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Political
Societies. — The following are the principal societies with their 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:
ALDERSGATE WARD CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, 58,
Aldersgate-street.—Subscription: Not less than 1s. per annum;
subscribers of 10s. 6d. or more annually shall be eligible for appointment on
the executive committee. Object: To promote constitutional principles,
and to assist in securing the election of Conservative representatives in the
House of Commons.
ANTI-GAME LAW LEAGUE, 9, Buckingham-street, Strand.— Object:
To obtain the total repeal of the Game Laws.
ANTI-LIBERATION SOCIETY, 6, Harcombe-road, Stoke
Newington.— Subscription: Membership
1s. per annum and upwards. Object: Advocacy of State patronage and
control in defence of all Christian institutions and all legitimate
corporations; to protect Christian societies and their property from
confiscation; and so preserve the legal rights of religious organisations to
their own property
BOROUGH OF CHELSEA CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, 25,
Gloucester-road, South Kensington.— Subscription:
(not stated). Object: The association is established for the
purpose of revising the borough lists and attending to the registration; the
promotion of Conservative principles ; for uniting the district associations of
the borough under one head; and promoting and assisting in the return to
Parliament of men of Conservative principles.
BOROUGH OF CHELSEA WORKING MEN’S CONSTITUTIONAL
ASSOCIATION, 189, Fulham-road. Subscription: Optional . Object: The
union of friends of the Constitution in defence of the Reformed religion, the
prerogatives of the Crown, and the rights and liberties of the people.
BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE CONSERVATIVE REGISTRATION
“UNION,” of the parishes of Paddington, St. Pancras, and St. Marylebone, 54,
George-street, Portman-square. — Subscription: (not mentioned.) Object: Gratuitously to enrol
Conservative electors to perfect register of voters; to afford information to
all Conservatives, and to keep the Radicals out of any share in the
representation of the borough.
CATHOLIC UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN, 10, Duke-at, St.
James’s. — Subscription: £1 a year or upwards. Object: The
defence of Catholic interests.
CHURCH AND STATE DEFENCE ASSOCIATION, 5, Friar-st,
Broadway.— Subscription: 5s. per annum. Object: The defence of
the existing relations between Church and State.
CHURCH LEAGUE FOR THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, 25,
Blackman-street.— Subscription: 1s. and upwards per annum. Object:
The Disestablishment of the Church of England.
CONSERVATIVE REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION, St.
Stephen’s-chambers, Bridge-street Westminster. — Subscription: Not fixed. Object: To afford to adherents of the
Conservative party assistance and information, free of charge, in all matters
connected with parliamentary registration to keep copies of registers of voters
for all the counties of England and Wales; and generally to support and extend
the influence of the Conservative party by every legitimate means.
EAST SURREY CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, 8,
Victoria-chambers, Victoria-street— Subscription:
(not stated). Object: The registration of voters.
FINSBURY CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, Wellington-hall,
Wellington-street, Islington.—
Subscription: (not stated). Object: The registration of
voters.
HERTS CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, 8, Victoria-chambers,
Victoria-street.-- Subscription: (not stated). Object: The
registration of voters.
LADIES’ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACTS, 2, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street— Subscription:
Optional as
to amount. Object: To procure the abolition of the
Contagious Diseases Acts of 1866-69.
LONDON AND WESTMINSTER WORKING MEN’S CONSTITUTIONAL
ASSOCIATION, Westminster Palace Hotel, 6a, Victoria-Street. — Subscription:
Ordinary members, from 1s. per annum; vice-presidents, from £1 1s. per annum. Object:
To unite the friends of constitutional principles in resisting any attempt to
subvert the Protestant faith or the constitution of the country; to protect the
prerogatives of the Crown, and to defend the rights and privileges of the
people..
LUNACY LAW REFORM ASSOCIATION (Founded 1873), 61,
Berners-street, Oxford-street.— Office days: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays from 2 till 4 p.m. Subscription: Essential to membership, amount optional. Object: To
obtain increased safeguards against wrongful incarceration of the sane, with
ameliorations in the treatment of lunatics.
MARRIAGE LAW REFORM ASSOCIATION, 21, Parliament-street
— Subscription: A subscription of any amount entitles to membership. Object:
To promote the passing of an Act legalising marriage with a deceased wife’s
sister.
METROPOLITAN CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCE St.
Stephen’s-chambers, Bridge-street, Westminster. — Subscription: Vice-presidents, £1 1s. per annum; life-presidents, £15
15s. Object: To collect full information respecting each of the
metropolitan constituencies, and to serve as a connecting link between the
various Conservative associations therein; to furnish Conservatives, resident
within the metropolis, with instructions and assistance in placing his name on
the register of voters in any metropolitan constituency for which he may be
entitled to vote; to promote the formation of Conservative associations in those
parts of the metropolis where such organisations do not exist, and to assist in
various ways those already in operation; and to promote the general interests of
Conservative party in the metropolitan constituencies.
MIDDLESEX CONSERVATIVE REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION, 6a,
Victoria-street, Westminster. Subscription: Optional. Object: Registration
of voters for the county of Middlesex.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES ACTS, 2, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street. Subscription: 5s.
per annum constitutes membership. Object: To
procure the abolition of Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866-69
NATIONAL UNION OF CONSERVATIVE AND CONSTITUTION
ASSOCIATIONS, St. Stephen chambers, Bridge-street, Westminster. — Subscription:
Annual for vice-presidents, £5 5s., for life, £21; annual for honorary
members, £1 1s. for life, £10 10s.; annual for associations in union, £1 1s. Object:
To combine in united action the various Conservative and Constitutional
associations throughout the kingdom; to provide them with lecturers and speakers
; to supply them with pamphlets on the important political topics of the day; to
afford information and advice, wherever it is required, in all matters connected
with political organisation; and generally to promote and encourage the growth
of constitutional opinions throughout the country.
PEACE SOCIETY, 20, New Broad-street—Object:
The promotion of permanent and universal peace.
POOR RATE EQUALISATION SOCIETY, 31, Newington-causeway.
— Subscription: Voluntary. Object: The equalisation of
poor rates by means of a uniform rate throughout England and Wales.
SOCIETY FOR THE LIBERATION OF RELIGION FROM STATE
PATRONAGE AND CONTROL, 2, Serjeants’-inn, Fleet-street— Subscription: Optional.
Object: The abrogation of all laws and usage which inflict disability, or
confer privilege, on ecclesiastical grounds upon any subject of the realm. The
discontinuance of all payments from public funds, and of all compulsory
exactions, for religious purposes. The application to secular uses, after an
equitable satisfaction of existing interests, of the national property now
devoted to the uses of the Church of England and the Church of Scotland,
concurrently therewith, the liberation of those churches from State control.
SOUTH WEST LONDON PROTESTANT INSTITUTE, 180,
Brompton-road. — Subscription:
5s. and upwards. Object: The maintenance of the principles of the
Reformation and resistance of Romish aggression.
WESTMINSTER CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, 6a,
Victoria-street, Westminster.— Subscription: (not stated). Object: The registration of voters.
Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879