The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-19 00:00:00

[Stamped, id. Additional.]

ROYAL LITERARY FUND.

Last night the seventy-fifth anniversary dinner
of the Royal Literary Fund was ogle/ward et Si. Jams's-
hall, hie Royal Bighorns the PLUMB 01 WALES presiding.
There were above 400 gumbos the ocarina.
On the right of his Royal Highaor were the Duke of
Guard" Berl Ruassal, the Belgian Minister, the Mar-
quis of Salisbury, VissmstHardinge, Bishop °lSt David's,
Lord Dysevor, Lord Fgertoe of Taros, Lord Hombre,
LordO. Hamilton, fir J. Pakingtoe, Admiral Sir A. Milne.
Gir Umbel were Berl Staahope, Prieldent of the Literary
Feed, the Lord Primer of Inlaid, Duke of St. Album,
Marquis of Charimede, the Lord is Waiting, Earl de Grey,
Viscount Sydow, Lord Broughtom, Lord Talbot de Male-
hide, Mr. Carlini', Sir C.Phipps, Gen. Keollys, Major
Teesdale. Ameaget the general company were Sir R. Mar-
chigoe, Sir B. Hocatoo, Mr. A. Trollops, Colonel Byrum,
M.P., Kr. Whiteside, M.P., Sir F. Belly, M.P., Sir Z.
Carden, Mr. Hems, Alarms§ Ras, M.P., Mr. Langres,
Mr. Torn Taylor, Mr. R. Bell, Mr. W. H. Smith, Mr. G.
Peabody, lir. Bolin, Mr. Virtue, Mr. Kaye, Mr. Mllilles,
Mr. Media, Mr. Rivington, Mr. P. Graham, Sir W. Alm-
, fader, Sir J. F. Davis, Mr. F. Ledger, Sir Mortar Fete,
Sir Willoughby Jour, Sir W. Starling. Sir Thanes
Phillips, C►ptain LOO/4/110, Captain S. Osborn, Mr. G.
Davie, Geseraleir G. Meek, Mr. Hewers, Mr. Newby,
Mir I. Prior, the Derma Bantry Aserlesmen Mae. the
Doss et Weraiestee, the Mesta of Trait% Dow.*
Roy. G. Godwin, Be,. Dr. Maya., Mr. J. Dickler" Hz-
Wiegrove Cooke, Dr Golly, Mr. Graining, Professor
Manse, Mr. Della., Mr. Benedict, Yr. C. Hill, Kr. W.
Fawcett, Mr. A. Trollops, Mr. Bestley, Mr. P. rictus, Mr.
G. Orvik•haek, Dr. Doran, Hon. Mr. Crisps, Mr. Ferber,
Mr. Fsirbeira, Dr. F. Wilmslow, Mr. Plasoko. Yr.& 0.
Hall, Hon. E. Studio" Mr. Berried Haps, Mr. Mama'
lay, IL.P., km.
The plleries were rilla with ladies
After the removal of the cloth, the National Anthem was
sung by the Orpheus Glee Club.
His ROYAL Ric sues then rose to propene the first
Mask and hie rising was the sigma' for long amid ociatinued
eireeing. His Royal Higher* said—The first toast I have
the barna to propose is that of "Her Majesty the Queue
--cos ninnilicent patroller." (Cheese.) Thin is a toast I
feel sure you will receive with enthusiasm on this 410001 ESE,
es it is mosived *a .11 public oosesions—(oheers)—ead
Uwe& the Quer to a certain sliest bee bees obliged to
swim from public life, still the intros! site takes is *very
institution of the country, and charitable initiations in
partiwalar, remains undiminished. (Chews) I give you
"The health of the Queen." (Loud applause.)
The Marquis of SALISBURY proposed t►e rest of Her
Royal Higher* the Primers of Wales and the nut of the
Royal family.
The tort was drunk with applause.

_ .
His ROTA . kbositssa. in reply, mild—l thank you most
sineerely for the kind weeds of my noble friend, end 1 am
quite winced if the primes were here this evening she
would be very muob gratified by the compliment paid to her
not only by my noble friend, but by everybody in this
room (Applause.)

Mr. Cam) ILP., proposed the toast of the
"Church," with w - he coupled the nataii of the Lord
Primate of Ireland. He said the church bed a primary sad
permanent claim at a dinner of the Literary Fund to
affection and respect, not *ply u a national institution bat
became they recognised in the church the noblest contri-
butors to literature. (Hear, boar.) To the church was dm
the Kimbell translation of the Scripture., the work of per-
haps the moat classical purity in the lemporige, and which
more than any other appealed Mae dear life of the people.
(Cheers.) Fe seed mot do more theist refer to the works of
Butler and &now, to the hymns of Heber, Kidd, and
Kimble, and to the works of /Umber and Jennie Taylor,
who belonged to the Irish branch of the established church
with which We family of the Leif Primate et Wand wee
so honourably enricaded. (Heal, boar.)
The Lour PautArs of Isar.= retained thanks, sad
wig:Maimed the aems! ty on the auspices wider which its
present aauiverrry wee held.

