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AC: T 1868, THE SWANSEA VALE AND NEATH AND BRECON JUNG HON RAILWAY COMPANY. 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, London, S.W., April 23, 1869. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Tl.at in accordance with the Railways (Extension of Time) Act, 1868, an Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders of this Com pany will be held at their Offices, as above, on MONDAY, the 10th day of May next, at Three o'Clock in the after noon, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving of an application being made to the Board of Trade, pursuant to the said Act, for an extension of time granted by the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junc tion Railway Act, 1864 (which expires on the 28th of July next), for the completion of the Rai:way therein de cribed a 3 follows, viz. . A Railway commencing in the parish of Cilyl)ebill, in the County of Glamorgan, by a junction with the Swan sea Vale Railway, at the north end of the platform of the Ynye-y-Geinon Station of that Railway, and terminating in the hamlet of Colbren, in the parish of Ystrad;ynlais, in the county of Brecon, by a junction with the authoriseA line of the Neath and Brecon Rail way, at a point in the field numbered 42, on the plan of the la t trontioned Railway; and also for an Extension of the time granted by the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon June:l4)n Railway Act, 1865 (which expires on the sth of July, 1870), for the completion of the Railway therein described, as follows, viz: A Railway, commencing in the parish of Ystradgynlais, by a junction with the authorized line of the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway, at a po'nt in an enclosure, numbered 165 on the plan deposited in respect of that Railway with the Clerk of the Peace for. the County of Brecon in the month of N'ovember, 1863, and terminating in the same pariah, at or near to the bridge carrying the tramway or tramroad belonging to the Aberciare Colliery and wolks over the river,. ' Tawn. - D. LOWELL MORGAN, Secretary. TIE EAST GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAIL WAY COMPANY. Incorporated by 27th and 28;1) Vict., cap. 285, 29th July, 1861. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING or the Proprietors will be held on FRIDAY, the 14th day of May next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, at No. 4, Old Palace-yard, West minster, pursuant to the "Railway (Extension of Time) Act, 1868," for the purpose of obtaining their essant to, or dissent from, an application to the Board of Trade for the following purposes, that is to say:— To extend the time for the purchase of land, and the construction of works for the railways. authorised by "Tll3 East Gloucestershire Railway Act, 186 I on-1 " The East Gloucestershire Railway Act, 1866," except the whole of railway No. 4, and that portion of railway No. 1, which lies between a certain turnpike road is the parish of Fair ford, in Gloucestershire, leading from Fairford to Lech lade, and numbered 102 on tho deposited plans for the said railway No. 1, and referred to by the Fast Glowq stershire Railway Act, 1861, and the proposed junction of railway No. 1, with the said railway No. 4 r:t its commencement, in the parish of Lechlade, for two yea , s from the time limited by " The East Glouceste,rshire Railway Act, 1867," for those purposes. _ By order, GEO. 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Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., is. 6d., and 15a. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angol-passage, 93, Upper Thames: - street London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, lIA YMARKEI'. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS VVENING, EASY SHAVING: Messrs. Bo7ers, Clark, Gordon, White, &c.; Miss Fanny Wright and Miss F Gwynn. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp lon. A ktley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke. Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF TH WATcII : Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Concluding with MAKE YOUR WILLS: Joseph Drag, Mr Buckstone. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprletor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. Tnis EVENING, at 7. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL: Mr G. Belmore. kt 15 to 8, 21st time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Fechter, Miss Carlotta Leelereq, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, Miss Lennox Grey, &e. To conclude with WRITE B xIT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Hurray OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager,Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, TWICE KILLED. After which, Dion Boncieault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr D. Leeson ; Miss Emma Barnett, and Slim hose Leclereq. COncludin& with THE SECRET. N.B.—Shortly will be produced, a New Drama, by Dion Bon cicault. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. THEATRE -ROYAL, HOLBORN. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, TIIE MISTIZE6S OF THE MILL. At 8 o'clock, Lord Lytton'e Great Play (in five acts) of 3IONEY, Parry Sullivan, J. C. Cowper, George Honey, W. H. Stephens, Charles Coglan, Lin Rayne, A. Bernard, W. Arthur and E. Dyas; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Ails:, Louisa Thorne, and Mrs Charles Horsman. D OYAL STRAND THEATRE I 1 Sole I.essee and Manageress, Mrs Swauborough. --- THIS EVENING. at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. 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To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of m iss Marie Wilton Tins EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CBRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 . 1 Wednesdays and aturdsys, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. Tuts EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertaintn"nt: and tho Burlesque Extrarag inza„ THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S ROYAL AL (lAMB RA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at 8. 18. Box-office open from 11 to 1. ZO(LOGICAL GAR:)ENS, Regeria-pak, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; ou Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. 13 .1 Q • 4,4- tcp.k.,W . - lt SAI .