The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-21 00:00:00

DEATH OF LORD LANGDALE.

Henry Biekersteth, Lord Langdale, late Master
of the !tolls„ died on Good Friday, at Tunbridge
Wells, to which place he had lately repaired for the
benefit of his health—impaired by long-continued
mental labour, resulting in a paralytic stroke, which
took place shortly before his death. The deceased
nobleman was born on the ISth June, tlst3, in the
county of Westmoreland, where his father was pos-
sessed of a small property. Originally destined for
the medical profession (of which his father was a
member), in which he had completed his studies, he
visited the Continent with the family of the
late Earl of Orford, by whose advice he was
induced to embark on the career of the
bar. lie entered Caius College, Cambridge, where
he took his degrees as senior wrangler in I
POS. Three years afterwards he was called to 11
the bar by the Society of the Imicr Temple, and
engaged at once in the duties of his profession.
Mr.llickersteth rapidly rose to great eminence in
the Equity Courts, to which he confined his practice.
On the 19th of January, 1539, he was appointed
to succeed Lord Cottenham as Master of the Rolls,
and was at the same time called tothe House of Peers.
But a few months had elapsed after his accession
to the musterohip of the Rails when Lord Langdale
delivered in the House of Lords his remarkable
spe-ch on the administration of justice in the Court
of Chancery, and on the appellate jurisdiction of
their lordships' house, and to the opinions 'expressed
in that speMh, and in favour of the division of the
duties of the Great Seal, Lord Langdale constantly
adhered. Upon the resignation of Lord Cuttenham,
last year, the Great Seal was more them calm ten-
dereil to Lord Langdale by the head of the present
administration; but though he consented to art as
First Commissioner, and sat for a short time in the

BOSTON ELECTION.-RETIRI
ALDERMAN WIRE.

On Saturday last. Mr. Wire suddenly retired from
the contest, leaving Mr. Freshfield, the tory candidate, in
unopposed possession of the field. Mr. %%Ire's resignation
created much regret amongst a large number of the elm-
tors, who immediately called a meeting of the constituency,
fur the purpose of taking the circumstance into considera•
tion. Mr. W. !LOWDEN, Jun., civil engineer, was in the
chair.
Mr. Wire addressed the meeting upon the questions of
free trade, agricultural protection, and other t01d.... lie
coincided with the idea that this election was by no means
to be considered as a test of the feelings of the m.os
pie of England in general on the great question of free
trade, and he believed too that an attempt to return to pro
tection would endanger the peace of the country.
A resolution was unanimously adopted expressive of
regret at the loss of Mr. Wire's services, and of hope that
although die " True Blues of Boston'' have been thrice de-
feated, the time is not far distant when the freemen and
electors will act firmly, unitedly, and in defiance of all
trickery and inconsistency in professed liberals, and thus
secure the triumph of genuine liberty and reform.
Mr. Wire's committee intend sitting during the
election, and it is expected he will be proposed at the
nomination. Mr. Wire left the town per train late on
Saturday night. Previous to his departure he published a
farewell address to the electors, in which he Ores the fol-
lowing summary of the causes which led to his retirement:
—" Although time has not permitted me to canvass the
whole of the electors, yet I have seen a sufficient number
to ascertain that two causes would prevent my success,
unless I resorted to those corrupt mean+ which I cannot
and will not adopt. The causes to which I allude arc,
firstly, the cry fur ' protection' ; and, secondly, the apathy
and opposition of some of the professeiny liberal party,
who, sooner than see a man of the people returned to serve
you, sacrifice their p iples and desert the cause they
have formerly and with P4l much zeal espoused."
The nomination takes place this day.

