The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-21 00:00:00

ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT INS 11- tural grounds, in the course of which he said, that
TUTION. at first he had some doubts, notwithstanding his ap-
royal of the objects of the Association, whether as a
to occupy his
The usual anniversary dinner of the Artists' General P
Benevolent Institution was held on Saturday last at Christian minister he had not sufficient
a
the Freemasons'-hall, Great Queen-street. About attention in matters of, as he imagined, a more
eighty persons sat down to the dinner which was laid strictly religious character, but upon examination
on the table at half-past six o'clock. he found that this question of earlier hours bore so
strongly upon the moral and religious interests
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, M.P., presided.
of those concerned, that he unhesitatingly came for-
On his right were Lloyd Jones, Esq., and Mr. Baring ward at once upon religious grounds to support it.
Wall, M.P. ; and on his left Mr. Thomas Baring,
The resolution was seconded by the Rev. J. PAT-
M.P. Great credit is due to Mr. Bacon for the style
and elegance with which the dinner was served. The TESON, in a short but effective speech, and unani-
wines were of excellent flavour, and the promptitude mously adopted.
and zeal manifested on the part of Mr. Bacon, and COOKE EVANS, ESQ. moved, and the Rev. W.
H. HOWARD seconded the third resolution, which
those under him, to meet the wishes of the guests, de-
was also carried unanimously, and was as follows :
serve our highest commendation.
After the cloth was removed and grace said, " It appearing very evident that if persons would ab-
The CHAIRMAN gave as the first toast—" Her stain from visiting shops in the evening, the chief, and
indeed the only inducement to keep them open until a
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen," which was drunk late hour would be removed, those composing this meet-
with enthusiasm. „ ing now pledge themselves that henceforwa• d they will
" Prince Albert, the Patron of the Institution, purchase no article unnecessarily after six o'clock in the
" The Queen Dowager," " The Prince of Wales, and evening, and that th. y will do all in their power to pre-
the other members of the Royal Family," "The vail upon others to act upon the same determination."
Army and Navy," were given in succes.ion. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, for his able
The Guam:oast then gave as the next toast— conduct in the chair, was then moved by Mr. LH,-
" Prosperity to the Artists' General Benevolent Insti- WALL and seconded by Mr. RENNIE, which was car-
tion." He sail he was sure that was a toast which ried by acclamation.
scarcely needed any remarks from him to recommend The REv. GENTLEMAN briefly acknowledged the
it to an assembly of artists wh.ise very presence, in- compliment, and the meeting, which was numerously
deed, showed the interest they felt in it.—(Hear, and respectably attended, separated.
hear.) He was glad to find that a society
like that which had such sacred and benevolent
objects in view was in a state of prosperity, and
in a condition to carry out, to a considerable extent,
its beneficent purposes. That was a society founded
by persons who were artists themselves, and they
could not devote themselves to a nabler purpose than
that of relieving the wants of their brother artists,
who might, from ill health or caprice in the public
taste, or some other cause, not have been as success-
ful as themselves.—(Hear, hear.) Though they
might not see the cases in their details, there could
be no doubt that the funds of the Society had alle-
viated the distress and mitigated the sorrows of many
an artist, whom ill-health or ill-fortune had struck
down. But it was not alone upon artists and the
patrons of art that this Society had claims. This
Society had strong claims upon the public at large,
for the arts were intimately connected with the na-
tional prosperity, and there were many important
branches of manufacture in which a knowledge of art
was indispensable.—(Hear, hear.) The arts were
then a matter of national concernment, and as such
ought to receive national encouragement—(Cheers)
—and he was glad to see that they were every day
assuming a higher consideration in the national mind.
It was a mistake to suppose that the man of much
education and of much leisure—the man of cultivated
taste or the experienced connoisseur could alone ap-
preciate the beauty of art. The sphere of art had a
far wider extension—the sympathies of art reach
from the highest to the lowest in rank, for the love of
art had its existence in human nature itself.—
(Cheers.) Its vocation was to delight, to elevate, and
refine, not one class, but every class.—(Hear, hear.)
But, as he said before, it had also its more material
uses, and he was glad that from the situation he once
had the honour of filling. he was enabled to contribute
something to its extension in regard to manufactures.
The Right Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the
School of Design, and the benefits which were likely
to accrue from it, and concluded by proposing " The
Prosperity of the Society."
Mr. P. LLOYD JONES then proposed the health of
the Chairman, who had, after a week of arduous
and harassing duties in the House, consented to pre-
side on the present occasion.
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that it
was a repose to him, after listening for the previous
portion of the week to the dull debates, and the ex-
hibition of angry and acrimonious feelings, to be
called on to preside on such festive occasions as the
present.
" The Royal Academy," to which toast Mr. Etty,
R.A., spoke, "The Royal Commission for the Pro-
motion of the Fine Arts," " The British Institution
and the other Societies for the Promotion of the Fine
Arts," to which Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., spoke, were
then proposed from the chair.
Mr. THOMAS BARING, M.P., proposed the health
the Treasurer, C. R. Cockerell, R.A.
Several other toasts were then proposed, after which
the party broke up.
In the course of the evening the following sub•
scriptions were announced :
The Queen .............. .£so 0 0
Right Hon. Henry Labouchere 2O 0 0
Duke of Northumberland (13th don.) lO 10 0
Duke of Norfolk (4th don.)
Right lion. W. E. Gladstone lO 10 0
Lady Chantry (4th don.)
Miss Burdett Coutts
Duke of Sutherland (9th don.) lO 10 0
Lord Francis Egerton, M.P. (Bth dun.) lO 0 0
George Jones, Esq., R.A. (23d don.)
Thomas Phillips, Esq., R.A. (27th don.) 5 5 ()
Robert Vernon, Esq. (18th don.) 5 0 0
Miss Higham
Charles Barry, Esq., R.A. (7th don.)
New Society of Painters in Water Colours
(2d don.)
E. R. Turner, Esq. (sth don.)
Sir W. C. Ross, R.A. (14th don.) - 0
J. H. Mann, Esq. (16th don.)
A. R. Cockerell, Esq., R.A. (20th don.) 5 5 0
Lord Ashburton (13th don.)
B. Bond Cabbell, Esq. (18th don.)
Sir Richd. Smith, R.A. (13th don.)
David Roberts, Esq ,R A. (6th don.)
Lewis Loyd, Esq.
Jones Lloyd (3d don.)
E. M. Eddis, Esq. (2d don.)
Baring Wall, Esq., M.P.
Messrs. Graves and Co. (6th don.)
Thos. M‘Lean, Esq.
Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P. ...............
W. Etty, R.A. (7th don.)
Thomas Unwins, Esq., R.A. (10th don.) ..••••
5 5 0
The total amount of contributions was 4731.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-

