The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-19 00:00:00

POLICE IN TET,LIGENCE—June 18.

THAMES.—Tin 7 UNITED KINGDOM BENEI 0-
LENT ANNUITY F U ND.--A poor and aged man,
named Harvey, sta te,d that his wife had been elected
an annuitant of .£1 0, . n the year 1858, by the donors
and subscribers to the United Kingdom Benevolent
Annuity Fund, a ,nd that two years' pay was in
arrear; He was in great pecuniary distress, and
he most humbly I tt quested Mr. Selfe, who had been
endeavouring to ch')tain justice for the annuitants,
and had taken s, a much trouble in the matter, to
intercede for him n,

Selle—You have no occasion to make any
apology for comic fg to me, I win serve you if I can.
What is l'he nam. e of your wife ?

Applican t—An. n Millicent Harvey, sir. The
on, of Spring-gardens, Charing-
Rev. Mr. Roberts.
,:oss, kindly yaa d £3O to the annuity fund to
secu,"e my wife's-
election. It was all paid in ione
sum. Others also . contributed to secure the electionof my vv:ife to an annuity of
£lO. There was a
great deal 'none, V
Paid, your worship, to get her
in.
Mr. Selfe sail a ver v excellent report relating t o
the United Kink'doni. -Benevolent Annuity Fund
and the United Ki. Igdom Mutual Benefit Annuity
Society, and the procee di.ngs respecting the two
societies in that court ;, haci ap,neared in the news-
papers, and he believe it wozilc: be productive of
much good. The rep, ort was unde.r-stated and not
exaggerated. He as ked the applit,:ant what was
the age of his wife.
Harvey replied that she was 66, anti that the
non-payment of the arrears was a heavy blow to
them. He had been referred to the magistraio by
Messrs. Nisbet, of No. 30, Lincoln's Inn fields, and
those gentlemen had, in answer to an applicatioa
made by them to the solicitors of the two societies',
received the folic:wring rep 4y :
" 28, St. Swithin's-lane , 31st August, 1859.
Messrs. Nisbet, 35, I..incoln's Inn-fields.—Gentle-
men,—Re United King.
•lon.i Benevolent Fund,—
Yours of the 4th instant has been, with many other
similar applications, handed to us by the Rev.
Frederick Pearce Pocock, of Ch urch HOll3O, Bow.
In reply thereto, we have to reqi.'est ne proceed-
ings will be taken until the result of. the suit pend-
ing has been ascertained, which will, we have no
doubt, be in favour of the above society.; and, if
so, there will be plenty to discharge all claims upon.
the fund.—TUCKER, GREVI.LLE, and TUCKER."
Mr. Selfe said the statement in the solicitor's let—
ter was not quite correct. An that the Anglo-Aus—
tralian Company had received of the United King-
dom Benevolent Annuity Fund was £l,lOO, of which.
£5OO was paid back, leaving a balance of £6OO due
to the United Kingdom. A sum. of £3,000 at least
was required to pay the annuita.nts, and if the
United Kingdom was successful in the Chancery
suit, there would still be a deficiency of £2,400 or
more. It was not true to say there would be plenty
to discharge all claims if the suit was successful. fie
believed Mrs. Harvey was one of the last annuitants
elected.
The applicant—Yes, sir ; I think the last but one
or two.
Mr. Selfe--It is rather singular that the last per-
son elected an annuitant died the day after the elec-
tion. All I can say to you is,-that it is just possible
you may obtain the arrears by applying again to
Mr. Tucker. Several of the annuitants have been
paid their arrears since I interfered in the matter,
and if all are not paid it will be a most abominable
thing, and very discreditable to the parties who got
up this scheme to obtain funds from the benevolent.
Go to Messrs. Tucker, Greville, and Tucker to-nnor-
row morning, and ask them if there are any funds
forthcoming. If not, do not come here again, but
write to me.
The applicant thanked the magistrate and retired.
The name of Willis was inadvertently mentioned
instead of Phipps. The friends of Mrs. Phipps, an
aged woman, subscribed £llO for the purpose: of
securing her election to an anouity of £lO, .and
when she applied to Mr. Selfe last week two years'
arrears were due to her. Lady C. ProV paid £l5O
for an annuity of £lO to Mrs. Johnstone, which
annuity might have been purchased elsewhere for
£9O. The United Kingdom was two years in arrear
with Mrs. Johnstone.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCHESTER_JUNE 16.

A fair supply of wheat ; the weather being warmer av 72
summer-like, caused the trade to rule slow, at about that
currency of last week. Very little spring corn at market,.
and no change in value.
Wheat, white 60s to 66s Beans, Mazagan..37s to 40s
red 56s to 60s Middle & small 40s to 44a
Barley 368 to 50s White peas 3Bs to 40s
Oats .. ..20s to 28s Grey.. 38. to 400

,D-JUNE 15.

A, but millers and merchants
ices higher than is above last
eats; inferior as before. A
Lte rates.

Peas,Yartridge 42s to 43s
White 42s to 45i

Boiling 42s to 46s
Dun 378 to 40s
Beans, Tick .. . 4ls to 46s
Harrow Ticks 39s to 49s
Mazagan ' 37s to 42,