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

ROYAL LITERARY FUND, .....~. Last evening the 75th anniversary of the esta blishment of the Royal Literary Fund was cele brs.ted by a grand banquet at St. James's Hail, Piccadilly. The 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 kncrwn, 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 Highnesses wore the blue riband of the Garter, and the other prin cipal guests appeared in their respective stars and orders. When the whole company had taken their places the hall presented a brilliant coup:d'oeid. On the Prince's right sat his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Earl Russell, the Belgia n Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, Viscount Hardinge, the Bishop of St. David's, Lord Dynevor, Lord Eger ton et Teton, 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, Earl 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 Troilope, Sir F. Kelly, Sir R. W. Carden, Mr. Arthur Helps, Mr. Beresford Hope, Alderman Rose, MT., 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 Cruikahank, Mr. W. Fawcett, the Dean of Westminster, the Master of Trinity, the Provost of Eton, Mr. Macaulay, M.P., &c. The galleries were filled with ladies. Grace be fore meat was said by the Lord Primate of Ireland. During the dinner the band of the Grenadier I Guards, conducted by Mr. D. Godfrey, performed an admirable selection of operatic music. Non nobis Domino 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,—Tho first toast I have the honour to propose is the health 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. (Hear, 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 cularly in charitable institutions, remains undia minished. (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 CEIAIRMAN, in acknow ledging the toast said,—Gentlemen, 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. CARDWELL, 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 people with the house hold words of daily life. The soaring 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 than 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 affections of the people than had the hymns of Ken, Kehl?, and Heber. (Cheers.) The right hon. gen tleman concluded by giving " The Church," asso. elating with the toast the name of the Prmate of Ireland. The Archbishop of ARMAGU briefly returned tho.nlo, and congratulated that institution on the happy auspices utidcr..which it held its 75th anni• verliary. His lloY.u. 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 still evince on every occasion afforded to them. (Hear, hear.) I beg to couple the "Army and Volunteers" with the name of my illustrious relative the Doke of Cambridge—(cheers)—who so admirably fills the 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 lately has returned ,rom the successful discharge of the difficult duties attaching to the command of the North American station. (Cheers.) His Royal Highnesss the Duke of CAMBRIDGE said —Your Royal Hi g hness, my Lords and G ent l emen , I rise to respond to the toast which has been so kindly and so ably given from the chair, and in 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 on 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 does not admit of his 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 symp at h y with ' t " in his heart. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I put to myself this question, how is it that a toast which is so immediately con nected with the arts of war sh ou ld b e so we ll so imm e di ate l y connected received by a society with the arts of peace? The answer which presents itself to my mind is s i mp l y this, that the arta 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, ful to the State, but beneficial to each individual. It is by the efficiency of the services that security alone can be preserved. It is by the efficiency of the services 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 deed, 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, hear.) Gentlemen, feeling anxious that the peace which we have now for some time enjoyed may be greatly prolonged, I sincerely hope that our services will not be neglected, but will he kept in a high state of effi ciency. (Hear, hear.) Our army is not :ergs, 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 Volunteers, 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 Fend." (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 ad', an tages which has been derived from it in support of literature and science. One of its pt'incipal features is that it is not limited to our o - tvu countrymen, but