The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-30 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

Q HIPW RECKED FISHERMEN , AND
k-7 MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
• Instituted 1835.
Annual Subscription, 2s. 6d. Donations ad libitum.
PATRONESS—The QUEEN.
YIOE•PATRONS.
His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE.
vicE-ramoisr.ss.
- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER.
ParsiDENT—.Admiral the Right Hon. Sir GEORGE COCK-
" BURN, G.C.B.
At the Second Annual Meeting ,of the Subscribers and
Friends to this Institution, held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, on Wednesday, the 28th of April, 1841,
the following Resolutions were carried unanimously :
' Admiral the Right Hon. Sir GEO. COCKBURN, G.C.8.,

in the Chair.

• lat.—Proposed by THOMAS SAUNDERS, Esq., F.S.A., se-
conded by Captain HINE, H. C. S. ;
That. the Report now read, be received, approved, and en-
tered cn the minutes ; and also printed and circulated under
the direction of the Committee.
9.dly. —Proposed by the Rev. Thom A s Bu R.NET,D.D., F. R. S.,
seconded, by Captain SWENY, R.N. ;
• That this. meeting views with sincere satisfaction the steady
progress of the Society, and pledges itself to continued ewer-
- tions in promoting the cause of so benevolent and national
an undertaking.
idly.—Proposed by Lieutenant RIGMARDIN, R.N., seconded
• by Major OLIPHANT ;
That this meeting desires gratefully to acknowledge the very
efficient. services of the large number of auxiliary Socie'ies and
Honorary Agents who have assisted in care), ing out the laudable
designs of the Institution.
4th►y.—Proposed by Captain Sir GEORGE WESTPHALL,
R.N., seconded by Joni PORTER, Eaq. ;
That the warmest thanks of this meeting are due to the
Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, the President of the So-
ciety, and the Most Noble and Right lion. the Vice-Presi-
dents, for the very kind and efficient manner in which they
have supported and encouraged its benevolent designs.
sthly.—Proposed by Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, seconded by
T. SAUNDERS, ESq. ;
That the warmest thanks of the friends of this Institution
are due in an especial manner to Robert Hume 3liddlemass,
Esq., the Sub-Treasurer, for his careful and accurate manage-
ment of the finances of this Charity, and for his unwearied at-
tention to its general operations.
6thly. —Proposed by the Rev. DAVID LAING, M.A., se-
conded by Captain McQuitAE, R.N. ;
That the best thanks of this Society are most justly due to
the Chairman, Committee, arid Officers of the Central Society
for the judicious, able, and zealous manner in which the inten-
tions of the Institution have been carried into effect during
the past year.
Ihe chair having bek vacated by Sir George Cockburn,
It was proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously,
That the thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to the
Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, for his able conduct in the
Chair this day. EDWARD WEST, Secretary.
26, Bucklersbury, April 29, 1841.

SHIPS FOR NEW ZEALAND
WANTED.
The COURT of DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND
COMPANY hereby give notice that they will be ready on
TUESDAY, the 4th day of MAY, at Two o'Clock precisely, to
receive Tenders for the Conveyance of about 200 Steerage
Passengers in Two Ships of not less than 400 tons each, old
Register, from the Port of London, to Wellington, in New
Zealand; to sail on the Ist and 15th days of JuNE respectively.
The Tenders to be made according to a form which may be
hid, on application, at the Company s House.
The Directors do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest
Tender.

Dated at the House of the New Zealand Company, in
Broad-street Buildings, the 29th day of April, 1841.
By order of the Court,
F. DILLON BELL, Secretary, pro tem.