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Summary Of News For Maech
cation of 20 destitirte boys , it being one of the earliest of the charities so established , Erom time to time the school has been enlarged , until the children were in 1847 removed to the present premises at Haverstock Hill . There are now in the school 169 boys and 78 girls ; and next year being the centenary , it is
proposed to celebrate it by enlarging the building so as to accommodate 400 children , for whichpurpose a special fund ¦ ¦ ¦ of £ 25 , 000 is to be raised . The subscriptions of the evening were announced by Mr . Soul , the secretary , to amount to about £ 500 for the general fund , and £ 500 for the centenary fund , in addition to a donation of 250 guineas from Her Majesty to constitute his R . IL the Prince of Wales a life governor with the privilege of nominating children to the foundation .
JOINTSTOCK . On the 25 th of February , the General Steam Navigation Company , at their half-yearly meeting , declared a dividend of 10 per cent , and a bonus . On the 27 th , the directors of the Kent Guarantee Society reported the receipts for the past year at £ 2 , 614 . 4 s . Id ., and the expenditure at £ 2 , 343 . 3 s . 6 d . On the same day was made public the result of the first year ' s working of the Victoria Docks . The ships docked numbered 1 , 541 , with a tonnage of 500 , 463 tons . .. " : ¦'
On the 3 rd March , the directors of Mexican and South American Company reported that their yield of copper for the past twelve months had reached 1 , 500 tons . ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦;/ :::,- . On the 16 th , the London and Paris Joint-Stock Bank was dissolved . On the 19 th , was held the half-yearly court of the Bank of England , at which
the chairman , Mr . Weguelin , made the following statement : —The profits of the last year , ending on the 28 th of last month ,, were £ 686 , 330 . 2 s . 10 d ., making the rest £ 3 , 710 , 855 . 105 ., which would allow a dividend of 4 | per cent ., and leave the rest at £ 3 , 064 , 970 . 10 s . The directors therefore proposed to declare a dividend of 4 £ per cent ., free of income tax .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
On the 2 nd , " A Cure for the Heartache was revived at Drury Laue , Mr . C . Mathews sustaining the part of Young Rapid , On the 6 th , an amateur performance took place at the St . James ' s Theatre , for the benefit of the General Theatrical Fund . On the 19 th , a new piece , called "A Life ' s Travel , " was brought out at the Haymarket with tolerable success . The great event of the month , however , has been the revival of " Richard II ., " on a most magnificent scale , on the 12 th , at the Princess ' s .
MISCELLANEOUS . On the 26 th of February , a public meeting was held at Barnsley , on behalf of those bereaved by the awful explosion at the Lundhill Colliery . On the same evening there was a meeting in Lambeth , in opposition to the alteration of the site of Westminster Bridge . On the 2 nd of March , the Lord Mayor , at the Mansion House , expressed his pleasure at finding that the Poor Law Board was taking in hand the subject of the houseless poor . On the 11 th , there was a very stormy meeting of the Literary Fund .
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Summary Of News For Maech
cation of 20 destitirte boys , it being one of the earliest of the charities so established , Erom time to time the school has been enlarged , until the children were in 1847 removed to the present premises at Haverstock Hill . There are now in the school 169 boys and 78 girls ; and next year being the centenary , it is
proposed to celebrate it by enlarging the building so as to accommodate 400 children , for whichpurpose a special fund ¦ ¦ ¦ of £ 25 , 000 is to be raised . The subscriptions of the evening were announced by Mr . Soul , the secretary , to amount to about £ 500 for the general fund , and £ 500 for the centenary fund , in addition to a donation of 250 guineas from Her Majesty to constitute his R . IL the Prince of Wales a life governor with the privilege of nominating children to the foundation .
JOINTSTOCK . On the 25 th of February , the General Steam Navigation Company , at their half-yearly meeting , declared a dividend of 10 per cent , and a bonus . On the 27 th , the directors of the Kent Guarantee Society reported the receipts for the past year at £ 2 , 614 . 4 s . Id ., and the expenditure at £ 2 , 343 . 3 s . 6 d . On the same day was made public the result of the first year ' s working of the Victoria Docks . The ships docked numbered 1 , 541 , with a tonnage of 500 , 463 tons . .. " : ¦'
On the 3 rd March , the directors of Mexican and South American Company reported that their yield of copper for the past twelve months had reached 1 , 500 tons . ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦;/ :::,- . On the 16 th , the London and Paris Joint-Stock Bank was dissolved . On the 19 th , was held the half-yearly court of the Bank of England , at which
the chairman , Mr . Weguelin , made the following statement : —The profits of the last year , ending on the 28 th of last month ,, were £ 686 , 330 . 2 s . 10 d ., making the rest £ 3 , 710 , 855 . 105 ., which would allow a dividend of 4 | per cent ., and leave the rest at £ 3 , 064 , 970 . 10 s . The directors therefore proposed to declare a dividend of 4 £ per cent ., free of income tax .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
On the 2 nd , " A Cure for the Heartache was revived at Drury Laue , Mr . C . Mathews sustaining the part of Young Rapid , On the 6 th , an amateur performance took place at the St . James ' s Theatre , for the benefit of the General Theatrical Fund . On the 19 th , a new piece , called "A Life ' s Travel , " was brought out at the Haymarket with tolerable success . The great event of the month , however , has been the revival of " Richard II ., " on a most magnificent scale , on the 12 th , at the Princess ' s .
MISCELLANEOUS . On the 26 th of February , a public meeting was held at Barnsley , on behalf of those bereaved by the awful explosion at the Lundhill Colliery . On the same evening there was a meeting in Lambeth , in opposition to the alteration of the site of Westminster Bridge . On the 2 nd of March , the Lord Mayor , at the Mansion House , expressed his pleasure at finding that the Poor Law Board was taking in hand the subject of the houseless poor . On the 11 th , there was a very stormy meeting of the Literary Fund .