The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-28 00:00:00

Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows.

On Saturday the annual general court of governors
and subscribers to this institution, which was esta-
blished at Kingston-on-Thames in 1851 in memory
of his late Royal Highness Adolphus Frederick Duke
of Cambridge, was held at the United Service In-
stitution, Whitehall. In the unavoidable absence
of Lieut.-General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.8.,
Major-General Lord Frederick Paulet was chosen
chairman.

Major Farrell RA., secretary, read the report.
It took a very satisfactory retrospect of the pro-
ceedings for the past year. There are now 46
widows in the asylum; two deaths had occurred
since last report, and one removal from insanity.
The interior of the old building had been cleaned and
painted during the past year. During the winter
months the committee granted an additional 6d. a
week to enable them to meet the high price of pro-
visions. The financial statement from March 31,
1865, to March 31, 1866, showed the balance per
last audited account to be £324 12s. 6d. ; annual
subscriptions and donations, £599 3s. ; donations,
&c., at triennial festival, £1,289 6s.—total income,
£l,BBB 9s. The builcling fund of the Duchess of
Cambridge was £313 ; dividend on nurses' fund of
the Princess Mary of Cambridge, £5O ; and divi-
dends on stock, £223 Bs. 44., making altogether,
£2,799 os. 10d. The auditors, Messrs. Edmund
Halswell and F. Drummond, also found that a sum
of £2,256 ss. 9d. is invested in the New Three Per
Cents. in the name of the trustees, exclusive of
£2,116 Bs. ld. Patriotic Fund Trust in the same
stock, £2,900 in Consols, £5OO Canada Bonds, and
£l,llB 17s. 7d. Consols, being the produce of
£l,OOO from the Duchess of Cambridge. After
payments and allowances, with general expenditure,
the balance of cash was £287 4s. 4d.
Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, in moving the
adoption of the report, remarked that it gave a very
favourable view of the progress of the institution.
-He should be satisfied if subscribers could elect a
few more widows to the benefits of the charity; but
as that could only be attained by a few more annual
subscribers, he hoped that the funds would steadily
increase in order to accomplish that object.
Lieut.-Colonel James Campbell, R.A., seconded
the motion, which was adopted.

Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Edmund Cust moved
4, That Lieut.-General Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.B.
(Royal Artillery), Lieut.-Colonel Leach, R.E., the
Rev. Henry Howarth, M.A., Hugh Hammersley,
Esq., J. S. Phillips, Esq., Colonel Hart., and Major
General Stephens, K. 11., retiring from the com-
mittee, be re-elected, and that the thanks of the
meeting be tendered to the committee for their con-
tinued care of the interests of the institution."
Colonel Haygarth seconded the resolution, which
was cordially adopted.
On the motion of Sir Richard Dacres, seconded
by George Bain, Esq., it was resolved, that Lieut.-
Colonel Cooke, R.E., Edmund lialwell Esq., and
Frederick Drummond, Esq., be re-elected as audi-
tors ; and that the best thanks of the meeting be
given to them, the secretary, and all the hon. officers
of the institution.
Colonel Haygarth, on the motion of Lieut.-Col.
Henry F. Ponsonby, Grenadier Guards, seconded
by the Hon. Sir Edmund Cust, was appointed a
trustee in place of E. F. Leeks, Esq. deceased.
Thanks to Lord F. Paulet for presiding closed
this branch of the business, which ultimately termi-
nated by the election of four widows—one on the
presentation of the Duke of Cambridge, and three
by the general body of subscribers.