The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-07 00:00:00

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE hear.) They each and all worked for one common re-election, and said he should ever endeavour to
• end, and the meeting would at once see the result. emulate ithe actions :of those who had gone before
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) With such an end in view no society could go him.
wrong, especially where all worked together har- Mr. Lloyd, Mr. F. Toole, and Mr. Woolley
moniously for the welfare of the association. He having been re-elected auditors,
had, on former occasions, alluded to the pleasurable Mr.WooLLEv, injreturning thanks, said—Coming
fact of their all working so well together, and he fresh from the books, he could not refrain from
had heard them called in the room the happy family. expressing his pleasure in the state in which
All he could say was, that he hoped that would he found them, and he trusted they would
continue to be their appellation. (Hear, hear.) permit him to move a vote of thanks to
They had each of them received their usual circu- their zealous secretary and their efficient and admir
lar on the opening of the New Year, and he had only able staff. (Cheers.)
to ask them to aid the directors in their exertions, Mr. REYNOLDS said he must be permitted the
which they could do very easily, by attend- I pleasure of seconding such a well deserved vote of
ing to the little request that the send- I thanks.
ing of the document implied. Ho had only The CHAIRMAN said he was extremely sorry that
now to thank them for the patience with which they I he had been forestalled in moving a vote of thanks
had listened to his remarks, and to formally move the to the Secretary and staff. (Hear, hear.) lie held
resolution for the reception and adoption of the re- at that moment the resolution in his hand which
port and balance-sheet. He need hardly say the he but a minute or two ago drawn up with the inten-
directors would have the greatest pleasure in ex- tion of submitting it to the meeting.
plaining any item or answering any question that Mr. WOOLLEY said he was sorry to have robbed
might be put to them by any of the members now their excellent chairman of the pleasure, but he
present. (Cheers.) would at once adopt the resolution he had drawn
The motion having been seconded, and the up as the one he would submit to the meeting.
chairman having waited some considerable time, he (Cheers.) It was as follows :—" That this meeting
was about to put the question to the meeting as no expresses its thanks to the secretary for his zeal, and
person seemed disposed to rise, when to the officers of the staff for their exertions during
Mr. WARWICK said he thought it would be the pastyear in promoting the welfare of the society."
scarcely respectful to the directors, who had pre- (Cheers.)
sented such a very favourable statement of affairs, The resolution was carried unanimously.
if some in the meeting did not express to them the Mr. LINFORD, who was very warmly received,
satisfaction their exertions hal produced. He had returned thanks. He said these public recognitions
had differences with them on former occasions, but of faithful service, coming too from those who were
notwithstanding that he could not refrain from of course well qualified to judge how far they were
saying that the) had carried out all their transac- deserved, were very gratifying, and would always
tions in the most honourable manner. Caution and act as inducements to continue their best exertions,
prudence were invariably exercised in all the transac- and on behalf of himself and the staff he thanked
tions of the directors, and they were headed by a them very heartily. Referring to Mr. Stubbs, the
chairman, to whom he felt the association owed a chief clerk, Mr. Linford said he believed that no
debt it could never repay. (Loud cheers.) It was association possessed a more able or efficient
very gratifying to find so large an amount of officer, and it gave him great pleasure to
funds to meet all their claims, because it bear this public testimony on behalf of
placed the association on the soundest foundation. a gentleman who had served them so long
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- I The directors were unceasing in their endeavours to and so well, and who was highly esteemed
further the prosperity of the association ; things not only by all the board, but by all those present
were managed well, and be felt he but spoke who knew him. His friend Mr. Coleman had
the sentiments of the meeting by saying such a state spoken of the past fourteen years and its progress ;
of things produced unqualified approbation. He but with the name and position the association has
had on a former occasion brought under the atten- won, he scarcely knew what limits could be fixed
tion of the meeting some matters connected with to the prosperity of the next fourteen years.
a lapsed policy ; and he should feel much gratified He well remembered a gentleman at one of
if the directors were invested with a discretionary these meetings a few years since speaking
power in such cases, when the lapse appeared to of a quarter of a million of assets as a sum
have taken place under accidental or unavoidable which could only be reached by great labour
circumstances. In the case referred to he was and in a long time. They had far exceeded
aware that the board had been tied by the rules, and that sum, a very feW years more would see a solid
had carried them out with every desire on their half million, and at their present rate of progress
part to avoid the injury of a member ; not many years could elapse before the Provident
but he wished these powers extended, Clerks would have a fund of at least a million
and gave an instance of a Life-office in which the sterling. He did feel that the satisfaction ex-
rules would has e operated in favour of the assured pressed by the board, when they saw the results of
on this point. the work done by the office (he knew how closely
Mr. FILCHER doubted very gravely the expedi- every department was watched and guarded by