TION.
MR. RUSSELL'S LECTURE.

The directors of this most useful institution, ever
anxious to cater for the public, have engaged Mr. J.
Russell to give a series of lectures on " Character,"
illustrated by music. He commenced by alluding to
the great prevalence and popularity of song-sing-
ing in England, so early as the Saxon time, and that
no gentleman was thought of unless gifted with this
accomplishment, and also it was quite as much in
vogue among the lower class; he then satirically
described the affectation and absurdities so often met
with in singing ladies and gentlemen in private par-
ties of our present day, when he most humorously
described a lady who sings a leetle fiat, she who sings
a little sharp, the gentleman who gargles his song,
and another who sings "Oh no, we never mention
her" with a bad cough. One man sings through his
teeth, another through his nose, a small gentleman
with a small voice volunteers "Mad Tom of Bedlam,"
and a hero with a stentorian voice warbles " Oh,
listen to the voice of kve." Mr. Russell was accom-
panied by Dr. Wallis, musical director of the Poly-
technic Institution, in a most admirable manner. The
great object Mr. Russell wishes to gain is to
point out these absurdities of the would-be singers,
and he advises them to choose the words of the song
that may be worth hearing as their music is a railway
for this pleasant conveyance. Both are requisite for
complete pleasure. Mr. Russell concluded his lec-
ture with one of his hints to those who keep all the
words to thomselYes, which is so often the case, which
he illustrated with the Pasticcio, a mock Italian
Bravura, which elicited roars of laughter from a very
large audience, which quite filled the theatre of the
Royal Polytechnic Institution.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager,
the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine Ser-
vice yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Bucking-
ham Palace. Archdeacon Wilberforce preached the
Sermon. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay read
the Prayers. The Queen Dowager was attended by the
Countess Brownlow and the Hon. William Ashley. The
Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson and the Countess Wratislaw.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday in
the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were
taken their accustomed airings yesterday.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on
Saturday.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen on Saturday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back on Saturday, attended by Col. Bouverie, Equerry
in Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Italian
Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. The
Royal suite included the Marchioness of Douro, Lady
Caroline Cocks, Viscount Hawarden, Sir Fred. Stovin,
Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Bouverie. The Queen
Dowager, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Grand
Duchess Stephanie of Baden, also honoured the Opera
with their presence. The Queen Dowager was accom-
panied by Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl and Prince
Edward of Saxe Weimar, and was attended by the
Countess Brownlow, Hon. Miss Mitchell, ion. Miss
Eden, and the Hon. William Ashley. The Duchess of
Kent was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and
the Countess Wratislaw. The Grand Duchess of Baden
was accompanied by the Countess of Lincoln, and was
attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth
de Schreckenstein.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
Hon. Misses Mitchell and Eden, visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence
House, St. James's. Her Majesty also visited the
Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
_ _

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended Divine ser-
vice yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South
Audley-street. The Duke of Cambridge attended
Divine service in the afternoon in Kew Church.

The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the
Princess Mary and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, visited the Grand Duchess of
Baden yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday.
The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden visited the
Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday. Her Royal High-
ness honoured Sir Robert Peel and Lady Peel with a
visit on Saturday, at their residence in Whitehall
Gardens.

