The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-06 00:00:00

COUIRT-PAONION.A.BI.I3.

The Duke of Wellington is expected to return to Apsley
House to-morrow, from his visit to her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

The Duke and Duchess of Leeds are expected to leave the
Clarendon Hotel, on Sunday next, for the Hague, where the
annual sports of the Falconry, or Hawking Club, of which
his Grace is a member, will shortly commence.
Viscount Melbourne returned to South-street on Satur-
day last, from Brocket Hall, where his Lordship had been
passing the Whitsun recess, and on Monday his Lordship
dined with the Corporation of the Trinity House, he being
one of the elder brethren of that body.
The Marquis Conyngham, accompanied by the Earl of
Mount Charles and the youthful ladies Conyngham, embark
shortly from Southampton (where his Lordship is occupying
Belle Vue House), on board his Lordship's yachts, Flower of
Yarrow schooner, and Seaflowg cutter, for Ireland. His
Lordship hoisted his Rag last week as Commodore of the
Royal Southern Yacht Club.
The Earl and Countess of Winterton, and youthful family
are sojourning at the Countess Dowager of Wuiterton's house
at Brighton.

IVIZSCEZOLAMEIOUS.
The Emperor of Russia has announced his intention to
give annually, as long as he lives, the sum of 5001., to be
added to the race fund of Ascot—thus liberally and nobly
following the example of his son, who, it may be borne in
mind, contributes 3001. every year at Newmarket, to be run
for under the name of the Cesarewitch Stakes.

On Monday morning the West London Railway was opened
for public traffic as far as its junction with the Great Western
line, but the station and other preparations at its junction
with the and Birmingham line not being completed,
the opening of that portion was deferred until yesterday.
Since Monday trains have been running to meet the nine,
eleven, and half-past six o'clock trains on the Great Western
Railway ; and from yesterday trains will also meet the seven,
half-past ten, three, and six o'clock trains on the London and
Birmingham Railway.
A Parliamentary return has just been issued, on the
motion of Mr. Hume, giving an account of the law and
other expenses incurred against persons for smuggling and
frauds in the Customs for 1842 and 1843. In 1842, in Eng-
land, there were 815 prosecutions, the expenses of which
were 3,2541. 15s. ; the duties were 52/. 10s. 2d. ; the penal
ties, 1,7821. 7s. Id.; and the amount received in compro-
mises was 6941. 19s. 4d. In 1843, there were 1,147 prosecu-
tions in England, at an expense of 5,599/. 15s. 7d. ; the
duties were 2671. 16s. 6d. ; the penalties, 943 L 12s. 9d. ; and
the compromises amounted to 2,533/. 16s. 4d. In the two
years the expenses were 8,856/. 10s. 7d., and the amount re-
covered 3,228/. Iss. Bd. A similar return is given respecting
Ireland and Scotland. On the whole, the expenses in the
United Kingdom were 10,117/. Bs. 6d., and the amount reco-

vered in compromises was under 5,0001.
On Monday evening a numerous meeting was held at the
parochial school-rooms, Church-street, Islington, on the sub-
ject of the Bill for the. regulation of religious trusts. The
Rev. Daniel Wilson, M.A., vicar of Islington, took the chair;

and there were present the Rev. J. Hambleton, the Rev. J,
Venn, the Rev. G. Smith, and several of the parochial clergy,
Several addresses were delivered, and resolutions condemna-

tory of Lord Lyndhurst's Bill were unanimously adopted.