is often extended to literary men of all nations_ (hear, hear)—so that Taie may feel proud to think that by our timely assistance we not only advance the literature of our own country but that of other nations. In this way many eminent men who would otherwiee 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 aclrnowledment of the literary men thus assisted being anxious to express their gratitude. (Hear.) I ought here to mention the name of a dis 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 standard 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 1857 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. Champfieury, a distinguished writer, proposed to found a literary society adopting some of cur principles. It is to be hoped that these two societies may be one day amalgamated, or at least may form sister literary fun ds—(cheers)—an d„'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 be spoke in public 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 fail to command universal ad miration. (Cheers.) Gmtlemen, let us drink " Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund.' The toast was drunk kith much. cordiality. Earl STANHOPE, as president of the institution, ()tiered to it:s 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 bat be greatly promoted by the sympathy of such men as his royal highness and the other dis 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 from being regarded as a matter of sympathy with them, were treated as a matter of ridicule and jest. That sentiment ran all through the poetry of Pope. In the " Dunciad" Pope spoke oi— " Calm temperence, 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. Speaking of a cavern, he said— " Keen, 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 sprung, they would sea, perhaps, that the most eminent man to whom in that, as in m an y o th er re spects, their gratitude was due was Dr. Johnson. (Hear.) Johnson had himself shared, in no common degree, the fete of the unprosperous man of letters. He might have been expected on that account, like the veteran described by Tacitus, the great histo. rian of Imperial Rome, to be much harsher still. " Antiquam duramque militiatn revocabat, eo im mitior quia toleraverat." But, on the contrary, Johnson's gentle hart felt for those who suffered as he himself had done, but who did not rise as he finally did, His sympathy with them found ex. pression in such lines as these : " There maik 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, a n d as it new stood, it ran— " Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the gaol." (Hear, hear.) Earl RUSSELL, 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 as it has 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 afforded the only perfect specimens for educational uses; but a native litera ture has grown up since then worthy of being re commended to youth at our schools and Universities. (Hear, hear.) I read the other day with some re gret that a dist nguished man, the head roaster of Eton, said they have not a sufficiently good method of teeching English in that groat school. Now, would it not be easy to ado, A 't-6..1 lime method of teat . wLich they ad o p t i n teaching 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 think 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 read 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 it' 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. venous. 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 Caesar 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 aro 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. TROLLOPE returned thanks, and took oc casion to pay a graceful 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. van 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 STANIIOPE 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, fur they could see how large beyond all precedent ira 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 deepl: 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 cn 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 an 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 scith the usual honours, after which their royal highnesses immediately left the hall. The entire proceedings passed cff very satisfactorily. THE StrN, LONDON, TITURSDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1864. there is mention made of " the reserve," and in the deceased's hooks it is beyond dispute, we believe, ogilligenhttl,yalloufdehdis " rust reserve," to the papers and t w h h a i t e h h , e i twi is o n t o e w f t r h e money found on Friday. In another memorandum Mr