Star.
London, England, 1824-04-29 00:00:00

ROYAL AG''ADEMf i Mr sIC.

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Yesterday, the first Anniversary :or the Royal Kea-
demy of Music was celebrated at the City of London
Tavern. His Rayat Highness • the Duke of YORK pre.
sided. Among the Noble and distinguished guests who
supported him oa this occasion were—the Duke of
WELLINGTON, the Marquis of LANSDOWN, the Earl of
SA LTOUN, the Earl of MORLEY, Sir JOHN LEACH, Sir
G. CLERK, Sir G. WA RRENDER, G. W. TAYLOR,' Esq.
When the dinner was ended, a considerable number
of youths and females, who are now profiting from the
arrangements of the Institution, made their appearance
on a small stage erected for their accommodation at the
southern extremity of the dining-room. The young
Ladies, some of whom were in the bloom of youth,
others but yet iu childhood, furnished a splendid and
an interesting novelty. They performed several pieces
of music 'at different periods of the evening, among
which were God save the King, .Rule Brihinnia, and
Glorious Apollo, in a manner which Oiled forth thun-
ders of applause.
The Duke of YORK, in proposing " The King," had
to announce a donation of 100 guineas to the Society
from his Majesty.—The toast was drank with four times
four, and with great applause.
The nest toasts were, " The Royal "Family," and
" The Royal Academy for NI usic."—These having seve-
rally been drank with appropriate honours,
The Duke of WELLINGTON having obtained permis-
sion from the Royal Chairman, to propose a toast,
begged to give the-health of his Royal Highness. the.
Dukeof Yoi k.—The toast was drank with three times 3.
The ROYAL CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the honour
which he had received, and warmly supported the ob-
ject of •the Society. This country, he remarked, ex-
celled in arts, in war, (this never could be forgotten in
the presence of his Noble Friend) in polite literature,
and in almost everything but musk. ' It was the object
of this Society to enable natives of England to vie with
foreigners in this delightful art, and though yet in its
infancy, he thought a gratifying promise had been given
that, favoured with the countenance of those to whom
he addressed himself, ache object would eventually be
accomplished— (Applause).
The healths of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince
Leopold (Vice-Presidents of the Society) were drank
with three times three; .
The ROYAL CHAIRMAN next gave' " The health of
the Duke of Wellington."

Duke of WziLtscroN, in returning thanks for
the honour which he had received, described the objects
of the Society to be two-fold. The one, was to enable'
the Professors of Musid in this country to vie with those
of ii.ttious ; the second, to give those who de-
voted theinselvds.to it, the means of honourably pro-
viding for themselves, lie earnestly called on the
Meetings io bestir themselves with zeal in the cause of"
so dandable Institution. Already, he regretted to
say, it, baclibeenAund necessary to limit the exertions
of<the Society, and it would be necessary to contract
them still *nit!) if a material addition were not made,
to the mcaaa Aow at their disposal:---" The Marquis of
.I..ansilovrA's. health," was the next toast.

The Noble Mantauts expressed himself grateful for
the unexpected honour which, he had just teceived. In
the ..r co m in which they, were then assembled, he re-
marked, the cause ciffAvatty Societies had been success-,1
fully pleaded, but.ltepriyalij conceive none that deserve&
support more than,rhis,,,which nropoed to support indi-i
viduals of talent, so as to afford them • a chance of
making their own fOrtune, while contributing by their
skill in the delightful art of music to, the incessant gra;
tification of their country. 1
" The Directors of the Society for Ancient Music," and " The
Directors of the Royal Academy for Music," were the next toasts.
The Earl of Monc& returned thanks for the Direc-
tors of this Institution, briefly described the difficulties
with which they had to contend ; and appealed to the
Meeting if what they had seen and heard that day did
not justify them in looking forward to the cumplete ac-
complishment of the object in view?
The healths of " The Stewards," and " The Committee of the
Institution" were severally given. For the latter
The Earl of SALTOUN returned thanks; ably advo-
cated the cause of the Institution, and spoke of the efforts
of Mrs. Wade and Mr. Miles, as having contributed
largely to the improvement of the pupils. Ile stated
himself to have received a letter from the Duke of
Argyle since he had been in the room, apologizing for
the absence of his Grace, and enclosing a donation for
the service of the Society.
" The Ladies Patronesses of the Institution"—lt Dr. Crotch and
the Professors of the Institution"—" Sir T. Lawrence, and the
Royal Academy of Arts," avid "The Philharmonic Society," vire
severally given and toasted with the usual honours.
At half-past ten, the Duke of York, the Duke of
Wellington, and the Earl of Morley, retired. The Ea,l
of Salmon then took the Chair, and prolonged the festal
scene for another half hour.
Besides the donation of 100 guipeas-frorn his Mstjesty,
subscriptions of 501. from the Duke of York and the
Mai quis of Lansdown, and other sums from the Nobie-
men and Gentlemen who countenanced the Institulion,
%vete announced in the course of the evening, to the
amount of 8111.

The Lisbon Gazette contains several articles relative to
the state of Brazil, which indicate dissatisfaction in
provinces with respect to the Government of Don Pedro,
though to make that appear is by no means the object
of their insertion, which is declared to be to exhibit,
" by means of the pens of the natives of that country,
the frightful picture of anarchy and demoralization
which reign in that continent since impiety and rebel-
lion have leagued against the altar and the throne." It
seems that some persons expelled from Pernambuco
' have lately arrived at Itio. One of those persons
has set up a Paper, under the title of the Ara7a Per-
hambucana, which professes to give an account of the
views of a patty' in Pernambuco and the other pro-
vinces, which is hostile to the establishment of the
Imperial Government. Accordingto what is stated in
the Lisbon Gazette, the Editor of the Aroma denounces
the existence of a plan for making Pernambuco arid
the other provinces of Brazil independent Republics,
united under a federal government, similar to that of
the United States of North America. It is also said,
that with•the view of formirig an independent Govern-
ment, the Republican party of Pernambuco had ordered
the purchase of two frigates, for the purpose of oppo-
sing any attempt which might be made to blockade
that port by the Government of Rio de Janeiro.
The body of Captain STEWART, who was unfortt?-
nately-drowned on the 2d February last, in going down
to Sheerness to join his ship, the BMW, of 16 guns, was
on Monday picked up in Kit's Hole, floating on the sur-
face of the water, by the men belonging to Mr. Boucher's
Loy, and conveyed to Rochester.
The new Court at the Old Bailey is finished, and the
division of business between the two Courts is to take place nest
Sessions.

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