ency of altering the rules on this point. They were them), and the commendation expressed by the
already exceptionally liberal, and he believed that auditors at their examination of the books, were
by the most moderate care on the part of a member testimonies of which the staff might justly feel
the rules would provide for every reasonable case. proud. He thanked them very sincerely for this
The SECRETARY confirmed Mr. Warwick's state- renewed mark of their kindness.
ment that the directors had no power to act in any A vote of thanks, moved -by Mr. FILCHER and
way but that adopted in the case referred to; but he seconded by Mr. FRY, was awarded to the chairman
strongly deprecated throwing upon the board such for presiding over the meeting that evening.
responsibility as to decide in whose favour the The CHAIRMAN felt obliged for the compliment.
existing rules should be relaxed. It was open to As an earnest of what might be expected next year
the members, by an alteration of rules, to extend or he had to inform the meeting that this year, up to
shorten the very liberal time now allowed (12 the present time, they had already completed 182
months and 14 days) for the revival of a policy, but policies for £36,350. (Cheers.)
it would be found absolutely necessary to fix some The proceedings then terminated.
time, or they would be open to constant appeals to
their feelings, and would really never know their
liabilities. The duty of deciding between deserving
and undeserving cases as a mere matter of opinion,
would place the directors in a very painful and in-
vidious position. Mr. Linford's remarks appeared
to be fully endorsed by the members present, and
were also supported by the chairman.
The report was then put to the meeting and car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. MINTON said he wished to state to the meet-
ing that the present year had been marked with
much distress, but with respect to the Provident
Clerks' Association it had fortunately experienced
its usual run of good fortune. The directors were
animated by the most invincible desire to do
their duty to the members, and the result of
their zealous and faithful exertions was now
the theme of universal congratulation. (Hear,
hear.) It would not be expected from directors
that they should bring business which made up
the success of an office; but the members had a right
to expect that, when business was brought to the
office, it should be done in a proper manner. The
manner in which their business was conducted was
too well known to need eulogy from him ; but the
pleasant fact to all was that whilst their business
exhibited increased exertion, their expenses for the
last year were less than those of the preceding one.
The directors of the Provident Clerks, it was a great
satisfaction to find, were not mixed up with other
institutions— (hear, hear) ;—they kept themselves
aloof in order that they might carry out the busi-
ness of their own affairs in a successful and efficient
manner, and such a circumstance, he felt, had not
escaped the attention of the great body of members.
(Hear, hear.) In former meetings they had heard
some talk about a change in those who managed their
affairs ; but he felt convinced they would agree with
him that change was uncalled for and altogether un-
necessary, and in the highest degree undesirable ;
and he had great pleasure in moving the following
resolution :—" That the best thanks of this meeting
be given to the directors for their exertion's during
the past year, and that their remuneration be the
same last year."
Mr. CULL said it gave him the greatest pleasure
to second the resolution.
The SECRETARY then put the resolution, and
declared it carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said it was
extremely gratifying to bear the remarks of
friends, and all he could say was that he felt his
colleagues fully appreciated the compliments they
had passed upon them. He thanked them for the
kind vote the meeting had so unanimously agreed
to. He would, having said so much, now proceed
with the business of the meeting, which was to
re-elect two of the retiring directors. The chair-
man then put the names of those gentlemen
who offered themselves for re-election, when they
were again returned to the Baud in the most
emphatic manner.
Mr. E. COLEMAN said he felt a great deal of
pleasure at the manner in which he had been re-
elected, and he also felt very deeply the expres-
sions of approbation which had been passed on
the exertions of the Board. It was personally
doubly gratifying to him, because, when he
served as an auditor in 1852, the income
of the society at that time was £17,229, and its
assets £47,627. What it was now they all well
knew. (Cheers.) The result was satisfactory to
all, and to none more so than himself. But he
must bear his testimony to the zeal, activity, and
intelligence of their secretary and staff. (Hear.)
They had worked energetically, and he,rejoiced to
say successfully, and if anything indeed were want-
ing—which he was happy to say was not the
case—tho proceedings of the evening would be
quite sufficient to induce all to do their
best to further the interests of the society. From
the moment of the organisation of the society in
1840 down to the present, from first to last there
there had been one long, steady, and resistless pull
together, and the result of that was its present pros-
perity, which he hoped would continue.
Mr. SANCTON WOOD thanked the meeting for his
re-election. He felt a pleasure in being a mem-
ber of the board of directors, because they all
worked together with such singleness of pur-
pose. (Hear, hear.) During the whole of the
time he had been a member of the executive body,
he did not recollect, during the whole of the 14
years, one occasion of serious division amongst
them ; and at the same time he would also tell them
that during that period he had never once been
canvassed by one of his colleagues to give a vote
or to form a part of a clique of directors. (Cheers.)
The continued prosperity of the society would be
his greatest pride and pleasure.
Ur, ROGERS also returned thanks for his