( LONDOW, MONDAY, MAY 3, 18G9. The Roy al Academy Dinner is always the choicest banquet in the Tsar. Saturday's, however, was one of an especially interesting character. It inaugu rates the second centenary of no Academy's exist ence. It did so, moreover, when the Academicians could for the first time receive in a house of their own es their most welcome guests the pick of the most illustrious personages in the land. The reigning dy nasty, the - Government, the Lords, the Commons, the Bench ef Bis'lops, the Cour's of Law, the aris tocracy alike of birth and of genius—Are, Science, Literature—were all, there, (as usual) fittingly an I worthily represented. After the loyal toasts had been duly honoured, his Royal Highness the Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief returne I thanks for the Army, aptly recalling to the remembrance of those who were listening to him the circumstance that that very date, the first of May, was the centenary of the birth of " that great and illustrious general and patriot the immortal Duke of WELLINGTON." In a humorous speech, the ex -Chancelor, Lord CH E LMS FOnD,by reason of his having once upon a time been a middy in the Royal Navy, returned thanks for the National Ser vice, saying when he did so that it reminded him of a circumstance that occurred to a noble friend of his, a most distinguished lawyer, who many years ago being at a public dinner, by some mistake, when the navy had been proposed as a toasoe was getting up to ao it honour, when he was pulled down by his neigh bour, and told that navy was not spelt with a " k." Called upon to return thanks for the Navy, upon the spur of the moment, the ex-Chancellor, Lord CHELMS FORD, passed it off as a capital joke—good humouredly deprecating his selection as the mouthpiece of the maritime profession, simply because of his having once been a very small officer in the navy, and this not withstanding the well-known fact, as he said, that if there is one thing more than another that a sailor dis likes it is a lawyer—Jack generally designating him a land shark—and (added the noble and learned lord whimsically) " I don't know that I should be looked upon with more partiality because I had passed for some time into a great seal." For the Volunteers, s tß e a 1 . v An e y, not l a easas o tt ng the you nger o f th em , cer tainly responded—,,aubduo m the n ,” e of the Royal Acad em i c i ans them- President distinguished—Major s e ricom L i c E a t I G I y l TN 0, ex plained, " not of the Royal Artillery." Coupled with the toast of " Her MAJESTY'S Ministers" was of course the name of the distinguish e d Chief of the Government, Mr. GLADSTONE, the First Lord of the Treasury. In recognition of his eminent dignity as the personage coming next in the order of prece dence immediately after the Royal Family, the Arch bishop of CANTERBURY was selected as the one to propose the Toast of the Evening —to wit, that of "Prosperity to the Royal Academy," coupling with it, as a matter of course, the name of Sir FRANCIS GRANT, the Academy's President. Speaking him self as an ecclesiastic and addressing him sAf to the Academicians in their capacity as artists, his Grace observe 1 very beauti fully,—" We have this in common—and it i s common to us with those who give their lives to lite rature—that it is very generally to old masters and their excellencies that we have to look back for our own improvement and to theta that we point the ad tniration of those we would influence; for the know ledge and appreciation of the beautiful, like the knowledge of the Holy, is not a thing to be gained through experimental empiricism, but seems to come in some sort from above." The Archbishop of CAN TERBURY adding—" Therefore both of use are linked with the love of old things; and while we, I trust, as you, are rising daily to greater efforts and making fresh progress, yet we ever look reverentially back wards and upwards, and are not occupied entirely with the I resent nor even with the future, greatly as they must interest us, since here now aad in the years to come must lie the especial Scene of our own present ucefulness.'• THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1869. A 3 for the President's resp)nsJ, it wm, in its artistic retrospect, in the highest degree graceful bcsiles being appropriate to the occasion, that, namely, as we have already said of inaugurating the Royal Ac ►demy': new home and its second centenary together. Th Academy, he reminded his hearers, corn:llene .d it: career under the auspices of [as he said very ex extravagantly] a Great King, and [as he said by no means extravagantly] a great painter— GEORGE 111. and Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS. The glories of the Academy he indicated succinctly enougl by enumerating sixteen names of artists dead am gone—such as those of NOLLEKENS, BARRY, COPLEY, BANKS, S3fIRICE, STOTHARD, LAWRENCE, HOPNER, FLAXMAN, TURNER, CALCOT, WILKIE, MULREADY. LESLIE, ETTY,NEWTON, and CONSTABLE—particularis ing among their living successors of eminence but on only—the illustrious name of the veteran Sir EDWIN LANDSEER. After honouring the American Ambas sador with a toast all to himself—a toast almost as i happens of farewell, seeing that Mr. REVERDY JOHN. SON is immediately to be replaced by Mr. MOTLEY, the historian of the Dutch Republic, the Lords and Commons were pledged together by the President. the Lords coupled with the name of that Last of the Barons Lord LAWRENCE, the House of Com mons (as Sir FRANCIS GRANT observed, amidst the applause of the distinguished assemblage) " with the name of one of its greatest orators and most distinguisho Statesmen," Mr. DISRAELI, the ex-Premier, and now Leader of the Opposition. After Mr. DISRAELI'S response, the rest of the toasts were little less than formal—the Lord Mayor ac knowlefliging_that of the City of London, General SABINE that]of the Royal Society, and the Dean of Westminster that of the Interests of Literature-- Literature, oddly enough, being pledged tho last of all by the Royal Academicians ! LORD STANLEY made a speech on Friday evening which makes us regret more than ever that he speaks so seldom. It was eminently wise, temperate, and statesmanlike. It was so different from the speech which almost immediately followed it, that it is well nigh impossible to believe that they were made in the same assembly, or on the same evening. Lord STANLEY expressly exonerated the Govern ment for not bringing in a land bill this session. He considered that to pass two such measures as that and the Trish Church Bill in the same yen. is impossible ; and thus he had the frank ness to say openly what Mr. DISRAELI admits tacitly. At the same time he contended that the Government ought to give some general intimation of their policy, so as to allay the excitement and the wild expectations which prevail in Ireland with respect to the land. On the other hand, Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON made sue!, a fierce attack upon Mr. BRIGHT that it drew from Mr. TOP.IIENS a vehement protest, from the SPEAKER an expression of "regret," and from Serjeant DOWSE the humorous suggestion that the MAYOR of Conx should, as the heaviest punishment that could be inflicted upon him, be shut up for a whole day with the member for Tyrone. Mr. BRIGHT, in his reply, made one unlucky mistake. He spoke in the first person singular, and said that he was prepared to bring in a measure to pu' greater numbers of people in possession of land than now hold it. The mistake was not unnatural in the case of a man of Mr. BRIGHT'S antecedents. He has been for so many years standing alone, warring alone, that he forgets that he now has allies, and is under the command of a superior officer. Of course the Opposition were keen to mark the blunder ; all the keener because they connected it with certain proposals made by Mr. BRIGHT on a former occasion, which, it is understood, the Liberal party generally, and Mr. GLADSTONE in particular, are not prepared to accept. But the debate that followed was not with out use. It set forth pretty clearly the principles of the Government policy, though whether it would f e ai