The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-19 00:00:00

ROYAL LITERARY FUND, List evening the 75th anniversary of the esta blishment of the Royal Literary Fund was cele brated by a grand banquet at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly. Tile proceedings - derived unusual in terest from the fact that the Prince of Wales pre sided, this being the first public dinner at which his' Royal Highness has essayed the duties of a chair man. The same post was filled a very years ago by his illustrious and lamented father, who, as is well known, was a warm advocate and munificent patron of this institution. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge arrived at half-past six, accompanied by General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and the rest of their suite, and were received by Earl Stanhope (the President of the Institution) and several of the Vice-Presidents. As their Royal Highnesses entered the hall the band played the National Anthem, and the whole of the company rose to greet them. Their Royal HighneEses wore the blue riband of the Garter, and the other prin. eipal guests appeared in their respective stars and ()Hers. When the whole company had taken their places the hall presented a brilliant coupldceli. On the Prince's right sat his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Earl Russell, the Belgian Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, Viscount Hardinge, the Bishop of St. David's, Lord Dynevor, Lord Eger ton of Tatton, Lord C. Hamilton, Lord Houghton, Sir J. Pakington, and Admiral Sir A. Milne. On his left were Earl Stanhope (President of the In stitution), the Lord Primate of Ireland, the Duke of St. Albans, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Esrl de Grey and Ripon, the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Sydney, Lord Broughton, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Right Hon. Sir E. Cardwell, Sir C. Phipps and General Knollys. Among the other guests were— Mr. Whiteside, M.P., Sir Thomas Phillips, Sir W. Alexander, Sir Roderick Murchison, the Very Rev. Dean Milman, Mr. Anthony Trollope, Sir F. Kelly, Sir R. W. Carden, Mr. Arthur Helps, Mr. Beresford Hope, Alderman Rose, M.P., Colonel Sykes, M.P., Mr. H. Bohn, Mr. Bell, Mr. Tom Taylor, Mr. Long man, Sir Robert Hamilton, Mr. Gaspey, Mr. Mac millan, Mr. Kaye, Mr. Mudie, Mr. Bentley, Dr. Major, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Wingrove Cooke, Mr. George Cruikshank, Mr. W. Fawcett, the Dean of Westminster, the Master of Trinity, the Provost of Eton, Mr. Macaulay, M.P., Bzo. The galleries were filled with ladies. Grace be fore meat was said by the Lord Primate of Ireland. Daring the dinner the band of the Grenadier Gaards, conducted by Mr. D. Godfrey, performed an admirable selection of operatic music. Non nobis Dwane having been sung, his Royal Highness the Chairman rose to propose the first toast, which was the signal for loud and general applause. _ _ - His ROYAL HIGHNESS said—Your Royal High ness, my Lords, and Gentlemen,—The first toast I have the honour to propose is the heath of "Her Majesty the Queen, our munificent patron," a toast which I am sure will be drunk with the enthusiasm which it elicits on all public occasions. (Rear, hear.) Although the Queen is now compelled to a certain extent, to withdraw from public life, still her inte rest in every institution of this country, and parti eu.arly in charitable institutions, remains undi. minidhed. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I give you " The Queen." The toast was received with the usual marks of loyalty. The Marquis of SALISBURY, in eulogistic terms, proposed the health of " Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales and the Rest of the Royal Fa• mily," which was received with all the honours. His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN, in acknow ledging the toast said,—G(ntlemen, I beg to thank my noble friend most sincerely for the kind words he has used, and you also for the manner in which you have received them. lam quite con vinced that if the Princess were here this evening she would be much gratified by the compliment which has been paid her, not only by my noble friend but by everybody in this room. (Cheers.) Mr. CAIIDWF.LL, in proposing the next toast, said that in the Church they recognised the noblest of all contributors to the literature of the country. Her beautiful formularies, as well as her transla tion of the Scriptures, the standard of her teaching, had probably done more than all the rest of our literature to form the classical purity of our lan guage, and to furnish the peoi le . with the' house hold words of daily life. The sharing wing of in tellect had never sustained a loftier flight than in the immortal work of Bishop Butler; human elo quence had ,never, been more splendidly displayed thin in the works of Barrow, Jeremy Taylor, and other illustrious divines of the Church ; nor did poetry ever attain a more paramount sway over the effictions of the people than had the hymns of Ken, Keble, and Heber. (Cheers.) The right hon. gen tleman concluded by giving "The Church," asso ciating with the toast the name of the Prlmate of Ireland. The Archbishop of AB,NAGIL bridly returned thanks, and congratulated that institution on the happy auspices under which it held its 75th anni versary. _ _ His ROYAL HIGHNESS then said,—The next toast I have to propose is, " The Army, Navy, and Volun teers." (Cheers.) This is a toast which gives me especial pleasure to propose, from the circumstance of my having served for a time with both infantry and cavalry. (Hear, hear.) Short as my service was, it has been long enough to impress me with the conviction of the efficiency of all ranks com posing the British army. (Hear.) I have also had an opportunity during my voyage to America in 1860, and on many other occasions, of witnessing the able manner in which the duties of the navy are performed. The Volunteers demand our warm est thanks and approbation for the zeal with which they came forward when they thought their ser vices were required, a zeal which they s til t &hue on every occasion afforded to them. (Hear, hear.) I beg to couple the " Army and Volunteers's with the name of my illustrious relative the Dttletr, a t Cambridge—(cheers)—who so admirably fills, it s 4 arduous post of Commander-in-Chief, entrusted to him by the Queen, and to whose practical and liberal administration _the army owes its present high state of efficienoy. (Hear, hear.) With the navy I will couple the name of Rear'Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, who only l a t e l y h as retnruc d ,rom the successful discharge of the difficult duties attaching to the command of the North American station. (Cheers.) His Royal High nesss the Duke of CAMBRIDGE said —Your Royal Highness, my Lords and Gentlemen, I rise to respond to the toast which has been so kindly and so ably given from the chair, an d i n doing so I beg in the first place to thank my illus.. trious relative for the handsome compliment which he has been so good as to bestow en me. We of the army feel justly proud that his royal highness should have practically entered into the duties of our profession, and although, of course, his position dc" not admit of continuing uninterruptedly in the service to which I rejoice to think he belongs, etill by the interest he has taken in it, and the abi lity he has evinced, he has proved that he would indeed be an ornament to the profession, and that he has a real sympathy with it in his heart. