n, M.P., and Lord Rothschild, were among the speakers,
and resolutions were passed with an enthusiasm which gave good augury
for the success of the Imperial Institute.

THE LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM.

_March 12th, 1887._

The London Orphan Asylum, for the maintenance, clothing, and education
of Fatherless Children, is one of the oldest and best charities of its
class. The Prince of Wales presided at the Jubilee Festival, at the
Hotel Metropole, on the 12th of March, 1887. Among the numerous friends
of the charity present were the Duke of Abercorn, the Earl of Clarendon,
Sir Donald Stewart, Sir Dighton Probyn, and many distinguished men. The
Prince, in giving the toast of "The Queen," said it was the first public
dinner at which he had presided in the Jubilee year of the Queen, and
this was also the jubilee of her connection with the London Orphan
Asylum, of which she had been for fifty years its patron. The toast was
received with more than usual enthusiasm.

Alderman Sir R. N. Fowler, M.P., in giving the next loyal toast said
that the charity had been already deeply indebted to the Prince of
Wales, who had, along with the Princess of Wales, laid the foundation
stone of this Asylum at Watford.

Other loyal and patriotic toasts having been given, the Prince rose to
propose the toast of the evening. He said:--

"My Lords and Gentlemen,--The London Orphan Asylum is an old
institution; it was founded in 1813, two years before the battle
of Waterloo; and it owed its origin to a distinguished
philanthropist of the time, Dr. Andrew Reed. Of course it began
on a very small scale, for the old proverb applied in this as in
so many other cases that you must cut your coat according to
your cloth. It commenced in the first year of its organization
with only three children; but in 1822 there were as many as 126
children in the school. Twenty years later there were as many as
326; twenty years later still there were 414; and now it affords
me the greatest pleasure to announce to you that we have upwards
of 500 children.

"The first subscription list contained the names of 255
subscribers, and among them was my grandfather. He was the first
patron and headed the list with 50 guineas; and in 1823 my
grand-uncle, the late Duke of York, laid the foundation stone of
the institution at Clapton; while two years later the late Duke
of Cambridge, who was always