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INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE.
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By SAMUEL Lib:WIRT.
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE,O
M.D.LONDON,
ctor 01 Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of FAIL.
gurqh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
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Don Francisco Latorre, Lieutenant in the Spanish
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Hon. W. W. Addington, by Right Hon. W. W.
Addington.
Lieutenant-General the Earl
Lieutenant Alexander, by
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Mr. H. P. Anderson, by the Earl of Clarendon.
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Captain R. Assheton, by Colonel Clifton.
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Mr. Samuel Bignold, Mayor of Norwich,
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Captain Blackett, by
Vi the Duke of Northmberland.
Mr. Borthwick, byViscount Palmerston.o
Major Bourne, by Sir D. M'Dougall.
Mr. G F. Bowen, on appointment ss Secretary to the
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, by the
Duke of Newcastle.
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Mr. A. F. Bowse, by his father, Rev. R. Boyse.
Captain R. Brett, by Viscount Hardinge.
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Alderman and Sheriff Wire.
Captain W. Bridges, on appointment to the Hants
Militia Artillery, by the Marquis of Winchester.
Dr. P. Brown, on appointment as surgeon to the 2d
Warwick Militia, by Lord Leigh.
Captain W. W. J. Bruce, on his return from the Cape,
and promotion, by Lord Waterpark.
Cornet Buchanan, bySi Colonel Griffiths.
Rev. W. E. Buckley, by rJ. E. Tennant.
Captain H. Caldwell, R.N., on promotion, by Sir J.
Graham.
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Sir C Wood.
. F. Campbell, by the Duke of Argyll.
Mr •
Lieutenant W. R. Campb, 11, of Ballocnyle, by the Duke
of Argyll.
Colonel Cartwright, by Earl Spencer.
Lord Cavendish. by the from foreign ser-
Earl of Burlington.
Mr. Frederick Chatfield, on his return
vice, by the Earl of Clarendon.
by the Right Hon. J.
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Rev. Sir N. Chiunery, Bart.,
Parker.
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Cuotain Clarkson, by the Duke of Wellington.
Mr. Clay, by Sir W. Clay.
olonel the Marquis of Win-
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C C
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Captain Clifford, by the Duke of Wellington.
Colonel Cloete, on his return from the Kafir war, by
Viscount Hardinge.
Captain Cook, by the Duke of Wellington.
Lord Colchester, on promotion to the rank of Rear-Ad-
miral, by Rear-Admiral Lord B
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Lieutenant J. E. Coes, by them
Fortifications.
Lieutenant C. Corser, by Earl Talbot.
Lieutenant J. R. Crawley, on his return from service in
India, by Lieutenant-General J. it
Sub-Lieutenant W. Craven, by Viscount Combermere.
Lieutenant-Colonel Cobbs, by Viscount Hardiuge.
The Earl of Craven, by the Earl of Clarendon.
Mr. A. H. Croft, by Earl de Grey.
Mr. T. H. B. Crosse, by the Earl of Devon.
Captain G. Cumming, by Sir J. M`Gregor.
Sir F. Carrie, on his appointment as a Director of the
East India Company, by Sir C. Wood.
Cornet W. E. Curtis, by his father, Sir W. Curtis.
Ensign R. L. S. Curtois, on appointment to the let
Royal Regiment, by Colonel H. Beresford.
Mr. R. Cust, by Mr. H. Cust.
Mr. Leopold Cast, by his father, Major-General Sir
Edward Cust.
Lieutenant Cuthbert, by Lieutenant-Colonel Stephens.
Luiz Augusto da Costa, Brazilian Vice Consul by the
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Bowles.
Sir H. Voyageur, Bart., on his marriage, by the Hon. R.
C. Neville.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. F. Villiers, Middlesex Militia,
by the Marquis of Salisbury.
Captain Waddilove, R.A., by Major Graham.
Mr.. Frederick Walker, by Viscount Galway.
• Mr. Walsharn,by the Marquis of Lansdowne.
The. Dean of Wells, by Lord John Russell.
Captain G. G. Wellesley, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by Sir J. Graham.
Mr. T. Wentworth, by his father, Mr. V. Wentworth.
Lieutenant C. Sidney Williams, R.M.A., on promotion,
by Major-General Sir J Owen.
Ensign W. Edmund Williams, by Sir F.Pollock.
