The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-04 00:00:00

ACCIDENT RELIEF SOCIETY.

Yesterday the friends of this Society, which was esta-
blished for the purpose of giving immediate relief to the
families of poor persons who meet with accidents, twenty-
five thousand of which are said to occur annually in the
metropolis, met at the London Tavern, Mr. J. Labou-
chere in the chair.

Mr. LABOUCHERE having stated the object of the In-
stitution, and that it had a strong claim upon the policy
as well as the humanity of the country, called upon the
public to aid their funds. The Society had, he said, pre-
vented numbers of poor and afflicted families from going
into the workhouse and submitting to the most painful
privations. The benefits which it conferred extended
to the patients who lay in the hospitals, by setting their
minds at ease (a great auxiliary to the prescription of
the medical attendant) by the conviction that their wives
and children received such care and comfort in their una-
voidable absence.—(Cheers.) •
Mr. F. SALMON, the distinguished originator of the
Charter-house-square Infirmary for the cure of fistulous
diseases, moved that the Report, of which the follow-
ing is an abstract, should be adopted :
The income of this Society is nearly double the
amount received last year, and the increase would have
been still more but for an impression amongst many
that this Society was an auxiliary to the hospitals, and
that these establishments being so numerous and so libe-
rally supported did not require so much additional assist-
ance. The relief is given in the following way :—Each
member of the Committee is supplied with a printed
check book, from which he issues orders to respectable
tradesmen for bread and meat, coals and potatoes. In
this way during the past year the Committee gave away
to many truly deserving families 3,320 lbs of meat, 3,320
loaves of bread,. 1,250 cwt. of coals, 17,500 lbs. of potatoes.

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In all the case 3 in which relief has been given, not one
has been known during the past year in which any party
relieved by the Committee sold their food for any need-
less or injurious article. As to the necessity for an In-
stitution the Committee pointed to the fact that, owing
to' the increase of the population, the use of machinery,
and other causes, upwards of 30,000 accidents annually
occurred in the metropolis. The Committee submitted
that the operation of other charities applied to those un-
used to poverty, rather than otherwise, to keep them
from seeking refuge in one of those receptacles of misery
where the most important distinctions are lost in one
great mass of wretchedness, and where the industrious,
the honest, and the virtuous are at once reduced to a
level with the idle and the profligate. But the Com-
mittee had to do with those who would rather work than
beg, and they referred with confidence to the plans of
the Institution as a guarantee against imposition and
misappropriation. A great number of cases, which
strongly proved the admirable effects of the Society,
being then detailed, the dreadful recital of the accidents,
the extensive antl immediate application of relief through
the Committee and Secretary of this admirable Institu-
tion, the gratitude of those who received relief, and the
description of the feelings of the patients upon learning
that their families were kept from the workhouse, and
only waited their cure to be in perfect happiness affected
most:of the noble-hearted friends of the Society.
The Report was seconded by Mr. Walton, in an able
speech, and was agreed to amidst acclamation, each
member pledging himself to the most active exertions in
forwarding its glorious objects.
The Rev. Mr. Price and others also spoke in praise of
the Institution Land thanks being voted to the Chairman,
the meeting separated.

THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY.
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was not much life in the Market, and a small amount
of business was done privately, prices were, however, firm, for
most articles. The public sales were of little moment.
TEA MARKET.
There was an active demand, and prices were firm. Com-
pany's Cougou 2s. 7d. cash.
WHITECHAPEL HAYMARKET.
The supply was plentiful, but consisted chiefly of new, and
that of bad quality. The inferior sorts were scarcely saleable,
while the fine and middling met with ready buyers at our pre-
sent prices. Clover, 3/. to 6/. ; Meadow Hay, 3/. 10s. to 5/. ;
New Hay, 2/. 10s. to 4/. ; Straw, 2/. 2s. to 2/. 6s.
TALLOW MARKET.
Prices firm, and the demand steady. Yellow Candle on the
spot 48s. 3d. per cwt.

(From the London,Mercantile Journal of August 3.)
SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation was quiet
to-day, and the merchants submitted to a further
reduction of 6d per cwt ; still buyers purchased with
much caution, and the sales are only 220 hhds and trs.
MAURITIUS.—The demand is limited to-day, and the
public sale of 7,261 bags went off quietly at is decline;
middling to fine yellow sold at 58s to 68s 6d, ordinary to
fine brown 45s to 55s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—The trade operated with caution to-
clay in Bengal, and 3,570 bags at public sale only partly
sold at Is. decline ; middling to fine white went at 64s
to 70s, yellow 56s to 625, and low to fine brown 45s to
55s per cwt.

REFINED.—A fair demand existed for Refined goods,
and prices were easier ; Standard Lumps at 94s per cwt.
Bonded Crushed flat at 30s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—The market remains in a very quiet state.
Bahia put up to public sale was bought in ; fair strong
greyish yellow at 20s to 21s ; fine brown soft at 19s ;
middling greyish brown at 17s 6d ; low middling soft
ditto at 16s to 17s, and low brown at 14s 6d to 15s per
cwt. ; fine yellow Havannah at 21s 6d, deliverable at
this port.
WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—There is a fair demand for
this article, and prices are steady ; fair dark Trinidad
has sold at 24s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.—To-day a fair demand existed from the
home trade, and the market presented a firm aspect ; at
public sale 1,209 bags Ceylon were all sold 2s to 2s 6d
above former rates ; good and fine ordinary fetched 74s
to 76s ; 89 bales Mocha realised 100 s to 108 s for fine
and fine fine ordinary green.
COCOA.—For West India Cocoa former prices are
maintained ; Trinidad, fine red at 50s, fair dark red at
44s to 465, greyish red at 42s to 42s 6d, grey at 40s to
40s 6d, a few lots ordinary St. Lucia at 37s to 395, and
low red Grenada at 42s per cwt.
GINGER.—For East India prices are lower ; rather
small dusty and wormy Malabar bought in at 12s to
14s 6d, but 201 bags fair mixed Bengal sold at 13s 6d to
14s per cwt. African bought in at 47s to 51s 6d per
cwt, duty paid.
CASSIA LIGNEA.—To-day the demand was steady, and
163 chests at public sale all sold at 89s to 89s 6d for
ordinary, being the full value.
PIMENTO.—The demand is steady, and full prices were
obtained ; 238 bags offered at public sale were disposed
of at 34d for good fair bright sound, and at qd for good,
ordinary dull, few blacks.
CLOVES.—At public sale 24 barrels 56 bags Cayenne,
and 64 bags Bourbon were offered, and all taken in, the
former at Is 4d, ani the latter at is 2kd per lb.
PEPPEIL—The lateVreduced rates are freely offered,
but holders refuse to, sell except at a small advance.
Sumatra bought in above the value at 34d per lb.