The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-11 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY.—Last evening the Fifty:.

ninth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Royal Academy
was celebrated at their Rooms in Somerset House. The
Council having assembled, proceeded to the election of
officers for the year ensuing, when Sir Triccuas LAwaxxcx,
Bart., was re-elected President, and the Keeper, Secretary,
and the different Professors of Painting, Sculpture, Archi-
tecture, Perspective, and Anatomy, were also re-elected.
The Prizes for the year were then adjudged in the different
Schools of Historical Painting, Historical Sculpture, Archi-
tecture, Models, &c. The ceremony of the distribution
among the successful candidates took place in the Great
Room, which was brilliantly lighted. The students having
assembled, Sir THOMAS LAWRENCI took his seat, sur-
rounded by ti4le Members of the Council, and the worthy
, President distributed the different rewards of the Society.
He then addressed the students at some length. He con-
gratulated them on the display of talent exhibited roam! '
the room that evening, which he considered to be an
honour to the Academy. He exprecied the highest appro-
bation felt by himself and the 'Members of the Acaderf,y at
their progress in their different studies ; and, afte:c wishing
the.r.a continued success in their advansemer..:, the worthy
Baronet bade them adieu.

JOHN KEMBLIC AND MACRMADY.—ShortIy
after the first appearance of MACREADY, Joxx and
CHARLES Itnum:, were dining at Sir THOMAS LAW-.
=WE'S, wbei the new actor was spoken of in terms of
high praise by CHARLES, who added, that he was sure
MAC:READY would become a fine performer, if he adhered
to A good school. The dinner party was large, and JoseN
sat too far off from his brother, to bear distinctly what he
said ; but he caught the name. of MAcßwAffr, and the
hie
wordsy:
voice
es
aainfi,noestatcot.or4.:cre."..A. wl.l,atl? 'wc.riesdayiJnogirt, ,reJoine
raisingd
M
CuAnwes, " that
acalAny is a Very clever man: and
that if he adopts a good style, he will be a fine actor "
.101/14, bending his brows, and looking exactly as he does in
MARLOWE'S picture of him, only replied—" Con quello
vino, CHARLES?" The criticism was equally just and
severe.-.. London Weekly Review.
FAMILY AFFLICTION.---Yesterday week
(No in the prime of life, JANE, wife of %cup. HANAUER,
Of Haughton, in 'the parish d Ilandysilio, Montgomery-
shire, a poor labouring man, leaving behind a family of
five helpless childree, • att deaf and dumb ! l—Shretcsinry
Chronicle,

MIRTH-PLACE OF BARCLAY, TRH APOLO-
casT.—It is a fact, which we believe is not generally
known, but which we feel peculiar pleasure in being able
to record, that ROBERT BARCLAY, the celebrated Apolo-
gist of the Quakers, and one of the most able and acute
polemical theologians which any age or country has pro-
duced, was born at Gordortston, about four miles north of
this place. lle was descended from TZeZUBALD DR BER..
xEr.ux, Iv ho lived in the reign of DAVID the FIRST. He
Was born Dec. 28, 1648. After receiving all the e.laca-
tion which his native country could at that t;:,:::2 furnish,
he repaired to Paris, where he made d4tinguished profi-
ciency in all the learned purso4s• of the age. He after-
wards returned to Scotland ; and after examining witb the
utmost impartiality the different religious systems of the
day, he united himself with the body called Quakers.
Feeling, subsequent. tc this, a peculiar interest in the for-
tunes of this Society, he wrote a vindication of their pecu-
liar tenets, under the title of " An Apology for True Chris-
tian Doctrines." This is one cf the most masterly works
which has ever been written en any controversial theologi-
cal subject. Soon after its appearance, it was translated
into five different languages; and has ever since maintained
its popularity. The latter part of the author's life was
spent at Ury.
Having gone to Aberdeen to attend a
meeting of Quakers, he caught
thy, and being seized with a fever, it terminated his life
after a short, but painful illness, on the 3d October, 1690.
We are proud to think that the county of Moray can boast
of a man of such talents, learning, and celebrity,---Zgin
Courier. cold while returning to