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A Common Hall was held on Monday ; when, on the motion of Mr. Salomon?, seconded by Mr. John Travers, an address of con- dolence and congratulation was voted to the Queen, and an address of condolence to the Queen Dowager. The address to Queen Vic- toria is to be presented by the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and twelve of the Livery.
The anniversary festival of the Kent Dispensary was held at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, on Saturday last ; the Duke of Wel- lington in the chair. The Duke announced, that the Queen bad gra- ciously signified her intention of becoming patroness of the Society. A considerable amount of subscriptions was announced.
A party of noblemen and gentlemen, educated at Harrow School, dined together at the Thatched House Tavern, on Monday. The company was unusually small.
The annual distribution of the prizes to the students of the London University took place on Saturday. Lord Ebrington was chairman in the absence of Lord Brongbam, who was detained at the House of Lords; arid proceeded to distribute the prizes to the successful stu- dents, accompanying their presentation in some instances with a short complimentary address. It was proposed to employ Mrs. Flaherty's donation of 5,0001 in the foundation of four scholarships, of the value of 501. per annum each, to students under twenty years of age, tenable for four years. The attendance was numerous and respectable. Among those present, we noticed the Duke and Dutchess of Somerset, Messrs. Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, E. Stunt, M.P., 'f. Thornely, M.P., W. Tooke, M.P.
A general meeting of the members of the Colonial Society took place on Wednesday, in consequence of an agreement entered into previously, that it should be convened whenever the trumber of mem- bers reached three hundred, for the purpose of forming the rules and regulations of the society. Sir George Sinclair took the chair. The resolutions were supported by Mr. Ward, M. P., Colonel Torrens, Captain Alderson, R. E., Dr. Evans, Mr. Montgomery Martin, Mr. Sharpe, Colonel Churchill, gas These gentlemen pointed out the ad- vantages which would accrue from the establishment of such a society, both with reference to our present possessions and to the formation of new colonies. The advantages of emigration were also entered into with respect to the Mother Country and to the Colonies ; a reference was made to the ancient mode of colonization, and the noble spirit by which it was actuated. The system of sale of colonial lands, and the application of the proceeds to emigration, was adduced by Mr. Ward and Colonel Torrens as a means of cultivating desert countries and of relieving the pressure on the overpopulated. Thanks were given to the Chairman for the able manner in which be conducted the meeting, and to W. B. Cooke, Esq., the Honorary Secretary, for the zeal which he bad evinced in forming the society. The Provisional Treasurer teed the statement of the accounts, showing a balance in hand of upwards of 1001.
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