HUNGARY.

PESTII, Feb. 7.

Herr Deak will shortly proceed to Vienna, the
Austrian Government having expressed a wish that
he should make a visit to the capital.
The Emperer and the Empress are expected here
in the middle of the present month.

PLYMOUTH, Thursday Morning.

Intelligence has reached here of the loss of the
Padstow lifeboat and five men, with 12 hands. She
went out yesterday and rescued the crew of the
schooner Georgiana, of Boston, from Havre, for
Cork, which was in a sinking state. On returning
a sea washed all out of the boat. The drownel are
Captain Shea, Truscott, Cremills, and two others.
The saved are Hill, Harris, May, Brenton, Bate,
France, and Bennett ; all had lifeboats on, and seve-
ral were two hours in the water before they were
picked up. It is believed that the crew of the
schooner are saved.

'LYE.

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HER MAJESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 6.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess
Beatrice, and suite in attendance, arrived at Wind-
sor Castle yesterday at half-past 5 o'clock, from
Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen, witk their Royal High-
nesses, left the Castle this morning at half-past 10
o'clock for Osborne, attended by Lady Waterpark,
the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lieut.-General Hon. C•
Grey, Major-General Sir T. M. Biddulph, Lord
Charles Fitzroy, Lieut.-Col. the lion. D. de itos,
and Major Elphinstone.

The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback Yes"

terday, attended by Major Teesdale.
The Princess of -Wales, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Carmarthen, took a carriage drive.
Their Royal Highnesses, accompanied by his Roirxt
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, went to the
Adelphi Theatre in the evening.