Green is requested to give Elizab e th Sh e ld on a " lump sum, say £5OO, and h ave d one w i th her ;" and the writer adds, " Burn all the other documents and don't let the world know what a fool I have been." Mr. Crofts, upon discovering these docu ments, at once communicated with Mr S tone, who was in the house, and when they had read the memoranda, they at once proceeded to " No. 2 cella r ," w h ere , at th spotnamed by th e wr i ter, t h ey too k out thee very hriok s nod found built i n th e wa ll an o ld rusty saucepan, without a handle, and covered with a network of cobwebs. The saucepan was examined, and it contained several spade ace gui and old English accumulated n dirt gui neas, a ns s s, also an gold eo xn a an n mt ni s ng i e l d v t e ,o r a in f o dl r o e ; m g no amongst goh s i s it were the pars 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 in were found o n th e fl oor. El se was not the house when th e di scovery was ma d e, but Mr. Stone was assisted by Mr. Marriott. The discovery has excited great speculation in the neighbourhood, and all kinds 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 M r . C r esswell's x , and Mr. Washington, a bar e r c i u s t i o e r r s ; ois in France whom, mainly, Mr. Cresawell, left the management of the suit he did no t li ve t o see closed, has also to be co e t communicated with. In the meantime the house and cellar have been locked up. We may allude that the documents are written in a style closely resembling the running hand so often referred to in the protracted trials as Mr. Nuttall's ordinary writing. The Derby Will Case, This remarkable case, which was supposed to have terminated with the verdict of the specie' jury in favour of Mr. Nuttall's will and against the disputed codicils, is once more before the public under more extraordinary circumstances than ever. It appears that Mr. George Wee, 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 brother-in-law to Mr. Else. From the top rail at the head of the bedstead (says the Derby Mercury) to the cross rail which ions 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 were engaged 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 man, 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 nit terton to John Else, and several legacies to different persons in the parish and neighbourhood. Under the will declared valid by the Court of Queen's Bench the Snitterton estate, for which Mr. Nuttall paid somewhere about £16,000, was conveyed to Eliza beth Sheldon., and in the draft this is, as we have said, transferred to Else. The draft was to be laid before Mr. Green (Mr. Newbold's clerk), and his name is frequently mentioned in it. The second piece of paper bore many memoranda, all relating to the disposal of the testator's prtverty, and the codicils found at Mr. New. bold's office, at Else's house, and in the jar placed in the hole in the wall. The memoranda are very curious. In one the finder is directed to go into "No. 2 cellar," and look in a pot particularised with the utmost minuteness. Each memcrandum is dated, and complains of Air Chinery, the testa tor's surgeon, and of Catherine Marsden, who are accused of having kept him from his friends, more especially Mr Green and Mr Job Knowles, and another says 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 codicils found by Else and at Mr Newbold's office were supposed to have been amongst 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 discovered last Friday, in a place where it was quite easy for a person lying in bed to put them without assistance. In the memoranda RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, SEVERN VALLEY. A SVharncliffe 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 Company to raise further capital, to dis charge\aey Railway-ll crtaindebts, 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 £40,000 on loans. It sanctioned agreements with the Great Western Company for 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, under the lease of the line to the Great Western Railway Company, were protected by clauses in the Bill, and would not be affected in any way by raising the 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 41 per cent, per annum, ISLE OF WIGHT. A Wharneliffe meeting of this company was held yester day at the offic,s, Great George-street, Westminster; Mr. F. 11. 