The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-12 00:00:00

ROYAL LITERARY FUND.

The annual meeting of the members of this
society was held yesterday in their rooms, Adelphi-

:errace ; the Bishop of Oxford in the chair.

The report of the general committee, which was
read, stated that during the past year £1,500 had
been granted in the relief of fifty•four applicants,
who were men of letters. Of these grants six were
of £lO, ten of £l5, eleven of £2O, eight of £25, ,ix
of £3O, two of £35, four of £4O, three of £5O, one
of £7O, and three of £BO each. Of the money
granted, a sum of £25 remained unapplied. '1 he
Permanent Fund now amounts to £23,639 Is. 10d.,
producing £709 &. 4d. per annum in interest. The
Newton property stock amounts to £8,167 15s. 11d.,
producing £245 Os. Bd. per annum interest. The
rents of the Newton property at Whitechapel
amount to £203 per annum. The Permanent Fund
was last year increased by a legacy of £1,139
ls. 10d., bequeathed to the society by the late Mr.
Patrick Kernan. The total income of the society
for the year, including a balance of £3BB 10s. 7d.
brought forward from the previous year, £309 4s.
received in donations, and £512 6s. the net pro-
ceeds of the annual dinner, amounted to £2,061
14s. 11d., leaving in hand a balance of £289145. 4d.
.The report was adopted on the motion of Sir H.
ELLIS.

Earl Stanhope was elected president of the lac °let y
as successor to the late Marquis of Lansdowne,
and it was announced b 3 the right rev. cnairman
that the new president would take the chair at the
next annual festival.
The Bishop of OXFORD then rose, and said that
there was a matter which, although not in the paper,
might with grace be made a part of their proceed-
ings. He thought it becoming that they should
present an address to the Queen on the marriage of
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; for, as
her Majesty was the patron of the society, they
ought to give expression to loyalty and sympathy
in'everything that concerned the happiness of their
beloved Queen. He had, before coming to the
meeting, drawn up a form of address, which he
wuuld read ; and if they approved of it, he would
move it be adopted and forwarded to her Majesty.
His lordship then read the address as follows :
We humbly approach your Majesty as our most Royal
patron, repeating to your Majesty the expression of our
affectionate attachment and our reverence for your throne;
and we desire to add our hearty and loyal congratulations
at the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
to a Princess worthy of the high station to which she has
been called, and assure your Majesty of its being our
earnest prayer to Almighty God that He will be pleased to
crown with His heavenly blessing that great alliance, and
make the Prince and Princess of Wales pat ems to the next
generation of those high domestic virtues which it has been
given to you and the Prince Consort to exhibit in this.
This address, having met with the approbation
of all present, was formally put to the meeting by
the right rev, chairman, and unanimously approved.
I The proceedings shortly afterwards terminated.

On reaching Windsor, on Tuesth,y, Lady Pal
merston, who was accompanied by her daughters,
the Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Jocelyn, was in-
debted fur a carriage to a gentleman in the crowd, who,
seeing her apparently in despair of getting any further than
the platform, rushed gallantly into the courtyard, and,
after great efforts, succeeded in securing a vacant carriage
for her.