The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-16 00:00:00

SOCIETYfor the RELIEF of DISTRESS.—This
Society derives its origin from the. following cause :
That, notwithstanding the operation of the poor law and
the numerous existing charitable associations, human
beings, although within a stone's throw of the plenty,
luxury, and refinement of this wealthy metropolis, die
miserably of hunger and the want of the common neces-
saries of tife.
To iy..event as far as possible the recurrence of an evil so
disgraceful to our social system, it is proposed in the first
%straws to establish a co-operative system of visiting the
pool., by aiding and increasing the power of existing local
ln'stitutions which have this object in view.
To bring to the notice of parochial authorities such cases
sts legitimately telong to them alone, to aid the police and
'the Mendicity Society, to detect imposture, and to bring to
the care of hospitals, refuges, penitentiaries, and existing
charitable associations those cases for which their several
institutions were established.
Special and urgent cases of distress indicated by the
clergy—minNters of all denominations, medical profession,
or agents of any existing Society, will be relieved as far as
possible by the judicious application of funds entrusted to
district committees and local responsible persons appointed
by them for the purpose.
No casts will be relieved by money or otherwise at the
central. office.
Th e promoters of this movement now come forward, not
in auy spirit of opposition to existing societies but, on the
with the strong desire to co-operate with and assist
totem in the arduous task in which they, with such praise-
worthy zeal and perseverance, have been. so many years
laboriously engaged.
They now claim to be met in the spirit in which they
advance, with the sole purpose of furthering, by friendly
intercourse, the great Christian object which all charitable
associations have in view.
The following noblemen and gentlemen having combined
to form a Guarantee Committee, by whom the entire ex.-
Tenses of management are to be defrayed, the Society now
call upon the public to entrust it with the requisite funds,
which shall be applied, without the smallest deduCtion, to
the relief of genuine distress.

GUARANTEE
His Grace the Duke of
Marlborough
The Right Hon. the Earl of
Chesterfield
The Right Hon. the Earl of
Lichfield
'The Right Hon. the Earl ofl
Sefton
The Right Hon. the Earl ofl
Darnley
The Right lion. the Lord,
Ashburton
The Right Hon. the Lord
Raglan
The lion. A. H. Vernon
The Rev. W. Davenport'
Bromley
(With power to add to their number.)
WORKING COMMITTEE.
The Earl of Lichfield
Lord Charles Bruce
Robert Barnett, Esq.
Rey. T. Beame's
W. Davenport Broraley,Esq
T. H. Reynell Decastro, Esq.
William Gilbert, Esq.
Wm. Bevan, Esq,
Colonel De Bathe
C. Sartoris, Esq.
St. Leger Glyn, Esq.
Henry Alers Hankey, Esq.
It, Stuart Lane, Esq.
Oyith power to add to their number.)
W. DAVENPORT BROMLEY,
F. lIAYGARTH, Lieut.-Col., Hon. Secs.
WILLM. GILBERT,
'Temporary office, 28, King-street, St. James's,
Dec. 21,1860.
Amount already advertised .. , £1,814 0 0
Beaufort, Emily, 'Horne, Mrs.
Duchess of £5 0 0 Huth, Henry, Esq..2o 0 0
Manchester, Duke of 5 0 0 Hayter, Capt., Gre-
Ailesbury, Maria, nadier Guards.... 5 0 0
Marchioness of ..alO 0 0 Hamilton, J., Esq.. 5 0 0
Darnley, Earl of-. 50 0 0 Hussey, H., Esq. .. 2 2 0
Leicester, Earl of 5 00H.J. W. 2 0 0
Orford, Earl of 5 0 0 H. T.
Rosebery, Earl of ..10 0 0 Hankey, Henry B ,
Somerton, Viscount 5 0 0 Esq. 2 0 0
Ashburton, Lord ..50 0 0 Hinchman,Miss. 10 0
Ashburton, Lady
2d don.lo 0 0
Colville,Lord,2ddon.lo 0 0
Clinton, Dow. Lady 10 0 0
Charteris, Lady Mar-
garet 5 0 0
Neeld, Lady C2O 0 o'l
Vernon, Lady Har-
riet
Somerset,LadyEdith 1 0 0
Templetown, Lord —lO 0 0
Wenluck, Lord and
Lady 3l 10 0
Light, Lady
Boothby, Hon. Mrs.

