The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

LICE'NSE'D VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.

The 51st anniversary festival of this excellent
charity, established for the maintenance and edu-
cation of the children of deceased or indigent mem-
bers of the trade, was held yesterday at Highbury
Barn Tavern, Islington. The chair was taken by
Mr. Hedworth Barclay, and about 1,2J0 rersons
sat down to an excellent repast, served under the
shelter of a monster tent. The usual loyal toasts
having been dispose.' of, the chairman, in pr, posing
Prosperityc o the Licensed Victuallers' Scheol
dwelt at some length upon the admirable character
of the institution they were assembled to promote.
He was happy to say that the revenue of the school
had been augmented by an annual grant of 1,0001.
from the profits of the Morning Advertiser, and
that the ground on which the school was built was
in process of enfranchisement, so that in a short
time the subscribers would be enabled to say that
they had their own school on their own ground.
(Applause.) The number of children at present in
the institution was 131—viz., 77 boys and 57 girls.
The expenses were ab Alt 3,0001. a-year. Of that
sum 1,000/. was derived from the journal estab-
lished in connection with the L'ceused Victuallers'
Association, 2001. was realised by the annual ball,
mei 130/. from dividends on stock—making 1,330/.
The difference bet we en that sum and the expendi-
ture, amounting to 1,670/., was made up by the
subscriptions of members of the trade. The enfarn-
chisement of the ground upon which the school
was bud', would reduce the funded property to
2,3211., and therefore it became necessary that in-
creased exertions should be used in order to keep
up the revenue. The children of the school having
been intro lueed, Mr.Smalley, the secretary, read a
long list of subscrptions, and announced amid loud
cheers that the chairman and the members of the
eminent rm to which he belonged had presented
donations to the amount of 3411. to the charity,
and 94/. towards the enfranchisement fund. Seve-
ral other donations were announced in the course
of the evening, and at the else the subscription
list amounted to nearly 1,7001., of which 1,400/. was
for the school, and 300/. for the enfranchisement.
The musical arrangements were under the supeiin-
ttindence of Mr. George Genge.

THE "LION HUNTER" AT THE POLICE COURT.—
Mr. Gordon Cumming, who is at oresent exhibiting his
trophies in the Clayton-hall, in Liverpool, was charged
before the borough magistrates yesterday with assaulting
several persons on the 14th inst. whils in the Grand
Junction Hotel in Lime-street. The chief complainants
were two persons named Griffith and Ellis,
.who stated
that on the evening in question tbey were sitting in the
coffee-room of the hotel, where Mr. Gordon Cumming
was taking his supper with two friends, with whom he
was discussing the qualifications of the United States'
steam frigate Niagara. The complainants, having been
on board, were interested in the conversation, and joiced
Mr. Cumming at his table, when that gentleman (so
they said), without any provocation, attacked them in
a violent manner. Griffith being severely cut about
the face, while Ellis was also much injured. The bar-
maid and barman came in, they stated, for some heavy
blows. According to Mr. Cummings' version, and that
of his friends, Griffith provoked the assault, by first
making insulting remarks about the English flag, and,
when they were resented, challenged Mr. Cumming to
fight, saying that if they would get upon the floor " he
would take the bounce out of all three of them." In
common politeness, Mr. Cumming said,. be accepted the
invitation, and as he did not do those kind of things by
halves, he gave the man a sound thrashing for his ink
pr.rtinince. The magistrate considered that the corn
plainante bad drawn the chastisement on themselves
and dismissed the summons.