Mr. J. Pollard Willoughby, on appointment as a direc-
tor of the East India Company, by Sir C. Wood.
Rev. W. Wilson, Canon of Manchester, by the Dean of
Manchester.
Colonel R. B. Wood, on appointment to be Assistant-
Adjutant-General of the Forces, by Viscount Hardinge.
Captain H. Woodhead, Middlesex Militia, by Viscount
Chelsea.
Lieutenant the Hon. C. Wrottesley, R.E., by the In;
spector General of Fortifications.
Mr. C. Williams Wynn, on his marriage, by Viscount
Newark.
The Mayor of Norwich, Mr. Samuel Bignold, pre-
sented to the Queen an address, pledging the loyal sup-
port of the corporation in the prosecution ot the war.
Mr. Bignold was presented by the Duke of Wellington,
and received the honour of knighthood from her
the Majesty
The following noblemen and gentlemen attended
levee :
ADMIRALS—EarI of Egmont, Sir Edward King, Sir
John G. Sinclair, Bart., Sir Watkin Pell.
CAPTAINS (Royal Navy).—Hon. J. Denman, Dalrymple
Hay, Cospatrick B. Hamilton, Robert Gordon, . Wood,
Bedford, Richard Quin, Edward Cannon, the Hon. Keith
Stewart, Sir Thomas Hastings, C 8..
COMMANDERS.—J. Paulson, F. Beauchamp Seymour.
CAPTAINS (Trinity-house).—Shepherd, Thomas
more Were.
Were.
GENERALS.—Sir John Burgoyne, Sir Frederick Stovin,
Latter, Chamberlayne, Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Sir David
Leighton, K.C.8., Aitchison, Alexander Thom on,
C.B.ek ,
Sir John Hanbury, Lluwellyn,Th Shubri,
Sir John Grey, Clark's, Rogers, Sir Bichard dela Saussaye.
COLONELS.—M‘DouaII, Augerstein, the Hon. High OhoP
mondeley, Clifton, Daniell, Williams, Lord Rokeby, Wil-
son Patten, M.P., Bowles, J. Manson, Key, Gawler, Ches-
ney, C. Haldane, Myddletou Biddulph.
MAJORS.—Palmer, Williams Wynn, Charles James
Lewis, Graham, Moore, Howard Vyse, Stevens, C. 8.,
Robert Bruce, T. A. Moore, Oliphant.
CAPTAINS.— Maunsell, Compton, Henry Greenway,
Wemyss, Haliburton, Viscount Bury, Lord George Man-
ners, Edenborough, F. W. Lane, F. Vandelenr Mills,
Brace, Charles Mills, Charles Henry Mills, T. D. Thisleton
Dyer, S. J. Batten, Viscount Chewton, Barnardi4on,
Hamiton Beckett, E. Ottley, De Winton, Story, Bunco
Curling.
LIEUTENANTS. A• Turnbull, William Hinds,. A. S.
Lumley, the Hon. R. Lawley, Lovett, Hunaphry, E. C.
Grant, Frederic Brine, Drummond, Burrowei. •
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Desert, the Countess
.of Chia-lent-out, and
the Gentlemen•in-Waiting, returnee to Buckingham
Palace alter the Levee, escorted by a detachment of Life
Guaira.

Brazilian Minister.
Mr. Justice Richard Budden Crowder, on
his app oin,
went as one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,
by the Lord Chancellor, when her Majest C
y was pleased to
confer the honour of knighthood upon Mr. rowder.
Mr. D. Daly, on his appointment as Lieutenant-Governor
of Prince Edward Island, by the Duke of Newcastle.
Mr. K. Davies, by Sir T. Hastings.
Lieutenant E. A. Dawes, by Major General Proctor. •
Cornet A. de Bourbel, on appointment to the 10th
Hussars, by the Earl of Beauchamp. .
Lieutenant the Hon. E. Douglas, on his return from
India, by the Earl of Morton.
Lieutenant F. Drage, on return from foreign service, by
the Marquis of Salisbury.
Mr. J. H. Drummond, by Lord Ilford.
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant J. J. Dudgeon, bY
Kenab.
Rear-Admiral N. Duff, by Mr. Duff, M.P.
Lieutenant F. M. Eden, by Colonel Bowles.
Egerton.