Hie Row. litniurnsa, is proposieg the toast of tie
"Army, Navy, sad Voinateern" said—The sash terns' I
have the honour to propose is that of "The Army, Navy,
and Valuators." It is a loan which it rim me mach
pleasure to propose, from having served for a short time
myself in the infantry wad cavalry. Bat I have served long
enough in the army to martens me of the high snits of
efficiency which exists in all ranks of the army. Darin my
visit in 1860 to America I had occasion to observe how ably the
service of the army end eavy was carried ot. Aid as to
the volunteers, they deserve oar warmest admiratios for the
manner in which they came forward whoa they thought
their services were required. (Hear.) In connexion with
the army and volunteers 1 couple the same of my illustrious
relative the Duke of Cambridge—(cheers)--who so ably fills
the high (Aloe of commaoder•in -chief of the army, entreated
to him by the Queers, and wider whose liberatadministratiee
the army has readhad its premien high ante of efficiency.
(Cheese.) With the savy I couple the name of my gsllsat
friend Rear-Adonizel Sir A. Milne, who recently ONlUMAalieli
the Beet ea the North Americas Intim the dinned which
be so well discharged. (Cheers.) Let =drink to the army.
the envy, and voleatesen (Chews.)

The link* of CAMS/DO; in repl 7, said—Your royal
highaem, asy lord, and gentlemen, I me to mepoed to the
toed which has beset ma kindly and so ably grass from the
their, mad is so drag I dome to %Mak my illustrious rela-
te,* for the hastimene compliment he has bestowed on me.
(Hear, bear.) Wed the army feel justly proud that his
royal highners should have practically entered into the duties
of our prolesetoo, and though of course hi high main°, does
not permit of his continuing uninterruptedly is the service
to which lam proud to think be balm" still by the
interest be has shows and the ability he has evinced, he
Proves that be has a practical and warm feebeg
an his heart for the profeesiee. (Chem) Is
responding to the toast as regards the army,
with referee°, to the meeting of this evening. I put to m •
self the question how is it that a toast so imme• y
coesected with the arts of war should be so well received
in a society so immediately coesseted with the arts it
peac•—(bear, hear)-end the answer which presents Melt
to my mind is simply thi, that the arts of pease cannot
be °Deducted a, every on would wish them to be con.
dotted if they cannot be carried on in that security which
makes peace not °sly useful and desirable to the state, but
of advantage and besedt to the imdividual. (Bear, Isar.) It
is by the efficiacy of the services that our security
one only be maintained sad preserved. It isa
, the efficiency of the saviors that the great
ties which this country has for so essay years
can be umiataimed as regards other matiosa, mid it would be
indeed a ead day for the security of our position at home
sod abroad should our power he in the slightest degree im-
paired. (Hear, hear.) I feel myself anxious and desirous
to see the position which we now enjoy long, loaf pm
Mated—(bw, bear)—aad I simerely hope, with that feel.
ing at the bottom DI my heart, that the services may act be
neglected, but that they may be kept up sad maintained
is an efficient state. (Hear.) Oar army is not large, its
duties are onerous, and is every part of the world. Bat we
have the Weenies of late years of berg supplemented by
a sable body—the volunteers. (Cheers.) This powerful
mashie°, added to the outer weapons of the state, gives us
security at home of which we may well be proud. (Hear,
hear.) In the name of the volunteers, as well as of the
army, I beg to tenderer:lz sincere thanks foe the hewer
you have done De. (
Admiral Sir A. Yu= responded on behalf of the navy,
sad said that, though considerable changes had been
effected of late years is the woods. walls which had is
former times ciatributed to the homer and glory of the
country, be felt sure that no change had taken place in the
loyalty, gallentry, sad noble spirit of the men who messed
the fleet (Cheers.) In proof of that he need only refer
to the galleet ounduct of Captain Peel and Admiral Hope.
(Bear, boar.)