Mr. Thos. Hughes has, it is said, been appointed
on
trades'th ucnoimo
nmsi sasni oda
ottoh
er inquireasso i c
iatnitoo h n
st
ofo organisationenlplo yei.sloo..f
workmen.
KAVANAGIL—The new member for the
county of Wexford, concerning whose first appear:
ance in Parliament much curiosity had been excited, ,153
sworn in yesterday at the table and signed the Parliame°-
tary Roll. The hon. member entered the House from the
direction of the Speaker's private apartments, seated in
library chair, the mechanism of which is so contrived that
ho can wheel himself with ease to any point he wishes t°
reach. The large copy of the Testament used in admit:dr
tering the oaths to members was managed—one cannot use
the word handled—by Mr. Kavanagh without the less!
difficulty, and he wrote his name with as much quickaes°
and apparent ease as any of his fellow members of Parlia"
ment. The process was as follows :—The clerk handed t°
Mr. Kavanagh a pen with a handle of the length to Nviatt
he is accustomed. The hon. member clasped the handle
between what represent his arms, and, steadying it by
ting the end into his mouth, guided the pen over tt-
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parchment with singular fluency and steadiness. 111.-ci
nended,
quitted
soon hat ohf
teewrnawsoauri
snd
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Mr.duThc The proceedings,
Kd ato
vant the Sp,
hS pr 06
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ctapparentlyeerrmemi noantyi
when the majority of members had left, and, accorelea°lo
by one or two friends, proceeded to familiarise hir°seds
with the internal arrangements of the building, as rlaaroe
the distribution of seats, lobbies for voting, &C. Ab
moment, his friends having walked on a little in asisnielo
Mr. Kavanagh showed of what exertion he was Cie to
by propelling his chair with such velocity as speed"
overtake them. 'at ttt
THEATRICAL RIOTS.--There was a great r-
ett
the Portugal-street Theatre in 1721, in Rich's time, W:oa
Quin and his brother-actors flashed out their swords to
drove out the wild young rakes who had threateae'oo
pink the manager. There was a great scuffle before
azea
at the (same house when, wishing to insult the btheir
Duchess of Portsmouth, some tipsy gentle:nen drevitb
blades in the pit, and flung blazing flambeaux alti°l3gi6ot
actors on the stage. There was the Foottaale'°florl
in 1737, and the prodigious mutiny, too, in Garlick'S '"itsited
Lane, in 1754, about those foreign dancers. The pit tht.
°DOS,
the boxes, jumped on the harpsichord, broke ule be13,10/0
slashed the scenery, and pelted poor Davy's W
in Southampton-street. And that terrible eaf on'
also, at the Haymarket, when thousands theatre
raged tailors threatened to surge into the tor s
to prevent old Dowton playing "The TailorSl,oolll
Tragedy for Warn Weather." One of them was 31001,
bold enough, without even the help of his eight P3' pat
to fling a pair of heavy shears at the great conaeditul'
as the minnow is to the whale, so were all these P_t°locli'
effervescences compared with those tremendous 9,1) 61
crous disturbances in 1809, which, for no less
nights, under the name of the 0. P. Riots, agit3„t.°rdeo.".
don, divided society, and cony alsed Covent Li`t
Dicken's " All the Year Round." nan
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THE MURDER NEAR WORCESTER. —t-'''''AiesclAJ
Thomas Colley, father and son, were on ssioeS
brought before the Worcester magistrates at pettyit:°r to 01°
charged with the murder of William Colley, br°t
ii o
first-named prisoner, near Worcester, ou Saturdolo
The facts of the case were reported yesterdaY!:tojer!
medical evidence proving that death resulted fer° twicero
to the skull, and Thomas Colley having been 0° 111,,), on t
strike his uncle on the head with a dolly as 11%;iloy °llor
ground, the magistrates committed Thomas uto 01
charge of wilful murder, and discharged
prisoner. a s3y.
cbte
EXECUTIONS AT MADRID.—A letter boon e
31 says :—" Three condemned prisoners hav°. „1i500,11,
' cuted to-day. A fourth committed suicid 1.0 Vtio
avoid witnessing the death of his accompliees_Leoo 1010,1,,
tence was pronounced by a military court, tbe
roy
resisted the civic guard. There is such sec the
0,.0
„o t''
proceedings hero that it is only a few hour s bol
.eoiyod , the
cution that the Administration of Justice rulooligea
to send the executioner. A compact crowd
place of puuishraeat