The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

cwt. New tallow for the autumn is held at the same
figuro. Town is selling at 46s 84 to 47s per cwt net cash ;
rough fat averages 2s 8d per 8 lbs.

1850. I 1851. 1852.
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Delivery Delivery last week ..1 1,208 1 1,115 58+ 1,221
Ditto from June 1 ....1 95,417: 92,158 89,176 101,326
Arrivals last week .. ' 1,C52 i 191 791 ',83
Dittofrom June 1.... 112,051 1 91,069 98,632 1107,093
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84,232

493 3d

ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL• SOCIETY.

On Saturday the annual festival of this society was
celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The presence of Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe, the talented authoress of Uncle
Tom's Cabin, who spent some hours in the Ladies'
Gallery, and was introduced to the chairman, consti-
tuted a great attraction. Her excellent husband sat on

the right hand of the chairman.
After the usual loyal toasts,
The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening—
" Prosperity and perpetuity to the Royal Highland
Society," which was received with all the honours. He
rejoiced to hear the applause with which the sentiment
had been received. It showed that their hearts beat
with a responsive echo. There was no enlightened mind
either in Europe or in America, or in any other part of
the globe, which was not interested in the education, the
intellectual and improvement of the great Celtic family.
(Cheers.) That family was assuming a character which
was daily more and snore important among the na-
tions. Education was a matter of the utmost importance
in all countries, and in all tunes, since it constituted the
mighty agent which was to break down all distinctions
between nations, and unite all mankind in one common
brotherhood. (Cheers.) This made sentiments of truth
and justice, when uttered on the other side of the At-
lantic, meet with a responsive echo in every British
bosom. (Loud cheers.) Education was highly impor-
tant to all the world, and to the Highlands and Islands
of Scotland it was particularly so, on account of the
tongue that was spoken. However respectable from its
antiquity, and interesting from the poems of Ossian,
which were originally composed in it, it was still one
which was not the language et commerce, and this cast
the Highlander into the humblest employments. This
should not be—(hear, hear)—and it was one of the
objects of this society to show that he was as capable of
achieving things as great, in science, in literature, and
in art as he had already done upon the field of battle.
(Loud cheers.) His deficiencies in these respects were
entirely traceable to the deficiencies of his education.
The Celtic population was not destined to remain in
its present condition. They all knew what a tide
of emigration had set in towards America, whither
200,000 Celts had already gone, and the number
was being daily increased. These men should not
be permitted to go ignorant, but they should be sent
educated, men capable of filling all the positions of civi-
lised life, as they had shown themselves abundantly
capable of doing. Their aim should be to elevate the
Celtic race to that proud eminence which the Anglo-
Saxons had so long enjoyed—an object which would
never be achieved while the Highlanders were ignorant
of the language spoken both by England and America.
(Hear.) The society had existed onepundred 'and fifty
years, and had now twelve thousand children under
tuition ; and so economically were the affairs managed,
that the average expense was only five shillings a head.
The toast was then drunk with " Caledonian honours."
The health of the Chairman having been proposed,
The SECRETARY announced the subscriptions to be
about 4001. _ _ _ _

After some other toasts, the ladies and gentlemen
united in the coffee-room, where a number of them re-
mained for a time to listen to the exciting strains of the
bagpipes, and to indulge in the national dances of their
country. The order of the arrangements, and the per-
fect harmony of the entire proceedings, were creditable
alike to the Secretary of the society- and to the proprie-
tors of the tavern. _ _

The company separated shortly after eleven o'clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXIII.

The present week Di the most crowded with sport of
any this season, thirteen meetings standing for decision.
Two of these, Bath and Manchester, are important, and
to them I shall confine my observations. The list stands
as follows :—Redditch, Halifax, and South Shields meet-
ings come off to-day and to-morrow • Epping Town on
Tuesday ; Bath on Tuesday and Wednesday ; Tavistock
on Wednesday and Thursday ; Manchester on Wednes-
day and two following days ; Coggleshall on Wednes-
day ; Southwell and the North Herts Yeomanry on
Thursday ; Royston, on Thursday and Friday ; Harpen-
denden on Friday; and Ulverstone on Friday and Satur-
day.
THE BATH MEETING.—This meeting commences at
two o'clock to-morrow with the Lansdowne Trial Stakes
of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, 50 added, one mile. Out of the
nine nominations for this stake, not above three or four
are expected to run • and from what I can ascertain of
the state of affairs, I should say the race would be con-
fined to GosslP and Lamartine, the former being the
winner.

