The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-14 00:00:00

PER PAIR.

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Address, MR. JAMES CHAMBERLIN,
Foreign Wine Merchant,
Norwich.

Col. the Hon. C. H. LINDSAY responded. After a brief
reference to the first two services, he said he felt it a great
privilege to be called upon to respond to any compliment
which might be paid to the volunteer force of England,
and more so because that service had been universally ad-
mitted on ail occasions amongst the standard toasts of the
country. When England thought it expedient to contem-
plate the undefended position of her shores and to look to
the national feeling of her people on the subject, he toge-
ther with many others considered it his duty to give what-
ever experience he might have had in the army towards
the arrangement of a system of volunteer organisation, at
the time so much required ; and although the responsi-
bilities and anxieties which were heaped upon those who
came forward to commence the work were great, yet the
case was of such paramount and vital importance that
they considered it their duty to help as much as possible
in the furtherance of the movement. He need not speak
under correction when he said that the must sanguine ex-
pectations had been realised. He had the honour of com-
manding one of the must interesting bodies of men in
London—men of station, of education, and of substance,
forming a regiment which he had raised, trained, and or-
ganised into discipline and efficiency. He need not say
how proud he was to be at the heed of such a body of men
who had thus submitted to the bonds of discipline and made
themselves masters of the profession they considered it ex-
pedient to espouse. In conclusion, he said that, es long as
officers and men pulled together, so long would the service
be maintained in its integrity, and be considered an impor-
tant element of action in the regular army. (Cheers.)
In responding, on behalf of his father, to the toast of the
" House of Lords," Lord LINDSAY said that in this really
free country the road to the highest position in every de-
partment of life was open to every one who was qualified
by talent and character to fill such a position. (Cheers.)
Besides this point, which had already been eloquently
brought out by the proposer of the toast, there was another
he wished to mention. This was the fact that the peers of
Parliament had been in almost every instance members of
the House of Commons. The sons of peers were all com-
moners, and were eligible for Parliament. In most cases
the peers themselves had been members of the House of
Commons, and consequently served an apprenticeship
which enabled them to understand the feeling and spirit of
the country. They thus acquired that practical acquaint-
ance with the necessities of the country, which they could
get in no other way, The consequence of this was that the
House of Lords in England had a deep sympathy with the
whole country. In that respect it certainly differed from
such assemblies somewhat like it in character which might
exist abroad. In fact there was none like it. Where they
had tried representative government they had been success-
ful to a small extent, but they had never had an assembly
like the House of Lords, for this simple reason, that in
England only was there a body which was in itself stable,
and independent, and irremovable, and which, at the same
time, was in origin and in sympathy, one with the country.
(Loud cheers.)
The " House of Commons" was responded to by Mr. F.
S. Powell, M. P. for Cambridge, formerly member forWigan,
and Mr. Henry Woods, M.P. for the borough.

The toast of the evening, " Major-Gen. Lindsay, M.P.,"
was then given and drunk with great enthusiasm.

Major•• Gen. LINDSAY, in reply, stated the circumstances
under which the post of commander of the guards in Canada
had been offered to him. He thought it his duty, without a
moment's hesitation, to accept it, though he greatly regretted
that he should be compelled to leave the many kind friends
he had in Wigan. He hoped soon to rejoin them, for he did
not think that, though he was a soldier, he was wrong in
expressing a hope that no collision would occur between
this country and the Federal States. (Cheers.) No doubt
if it did occur the immediate effect would be the raising of
the blockade—at least he trusted that the British navy
would have power enough to do so, and he could not doubt
it would. (Loud cheers.) Another result would naturally
be that, by protection of the cruisers to Great Britain, a
larger supply of cotton would be received in this country.
But there were higher considerations than these, if it was
acknowledged that war was the most fatal game nations
could play at. They had been told by a great authority
that there was nothing so horrid as a battle lost, except-, a
battle won. (Cheers.) For the interests of the country,
and for the success of our own merchants, they felt most
anxious to be kept oat of war, bat he (Major. Gen. Lindsay)
believed that they had in Lord Palmerston a Minister who
would not truckle to any foreign country. (Cheers.) He
had no doubt that the noble lord at the head of the Govern-
ment was anxious for peace; but they were in this state in
the Commons and in the country, that the Government
ould act through public opinion, and public opinion went
with the Government. If they had to carry out a war, the
people might depend upon it, it would be done with all the
vigour that the nation could show, and all the enthusiasm
that had ever characterised the British character. (Cheers.)
Canada was a large country; it had no less than 1,600
miles of frontier, and it had great inland seas upon which
a navy was as much wanted as upon the Atlantic. There
was one point to which he would invite their attention.
England at the present moment had only a force of
11,000 men in Canada, and in time of war that was not
sufficient. If that force was not supplemented by the
Canadians, they could not expect England to support them
after a war was over. If there should be a war, England
would go heart and soul into it, but it would be the last
time unless the Canadians were ready to defend themselves.

