The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-05 00:00:00

04 Au.,/,'9,511,4 O lt) 13 tf,, SUN OYFICE, seven, o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORD—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on tho woolsack at five o'clock. There was an unusual att3ndanC3 of ladies in the gal leries, and the space between the throne and the wool sack was also very much crowded by the sons of peers. INDIA. - The Earl of ALBEMARLE gave notice of his inten tion to move, after the recess, for certain returns in reference to the salaries and pensions issued to the civil servants in the presidencies of Bombay anl Madras. He also called attention to a report upon the practice of torture in connection with the Loom Tax in the Madras presidency. THE IRISH MILITIA. The Earl of CLANCARTY expressed a wish that the noble lord at the head of the War Department would give ample notice of his intention, if he had such, to disembody the Irish militia. Lord PANHURE said it was the intention of the Go vernment to commence the disembodiment of the Iri h Militia as soon as it was possible. It was quite evident that the Government were bound to take such a step is regard to the interests of the public service of the coun try. He proposed to proceed with the disembodi ment as cautiously as possible, so as to occasion as little inconvenience as possible, and so as not to throw any great body of unemployed men at once upon the country. mr:rt, THE TREATY OF PEACE. The Earl of ELLESMERE then rose to submit the following resolutions to the consideration of the house : " That an humble addresa be presented to her Ma jesty, to return to her Majesty the sincere acknowledg ments of that house for the important communication which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to make to that house, of -the general treaty concluded at Paris, on the 30th of March. between her Majesty, the Em peror of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, the King of Sardi nia, and the Sultan, by which peace has been re-esta blished between her Majesty, the Emperor of the French, the Kin g of Sardinia, and the Sult an , on th e one h an d, and the Emperor of Russia on the other. " To assure her Majesty that while we should have deemed it our duty cheerfully to afford her Majesty the fullest support, if it had unfortunately been found neces sary to continue the war, we have learned with joy and satisfaction that her Majesty has been enabled to re establish peace on conditions honourable to her Ma jesty's Crown, and which so fully accomplishes the great object for which the war was undertaken. " To express to her Majesty the great satisfaction which we feel, that while those alliances which have so mainly contributed to the vigorous and successful prosecution of the war have been equally effective in the consolidation of peace, the powers which have not taken any active part in the war have combined with the belligerents, and have given by their sanction and accession additional firmness to the arrangements by which the repose of Europe is in future to be protected from disturbance. "To state to her Majesty we rejoice that, notwith standing the great exertions which the late war has ren dered necessary, 'the •resources of the empire have remained unimpaired. " To express a hope that.the peae3 which is now con cluded may, under the favour of Divine Providence, long continue to shed its blessings over Europe, and that harmony amongst Government-•, and friendly intercourse amongst nations, may steadily promote the progress of civilisation, and secure the welfare and happiness of mankind." The noble earl having briefly noticed the main incidents of the war, proceeded to contend that the Treaty came fairly up to the mark of the objects for which we went to war, and that it fulfilled everything which they had a reason to expect. By a s t ea d y a dh erence and con currence with our faithful ally —by firmness without menaces„ by conciliation without weakness, by the demonstration of great strength with out its actual application, he believed we had arrived at a result which ought to be considered satisfactory to the Parliament and the country. It was the practice of some of our public writers to find fault with the terms of the treaty. He could not see any ground for such an impression; although it had been said that England had been male the dupe of more subtle statesmen of other countries than his noble friend the Secretary of Foreign Affairs was. He could see nothing in the terms of the document to justify any such sentiment, nor was there any evidence of any attempt having been made to impose-upon the unsus pecting innocence of his noble friend. The noble earl then proceeded to allude to the manner in which the Emperor Alexander had acted with respect to the present treaty, and he (Earl Ellesmere) hoped that the exertions of that sovereign would now be di rected to the development of the internal resources of his dominions. With respect to cur Indian possessions we bad nothing to fear from Russia, for if anything in that direction wag ever attempted it would be met with a power and resistance such as never ly,fore had been known. The noble earl then, with evident emotion, passed a glowing eulogium upon Miss Nightingale and the late Lord Raglan, ani having apologised for wandering from the subject of the motion, concluded by moving the above resolutions. The Earl of GLENELC: rose to second the motion and was (LEFT' SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF comfrioNs—(This Evening.) The Srzazun took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read'a third time and passed: —The Leeds Improvement Act Amendments, and the Leeds Water. The following bilIS were read a second time :—Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company, and Swinnerton's Name. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Carrnartben .and Cardigan Rail way, Crowland and Eye Road, E*stern.CJunties Rail way, fionitrm and Sidmouth Road, Lowestoft and Beecles Railway, Llton District Road, Thames Haven Deck and Railway, ant Torinohain A. number of petitions were presented against the Abplition of . Church Cates, against the Vaccination Bill, and ngainst the Maynonth (- 4 -ant. • HOSPITALS. -Mr. GROGAN asked the Secretary to the Treasury if any and what steer had been taken to carry out the recommendations contained in the report of the commis sioners'appointed to inquire, &c., into the Dublin hospi• tale ? WILSON' sail the questiou had better be re peatel to the Secretary for Ireland. CONIMITNECA.TION ViTU lIZELAND I Viscount .sked the S.:eretary to the Trewnry whether it W 49 iiitzzided to make any altera,- tine in the present mode' of cmlue:.ing the pmtal munieation in tho county of Cork, and to make use of th. Cork and Bandon Railway for the conveyance of the mail ? 111 r. WILSON said a communication bad taken place relative to the use of the above railway, but the charges required by the company were far too high when coin. pared to the advantages to be obtained therefrom. die terms of the Post -office for the accommodation remained the same as these already proposed, and no alteration would be made in them. CAMBRIDGE' UNIVERSITY BILL. Mr. HEYWOOD asked the President of the Poor law Board if he would he prepared to move that the Cambridge University Bill be considered in committee after Whitsuntide, and if go, On what day ? Mr. BOUVERIE said the bill stood on the paper for to-day, but it was not likely to come on ;he therefore .proposed to postpone it till after the Whitsuntide holi days, and then to get an early day from the noble vis count on which to bring it on. NIGHT COFFEE HOUSES. Mr. BRADY, asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he intended introducing any mea sure; in accordance with the recommendation of that part of the report of the committee (which sat in 1853) " to examine into the system under which public housed, hotels, &c., were regulated," which relates to night coffeeshops, with the view to their being for the future closed at proper and stated hours, many of which are now open through the -night as harbours of refuge for abandoned characters of both sexes ? Sir G. GREY said an act of Parliament would Le required for th e purpose, but no measure was at present in preparation. . . RIOTS AT GEORGE TOWN. Mr. ME AG .. 