The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-05 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY.

On Saturday the Members of the Royal
Academy gave their Anniversary Dinner, pre-
vious to the opening of the Exhibition, which
was attended by a numerous assemblage of guests
of the first rank and talent; among whom were—
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the Lord Chancellor,
the Russian, Austrian, Danish, Prussian, Swedish, Saxon,
Wirtemberg, Bavarian, Netherlands, and Sicilian, Ambas-
sadory ; Dultes of Nortblk, Devonshire, Somerset, Wellington,
Argyll, and Montrose ; Alatquisses Camden, Lansdown, and
Conyngham ; Earls Liverpool, Bathurst, Ilarrowby, Darnley,
Westmorland, Essex, Spencer, Grey, Aberdeen, Gower,
Cowper, and Browlow ; Viscounts Palmerston, Melville, Ex-
mouth, and :11 orpeth ; Lords Stowell, Rolle, Chief-justice
Abbott, Chief.Justiee Dallas ' • Bishops of London, Salisbury,
Oxford, and Lincoln ; Right Hon. the Speaker' Cltinc Alor of
the Exchequer, G. Canning, R. Peel, Sir C. Long, the Vice-
Chancellor, Sir W. Grant, W. Huskigson, C. Arbuthnot, G.
Tierney; the Lord Mayor; Hon. Lieut.-Gen. Phipps, Agar
Ellis ; President of the Board of Controul. Chairman of the
Board of Customs ; Chairman of the India Company, Gover-
nor of the Bank ; Attorney, Solicitor, and Surveyor-General;
Chamberlain of London ; President of the Royal Colleze of
Physicians, President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Master
and Warden of Dulwich College, the Field-Officer in Waiting;
Sirs A. Hume, J. Swinburne, M. W. gidley, Willoughby
Gordon, T. F. lleathcote, 0: Beaumont, W. Knighton, T.
Acland, 11. Davy, A. Carlisle ; J. W. Croker, I. Bankes,
W. Wilberforce; G. Lambton, T. L. Parker, T. Hope, It. P.
Knight, Watts Russell, It. H. Davis, 0. Phillips, G. A.
Robinson, S. R. Lushington, F. Freeling, R. Heber, S. Rogers,
Watson Taylor, Sotheby, N. Ridley Colborne, W. Y. Ottley,
W. Chamberlayne, IV.Mitford, P. Hoare, Esqrs. ' • the Rev.
Holwell Carr, Doctors AVollaston and Baillic, &c.

THE COSMOLorA Exii Hire rom.—This amusing Exhibi-
tion, which excited so much of public attention in St. James's.
street, was opened on Saturday last for the inspection of the
friends of the Proprietors, at their new room in Regent-street.
Various judicious alterations have been made, as, instead of
entering a dark chamber, rendered more obscure by a contrast
with the day-light which had just been quitted, the visitor
finds lihnselt in an elegant gallery, neatly embellished in the
French style. The most important objects, however, are the
different views, in the contemplation of which the most severe
critic must find ample subject for ratification. The change
in the light, which we before noticed, materially improves
the effect of the picture,—the broad glare which the lamp.
light necessarily cast over the view giving place to the
genuine and natural tint of day. Three views of the Ruins
of Palmyra struck us as particularly deserving of notice,
the perspective is admirably preserved, and • the whole
tone of the picture good. There is also an excellent view of
the interior of the Cathedral of Cordova. The Cosmorama
appears to us more particularly adapted for architectural sub-
jects—the views of St. Peter's in the former exhibition suffi-
ciently justify the assertion. The Palace of the Sultana on the
Bosphorus, and the views of Mont Blanc and the Gardens of
Versailles, are also admirable specimens of the perfection which
this exhibition has attained. The increase in the price of ad.
mission we think impolitic. Custom has long established a
shilling as the standard price for London sights, and with the
exception of one or two instances, any aberration from this rule
has generally disappointed the cupidity of the innovator. From I
the agreeable character of the exhibition, we, however, wish
the proprietors all the success they. merit, and trust that the
public view of the Cosmorama will find as many visitors as
were present on Saturday last.

POETRY.

IMPROMPTU.

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Directions which may be supposed to have been sent to our
Ambassador at Verona.

Firm to your purpose let your manners please ;
So your soft words shall rising wrath appease ;
So shall you lose no tittle of your right ;
Fools only snarl at those they cannot bite.
For high ton'd threats let others bear the blame;
Threats unaccomplish'd ever end in shame.
When All the Talents fled before the Turks,
How strong their language and how weak their works