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I p ut to myself this question, how i s it that a toast which is r so li rn ou rn ld ed b i a e t e a l yo well con nected fleeted with the arts of war received by a society so ioarnediately connected , with the arts of peace . The answer which presents itself to my mind 13 simply this, that the arts of peace cannot be promoted, as every. body here would wish them to be, unless they can be carried on in that security which is not only use_ ul to the State, but beneficial to each individual. It is by the efficiency of the services that security alone can be preserva. It is by the efficiency of the EUVieCti_ that the great position in the scale of nations which this country has now for so many years filled can be maintained ; and it would, in de3d, be a sad day should that position, whether as regards our security at home or our power abroad, be in the slightest degree impaired. (Hear, hoar.) GenTlernen, feeling anxious that the pram which we hrt . no.r for some time joyed may be greatly prolonged, I sincerely hope tl - :at our services will not be neglec7t!adi hat roil 1),1 kept-in a high state of effi ciency (Hear, hear.) Our army is not large, its duty is onerous, and it is stationed in every part of the world. But we have happily of late years had that army supplemented by a noble body of Volun teers; and this powerful addition to the other re sources of the State has given us a security at home of which I think we may well be proud. (Hear.) In the name, then, of the Volunteers as well as of • the Army I beg to tender my heartfelt and respect ful thanks to his Royal Highness and this com pany for the honour they have done us. (Cheers.) Admiral MILNE, in responding for the navy, said that although many changes had taken place in that service; involving the loss of those wooden walls which had brought such honour and glory to this country, he felt persuaded that no change would ever take place in the loyal and gallant spirit which animated the officers and men who manned our fleet. (Hear.) The navy was anxious on all occasions to discharge its duty to the country. That feeling had been nobly displayed by Captain Peel in India ; it had been equally exemplified by Admiral Hope at the Peiho Forts ; and he believed the navy would always co-operate with the army and Volunteere, not only in protecting these shores but in defending with their strong right arms the distant colonies and dependencies of an empire on which the sun never sets. He would add that it was • a source of pride and gratification to the service to which he belonged that the illustrious brother of his royal highness had adopted it as his profession. (Hear, hear.) His ROYAL HIGHNESS then rose and said—Your Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentlemen, I have now the honour to propose the most important toast of the evening —it is " Prosperity to the Royal Li terary Fund." (Cheers.) Although the most im portant, it is nevertheless the toast upon which, perhaps, I can say least. Certainly, I can give you no new information, as every one here present knows better than I do the character of this insti tution. Still,it is right I should venture to offer a few remarks on the working of this society. You are all aware, gentlemen, of the immense advan tages which has been derived from it in support of literature and science. One of its principal features is that it is not limited to our own countrymen, but is often extended to literary men of all nations — (hear, hear)—so that we may feel proud to think that by our timely assistance we not only advance the literature of our own country 'out that of other nations. In this way many eminent men who would otherwise be incapacitated from carrying on their labours, and from making their talents known to the world, are enabled to do so. (Hear, hear.) The second important feature is the secrecy with which this timely aid is given, a secrecy so sacredly ob served that in the whole number of cases, which amount to 1,645 since the foundation of this corpo ration in 1790, there is not a single instance of any indiscretion having been committed ; and if cases have been brought to light at all it has only been through the acknowledment of the literary men thus assisted being anxious to express their gratitude. (Hear.) I ought here to mention the name of a ells• tinguished man of letters whose loss must be deeply deplored in all literary circles. I allude to Mr. Thackeray. (Continued cheering.) I allude to him not so much on account of his works, for they are stanlard works, but because he was an active mem ber of your committee, and always ready to open his purse for the relief of literary men struggling with difficulties. (Hear.) Gentlemen, some of those here present do not, perhaps, know that in France since 1837 an institution similar to ours, and founded by M. Thenard, has been in existence for the bene fit of scientific men only, and that a few days ago M. Champfleury, a distinguished writer, proposed to found a literary society adopting some of our principles. It is to be hoped that these two societies May be one day amalgamated, or at least may form sister literary funds—(eheers)—and,:if administered on our model, I think we may augur for the new in stitution a large measure of success. We shall at all times be most happy to enter into communication with it and show it the result of our long experience, and of the unwearied zeal and exertion of the officers of this corporation. (Hear.) I will not detain you much longer, gentlemen, but I cannot sit down without bringing back to your recollection the deep interest which my dear and lamented father— (cheers)—took in everything connected with litera ture and science, and particularly in the labours of this society. (Hear, hear.) Nobody has forgotten that the second time he spoke in pubic in this country was as chairman of the Literary Fund dinner ; and we all, I am convinced, deeply regret that the speeches made on that occasion were not reported at full length, as every word falling from those lips could not fill to command universal ad miration. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, let us drink Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund." The toast was drunk with mach cordiality. Earl STANHOPE., as president of the institution, offered to Ills Royal Highness and company his ac knowledgments for the good wishes they had ex pressed on its behalf. The prosperity of the fund could not but be greatly promoted by the sympathy of such men as his royal highness and the other dise tinguished guests around him. In the course of the feeling address which they had just heard with so pleasure, his royal highness had paid a tribute to the merits of Mr. Thackeray, and had pointed out that those merits were exemplified not only in his literary productions, but in the helping hand he had always stretched forth to a fellow man of letters in distress. There was, perhaps, nothing more strik ing than the contrast between the feeling enter tained towards each other by literary men in the present day and that entertained about a century and a half ago. If they looked to the classical writers of the reign of Queen Anne they would find that the sufferings of their_less fortunate brethren, so far frcm being regarded as a matter of sympathy with them, were treated as a matter of ridicule and jest. That sentiment ran till through the poetry of Pope. In the " Dunciad" Pope spoke of— " Calm temporence, whose blessings those partake Who hunger and who thirst for scribbling sake." (Laughter.) Now, on the contrary, in a happier mood, they did not hunger but feast for scribbling sake. (Hear, hear.) In the same harsh and cruel spirit Pope described those professors of song who were driven by penury to the practice of their art. Slniaclag of a cavern, he " Eeen, hollow winds howl thro' the bleak recess, Emblem of music caused by emptiness." That feeling of contempt and scorn for the sufferings of less fortunate men of letters no man who respected himself would express or entertain in the present day. If they looked to those who first turned the stream in another direction, and gave rise to those feelings from which that, institution itself had sprang, they would see, perhaps, that the most eminent man to whom in that, as in m any other re spects, their gratitude was due was Dr. Johnsen. (Hear.) Johnson had himself shared, in no ccmmon degree, the fate of the unprosperons man of letters. He might have been expected on that account, like the veteran described by Tacitns, the