Mr. John Stock's Charity to 10 poor lame painters of the Company, more or less incapacitated from illness arising from injurious effects of painters' colours, who receive pensions of 101. per annum.

The poor lame painters are elected annually on the first Wednesday in January, and those who have previously received the pensions must petition annually. A blank form can be obtained at the clerk's office from the 20th December until the day preceding the election. They are expected to attend on the days of election and payment, or, if wholly incapacitated, produce proof of their being in existence and continuing duly qualified.

The pensions are paid half-yearly, viz., on the first Wednesdays in May and October, when the parties should, if possible, attend in person.

The poor of the Company, consisting of the widows of liverymen and freemen, and poor freemen, are relieved, in various small sums, on the first Wednesday in January, from the bounty of Mr. Fairchild, formerly a member of the Court of the Painters' Company, and also from the poor's box money, contributed by charitable peasons transacting business with the Company.

Mr. John Stock's Charity to poor curates.-The Company pay over annually the sum of 1007. to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, who elect the pensioners and distribute the pensions.

FORM OF BEQUEST for CHARITIES to be distributed by the PAINTERS' COMPANY, London.

I give and devise to the master, wardens, assistants, and commonalty of the Freemen of the Art or Mystery of Painters, otherwise Painter Stainers, within the city of London, and the suburbs and liberties thereof, the sum of the interest whereof is to be applied to the use and maintenance of a charity to blind persons (if for any other purpose it must be so stated) under such regulations as to them, the said master, wardens, and court of assistants of the said Company of Painters, otherwise Painter Stainers, for the time being, shall seem proper; the said sum to be paid exclusively out of such part of my personal estate as I can lawfully charge with payment of legacies to charitable uses; and I desire that the same be paid to the Master and Wardens for the time being of the said Company, whose receipt shall be a good discharge for the same.

PART I. Master.

George Moore, Kensington Palace Gardens, W., Esq. Upper Warden.

George Stockdale, 6, Throgmorton Street, E.C., Esq. Renter Warden.

John Burton, Streatham, S., Esq.

Treasurers.

**Robert Obbard, 240, Upper Thames Street, E.C., Esq. *James Rolls, 1, Hamilton Terrace, St. John's Wood, N.W., Esq.

Court of Assistants.

*Thomas Stowers, 22, Charterhouse Square, E.C., Esq. *Sir William Henry Poland, College Hill, Thames Street, E.C. * Samuel Edward Roberts, 30, Trigon Road, Clapham, S., Esq.

* Aurelius John Drewe, Foxhanger's House, Devizes, Esq.

*Charles Buzzard, of King's Villa, East Moulsey, Esq. *James Burchell, 34, Gordon Square, W.C., Esq.

* Joseph Thompson, 5, St. Stephen's Square, Westbourne, W., Esq. * William Burchell, 42, Upper Harley Street, W., Esq. *Thomas Gooch, Twyford House, Bishops' Stortford, Herts, Esq.

* William Jas. Geo. Dilworth, Wilton Cottage, Brixton, S., Esq.

John Sewell, 8, Charterhouse Square, E.C., Esq. *Henry Tayler, Taplow House, Homerton, N.E., Esq. *John Comfort, 250, Upper Street, Islington, N., Esq. * David Gordon Laing, 19, Buckingham Street, W.C., Esq.

Richard Cobbett, 25, Northumberland Street, Strand, W.C., Esq.

John Barber, o Lower Clapton, N.E., Esq.

Edward Josiah Monnery, 165, Fenchurch Street, E.C., Esq.

Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart., M.P., Kensington Palace Gardens, W.

William Wicke Barber, 7, Upper Homerton, N.C.,
Painter.

William Hawtrey (Deputy), Cannon Street West,
E.C., Painter.

1840 Francis William Vigers, Portsea, Hants, Builder. 1840 Charles Henry Marsden, Haverhill, Suffolk, Brewer. Thomas Willis Fry, Australia.

George Rayment, 5, Broken Wharf, E.C., Wharfinger and Coal Merchant.

