The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-12 00:00:00

ROYAL LITERARY FUND.

The annual general meeting of the corporation of
the Royal Literary Fund erne bald yeelerdsy, at their teem
hi Great Romell-Meet. Them wee • Live att, ndan, of
members, hotuater Fart iiteatope,
.111 r. M. Milnrr, ht.l'

Mr. B. B. C.Neil, the Bishop of Mired, Mesas. C. Mike,
Wentworth Dille, C. Dickens, John Fender, C. Ball, It.
1041, be.
Earl Ihreernorn wee voted to the chair, and opened the
by observing that it wee neither usual nor meets-
siTrrdlefor chairman to make an address.. inasmuch as the
reading the reports would afforl to every member who de.irrol
-it an opportunity to make such observation. or to move any
motion he might think requisite. •
A report of the income and expenditure of the past Isar
was then read ; but though an applieetion WAR mode. no ropy
wee supplied to the reporters. Generally, it appeared that the
rei hoes all sources had been 2,9591, and the expel:Lib-
terett;67l., the aunt paid in relief having been 1,224
On the motion that the report he received and adopted, Mr.
C. W. Me, eon., moved a resolution which, ueder a num-
ber of blade, condemned the entire namerement of the fund
—drat, heratire, according to its last report, it expended
6741. Die. 3d. in relieving 53 cues; while the Artists' Ge-
nital Benevolent Fund, in relieving 08 cues, only exeendrol
861.; and, secondly, heesuse the Literary Fund expended 2001.
per annum on the maintenance of a bowie, and allowed 100/.
ner annum to Its secretary, and became the amusing of the
Literary Fund were not in a satiefsetory state, M evidenred
by their stating that the hone. fund, amounting to 6.5 la,
VIM still in chide:ere as a separate amount of the meter 'e
reedit, where., the books of the society chewed that that
fend never bad been in existence at all ; and, lastly, became
the Literary Fund on en average, not giving away more
then 1,500/. per annum, yet appealed to the public for new
eubereiptions and denationa while poneweed of funded pro-
perty to the amount of al,oool. end of landed relates yield-
ing 2001 per annum. Mr. AL Lemon eresintled the amend-
ment. Mr. It. Bell replied at moue length for the trianege-
runt of the fund, contending that neither the ireolution nor
opeech of Mr. Dilke was founded on fact. Ile had promi-
nently put forward the number of eases relieved by the fund,
hut overlooked the immense number inveetiented et it's coot.
The rare of oreretnry had been created in 1830, on the nee
tiro of Mr. Dilke himself, and his ulary had been gradually
relent to 2001. per amuse, in romequenee of the really
valuable services rendered by that °Meer. The er-
ror with regard to the bourse fund had originnted
in the fund crediting itself with the 2001. per an-
num granted In 180.5 by the Prince of Wale. to-
wards a permanent fund for maintaining a house, and not
counting the annual rent which hod mine been paid from
that income. In fart, the house fund had been involved in
the general funded arcounte, and the permanent fund wee
then debtor to the home fund the 6.0001. mentioned bylie.
Dilke. Mr. Bell then went Into the question of Ate'
expenditure, end showed, from the areeenele, est As
xneir4l had been greatly the gainer e'uee their present Mrs
terry had been permanently engaged, the average anneal
intle•Re ed income during that time being no lea. than 5751.
Mr Chula; Dickens replied to Mr. Ikli in a brief smooch of
much tome and humour, supporting the rosolutgas of Mr.
mu, A losg. and at times rather errimeniou. disensoien
followed, In which Mr. John Fonder, the Bieber, of Orford,
Mr. 3/feckless Milne/4 and Mr. Dilke, den., took poi, but
the latter gentleman's motion was at length negatived by a
majority of 69 to 11.
Thanke were then voted to the honouree., anditren. end
!misuse+, end the council, general committee. and filigree
were re-elected by ballot. Mr. Disraeli, M.P., wee elan
reeled one of the virespreoblente ; and after a cordial vote
of thanks to Earl for presiding, the meeting sepa-
rated.

ADDRERS TO SIR JOEN M'NETLL ANTI COLONEL
TuLtoME roan ESIMIXONAIL—At a meeting held on
Monday at Birmingham, convened by the Mayor, the halow-
ing address, which ie to be signed by the Mayor, the magis-
testes, the town council, bankers, principal mcrehanth, end
others, and to be presented by the Mayor, ex-Mayor, sod
town clerk, was aimed to :—" To Sir John M'Ncill, G.C.8.,
dr., and Colonel Tulloth.—To the general vote, of the Bri-
tish people, we the undersigned inhabitants of Birmingham
desire to odd our awed of gratitude and applreme. You were
despatched to the Crimea on a mission of vital importance to
your counter, of grave respcsmilility, end replete with diffi-
culty ; you here performed that adaaiou lnc manner that
sheds honour on your name., and deserve. the acknowledg
theists of a "retch] country. To have *lnfirmly exposed the
deficienciee of our military system ; to have honestly pointed
out the needful remedies; to have discriminated between con-
flicting interests, without initiative, and without party feel-
ing ; to have ameliorated the condition of the British soldier
these are your well-earned trophim, the glory of which no
inquiry can sully, and no neglect can diminish. We have
not felled to observe the unworthy combinations by which the
important intelligence resulting from your labours has been
attempted to be neutralised, so as to amen innpaett, sad
neglect from just calms. and perpetuate the emote of dims.
term which have obscured the herd-earned military 1;1 of
Englsad, and needlesely destroy-4st the lives of of
ber bravest eons, Be isesured, gentlemen, that although
Imam have net been awarded to you, and an unworthy re-
trammel/ma has teen offered, you hare won the grateful aye 4
path of our country, and the admiration and respect of all
true