BETHNAL-GREEN CuuucuEs.—Tuesday morning
the Lord Bishop of London consecrated a new church
.at
Bethnal-green, in the presence of several of ,the parochialclergy and a numerous congregation. The church, which is
dedicated to St. James the Less, s a neat and convenient
structure, capable of accommodating 2,500 people, a large
number of the seats being free and unappropriated. Sunday
and infant schools are attached- Another church in this
populous district has been completed, and will be consecrated
by the Bishop on Saturday next. Four churches are vet to
be erected in the parish of Bethnal-green, the estimated cost
of which is 30,0001.
REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF CANINE AFFECTION.—
A boy belonging to Camlachie, when he was a little
urchin about twelve years ago, got a pup, which he
reared, and has since kept as his own, and the
warmest attachment has subsisted between them.
The boy, who is poor, has frequently shared his
scanty meals with his dog—and frequently the
dog's share was the largest. Some time ago,
the boy got employment in a dyework at Cam-
lachie, and at every meal and every morning,
the dog accompanied the boy part of the way, on his re
turn from his father's house in Crown-point, to the dye-
work at Camlachie-bridge. One day lately the poor boy
missed his footing while crossing a vat filled with boil-
ing liquid, tumbled headlong into it, and he was so
severely and dangerously scalded that he had to be
carried home. The dog, which was at home, no sooner
saw the boy in distress, than he set up a dismal
howl, and was with difficulty prevented from jumping
upon him. The boy was
taken immediately to the in-
firmary, where he still lies in s dangerous state. The
dog was forcibly prevented from following him; yet
he refused again to eater the boy's house, and sat in
despair a little way from it, uttering incessant dismal
cries. He was offered food and drink, and refused them,
and he continued all day and the following night,
sitting in one position, whining and howling most
piteously. In the morning he was paralytic, and could
scarcely drag his hind legs after him. His brain was
evidently oppressed, and he died before mid-day a victim
to intense grief.—Scotsman.
AN ACTIVE POLICEMAN.—A poor young man and
a girl, both very civil and apparently in great distress,
called at the farm of Tyddyndu, near Lampeter ; who
happened to be there but Davies, the policeman, whose
station was then at Ystrad. He being in his private
clothes, the man little suspected he was a policeman,
and he asked for a trifle. Davies persuaded one of the
residents to give him a penny ; they not being aware of
the Vagrant Act, out of kindness, gave him a penny.
The moment Davies saw the poor fellow receive the
penny, he pounced on him like a tiger, and handcuffed
him. The landlord and his daughter begged of him to
release him, but it was of no use ; he said he had a duty
to perform, and he was bound to do it. Off tie took him
to Aberaeron, before a magistrate, his sister crying
after him ; however, the magistrate very properly dis-
charged him.—Welshman.
PRESENCE OF MlND.—Captain Elliott and Captain
Herbert narrowly escaped a very dangerous accident. A
congreve rocket, which had been placed in the proper
tube from which it is fired, and had been already ignited,
accidentally hung within it, instead of being projected.
In another second it would have burst in the
tube itself, and must have killed or wounded all
those who were standing near it upon the bridge
between the paddle-boxes. With instant coolness
and presence of mind, Captain Hall put his arm
into the tube, and forcibly pushed it out from behind,
although the rush of fire which came out of it burnt his
hand severely, and caused intense pain. Indeed, it was
hot done without great personal risk. It is difficult to
calculate what disastrous results might not have followed
had the-rocket burst in the tube ou board ship. It was
long before the use of the wounded hand was recovered.
—Voyage of the Nemesis.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDN.E.,§,DAY.—The Queen and Prince Al.!
bert, and their august visitors, went this morning to
itness the review in the Great Park.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived
at the Castle at half-past nino o'clock, attended by Baron
Knesebeck, having travelled from town by the Great
Western Railway. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Cambridge arrived at half-past ten o'clock, attended by
the Baroness Ahlefeldt.
The august party at the Castle was arranged at a
quarter before eleven o'clock. His Royal Highness
Prince Albert, the Emperor of Russia, the King of
Saxony, and nearly all the gentlemen, were on horse-
back.
The Emperor was habited in a uniform of dark green,
faced with red. His Imperial Majesty wore the ribband
and badge, and also the star, of the most noble Order of
the Garter.
His Majesty the King of Saxony wore a uniform of
dark blue and gold. His Majesty also wore the ensigns
of the Order of the Garter and those of the Golden
Fleece.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert appeared in a Field
Marshal's uniform. His Royal Highness wore the ri-
