The Sun. — London, England, 1802-04-12 00:00:00

NAVA 1, NEWS. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 10. ARRIVED this morning from Torbay, the San csef, of 112 guns, Royal George, of too guns, and Prince, of 9S guns, and anchored in Cawsaud 131 Y. They are expeEted to come into Harbour in the course of a few days, to be paid off. Arrived the Danish East-India Ship White Eagle, f rom Copenhagen bound to the East Indies, to refit, ha ving carried away her main top-mast, and re ceived other damage, in a gale of wind she experi enced off the Orkneys, in her passage North about. The Mars, of 74. guns, Rear-Admiral THORN eit()UGH, is come into Harbour to be paid off. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11. ARRIvEn the Raven Sloop of War from the \\ ''est Indi es, w i th Dispatc h es. B y h er we learn, that the French Troops are in possession of all the .3e a , Ports of St. Domingo. Arrived at S t . H e l en ' s , Hi s Maje s ty' s Ship Am 'trade, t from a Crbize. C ame into Harbour, His Majesty's Ship Rambler, t° h e paid off. T his day His Majesty's Ships Santa Dorothea, festal., and La Prevlyante, lately arrived from Malta, were released from Ouarantine. Also the 101 l °W ing Transports : Princess Mary, Ranger, fibeus, Peggy, St. Mary's Planter, and Betsey. Sailed die Olive Branch, WR 'cur, for Standgate, dlPerform quarant i ne, s h e b e i ng f rom t h e Me erranean. SHEERNESS, APRIL 11. 4/I "Tritony arrived His Majesty's Ship Raison able' of 64 guns, Capain DiLx ES, from Yarmouth. j~a he Bataviet, 1 hisbe, and Galgo, came into the two former proceeded on their way ° Chatham, to be paid off. Th. dr; I s day arrived His Majesty's Ship Alexan. 32 guns, Captain WILLSON, from the e"ward, DEAL, APRIL 11. t r Akil lVED the Sir john Borlase Warren., DAV IS, (Ittltengal, and remains. I t 4 tr ived and sailed for the River, the Matilda, ... () °MFIE LD , from St. Michael's. lii °l Thursday a Court Martial was held on board If:Majesty' s Shi p B r illi ant , l y i ng i n Sh eerness l k Pour, to try C apt . LEE, Officers, and Pilots, th . e ° l n ging to His Majesty's late s hip A ss i s t ance , for dove °" of that Ship on the Coast of France, a few tot e a go. The Court, after investigating and ma kin deliberating, adjudged Capt. LEE to be in 6,"'slled not to put so much confidence in Pilots 24 4 , 1 to re ; the two Pilots, Watson Riches and Ed lhei' Coleman, are sentenced to be mukied of all Pri, r Pay due to them from Government, and °fl ed six months in the Marshalsea. Tl l th e report circulated in the American Papers of li e )ss °f the British Sloop of War Fairy, in th e lYe -3 ,P e ,"k, and that r Is of her crew had perished, " a i .e puaPpy to say is unfounded. to ted iripoli tan Corsair is reported to have cap traitstivo valuable Danish merchant ships in the O is Royal Iliohness the PRINcE of WArs_has , Pleased to nominate and appoint the Hon. 4 As Ett,i(lNE to the Chancellorship of the Vi r ti ,, t(r) thY of Cornwall ; a legal office that has not been filled since the reign of HENRY VII. ins he D UKE of K EN T will leave T o w n o n the z o th c his Government at Gibraltar. hjilliree Officers of Artillery on the Madras Esta ttr;sb'nient ha ve b een, we learn, cas hi ered, f or the Ivere zzle ment of Store s a t S e rin ga p a t am . Th e y the ran k o f Colonel, Major, and Captain. cu r T• he Indi a C ompany are in possession of a very ov e - ,? u s Piece of ant i qu i ty , w hi c h was l ate l y sent tifiei to Sir HUGH INGLIS ; it is a large square al.- stone, inscribed on each of the sides, le.x co'v'ing one, with unknown charaders. It was tn th e h re d amongs t the ruins of a very ancient city . r the va nk3 of the river Euphrates, supposed to y-isancient Babylon. - If it were possible to de -I)4l)Ter the charaders, some information might . pro_ city, be gained respetaing that once magnificent b be last letters from Egypt mention the death of the lI ITE, who h a d atten d ed several patients in P l ague si nce our Troops were in that country. wasnted death was singular. From his observations, he wa to establi s h a new dodrine, that the plague w; _ llo t conta Sous i ;he h a d i nocu l ate d hi mse lf twice trl 'n the flatter of the plague, without any effed ; di king a t hi rd trial, which communicated the th re : l ! ays it put a n en d to his existence in two or c d. ohe overland dispatch recently received at the t:pa -house, was accomp an i e d b y letters of so late _te as as the zoth of J anuary. It is said they con_ considerable ter of considerabl e i nterest respeding the git- r s the Larnatic. I,47Highness the NIZAM, has been for some ,• dangerously- ill, a n d at _ the date of the dis ,its'en, a Bri t