The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-11 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS.

On Wednesday the 10:11 instant, being the eighty-
third anniversary of the foundadon of the Royal Academy
of Arts, a general ussemb!ymof the academicians was
.e.
held at their apartments in refalgar-kquare, when the
following distribution of pr,naiums took place, viz.:—
To Mr. William S. Button—For the best historical
painting, the gold medal and a discourse of the President
West. _ _ _ _

To Mr. Charles Summers—For the beat group in his-
torical sculpture, the gold mt•dal and a discourse of the
President West.
To Mr. John Rubicon—Por the best architectural
design, the gold medal and a discourse of the President
West.

To Mr. Francis Clark—For the best drawing from
the life in the life school, the silver medal.
To Mr. John Bagnold Burgess—For the best drawing
from the lire, the silver mi,dal and the lectures of the
Proles Fuseli, Howard, and Flaxman.
To Mr. George 'E ;ward l'c.on—For the next best
drawing from the life, the bik,er medal.
To Mr. James Lutitie)— For the next best drawing
from the life, the silver medal.
To Mr. Charles Su:lin:kers—For the best model from
the life, the silver menni and the lectures of the Profes-
sors Fust•li, Howard, end Eiaxman.
To Mr. Thomas Chastopher—For the best drawings
of the toner and spxe of flow Church, Cheapsido, the
silver trelFti and the ke.ures of the Professors Fuseli,
Howard, ai.d Flaxinsn. _ _ _

To Mr. James Rowley—For the next best drawings
of the tower and spire of Bow Church, Cheapside, the
silver m► da,,

To sir. slrnay Saxen 'Snell—For the next best draw.
ings of tht, to'4er and spire of Bow Church, Chespside,
the silver ni:?+ial.

To Mr. GeTg,e Edward Tuson—For the hest copy
made iu tt,e .t.-,,eb00l of PAintieg, the eilver medal and the
lectures of Lhe Professors Fuoeii and Howard.

To Lie, William Cooper—For the next best copy
made in the Sehml of Paietitig, the silver medal.
To Mr. William Oliver Williams—For the best draw-
ings from the antique, the silver medal and the lectures
of the Professors Fust-li race Howard.

To Mr. Douglas Yeoman Blukisten—For the nex
best drawing's from the antique, the silver medal.
To Mr. George Ilei bert ii eon—For the next bes
drawings from the antique, the silver medal.
Which was concluded with an address from the Pre
sident to the student:. _ _

The General Assembly aft,:.rwards proceeded to ap-
point officers for the evoinicg year, when Sir Charles
Lock Estlake was unaniinowly re-elected President.
Couneil.—New List— l'homas Creswick, Richard Red-
grave, Francis Grant, ti.nd Charles Robert Leslie, Ergs.
Old List—Philip herd si iek, David Roberts, Charles
Barry, and Clarkson SianiieA,
Visitors in the Lif',a Aoulemy,—New List—Charles
West Cope, William Dyes, Solomon Alexander Hart,
Patrick McDowell, end ftichard Redgrave, Esip.
Old List--William Muiready, Daniel Maclise, Charles
Robert Leslie, and Thomas Webster, Ef,qs.
Visitors in the School of Painting.—New List— George
Jones, Charles Landseor, William Mulready, and Clark-
son Stanfield, Est's.
Old List—Charles R Leslie, John Rogers Her-
bert, Solomon Aleat.i:der Hart, Dank' Maclise, and
William Frederick Witheri;lgten, Rigs.
Au'.zors re-elected—lN Ohara Muiready, Esq,, Sir
Richard Westrnacott, and Ch Arles Barry,

