The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-20 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN LITERARY INSTITUTION.

Tile Proprietors and Friends of this Institution
dined together yesterday, at the London Coffee-hou►e, Ludgate-
hill.

Mr. Sheriff' Wu tTTAttrit was in the Chair.
Immediately after the dinner, which was stirred up in a supe-
rior manner, Non Nobis DOMIlle was sung in excellent style
by the professional singers in attendance.
The thiAIRMAN observed, that, as all literary men were, or
ought to be, good and faithful subjects, the first toast he should
was,tl,l:allti. e Kii
ikngr—;"" God save the King."
drank in four times filar, with the
The Cflailt.MAN then proposed " The Duke of York, and
greatestpropose en
the Family of the ]louse of Brunswick. Song—
11et.4 1,1 c
le rest
was
:It,'
AIRMAN' next gave b‘ The Army and navy."
Mr. for deeds of Arms."
Mr. Sheriff WityrraxEn then said the toast he was about
to propose was one which he was sure would meet the wishes of
the assembly. The Corporation of London were all friendly to
the Institution, and sonic of them we're connected with it. lle
regretted that one non. Member of the body was not then pre-
sent to take the Chair (Alderman llcygate), but as it had till- 1
len to his lot to do so, he would do all in his power to contri-

The Rev. J. BEN)tETT, Tutor of Cheshunt Academy,
offered up an introductory prayer.
Alderman KEY, in a neat speech, introduced the business of
the Meeting, and called upon the Rev. Ingram Cobbin, M. A.
one of the Secretaries of the Society, assisted by the Rev. Thos.
Wood, of Jewin-street, to read a most gratifying Report, which
was received with the loudest plaudits of pleasure and appro-
bation. It mentioned several donations amounting to 1,5001.
5001. of which came from one individual. The annual receipt
was upwards 0f6,6001.
The Meeting was then addressed by the following Ministers
and Gentlemen :—The Rev. John Reynolds, of Romsey ; Dr.
Morrison, from China ; the Rev. Joseph Fletcher, of Stepney ;
It. H. Marten. Esq.; the Rev. I. Leifchild, of Kensington;
the Rev. William Bishop, of Gloucester ; the Rev. Thomas
Searle, of Banbury; the Rev. J. Madison ; the Rev. John
Edwards' Secretary of the Baptist Home Missionary Society ;
the Rev. Messrs. Dunn, Hyatt, Elliot (from Demerara), Henry
(of Tooting). J. Stevens, Esq. and others announced various
donations in the course of the evening, among whom we were
happy to hear the names of a Nobleman and other distinguished
persons, as well as Clergymen of the Church of England, the
warm-hearted admirers of this Institution. The platform was
crowded with Ministers of all denominations, and the interest of
the meeting was sustained with unabated fervour until past ten
o'clock. The collection at the doors, with other donations,
amounted to nearly 4001. It is but justice to the respectable
Magistrate who presided on this occasion to add, that his gen-
tlemanlike and Christian-like discharge of the duties of ('hair-
man, and his concluding address, drew forth the most enthu-
siastic shouts of applause.

THE LAST DAY OF THE LOTTERY..--The Small
Number of Tickets remaining to Draw have the
unprecedented Number of 71,..-elve Capital Prizes,
including Two of TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS,
which, as well as every other Prize, Must all be
Drawn on SATURDAY NEXT, the 22d inst., when
ALL FINALLY CLOSES. A few Undrawn Tickets
and Shares are on Sale at the CONTRACTORS,
who hope to distribute the above at their Old
Offices, No. 37, Cornhill, No. 11, Holborn, and
No. 88, Haymarket.--J. and J. SITEWRIGUT,
Contractors.

An accident, attended with nearly serious con-
sequences, happened on Tuesday afternoon to
Mr. Alderman J..T. SMITH, who, passing through
Covent-garden, chanced to place his foot upon a
piece of orange peel, and in the endeavour to
prevent his head being dashed against the wall:
grasped at the iron railing near him, one 'of the
spikes of which penetrated his right hand, and
inflicted a severe wound ; we are happy, 11°'
toe arise.ver.to learn no serious consequences are likely

main an opprobrium to the Laws of England--
make game property, and open the qualification
of killing the hare to all men, of whatever place
who can pay the tax, and hate per-
hiliss:ioctiletY—;
n ou will impart the same blessing to
sportsmen (a manly and harmless race of island-
(' rs ) that the Right lion. the Chancellor of his
Majesty's Exchequer confers on silk, sugar, and

cotton venders, growers, &c. &c.; every man will
get game to buy and to shoot, to where it way be
had for killing it for the market proprietor:.--
The disgraceful facts elicited on the trial must
speak for themselves.

