The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-30 00:00:00

School for the Blind.

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the London
Society
,for Teaching the Blind to Read and for
Training them in Industrial Occupations was held
yesterday afternoon in the Hanover-square Rooms,
under the presidency of the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird,
M.P., who, in a very touching introductory ad-
dress, enumerated some of the many and lasting
benefits the school. in 'Upper Avenue-road, St.

2 1 John's-wood, had conferred upon the poor blind,
t not only in the metropolis, but throughout the
T country. :Many improvements in that institution
were contemplated by the committee, and were in-
deed absolutely necessary, but they must be deferred
' until additional funds could be obtained, and he
therefore made an earnest appeal for the support of
the benevolent public. The report stated that the
school had gone on prospering in almost every par-
ticular during the past year. The ordinary current
income had sufficed to meet current expenses, while
the proceeds of the festival, held in Willis's-rooms,
on the 15th July last, added to those of the fancy
sale, had enabled the committee not only to meet
all their remaining liabilities under the building
and organ contracts, but also to replace the Life
Nomination Fund, on which they were compelled
to trespass for a season. A mortgage of £BOO had
also been redeemed from other sources. Numerous
applications had been made to the committee to re-
ceive blind pupils of a higher
proportionately higher scale class, and on such
of payment might
provide something of the nature of parlour-
boarders'" accommodation. Having regard to these'
applications, and the tenour of anc
alilnlgicaletteinnttiohne
Quarterly Review for October last,
al
to the existing lack of education for the blind among
the middle and upper classes; the committee are
anxiously considering whether anything can be done
to supply the alleged deficiency. They are, however,
unable at present to see their way to co-operati:z.g
in a scheme devisedby Mr. Henry liingseote for
the erection of 'workshops for the employment of
the London blind, who have already. been educated
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in the institution is 54. Of these 28 are males,
and 26 females.- There are also 15 day-scholars.
The receipts of the year had amounted to £3,782
uls. 9d.,- and the expenditure left a balance in
favour of the society of £23, which, added to the
funds in the hands of the Consolidated Bank, made
an available sum of £725105. 6d. After the adop-
tion of the report, which' 'vas moved by the Rev.
P. Gell, one of her Majesty's chaplains for India,
and seconded by the Rev. Joshua Kirkman, of St.
John's Chapel, Hampstead, the pupils in the school
read portions of scripture, sang a hymn, a carol, a
psalm, and a glee; three of them performing solos
on the pianoforte. Mr. James Gale, the inventor
of the non-explosive gunpowder process, and foun-
der of the Plymouth school for the blind, being
himself blind, delivered an address, and the proceed-
ings concluded with the National Anthem, led off
by Mr. Edwin Barnes, the professor of music to the
Society's schools.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments.

(From the Civil Service Gazette.)
TIIE ADMIRALTY.--Mr. T. I. Thomas has been
appointed to be a clerk, Whitehall ; Mr. G. W.
White, to be a writer.

PROBATE COURT.--Mr. C. Seppings has been ap-
pointed to be a clerk in the Divorce Department,
London.

THE POST-OFFICE.-Mr. A. Hunter has been ap-
pointed to be a temporary clerk, and Mr. H. Cur-
wan a temporary clerk in the Savings-bank Depart-
ment. Mr. Jolliffe has been promoted from the
supplementary class to the second class of clerks,
Bristol.

INLAND REVENUE (Stamp and Tax Branch).—
Messrs. H. Parker, A. G. Hope, W. M. Chute, and
Mr. E. Harris have been appointed clerks in the
Legacy Duty Department, Somerset-house ; and
Mr. T. Quinney and Mr. P. Glover, assistant sur-
veyors of taxes.