Edward Rayment, 5, Broken Wharf, E.C., Wharfinger and Coal Merchant.

1840 George Francis Trollope, of 15, Parliament Street, S.W., House Decorator.

1841 Thomas Rolls Hoare, Cornwall Road, Lambeth, S.,

William Jones, 43, High Street, Islington, N.,
Painter.

John Harris Heal, 196, Tottenham Court Road, W.,
Bedding Manufacturer.

Joseph Horne, 36, Percival Street, E. C., Painter. 1846 Ephraim Burford, Stratford, E., Calico Printer. William Cheale, Southampton, Tailor.

1851

Henry Devereux Pritchard, 18, Great Knightrider
Street, E.C., Solicitor.

William Naylor, James Street, Oxford Street, W.,
Colour Manufacturer.

1854 Thomas Haynes Parker, 332, Mary-le-bone Road, N.W., Paper Factor.

1857 Thos. Chas. Engleback, Thrawl Street, N.E., Glass Embosser and Bender.

1859 George Arthur Poland, 90, Oxford Street, W., Furrier.

Charles Fish, Cambridge Wharf, Grosvenor Road,
Pimlico, S. W., Builder.

John Dibblee Crace, Wigmore Street, Cavendish
Square, W., Artistic Decorator.

Erastus Rogers, 61, Grey Eagle Street, Spitalfields,
N.E., Provision Merchant.

1860 John Gregory Grace, Wigmore Street, Cavendish

Square, W., Artistic Decorator.

Ishmael Rogers, jun., High Street, Camden Town, N.W., Shoe Manufacturer.

Thomas Kershaw, 38, Baker Street, Portman Square, W., Artistic Decorator.

Messrs.

1861 Wilfred Nicholson, 65, Goswell Street, E.C., Varnish Manufacturer.

William Frederick London, 51, Bishopsgate Street
Within, E.C., Painter.

1862 Archibald Stewart Harrison, 133, Upper Thames Street, E.C., Painter.

Samuel Heath, 10, Basinghall Street, E.C., Solicitor.
Frederick Guest Tomlins, Painters' Hall, City,
E.C., Clerk to the Company.

Jonas Levy, 55, Tavistock Square, W.C., Barrister-
at-Law.

Louis Hermann, 92, Great Russell Street, W.C.,
Picture Dealer.

John Thomas Munro, 13, Woodland Terrace, Stoke
Newington, N., Grainer.

Edward John Monnery, Fenchurch Street, E.C.,
Outfitter.

William Lutwyche, Queen's Road, Dalston, N.E.,
House Decorator.

1863 Walter Sully, 332, Strand, W.C., Printer.

Edward Gilbert, 63, Queen Street, Wholesale Sta-
tioner, &c.

Ishmael Rogers, 61, Grey Eagle Street, Spitalfields,
Provision Merchant.

David Rogers, Medical Hall, Woolwich, Chemist. F. G. TOMLINS, Clerk. Painters' Hall,

January 1st, 1864.

N.B. To insure an accurate return of Liverymen entitled to vote for members to serve in Parliament for the city of London, which is annually made, immediate communication as to change of residence should be made to Mr. Tomlins, Clerk, at the Hall, or to Mr. J. Main, the Beadle, 4, Little Trinity Lane, Queenhithe, City, E.C,

CHARITIES distributed by the PAINTERS' COMPANY to the AGED BLIND.

These Charities consist of annual pensions of 107., dis-
tributed under the wills of John Stock, Esq., Mrs. Jane
Shank, Mrs. Dorothy Smith, Mrs. Mary Grainger,
Mrs. Frances Yeates, and Miss Ann Rhodes Syddall.
Petitioners for the said Charities must be-
Sixty-one years of age complete.

Have been totally blind for three years.
Unable to maintain themselves.

In distressed circumstances.

Born in England, not in Wales or Scotland.

Must have lived three years in their present parish or place of residence.

Have no income for life above 101. a year, or receive any benefaction to that amount.

