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

ROYAL LITERARY FUND, - List evening the 75th anniversary of the esta blish►nont of the Royal Literary Fund was cele brated by n grand banquet at St. James's Hall, 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 known, was a warm advocate and munificent patron of this institution. Their R.:)yal Highnesses th© Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge arrived at half-past sir, accompanied by General linollys, Major Teesdale, end 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 cell. On the Prince's right eat 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, tne 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. Card well, 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, 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 Cruikshank, 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. Daring the dinner the band of the Grenadier Guards, conducted by Mr. D. Godfrey, performed an admirable selection of operatic music. Non nobis Domine 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 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 curtain extent, to withdraw from public life, still her inte rest in every institution of this country, and parti cularly in charitable institutions, remains undi. 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 CHAIRMAN, 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 lab• 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, Keble, and Heber. (Cheers.) The right hon. gen tleman concluded by giving "The Church," asso ciating with the toast the name of the Pr i mate of Ireland. The Archbishop of ARMAGH briefly returned thanks, and congratulated that institution on the happy auspices under which it held its 75th Anni versary. His ROYAL HIGIINES 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 arid 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 Lamy. (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 ar e performed. The Volunteers demand our warm ee.t 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 flake 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 Highness, my Lords and Gentlemen, 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 cn 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 sympathy with it 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 should be so well r eceived by a society so immedi a t e l y connecte d with the arts of peace? The answer which presents itself to my mind i s • l Kulp y 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 notonlv us e .. 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 effioiency 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 be kept in a high state of effi ciency, (Hear, hoar.) 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 i)• Volun teers; tied this powerful addition to tha 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 us of the Army I beg to tender my heartfelt and respect ful thanks to Lis 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 anti 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 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. Stiil,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 adN an 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 but that of other nations. In this way many eminent men who would otherwise be incapacitated from carrying on the.ir 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 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 muoh 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. 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 fun ds—(eheers)—and,:i f 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, butt 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 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 fall length, as every word falling from those lips could not fail to command universal ad miration. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, let us drink " Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund." The toast was drunk with much cordiality. Earl STANHOPE., as president of the institution, offered to h: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 but 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 of " Cahn to - open/ice, whose blessings those partake Who hunger and who thirst for scribbling saxe." (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 see, perhaps, that the most eminent man to whom in that, as in many other re spects, their gratitude was due was Dr. Johnsen. (Hear.) Johnson had himself shared, in no ccmmon degree, the fate 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 Borne, to be much h ars h er st ill . " Antiquam duramque militism revocabat, eo im mitior quia toleraverat." But, on the contrary, Johnson's gentle hoart 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 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 II as it now 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 specimen s f or educational uses; b u t a na tive litera ture has gr own 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 ngu i shed man, of teaching English i n that g t r h e e at h s e c a n d ool. Now, would ow Eton, said they h ave not a mill ciently good method would it not be easy to adopt tie ame me thod of master teaching English which th ey ad opt in 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.) / 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 rend 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 mars 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 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 same 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 dr. Dickens, Mr. Thackeray, and