band and badge of the Russian Order of St. Andrew and
the Stars of other orders of knighthood.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in a
Field Marshal's uniform. The Royal Duke wore the
riband, badge, and star of the Russian Order of St.
Andrew, and the star of the most noble Order of the
Garter.
Count Orloff, General d'Adlerberg, M. d'Adlerberg,
Prince Wassiltschikow, and Prince Radzivill, in the
suite of the Emperor of Russia, were on horseback in
their different uniforms, and wearing their respective
ensigns of knighthood.
His Excellency Baron Gersdorff, !and Baron de Rie-
chart, Aides-de-Camp to the King of Saxony, were in at-
tendance:on his Majesty.
The Duke of Wellington, Commander in Chief, wore
the insignia of the Russian Order of St. Andrew.
The Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Wilton, and the Earl
of Hardwicke (Lords in Waiting in attendance on the
Emperor), were in uniforms, on horseback.
Colonel Dyneley and the other Aides-de-Camps to
the Queen, and Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal),
Colonel Arbuthnot (in Waiting), and Major-General
Wemyss, Equerries to the Queen ; and Major. General
Sir Edward Bowater (in Waiting), Colonel Wylde, and
Colonel Bouverie, Equerries to Prince Albert, wore their
full-dress uniforms.
A numerous party of officers, including the Marquis
of Londonderry (in his uniform as Colonel of the 2d
Life Guards, and wearing the ensign of Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath) ; Sir Wil-
loughby Gordon, G.C.8., Quarter-Master General ; Sir
John Macdonald, K.C.8., Adjutant-General ; Lord
Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B. ; Captain Francis Seymour,
the Marquis of Worcester, and the Earl of March, were
also on horseback, forming a most brilliant escort to the
august party.
The Gentlemen of the Queen's Household (civilians)
wore the Windsor uniform. The Earl of Morton, Vis-
count Sydney, Lord George Lennox, the Hon. Charles
A. Murray, Mr. George E. Anson, and Colonel Berkeley
Drummond, were among those present. Sir Robert Peel
was also on horseback.
Her Majesty and the ladies of the party occupied open
carriages and four. In the first carriage were the Queen,
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and the
Duchess of Buceleuch. Her Majesty was attended only
by Colonel Arbuthnot and Major-General Wemyss,
Equerries in Waiting.
In the second carriage were their Royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accom-
panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
In the third carriage were the Countess of Gains-
borough, Lady Caroline Cocks, the Hon. Miss Devereux,
and the Hon. Mrs. Anson.
In the fourth carriage were the Baroness' Ahlefeldt
the Countess Cowper, the Countess of Rosslyn, and the
Earl Deiawarr.
In the fifth carriage were the Countess of Wilton, the
Viscountess Canning, the Earl of Aberdeen, and M.
de Minckwitz.
In the sixth carriage were the Earl Cowper, Viscount
Canning, Count A. Vitzthum, and Dr. Carus.
In the seventh carriage was Admiral Sir R. Otway.
The royal party left the Queen's entrance at ten
minutes before eleven o'clock, and quitted the Quad-
rangle by George the Fourth's Gate, passing down the
Long-walk into the Great Park.
The Queen left the review early. On her Majesty
quitting the ground she was received in the most gratify-
ing manner by a crowd of spectators, unexampled at
former similar occasions; the morning trains on the
Great Western Railway having each of them brought
hundreds of visitors to witness the review. The
spectators cheered the Queen as she passed in
the most enthusiastic manner, many voices call-
ing out " God bless the Queen." Her Majesty,
accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Cambridge, and the Duchess of .Buccleugh, arrived at
the Castle shortly before one o'clock, Colonel Arbuthnot
and General Wemyss attending on horseback. The
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton, following in another carriage, Lord G.
Lennox attending on horseback. '
The ladies of the party returned to the Castle from
the review at half-past one.
The Emperor of Russia, the King of Saxony, and
Prince Albert, and their numerous and brilliant Staff,
arrived at twenty minutes before two o'clock.
The Duke of Devonshire, the Earl and Countess of
Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Rossyln, the Earl and
Countess of Cowper, and Viscount and Viscountess
Canning, left the Castle to-day.
His Excellency M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister,
Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, the Baroness
Brunnow, Lady of the Russian Minister, the Duke of
Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lady
Peel, Sir Henry Wheatley, Marquis of Londonderry,
Marquis of Anglesey, Viscount Combermere, the /tight
Hon. Sir George Murray, the Right Hon. 'Sir Henry
Hardinge, Sir Willoughby Gordon, and Sir John Mac-
donald, arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her
Ifikjesty.
The following will also have the honour of joining the
royal dinner party, this evening :
Lord Saltoun, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Major-Genera
the Hon. E. P. Lygon, Sir James Clark, and Colone
Cleveland, R.A.

