We anticipated, from the first, that the people of Scotland would ^
deter ministers from interfering with their system of banking. The
Scotch banks are enormously rich ; and wealth is always swcess^ in this
country. *



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LlTEaARY yUND. ^

The anniversary (the 37th) of the Literary Fund Society was Leld
yesterdayj at the Free Masons' Tavern ; His Grace the Duke of Somer-
set in the chair, supported by Lord Glenorchy, Sir Win, Clay toii, Sir
John Malcolm, Sir John Swynburne, Mr. Thomas Moore, and several
other persons of distinction. n

Non nobis Domine having been sung in the usual excellent style, by
Messrs. Atkins, Colepeper, and Broadhurst, and Masters Bayley and
Nichols, the Chairman proposed the health of the King — drank wiiti
three times three: song, God save ike King, He next proposed the
health of the Duke of York and the army: drank with three times
three: song, Hark/ — hark! the Lark, Sr£. The next toast was the Duke
of Clarence, and the navy : drank, also, with the honours : song, Rule
Britannia*

The health of the Duke of Somerset being given, with high commen-
dation of the support which he had given to the Institution, was drank
. with all the honours.
= The Duke of Somerset, in a few words, returned thanks, and stated
that he was proud to pay every attention in his power to an institution
of so very useful a nature as this, which had derived its greatest suc-
cejjs from tl\e fexertions of many other men who had devoted much of
their means and of their valuable time and talents to its support: song.
All a sheep shearings SfC.