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 nyde and Newport with this company. The only clauses in the Bill which affected this railway were those authorizing traffic arrangements between the companies. He formally moved the approval of the Bill, which was carried unanimously, The second Bill was for making a railway from the authorized line at Ryde to Lower Shanklin, near Yar'oridge, to Bembrilge-point, with a pier or landing place there and a tramway from the intended railway to Berobridge Down, Isle of Wight. The bill gave the company power to use the pier and tramway, and would be of essential service to the company and the Isle of Wight. The bill was unanimously approved. The meeting was then male special. Captain Hursx moved a formal resolution, authorising the directors, in accordance with the Extension Act of 1563, to issue, as they might think proper, the new capital of £25,000 with or without a fixed dividend not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum, and also, as soon as they could legally do so, the further debentures authorisy.d by the said act, lie 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 Hyde to Shanklin being completed for traffic by the Ist of June next. The resolution was carried unanimously, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors concluded the pro. ceediuge. HAYLING. A Wharneliffe meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, Victoria-street, Westminster; Mr. Iteade in the chair. Mr. WILSON, the secretary, read the heads of a bill for authorising the Hayling Railways Company to make and maintain railways in extension of their authorised railways, to make and maintain docks, to raise money for the pur pose, and to make arrangements with other companies. The CHAIRUAN, in moving a formal resolution approvin g the bill, said the object was to obtain power to construct docks w i t hi n a certain lino of deviation and to extend the authorised railway to the back of the hotel; also to form a junction with the Erighton Railway, and to raise money for Mr. CiOWLAND seconded the 'notion, and it was carried the purpose. unanimously. CALEDONIAN. An extraordinary meeting o f th i s company was how on Tuesday at Glasgow—Lieutenant•Colonel Salkcld in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that at the last half yearly meet ing the shareholders were informed that the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Caledonian Railway Companies were competi tors for a branch line to the North Harbour of Glasgow. He was glad to say that an arrangement had been come to between the two companies, by which the line of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Company would be adopted, giving the Caledonian Company all the facilities they could desire. The line would now be 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 h© believed t hat under the arrangement they would enjoy the same Odic advan tages as if they had made the line them selves. He concluded by moving a formal resolution approving a Bill for sanctioning an agreement between the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies, with resFect 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. Mr. T. HILL seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. An adjourned Wharncliffe meeting was then held, and after some discussion resolutions approving the following andlso bill to bills were carried I—A bill to enabl e the Glasgow and South `Western and the Caledonian Railway Companies to make coeirntatinlinbreanbcehtweseeanndGolathsgerow wor ks in connection a with their j enable the Portpatrick Railway Comp an y to alter certain of their works, to increase their caanpd Paisley;ital and to make working, arrangements with certain companies. -- MADAME TUESAVDS.--A full-length thodel of Arthur johnibevitle, who was recently executed in front of Newgate for the murder of Mr. Duck, in Little Chester field street, MarYlebohe,lB Chamber of Physiognomy', h o w added to Madill:lie Ttissafirl'S llolloway's Ointment and Pills.— [ADVERTISEMENT.] Scrofula Vanquished.—gr. Thomas Roe, druggist, at Alexander lki.‘Fadden, Whithorn, writes thus to Professor Hollowaysir—. in Baker-street. so n, of a gamekeeper, residing in this town, had a scrofulous sore on his foot for five years, which discharged much m atter and was continually grow ing larger and deeper. Alm ost everything had been un successfully applied with the bope of healing the ulcer when the youth was brought to me, and I recommended a trial of your Ointment and Pills, which healed up the ulceration and eventually effected a perfect cure. The father and son are ready and willing to confirm this state ment, The invaluable properties of Holloway's remedies arrest the fatal progress of many diseases which Ilan hitherto been deemed incurable, sound lungs, healthy liver, ADVED.TISEMENT.I -Avoid Medicines: they always aggra. vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Health , ov e r , r S bad lr o e r n d Restoring Rcvalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restoring perfect digestion, strong nerves, o p s up l a si irni palpitationtt e , d.