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Summary Of News For July.
expenses without further intrenching upon invested funds . The total subscriptions amounted to rather more than £ 1 , 000 . On the 28 th , the annual meeting of the United Law Clerks' Society was held £ t the Freemasons' Tavern . About 300 sat down under the presidency of the Right Hon . Sir A . J , E . Cockburn , the , Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas . After the customary loyal toasts had been drunk , the secretary read a Report , from which it appeared the number of members claiming the relief of the
temporary benefit fund increases with the age of the society . Last year there were eighteen , this year there have been twenty-nine , and the amount paid to these twenty-nine members has been £ 247 . 14 s . The total amount received by members on account of illness has reached the sum of £ 3 , 738 . 5 s . lOd . The payment of the allowances to superannuated members must ultimately be borne by the interest of the society ' s capital . These investments , on the 20 th day of May , 1856 , amounted to £ 19 , 728 . 8 s . 5 d . ; on the 20 th day of May , 1857 , were £ 21 , 032 . 16 s . lid . The Secretary read the list of subscriptions , which amounted to some £ 400 .
On the 8 th ult . the members of the French Charitable Association dined together . The subscription list for the evening amounted to about £ 1 , 400 . On the 22 nd , the fifth annual meeting of the friends and supporters of the Cancer Hospital was held at the offices , Piccadilly ; Mr . Oliver Farrer in the chair . The total receipts for the year , including a balance of £ 183 . 6 s . 7 d . from the previous audit , and about £ 1 , 310 in donations , amounted in all to £ 3 , 106 . 19 s . Id . The expenditure for the same period was £ 3 , 064 . 13 s . 8 d 0 leaving in hands a balance of £ 132 . 5 s . 5 d . The funded property of the institution at present amounts to £ 3 , 200 in the 3 per cent . Consols .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . Under this heading we have this month to chronicle a larger number than usual of occurrences of the most lamentable character . On the 25 th of June , William Lemon , a servant of the South-Western Company , was crushed to death between the carriages at the Paddington Station . On the
same day , a gentleman , in endeavouring to get on board one of the penny steamers at London-bridge Pier , missed his footing , and was carried away by the tide . On the same day , Alfred Rose ' s oil and varnish warehouses , Upper Thames-street , were consumed by fire . On the same day , in a fracas among some weavers at Reading , a man named Appleton killed a fellow-workman by striking him two violent blows upon the head .
On the 26 th , a man named Bavis ^^^ one of the wheels passed over his head . On the same day , a man nained Berry attempted by stabbing to murder in Drury-lane a woman named McCarthy , with whom he cohabited . On the same day , a gentleman committed suicide by leaping from Southwark-bridge . On the 27 th , an excursion-train was run into by a luggage train between Liverpool and Wigan , when seventy persons were more or less injured .
On the 28 th , a fearful collision of trains , resulting in the immediate death of eleven persons , took place at the Lewisham Station , on the North-Kent line . On jhe same day , a boy was drowned while bathing at Fulham . On the 29 th , a sailor fell overboard in the London , Docks , and was , before aid could be afforded him , drowned . On the same day , the body of a gentleman was found drowned off Hungerford Pier .
On the 2 nd of July , an American sailor at Cardiff , in a drunken quarrel , threw another man overboard , who was in consequence drowned . The same day , a young gentleman committed suicide by leaping into the Serpentine from off the Kensington-gardens bridge . On the 3 rd , a dreadful accident took place at Shrewsbury , on the occasion of the Shropshire Horticultural Society Show , when a large- number of persons , on returningHby a bridge of boats from the Island of Poplars , where Jullien had a musical / to , were , by the breaking down of the bridge , immersed in the Severn . Close upon twenty were drowned . On the same evening , as the captain of a
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Summary Of News For July.
expenses without further intrenching upon invested funds . The total subscriptions amounted to rather more than £ 1 , 000 . On the 28 th , the annual meeting of the United Law Clerks' Society was held £ t the Freemasons' Tavern . About 300 sat down under the presidency of the Right Hon . Sir A . J , E . Cockburn , the , Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas . After the customary loyal toasts had been drunk , the secretary read a Report , from which it appeared the number of members claiming the relief of the
temporary benefit fund increases with the age of the society . Last year there were eighteen , this year there have been twenty-nine , and the amount paid to these twenty-nine members has been £ 247 . 14 s . The total amount received by members on account of illness has reached the sum of £ 3 , 738 . 5 s . lOd . The payment of the allowances to superannuated members must ultimately be borne by the interest of the society ' s capital . These investments , on the 20 th day of May , 1856 , amounted to £ 19 , 728 . 8 s . 5 d . ; on the 20 th day of May , 1857 , were £ 21 , 032 . 16 s . lid . The Secretary read the list of subscriptions , which amounted to some £ 400 .
On the 8 th ult . the members of the French Charitable Association dined together . The subscription list for the evening amounted to about £ 1 , 400 . On the 22 nd , the fifth annual meeting of the friends and supporters of the Cancer Hospital was held at the offices , Piccadilly ; Mr . Oliver Farrer in the chair . The total receipts for the year , including a balance of £ 183 . 6 s . 7 d . from the previous audit , and about £ 1 , 310 in donations , amounted in all to £ 3 , 106 . 19 s . Id . The expenditure for the same period was £ 3 , 064 . 13 s . 8 d 0 leaving in hands a balance of £ 132 . 5 s . 5 d . The funded property of the institution at present amounts to £ 3 , 200 in the 3 per cent . Consols .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . Under this heading we have this month to chronicle a larger number than usual of occurrences of the most lamentable character . On the 25 th of June , William Lemon , a servant of the South-Western Company , was crushed to death between the carriages at the Paddington Station . On the
same day , a gentleman , in endeavouring to get on board one of the penny steamers at London-bridge Pier , missed his footing , and was carried away by the tide . On the same day , Alfred Rose ' s oil and varnish warehouses , Upper Thames-street , were consumed by fire . On the same day , in a fracas among some weavers at Reading , a man named Appleton killed a fellow-workman by striking him two violent blows upon the head .
On the 26 th , a man named Bavis ^^^ one of the wheels passed over his head . On the same day , a man nained Berry attempted by stabbing to murder in Drury-lane a woman named McCarthy , with whom he cohabited . On the same day , a gentleman committed suicide by leaping from Southwark-bridge . On the 27 th , an excursion-train was run into by a luggage train between Liverpool and Wigan , when seventy persons were more or less injured .
On the 28 th , a fearful collision of trains , resulting in the immediate death of eleven persons , took place at the Lewisham Station , on the North-Kent line . On jhe same day , a boy was drowned while bathing at Fulham . On the 29 th , a sailor fell overboard in the London , Docks , and was , before aid could be afforded him , drowned . On the same day , the body of a gentleman was found drowned off Hungerford Pier .
On the 2 nd of July , an American sailor at Cardiff , in a drunken quarrel , threw another man overboard , who was in consequence drowned . The same day , a young gentleman committed suicide by leaping into the Serpentine from off the Kensington-gardens bridge . On the 3 rd , a dreadful accident took place at Shrewsbury , on the occasion of the Shropshire Horticultural Society Show , when a large- number of persons , on returningHby a bridge of boats from the Island of Poplars , where Jullien had a musical / to , were , by the breaking down of the bridge , immersed in the Severn . Close upon twenty were drowned . On the same evening , as the captain of a