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The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Glou-
cester yesterday.
The Grand Duchess Stephanie bt Baden attended

METROPOLITAN DRAPERS'
ASSOCIATION.
A public meeting of this Association which had
been previously announced was held on Friday
evening in the National School-room, Marlborough-
road, Chelsea, for the purpose of appealing to the in-
habitants of that neighbourhood for assistance in the
object the Association has in view, vis., the earlier
closing of shops. The Rev. Richard Burgess, 8.D.,
rector of the parish, took the chair, supported bye
th
most influential clergy of the district, and other gen-
tlemen favourable to the cause.
Mr. Owen, Mr. Peters, of Sloanesquare, Mr.
Young, and other eminent employers were also
present.
The Rev. CHAIRMAN op the business of the
ened
meeting with an address of much eloquence and feel-
ing, explaining the objects of the Association, whic
nt
h
he characterised as a branch of that great moveme
for the amelioration of the condition of the industrious
classes of this country, which is now exciting so much
attention among humane and reflecting men. He
dwelt in terms of commendation upon the mild and
conciliatory manner in which out their
of this
Association sought to carry, out their views, and
spoke earnestly of the necessty, and the duty of co-
operation-
on the part of a Christian public in
laudable efforts of these young men tano procure t
im.
hem-
selves more time for mental,of his speech, he stated
moral, d ligious
that he should be happy to afford them all the assist-
provement. In the course
assist-
ance in his power, and would gladly de-
vote a portion of his time to giving lectures
upon interesting and instructive subjects during the
winter evenings, which might be one mode of spending
the additional hours of leisure they were struggling
for.--4Lowl cheers). Bodily health, however, he
considered to be as essential as health of mind, and in
summer time he should like to see them recreating
theinselyes in the green fields, and inhaling the pure
invigorating breath of Heaven, rather than passing
from the heated shop to the crowded and equally
heated lecture-room.
The Rev. J. C. MILLER moved the first resolution,
which was as follows:
" That this meeting is of opinion that the present
custom of keeping shops open in the evening until a
late hour, is fraught with the worst results to the
health and morals, and wholly at variance with the
mental discipline of those employed therein ; and that
by affording them little or no opportunity for social
intercourse, or other recreation during the days of
business, it is calculated to lead, in numerous instan-
ces, to an utter neglect of the sacred duties of the
Sabbath; and this meeting. desires, moreover, to ex-
press
the
ncourse r ov
observed,
that
approved
nf
press its deep sympathy with the young persons so
situated." •
ects the Metropolitan Drapers Association
htgheaelndntil°let:tieee, and felt it so incumbent upon him to
further them by every means in his power, that if tho
Association thought proper to hold another meeting
in that neighbourhood, he should be happy to allow
their the use of his chapel, and would willingly pre-
side on the occasion, or take any part in the proceed-
ings the committee might desire, for he considered the
question to be intimately connected with the religious
welfare of the community.
The resolution was seconded by —LEGGETT, Esq.,
who dwelt with much ability upon the scientific and
medical details of the subject, showing the fatal
effects upon the human frame of over-toil and bad
ventilation, and was unanimously adopted.
AalsrepieartsiOnßs, especially those Pm'
The Rev. WILLIAM NIVEN moved the second re-
solution, which was to this effect :
.6 That this meeting desires to express its high ap-
Crdaluiprteiysrtsoiarn religion, to cooperate for the
ehoDef the object of time Association,"
ap-
proval of the mea,sures hitherto adopted by the ,
and its conviction
reverend speaher made a fbrcible appeal to
meeting to support the Association
upon Scrip-
fttaehtMe-
tropolitanstacit
nhnigtem is the
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Divine service yesterday morning in the chapel in
George-street. The Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Dietrichstein paid their respects to her Royal
highness yesterday.
The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton had a dinner
party yesterday at their residence in Portman-square.
The company to meet her Royal Highness the Grand
Duchess Stephanie of Baden consisted of his Serene
highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency
the Hanoverian Minister, the Earl and Countess of
Malmesbury, Lord and Lady Mahon, and the Marquis
of Douglas.
The Duke of Wellington and Earl Talbot attended
the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's,
yesterday. Tho prayers were read by the Rev. Dr.
Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev.
M. Wynyard.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquises of
.Ormonde and Salisbury, the Earl and Countess St. Ger-
mans, Lord and Lady Prudhoe, Lords Bandon, Mans-
field,Tyrcounell, Prudhoe, Belhaven, De Manley, and
Polwarth, attended the daily service yesterday in the
Chapel Rol al, St. James's. The prayers were read by
the Rev. J. Lupton, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr.
Knapp. The sermon was preached by the Rev. M.
Wynyard. The anthem, " Thou, 0 God," (Greene),
was sung by Messrs. Horncastle, Chapman, and Hawkins.
Sir G. Smart presided at the organ.
A meeting of the Commissioners for the government
of Pentonville Prison was held at the Council Office on
Saturday. The Commissioners present were the Lord
President of the Council, the Duke of R;chmond, the
Earl of Devon, Lord John Russell, Major Jebb, Mr.
Craufurd, and Mr. Russell.
We regret to state that Mr. Backhouse, late Under-
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who had an
attack of paralysis some time ago, still continues a great
invalid.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
the Colonial Office for the Governors of Ceylon and
Hong-Kong, and also for the Lord High Commissioner
of the lonian Islands.