— wasting C uspirited.—Cure awayNoall.l agitation, i n od , ne P ,ba a i r i L t s y , pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and eilet , y to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 or the Marchioness de , of with dreadfully dl a e r n e l g o ° 7: digestion, constant sleeplessness, the most intolerable n erv ous' Stuart de Decies, Lard Lieut. of Waterford, of m ' any years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.-51ar* —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Prim' Surrey,lajolly.; thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, eY ' -- liver derange. ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness , indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vous f anc ies.—Cure No. 54,816 g T. Campbell, P a k en h am , N or folk, "of indigestion The Rev. Jas, estion and torpi dity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment." In tins,l lb., O s. od . ; 2 1b . , 4 s . 6d ; 51b., ; lis.; 121 b., 2 25. ; 2 41 b 405.—Barry D u B arry an d Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason ; and all G rocers and Cheg o i n ts i n every town of the United Kingdom, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—In presiding yesterday over the dinner of the Royal Literary Fund, the Prince of Wales introduced himself to the discharge of one of his moat appropriate and becoming functions. The large number of distinguished men who mot 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 compara tively 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 presenee 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 moat 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 tut 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 ba 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 sions 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 mains 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 time 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 iu the increase of human knowledge, in any branch of ramification may have a claim on the assistance cf 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 ture opened up, the design of the Fund seems to embrace the encouragement and assistance of genius in every department of human energy. Its view extends even further, for, as the Prince urged last night, its help is not limited to Englishmen, but is often extended to literary men of all nations. Such a combination of all the " ministers and interpre 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. Ev-n the army finds its place, and the Bake of Cambridge claims for it the use and honour of being the guardian of the arts 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 be follows his father's example not only in the general conduct we have described, but in this particular instance. The Prince Consort presided at the annual dinner of this very Fund the second time he spoke in public in this country. Careers begun so similarly will, we trust, coincide in all but their end. There is ample work to be done in iostering the innumerable branches into which the com prehensive unity of this Literary Fund divides, add if the Prince will pursue the course he has just begun he will earn the gratitude of the country. Oae 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 prevailed between literary men. The present position of literature in all its branches offers many contrasts to its position a ce li t ur y an d 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 lit erary pro f ess i on , The conventional prejudices which grudged praise and recognition to all but two o r th ree lib era l professions have yielded to the truly liberal spirit of the age, and wen are gradually coming to recognise all professions cr work to be alike honour able which fall within the scope 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 b e assure d o f possess i ng its natural dignity. The P r i nce pa id an h onoura bl e tribute to the memory of Mr. Thaekeray, 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 h e treated the tradi tional looseness with which the character of a literary man was for some time i nves t e d. Th e same dignity is due to every branch, however humble and obscure, of human intelligence and labour. But 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 preeett4and, we trust, for many ye ars t o come, o f illustrating the nobleness of those arts and energies on which depend his own,. because his country's, greatness. DAILt NEVEt.