ACCIDENT AT THE TEST OF ONE (F THE D OKE OF
NORTHUMBERLAND'S PRIZE LIFE BJATS.— Tuesday was
the appointed day for a special trial of one of Mr. James
Beeching's life-boats at Liverpool. At noon she was
launched from the Waterloo pier, and by the aid of a crane
and a rope coiled round her, turned completely bottom up-
wards, when, with an ahnott imperceptible rapidity, she
righted in what may be termed a " half waterlogged " posi-
tion. The boat was then manned, and rowed lightly and
well ; but, as a last test, the crew got on the "starboard gun-
wale," sinking her to near the water's edge. Some half-
dozen more men (some of them partially intoxicated) then
jumped on board, and, overpowering the boat, which was
only 28 feet long, capsized her, throwing the whole number,
16 persons, into the water. The boat would have immedi-
ately righted had they not clung to her gunwale, but the
men hanging with their weight b, low her, kept her for some
five minutes bottom upwards. All were fortunately saved—
one somewhat strangely; he had stuck to the boat, and she
capsized over him ; when, however, she was relieved of the
weight hanging to her sides, and from her principle of con-
struction sat on an even keel. the crowd was astonished to
find him all cafe, and not. wet beyond the middle. Ile shook
his shoulders, and declared that he dared go anywhere in her.

THE VICTORIA PIPSD.-Her Majesty the Queen
has most kindly signified h r intention of founding a new
charity for the relief ot the poor patients who have been
liberated from the county of Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at
Colimy Hatch ; and it is to be carried on in a similar
manner to the Royal Ade:aide Fund at the Harwell Lunatic
Asylum. Her Majesty h.ie already forwarded [OOl. for the
promotion of the chat ity.
SHOCKING CASE OF BAIIDARITY.—BURNING THE
BODY OF A CHILD.-o:,e of the most atrocious acts of
cruelty ity a mother to her child that we ever heard of, has
within the last few days been perpetrated at Arncliffe, a
small .situate about twelve miles from Settle, and the
same distance trom Skipton. A single woman, of the name of
Mary klod6e.en, suppo.ied to be aged about thirty, has been
living with en eld man, named Richard Jaques, a widower,
between eeveitty and eighty years of age, at Arecliffe. She
has had an iliet4itianate child, whether bora alive or not is
not known ; i:ut its body she destroyed in the most inhu-
man way, hy burning it in the kitchen fire. Her neighbours
noticed the tire as being unusually large, and, coming in,
found her and the old man sitting and blowing it with the
bellows. A Mr. Robinson, surgeon, went in with the con-
stable (suspicion being excited) and found the infant's
charred body among the coals. —Manchester Examiner.
FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday the
bakers at the East end, Whiteehapel,Spitalfields, and Black..
friars-road, the New-cut, karsh-gate, Westminster, the
Seven Dials, &c., Drury-lane, Holborn, &c., fell the price of
the 41b. loaf one halfpenny, and now charge sd. (even money),
in some parts only 4-1-,d. per loaf, weighed on delivery. The
best bread at the full-price bakers' throughout the metropolis
is 7d. ; some of the first-rate seeps at the \Vest-end, Strand,
and the City, however, still charge 7d. The average price
of bread daring the present winter will not exceed sd. for
good family bread, and best 6d. to 6id., or at most 7d. per
loaf. There is an excellent stock ot flour and -wheat in the
metropolis, both British and foreign.
LINERPOOL, WEDNI.sidAY.—The United States
mail steam-ship Baltic, Cala,aia Comstock, sailed to-day for
New York with the meal snails. The screw steam-ship
City of Glasgow, Captain Wylie, sailed at noon for Phila-
delphia with the largest cargo of British manufactured goods
ever shipped from this port by
a steamer, the value being
upwards of 100,0001.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. J. M. Morton, the
eminent dramatic writer,
h .s been appointed by Mr. Bunn
to the important office of 3' Nee manager—and a more popular
selection could not poeeib!y eu made. Fazio is to be the
opening piece.

Cor.oncEum.—The Panorama of Paris is exciting
much interest at this time, as all the localities of the late
events can be distinctly traced in that celebrated picture.
THE AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Dr. Kane,
the scientific and able senior surgeon of the American Arctic
Expedition, has beeii reque-ste:l to deliver lectures on this
subject, et the Smythsoniaii I: stitution, Washington.
THE PARMERS.—Notwith.tabding all the cry
about farmers, whose pockets are so little tcuched as theirs
in point of taxation, poor-rates, and turnpike tolls ? For
years they have been favoured in all these respects, a "great
fact" not to be denied.