The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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The Prince and Princess of Prussia, accompaafnied
d
the Princess Louisa, arrived in town yesterdaY
from the Continent, on a visit to the Queen. „ecial
Royal Highnesses travelled from Dover by a, srcloc
train on the South-Eastern Railway, and at 1-4 ° were
reached the Bricklayers' Arms station, where theYgo,
met by Prince Albert, attended by Captain the, riplr
Dudley de Ros. In attendance on their Ror'ii,elief
nesses were Countess Oriolla, Countess von -"'",
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Mdlle. von Sternberg, Count Puckler, Count Goltz
Count Boos. Prince Albert and the Prussian 11;
Family immediately proceeded in one of the Queseti
carriages to Buckingham Palace, where her 14°, o.e ;
attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Wait'l3bred
ceived her illustrious guetts. The royal circle Aril
at the palace at 20 minutes past 12 o'clock. ,_:„eesi
The Duchess of Kent visited the Prince and KP"
of Prussia in the afternoon. • 065
In the course of the afternoon the Prince and firl° ty
of Prussia visited the King and Queen of lian°Ter' the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the other members of

Royal family, at their respective residences.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of 01
the Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the rramiLdo
Hohenlohe Langenbourg, took a drive in an opentiny'
.re
and four yesterday afternoon. The Equerry in "-Prilld
Lord Charles Fitzroy, attended on horseback.
Albert, with the Prince of Prussia, and the Pi-neto
Saxe Cobourg Gotha, rode out on horseback, va'" at.
the Hon. Dudley de Ros and Count Goltz being °
tendance. 1,1 ill?
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompa,niediL'O
Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duke and 'lO
of Saxe Cobourg 'Gotha, and the Prince of IT°begob
.‘ ,
performance 1;
Langenbourg, honoured the of re
Plays last evening with their presence. The roY -tv
consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcurubo;
Countess Oriolla, the Countess Von Hacke, the 131 iv.
Wangenheim, the Marquis of Ormonde, Count °de
Lord Charles Fitzroy, Captain the Hon. Dl.;,dieL
Rog, Count Boos, and Baron de Treskow. The l'!' eof
of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adels3Ticin o•
Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Diana
son and Lord James Murray, also honoured the P
formance with her presence.
The Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, attenec-oji
Baroness de Wangenheim, inspected Mr. Wylds
of the Globe in Leicester-square yesterday rnorniileot
The Queen of Hanover visited the Duchess of
yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. 00
General Love, Lieutenant-Governor of Jerne9)" the
interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday -t
Home-office. Sect'
The Right Hon. Sir John Young, Chief
tary for Ireland, entertained the following riO'ff• 061;
and gentlemen to dinner, at the Trafalgar """°,tle,
Greenwich, on Saturday. The Duke of New‘e3sco'
the Earl of Mulgrave, the Lord Advocate 0' I,lo'
land, the Solicitor-General of Ireland, th,°„1)111,
nourable Francis Charteris, M.P. ; Serjeant
Fits
M.P. • the Hon. Cecil Lawless, M.P. , Mr. J.
gerald, M.P. ; Mr. W. Fagan, •• Mr. F. •,•'•l,f;tl,
sell, M.P. ; Mr. 0. Grace, M.P. ; M.P.4, A. o•Fltir
M.P.; Mr. Wyndham Goold, ; Mr. 1'e,1130,r-itell/'
quhart, M.P. ; Mr. Vincent Scully, M.P. ;
_,•phi
M.P. ; Mr. Ousely Higgins, M.P, ; Mr. FitzToxlies4/
French, M.P.; Colonel Caul6ld, M.P • Mr. )fr'
M.P., Dr. Phillimore, M.P. ; Mr. J. jinn, 31.1; Brim'
Chichester Fortescue, M.P. ; Mr. Patrick
M.P. ; Mr. R. M. Fox, M.P. ; Sir Matthew'
ton, Bart. • Mr. A. Hayward, and Mr. G. Tuite.l7,olo
The Bishop of Guiana had an interview with the
of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. ins
Dispatches were received on Sunday at the L'°'•
frtili°
office, from the Governor-General of Canada, ye
°-
Governor of Hong-Kong, the Governor of 31.31`;
the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian bleriu"'

ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE AND PRIMO
OF PRUSSIA. .of

Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Prillce::°
Prussia left Aix-la-Chapelle on Sunday morph* elf°
early hour, and arrived at Ostend between six and tiled
o'clock the same evening. At half-past seven Air
Royal Highnesses, accompanied by their 51)08P1
daughter and a numerous suite, embarked on .yeti'
her Majesty's steam-packet Vivid, Captain SI oltiA
The Vivid started from Ostend immediately, arlioe,
a very stormy passage, which she made in five AV
landed the Royal travellers at half an lour ti)
midnight. Their royal highnesses were received °
D tbt
new landing place (the jetty) by his Excelleocirnei!
Prussian. Minister, Count Flemming, and Mr. tile
Bunsen, and conducted to the Ship Hotel, whereso
royal highnesses passed the night. Yesterday ni° cco?'.l
at half-past 9 o'clock, their royal highnesses, s,„eclir
panied by Chevalier Bunsen, left Dover by "O'
train, which reached the Bricklayers' Arms statitirt
At this station his Royal Highness PrinceroY
in attendance to receive his royal guests, and thel".o tibe
highnesses were conveyed to Buckingham Palace
Queen's carriages.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OP ARTS
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The following petition, signed by a number 0, 'cill0 e
)
was presented to the House of Commons on Al °131) r ,:e
20th inst:, by Montagu Chambers, Esq., we'-oesi
Greenwich and was referred to the committee

