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ceived what was taken froth their salaries.—(Cheers.) This
superannuation tendered themselves and their families com-
fortebre For the remainder of their days. He then read the
rollowing extracts from the minutes of the board :
" The officers and clerks of this department have at various
times applied to the Lords of the Treasury and also to the
Board, praying that facilities might be afforded them for the
purpose of ensuring some provision for their wives and fami-
lies after their decease. Tu one of such applications their
Lordships, under date the 30th July, 1835, replied "`There is no subject to which myLords will more readily
turn their attention, or view in a more favourable light, than
any proposal which may contribute to the comfort of the
officers under their superintendence, or which may facilitate
their securing a provision for their families.' "
"Again, on the 27th of,March, 1844, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, in returning to the chairman the outline of a
scheme of arrangement with the Atlas Assurance Company, '
stated, ' Everything that we can do to encourage providence
on the part of our officers is a step gained in the course of
their moral improvement.'
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of lives and suggesting certain arrangements for carrying
out the scheme, were acquainted, by letter addressed by the
chairman to Mr. Geary, dated July 5, 1844, that in the
address to be issued it should be stated that the proposed
plan of life assurance has the sanction of the Board ; and
that every facility would be given by the Board to the cir-
culation of prospectuses, and to the collection of premiums,
as a proof of the interest felt by the Board in an undertaking
which is likely to encourage provident habits among their
officers, and thus add to their comfort and respectability.' "
He also read a return showing the number of policies issued
to those in the service of the Excise, at sums varying from
100/. to 1,0001., from which it appeared that the number of
policies issued to clerks with salaries varying from 801. to
150/. per annum was 233aathe amount of policies 1001., and
amount insured 23,3001. ; those with salaries from 100/. to
2001. 153 ; 2001., 30,600/. ; from 80/. to 2001. and upwards
141,3,6001., 53,5001.: total number of policies, 527; amount
insured, 170,400/. By the assignment of the prospective bo-
nuses on the policies the widows of the assured are entitled to
life annuities, which are anticipated by the Actuary to be
not less than 5 per cent on tbe amount assured by the policies.
He impressed upon them the necessity of early assurance, as
the amount was small, and the proceeds greater.
That day the death of an officer, aged 24, was reported, who
had left a widow, who was entitled to receive to-morrow
100/., but the deceased had only paid ss. Bd.—(Cheers.)
He concluded by proposing the " Board of Management,"
which was received with great applause.
Mr. R. H. JONES, in returning thanks, begged to express the
high gratification he felt at the compliment paid to the Board
of Management, and most respectfully offered his thanks to
the Noble Lord for his kind condescension in having taken
the chair on the present occasion, and he trusted, whenever
his Lordship should revert to the proceedings of that even-
ing, he would do so with unmixed pleasure and satisfaction.
He also felt deeply indebted to the gentlemen around him for
their kind attendance there that evening, many of whom had
been supporters of the Association from its commencement.
Gentlemen present might depend upon it that the managers
would continue their utmost exertions for the benefit of the
Society.
J. W. GILBART, Esq., proposed the health of John Abel
Smith, Esq., the treasurer, whose benevolence he highly
eulogised.
J. A. SMITH, Esq., who was nceived with loud cheers,
said it was no new thing for him to receive, at the hands of
those who felt an interest in the Provident Clerks' As-
socition, marks of kindness, of which he felt him-
self totally unworthy. He had stated that it was
the Institution itself, and not those who, like him, sup-
ported it. When he looked back, andlthought of the difficul-
ties and struggles of their first years, and contrasted them
with the scene he saw before him, it was indeed a stimulus
to those who undertook the promotion'of institutions of an
usefid character, and an encouragement against dissensions
and difficulties in the first instance; butin establishments of
that kind they must not look to charity for aid, but to them-
selves, and themselves alone. If they could not help them-
selves, nobody could help them.—(Cheers.) He had told
them, and he told them again, that it was to his interest as a
merchant—he thought it was to the interest of
every merchant—that his clerks should have a free, easy,
comfortable mind as to their own position, because
he believed that a settled state of mind was necessary for
the effectual discharge of their duties. It was necessary that
he should have their minds freed from those overwhelming
anxieties as to these who were dependent upon them. He him-
self received a personal interest in contributing to the Insti-
tution, but he disclaimed the idea of doing so from motives
of charity, for he found that he thereby received the more
faithful discharge of their duties.—(Cheers.)
Lord Dalhousie, Lord J. Russell, and the rest of the com-
pany then separated.
Messrs. Ransford, Spark, Moody, Kenny, Edesod, and
Barnes, sung several glees, duets, &c., in a beautiful manner.

