The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-13 00:00:00

PRINCE OF WALES'S YACIIT CLUB.

The very interesting thatch amongst the yachts of this
highly respectable club, for two purses of specie, which
came off yesterday, was, notwithstanding the extremely
wet state of the weather, most numerously attended and
well contested. The following took their stations at
Blackwell, to sail to Gravesend and back:—Britannia, 7
tens, Mr. G. Legg; Julia, 7 tens, Mr. W. P. Bain; Ides,
6 tons, Mr. E. Knibbs;letvine, 8 tons, Mr. B.
' Ottilia, 7 tons, Mr. W. E. Matthicssen; Alba-
tross, 7 tons, Mr. Berncastle. The Valentine took the
lead at the commencement, and kept it. They came in
thus:—
Valentine 5 tutus 5 min. 48 secs.
Uttilia
Julialda » 27 „ 20 „
28 „ 40
91
_ Mr. Berneastle, the spirited commodore, presentsd
the purses with appropriate speeches.

i BATH OE SIR WILLIAM
,HENRY PENNYMAN, BART.
—We have to record the demise of this venerable Baronet,
who died on the 9th instant, at Ormesby Hall, county of
York, aged eighty-eight. This title is an old one, having
been created so far back as 1663, and conferred for the ser-
vices which the first holder rendered to the royal party
during the civil war. The deceased was the son of the sixth
Baronet, by the daughter of Sir Henry Grey, Bart. Sir
William married the daughter of Bethel Robinson, Esq.. of
Cal
the wich, county of York, but leaves no issue.
He succeded
to title in 1808.
ITER!. GOOD.—Theodore Hook was walking, in
th
days of Warren's blacking, where one of the emissaries
of -that shining character bad written on a wall " Try War-
but had been frightened from his propriety and
rest is lacking," said Hook, almost before he
say, it,.
pOF INIQUITY.—The Government stamp
rfleend'.3' 13'
"The
,
on a
statement appears in the 13elfast
The following,,
TilbolaSof Aqiguackwe
have
P
Hens Letter:— been informed, oa the best author
A NT —The Augsburg
MINING GEL .
rite-, that Lord GI all is about to be appointed to the Go,
l agent of a French joint-stock
ofgi India. vice Lord Dalhousie."
Bran-
Gazette states that v e rFLIGHT
n e raolFs 11 iA.eptil
with the sum cf 350,000
company,
has absconded
eighty
back, near Coblentz,
itself with a loss of
ny dissolves
the local
pato work a silver and lead mine at
francs. The company
per cent.
Dublin
THE MURDER Ur
chief of the police,
information just forwarded by the
made, by Pa-
Castle. there is little doubt that statementthed
to the depot of the 67th
trick Daugheney, a private attcche .
LORD NOWIURY.—From the
t to be a -
Lord Nurbury in Ireland, has turned ou
arrest, and will,
falsehoods. Daugheney has been put under
Regiment, stationed at Dover, as to being the murtdiessreure. of
doubtless, be punished.
Sir Fitzroy Kelly has become the purchaser of the
Cheuntry estate near this town. The Solicitor-General thus
be
a landed proprietor in Suffolk, and will further DO
entitled to be registered upon the burgess roll of IPswielb—
Ipswich Journal.
Mr. James Finch, a retired farmer, of Winchcomb,
near Cheltenham, who had reached the age of 70, put a
period to his existence on Saturday morningst, by cut-
ting his throat, and then by climbing into a large plum-tree)
at the top OW gaNcili aatlien to lame
liiiigglf.

