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

LONDON LIBRARY.

The annual meeting of the members of this ill"
stitution was held on Saturday, at the library, 12'

St. James's-square—Earl Stanhope in the chair.
The report, which, on the motion of the CITAIII"
max, was unanimously adopted, stated that the
number of members added to the library during the
year terminating on the 30th April was 94, of vill°lll
nine were life members and 78 annual subscriber°
of three guineas. The loss of members to the
library by death, withdrawals, &c., had been 52,
and there were at present on the register 329 sub':
scribers of two guineas, 268 subscribers of three
guineas, and 239 life members, making a total
Of
900 members. A comparison of the additions auu
losses during the year showed the financial gain to
have been £361, the losses amounting to £124, an
the additions representing £4gs. The increase 10
the number of members (94) was larger by 24 than
the increase reporte3. last year (70), while the losses
by withdrawals or otherwise were considerably 1°55
than those reported in previous years for some tinlet
past. The sale of the new catalogue in the I.st
year of its publication has been considerable, bu
not sufficient to reimburse the society for the °-
penses incurred. Nearly £2OO in excess of the re-
ceipts by its sale had been paid this year in
off all charges for the catalogue ; yet, notwithstauct
ing this special call upon their funds, and an outlay
in the purchase of books considerably above tha,
last year, the committee were able to rePer"d3
balance at the bankers' as large within a few Pott/.81
as that with which they commenced the final:ter'
year. The number of volumes added to the libr°4l
during the year by purchase and gifts amounted
cleario..g
1,502 volumes and 120 pamphlets. cled
On the motion of Mr. F. HENDRICK, Won a
by Mr. F. NORGATE, the Rev: E. E. Estcourt ailof
the Rev. L. Davies were added to the comtaittriee 3r,
management, in place of Messrs. Home and d,
ward, resigned, and Mr. Carlyle, Sir E. B. Ile:G.
Bart., Sir R. Phillimore, and Mr. Reave were
elected.

In reply to a Member, hot
Mr. R. HARRISON, the secretary and libra'` -ber
said that he attributed the increase in the 011100
of members to the issue of the catalogue, and °ore
fact that the value of the library had become to
generally known in consequence of its having

advertised
more freely during the yeartok .
A. C. B. Neill and F. St haviagbe°
ta
requested to act as auditors of the library ace
for the present year, ti
The proceedings were brought to a close v/
vote of thanks to the chairman.

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BROTHER IGNATIUS.—The monastery found boo
Brother Ignatius is now closed, the monks haVhi6
succeeded by a" man in possession." by gr''
Mn. EDMUND YATES has been selected mJ 00
Dickens as the next novel writer to appear in the cola
of All the Year Round. r eseOf
Two RUMOURED CARDINALS—Past and --, 14 o),
—(but, query, Probable ?)—The corresponcie't the
a contemporary mentions the very curious fact (?) thlall,
late Mr. F. Mahony (Father Prout) was offered a oar": o ot
hat if he would devote himself to the exclusive servbircoitea
the Pope. He agreed, and the negotiation was 0319 00
off by a discovery "that his notions of temperauc,e otorf
too liberal for the Church." Father Prout told tharotea
to the writer himself, and it was subsequently c°ll TV
by one of the highest Church authorities in 'Fall!' gild-
Father throughout his life, remarks the Spectator in `opili'
ing to this rumour, was perfectly orthodox, and Discoaft‘
ties strongly impressed the leading men at the raP3i- 110.'
GREENWICH PARK.—On Saturday afternoon $.
Alderman Salomons, M.P , accompanied bl,l‘l-vff;ro
W. James, clerk to the Greenwich. District Board 0'
th 10'
and a numerous deputation, had an interviev( an
Shaw Lefevre, in the Admiralty-office of Greenwie,,ortiao e
Fital, to protest against the proposed letting of a
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eas
of the ground of Greenwich-park on building le;
oce, o
ground in question is situate near the eastern eu%s al
the park, and consists of what was recently used one ',.
orchaid belonging to the residence of Mr. TierneYttlit die:
the late commissioners of Greenwich liospitol7 to tilt'
now extinct. In the year 1850 asimilar proceediug,osto
present was proposed, and on that occasion theel,to;
Joseph
ph
Flume,brought
w beforehic
ht the
resultedH ou House
in
nf
the Commons
Admiraltybb Yitiud;:ciolta:giloiaals:iftcolls:o,l
giving assurance that all idea of building on e
aster 'iv. e
abandoned.s Nsinotche,inwghmenorneowtiaces
Nsheard in thatit 0'11°34.
intention of the Admiralty to let the land on
Mr. James pointed out that the whole of the rot'
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merly a portion of the park, and that the resideu'',
ot,gli '
longer being required for its original ~., alto tbe
purpoP; miller, to
as the vicarage house for the Rev. in juetic°6oo
newly-appointed vicar of the parish, oust_. Ao,titAco
be again thrown into the park. Several of tneei;n:ecia:„.
whose property faces the park pointed out tiau.iaaLgs LP;
of its value in the event of the
erected. 'The funds of the hospital, one
be to ;0
institutions in the country, would only bo 1" sailti°, r
Aiderrn3u • orae
proposed h..1.1_
tvoitbslo
extent of .£BO or £9O per annum. Ur. iod, to
nd it woo
a 3
thatpultlh ov
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intimated tha eat in the event of marked irnprov e .
....jet Do
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ds the l'e t the
ooplacefutva yobi..oktshAlvtrho.
would
Lefevrel 3di eptrroobpaobisliatyinanc
contribute
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vi
acbhic.
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0"of
the ground in question, which had been u"'
rIY r°•Bl,o'
fl:131.t(Ile I°l4l
pPoarrtliioanm.eonf Parliament to
pthaert,haonspdithael
paruotmhoisreitdietso,
fore the Lords of the Admiralty.