great histo, rian of Imperial Rome, to be much harsher still. " Antiquam duramque militiam revocabat, eo im_ mitior quia toleraverat." But, on the contrary, Johnson's gentle heart felt for those who suffered as be himself had done, but who did not rise as he finally did. His sympathy with them found ez. pression in such, tines as these " There mark what ills the scholar's life assail— Toil, envy, want, the garret, and the gaol." Thus the last line stood at first; but as altered, and as it taw stood, it ran— g' Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the gaol," (Hear, bear.) - Earl ItuSsELL, in proposing " Prosperity to Eng lish Literature," said—This toast does not seem to require much recommendation, and it is not to my taste to "gild refined gold" or " paint the lily," But I think that English literature, prosperous es it hes been in its progress for five centuries, has not obtained that pre-eminence which it ought to have in our English system of education. In early days, when our great schools were instituted, Greek and Latin literature affjrded the only perfect specimens for educational uses • bat a native !item- , ture has g rown up since then Worthy of being re commended to youth at our schools and Universities. (Hear, hear.) I read the other day w ith some re gret that a dist rigaished man, Eton, said they h a v e not a sutchieeoltlleyagdoovadamsteetrhoodf ffi of teaching English in that great school. Now, would it not be easy t o %rine method of adnut in t eac hi ng teaching which they Latin and Greek—namely, to have the best authors read in the school ? (Hear.) Our young men gain a knowledge of Homer, Virgil, Ovid, and Horace. Why should they not become acquainted with Shakspere, Milton, Dryden, and Tennyson ? They learn from the history of Livy of the consti tutional struggle which took place in the ancient republic of Rome. Why should they not learn from Macaulay of the constitutional struggles which took place in this country ? (Hear, hear.) I can not but thiuk that it would be a comfort to many young men who are much occupied with the study of the classical writers to store their minds with the best examples of English literature, and in their hours of recreation to turn to books which are easy to refid and delightful to follow. (Hear.) I am about to couple with this toast the name of Mr. Anthony Trollope. (Hear, hear.) You all know with what power genius can make you acquainted with imaginary characters; and those persons who have read " Barchester Towers." and " Framley Parsonage" will entertain the liveliest recollection of the acquaintances they there made. (Hear.) I have read those works with the greatest delight ; and if I have not yet been able to make myself ac quainted with the " Small House at Allington," it is because there is a great house in Downing•street which takes up so much of my time. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The skill with which our authors of dramas, novels, and romances impress their ficti tious personages on our minds is something mar■ vellous. Every one, lam sure, will find on reflec tion that he is far better acquainted, for example, with such fictitious characters as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza than with Julius Consar or the Duke of Marlborough. (A laugh.) We know of those great historical characters little but their public life—that they fought such a battle, made such a speech, or established such a form of Government. But as for these fictitious personages, we follow them through all their actions, and trace all their domes tic relations. For my part, I would rather part with some of those historical characters than with the imaginary persons who are thus vividly de picted to us. Of Shakspere himself, great as he was, we have no very distinct conception ; but of his Falstaff and his Justice Shallow everybody has a clear idea, as well as of what taverns they passed their hours in. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It is not only a proof of talent, but a source of the greatest delight to readers, to have such lifelike portraitures of character as those given us by men like Mr. Dickens, Mr. Thackeray, and Mr. Trollope. The noble lord concluded by proposing the toast, which was very cordially received. Mr. A. TRoLLorE returned thanks, and took oc casion to pay a grateful tribute to , the genius of the lamented Mr. Thackeray. Lord HOUGHTON next proposed the toast of " Foreign Literature," which was acknowledged by his Excellency M. Tan do Weyer, the Belgian Minister. The TREASURER then announced that the sub scriptions collected during the evening amounted to nearly £2,000. The list included an annual dona tion of 100 guineas from her Majesty, another of £llO from the Prince of Wales, and a second dona tion of £2O from the Duke of Cambridge, Earl STANHOPE next proposed the" Health of his Royal Highness the Chairman." There could, he said, be no better preface to that toast than the an nouncement they had just heard from the treasurer, for they could see how large beyond all precedent it the annals of tae institution was the present sub scription, and they would be at no loss to tell to whose presence they were indebted for that result. They all felt deeply grateful to his royal highness for having come among them and presided over their festival in so very effective a manner. (Cheers.) The trust was drunk with the greatest cordiality. His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN then said. —Your Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentle men,—l thank you most sincerely for the kind and cordial manner in which you have drunk my health, and I feel proud to have occupied the chair for the first time on so interesting and important an occasion. (Cheers.) I must now teke the opportunity to congratulate this corporation on the great advantage which it enjoys in the services of the distinguished nobleman who now fills the high office of your president, and who has contri buted so much to historical literature. (Hear.) I can give him no higher praise than by. saying that he is a worthy successor of a nobleman who was more than 20 years your president, who throughout a long political career never made au enemy, and who always found time to assist in the advancement of literature and art. I allude to the late Marquis of Lansdowne. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, allow me to propose one more toast. In the presence of a society accustomed to cultivate with such signal success the flowers of literature it would be unpardonable to forget the flowers of society. (Cheers and laughter.) I propose the health of " The Ladies," who by their numerous attendance here this evening evince the interest they take in the Literary Fund. The toast was drunk with the usual honours, after which their royal highnesses immediately left the hall. The entire proceedings passed off very satisfactorily. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI there is men tion made of " the reserve," and in the deceased's books it is beyond disp u t e . we b e li eve, that he wrote frequently of his "rust reserve," which, it is now thought, alluded to the papers and money found on Friday. In another memorandum Mr Green is requested to give Elizabeth Sheldon a it lucn p sum, say £5OO, and have done with her ;" and the writer adds, " Burn all the other documents and do n't let the world know what a fool I have been." Mr. Crofts, upon discovering these docu ments, at once communicated with Mr Stone, who was in the house, and when they had read th e memoran d a , tti proceeded e to " No. 2 cella r ," w h ere , at by the writer, they took out the bricks and found built in th e wa ll an o ld they Y he at veryon once , ep ot namd rusty saucepan, without a handle, and covered with a network of cobwebs. The saucepan was examined, and it contained several spade ace gui neas, gold and silver foreign coins, and old English coins, amounting to £lO. The accumulated dirt was also examined, and amongst it were the pare titles of sealing:wax. On Saturday another search was made in the cellar, and another spade ace guinea, and a half guinea, similar to those in the saucepan were found on the floor. Else was not in the house when the discovery was made, but Mr. Stone was assisted by Mr. Marriott. The discovery has excited great speculation in the neighbourhood, and all 1, —lads of exaggerated ru mours are current. On Saturday, Mr. Stone went to London with the documents, but no steps can be taken to reopen the case till other parties have been consulted. Mr. Parkin, one of Mr. Cresswell's executors, is in France, and Mr. Washington, a barrister, to whom, mainly, Mr. Cresawell, left the management of the suL he did not live to see closed, has also to be communicated with. In the meantime the house and cellar have been locked np. We may allude that the documents are written in a style closely resemb.ing the running hand so often referred to in the protracted trials as Mr. Nuttall's ordinary writing. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, SEVERN - VALLEY. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held yester day at the office, Victoria -street, Westminster, General Forester in the chair. The solicitor read the heads of a Bill to enable the Severn Valley Railway Company to raise further capital, to dis charge certain debts, to improve the approaches to the Hartlebury station, and to execute other works within four years. The Bill authorized the company to raise additional capital to the amount of £120,000 on shares and £lO,OOO on loans. It sanctioned agreements with the Great Western Company far a guarantee of interest on the proposed capital, or so much of it as might be raised for the purposes of the company. The interests of the ordinary and guaranteed shareholders, unde r th e l ease o f the line to the Gr ea t W estern Railway Company, were p ro t ec ted by clauses in th e Bill , and would not be a ff ec t e d i n an y way by raising th e pro posed new capital. The CHAIRMAN, in moving a formal resolution approv ing the Bill, said that in the year 1871 the ordinary share holders would have the option of requiring the Great Western Company to take the Severn‘Valley shares at par which latter would then be entitled to 4f per cent. per annum. The Derby Will Case, This remarkable case, which was supposed to have terminated with the verdict of the special jury in favour of Mr. Nutt all's *ill and against the disputed codicils, is once more before the public under more extraordinary circumstances than ever. It appears that Mr. George Else, who resided in the house in which Mr. George Nuttall died, recently decided upon breaking up his establishment. On Friday last his furniture was sold by auction, and a Tudor bedstead was purchased by Mr. Crofts, a cabinet maker at Matlock Bank, and bather-in-law to Mr. Else. From the top rail at the head of the bedstead (says the Derby Mercury) to the cross rail which runs at the bottom of the head board was, as is usual, strained a sheet of linen or other texture, and after the purchase Mr. Crofts and his boy Wer e e ng age s toking off this sheet by pulling out tacks binding it to the cross rail. Whilst this was being done a packet of papers fell out. They were handed almost immediately to Mr. Stone, solicitor, who was attend ing the sale, and he found that the packet contained two separate documents. The first was the draft of a will—not signed—but evidently intended to be a series of instructions to a professional that, upon which a will should be drawn up. This draft, amongst other bequests, gives the Bonsall and Ash over estates to John Nuttall ; the Matlock and Snit terton to John . Else, and several legacies to different persons in the parish and neighbourhood. Under the will dettlated valid by the Court of tlueeifs heneh the Snitterton estate, for, which Mr. Nuttall paid somewhere about £16,000, was conveyed to Eliza beth Sheldon; and in the draft till§ il, dis We haire said ) ttahsterted to Else. The draft was to be laid before Mr. Green (Mr, NewboW§ clerk), anti his name is frequently inentinned in it: The second niece of paper bore many memoranda, all relating to the disposal of the testator's property, and the eodiells fotind at kr. kew. bold'® ofdce, at Else's house, and in the jar placed in the hole in the wall. The Memoranda are very carious. it one the finder is directed to gti into "No. 2 cellar," and look in a pot particularised with the utmost m i nu t eness . t ech memorandum is dated, an d complains of Mr Chittery, the testa tor's s u rgeon , nhii of Catherine Marsden, who are accused of having kept him froth his friends 4 more especially Mr Green and Mr Job Knowles, and another soya that as he cannot get his friends to Witness his lest will he calls upon God to witness it for him, and he adds, in pencil, " May. God forgive my former sins, and take my soul to Heaven." In another sentence the memorandum directs the finder to go to his tool house (the room where the jar was found), and adds that there the third codicil will be found, and two others in a cupboard. The oodicila found by Else and at Mr Newbold's office were supposed to have been amon g st papers taken out of the deceased's cupboard. The tool house is behind the room in which Mr Nuttall died, and upon his death-bed he frequently said, "Look behind—look behind John." These words were at first supposed to refer to the tool house, but they are now believed to refer to the two docu ments so strangely diseuvereii last Friday, in a place where it was finite easy for ta 1 lerson lying in bed to put them without asaislartee* :ft) the memoranda ISLE OF WIGHT. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, Groat George-street, Westminster; Mr. F. ii. Atherley in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the first Bill was to authorize the Cowes and Newport Railway Company to make and main tain extension and branch railways, giving a short branch from the terminus at Newport to join the terminus at Ryde and Newport with this company. The only clauses in the Bill which affccted this railway were those authorizing traffic arrangements between the companies. He formally moved tho approval of the Bill, which was carried unanimously. The second 13111 was for making a railway from the authorized line at Ryde to Lower Shanklin, near Yarbridge, to Bembridge-point, with a pier or landing place thero and a tramway from the intended railway to Bombridge Down, Isle of Wight. The bill gave the company power to use the pier and traturtY, and vrould be of essential service to the company and the Isle - wig" ah. n . roved. The meeting was The bill was unanimously then made special. Captain Huesri moved a formal resolution, authorrs.„ the directors, in accordance with the Extension Act of 1863, to issue, as they might think proper, the new capital of £25,000 with or vsithout a fixed dividend not exceeding per cent, per annum, and also, as aeon as they could legally do so, the further debentures authorised by the said act. He said the effect of the resolution would be to make the capital, with the proposed £30,000, amount to £200,000. This would enable them to complete the line in a satisfactory manner, He had no hesitation in saying that, with suitable exertions, there was nothing to prevent the line from Byde to Shanklin being completed for traffic by the let of June next. The resolution was carried unanimously, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors concluded tho pro• ceedings. --- 11AYLING. A Wharncliffo meeting of this company was held yester street) Westminster; Mr. Reade i d n ay th a e t c th ha e i offices, Victoria r. Mr. WILSON, the secretary, teal the heads of a bill for authorising the Hayling Railways Company to make sad maintain railways in extension of their authorised railways, to make and to raiso money f o r the pur pose,andto maintain docks,makearrangements With other companies. The CHAIRMAN, in moving a formal resolution approving the bill, said the object was to Obtain power to construct docks within a certain line of cletiatio n an d t o extend the authorised railway to the back of the