His Royal Higheses the Caaitr►DN this retie to proms
the toast of the evening, sad was again received with lend
cheers.) He said—Yost Royal Highness, my lords, sad
gentlesma, I have now t►e homer to propose the most
important toast of the evening ; it is "Prosperity to the
Royal Literary Fwd." (Chem.) Although the moat ink-
maul, it is sisisirtbsimes the toast upon which, perhaps, I
eau say least. Cortabily I eta give you no cow Worms;
Noe, as everyone here mast knows better thee I do the
°Wader of this isaitutioc. Still, it is right that I should
MAIM to offer a few remarks co the working of this
society. You are all aware, mileage, of the immense
advantages which have bees derived from it in support of
literature sad scissor. One of its principal features is that
it is not limited to our owe countrymen, but Is oftes
ezhesded to literary men of all nations—(hear, hear) ; so
that we may feel proud to Shah that by our timely
smistanie we me mot only advance the literature of oar
country, but that of other mama la this way =ay
enasset coat who would otherwise be ircapaciated from
asking their tamale knows to the world are ambled to do
so. (Ham hem ) The mooed importeet feature is the
eecney with which this timely ad is given, a seem, so
sacredly observed that is the audited mess which mama

[TWOPENCE

to 1645, It.. the fonadation of this erratum in the year
1794 them is sot a Niggle eaters of any indigestion having
has ecausilked; red Yew have been brought to light, %has
only beta through the acknowledgment at the leery mon
this &mimed, and who have been anxious to export their
gratends. (Hear, hoar.) I ought hem to 1211111tiOD the some
of • disiegaishei man of leers whose ken mast bedsit*
deplored is ail Marry circles. I allude to Mr. Thackeray.
(Coationed chasing.) I sleds to him not so muck on
account of hi works, for they are steadard works, but
because he was an active issather of your committee
and al ways ready to ore his puree for the relief
of literary men struggling with difficulties. (Hear,
hear.) Orthosa, some at those hero premed do not
perhaps know that is Prance, sirs 1657, as institutes
similar to ours, sad founded by M. Thenard, has bra in ex-
istence for the boat of soisatiiis men only, sad that a few
days ago M. Champftenry, a distiagaished writer, propord
to found • literary society adopting some of our priaciplee
It is to be hoped that these two societies may be or day
smolgameed, sod may foes sister literary funds—(chrits)
—sod if administered or our model, I think we any anger
for the Weaker§ a large measure of swers. We shall at
all tem be most happy to ester into commusication with
it, and show it the nosh of our hang spike" sad at
the unwearied seal and *satire of the officers of this Dor.
poratke. (Hear, hear.) I will sot detain you moth
kart, statleses, bat I erase sit down without hinging
heck to your neolleolke the deep idler. whisk my dear
sad lamented (albs— (theerel— teak is everything ocei-
reed with literate» and seisms, sad lertielsrlY is the
Libre of this misty. (Hear, bear.) Nobody has for-
totes that the roved time he spoke le public in this
ooustry was as chairman of the Literary Fund dioner, and
we all, I em oonviaced, deeply regret that the speeches
made on that ocossioo were not reported at full length, as
every ward falling from those lips could not fail to commaad
universal athletics (Chews.) Glatianiat let us drink
" Prosperity to the Royal Litesery Fund."
The toast having been received with loud chests,
Earl STAwnors, in reply, rid that the prosperity of the
institatioe could not hut be greatly promoted by the pre-
ssor of his royal hems& Ili farmer times the condition
at literary men was the subject of jest sod ridicule. In
the days of Queer Anne Pone spoke of them as persona
who thirst adbanger,for mribbiling sae." (Hear, hear.)
Dr. Johnson heed! felt fully the iadigaity which armed to
rttreazirosperous air of keels, although be might be
me the peer who test laboured to place them to
an iodepeadent position. (Hear, Isar.) According to him
their portion was
Toil, elm, went, the garret sad the Jail,
which he afterwards changed into
airy, want, the patrols sad the NI.
But happily those times were sow passed, and the allusion
which he royal highness the chairman had made to his
emoted father's exertions on behalf of literature showed
that
proved• the spirit of peerage in oar day had greatly im-
(Own.)
Earl RUISILLL. in proposing the trot of " Eaglish
mture," rid the toast wee or which did sot seem to re-
quire mach reconessedatia, sad certainly he woe sot the
187 to be celled in to gild refined gold or to t the
."((Hear, hear.) But he thought that English
prosperous as it had been in its progress hr fir rotaries,
had not yes obtained that promisors which it ht to
have is the standard of our English etheatios. (Error.) For-
merly Greek and Latin literature ardd the rely per-
hate of whelks but an English literates* had grown
up smogs' them which was wall worthy to be
to the youths of our school and uairnities (Behest.)
He read the other day with regret that the had maser of
Eke bad said be deplored there was sot as good a method
of teaches L11)111 literature as of the ancieet languages.
Why should it be me ? Would it net be easy be take the
lame method of train, English which they took of teeth
hag Greek sad LS* and to have the bet Erbil& authors
used in relish ? (Hem, hear.) Your moo who peed a
kissed(' of Homer, Virgil, Here Ovid, and
why should they sot be &consisted with Shabsspeani,
Milos, Drydee, 0 ray, sad Tempos ? ( Hear, kw.) They
lease frem the history of LiVf, the oortitriceal streggies
which took pies* Is the sapient republic of Roma.
Why sot kern from Macaulay the straggles which
took plaos to establish the revolution in tide
eoosi7. Bear, her.) Be could mot hat &kik that,
great tboeih oureliteratore sow was, it weskit yen °wild
to airy young Caen who did not Bile being coat with
tree remote rear, if they had their miscues stand
with the beet examples of English litemease, works easy to
read, and which would afford delightful mod peewit reser
lie. (Cheers.) Is conarke with this tart, he had to
couple the mane of Mr. A. Trollops. (Choes.) They all
know with what power, sal with what genius Si had made
them acquainted with imaginary characters. (Hoar, hear.)
He mad with most lively interact the characters drove
in " Fresley Paracessi " sad " Barcbsetor Towers;' end
if he had sot yet been able to reed the "Small House at
Allegro," it was because them was a great boor I.
Downiagntrest which just new fully occupied his attentioa.
(" Heir. hear," and laughter.) It was singular as a rowel
observatioa that the characters drawn by dramatise and
novelists dwelt more_permaratly as the than his-
torical peerages. We were better roueled with the
familiar character of Due Quixote and hush° Pans than
we were with that of Jaluis Caw and the Duke
of Marlborough, sad for his part he would
rather loss the memory of many of the his-
torical personages than that of those who had been
depicted with such marvellous Went. (Hear beer.) While
they knew so little of Sherrie' kianself, they all took aa
interest in Falstaff ad Justice Shallow, and bow they seed
sad spent their lime, sad what taverns they frequented.
Mr. A. TIOLLOPZ repooded in armrests terms.
Lord HOUGHTON proposed the tort " ionic Literatare,"
th coupling therewith the name of M. Van Weyer, the
a7minister. Some persons were disposed to re-
.aeglaad le the light is which Delos the sacred was
bed by the Greek poet—