Mr. W. Egerton' by his father, Mr. Tatton
Mr. Errington, by Sir. J. Graham.
Lieutenant J. Fairbrother, by Sir C. Wood.
Captain H. Feilden, by Colonel Clifton.
Captain J. Field, by Sir C. Wood.
Hon. Mr. Fiennes, by his father, Lord Saye and Sele.
Mr. J. Findlay, by the Duke of Argyll.
Mr. A. S. Finlay, by the Lord Advocate.
Ensign C. H. Fisher, by Major C. J. Lewes.
Lieutenant G. B, Fisher, on his return from India, by
Sir J. Rivitt Cameo.
Rev. A. Fletcher, D.D., by Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Wire.
Lieutenant H. Forbes, by Lieutenant-General Sir E.
Bowater.
Lieutenant-Colonel Fordyce, on his appointment to Scots
Fusilier Guards, by Lord Rokeby.
Captain H. Forester, on his appointment to South
Durham Militia, by the Duke of Cleveland.
Mr. Chichester Fortescue, on appointment as a Lord of
the Treasury, by the Earl of Aberdeen.
Lieutenant H. Francis, by Sir C. Wood.
Captain Frobisher, on appointment as a magistrate and
Deputy Lieutenant, county of Glocester, by the Marquis
of Orinonde.
Mr. R. S. Gard, by Sir J. Yarde Buller.
Cornet Giffod, by Lieutenant-General Lord C. Manners.
Mr. F. S. Gosling by General Viscount Combermere.
Mr. G. P. Green, ,bv Sir T. Phillipps.
Viscount Grey de Wilton, by the Earl of Wilton.
Captain M. Grimston, by the Earl of Erne.
Captain Gunning, by the Earl of Bradfoi d.
The Rev. Dr. Hale, on appointment as Chaplain to her
Majesty's Embassy at Paris,
by the Earl of Claren don.
Mr. Haminond, on his appointment is Under Secretary
of State for the Foreign Department, by the Earl of Cla-
rendon.
Mr. Hanford, by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
The Hon. C. R. Hay, on appointment to Scots Fusilier
Guards, by Colonel Lord Rokeby.
Major-General Sir W. Herries, on appointment to the
command of the 68th Regiment, by Viscount Hardinge.
Mr. James Duke Hill, on appointment as Ensign, Royal
London Militia, by. Major-General Lord Hotham.
Major Hockley, by Sir G. T.
Earl Staunton
Clarendon.
. ,
Mr. C. P. Hodgson, by the of
Captain A. Hole; by Lord Clinton.
Rear-Admiral C Hope, on promotion, b Sir J. Graham. y
Mr. T. A. Howard, on appointment to a company in the
Royal Berks Militia, by General Sir Willoughby Cotton.
The Marquis of Huntley, on succeeding to the title, by
Earl Spencer.
Lieutenant P. Jacicson, on appointment to Roy al Ar-
tillery, by Lieutenant-General Sir H. Ross.
Filward jsuy,o. on )lis Rpoiatille4t u one of late
laitirtes Couniel, Who Lad QWel.kch
•

The 65th annivers try dinner of this institution took
place last evening at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street.
t.
Viscount Mahon took the chair at six o'clock, and amonge
the guests who were present were : Lord Stanley, Prince
Gholam Mahommed, Prince Feroze Shah, son and grand-
son of Tippoo Saib, the Bahadoor of Surat, Meerza Ali
Ackbar Khan, Sir E. Perry, General Sir C. Pasley, Sir
G. Head, Sir H. Ellis, Mr. Whiteside M.P., the Provost
of Eton, Rev. Dr. Donaldson, Rev. Whitwelli Elwin, Rev.
Dr. Waterbury, Boston, Mr. W. R. Gi eg, Mr. R. Howe
Gould, Mr. Spence, F.R.S., Mr. Laseell, F.R.S., Rev. A.
P. Stanley, Colonel Reid, Colonel Gibson, Colonel Law-
rence, United States, Mr. Fairbairn, C.E., Manchester,
Mr. Fytche, F.S.A., Rev. Dr. Bruce, Mr. Webster, F.R.S.,
Mr. Brochedon, F.R.S., Mr. Sickles, Secretary of the
United States' Legation, Dr. Copland, F.R.S., Dr. Child,
Dr. Guest, LL.D., Mr. C Baldwin, Dr. W. Smith, Mr.