COMMITTEE.
W.Devonport Bromley,E sq.
M. T. Bass, Esq., M.P.
C. E. Beothby, Esq.
A. H. Davenport, Esq.
J. H. Reynell de Castro,Esq.
Richara Gibbs, Esq.
H. A..llankeydEsq.
It. Stuart Lane, Esq.
D. Meinertzhagen, Esq.
Admiral Meynell
W. Wells, Esq.
J. N. Murray, Esq.
Charles Whitehead, Esq.
Martin Ridley Smith, Esq.

Hon. E. Chandos Leigh
J. N. Murray, Esq.
Rev. W. Rogers
Martin Ridley Smith, Esq.
Hon. A. H. Vernon
Colonel Haygarth
Hon. Arthur Egerton
W. Ewing, Esq.
Rev. P. G. M'Gill
Hugh Astley, Esq.
Rev. W. Mayd
Capt. Cunliffo Owen, R.N.

H. C.
H. L H.
Hibbert, Major
Harvey, Robt., Esq 10 0 0
Hatton, Lieut.-Col 5 0 0
H. S 1 1 0
Irvine, Mrs. Mari-
anne 1 1 0

Jefferson, T. R.,Esq. 5 0 0
Keating,Mr.Justice 10 10 0
0 10 0
Knox, Colonel G.
Lawrie, Mrs . Andrew 2 2 0
Langley, A. G., Esq. 1 1 0
Leveson, S., Esq. b 5 0
Long, J., Esq 5 0 0
Matheson' Major-
General
Montgomerie, Hon
Mrs.
Moncrieff, Major-
General a 1 0 0
Murray, Mrs. 2 0 0
Mure, Col. and Mrs.lo 0 0
a2Do
Macnamara, Henry,
Esq 1 1 0
M‘Kenny, W. S. Esq 1 1 0
Magniac, H., Esq 5 0 0
Macaulay, Rev. John 1 1 0
M. S.
Minchin, Col. 2 0 0
Mackrill, J., Esq 5 0 0
Miss M. E. T. lO 0 0
Neville, Col. E. a
Neave, Rev. Thomas2s 0 0
Ogilvy, Thos., Esq 5 0 0
Ogilvy, Mrs. Thos 1 0 0
Phillips, P. Lovell 5 0 0
Pearse, C., Esq 2 0 0
Porter, General lO 0 0
Pigou, Frederick 5 0 0
Parry, Miss L., 2d
donation
Peel, Captain Cecil 1 0 0
Pratt, Hodgson, Esq 5 0 0
Peel, Capt. W. Yates2o 0 0
Peake, Mrs. 0 10 0
Pascoe, Greenfell,
and Co.; Messrs 10 0 0
Reid, Capt. a
Robeson, Noel V ,
Esq.
R. C
Ronald, Bryan L.,
Esq., a
Russell, J. Watts,
Esq lO 10 0
Smith, Oswald, Esq 10 0 0
Stedman, J., Esq 5 0 0
Slaney, R. A., Esq 10 0 0
Shaw, Mrs
Smith, Oswald A ,
Esq.... 10 0 0
Smith, Samuel G.,
Esq., M.P. 10 0 0
Scrimgeour 5 0 0
Ditto 5 0 0
Stuart, Col. Crichton,
M.P
Smith, Robert, Esq 10 0 0
Smith, Eric Carring-
ton, Esq.
Treat, Mrs
Smith, Jervoise, Esq 10 0 0
Tritton, Re' 5 0 0
Tottenham, 5
00 00
Tate, G. J., Es.t.
•5 0 0
Taylor, Gen.
A. 2..... 00
T. P. .......
Trims, E. R., EF,q., 10 0 0
West, Miss Florence 1 1 0
West, T. M., Escl— • 1 0 0
Williams, John, Esq. 2 0 0
White, Col. Henry,
C. 8.5 0 0
5 0 0
Do.
Welby, Mr 2 2 0
W. R
Iv. D. a
Webster, Chas. Fox,
1 1 0
Esq.
Ward, Rev Il
1 0 0
W. M.
Wigram, Colonel E.lO 0 0
Wheatleys, Miss a 1 0 0
Westlake, Mrs. (2d
donation) 2 0 0

