COMMITTEE. Adams, James, Esq., 2 College Villas, Upper Finchley Road. Anson, Sir John, Bart., 55 Portland Place. Dale, Rev. Thomas, Canon of St. Paul's, 31 Gordon Square. Dixon, James, Esq., 1 Portman Square. Dyke, Charles, Esq., R.N., 6 Eaton Square. Elmsley, William, Esq., Q.C., 46 Harley Street. Futvoye, Edward, Esq., 8 Acacia Road, St. John's Wood. Gilbert, Miss, 43 Queen Anne Street, and Palace, Chichester. Glennie, Rev. John D., junr., 51 Green Street, Grosvenor Square. Green, Frederic, Esq., West Lodge, Avenue Road, Regent's Park. Hollond, Mrs. Robert, Stanmore Hall, near Harrow, and 63 Portland Place. Johnson, George, Esq., M.D., 3 Woburn Square. King, Henry, Esq., 8 Lowndes Street. Kynaston, Rev. H., D.D., St. Paul's Churchyard. Powell, Mrs., 2 Palace Gardens, Kensington. Summers, William, Esq., 10 Great Marlborough Street, Regent Street. Bathurst, Henry A., Esq., 101 Baker Street, } Portman Square, and 12 and 13 Great } Knightrider Street, } Auditors. } Wintle, R. W., Esq., 10 Tavistock Square, and } 22 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, } Fyers, Captain, R.A., 3 Westbourne Place, Paddington, Hon. Sec. Superintendent and Collector, Mr. William Hanks Levy, 21 South Row, New Road. The projected Committee seems not to have acted in 1855, as at the end of the year the account-book shows no sign of the supervision of auditors. The disbursements for the year had been L323 1 1 The receipts stand as 141 5 4 --------- No balance is drawn, but the sum contributed by Bessie must have been L181 15 9 Her efforts on behalf of the blind met with grateful recognition. Amongst the letters which she valued and preserved is one which belongs to this period; it was probably written in the winter of 1855-56. The paper is old and ragged, doubtless the letter has often been read aloud to her and to others. It is undated, and for obvious reasons unsigned, the blind workmen could not write their names; orthography and punctuation are uncertain, and capital letters scattered at random. The scribe employed wrote badly and spelt imperfectly, but no doubt the letter was a genuine one, the outcome of warm though somewhat incoherent feelings of gratitude and affection. She to whom it was addressed knew this, and prized the poor letter accordingly. The spelling is now corrected, and some punctuation attempted in order not too greatly to bewilder the reader. The humble address of Blind Workmen employed by their benefactor Miss Gilbert to the Same.