The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-03 00:00:00

AM RICAN NEWS.

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There is a spirited demand for leading stocks and
railroad securities. Orders from Europe are received by
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Amsterdam, 40i- to 4q; Hamburgh, 85i to 85,11 Bre-
men, 77-1 to 774; Frankfort, 40 to 404.
The money market has undergone no alteration since
our last report. It is quite apparent that the rates of
interest must continue to decline so long as there is so
much difficulty in employing the large amount of money
`offering. We understand that the surplus means of
many of the banks are very heavy, while the offerings
are on the decrease. Good mercantile paper is scarce
and in demand at 5 to 6 per cent. both from the banks
and discount houses, and the call for loans are few.
Cotton—A farther advance of fully ic. to 4c. on good
middling and upwards has been established since our
last review of the market per Atlantic, 17th instant.
This has resulted not from a speculative demand or re-
duced estimates of crop, or falling-off in receipts, but
simply from the lightness of stock on sale, and great
.scarcity of the better descriptions. For strictly good
.middling Mobile 82c. can be obtained, and fair uplands
are scarce at 9/c.
Tobacco—The sales for the past three days include
50 hhds. Kentucky, at 61c.; 200 bales Cuba and 13
ditto Segue on private terms; 65 bales Yara, at 37ic.;
71 bales Havannah, at 35c. to 38c.; 36 cases Pennsyl-
vania seed leaf, at sc. to 100.; 17 cases Florida, 100. to
18c.
Freights—There is but little offering at present.
Cotton is taken for Liverpool at 3-16 d. ; flour, ls. to
ls. 2d. ; naval stores, Is. ; grain, 31 to 34. To London
—Beef, in tierces, 3s. ; flour, Is. 3d. to Is. 6d. To
Havre—Cotton, id. per lb. ; ashes, 6 dolls. to 7 dolls. ;
bark, 8 dolls. ; measurement goods, 8 dolls. ; rice, 8
dolls.
Wheat—ln the quotations the absence of material
sales aro almost nominal.
For rye the accounts by the last two steamers were
of a less animated nature, and the excitement here has
subsided,, and prices are sc. per bushel lower. A
temporary scarcity, and a good home demand for Indian
cern, has occasioned some firmness in the article.
Flour—The range for the common to straight brands
of State, and common to good Ohio, is 4 dolls. 121 to
which is 61 per barrel above that of last
4week.l

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE•
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2.—The Conflict steam-vessel,
Acting• Commander Jenner, has at length reached Spit-
head, from the Brazils, after putting in at Lisbon,
Queenstown, Falmouth, and Plymouth. This " lame
duck" got up to Spithead this morning, bringing from
Plymouth a large proportion of tha crew of the gunnery
ship Hotspur,-at that port, to join the Edinburgh,
58, at this.

The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, arrived al
Spithead last night from the Coast of Africa. She left

Loando on the 3d of March, when the Gladiator steam

frigate, Captain Adams, was there on her way to the
Cape of Good Hope to complete her commission. The
Firefly, 4, steam-sloop, Commander G. A. Seymour,
was also at Loando, senior officer. The Prometheus, 5,

steam-sloop, Commander Foot', was cruizing off the
Congo and the Kabenda. The Cygnet, 8, Commander
R. W. White. was off Ambriz. The Wolverine took
the Gladiater'a kroomcn to Sierra Leone, calling at

A.:eension on the 18th of March, and taking on board
Lieutenant Didham, late of the Bloodhound; Lieutenant

WOOLWICH, MAY I.—Clerk in Charge E. R. Cham-
berlain (1844), from the Victory flsg• ship at Ports-
mouth to the Porcupine steam-vessel commissioned at
Portsmouth.

Captain Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton (1847), having
gone through a course of study of steam at the factory at
Woolwich Dockyard, was examined during the present
week by Mr. Charles Hatherton, chief engineer, and
after a minute and lengthened inquiry into his know-
ledge of steam and the working of marine steam-engines,
ho passed very satisfactorily, and received an excellent
certificate.

