The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-01 00:00:00

ROYAL ‘CADENIY.

The Annu7! Dinner, 4iern by the Royal Aca-
demiciaw, tw,!vious to the opening of the Exhi-
bition. took piaCe on Saturday, when Sir THOMAS
LAwitENct3 presi,kNi fur the first time since his
er'rtion to the Chair. The principal tables were
laid out in the "great room amidst the works of
art, that the distinguished guests might at the
saute time he gratified by a superb repast and fine
v\hibition of art. Among the illnsttions assent-
bl .ce were the following Perso,ages, distinguish-
ed sir tank and talents. anti

His Boyar HighneSs the Duke of Sussex, the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Archbishop of York, Bishops of Loudon, Salisbury,
Oxford, aod Chester, Spanish, Prussian), Netherlands, Hano-
verian, Bavarian, and Saxon Andtassadors, Prince Castel-
eirala, Counts Tauentzien and Moltke, 'Dukes of Bedford,
Wellicrgton, and Auyll, Niarquesses Stafford, Camdeu, and
Lansdowne, Earls 13,ssboroti4h, Liverpool, Bathurst, liar-
rowhy, Yarmouth, %Vestmoriand, Essex,‘ Lauderdale, Har-
court, Lon,-,dale, Aberdeen, Cow-per, Grosvenor, Mulgrave,
Blessnuton, Cathea:f, Dartmouth. Clanwilliam, and Darn-
ley, Viscounts Castlereagh, Melville, and Exmouth, Lords
Chief Justices Abbott and Dallas, Chief Baron, Lords lir.wn-
-I,x, Holland, Morpeth, De Dunstanville, the Lord Mayor,
Right the Speaker. Vice-Chancellor, Sir William
t;cott, Sir W. Grant, N. Vansittart, U Canning, C. Lone.)
W. I lusliissorn. W. W. Pole, C. Arbuthnot, Hon. C. A. Pel-
ham, General l'hi•)m, Sirs G. Beaumont, A. Hume, N. Engle-
field, W. laftr 1, T. T. F. Heat incote, Barts. the At-
torney and ,),(ISurveyor.General, Governor
of the Bank, Clenirmar, of tire ,:n4lirt Company, Master and
Warden of Dulwich Co the College
,of Phy-
sicians. Master of the Poet Laureat,
Field ('dicer in Waiting, Aide! lirvit ~n 1 Wood, the
Charober;ain of London, l)rs. anti Rev.
W. LI Carr W. Smith, W. Ctnarnherlayne. li. Bankes, %V.
Wilhertor-e, O. Lannbton, J. W. Cioker. I. 1,. Pari.er, E.
Sw;rnlint ar, Watson Taylor, S Itn.eers, Watts Itassel, G.
Phi:li:.s, 11. P. Kini;;lnt, 'l'. Campbell, W. Mitford, P. Hoare,
A. Carlisle, Escps, &c. &c. &c.
Af•or the health of the King, the PRESIDENT
gave—
" Tine Dube of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family."

The Royal Duke. iu icturtung.thauks, notit ed,
in a very feeling manner, the demise of the late
E.,•,g, which, he said, he felt as a loyal subject
ond an lfFeetionate son ; and although the Royal
Society had Fist their great patron, he congratu-
lated i• in a successor in the person' ot his present
y, had often honoured the Society with
his presence, and who would give the society.
every support. in his power, and the Fine Arts in
gent.ral Ile congratulated the Society on the
choice they had in,de of a PresideLt, and he had
nor il,oht but that it ,A °hid give ol,iversal satistac.
lion. tlr niedged himself, that the Society ot
Arts and sciences, over which he had the honour
to piesute, ‘voull co-operate with the Royal So-
ciety in promo,ing the Arts. _ _ _

The PiteIDVNT, io reply, made his acknow-
lcd,:tnenrs to the Royal Duke for the flattering
rn,,,wer in which he had noticed his name, and
plud:zed himEelt to exert all his powers to fill the
of of Presidunr, to which he had the honour of
Ltveted, to support the Society and the Arts

in gen(fral.
bealths of the Noblemen and Gentle-
men being (hook who had done the Society the
honnour of attending the meeting, the- LORD
CHANcuLt.ur, re:, rned thanks,'and oti.erved, that
Ii 11 :ought the honour was conferred Upon them,
by -:.etog among such an assembly of distinguished
Au.ists,,

On the hea'obs of the Marquess of Stafford au;d
Rit I thosvenot, the two great toipporters am;
piontotPis the Ars, pnrCrularly that of paint-
ti'e•Y ilislitienis tell Noblemen return-
ed thalAs, aor; plomised :o continue their pa-
tron,igt, a ..d supoort.
" The Lnid Mayor, and prosperity to the City of London,"
Was drank.

The Lou.. :MAYOR returned thanks, anti said he
could t!ot ,nedic for himself hilt tor the Corpora-
tion general!y, being anxious to support the fine

ttIIS.

Some excellent vocal music was performed dur-
ing the evening, tinder the direcion of Mr. Sale.
perfornbers con,.isitd of ll4Nter :Marshall,
Nessr4. l'trrail, Evans, Nierd_ Syle, Clark,
and J. B. ttle• '' 'Von Nobis Dornine" was very

" God sure the King," after the health of his

1114jp, v.
Hail Star of Brunswick," after the health
of thy Duke of Sussex dial the rest of the Royal