Have never received alms from any parish or place as a pauper.

Never been a common beggar.

Of sober life and conversation. These being the qualifications prescribed by the benefactors and donors of the charities, the trustees cannot depart from them in the slightest degree.

Petitions are issued from the Hall annually, from the 25th October until the 30th of November, inclusive, (and at no other time,) between the hours of 10 and 2 o'clock.

The ministers or officers of parishes, and the friends of pensioners, are earnestly requested to give immediate notice to the clerk of the Company in case of death or disqualification, as the absence of such notice may retard the election of other applicants.

OTHER CHARITIES distributed by the COMPANY.

Mr. John Stock's charity to two decayed liverymen of the Company, of the age of 50 years and upwards, in pensions of 101. per annum.

These pensions are paid half-yearly, viz., on the first
Wednesday in May and October.

Mr. John Stock's charity to ten poor lame painters, more or less incapacitated from illness arising from the injurious effects of painters' colours, who receive pensions of 101. per annum.

The poor lame painters are elected annually on the first Wednesday in January; and those who have previously received the pensions must petition annually. A blank form can be obtained at the clerk's office from the 20th of December, until the day preceding the election. They are expected to attend on the days of election and payment, or, if wholly incapacitated, produce proof of their being in existence, and continuing duly qualified.

The pensions are paid half-yearly, viz., on the first Wednesdays in May and October, when the parties should, if possible, attend in person. Candidates for this Charity, not being pensioners, may apply at the clerk's office for a form of petition, and will there obtain all necessary information. The poor of the Company, consisting of the widows of liverymen and freemen, and poor freemen, are relieved from the bequest of Mr. Fairchild, formerly a member of the Court of the Painters' Company, and from the poor'sbox money contributed by those transacting business with the Company. This Charity is distributed annually on the first Wednesday in January, and applicants should apply in the clerk's office for a petition at the latter end of the month of December.

Mr. John Stock's Charity to Poor Curates.-The Company also annually pay to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy the sum of 1001. for the use of poor curates. The pensioners are elected by the Corporation, by whom the amount is distributed in pensions of 101. each to ten poor curates.

FORM of BEQUEST for CHARITIES to be distributed by the PAINTERS' COMPANY, London.

I give and devise to the Master, Wardens, Assistants, and Commonality of the Freemen of the Art or Mystery of Painters, otherwise Painter Stainers, within the city of London, and the suburbs and liberties thereof, the sum of the interest

whereof is to be applied to the use and maintenance of a charity to blind persons (if for any other purpose, it must be so stated), under such regulations as to them, the said Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of the said Company of Painters, otherwise Painter Stainers, for the time being, shall seem proper; the said sum to be paid exclusively out of such part of my personal estate as I can lawfully charge with payment of legacies to charitable uses; and I desire that the same be paid to the Master and Wardens for the time being of the said Company, whose receipt shall be a good discharge for the same.

AGED BLIND PENSIONERS,

Receiving each 101. a year.

Francis Anstey, 144, High Street, Hoxton.

Mary Ashmore, Newark, Notts.

Eleanor Artlett, Worthing, Sussex.

Edward Banks, Thirsk, Yorkshire.

Ellis Furber Bishop, Lytchett Minster, Dorset.

John Brown, St. Mary-at-Stoke, Ipswich.

Elizabeth Bird, Littleham-cum-Exmouth, Devon.
William Bryan, Hove, Brighton, Sussex.

Robert Bailis, 3, Camden Terrace, West Camden Town,
N.W.

Thomas Burbidge, St. Mary, Huntingdon.
John Battersbey, Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire.
Ann Brook, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire.

Alice Burton, Newchurch in Pendle, Lancashire.
Mary Blower, 7, Crown Court, East Smithfield, E.C.
Elizabeth Baggalley, Welchpool, Montgomery.
Louisa Boyden, St. Peter's, Colchester.

Elizabeth Brady, Rebecca Court, Well Street, Marylebone.
Edward Campbell, Trent Church, East Barnet.
Margaret Craven, All Saints, York.

