The Sun. — London, England, 1820-05-02 00:00:00

PUBLIC INsTI f U lONS. -~*- - ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND: The Annivetsary ''t this excellent Institution was observed yesterday at the Freemasons"favern, the \Lit-cols of LANsuowN in the Chair. A very numerous company assembled, and the entertain ment (of which several foreign Artists partook) was such as did honour to British cheer and hos pitality. The cloth being drawn, the Noble Chair rean gave " The King," and then " The Royal Family." After which "The Artists' Benevolent Fund" was drank, with an animated exordium from the President. Ott the health uf the Presi- dent and Royal Academy being given, Mr. SHRE returned thanks in a neat speech, and expressed . the good wishes of the body to which he belonged, not only to the Arts generally, but to the Fund which the present assembly had met to patronize. In rue same manner the toast of " The British institution" was acknowledged by Sir T. BARING, one of its Directors. Tile Chairman's health was next proposed by Mr. R. COLBORNE, and the Noble Marquis returned. thanks for the honour which had been done him, Will why eulogizing the Fine Arts, and their influence on the habits and • morals of the country. The Honorary Secretafy,. Mr. BALMANNO, to Wiloin the Association is so much indebted fot its • prosperity, now 'read the subscriptions, which amounted to considerably more than 4001. • 4 The health of Mr. StruE, with the union of Poetry and Painting, was given from the Chair, and received with acclamation. Mr. Sligh again rose, and expressively thanked the company. Many othtil social enjoyments filled up the eVen , sng, to the gratifications of which Broadhurst's tielightfnl songs, with others by Tinney, Smith, and Webb, largely contributed. flosides the Gentlemen we have named, M o o s . Isabey, of t he French Academy ; Messrs. Stothard, Calcott, Dance, Jackson, Mulready, Bailly, of the R. A. of England, and a number of private Gentlemen of high consideration, were present. SUNDERLAND CELEnRATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S ANNIVERSARY. The Third Celebration of our immortal Bard's Anniversary was held at Mr. Kay's, the Golden Lion, on Tuesday last. Dr. CLAN NRY in the Clair, end Mr. HARDEY, Vice-President. Nearly fifty Gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner. When the cloth was drawn, and the health of Lis Majesty drank, Dr. CLANNBY, in an eloquent s•peeeb, taking a review of the genius of 110111ci, Virgil and Shake• apeare, plucked the wreath from Rome and Italy, to bestow it on the sweet Bard of concluded by proposing " The memory of our lturnortd Bard.•• Mr. HADDOCK, in an eloquent speech, ob served that every twin') boasts of her favourie Poet—Greece her Homer—Rome her Virgil- 7 France her Racine—ltaly her. Petrarch—Spain her Lope tle Vega—Portugal her Camuens— nnd England her Shakespeare. But this Isle, he ended, could also boast of Burns, a second in na tive feeling and original genius. In the course of the evening Mr. BELLAMY obliged the company with several favourite songs, et•uicb he sung in his usual style of excellence. BRITISH SYSTEM OF EDUCATION. Yesterday the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Royal Institution for the Education of 1,000 Boys and 500 Girls of all Religious Denominations, on the British System, took place. In the morning a meeting- took place at the School-room, North City road, when a Report was made. The school bad been established seven years, during which time 3 : 900 boys had been admitted, and 550 re main; 275 females had also been admitted in a school set apart for them since September last ; and the object of the meeting and dinner which took place at the City of London Tavern in the ,afternoon, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sus sex in the Chair, was to cover the deficiency of 1,0001. on account of both schools. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX ob served, that his late brother the Duke of Kent bad been the Patron and Founder of the Institu tion, and that owing to his lamented loss, he • was called to fill his place. He particularly agreed with the objects of the Institntion, because they embraced children of all denominations of reli gion, as he was not friendly to those founded on exclusion. Mr. Hume detailed the principles and advan tages of the new system of education adopted in these schools, the difficulties it had encountered, and the patronage it had always received from his late Majesty. Now the struggle was over, and it was in a state of progressive prosperity, more particularly in the two joint establishments whose anniversary they were that day met to celebrate. Mr. WILKs made a powerful appeal to the feel. ings of the persons present, and hoped they would follow the example of the Royal Chairman, the Earl of Darnley, and others, who had again be come such liberal benefactors. MALAGA; APRIL 7.—Sunday morning last, the 2d inst. we witnessed the arrival at this harbour of the proscribed patriots, Garcia, Hreeros, Zorra quin, Martenezde la Rosa, andCalatrava, returning from the galleys off the coast of Africa. it is impossible to paint the jny with which they were received. A t►iumphal car was prepared. All the hells were in motion, and there were fre quent discharges of artillery. The banquets, balls, and fetes are not yet over. —(Censtittaionnel.) No. 9,814, a Prize of 20,0001. and 13,756 a P,;ze of 5001. Consol3, drawn Thursday, 27th April, were Shared and Sold by J. and J. Sirs- WRIGHT, at their tru!y fortunate Offices, 37, Corn bid ; 11, Holborn ; 38, Haymarket ; and 141, Oxford Street, London ; where Tickets and Shares, warranted on.irawn, are on Sale for the Fotra Prizes of 30,0001. Ste. &c. yet in the Wheel; an:t as there are Seventy-eight Capitol Prizes, in Nif me y and Consols, now undrawn, upwards of Twenty of them may he expected on the Next Diy of Drawing, 18th May, when the Two Prizes of 10.0001. 