hotel; also to form a junction with the Brighton Rai!lay, and to raise money for the purpose. Mr. GOWLA.ND seconded the `[lotion, and it was oarried unanimously. CALEDONIAN". An extraordinary meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at Glasgow — Lieuteuant•Colonel Salkeld in the chair. The CHAIRUAN stated that at the last half yearly meet ing the shareholders were informed that the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Caledonian Railway Companies ware competi • tore for a branch line to the North Harbour of Glasgow. Ho was glad to say that an arrangement had been come to between the two companies, by which the lino of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Company W ou ld b e a d op t e d, giving the U a l e d on i an Company all the faciliti es th e y cou ld desire. Th e line would now bo made at less cost, so far as the Caledonian Company were concerned. They had also taken care that proper station accommodation should be provided for the Caledonian Company, and he believed th at under the arrangement they would enjoy the same traffic advan tages as if they had made the line themselv es. Ha concluded by moving a formal resolution approv in g a Bill for sanctioning an agreement between the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies, with respect to the construction of branch railways to connect their under takings with Glasgow Harbour, and for authorising the for mation of a joint station there. unanimously. An adjourned W wits then held, and harneliffe meeting it was carried rlr T, jlual, seconded the motion, and after Bottle discussion resolutions approving the following bills were Carried I—A bill to enable the Glasgow and South- Western and the Caledonian Railway Companies to make certain brennbeti and other works in connection with their joint line between Glasgow and Neley ; and also bill to enable the I'ortpatrick Railway Comp any to alter certain of their works, to increase th e ir ca pita ma . , d to make working attangernents with eertain companies. ----- . __ _— - of Newgate for the murder Of /si. MADAME TussAwys.—A. full-letigth Model of Reid street, Marylebone, Arthiii jobniDeVlne; *ho WO reeently executed in fruit Oncki in Little Chester- Scrofula pan niched.--Mr. Chatber of Physiognomy, ays—, druggist, r at i s n ow added to Maclaine Tiiesaud'a it; )3 aker-street. 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Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitti n g of blood , liver derang e ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss E li zabeth. Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. Jas, T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion and torpi dity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment." In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b P 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co, No. 77 , —egeat-street,London; also Fortmun and Mason ; and all grocers and CbFroi , sts in every town of the United Kingdom G, MAY 10, 1864. SPIRIT OR THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—In presiding yesterday over the dinner of the Royal Literary Fiend, the Prince of Wales introduced himself to the discharge of one of his most appropriate and becoming functions. The large number of distinguished men who met him, from various ranks and from every walk of litera ture and art, represented the universal welcome with which he will be received in these compare-. Lively new duties. Every one will rejoice at what is almost his first appearance in the exercise of those public acts which become him. The country cannot afford to dispense with the presence and influence of one who stands next to the Sovereign in the Royal Family, yet the sphere within which he can gratify this loyal and natural expectation is of ne cessity limited. The field in which Englishmen of name and rank most instinctively display their in fluence or merits is one which he does prudently and rightly to avoid. To the subjects of the Crown he cannot act but as a Prince, while to the Sovereign he is in the position of a subject. and to combine these opposed characters in the exercise of political influence without damage to one or the other is a matter which at least it is wise to consider as almost impossible. The exercise, again, of what may be con sidered the representative duties of Royalty cannot appropriately be committed to any one but the So vereign ; and however excellently the Prince and Princess of Wales may perform the part tempora rily assigned to them, every one laments the necessity which has at present withdrawn the Queen from her most familiar duties. There remains, however, one large field in which the influence, the abilities, and the sympathy of one person in the position of the Prince of Wales may be most usefully and happily employed. We have spoken of examples to be avoided, but there is one conspicuous instance of the perfect discharge of every duty and every grace which can be attached to the difficult position we are considering. His Royal Highness referred last night with the truth of affection to the complete example which he has inherited from his father. The occasion, if nothing else, could not fail to suggest these recollections, re calling, as it does, the very spirit and principle of the work to the discharge of which the Prince Consort set himself with so muoh patience and genius. There are large and every day increasing interests, happily now disengaged from all tinge and taint of political passion, which yet concern the life and welfare of the whole nation not less extensively and pro. foundly than politics themselves. The happy cir cumstances of our country have brought us sooner than other people beyond that stormy part of a nation's history in which the struggle for liberty and security absorbs all the energies and the pas sham of life. Political action and the laborious and difficult duties of Government have ceased to be the end, and have become the means of our progress. In spite of the pernicious and retrograde incite ment applied to some classes by rhetorical politi cians, the great mass of Englishmen contentedly enjoy the complete freedom, security, and justice assured to them. They leave without anxiety the guardianship and amendment of our Constitution and laws to the authority which has so long main. tained and exercised them, and devote all their energies to the richer and more grateful fields of commerce, science, literature, art, and religion. These are the true interests of a nation. To these politics, and government, and war, and diplomacy are but the scaffolding and defences. Upon the advance of these really depend the progress and hap piness of a people, and to further these by encourage ment end sympathy is a work far more truly Royal than the most brilliant successes in statecraft or in arms. To encourage these noble interests in all their branches by his sympathy, while he helped them by his advice, was the province which the Prince Consort made his own ; and the Prince of Wales, therefore, could not appear as the chairman of a public assembly on a more appropriate occasion than on the anniversary of a Society the scope of which concerns almost the whole range of the peaceful and beneficent energies we have described. The name it bears of the Royal Literary Fund conveys somewhat too narrow an idea of its scope, and is to be inter preted by the language of a *Arne when the various branches of literary labour had not reached their present vast development, and when they occupied, therefore, less apparently exclusive fields. What ever labour can be considered as spent in the increase of human knowledge, in any branch of ramification may have a claim on the assistance of this Fund. And as human knowledge is coincident with human power over that vast field of nature, which the father of modern philosophy and litera •---e opened up, the design of the Fund seems to n encouragement and assistance of genius embrace la_ et of human energy. Its view in every departim.