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Summary Ot Mews Foe May.
On the 11 th , the Unity Bank met and divided 3 per cent , interest on the deposits of capital previous to the opening of the bank . The report was most satisfactory . On the 14 th , the Provincial Bank of England declared a dividend of 8 per cent . On the 21 st , the Provincial Bank of Ireland met and divided in bonus and dividend , 18 per cent , among the shareholders .
BENEVOLENT . If under this heading we were to record all the religious meetings of the past month , the whole of the Magazine would be too small for the summary , and we shall therefore confine our notice to those societies which administer temporal consolation to the afflicted . On the 29 th of April , the festival of St . Ann ' s Asylum was celebrated at the London Tavern . The subscriptions for the evening amounted to . £ 1 , 500 .
On the 1 st of May , there was an election of annuitants upon the funds of the Governesses' Benevolent Fund . On the same evening , was celebrated the festival of the City Orthopsedic Hospital , on which occasion upwards of £ 500 was subscribed in aid of the funds of that charity . On the 13 th , was held the annual meeting of the Medical Benevolent College , at which it was announced that the subscriptions for the past year amounted to £ 2 , 769 , and the donations to £ 2 , 876 . The special donations to the Chapel Fund amounted to £ 2 , 760 .
On the 14 th , at the festival of the Sons of the Clergy , £ 17 , 000 was reported to have been added to the capital of the corporation during the past year . On the same evening , a large collection was made at the dinner , in aid of the funds of the Royal Maternity Charity . On the 15 th , was held the annual meeting of the Mendicity Society , at which it was stated that the subscriptions for the past year amounted to £ 2 , 929 . 0 s . id ., and the expenditure to £ 3 , 261 . 0 s . 5 d . The Society during the past year prosecuted 72 impostors , 41 of whom were convicted . On the same day , a public dinner was held in aid of the funds of the Middlesex Hospital , when £ 1 , 500 was collected .
On the 16 th , was celebrated the Artists ' Benevolent Fund festival , the subscriptions at which amounted to £ 500 . On the same day , was held the annual meeting of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , at which it was stated that during the past year 600 cases of distress among the Polish refugees had been relieved ,, at an outlay of £ 800 . On the 18 th , a public dinner was held in aid of the funds of the Society for the Belief of Foreigners in Distress , when £ 2 , 290 was collected .
On the 19 th , the annual dinner of the Royal Literary Fund was celebrated at the Freemasons'Tavern . The subscriptions amounted to £ 1 , 200 . On the same evening a public dinner was held in aid of the New Home for Fatherless Children , in which there are at present 140 orphans , when £ 800 was collected . On the 20 th , there was collected at a public dinner , £ 2 , 260 in aid of the funds of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital . On the 22 nd , the Printers' Pension Society held their annual dinner , the subscriptions at which amounted to nearly £ 700 .
MISCELLANEOUS . On the 25 th of April , the steam navy received another increase by the launch of the Royal Sovereign ; a ship of the same build as the Royal Alfred . On the same day , the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was entertained at a public dinner by his ? old constituents at Southampton . On the 28 th , the prizes of the Art Union were distributed among the successful subscribers .
On the 29 th , the question of the feasibility of growingcotton in India was discussed at the Society of Arts . On the same day , a rare teat in charioteering was witnessed at Liverpool , when one of an equestrian troupe exhibiting in that town drove a team of forty horses through the street . On the 30 th , the Ivoyal Panopticon was sold by auction .
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Summary Ot Mews Foe May.
On the 11 th , the Unity Bank met and divided 3 per cent , interest on the deposits of capital previous to the opening of the bank . The report was most satisfactory . On the 14 th , the Provincial Bank of England declared a dividend of 8 per cent . On the 21 st , the Provincial Bank of Ireland met and divided in bonus and dividend , 18 per cent , among the shareholders .
BENEVOLENT . If under this heading we were to record all the religious meetings of the past month , the whole of the Magazine would be too small for the summary , and we shall therefore confine our notice to those societies which administer temporal consolation to the afflicted . On the 29 th of April , the festival of St . Ann ' s Asylum was celebrated at the London Tavern . The subscriptions for the evening amounted to . £ 1 , 500 .
On the 1 st of May , there was an election of annuitants upon the funds of the Governesses' Benevolent Fund . On the same evening , was celebrated the festival of the City Orthopsedic Hospital , on which occasion upwards of £ 500 was subscribed in aid of the funds of that charity . On the 13 th , was held the annual meeting of the Medical Benevolent College , at which it was announced that the subscriptions for the past year amounted to £ 2 , 769 , and the donations to £ 2 , 876 . The special donations to the Chapel Fund amounted to £ 2 , 760 .
On the 14 th , at the festival of the Sons of the Clergy , £ 17 , 000 was reported to have been added to the capital of the corporation during the past year . On the same evening , a large collection was made at the dinner , in aid of the funds of the Royal Maternity Charity . On the 15 th , was held the annual meeting of the Mendicity Society , at which it was stated that the subscriptions for the past year amounted to £ 2 , 929 . 0 s . id ., and the expenditure to £ 3 , 261 . 0 s . 5 d . The Society during the past year prosecuted 72 impostors , 41 of whom were convicted . On the same day , a public dinner was held in aid of the funds of the Middlesex Hospital , when £ 1 , 500 was collected .
On the 16 th , was celebrated the Artists ' Benevolent Fund festival , the subscriptions at which amounted to £ 500 . On the same day , was held the annual meeting of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , at which it was stated that during the past year 600 cases of distress among the Polish refugees had been relieved ,, at an outlay of £ 800 . On the 18 th , a public dinner was held in aid of the funds of the Society for the Belief of Foreigners in Distress , when £ 2 , 290 was collected .
On the 19 th , the annual dinner of the Royal Literary Fund was celebrated at the Freemasons'Tavern . The subscriptions amounted to £ 1 , 200 . On the same evening a public dinner was held in aid of the New Home for Fatherless Children , in which there are at present 140 orphans , when £ 800 was collected . On the 20 th , there was collected at a public dinner , £ 2 , 260 in aid of the funds of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital . On the 22 nd , the Printers' Pension Society held their annual dinner , the subscriptions at which amounted to nearly £ 700 .
MISCELLANEOUS . On the 25 th of April , the steam navy received another increase by the launch of the Royal Sovereign ; a ship of the same build as the Royal Alfred . On the same day , the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was entertained at a public dinner by his ? old constituents at Southampton . On the 28 th , the prizes of the Art Union were distributed among the successful subscribers .
On the 29 th , the question of the feasibility of growingcotton in India was discussed at the Society of Arts . On the same day , a rare teat in charioteering was witnessed at Liverpool , when one of an equestrian troupe exhibiting in that town drove a team of forty horses through the street . On the 30 th , the Ivoyal Panopticon was sold by auction .