(Hear, hear.) Ho believed, however, that if such a thing
occurred they would find the whole of Canadariseas one man.
( Hear.) There was another very important point. Soldiers
were not made in a day, and any colony that wished to de-
fend its own liberties must improvise a force and have one
ready to back up that from the mother country as soon as the
emergency arose. This was not yet the case in Canada, but
he trusted it would soon be so, and in case of any difficulty
between England and America, Canada would have a force
ready to co-operate. (Cheers.) After further and earnest
thanks to his Wigan friends, Major-General Lindsay bade
the company farewell, and sat down amidst a tempest of
applause.

Other toasts were given and responded to, and the corn.
pant separated at a late hour.

Another Frightful Murder in Liverpool.

About a quarter past nine on Tuesday night, a
man named Henry Cohen and a foreign sailor, said
to be a Spaniard, jostled against each other in pass-
ing near the bottom of Ormond-street, whereupon
a quarrel ensued between them, the foreigner ulti-
mately drawing a knife and striking Cohen a blow
in the right side, which felled him. The sailor then
ran away, but a man named James Harrison, also
a sailor, having observed the act, attempted to stop
him, and received in return two blows with a knife,
which felled him also to the ground. The foreigner
continued his escape; but being closely pursued by
several boys who haa witnessed the whole tragedy
he turned into Launcelot's-hey, where the lads lost
sight of him, but affirming that they saw him turn
into a cellar there.

The two wounded men meanwhile were taken to
the Northern Hospital, where every assistance was
them, but Harrison died about twenty minutes
after his admission. He received two wounds in
the region of the stomach, either, it is said, being
sufficient to cause death.
Cohen, who is an assistant at a photograph gal-
lery, sustained a small incised wound in the right
side. It is, however, supposed to be of considerable
depth, probably having entered the liver. He lies
in a very precarious state.

We understand that the police have apprehended
a man on suspicion. He is a Chilien sailor, who
lodged at the boarding-house of Maria Burgess,
39, Launcelot's-hey. A prostitute, who said she was
present when the murder took place, positively
speaks to him as being the man who perpetrated it.

NEW RAILWAY CARRIAGES IN FRANCE.--A trial
is being made on the Eastern Railway of some new
carriages which will, it is expected, remedy many incon-
veniences long complained of. A passage in the centre
communicating from one compartment to another enables
the railway officials to see what is going on during the
march of the train, and allows the
passengers to freely
move about from one end of the carriage to the other. A
which can be opened or shut at plea-
platform or balcony for smokers is placed at one end. Ven-
of
.fresh air. The new plan
puliyllo wing advantages —security,
plea-
appears rpl ap te,eoasrrass are
atso also
top reg fixed,
evnepresent
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facilities for smoking without annoyance to any one, and
exemption from danger of fire, as the carriage is constitleted
of sheet iron.