—The Hospodar of MoMa-Walla chia and his Minister, M. Cogilniciano, have taken a bold step--one likely to be attended with import ant consequences. It is well known that some time since the Prince's Uovernment had prepared a new electoral law, extending the franchise, and render ing it almost universal, but establishing the insti tution of election by two degrees. The bill was laid before the Assembly, which, elected after the manner laid down by the European Commissioners, is a body composed of three-fourths Boyards, or great landed proprietors. We have often depicted the injustice of this electoral law, and the impossi bility ill which the Prince found himself of govern ing either with or without the Assembly. Full of adherents of former princes, it systematically rejewed every motion and every budget, and brought representative government to a clod-lock. ()nee only was this state of things interrupted — when the present minister, soon after taking offic e, proposed a law for seizing the property of t he Greek oonvente, assigning the monks an indemn ity. . n . This was ' voted by acclamation, the liberalsiol a l ras in the cry from sincere approbation, delighted at the prospect of putti Russia. at loggerhetifis with the Porte and n g t hwnetihdirteh Assembly r The happy accord between P was, however, Irin.atio remonstrance of abort dura9orince conventual property l ea .. .o dip 0 The seizure of scion or open quer indeed, but not to military oe: ul3 dv war , and to a rel. It gave rise to much W O ) .'' which frontier of concentration of troops the latter the Principalities; a mea: glre en d arm i ng them, almost o replied by mustering troops ~e rs a ppeared on while Hungarian and Polish oin, of the Powers the secne, greatly to the onnoyance 4ignalitics. interested in the suppression of those tut, "4 of The enmity of Constantinople, of Vienna, a. St. Petersburg to the Moldo-Wallichian Mini ter did not ind uce th e A ssem bl y to rally to the i jss i Prince. The Boyard party became again recalci trant, and resumedits 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 constitue 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 Pow ers , P r i n ce Couza and his bold Minister have resolved to effect the change themselves. The Reform Bill proposed to the Assembly was related, and thereupon the Assembly itself has been dissolved. The Prince has appealed to the general vote of the people,abrogat ing the conatitntion, 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 r ', nicious the old system, and however fair and liberal the new—this coup fl'Atat 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 but 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 Hosp.,- 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 risk. 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 !_of 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 occur —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 Europo 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. Mai ks 1. Bromfield, J. .. • • • • 6,505 2. Dorrien, T. A. S. • • •• 6,490 3. Harley, G. E. • • • • • • • • .. . • 6,397 4. Williamson. 11. S. • • • • •• 5,928 5. Lyttelton, lion. N. G• • • • • •• • • • • 5,030 6. Hall, C. H. • • • • •• •• 5,595 7. Cleasby, S. F. •• • • • • •• •• • • 5,585 8. Paget, El. K • • • • •• • • .• •• 5,505 9. French, A. C. • • • • • • • • .. 5,365 10. Smith, H. T. • • •• •• .• • • •• 4,9.90 11. Trotter, P. D. .. •. .. .. .. .. 4,885 12. Day, F. W. • • • • .. 4,70 , 13. Jerrard, F. B. • • •4;6; 14. Butler, lion. H. E. • • • • .. 4,750 15. Burnell, E. A. P. • • • • • • • • .. 4,305 16. Bailey, H. C, . • • • • • • • . • .. 4,326 17. Robinson, E. J. .• • • • • 4,161 18. Cotton, R. B. • • • • • • • • • • „ 4,155 V. Way, W. F. A. 4,125 20. Spring, J. I'. • • • • • • • • 4,515 21. Young, R. J. C... .. • • ... 4,070 22. Peach, T. 11. . • ~ .. 4,025 23. Tioward, C. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,980 R. 21. Massie, E. R• • • • • •• • • .. 3,932 25. Elias, R. .. 3,720 26. Molloy, L. B. 3,650 27. Burnell, T. C. .• .• 2 0 :25 28. Rushton, M. W. R. .. .. 3,560 29. Isherwood, J. C. It „. 3 , 5 6 0 30. Ashton, IV. F. .. 3,345 31. Spencer, A. A. J. .. .. 3,325 32. Booth, B. G. .. • . 3,320 33. Barlin, F. S. .. .. 3,230 34. Onslow, W. W. R. .. .. 3,220 35. Chichester, A. J. .. 3,190 as. Cole, Viscount .. •• e• •• •• 9 3 155 37. APL intock, B. .. •• „. 3 , 055 38. Thomas, L. R. J. • . .. 3,010 39. Brownjohn, W. W. .. .. 3,000 41. Pochin, A. .. 2,995 41. Hamilton, G. IL 2,991 42. Foster, B. H. _ .. 2,955 43. Saurin, 31. J. .. .. 2,938 4t. Eden, W. A. D. .. 