At five o'clock the illustrious party left the Castle in
open carriages for Virginia Water. The Emperor of
Russia and Prince Albert in a pony phaeton and pair,
his Royal Highness driving ; three carriages and four
followed, in which were the King of Saxony, the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Buccleuch,
the Baroness Ahlefeldt, Lady E. Cocks, and the Hon.
Miss Devereux.

A number of the Gentlemen and the Equerries in
Waiting attended the illustrious party on horseback.
The Royal party visited the Fishing Temple, and re-
turned from Virginia Water soon after seven o'clock in
the evening.
The dinner was served in state in the Waterloo Gal-
lery. The superb service of gold plate was used. The prin-
cipal ornament in the centre was an epergne recently
added to the Royal Treasury. A number of animals
very elaborately finished are sculptured on it, the base
being decorated with the arms of her Majesty and of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert. On each side of this
epergne were beautiful ice pails, designed by Flaxman,
the covers surmounted by figures of Venus reclining,
and gold vases enclosing vines, loaded with grapes. Other
vases filled with choice flowers, placed on fluted and bur-
nished pedestals, were arranged among the splendid
centre pieces of the plateau. During the banquet the
band of the Ist Life Guards performed the following
pieces :

Overture, "Guillaume Tell" Rossini.
Walzer, " Dublin"
Labitzky.
Potpourri, " Don Pasquale"
Polka
Selection from the ballet of " Alma" C oosta.
Labitzky.
Galoppe, "Alexander" Kliegh.
In the evening her Majesty's private band, conducted
by Mr. Anderson, performed the following:—
Overture, "L'Enievement du Serail"
Preghiera del Moise, avec Clime varie sur
la quatrieme corde, execut6 par M
Sivori
Paganini.
Fantasia, Clarionet, Mr. Williams
Adagio et Rondo de grand Concerto la
Clochette, M. Sivori
Military Movement
Haydn.

A deputation, consisting of Sir Edward Johnson, Mr.
Eliot, Mr. Arthur Iforsford, Mr. Christie, and Mr.
Bernal, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down-
ing-street.

Lady Peel left town yesterday by the four o'clock
train of the Great Western Railway fur Windsor Castle,
on a visit to her Majesty.
Lord Wharncliffe left town yesterday for Folkestone.
Mr. J. S. Brickwood had an interview with the Chan-
eellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India Islands.
Dispatches were also received from Hong-Kong.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. G.
Palmer, Mr. Hays, and Mr. Hawes, had an ',interview
yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday to the Liontenant-
Governor of Gibraltar from the Colonial-office.