ItOYSL LITERARY FUND.
Tho anniyersary dinner_ of thiA_ irlstitution, the obit ct
of which is-to`adtn'hiiter aSsist-tuae to authors of gettius
end lenrning who may lazt redtici-d to distrcrs or deprived
6 'flee ii,3wet-af &emu' cx-rtion, was hell 1.1::t night at
-ibe 'Freemasons' Tavern. Lord Chia' Justice Campbell
-tuck the &sir, and amorrg- the company we observed—
Vaa der Weyer, the Bolgian .*.nuia;ter; the Caevalicr
Bunsen/ the Prussian Minister; Mr. Abbott LiwrcnoQ,
the Sinerican Minister; M. do Bii!c, the atni.li Mi-
nister; the Persian Minister and Major Malcolm; Lord
J. Stuart, M.P.'; Mr. Justice Talfourd, Sir A. Ccciaburn,
the Solicitor-Grneral for Ireland, the Q•teen's Advocate,
General Sir C Pwloy, the Hon. W. F. Campbell, M.P.,
Mr. C. Ilindley, M.P., the Rev. A. P. Stanley, Mr.
Thackerny, Mr. C. 1341 d vin, Sir H. Ellis, Profess
or
Creasy, Dr. Heggsrd,Mr, J. Murray, Mr. B2ntley, &c.
AtibutltiO:ratlemen were prcs.ent.
After the cloth *as drawn,
The Cii*IIMAR. in propostng the. "Health of the
Q Teen," said that her Majesty vraa hl ad-
mired as the patron of literature and art, and therein,
cliffere 1 from the first monarchs of the house of Bruns-
wick who oc tupied the throne of these realm:, who were
wit very retitled, in their tsstes,,and hal little resp Act for
literature and the arts. It mita related of (burgh I. that
by iiaid,upon one occssi r, I hate all poets and
painters."--(Laughter.) This ernild not, happily; be staid
of her Majesty, ivho had manifested her gracious concern
for the prosperity of this, imtittation by,sending a doaa-

lion .of.losl.—(Loud -cheeie.)
TheTtiAramAN next gave ":The health of Prince Al-
bert, the Pi ince of-Wales, and the other members of the
lioys! Family." lie said, the Prince Consort bid en•
(feared himself to all classe3, and h.l.d.reuliarly endeared.
himself to the friends of thiS instittition„by having filled
the chair at ot:c of its festivals. Peince Albert was the
active, energetic, and successfUl patron of
.all that was
weful and deligktfal, in proof of which they had only to
colander what ho did -during the past year in promoting
the Great Exhibition, the, natmory of which would not
soon be f.rgotten.—(blear,iietir.) The Prince Consort
bad not as yet contributed to the literature of his adopted
,enuntry, but if the speephcs ho had delivered since he
Caine country were-collected together they would
form a mo=t valuable -ftecsdon to our literature. _

