The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-15 00:00:00

FREE WATERYIEN AND LIGHTER-

cele-
brated on Tuesday at
Master,
presided,aays•toerr,
Wardens, supportedan,i
The ninth annil\vielirsisla.rBy oDfiNthNisEißn.stitution was
The
assistants L o Lord
connected with the shippingby Mr. John
by the Sheriffs,s. ..
D. Brown, the Vice-Presidentthe
most London
tdhoen co
u Tavern.rt
of
the Watermen's
an enthusiasm adapted
of th.. in titittor!, by the
Company, and by about 150 gentlemen
the city of London. Majesty and the
health of her
usual loyal and
constitutional
toasts were received with
The and commercial interests of
to the circumstances of the time.
m
The cheers of the 'long-shore men evinced their attach-
ment to old England and its insteituticns.
The report of the committee was read by Mr. JOIIN
E. COOPER, the honorary secretary. After giving an
account of the proceedings of the charity during the past
year, it announced the intention of the committee to la
the first stone of the church intended to be built near the
asylum; also that Mr. J. Dudin Brown, the Vice-Pre-
sident, had given some more land adjoining the asylum,
upon which ten more almshouses might be built, when
the requisite funds should be provided fur the purpose.
It also reported that the late president, Alderman
Lucas, who had been so warm a supporter of the charity
whilst living, had, by his will, bequeathed to it a legacy
of 5001.; and after announcing vacancies in districts
Nos. 3,5, 6, and 9, to be Ailed up
by the subscribers at
the ensuing election, it concluded with a strong appeal
to the benevolence of the company for the means of
supporting the institution, and carrying out the designs
of the committee.
When the report was read,
permitted to assemble in peace
The LORD MAYOR proposed the toast of the evening,
" Prosperity to the Free Watermen and Lightermen's
gaged in the. lamentable conflicts
Asylum and prefaced it by expressing his gratitude,
which he had no doubt was participated in by au
toneinpgromote so charitable an object,
ent which existed
aanrodunhdarbmimo,nyby
in so
ainnsdteadpoolfitibceailng
many parts of the world. Without claiming for
the inhabitants of this county that they were better
than other nations, he
could_n_e_not help saying that
he considered we were'. i d hted, under the Divine
Ispirit of andgood feeling
mercy, to the genera. . fostered piety
the middle classes, so much by meetings like
and by the active spirit of benevolence exer-
the present,
such charities to the
cised in support of .
domestic • exemption we
• d from the civil and discord which raged
enjoyed eenxcitem
in almost ever other country Euro_ in l
Europe. His Lordship
then energetically enforced th C aims of the charity on
the meeting, and concluded by making himself a life-
governor a donation of 10 guineas. The good ex-
ample thusset was followedby the sheriffs and neary all
present, and ultimately the secretary announced the total
list of donations and subscriptions to be upwards of 500
His Lordship and the sheriffs retired shortly
guineas.
after ten o'clock, when the chair was taken by Mr. Bob-
bins. The Waternieu's Company and many of the com-
pany remained to a late hour in the enjoyment of the
••,(1 things provided for them.

good

SUMMER. CIRCUIT OF TIIR JUDGES, IS4B.—WEs-
days tor opening the commission
TERN CIRCUIT.—Yesterday the lion. Sir J. Taylor
Coleridge, lint., and the
. lion. Sir E. Vaughan Williams,
lint. the judges appointed to proceed and hold the en-
suing' summer assizes and for the several counties
comprised within this circuit, finally arranged and ap-
pointed
;Cornwell,
tcheorCnwasatille,
g:
—for county of
July 29, at Bod-
; City of Exeter,
Southampton, July
ipin3oiensattcehdthctehcieuCnaftosYtl'lleov:lllDn. orsetshire, July 19, at the Castle •
min ; Somersetshire: August. 4, at wers ;
Wiltshire,
August 11, at DlTUrell j Bristol, Angut 19, at the
4hileboll*
)j.
ivyo n2s2h;
jaret 'thjetiGlyuil2d2h,