The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-14 00:00:00

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the present no longer a resident at Windsor.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—The grand annual scgree
this large and important society was
;„ last
evening at the South Kensington Museum ; the rit-re3isi
W. Hawes, Esq., and the council, receiving the liAs-c°4 oov
the highly-decorated north court. That upwards o.insci
men of eminence in all departments of science and ar
our
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ladies, were present we deem a sufficient excuse for
not attempting to particularise even the celebrities; 3111,:y
the society on these annual occasions does not Prel,,itee Pt
special exhibitions illustrative of the progress 11111' -pto
discoveries in arts, manufactures, and commerce, but con,'e
itself with providing admirable music and an excellent sill to
of refreshments, there is very little of a scientific char3cetet s,
be narrated. With the establishment at South XeDs,_ill it° i 8
moreover, the Society of Arts has no direct interest, 1)1 '_ere
impossible any place could be selected for its soirees
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consonant with its objects and purposes, and althougulo
directly connected it must be still interested in its gr°oocl
and prosperity in that it is the offspring of that gcorag
exhibition of 1851, the first movement towards whic theca
made by the society. The beautifully decoratedor
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and Italian Courts, and the elegant ohamberseith°
picture galleries containing the British artists' series,oioa
national collection and the Raphael cartoons, were erdite,
beyond any other part of the extensive range of buil eecl
except in the immediate vicinity of the Ooldstrea°, of
Artillery bands, by whom, under the able direct.l°,otl
Bandmasters Godfrey and Smyth, a variety of oPetic
other music was performed in the most brilliant meanertile
In the museum collections, a recent additiell:reDeo
cast of a large and noble pulpit from one of the cb to
of Pisa, by M. Franchi, who was sent over expr:o:,,r,
make it, excited a good deal of admiration. Few' Piiroes4
of all those thousands of visitors, as they passed t
the somewhat dark and sombre gallery of architeetur3fl tho
terials, thought how soon that primitive portion
of
museum will have passed away, but that seenlingl.l,ll4oo
lever, now that it has served its end-the old 1311:ios.e of
the icolooli
boilers—will soon have to be numbered with
the past. " One of these fine mornine," as the rue the
saying more expressively than correctly is made toe
de; of e
boilers will have been demolished, and the new f,e1_3.0, coo
quadrangular court, richly ornamented with fine t
decorations, will be made to appear. Next other
friends of the Society of Arts will gather togethe
I.lll'..'ereto
more palatial building and amidst still wore 1,1
works of art.
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creditors of the English Joint Stock
Committee of Investigation.
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several branches, has fully ' borne out
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to the unprecedented pressure cf t twos of f 3
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greater magnitude and pretensions•
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circumstances the Committee of Inv
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