The 74th anniversary festival of this institution
was held yesterday evening at Willis's Rooms, St.
James's—the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, the presi-
dent of the corporation, in the chair.
The committee,in presenting their annual address,
thought it only proper to state that the principle
of the institution is to administer assistance to
authors of genius and learning who may be reduced
to distress by unavoidable calamities, or deprived
by enfeebled faculties or declining life of the power
of literary exertion. This assistance is renewed
/0 often as the committee consider necessary, and
is extended, at the death of an author, to his
widow and children. In the application of this
liberality the utmost caution is used both as to the
reality of the distress and the merits of the in-
dividual. No writer can come within the views
of the society who has not published a work of
intelligence and public value, and something more
than talent, however brilliant it be, is invariably
exacted. While the bounty of the institution is
bestowed without regard to national or political
distinction, every author, without exception, is ex-
cluded, whose writings are offensive to morals or
religion, and whose personal character is not proved,
by satisfactory testimony, to be beyond suspicion.
In its career of unobtrusive usefulness the Royal
Literary Fund has devoted to the relief of the un-
fortunate scholar no loss a sum than £57,130, and
2,962 grants have been bestowed upon upwards of
1,300 applicants.
About 150 sat down to dinner,among whom were :
His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hol-
stein, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Lord Mayor,
the Hon. E. Stanhope, the Hon. W. Addington,
M.P., Lieut.. Gen. the Hon. Sir E. Cust, K.C.8.,
Lord C. Hamilton, M.P., Sir B. Bridges, M.P., Sir
M.P., Mr. Nicholas,
M.P., Mr. Marsh, M.P., Mr. H. A. Bruce, MY.,
Col. Sykes, M.P.,Mr. S. Western,M.P., Lord Crewe,
Sir W. Jones, the Dean of Ripon, Sir Charles Bun-
bury, Mr. Beresford-Hope, Mr. M. Milnes, M.P.,
Sir .sr Ellis,in. Mpri.litmGourren,eryr,tf.
1.P0., Mr. Erskine May,
C. 8., Owen,
F.R.S., Mr.
Curling, F.R.S., Mr. Joseph Clarke, F.R.S., the
Al.. R. Bell, Mr.
Rev. Ernest Hawkins, the Rev. Charles Meri, Mr.
vale,
John Cal. Watson,Watson, Major
W.
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Smith,
Mri A. Heeps
G. A. Sala, Mr. Anthony Trollope, Mr. W. H. Rus-
sell, Mr. E. Romer, Dr. Doran, Mr. Sketchley, Mr.
George Scharf, and others.
A number of ladies occupied seats round the room
after dinner.

On the cloth being drawn the noble CHAIRMAN
proposed the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which
were duly honoured.
Lord C. HAMILTON proposed "The Church and
the Archbishop of Armagh," to which the latter
responded.