2,845 45. Corkran, C. S. .. •• „. 2,835 46. Rochfort-Boyd, R. 11... •• .. 2,825 Ilarford, F. L. .. 2,500 47 * Gosselin, Ti'. .. 2,900 49. Ross, J. C. .. .. • • .. 2,795 50. Stow, F. M. .. • • .. .• 2,781 51. Whitaker, F. C. .. .. 2,770 Gordon, 11. 5... .. .. • • .. 2,770 53. Littledale, F. C. IL .. 2,755 54. Jocelyn, R. 0. J. .• • • .. .. 2,711 55. Lucas, H. E. F. .. 2,695 56. Fowls-Keck, T. B. .• 2,C75 57. Awdry, J. A. .. .. .. •• .. .. 2,660 58. Lander, T. N. D. • • • • • • • • .. 2,625 59. Collins, A. .. .. c . • • • .. 2,615 o'. Gard, W. G. .. - • • • • • • .. 2,6 0 61. Smith, G. W. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,595 62. Coote, H. E. .. •• • • - .. .. 2,59 63. Collis, W. G. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,580 64. Parker, T. H. . 65. Wheeler, H. R..: :: •.: •• •• :: :: 3 2 2,5 51 0 5 66. Ferguson, F. P. .. .. .. .. .. 2,465 67. Curtis, F. 11. T, - •• .. .. .. 2,385 63. Wilson, T. J. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,380 69. Johnstone, P. A. J. H. .. .. •• .. 2,375 70. Chapman, W. E. .. • • • • .. .. 2,360 71. Reid, H. A. .. ~, .• .. .. .. 2 , 339 2,325 72. Clarke, J. B. .. • • • • .. .. .. 73. Burn, C. E. .. • • • .. .. .. 2,2E0 74. Timbrell, W. T. .. • • .. • • .. 2,9 75. Collison, C. F. 11. . • " •• •• • • 2,275 76. Pickering, A. C.. .• • • • • : .. 2,274 77. Beadnell, N. G .. • •• • • • • • • • • 2,265 78. Ord, T .• .• • • •• • • •• • . 2,26.1 79. Cleland, S. F. S. •• • 1 ' •• •• .• 2,230 80. Hurlock, IL F. • • .. .. .• .. .. 2,218 81. Brookes, B. S• •" • • • .. .. .. 2,183 82. Gwynne-Holiord, H. C. 11. .. .. •• .. 2,150 83. Sevier, "J. H. • • .. .. .• • • .. 2,170 81. 31 ickenzic, R. .. • • •• 2,110 83. Schroder , J. H... •• • • • 86. Bond , O. .. •• „. • • • • .. 2,130 • • •• 87. Richmond , G. M. .• .. • • .. 2,1.15 "" • • .. 2,115 88. Beasley, It. T. N. .. .. • I ‘ .. 2,090 • • .. .. 2 085 89. Garnett, S. .. .. .. .. 9'). Brown, J. C. .. • •, • • .. .. .. 2,C 70 _ . 01. Pullin, W. C. .: .. .. .. .. .. 2,06 0 92. O'Gorman, N. B. .. .. .. .. .. 2,020 93. Acheson, Hon. E. A. B. ~ .. .. .. 2,010 94. Roberts, J. W... .. .. .. .. .. 1,975 95. Harvey, J. J. .. .. .. .... .. .. 1,971 96. Fisher, R. L. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,970 97. Gilbert, C. T. .. .. .. .. • • • • 1,915 93. l'ireford, W. L. .. .„ .. .. .. 1,910 °a. i Christian, E. J. .. .• • • •• •• 1,9 ( 00 t Warren, W. H. 0. •• •• •• i ', J00 4.1 101. Hulse, s S S. A G •. . . : • : .• : : : : i : 8 - 9 " (:)" 102. Nemeitairynte . , St. D. ( 31.•• •• • •• • • 1, •• 1,820 890 McCausland, .D. • • • • ' • • D 105. Arundell, Hon. E. • - • • • • • • • • 1,880 106. Heade, C. L. W. .. .. .. • • •. 1,8 0 107. Grant, D. A. • • • • • • • • • • -• 1,850 108. Evers, A.. • • • • • • • • • • .. 1,810 109, Robertson, P. F. .. .. " .. .. 1,805 May 18, 1861. Another Frienclly Society in Trouble, At the Worship-street Police-court yesterday Mr William. Jones, of Gloucester-street, Hoxton, 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 silk weaver, was, that he had been a member of the society ever since ita foundation, five or six years ago, and regularly paid his contributions until he had the misfortune to be seized with a nervous debility which compelled him to claim the 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 satis actory certificate while he continued in the same state of health, and he had therefore tendered them the amount of contributions that would be duo from him, so as to continuo a member, but they had positively refused to receive it, and he was consequently virtually turnel out of the society. Mr. Jones said the complainant had, in fact, excluded. 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. Gross had been a member the length of time stated, and had been con sidered a good member up to last Christmas, but the fact was that his illness had been of such long duration that he had run out the whole benefits he could receive. For 1 weeks he had received the full allowance of 12s per week as well as medical attendance ; for 13 weeks more 68 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. He 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 ho had never once declared off its funds. Ho 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 man had been accepted, subscribed for five or six years, and then, because he had fallen ill and become expensive, tho 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 on, on the box again; they were only anxious to do the best 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, but 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 sanc tion it, though of course if there were no funds at all there 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, ho 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; but he would communicate to them the magi strate's opinion, and felt cure it would be not only taken into serious consideration, but attended with as satisfactory a result as it could be. