The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-25 00:00:00

WHIrrINGTON CLUB.

The second anniverssry dinner of this association
was yesterday held in the large room of the club-
house. Charles Lushington, presided on` the
occasion. Among the visitors preSent we observed
L ird Nugent, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Lushington, J.
Macgregor, Esq., M.P., J. Wyld, Esq., M.P., Francis
Mowatt, Esq., Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr.
Wilson, jun., M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jerrold,
Mr. and Mrs. Cowden Clarke, Rev. J. Austin,
R ebert Hunt, Esq., Charles Knight, Eq., Mr. and
Mrs. Ashurst, J. Auldjo, Esq.,
The report of the managing committee stated that
the progress of the association was most satisfactory,
the number of members at present on the books
amounting to 1,8.53, including 93 life members. An
increase had also taken place in the
.number of per-
sons belonging to the different classes connexion
with the association, as well as in the extent of the
library. The statements of the receipts and expen-
diture and of the assets and iisbilittes showed a de-
crease in the liabilities of about 801. The annual
expenses, however, amounted to about 2300/.; and
an income of 3,000/., and not less than 2000 anew-
hers, were necessary, in order to place the institution
in a desirable state, and for accumulating a fund for
library furniture and other requisites. The committee
also congratulated the association upon the accession
of Lord Brougham to the list of vice-presidents, who
sad , in the kindest manner, offered the institution the
use of the elaborate philosophical apparatus with
which his Lordship had conducted his recent experi-
ments on light, and had also sketched the diagrams
required to illustrate a lecture on the subject.
1, he usual loyal and national toasts having been
disposed of,
The CHAIRMAN proposed " Prosperity to the Whit.
tington Club, and Metropolitan Athenaeum," and in
doing so referred to the great success of the insti-
tution, which had triumphantly refuted the calum-
nies with which the association had to contend in
the earlier period of its history. The club stood
foremost of all other institutions of a similar cha-
racter in the country, and combined, more than any
other, the advantages of instruction with the bene-
fits peculiar to institutions of this kind, without re•
gard to any political or sectarian opinions, while, by
its lectures and classes it provided the means of that
mental culture which in too many instances were
sadly neglected.
The toast was drank with great applause, as were
also the other toasts of the evening, among which
were that of " The President,' proposed by Lord
Nugent, M.P. ; " The Vice-Presidents," proposed by
returning
Mr. Wilson, M.P., Douglas Jerrold,.
thanks ; " Literature and
knight,
proposed by Ro-
Charlef. knight, Esq.,
Ro-
bert Hunt, Esq., responding to
the toast ; "Toe Press," and the " Managing Com-
mittee.
The arrangements of the evening were very credit-
able to the establishment ; the musical department was
under the direction of Mr. Frank Bodda.

A VERY SUPERIOR WHITEWASII. —The following
recipe for preparing the celebrated stucco whitewash is used
at the President's house, at Washington, and which is distin-
guished by the name of Whitehouse. Take half a bushel ofgood
unslacked lime, slake it with boiling water, covering it during
the process to keep in the steers, strain the liquor through a fine
sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of clear salt dis•
solved in warm water, three pounds of good size, ground
to a thin paste and stirred while boiling hot, a pound of
Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue which has
been previously dissolved by first soaking it well, and
then banging it over a slow fire in a small, kettle within
a larger one filled with water ; add five gallons of hot
water to the whole mixture, stir it well, and let it stand
a few days covered from the dust. It should be put on
Lolling hot, for which purpose it can be kept in a kettle
or a portable furnace. About one pint of thil mixture
will cover a square vard upon the outside of the house
if properly applied; b-ushes more or less small may be
used, according to the neatness of the job required ; it retains
-its brilliancy for many veers. There is nothing of the kind
can be compared with it, either for inside or outside
Any required tinge enn be given to the preparation by the
addition of colouring na.itte:.—Furnier's and CoantrYinan'3
Calendar, 1850.