xceptions, these girls
so entered had passed the examinations with credit to themselves
and to the institution. The institution was flourishing in every
respect. During the past year 100 girls had been received into
the institution, and as many had gone forth ready to take their
place in the every-day life of men and women, well instructed in
all the duties of the positions they would be called upon to
fill. He urged that it had become necessary to build afresh, and
as he had himself found that building could not be carried out
for nothing, the subscriptions of the brethren were looked for
to assist the committee."

The secretary read the list of subscriptions, which included 100 guineas
from His Royal Highness the Prince, and 25 guineas from the Princess,
and though forty lists were not given in the subscriptions already
received amounted to L5000. On a later page will be found the record of
another anniversary, when the Prince presided, and when the
subscriptions were about L50,000.

The year 1888 is the centenary of the Institution, which flourishes, at
St. John's Hill, Battersea Rise. The girls are admitted at eight years
of age, and maintained until sixteen. There are nearly 250 in the
school. The annual revenue, from all sources, is about L15,500.

EARLSWOOD ASYLUM FESTIVAL.

_May 17th, 1871._

In the summer of 1870 the foundation-stone of a new wing to the splendid
edifice of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, had been laid by the Prince
and Princess of Wales. The Prince further showed his interest in the
institution by presiding at the anniversary festival, held at the London
Tavern on the 17th of May, 1871. The Asylum, originally established at
Highgate in 1847, was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1862. Her Majesty
is patroness of the charity.

On the removal of the cloth the Prince gave the toast of "Her Majesty
the Queen, as the Patroness of the Institution," which was received with
every mark of respect, as was also that of "The Prince and Princess of
Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," proposed by the Duke of
Wellington.

His Royal Highness, in proposing the toast of "The Army, Navy,
Militia, and Volunteers," expressed a hope that "the great name
which the Army and Navy bore in English history would always
remain unsullied in days to come. We were now at peace, thank
God, but we might never know from one day to another what mi