National Gaourllery petitioners—:
humbly prayeth, „,6 104"
" That your honourable house will institute incl`;irlif
the management of that part of the National -its,-0
which the members of theßoyal Academy of Arts+l, r
exhibit their pictures, in order to ascertain wil,e"A"coe
annual exhibition as now conducted by the
has a tendency to encourage the fine arts in this ""uf 1' a
" Your petitioners beg to call the attentioneotP,°,4
honourable house to one of the conditions entered, Toe
the part of the founders of this institution, viz., 05,
and annual exhibition of the works of living art of"
00 •
t „
to all productions of merit whether by the menw,:nge°it
Academy or not." But though such an arr,The '
might have suited the exigencies of art 85 Yei'-i9th,,v„e
obviously fails to do so in the latter half of theS OPIr
tury, where the space provided in the NatiouToilo P
for the annual exhibition is insufficient to admit tit
ture from each artist in the metropolis alone. ,„prft,3o
"But should your honourable house be of opine0 01'4 0,
is not necessary for the advancement of tho_rbelpi
England that exhibition accommodation show- r'"'
vided by Government for more than a tithe of thetjol:,.
number of English artists, your petitioner urg,e,stiog
cessity of some other mode being adopted of serat Woof,'
tures to be exhibited in the National GallerY"-,rlioel,ol'
present resorted to ; for it will be obvious toy i-r el
able house that where works of art are selected f° it
tion by artists who are themselves exhibitors,tioiejof
sometimes occr" that pictures painted by those 11. otle.
find a place in the exhibition though others °
merit be excluded.
"Your petitioners would not have intrudedid
„
vation on the attention of your honourable 11040 e; I)i'
not believe themselves in a position to prove " ntial
pictures are systematically excluded from the f° 010200
bition in the National Galleiy than many therein We ~,1001
Into this fact your petitioner begs your honot150"
to institute inquiry, belieNaig as they do that the0 bi'd
Gallery is not only national property, but the tj,:e
ing in England provided by Government for
to,
exhibition of the works of lis:ng artists. it the
" In conclusion, permit your petitioners tb Citlay
tion of your honourable horse to the paxliaineeAo Nst'o,llY
now proceeding respecting the management of an ,j1
Gallery as regards the works of the old waste iry
mit to your honourable house that such inclu lit of ut
incomplete unless extended to the managelgbibito
part of the National Gallery devoted to the
the works of living artists. 9'
r
" And your petitioners, dm, will
e
the
011°4
TURKISH ARMY AND ,NAVY. exbra°t fro to
ing notice on the army and navy of Turkey I,ocl
cently-published work, entitled " Turkel3ouvett, 0
Cabinets of Europe," by M. Francisqu: Arovoi,<
representative of the people. The ft t'v_tith 0°44
divided into six great corps, corresponding ~w,hese ce_
military divisions of the territory. Each 43! ',OO ID lye
or ordous is composed of from 25,000 to 3tVriy, DI of
all arms. It is no longer kept up, as for
arbitrary pressure of the governors of the pr 0015'00
by levies en masse, but by ballot. ligusgulretl;tioucoo
liable to serve, and this is now the only ale A. tot
remains between them and the Cnristians•
__cevels_e
panies of workmen for the ships and the
.?7„ to 5..„01
however, composed of Armenians. The lia.uinorviv,
service begins at the age of 18, and the period e`
the 010
fixed at 7 years, but at the end of this tune
_aro.
liable to serve in the army of reserve for b Ye
that
trvoef is
th
ocatllreodo
equipments are kept in the arsenals olfler'"'
autumn after the harvest, the redifs are
dn;ing
supplied to the troops when they are ca °_..trablejtiel
the provinces, and exercised for a ni
"tiPorte, 011 9:40,
prseilnifsa;ctiitvse°sregravniicseat;°_aulslisthLell:ara;:j:o4°
they receive pay. By this system the
_,,,„„0 xenf_o 0'
keeping up
.a standing army of only lbu nisatie
man M 01'4
the army is the work of Riza Pacha, a is s
at any time increase it to 400,000. This orga, m.ee.
telligence andatriotism. The Turkish navy u,ipo
spectable, oven after the disaster of Navarill_isty. Pi 'lO
its revival to the famous Tahir. There are p
arifi
of war afloat, several of which are steare7 000
Constantinople everybody believes that tn%eet
navy has nothing to fear from the Russian
Black Sea." at the bas
ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen state th rices
ket for manufactures was heavy. Although
elloorie.
not exhibited a further decline, the small atts.
buyers checked the usual course of operations'