" V ENATOR."

• The trial alluded to in this place was copied from aCountry
Journal, and appeared in Tux Su x of the 16th of last April.
The conduct towards the Defendant, under all the circun:.
stances, was deemed peculiarly harsh. Mr. Sergeant PELL,„
Counsel for the Plaintiff', conducted himself with the mot
honourable feelings of delicacy on the occasion, and drew from
Mr. C. F. WILLIAms warm and well-merited eulogiums, and
Mr. U. P. W. most ably, supported the Defendant. Ths
result was that the Plaintiff; Sir ROSE PRICE, Hart. obtained a
verdict in his favour of ! ! The cause was tried at the
Cornwall Lent Assizes, Launceston, March 31; Sir Ross
PRICE, Plaintiff; Mr. PAINTI,:ft, Solicitor, of Gray's Inn,
Defendant. This cause excited a very strong sensation in star
County of Cornwall, and throughout the vicinity.

On the 10th inst. nine malefactors were ex-
posed on the Place de Justice. It was shocking to observe tbe
youth of these delinquents, joined with such feeling effrontery.
Two were branded, one of whom demanded of the eseeutturrer
serving of Ptlitell:ie
two bumpers of wine, three others, for highway robbery,
were removed to the Bicetre, and are to be exposed in the pilluTv
on the Place de Justice in asfew days; one has been cur d..rnne.4
to death, being a second offence.—(Paris Paper.)
preserving
by a similar process, is an use_
quantity may be cured at
—The Scotch method of
EGGS AND POTATOES.
'rot in a basket as large as the
the boiling water will permit,
eggs, by dipping them in boil-iug
water, which destroys the Irving principle, is Co,
well known to need further notice. The pre_
ful discovery.
Anothert)y putt
putting
gthem
once try putting.
tuns may
The germ which. is so near the skin io
thus killed, without injuring the potatoe. In
neP Ili nngg
them,t lemthean minute
grate them o r
down two
at
to ill
he cured •in a few hours.
They must then be dried in a warm oven, and
laid up in sacks or casks, •
in a dry place, and
water
re
squeezed
en:
zferods t.method of preserving
pulp, which is put '
them utavtne::siso:tVsill ast)e.yCini (1)::1:Pelit 7
into coarse cloths, and the
out
press, by which means they aro formed into tat
cakes. in a common

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 19.

Mr. BROGDEN anti others brought up from the Commons
the Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill, and several private
Bills, which were read a first time.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from
'Coventry against the General Gas Company Bill—Laid on
the table.

The Irish Law Stamps Repeal Bill was read a third time
and passed.

SILK WEAVERS.

Te LORD 'CHANCELLOR had been entrusted by the
AL2nufacturers and Journeymen Weavers of the City of
Dablin with a Petition against the repeal of the 19th George
In, which enabled masters and journeymen to settle the
amount of wages amongst themselves. He had examined the
Petition to see whether it had been properly signed, and as
there was no signature on the first skin of parchment, found
it oat of his power to present it
The Kent ,Fire Insurance Office Bill was read a second time.

Judges, and with a jurisdiction unknown to the common law of
the land.

Lord ALTHORP consented not to press the Bill through
its last stage to-day, but to take the third reading on Monday.
As to postponing the Bill, he had already gone through three
months almost incessant labour upon it, and he saw no reason
to suppose that he should be more successful next year than
in the present.—( Hear, hear !)
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then agreed to withdraw
his motion of adjournment, and bore testimony to the exertions
of the Noble Lord upon this subject since the very commence-
ment of the Session. _ _

Mr. SCARLETT explained, that he considered the mea-
sure a new Bill since the changes it had undergone in the
Committee, and that next year it might be brought forward in
its present shape.
The third reading was then fixed for Monday.
The other Orders of the Day having been disposed of, the
House adjourned until Friday.