The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the
evening, said he came now to the constant and
principal toast at each of their annual meetings,
namely, " Prosperity to the Royal Literary
Fund." (Cheers.) He could not propose
the toast without, in the first place, most earnestly
lamenting, as they all lamented, the loss which the
institution had sustained in the death of the late
president, the Marquis of Lansdowne. At a very
early age Lord Lansdowne occupied a high political
position, but in his later years it might, in a great
measure, be said of him that he filled even a higher
place than that of leader of a political party, since
he came to be regarded as their judge and umpire.
(Hear, hear.) To literature and the fine arts Lord
Lansdowne brought an exquisite taste, a highly cal
tivated mind, and a generous temper, and in his case
the impulses of a kindly heart were well supported
by an ample fortune. (Hear, hear.) They had been
pleased to call upon him to fill the place thus left
vacant, and on the present occasion he ventured to
address them not only as chairman of the day, but
as president of the institution. (Loud cheers.) He
wished to pass as rapidly as he could over all that
related to himself; but still he would not be doing
justice to those assembled around him if be did not
show that he appreciated as he ought the honour
of being the successor of such a chief to such a so-
ciety. (Loud cheers.) It would be his anxious wish
during his tenure of office—let that tenure be long
or short—that the position it had pleased them to
confer upon him Should receive no deterioration at
his hands, and that it should be handed over unim-
paired to his successor. (Hear, hear.) Passing over
these personal matters, he would remark that, how-
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quently and eloquently stated on so many former oc-
casions—still the claims upon their bounty were as
pressing, as fresh, and as deserving of their sympathy
as ever. The claims upon them extended as literature
and science extended ; and they must be aware that
at no period that could be named had science ex-
tended into wider fields than at present, and never
was our ancient renown for literature more power-
fully upheld than at the present time. (Hear.) If
we go through the sciences we should find it just
the same. Take astronomy, for instance, and see
how we had explained all those simple phenomena
which were in ancient times hailed with astonish-
ment, and regarded as strange events. It might
have been asked at one time how it was possible,
after the great discoveries in that science by New-
ton and Laplace, that anything would be left for
their successors to find out, and yet see what vast
improvements had been made in the science since
those persons lived, and if any had ever held that
opinion, how completely was it disproved by the re-
sults of the labours of such:men as the Mt ronomer
Royal and Mr. Adams. (Cheers.) If we looked to
geography, let them see how much had been
achieved, and was being achieved by the Geogra-
phical Society of London, guided as it was in its
efforts by its excellent and unwearied president, Sir
Roderick Murchison. Tidings might be expected
that month, or even perhaps that week, that one of
the greatest geographical problems that had ever
puzzled mankind in ancient or modern times had
been successfully solved. He need scarcely say that
he referred to the discovery of the sources of the
Nile, of which a telegram had already been received,
although in an imperfect form. , That was a dis-
covery which was once conceived to be an unfa-
thomable mystery, beyond the powers of mankind
to unveil. An ancient poet described the Nile as
running away from a general conflagration, and
hiding its head, which he said was concealed to the
present day.
"Nilus extremum fugit per tentu orbem
Occuluique cipet quod adhuc latet."
Was it not a proud reflection in honour of the men
of science of this age that this very week might per-
haps remove the mystery ? (Hear, hear.) From
the mysteries of geography he would pass to those
other mysteries which the earth hid beneath its
surface—to the sciences of geology
and archeo-
logy, and to the success achieved in those pursuits
by such men as Sir Charles Lyell and others. It
was not in these sciences as with astronomy, merely
a progress of an ancient science advanced from cen-
tury to century, and developed from year to pear;
but these were sciences of which not the faintest
rudiments were known 100 years ago. (Hear,
hear.) From science he would pass to the conside-
ration of literature, and hero they still found abun-
dant grounds for congratulation. As it chanced he
was reading that morning in the _Revue des Deux
Mondes an account of the state of poetry at the
present time in France, which was very discourag-
ing. It was stated that at the present time there
was no great work of poetry recently brought out
in the French language. Les tresois de la poesie
sont tree pauvre." That was speaking of France
only, and he believed that that account was correct.
He could not help th;Dking how very different was
the case in England. Any' man who had paid a
moment's attention to the subjec t would see how
our ancient glories in poetry Were suported by
such Ulm as the Poet Laureate, the Doan of West'

mmster, and Mr. M. Mimes. (Loud cheers.) Was
it not a subject for congratulation, whilst the great
critics of France had been compelled to acknowledge
a dearth of poets in their country, that, without any
undeserved self-laudation or undue compliment, we
could safely assert that our poets were maintaining
that just renown in this branch of literature
which we had acquired from the earliest times ?
(Cheers.) With regard to works of fiction, he
might say that the greatest eminence had been ob
tamed in the present age. He did not merely allude
to the old established fables that had for many
years held possession of their smiles and sometimes
of their tears from their first appearance, such
as "Pelham," " Pickwick," and " Vanity Fair,"
which had so justly obtained popularity, but to those
of more recent date. He would ask them to consider
how well the rising school of novelists was repre-
sented, and how beautifully illustrated by such men
as Wilkie Collins, Anthony Trollope, and others.
(Hear, hear.) He thought the works of such per-
sons as he had referred to, and of others whom he
would not pause to name, had afforded to them all
sources of great pleasure, some in their more serious
hours of health and strength when instruction was
sought, and others in those hcurs of depression and
pain which sometimes intervene when lighter works
of literature come in with a healing power. (Hear,
hear.) To those works applied the beautiful address
to her books by a lady whom he did not do justice
to when he omitted to place her among our poets—
Mrs. Norton—when she said—
" Silent companions of my lonely heart,
Friends, we can never alter or forsake."
(Cheers.) Looking, then, to the progress both of
science and literature we have great ground for
congratulation, but it clearly behoved them to re-
member not only those who succeeded in those paths
but also those who failed. (Hear) They ought to
be mindful not only of those who had climbed the
rugged and arduous steep that leads to fame, but
they ought to think of those who, without any fault
of their own, perhaps, had found their strength
give way, whose feet had slipped in climbing the
ascent and had fallen, and had perhaps been maimed
by the fall. (Hear.) Surely it behoved them to
show their sympathy forjhose as they offered their