4R asked the Secretary of State for the Colonial Departmpeuntiiiot there was any f o u n d a ti on f or re ports made in b fanatical harangues made in that in consequence of ger from streets of George Town, Demerara, by a stran t e h s e r h ad ta country, kei of place,the name of Orr, riots an& disturnrhoalfneoc and. the persons and properties been injured ; and if so, whether P e ea y eeab e le inhal ' itants had been taken to prevent a recurrence of suei n i - se B e t e Ps ? Scenes? . the ars Mr LABOUCHERE said the reports were, be was sorry to say, quite true. It was aI P that those riots originated in consequenc of t h s e o r e ' r le gangues, of Orr against the Catholic religi ou s the , real cause was the , jealousy with which the coloured population viewed the industrious Portuguese immigrants. The governor of the colony had taken efficient steps to suppress any other outbreak that might take place. It was but just to acknowledge that great assistance bad been rendered by a French and Dutch vessel,in repressing the disturbance. THE, RETURNING TROOPS. ..Captain SC.Q.BE GL asked the First Lord of the Adoi . - ralty,if it had yet been determined whether some of her Majesty's line , of-battleships, frigates, or smaller vessels of e wer ' now lying unemployed in the home ports or in those .abroad should assist in embarking and bringing away fronl the Crimea the troops, or cannon, munitions of war, and other stores, being public property ? Sir C. WOOD sidd two or three ships had been or dered to the Black Sea to bring, home the troops, but it was not intended generally _to,,employ ships of. war to bring home troops. - SOLDIERS' LOSSES. Capt. SCOLELL asked the Under Secretary for War whether the soldiers who, without blame on their pares, lost their kits at the time of landing in the Crimea, or at any subsequent period, had been, or would be, allowtd compensation fur the same ? Mr. F. PEE L said, where no lt:aine attached to the soldier for the loss, cot uvenFation would be allowed. SHERD-UR/I HOSPITAL Mr. MOWBEAY asked . th e sl,retary o State for the Home Department whether he intended to introduce into the house a bill for carrying into effect a scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the regulation of Sherburn Hospital, in the county of Durham ? Sir G. GREY said he intended to introduce a bill to carry into effect the recommendations of the commis sioners with respect to Sherburn Hospital. THE WHITSUNTIDE RECESS. In answer to a Question, Lord PALMERSTON said he had no wish to ad journ beyond Friday to Friday for the Whitsuntide holi days. But if the house out-voted the Government they must submit. (Laughter.) THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION. Sir E. B. LYTTON asked the Government if the correspondence on this question was really complete or not ? Lord PALMERSTON said that the proposal made by this Government to the United States, to the request that this question should be referred to arbitration had not yet been received. He thought it would be better not to discuss the question until that answer had been received. Sir E. B. LYTTON said that in consequence he would postpone his motion on this question until after the holidays. THE TARIFF WITH TURKEY. Mr. WISE asked the First Lard of the Treasury, " whether there is any prospect of such a revision of the tariff, appended to the Commercial Treaty with Turkey of the 16th day of August, 1838, as may lead to the abolition of the duty of twelve per cent. on grain and pulse ex; orted from Turkey to this country ; and, what is the existing position of the British merchants with re ference to the exportation of grain from the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia. Lord PALMERSTON said it had been thought de. sirable not to enter into the question as regarded the high prices consequent on the war. The Danubian provinces regulated their own tariff. THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. M. GIBSON asked, as Friday in Whitson week was to be devoted to the Government, if he might be allowed to bring on the Abjuration Oaths Bill on that day ? Sir W. CLAY put in his claim to a portion of that day for the Church rates Bill. Lord PALMERSTON said that ho could give no portion of Friday for the Abjuration of Oaths Bill, but would endeavour to name a day for it shortly. With regard to the Church-Rate Bill, he could make no ar rangement. DISBANDING TEE ARMY AND MILITIA. In reply to a...questionfromLord R. Grosvenor, Lord . I"ALMERSTON said that the Government would endeavourr to disband the army and militia, so that the number of men thrown on the labour market might produce as little inconvenience as possible. The militia must be disbanded within a cer tain period after the cessaticn of war, and in all proba bility it would be during harvest, when their services would be required in the respective counties. The army could not be disbanded for some months, and then in de tachments as they return to this country. TiIANKSGIVING DAY. On the mo►tion of Lord PALMERSTON', seconded by Mr. DISRAELI, a vote cf thanks was given to the Rev. Thomas Garnier, chaplain to the house, for his sermon preached yesterday before the members of the house at S. Margaret's, Westminster.—Agreed to. NAVY ESTIMATES. Sir C. WOOD laid on the table of the house the navy estimates for the current year. TREATY OF PEACE. Mr. E. DENISON proposed the thanks of the hnuse to her Majesty for her communicating to the house the treaty of peace lately concluded at Paris. Two' years ago a communication was made from the Throne -to this house of the cause of the breaking out of the war, when the future appeared both vague and uncertain. It was predicted by some that they were about to com mence a war, the end of which the youngest would not live to see, and others that it would be impossible 'for them to successfully compete against Russia, and that they would have to establish an entrenched camp at Sebastopol. Had any person, however, pre dicted the events that had occurred, and that they would cease at the end of two years, they would scarcely have credited his assertion. Such having occurred, it be came their duty to thank the Disposer of Events, and the gallant armies and fleets that had achieved such glories. This war bad broken the great alliance of the North that kept men's minds in check from the north of Enrope to the heel of Italy. They had released Russia's grasp of Sweden, and with restored animation she had entered into an alliance with the Western Powers to hold Russia in check for the !stature. The late Emperor of Russia, the aggressor in the war, hid sunk under the exertions of the war, and they h a d heard from the walls of Moscow that public opinion was against the policyof Russia, and that policy must be aban doned which was to be looked upon as an augury for the benefit of Russia and mankind in general. , With the termination of the war they had secured the integrity of Turkey, and secured her for the future by the destruc tion of Sebastopol and that fleet which for so - leng hat floated on the waters of the Euxine a terror to Turkey. Turkey was now received into the great family of Europe, and the Porte had commenced re forms which must be of the utmost importance to all connected with that part of the world. Much wat due to Lord Stratford de Radcliffe, and he was sure the house would recognise his important services in that respect. He referred to the 20th article of the treaty relative to the line of demarkation laid down f. r the frontier barrier between Russia and Turkey, and toe words used in that respect he looked on something like a material compensation to Turkey. He expatiated on the great advantages that had resulted from I the French alliance, and also that of Sardinia. She had shown herself not inferior in heart or spirit to either of the great nations who had been at war, and had shown herself worthy to stand beside them both in the field and at the Cou cif table. He rejoiced that the voice of Sardinia was heard at Paris on the Italian question. (Hear, hear.) England, he felt certain, would never forget that in the moment of her greatest trial When other nations stood quietly by and looked on, Sardinia tool: her share in the struggle—(cheers)—and . she had thereby earned the lasting friendship of England. He was happy to find that they had II 3W obtained an honourable and safe peace, notwithstanding the people had not rrceivel it with that enthusiasm they could have wished, but which might be fairly accounted for in a variety of ways, and not to the simple supposition that they were averse to the details of the Treaty. That clause in the Treaty which provided fur arbitration was an important one ; and were the honourable members for Manchester (Mr. Bright) and the -West Riding. (Mr. Cobden), whose absence heideeplv lamented, present, he was sure it would meet with t' eir approval. After a sing a high eulogiurn on the abilities of Lord Paltnersion and Lord Clarendon in concluding such an honourable peace, he concluded by moving the address--(For which see Lord's report). Mr. H. HERBERT seconded the address. The hon. mover had adverted to the want of enthusiasm with which peace had been received, which he (Mr. Herbert) thought did not arise from the feeling that the terms of the treaty were nut satisfactory, butfrom a variety of circuinstances. Oao was that our army was in such an efficient statethat . it would have been able in another campaign to have die tinguiehed itself more than it had already done, and con sidering the suffering the army bad encountered, they almost hoped such an opportunity would have been given before peace was concluded. The hon. member then proceeded to review the position of the respective coun tries which had been engaged in the war, at the time ii broke out, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will pre side over the festival of the year of the Royal Literary Fund, on Wednesday next, at the Freemasons' Tavern. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Ilarrowby. Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Libouchere ' Lord Panmure, the Chancello r of th e Exchequer, SxCharles Wood, the Rght Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. BaineF. The Council sat two hmsTs. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—A meeting of the ren ters of the late theatre at Covent-garden was held on Saturday at Mr. Robins's rooms, in the Piaztia. for the purpose of considering their present position. Mr. Sur man (the representative of the proprietors) stated that since the last meeting of the renters and proprietors, about two months since, the Duke of Bedford had brought an action of ejectment to recover possession of the site of Covent-garden Theatre, and early in this present week his grace would, no doubt, re-enter upon the ground, and, consequent upon that event, the proprietors and renters will becoine divested of all interest in the theatre and the ground. Tne proprietors had no means of re-building the theatre, and had stated their intention of surrendering their leases. Of course they could not expect the duke to remain quiet under these circum stances. Mr. Sunman thought the duke had acted libe rally in giving up the five quarters' rent due to him. DIRECT TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEENLON DON AND ST. PETERSBURG. —Since the re-establishment of commercial relations between Great Britain and Russia, the Electric and International Telegraph Com pany have received despatches direct from St. Peters. burg, within a second of their leaving that capital ; the length of wire being about 1,700 miles. The medium b telegraph, which the messages ware c on v e y e d i n t h e printing and simultaneously with the necessary touch of t the finger on the instrument at the Lethbury or Strand stations in London. This is the 'greatest telegraphic feat . yet achieved through the naediurri of the Submarine ,and indicates the progressive and rapid extension wires, ' • of instantaneous criinraunication. The di rec t transinie '. l sion of 1110383VeS b . et betwe en London a n d th e o th er princi pal continental clues is now a matter of daily occur " The death Warr rots s r a e y n s ee : . ..._ Trig muRDEr. or Miss arrnapnP,gnig Whichexit, le, however, that there will he no execution l on s the 16th, DR it must I take a longer time than lies between this day and that I to have the motion in error in the ease of Dunee Se cided; and the identification of Murphy beine ,-, „. ; 1 e ssen ea i in the conviction of Dunne, the former must b e h eld I over for' the purpose, if the letter is to ha - ve a new trial. The affidavits in the case have been made, and counsel for the prisoner are confident that the point rai,ed by them is a very good one and must. prevail. We have heard on the most reliable autherily it is intended to I urge the matter to the furthest, even to the }louse of I Lords, if this be necessary." 1 THE S !-" 1.0. N DON, MONDAY RvEN 11 , 46 5 MAY 5, 1856. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 3. (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistaut•Judgo, at West- minsttr.) Thomas Francis Richards, solicitor, of Southampton buildings. surrendered to take his trial on an indictment in which be was charged in the first count with having stolen a Bank of England note for 3001., the property of James Fluker, his master, and in the second with hav ing feloniously embezzled the sum of 261. 154. 6d., which he had received in his capacity of servant to the said James Fluker. The count charging the theft of the 3001. note was formal merely, the real offence with which the prisoner was charged being the embezzlement of the smaller sum. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry were counsel for the prosecution. Mr. Serjeant Pigott and Mr. Huddleston were for the prisoner. It was stated that Mr. Hawkins was also instructed for the prisoner, but could not at tend through indisposition. In opening the case, Mr. Ballantine said the issue the jury would have to determine was one of the last import. ance to the accused, involving as it did not only his loss of character, but perhaps consequences of the most serious nature. The prisoner had been articled clerk to a solicitor ; he had been assigned to the prosecutor for the remainder of the term of his articles, and he left him without the least suspicion .whatever of any dis honesty, and became an attorney on his own account. While with the praeecator he had charge of the chan cery matters in his office, and had to take all the pro ceedings in a case, " The Oundle Brewery Company." which, like a great many more companies, had to be brought under the operation of the Winding-up Act, in so far as the interest of a Mr. Bearschall, a shareholder, was concerned. Mr. Bearschall was a client of Mr. Nicholson, a solicitor, at Warrington, whose London agent was the prosecutor, Mr. Fluker. The matter oc curred in Septembtr, 1854, and was not discovered until Easter Monday in the present year. The learned counsel having - concluded his statement, called The prosecutor, who deposed that he was an attorney at-law, and had offices in Syinond's-inn, Chancery-lane. In 1853 he saw an advertisement in the Icris Times, to which he replied, and in consequence became acquainted with the prisoner, who was then an articled clerk, and he arranged to receive him into his office for the re mainder of the term of his articles, agreeing to give him 501. a year salary. He was London agent to Mr. Ni ceolson of Warrington, who had a client named Bears chall who was connected with the Oundle Brewery Com pany.' The affairs of the company were being wound up, and he had to pay the calls which were made upon Mr. Bearschall. In August, 1851, a call was made of 151. per share, under which Mr. Bearschall had to pay 300/. On the 29th of August he received from Mr. Ni cholson the halves of notes to the amount of 3001. to pay the call, and on the 30th the other halves arrived, and they were paid into his banker:', Messrs. Dixon and Co., of Chancerylane, in the usual way. Being then in ill-health be was about to leave town for Scotland, and he did leave on the night of the 30th. His common law clerk was named Saunders. The prisoner was not at the office on the day be left, and in consequence he gave to Saundeis two cheques, both signed, but not, filled up, ova which was crossed was for the payment of the call for 300/., and the other, not crossed, was to be drawn by the clerk for such amount as was necessary to pay salaries and office expenses during his absence. He re turned to town on the 23th of Sept. While he was in Scotland he received a letter from Saunders. When he returned he looked into the office diaries to see what had been done. The pri-oner, who had been in the country, returned on the 30th, and be (prosecutor) called his at tention to the office book. The pi ironer did not say any- Veing about the sum of 261. 15s. 63. as having been re ceived by him off the call of 3001., such sum having been allowed by the master as interest due by the Brewery Company to Mr. Bearschall. The first time ho heard of such a deduction was on the 24',h of last March. An other call had been then made, and, in consequence of a letter from Mr. Nicholson, he directed his then Chancery clerk, Mr. Waring, to make inquiries, and the ultimate consequence was, that the prisoner was (riven in custody on the charge of emb ezz li ng th a t sum of 261. 15s. 6d. After the examination of a number of witnesses the jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner guilty, but most strangly recomruending him to mercy on the ground of the excellence of his character, as de posed to by the witnesses. The As;istant•Judge said he should not pass sentence until the next session, and he should give full considera• tion to the case and the strong recommendation of the jury. The trial la3tel about 7 hours, and the court was thronged with persons anxious to hear the result. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 3. GUILDIIALL.-Mr. Stoller, a solicitor, of 52, Cheapside, waited upon the alderman under the follow. ing circumstances :—A cabman, who was present, took a friend of his from the Eastern Counties Railway to Newgate-street, and the gentleman kept him there for about an hour, leaving his great coat in the cab. About 12 o'clock he left the house and beckoned the cabman to follow him to Cheapside, but the cabman mistaking the sign, remained where he was until five o'clock in the evening. He then went into the house with the great coat and made inquiry about his fare. when he ascer tained that the gentleman, after making his call in Cheapside, had taken another cab and gone to the LI; ighton Railway. Under these circunt,tances he wished thu magistrate to say what the man was entitled to for waiting. He (Ir. Stoller) thought the cabman to blame fur waiting 5 hours without making any in quiry, and that, therefore, he was not entitled to the lull amount for his time. The mistake was as much his as his fare's, and he ought t o be ar a p or ti on o f t h e loss, Sir H. Aing,geridge, lookin, at the circumstances that the gentlemen had left his coat in the cab, and that he had given no instructions, but only made a sign which might be taken as meaning to follow or to wait, thought the fault restad with him, and if he were in his place he would pay the demand.. Mr. Stoffer said he would adopt his suggestion and pay the fare, kiut he had only attended in justice to his client. The fare, lls., was paid. BOW-STREET.—JoIcn Mould was first charged with being dr un k an d di sor d er l y ; and, secondly,. with setting fire to one of the cells at Bow-htreet Police -station. It appeared that, at a late hour on the previous night, the prisoner was parading Brydges-street, followed by a mob of prostitutes and disorderly characters, to whose vast amusement he was shouting, gesticulating, "speechifying," and beating a large piece of tin with a stick. The constable on duty finding remonstrances unavailing, was obliged to take him into custody. Wright, the jailer at the station-house, informed his worship that after the prisoner was locked up, she was ast.:nished to observe smoke is-uing from the cell. He went in and found the prisoner lighting a fusee under the seat, from whieh'he was cuttieg wood to keen up the fire. •A few minutes more ant conflagration. would have broken out, whieh might have led to the destruc tion of the sta4iou. Witness asked what he was about, and the prisoner replied that it was so very cold he thou-sht he would light a fire and make things comfirt able. Witness extinguidied the fire and took away the knife with which prisoner had cut trio bench. The magistrate inquired why the knife was not taken from the .prisoner before he was locked up ! Inspector Mitchell replied that, as was usual in such cases, the prisoner was asked if he had a knife, and he said hs had not. The magistrate observed that if he bad been searched there would have been no mistake. Mr. Mitchell raid it was not usual to search prisoners who were only charged with drunkenness. In fact, the: e was an express regulation' against it. A carpenter proved that it would cost Is. to repair th - b inch. Prisoner said he had no recollection of wliat occurred. Ho was very sorry. The magistrate obrerved that, for the misconduct in the streets, prisoner was liable to a fine of 40s. How ever, as he appeared to be sorry for it, that would be overt() led, but he must pay for th e d amage or go to prison for eight days. Prisoner (with !zreat politeness)—Then, sir, with your kind perinis,ion I shall av a il m y se lf o f the latter alter native, IT I have nut a shilling in the world. I'll take the eight days. He was removed in custody. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Harriet Graham, wife of John Munroe Graham, an actor, was charged with att-unpting to fi re a l oa d e d p i sto l at her husband. Mr. Graham, Of No. 82, High street, Camden-town, corned an. said, ablut 12 the previous night he was com ing from the stage entrance at the Princess's Theatre, Oxford-street, having hold of a gentleman's arm, when he saw his wife, who instantly presented a pistol at him, and snapped it. The pistol was taken from her, and found to be damp. At the station-house the prisoner said she knew the pistol would not go off, as she had tried it. The prisoner admitted that the pistol had been recently cleaned. Mr. Brazier saw the prisoner thrust a pistol towards her hirsband, and he heard the lock click. The prisoner said she had been Mr. Graham's wife for 12 years, but was separated from him. She took the pistol out with her, but not intending to use it to deprive her husband of life. She saw her husband in the street, in the impulsa of the moment she pulled out the pistol, and presented it at him, intending only to frighten him. Fully comnitted. SOUTHWARK,—George Foster was charged with stealing a pair of gold spectacles from the person of Susan Varins. The prosecutrix, the wife of a tradesman, residing at, No. 2, 13lackman•street, Borough, stated that on Thurs day evening she was looking at a shop window in the New Kent-road. She had on a pair of gold spectacles, when suddenly the prisoner came up to her and struck her.rather roughly on the left shoulder, calling out, " Halloa, how are you ?.' She turned round immediately, when the prisoner snatched her spectacles off her face, and ran off with them. She followed him, calling out "Stop thief," and after a smart chase she saw him stopped by n.ge,ntleman, and when she got up to him she gave hiM into custody. He must either.have thrown the spectacles away or passed them to an accomplice, as they were not found upon him. She valued them at two sovereigns. Mr. Z'iont'oe said it was a most impudent robbery, and there could be no doubt he must have passed the spectacles to another party. Committed to the Howe of Correction for six months with hard iabour. p vent a n d M a l ta. Qu.tn NOTICE. VECCRIA, April 30. Quaranti ne on arrivals from Marseilles and Genoa has been tem orarily the Le suspended, tont confirmed on thoso from p 3rting Intalligenee. TATTERSALL'S.—SATURDAY. A good attendance, and what with the settling of the Newmarket accounts, comparing bets on the Chester Cup, and renewing the pursuit of speculation, business was tolerably active during most of the afternoon. Wentworth's performance at Newmarket was evi dently nothing in his favour for the Derby ; 7 to 2 was currently offered against him ; 6 to 1 would have been taken about Cannobie, and 12 to 1 about Rlington. Artillery was backed for 4001. at 10 to 1. 1,200 to 100 and 1,300 to 100 was taken about Fazzaletto, and the latter odds were also booked about Fly-by-Night. The Prince advanced to 25 to 1, and Mr. Verdant Green to 30 to 1. 1,009 to 10 was taken freely about Puck. Further comment on the business that was transacted is unnecessary. Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Imogene (taken) 10 to 1 agst One Act (taken) 10 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 12 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (offered) 14 to 1 aget Stork (taken) 100 to 7 agst Typee (taken) 16 to 1 agst Fatalist (taken) 18 to 1 agst Aldford 2000 to 90 agst flungerford (taken) 25 to 1 agst Quince 40 to 1 aget Kalipyge (taken) THE DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Wentworth (offered) sbo 1 agst Cannobie (taken 6 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Artillery (taken) 12 to 1 agat Fazzoletto (taken) 13 to 1 aget Fly-by-Night (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Prince (taken) 30 to 1 agat Verdant Green (taken and offered) 1000 to 1 agst Newington (taken) 40 to 1 agat Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing (taken) 50 to 1 agst Leamington (taken) 50 to 1 agst Barbarina colt 1000 to 15 agst Puck (1000 to 10 taken freely) 100 to 10 agat Tithonus (taken) 100 to 10 agst Disraeli 750 to 150 agst Fazzoletto and Fly-by-Night coupled (taken) 15 to 1 agst The Prince and Newington (taken) CHESTER SPRING MEETING.—Mat 6. PROGRAMME OF THE SPORT. The Grosvenor Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for 3-yr:olds and upwards. Grosvenor Course, about a mile and a quarter. 8 subs. To name on Mon day evening. The Palatine Stakes of 15 sow' ,each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3.yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each. Certain penalties and allowances ; second to save his stake. From the Castle:pole, once round and in, rather more than a mlle and a quarter. 