wit apart by fate,
The esa its frontier, and the shore its gate."
But in troth they were a nation composed of the Celt, the
Flamm, the Dane, and the Norma., and he was inclined to
think that much of the aptitude and variety of the English
11 kepis's was du* to the polyglot character of the people.
(Hear, /tear.) Oar amity poets are much indebted to Italy,
and hispeoullitiOn and philosophy we owe a great deal to
Grammy. (amt, lodged, with the map-
time of 13hakeepeare, who bar beam the pride and
the victim of 1864—("bear, hear," and laughs/a)—there
are but few ol our poets who hays sot been much indebted
I. foredo literature. (Hear, hoar.) He therefore gave
them "The Literature of the World."
Vtn Di WHY= replied.
Berl STANHOPE proposed " The Health of his Royal
Hiehoset the Ottairmao," which he asked them to drink
with full hempen sad fall hearts—an appeal which wee
enthusiastically responded to.
His ROYAL Ittoermos, in returning thanks, mid :
"Your royal highness, my lords and gentlemen,
I thank you most sioxrely for the kind manner
in which you, my lord, have proposed my health,
and for the cordial manner in which it has been
drunk by all etyma. (Hear, bear.) I will not detain you
much longer, but I think it right to coop-Mutate the
society in having as its president a distinguished nobleman
who has contributed so much to historical literature.
(Omen.) I cannot pay him a higher compliment than
saying that he is the worthy suacessoir of a nobleman
who for twisty years of his life filled the mate
office, who during his lifetime did so much to
advance literature aid art, sod who sever made
a tingle openly. (Hear, beer.) Before I sit down I
have ore mon tout to propose which I know will be re-
ceived with favour. Amongst a society soca.tooted to
cultivate with so much mimeos the flowers of literature, it
would be unpardonable if I were to omit to name the
flowers of society-1 allude, of course, to the lodise—
(cheere)—whase amorous attendatios egged@ the peat in-
terest they take is the Literary Fond. (Hear, bear.)
Hr. POLLOCK &HAMM:WI the amount of subscriptions at
2,0001., iociadieg 100 guineas from the Queen, mid 100
geneses from the Prince of Wales.
The band of the Grenadier Guards, conducted by Mr.
Godfrey, was in attendenoe during the evening, and Mr.
Router bitted as toastmaster.

THE NE
-W- GALLERY.
TO THE TIMOR OP TIM MUNI.

flts,—Yon will greatly oblige me, and I think
some of your resinby Elvin sews for the alpienatioe
that this rem, fimeeeret yesterday by the visit of the
Prises and Primes et Wales, is sot the studio of Mr.
Holmes Hest, as reprerseted in your court sews of this
date, but an exhibition pllery in which two of his recently
finished pictures, sad oat of Mr. Robert Martisemes, are
exhibited to the public for the hist time tads .—I ass, fin.,
IL E TREEVE, Manager.

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