The .band—of the Honourable Artillery Company were in
attendance, and played some delightful music, under the
direction of Mr. Smithies, the band-master. The vocal de-
partment was under the charge of Mr. Jolly, and Mr.
Harker proved a most efficient toast-master.

THE LATE TRAGEDY AT
BATTERSEA-BRIDGE.

Yesterday having been the day appointed for the re-examination
of Eliza Clark, the woman who stands charged with the murder of
her children, by throwing them into the Thames from Battersea-
bridge, and also for the examination of William Luff, alias William
➢fandeld, for the atrocious outrage at Westminster, the Westminster
police-court was crowded almost to suffocation.
The prisoner, Eliza Clark, who has been before described as a person,
although poorly clad, of neat and cleanly appearance, was brought
into court. Her husband, who was fined at this court on Monday
for drunkenness, was standing at the end of the dock, and as she
ascended the steps leading to it she caught a glimpse of him,
and her countenance, before serene, assumed an expression of horror,
and she sank on the seat. The magistrate ordered that the husband
should leave the court.

The evidence which was taken on Saturday, and detailed in this
Paper of Monday, was read over.
Perryman, the potboy, examined en the former occasion, now
stated, on looking at the prisoner, that he was certain that she was
the person who threw the children into the water.
Mr. T. W. Wansborough, surgeon, King's-road, Chelsea, described
the means adopted to resuscitate the child that was taken out, of the
water, and gave it as his opinion that although there was a
wound on its forehead, received probably in falling, the infant bad
died by drowning. Mr. Wansborough was anxious to make a state-
ment with regard to the unsound state of the female's mind, but
Mr. BURRELL, was of opinion that he had no right to hear any me-
dical evidence excepting that relating to the cause of death.
Richard Champ, of 13, Wellington-street, Chelsea, uncle to the
accused, was then put into the box, and said—The child I saw dead
on Saturday at the Adam and Eve was my niece's. She had three
children residing with her at home. Two of these were her own.
The third was a child of her husband's by a former wife. I saw them
between two and three o'clock on Saturday. The prisoner called at
my house at that time with the children, and remained until nearly
three o'clock. She spoke about her husband having ill-treated her.
She appeared very well in her mind.
Mr. Taylor—Did you find any letter left at your house ? Witness—
Yes, I found a letter left on my bed.
Mr. Taylor—Have you ever seen her write ? Witness—No ; but I
have seen her writing. I have had several letters from her.
Mr. Thomas Bicknell, superintendent of the V division, produced
the letter, which he had received from last witness. It was written
in so bad a hand, and se mis-spelt, that it was exceedingly difficult
to read ; it ran as follows :

" Eliza Clark, wife of Tames Richard Clark. Nov, my Jemmy,
you need not trouble me with any more of your threats, because I
don't mind, and hope that the next wife you get you'll know how to
use them, and not act a brute to them, as you have to me, and bid
me good bye in the morning and come home at night and knock my
head through the panel of the door, and break my rest the whole of
the night, and swear in the morning that you would come home
drunk at night and kill me, and I'd rather prefer seeing my children
go before me, and then I shall know they did not starve."
On the back of the letter was written, " And if you go to Batter-
sea-bridge, you will find the children there," and it was addressed to
her uncle Champ.

Prisoner's foriner statement, -Which was given on Monday, having
been read, she was asked whether she wished to add to it, and she
replied in the affirmative.
Prisoner then said, in a low subdued tone of voice, " We were
married in 1841, and my husband has been frequently out of work,
and we have seeen a great deal of distress. In the first year he was
13 weeks out of work at one time, and when my Emma w&s a baby
we were so badly off that I was obliged to go to service, and had
half-a-crown a week, but when he got work I went home again. In
the next year he was out of work four months, and I have many a
night wrapped my poor child under my shawl, and gone out into the
streets and begged to support us. lie has been out of work for two
months this year, and last week I took off my flannel petticoat and
pawned it to support my faintly, and I was obliged to sell the re-
maining little rags of clothing belonging to myself and children, on
Saturday morning, to buy the poor little creatures bread, and then
we had nothing left but the things we stood upright in."
Mr. Taylor—Have you anything to say in answer to the charge
against you ?
Prisoner—He was a good husband when he was sober ; but, like
other men, when drunk was violent. He was a good husband and a
good father when sober.
Prisoner was then fully committed to istewgate for trial.
She faintly walked out of the dock, looking vacantly around her.

