The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-15 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY.

On Friday, the 10th instant, being the 56th
Anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Ace--
denty of Arts, a General Assembly of the Aca-
deimicians was held at their apartments in Somer-
set House, when the following distribution of
Premiums took place, viz.
To Mr. J. W. Solomon, for the best Copy made in the
Painting School, the Silver Modal and the Lectures of the Pro-
fessors parry, (pie, and Fuseli.
To Mr. Philip Corbett, for the best Drawing from the Life,
the Silver Medal.

To Mr..loseph Dinham, for the best Model from the Life,
the Silver Medal.

To Mr. Charles Moore, for the best Architectural Drawing
of the Front of Greenwich Hospital, the Silver Medal.
To 31r. Edward Fancourt, from the best Drawing from the
Antique, the Silver Medal.
To Mr..l. Legrew, for the best Model from the Antique, the
Silver Medal.
The distribution concluded with a short Address by the Pre-
sident to the Candidates and other Students. The General
Assembly afterwards proceeded to appoint Officers for the en.
suing year ; when
Sir Thomas Lawrence was unanimously re-elected President.
New Council.—J. Wyatville, G. Jones, A. E. Chalon, and
T. Phillips, Esqrs.
Old Council— R. R. Reinagle, Esq., Sir W. Beechey, H.
Fuseli, and %V. Mulready, Esqrs.
Visitors in the Life Academy.—New List: E. H. Bailey,
J. Flaxman, 11. Howard, G. Jones, and T. Stothard, Esqrs.—
Old List : Sir W. Beechey, W. Mulready, T. Phillips, and
M. A. Shee, Esqrs.
Visitors in the Painting School.—New List : J. Jackson,
W. Mulready, M. A. Shee, and J. M. NV. Turner, Esqrs.—
Old List : Sir NV. Beechey, R. R. Relnagle, R. Smirke, and
H. Thomson, Emirs.
Auditory.—R. Westmacott, W. Mulready, and J. Niryat.
ville, Esqrs.

IN Di A.—We received *dykes from Singapore
to the 30th July. They state that the market
was extremely dull, and that European goods
had no sale. The merchants were, however, firm,
and by no means disposed to force their gdods
on the market, as it was expected the arrival of
the Bugis Praltas would create a
enable them to realize better—prices... The .freight
to London, at the clate.rff these advices, was: 61.
to 01. per ton. By the attirel of the Mary train
Batavia, information had beef! received at Singa-
pore of the arrangements between the English
and Dutch with reference to the Indian Arciti4
pelago. By advices from Berme° it was also
known that Capt. SitEnsurr, of the English brig
nora, had been detected Its the act of smugglitti:
opium on shore at Pontiautih, ror which he had
been arrested by the Dutch Authorities at that
port, and sent to Batavia, for the purpose of
trial for this breach of the Custom House regula-
tions.—(Morning Post.)

Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, another
Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office,
Downing-street, which was attended by the Lord
Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, the Earls
of Liverpool, Westmorland, and Bathurst, Mr.
Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Iluskisson,
Lord Bexley, &c. The Cabinet Ministers con-
tinued in deliberation for upwards of three
hours and a half.

The CUANCELLOR, of the EXCREQUER left
town yesterday evening for Beckenham.
During the late absence of the Duke of 'Vona,
his Royal Highness visited Earl and Countess
BATituasr, at Oakley Park, Gloucestershire ;
the Marquis of ANGLESEA, at Beaudesert, Staf-
fordshire ; the Earl and Countess of WARWICK,
Warwick Castle ; and Earl Vii.aut.nst, at his
seat, Hertfordshire.
Mr. WAnn, attached to the British Embassy
Berlin, arrived ou Saturday evening at the Fo-
reign Office, Downing-street, with dispatches
from Lord CLANWILLIAM.
A letter from Berlin states, that the divorce of
the Duchess of Conoutto is no longer a matter
of doubt, and that she has chosen the city of St.
Wendel, on the Rhine, for her future residence.
A subscription opened in Petersburg!), fur the
relief of the sufferers by the late inundation of
that city, is said to amount to eleven millions of
rubles.
Official returns have been prepared, by order
of Government, of the exports and imports to
and from this country and Spain, since the re-
storation
of FEUDINAND VII. to absolute power.
Corresponding returns have also been made for a
similar period during the Constitutional Govern-
ment, up to the day of the limo's
It is almost unnecessary_ to say that the balance
is very greatly in favour of the period of freedom.
Similar returns have also been made of the ex.
port and import trade between the ports of this
country and of South America, for the same
period of time. These latter accounts present a
great and progressive increase in the commercial
intercourse of Spanish America with Great Bri-
tain. The whole of the accounts will probably
be laid before Parliament.