Murray, Mr. Fulloin, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Robertson, Con-
sul-General of the Ecuador, Senor Don A. A. ranco,
Secretary of the Mexican Legation, and Mr. H. Stevens,
United States, America.
The cloth having been removed and grace sung,
The CHAIRMAN proposed the toasts of "The Queen,
munificent patroness of the institution," and of " his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest
of the royal family," which were responded to with much
enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " the • Church," with
which he coupled the name of the Rev. Dr. Donaldson,
who briefly returned thanks.
considered
et
rprivilege CHAIRMAN
vlehgiesa st chiefhc ehna
duty,i said,rma
r, thatianuand,
,slii
asking
tungo
thew came
same t o
time,wh a t h
hise
the gentlemen who
theier present to combine in a single toast the expression of
love for literature, and of their sympathy with those
who had not been successful in their contributions to it.
He was about to propose to them " Prosperity to the Lite-
rary Fund." (Cheers.) They would not expect from him
what he was not qualiflato give—a detail of the conduct
and
management of this great institution, as such a detail
would shortly be laid before them by other and more corn-
petentlands. For his part, he could only, as one of the
public who contemplated the Literary Fund, desire to ex-
press his respect for its motives and his gratitude for its
exertions. Among the subservient advantages of a meeting
like the present might be numbered the friendly comniunion
Which it established between different classes of literary men.
He might observe that a poet who should live only with
poets, a novelist who should live only with novelists, an his-
torian who should live only with historians, would acquire
but a very slight and imperfect knowledge of the great field
of literature in which there were so many labourers. He
thought that by a friendly communion of different classes
of writers in a meeting like the present, they were each of
them
enabled to form a juster appreciation of the merits of
the rest. But it was not merely the different classes of lite-
rary men that were brought together at a meeting like this.
It had also the advantage of eliciting the sympathy of va-
rious Eng-
lishmen nations. They saw among them to-night not
merely, but men who had come from the furthest
regions of the earth, all ready like themselves to testify, by
taking part in this meeting, their love and their respect for
literature. He saw among them the natives, he could not
say of a foreign country, for that description would not
apply to India, but of a distant country, who had been
willing by their presence to show that no distance of place,
no
difference of race, could dissever those who felt a love
for
literature. They also numbered among them many
citizens of that great commonwealth beyond the Atlantic
to which we were bound by so many ties of interest as well
as of language, the strength of which must in the end
always
overpower any temporary estrangement that might
occur between the two countries. (Cheers.) As regarded
the United States, we might say, not merely that their
literature and our own were kindred and allied, but that
in many respects they were one and the same, for he believed
he was not wrong in asserting that an accomplished Ameri-
can would take as much pride in the renown of Shaksn ere
and of Milton, and would consider them as much a mark of
his national greatness, as we did ourselves, and, even if we
looked to those men of letters who had arisen on the
other ,side of the Atlantic since the separation of the
United States from this country, we should find that as
much pleasure and delight had been derived from their
productions upon this as upon the other side of the Atlan-
tic. In proof of this be need only refer to the warm re-
ception which only last year had been given with so much
reason to the illustrious Thackeray; and he need only ask,
if a single Englishman who now heard him had not derived
gratification from reading the admirable pictures of Eng-
lish life contained in the writings of Washington Irving ?