14 subs. Alice Wentworth (71b), Fly away, La Victime, Spinster (31b), Agra, Pyrrha, Spindle, First Fly (71b), One Act (71b), Bonner and Buxom (71b), Oltenitza, Theodora (21b), Baroness, Byrsa. The Chesterfield Stakes, a handicap of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; second to receive 25 soya out of the stakes. A winner of a handicap after the publication of the weights of the value of 100 sovs clear, s(b extra. Once round and a distance. 26 subs. st lb et lb Fisherman Glen Lee 7 12 Pretty Boy 51b ex)... 7 1 Pyrrha 7 12 Nlelissa Spindle Thames Ditton Alfred Slander c 7 6 Knighton (11 b) Greencastle 7 6 Reber Bubble 7 6 dinie Paurnufe St. Domingo Vau Dunck 7 2 Sacrifice f ...... . ... 6 6 Blue Rock The Mostyn Stakes of 10 sot's each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies and geldings Bst 31b ; second horse to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes ; a winner in the present year of 100 sovs clear, 51b extra. Three-quarters of a mile. (26 subs )—Verona, br c by Sir Hercules—Lurley's dam, The Tattler, Arnati, The Sprig of Shillelah, The Dancing Master, Double Glo'ster, Mountain Daisy, Blink Bonny, lareca, The Kertch Chief, Lady Albert, Special Licence, General Bosque, Matilda, Dardanelles, Saunterer (51b extra), Bastian), Lainhourn, Lady Malcolm, The Zatiave, Gilliver, Capt. Barclay. Perea Nena, hr c by Touchstone Lady Godiva, Kenerdy. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for 3 yr olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 80 Rove in the usual way. Once round and a distance. To close and name on Monday evening. The Wynnstay Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs each ; second to receive 20 sows out of the stakes. Extra weight for certain winners. To start at the Castle-pole, run once round and in. (20 subs.) Age at lb Age st lb Early Bird 5 8 8 Atherstone Pumicestone ...... 5 8 2 Diana 5 6 6 Domino 5 7 11 Neoptolemus 4 6 6 Ellerrnire Lord Alfred Little Davie The Trapper 5 7 5 Bandalore Courtenay 4 7 4 Imposture 3 5 4 Dame Judith ... 4 7 2 Pouthorse Solestar 4 6 11 Kitty . 3 4 9 WEDNESDAY.- .THE CUP DAY. The Third Year of the Fourth Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 sove. each, h ft, with 30 added, for 4-yr olds; colts, Set 91b; fillies, B.t s!b. Certain allowance.. Mile and three-quarters. (7 . subs.) Fearless (h-b), Claret, *Lori Alfred (31b), *Lady Tatton (6!b), Astrono mer (6!b), Lady Palmerton, b c by Melbourne—Colina (31h). * Walked over for by Lord Alfred in 1854, and by Lady Tatton in 1855. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 soya in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft ; second to receive 50 sous, out of the s t a k es , & c. C erta i n penalties. Cup course, about two miles and a quarter. (196 subs, 92 bf whom declared and pay 5 so vs. each, and three did not name. Age et lb Rattle (3 8 7 Rifleman Mr. Sykes (h 6 8 2 Saucebox Sultan Typee 6 8 0 Oulston Scythian Hungerford E trly Bird, the 5 7 10 Homily Wiid Huntsman 5 7 4 Flatterer Indian Warrior a 7 2 Epaminoudas 5 7 2 Alembic Cock-a-too Poinicestone Rotherham Clotilde Bialbec Lady Tatton 4 6 12 Saraband 4 6 12 Little Davie (in 51b extra) Poodle Haco 6 6 10 Vandyke Herald Cardsharper Quince Rajah, the Siding (in. 10lb ez )4 6 8 Earl, tht(in.lolbe )4 6 6, Goorkah 6 6 6' Courtenay 4 6 6 Strood Blooming Heather 4 6 6 Simony Mary (in. 51b ox.) 4 6 5 Now Brighton 6 6 4 Raglan Imogene 4 6 4 Capneine Aldford Mishap Barrel 6 6 0 Besika Dame Judith 4 6 0 Fatalist 4 6 0 Coroner . 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Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum Mason, and C o , Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, G race % church-street; 3.3 J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68 Cernhill ; 49, Bi s h opsga te-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54; Upper Baker-strcot; 03 and 150, Oxford-streets ~i' DINNER AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OP A It IS. The Royal Academy of Arts gave a sumptuous ban quet on Saturday to inaugurate their 88th annual exhi bition. These festivals are at all times peculiarly attrac tive. When Ministers of State, dignitaries of the Church, the highest occupants of the judicial bench, the chiefs of our army and navy, the ieading members of both 'branches of the Legislature, the most eminent represen tatives of science, literature, and commerce, and cele brated men of every shade of political opinion, all meet together on the neutral ground of a love of art, and inn in paying a common homage to the triumph of its votaries, the spectacle presented cannot fail to prove eminently instructive and gratifying. But following so closely upon the proclamation of peace, under whose benign influence the liberal arts best flourish, the bril liant gathering of Saturday last possessed features of more than wonted interest and fascination. The Exhibition was thrown open to the guests at two o'clock, from which early hour numbers began to drop in, to avail themselves at their leisure of their enviable privilege. As six o'clock, the time appointed for com mencing the banquet, drew near, the assemblage dis persed through the different saloons very perceptibly aug mented, and groups of distinguished visitors were seen engaged in animated discussions on the merits of the particular portions of the collection which most chal lenged their appreciation or provoked their criticism. The picture which, perhaps, arrested the most general attention was Mr. Hunt's " Scapegoat," the scene of which is taken from Oosdoorn, on the mar g in of the saltincrusted shadow s o f thin Dead Sea, and has the massive mountain ranges of Edorn as the back-ground. The po aer with which the artist has succeeded in con veying by his pencil the awful sense of desolation con sonant with this fine Scripture subject was the theme of eloquent eulogy on the part of more than one member of the episcopal bench. The banquet was held in the east room, which, when the guests had assembled, presented a specimen of singular magnificence. The walls, covered with the choicest speci mens of the most eminent academicians, afforded to the cultivated eye an intellectual feast well calculated to di vide attention with the material attractions of the festive board. The finest effect of all, however, is that produced when, at the signal of the Queen's health, the jets of a hundred gas-burners suddenly pour their dazzling blaze upon the astonished guests, revealing to perfection the pictorial beauties with which the resplendent apartment is so lavishly decorated, and offering a coup d'oeil in gor geousness and grandeur wholly unique, and of which the academicians may well be proud. On those who witness for the first time the transition effected by this instan taneous mode of illumination, the sensations awakened are those of mingled rapture and bewilderment. The chair was occupied by Sir Charles Lick Eastlake, the president of the institution ; and the company—in all little fewer than 200—comprised his Excellency the Prussian Minister, Count Bernstorff, Viscount Palmer. ston, the Lord Cnancellor, Rod Granville, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Sir Cr Wood, Lord Panmure, Viscount Hardinge, the Right Hon. Vernon Smith, the Lord Chief Justice of the Quien's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, Sir J. Romilly, Sir A. Cockburn, Sir R. Bethel!, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Londesborough, the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord Ashburton, the Earl of Derby, th e Mar quis of Aylesbury, Ea r l Jersey, Earl Grey, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Lichfield, Lord Lyttelton, Ad miral Sir E. Lyons, Lord Overstone, the Marc;uis of IsT , .rthampton, Lord Dufferin, Earl Stanhope, Lord Ha venswortb, Earl Somers, Earl of Shelburne, Lord Stan ley, Earl of Westmoreland, E trl of Cawdor, Earl of Car ',Aryan, Lord de Tablay, the Marquis of Westinin,ter, the Chairman of the East India Company, Chairman of the Board of Customs, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. G:adstone, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. H. Drum mond, the Marquis of Granby, Lord Goderich, Mr. C. Dickens, Dean of St. Paul's, Sir W. Erle, Governor of Bank of England, Mr. A J. B. Hope, Sir B. Hawes, Pro fessor Faraday, Mr. J. Forster, the Lord Mayor, Sir R. Murchison, Professor 0 werr, Mr. A. H. Lavard, Sir E. L. B. Lytton, Master of Dulwich College, President .of the College of Physicians, President of the College of Surgeons, Captain Peel, Ur. Panizzi, Colonel Sir H. Rawlinson, Sir E. Tenuent, Mr. E. H. Bailey, Sir C. Barry, Me. A. Cooper, Mr. T. Creswick, Mr. W. Dyes, Mr. W. P. Frith, Mr. F. Grant, Mr. J. P. Knight, Mr. C. R. Leslie, Sir ,E. Landseer, Mr. C. Landseer, Mr. W. Mulready, Mr. D. Maclise, Mr. H. W. Pickersgill, Mr. D. Robert., Sir W. Ross, Mr. C. Stanfield, Sir R. Westmacott, Mr. T. S. Cooper, Ssc. The cloth having been r emoved, and "Non