The Csaisafterertethen preposed `"The Church," which
was acknowledged by the Rev. Profeesor BROWNE.
Lord J. STUART: gfcre,'" Tt*Aerny and Navy'," which:
was responded to ley Sir C. PASLEY:
The CHAIRMA.N then gave !` Prosperity. to the Royal
Literary .Fund."... He believed. that all who were present
were tit tiainted With the histery, objects, and merits- of.'
this institution, litiConly those. knew the pressing neces-
sity for the, exiisteace of :atoll societrwhe had been
actteally engaged ineadatiniatering the. aid which it af-
forded to literaey:menaor who, like the exere
cise of the Privileges accerded ''to the chaitman for' the
year, had examined-the records of the:senicty.—(Hear.)
He used to suppoee that 'in was only those authors who
failed to procure fame and distitiction who. required the
assistance of their more fortunate competitors, but, on
leekingetn the reeerelsed this society, he found that.
nearly mere who had enjoyed great celebrity as novelists,
dramatists-, and biographers, who had amused, instructed,
and enlightened the world, had, notwithstanding, fallen
into penury and had -pined in want.--;(Hear.) It often
turned out that °llly's-social! portion of the profits of' a
work fell to the
-author—(Hear,' hetir)that poptilarity
was fleeting; the' taste-of-the public capricious, and that
a second work not lest meritorious than its predecessor,
which hadscharnard "its readers, sometimes fell stillborn
from the press:S From these causes men who had been
eminen&in literature often fell into docile', and in former
times, to the eliegrace. Of this country, persons of the
ensinencein literature bad not known where
to greatesttusy their -beads, while others • had died
from want. Literary s men had, therefore, reason
to- bless the memory of those • who had established
this iestittition-(Bear, .heer)—which had relieved the
=distress of missy etninenapersons; and which had saved
some from premature death and possibly from suicide,
and others from the scarcely lesssdreaded alternative 'of
diseresitig to the public their destitute condition.
(Hear, hearo , The peculiar merits of this institution
were the secrecy and delicacy with which its relief had
been given. But it had. also a most beneficial tendency
theands all°w ety lovers,vias o
twat
otl tit4rdaetrnerde,.
ain drawing together into one harmonious family all
s the
lite-
rary
sothdaotlethoef
chaaid
given_
rity, but as the aid given to an': unfortunate son or a des-
titute brother.—(Cheers.) Stich a Mode of administer=
b meny
ing relief Weesed who gave and him who re
-
mired, `c`the Fejoiciedialiets this institution still flourished
and was likely to freerieh Itti.enP.porters need not be
afraid lest, the existence_ of. euch.a society and the • assists,
ance it gave to dietrees_ed authors istiould induce young
men to leave the eoleetpaths of industry and professional
exertion. It held out no lured to such a career; it only
relieved and rescued from 'want those who; drizzled by
the temptations of literary ferric', had been disappointed
and were unable to -provide for their subsistence in old
age, and fur thesaatts of those who were dependent
upon them. Ho trusted that such' an institution would
continue to be fostered and ;encouraged, and ho now
drank, " Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund."
The Rev. D,r. ROB-SELL then read the report, from
which it appeared that during the last year the receipts
were 2,553/., and the disburaemetits 2,2561., leaving a
balance in hand of 296/. The income of the past year
showed an increase of 6001, over the preceding; year.
The subscriptions included a second donation of 50
guineas by Lord Campbell; the Duke of Somerset,
101. 10i.; Earl of Ellesmere, 101. 103.; E irl of Ellen-
borough, 101 ; sir J. Swinburne, 10/ ; Mr. Mscaulay,
101.; toe Stationers' C stnpeny, 201 ; Mr. Disraeli, M.P.,
10/, 10s.; Mr. G. Peabody, 101. 10s., s.
Mr. Justice TAISOIIIID, in proposing the health of
the chairman, said he had filled the office of first Izw
officer of the Crown for a longer period than any one of
his predecessors in English history. The Learned Judge
proceeded to dilate in the flo +sing language of friendship
upon the many epleniid successes which the Noble and
Learned Chair.nan had achieved at the bar, in the arena
of authorship, and nen the judicial tench.
Lord CAMPBELL said he inSght regard it the
proudest day of his :life tosfilt a chair which had been
occupied by
so many Oiles tri :sues p. releees -. . 90,3, and to bp,
surrounded by so many distingtriehed 'repeetentatives'of
foreign Powers. The itoble.andlsearriedLordteek ()c-
-ession to pay a graceful compl7in,iiii 'to Mr. Justice
Talfourd, writs, he soh ;'had -shown how law might bif
combined with literature, vetio was one of' the most com-
summate judges that ever eat in We'itmiecter Hall, and
one of ebeeeost diefiriguished poets that ever adorned
our language. Literature.had been his. (Lord Camp-
inheritance; By that he bail made his way in the
world, and toeuthorthise he wonld gla2llt have ehtirely
devoted hirnsdf; for ho :considered a great poet or a
great dramatist muah-superior its the settle ofintellect to
a Lord Chttneel:or ora-Chief Jestice.--(Oheers.)
But
he had devoted himself-to the law, and to literature ho
was indebted for the moans of 'prosecuting his studios:
When his proOsaioisal lebours ceased literature became
the resource of his leieure moments, and in its pursuit ho
had passed five of the-mese delightful years of his life. And
most gratifying it wee, to-him that his Learned Friend
and other coapotent judges..had. honoured with their
commendations the labeure. of that period of his life.
He was not yet without the hope ,-that ho' might live to
produce a work which- weeld Oki him a mere enduring
claim to a place among the authors of England.—
(Cheers.) He had now the gretification of announcing
as his suceeseor in the chair of that society a dietin-
guished authoi, nee bscome a statesmen, and who was
proud to acknewledge.that litteature he owed his ele-
vation. Authors could not expeet, if they remained at
their clss'es, tie hive peerages and offices thrust upon
them; but let theta wake thenaselees uaeful, and, shove all,
lot them make themselves formidAle; and then they might
become like the author of " Coningeby," who was now
' Chancellor of the Enchcepier and leader of the House of
Commons., begged to drink the " Health of the
Cheirmaniif the Literary Fund for 1853, the Right Hon.
B. Disraeli."—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. M. MILNE 3, M.P.,_proposed the "Health of Pro-
fessor Creasy and the II tatoriens."
Professor CREASY said, . that never was history so
thoroughly appreciated, and never_ was there so many
worthy writers of history its at the presentmement.l In
our osti cciitnry we had Hallitn,.:Micaulay, Alison, Pal-
grave, Napier, Stephen, and mare others, while in clas-
sics). history
.we had Thirlwall, Grote, Merrivale, &c.
riha the rirees'of. Washington Irving and
BancrofOshile G:inilny had in. Chevalier. Burisen---
(Cheers)—ono of the :most distinguished followers of
Niebuhr, efs whom it might be:said in the words of his
own eulogy Upon Soaliger, that ho was a man before
whose eyes every thation that possessed a history was•
made to shed light upon the history of every ether na-
tiou.—(Cheers.) France-had her Guizot, her Miohelet,
and many others; while Spain, Italy, and other coun-
tries could all boast the possession of distinguishnd living
historians. Wherever they looked they found in every
country a school of historians no longer shallow de-
claimers, but Men of action,' and they were the true men
of thought—men who brought to bear upon the history
and the passions of past ages the experieuce which they
hednegnired in the political history of the present-day,
-and-who- were- thereby enabled to bring to bear upon
'C'enteteporary history that tleod of light which antiquity
poured, if antinuity wore viewed aright. Ile was proud
tii-liiiiie-hiffiaine united with such a toast.—(Cheers.)
• Mr. WHITESIDE gave " the Rev. A. Stanley and the
Biographers," The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, in a
felicitioue speech, pointed out how rich English litera-
ture already was' in biography before Mr. Stanley had
contributed to,. it his Lila of. Dr. Arnold," a work
which had exhibited in the -subject of that biography a
conscientiousness and a-love of truth directed to as noble
purposes,as coald engage the intellect of friar'--'(Cheers.)
The Rev. A. STANLEY' acknowledged the toast.