Thomas Carter, 36, Milton Street, E.C.

Sarah Cooper, Marton Gainsboro, Lincoln.

Jane Cunningham, Haberham Eaves, Lancashire.

Mahalath Coe, Fersfield, Norfolk.

Thomas Coro, Camborne, Cornwall.

Elizabeth Cocking, Illogan, Cornwall.

William E. Clarke, Rainhill near Prescot.

Sarah Cook, Lawford, Essex.

Charlotte Collins, Higham Ferrers, Northampton. Thomas Clark, 22, Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, E.C. Mary Coles, 29, New Road, Sloane Street, S.W. Susan Clement, Redcar, Yorkshire.

James Clark, 3, Short Street, Tabernacle Square, E.C. John Cooper, Arreton, Isle of Wight.

Sarah Cliff, Mickleover, Derby.

Farrar Clegg, Christ's Church, Woodhouse.

Lucy Cross, High Wycombe, Hunts.

Ann Davis, Glastonbury, Somerset.

Samuel C. Drewett, Reading, Berks.

John Davey, St. Hilary, Cornwall.

Hannah Day, East Hendred, Berks. Elizabeth Dawe, Tuckingmill, Cornwall.

Lydia Dawson, St. John's, Wakefield.

Catherine Evans, 1, Camden Row, North, Kentish Town,

N.W.

Rachael Egerton, Sonning, Berks.
Ann Feary, St. Martin's, Birmingham.
James Fisher, Bishop's Hatfield, Herts.
Jeremiah Firth, Heckmondwyke, Yorkshire.
Thomas Frankleton, Wilsden, Yorkshire.
Elizabeth Flannagan, Workington, Cumberland.
Ann Fairey, Godmanchester, Hunts.
Abraham Gibson, Isle of Scilly.
John Gledhill, Beeston, near Leeds.
Elizabeth Gibbs, Gillingham, Dorset.

Mary A. Grover, 40, Cranbourne Street, Soho, W.C.
Eliza Groves, Berkhampstead, Herts.
William Hide, Nether Compton, Dorset.
George Hill, Stoke Dameral, Devon.
Ann Hare, Acomb, Yorkshire.
John Harper, Buckden, Hunts.
Nelly Henderson, Dorham, Cumberland.
William Hatfield, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Mary Harrison, King's Stanley, Gloucester.
Joseph Hodgson, Workington, Cumberland.
Mary Holyfield, Ascot, near Euston, Oxfordshire.
Mary Harrison, Maryport, Cumberland.
Samuel Hobbins, Brooks Mews, Paddington.
William Hill, St. Michael's, Coventry.
Charlotte Hubbard, Bashford, Notts.
Sarah Jessop, Alverthorpe, near Wakefeld.
Alice Joyce, Brancepeth, Durham.
George Bell Jones, Ripon, Yorkshire.
George Keen, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Stephen King, Plaistow, Essex.

Henry Kirkley, Tanfield, near Gateshead, Durham.
Sarah Kendall, St. John's, Workington, Cumberland.
Susannah Knight, Wilsden, Yorkshire.
Sarah Kershaw, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire.
Elizabeth Ley, Bodmin, Cornwall.
George W. Lawrence, Mylor, Cornwall.
Philip Lucas, Talland, Cornwall.
Annas Langstaff, Bowes, Yorkshire.
Henry Lewis, Lambeth Walk, S.
Elizabeth Livesay, Brayton, Yorkshire.
William Lupton, Masham, Bedale, Yorkshire.
Ruth Lapthorne, Woolboro', Devon.

Jane Layland, St. Peter's, Everton, Liverpool.

Benjamin Leech, Strand Buildings, Angel Court, Strand.

Elizabeth Martin, 60, Westminster Bridge Road, S.

Elizabeth Muddell, 42, Paradise Street, Lambeth, S.

Dinah Mardlin, Sandridge, Herts.