To-day (the Ist of May) having been appointed by the
Lords of the Admiralty for the delivery of various kinds
of anchors from different inventors, for the purpose of
being tested—first at Woolwich, where they will un-
dergo the usual test of anchors to ascertain their strength
for service, and subsequently at Sheerness, to ascertain
their holding powers and other qualities, in soft and
hard ground, and under every way in which they would
have to be used at sea—the following were received at
Woolwich Dockyard, and the testing process to decide
their strength when tried by hydraulic power will com-
mence on Monday forenoon:—
Two anchors made by Fox and Henderson, on Lieu-
tenant Rogers' patented principle, the one a bower
anchor, having a shank of 9ft. lin. in length, and the
arm measuring 3ft. 3in. from the inside. The total
weight of the anchor and stock is 24 cwt. 2 qrs. and
241 b. The other is a kedge anchor, having a shank
lift. 7in. in length, and the arm measuring Oft. 7,n.
The total weight of the anchor and stock is 25 cwt.
A patented anchor from Mr. James Honiball, 42,
Cornbill, having a shank of llft. 7in. in length, and the
arms measuring 4ft. 6in, made, by Wood Brothers, of
Liverpool, who had a medal awarded them at the Exhi-
bition for their superior chain cables.
An anchor by Mr. Trotman, of similar dimensions
and form as the preceding, with a modification of the
palm, by which the penetrating angle is much enhanced.
The total weight of the anchor and stock is 25 cwt. 1 qr.
and 61h.
A registered anchor by Mr..Mitcheson, similar in form
to the ordinary anchor, the presumed improvement being
an alteration in the sections of the shank, arms, and
palm. The length of the shank is iofr. and the arms
Oft. from the inside.
Anchors from other parties are expected, bat they
have not been landed. When the testing is completed
at Woolwich and Sheerness the anchors will be brought
back to Woolwich, and the hydraulic power applied
to ascertain the utmost strain they will bear before
breaking. --
ROYAL MAarais.—The officers of the Woolwich
division of the Royal Marin'es gavn- a grand so.bef; at
their messroom in the barracks Gll, WCatlei•fiay evening

last, and it was numerously attended by the. nobility,
g'ntry, and fashionable families of the garrison, town,
and miii,hbourhood. Refreshments, consisting of every
delicacy of the season, with a profusion of choice wines,
were served to the asseintdy, and all were delighted with
the entertainment. Dancing continued till about four
o'clock on the -following morning, the excellent band of
the division playing a tine sciection of music.

