." Several bodies of men of the working
classes have agreed to send in weekly penny contributions; the men
of Price's Patent Candle Factory, and the men of the Crewe Loco-
motive Department, have already paid 1n considerable sums
collected in this way.
From several large towns considerable amounts have been re-
mitted, from Wallsali, Cheltenham, &c.; but the town of Bath has
exceeded them all by several hundred pounds.
The RAILWAY COMPANIES—LYING-IN-HOSPITALS.
So universal has been the sympathy displayed towards the poor
people whom this association has taken by the hand, that all the
great lines of railway have been made free to the soldier's child.
Particularly the London and North. Western, and the Portsmouth
Line, where not on'y have the children been carried free of expense.
but the extra weight of baggage of their poor mothers has not been
charged for, an example which the Committee earnestly trust all this
Railway Companies will universally follow.
Two lying-in-hospitals in London—the British Hospital. in En-
dell-street, and the Queen Charlotte's—most generously opened their
doors to the, soldier's wife. Many a poor woman has had deep cause
for thankfulness for the care taken of her at the British Lying-in-
Hospital in Endell-street,
Music, poetry, and the fine arts have all been enlisted in this good
Cause. One simple poem by a child realised nearly 201. for the asso-
ciation ; and the admirable sketch by George Thomas, Esq., of the
soldier's " Separation from his Family," presented by that gentle-
man to the Committee of the Bath Fancy Fair, has done good ser-
vice to the cause - representing so truthfully as it does the reality of
the distress which this association
COMMITTEES is so effectually mitigating.
The assistance and practical working of the 78 local committees
all over the kingdom has been most invaluable. To the clergy of
the Church of England, the staff-officers of pensioners, the garrison
chaplains, the local magistrates, and other benevolent persons, the
committee desire most cordially to tender their hearty thanks. Had
it hot been for the indefatigable exertions of the Senior Garrison
Chaplain of Dublin, the Rev. Charles Hort, upwards of 400 women
and SOO children would now have been the inmates of the workhouse,
for in Ireland no out-door relief is granted. The staff-sergeants in the
several districts have proved themselves worthy of the profession to
which they are an honour ; one fine fellow, on being offered remune-
ration for the great trouble he had taken In relieving the poor sol-
diers' wives in his district, exclaimed, " God forbid that I should take
any payment for helping my comrades' wives and families in their
A perfectly organised sy stem is now established by means
Local Committees throughout the kingdom, quarterly state-
mentsd°fl s
thetr distress." s s "
are regularly transmitted. showing the number of women and
children, and the expenditure ; and regiments that began regiment-
ally to distribute their own funds have cordially handed over Use
balance of their funds to the Association, being satisfied with its work-
ing, and perfectly content to abide by its rules and regulations.
It is nocoisary to state, however, that the Association has not
been permitted to relieve any of the widows and orphans of the Foot
Guards, the officers commanding those regiments having funds of
their own for the relief of the wives and families of their men, and
not wishing to burden the Association.
Extract from the Report of the LimericLocal Committee
rick Aug. 28, 1854.

"We have 17 women married with leave on cur list. It appears
that the women married with leave have the heavier families.
" it is incontestable that the major part ot the women relieved by
this Committee would, ere this, have been in the workhouse if they
had not been aided.
" We can safely declare our conscientious belief that the women
on our list, 83 In number, have shown themselves deserving of the
relief administered to them. We have never received a single com-
plaint against one ot them They have universally manifested a de-
sire to obtain work. Several of them have obtains I situations as wet
nurses, a great fact ill proof of the decent, healthy, and well-con-
ditioned state of these Individuals. Many are working at the shirt
business for a mere trifle, to earn which they must labour all day;
and several are learning the trade of shirtmaking without wages, in
hopes of being able to as,ist themselves. Upon falr review of their
conduct and their general appearance, we safely say that the
women relieved by our Committee are creditable to the army. Even
with the relief they receive, their position is far too trying a one to
be anything but a warning, instead of an attractin, to other females
to enter into the same state ; and we advisedly give it as our opinion
that the operations of this Committee are not calculated to create tho
mischief
w ophich soine imagine is likely to result from the charity and

ti One commanding officer who could not And amongsthis soldiers'
wives married wilt leave a sufficient number willing to embark
with their husbands and leave their tamales behind, were permitted
by authority to complete the number by selection from the chadless
women utarrlei without leave, living out or barracks.