i s h S urgeon had been sent from Ma as toHyderabad to attend him. AN ROY, the famous Decoit Chieftain, hay neit._effeded a j undion with GOPAUL MASINGEE, Ramp ore, their combined force has been cum. r tk 't ly C rout e d by detachme nt o f our army under wzimand of Co detachment ROVOIISEDGE. PARIS, APRIL 7. CONVENTION BE,TWEEN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND HIS HOLINESS PIUS VII. The Government of the Republic recognizes the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Religion, as the Religion of the great majority of French Citizens. His Holiness, in the same manner, acknow ledges that this Religion receives the most effeaual advantage from the Establishment of the Catholic Religion in France, and the particular profession which the Consuls make of it. After this mutual acknowledgment, as well for the good of Religion as the maintenance of internal Tranquillity, they have agreed on the following ar ticles : ART. I. The Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Religion, shall be freely exercised in France. Its worship shall be public, under such regulations as may seem necessary for the preservation of public tranquillity. 11. The Holy See, in concert with the Government, shall make a new division of the French Dioceses. 111. His Holiness shall declare to the Titularies of the French Bishoprics, that, for the sake of Peace and Unity, he expects from them all manner of sacrifices, even that of their Secs. After that exhortation, if they refuse to make the sacri fice demanded of them for the good of the Church, (a refusal however to which his Holiness shall not pay any attention) new Titularies shall be appointed to the Bishoprics, in the following manner : IV. The First Consul of the Republic shall name, in the three months which shall follow the publication of his Ho liness's Bull, to the Archbishoprics and Bishoprics of the new Division. His Holiness shall confer the Canonical Or dination in the same manner as was done before the change of Government in France. V. The nominations to the Bishoprics which shall after wards become vacant, shall, in the same manner, be made by the First Consul ; and the Canonical Ordination shall be given by the Holy See, in conformity to the preceding Arti cle. VI. The Bishops, before entering on their fun&ions, shall take, in presence of the First Consul, the Oath of Fidelity, which was in use before the change of Government, accord ing to the following form : " I swear and promise to God, upon the Holy Gospels, to preserve obedience and fidelity to the Government esta blished by the Constitution of the French Republic. I pro mise also to have no intelligence, to assist at no Council, to enter into no league, without or within, which shall be con trary to the Public tranquillity ; and if in my Diocese, or elsewhere, I learn that any thing is carrying; on to the detri ment of the State, I shall inform the Government of it." VII. The Ecclesiastics of the second order shall take the same oaths in the hands of the Civil Authorities appointed by Covernt:tent. VIII. Th: - : follow ing Formula of Prayer shall be recited at, the conclusion of Divine Service, in all the Catholic Churches of France, _ _ Lord save the Republic, Lord save the Consuls. IX. The Bishops shall make a ❑ew division of Parishes and Dioceses, which shall have no cited till atter the con currence of the Government. X . The Bishops shall name to the Cures. Their choice can only fall upon persons approved by the Govern►nent. XI. The Bishops shall have a Chapter in their Cathedral, and a Seminary for their Diocese, without the Government being obliged to endow them. XI I. All the Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish Churches, and others, not alienated, necessary to worship, shall be placed at the disposition of the iiish . Ops. XIII. His Holiness, for the sake of the peace and happy re establishment of the Catholic Religion, declares, that neither himself, nor his Successors, will, in any manner, trouble the Possessors of alienated Ecclesiastical Estates, and that, in consequence, the property of the same Estates, and the Rights and Revenues attached to them, shall remain in the hands of their present Possessors. XI V. The Government will ensure a suitable Establish ment to the Bishops and Curates, whose Dioceses and Cures are comprized in the new circumscription. XV, The Government will :1.0 take measures to enable French Catholics, if they wish it, to make dispositions in favour• of the Church. XVI. His Holiness recognizes in the First Consul of the French Republic, the same Rights and Prerogatives which were enjoyed by the antient Government. XVI I . I t is agreed, between the Contrading