The Sun. — 1871-02-24 (London, England)

THE STRATFORD MURDER.  Tire is little doubt that the police are on the right track in this case, " information " having, it is said, been furnished to them in the first instance by a near relative of one of the gang. The Government reward of £lOO has been supplemented by a similar amount from the parish authorities of Stratford, and by £5O presented by Colonel White on behalf of the 3rd Essex Artillery Volunteers, of which corps Mr. Galloway, the murdered man, was an honorary member.  PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND,  'lheld'hoenthwrirteideotheeadnaynueavlegneinngeraaltmteheetinLgoonfdtohois Tsoacvieetmy ,wtaos receive the annual report and transact general business. The chair was taken by the treasurer, Jervoise Smith, Esq. (son of the late respected J. A. Smith, Esq.). The report stated that the income of the fund for 1870 was, from subscriptions and donations, £1,726 Bs. 6d. ; from interest on investments, £1,562 3s. 3d. ; making a total of £3,288 11s. 9d. The annuitants now upon the fund were 103 in number, who were receiving collectively £2,080 per annum. The board recommended that seven additional annuitants be elected during the present year. It was with the deepest sorrow that the board had to report the heavy loss the fund had sustained by the decease of their highlyesteemed treasurer, Mr. John Abel Smith. Mr. Smith's connection with this fund dated from its formation in 1840, and from that time until his death he was its constant, warm, and untiring friend. The board announced with a satisfaction which they were sure the members would share, that Mr. Jervoise Smith, the eldest son of their late respected treasurer, had' consented to fill the office rendered vacant by his father' sZecease. —The Chairman in moving the adoption of the report,said he hoped that they would carry it with the same unanimity as they had done on previous occasions. It needed no recommendation from him , but it proved that the prosperity of the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund had increased, and was constantly increasing. The present was the thirtieth annual meeting, and, thanks to the board of management, it had passed through many difficulties with great success. In 1842 it was enabled to have but one single annuitant--vhereas in 1870 the number was 100, and this year a considerable addition would be made. They would therefore allow him to offer his hearty congratulations on the history of the past, and to express his hope that for the future they would meet only to hear of the prosperity of the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund. There , was one paragraph in the report which deeply touched him, and that was the allusion to the death of his lamented father, expressed in such touching and affectionate language. It was not for him to say anything on such a subject, but he could confirm every line in the report as to the interest evinced in the society by their late treasurer, and that the number of years with which he was connected with it served only to increase an interest that ceased only with his life. lie moved the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously.—Resolutions for the election of the additional annuitants, thankine, the directors for their exertions, and appealing to the public for increased support by way of legacies and benefactions, were also carried unanimously.