REPREsF.NTATION or ROCHDALE.—Since the letter
from Mr. Bright, M.P., which we published last week, of
mune the requisition to him has been suspended. We are
informed that it received a larger number of signatures
than the whole of the conservative party in the borough,
although no systematic canvass was made. On Thursday
evening, a meeting of the reform committee was held; and,
after considerable discussion, but with much unanimity of"
feeling, it was agreed to request Edward Mizell, Esq., of
London, to meet the elector, and to address them in explana-
tion of his political views. The day of the meeting will he
fixed to suit Mr. Miall's engagements. We believe no other
name was mentioned at the meeting of the conitnittce that
was thought at all likely to meet the opinions of the consti-
tuency of Itechibile.—Maiteliester Examiner.
ItErlttaaBNTaaloN OF OXFoittislilltr..—A meeting
of county gentlemen was held ut the Star Hotel, on Tues-
day last, to concert Ittea.Urt, for securing, at the next 01.C-
tion, the return to parliament of a member or members in
conjunction with Mr. Henley. Seseral speeches were made,
expressive of regret at the change which had taken place
in Lonl Norte ys'a political opinions, which hail obliged his
lOrmer adherents to withdraw from him their confidence and
support, and to seek another representative in his place.
The Marquis of Illandford was mentioned as having. by his
steady adherence to the agricultural interest, and his uni•
berm support of protestant principles, entitled himself to
their support ; hut it was intimated that his lordship was
not disposed to encounter the expense of a contested elec-
tion. In consequence of this intimation, Col. North was
solicited to stand ; but he declined, and Colonel DAWkili%
was then pressed, but he also declined. Other names will:
ONO mentioned with no better suceess ; but, eventually,
Colonel North acceded to the wishes of the meeting, and
COIONAltell to go to the poll and contest the county. With
respect to Mr. Ilareourt, his parliamentary conduct ap-
peared to have given almost as much dissatisfaction as Lord
Surreys'; melon consequence', the gentlemen present con-
tented themsele es with an expression of their unqualified
approbation of the conduct of Mr. Henley, their determina-
tion to support him at the next election, and to use their
exertions to secure the return of Colonel North, in the room
of Lord Surreys.
TILE Ito Fat. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENG-
LANI).—WCCOSOIt, Amos 17.—A numerous and highly
respertahle meeting was held this evening at seven o'clock
in the Town-hall, the mayor in the chair, to receive the ;
report of the local committee appointed at a previous meet-
ing for the purpose of inducing the Moral Agricultural
Society of England to hold their great annual show of stock,
Ac., in the home Park at Windsor. The report, which :
elicited genera! satisfaction, went to show the complete NUC
C 0,4 which had attended the labours of the committee. I
POSS.:S.4On of the grounds will he given on 12th May, when
the necessary buildings will be commenced under the direc-
tion of the society's architect, Mr. Manning.
PROPOSED 'ENTERTAINMENT IN THE MIDDLE '
Tea ea E. —The follow i nits the programme of the entertain-
ments to be given by this ancient society to the judges and '
the liar of France who may. honour this country with a visit
to the great exhibition. I_ pon the announcement of their
arrival they will be invited to breaking, at half-past 11, to ,
be given in the magnificent ball, ut which the bur, in
costume, will attend and receive them in state. After 1
which they will be tonducteel over the beautiful church,
and shown the other curitaitica of the Temple. On a subs ,
ailment day they will lw invited to a grand dinner I
to the hall, at which the barristers of the Middle '
Temple will be present in full bar costume. No 1,
students can be admitted on this occasion, on ac- I
count of the large number of the bar of the Inn. I
The only toasts allowed to he proposed will be " The 1
Queen," and "The Judge* and the Bar of France who
this day honour us by their presence." A full hand will I
be stationed in the gallery. On a subsequent day to be I
named, to suit the convenience of the French bar, a grand '
hall will he Mien in the Middle Temple Hall, to which no '
English ladies will be invited but the relations and per- '
sonal friends of the bar of the inn, each member to lie I
limited in numbers. This will be the Mg ball given iu 1
the hall of this inn since the days of Queen Elizabeth, who 1
honoured it with her presence, and who danced there.
Upon the whole, the arrangements will be such as we trust '
may gig; satisfaction to our French neighbours, and con-
vino., them that a more intimate relation of the two bars is I
among the most earnest of our desires. I
ROYAL MANCHESTER INSTITUTION.—The subject ',
of their annual exhibition of pictures, ite., has recently ,