Cater, and Dr. Tiernan, promoted. She left at Aseen
sion the Tortoise • store and guard-ship, 12, Captain
Kitchen, and the Volcano, 5, steam-sloop, Commander
Coate, and arrived at Sierra Leone on the 31st of March.
Com manderßrace, in the Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, ar-
rived on the same day from Cape eVords. The Sealark,
8, Commander Sotheby, arrived in the afternoon, and
the Philomel, 8, Commander T. G. Forbes, in the even-
ing. The Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant Commander Temple,
arrived on the 2d of April, and the packet from Eng-
land on the 3d, at two A.M. Lieutenant H. Christie has
exchanged with Acting-Lieutenant Bruce to command
the Bloodhound steam-tender, Mr. Bruce coming home
to pass. The Wolverine left Sierra Leone on the 3d of
April without mails. The Philomel was to leave on the
sth for the Gambia and England. Commodore Bruce
would sail for the Bights in a few days. The Sealark had
taken a Spanish brig up the river Pongas. The Wolve-
rine has made three prizes and liberated 464 slaves; the
trade was very flat; there was very little ventured upon
except to the northward, and that for the Cuban market.
On the 9th of April, at five P.M , in latitude 9.48 N.,
longitude 24.25 W., the Wolverine exchanged colours
with the Eaglish ship Raffaelle, of London, running to
the southward, every possible stitch of canvas set; on the
22d a heavy gale from the N.W. passed to windward
and in sight of Fayal; 23d, at 7,30 ADr , in latitude
40.34 N., longitude 26.03 W., passed and exchanged
colours with the English steamer Parana, of London,
steering to the northward—wind strong from N.N.W.
The Wolverine has net been above two years and a half
in commission; therefore it is probable the Admiralty
will have some more work out of her before paying
her off.
The Southampton Indiaman, one of Wigram'a fleet,
Captain Bowen, from Calcutta, arrived off the ‘Vight on
Thursday, the same day as the Amazon frigate, al-
though she sailed from St. Helena two days after her,
and the man-cf-war is considered a crack sailer.
The Japara, a Dutch ship, of and for Rotterdam, from
Baltimore, is ashore at the back of the Isle of Wight,
having got aground in thick weather on Friday. She is
freighted with tobacco and flour; she has cut away main
and foremasts, and lies in a very dangerous state. She
has gone ashore near the place where the Sphynx
steam-sloop was wrecked a few years ago. On the cir-
cumstance being made known yesterday morning to
Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs by M. Vandenbergb, his
Netherlands Majesty's Consul at this port, the naval
steam-tug Echo, Mr. Harding master, was most promptly
ordered away, with necessary hands and stores, for as-
sisting in getting the ship off.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Acting-Master George
Allen commanding, returned from Devonport this
morning with ho officers and part of the crow of the
gunnery ship fotspur, to join the Edinburgh. After
discharging them she went out to Spithead, and brought
in those who took passage in the Conflict, and placed
them on board the Blake hulk.
The Queen, 116, Captain Wise, is expected to come
into the harbour to morrow to be docked and refitted.
The Sidon, 26, a:cam-frigate, in the basin, had her
steam up yesterday to try her engines.
The Driver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Johnson,
sailed last evenieg for Woolwich to be paid off.
The Diligence, naval transport, arrived on Friday
from Queenstown and Plymouth with naval stores, and
has come into harbour.
The Porcupine, 3, steamer, was commissioned on Sa-
turday, by Lieutenant-Commander G. M. Jackson._
The. Retribution, steam-frigate, in consequence of the
south-west wind, returned from the chops of the Chan-
nel and anchored at Spithead on Friday evening.
and has
The Rolla, apprentice-brig, has also returned,
come into harbour.
Some exercise took place from the all
bout 40 of
Southsea COMM, on Saturday last,
not
tnsao
ip-battery on
ranch to
Captain Moorsom's shells were fired,
test their efficiency, which is ractice in the
perfectly known, but
merely to give the men of the ExcallenwtoPer,
nyst
aacted most
using of them. A largo proportion, hos.
butt, but
satisfactorily, although not fired. g
ahting on the beach.
merely out to sea, some of them I.g
The Commander-in Chief, Captaiu Martin, Captain
Chide, and a number of the officers of the Excellent were
presentSHEERNESS at the ,
pMA.Y 2..
—Fer Majesty's steam tug vessel
commanding, loft port
African, Second Master Gill
forn the purpose of wa9tla-
Friday afternoon for the Downs,
heip_Heyercsules and. ling the arrival of her Majesty's_s.
cules arrived at
tow-
ing her thence to Woolwich. '3-:113.
aiesty's paddl ;heel
Greenhitho to-day. Her e- ;
arrived hers
w_ith the._Ch_atham yacht in
steam vessel Adder, Mr. J. Watt in charge,
early on Saturday ferenoon_
tow, which vessel conveyed Captain Mchards, 0.j;.,
and Commander Arthur Morrell, both of her Majesty's
ship Bescawen, who were summoned to attend a court-
martial holden on beard the Waterloo, 120, flag..saip.
The Adder towed the yacht back to Chatham in the
afternoon.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops, 6,
Mr. Stephen Spain, master, was removed from the fit-
ting basin on Saturday to the upper moorings in the
harbour off the west shore.
Her Majesty'a paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrtle, Mr.
W. S. Bourehier, master-commanding, proceeded to
Chathrtm at nine A..3L. on Saturday, and returned to her
moons in the bgbOnt in the V‘ltitictou. •
•

