The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-23 00:00:00

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.. Feb. 10.
Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 13.
Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet ...... Feb. 4.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape
vainadsSotu. Feb. Feb. 22.2.
China,of
Good
Penang,
Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27,
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton .....Jan. 27.
:Le Singapore, A B°e
sin
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 2
Ditto, via Marseilles .......... . ....Jan. 27.
India (Bombay), via Southampton. ................. Jan. 26.
Ditto, via Marseilles ....................... Feb. 7
Mauritius, via Southampton
Feb. 13.
Ditto, via Marseilles. ......................... .Feb. 7.
Newfoundland .......................... . Feb. 14.
Portugal
• ........
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... •.
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet ................... ..... Jan. 31.
Ditto, by United States packet via Southamp-
ton ...... . ,
Ditto, via Cork .............
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Jan. 26.
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 11.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba,
and Mexico.. .......
Jan. 29.
....
Cuba and Mexico Jan. 29.
Bahamas, via New York. Feb. 8.
Bermuda, ditto Feb. 14.

THE ELECTION OF THE NEW "RESIDENT OF THE ROYAL
ACADEMY will take place on Wednesday, the 24th
inst. _Among the members upon whom the choice is likely
to fall aro Sir E. Landseer, Mr. Boxall, Mr. Grant, and Mr.
Maclise. Two of these gentlemen are understood to have
previously declined the honour which may be proffered to
one of them on this occasion. Tho gentleman who, of all
the R.A.'s, has been longest on the roll, is Mr. A. Cooper,
who was elected an Associate in 1817, and Royal Acade-
mician in 1820, i.e., in the same year with Collins. The
second R.A. on the list in the order of election is Mr.
Bally, elected 1821, student 1809, A.R.A., 1817 ; the third
is Mr. G. Jones, who was elected in 1824, A.R.A. in 1822,
and on both occasions in the same year as Sir Jeffry Wyat-
ville, who, even more to his own surprise than that of any
other man, was " commanded" to furbish up Windsor
Castle ; this was the nephew of Wyatt the Destroyer, the
man who ravaged Salisbury Cathedral. The next in the
like order is Mr. H. W. Pickersgill, who was elected R.A.
two years before Etty, i.e. in 1826, three years before Con-
stable, and four years before the late President. Sir
Edwin Landseer is the next in succession of honour;
he was elected ILA. in 1831, student of the Royal Academy
in 1816, A.R.A. in 1826, the first of Hayden's pupils who
attained the last mentioned dignity, Eastlake following
in
1827. Mr. Stanfield became A.It.A. in 1832, B.A. in 1830 ;
Mr. Gibson was A.R.A. in 1833, R.A. in 1836 ; Mr. F. R.
Lee in 1834 and 1838 respectively ; Mr. Maclise became
student in 1828, A.R.A. in 1835, R.A. in 1840. The other
members were elected R.A. in the following order, until
the beginning of the current decade :—Messrs. Wither-
ington and Hart 1840, Mr. Hardwick 1841, Mr. Knight
1844, Mr. C. Landseer 1845 ; Messrs. Webster, Macdowell,
and Herbert, 1846 ; Mr. Cope 1848, Mr. Westmacatt 1849 ;
Messrs. Creswick, Redgrave, and Grant, 1851; Mr. (,),,
Marshall 1852, Mr. Frith 1853, Mr. Cousins 1855, Mr.
Elmore 1856 ; Messrs. F. R. Pickersgill and Doe, 1857 ;
Mr. Foley 1858, Mr. Phillip and Mr. Smirke 1859. Sir E.
Landseer was born in 1802, exhibited for the first time at
the Academyin 181.—Atlicnosum.