Parties, that in case any one of the Successors ottne First Consul shall not be a Catholic, the Rights and Prerogatives mentioned in the above Article, -and the nomination to Bishopricks shall be regulated, so tar as relates to him, by a new Convention. The Ratification shall be exchanged at Paris, within the space of 40 days. Done at Paris the isth of I Illy, Igor. Signed IOSEPH BONAPARI'E, HERCULES, Cardinal.Gonsalvi. GRETEI'. JOSEPH Archbishop of Corinth. BERNIER. F. CHARLES CASE LLI. • APRIL 8. The FIRST CONSUL was at the Opera on the sth, accompanied by his Brother, JOSEPH BONA PARTE. The former met with many testimonies of approbation, the latter was received with a pecu liar and marked applause. The Hungarian Diet will be opened at Presburg on the zd of May, but the EMPEROR will not be there till the 15th. At the audience given on the sth to the Diplo matic Body, Count de MAIKOFW, Plenipotentiary from the Court of Petersburgh, delivered his cre dentials, and presented several Russian Noblemen to the First Consul. Admiral VILLARer is appointed Captain-Gene. ral of the Island of Martinico and its Dependen cies. Captain BELLEVILLE is appointed Commissary. General for the Afiiiirs of Trade in Spain. The CHIEF CONSUL has broken General CAR. NOT, of the Engineers, and dismissed him the ser_ vice, for not having repaired to St. Domingo, as he was ordered. VIENNA, MARCH is certain that Eng land has made an arrangement with our Court rela tive to the Loans made in that Country, for which the Revenues of the Low Countries were pledged. It is understood that this part of the debt will re main to be provided fur by the Cabinet of Vienna, in consequence of the Treaty of Luneville. - BREST, APRIL 6. The Division under the command of Rear - Admiral BEROIT sailed this morning from this Port :—it consisted of •Le Re douttzble, and Le Fougoux, of 74 guns : and the fol lowing Frigates : La Voluntaire, La Didon, La Romaine, La Saillg, La Constant Trader, besides a Cutter and a Brig. They are, destined for Guada loupe. No. 20,198, drawn this morning a Prize of 20001. was sold and registered to two Gentlemen at Lynn, in Norfolk, by Mr. NicuoLsoN, at his Office, No. 16,. Cornhill ; where 17,993, a Prize of zo,oool. drawn last Wednesday, was divided and sold in sixteen Sixteenth Shares. rITE OPERA'. Theatre. Ot Saturday we were treated with the delightful music of Elfrida. BANTI always appears to ad vantage in this favourite Opera. The novelties of the evening were the revivals of Peggy's Love', and Paul Much as we were used to ad, mire Di DELo-r in the first Ballet, we cannot but allow that LABOR lE j although he does not employ so much of the mimic art in his execution of this Dance, has more finish, and more neatness of step than DIDELOT. Paul & Virginie is one of those popular stories that must alwayi please. The roundnes of Hi lAA GSB Ra's form is advantageously displayed in Paul, and Madam LABOR I E adds much to the interest of the charaler of Virginie by her naive acing. The Pas de Trois between HILL I GSB E R G and the LABORIES, is new, pleasing, and delightfully exe cuted. We have no doubt but that the revival of this Ballet will add much to the pleasure of the fre quenters of the Opera. THE THEATRE. Drury-Lane. ARTAXERXES-THREE WEEKS AFTER MARRIAGE. Tuts Opera attrafted a numerous audience on Saturday evening, who waited with patience till con siderably after the usual time of beginning. About seven o'clock DIGNUM came forward and said, that within an hour Mrs. BLAND had been taken so ill, as to be unable to perform her part ; begging their indulgence a little longer, in order that somelxidy might be obtained to supply her place. In about zo minutes after McNum again came forward, and said, that they had used every exertion to get some musical person to perform the part, but without success, bu; sooner than the Play should be changed, Mrs. HARLOW E had undertaken to read the - part, for whom he requested their usual indulgence. The Opera then proceeded, and the audience were agreeably disappointed when on the entrance of Semira, instead of Mrs. HARLOW E with a book in her hand, Mrs. ATKINS, the representative of this diameter at the other house, appeared on the boards. She was much embarrassed at first, but the very general applause she received for her first song, dispelled her fears, and she performed the part throughout in such a manner as to give very general satisfiaion. Mrs. BlLLtrtc - roN was in fine voice, and cer tainly never sung better. The encores were, " o'er the cruel Tyrant Love," and " The Soldier Tied." Mrs. MouNTAt N, as usual, deserv,ed and obtained very loud plaudits in Arbaces. Mrs. Jo R DAN'S fine comic powers in Lady Vackct detained