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Miscellaneous Societies, —The following are the
principal miscellaneous societies, with the objects and terms of subscription
according to official returns furnished, at the Editor’s request, by their
respective secretaries. The societies omitted are those from which his request
for information has failed to elicit any reply:
AMATEUR MECHANICAL SOCIETY, 5, Robert-street, Adelphi —Subscription:
£1 1s.; entrance fee, £1 1s. Object:
To serve as means of communication between amateurs. There is a workshop at
the rooms in Robert- street, and periodical meetings are held there
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION, 12, York-place,
Portman-square. —Subscription: Annual,
£1 1s. Object: The advancement of
amateur photography
ANTI-ADULTERATION ASSOCIATION, 6, Spur-street,
Leicester-square—Object: For enforcing and amending the laws against
adulteration.
BRITISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPIRITUALIST5, 38, Great
Russell-street.— Subscription: From
5s. per annum and upwards, according to privileges granted. Object:
Investigation of phenomena known as spiritual or psychic.
BRITISH SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETY LIMITED, 158,
Leadenhall-street. — Subscription: £1
1s. Proposed by any other member and seconded. Object:
To afford to ladies and gentlemen interested in Scandinavia, opportunities
of mutual intercourse by means of occasional meetings, at which papers may be
read and discussed on Scandinavian literature, language, history, topography,
geology, &c. To establish, under regulations to be framed by the committee,
a lending library of books likely to interest the members- To
assist such members as may desire it, to make arrangements for
instruction in the Scandinavian languages. To interchange information as to
routes, &c in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland, and to improve the
steamer communication with the west coast of Norway.
CITY CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD PR0TECTION SOCIETY, 22,
Charterhouse-sq. —Subscription No
pecuniary liability attaches to any person becoming a member; but, if necessary,
the members will be asked for small donations for working expenses. Object:
Expressed in title.
COMMONS PRESERVATION SOCIETY, 1, Great College-street,
Westminster. Supported by donations and subscriptions of different amounts. Object:
Expressed in title.
FOOD REFORM SOCIETY, Franklin Hall, 30, Castle-street
east, Oxford-street. — Subscription 2s.
6d. per annum, donations, and sale of pamphlets. Object:
Advocating the adoption of a diet from which all flesh meat is excluded.
HARLEIAN SOCIETY, 24, Wardour-street. —Subscription: Entrance fee, 10s. 6d.; annual subscription £1
1s., and to register section £1 1s. Object:
The publication of heraldic visitations of counties, and manuscripts
relating to heraldry, genealogy, and family history; also the publication of
parish registers.
HOME REUNION SOCIETY, 7,
Whitehall. — Subscription (minimum):
2s. 6d. per annum. Object: To promote
a better understanding with Nonconformists.
LONDON CONGREGATIONAL UNION, Memorial Hall,
Farringdon-street. Object: To promote
the spiritual intercommunion of the congregational churches of the metropolis,
to advance their common interests and to facilitate the expression of their
opinions upon religious and social questions.
METROPOLITAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION, 21, Regent-street.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE,
WITH WHICH IS UNITED THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. 1,
Adam-street, Adelphi, London. —Annual
subscription Full member, £2 2s. ordinary member, £1 1s. ; associate, 10s.
6d. Object: To spread a knowledge of
the principles of jurisprudence, to consider the best practical means of
promoting the amendment of the law, the advancement of education, the prevention
and repression of crime, the reformation of criminals, the organisation and
administration of the sanitary laws, the adoption of health regulations, the
diffusion of sound principles on questions of economy and trade, the best
methods of cultivating a taste for art, and to aid in the development of social
science generally.
NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE, 25, Bloomsbury-street, Oxford-street—Subscription : From £1 per
annum upwards. Object: To obtain the
opening of the national museums, art galleries, and libraries, on Sundays.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND, 7, East India-avenue.—
The whole finance of the Church, embracing 269 congregations, together with the
mission and other machinery, is managed from this office. The church represents
the Presbyterians of the Commonwealth, ejected in 1662 from the Church of
England, together with Presbyterian immigrants from Scotland and Ireland. Income
for 1877, £228,726 13s. For 1878 not yet made up.
ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE, 15, Strand—Subscription. Resident fellows’ entrance fee, £3, annual, £2;
non-resident fellows, £1 1s., and no entrance fee. Resident fellows can
become life members on payment of £20, and
non-resident fellows on payment of £10. Objects:
To provide a place of meeting for all gentlemen connected with the Colonies
and British India, and others taking an interest in colonial and Indian affairs;
to establish a reading-room and library, in which recent and authentic
intelligence upon Colonial and Indian subjects may be constantly available, and
a museum for the collection and exhibition of Colonial and Indian productions;
to facilitate inter-change of experiences amongst persons representing all the
dependencies of Great Britain ; to afford opportunities for the reading of
papers, and for holding discussions upon Colonial and Indian subjects generally;
and to undertake scientific, literary, and statistical investigations in
connection with the British Empire. But no paper shall be read, or any
discussion be permitted to take place, tending to give the institute a party
character.
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FIRE, 66,
Ludgate-hill.—Subscription: Governors contributing £10 10s. and
upwards at one time, or subscribing £1
1s. and upwards annually. Donors of £5 5s. at one time, or subscribing 10s.
annually. Subscribers paying 5s. annually. Object:
By bestowing rewards, at the discretion of the society, either by the gift
of medals, testimonials, or sums of money to persons who have specially
distinguished themselves, or received injury while engaged in the rescue of life
from lire, and by making grants to the parents, widows, or children of such
persons whose deaths may have resulted from their endeavours to rescue such
lives. By diffusing information relative to the best methods of securing the
safety of persons in danger. By examining into, and ascertaining the merits of
such inventions as from time to time may be presented to the society’s notice,
and capable of being externally applied in the most ready and efficacious
manner; and recommending for individuals such escapes as shall appear the best
to be kept in dwelling-houses, for use in the absence of external aid. By
supplying (the funds of the society permitting) suitable fire-escapes with men
duly qualified to attend to and with the same, and to instruct others in the use
thereof, upon such terms as the committee shall from time to time approve.
SHORTHORN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND 12, Hanover-square. — Subscription:
Life members, in addition to an entrance fee of £1 1s., pay on entrance a
subscription of £10 10s.; annual members, in addition to an entrance fee of £1
1s., pay a subscription of £1 1s. Object:
To maintain unimpaired the purity of the breed of cattle known as
shorthorns, and to promote impartially the breeding of all the various tribes,
families, and strains of such cattle.
SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF ANIMALS FROM VIVISECTION, 1,
Victoria-street, Westminster. —Object: Total
abolition of the practice of vivisection.
SUNDAY SOCIETY, 19, Charing. cross. — Object: To obtain the opening of museums, art galleries libraries,
and gardens on Sundays.
TONTINE (THE MUTUAL) WESTMINSTER CHAMBERS ASSOCIATION
LIMITED, 4, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street.
TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF PASSENGERS AND
OWNERS OF GOODS, 70, Queen-street, Cannon-street. —Subscription: 5s. per annum ordinary members ; £1 1s. special
members —i.e. those interested in
goods traffic. Object: To promote the
interests of passengers, &c.
Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879