b rl e y en . - p b en ett t e n r ,i t n o eg b ti e on st . ill =ore precise •is s nnloatt The principles of the intended Ministerial measure arc clearly these : that there shall be compensation to tenants for unexhausted improvements, and thai facilities shall be offered for converting tenants int( owners. To the first principle both sides of the House are already committed. The Conservative: unhappily compelled the RUSSELL-GLADSTONI Ministry to abandon their Tenant Right Bill in 1866 just as it was compelled to give up its Reform Bill. We know what happened. With regard to the second matter, we know that the limited extension rejected in 1866 brought about household suffrage in 1867; and so it will be with regard to the first. The day is gone by, we fear, for any measure's° mode rate as the Irish Land Bill of 1866 to suffice. We must have that and something more. Fortunately that something mora is offered by the Irish Church Bill. A large quantity of land will conic more or less under the control of the Government, and we have no doubt that it is wit this Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. BRIGHT are prepared to deal. There will be no " confiscation." The lands will not be taken from the Church in order to be given to the peasantry. But every facility for the purchase of them will be offered to the present tenant class. Tints although the Government wisely decline to introduce their land bill this session, they m'ght, we think, state with greater precision the intentions which are to be inferred from, rather than were expressed in, the Ministerial statements on Friday night. In the meanwhile, if Mr. BRIGHT'S former speeches have led to any extravagant expectations on the part of the Irish people, he has done his best to d'ss'pate them by his explicit disavowal of the projects which are imputed to him. LITERATURE, Imitations of George Cruik shank. German Popular lories. By the Brothers Grimm. Two Seri s. With Illustrations. After the Original Designs by George Cruikshank. One Vol., pp 335. J. C. Hotten. Under the most alluring guise, shining radiantly a apple-green and gold, there comes back to ,he shape of this goodly volume, one of our old special favourites. And what a book it is I A fairy-tale book among fairy-tale books—a collection ,f apologues among a collection of apologues! Hans in Luck and Tom Thumb—The Jew in the Bush Ind King Grisly-beard—Rumpel-Stilts -kin and Cherry or the Frog Bride—The Salad, the Goose girl, The Turnip, The Juniper free, the Three sluggards, the Seven Ravens, and The Nose ! IVit, fan, wi.idom, absurdity, conceits the wildest, aomicality the most extravagant, fable, allegory, IrJllery and dia.blerie Sport that wrinkled car© derides, And lau,hter holding bath his sides. •'Llausmiischen" is the name of it—being (as it is) a ;athering together of the German Popular S.ories by he Brothers Grimm. The elder of these two brothers wing Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, born in 1785 at elanau. The younger, Wilhelm Carl Grimm, born ,u 1786 at Hanover. Like Dr. Johnson, they are mown and honoured among lexicographers. But, more effectively than the author of Hasselas, they weilded the pen of the fabulist. One of them, Jacob, writing of his literary association with his brother tVilhelm, said, " We lived, from our youth up, iu Orotherly community of goods —money, books, and collectanea belonging to us in common :" so that, as le a ids, " it was natural to combine our labours." Aesd, in this way, they worked together. Earlier than we can by any possibility recall to our remem orance, in point of fact before we were bore, a trans lation of these famous GerinanPopularStorie s, of the renowned " Haustuarchen" was given to the English ?abbe —this was in 1823—by Mr. Edgar Taylor mud his partner, Mr. Roscoe, then practising as soli sitors in the Temple. The first volume was mblished by Charles Baldwyn, of Newgate-street, aid the second by James Robins, of Ivy-lane The :teliings—the wonderful etchings—illustrating the s;tielish version of the Stories, were by George Cruik ,hault. Forty odd years have flown by since then ; .ud the work we are here referring to, after having saseed through a great numeer of editions, has long seen regarded as a choice rarity—whenever they lave been fortunate enough to light upon a stray :opy of it—by the collectors of the vast multitude f scattered works produced by the etching -needle f George Cruikshank. According to a statement Jade in the " Advertisement" prefixed to the 'olume now under notice-3 statement made on ee authority of its publisher, Mr. Rotten, of Pic adilly—the original issue of Edgar Taylor's and .{,o,cue's Englash version of the "llttusmiirchen"of tee irothers Grimm, embellished by the hand of George Jruikshank, sold at the time of its first publication a six shillings the volume, that is for twelve bill— ings the two volume;—those two volumes being ow, according to Mr. Hjtteu, worth, at the least, or I:6 steiieg. Nov, it is this book which, in le form, as nearly as possible, of a facsimile, has ,ere, in this attractive shape, beau reproduced. l'he title-page is hank enough where it speaks of the ilustrations as " A fter the Designs of George jrudeshank." Otherwise, as it seems to us, tee fork —intentionally or uninteatieually—is de cep- Iva. Aed, it is so, or at any rate it strikes us as so, or this rea on, that externally—as though the Qek were his, or were duly authorized by him— acre is einblazsned the well-known autograph of lie great artist : while, internally, there is serfectly legible, under each seeming replica of the Tiginal etchings— either G. Cruikshauk feeit, ,r, at any rate, his initials. Over and above dl which, in the course of a charming utroduction to this Edition (written expressly 'or the volume under notice) Mr. Ruskin hien ,elf writes, among other things, the words fin aediately following--" These copies" have been so :arefully executed that at first I was deceived by hem, and supposed them to be late impressions the plates (and what -is more I believe the :ma:ter hintsell ern. derri pod by them, and su_n iosed them to be his own)"—and so cel. Now th . cords italicized in parenthesis we have italicized u-pesely--- for inasmuch as thereby hangs (if no, . tale, at any rate) au explanation. And the splanatiou is el:10y this, that it was at the :rat glance, but at the first glace only, that the tester was for a passing meinent, deceived. Re amber, that forty-six years ago these famous etch ags from his hand—from his master-baud—were irst produced. They are among his masterpieces. Iwo or three of them, are all but his masterpieces. 