The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-11 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS.

On Monday, the 10th instant, being the 64th annis er-
sary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a
General Assembly of the Academicians was held at their
apartments in Somerset-house, when the following distri-
bution of premiums took place, viz. :
To Mr. William Edward Frost, for the best copy made in the
painting-school, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of the
Professors Barry, Opie, and Fuseli, handsomely bound and in-
scribed.

To Mr. Nathaniel Hartnell, for the next best copy made in
the painting-school, the Silver Medal.

To Mr. Edward Petre Novello, for the best drawing from
the life, the Silver Medal.

To Mr. David Brandon, for the best drawing of the principal
front of the Bank, the Silver Medal.

To Mr, John Callcott Horsley, for the best drawing from the
antique, the Silver Medal.

To Mr. Willi Crellin Pickersgill, for the best model from
the antique, the Silver Medal.

Which was concluded with a short address from the Presi
dent to the students.

The General Assembly afterwards proceeded to appoint
Officers for the ensuing year, when Sir }Martin Archer Shee
was unanimously re-elected President.

OLD COUNCIL—E. Landseer, R. Cook, W. Daniell, and T.
Stothard, Esqrs.

NEW COUNCIL—H. P. Briggs, R. Westall, R. R. Reinagle,
Esqrs., and Sir W. Beechey.
VISITORS IN THE LIFE ACADEMY.
Ott) LIST.-W. Etty, H. Howard, E. Landseer, and T.
Phillips, Esqrs.

Naw LIST.—W. Mulready, C. R. Leslie, H. P. Briggs, E. H.
Gaily, and C. Rossi, Esqrs.
VISITORS IN THE PAINTING.SCHOOL.
OLD LIST.—W. Etty, W. Hilton, E. Landseer, and R.
Cook, Esqrs.

NEW LIST.—H. P. Brigs, C. R. Leslie, D. Wilkie, and W.
Collins, Esqrs.

AUDITORS RE-ELECTED.
W. Muheady, J. M. W. Turner, and R. Westmacott, Esqrs

KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

DAWSON V. VICKERS.

This was an action brought to recover 631. 9s. upon a
hill of exchange which was accepted by the plaintiff for
the accommodation of the defendant. The defence was,
that the bill was given by the plaintiff in part payment of
a legacy due to the defendant, whose wife was the daugh-
ter of the late Mr. Charrington, to whose estate the plain-
tiff was executor.

The case occupier! the Court nearly all the morning ;
the details chiefly related to matters connected with the
estate of the testator.

The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for M. 9s.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The mercantile advises, received this morning, from
Bombay, to the 30th of July, communicate some im-
portant information relative to the Indigo crop. The
rains had prevailed in many of the Indigo districts to an
alarming extent. In Dacca the plantations had been ma-
terially injured by storms of wind and rain. In the
district of Furneah not half the crop expected would be
realized. In Jessore the plant was in numberless places
(it ad, and in others insects infested it. The sun had pre-
vailed with uncommon heat for nineteen days, and this had
been followed by sixteen days' incessent rain. "If the
rain continue much longer," says one letter, " we shall
not be troubled to manufacture the plant." At Rajeshye
there was scarcely a fa4Ky in which the rains had not so
severely injured the p that it was not expected to re-

cover.

Commercial letters from Canton, to the 10th of May,
state that the quarrel between the Chinese and the British
factory remained unadjusted. The rebellion in China had
assumed a more serious aspect, and the Government had
forbade the publication of the accounts. The crop of
Opium was expected to reach 9,000 chests. Money was
very scarce, and business dull in consequence.
This morning was issued, by order of the Lords of the
Treasury, the declaration for the sale of Cinnamon, on
behalf of the Ceylon Government. The quantity an-
nounced is 115,000 lbs.

The East India Company, to-day, declared 2,400 bales
of Beneal silk for their February sale.
The Company's Tea Sale is proceeding. Up to tbis
morning not less than 560,0001b5. of Congou, Bobea, &c.,
have been refused.

So much attention is paid to the elections that little is
doing in the Commercial Markets today.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Bombay papers, to the 29th of July, have been received
at the North and South Atneric,n Coffee-house.

(From the Calcutta Paper of July 28.)
Accounts have been received in town, announcing the
loss of the Honourable Company's steamer, Bucham-
pooter, by sinking. Arrangements are making to get
her up.

The fall of rain within these few days has been, we be-
lieve, unprecedented, and the roads have never been so
bad. The flats also present a most singular appearance,
being one continued sheet of water ; the cultivators, we
fear, will be very severe sufferers.
The following has been received by the Sylph, dated
China, May 12 :—" I regret the selling price of the new
Patna in China, which does not warrant the high price of
your Calcutta sales. The prospect this season is not very
encouraging.

The insurrection in Hoo-Quang is far from being
quelled ; none but disastrous accounts of defeats of the
Imperial forces have reached us as yet ; the Government
have prohibited publishing news from thence.
The Government Gazette of July 9, announces the
arrival of the new Chief Justice Sir 0. Russell, also the
farewell address to the bar of the seceding Judge Sir
Charles Grey.

By the French mail this morning, the Augsburg Ga-
zette is stated to be at present the echo of the Prussian
Cabinet at Berlin. It says that troubles have taken place
at Heidelbourg, and they are spoken of with great reserve.
It also states, that the troubles on the Rhine will be a pre-
text for a levy of troops, and it would not be surprising
to learn the complete mobilization of the Sth corps, and
the occupation of that country. The secret associations
continue.