C. E.. 5 00
Coke, lion. E 5 0 0
Charteris, Col. Hon
11, .
Fitzwilliam, Hon

Charles W 6 0 0
Warren, Hon. Louisa 1 0 0
Reathcote, Hon. Gil-
bert
Calder, Sir H., Bart. 1 0 0
Roste, Sir W., Bart. 5 0 0
Mackenzie, Hen.
Mrs. G. Stewart. .10 0 0
Blight Si; John D.,
R.C.B
Antrobus, Miss Char-.
lotte H. 2 0 0
.Ambin, Mrs a 1 0 0
A R 1 0 0
E a 1 0 0
~A.. H
A.. 'W 20 0 0
Arnaud, H. 8., Esq 5 0 0
Bosanquet, H., Esq 5 00
Mathyany, Count 5 0 0
Boyle, Captain
Boyle, Mary 1 0 0
Bacon, James, Esq 2 0 0
Blanc, Thos. Law,
E
Bond,sq . Thomas, Esq 1 0 0
Baxter, Richd., Esq. 1 0 0
Blake, T. Jex., Esq.2o 0 0
Bateman, Mrs. Jones 5 0 0
Bidwell, John, Esq. 5 5 0
13. A
Bayley, C. V., Esq 1 0 0
Beaver, J. H., Esq 2 0 0
Buxton, T. Fowell 21 0 0
B•P 1 0 0
B C W
Coutta and Co 21 0 0
C. T 5 0 0
Carpenter, Captain,
R.A.
Coe; Captain
Clemente, ii4v. !L 6 o o
3 0 0
Cheltenham, G. L 2 0 0
Calpe ...1 1 A
Di3benianl, F.
Esq. ......... 5 5 0
Duff, Major
Duff, Mrs. ..
Dalgetty and Co 5 o 0
Davies, `V.,Esq,** 6 0 0
E. L. V. 0 10
E. M. C. 20 0 0
Emsley, Mrs. ..• • 1 0 0
Elwes,Windsor,Esq. 6 0 0
E. T.
E. F. W 5 0 0
Erie, Peter, Esq.
F. G. and J. F. G 3 30
Fremantle, Mr. C., a 2 2 0
F., Mr. and Mrs. P. 2 0 0
F. G.
Fraser, Win., Esq 5 5 0
F. O. N .. 0 5 0
Farquharson,James,
Esq 10 00
F.
Glynn, Geo. Carr,
Esq., M.P 20 0 0
Grant, Col 5 0 0
Gipps, Col.
Grainger, 8., Esq 1 1 0
W. W. ....100 00
Heaney, G. Tod,
....Esq., ad 9 9 0
Mr. Justice 2O 0 0
Ilawtayne, Rev. W.
Hal., a
l,
Hedges and Butler,
Messrss . 0 0
Contributions received at the following bankers :—Coutts
and Co.'s, Strand; Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.'s, 1, Pall-
mall east, ; Glyn, Mills, and Co.'s, 67, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Smith, Payne, and Smith's, No. 1, Lombard-4,tt,Feet, E.C. ; ilankey and Co.'s, 7, Fenchurch-street;
r• Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co.'s, 54, Lombard-
et: ; and by the Um, Secretaries, at the office, 28,
lug-stavet, St, Atples'fh