engaged the attention of the council, and they have ,
determined by every means in their power to improve its ,
character and quality. One great cause of the mediocre
exhibitions of late years has been that they were fixed dur-
ing that of the Royal Academy, and necessarily excluded all
the great pictures sent thither. In future, the Manchester
exhibition will not open till after the closing of that of the
asodeins, and it is therefore possible to have some of the
I gaga pictures of the season at our local exhibition. But
some further inducement is wanting ; and the council have
accordingly determined this year to give an additional prise
of 100 guineas to the best oil painting, not previously cxhi-
, fated, save at the academy, which shall have been painted
; idnee 1849. The exhibition this year is to Ise opened early
in September, and works of art must be delivered to the
agent in London or Edinburgh, on iir before the 9th Au-
gust, or otherwise' must reach Manchester not later than that
day.—Manchester Guardian.
ROT.tL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—OR Saturday, an
application was made to his honour, Master Richards, to
reconsider an order made by him, calling on the executors
of the late Mr. J. P. Robinson, who was one of the direc-
tors, of the company, to pay over to the official manager
2,400/. balance hull to 114: due in respect of unpaid calls.
Mr. Jarman, of the firm of Messrs. Bevan and Co., based
the application on the power given the master in the act to
" discharge, vary, or enlarge the time of payment" on an
order made, and further contended that under the 66th
section the master had no power to make such order except
upon original entries in the books of the company, and not
upon entries since made therein by the official manager.
The third call was not made in conformity with the 49th
clause of the company's deed, there being only four
directors present when there should have been five, and
the fourth call was made after the death of the
testator, out of whose estate there now only remained
800/. in hand. Mr. Daniel, who with Mr. H. Harris, ap-
peared for the official manager, explained that it was the
duty of the official manager to complete the books on the
footing of all the facts and original entries, there being
scarcely a case of one of these companies under the ope-
ration of the act where the books were perfect, and he was
then to declare the balances found to be due from share-
holders. In the present case, though there were only four
directors present, the third call.was subsequently confirmed
by a general meeting, as prescribed by the deed, and even
if the fourth call were deducted it would leave 1,9001. due
from the estate of the testator, who went out to Sydney as
one of the managing directors, and who owed 23,0001. to .
the estate irrespective of the above sum due upon shares.
His Honour declined to discharge, alter, or vary the ori- '
&sal order, which it is understood will be appealed against.
MATING THE COLLEGES.—The question of rating
the colleges and halls at Oxford to the poor is again likely
to occupy the courts of law. Some tint,' since we stated
Nat the parish officers of St. Peter-le-Bailey had made a
saiture of plate, the property of Dr. Wellesley, Principal of
New Inn Hall, under a distress warrant, issued by the
Mayor and Alderman Sadler, for the nonpayment of a rate
armed upon New Inn Hall. The rev. gentleman re-
dososed the plate by paying the poor rate and expenses,
sail nothing having been beard of the matter for some
=it woe hoped that the authorities of the hall were
of the justice of calling upon them to pay towards
the rabsf of the poor, This anticipation has, however, not
less realised. At the board of guardians, held on Thurs-
day, a notice served upon the clerk was mud to the board
from Dr. Wellesley, stating his intention of bringing an ac-
tion against the magistrates who signed the warrant, and
the parish officers who made the seizure. The trial which
took place some years since between the guardians and
i Exeter College cost the inhabitants upwards of 2,0001. A
; public meeting of the ratepayers will, it is expected, be held
to decide upon what further steps shall be taken in the
matter.
FOR PROMOTING FEMALE EMIGRATION.
—On Saturday a body of female emigrants,-36 in number ,
—under the patronage of the Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the
members of this association, sailed for South Australia in
the ship Malacca, commanded by Captain John Adams.
The enugrants embarked at Gravesend, and were anomie&
on theirdepartute by the Rev. W. Quckett, and other gas
Semen, who hare taken an active part in furthering the
objects of the society. The Malacca is a line vessel, of 700
'tom burden, belong to Messrs. Green, of Blackwell, sail
the arrangements on board appeared to be of a diongansg
peculiar' lj adapted to meet the comfort and ccamesissaes se
Um emigrants.