Nohis Domino" sung by the vocalists, according to new music composed by Mr. W. Dice, R.A., The PRESIDENT rose and said—My lords and gentle. men, I have the honour t ) propose to you that toast which worthily inaugurates the festive meetings of Eng lishmen—l mean the health of her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty has already honoured the exhibition with her presence, and on the occasion of her visit was pleased to express her satisfaction with the character and merit of the productions this year submitted for public in spection. (Cheers.) I give you "The Health of her Majesty the Queen." The toast was enthusiastically responded to. The PRESIDENT—I have now the honour to propose "The Health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." His Royal Highness the Prince Con sort was to have been present this day at the ceremony, fortunately postponed (fortunately, I inean, on account of the weather) of laying the first stone of the Wellington College at Sandhurst. The occasions have been frequent on which his royal highness has himself undertaken duties and public services of a similar description —ser vices which be performs willingly and so well. On such oceasions'his Royal Highness the Prince of %Vales and the younger members of the royal family are often pre sent. In witnessing such ceremonies they learn that their exalted station involves important duties, nod have at the same time the advantage of the most admirable example for their performance. (Cheers.) The toast was duly honoured. The PRESIDENT—The toast I have to propose is "The Army and Navy," connecting with the army the name of the Commander-in-Chief, and with the navy that of Admiral Sir E. Lyons. (dear, hear.) Two years ago it was the universal wish that the allied arms might win the best trophy of successful war—an honourable peace. That consummation has, under Providence, now been attained—and if England, strong in her armaments and in the spirit of her people, rose from the struggle rather warmed to the enterprise than tired of it, she is, I trust, not the lest ready to welcome the blessing of peace, to cultivate the arts of peace, and turn her atten tion and ambition to those glories, the attainment of which peace can best promote. (Cheers) Our present duty is to offer the expression of our admiration and gratitude to those warriors in both services, from the highest to the lowed in reek, who have shown no less fortitude amid privation and suffering than intrepidity and valour in the field. I, therefore propose to you " The Army and Navy." Lord HARDINGE, in returning thanks, said—Our troops are, in short, in a state of preparation for war that was never Were exceeded. I will only add that with the excellent feeling and high discipline now prevailing in our army, I am now persuaded that it will ever be ready to fulfil whatever duties its Sovereign may call upon it to discharge. (Cheers.) Sir E. LYONS saed—My lords and gentlemen, I beg to return you my most sincere and hearty thanks for asso ciating my name with this toast, and for the kind and encouraging manner in which the services rendered by the Navy have been recognised. I say "encouraging, because nothing can operate on our sailors as a greater in centive to duty when serving their country abroad than for them to know that their actions are apprecieted by their fellow -citizens at home. I believe that the British navy was never in a more efficient and satisfactory state than at this moment. The large ships which formerly composed our fleets, in construction and equipment, are now in better condition than was ever before known, and need not fear comparison with any other navy in the world. (Hear.) We have also a numerous class of smaller vessels, which it was confidently anticipated would form a powerful auxiliary in carrying on the wire but which may now be viewed as vale dele gi tvantees for peace—(hear) —for I believe that no adage handed down from olden time has been proved by experience to be more just than this—that the best means of averting war is to show ourselves prepared to meet it when forced upon us. (Hear.) It must have been a proud day for the Sovereign of these ancient realms when she reviewed the magnificent fleet lately assembled at Spit head, and refl:cted that it was manned wholly by volun • teers, who came forward to fight her battle; with a de votion and loyalty never before excelled. (Hear, hear.) It must have b :en equally gratifying to her Majesty to feel that the force thus arcayed was an undeniable proof that the country was better able to continue the struggle than to commence it, and offered to the world a demon stration, that in sivninz the trestv , f o-ace ender such circumstances, her only motive 00111d.be mag ,animot;s sentiment of peace and good will towards men. (Hear, hear.) That event will therefore go (WWII to posterity as one of which Ene;laud and the English navy have just reason to be pion& (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT--The toast next in order is the " Health of the Foreign Ministers" who honour the aca demy with their presence. The only change I have to make in the usual form is to give the toast in the singular number, inasmuch as his Excellency the Prussian Minister is the only member of the diplomatic body in this assembly. We Excellency the American Minister, after signifying his intention to attend was, it seems, unable to keep his engagement. The present exhibition, as if to celebrate the renewed amicable intercourse of civilised nationft, contains specimens from various parts of the continent, several of which reflect credit on the schools to which they belong. The name of Rudolph Lehmann, I believe a Prussian, will be advantageously known from the work which he has sent. Older contributors are not wanting : A:ry Scheffer has done himself and. his subject justice in his fine portrait of Mr. Charles Dickens. I cannot men• tion these foreign contributions without adverting to the difficulty in which the Royal Academy, with all its de sire to do them honour, is placed, by their being sent to it. The space at our disposal is insufficient to accommo date our own exhibitors, and limitr these circumstanc , s, the exhibition of foreign works involves the exclusion of some of those of our painters. A stronger.plea can hardly be urged for additional room. It is surely desirable to see good foreign specimens occasionally mixed with those of our native artists, but under the present state of thing. we must either af4ear illiberal to strangers or unjust to our own fellow-laLourers. I was not with- out hope that we might Lave bad the honour of this day entertaining a distinguished guest, who, though a foreigner, cannot ha regarded as a stranger. I mean his Excellency Baron Erunow. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could have more c )mp'etely realised tha feeling of p eace than to see in this place, which way not unfitly be called a temple of peace, one who hal resided for many years in this country as the aimbassalor of Russia, and who now revisits these shore 3 on an amicable IlliasioD, Dar., ing his residence here, as many present have reason to know, his excellency acquired the friendship and respect of all who had the honour of his acquaintance. I may add, and he often attended these anniversariee, and had it been possible for him to honour us on this occasion, be would, I venture to say, have been most warmly greeted. (Hear.) The toast is, "The Foreign Ministers ' and the Health of his Ex ce ll enc y th e Parisian Ambassador." Drunk with the usual honours. His Excellency the Prussian Minister briefly returned thanks. The PRUSIDENT—The next toast which it is my pri vilege to propose is "The Health of the Noblemen and Gentlemen who this day honour the academy with their presence." (Hear, hear.) The best trieute I can offer to those, or at least to many, whom I have the pleasure to address, is, to acknowledge that under their auspices, in conjunction with the aid of others, the fine arts are becoming more and more elements of public utility. The improvement, the growing benefit is, I am persuaded, greatly attributable to the enlightened attention which many persons of influence have, either from inclination or on principle, devoted to the subject. (Hear.) The more intelligible and the more directly useful influence of the fine arts is to be recognised in that well organised and widely-Tread system of instruction which has for its object the improvement of our manufactures. That system, however capable of being modified, is now felt to be indispensable, and one of its results has been to give increased effect to institutions intended to promote the higher branches of art, (Hear, hear.) A French writer has lately expressed the opinion that the