3 per Cent. Consols, will be given ekttit to Ili* Twi)lust hizes. PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCF.. PAErs, APRIL 28.—The inundation of pam phlets continues ; their contents are such as the periodical press would have spurned, even when it was bee. The spirit of rebellion is abroad ;it is nourished and cherished in a most disgraceful way. The scavengers of literature, even down to a Printer's devil, thinks he has the right to be a Ct nsor of the acts of •Government, and every thing to be right, must first receive the seal of his approbation.---Can such a spitem hold ? Cer tainly not.—The men who were crouching slaves under NAPOLEON are insolent Rebels under the paternal Government of Louts XVIII. They must be ruled with a rod of iron; like fire and water they are good servants, but like fire and water they carry destruction with them if they are not under controul. A great bustle is made about the dismissal of M. de GIKARDIN from his Prefec- He was the servant of Government, he re ceived its pay, and made use of his power to thwart its operations. We shall be told that he acted according to his conscience; be it so. Hits cure. conscience is not . a very strait-laced one, or it would not permit him to continue in the service of a master and receive pay, while be attempted in every way to shake the credit of that master—be fore lie turned rigaitist him he should have ceased to eat hi, bread.—We do not blame M. GIRARDIN for emitting opinions in the House contrary io Government, in his quality of Deputy, but he ought first to have laid down his quality of Pre fect, and as he did not, we hesitate not to 'say that M. GittAHDIN was neither an honest servant nor a conscientious man. Poor KeRATY, who tries to get the word Finisterre tacked to his name, as if be were the only man of his Depart ment—poor K. who was very estimable as a man of letters, professed liberal principles, and got elected by that party. He soon turned round; all the Ministers finding him a man of talents, vain and weak, cajoled him, pressed his hand, in vited him to dinner, praised his works, and poor K. proud of the thing, fancied himself all at once a great political character, and at last a Prefect. The Government having neutralized him, let him drop ; he lost his dinners, his old friends viewed him with suspicion, and he saw there was no other way to save him but turn back again and become liberal once more ; but though his old friends are delighted to snatch 'a vote from the Ministers they do not frankly unite with him, for they know that the first fair wind will waft bin into the Ministerial port. We have expressed our opinion on the New Law of Elections ; we trust it will undergo many modifications in the Committee. His ItiAJitsTy's health is much better. I'HEATRICAL REGISTER. Perfiwnted Lest Night. THEATRE, ROYAL, DR Uit V- LANE.—King Lear : King Lear, Mr. Kean ; Edgar, Mr. Rae; Mts. Glover ; Regan, Mrs. Egerton; Cornelia, Mrs. W. West. After which, Shalispeare versus Harlequin. THEATRE ROYAL, ciovE.INIT-tsvtioEN.—Henri Quatre : Henri, Mr. Macready; Eugene, Mr. C. Keinble; O'Donnel, Mr. John Johnstone; Florence Saint Leon, Miss Stephens; Clotilde de Biron, Miss Brunton; Loutsutt, Miss M. Tree. After which, Harlequin and Cinderella. PRICE OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Bank Stick .... 226 225 i 226 I I3ank Long Ann. 171 15-16ths s per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3i per Cent. 7l i Ditto Commercial par Is. pr. 4 per Cents b . per Ct. Navy Ann 1054 i MAILS AKRIVED-1 Dublin, 1 Waterford, I Guernsey and Jersey, Holland, I France. Gottenburgh. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 2.2 minutes after 5. I Evening - , 49 =hats after 5 THE SUN. SOLEAI QUIS DICEKE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1820. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Saturday last. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Friday, a Petition reported upon from an in dividual, praying that the Duke DECAZES might be put upon his trial, gave rise to a warm debate of some length, M. BENJAMIN CGNSTANT and others contending that there was an intrigue on foot for restoring the Duke DscAzes, and urging that the Petition ought to be referred to the Ministers, that they might have a pro per opportunity of chewing the charges against their late Colleague to be without foun dation. The proposition, however, of the Committee for passing to the order of the day was at length agreed to without a division. The discussion was then resumed on the articles of the Projet respecting the Customs, and was again adjout tied till Saturday. The following ate extracts :-- " PARIS, APRIL 29.