Mr. Trollope. The noble lord concluded by proposing the toast, which was very ordially received. Mr. A. TROL: opz returned thanks, and took oc casion to pay a grate! tribute to the genius of the lamented Mr. Thackeray, Lord HOUGHTON next propoOn the toast of "Foreign Literature," which was acknowledged by d his Excellency M. van de 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 Dake 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 jast heard from the treasurer, for they could see how large beyond all precedent in the annals of the 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 yon 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 take the opportunity to congratulate this corporation on the great advantage which it enjoys in the services I 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 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 bore 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, LOA DON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1864 there is mention made of " the reserva," and in the deceased's books it is beyond dispute, we believe, that he wrote frequently of his " rest reserve," which, it is now thought, alluded to the papers turd money found on Friday. In another memorandum Mr Green is requested to give Elizabeth Sheldon a " lump sum, say £5OO, and have done with 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 Stone, who was in the house, and when they had read the memoranda, they at once proceeded to " No. 2 cellar," where, at the very spot named by the writer, they took out the bricks and found built in the wall an old 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 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 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 kinds of exaggerated ru mours are current. Oa 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. Cresawell's • and Mr. Washington, a e b x a r e r c i u s t t o e r r , t i o s Mr. Cresswell, left the w i h n om Fr , a m n a c i e nly, management of the suit he did not live to see closed, has also to be 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. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. sEVERNVALLEY. A Wharncliffo meeting of this company was held yester day at the office, Vietoria•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 £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 pro t ec ted by clauses in the Bill, and would not be a ff ec t e d i n an y way by raising the pro posed new capital. The CHAIIMAN, 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. The Derby Will Case, This remarkable case, which was supposed to have terminated with the verdict of the specill jury in favour of Mr. Nuttall's will and against the disputed codicils, is once more before the public udder more extraordinary circumstances than ever. It appears that Mr. George Dee., 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 cress rail which runs at the bottom of the head board was, as is usual, strained 6 — sheet of linen or other texture, and after the purchase Mr. Crofts and his boy were engaged tubing cff this sheet by pulling out tacks binding it to the cress 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 Barisal' 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 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 property, and the codicils found at Mr. New. at Else's house, and in the jar pl ace d i b n o 1 the o h ffie ol c ein 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 memorandum is dated, and complains of Mr Chinery, the testa tor's surgeon, and of Catherine Marsden, who are accused of having kept him from his friends, more I 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 AsBlf3t4llCC• In the liaornorwad% ISLE OF WIGHT. A Whatheliffe meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, 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 Ryde 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 Rydo to Lower Shanklin, near Yarbridge, to Bembridge-point, with a pier or landing place there and a tramway from the intended railway to Bembridge Down, Isle of Wight. The bill gave the company power to use the pier and tramway, and would bo of essential service to the company and the Isle of Wight. The bill was unanimously approved. The meeting was then made special. _ Captain Ilursu moved a formal resolution, authorising 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 without a fixed dividend not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum, and also, as soon 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 Ryde 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. ceedings. TIAYLING. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company wa3 held yester day at the offices, Victoria-street, Westminster; Mr. Reade in the chair. Mr. WiLsos, 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 raisa money for the pur pose, and to make arrangements With other companies. The CirainmA.N, in moving a formal resolution approving the bill, said the object was to obtain power to construct docks within a certain line of deviation and to extend the authorised railway to the back of the hotel; also to form a junction with the Brighton Railway, and to raise money for the purpose. Mr. GOWIAND Seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. CALEDONIAN. An extraordinary meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at Glasgow — Lieutenant•Celonel Salkold in the chair. The CrrArtt - srAN 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 worth Harbour of Glasgow. He was glad to say that an arrangement had been come to between the two companies, by which the line of tho Edin burgh