Lord Chaney Hues Court and in the !Labe of Lords
in that capacity, the intense application to which the
state of the Court of Chaucer• had condemned him
forbade any further stretch of his powers.
his lordship married Lady Jane Harley, eldest
daughter of the late Lord Orford, by whom he leaves
one daughter ; his peerage, therefore, becomes extinct.

Lott!) Ileot'llll.lAl AND THE CoUNTY CoURTS.—
Lord Brougham has titer bill in the House of Lords on
the County Court:, which has just been printed. It is en-
titled, " An act for extending the jurisdiction of the County
Courts to certain nutters cognisable in the Court of Chan-
cery." It it proposed to effect some " Chancery reforms,"
by giving equitable jurisdiction to the County Courts and
to the Court of Bankruptcy. in London. It is well known
to be useless to go into Chancery in a matter of 2ielf. or 30W.,
but by this bill persons may enter claims in the cases of
creditor, of a pecuniary legatee, of a residuary legatee, of
an intestacy, of an executor or administrator seeking to
have the estate administersi, of the administration of a
partnership estate, of a person seeking to use the name of
a trustee for the administrat' of an estate, and for the
appointment of a trustee. In all these matters the County
Courts are to have jurisdiction hy summons, as well as the
commissioner, of bankrupt in London. The Lord Chan-
cellor, and Master of the (tolls, or a Vice-Chancellor, ure to
make rules as to practice, and the amount of fees out emits
to be charged. The hill is to lie read a second time alter
Easter.
CoUNTI ConosEnsiiir.--A smart contest has
just taken place for the curonership of one of the divisions
of Warwickshire. At the outset there were three candi-
dates, but some time prior to the election one of them, Mr.
li Field, of Leamington, retired ; thereafter the struggle was
between Mr. 0. S. Poole, of Kenilworth, and Mr. Smith,
lof Warwick, partner of the late coroner. At the close of
the poll, Mr. Poole was tho victor; the numbers being fur
Poole, LDS; fur Smith, till.
LIVERI•O4 It. DOCK COM mirrEE—The usual meet-
ing was held on Thursday. Mr. Littlislide in the chair. A
Communicatiou was read from the Liverwil Chamber of
Comment, requesting the support of the Dock Committee
SO the memorial of the chamber in favour of the appoint-
meat of Liverpool us an additional government emigration
dep....t. A cop, of the memorial was read. Some little
discussion resulted as to the propriety of the Dock Com-
mittee taking any steps in the matter. A resolution was
repassed to the effect that the chairman of the Dock Com-
mittee transmit a memorial to goveruint lit on behalf of the
committee, showing the advantages from this town having
a depi'd fur emigration, to be erected and conducted at
government expense. This was adopted.
SrEct.u. ALLOWANCE OF lOU/. BEIt ANNUM.—CoI.
Turner. unattached, has lately been placed on the list of
the AO brevet colonels receiving the special allowance of
lout. a year, such officers having served on full pay for at
least 30 years.
ENtaNEEWs. CoMM.INO AT PORTsMOUTIL—This
command, vacated by the appointment of Colonel Lewis,
('li., to the Lieutenant-Governorship of Woolwich Aca-
demy, has been given to Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, K. 11.,
who fur a long time held the appoiutment of Director of
Field Instruction at Chatham.
ABDUCIION AND SUICIDE.—On Saturday Mr.
11. M. Wakley held an inquest in the Royal Free Hospital
on Martin N% Alden, a married woman, aged l&—Henry
Philpot, of 13, Boston-street, King's.cross, where deceased
also lived, said that on Wednesday last he heard deceased's
shrieks, and, going into the hall, saw her running down
stain, while she exclaimed, " I have done it—l have done
it." She foamed at the mouth, and tell inscusible in the
passage. With the least possible delay he conveyed her
in a cal, to the hospital, and on the way she muttered,
" I have taken oxalic acid.”—David Thomas Walden
(humpbacked and dwarfish) said that he hod been mar-
ried to deceased eleven mouths. On Monday he beat her,
gave her a black eye, and caused her nose to bleed, be-
cause he suspected that she had been drinking rather freely.
During the live last weeks she was very dejected, and
repeatedly exclaimed, " 1 cannot live--I must die." He
asked her to explain what she meant, and, upon being
preseed to tell the cause of her grief, she said, " I will tell all.
About five weeks ago, while I was going down Brewer-
street, I was furred by a gentleman into a cab, which drove
off with me. Soon after I was put in the cab I lost my
senses• and when I recovered them 1 found myself lying in
Oxford-street. The gentleman who drugged me into the
cub is an artist, living in Portland-plate. He dishonoured
me. I must die. I don't know where he lives." Witness
promised to forgive her, and endeavoured to quirt her, but
in vain. She had twice before attempted suicide, but
prompt remedies saved her life. Dr. Itobertsou said the
deceased had been an out-patient of the hospital for some
weeks. Ile had treated her for sore throat. On mak-
ing a post mortem examination of the body he found
that deceased had died from the effects of oxalic arid, of
which she hail taken a large quantity. The jury returned
a verdict, " That the deceased had destroyed herself, but
what was her state of mind when she committed the act
there was no evidence to prove."
SUICIDE OF AN ENDINEER.—On Saturday an in-
quest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Feathers, Pimlico,
on the body of (s. S. Dainty, Esq., aged 3d, who resided in
Belgravc-road, Pimlico, where he committed suicide by dis-
charging a pistol through hie head. Evidence was gives
by a servant that, on Thursday morning last, about nine
o clock, he heard a loud report in deceased's room, when,
on going there, he found him lying on his bed bleeding
from his head, while there was a smell of gunpowder in the
room. Mr. IL Prendergast, Lincoln's-inn, Meister, said
that he had known deceased many years He was for some
years at Malta and Gibraltar, employed by the government
as a eivilangiueer. He had relinquished that profession
some months. About 12 months since he was married. In
Sept. last, witness had a communication with deceased and
his family, in reference to his pecuniary affairs, as he was
in a state of considerable embarrassmeat. He had raised
some money on reversionary interest, which was nearly ex-
pended. These difficulties, witness was of opinion, weighed
upon his mind, and he had latterly appeared to be labour-
ing under gnat despondency. The winess knew that de-
ceased thought he could not recover from his difficulties,
Mr. G. Johnson, surgeon, said, that on Thursday morning I
last he was sent for to see the deceased. There was a pistol,
which had been recently discharged, on the bed. Deceased
died in three minutes. Witness examined the body, and
observed an °rifles', on both sides of the mouth. The
lower jaw was blown away, and the whole of the upper jaw
was shattered. Verdict—" Temporary insanity."