THE ROYAL ACADEIVI Y DINNER.
On Saturday evening the council of the Royal Abe-
demy gave their anniversary festival at the Natieual
Gallery, Trafalgar-square.
The banquet was served in the groat or East Saloon,
whore tables were laid out for eeerly 200 guests. The
appearance of this apartment, with its decorated walls,
illuminated by a ring of gas jets, was exceedingly
brilliant.
The President of the Academy, Sir Charles Locke
Eastlake, tools the chair at 6 o'clock; upon his right
were seated, in the order 'seized—Tee Earl of Derby,
the Righ: lion. B. Disraeli, the Marquis of Salisbury,
the Home Secretary, the Foreign Secretary, the Menial
Secretary, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secre-
tary-at-War, the Master of the nulls, the Attorney-
General, and the Right Hen. J. C. berries. Upon the
Chairman's left were his Grace the Duke of Beaufort,
Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Wellington, Marquis of
Lansdowne, Marquis of Abercorn, Marquis of West-
minster, Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Northamp-
ton, Marquis or Granby, and Lord As-hburten. Anioeg
the other pi incipel guests at the table we remarked—the
American Minister, the Prussian Minister, the Turk!sh
Minister, the Portuguese Minister, Earl of Aberdeen,
Earl de Grey. Earl of Cawdor, Vhceunt Pelmers-
ton, Earl of Rosse, Earl of Clarendon, Earl Grey,
Lord John Russell, Earl of. Harrewhy, Earl of Elles-
mere, Earl of Yarb,rough, Earl Graaville, Visceuet
Canning, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Lovelace, Lord. Mon-
teagle, Lord Londeeborough, Lard 1.):: Tubley, Lord
James Tewnslaend, Lord Seymour, the Lord Chief Jus-
tice, the Bishop of London, Right Hon. Sydney Herbert,
Right Hoe. W. E. Gladstone, Right Hon. T. B. Ma-
caulay, Colonel the lion. C. 13. Phipps, the Dean of St.
Paul's, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, M.P., the Right lloiiii.
the Lord Mayor, 'ir Charles
the Chairman of the East India Company, b _
the
Sie Roderick Murchison, Dr. Whewo ,
Wood, the Governor of the Bank, the Chairreaufofh
Board of Customs, the President of the Colleger owhPeit.--
eicitins, the Right Hon. H. Lsbouchere,
Ir. Forster, Sir J
Hallam, Mr. Cubist, Mr. S. M. Peto, .5. .
the Master
J.
stone, Professor Faraday, Mr. CharilPesr°fDeTkens_..M_r.
Lubbock, Sir E. Landsoer, Professor Owen,.
Cooper,
of Dulwich, Mr. Grote, and Sir George Staunton. The
following were among the artists present.—Mr. Grant,
Mr. Stanfield, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Wright. Sir R. West-
macott, Mr. Redgravo, Mr. Lee, Mr. Sidney
Mr. Creawick, Mr. Abraham Cooper, Mr. Egg, Mr.
the queen," '
Lane, Sir W. Ross, Mr. Hardwick, Mr. Pickers lel,
Mi. l3 uiley. Ur. Hart, Mr. Webater, Mi. ~„ L
~, r.
Cousins, and Mr. Frost.
honours, and The PRESIDENT proposed, in a few words, " The
T healthhe ot
of heras t
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rGraciouswith Majestyal
the
a arts and
tohdosfeieneeB
fol-
lowed by the national anthem.
The PRESIDENT next gave "Thethe
whose patronage of the Prince
Sir
Charles eulogised in very Warm terms.
Consort,"
Highness bad honoured the academy His
Royal
with his presence
at their anniversary banquet last
deeply engaged in furthering theyear, at a moment when
ous Exhibition, the contemplation opening of that glori-
ous
all who witnessed it such
of which had afforded
unbounded pleasure. The
name of Prince Albert must henceforth be intimately
associated with the
_history of art in this country.
The toast was drank with all honours.
The PRESIDENT next
coupling with them the
" The Army and Navy,"
em the name of the Duke of
Wellington.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said he had
to return thanks for both, although there was a Noble
of his present who was more conversant with the
sister service than himself—he meant the Duke of Nor-