and Glasgow Company would be adopted, giving the ualedonian Company all the facilities they could desire . The line would now be made at less cost, so far as the Caled onian Company were concerned. They had also taken care that pr,,per station accommodation should be provided for the Caledonian Company, and he believed that under the arrangement they would enjoy the same traffic advan tages as if they had made the lino themselves. Ho concluded by moving a formal resolution approving. a Bill for sanctioning an agreement between the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies, construction of branch railways to connect th eir under takings with Glasgow Harbour, and for autho rising the for mation of a joint station there. an d it was carried Mr. Mr. T. HILL seconded the motion, unanimously. with resi ,ect to the An adjourned Wharneliffe meeting was then held, and after some diocussion resolutions approving the following bills were carried :—A bill to enable the Glasg ow and South- Western and the Caledonian Railway C om p anies to make certain branches and other works in connection with their joint lino between Glasgow and Paisley; and also bill to enable the Portpatrick Railway Q°Wr - n"v to alter certain of arrangements with certain companies.their works, to Increase their capital , a nd to make working MADAME TIISSAIM'S.---A Chamber of Physiognomy, full-length model of Arthur JohniDevine, who was recently executed In front of Newgate for the murder of INlr. Duck, in Little Chester field street, Marylebone, is now added to Madame Tussaud's [A DvEnTriEmENT.] HollowaYs Ointment and Pills.— Scrofula Yanquished.—Mr. ' ihonaas Roo, druggist, at Whithorn, writes thus to Professor Holloway :—" Sir— Alexander M'Fadden, son of a gamekeeper, residing in this town, had a scrofulous sore on his foot for five years, which discharged much matter and was continually gr in Baker -street. ow ing larger and deeper. Almost everything Lad been un when the youth was brought successfully applied with the hope of healing the ulcer trial of your Ointment and to rue, and I recommended a to confirm this state- Pills, which healed up the ulceration and eventually e ffected a confirm this . The ma ny diseases which have father and son are ready and willing ment, The invaluable properties of Holloway's remedies arrest the fatal progress of hitherto been deemed incurable. A DVER TISEMENT.I -Avoid m edicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, in variably cures them, restoring perfect digestion, strong nerves, s ound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, fu nctional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfee bled. We extract a few out of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 53,216 of the Marchioness de Br6han, Paris, of a liver complaint, wasting away for seven years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, the ruost intolerable nervous a sthma, cough, constipati on, flatulency, spasms, agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1,771. Lo r d Stuart de Deeies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of man y years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. ..}l,fty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, asmzervs sickness, a nd vomiting.—Maria Jolly . " s, —Cure No. 48,270. Mr. James R oberts, of Frimle y , Su rrey , of thirty years' di sease d lungs, s pitting of blood, liver de ran , e • ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jaoobs, 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 or the liv er , w hich had resisted all medical treatment." In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason ; and all Grocera awl chevaiots is every t9lyll 91 the Uulted W 3109111" SPIRIT QF TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS, _______.,___ TIMES.—In presiding yesterday over the dinner of the Royal Literary Fund, the Prince of Wakes introduced himself to the discharge of one of his most appropriate and becorniog functions. The large number of distinguished men who met him, from various ranks and from every walk of Mere • tune and art, represented the universal welcome with which be will be received in these compare.. tively new dntie.s. Every one will rejoice at what is almost his first appearance in the exercise of those public acts which become him. The country unrest afford to diepensee with the presence and iellueece of one who stands next to the Sovereign in the Royal Family, yet the sphere within which he con 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 cno laments the necessity which hes 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 \Vales 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 Pt Luce Consort set himself with so mush patience and genius. Thera 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 cf 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 tamed 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 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 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. Evsn the army finds its place, and the Poke 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 sech an occasion the first on which the Prince of \Vales 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 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 fostering the innumerable branches into which the com prehensive unity of this Literary Ftimi divides, and if the Prince will pursue the course he has justhegun he will earn the gratitude of the country, Oae of speakers last night contrasted the belie. volent sympathy for each other which is contem plated by this Fund with the unfriendly feelings which once prevailed between literary men, T he present position of literature in all its bran c h es offers many contrasts to its position a century and a half ago, but in no particular is the diff erence more apparent than in the esteem which is now shown for every branch of the literary profession, Tae 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 men are gradually coming to recognise all professions or 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 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. 