The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-28 00:00:00

Thiee Invalid Bishops.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—The bishop was present at
the services in Fulham parish church on Sunday.
ME BISHOP OF HEREFORD.—The Bishop of die
suffering from very serious illness, and is unable for th°
present to attend to any business. ra
THE Bisnop OF BATH AND WELLS.—The health a n
Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells, is such as to occasion
much anxiety to his friends.

LONDON LIBRARY.

The annual meeting of the members of this
stitution was held on Saturday, at the library, 12,
St. James's-square—Earl Stanhope in the chair' D,
The report, which, on the motion of the CIIA
MAN, was unanimously adopted, stated that the
number of members added to the library during tl°u_
year terminating on the 30th April was 94, of vi'l11:
nine were life members and 78 annual subscribe!:
of three guineas. The loss of members to 0
library by death, withdrawals, &c., had been 2,
and there were at present on the register 329
scribers of two guineas, 268 subscribers of threu,
guineas, and 239 life members, making a total ecli
900 members. A comparison of the additions td
losses during the year showed the financial gallld
have been £361, the losses amounting to £1241 311.4
the additions representing £485. The increase 1"
the number of members (94) was larger by 24 tb3ll,
the increase reported last year (70), while the losse"
by withdrawals or otherwise were considerably le°:
than those reported in previous years for some tira
past. The sale of the new catalogue in the firSiltt
year of its publication has been considerable, b.,.
not sufficient to reimburse the society for the ;
penses incurred. Nearly £2OO in excess of the
ft e
W
ceipts by its sale had been paid this year in e'ej
off all charges for the catalogue ; yet, notwithstlll33,
ing this special call upon their funds, and all elitt of
in the purchase of books considerably above that 3
hlaasltanyeeeaart,
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1,5020 n volumes
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by Mr. F. NORGATE, the Rev. E. e ilea
the Rev. L. Davies were added to tDEhlte:lEcCogsrat'clielii-ittellesll:if
nwiaarnda,greemsiegnhte,di,n place of Messrs. Home and raid:
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HARRISON,Rt o. and Mr. Carlyle, Sir E. werere-
elected.
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Memberl Otrhe, , and Mr. Reave
e secretary and ub
alba
said that he attributed the increase in the DA-to the
of members to the issue of the catalogue, an or°
fact that the value of the library had bee°llle
generally known in consequence of its having
advertised more freely during the year. bee'
Messrs. A. C. B. Neill and F. Stokes havil:lbooto
requested to act as auditors of the library aec
for the present year,
The proceedings were brought to a close
with
vote of thanks to the chairman.
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BROTHER IGNATIUS.—The monastery ~, boo-
Brother Ignatius is now closed, the monks in°
succeeded by a" man in possession."
Mn. EDMUND YATES has been selected 11, ;11'.
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Dickens as the next novel writer to appear in the nu
of All the Year Ran!.
and present
Two RUMOURED CARDINALS--Past a-- ieot of
—(but, query, Probable ?)—The correspellutb,t tll°
a contemporary mentions the very curious fact card`Dal
late Mr. F. Mahony (Father Prout) was offered a roc° °
hat if he would devote himself to the exclusives e brobt
the
its Pope. He agreed, and the negotiation was onlYee ore
off by a discovery " that his notions of tenaPeran,,s stoli
too liberal for the Church." Father Prout told tutt.' wed
to the writer himself, and it was subsequently ces
by one of the highest Church authorities in Par.
lltr
Father throughout his life, remarks the Spectat°7 shar
ing to this rumour, was perfectly orthodox, and Col4*
ties strongly impressed the leading men at the raP7, gr•
GREENWICH PARK.—On Saturday afternocir.
E.
-Alderman Salomons, M.P., accompanied bYf virorYs'
W. James, clerk to the Greenwich District Board °_403.3,1r.
and a numerous deputation, had an intervievrw'.' fps;
Shaw Lefevre, in the Admiralty-office of Green :o,iortio 0
rital, to protest against the proposed letting leases'r 'Poe
of the ground of Greenwich-park on building
ja..,, t
ground in question is situate near the eastern e Aol',
the park, and consists of what was recently
orchard belonging to the residence of Mr. T.fer,u jeo oft'.
~
the late commissioners of Greenwich Hospit:t2._, to tea:
now extinct. In the year 1850 a similar proceta.l",,ostl,P.,
present was proposed, and on that occasion. a.°llloer,,
was brought before the House of Commons by tari.u,boilti as
Joseph Bume, which resulted in the Admiraltytsi
giving assurance that all idea of building. on the la;
matt nth
abandoned. Nothing more was heard in thet it i„,(3a
a few weeks since, when notice was given thaldisgleA
intention of the Admiralty to let the land on but
.05 for
Mr. James pointed out that the whole of the grneil DOW . _ut
merly a portion of the park, and that the residatoolo,4b;
longer being required for its original purpeaan, to
as the vicarage house for the Rev. Ct?'.un 4ustio.
newly-appointed vicar of the parish, ought te°43,1,00.00_
be again thrown into the park. Several of he
,_"_rrecistie!
whose property faces the park pointed out th v./el
of its value in the event of the proposed hu,_o wealth' :11
erected. The funds of the hospital, one
°f•atcreased
institutions in the country, would only be loci,
extent of £BO or £9O per annum. Alder fti, oria%
also alluded to the fact that the GovernOUt
~tad it !t`
buildings, ha,
-10e5
to extend Battersea-park, pulled down
_einents rtis
intimated that in the event of marked impriaoll,_triet Itoasari
place both the Metropolitan and Greenivic
ds the ne
of Works would probably contribute towar doubt
_f
outlay. Mr. Lefevre said there could bee Actuo
the ground in question, which had been ab'
emerlY formed
Parliament to the hospital authorities, for ottOr be-
•
the
portion of the park, and he promised to fag
fore the Lords of the Admiralty.