— -.4 the Prince urged last extends e'en further, for, ---, did:men, but is night, its help is tot limited to often extended to literary men of all nave. n s• Such a combination of all the " ministers and intm..7 - ters of nature' for the assistance of the struggling members of their brotherhood is a noble conception, and the anniversary of its embodiment in this society is a fit occasion for the gathering of all ranks and interests. Vv-n the army finds its place, and the Bake of Cambridge claims for it the use and honour of being the guardian of the site of peace. It is a happy opportunity, therefore, which makes such an - occasion the first ou which the Prince of Wales performs the duties which he seems able to discharge so well. It is a happy augury that he follows his father's example not only in the general conduct we hays described, but in this particular instance. The Prince Consort presided at the annual dinner of this very Fund the second time be svelte in public in this country. Careers begun so similarly will, we trust, coinci , ie in all but their end. There is ample work to be done in fostering the innumerable branches into which the com prehensive unity of this Literary Fund divides, and if the Prince will pursue the course he has just begun he will earn the gratitude of the count r y. One of the speakers last night contrasted the bene volent sympathy for each other which is contem plated by this Fund with the unfriendly feelings which once preva il-ed between literary m en . Th e present position of l i t e rature in all its branches offers many contrasts to its peeeition a century and a half ago, but in no particular is the difference more apparent than in the esteem which is now shown for every branch of the literary profession, The conventional prejudices which grudged praise and recognition to all but two or three liberal professions have yielded to the truly liberal spirit of the age, and iren are gradually coming to recognise all professions or work to be alike honour able which fall within the ecope of human intelli gence. The patronage of the Prince of 'Wales, after the example of the Prince Consort, is but the symbol and the expression of this larger and more generous feeling, and its importance and value lie in the sort of authenticity which it gives to this growing impulse. Nothing can be of more im portance to the welfare of any branch of human industry than that it should be assured of possessing its natural dignity. The Prince paid an honourable tribute to the memory of Mr. Thackeray, who was one of the committee of the Literary Fund. There was nothing more characteristic of that writer than the firm determination with which he always asserted the same rights and the same duties for the literary profession as for every other, and the almost sternness with which he treated the tradi tional looseness with which the character of a literary man was for some time invested. The same dignity is due to every branch, however humble and obscure, of human intelligence and labour. Bat it is part of the ingrained custom of English life to associate this dignity with its public recognition by the representative of all English honour; and the Prince of Wales has the opportunity for the present, and, we trust, for many years to come, of illustrating the nobleness of those arts and energies which depend his own, bgcause his country's, greatness. DAILY NEWg.-- The Hospodar of Mold o -W a lla. chia and his Minister, M. Cogilniciano, have taken a bold step—one likely to be aiL'nded with import ant doilsEquences. It is w e ll k nown !hat s o m e time since the Pritce's Government had prepared a new electoral law, extending the fran c hi s e, and render ing it almost universal, big establishing the insti tution of election by t wo d eg!ees . Th e bill was laid before the Assembly, which, &sated after the manner laid down by th e E uropean C o mmissioners, is a body composed of three-fourths Boyards, or great landed propri e t ors . W e h ave often depicted the injustice of this e l ec to ra l law, and the impossi bility in which the Prince found himself of govern ing either with or without the Assembly. Full of adherents of former princes, it systematically rejectei every motion and every budget, and brought representative government to a dead-lock. Once only was this state of things interrupted — when the present minister, soon after taking office, proposed a law for seizing the property of the Greek convents, assigning the monks an indemnity. This was voted by acclamation, the liberals joi nin g in the cry from sincere approbation, the Boards delighted at the prospect of putting their Hospodar at loggerheads with the Porte and with Russia. The happy accord between Prince and Assembly was, however, of short duration. The seizure of conventual property led to diplomatic remonstrance indeed, but not to military occupation or open quar rel. It gave rise to much wordy war, and to a concentration of troops almost on the frontier of the Principalities; a measure to which the latter replied by mustering troops and arming them, while Hungarian and Polish officers appeared on the scene, greatly to the annoyance of the . Powers .. interested in the suppression of those nat i onalities. The enmity of Constantinople, of V ienna, and of St. Petersburg to the Moldo-Wailgohlan Minis ter did not induce the Assembly to rally to the Prince. The Boyard party became again recalci- I trent, and resumed its old policy of throwing every obstacle in the way of the Prince and his Administration, The Hospodar had often represented the disorganized state of the constitu tion, and its bad working, to the several members of the old Conference. He had often entreated them to take the matter into consideration, and enable him to promulgate a rational electoral law. The request, of course, was made in vain. Despairing, therefore, of help from the European Powers, Prince Couza and his bold Minister have resolved to effect the change themselves. The Reform Bill proposed to the Assembly was rejected, and thereupon the Assembly itself has been dissolved. The Prince has appealed to the general vote of the people,abrogat ing the constitution, and setting aside the present Assembly altogether. Now, strong as may have been the provocation which Prince Couza and his Government had received—however absurd and per! nicious the old system, and however fair and liberal the new—this coup d etat is of French origin, and certainly not of French liberal opinion. It savours of Napoleon, and is no doubt a Napoleonic idea. It is the great political panacea of the Tuileries, to be applied one day at Bucharest, and the next at Kiel. And its success in these places may at a future time warrant similar experiments at Cologne or Liege. We cannot but regard England as to blame for allowing matters to come to such a pass. Had our Government been more generous to the Principali ties, and more just to Prince Couza, he would in re turn have felt confidence in our counsels, and not precipitated himself into rash and extreme projects at the sole suggestion of France. But when he saw England making common cause with Russia and with Turkey against the fair requirements of the Principalities, he turned exclusively to Paris for political advice. And the result we find to be a plebiscite. We cannot bat think that the assembly of diplomatists, which regulated the affairs of the Principalities, did wrong in the first instance in not acceding to the two chief demands of its in habitants. These were the union of the Provinces, and the election or nomination of an hereditary So vereign. Had the latter request been granted and the Prince been selected from one of the reigning families of Europe, the intrigues against the Hospe dar would have fallen to the ground. The Boyards would have rallied to a new dynasty. The Prince, feeling that the fortunes of his family were con cerned in the stability of his new throne, would not have needed to recur to such schemes as Prince Couza has found it necessary to adopt, and in at tempting which he has had only a life interest to rick. The Porte, too, accepting