'lough, to accord them the palm, off-hand, as such, vou!d require some courage, recollecting the vast uultitude of etchings this incomparable master of ,hat exquisite art has in his time with affluent genius and marvellous industry—stroke upon stroke, touch upon touch, with the needle's point— er° lucel. One Cruiksbankian Collector alone ,estis to the pas Session of Sixteen Thousand original etchings from that deft, and agile, and laborious hand ! Reverting, however, to these particular etchings in illustration of the German Stories, by he Brothers Grimm, they were daintily scratched AI the varnish, and bitten by the acid into the metal, as we have said some six and forty years ago. Thirty years ago, however, the very plates themselves were suddenly missing. For sixteen years they had served their purpose, but then_ nearly a whole generation back—they somehow went astray. And for thirty years they were supposed to have been lost, or stolen, or destroyed. Several months since—this being the actual state sf things in regard to the original plates—a friend of George Cruikshank's, calling in upon him, related bow he had bean told that these very plates had then recently been discovered, and had been, there upon, purchased by Mr. Rotten, the publisher, of Piccadilly—Cruikshank's friend chewing to the Artist, at the same moment a couple of proofs which be held out to bim with this inquiry—" Are these your etchings ?" Then, it was, at the first superficial glance—more particularly seeing his name written (one might almost say forged) under each subject--GeorgeCruikshank thought for the moment they were his own—answering his querist, haphazard, " Yes." Looking at them directly afterwards, how ever, a little more carefully—asecond glance showed aim at once that they were copies. Examining them through the very same magnifying glass, with the Lid of which, nearly half 'a century before he had produced the original etchings—the fact glared ipon recognition that they were not Cruikshank's! ['rue, no doubt, that when scanned with the naked eye hese copies appear to have been cleverly imitated. slut the master himself protests to us —and we don't wonder at it—that he should be very sorry in teed if his own work, more particularly the Laced, were not better ! "At a distance," as he says, they may pats; but a comparison, particularly hrough a magnifying glass, will detect the differ :nce in an instant !" Not a doubt of it ! Conse 'tient upon the recognition of which fact, we sannot wonder in the least to know that George Cruikshank has objected, in the strongest nanner possible, to having his name or his initials even placed under what, at the best, were ally extremely good copies, or that ho has requested ,he publisher of this otherwise most acceptable volume to have written under each subject, "Copied roin George Cruikshank's original designs and etch iags." Ss also in regard to the external emblazoning ipon Cie book of the famous Autograph. Naturally mough the owner of that autograph regards as "an in warrantable liberty," the use of a name which se is very comprehensibly desirous of retaining to distinguish exclusively as his, works of his own actual production, and his own actual pro perty. It cannot but be interesting to aid, here for the information of Mr. Ruskin as the tattier of the introduction, of Mr. Hatton, as the sublishee of the volume, and of every purchaser ,f the book itself in its present guisa—that, by the idlest coincidence, the hitherto missing Copp .r Plates, with George Cruikshank's original etchings ipon them—have been recently found, and are now in the possession of a friend of the artist. The plates 30 long lying perdu were formerly the property of the late Mr. Robins, of Tooley-street, in the Borough, shortly after whose death these identical plates were discovered, among a mass of old rubbish, buried away in a cellar, the whole stock, rubbish and all, being thereupon sold off, and the etched copper- plates eagerly bought up by this friend of George Cruikshanrs. Reverting, however, from the' Originals to the exceedingly in genious Imitations here under review, we cannot but commend, even in these shado wy reflections from the etched copper-plate: -1, as they came, six and forty years ago, from the hand of George Cruikshank—the consummate art with which an almost microscopic line or two, the faintest scratch, the merest dot, serves to indicate a whole world of character. Look at that grotesque procession of the Golden Goose opposite p. 124, with Dumpling, staff in hand, followed (one after another) by the three sisters, by the parson, by the clerk, by the two labourers—all treading on one another's heels ! Look at the Elves capering with their (liter,illy) small-clothes opposite p. 96—watched, from behind the cartain, by the grinning shoemaker! Look at the ursine smirk upon Bruin's face, or muzzle nither, opposite D. 192, where he is dancing a pas seal to the sound of the fiddle ! Look at the " 'leads Off" opposite p. 120 in the embellishment to the King of the Golden Moun tain ! But—for that matter—we might run through them all seriatim. For, they a re, certainly, all of them, deliciously humorous by reason of the same subtle touches of droll extravagance. Our only regret, and (as far as that goes) our principal wonder in re gard to this revival, or reissue, or republication of Cruikshauk's Grimm, is that—the artist being, still, as he indubitably is, in the fullness of his powers, and, that, too, alike in his manipulative skill, and in the grotesque sprightliness of his imagination— our one regret, our sole wonder, is that George Cruikshank himself was not employed to make copies of his own ett:hingsl It would at the least have been judicious. For, certainly, in his instance —" none but himself can be his parallel." George Cruikshank's Omnibus. New Edition. One Vol., pp. 300. BM and addy. Another old favourite, here, claims our attention. Twenty years and more have sped by since it began running. And, nevertheless, here it is once more upon the road—true to time- up to time—and ready for all comers. La.man Bl inclrard was originally its Conductor. The Proprietor of the " Omnibus" the driver of the team, an admirable Whip, master of the ribbons—GeorgeCruikshank himself—is still happily amongst us, though his con frere the Conductorhasyearssincepa , sedaway. Aud •‘ I he Omnibus" appears in its new aspect under its projector's own direction. Republished in a single volume, the work is really worthy of preservation. In its way, it is a comic classic. And, this we say, Nitlt an eye at once to the letterpress and the illus trations. Who that knows the book at all, can fail to bear in recollection the serial story of " Frank Ideartwell; or, Fifty Years Ago," by Bowman 'tiller --whoever be was. Au enthralling narrative of adventures ashore and afloat, embellished by a suc cession of charming etchings from the masterhand George Cruikshank—some of them finished pictures, if regarded purely as works of art? Then, again, the very exordium, or introduction, or prologue, or however you may please to call it—George Cruik hank's illustrated fragment of Autobiography ! With the revelation of his first sense of pictorial fun—his casual banning of a chance-seen bust of 73hakspere with a clay pipe stuck in its myr ! The portrait of the artist prefixed to this fragment of his autobiography is, if possible, wore intereA ing even than it was of old, now that we glance atits truthful delineation of him, as he looked then, more than a quarter of a century ago—and, yet, in spite of the lapse of tine since then, in the expression of it—the very man himself, as he is now, with the keen bright blue eyes, the acquiline (and, as the French would call it, " pronounced") nose, the half moustache from the corners of the kindly, vigorous mouth, the tag of hair trail ing sideways down the forehead ! Among the tid bits that may still be relished with a