The second year of the First Biennial Stakes of 10
sovs. each, with 50 added, one mile, will have a very
small field. Cineas, of course, does not run, and as Con-
tentment's starting does not seem to be altogether cer-
tain, Mr. Powney's AMAZON, although a bad one, may
be the one to do the deed.

The first year of the Second Biennial Stakes of 10
soya. each, with 5 soya added. The majority of the
entries for this stake are as dark as Erebus ; and as I
have not heard anything particular in favour of any of
the darkies, with the exception of Monie Moses—who
is said to be uncommonly speedy—why, I must look to
those who have already appeared in public for the win-
ner. If the colt by John of Gaunt out of Valentinia is sent
to the post, I should take him for the absolute winner,
and place Joan of Arc second best to him, and Monie
Moses third. The filly by Venison out of Cestus has
got a moderate reputation for being fast, but as she
carries the same weight as my fancy horse, it follows
that I cannot give her a place.
The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, &c.,
with 100 added, two miles and a distance, notwithstand-
ing it is the principal race of the meeting, will attract but
a very small field to the post. Among the top weights
there only seems to be one horse whose chance is worthy
Of consideration, and that one is Sharavogue, who, at
7st 91b, will probably run into a place, but that not the
first one. Dawson's Red Lion has been talked about,
but will not do at the weight. Peggy, of course, does
not run. I have not heard whether Prevention does or
does not run • at 6st 21b her chances seem to be out.
The light weights seem to have it all their own way.
Audubon, at sst 91b, if not had too much taken out of
him lately, must be about winning. Ireland's Eye, at
21bs less, is said to be very dangerous • but I think that
Diomedia, at the same weight, has him perfectly safe.
Lina, although a runner, requires no remark. In short,
the race, to me, seeais to be reduced to a match between
DIOMEDIA and AUDUBON, And I have a slight fancy that
the latter will have a shade the best of it.
The Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added,
mile and a half, is a certainty for IVlAsimtom, if he runs,
which is somewhat doubtful.
The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each brings the first
day's racing to a conclusion.
I shall consider Wednesday's racing to-morrow.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

MANCHESTER.—MONDAY.
ARRIVALB.—The Alp, Brown Brandy, Lerrywhent,
Varmint. Ground hard at present.
Chaffwax has left Newmarket for Manchester.
Little Davie was scratched for all his engagements
here, on May 12, at 3.15.
Conmore was scratched for all his engagements here,
on May 13, at 4.30.

BATH.—MONDAY.
HORSES ARRIVED.—In the number of horses arrived
are Oliver, La Malheureuse, Harry, colt by Alfred, dant
by Dr. Faustus, Monie Moses, Amazon, Ireland's Eye,
Lamartine, Gossip, Audubon, filly by Venison out of
Wedding Day, Sharavogue, Red Lion, Dabchick, Chase,
Tweedside, Francesca colt, Cestus filly, Massaroni, Glen-
avon, Dandy, Diomedia, Norna, Montague, Waterfall,
Corybantes, Lady Emily, Massena, Tame.
The following have left Newmarket for Bath—Joan
of Arc. No more are expected from Danebury.

THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY.