higher manifestations of the fine arts are the great means of popu larising good . taste. He extols the recent efforts of England, in adopting every means of improving the taste of her producers, by affording instruction in design, and by the public exhibition of the best works of art—for example, at Sydenham, and elsewhere. (Hear.) The same writer justly observes, however, that this quality of taste is the element in which imitation, meaning the incitation of other nations advanced in it, it is the most difficult. To reproduce a piece of machinery, to imitate mechanical contrivances, is comparatively easy; but to infuse taste into the workmen requires many years of in. direct as well as direct cultivation. It is, therefore, of 'consequence in reference to the competition of England with other nations in what is called industrial art, that together with the direct instruction which forms the hand and eye, an undertaking in which many can co-ope rate the less tangible and more refined influence result ing fhom the exhibiting of the best productions through out the country, should also be kept in view ; whether in the shape of permanent museums, or occasional exhibi tions of good modern or good specimens of art. In re gard to modern works. (Hear.) I presume not to define the degree of excellence in the higher aims of art to which this nation or this acarleiny, as representing a school of art, can pretend ; but this I say, that what ever that amount of excellence may be, it is of vital importance even for the manufacturing interests of this 'countryato etimulate and uphold it. (sear, hear.) I feel that I only meet the views of the enlightened pro moters of industrial art when I maintain that the culti vation of the higher elements of art is the only safe and permanent foundation for its more literally useful appli cations. (Cheers.) I have the honour to propose the health of our guests. The toast was drunk with the greatest cordiality. The LOUD CHANCELLOR—Mr. President and gentle men, I feel that no duty devolving on me could be more difficult than that of returning thanks on the part of these whom you have honoured with invitations to this festive board, because, in an assembly of those whose works contribute to the adornment of these walls, I can be but a very inadequate exponent of the sentiments of the patrons who -have encouraged their production. Yet there is one circumstance which should render the tale I have undertaken less formi dable ; for the splendid specimens which this year deco rate your brilliant apartment indicate the attainment of such an advanced stage of art as to make it easy to pro nounce a deserved panegyric on the present exhibition. (Hear.) The time has been when, to the disparagement of British art, those walls were covered almost exclu sively with portraits and works designed merely to gra tify the vanity of individuals. That such an imputation finds no justification now, I appeal with confidence to the interesting display by which we are surrounded ; and I greatly doubt whether in any other capital of mo dern Europe a single year could produce its equal. (Hear, hear.) Your president has feelingly alluded to the fact that, after two years of war, we have now met for the first time under the genial influence of peace, and I cannot but remark among the works before us some of much merit which touchingly recal that happy circumstance. Without wishing to make an invidious selectioe, where there is so much that is ex cellent, I cannot refrain from alluding to one which must awaken ie every heart feelings of deep gratitude and enthusiasm. I allude to the admirable peineng, having for its subject " the Highland Nurses." (The picture to which the noble and learned lord referred is from the easel of Sir E. Liadseer, and dedicated to Miss Nightingale.) It reminds us that at the termination of the war we may revert with pride not only to the achieve anti of our army, but also to actions of even a purer and more elevating character, actions of which, as they have served to humanise the conflicts of mankind in their fiercest violence, It may well be said as of old "Mitescunt scecula bellis." Gentlemen, I have in conclusion to pro pose a toast which I ens sure will be received with en , husiasm. I mean " Prosperity to the Royal Academy," whose munificent hospitality it is oer happiness to enjoy. The toast was drunk amid loud appleuse. The PRESIDENT—.IIy lords and gentlemen, I beg lz av e, on the part of the members of the Royal Academy, and on my own, to express our thanks for the honour you have conferred upon UR. His lordship, in the thoughtful and eloquent speech which we have heard, has said encouraging things of this exhibition and of the English school. Within the last year that school has required a certain amount of continental reputation in the great Paris Exhibition, a reputation which is deserv edly valued—but, after all, it is to thefavourable opinion of his judges at home that the English artist aspires. His legitimate stimulus, next to the love of his occupa tion, doubtless, is extended fame ; but even of that he has a sure earnest if he succeeded in winning your ap proval. The office of the professed critic is, almost ne cessarily, to detect imperfections ; the enlightened ama tear, on the other hand, recognises the principle, founded on a long observation of masterworks, that a few quali ties, or even one quality carried to a high degree of per fection, though involving comparative defects in other particulars, stamps the work of art with character and value, and seldom fails to command approbation. (Hear ) That this is the case of the great masters will be seen on a moment's refection. Among the great masters each is admired for certain special qualities, while the fact that he is deficient in other respects does not in terfere with the general estimation in which he is held. Such a train of thought will arise in the minds of those who will hereafter have opportunities of contemplating the works of Turner, now it is understood to become the property of the nation. None will venture to assert that those works are faultless ; and yet the objects which that gr. at painter had in view are accomplished in such perfection that the mind is engrossed with them, and defects, if seen, are disreearded. I now beg to give a toast which, on ordinary occasions, has reference to po litics, but which can have none here save in that sense to which politics are connected with objects of perma nent interest, if I may so venture to designale art and science. It was formerly remarked that the most ar dent well-wishers to those pursuits were generally com pelled, by the supposed necessity of a stern regard to public economy, to suppress their enlightened predi lections when in office. At present, however, it is admitted that the furtherance of theee objects may be reconciled with a comprehensive economy. It is ad m'tted that general cultivation is desirable even on the ground of expediency; it is felt that as civilisation ad vances it has its corresponding wants ; and it is believed that the commercial prosperity, and even tee power of a nation, may ultimately depend in a great d , grec on its . intellectual improvement. From what has been recently said in Parliament I am . justified in expressing a hope that the time is not far di..tant when a new building de voted to art and science will arise in the immediate neighbourhood of the metropolis. What better comme moration can there be of a satisfactory peace--next to our thanksgiving to our great Giver of that blessing— than the founding of an institution calculated to promote the objects, pursuits, and advantages of peace? Gentle men, 1 have the honour to propose "The health of her Majesty's Ministers," as the promoters as well of art and science as of a peace for which the country is quali fied. (Cheers.) The toast was received with much cordiality. Lord PermainshoN—Jlr. President, my lords and gen tlemen, I beg for myself, and on behalf of my colleagues, to thank you for the toast which you have been kind enough to give, and for the warm manner in which it has been y , ur pleasure to receive it. We accept the compliment in the spirit in which it has been bestowed. This is an occasion on which politics ought to be es chewed, and on which we appear before you, as you, sir, justly observed, not as the representatives of different political opinions aud'i arties, but as those who are for this moment entrusted with the guardianship of the public welfare, aid whose duty it is, ae the instruments for conducting the public service, to promote, so far as our means and opportunities allow, the progress and im provements of the arts. (Hear.) I can assure you, therc fore, that those who have now the honour of acknow ledging this