) PNILIIARMONIC.—We have heard that it is the
intention of her Majesty to honour the Philharmonic Con-
' cert on Monday with her presence ; and that the Emperor
of Russia and the King of Saxony will also be present, to
bear Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, which is to
be repeated; and Maurer's Concertanti, for four violins, will
be played by Ernst, Joachim, Blagrove, and Sivori, we be-
lieve. The symphony will be Beethoven's in C minor; and
Mr. S. Bennett's overture, the Araides, will be performed.
KILMARNOCK ELECTION.—The formal declaration
of the poll in connexion with the election contest in these
burghs, took place on Thursday, at the Town-hall, Kilmar-
nock, when Sheriff Bell declared Mr. Bouverie the successful
candidate. Mr. Prinsep's agent protested against the return
of Mr. Bouverie, in the name of Mr. Prinsep, on the ground
of undue influences and bribery being made use of to secure
Mr. Bouverie's return; and Mr. Vincent protested against
either Mr. Prinsep or Mr. Bouverie being returned, because
of an informality at the nomination—no poll having been de-
manded from the Sheriff for any of the candidates.
DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.-..-411 outrage which could
only have been conceived by a mind of fiendish atrocity,
was perpetrated a fortnight since, on a mare in foal, the
property of Lemuel Parry, a small farmer, residing at
Tan-yr-allt, in the parish of Llanvillo, Breconshire. It
seems that, while out grazing, the miscreant or mis-
creants forced a stake into her body, and from appear-
ances, it is evident that the atrocity was more than once
repeated ; in five days after she threw a dead colt, which
the stake had reached, and is still alive, though her re-
covery is hardly possible. The suspicions of the neigh-
bourhood rest on a gang of gipsies seen near the spot, but there is no direct evidence to implicate any '
particular party.—Silurian.

DINNER TO MR. CHARLES

KNIGHT.