For the last two days great progress has been made
in the unpacking and arrangement of contributions, in
fixing and furnishing the different stalls, and in giving to
the building an orderly appearance, but several weeks
must elapse before the Exhibition can be said to be
complete, and before its real character and value as an
instructive display can be properly appreciated. From
the character of the building, which absorbed in its own
construction all the carpenters that Dublin could supply,
the necessity of a formal opening has overtaken the
management before the other preparations perhaps
warranted it ; and June will probably have arrived,
bringing with it the proper season for excursion-
trains and shilling days, before the last workman
has disappeared with his tools. It is, undoubtedly,
an advantage to every public spectacle to be in com-
plete order before the public are admitted to in-
spect it, but this is less to be regretted in the present
instance, as the high price of admission charged at the
outset throws the inconvenience upon the class which
can best afford to sustain it ; and neither tourists from
the other side of the Channel, nor visitors from the pro-
vinces can be expected in any considerable numbers for a
month at least. Precautions have been taken, too, to
prevent, as far as possible, any feeling of disappointment
or discontent in the meantime, for the Fine Arts-hall
may be said to be in complete order, and contains a col-
lection of paintings such as, in point of excellence, has
rarely been brought together. Here the season ticket-
holders, now amounting to 12,000, will find materials for
agreeable and refined study, and when tired of this the
progress made day by day in other departments will, no
doubt, be sufficient to occupy their attention. The Eng-
lish,the Belgian, the Prussian, the Dutch, and the French
schools are all more or less satisfactorily represented in
this hall. Of the last-mentioned some of the specimens
are not yet produced, so that for the moment it is placed
at a disadvantage with the rest ; but the Belgian and
Prussian collections are most complete, every branch of
their respective schools being well exemplified, and the
Sovereigns of both countries contributing some of the
greatest gems in their galleries. The Dutch is a smaller
display, but it has been well selected, and fully sustains
the fame of the country in art. Of the illustrations of
the English school it is impossible to speak too highly
as individual pictures, and in interest and merit, as well
as numbers, they undoubtedly surpass those from abroad;
but, on the other hand, they do not represent so com-
prehensively the style of the school in all its depart-
ments, nor is its contemporary character (an important
point in exhibitions of the kind) so strictly preserved.
Again, foreign artists have, with a liberality which does
them infinite credit, contributed largely to the display,
and, in some' instances, painted the works shown by
them expressly for it, whereas none of our artists appear
as exhibitors, though three of the greatest names among
them, and those, too, whose genius shines most
conspicuously upon the walls of the hall—Mulready,
Maclise, and Danby—are by birth, Irishmen, The British
portion of the gallery, therefore, has been supplied en-
tirely from the generous desire increasingly felt by the
owners of valuable pictures to extend as widely as pos-
sible their humanising and gracious influence on the
mind. Of course, it is obvious that a collection so made
strips many a private residence of its choicest ornaments,
and that, if repeated too often, the demand for one's
best pictures to be kept for months on view at exhibi-
tions might grow into a nuisance. It is an especial in-
convenience to those who, having masterpieces of art,
afford the public every reasonable facility for seeing
them, and who thus (like the Duke of Devonshire for
example) render their mansions favourite places of resort
during the summer season. This may serve as a useful
hint for the future ; but, in the present instance, the
great interest and merits of the collection leave no room
for regret that the efforts used in getting it together have
been crowned with such success. A simple enume-
ration of some of the chief pictures will convey
to the reader the best idea as to the merits of
this part of the Exhibition. Sir Thomas Lawrence
is represented by his great portrait of Eemble
as Coriolanus. Hogarth, by that extraordinary
work, " The Gates of Calais," so full of tragic
force, and "The Last Stake," one in the series of "The
Harlot's Progress." At one end of the hall hangs
Dauby's sublime painting of " The Deluge," with its
terrible but rather painful details of execution. Near it
is placed Barker's "Woodman," a fine specimen of mas-
culine English art, which has been so extensively popu-
larised by engravings. Sir Edwin Landseer's famous
" Bolton Abbey" appears among several other examples
of his style, transferred from the walls of Chatsworth.
There are three or four Mulreadys, "The Wolf and
Lamb" included, some of them contributed by the
Queen, and all of them displaying that mastery of de-
tails and refinement of execution for which he is distin-
guished. Maclise's "Weird Sisters" forms a splendid
feature of the collection ; Wilkie's genius is represented
by "The Rent Day," and Duncan's by the picture of
" Flora Macdonald watching over Prince Charles." The
style of that gorgeous colourist Etty is exemplified
by the "Joan of Arc," and several other works,
Calcott's by a delicious view of Venice, and Turner's
by a splendid landscape scene in his early man-
ner. The collection also contains some of the
best works of Collins, Leslie, Stanfield, Creswick, Her-
bert, Redgrave, Cooper, Pickersgill, Elmore, Goodall,
Uwins, and many more ; nor is it possible to see so many
first-rate pictures brought together without a feeling of
gratification that the school to which they belong is our
own. Among the Belgian artists who exhibit may be
specially mentioned the names of Gallait, Wappers, Do
Keyser, and Verbockoven. " The Temptation of St. An-
thony," by the first-named painter, is a work of extra-
ordinary merit, and for grandeur of conception and
power of execution is unsurpassed by anything in the
hall. But for the fine contributions from the Royal
Gallery kindly sent by the King, the range of modern
Belgian art would not have been completely represented
Of the Prussian school the examples are numerous, well
selected, and brilliant—the most remarkable being, un-
questionably, a sea piece of Achenbach's, exhibited by
the King. This is a picture of the very highest merit,
the wild spray of stormy and tumultuous waves
against a projecting pier being depicted with extra-
ordinary truthfulness and skill. Two works by Kretzsch-
mer—one "An Arab and his Camel," and the other
"Crossing the Nile," and both exceedingly clever--were
painted expressly for the Dublin Exhibition. There is
a fine representation of one of the scenes in Faust, by
Bezers, and the styles of Levin and Schroeder are also
illustrated by noble examples. Among the Dutch
artists who exhibit may be specially mentioned the
names of Hendricks, Eckhous, Barton, and Genissen ;
and among the French Tassart, Bonheur, and Lehman.
The first-named shows a picture of very great merit,
representing with less dramatic power, but more
poetic refinement than his Belgian rival, the "Tempta-
tion of St. Anthony." Besides the modern schools,
more or less strictly illustrated by contemporary
painters, the hall contains some examples of the an-
cient masters. The Japanese compartment, furnished
by the liberality of the Dutch Government, is
already a feature of the Exhibition, though not half
in order yet, and artists are busily engaged in
sketching the suggestive forms of objects which it con-
tains. In the Great-hall the orchestra of the opening
ceremonial has been swept away, and trophies of manu-
facturing skill are rising up over its immense area, diver-
sified, after the manner of 1851, with sculpture and
fountains. Two splendid circular crosses, covered with
the moss of centuries, stand on either side of the main
entrance, touching relics, amid the evidences of modern
splendour, which surround them, of the olden time, hal-
lowed in the associations of every people, but most sacred
when looked backed to through ages of suffering and a
history full of sorrow. In the centre of the hall, and,
therefore, occupying the most prominent position in the
whole building, stands Baron Marochetti's equestrian
statue of the Queen a noble work, in the best
manner of a great artist, and fully embodying the
grandeur of a reign established in the hearts of her
subjects. M'Dowall's "Eve" still retains its place, as
on the opening day, at the top of the hall ; and, placed
modestly at one side, is the statue of Mr. Dargan. A
fine large bronze of "Hercules and the Bull," full of
power, and the work of a young German artist, has
been just uncovered, and, when properly placed, will
claim the admiration to which its merits entitle it. In
the other divisions of the building, and in the galleries,
we find promise of many highly interesting collections.
Those of Irish marbles, of Irish flax and linen mann-

