The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-18 00:00:00

ARTISTS• BENEVOLENT FeND.

This excellent Institution,.commenced in 1810,
for relieving the IVidows and Orphans of Artists,
held its Anniversary Meeting at the Freemasons'
Tav'ern yesterday : his Royal Highness the Duke
of YORK irt the Chair. The Company, amount-
ing to abotit one hundred and forty, sat doNn to
dinner at six o'clock and after the removal of
the cloth, did'dtre honour to the osual loyal and
patriotic toasts.
It was our intention, to have ' given some ac-
count of the progress made by the Artists' Fund,
it we had ascertained it from the Gentlemen con-

netted with that benevolent Association, who
expounded its affairs at this' public meeting ; but
it was our misfortune lc; be near the lower end
of the. room ; and the vehement curiosity of the
great majority or the company inducing theta to
leave their places and crowd roamd the upper table
%vitt:never any thing was said or done, we lost
every 'mpport tinily or hearing what was said. We
notice this matter the more readily, because, not
to dwell on the nuntaanerliness of such conduct,
its inconveniency in a numerous assembly is so
great as entirely to destroy the -comfort of those
who are accustomed to keep their Seats at table,
-instezni of running about as,if they Wereat a show.
Having reprehended the "indecorum which pre-
vents us from Inbilling our design of stating what
toolt*pliee at the Nlcetiott, we can. only -Say that
the subscriptionv appeared to he liberal. ',deed
there are few lostitutions which can 'put birwattl
more valid claims' to tliC general patronage ; and
0 was pleasant to see that Royal .PFilon at the
tead of this admirablelabonr.of peach'' and inter-
nal honour, who has so,highly'distingnislied hint-
self by his abilities iu the conduct of the war, anti
the advancement of our National character abroad.
His Royal Highness, We Understood, spoke fer-
vently in ti.;conuendation of the Institution,
In the COUrSepf IttleVerlillg Mr. SINCLAIR 'sang
several snags with great . taste, and Nit, -EMERY
enterrainell the company, with, some comic
sinus. 4c. were well execukul by Messrs.
CoGAN, PHILLIPS, MILLAR, and OVIerS.
The dinner anti WIRCS did great credit to the
tavern.

LIVEPPOOL ELECTION.---This contest has al-
ready terminated in complete trittiuph for the
Candidate.— Yet we know of :another which
create a much greater degree of public interest
ant! attention, It is almost needless to say we
to the re-election of Utso for tin independ-
ent City of tinotl fortune !
,which eiten the mnit
strenuous friends of reform cannot but allow, has
been -ably and taithfully repre'sented by hint for
onwqrds of thirty years !--4ndeed the numerous
Voters which .flock daily to put/ for him at the
'Corithillnitstings re:zdeis it quite unnecessanry for
him to `byttil himself of any.Pt.tvitearts on the
-occasion.

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Lintip sEirggpilNCt»

NAVAL NEWS.

I'LlrillOUTfi; JUNK U 3. —Arrived the Portiona
Crausport, SiiivaNg, Master, from Itarbatiocs an
Quacialottpe,‘,antl landed rliTaiclies, brought by
Lieutenant SPENCER' Agent fbr Trantliorts, &e.
Wind .Easterly-. 4.,1!
FALMOUTH, JUNE 15.—Armiveil the Manchester
packet, Captain ELPU roNn, with a mail front.
the BrP.iil7, in 69, daysy—on t4e2Bkim April, lit
lat. 26. 46. icing. 27. iO. sPoke time ship Tyne,
oitt,46. days ftnrl.l this poll., bound to Ba-
tavia. Sailed the 'Wellington packet with a mail'
for the.i3razilns ; George packet with a 'bail for
Jathaica.—Wind N. ' .

HARWICH, Ji;NE 'rived tWe Lord Nelson
packet with a tinil l'yoth ami the Thetis
packet With tt trtail froth bottenburth. Sailed
the Henry Freelit% liacket with ti mail for Cux.
liaveli,,anti the Emily packet with a mail for
Gottenbiirgh

Jun 17.-=—Arrived the Plcrizon,
IloßsoN, from Jamai,cti, out 31 days. The .11111,,
HAMILTON, and Giroline, LlopsoN., sailed iat
colititany; and parted in the Channel. ;.;Ailed his
Majesty's ship Emulous. for Deptford..—lVitni
Westerly.