Although an American by birth and by family, he had yet
imbued himself with many European scenes, and he (the
chairman) remembered him with much pleasure as his friend
and fellow traveller in Spain. He thought it was a
great advantage that these-meetings should give an oppor,
tunity of union to those who were no strangers to each other
in feeling, and who only desired to become better acquainted
with each other in order to increase their mutual friendship
and regard. (Hear, hear.) But he thought this meeting
was also important from the encouragement which it must
hold out to those younger men who had just entered upon
the field of literature. He did not mean that that encou-
ragement was derived from any expectation that they might
have of hereafter deriving benefit from this society. No,
those were not the feelings of young and ardent minds ; no
young men began their career expecting teat their hopes
would not be fulfilled, but many who had commenced
their career in buoyancy and hope might have occasion,
before they closed it, to appeal, not in vain to this
institution. The encouragement, however, to which he
had cdverted was of a different kind. It must be an en-
couragement to them to see, as might continually be seen
at these annual meetings, men who had attained to great
eminence in various professions and walks of life, come for-
ward and express the delight and gratification which, in
the midst of their pursuits, they had derived from the
study of literature. It must be an encouragement to
young men of letters to see some of the most eminent men
of every profession in this country brought together by
theit love for that study, for it was certainly a remark-
able and an animating feet that we might point to some
of the most learned persons, to some of those who had
attained the greatest eminence in this country, as men
who, apart from their professional distinction, had
achieved great renown in literature. (Hear, hear.) If
we looked through the learned professions at this mo-
ment, we found that there were in the present age no
physicians more successful than Sir H. Halford and
Sir H. Holland, the former of whom was so distin-
guished by - a taste for composition in the Latin lan-
guage, while the latter excelled not in one, but in many
branches of literary attainment. If we looked to the law,
he need do no more than name such men as Lord Brougham
and Lord. Campbell; he need do no more than appeal to
the name of that eminent man, who' only three years
ago was presiding in this assembly, and whose loss we
had now to mourn—need he supply what their thoughts
were anticipating—need he mention the name of Tal-
fourd—(lowl cheers)—apart from whose - vell-earned pro-
fessional renown, there never was a man who was
snore sincerely, more devotedly, more completely attached
to the cause of literature? (Cheers.) Then, if we
looked to the church, it might be said that eminence iu
literature had not, any more than the study of theology,
proved any bar to the well-earned professional distinction
of the Dean of St . Paul's and of the Dean of Westmin-
ster ; and if we looked to the higher ranks of the church,
we should also find that in them literature was most
worthily rep'esented by such men as Bishop Thirlwall
and Archbishop Whately. (Hear, hear.) He therefore
thought we might be proud of a distinction in literature
when it was shared by so many eminent men of the
various learned professions ; but if wo now looked
to politicians we should arrive at the same result.
The 22d annual meeting of tails association was held yes
There were, indeed, in politics, some men who-
terday at the rooms in Duke-street, St. James's—Lord
could read nothing but blue-books—(a laugh)—who looked
Dudley Stuart, as usual, presiding. Among those present
down on literature with contempt ; some men such
as had been so well described by Goldsmith iu his play of were, the Earls of Harrowby and Harrington, the Marquis
the "Good-natured Man" under the character of Mr. Lofty, of Breedalba.ne, Lord Beaumont, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir
J. V. Shelley, Colonel Freestun, Mr. J. Abel Smith, Mr.
who, when some one made an allusion to one of the poets,
only broke out into the exclamation, "Waller, Waller !Is Fox-Strangways, Mr. Monckton Milner, Capt. Tonshend,
he in the house 1" (A laugh.) He certainly had Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Silk Buckingham, the High
known some
Bailiff of Southwark, Lieut.-Colonel Szulczeweki, and a
Loftys, but where had he found them ? Not among the
higher classes of politicians, but among those who occupied Mr. BIRKBECK, the hon. secretary, read the repoTt,which of Poles.
number
about the same rank in politics asthat which Colley Cibber
reviewed the principal events of the past year bearing upon
and Pye occupied as poets laureate—men of the third and
the interests and prospects of the refugees and of their cause.
fourth class. But -when he looked to those great statesmen
Referring to the Eastern question, it explained the steps
whose voices had been heard by listening Senates,and
which had been taken for the formation of a Polish legion
whose opinions had decided the fate of empires, he ob-
served both in the records of history and at the pi esent time
that, with but very few exceptions, those men had apart, tional banner, in the service of the Sultan. Fore that purpose
that, by Polish officers, and fighting under the na-
from their great political contentions, studied and loved eq ntly
some branch of literature or learning, not with any a correspondence had takenBslaacetsebetkwee
StuartaunddleyFinCe AlliaaT.zproceededrr Yt.c.' the East to feacili
political object, but solely from the intellectual pleasure it nLiesrtedr.sp
The scheme had encountered,
anntiT sus Turkish
tate its accomplishmen
afforded them. If we looked back to former times, howopposition of Lord Stratford de Red-
pleasing was the recollection that Fox, retiring from the cliffs
recently, the
on the roundo his anxiety to conciliate Austria.