thumberland. The Chairman had been pleased to allude
to
0 the efficiency of the British army, and of its readiness
to act when the call of duty required it. - He, himself,
believed that whatever difficulties the army • might hive
to contend with, they would always maintain their re-
putation for subordination and bravery.—(Hear.)
, The PRESIDENT next gave the health of " Her Ma-
jesty's Ministers."
The Earl of DERBY, in responding, expressed the ex-
treme pleasure he felt at being present at a meeting
where no differences of political opinion could possibly
arise.—(He thanked the president and the company for
the honour they had paid to the ministry of which he
was a member, and he could conscientiously assure them
that he was most, desirous, with The aid of his Hon.
Friend, Mr. Disraeli—(Laughter)—to do what he
could towards providing a better building than they
had at present ier the cultivation of the arts in this
country.—(Hear.)
The toast of the " Illustrious Guests" who had ho-
noured the Academy with their presence, was responded
to by
The Marquis of SALISBURY, who said it was the first
time he had ever dined with the Royal Academicians,
but, from the amount of gratification he bad derived from
his first visit, lie hoped is would not be the last.
The PRESIDENT now proposed, " Literature and
Painting," coupling the name of Mr. Disraeli with
the toast.
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ARRIVAL oi37cip
AFRICA.
LIVERPO(T'
By the Royal. Mail steam-ship SUNDAY MORNING.
from New York to the 2 last ult. Africa we have advices
gers, and 3,000 dolls, in species on freight.
She brings 107 passen-
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edetention
The Africa sailed from bie
w York at neon on the 21st
and passed Sandy Hook at 1. 3. with fresh ,
a P.M. a
breczl, and during the
end xleater part of her pas.-
.stthe screwn
13- •
yesterday, winds. She passed
Holyhead at 10 50' last eight.and was abreast of
31perienced light S.
At 12 30 A M. she re-
8-"vcd engines t
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a the bar to
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and thirty minutes she set on full speed, a two hours
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mender, which sailed from Liverpool on the7th ult. for
tNheewAYfroictlis ,
at
csomApman.
sail from New Yolk.
Th 9 New York that
to a returned
expeditions
of gold were all the rage throughout the United States
and Canada, and that companies Were organizing in St.
John, New Brunswick, and Uslifsx, Nova Scotia, for
the purpose of proceeding to Australia forthwith.
A steam-boat had boon lost at Nashville, with 16,000
Californian.
dolls, in gold-dust on board, belonging
The New York papers contain the following, in an-
swer to the challenge from Mr. Mare to Commodore
• Stevens, of the New York Yacht Club, to try the speed
and bottom of the American yachts once again in the
British seas:—
" I regret it will not be in my Power to accept the
proposal of Mr. Mare, as I have at
.present no intention
of visiting Eeglsncl again the ensuing season, nor can I
learn that any of the metrib..rs of the New York Yacht
Club intend doing, so. For myself, thee, I must beg
leave to decline the levitation of Mr. Mare to meet him
at CO WO3.
"Yon have the America in Your waters; and when
Mr. Mare builds a yacht of superior speed, and with
comforts and accommodations (but which, from his ap-
parent estimate of them, I presume he has not seen)
excelling' those of the America, we shall be most happy
to give him a trial for the sum he mentions, whenever
he will do us the favour of returning the visit I bad the
honour of paying tho Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes.
" I should fear the repetition of a visit uureturned
might be deemed nil 401400 c 4 1744 t Pf.oticleelie.
pap::srivisittathhteet2e2d