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1851.

THE " GUILD OF LITERATURE .11s7D ART."

Some weeks ago it became publicly knows: that
Sir E. llulwer Lytton and Mr. Charles Dickens, with some
of their literary friends, had resolved upon trying to esta-
blish an institution for the benefit of tho-e who followed
literature as a profe.sion ; that Sir E. Bulwer Lytton had
agreed to give the requisite land on which a building might
be raised, and moreover, to write a new drama, which
Charles Dickens, Douglas Jerrold, and other amateurs
were to play in public ; and that the proceeds of such per-
formances were to go towards a fund for the projected in•
stitution. Much attention was drawn towards the project,
but nothing more was made known on the subject except
that the first performance was to take place at Devon•
shire House, and that the Queen and Prince Albert were
to be present. We are now able, however, to give full par-
ticulars of the affair. The new society is, it appears, to be
called " The Guild of Literature and Art ;" and the pro-
gramme of the inaugural performance is as follows :

DEVONSHIRE nousE.
On Fridiy Evening, 16th of Div,. ISM,
The Am-dour Cowpony of (be Guild of Literiture and Art
mill hart ,be honour of performing, in preornee of
MAILALY AND It,, ROYAL HitiliALAl van Panics ALLAY,
A New ( (wordy in Five Actor
By S,r Edward Bulwer Lytton. Dart.,
called
NOT 80 BAD AS 'WE SEEM;

or,
Many sides to a Character.

