The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-18 00:00:00

A General Meeting of the Propiietors of this
Institution took' place Op Friday evening atabthe
Society's Rooms,. No. 11',i13ridge-street, Black-
friars, for the ptirpose of takinginia,consideratiou
the Report of the Committee, laid before
Meeting of Proprietors cin the 4th inst..
31r. Aldernian KEi having been called Co- the Cliaii,(sup'.;
ported on his left bytie Sheriff elect (31i. Whittaker),
Mr. JEl•tmil..ton (the Hon. i!iocretary) then proceeded to read
the Report, for the consideration of r'hich the present Meeting
had been called. _ _ _ _ _ _

Mr. ATTWOOD SYWrit begged to call the cifehtiouif the
Meeting to the fifth paragraph of the,Report, in whicllityras,
stated, that the Committee had been given to understand
that they must (Flit the apartinenia then occppled by the
Society on the 29th September next : it .would therefore he
necessary to take other apartments, or a ho far jar the accom..
modation of the Society. The Committee td' bien in treaty
for a house for the purposes of the .soniety, but it had been
let to another tenant; he had, hoWever, the. pleciru' re cf in-
forming the Meeting, that a Gentleman then present; Who
held the lease of a suitable house in Chatham-place, hrid
handsomely offered it to the Committee for the purposes of the
Institution, although if was knot; it migh be ,:'old for a"
considerable premium.—This offer had been most thankfully'
received by the Committee, who Were ndiv of opinion that the.
number of proprietors was suffident for the permanent ests
blishment of the Institution, add a resolution atthorizipg
that body to proceed in taking those premises viould' he found
embodied in the series which it Was his intention to abbmit to
the meeting. With respect to the finances of the Institution,
had great pleasure in stating, that every engagement of the So.
ciety owing on the 7th July had been subsegnerply discharged,
therein now accruing being the only existine pecuniafr
gagement. Ile then called the attentiern of the fneeting to the'
following paragraphs of the report.
" Your Committee are happy to *tad that the present pplif-,
ber of proprietors, including of 24 gentlemen who had tigfeed
to take additional shares, amounts to more than- 218 ; making
in the whole, an increase of about 60 since the last t3eneral
Meeting. This number, although short of that'originally pro.
posed and hoped for, approaches near to that by which your
Committee conceive a respectable, though not large Institu-
tion may be formed ; with from 22U to 250, your Corinnittee
have_no doubt of success.

" Your Committee have not been unmindful of the forbia-'
tion of a library; but they also know, that nothing shrift of
calling for the remainder of the de sit-step guineas; Could
enable them to abtain this object. While they regret it they
are compelled to state that they do not acts think it advisable
or'prudent to call for this money until ellAible premises are
obtained; but they are not without great bbpes that, at Mi-
chaelmas next, the Society will hive made so Much. progress
in its numbers, that adequate premises be' proeuxed for the
Library, the members generally will be disspbSed cheerfully'
to pay their remaining instalment."
Upon the first df these .a calculation bad been trAide, and was,
embodied in his resolutions, showing the sufficiency of assets,
for the necessary disbursements of the Institution.. The other.,
paragraph spoke for itself—and, as the Committee had acted
upon the motto glfeli them by their venerable co-adjutor, the
Chamberlain of London, " Pest ind Mae," up to the moment
when the slowness of their prodeedinn had insured the perma-
nence of the Institution, he was confident the meeting would
now most willingly second their eXertions. The worthyVen-
tteman then gave a detailed statement of the probable income
and expenditure of the Institution, front which its prosperity
and permanence appeared undottbted.—The following resolu-
tions were then passed :
Resolved, Ist—That it is desirable to proCeed immediately
to the establishment ofthis institution, by the procuring of a.
select and useful library, and adequate premises for its recep--
tion, and for the general purposes of the Society.
2d. That the Committee be therefore authorised to procure
a house in or near New Bridge-street, for the purposes of this,
institution, and that; if necessary, they do advertise for the
same. _ _ .

••3d. That no such house being obtained, the Committee be
empowered to call for the remainder of the amount of the
shares subscribed.

4th. That the COmmittee prepare a code of bye-laws for the
government of the Institution.
6th. That this Meeting, at its thing, do adjpurn until the
first Friday in October next, to receive the Report of the Com-
mittee on the matters above referred to them.

fith. That the present Committee of this Institution remain
in full force until the next General Meeting, early in October,
and then that fresh Committees or Managers be appointed by
ballot.—Carried unanimously.
7. That the best thanks of this Meeting, be most cordially
given to the able and active Generil Coninnttee of the Society.
Mr. GYFP.ORD then moved—" That every Proprietor have
the right of joining the General Committee, and. of acting as'
one of that body, it he should think proper to do."
The Motion being seconded,
Mr. HAN saup watmly' opposed the principles of what he
considered a very extraordinary motion. Ile was at a loss to
conceive a measure of more 6:attain danger" to the Institution,.
and he could not for a moment doubt its unanimous rejection.
Mr. Sheriffeleet Wit ITTAirlt, Mr. SiCulgliEltS, Mr. A-vr-
wool) Sau'ru, and several other Members, expresssed their
disapprobation of the motioni. which witrfinally disposed of by
an• amendment.
Mr. Alderman hey having left the Chair; it was moved and
resolved unanimously," That the cordial Thanks of this Meet-
ing be and they are hereby presented to, Mr. Alderman Key,
for his kind attention in presiding over this Meeting, and his
able and'impartial conduct in the Chair.
Mr: Alderman KEY expressed his.acknowledgmentslor the
hotiour conferred Upon him and after- descanting .upon the
utility of the Institution, pleged his exertions for thapromo-
tion of its interests.
We cannot conclude our reportof tha proceed-
ings of this flourishing Institution without additag
our hearty congratulations on the fair prospects
of success which are now opened for it. We
have anxiously' watched its progress hitherto, and
sure we are, that the energetic yet discreet mea-
sures which its Directors have taken, will obtain
for this respectable Literary Society a rank
among the institutions of the metropolis to which
pit is every entitleth.