admiration to their more fortunate brethren. (Hear.)
Amidst all the subjects for rejoicing he had pointed
out there were two circumstances which inspired
him with a feeling of regret. The first was the one
he had just adverted to—namely, that the wider

the field of literature and science extended, the
greater the number of claimants upon their
bounty; but this was the inevitable result of all
intellectual progress, and it was an evil which
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ing for himself, and without committing any other
person by what he was about to say, he felt that,
from year to year, the various branches of know-
ledge had an increasing tendency to ruv in separate
channels, and to have less communication with each
other. It fell to his lot last week to preside over
a commission which was sitting to consider the
constitution of the Royal Academy, and they had
before them as a witness an accomplished gentle-
man, with whose merits they were well acquainted,
and who was then present—he meant Mr. Beres-
ford Hope ; and besides the remarks which that gen-
tleman made, which he would not allude to, on the
immediate subject before the commission, he made
some short remarks upon the intellectual progress
of the country. He stated that in London there
was a constant tendency to establish three socie-
ties where one would answer the purpose, and
that in some respects this multiplication of
societies might not have been so advantageous as
their founders wished. (Hear, hear.) What he
chiefly regretted was, that an increasing spirit of
isolation prevailed among those who cultivated the
different branches of science and literature—and
he thought that would go on increasing unless
they could provide ground on which those follow-
ing the different branches could meet. (Hear.)
Without imputing blame to any particular class,
he must say that they appeared to treat somewhat
superciliously those following a different, and per-
haps as they thought, a less important branch of
study. Those who had done so had, doubtless, a
perfect right to follow their own course, and had
done so from the purest motives; but he only wished
to lay before them some grounds for doubting
whether this tendency was a right one. (Hear,
hear.) He wished them to observe that in France
a very opposite system was adopted. There each
set of men whilst cultivating his own par-
ticular branch of study was happy to meet with
those pursuing other branches, and the result of
that spirit had been the establishment of the Insti-
tute, which was one of the glories of France, and
which had extended its influence, not only through
that great nation, but through the world. (Laud
cheers.) Now, we had nothing in England which
bore even the faintest resemblance—the most dis-
tant similitude, to the Institute of France. Why,
should that be the case ? It was not for want of
men of merit, because it was sufficient to cast the
eye round the room in which] they then were to
answer that question; but it was because the spirit
of combination was wanting—it was the spirit of
isolation that prevented them coming together.
(Hear, hear.) He thought more was required of
literary and scientific men than simply to cultivate
with ardour their peculiar branch of study. That
was the great fault of England at this time.
Could not the French system be advantageously
established amongst ourselves ? (Hear, hear.) It
was one of the great advantages;of this institution
that it tended somewhat to remove that isolation by
bringing men of different pursuits together. (Hear.;
For besides seeking to stretch forth their hand to
the unfortunate man of genius, without letting his
name become known (loud cheers), they had the ad-
vantage of meeting on occasions like the present men
of every profession and of all classes of intellect.
(Loud cheers.) With regard to the more immediate
object, it was well known that this institution, in
dispensing its charity, made no discrimination of
country, party, or creed. (Cheers.) The Frenchman
was as welcome to relief as one of ourselves. (Hear,
hear.) They did not ask an applicant for relief whe-
ther he was a Protestant or belonged to the Roman
Catholic religion (hear, hear), or whether
he was a Liberal or a Conservative. (Cheers.)