mark of your favour are not less mindful Of 'his part of their functions than any of their predeces sors. (Hear.) And with regard to the topic to which you have just alluded—namely, the prospect of our seeing in the immediate neighbohrhood of this city a building rising up better fitted than any now existing for the display of the woras of genius and of art, I can only say that it shall not be owing to any indisposition on our part t o advance the great objects which you have indicated if results adequate to the aspirations you have expressed are not ultimately attained. (hear.) It must, indeed, be gratifying to those who take a warm interest in the pro gress of art to witness the noble spectacle which these walls exhibit, and which fully justifies the ardent expec te.tions which the lovers of such refined studies have iron] time to time entertained of their rapid and increasing development in their native country. (Hear.) You have, sir, adverted to the triumphs which our army and navy have achieved in the course of their recent struggle, but we all know that peace, too, has its vict pries, no less than war. (Cheers.) The victories of peace are those of genius and talent over difficulties both moral and intellectual, and I venture to say th .t there ceneot be a more splendid display of the trophies of peace than is presented by the exhibition, the auspicious inaugura tion of which we are met to celebrate. Whet can be a greater triumph of mind than that of the artist, who frem rude materials of t o most nuproreising kind is able to produce t x luisito iepresentations of all that is beautiful in tee forms of nature, and to give expreSsion to all the dignified and ennobling sentiments which Pro idencc has imp anted in the human breast. A great poet of antiquity declares that he who wishes to inspire any passion in the minds of others, must himself be ac tuated by the same emotion. This principle, I believe, applies with especial force to the painter. The artist who would fitly depict upon his canvass all the softer graces and sterner sentiments which adorn and enno ble cur common nature, miler, eiel,elf be actuated by responding feeling ; ,and therefore I think I tnay out exaggeration say that no triumph can be more a t e ; vated than that whi c h crowns w i t h l aure l s t h e brow °' the eminent and nucc ess f u l pa i nter. (Ch eers. ) Gentle: men, I beg once more t o th an e you for t h e h on our ya s have done the m em b ers o f her Majeety's Governmen t. The PRESIDENT—Thy next toast which I have to P re • pose is " The City o f L on d on and the Hea l t h o f the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." (Hear.) There has been an increased ciispeeitiou on the part of the City of L op. don of late years to promote the fine arts, and .t those views have always had a warm supporter in the present Lord Mayor. His lordship has been la n e known as a lover of the fine arts, and he is himself the worthy possessor of a choice collection of the prodne• tions of living arti-ts. The toast was warmly received. The LORD MAYOR briefly acknowledged the toast. The PRESIDENT, i n propos i ng " The Society o f dpti , queries and the Health of its President, Earl Stanhope s referred to the schem e w hi c h hi s lordship lately brougil. before the notice of P ar li ament f or the formation r na.ifinal portrait gallery. - Earl STANIIOPE-1 beg t o re t urn my s i ncere Wolk e for the t rest you have just given. I have also to tha"; the president for the fa vo u ra bl e m an n er in wh i c h be wl` i , pleased to notice th e mot i on w hi c h the House of reefti lately adopted on my recOMmendatidn for the formac°:. of a national gallery of ponraite. that, since that august assembly approved that proP°.', l o ; it has been very cordially accepted by her Majestys u ng I am happy to et:7 vernment, who are, I believe, prepared to suggest Pt t fir carrying it into praptical effect. You will obeervet% the project is also touched' upon in the. last report of tie commissioners for the Great Exhibition of 1851, wh °l° i elude in their number several most eminent members °, the House of Commons, some of whom I now see cro up me. This body, in their report recently published, rea l ; mend as the fir,t step for establishing the proposed 1: 1° , 3 trai c gallery, that an exhibition of national p o rtraits sho ln be held, to which pi ctures f rom a ll parts of the king might in the first instance be contributed as loans. I c all ; not but anticipate f rom suc h a commencement a f a vPo ig 'able progress in the sc h eme w hi c h I had the h on our be suggest. You may p er h aps think me insatiable in t matter of national portrait galleries if I venture before l conclude to hint t o t h ose w h o are their advocates that i is in their pow er t o i nstitute an excellent one by a v ery limited effort on their own part. Why, for exanW ea ,' - ' should not every mem b er o f t h e Royal Academy be n-fe quired to contribut e hi s own lik eness. (Laughter. ) that rule were adopted from this time forware n ot nil years would elap se b e f ore we s h ould have a portrait g°. lery of such interest which would transmit to veteriftill memorials of those wh o , i n t h e i r day, brought c re I f upon art. I throw ou t this suggestion, the 1 1 4 1 ° °° . which you are bett er a bl e t h an I to appreciate, f r e e simple desire that a p ermanent record may be ban" - I , down of those who m a y h erea f ter b e favourably h", ° ":„ for their artistic p r od uc ti ons, b ut of Whose own lal-be ments no adequate remembrancers might otherwise preserved. The PRESIDENT—The next toast which Ibe to Ers pose is "The I n t eres t s o f Literature, and the Healt h those of its Representatives who have deigned to be ° t ,, guests." I do not undertake to enumerate theln e ; t he select would be n o l ess ; but on the part el ; he professors of the sister arts, I beg to thank them for : y e inspiration amid i ns t ruct i on wh i ch their writings ' afforded. (Cheers.) or The Dean of ST. PAUL'S—My lords and gentlent e w at the risk of app ear i ng presumptuous, I cannot the this toast to pass unac k nowledged. I therefore ta k e liberty of thanking you in the name of the m e n of let tr n r :i many of whom (and among them my own pe r ' ° ;" e s friend) I see around me, for the honour you have elen"„,r in drinking our healths, and in inviting us to share Y - 6 , 1 0 splendid hospitality, as well as to enjoy a much , 111 „ - t. delightful feast in the inspection of, your works t i - o r re The artists of thin country will, I trust, have maul munificent patrons than men of letters generaltY : o r hope to be ; but I t a k e upon myself to say that t i le/ have no more ard en t admirers, none to ✓ wboir , y afford higher or more sincere gratification—none, 1 , 111- e s perhaps venture to say, who are more - intelligent P l l - 0 , prO e p. of their works than the members of the literary Rion. (Elear, hear.) If there be poetry in art, as our questionably there is, who can feel it more deeply , estnnate it more highly, than our poets. (Hear, hen do, If it be the distingui s hi ng exce ll ence of the art i s t to lineate the beauti es o f nature w i th vividness and pnw6rbr . who can bett er a pp rec i a t e hi s success than such keet°,.... servers and admir a bl e por t rayers of. nature in Wort. not in forms--as, for exampl e , m y f r ie n d M r. C.Dicke° o, whose withdra wa l f rom t hi s assembly has devo l v ed ° 0 ins the duty of addressing you. (Hear, bear.) beg The PRESIDENT—The next an d l ast t oas t w hich e to propose comprehends the governors of the British , stitution e and tho se p osses s ors of works of art w h o oeT e sionally open th e i r co ll ect i ons to connoisseurs an d tc o. public. (Hear, h ear .) I t i s understood that th e Prig' cipal portion of th e C ammuc i n i collection, now the Pill perty of his G race th e D u k e o f N orthum b er l an d, wi this year be exhibit e d a t t h e B r i t i sh I nst i tu tion, tltno , forming a new a n d p ower f u l attract i on i n that ex/31 bider), which is always so full of interest. (Lic ar) Such a mode of ex hibiti ng fl ue examples of art d e mands our acknowledgments, and no less so the liberality °' those who allow their treasures to be inspected in the mansions which those treasures adorn, The toast was given amid loud applause, after whic li , the distinguished company retired to the adjoiniap apartments, and spent some further time in inspecting the paintines they contained. Many appeared to lea!: the rich, intellectual treat with reluctance, and be' they could wholly ma k e up t h e i r minds to withdraw, cast lingering looks behind their as they proceeded frog brilliantly lit saloon to saloon. 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