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; bind 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 on which depend his own, because his country's, greatness. DAILY NEWS.—The Hospodar of Moldo-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 Government 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 th e E uropean Comm i ss i oners, 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 in which the Prince found himself of govern ing either with or without the Assembly. Full of adherents of forme r p r i nces , it s y s t e m a ti ca lly rejected 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 joining in the cry from sincere approbation, the Boy ards 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 m us t er i ng troops an d arming them, while Hungarian and Polish officers appeared on the scene, greatly to the annoyance of the Powers interested in the supp ress i o n of those nationalities. The enmity of C ons t an ti no ple, of Vienna, and of St. Petersbu rg t o th e M o ld o -Wallachian Minis ter did not induce the Assembly to rally to the Prince. The Bo; and party became again rccalci. tract, 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 constitus tion, and its had working, to the several members of the old Conference. Ho 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 ii , j 6 tneably was rejected, and thereupon the ASSCIlib:y itsoli has been dissolved. The Pi ince Las 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: nicions the old system, and however fair and liberal the new—this coup (1 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 ono day at Bucharest, and tho next at,Xiel. 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. A n d t h e resu l t we f i nd to be a plebiscite, We cannot but think that the assembly of diplomatists, which regulated the aff a i r s o f th e Principalities, did wrong in the first instance in not acceding to th e t wo c hi e f d emands 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 Hospo 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. lilt 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. Th e e l ec ti on o f 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 lof 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. Wo 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 ofUcial list of the successful candi dates at the recent examination for direct commissions : Order of Merit. Marks I. liromfidd, J. ..6,595 2. Dorrien, T. A. S. .. 6,49,E 3. Harley, G. E. .. .. 6,397 4. Williamson, 11. S. .. .. 5,928 5. Lyttelton, lion. N. G... .. 5,630 6. Hall, C. H. .. 5,595 7. Cleasby, S. F. 5,885 8. Paget, A. E. .. •• .. 5,505 9. French, A. C. .. 8,365 10. Smith, H. T. .. .. 4,990 11. Trotter, P. D. .. . • •• 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. P. .. 4,365 16. Bailey, H. C 4,K8 37. Robinson, E. J. .. • • .. .. 4,161 38. Cotton, RB. .. • • .. .. 4,155 1). Way, W. I'. A. .. .. • • .. .. 4,125 20. Spring, J. P. .. • • . • .. 4115 21. Young, R. J. C... .. .. 4,070 22. Peach, T. H. .. 4,025 23. Howard, C. R. 3,980 21. Massie, E. R. 3,932 25. Elias, R. 3,720 26. Molloy, L. B. .. .. 3,650 27. Burnell, T. C. .. .. 3.625 28. Rushton, M. W. R. • 3, 5 6 0 29. Isherwood, J. C. R. .. 3,5P9 30. Ashton, W. F. .. 3,345 31. Spencer, A. A. J. 3 , 3 z 5 32. Booth, B. G. .. 3,320 33. Barlin, F. S. 3,230 31. Onslow, W. W. R. .. 3,220 35. Chichester, A. J. 3,190 3G. Cole, Viscount .. 3,155 37. M'Lintock, 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. 11. 2,955 43. Saurin, M. J. 2,938 41. Eden, W. A. D... 2,845 45. Corkran, C. S. .. 2,835 46. Rochfort-Boyd, R. 11... .. 2,825 f Harford, F. L. . 2,900 4 `• Gosselin, F. W. • •.•. 9 900 49. Ross, J. C. .. 2,795 50. Stow, F. M. .. .. 2,781 51. Whitaker, E. C. .. 2,770 t Gordon, lE. 5... 63. Littledale, F. C. 11, .. 2,755 51. Jocelyn, B. 0. J. 2,741 55. Lucas, H E. F. 2,695 56. Fowls -Keck, T. 8...........2,75 57. Awdry, J. A. .. 2,660 58. Lander, T. N. D. .. .. 2,625 09. Collins, A. .• .• 2,015 '. 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. .. 2,530 65. Wheeler, H. R... .. 2,515 66. Ferguson, F. P. .. 2,165 67. Curtis, F. IL T, .. 2,385 63. Wilson, T. J. .. • 2,380 69. Johnstone, I'. A. J. 11, .. 2,375 70. Chapman, W. E. .. ~. 2,360 7L Reid, H. A. .. 2,339 9 3'5 72. Clarke, J. B. .. .. • • • • • • -, ' 73. Burn, C. E. .. 1. .. .. .. .. 2,250 74. Timbrell, W. T. .. 2079 75. Collison, C. F. IT. •• •• • • 2 . 275 76. Pickering, A. C .. • • • • .. 2,274 77. Beadnell, N. G. •• •• • • .. 2,265 73. Ord, T •• .• •• •• •• 2,230 •• •••• 2 ,216 22 79. Cleland, S. F. .. .S. 80. Hurlock, H. 81. Brookes, B. S. .. • • • • • • • • .. 2,183 82. Gwynne-Ho:ford, ILL C. H. •• •• • • 2,160 83. Sevier,'J. 11. •• •• • • • • • • • • 2,170 81. Mackenzie, R. .. • • • • • • • • • • 2,110 85. S: hroder, J. H. .• •• • • • • • • .. 2,130 86. Bond, 0. .• .. • • .. 2,115 87. Richmond, G. M. •. •• .• 2,1(5 88. Beasley, R. T. N. .. •• 2,090 89. Garnett, S. .. • • •• 2,085 9). Brown, J. C. • • • • .. 2470 91. Pullin, W. C. • • •• 2,060 92. O'Gorman, N. B. • . .. 2,020 93. A , heron, Hon. E. A. B. 2,010 94. Roberts, J. W. .. .• • • 95. Harvey, J. J. ~ 3,971 96. Fisher, R. L. .. •• •• / ' • 1 970 • • • •• 97. Gilbert, C. J. .. 