The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-13 00:00:00

ROYAL LITERARY FUND.

The annual general meeting of the Royal Lite'
rary Fund, for the election of officers and the
transaction of other business, was held yesterday
at the Chambers of the Corporation, Adelphi-ter-
race ; Earl Stanhope presiding.
The minutes of the last meeting having been
confirmed, and thanks voted to all the honorary
officers.

Mr. W. H. HARRISON, one of the registrars, read
the treasurer's report. The permanent fund,
the Ist January, 1861, consisted of £22,100 Coe;
sols. During the past year it has been increase'',
by the purchase of £lOB 16s. 10d.. ttie proceeds °I
a legacy of £lOO bequeathed by Sir Richard Pau
Joddrell, and invested in accordance with the pre;
visions of his will ; and also by the purchase of
£291 13s. 7d. out of the ordinary income of th°
year. The permanent fund, therefore, now COO;
sists of £22,5000, producing an annual dividend 0-
£675. The stock of the Newton property consists
of 18,167 15s. 10d. in the Three per Cents. Re'
clued, producing an annual dividend of £245 Os. sa.
The Newton Estate at Whitechapel has produced
during the past year the sum of £203 in rents.
The cash account for 1861 showed that the re.
ceipts had bean £2,566 14s. 10d., including Newton
Estate, £203 ; dividends, £909 13s. 3d.; subscrip-
tions and donations, £322; anniversary dinner,
£789 3s. ; legacy, £100; balance from January 1'
1861, £242 18s. 7d. The disbursements had been
£1,816 3s. 3d., leaving £750 lls. 7d., of which
£362 Is., had been invested, leaving a balance its
hand on the Ist January, 1862, of £3BB 10s. 7d.
During the past year the number of grants 1°
authors of history and biography was eight, amount'
ing to £335 ; Biblical literature, two, £45 ; sciene°
and art, eight, £205 ; periodical literature, W'
£135; topography and travels, six, £l6s;classical
literature and education, two, £BO ; poetry"
seven, 1120; essays and tales, seven, £190;
two, £5O ; miscellaneous, one, £25 ; making a total
of 48 grants, amounting to £1,350, The grant;
were apportioned in the following manner :—Six
£lO each, five of £l5, eight of £2O, nine of X2'l:
eight of £3O, seven of £4O, three of £5O, one 01
£6O, and one of £lOO. Of the persons thus re-
lieved, 37 were males and 11 females.
The reports were adopted.
The election of officers was then proceeded with,
M. Van De Weyer and William Bodham Donnej
Esq., were added to the genelal committee;
Theodore Martin, Esq., to th.e vacancy in the nun'
bar cf auditors.
The CHAIRMAN announced that Earl Granville
would preside at the next anniversary dinner,
which wilt be held on the 21st of May.
A vote of thanks to the noble chairman closed
the proceedings.

The Abeille Cauchoise relates the following e%P°'
dient recently adopted by a huissier (bailiff) in the
de Caux to arrest a debtor, who had for some time banaed
all his efforts. One morning he stiv the man was at home,
but as he could not legally enter the house to effect the arrest
without the presence of the juge de pain, ho seized a bird''
cure, which hung at the house door, and made off with it'
The debtor started in pursuit, but had not gone far when
the hussier's assistants arrested him, and lodged 111 111
prison,
however, he was liberated the same clef
o n
paying the debt and costs,
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