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much better claims than the person who now presumes
..e— at '' r ' : • )oss',`, ker., • Or,
.e):." ii."4:.idi" ' / '`. N to eddress you; but es yen, 61r, have been so kind as to
propose, and as the eel-epee*, have been so kind as to
drink my health, I hope 1 mav be allowed to express
the deep sense I feel or-en higf; en honour. My name
has been referred to by the Noble Lord who has pre-
viously addressed your, but it was in a capacity less en-
de:ring than that of a member et the republic of letters.
—(Cheers and laughter.) I can assure my Noble Friend
that any appeal made to ice in my official capacity to
advert the arts will alweys find a reedy sympathy in
my breast; het I beg to remind any Noble Friend and the
•
company I have now the gratification of addresiirg,
that as Jar as regards the task I attempt to fulfil, the
hope so long indulged in, that set may find a habitation
worthy of its lofty mission, is one full of difficulties, and
that I. must look for aid and sympathy to other
quartets than I can command before I can secure
success. I cannot forget that, if the House of Com-
mons be applied to for this great object, there
sits there one who is distinguished for ability, and who
is—what I have no claim to—an eminent and successful
statesman. (Cheers.) If I could be assisted by the
Noble Lord the Member for London—(Cheers and
laughter)—if ho would but exert his authority in that
House, on whatever side he may sit, I might, indeed, in-
dulge in the hope that I would succeed in fulfilling your
expectations anu in achieving a greet result which has
heeti too long delayed, and to which my Noble Friend
so significantly alluded to-night.—(Cheers.) I will in-
dulge in the hope from that reference that a palace
may arise in this great metropolis worthy of the arts,
worthy of the admiration of the foreigner, worthy of
this mighty people, as the becoming emporium where all
the genius and inventions of men may be centred and
celebrated; but to accomplish that hope we must enlist
all the sympathies of all the parties in the state; and
it is nut to me—one whom accident has placed in a posi-
tion for which he is not qualified—but to those whose long
services and the evidences of whose great abilities have
gained the confidence of the, country, you must look, and if
assisted
.by the Noble Lord the Member for the city of
London, then, indeed, the Royal Academy and this
company may expect the accomplishment of that which
they have so long desired; and, in the hope that the
'Noble Lard will so assist us, I will break through the
etiquette Of the, evening; and, with your, permissions I
will venture to propose to you 'The, health of the -
Noble Lord the Member for the City of London.—
(Great laughter and cheering.)
The PRESIDENT, amid renewed laughter, said that he
of
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President, I am extremely
obliged to you and to this company for adopting and
sanctioning the toast which the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer has somewhat irregularly proposed.—(Cheers
and laughter.) I thought I was safe from being
called on in tau course of this evening,
you said,
be
be-
cause I remembered that, last
as the Lord Mayor of London was not present, you ex-
pected me to return thanks for him, and, as I saw
the Lord Mayor was present this evening, I imagined I
should be exeused.—(Laughter and cheers). With re-
spect to the allusions the Chancellor of the Exchequer
has made, whether they were in jest or earnest, or in
both—(Laughter)—my efforts shall be used to provide a
better habitation for the Royal Academy.—(Cheers)
I No one knows better than the president himself that we
were, as all governments will be, afraid of taking the
responsibility of fixing on a silo for the building. We
knew it it were placed in the middle of the town, we
should be told the pictures would be spoiled by the
smoke and dust, and crowds of idle boys—(Laughter)—
and that it it were placed at some distance from the
City we should be told we wore patting them where the
people could not reach them, and the objects of art
would be beyond their power to visit. Ia this difficulty
we called on you to fix a site, and a commission was
appointed, but neither the Government nor the Com-
toiesion, as it happened, assisted each other in fixing
on the new site—(Laughter)—and so nothing was
-done. It is a difficult matter to give satisfaction in
such a case, and it will take time to decide upon the best
course, but I hope we may at last be successful. I am
glad to hear from my Noble Friend the Earl of Derby
the sentiments to which I shall certainly readily answer,
that diffsrencra of politics do not interrupt or dissolve
private friendships.—(Loud cheers.) I ventured last
year to observe that it was remarkable how many
persons eminent in the arts had succeeded in literature,
and that we had no better works than those written by
painters who at the same time were at the head of their
profession; and I stated that I had not remarked that
many of those great in • literary eminence had shown
similar proficiency iu the art of paintiug.—(Cheers and
laughter.) 'Mr. Burke and Mr. Macaulay were both
famous in literature, but I do not khoef that either of
them could produce a picture equal to any in this room.
Now, this is an arena which yet remains open for the
Chancellor of the Exchequer—(Cheers and laughter)—
and, as he has succeeded in so many things 'already, I
hope he will try to succeed in the fine arts as he has
done in literature, and, as I must say, be has done in
political science.—(Great laughter and cheering.)
'The toast of the " Foreign Ministers" was acknow-
ledged by his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen.
The health of the "Lord Mayor" and several other
toasts followed, and the party broke up at halt-past ten
o'clock,