• the An event of considerable importance 1.1.'
was given to Mr. Charles Knight, the well-f,,..7:0"(
usher of the works of the Society for the Vim°
mpletic
world occurred last evening ; a congraltiniletnooryit
Useful Knowledge, on the occasion of the coe
of the " Penny Cyclopedia," a work whose 1.1170,
went was an era in English literature, and 7 /I
pletion of which may be called a triunittpdemirstv
dinner was also a display of the respect
on generallydertainfge let foofr thethe spiritedSociety,
whopublisherin
united in his own person the exertions of prof
and editor and author of the works, in addition to that
the publisher and bookseller.
About 150 gentlemen sat
vided at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. t
Brougham, presiding. The repast was served
wider t
best style of this celebrated establishment,
.e_
superintendence of Messrs. J. and T. StaPi•
mallae):theveseri;eci..
down to the dinnere„Pr
wines also were abundant and of excellent quality.,
co
The company included most of the editors of, es
uosb
tributors to, the works of the Society, and many
gentlemen well known in the world of literature. 70,
them we observed Lord Wrottesley, the Rev. ar
Mr. Creswick, the celebrated landscape painter„'i•
0)
Harvey, the illustrator of the " Arabian Nights %
Britton, Esq„ author of the " Ecclesiastical Anticttl
of Great Britain ;" George Long, Esq., editor of
ol
Penny Cyclopedia ;" J. R. Porter, Esq., autho.,.
Progress of
H.of ttenih,
the Nation
G;".
Mr. J. Timbs, Mr. W. Clarke. Mr. J. Macfarlane, ti.,
of the " Pictorial History of England ;" Mr. G. r
Mr. W. Stansby, Mr. R. Green, B. Tipper, Esclen'rea• ,
H.
An efficient-corps of vocalists, including Messrs.."' w.
Wilson, Mr.
C 1 o H 13..
Ingramliert ,1
Must, Francis, Hobbs, Bradbury, and Charnel!,
retained, and enlivened the proceedings by several _„„,
and glees. The office of toast-master was most efficient
tilled by Mr. Harker.
The cloth having been removed, Non nobis _
was sung in most excellent style by the profess'''.
gentlemen.
The NOBLE CHAIRMAN then rose to give a t.
he was sure needed no preface to recommend it t
It was the health of her Majesty the Queen, the Pr.
.
tectress, as all the kings and queens of this coaph,
ought to be, and as several, indeed most of them,
been, of the arts and sciences.
Drank with three times three and loud cheers. lir.
" God save the Queen."
The CHAIRMAN then gave his Royal Highness PO(
Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family.
"Here's a health to the Prince and the Queen.
The CHAIRMAN then said, It gave him great sari
tion, that although their duty as good subjects, and
courtesy they owed to the sex, as well as the statics,
their Sovereign, and the observance due to her It°,
Consort had been fulfilled, yet it had not detained titi;
long from the proper business of the meeting, at
they had now arrived, nor would he detain them long.,
reminding them of what, indeed, must be present te.:
minds of all of them—the +occasion on which they w;
assembled. He was the less called on, or rather he
the more deterred from expanding this point more ,
necessary, by the presence of their most worthy;
honoured guest.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
inevitably imposed on him some restraint in the
remarks remarks with which he should preface the toast
was about to propose. He need not expatiate Cal,
of which they were all aware, the great merits 0
Knight, with whom he had the honour of being 0,,
ciated through a somewhat extended course of busie..,',
and he was bound to acknowledge that it was not rc!.ffen,
in his mercantile capacity that Mr. Knigiat w's7.
be held up as an object of just esteem, to
just respect, of all his fellow-countrymen, ..t
all who valued the best interests of seri'
which his labours had tended most materially andll3o, '
usefully to promote. He spoke with a perfect
ledge of this subject, when he said that few men °l
ea:,
the circle with which he (Lord B.) was acqusieti.'
and that was not a contracted one—that few ine!,
had fallen within the scope of his observation-0u '
was not a very narrow one—had rendered more itel:;..;
tant services, or done things more likely to confer
benefits on mankind, than his worthy and en;
friend, Mr. Charles Knight. He should without,
tation place in the lowest scale of merit that Will
was sure his friend, Mr. Knight, would place in e‘,
different position. He referred to his critical an J.
graphical labours, directed to the illustration of the
si%
and works of their great dramatic poet, ShaksPe.
Even among the critics on the almost eshe „1
w-
subject of the dramatic works of Shaker-I'4,
Mr. Knight ranked among the highest ; ir?
he (Lord Brougham) would go to a subject
A,.
which he was more conversant, and on which he;
disposed to value his friend's labours still more tot
He meant those more valuable works which he garo
the world eleven or twelve years ago, at a time
ferment existed in this country, produced by the g •
ignorance on the part of men who did not know
oivn interests, and who overrated their own rights,
founding, indeed, both right and wrong altogethertts ,'"
giiing that they had a right to do that which joie
was not only wrong, but manifestly against their 0.2
interests. He referred to the unhappy men who 5t.,10„:
period seemed bent on the destruction of capital &n,
chinery. At that time the country was lit up with
by which the agricultural produce stored up for the
of man was destroyed, and the ravages of those Is'
were extending also to the machinery in the in°
turing districts. At this time wereublished •
works, called the " Rights of Industry' and the "
of Machinery," and he believed that those dele';','
