ive the
benefits of the Association. The applicants for loans, on the prescribed
terms, were 89. The cabmen have been fortunate in the chairmen at the
festivals and annual general meetings. The Prince of Wales is patron of
the Association. The honorary secretary is G. Stormont Murphy, Esq., and
the office is at 15, Soho Square.

THE PRINCESS HELENA COLLEGE.

_May 23rd, 1880._

The Prince of Wales presided at Willis's Rooms at a dinner in aid of the
funds of the Princess Helena College, on the 23rd of May, 1880.

After the customary proceedings and toasts of the evening, and speeches
by the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Sydney, the Prince rose and proposed
the toast of "Prosperity to the Princess Helena College." He said:--

"At many of the dinners at which I have the pleasure of taking
the chair, the charities in support of which they are given
require more words to bring them to the notice of those who
attend than the present one does. But though the specific nature
of this institution relieves me from the necessity of entering
upon any lengthened advocacy of its claims, it is not the less
deserving of your hearty support in every respect. As you are
aware, the Princess Helena College was formerly called the Adult
Orphan Institution, and it has for its object the bringing up of
daughters of officers of the Army and Navy and of clergymen. Its
first meeting took place as far back as 1818, and in 1820 the
institution was built. As Lord Sydney told you, it originated
with a relative of his own. It was founded by her, and by my
grand-aunt, Princess Augusta of Gloucester. King George IV. also
took great interest in its welfare, allotting the plot of ground
in the Regent's Park where the College now stands.

"The object of the institution is not only to provide a
thoroughly good education for the daughters of officers and
clergymen, but to send them forth into the world in a useful
capacity; and I think you will agree with me that in the
capacity of well-qualified governesses they go forth in the most
useful manner. In the days when it was first instituted so much
attention was not given to education as in our time, and you
can therefore easily understand that as more highly efficient
education is needed now for these young ladies there is a
proportionate increase of expense. Like many other institutions,
i