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN—TUESDAY. Tho 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 tho prices of last Tuesday. Spring corn unaltered. White wheat 45s to 46s j Barley . ..... 32s to 366 29s to 40s Grinding* ...... ..27s to 300 Beans .32s to 31s Oats Small 34s to 36s j Peas —s HULL-TUESDAY. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 42s Od to 44s 0 3 Old red New white • . , 1 New red .... „ Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 34s 05. Grinding 24s Od to 25s 6a Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31s Od Grinding Oats English, old 22s Od to 24s Oct Archangel and Riga, per st osl2id to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 03130 Swedish and Danish osl2lcl to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4os Od to 43s Od New pigeon New tick. 4os Od to 42s Oct Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers . Grinding Tares .... Spring —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing a Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 10 4° o s Foreign! Bl5 oto 9 0 L' to o d ti 0952155 0 (I :0 Rape cakes , 5 0 oto 0 0 0 ,., Bones MONMOUTH—TUESDAY. The local markets have keen fairly attended of late, Dna the average quotations are as follows : Wheat, white 5s Od to 5s 9d Barley. 3s 4d to 3 s 10a liitto red, .0s Od to O s Od I Oats 2s 2d to 2s. 7a Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton, May 19 ' via Marseilles ..May 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. June d,,' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. May 2 r,. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. May I ,J* via Marseilles ...May 2 ' . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 1 -'' via Marseales MaY 21 ' .1, India (Bombay), via Southampto n via Marseilles MaY 2 , 1 ' .... Portugal.... ‘.... June '' Malta, Egypt, mad Aden, via Southampton May 19 via Marseilles May •,i' Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo . l9, U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet ...MEV' - by U.S. packet... • by Canadian. packet.. May B W a . h C a . m of as A , f v ri ia ca N , e l‘ w la y de o ira rk , .... • ...May 30, Mexico. . .... .............. .... .. Pit i (f . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I May 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 liaLilities without publicity, b y applicatio n' to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court o f BankruPtcY9 Ch a rges under £5 payable by easy instalments . 01:(1403,,r67 (established 183 0 ), 12,llatton-garden. City branch-6. 11- gate-street, Bank—ADTT. Births. i t sl Di StaffT•t the e nc wife othr Corps, so,f l o 7 Lf t h i ae ui daughter. a. s .u t C ., g oh a l ..,: on' G ° I, v t h l ; a e ° the-Bill, I I r m a Guldfo n " Jo hn i t e F: V re o d o e d r s i i c d k e, J E . arr° " . . 4 MORGAN—On the 16th inst.! at Norwich, the wife a ~ B. Morgan, Esq., of a son. ii ld. PORTAL —On the 14th inst,, at Malshanger, Mrs. ham Port a l, o f a son.wife 4 SOA.MES—On the 17th i ns t., a t 3, Wilton-place, the Stephen Soames, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. , Nord CORBETT—HOLMES—On the 17th inst., at 8r00.09,1611, folk, John Corbet, Esq., Capt. R.N., of Astoo4orga Salop, to Georgina Grace, eldest daughter o f ' Holmes, Esq., of Brooke. garY l6 GnEAVES—BARTLETT—On the 17th inst., at St.„ ea ves, Stoke Newington, Edmund, third son of Rich. 'Jr eldest Esq., of the Stock Exchange, to Sarah Allto3.i.olg daughter of John Alexander Bartlett, Esq., of t "" of England. Deaths. lCattd BARHA.M —On the 17th inst ., at his residence, N ew road, James Thomas Barham, in his 77th year. . r. , 1 ,1r. CUNLIFFE—On the 18th inst., at his res idence, 21 ) bury-place, Roger Cunliffe Esq., aged 70. keler GORDON—On the 16th inst., at 32, Hill-street, P Br-- h e, sbo bor square, Robert Gordon, Esq., of Leweston, and of Kemble House, Cirencester, aged 77. LINDSAY—On the 17th inst., at the Quadrant Hotel, street, Regent-street, Mr. Charles Lindsay. g o gr e ' PHILLIPS—On the 17th inst., at his seat, Long Herefordshire, Robert Biddulpb. Ebql 66th year of his age. London: PrinZed and Prbilahed by WILLLAISA N9I4 !: of No. 112, Strand, Printe r, at '1 EtE Sufi Office 1 -\ ""f of Strand, , n the Precinct of the `.savoy, n the Lou Miadleeex.-.Thursday, May 19,1864.