The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-08 00:00:00

The Rev. Lord Wriotbesley Russell officiated.

Her Majesty proposes to pay a visit to the Royal
Horticultural Gardens on Tuesday, to see Mr. Durham's
Memorial of the Great Exhibition and Statue of Albert the
Good. The visit will be private, the gardens being closed
to the public on that day, But the streets through which
she will pass are open, and the approaches to the garden
broad, so that of the many millions who will rejoice over
her partial reappearance among her people, some will be
able to obtain a glimpse of their Queen.—. 4 thenceuni.
The Prince of Wales has been elected a member
of the United Service Club.

It is expected the French Court will remain at
Fontainebleau a month.

Reports are again about that the King of the
Belgians is very seriously ill.
The Duke of Argyll arrived in town on Saturday
from Scotland.

The Dowager Duchess of Norfolk has removed
from Hamilton-place to her new residence in Grosvenor-
square.

The Guild of Literature and Art.

A select committee of the Guild of Literature and
Art, consisting of Mr. Charles Dickens, Sir E. B.
Lytton, Messrs. R. Chambers, W. H. Wills, C.
Wordsworth, and F. Ouvry, has some time been
considering plans for remodelling that institution.
At length they have made a report to their clients,
in Which they say ;—" We find that to make life
assurance a qualification of membership of the
Guild is attended with difficulty and hardship, in-
asmuch as a case has already occurred in which the
life of one of the original promoters of, and workers
for the Guild cannot be assured in any life office.
And we find that, for various reasons, pecuniary and
otherwise—the classes eligible as professional mem-
bers are not generally disposed thus to qualify
themselves. We find that the attempt to establish
a sickness fund as
qualification of membership has
failed, by reason of its small sphere of action. We
recommend therefore that the prosecution of these
two objects be discontinued, and that the quali-
fication of professional members shall, for the future,
consist in the payment of the funds of the Guild of
an annual sum of one guinea each, in addition to
the entrance fee of one guinea; such contribution
to cease on the part of any member who may (in
accordance with the recommendations we shall pre-
sently offer) be chosen as an occupant of one of the
Gulid's free dwelling-houses, or as the recipient of
one of the Guild's annuities. We recommend that
the funds of the Guild shall be, for the present,
wholly devoted to such purposes as are contemplated
by The Grand Institution.' Towards this end Sir
Bulwer Lytton, present at our second meetings
agreed to fulfil his generous promise to give the
Guild a piece of land, consisting of two acres, on
which to build dwelling houses, agreeable to the
recital in the preamble of the Act of Parliament.
We recommend that on such piece of land three free
dwelling-houses be forthwith erected, with all ne-
cessary fixtures and fittings, at a cost for the whole
not exceeding £1,500. The occupants of these free
dwelling-houses to be elected by the Council, and
not to be debarred from following their usual
avocations. We recommend that the income of
the Guild derivable from the remainder of its
funded capital, and from annual subscriptions or
other sources, be devoted to the granting of
annuities to professional members, either occu-
pants of the dwelling-houses or not, according to
the discretion of the Council, after making due
provision for the current expenses of the Guild, in-
cluding the repairs of the residences to be erected,
power being reserved to the Council to accumulate
and invest income as they may think fit." These
recommendations have been adopted by the Guild.