Driaatis Person*.
The Duke of Middkent Mr. F ank Stone.
'llin Earl nt Loftus
LOO Wiaet
Mr. attadowly tleftheed
Mr. Hardman .. ...„. ...... „. ...... „ Mr Junn Furrier.
Str Geogrey Tiniest,* .. • .....
Mr. tismarnough fry Mr. F. W. T„ (.hum.
Lord Le litaiws— ....—.— Mr. Parr Cunningham.
the 'Fhouwa Vold "„ Mr. Westland Marston.
Col. Hod „. Mr. It. 11. Hon*.
Mr. Joe* Asses ..... Mr. Charlie Knight
Smart .... . Mr. WWI* l'ulitna.
Hodge .................. Mr. John fenniel.
Paddy 4 /Monti, to Mr. Robert neg.
Mr. David Vallee Mr. Augurtua Egg, A.B.A.
Illiewiees, WatehMCll, 3114 i Drama,.
Lucy 'Thr=_ ..ra. . ......... ... ...
Tie Illisat Lady of Ileadman's Lane.
Barbara Easy.
Date of the Play—The Reign of George T. Reene—London.
Time support d to be omuniM, from the noon of the drat day to the
afternoon of the recontL
The TLeatre will be opened ut Eight o'cluelt : the Performance will
Mein at Nine precisely.
- - • •• -