scenes of party strife in which he was engaged, would This•tre'
oppositiong was now, however, withdrawn, and the
recur with never-wearied pleasure to the perusal of his tannounced that within a few weeks the flag of
Dryden or or his Shakspere, or even indulge himself occa- repot. ' li raised against Russia. At no pe-
sionally in the composition of Italian canzonets. We land
levetillth be once mtoreef
restoring their nationality. ap-
found also his great rival Pitt, not estranged
ie
la moree bPrlliPtetchaan at present. The Czar had given
by his long official cereer from his early devotion peered
the signal for war,g and proved himself the disturber, and
to classical literature, recurring to the study of classical
not the consolidator of the peace of Europe. The weak-
authors at every moment of leisure which his busy life
Hess of the German Powers in resisting his ambitious po-
afforded. Indeed, if he wished to produce an example of 11
lite had also been clearly demonstrated, and it was be-
how the love of literature could be combined with erni-
Y • more strongly manifested that the restoration i f
coming
political necessity.
The Poles desired to
nence in politics, he knew not that he could find a more
Poland was a
appropriate instance than that which was supplied by their old t
'r rig rightful possessions by no better title than that
ho ei.no,
I the civilisation of the West against the re-
own president, the Marquis of Lansdowne. (Cheers.) It
of guar .
I incursions'l of Eastern barbarism. From the finan-
was, if he-mistook notenot less than 48 years since Lord
Lansdowne'had first sat in a Cabinet, and he sat in a I esttatement embodied in the report, the recent dinner
nuteee
Cabinet now. He believed that such a long period of ser- .•aid of the funds of the assieciation would appear to have
vice as a statesman was wholly withoat a precedent in
lannsawered its object thorieughly; having realised 00301.,
the annals of this country, and in the midst of political herewith to meet the expenses of the current year.
w Mr. FO-STRANGWAIS moved, and the Earl of EAR
contention Lord Lansdowne had never ceased from pursu-
ing literary accomplishments, and from showing, as they ear secondsd the adoption of the report, which was
RINGT
could bear testimony, the most courteous and anxious at-
unanimously agreed to.
tention to every person and to every subject connected with A. deputation from the body of Polish emigrants eon.
the literary- profession.' (Bear, hear.) Of such men it siding of Major Grim the Chevalier Wiercins Mr:N. F.
might be said that the,love of intellectual pursuits, ludo- Zaba, Mr. Jackouski, and the Rev. Mr. Podolaki, presented
pendent of their political avocations, was in their bosoms an address to the association on the existing state of affairs
a pure and. salient spring, which, like the fabled stream of and the prospects of Polish nationality.
Arethusa, could flow pure and undefiled through the bitter Mr. M. MILNES moved, and the Earl of HARROWIII
seconded, the following resolution :
ocean of party politics. " Tint, in the present condition of Europe, nothing
" Sic tibi cum fluctus subterlabere Sicanos
short of a full consideration of the just claims of Poland
Doris amara suam non interinisceat undam."
t will afford adequate security for the •
maintenance of the
Bnt he had hitherto adverted •to what were, no donb ,
balance of power therein,and for the establishment of a
only the subsidiary advantages of this institution in the
oene(i.
satisfactory and lasting
couragement which it afforded to literature, "d inthe bond
Lord BE eumoN peace."
- T moved, and Mr. BEALE seconded, a
by which it united literary men. The more immediate
b."
vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, for presiding at the
of the society was, doubtless, of a, different kind • warmth late dinner held at the London Tavern in aid of the funds
eivas to afford succour to the bed of sickness, to bring
andof the • '
board ;
to the cold hearth, and provision to the empty
talready Captain T 7NSEND moved, and Colonel el —HESTERTON
he would observe, what their own reflection 'nius On
ectuel eminence ex- seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Carr and the other
have told them, tint where great intell
It much more acutely gentlemen who took part in the preparasions
‘• for the
fated the stings of poverty were felt
then it was that • dinner.
than under ordinary circumstances,
and -
afforded that succ our which Oa motion of Mr. S. CKINGFIAM, Lord Dudley
this institution stepped in and affo
It had been stated as Steuart waslected president oche association.
the exigency of the caseuaightrequire.
thatreal .