THE ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE IN
Wtiliam Lull alias WESTMINSTER.
, William Manfield, was in the dock at
Westminster Police-court, charged with throwing a woman out of
window. He is a fellow of Herculean stature and ferocious aspect.
Margaret IPLean, examined by Mr. W. Taylor, the chief clerk--
I live at No. 3, Pear-street, Westminster. Last night, at eight
o'clock, I heard a woman, who lives in the next room to me,
screaming violently. •I immediately went to her door and saw the
prisoner with a poker in his hand. He had hold of her by the hair
of the head, and I saw hire strike her on the head with the poker,
andheard her head bled
call f very much. I was very much frightened. I
could, the an caor a policeman several times as loud as she
Sarah Green sworn—I am a charwoman, and live in the same
house as the Injured female. I heard such violent screams as in-
duced me to go to her room. I saw the prisoner beating the women
with his fists, and I tried to get her out. She was covered with
blood. The prisoner struck me in the face, and tin ling I could not
get her out of the room I went down stairs. As I was going down,
I heard the prisoner say, " You —! I'll throw you out of the
window " And I had scarcely entered my own room, when I saw
the poor woman fall past the window into the yard.
Thomas Carter sworn—l heard a noise up stairs, and saw a female
IV past my window into the yard. I then ran into the yard and
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anything of the prisoner ?
Mr. Taylor—Did you see
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assistance, conveyed her to the hospital.

Witsess—He was looking out of the window. In answer to my
inquiry of hew it happened, he said if she had behaved herself it
would not have occurred. _ .

Police-constable Robert White, 100 B sworn—l took the prisoner
into custody at a quarter-past eight o'clock. He was not sober, but
knew what he did. He was sitting with a knife in his hand, and
said he would run it through the first who came iato the room. I
struck him on the wrist with my truncheon, and he let the knife fall.
I then, with the assistance of another constable, gothim down stairs.
He was very violent.
Witness produced a brick covered with the unfortunate woman's
hair and blood, which he found in the yard ; also some crockery,
covered with blood, which he found in the room. _

The prisoner said—l came home from work at the House of Lords
at half-past six o'clock, but could not get in. I went out again, and
returned at eight o'clock. Finding I could not get in, I then burst
the door open, and in five or ten minutes afterwards she came in. I
said, " These are fine goings on, Lizzy," and she was very abusive.
I then hit her beside the head, when she began blackguarding me,
and I struck her again. She then laid hold of my finger and bit it.
I then sat on the bed, and she made a bolt towards the window, and
I fetched her back. The knife was at that time lying by my side. I
next went to the cupboard to get some victuals. I turned round, and
she was gone out of the window. I was going down stairs when a
party knocked me down, and I became senseless. I know nothing
more about it. I deny throwing her out of the window.
m Certificates.r
Taylorwomainftnuo was
mmaMteir..an Wildbere, the heuse.surgeon at Westminster
hospital, dated May 5 and 6, were then handed in. They stated that
the prco
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who had seen the prisoner take the woman rouncithe waist and
throw her out of the window, was not in Jittendance, and asked
fora remand.
Thprisoner was remanded until this day week.
The unfortunate victim was, at a late hour last evening, in a hope-
less condition.
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_DELPHI -.LHEATEE.—Mr. Worrell took his annual
benefit here last night to an overflowing house. Paul Bedford and
Wright were as funny as usual, and Miss Woolgar played and looked
as bewitching tion throughouats. ever. The performances gave very general satisfac-
THE FRENCH IN LONDON.—The annual general
meeting of the French Philanthropic Society, founded flue years ago,
under the patronage of their Majesties the Ring and Queen of the
French, the Queen of the Belgians, all the Princes and Princesses of
the Royal Family of France, and the French Ambassador, took place
oh Sunday last at the Hanover Rooms. The report read to the nn-
merous assembly showed, that during the year ending en the 3d of
May inst., the receipts amounted to 1,072/. I9s. 3d. Th relief in
money, bread, or the means of returning to France had beenat given to
the amount of 1,016/. Bs. 2d., and that the society had still remaining
in the hands of their trustees 1,142/. 16s. id., and in the hands of the
treasurer 56/. I Is. Id. After the report the subscribers proceeded
to the choice of seven members in the place of those retiring by
ballot. The nomination of President and Vice Presidents followed.
The candidates for the presidence were Count d'Orsay and Mr. Vouilldn: Mr. Vouillon was elected President, Mr. Gautier, Chan-
cellor of the Consulate, and Mr. Hubert, Vice-Presidents. Thanks
were voted to the chairman,j and the members retiring, and the
meeting broke up, with a promise from all present to promote the
wdfArs of tizo hustitutio,