an hereditary Prince, subject to its suzerainty, and not jealous of him because in possession of its full rights, would not have engaged in that idle antagonism which has rekindled the old enmity between Christain and Mohammedan, but would quietly and wisely have allowed things to take their course in the Christian Principalities. And the settlement would have been permanent. But instead of this, to soothe the fears and jealousies of the neighbouring Powers, the Commissioners built up a merely temporary politi cal fabric north of the Danube, which it has so soon been necessary to take down and rebuild, in order to prevent its falling. A plebiscite is not a right which in such hands is likely to lie dormant. If it resorted to one day in order to sanction a constitu tion, it will be employed to eject one sovereign and set up another the next. The election of a Prince even by a Senate is bad enough, but periodical elec tions taking place amongst a rude people, surrounded by unscrupulous despotic and military Powers, would have results easy to anticipate. They would prove permanent pretexts for interference, for in trigue, and for civil war. Even supposing the most happy issue jof the plebiscite now proposed, we greatly fear that the introduction of such a law and such a habit, instead of consolidating re presentative government, will shatter it. There is far more to be feared than hoped from so premature a development of popular freedom in a country so little used to or prepared for it. We fear it may foster a troublous spirit, and leave a large opening for the treacherous agents of despotic Powers to create disturbance. Should trouble occar —and the Boyards will as readily lend their hands to support it as Russia and Austria to excite it— then these military Powers will have acquired a pretext for armed interference, and for playing upon the Danube the game which they played in the last century upon the Vistula. We may deplore events of this kind, which we cannot every day go to war to prevent. We took up arms on one such occasion. But that will prove a very strong argument against our doing so again, when the countries that were liberated by the valour and the blood of our sol diers shall appear to have been so neglected and mismanaged by our statesmen and diplomatists that precisely the old dangers and the old grievances crop up again ; and when we find that this south eastern corner of Europe has profited so little in respect of peace or independence by our counsels and our arms. Direct Commissions, The following is the official list of the successful candi dates at the recent examination for direct commissions : Order of Merit. Marks 1. Bromfield, J. •• •• •• •• •• 6,505 2. Dorrien, T. A. S. • • • • 6,49) 3. Harley, G. E. • • • • • • • • .. 6,397 4. Williamson. H. S. • • • • • • • • .. 5,928 5. I.yttelton, Hon. N. G... • • • • .. .. 5,630 0. Hall, C. H. • • • • • • • • •• • • 5 ,5 9 5 7. Cleasby, S. F. • • • • • • •• 5,'85 8. Paget, H. E. • • . • •• • • .. 5,505 9. F; ench, A. C. • • • • • • • • • • • . 5,365 10. Smith, 11. T. • • • • • • • • • • • • 4,990 11. Trotter, P. D. .• •• • • • • • • a. 4,885 12. Day, F. W. • • • • • • • • • • • • 4,791 13. Jerrard, F. B. J... • • • • • • • • .. 4,767 14. Butler, Hon. H. E. • • • • .. 4,750 15. Burnell, E. A. I'. • • • • • • • • .. 4,361 16. Bailey, H. C. . • • • • • • • 4,3: 8 17. Robinson, E. J. .. • • • . 4,161 18. Cotton, R. B. . • • . .. 4,155 IR. Way, W. P. A. .. • • .. 4,125 20. Spring, J. P. .. • • .. 4,115 21. Young, R. J. C... .. .. 4,070 22. Peach, T. 11. .. • • .. .. 4,025 23. Howard, C. R. .. • • 3,980 21. Massie, E. R. .. • • 3.932 25. Elias, R. • • • • • • • . „ „ 3,720 25. Molloy, L. B. .. • • .. .. 3,650 27. Burnell, T. C. .. • • .. .. 3,625 28. Rushton, 31. W. R. 3,560 29. Isherwood, J. C. R. .. „. 3,5 - 0 30. Ashton, W. F. .„ 8,345 31. Spencer, A. A. J. „. .. 3,325 3?. Booth, B. G. .. • • 3,320 33. Barlin, F. S. .. .. 3,230 34. Onslow, W. W. R. .. 3,220 35. Chichester, A. J. .. .. 3,190 36. Cole, Viscount 3,155 37. AM intock, B. „ 3,055 38. Thomas, L. R. J. .. 3,010 39. Brownjohn, W. W. .. 3,000 40. Pochin, A. .. .. .. 2,995 41. Hamilton, G. R. 2,990 42. Foster, B. H. .. 2,955 43. Saurin, 31. J. .. .. 2,938 41. Eden, W. A. D... .. .. 2,845 45. Corkran, C. S. .. 2,835 46. Rochfort-Boyd, R. 11... .. .. 2,825 47. Harford, F. L. , 2,500 Gosselin, F. W . moo 49. Ross, J. C. .. •. .. 2,795 50. Stow, F. 111. .• • • 2,781 51. Whitaker F. C. .. 2,770 Gordon, II . 5... .. .. • . 2,770 53. Littledale, F. C. 11. .. 2,755 54. Jocelyn, R. 0. J. .. .. 2,741 55. Lucas, U. E. F. .. 2,695 56. Fowls -Keck, T. 13. 2,175 57. Awdry, J. A. .• • • .. .. 2,660 58. Lander, T. N. D. 2,625 59. Collins, A. .. • • .. .. 2,615 6'. Gard, W. G. .• 2,6 0 61. Smith, G. W. • • .. 2,695 62. Coot e, H. E. .. 2,59) 63. Collis, W. G. .. • • .. 2,580 64. Parker, T. H. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,530 65. Wheeler, H. R.. .. 2,515 66. Ferguson, F. E 2, 465 t 7. Curtis, F. 11. T, • • •• .. 2,385 08. Wilson, T. J. .. •• 2,330 69. Johnstone, P. A. J. H. .. 2,375 70. Chapman, W. R .• 2,360 7i. Reid, H. A. .. .. 2,339 2,325 72. Clarke, J. B. 73. Burn, C. E. •• 2,280 74. Timbrell, W. T. • • .. • • .. 2 ,''• 79 75. Collis on, C. F. 11. •• .. 2,275 711. Pickering, A. C •• •• • • .. 2,274 77. Beadnell, N. G. •• •• •• • • • • •• 2,265 73. Ord, T •• •• •• • • •• •• 2,26) 79. Cleland, S. F. S. •• •• •• •• •• 2,230 80. Ilurlook, H. F. •• •• •• •• •• •• 1,216 81. Brookes, B. S. •• •• • • 2,183 82. Gwynne-Hollord, H. C. H... •• .. 2,180 83. Sevier,'J. H. •• •• • • • . .. 2,170 8 111 ickenzie, R. .. • • • • • • •• .. 2,110 85. SLbroder, J. H... • • • • •• .. 2,130 86. Bond, 0. .. •• •• • • .. 2,115 S 7. Richmond, G. M. • • • • • . 0 • 0 5 88. Beasley, It. T. N. .. 2,090 89. Garnett, S. •• •• •• 2,085 9). Brown, J. C. ** "r • • • • .. 2, 1 70 91. Pullin, W. C. • • 92. O'Gorman, N. B. .. .. 2,060 •• ~ 2,020 93. A-heson, Hon. E. A. B. .. 2,019 94. Roberts, J. IV. .. 1,975 95. Harvey, J. J. .. . • 1,971 96. Fisher, R. L. .. • • .. 1,970 97. Gilbert, C. L .. .: ; . .. .. .• /• 9 1 5 93. Wreford, W. L. •.. 1,910 99 Christian, E. J. .. .• • • •." 1,900 Warren, W. 11. 0. .. • • • • • . • • 1,000 101. Hulse, S. G .. .. .. ... .. .• 1 , 89 5 Pepys, A. .. • • • • •• 1 , 8 90 102. Keineys-Tynte . : St. D. n• • t . . . . . . 1,890 Mt.Causland, D. D. .• • • ' • • • • • 1•890 105. Arundell, Hon. E. • • • • • • • • • • 1,880 .. . • • • • • •• I,B'o 106. Meade, C. L. W. 107. Grant, D. A. .. • • • • • • • • .. 1,850 108. Evers, A.. .. • • • • .. . • .. 1, 5 40 109. Robertson, P. F. - • . - • , • • .. 1,805 May 16, 1880 Another Friendly Society in Trouble. At the Worship-street Police-court yesterday Mr William Jones, of Gloucester-street, Heston, secretary to the Sons of Britannia Birmingham Friendly Society, was summoned before Mr. Leigh to show cause why he unlawfully refused to receive the sum of 4s. Bd. from an elderly man named Thomas Gross, that being the amount of two months' contribution to the society of which he had long been a member. The case of the complainant, by trade a si,ik weaver, was, that he had been a member of the society ,ever since its foundation, five or six years ago, and reguisrly paid his contributions until he had the misfortune to be seized with a nervous debility which compelled him to claim th e bene fits of the society. These he acknowledged he received for a very considerable time, when the last, and diminished scale of allowance, was stopped, and he was told he must undergo an examination by the medical officer. This was of no use at all, as the doctor could not give him a so itis actory certificate while he continued in the same stab ) of health, and he had therefore tendered them the amount • of contributions that would be duo from him, so as to contie 118 a member, but they had positively refused to receive it, a ad he was consequently virtually turned out of the society. Mr. Jones said the complainant had, in fact, exclude himself from the society by not complying with the 9th rule, which said that no person could be admitted a member