It was enough for them to know that he
was a man of worth—that he was a man of talent
and in distress, and the funds of the society were
open for his relief. (Cheers.) All men from the
various classes of knowledge combined to assist this
society, which did not appeal to one class more than
another for support; but they appealed to all classes
who contributed either to the instruction or the

intellectual power of mankind. (Cheers.) Let them
combine in support of this one society which linked
them together, and the only regret which would re-
main would be that there were not more frequently
similar opportunities for their meeting. (Cheers.)
Upon the whole, he was sure they wouid feel
that this society commended itself to their
.sup-
port in the exact proportion in which science
and literature extended, for in proportion as it
was successful, in proportion as greater profits
were reaped, so much the greater was the cluim
of those who wero unsuccessful in the same pur-
suit from the want of opportunity, the failure of
health and other causes beyond their control.
(Bear, hear.) He trusted that this institution would
long continuo to afford assistance to the unfortunate
author; and feeling, as he did, that their presence
on that occasion was a proof of their sympathy, he
would call upon them with full hearts and •
)rim-
mi„g glasses to drink to " the Prosperity of the
Royal Literary Fund." (Loud and prolonged
cheering.
The toast was drank with three times three.
Mr. GEORGE GioDwiN secret
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the list of subscriptions and (lonationa, which
41'32 then read
amounted in the whole to between
£7OO and £600,.

The announcement was received with loud cheers.
Mr. MONCKTON MILNES, in proposing "The
Health of the Chairman," said—Lord Stanhope
had already referred to the Institute of
France; and it was the custom there when any
new member was elected that he should speak
for an hour in praise of the individual whom he suc-
ceeded, and that some one else should get up and
peak for another hour in praise of the merits of the
newly-elected member. There might be something
in the peculiarity of the French language which
might render such euphemistic nothings pleasant,
hut there was something in our English language
which rendered it repulsive to stand and heap praise
upon an individual who was present. (Cheers and
laughter.) He would therefore spare the president
the annoyance of listening to his own praises, but
still there were certain facts he might state which
the noble lord had no reason to be ashamed of. For
many years Lord Stanhope had taken a great inte-
rest in literary pursuits, and in conversation with
him upon literature and literary men he did
not recollect ever hearing him say one unjust
word regarding either of them, but he rather
erred on the side of expressing too much esteem and
admiration for the writers. (Hear, hear.) He held
very sound and sensible views, and he knew well
that the influence a man in his position and rank
should exercise in this country upon literature was
a very useful and powerful one, and ought to be
very beneficial in both its direct and its indirect
associations, From the very beginning of his life
he had been interested in literature, and there had
been hardly any period for many years in which he
had not been occupied in some work that had taken
a high place in the literature of the country. (Hear,
hear.) History occupied a prominent place in our
literature, and required in the man who devoted
himself to it accuracy of detail, freshness of judg-
ment, and power of criticism. There were few his-
tories of modern times more agreeable to read, or
which conveyed more accurate images of the cir-
cumstances of the times than the last work
written by Lord Stanhope. (Loud cheers.) He had
vindicated the memory of that great man Pitt, and
had shown how that man, eminent as a great Eng-
lishman, was above all political faction and party
feelings. (hear, hear.) It was also to the noble lord
at the head of the table that they were indebted for
that revision of our sacred Liturgy—that one revi-
sion which, he believed, had received both the con-
sent and the approbation of the clergy and of the
people at large of this country. (Cheers.) He was
sure that, without any unpleasant interference, Lord
Stanhope would exercise the influence he held as
president of the society for the good and the ad-
vancement of literature and the sciences, and would
fill that difficult office without permitting them to
see the insolence of the patron or the servility of
the client. (Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN shortly responded, and proposed
" The Writers on Science and Sir Charles Lyell,"
which was followed by " The Writers on Art and
Mr. Beresford Hope," "The Lord Mayor and the
City of London," " The Writers of Works of Fic
tion and Mr. Anthony Trollope," and "The Ladies
The company separated at a late hour.
Naval and Military Intelligence.