It appears that the spectators of this first performance are
to pay five guineas each for admission ; but subsequent re-
presentations at other places will doubtless be given at
much smaller rates of admission. The institution which is
to be raised with the money so obtaiued is thus described
" Prospectus of a New Endowment in connection with
an Insurance Company, for the Benefit of Artists and Men
of Letters. Office, 10, Lancaster-place, Strand. Honorary
Secretary, Mr. William henry Wills.
" lOth April, ISM.—It is proposed to open, at a life office
of acknowledged respectability and capital, a branch in-
surance and provident society, solely fur the professors of
literature and of art.
" Within the former term are understood to be compre-
hended all writers, of either sea, of original works or
dramas, or of not less than twenty original papers in perio-
dim's.* Within the latter, all painters and sculptors who
make the tine arts their profession, mid all students of the
Royal Academy of England, Scotland, or Ireland.
" This society will embrace the several objects which the
members Or a prolesdon may be most disposed to secure—
such as life insurances, at rates of premium calculated as
payable either for the whole term of life, or as altogether
ceasime to be payable at a certain age ; annuities, to com-
mence at a certain age; pensions to widows; payments
destined to the education or provision of children, die.
'• In connexion with this society, by which it is intended
to roinniend and enbirce the duties of prudence and fore-
sight, especially incumbent on thOW whose income is wholly
or mainly derived front the precarious profit of a
profession, it is proposed to establish and endow an institute
having at its disposal certain salaries, to w hich certain duties
will lit attached; together with a limited number of free
residences, which, though sufficiently small to be adapted to
a very moderate income, will be completed with due regard
to the ordinary habits and necessary comforts of gentlemen.
The offices of midowinent will consist :
"let.—Of a Warden, with a house and a salary of 2001. a
year.
" 2nd.—Of Members, with a house and 1701., or, without
a house, 2001. a year.
'tiled.—Of Associates, with a salary of 100/. a year.
" For these offices all who are insurers in the society
above mentioned are qualified to offer themselves as candi-
dates. Such insurance is to be considered an indispensable
qualification, saving in exceptional cows (should any such
arise) where an individual can prove that he has made every
effort to insure his life, but cannot find acceptance at any
life office, by reason of impaired health, or of advauced age,
at the date of this prospectus.
" Each member will be required to give, either personally
or by a proxy selected front the associates, with the air
Loprowl of the warden,t three lectures in each year—one in
ndon, the others at the Mechanics' Institutes, or some
public bonding suited for the purpose, in the principal pro-
vincial towns. Considering the many duties exacting time
and attention that will devolve on the warden, he will out
be required to give more than one lecture annually (which,
if delivered by a proxy, he will, health permitting, be ex-
pected to compose hinisell), and that in the metropolis.
" These lectures will be subject to the direction and con-
trol of the managing body of the endowment. They will
usually relate to letters or art, and will invariably avoid all
debateable ground of politics or theology. It will be the
endeavour of the committee to address them to points on
which the public may be presumed to be interested, and to
require dispassionate and reliable information—to make
them, in short, un educational and improving feature of
the time.
"The duties of associates will be defined and fixed by a
council (consisting of the warden, the members, and a cer-
tain number of the associates themselves), :tecording to the
previous studies and peculiar talent of each—whether in
gratuitous assistance to any learned bodies, societies for the
dittbsion of knowledge, &e., or, as funds increase, and the
' utilities of the institution develop themselves, in co-mo-
ting towards works of national interest and importance, but
on subjects of a nature more popular, arid at a price more
accessible, than those which usually emanate from professed
academies. It is well to add, that while, on every account,
It is deemed desirable to annex to the receipt of a salary
the performance of a duty, it is not intended that such duty
should make so great a demand upon the time and labour,
either of member or associate, as to deprive the public of
their services in those departments in which they have gained
distinction, or to divert their own efforts for indeptudeuce
from their accustomed professional pursuits.
" The design of the institution proposed, is, to select
teethe appointment of members (who will be elected for
life) those writers and artists of established reputatiou,
and generally of mature years (or, if young, in
failing health), to whom the income attached to the appoint-
ment may be an object of honourable desire ' • while the
office of associate is intended partly Cot those whose toils or
merits are less known to the general public than their pro-
fessional brethren, and partly for those in earlier life, who
give promise of future eminence, and to whom a temporary
Income of 1001. a year may be of essential and permanent
service. There are few men professionally engaged in art
or letters, even though their labours may have raised them
Into comparative wealth, who cannot look back to some
period of struggle in which an income so humble would
have saved them from many a pang, and, perhaps, from the
necessity of stooping their ambition to occupations at
variance with the higher aims of their career.
" An Associate, may, therefore, be chosen for life, or for
one UT more years, according to the nature of his claims and
the discretion of the electors.
" It is further proposed that the Members and Associates
of the Institute should elect a certain number of Honorary
Members, not exceeding fifty, among persons the most
eminent of their time for letters and art, or the most
known for their attachment to either, combined with other
claims to social distinction. The presidents of the Royal
Academy, the Royal Society of Literature, and of the Lite-
rary Fund, will, by virtue of their office, be entitled, if
they so please, to become honorary members.
" The body thus formed of actual and honorary members,
will comprise the electoral constituent hotly, and determine
Iby vote upon the claims of all candidates fir the office of
Member or Life Associate.: It is obvious that the consti-
tution of any similar society should be centered in itself, and
comprise all the necessary checks; free from the control
of any purely extrinsic body. It is presumed that the con-
stitution here proposed will be the one most calculated to
secure the objects designed by its founders. The actual
members and associates will represent the class to which
they belong, viz., authors and artists by profession ;
while the majority of the honorary members will be likely,
from their circumstances of wealth, or social pceition, to be
free from the jealousies and partialities incident to all
professional competition, and only interested in the gene-
ral cause and dignity of letters and art, to regard without
personal rivalry and prejudice the claims of the several
candidates.
The originators and promoters of the scheme thus
briefly detailed are themselves either artists or authors, fa-
miliarly acquainted with the wants and feelings of the
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