The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-15 00:00:00

LITERARY FUND SOCIETY.

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The annual dinner of this excellent and philanthrophic
institution took place on Thursday evening, at the City of
London Tavern. Bishopsgate-street, and we are very much
gratified at being able to state that the company, which was
very numerous, contained a great number of.the most erni-
the country.
nent amongst the aristocratic literary and scientific men of
• ' Jrl'- • The banquet was one dea'eenvg of the occasion, and the
amount subscribed (8000 exceeded that which was sub-
scribed at any former festival, thus indicating an increasing
prosperity of the funds of a society deserving of all encou-
ragement. The Chevalier Bunsen presided.
Amongst those present we noticed Prince Lowenstein, the
Earl of Arundel and Surrey, the Archbishop of Dublin, the!
Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop
of St. David's, Sir Stratford
Canning, the United States Minister, Lord Bolton, Sir R.
H. Inglis, M.P.; Sir C. Lemon,
M.P. , Sir P. F. Shelley, Sir'
J. Guest, Mr. Ewart,MP,; lr. Ha. rcourt, M.P.; Sir R.
Scomberg, Dr. Whewell, the Prussian Consul, the Belgian
Consul-General, the Danish Consul-General, Lieut. Holman'
(the blind traveller), Mr. Attire Mr. Amyot, Mr. Dicken-
son, Rev. Dr. Healey, Rev. a Hawtrey, Mr. Ford, Mr.
Winthorp, Mr. Drouet, Mr. G. P. R. James, Mr. J. D.
Gurney, Mr. NV: Stirling, Mr. Albert Smith, &C.
We very much regret that the position in which the re-
presentatives of the press were placed rendered an accurate
report of the speeches
quite impossible, and we are, there-
fore, obliged to confine ourselves to a mere recital of the toasts
and anise who proposed them..
gave The CITAIABIAN, having Proposed the usual loyal toasts,

" The Church and the Archbishop of. Dublin."
" The Army and Navy." -
unsen,"
" Prosperity to the Royal Literary. Fund."
The Bishop of LiNcor proposed " The health of his Excellency the Chevalier B
received.
Sir R. INGLIS proposed the health of " The Marquis of
Lansdowne, the President of the Society."
After which the
Hon. Baronet gave " The health of his Majesty the King of
Prussia."
The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY proposed " The health
of Sir Stratford Canning, and the
-Ambassadors who had which was most warmly
ho-
noured the assembly with their presence."
The CHAIRMAN gave the health of" The Duke of Nor-
thumberland, the chairman elect of the society."
The other toasts were_" The Master of Trinity, and the
writers on science ;" "The Bishop of St. David's, and the
historians ;" " Mr. Colley Grattan, and the novelists :"
Mr. Bell, and the dramatists ;" " Colonel Mure, and the
travellers.," " Mr. Bancroft, and the literary and scientific
men of foreign countries;" "Archdeacon Hale and the
stewards.",

A SERIES OF MISFORTUNES.—On Thursday morn-
ing, between three and four o'clock, as a man named
Frederick Pragg, aged forty, living in Torrington-mews, was
proceeding along Tottenham-court-road,Just past Goodge-
street, he slipped off the kerb stone and broke his right leg
and fractured one of his arms. In a few hours afterwards a
lad named William Chill, about len years old, was exercising
a horse in Woodatock-mews, Weymouth-street, Marylebone,
when the animal suddenly took fright and threw the rider
several yards over its head, by which he sustained a broken
thigh, a dislocation of the collar bone, and some other fright-
ful injuries, besides which he fractured his skull. Sarah
Burrell, aged forty, living at 307, Oxford-street, was walking
down Great Portland-street, when, she being blind in one
eye and partially so in the other, she came in fearful colli-
sion with the pump, and fell back on to her head, thus in-
flicting an injury to the brain. All the unfortunate parties
were taken to the Middlesex Hospital, and placed under the
charge of Mr. Dixon, the resideurhousersurgeon. They all
and
remain in a very precarious condition,, indeed, the youth
is not expeCted to recover.
EPSOM RACES.—AII the preliminary authentic
will as usual be given
A Sixpence
sent to Mr. Clement will ensure a copy by
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May
16.
return of post to an, jun., 170, Str and, y
part of England, Scotland, or Ireland.
Bell's Life of May 9, which contained the explanatory chart
of Newmarket Race Courses, can be had all this month of
May. Bell's Life of May 23 will give a full report of the
Four Days' Races, with a Portrait of the Winner of the
Derby.
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eREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin and falling off,
the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the
use of the two above-named articles, applied alternately, the
botanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and ns a Sti-
mulant, and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any further
Obtaining
recommend the ?hies public to purchase
evidence was required of the virtues of bear's grease for no-
vating and preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the
quantity used, and. the length of hair obtained by some of
their names names and address printed on the
the North American Indians would be a sufficient answer._
Ross and Son's, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first
country, and who
abarethey
a_re
a spurious ar-
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useless.
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animals,
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whole
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headache, indigestion, PILL
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for E
They are used with the greatest advantage by either sex'
and will therefore prove an excellent family pill ; for, in. any
case where an aperient medicine is required, they need only
be tried to be universally adopted. soh,
-4
bY all medicine
vendors. Price Is.licl, per box. See the name of" Thomas,
Prout, 229, Strand, " on the Government stamp.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] London,
—LEGS FORTHA ELEVEN YEARS
WEIRS SWOLLEN TO NEARLY TIIE_Sit OF TIRE PERSON'S BODY CURED
By HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT rs. Iliggin, of ['ark-street,
a
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iieaftter a confinement, when
nearly
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large as her hod swelling,
breaking into n on until they became
thin watery humour, whichgsas
continuedon
and discharging a
for eleven years. The pain
was generally most excruclatinpverytreatraent was tried in
vain, until at last she used lloi o
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effected a perfect
cure. Her genere
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