Joseph Metcalf, Aysgarth, Yorkshire.

Charles Malkin, Mint Street, St. George's Borough, S.E.
Thomas S. Meggs, High Street, Homerton, N.E.
Mary McMullen, Harrington, Cumberland.
David Moorhouse, Halifax, Yoakshire.
James Muggleton, Stow-cum-Quy, Cambridge.
Hannah Monkhouse, Maryport, Cumberland.
Lotta Mower, St. John's, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Sarah Morrison, St. Paul's, Knightsbridge.
Frances Mumford, Bishop's Stortford, Herts.
Lucy New, Sonning, Berkshire.

Martha Newton, Oakworth, near Keighley.
Elizabeth H. Nash, 6, Hall Street, Poplar, E.
Mary Orley, All Saints, Portsea.

Sarah Pitman, Plumstead, Kent, S.E.

Elizabeth Pickett, St. Mary, Truro, Cornwall.

Mary A. Pilliner, Hatfield Street, Stamford Street, S. Louisa K. Prin, 11, Gloucester Street, Curtain Road, E.C. Thomas Pitham, 30, Upper Seymour Street, Euston Road, N.W.

Lucy Page, Invalid Home, Canonbury, N.

Elizabeth Parsons, Edgeware, N.W.

Alice Praed, Marazion, Cornwall.

Mary Pearce, 26, New Road, Sloane Street, S. W.

Anthony Retallack, Helstone, Cornwall.

Henry Reeve, Hitcham, Bucks.

John Read, 6, Castle Court, Lower Whitecross Street,
E.C.

Amy Roberts, St. Goran, Cornwall.
John Raw, Ainderbey, Yorkshire.

Jeremiah Robertshaw, Clayton, Yorkshire.
Elizabeth Routley, Torre, Devon.

Susan Swann, New Mills, near Stockport.

John Stout, Nenthead, Cumberland.

Ann Stanton, Milton Abbott, Devon.

Jane Suatt, Brigham, Cumberland.

Robert Dimsdale, Hardrow, near Hawes, Yorkshire.

Margaret Davidson, 2, Little Brook Street, Euston Road.

Mary Smith, 4, Hope Place, Mile End Road, E.

Samuel Shackell, 37, Crown Street, Finsbury, E.C

Mary Soloman, St. Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall.

Martha Sappher, 3, Haye's Place, Lower Road, Islington,

N

William Smith, 14, Upper Copenhagen Street, Islington,
N.

Elizabeth Sowler, Stokesley, Yorkshire.
Thomas Smith, Hebden Bridge, Halifax.
Mary Sommerville, Ilfracombe, Devon.

Ann Saunders, 32, Northumberland Street, Marylebone,
W.

Elizabeth Shakeshaft, Eston, Yorkshire.
George Simm, Woolar, Northumberland.
Martha Smith, Holy Trinity, Whitehaven.
Jonathan Smith, Tyldesley, near Manchester.

James Stephens, 3, Crown Place, St. Clement's Danes,
W.C.

Mary Simmonds, Marsh Lane, Tottenham.
John Scott, Hawkshead, Lancashire.
Mary Ann Selby, Hornby, Westmoreland.
Elizabeth Smith, Langham, Rutland.

Mary Tibbetts, 15, Chester Place, Kennington Cross, S.
Mary Turner (No. 1.), Wadingham, near Kirton Lindsey.
Jane Tanner, 47A, Clifton Road, Abbey Road, St. John's
Wood, N.W.

Mary Turner, (No. 2), East Budleigh, Devon.

Mary Teitgen, 12, Queen Elizabeth Street, Horselydown, S.E.

Elizabeth Thomas, St. Ives, Cornwall.

Elizabeth Tall, Gainsborough, Lincoln. Mary Varty, Dorham, Cumberland.

Mary Unwin, Sutton-on-Trent, Notts.

William Unthank, Norton, Durham.

Jane Williams, St. Kea, Truro, Cornwall.

Ralph Waller, Odiham, Hants.