1 , 915 93. Wreford, W. L. .„ „. 1,910 ty). Christian, B. T. •• •• 1,900 {Warren W. H. 0. • • • • •• .. 1,00 • •• •• 101. Hu!se, S. G .. 1 895 •• .. • • •• PePYs• A. 1,890 102. Kemeya-Tynte, St. D. AC: ••' 1,800 McCausland, D. D, • • • • 1 , 890 105. Arundell, Hon. B. .. • • • • • • • . 1,880 106. Heade, C. L. W. •• .. •• .. 1,850 107. Grant, D. A. .. .. 1,850 108. Evers, A.. .. .. .. • • .. 1,10 109, Robertson, P. F. . • . • . 1,805 May 16, NOI, - - Another Friendly Society in Trouble, At the 'Worship-street Police-caurt 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 is. 3d. from au 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 its foundation, five or six years ago, and regularly paid his contributions until he had the misfortune to be seized with a not sous debility which compelled bins 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 due from him, so as to continua a member, but they had positively refused to receive it, and ho was consequently virtually turned out of the scciety. 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 ho 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 6s 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, ho 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 ho had received this large amount of money he still seemed to expect the same benefits, for he had never once declared off its funds. lie received the money, in short, till it was found that if ho 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 ho 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, 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 tho 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 beet 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 secieties 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, he would advise them to call a meet ing, try to come to some arrangement, and see what could be done. Mr Jolts 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 mag,i strate's opinion, and felt sure 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 / Barley 32s to 36a Red.. 29s to 40s I Grinding ..27s to 30a Beans Small 3ls to 36s I Peas —s to --1 HULL-TUESDAY. Wheat , ... Old white....per qr, 42s Od to 44s Od Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 34s Od Grinding 24s Od to 25s 6(1 Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31s Oct Grinding Oats English, old 22s Od to 24s Od Archangel and Riga, per et osl2lcl to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to osl3o Swedish and Danish 06120 to 0813 d Beans ~..English, old, per qr. 4os Od to 43s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers .. Grinding Tares ....Spring —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing . 4os Od to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 10 0 to £9 15 0 Foreign! Bl5 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 5 0 oto 0 0 0 Bones .. 5 5 oto 510 0 MONMOUTH—TuEsDIY. The local markets have been fairly attended of late, and the average quotations are as follows : Wheat, whito 5s Od to 5s 9d I 8ar1ey...... 3s 4d to 3s 10d Ditto red .0s Od toOs Od Oats ....... 2s 2d to 2s 7d Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ~May 1 9 . via Marseilles May 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. June 5- Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 2 9 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ~ .. May 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, v i a S out h ampton.. M ay 19. via Marseilles.... May 2i • India (Bombay), via Southampton May 27. via Marseilles Nay 2 1 . Portugal..,. June 5. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 21. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet... May 19. by 'U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife.. June 10. Bahamas, via New York Mexico 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 liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Of (established 1830),12, Hatton-garden. City branch —6, Moor J gate-street, Bank.—ADTT. Births. G 01,13931'D-0n the 17th inst., at Woodside, Harrow- 0 ' the-Hill, the wife o f Li eut.-Col. Frederick J. Goldsmido Madras Staff Corps, of a daughter. MORGAN—On the IGth inst• at Norwich, the wife of John B. Morgan, Esq., of a son. PORTAL —On the 14th inst., at Malshanger, Mrs. li r l ud ham Portal, of a son. SOAMES —Oa the 17th inst., at 3, Wilton-pl ace , the •rA Stephen Soames, Esq., a daughter. Marriages. CORBETT—HOLMES —On the 17th inst., at Brooke, 1%7 1: folk, John C or b et, E sq., Capt. R.N., " of Aston 113 „; Salop, to Ge org i na G race, eldest daughter of Go' Holmes, Esq., of Brooke. GREAVV3 —I3ARTLETT—On the 17th mile t. at St. 318 7, 0 , Stoke Newington, Edmund, third son of Rich. Gr et ;,, e - o t Esq., of the Stock Exchange, to Sarah Ann, o ", u t c daughter of John Alexander Bartlett, Esq., of the 1 3 " of England. Deaths. B.intriost—On the 17th inst,, at hia residence, New I " .Thrlt''' road, James Thomas Barham, in his 77th year. CUNLIFFE—On the 13th i ns t., a t hi s residence, 21, ingh" bury-place, Roger Cunliffe, Esq., aged 70. GORDON—On the 16th inst., at 32, Hill-street, Bor kei c square, Robert Gordon, E eq. , of Leweston, Sherb°rll and ofemble House, Cirencester, aged 77. LINDSAY —On the 17th inst., at the Quadrant Hotel, Ai r ` street, Regent-street, Mr. Charles Lindsay. PHILLIPS—On the 17th inst., at his seat, Longs.c . : 43 r tii tii ; ' Herefordshire Robert Biddulph Phillips, Esq.; _ 66th year of his age. London: Printed and Prbilated by WILLIAIIIANDILXS2, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUM Oillee . 1 5 ° M i Strand, in the Precinot of the Savoy, in the Coun t 1 Pli4ileAex.:7Thureday, :DT 18,1864.