an objection to an institution like this
not fail to be perceived, but on looking back to the records whatever capacity he was called upon to do so, be would
of genius, theyfound Milton selling immortal epic for lee, always be ready to support the association as long as its
of a morsel of bread, and Dr. services were required for the cause of Poland. It had
Otway perishing for want
Johnson, in his youth, ashamed to appear at the dinner of been in existence for 22 years, and had done all it could to
his publisher on account of his threadbare clothes, and wee. assuage the sufferings of the exiles. He trusted that they
tent to devour a Platte of provisions behind a screen. would soon be rewarded by being recalled to a happy home
Could we doubt that if an institution like the present htd and restored to peace and independence, for their own
existed in those times, it would have been the means of benefit and that of the civilised world. They had met with
preventing a large amount of misery, and facilitating a great sympathy not only from the men, but from
the,_
of success? If this was the case in former women of England, and they had not been dliteteenfortees:e
great measure
not be so now 9
times, why should it • He might say in the because they were in earnest. It was difflou
n:,
_, but
words of the address of their committee, " it is not the what might take place during the nerit.l2 Lao tinP
}At' 'S
as
s,,oyal Literary Fund to encourage thoir relgOin kc'n
purpose of the „ . „ bad shat
Which had just Passed . .I. ~,4 um
gunship, to oustain the lalei oto ittlulge the roiligete ; to the chanotex of the Eropetor otkt .. tr" '-'77
_ - • -__ . . . ,_
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LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE

FRIENDS OF POLAND.

------
Last evening a very fully attended meeting of the share-
holders of the Home Counties and Metropolitan Freehold
Laud Society, was held at Caldwell's Assembly Rooms,
Dean-street, Soho, for the purpose of balloting for forty
rights to choose land on tho attractive estates of the society.
Shortly after eight o'clock the chair was taken by J.
George, Esq.
This society owes its origin and success to the following
facts, in connection with freehold land, viz., the strong
desire to possess land manifested by all classes of people in
this country. The increasing value of land, and the profits
realised by it, and the unequalled security it affords. The
political rights connected with the, possession of freehold
land of the value of 40s. par annum, and the difficulty of
obtaining small plots unless a much higher price is paid
than it can bo obtained for in larger quantities ; also, the
heavy regal expenses equal to the cost of the land—and
the impossibility of providing against nuisances and date.
rioration of the property—in any other way than by such
machinery as these societies employ. Each member on en-
tering the society, takes one or more shares, upon each of
which he pays an entrance fee of is., and subscriptions at
the rate of one shilling per share per week, or the shares
can be completed in one payment of 301., in which case
interest at the rate of 51. Bs. 4d. is allowed. The plan
adopted by this society may be illustrated by the following
example, supposing a small estate to have been purchased,
the title to which is examiued and found to be good. loi
the first place it is laid out, the ditches and hedges are re
moved, and the road and drains made ; when all this is•
done and the expenses ascertained, it is found that the
land to be divided consists of 10 acres, and that the cost is
3,0001., or 3001. per acre. This is then eivided into 100
plots of the value of 301. each, which would give to
each plot a frontage of 30 feet, and a depth of about,
150 facquire ceet. Thue ofere are
the ree
theplot ways by
land which a member
can ; the first by
' completing his share, the second by a share drawn
in the ballot, and the third by purchasing the ballet
right of another membei who does not wish to
choose land. In the first case the member secures the
right to choose on any of the estates after those who have
previously acquired the right have had the opportunity to
choose, and the land will at once he conveyed to him and
his heirs for ever. In the other case, the rights of choice
are exercised in the order in which the shares are drawn.
The land is mortgaged to the society, and the member pays
the principal and interest by instalments of ss. per month.
The usual routine business being transacted,
A discussion arose upon the construction of the 40th rule
of the society, respecting withdrawals, in which the Chair-
man, Mr. Gould, Mr. Kintrea, awl the Secretary, Mr.
Knight, took pert. It was eventually arranged that the
subject should be brought under the consideration of the
executive committee.
The CHAIRMAN then said, this society had, in holding
their meeting iu the present part of London, broken up
new ground. They had hitherto confined themselves to the
City or else they had crossed the water, and the success that
had attended the experiment he felt would be greatly to fur-
ther the interests and prosperite of the society. (Cheers.)