a very brilliant and numerous audience till the curtain dropped. I AMA IC .1. KINGSTON, FEB. 19. YESTER DAY afternoon the French Frigate La Cornelie, Capt. VlLit E MADR IN, arrived from Cape Francois, with Dispatches. We learn by her, of the arrival of twenty Sail of the Line and twelve Frigates, with 20,000 men, at Cape Francois. From every information from St. Domingo, there is reason to believe that tranquillity will not be soon restored to that Colony. On entering Port-Royal, the French Frigate fired a.salute of 13 guns, which was retutned by Fort- Charles and the Flag Ship. Yesterday morning His Honour Major-General NUGENT reviewed the three Troops of Kingston Horse on the Race Course, when he was pleased to express himself well pleased with their martial ap pearance. The same day the St. Andrews. Regiment and Troop of Horse, were also reyiewed by the Com mander in Chief, and met with his approbation. By the ship Thomas, MOLYNEAUX, arrived from St. Vincent's, we are sorry to learn the loss of the ship Kenyon, RoßiNsoN, of Liverpool, with a cargo of Slaves, hound for Montego Bay. The accident happened on Wednesday the 27th ult. to windward of Martinique. Of the crew (.5 in number) only to were saved ; and out of a most choice cargo of +go Slaves, only 60. Yesterday arrived at Port-Royal, His Majesty's Ship }Lulus, from Portsmouth and Madeira. 'tORN EXCHANGE, April 12. WE have no foreign arrivals, and but a short supply of Wheat : the many buyers caused an ad vance of 4s. to 6s. per quarter ; Oats had a demand with brisk sale, and rather higher ; Pease are dull ; Flour had a quick sale, and expeled rather dearer. Wheat sos a 60S a 7os od Beans -29 s a 33$ od Fine do. - 7zs a 73s od Tick ditto -28 s a 30s 6d Malt -313 s a 4zs a 4.4 s od Oats - IS'S a 21S od FilledittO - 45$ a 47$ od Poland do. 22S a 23s od Barley - 33% a 36$ 6d Rape Seed 341 a 371 per last Rye - 36% a 4os od • Fine Flour sos a 56s per sack White Pease 34s a 36s od Second do. 45s a sos peL do. KEMBLE is gone to Liverpool, on account of a new arrangement said to be in agitation respeding the Theatre of that place, the Lease of which is nearly expired. KEMBLE has many friends in that town, and has it seems been invited to take part in the suggested plan of future management. It is said that Sir EDWARD LAW, in conse ,quence of his appointment, will be created a Peer. 'lf the Chief Justice should chuse his.title from his estate, which is generally the case, he will become Lord Bard6lph, in consequence of his late purchase in Hertfordshire. • The average price of Sugar, computed from the returns made for the week ending the 7th day of April tBoz, is Thirty-eight Shillings and Ten Pence Halfpenny ptr hundred weight. On Saturday a young Gentleman riding a poney on the Harrow Roid, was thrown against a hedge or wall, and very severely bruised in the chest. He was conveyed borne to his friends in a dangerous state, SHE LATK LORD CHIEF JUSTICE KEN - Y 9! . Ix the full convidinn, that the following biogra, phical and characteristic notices, (which are chiefly drawn from an original source, and not from transi— ent or obscure publications) of this truly ex...ciicnt magistrate and man, will prove acceptablc,• we pre sent them to our readers. LLOYD Lord KENYON was born at Gredington in Flintshirc, in the year 1733 ; he was the eldest surviving son of Lloyd Kenyon, Esq. originally of Brynn, in the same County, and Cile of the younger sons of the rintienc family of Kenyon of Peek, in Lancashire ; his Lord,hip received the elementary part of his education-at Ruthin, in Denbighshire, whence he was taken, at nn early' ag , 7, and articled to Mr. W. J. Tomlinson, an eminent attorney at Nantwich, in Cheshire. On the expiration of hig articles, Mr. Kenyon determined to enter into a line which afforded a more sco,:e to his industry and talents, and, accordingly, he beCame a Member of the Society of Lincoln's Inn,. in Trinity Term 1754., and after a sedulous application to the requi site studies, was called to 'the Bar in Hilary Term, 1761. In the early part of his professional career ) the advancement of Mr. Kenyon was but slow—he was unassisted by those means which powerful con_ neaion and interest afford : added to this, the branch of his profession to which he chiefly applied himself, namely that of conveyancing, was not cal culated to bring him forward into public notice: But the sterling merit cf genuine abilities, and perse vering industry, were not to be overlooked. Mr. Kenyon rose gradually into praaice; f.