Star.
London, England, 1821-05-11 00:00:00

LITF.kARY FUND.

The Annual Festival for the benefit of the Literary
Fund w t, yesterday held at ;he Freemasons' Tavern.
The Earl of CHICHESTER presided.
The cloth removed, " The KING- was drank with
three times three; " the Royal Family," and the,
" Navy and Army" followed.
The standing toast of " Prosperity to the Literary
Fund" having been drank with three times three,
Sir J. C. HIPPISLEY adJressed the Meeting in behalf
of the Institution. He briefly set forth the import-
ance of the object which its supporters had in view
_..ezhotted the Meeting to use their best efforts to
.promote it, and concluded by calling on Mr. Fitz-
gerald to recite an Address which he was understood
to have prepared for the occasion.
Mr. W. T. FITZGERALD complied with the call,
and recited an animated Poetical Address, which
called forth much applause.
A list of subscriptions was then read over, at the
head of these stood the KING, whose two half-yearly
subscriptions of 100 guineas each were announced
with great applause.
" The health of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse," was
drank with three times three.

A letter was read by the Secretary, in which the
Honourable Baronet excused himself from attend-
ance on the present occasion, on account of his ill
state of health.
Mr. J. C. Hootiousx returned thanks for the com-
pliment paid to his father; spoke with energy on the
importance of literature, and announced it to be his
determination to tread in the footsteps of his respected
father, wherever its interests were concerned. s s s

The conviviality of the Meeting was sustained with
unabated spirit till nearly midnight.

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—A meeting of this
Society was held yesterday at the Chapel in Queen-
,treet, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The assemblage was so
numerous that crowds went away w ithout being able
to obtain admission. A very gratifying Report of
the results of the exertions of the Society was read,
and a liberal subscription raised. W. A. HANDY,
Esq. was in the Chair.
RILLIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.—AS early as three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, between seven and eight
hundred persons assembled at the City of London
Tavern, to hear the twenty-second Report of
_this
Society read ; and a little before five o'clock the Rev.
Mr. RAINER arrived, and was unanimously called to
the Chair. The Meeting was occupied, from three
o'clock till the Chairman came, in singing Psalms
and Hymns and other acts of devotion. After an
appropriate and eloquent address from the Rev.
Chairman, the Report was read by the Secretary,
and was highly satisfactory. A very large sum was
collected from the Meeting.

LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM. —The Anniversary
Dinner of the friends and supporters of this laudable
Institution took place yesterday evening at the City
of London Tavern. After the removal of the cloth
the health of the KING was drank, with three
times three. The Duke of SUSSEX, on entering
the room, was warmly cheered, the band play-
ing God save the King. His ROYAL HIGHNESS'S
health was proposed by Mr. Sheriff Wuttams, and
drank with three times three, after which he ad-
dressed the assembly. He had heard it was intended
to erect a monument to the memory of his Royal
Brother, the late Duke of KENT. There was no
structure of brass or of marble so well calculated to
perpetuate a recollection of his worthiness, as the
lasting prosperity of the London Orphan Asylum,
of which he had been the Patron, and in the.success
of which he had always felt the deepest interest.—
His ROYAL HIGHNESS, in concluding, begged leave
to propose that his MAJESTY'S health should again
be drank with three times three, which was done
with great cheering. The children of the Institu-
tion now entered the room, boys and girls, and went
round in procession. They stopped at the lower end
of the room, and were addressed by the Rev. LEGH
RICHMOND, in an eloquent and appropriate exhorta-
tion of considerable length. Previously to retiring
his ROYAL HIGHNESS anuounced that a subscription
had been raised .in the course of the evening to the
amount of £1,470: He begged leave to quit the
company at an earlier hour than usual, as lie• con-
fessed that he was completely " knocked up." Pre-
vious to coming there he had been listening for two
hours to one of the dullest speeches he had ever
heard ; and, after all, he found that his presence
was not required, his name having been put down
by a Noble Friend of his as "paired 4:"—(A laugh.)
—At eleven o'clock his ROYAL HIGHNESS quitted
the Chair.