Elizabeth White, St. Matthias, Bethnal Green, N.E.

Joseph Whinfield, Allonby, Cumberland.

Ann White, Tarporley, Chester.

Mary A. Wilson, Richmond, Yorkshire.

James Whipp, Healey, near Rochdale.

William Woods, Walsden, Lancashire.

Elizabeth Wells, Christ's Church, Hoxton, N.E.

Anne A. Wilson, Stratford, Essex, E.

Sarah Wyatt, St. Andrew's, Plymouth.
Jane Wearne, St. Ives, Cornwall.

Job James Wadman, 25, Sandwich Street, Burton Crescent.

Rush Yates, Park Place, Highbury.

It is particularly requested that if it should be found that any pensioner does not come within the qualifications specified at page 10, that immediate notice may be given to the Company, in order to prevent frauds on the Charities.

SUBSCRIPTIONS in AID of the EXHIBITION.

As the Exhibition is attended with an extraordinary expense to the Company, it is necessary that the trade and others taking an interest in it should aid by their contributions. An efficient mode of so doing by members of the trade will be their taking up their freedom and livery. The subscription is not limited; as it is exceedingly desirable to form a permanent fund for distribution of prizes, and for endowment on decayed artists of merit.

The Exhibition is free to the public, thus giving considerable advertising advantages to exhibitors; and the use of the hall, the services of the court, of the committee, and of the honorary secretary, are entirely gratuitous. Subscriptions received for the years 1860 and 1861, 2107. 4s.

Mr. H. D. Pritchard

In course of collection.

***It is earnestly hoped that the Livery and Trade will, by their liberal subscriptions, aid in placing the Exhibition on a permanent foundation.

PRIZEHOLDERS. 1860.

Certificate of merit and freedom-Thomas Kershaw, for graining; John McDouall, for marbling; James Edmett, for writing; James Simkin, for decoration.

1861.

Medals were given this year for the first time, and the prizes divided into three classes :-

1st. Silver medal and freedom-John Taylor, for marbling; William Betteridge, for graining; Beedoe Edmett, for writing; Thomas Donatti, for decoration. 2nd. Bronze medal--William James Cloake, for marbling; David O. Haswell, for writing; William Simpson, for decoration.

3rd. Certificate of merit-Charles Hibble, for marbling; John H. Trotter, for writing; and Christien Kitzerow, for decoration.

1862.

The Great International Exhibition having attracted the artizans of all trades, those of the painting trade contributed largely, and consequently it was not thought desirable to have an exhibition at the Hall. The Company, however, being unwilling to forego the annual distribution of prizes, the Master and other members of the Trade Com mittee, and two delegates from the trade, inspected the painting work, and made the following awards :1st. Silver medal and freedom-John Kensett, for graining; William Read, for marbling; John Bradley, for marbling; Isaac L. Coulton, for decoration. 2nd. Bronze medal and freedom--William A. Grant, for graining; William Maslin, for marbling; William Pitman, for writing; John H. Earle, for decoration. 3rd. Certificate of merit and freedom--George Lainson, for decoration.

The judges also desired that honourable mention be made of a fine design by Messrs. J. and J. Rodgers, of Sheffield, numbered 5,918, being an elaborate wall decoration; and also the writing in the altar-piece of Messrs. Cox and Co., numbered 5,690; but as the principle of awarding the prizes necessitated their being bestowed on the person actually executing the work, they declared that they could not award prizes to the productions, not knowing the names of the workmen who produced the specimens.

1863.

1st. Silver medal and freedom-Alfred Tyndall, for graining; Charles Ross, for marbling; William James Cloake, for writing; Foster Spottiswood, for decoration.

2nd. Bronze medal and freedom--Samuel Burnby, for graining; Henry T. Goodwin, for marbling; George Hewitt, for writing; J. J. Lovegrove, for decoration.

3rd. Certificate of merit and freedom--John Graham, for graining; Alfred Tyndall, for marbling; Joseph Tuffill, for writing; J. G. Howe, for decoration.