who had not been passed by the medical officer. Grosshl been a member the length of time stated, and had been co) a sidered a good member up to last Christmas, but the fa et was that his illness had been of such long duration that 3ae had run out the whole benefits he could receive. For weeks he had received the full allowance of 12e per we ek as well as medical attendance; for 13 weeks more 6a per week, or half-pay, and for the same, or a longer time, a pension of 2s 6d per week ; and for five months past, in fact, he had not paid a sixpence to the funds. The com plainant had never been medically passed, as they had no medical officer when the society was formed, but now they had, and if the complainant received a certificate from him they were willing to re-admit him as a member. Ho had been a most expensive member, for though he had received this large amount of money he still seemed to expect the same benefits, for he had never once declared off its funds. He received the money, in short, till it was found that if he were allowed to do so any longer it would be the means of breaking the society up. A meeting was therefore called, and it was determined to do away with the pension fund, or it would do away with them. Mr. Leigh said surely they had not excluded the man. merely because he turned out to be a more expensive mem ber than they originally thought he would be. The mart had been accepted, subscribed for five or six years; and then, because he had fallen ill and become expensive, the very purpose for which he joined them, they determined to exclude him, He wondered that people could continue to labour under the delusion that they would receive the be nefits held out to them by such societies. Was this one of those which had appealed so strongly against Mr. Glad stone's bill. Mr. Jones said no, it was not; but they were certainly in a very unfortunate position. At one time they had as. many as 140 members, but such a number of them turned out sick members, and entailed such an enormous expense that they were obliged to close the box, and resolved to keep ii closed till they became possessed of a few pounds to. enable them to go on again. The members had now dwindled down to about 34, and it was obvious that if they had only three such members as the complainant amongst them they must be out of funds in less than a twelvemonth. In the course of 12 months the complainant could claim OR, on the box again; they were only anxious to do the beak they could. Mr. Leigh said that when poor people placed their money in the Post-office savings banks they were not only sure to, receive it all out again, bat with interest at the back of it, whereas when they joined such societies as these they seemed to have no such security. It was certainly not right to exclude a man because he had an unfortunate illness, and he could find nothing in their rules which would sane-. tion it, though of course if there were no funds at all then, was an end of it. He had no means to compel them to take. the man back again, which could only be done in this case by mandamus in the Queen's Bench; but the complainant could in the meantime keep on tendering them his money from time to time so as to keep himself in the right, and as the responsible officers would have to take the consequences of refusing the money, he would advise them to call a meet ing, try to come to some arrangement, and see what could be done. Mr Jones said the trustees ought rightly to have answered the case, though he, as their servant and secretary, had done so ; bat he would communicate to them the magi strate's opinion, and felt eure it would be not only taken into serious consideration, but attended with as satisfactory a result as it could be. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN—TUESDAY. The weather is now fine and warm, with a southerly wind. At to-day's market there was a small show of wheat, and last week's prices were at is decline upon the prices of last Tuesday. Spring corn unaltered. White wheat .....45s to 46s i Barley 32s to 36s 114 d .. 29s to 40s I Grinding • .ns to 30s Beans .32s to 34s I Oats Small 34s to 36s I Peas —s to —s HULL-TUESDAY. Wheat.... Old white per qr. ... 42s Od to 44s Od Old red New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Barley.... En g li s h ma lti ng 27s Od to 34s Ocl Grinding 24s Cd to 25s 6ct Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3oa Od to 31s Oct ' Grinding 2Bs Od to 31s Oct Oats English, old 22s Oct to 24s Od Archangel rind Riga, per st osl2ld to 13cl Friesland and Dutch oal3d to 0913ict Swedish and Danish oBl2id to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr 4oa Oct to 43s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Cd New tick. Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing _ _ Linseed cakes (H 111) £9 10 0 to £9 15 0 Foreign! Bl5 0i to 9 0 0 Rape cakes Bones 6 5 oto 610 0 MONMOUTH-TUESDAY. The local markets have been fairly attended of late, and the average quotations are as follows : Wheat, white 5s Od to 5s 9cl 8ar1ey...... 3s 4d to 3s 10d Ditto red .Os Od to Os Od I Oats .. 2a 2d to 2s 7cl Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton......... May 19. via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet......,... June 5- Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena %..May 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampl:( )n.May 19. via Marseilles . . .. May 27. Falkland Islands ..... Gibraltar, via Southampton .. m a y 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton .. May 19. via Marseilles...—MßY 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton . . May 27. via Marseilles ...m a y 21. Portugal.... ... June 5. Malta, Egypt, and Adon, via Southampton...... May 19. via Marseilles ...May 21. Newfoundland ...m a y 25. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet..., BUY 19 a by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... June 10. Bahamas, via New York June 2, Mexico ....May 30. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } m _ y 14. California. and British Columbia. ... ' Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by applioation to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy; Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices -- (established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. City branch--6, Moor gate-street, Bank.—ADTT. Births. GOLDSMID—On the 17th inst., at Woodside, Harrow-on; the-Hill, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Frederick J. Golder: ll W , Madras Staff Corps, of a daughter. MORGAN—On the 16th just: at Norwich, the wife of John B. Morgan, Esq., of a son. PORTAL—On the 14th inst,, at Malshanger, Mrs. VirYn d4 ham Portal, of a son. • of SOAMES-0a th e 17th i n it., a t 3, Wilt on -pl ace , the wife Stephen Soames, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. CORnETT-- , -HoLmrs—On the 17th inst., at Brooke, I%ic folk, John Corbet, Esq., Capt. R.N., of Aston 1 13 _ 1 Salop, to Georgina Grace, eldest daughter of Georg.. Holmes, Esq., of Brooke. GREAVES—BARTLETT--On the 17th inst., at St. M al i!' Stoke Newington, Edmund, third son of Rich. Greavel Esq., of the Stock Exchansre, to Sarah Ann, o l des t daughter of John Alexander Bartl e tt, E sq ., o f the .t.) 3° of England. Deaths. BARHAM—On the 17th inst,, at his residence. Now road, James Thomas Barham, in his 77th year. CUNLIFFE—On the 18th inst., at his residence, 21, Nig h: bury-place, Roger Cunliffe, Esq., aged 70. Gounow—On the 16th inst., at 32, Hill-street, Berkeley' square, Robert Gordon, Esq., of Laweston, Sher b°lll°l and of Bemble House, Cirencester, aged 77. LINDSAY—On the 17th inst., at the Quadrant Hotel, Ai" street, Regent-street, Mr. Charles Lindsay. PHILLIPS—On the 17th inst., at his seat, Longi . vor. t ,, b 4 Herefordshire, Robert Biddulph Phillips, Esq., 112 66th year of his age. Londcn : Printd and Priqtahed by 'WILLIAM ANDIZS'A rS ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office No. 11 2 . Strand, In the Precinct of the 'Savoy, :n the Coul t / 01 Atiddlc6ex,—Thitraday, May 19,1R8i.