The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-02 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The anniversary meeting of the Royal Institution was held yes.
terday, Lord Prudhoe, President, in the chair. The report of the
auditors announced the affairs of the institution in a flourishing
and prosperous state, and that the profits of the lectures during the
past year had been 157/. 10s. The entire receipts of the year
were 2,9161. Is. 6d., and there was a balance in hand of 3951. 18s.
The laboratory and library departments afforded equally satisfac.
tory results.
The anniversary meeting of the members of the Horticultural
Society was held yesterday at their rooms, Regent-street, R. H.
Adly, Esq., in the chair; and amongst the members present were
Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., and Sir
W. Middleton, Bart. The report of the auditors stated that the
income during the year amounted to 7,3521., the payments to
7,102/., and that the outstanding debts had been reduced to
9,557/. From the report of the Council it appeared that great
alterations and improvements had been made in the gardens at
Chiswick, the great conservatory alone having cost 2,000/. Con-
siderable expense has been incurred in obtaining foreign importa-
tions, and in sending out expeditions to collect all that was calcu.
lated to advance the science of horticulture. A Club for chemical
investigation had been formed in connexion with the Society, and
from the researches of which great hopes are entertained. After the
adoption of the report, the Duke of Devonshire was elected Pre-
sident, and the members of the Council having been appointed, the
meeting adjourned.

Yesterday the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Percy
Society was held at the library of the Royal Society of Literature,
St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar.square, Lord Braybrooke in the
chair. Mr. Wright, the Secretary, read the report of the council,
from which it appeared that the following works, printed from old
manuscripts, or reprinted from hitherto almost unknown publics.
tions, had been issued to the subscribers during the past year :
" The Keen of the South of Ireland," as illustrative of Irish
political and domestic history, manners, music, and superstitions;
the " Poems of John Audeley ;" a specimen of the Shropshire
dialect of the 15th century ; " Saint Brandon," a medireval legend
of the Sea, in English prose and verse; the " Romance of the Em-
peror Octavian," now first published, from MSS. at Lincoln and
Cambridge; Six Ballads, with burdens from MSS. in Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge; " Lyrical Poems," selected from
musical publications between the years 1589 and 1600; " Friar
Bacon's Prophecy," a satire on the degeneracy of the times, A.D.
1604 ; the " Seven Sages, from a MS. in the public library of the
University of Cambridge; " Popular Songs," illustrative of the
French Invasion of Ireland; " Poetical Miscellanies,":from a ma-
nuscript collection of the time of James the First ; the " Crown
Garland of Roses," from the edition of 1689 ; and " Barnfield's
Affectionate Shepherd," from the almost unique copy in Sion
College. The receipts of the Socieiy amounted to 3791., and the
expenditure to 3351. The report having been adopted, and the
officers for the ensuing year appointed, the meeting separated.
Yesterday evening a public vestry was held in the vestry.
room of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, for the purpose of
petitioning Parliament against the proposed line of the South.
Eastern Railway Extension, that is intended to cross the Kent.
road, but if it should be passed into a law, then that the parish and
inhabitants be protected from any loss in the rates, &c. A petition
to Parliament against the proposed line was agreed to, and the
meeting separated.
Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in an unfinished house,
used as a carpenters' work.shop, and filled with building materials
for three houses, situate in Granby.street, East India-road, Poplar,
the property of Mr. James Layden. The flames originated in the
back part of the lower rooms, from the boiling over of a glue.pot.
The contents of the building being of the most inflammable
character, the fire travelled throughout the house with more than
usual rapidity ; and in less than a quarter of an hour after the first
discovery of the flames every portion of the premises, with the
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wise sustained some damage.
No less than fifteen vessels were reported on Wednesday at the
Custom-house as arriving from the East Indies and China, the
same being ships of the very largest class, and bringing extensive
and valuable cargoes of every description of East India and China
produce and manufactures.
The Archbishop of Armagh continues indisposed at the Palace
at Armagh.
Sir Anthony Perrier led in the South Mall, at Cork, at an ad.
vanced age, last week.

TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.—Yesterday, on account of
the visit of her Majesty to the Royal Academy of Arts, the foun-
tains were played to a height of about thirty-feet, which had a very
interesting effect.
THE VAUXHALL• BRIDGE COMPANY.—Yesterday,
at one o'clock, the annual general meeting of the Vauxhall-bridge
Company was held at the George and Vulture, George-court, Corn-
hill, several of the influential proptietors being present, to receive
the report of the last year, ending the 24th of April; Mr William
Barron, a director, in the chair. The Secretary read the report,
from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to 9,0521. Is. 6d.,
including a balance brought from theirevious account of 4,532/.,
1 Is. Id. and 4,3161. is. 3d. tolls, collected between October 25,
1844, and April 24,1845, and that after paying the necessary ex-
penses there was a surplus of 3,3871. I Ss. I Id., with 2,5621. 10s.
in Exchequer-bills. The report being received and adopted, it
was resolved to pay a dividend of 12s. per share, the former divi-
dend having been I Is. per share. There was a decrease of tolls,
compared with the corresponding period of last year, of 8341. I 7 s.
Id. ; but that was attributed to Westminster-bridge having been
stopped up the previous petiod. Thanks were given to the chair-
man, and the meeting separated.
The new pier erected on Vauxhall-bridge will be
opened on Whit-Monday. It is on the same plan as the one on
I the Southwark-bridge.