The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-09 00:00:00

LITERARY FUND JUBILEE•

Yesterday the jubilee of this meritorious and welVen,
ductad institution was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tx"ril
Great Queen-street. • the
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in la
chair. The company was very numerous, and on et,
side of the Royal Duke who presided, we saw the Bia"re
of Llandaff, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Ellenborougi??A,et,
Mexican Minister, Captain Wood, M P., Gaily Kt)la.
M. P., Mr. Hope, M P., Sir C. Lemon, M P.
Sir "'"%,
Liam Chatterton, Sir P. Joddrell, Sir H. Ellis, and Mae/
other gentlemen distinguished in the republic of letteria
To the Literary Fund Society we have been warm friee
ever since it was happily established--established na d
firm basis for the succour and relief of a long neglea:t.„es
class of men, whose sufferings have the strongest eta";
upon public sympathy. The instructors, the civilis
the enchanters of the world, they who pass their lives old
labour, or unsubstantial dreams, whose health is was,lbe
by the midnight lamp, till they pale and shiver in
noonday heat, whom disease assails in fearful sbaPa!
unknown where mental toil is not the burthen of existellF"
and whom actual want and real misery drag from itnagi:b.
ings devoted to the benefit of mankind, and sadly tes"to
them that such occupation almost certainly leads bat
es
pining poverty, pitiless neglect, and obscure death. Th
rises their fame, and unborn generations applaud and lb.
nify their glorious productions. The earth rings wit
their praises when dead, who had not a voice to wb'r-f
consolation to them when living ; and the vain tributes:.
posthumous regrets and marble tombs, are accorded to th bs;
who starved for bread, and wretchedly perished amid t
flit ea/
busiest haunts of their fellow.creatures. raj' es it
much more in favour of the Literary Fund SocietY,we, etbe
necessary. On this, the occasion of its first jub,i4„osees
company, as we have hinted, was more than usually T.
rous. An excellent dinner was provided, an
n ornend graue •`-,
Cooke, with Messrs. Francis, Chapman, and nest
Masters Martin and Chip, and Miss B, Hawes, the finest
the
contralto in London, enhanced the mere pleasures eats.
evening, by the excellence of their musical arrangem
with three
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Queen," bad sent
times three, adding emphatically, that her Mei y,
an annual donation of one hundred
of the regard she entertained for the merits o
lion. The toast was received with enthusiasm.
and Was
The " health of the Queen Dowager" followed,
received with plaudits. was the
aistath tee sltni snit iotnuy.
" The Church, and the Bishopguoif"Lasl'andau; --
next toast.
The Right Rev. Prelate the Biskop of that diocese re'
turned thanks, in taking occasion.to eulogise the Literal
Fund Society for its Works of charity, in which it was eft"
nently Christian, not letting the right nand know what the
left was doing.—(Hear.)
The Army and Navy" was the next toast.
Captain WOOD, M. P., returned thanks.
The Royal Duke is the Chair then proposed the toss„
of the evening, viz., " Prosperity to the Literary Fund.
In doing so, he happily alluded to the good
years the
been dispensed by the Society. During fifty
sum of 20,0001. had been awarded, and did not respes,
and delicacy forbid disclosures, even though they wouln,
affect only those who had long slumbered in the gra/et
such statements might be made as would excite the deePeso
whichFti hed
emotions of compassion and sorrow.—( Cheers.) As farsoe.,
they had gone the proceedings of the Literary Fund of
ciety had removed a reproach and a stain from the Pag.ith
England's history. It was therefore that he proposed,
much satisfaction, ‘,Prosperity to the Literary Fund;
(Great applause.)
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. li of.
Mr. TooaE, as one of the treasurers, then read a "%Di.
subscribers and donors, among whom we noticed her...lber
jesty the Queen, 100 guineas annually—( Chre").,
Majesty Queen Adelaide, donation of 20 guine-ibe
( Cheers.) Tne Duke of Sussex 20/. —(Cheers)---
Duchess of Kent 50/.—( Loud cheers)—the Dakiepo%
Cambridge 251.--(Great cheering)—the Earl of g
annually 10 guineas, Lord Ellenboroug ten Vine° ari.
".
nually, Lord Normanby, 10 guieeas, being his fourth sad
nual donation, his first donation being 501.—(Loud sabil
long continued cheers were given at the mention n'eo,
Lordship's name)—W. Macready, Esq., five gtiiriMP
his sixth annual donation—( Loud cheers)--the si
rine Insurance Company one hundred gui.nesgiso•
(Loud cheers)—Messrs. Longman 50/ , their tinr:e b 11,
nual donation to that amount—(Cheers)—B. B• Can—ila
Esq., 10 guineas, his seventh annual donation ; his 10
the Duke of Bedford, 20 guineas ; Sir Lytton Buiriei'lovi
guineas ; Lord F. Gordon, 10 guineas, his sixth dolin° pi'
Count D'Orsay, 5 guineas; James Duncan, Esq., 0! 6
news; the Earl of Eldon, 10 guineas; Prince bie:Lelig
guineas, his eighth donat:on ; Sir J. Swinburne, 117'epth
sixteenth donation ; Wm. Simpson, Esq., 201., his se' n'e
donation, &c. &c. The Treasurer also read an abstral.eg
the cash account for the year 1838, by which it aPPeeSs
that after the payment of grants for relief in 89" er
amounting to 1,275/. and after the payment of other os
penses, there was a balance in the hands of the Treastlerrio'
the 31st of December, 1838, of 290/. ; and that the Pe-
nent fund consisted at present of 18,1991. golll
The Earl of RIPON proposed the health of his it a.O/
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who, though for
years absent from England on important duties, yid! s
be had fulfilled to the satisfaction of his country, bad %Ls,'
warm heart towards the charities of his name lam
(Great appl
dless tause.) se!
It is neeo say that the toast was drunk with
clamation. ned
Tette-