A society, to stand well with the public, must be open as
the day ; and the oftener public attention was called to
such a society as the Houle Counties and Metropolitan
Freehold Laud Society, the more it would tend to i, s suc-
cess. Politics were totally disregarded by the directors of
the Home Counties. (Cheers.) o,her societies had started
with a direct p lit.cal tendency, and had experienced
great success ; an I if this society had not advanced so
rapidly as those, it had advanced as well. (Cheers.) The
man who mad.: up his mind to save his shillings and six-
pences was the man they wanted. (Hear, hear.) He felt
' he need not dwell upon the principles of freehold land so-
cieties. Tuey all knew perfectly well that land was pur-
chased wholesale and retailed at the wholesale price--the
price of each share including the cost of conveyatnce and all
other legal charges. To the working man his society
offered great inducements. Nothing was so ready of en-
trance, nothing was so secure, there was no fines, no pennies.
(Cheers.) Yet how many, L:lw few, he should rather say,
bull had
inves
embraced the benefits held out to them. A man
it in a
has
to make up his mind to save his money, and t
society similar to this, and he immediately attains a pod.
tion equal to that of the (Louo and with them he could
say, "lam a freeholder." d cheers.) The society's
estate at Wimbledon Park would soon be allotted, and,
when they took possession of their fine estate, immediately
in proximity to that of the aristocracy, what surprise would
be created by men who merely paid their shilling a week.
(Laughter.) Ile advised all who were so fortunate as to
hold rits to wait four or five years, they would then get a
price double what they gave, and in ten years to double that.
The society at present held two beautiful estates, and the
directors had determined to purchase nothing but first-rate
building land --they would not purchase fields that may be
swamped, but land upon which substantial houses may
be built. (Cheers).
Mr. KINTREA said he did not know whether it was in-
tended to go directly to the ballot, or to pass a resolution
approving of the objects of the society. He knew that the
society was perfectly honest, sound, and bona fide.
(Cheers.) With the permission of the chairman, he should
feel great pleasure in moving a resolution to the effect he
had stated.
The motion having been seconded,
The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was to the
effect that the meeting highly approved, and pledged itself
to support the society, and declared it carried. unani-
mously.
Mr. DURHAM, a director, said it was not his intention
to take up more than a few moments of the time of the
meeting. It had escaped the chairmen to announce that
the society had come to the determination not to purchase
land unless it was freely accessible by railway. (Cheers.)
The chairman had said that members of freehold land
societies were good looking people. (Laughter.) This he
also happened to know, that they were equally well bee
hayed. (Laughter and cheers.) In Birmingham, where
freehold land societies had first started, there had been a
saving of 3,0001. in the police rate, and that they did with
102 policemen less than they formally did. (Loud cheers.)
Many a drunkard who had been reclaimed through the ins
strumentality of societies like the present, had now attained
a standing and position that ho least expected. He be-
lieved that a man who determined to save his money, and
invest it iu a freehold land society, became both a better
and a wiser man. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said that the secrnet o f
sarys
would feel great pleasure in answering the questio
any gentleman. tlemen had a
Mr. KNIGHT (the secretary) said as no gel le that the
question to put, he might very fairly contc.ouut
tor all pre.
proceedings this evening had given satsfac 1
sent. (Loud cheers.) With the chairman's pe mission,
ho would now proceed to the ballot.
The following numbers were then drawn :-73, 85, 194,
193, 259, 221, 363, 342, 452 439, 502, 521, 619, 678, 795.
722, 890, 835, 974, 903, 1,0'75 1,029, 1,197, 1.199, 1,283,
1,241, 1,327, 1,380, 1,492, 1,459,' 1,597, 1,552, 1,665, 1,674,
1,757, 1,778, 1,899, 1,861, 1,99 T), 1,973.
Ur. KNIGHT —Gentlemen, our proceedings being now*
brought to a close, permit me to move a cordial vote of
thanks to our worthy chairman—(cheers)—and I trust it
will be passed, as it deserves to be, unanimously. (Cheers.)
The motion having been seconded it was put to the
meeting and declared carried. (Loud applause.)
The CHAIRMAN, in returning. thanks, said he felt exe
eeedingly proud at the manner in which the vote had been
carried. He would not trouble them with another speech,
but he advised all to at once become freeholders. (Cheers.)
Had he not done so he would have been precluded from
filling many offices. The Chairman then humorously
alluded. to the many parochial offices a man was incapable
of holding unless he was a freelolder; a&d resumed hi 4 vet
amidst lottd. applause_
• The Pt9q,eeduAli then teraguteci