The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-26 00:00:00

The Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood.

•
The autumnal election of this charity was hod
yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, Mr. Alderman Abbiss in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings
the day, said he had little to comment upon on this
occasion, and he, therefore, requested that the
ladies and gentlemen present would remain quiet ford
two or three minutes, as the poll would be open°
immediately afterwards. He had to congyatull
the friends and subscribers on the continued good

health of the inmates, and on the flourishing eOll-
- of the institution. (Hear, hear.) There
were, indeed, two or three points to which he tallst,
refer. In the first place, the board had ventured
to do something which they had never doncl
before, but he hoped the subscribers vir°ll,,/a
think that in what they had done tli"
board had acted discreetly and wisely. (AP;
plause.) It was a faet well known to all presell
that the cholera had visited this City, and there
was one case which had been brought before the
public, and subsequently 'came under the notic3
the board, where the mother and five children bad
been attacked by cholera. One of the children lei t
was au idiot, and the board, deeming the case to be
one of an exceptional character as regarded t'!lot
usual forms required, bad at once admitted the icb°
without any preliminaries to the benefits of the
asylum, subject nevertheless to the approval of !130.
subscribers. (Loud applause.) If the inectin7,
approved of what had been done he begged thcis'ici
present would raise their hands ? (Here every ba'nb, a
was held up.) He was happy to find that the Pu
lit appreciated the step which had been taken, °nue
that they had come to the same conclusion as t'
committee. They had now some 430 children 3s
,
inmates, and the home was quite full. To prof
vide for the ensuing election it had been thea.
expedient to make temporary provision for d 7,
tonal inmates, by converting some W°r c
shops, by which 100 more might be acconn3l;
dated. It was imperative that this should be &II:
Out of the £30,000 required to carry out the e'e.,
tension of the building, &c., the committee had to
ceived in promises and cash £3,000, leaving a stia
of £27,000 to be furnished by the subscriberoll:o
the public generally. The intention was to find
asylum for 800 instead of 400 inmates. The bciarmitt
however, pledged themselves to incur no debt, ma.
to proceed only as they may have funds in bail

(Hear, hear.) Jot
The poll was then declared open, and the b
the
commenced. It appears that on this occasion or
number of candidates-204—is unusually large/ co
exceeding any former list, and although the SPcle.
in the asylum is so very limited the board have for
tided to admit 30 cases, viz., five for life, and 25.0 g
five years. During this autumn and the ensue
spring a special effort will be made to obtain ftll3ot
for the enlargement of the asylum, which 0%11 0
well be longer delayed. The board propose to I'7o
among themselves and friends the sum of £2, to
and they hope that the subscribers and the Vl.ot
will contribute so liberally that the desired 0
may be attained.

Scene in Northmoor-Green Churc
of
The Bridgewater Mercury recounts the particularist,
another disgraceful scene which occurred on Sunday
and was far .worse and more distressing than any Prece:nlC!l
ones. Mr. Hunt commenced the morning service Th.st
after 11 o'clock, and proceeded for a time in the ordiaot%..
way, when it was suddenly interrupted by a great eioa
motion being observed near the door, followed by 6; fir
burst of laughter and a, stamping of feet, the evideilvThe
tention being to create as much noise as possible. two
cause of this tumult was the entry into the church of
their
women and four men, attired in what they designated tri;il
"vestments." These consisted, for the most part, of se
pieces of paper, either pinned or sewn together, in th° tbo
of a cloak, and intended to represent a cope (similar to
aper
worn by Mr. Hunt in his high celebrations.) Il° Poor'
was of various colours, and consisted of strips of
e co°
hangings. On the back, in the gayest colours, were Pil,4rga
of paper arranged in the form of alarge cross. Pieces e'.lllls'
placards, printed on different-coloured paper, pages °I let°,
trated periodicals, &c., fastened together, helped to nele el
the costume. One man wore a high "cardinal's hat'' 1J ea
yellow paper; another had strips of coloured paper ati-C
IVe
Or
to his cap, in imitation of the ribbons of a recruit, 61:1%0,'
in front an immense placard, "Scottish Life luslira",ccie'
while behind was another large placard, " Sanger° .f.llO
brated Hippodrome." The two women are I;,overt
S weet and Ann Bird;. and the four men were
Totthill, John How, Edward Kitch and —Parsons' larg°,
diatoly after the entrance of these persons there was 51° Ive"
accession to the congregation of people who had 1°,;1013 to
" tho procession." There was a complete intetrtir:
the service, and Mr. Hunt called a constable to sea' b
/Dio
self beside the pulpit. On leaving the pulpit? 1111 is 11!,
proceeded to the vestry, where ho attired hiraee", 0
Popish habiliments, and again came forth, preeede,4lo
server, who bowed low in front of the altar table ea- 211 t;
ho passed it. The boy having lit the candl9,sl
load
Hunt knelt down, when there immediately etlea2ooA-
noise caused by scuffling and stamping of feet au'
ing, with some laughter. Incense was nest buro great
directly this was commenced the uproar became vero
(1.
loela'
indeed. Some put on their hats. The bulk of th
'ben of the congregation, no longer content with stclie,o
their feet, began to hiss and hoot, and got Ter);
Cries were also raised of " Put it away !"
Rome !" In concluding the service, and before P" Aress"O,
of the "consecrated elements," Mr. Hunt lifted thebioi"
with both hands above his head, upon which se only cota:
the e'l
took place. Himself and his "server" were avian fore
municants. Most of the congregation after le e
church remained outside, and waited for setae tin' cries t°,
Mr. Hunt appeared, when ho was saluted witha soot
°
" Go to Rome !" " How many stamps have 00 hapi Of
'ee ?" &c. Mr. Hunt was escorted from the oPet
constables.
P4ll
MR. WooDiN is just now starring it ill
with great success.