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factures, of Irish poplins, Irish frieze, and Irish lace,
will all be excellent as well as large. The show of
ceramic manufactures and of miscellaneous wares is
being rapidly arranged, and in a few days the machinery
in motion will be in complete working order. Thus the
Exhibition grows into shape, though with much still to
do, amply provided in the materials of success ; and,
though on a scale which forbids comparison with the
great display of 1851, it is a spectacle to which the cu-
riosity and attention, not only of the natives, but of
English and continental tourists, may be confidently di-
rected.

THE NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE FRENCH COURT.—
The Marquis of Clanricarde is named as the almost
certain successor of Lord Cowley, as ambassador at the
French Court ; the present functionary is to be ex-
onerated from his duties long before the august cere-
monial of the Emperor's coronation. Should the Irish
marquis obtain the coveted appointment it will displace
the ambition of another nobleman who has served the
Grey and Russell party for years, and who has received,
time by time, valuable testimonials in the form of place
from his political friends.—Sunday Times.
DEPARTURE OF ARTISANS FROM THE ROYAL ARSENAL.
—The wheelers, szc., of the Royal carriage department
drew up a memorial to the authorities, praying their
wages to be augmented to 30s. per week, on account of
the rise in all parts of the country in the scale of pay.
Their request could not be entertained, and nine of
them gave notice of their intention on Saturday last to
leave their employment. When the best tradesmen have
all left, and the work is performed in a disgraceful way by
inexperienced hands, then the board authorities will ap-
preciate their services, and grant a more liberal scale of
pay. The emigration mania has now carried off many
experienced hands from this country to seek a fortune at
the gold mines.—Kcittialt. Mercury.

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