ten pounds to the Jubilee fund, which was being raised, the wished for amount being £190,000.
Anniversary Services. On Sunday, August 2sth the Rev. W.R. Jones, formerly, pastor of the St Leonards Wesleyan Chapel, preached two eloquent sermons, the financial result of which was a collection of £9. 2s. 5d. On Monday a tea-meeting was held in the school room, and £4 additional contributed. The following ladies gave, and presided at the tables: Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Crisford, Mrs. Pankhurst, Miss Rodda, Miss Streeter, Miss Lewis, Miss Beck, and Miss Tree.
Local Help for Sheffield
On the 26th of March the Mayor made known through the local journals that he had received a communication from Sheffield in reference to the sad catastrophe at that place, and that he would be happy to receive contributions for the relief of the sufferers. With the object of assisting the Mayor's appeal the following remarks appeared in the St. Leonards Gazette;- That was a laudable and noble outburst of generous and sympathetic liberality which was evoked by the sad catastrophe at the Hartley Colliery. These benevolent and timeous charities greatly relieved the distressed and bereaved, and illumined the gloom of their earthly future. Frequent repetition of such cheerful and bounteous kindness is not to be expected; still, there are many sights that will appeal touchingly and irresistably to the human heart, for, as the poet beautifully expresses it, "one touch of nature makes the whole world kin". We question very much if there be one more potent to move us to tears or send a thrill of agony through the breast than the recent calamity at Sheffield, by which two hundred and fifty lives have been sacrificed, property estimated at half a million sterling destroyed, and numbers of fellow-creatures deprived of their only means of obtaining an honest livelihood as a castastrophe of this kind - let humanity and convention be as hard and hollow as they may - is a positive shock to all our sympathies, arresting, as it were, the tide that courses through our veins. At first we were disinclined to credit the unwelcome messenger of such painful intelligence, until slowly the dreadful reality forced itself upon us in all its naked and terrible truth. Nobly has our borough at all times contributed its portion to alleviate distress when occasioned by unseen circumstances, right glad therefore are we to Gazette the fact that the present distress cause by the inundation will not be passed over unheeded. Already our worthy and respected Mayor (J. Rock, jun., Esq.) has, through our columns, intimated that subscriptions for the sufferers will be received by himself or the Town Clerk. We trust, however, that matters will not rest thus, but that a committee will be formed and a house-to-house visitation will be made. We are confident that our borough will not be behind in expressing its sympathy with the unfortunate sufferers, and that a substantial proof of the same -