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, with much feelings - iron'
thanks. He had certainly been absent for many Yea,r„
England. His heart, however, had always been nee'red
(Cheers.) Following the course adopted by hie r„e;
bim
father, and subsequently by his Royal brothers, it g - th.
sincere pleasure to show personally his attachment to
charitiWlLLlAes of this country. ,if the
Sir M CHATTERTON proposed the healtu
Marquis of Lansdowne, the President of the Fund.---
ceived with much applause. the
Mr. TOOKE announced another list of subscript/0:0
most prominent of which was 50/. from each of the Pr'
of the
The eminent firm of Longman and Co.
Archmological society of Rome" was the nest
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toast.
tbe
Mr. SPOTTISWOODE, after a glowing eulogium °"-d his
merits of Sir D. Wilkie as a British artist, propose

health. (Ole
Sir DAVID WILYIZ returned thanks, but was only atl
in his imme neighbourhood.
" The 'Rodiyalate Society of Literature," and several ot jlll.
toasts were proposed, after which the company separate

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AFFAIRS OF THE CHARTISTS.—TiIe
chester Guardian of yesterday devotes much of its !PA:
to the Chartists, for the purpose of reporting and donna
sy
ing their proceedings. A meeting was held last 111°1Lp/
at the Mitre Tavern, Manchester, at which some of t"-"ng
persons who took part in the proceedings " speak (-)f bel•or
oteri-of
prepared for an appeal to physical force and to
measures. From the present temper of large bodies ,
the working classes in this neighbourhood (Manchesterid
from the extent to which they are provided with arms, r
from circumstances which have recently recurred ot`!,, c..
neighbourhoods, it is evident that the undisturbed rn,rale
tenance of public tranquillity rather P•c"
present day have not been exhorted rious• '-
like
Radicals of the d
their predecessors, to abstain from injuring propertZ,' 0
committing outrages on the persons of their neigh—ttre
and employers. 0,1 the contrary, the apostles optedt
Chartist moyeinent hare, on almost all occasions, F, e.
to t}
-azger and the torch,' as the means of see'a'
generation." In the same paper there is a long
.ReP°rtb-e
the examination and committal to take their trial at
of
Assizes of the eight Chartists for drilling, as welliasith
certain occurrences at Ashton on Saturday connects" with It
the arrest of four persons there on a similar charge.
in
,
is worthy of remark," continues the Guardian, "that,
arresting four persons, the police found no less thanln_terse
pikes, and an earthen pot filled with pistol bullets. _„t
facts certainly seem to indicate a pretty general arreanic "
of the Chartists in that neighbourhood."
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The General Steam Navigation Compa
C y
Packet, the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the
tom House at Eight o'Clock this morning.
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