The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-31 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM.

The annual meeting of the friends and supporters
of this asylum was held at the United Service It -
stitutiou, Whitehall-yard, on Saturday last, Major-
General Lord Rokeby being in the chair. The
object of this institution is to provide an asylum
or home for the widows of soldiers, and that
announcement needs no other terms of com-
mendation Gat ticularly at the present time) in
order to submit its claims to the consideration and
charity of the public. The asylum itself is situated
in the town of Kingston-on-Thames. The secre-
tary, at the request of the noble and gallant chair-
man, read the seventh annual report of the com-
mittee, whereby it appeared that the institution
daily gains patronage and support, and that there
is every hope of its ex' ension to the utmost wishes
of its originators. The number of inmates is now
39, and the funds do not at present admit of an in-
crease to that number. The payment to widows
during the past year, as stated by the annual re-
port, which was audited and passed on the 23d of
April last, was 4611. 55., and this sum was inde-
pendent of other charges and outgoings in connec-
tion with the institution. There was stock pur-
chased to the amount of 5151. O. Gd., besides
3061. 7s. in the hands of different b;nkeis. There
was also a purchase of additional ground, which in-
sculuhdscerdipatidisbursementof 187/ Bs. 9,1 The annual
donationswh were 091; 9s, added to
making a total of contribichionvserteo the charity ss6dn.f,
"special donations,"
1,5871. 14s. Gd. Two of tnheelw?nmates had died during
ilk H. the 'Duchess of Cambridgeonebeenfsbandad,
in elec
ted.
the past year, and three
compli-
ance with the earnest request
ittltieeer'oobme-
come Lady President of the institution in
of H. R. H. the Duchess of Gloucester, who by will
had bequeathed to the institutiou a legacy of 50
After a series of resolutions had been passed to
re-
elect members of the committee who were retiring
by rotation, to modify two of the rules, and intro-
duce a new one, which aPows every person-sub-
scribing half-a-guinea per annum to be entitled to
vote at each election, and be called subscribers, and
every person subscribing five guineas in one year
to have a similar privilege for life, a vote of thanks
was accorded to the Chairman, and the meeting,
after his acknowledgment of the compliment, was
brought to a close.

MONUMENT TO THAIN, THE DETECTIVE.—A marble
monument, with suitable inscription, has been prepar.d
for erection in the Highgate Cemetery over the grave
of Thain, the detective policeman, who was shot by
Christian Sattler, the Bavarian, whom he had appre•
headed at Hamburg, and was conveying to this coun-
try. The monument has been subscribed for by the
officers and men of the City polico force.
It appears that when the 93.1 Highlanders charged
some sepoys in the Begurn's palace, where they had
offered some resistance, a musician of the corps struck
uP the national air on his bagpipe, which bad such a
good effect that not a single pandy escaped the charge ;
his conduct has been highly extolled by the chief, and
I something is to be done for the piper, for while playing
I. he was exposed to a deadly fire cf musketry, but Lain-
, nattlY escaped unhurt.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BORDER COUNTIES EXTENSION.

At a public meeting recently held at Hexham in
favour of this proposed extension, Mr. R. Stoker
in the chair, resolutions were passed expressing
regret at the recent decision of a committee of the
House of Commons rejecting the Border Counties
Extension and Hawick and Carlisle Junction Rail-
way Bills, and approving a petition to the House of
Commons praying for a Royal Commission to in-
quire and report as to the best mode of railway
communication between central Scotland and the
east and west coasts of the north of England.