-:w opinions at the Bar, at the time, carried more weight and authority, and he was frequently recurred to as an advocate. In 1773, an interesting epoch in Mr. Kenyon's private life took place ; ne formed a ma trimonial connection with his relative, Mary, the third daughter of George Kenyon of Peele, in Lan. cashire, the family before alluded to ; and not long after, he contracted an intimacy with Mr. after. wards Lord Thurlow, and Chancellor. About this period too, and for some years after, his praftice in the Couitt of Chancery was very extensive, and of the most lucrative kind, by which, as well as in the other lines of his profession, he acquired a very con siderable property. In 1780 a circumstance occur. red, which not a little contributed to establish his reputation as an Advocate and a public Speaker, namely, his being employed as leading Counsel for the defence of the late Lord George Gordon, on a charge of High Treason ; on this interesting oc casion, Mr. Kenyon's second was Mr. Erskine, who on that day distinguished himself in such, a manner, as in a great degree laid the foundation of his future fame. In April 1782, soon after the ac cession of the Rockingham parry to ministerial power, Mr. Kenyon, was, without serving the inter mediate office of Solicitor, appointed to the impor. tant situation of Attorney General, and at the same time, Chief justice of Chester; in the former office he succeeded the late James Wallace, Esc, father of the Right Hon. Thu=s The circum stance of Mr. Kenyon's dire:, prn;rion to the of fice-of Attorney General, was regarded as a-singu lar instance ; this however is erroneous, similar pro motions have before occurred, and the case of Sir Edwaid•Law, the present Attorney General, is a recent instance. In Parliament Mr. Kenyon took a decided part in politics, warmly attaching himself to the party of the late Minister, Mr. Pitt, and he distinguished himself not a little by his speeches on the noted af fair of the Coalition, Mr. Fox's India Bill, &C. In March 1784, he was appointed Master of the Rolls, an office of high judicial dignity, and generally leading to still higher legal honours—however, its emoluments fell very short of those which Mr. Kenyon necessarily relinquished by discontinuing his professional pursuits as a Counsel : about this time he was created a Baronet. In this situation, Sir Lloyd Kenyon continued until the latter end of May 1788, when on the re. signation of the venerable Earl of Mansfield, who, for the long period of thirty-two years, had held the honourable and very important office of Chief justice of the Court of King's Bench, he was ap, pointed to succeed him, and at the same time, was elevated to the peerage, by the title of Lord Ken. yon, Baron of Gredington, in the County of Flint. He was now fixed in a situation, which though not nominally the highest, is perhaps the most import ant office in the administration of the law of this country ; and Lord Kenyon furnished an instance nearly as striking as that of the iilu , ,zrious Hard wicke, teat the profession of the law is that which of all others, affords the fairest opporttinitie:,' for the exertion of genuine talent, and persevering in dustry ; whether the objett be the gratification of ambition in the attainment of the highest honours in the State, or the possession of abundant wealth. Of the character of Lord Kenyon in his magiste_ rial and judicial capacity, convinced it is too well established in the hearts and minds of his fellow sub_ jells, we presume not to - speak. His conduct in those arduous and important situations which he so lately filled, speaks its best and fairest eulogiuoi ; it has attracted and fixed the applauses and gratitude of his countrymen ; his charade!' and his fame will descend with increasing lustre to an admiring atid a. grateful posterity. :.nurse of A few rrominent considerations in theewe cannot, however, , te r, 7io n n' i s u, f ,t o ic re e ns t i o c ,I Lim , in o i r st t r , a o t n it: stenti_ y with our own feelings, refrain from a . ;:vertin g to. W e allude, first, to his laudable), firm and perseverin g exertions to keep the chan;iels of the Law clear and unpolluted by low and sordid rradices,• and whirl were particularly exQMplified in the vigilant and salutary exercise of his authority over the Attornies of his own Court, the utility of which has been ex. perienced in a ,very considerable degree. Secondly, his unprecedented zeal in the cathe of Morality and Virtue, which most conspicuously appeared in his conduct with respect to cases of Adultery and Sc. duttion : on these occasions, neither rank, -wealth, nor station, could shield. deli!:queney fr om t h e well merited censure, and rebuke, of off:nded justice. and morality : though much unhappily remains to be done, yet his Lordship's exertions, combined w*..f; those of some of the mast virtuous and exalted cha..