COURT CIRCULAR.

Saturday- was the birthday of his Royal Highness
Prince Arthur. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent paid a visit of congratulation to her Majesty at an
karly hour. The Duke of Wellington attended at Buck-
ingham Payee at two o'clock in the afternoon, and had
au audience of the Queen.
Dr. Lyon Play fair, C. 8., Special Commissioner of the
Juries of the Exhibition, had an interview on Saturday
mornirg at eleven o'clock with his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, to present to his Royal Highness, as
President of the Royal Commissioners, a copy of the
Reports of the Juries.
Mts. Thorneycroft had the honour of submitting on
Friday, to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, a bust in brenza of her Majesty the Queen.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back on Saturday, attended by Lieut.-Col. F. H. Seymour.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Lord
Poiwarth, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel the
[lon. A. Gordon, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with
their presence ou Saturday evening.
honoured Duchess of Kent, ent,
performance attended
her Lady
the Roy
Her RoyinalwElaigithinrges,sotzbec
Royal Italian Opera House with her presence on
Saturday evening.
Her Msjestyand his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and
the Duchess of Kent, attended divine service yesterday
egeportilveamteen cohf2tPbeel Court°fßu Buckingham
thhaein domestic
rimloirenliandgiesinanthd
vetdileiLrottiudtieCtioltv:ila
household also attended the service. Tne Hon. and Rev.
G. Wellesley oireisted.
Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Golooc•l Hon. Ale
Dudiess of Kent visited her
Pei 'oda
,
Wdlillg Gordonto the Queen and his Royal 1.14.1 1/41
'les in
Albert. . iness Prince
1 F.H. SiTrneoruerliin'' leFa,/,ll,(,iriieut.:
Royal Highness the Duchess of
Her. Royal Highness the
Gloucester House. Gloucester yesterday at
lice R,Jyal Highof:-,s tho D ,'
by liaronebs de Speth, Wentucness of Kent, attended
and visited her RoNti iiio • to Kew on Saturday,
bridge. gnnes7, the Duchess of Cam-

A(laputation from the Preventive and Reformatory
School Corm-Li:lre had nn interview on Saturday with
Mr. Secretary Viato:e ;:t the Home OifiQe. The
dcputntien cou;dstfd of Mr. MOnekton Mines, M.P.,
Mr. M,P., Rev. Sydney Turner, Mr.
naliic't POW('r, Mr. John Macgregor, and Mr. R. J.
Suape.

Me.
Ilutne, Rocker, and Ws'lnsley had an inter-
view on Saturday with Mr. Secretary Walpole.
A deputation, consisting of Sir Peter Laurie, Mr.
Thwaites,•and Mr.:Ciark, with a petition from the livery
:ainst the Corporation Bill, had interview with Mr.
Secretary 'Walpole at tbo Home.office on Thursday.
Dr. D. B. Bird had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Walpole on Saturday. Mr. Smyth had also an inter-
view with the Right Hem Secretary.
A deptitation, consisting of the Earl of Harewood, the
Lord Bishop of Ripon, Mr. E. Denison, M.P., Mr.
henry Edward., M.P., Mr. IL W. Wickham, Mr. Joshua
Pollard, Mr. Edward Akrovd, and Mr. W. Walker, had
an interview on Saturday with Mr. Secretary Walpole
at the llome.ollice.
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended
divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St,
James's. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of
London.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday. The Rev. J. C. Haden officiated at the ser-
vice, and afterwards administered the holy communion
to the Noble Duke.
Dispatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial
Office to the Governors of the West India Islands.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FRom OUR. OWN CORAEISPONDENT.)
COWES, MAY 2.
WRECK OF THE DUTCH BARQUE JAPARA,
FROM BALTIMORE.
Four barges of about fifty tons each have co roe
_round
here from the Japara, on shore in Compton nay, and
discharged a part of her cargo, consisting of flour, to-
bacco, pimento, tea, and staves, also her sails; rigging,
previ,ions, Sic., into the warehouses at the Medina Cora-
tnercial-wharf. When the vessels loft sh bald ix feet
water in her hold, and appeared much strai.
Mojesty's steam-tug Echo went to her assistance yex-
terday, but returned this morning without having suc-
ceeded in gcttin7 ber offf. There is a fresh breeze from
continue fins
the northward (right off the shore); the Leonidas
schooner, of 130 tons, sad several barges, are in Compton
,Js
day. Should, the wmther '
Bay, saving thep„ir cs:rgsohaendhastdorneisn.e f: d,l,
8.30 p.3s.—Two ninre barges have just arrivedloads
in her
ifirioamh
wthaote Jr at
all her cage will be strEil, and inituy
is only three Wars old. vet Ship, us

The price to be given for the Crystal Palace by
the City speculators, We understand, 70,0001. Since the
contract was entered into the pnrchasers have, it is said, been
tempted by still higher °tiers than that for their bargain;
but have refused ; though by the sum proffered them, they
would realise a very handsome profit. It is intended (as we
before stated) to re-erect the palace in the neighbourhood of
LBoantterse;a,linddsiar
slyiadve.enhbaemeni surveyedliba at Wimbledon, lbeedeonn,da44
ciM On,