gusto scattered up and down the volume, maybe particularised that wonderfully droll story about Little Spitz, told by i\liebael Angelo Titrnarsh, and pencilled by George Cruikshauk. That same M. A. Titmarsh who wag aftcrwaid, to di up ti pueaudupu and appear in the world of letters under his own proper title as W. M. Thackeray—and who was to write iii succession " Vanity Fair " and " Pen lennis," tied " The Newcomes," and '' Philip," and " The Virginians," and what not. But, already, there,. iu Cruikshank's Omnibus, even in that preposter ous story about " Little Spitz," be was giving evidence of his extraordinary powers as a humorist —evidence so umnistakeable that we have known a reader of the tale [query, tail ?] cry with laugh ing over the comicality of that same whimsical little story. Then, moreover, one might ask the readers of "The Omnibus" when it first came out and appeared from month to month among the m agazines—have they not still to this day (we have) the most vivid recollection of Mrs. 7. ? Mrs. T., with her "little bit black legs," and 'IA. " coal-scuttle bonnet," and her apparently determined attempt at suicide — and all the rest of it! Why—we used to look out for her, with indescribable eagerness in the successive numbers—as the " Omnibus" drove on from stage to stage—and we used to dread the appearance of a number without her putting in an appearance! Altogether the book is full of fun, frolic, and fascetiousness, open it where you will. Say, at " Ghosts," or at " Frights," or at the pictorial jest on Honim )pathy, or on Photography, or on any of the then new wonders of the hour. As an amusing miscellany we don't know any volume of equal bulk to compare with this one of Cruikshank's " Omnibus," a work produced hy our great artis t when he was in the prime of his life and in the fullness of his powers—the peerless master of the art of etching and the prince of comic illustrators. ARGYLL ROOMS. Most playgoers are familiar with the brilliant spectacular effects produced on the stage, through the employment of the electric light, in grand trans formation and sensation scenes, in pantomimes, and melodramas. From experiments recently made by the direction of Mr. R. R. Bignell, proprietor of this popular establishment, it has been most satisfaz torily demonstrated that the same illuminating element may be most advantageously employed in the ball-room. Any one who has witnessed the production of the shadow dance from " Dinorah,' since it has been introduced here, can have no doubt on the subject, and those who have not already enjoyed the sight will be amply repaid for their trouble in paying an early visit to this popular place of entertainment. The rapidity with which the light is varied in colour and thrown on the different groups of dancers in this elegant ball-room is particularly effective, and the result is novel to a degree. Since it was first established more than twenty years ago under the late M. Laurent, the celebrated orchestra of this establishment never ranked higher than it does at the present time. The practice that each artist has had in playing in company with one another forsolongaperiodhas giventaons a o ' f h ' otneeness" and precision to the baud, which enabl es the tale n t e d l ea d er to per f orm th e com p os i the gr great a tersctat masters with of th fine lie effeet and one of en tertainment is that the programme invari ably contains some of the finest overtures and operatic selections known to the musical world. omittedlt Nu no v rfu o tea l e d triosdu b ote c an obhsea his 0. te i lenju his nstithri ai s i ittbni desirable statedi tesov devotion oi go of nn n gttho r Cu his to ontghisel r isds d suolt iwii duties in l iii Individual soloists of unqu est i one d a b il i ty would shine and make reputations for themselves any where, as many members of this band whom Ni - -e could name would, but without such a m ister at their head, as this gentleman has Foved him self to be, the perfection of the playing would cease to be a theme of general satisfacion Under the management of Mr. Pitta the arrange ments are of the west satisfactcry nature, and cal culmed in every possible way to give satisfaczio:, to the visitor=, whether they be dancers or spec tators. From the combination of attractions pre sented at the Argyll Rooms during the current sea son, they doubtless will maintain all the prestige they have so lug enjoyed. THE ICOSICRUCIAVS• A book of 400 pages, illustrated with numerous engravings, carefully prepared, and mostly from ancient originals, now for the first time appearing, will very soon issue, published by M r. Hotten, the antiquarian publisher, of Piccadilly, and of which book Mr. Hargrave Jennings is the author. The i real views and beliefs of th at extraordinar y body, society, sect, or brotherhood, named that of the " Rosy Cross," are a profound secret, though many guesses (mostly absurd) have been made of them. It is to c!ear up some (if this doubt that this present book, which is the result of great labour and time expended upon a most curious study, is to be published. Curiosity must always accompany such a publication, because to profess to deal seriously with the claims of philosophers of such stupendous mark is no common or familiar ambition. It will be remembered that the " Rosicrucians" were (or professed to be) alchemists —that is princes or fathers of chemistry, able to rea'ise " transmutation," claimants to the possession of further unheard-of secrets—such as that of the elixir rite, the grand inagisterium, and the mastery over occult art in the widest sense. A book seriously advocating the claims of these re markable men is therefore a phenomenon, still more interesting to us when it comes before the world illustrated with graphic illustrations. HOLBORN I IDEA 2 RE. Mr. Barry Sullivan on Saturday last entered on his career as manager of this very pretty theatre, of which he has become the lessee, with the object of enabling the public to have at least one house at which they can enjoy plays of the highest class, re presented by good actors and mounted with libe raity and julgment. We sincerely wish him every success in such a laudable and praiseworthy en deavour, and it is to be hoped the public will earnestly and energetically support the new ma nager, and enable him to carry out his intentions with profit to himself and the very excellent com pany he has engaged. The audience that as.em bled to give him welcome on Saturday was both numerous and distinguished. and on the curtain rising for the performance of Lord Lvtton's splen did comedy '• Money" the entranc.3 of Mr. Sulli van, who, of course, supported the part of Eve lyn, is reception was extremely one of the highest gratification to the audience. Miss Amy Fawsitt made her first appearance in tie farce "The Mis stress of the Mill," which preceded the comedy, and met with very great success. MAYOR OP CORK AND HIS COL LEAGUES ON TILE BENCH. The Pall Mall Gazette correspondent r.l Cork telegraphs that at the Police-office, on Saturday, Mr. Pollock, one of the Conservative magistrates of the city, re fused to permit the mayor to take the charge sheet as chairman. A struggle for possession of the document occurred, and the sheet was torn. Of course there was "a scene in court"—a scandalous scene, the despatch says. The magistrates held a meeting to consider the mayor's conduct. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINES,3. • The committee on the Irish Church Bill is to be resumed to-night, the first amendsnent to it on the paper being by Mr. Gregory, who wishes to change the expression "private" endowments in the bill into "reserved" endowments. But the tug of war will probably come upon the thirty-second clause. This relates to the tithe rent charge, and provides that the charge may be sold to the owner of the land at twenty-two and a half times its amount. Mr. Fawcett moves the omission of the clause altogether, and failing to carry Lis motion, will endeavour to substitute for " twenty-two and half times its amount" the words " equal to such an amount of consols as will annually yield the amount of such rent charge." Mr. Disraeli wants the money paid to be the average market price of the charge, and Mr. Henry Herbert would have it to be eighteen times its value. The clause goes on to provide that the purchase money and the interest may be discharged by payment of 4i per cent. of the total amount annually for forty-five years. On this Mr. Gladstone moves the substitution of "fifty-two" for "forty-five," and Mr. Morrison of "5?-i" instead of "4." But it would be wearisome to go down over the amendments seriaCm. There are nearly a dozen pages of them. For the same night Committees of Supply and of Ways and Means are appointed, and Committee on the Contagious Diseases Animals Bill. Among the questions is one by Mr. Dawson, referring to the conduct of the Mayor of Cork, and asking whether he will be allowed to maintain Lis position. Mr. Baines inquires whether the Postmaster could reduce the charge for money orders to one penny for each order below twenty shillings. Mr. Pemberton wants to know what the Lord Chancellor thinks of the law courts, and will ask the First Com missioner of Works. Mr. Stevenson demands of the Postmaster-General whether the 'West India mails can not be despatched on fixed days of the week ; and Mr. Whalley is anxious to know what the Government intend to do about the turnpikes. To-morrow Sir Robert Anstruthcr will ask whether branding has been forbidden in the army. Mr. Ileadlam moves the abolition of light dues, it being unworthy of this nation to charge upon the shipping of other countries the maintenance of the lights, &c., on our coasts when our own ships are afforded the lights of other countries free of expense. Mr. Seely also moves his resolution on the mail contracts. He asks the House to demand that mail contracts should be submitted to it early in the session ; to declare that those with the United States should not be made for longer than three years, and that payment to the carrying companies should be made according to the letters, &c., rent ; and that a penny postage should be regotiated. The Libel Bill is down for committee, but Mr. Newdegate will move an ad versa amendment. The Marriage with • Deceased •Wife's Sister Bill is down for com mittee. Mr. Collins will more as an instruction to the committee that they have power to snake provision for a woman to marry her deceased husband's brother. The University Tests Bill is down for Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Bentinck will oppose its going into com mittee. On Thursday Miners' Regulations and the Customs and Inland Revenue Duties Bills are down for second reading. Mr. Gregory a propos to the Irish land laws, will, on Friday call the attention of the House to the management of their estates in the weet of Ireland by the Law Life Insurance Society. The affairs of Central Asia will be discoursed upon by Mr. Eastwick. A neat point is raised by Sir Lawrence Palk, who will call the attention of the Government to the Acts passed in Quecn Anne's reign prohibiting Government pensioners from sitting in the House of Commons, and ask if, having due regard to these statute; a recipient of a yearly allowance from the Treasury, in consequence of abolition of office, but under the age of GO, and liable to serve again, is di: rpialified from sittii:g and voting as a memberof Par. haircut. Mr. Fowler will again raise the western mail question, and move a resolution declaratory of the advan tages of landing mails at a western port. TRADE AND FLVANCE. Notwithsi anding the heavy importations of foreign stock, the price of meal continues very firm, and prices, if anything, skew an upward tendency. Yet we find, on a comparison of the numbers of both beasts and sheep disposed of in the M e t ropo lit an Cattle Market, that there is a large excess this year over , last season. Many circumstances, however, have con spired to keep up the quotations. In the first place the removal of the cattle plague restrictions has allowed country butchers to purchase live stock in the London market, and to remove them to the provincial towns. It seems hard that London consumers should be put to inconvenience for the sake of supplying the southern watering places with the choicest descriptions of meat, but there can be little argument against unrestricted trade in live stock, as in all other articles. The drought of last summer led to many forced sales of both beasts and sheep towards the close of last year. and the herds and flocks were decimated. Consequently graziers have been compelled to retain a larger number of animals this season, in order to endeavour to supply the deficiencies caused by last year's drought. Accord ingly, the arrivals from our own grazing districts have I been unusually small, and the increase in the supplies sent to market has consisted entirely of foreign stock. This increase, however, is not one that would be likely to affect prices to any material extent. The dif ference in quality between English and foreign beasts is so great that the plentifulness or scarcity of the latter scarcely influences the value of the former. The advance which has taken place is in good English animals, and in this improvement foreign stock has not partici pated to a like degree. The future does not look encouraging, and we see no reason to expect any change in the course of the trade throughout the summer season. With regard to mutton, there is a qualifying clause, which may have some little influence upon the market. The lambing season is now over, and has been unusually prolific, owing to the very mild winter that has been experienced. At the same time, the pasture lands are in excellent condition, and the rearing of the laMbs has been attended with less difficulty than in more severe seasons. The mortality has accordingly been greatly below the average. There is little doubt, however, that English beef and mutton, to which alone we must look for the regulation of prices, will continue scarce, and buyers must make up their minds to prices varying but little from the present range of quotations. If, however, animal food is likely to continue dear, the prospects of the wheat trade are decidedly in favour of the consumer. Probably at no time within the last twenty years have all circumstances pointed more decidedly to a progressive, although gradual, decline. There is still a large amount of English wheat in the country, the quality of which is unrivalled for its excellence ; and at the same time the prospects of the growing crop are eminently favourable. The plant is well above ground, and looking strong and healthy. But a short time since we heard complaints from various quarters of a loss of colour in the plant. This, however, may arise from one of two causes, and may be either a bad sign or a good one as the case may be. It may be caused by au accumula tion of water under the around, which is bad, and would lead to disastrous effects, or it may be the result of frost, which, at certain seasons of the year, is pro ductive of good. That the latter was the cause in the present season there is no doubt. At the close of February the plant was unusually forward, and great apprehensions were expressed for its safety. The cold winds of March checked its growth, however, and it cannot now be said that the plant is more forward than usual, while the mild weather of April has restored its vivid green. While the home crop presents such favour- able prospects, there is a great probability that the imports will be extensive, considering the prices now current here. From the United States unusually heavy shipments have been made, and it is difficult to discover how the Continent will get rid _of its surplus produce except by sending it to the British market. These facts had us to anticipate a decline of from Gs. to Bs. in the value of foreign wheat before the reaping of next harvest, although we fully believe that English wheat will not fall more than 3s. to 4s. per quarter, as the last crop, from its acknowledged superiority, will always coin n aid a range of quotations varying from 425. to 455. per quarter. There is very little of interest to notice in the money market. Money is quiet, but there is no prospect of any return to lower rates. It is true that there is a large amount of gold on passage from Australia, and that the c num, of exchange at New York is such as to lead to the expectation of an influx of specie from that quarter, The large amount of foreign loans now on the market, and prospect, will pribably absorb a considerable propo;tio of the surplus capital, and we look Imo 19 m e m rtes being 441,04ipeci, y - - :13 A .V.,? 1 ,.= AT T .TTE I:0 AL A CADTMY. High festival was kept in the new roomy of the Royal Academy on Saturday evening. The president and ccvn cil of the great art institution gave the usual annual banquet —the first one in the new building—to many distinguished guests. There were present the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of 'reek, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Privy Council, First Lord of the Treasury, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Secretary of State for War, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Trade, the First Commissicner of her Majesty's Works, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, the Master of the Polls, Archbishop of Canterbury, A rchbisliop of York, Bishop of London, Dean Stanley, Bishop of Oxford, Dean Alford, Dean Manse], Bishop of St. David's, Bishop of Peter• borough, &c., &c. Amongst the speakers were the Duke of C.timLridge► Lord Chelmsford, ?Sr. Gladstone, and Mr. Disraeli, Sir FuANCIS GllANT—who occupied the chair—in pro posing the toast of the Queen, announced that the Princess Louise had sent to the Exhibition a marble bust of her Majesty, a work which, he said, was full of truth and genius. The Queen, he - stated, was to visit the Academ.Y on the 12th inst. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE returned thanks for the army, his speech being full of congratulation. Lord CHELMSFORD of all men was called upon to return thanks for the navy. Mr. Childers was absent ; and so the learned lawyer who held the great seals in Lord Derby's Government was called upon to return thanks. He recalled an episode in his life which the general public has probably forgotten. "Many, many years ago (he said) —it is so far back it is more like a dream than a remera• brance—l was a very small officer in the navy ; but I think that, considering what I have passed through since, if the navy were called upon and asked whether they would take me as their representative, they would be very much in' disposed to do so, because, in the first place, I am 3 deserter from them, and in the next, if there is - one thing a sailor dislikes more than another, it is a lawyer. He is, indeed, generally termed a land shark. I don't know that I should be looked upon with more partiality because I had passed for some time into a great seal, but I must, on behalf of the navy, say this, that although times have very much changed since now upwards of sixty years ago I was in the navy, our ships and men being now so very different from what they were, the one being then our wooden walls,' and now wear' ing ' armour,' and the other, instead of sailors, being, in fact, ' stokers and pokers,' I am quite confident that officers and men still possess the hearts of English men, and that if called on to fight, they will show they have not declined in the least degree from the character so long and so worthily possessed by the British navy." " Iler Majesty's Ministers" was the next toast honoured. It was replied to by Mr. GLADSTONE. The right lion. gentleman referred to the great service of the Royal Academy in the way of education. "We come here annually," he said, "to receive a part, and A much valued and prized part, of our education ; for we all know that education does net terminate in youth, but goes on in a process continued through our lives, and I do believe that some elements of civilisation enter into our minds and temperaments from all circrn stances which place us in relation to humanising cause' Among the most conspicuous of these are those which bring us in connection with works of art on these walls. laM even so sanguine as to believe that the influence of that civilisation might be traced by discriminating observers in the moderated character of the conflicts which we wage in other places, although on that subject, as some might , have scruples, I will not pr es s th e a rg m ne nt t o o far.'' Rather suggesting that it would be better to waive the toast of the Government of the day, as being unsuited to a non political institution, Mr. Gladstone went on to congratulat e the A; ad my on its migrating to the enlarged building. "I am afraid of paying compliments to you and to the body of artists which might justly be considered only ne compliments from pupils to teachers; yet I know that all artists skilled in their profession are glad t ° receive the knowledge of our ignorant impressions , and I know the secret of extracting advantage from them. Without pretending to minute computation, s° far as my experience goes, the pictures of the Royal Academicians are this year represented on the walls in numbers unexampled, and in genius and excellenc e perhaps never exceeded. And the veterans of the art are followed, I think, according to the general verdict, so far as it has yet been pronounced, by younger men of this noble profession of an order, and with a s uccess full of the richest promise for the future,. and leading us confidently to believe that when those who ne W form the object of our delight and admiration are gen e ' they will be succeeded by others who