were more checked by these two works, emanating
the happy genius of Mr. Knight, than from any
circumstance, except the firm execution of t
„c,' .
minal law, in administration of which, hot
judgment was tempered with mercy ; he knew thistmt;
being at the time at the head of that department °',.11-
State, and he was convinced that the law was materel..
aided in suppressing the mischief by the genius 0' t .
Knight. It was part of the policy of the Governroey)
that time to give an extensive circulation to these wer,:,
and he did not exaggerate when he said the, 5,t tr 4 •
period more than 40,000 of these tracts were, circuitay
He should now proceed to the other v-iorks
Knight. He need only state, that by his ,Jonnection o', •
the Society for the Diffusion of Usefefi Knowledge'
_,,
which he had the honour of being chrsirman, he hel'i,
some fifteen or sixteen years been brought into
communication with Mr. Knight. That go': ate services to this Society, from the beginning, wer_a—er
lutely invaluable. Many of its best works were
by him ; he superintended their execution in thti-j-
-able and successful manner ; and when he (11)1-0('
stated that many of them sold to the number of 3%
which was the case with many parts of the Library
Entertaining Knowledge, he bad said enough to_ire
to them the great services which Mr. Knight haucor•
dered to the tastes of the middle classes of the
munity. To him the Society and the puu—d,
large owed a deep debt of gratitude--4 Air
whieh could not be repaid.—(Loud cbee,r„;- •'
The " Penny Magazine" was suggested by Mr. P"'-'6l j•
and was mostly executed by him. At ofit,o,o '•
this work reached the enormous circulation of
per week, which he believed was the largest Ciro"' ei
that any periodical, or quasi periodical, had eveli-
joyed. It did not maintain that circulation Tellci,
and 'for this reason—its great success raised up rim,
the market, but the Society was far from regrettir4thi
On ,the contrary, it was extremely glad tl'.at
were substitutes created for its own 1010'014,s tt
Church of England at that time compl,aineuegi
the " Penny Magazine" did not treat of
in its pages. The magazine was, publiSrt
a Saturday, and the Society the ,uglit
next day was the fittest for sermons. eLaughte,,,,""'ltc
thought that to treat of such a
would be to bring religion down, reether than othe
and they therefore abstained fse. 'subject 404!
doing so ; if 0
als a subject on which men did not so well agree
pmeorisotdoiethalerosf.
itsTohweo?hthuerc,h,
soef.te'Erdnagyla
jundagthazenine,P,rreati-th'tli;
found, after a while, that religion was not a good se-htt
to put into it, and so their
r tpl
hat
eigo Magazine" ion
fee kept it out of it—(l4l/;(1 r. —and they were success +:4l just as we were. 11114„,esse
so"afyStiahntigusrddthaeyasct was
ork so.neHoef
hthade
nmoosttiessiutor.ooo
Society had often taken a leaf
_j ta"
their book, and they had often benefited hY,.irar-isi''
the Society ; it was a case of reciprocal bencii4r-ber
from mutual imitation. But each of them—the h- t
of England, and the Useful Knowledge Society--rA'
same object in view, that of doing good to the c" „eV
nity. Ile now came to a subject which he had rei:.-sei
to the last, and which was the immediate cause 01
assembling together.—(gear, hear.) They ha ie oia
to congratulate Mr. Knight on the completion
.0.
magnificent word—the " Penny Cyclopmdia•—iCtjel
tt
He said it without the least fear of contradi'Ja°l3*-tec
no present had ever been made to the wc,rl(t ofsefe
eminent usefulness, or better calculated to -sertwoe
purpose, whether of rational amusement or 'everyDO of literature and science, than this great work.
was coupled with that of a certain denomfination of ~ti
(Laughter)—but that made it all the, more int. ;8 a: •
in his eyes, because it brought down selear tobetri:'
literature to the means of the 1-„;eople.—(1-11- ,at_.rt;
found science,
But it was a work of extraorditiary depth, of "oles'"
knowledge, of a :post consummate and thor out tb
of most enlarged and accuratc hs.
branchuaintance with history, Ile would also W.lo°
that of knwledge rriti, which he was most c onoistot
of the law ; With respect to which, if I ie notes
not thq had just poured forth in harmoni otie
Prayer to their Queen, that she " would amen( 14°,r 1101*
(Laughter and cheers.) And they had . ,Aso Sot
that she " would defend our cause."— (Ch' '41.) ,e11(1°
he believed that the more their laws sr are 1000
the less difficulty there would be in deft mail* d the
and he hoped that they might be so amer ;not ece,
would be better worth defending.—(Chee rs .) erfr
this branch of knowledge came within the wie
„d
scope of this great work, in its due tuft .sure
portion. And thus all the branches of ir nowle on 0.
nary, scientific, moral, physical, and pi
great divisions which Lord Bacon stir .tssed 1
faculties of memory, imagination, andj udrer its
" Nostri aunt farrago (bet
would be there found complete. The Noble LDt nerd
„.'
mentioned the name of Professor Long, in "!g7titecf
of praise, as editor of the “Cyclopmdia, ' and e
the paper written on mathematics by Profe se' if, XO.,
the, Astronomer Royal, written for the " fel teo,
and afterwards republished in a separate fore a •
rob
the
book in the University of Cambridge, as 9. P 01;
the work had been completely remn of
git,
the ridicule formerly cast upon it. of 3cli
alluded to the other great publicatics *id°,
Knight, the " Biographical Dictionary ~,00,p1e,,t
he said for copiousness, accuracy, ands
ness, exceeded every work of the
excepting even the French " Biographie U N Ifn-igebt..
concluded by proposing the health of Mr. C.
The toast was drank with the warmest par'