THE EAST INDIES.—Mr. D. Onslow, officer of the
sth class of the Department of Account, Calcutta,
has been appointed to the 4th class ; Mr. R. Stern-
dale has been appointed assistant to the Head Com-
missioner of Paper Currency at Calcutta, and to
rank as an officer of the 4th -class of the Depart-
ment of Account ; Mr. J. G. Howson, controller of
the Money Order-office, has been promoted to the
sth class of the Department of Account ; Mr. D.
Cunliffe to be magistrate and collector of Bancoo-
rah ; Mr. W. S. Wells to be magistrate and collec-
tor of Rajshaye; Mr. H. B. Lawford to be magis-
trate and collector of Backerguuge, but to continue
to officiate as civil .and session judge of Jessore ;
Lord 11. U. Brown, magistrate and collector of Nud-
dea, to be magistrate and collector of the Ist grade ;
Mr. T. Walton to be magistrate and collector of the
2d grade in Sylhet ; Mr. E. D. Lockwood to be
joint magistrate and deputy collector of Nuddea ;
Mr. T. F. Biguold to be joint magistrate and de-
puty collector of Patna ; Mr. E. H. Whinfield to'
be joint magistrate and deputy collector of Sarun ;
Mr. W. Wavell to be joint magistrate and deputy
collector of the second grade ; Mr. J. 11. Raven-
shaw, magistrate and collector of Maldah, to be
magistrate and collector of the first grade ; Mr. W.
Macpherson to be joint magistrate and deputy col-
lector of Mocrshedabad ; Mr. G. S. Park to be joint
magistrate and deputy collector of Hooghley ; Mr.
P. A. Humphrey to be joint magistrate and deputy
collector of the second grade, but to continue to
officiate as joint magistrate and deputy collector of
Rajshaye; Mr. J. Grose to be under-secretary to
the Government in the Revenue Department,
Madras ; Mr. J. G. Thompson to be civil and session
judge of Vizagapatatu ; Mr. W. T. Blair to be civil
and session judge of Cuddapah ; Mr. H. Morris to
be civil and session judge of Rajahmundry ; Mr. A.
Brown to be a member of the Bombay Legislative
Council ; Mr. H. M. Birdwood, under-secretary to
the Bombay Government in the Legislative and
Judicial Departments, to act as first political as-
sistant in Kettywar ; Mr. C. G. Kemball to be
judge and session judge of Canara, and to continue
to act as judge and session judge of Surat ; and
Mr. A. Bosanquet to be judge and session judge of
Kulladghee.—Civil Service Gazette.

Foreign Mail Packet List•

MAILS DUE.

1 Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.—,, Juno 19
Ditto, via Marseilles June 13.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet ...... June 4.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape of Good Rope, AseenPion, and St. Helena....* June ...2.
China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton June 3.
Ditto, via Marseilles June 13
Falkland Islands •
Gibraltar, via Southampton May 29.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 3
Ditto, via Marseilles . ......... ....... June 13 .
India (Bombay), via Southampton. 31ay 29.
Ditto, via Marseilles ... ................... ....June 7
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 29.
Ditto, via Marseilles June 28.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseille3. .June 7.
Newfoundland
.• 4 4 Jane 7.
Portugal
•••••June 4.
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... .......
United States and British North America, by1314-_,a_ 31.
tish packet . ... ........... ni y
_ ..

Ditto, by United States packet, via a Southamp-
ton• • . ........
Ditto, via Cork ................ . ............
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ...Tune 1.
West Coast of Afr
West Indies and Pacific) (except Bahama" and
•• Jane 10.'
lea, Madeira, and Tencriire
Honduras) • ....
Cuba and Blexioo ..... . .............
Bahamas, via New York. ............
via Halifax . . .......... .

............. May • 0
............play 2).
.............May 31.
,June 6.

Tmuda.

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The remains of the ltev. Francis Mahony (Father
Prout) were interred on Monday in the family vault at
having been received by the friends of the
deceasedS and o n , Cork,
from
Paris on the previous evening.
yesterday was much butter
THE CO3MERCIAL CRISIS.—The tone on the
,olowExinc:atnogethe advancO in American cotton, er than on
he large arrival of specie from America per the Scotia and
—His Excellency piu_
City of Paris.
THE CHINESE MISSION.
Tu-lin and suite, accompanied by Major Brine, R.E., Mr.
Bowra, and M. do Champs, yesterday paid visits to Mrs.
Gladstone, the American, French, Swedish, and Prussian
Ministers, Earl Russell, and Sir
afterwards visited the British M John Bowling. They
and inspected Mr. M‘Lel ' Museum and Professor Owen,
n
Haymarket. In the evening they witnessed the perform-
8 photographic studio in the
auCes at the Olympic Theatre.