will maintain their traditions and their fame. I trust, sir, that the impetu s which has been given by this migration to the power 1 0( ` energy of British art may prove to be of no mere tempo rely stimulus, but that this era may be the commeoce• ment of a yet brighter period for British art, and that, 35 time rolls on, this Academy, and those whom you from time to time may aggregate to your body, may establish yet higher claims on the admiration of their countrym en and the acknowledgments of the world at large. The Aeeneisnor of CANTERBURY made some aPP rc). priate remarks on the relation between religion and ar t ' " Coleridge introduced the use of the word clereey, which made it include all the institutions of the nation, and the clergy proper certainly have usually felt that there is great affinity between their mission and yours. e eel!: eider it to be our high privilege to promote Christian ; civilisation at home and th roug h ou t th e wor ld. Ther e may have been times when religion a n d th e a rts we r e dissociated—when a gloomy form o f re li g i on aver ted 1 _ eyes from the study of beauty, or th e ar t s f or a tith e unnaturally associated themsel ves w ith wor ldli n ess ° r heathenism ; but you will agr ee w ith me th a t th er e hat ,, ; been exceptional times, and n o t th e b es t e ither 1 ° religion or for art. And as the Ch r i s tia n Ch u rch 1 ,3, given to painting its most inspi r ing s u bj ec t s , so th e ador n, . went of the House of God has called f o rth in o ld times som e of the very highest specimens of the skill of the paint er ; the sculptor, and the architect. Indeed, we have common mission, and I trust that we shall wo r k hand 1.0 hand. The PRESIDENT, in replying to the toast of his health , spoke of the coincidence that at the be g in n i ng of the', second century the new room should be used. He gav e e r history of the institution, reminding hi s gues t s how I° o nierly the Academy occupied auctione er s' rooms . ser Fr ° ,, thence the institution went to Som erse t 1 -011 t -8 0 by the express provision of George 111., thence e, Trafalgar-square, and now it was in Burlingt o n_geedefr o " We are proud to reflect," he went on to say, " that tu e Royal Academy has never applied for or r e ceived :1 1 1, grant of public money. On reviewing the eff o rts of t sc , past century, although we might possibly Lave hoped 4 produce still greater results, I think when w e recall t lj je names of some of those eminent artists who have bee- students in this Academy, who derived all 0 1 1 4• inspiration and knowledge of art within its " 0 "? ', e a I feel it cannot be said that we have fad e in our mission ; such names as Nollekens, Ja e r el ,„4: Barry, Copley, Banks the sculptor, Smirke hard, Lawrence, Hopner, Flaxman, - Jose Turner—a name alone sufficient to glorify a centurr-a Caleot, Wilkie, Mulready, Leslie, Etty, Newton, 3 , 1 ; 0 Constable. There are some who are now members of th is Academy whose works will be admired as long as 0 ' appreciated. There is one name which I feel assured 0 '," 0 Joseph Slalla brother academicians will forgive me for singling out-- - et' o whose works are known and admired in every towo, and capital o f E uro p e an d A mer i ca — one w il t() though he certainly has greatly contributed the glories of the past century, has at the sit" . . time inaugurated th e com i ng cen t ury b y t h e produ c e tion of a work now on these walls, which I vente r % to say, he has never surpassed if he has ever equallecL e need not mention the na me o f Sir Edwin Landseer. I recall to memory these illustrious pupils of the 1-0-Y theft country, who have bro ug ht g l or y an d f ame t o t country, I feel we have no occasion to blush for the 1 )3 1 5 0 or the present. But I an ti c ip a t e a s till more g lorie o f future for art in this country, because our means et instruction will be far more complete than they have hot in times past. No artists s h ou ld cons id er th emse lves °- side this institution. All artists should se e k t o b e a llied to it! and all should strive to paint sowell as to e n sure su ccessa ° t demand recognition. But a standard of excellence Inf e c t he maintained. In the Academy we must a dopt 0 , levelling-up,' certainly not the levelling-down' sYst e e y The Academy has all along had to contend with 1 0 difficulties. They have constantly had to suffer fr i , C) g , attacks, often unjust and frivolous—stereotyp e d attae': t e which have never ceased to assail the institution frona foundation to the present hour. Y e t. no t w ith s tausll we have continued to maintain our p os iti on . Of l a te Y e t i s is we have also suffered from wart o f spa ce , an d I fear l ie s is a difficulty from which we s h a ll never b e altoge,t'by absolved. Increased space h as b een accom paniecLeee increased demands. This year 1,600 pictures have sent in more than in any former year—many of large e j " and so good as to demand recognition; and, althouglil,o am glad to be able to say that every accepted work h e this year been placed, and al so a l arge num b er M "e 0 best of them that we re mar k e d d ou b tful, st ill the e v remained a few picture s o f su ffi c i ent mer i t to j us tify e t being placed if there had been room, and we much r e g their exclusion." nich Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON repeate d the same story vrrteS lie had so often told. War between the United St a te arid this count r y was impossible, sinless the Governlne of both countries were absolutely insane. ; Mr. DISRAELI drew attention to some points of s-ml e ee y; between the House of Commons and the Aeau e- enO "You have recently reformed your institution , - so so have we ; you have got a new house, an to to have we; you have many who have apPli e ` he ee enter that house, and whose claims Yell p osits been obliged to reject, and we are in the same pc' s.- e rS I doubt n o t, M r . P res id ent, you h ave more petitiolsot even than the House of Commons in that respect. 'l o g this I can say, and it is some similarity of a more Pl e3B s ter character, th a t i n th e po liti ca l aca d emy at W es trnin t we find a suffi c i en t num b er o f th e o ld R . A . ' s and SVV I , co still more, a very gratifying promise of future exce"e ee n on the part o f young members. I must congratulate ;Yolie and the members of the Royal Academy 1 1 1 1 °n 3 ' o o meeting to-day for the fi r st ti me rea lly un der your in roof. I mu s t sa y f or m y se lf, h av i ng no w for T be t than a generati o n p ar ti c ip a t e d i n your h os pitality; Soo meeting you here to-day, I feel as if some kind frienslloo has a long time favoured us with agreeable dinner? 7, at lie lived in lodgings has, like a wise man, when arron!lee. that age when he should settle in life, self a house, and received his friends with all that deLoat", and comfort, and all that befitting splendour, which„oyal certain period of existence---and we are told the -I`.___ne has built unto . I r l t _ P .'e Academy has arrived at that period of existencs se al comes, I think, all men and institutions. I hone th l o iefl be the commencement of an era of prosperity mere And enduring." MO] C01.?tl Consols count, 93. 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