were the
"Health of -Mr.' Thickeray and the Novelists.
The Hon, W, F. CAMPBELL,
Mr. Tita.cantur (who sat at the lower end-of the
. _
11. P., proposed the
room) said that the company at the chairman's table
Veat'''se!' whom the managers of these
festivals procured to act tho,chief parts upon then ca-
casions. They wero. the Macbeths and Hamlets,
while he end theeci ` about him were the Ro-
senerantzn and Guildeneterns, and resembled an
individual of his acque.;.u'ence who, as Banquo, had at
Matt: ..n.h .—(A. laugh.)
Dtury-le.he shdlten his gory locks at half-a-dcznn
individual They were like the humble
in
plush at the opera, whose humble office it
was to water the stage, *mid the applause of the gallery,
for the Taf.ilioni and Lind of the night.—(A, laugh.)
many of :those about him, ,like himself,. knew what it
was to receive at the begi%hing of every season a basket
full of tickets inviting him to -moot the patrons of some
charity like the present, to rap upon the table; and ap-
plJud that prticular virtue with which the chairman for
the night wiihrd to indoctrinate his audience. Still
there vras a silent almoner who issued from such meet-
per tboy were over, and by whose charitable minis-
ins a t
e ) ilis calling would be
~for,
(I,(3„hearf:." h - present gonerttlon was dead, there must
tratious they were sanctified as by a grace after meat.—
and humbug in the world—
.b.e.e,,k-in- -dertietsse ,andher-ogisezrosity, end folly, and fidelity,
and love, ,titit,l a. as ,;;,Dg all thug continued his sues
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