ORIGINS CORRESPONDENCE

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1490, 22 January 1861, Page 5

ORIGINS CORRESPONDENCE

(To the JSditoriof'ike' Wellington Independent.) Sift,— The undersigned baving'been request ed by a meeting of the 'members and friends ol the, Wellington Athenaeum, to forward a report of recent proceedings in connection with thai Institution ta the various newspapers published in this town, now beg to hand you the following, with a request that it may be published, if possible, in your next paper. In the'mo¥thof November last, a.meeting of members was held in the Hall of the institute, to which a report was presented, that has already appeared in : your paper. In that report it was stated that in -consequence of the paucity of members, and the inadequacy of the funds provided to meet tho current expenses, the com mittee were reluctantly compelled to state that that they saw no means of carrying on the In«tilutiou, and therefore recommended that the Tooraa should only-he opened for one night in each week, until "the; Annual Meeting in May wb?n it was feared that the whole must beclos cd., Tbis report:was adopted.yet the committee delayed to act upoa it, in hopes that something better might be done, but during the following month a portion «f the external cofoice of tSie south wing fell down, 'giving cause for fear that the whole building was fast goinjr to decay. Another meeting was then convened by circular, but owing to various unavoidable circumstances, *he meeting did not lake place until Tuesday the 15th iust., when it was held, G. Hart, Esq , President of the Institution in the Chair. A statement of the debts and liabilities of the Institution Was laid before the meeting, from which k appeared that in addition to a permanent debt of £110, there was upwards of jSSO due for curtent expenses, that a sum of nearly similar Amount would be required to carry on the Institute uctil July, (when its next subscriptions irould become due), that at least another £50 <ought to be expendedin replenishing the library, while the necessary repairs would probably involve an .outlay of £100 more. A lengthened •conversation ensued, in the course of which Mr. Ly on intimated his willingness to cancel the portion of the permanent debt due to himself 4&20) fa which he held debentures, and that he did not doubt that Mr. Moore, who also held a for £5, would do the same. A very strong feeling was manifested, as to the desirableness, of making a vigorous effort to again place the Institute, iv a condition of efficiency, *nd eventually a committee was formed tor. the purpose of making a special appeal to the inba» bi^ants of Wellington to raise the necessary funds. This committee consisting. of Messrs. G. Allen, H;E. Brandon; G. Hart, G. Hunter, Bey. H. W. Scott, E. Toomath, J; Woodward , mod W. T. Wyatt. , . „ Hoiaoway's Pills.— Liver Complaints— The -virtue of these incomparable Pills are fully -appreciated in every part of the civilized world. As they act on the general system through the Circulation, there are few : . diseases which they -cannot cure 4 but they are especially efficacious in all disorders of the liver. For these they are an indubitable specific. They possess unrivalled potency for good, while they cannot do harm. A child might physic itself with these pill^ and without the slightest danger, except worn excess as would make the most wholesome aliment in the world an evil. By reducing the -superfluous bile, regulating its due secretion, and giving one to the «toiracb, they effect « perfect and permanent cure.