—Yesterday the King gave a private audience to his Excellency Mirza About Liman 1. - au, the Peresiau Aulbesuidor E'traor dimly. llis nijesty afterwards transacted busi ness with the Ilinister of the Interior aod the Duke de Richelieu. " The Duke cl'Angouleme is to arrive at Dijon (his day, and to set out from hence on the 1 Nlay. " A letter from Rochelle states, that General Tarayre, whose elzction was declared void on ac count of informality, has been again returned to the Chamber of Deputies by the Electoral Col., lege of Chal cute-Inferieure. " The Court of Cessation has reiected the ap. peal of the F.xConventionalist Lacarpentier a Regicide, against the arret of the Court 0 Assizes of la Manche, condemning him to de. portation for having returned to France without leave. " The Count de Volney has bequeathed a perpetual rente of 1,200 francs destined to found a Prize, to be awarded by the Institute to the Author of the best Memoir on the study of the Oriental Languages, and especially with a view to the simpli6cation of their characters. " The Duke de Fernan Nunez left Paris yes terday to return to Madrid. " A shock of an earthquake was felt at Brest on the 21st ult. about a quarter past nine, P.M. but happily no damage was done. " M. Camille Teisser, brother in law of M. M. Savnye Rollin, and Casimir ?crier, is elected a Deputy by the Electoral College of l'lsere. FIVE PBR CENTS. Friday 73 f. 60 c. DEFERRED STOCK. Of the 22d March 1817, 100 f. 55 c. 22d March 1320, BB f. 60 c. " INSPRUCK, Arum 18.—The Queen of Eng land had not left Rome on the 10th inst. Her Majesty continued to live in the strictest incog nito, the Papal Court having categorically refused to recognize her as Queen' of England. Latterly her Majesty never chewed herself in public, and only went out in a close carriage. it is said that her Majesty was about to proceed to Pesaro, to wait advices on which depended her journey to England." THE Qoettrr.--We are assured, by those who profess to know the real state of things, and who are not likely to be misinformed, That Hee MAJESTY is only approaching to this Country for the purpose of being near at hand, in order to consult on the negociation for her future provision. It is, however, the policy of lier Advocates to excite a belief that she will actually laud. What must be thought of men who can promote such manoeuvring practices ? But they cannot succeed. If her -MAJESTY reallyarrives in this country all must be open, fair, and above-board, and if she is found to be deserving of the gene rosity of the People, she may rest assured that nothing will be wanting to support her character, and to adminis►er to her happiness. We have endeavoured to compensate for the brief account which we were obliged to give yes terday of the circumstances attending the execu tion of the unfortunate men who have suffered under the justice of the Lily, by a copious report of the melancholy event this day. It is natural that a general interest should be strongly pre valent on so disastrous an occasion ; but to dwell on the conduct of the wretched culprits is to raise them into a degree of consequence which they do not deserve, and to convert a firm sensed justice into a feeling of false humanity. They were men who had entered into a dreadful Conspiracy, which, if it could have been at tended with success, might have involved the Country in confusion, consternation, and anar chy. It is weakness to mourn over them, whatever compassion may be excited by those domestic connexions who must -suffer by the loss of them, and that loss, of course, lamentably aggravated by the nature of it. ' But curi , sity h a s been sufficiently gratified, and the subject should he relinquished, except so far as it may be em ployed as a warning to those who might be de luded into the same evil courses. It is always with reluctance that we comment on the conduct of any of our Competitors, and we trust that we never shall do so, except on matters of essential interest to the Country, the refutation of false statements of the °perm ionsof Government, and the maintenance of just principles. We are as zealous for the liberty of the Press as any of our political Opponents, and hope it will always exist in due vigour as a censorial power over those to whom the administration of national affairs may be entrusted. But we put it to the candour and jos.ice of the well-meaning men of all parties, whether the following paragraph, which ap. pears in the Morning Chronicle of this day, does not demonstrate the folly of those who complain of restrictions on lb freedom of the Press, and whe ther it is only a lair and allowable use of that freedom, or whether it is not calculated to render the people in general, though apparently lately for Scotland only, discontented with the powe r wl_icb they already possess. We question, i ll ; deed, whether any public Journal, notoriously ° avowedly Radical, could have contained a ilv 3rl mischievous article, though it might not be eole veyed in terms of such insidious caution : " We trust the time is fast approaching whe n the people of Scotland will cease to be disgrace(' by the proceedings of a few individuals in vibe hands an uncontrolled power is vested. A g present the people are completely excluded frsil l all influence on public affairs. From the gre .ol improvement which has taken place in th at country of late years, and the general diffusion d wealth and intelligence, we are persuaded that the reign of the jobbers cannot last much longer. V I Borough Reform will go a great way towards the remedy of the evil, and we trust the praceediog o respecting it, which were prosecuted with ss much spirit in the last Parliament, will be eon' tinued with the same spirit in this." Last night were sent off to Portsmouth, Pre ° paratory to transportation, Wilson, Strange, 11 04 rison, Cooper, and Bradburn, five of the conspire tors lately convicted. A proper escort went wits them.—Gilchrist remains in Newgate as respite,. LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND.—It is Will much pleasure we learn, that his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX is confidently spoken of in high Political Circles as the Personage most likely is succeed Lord TALBOT as Viceroy of Ireland. No appointment could be so gratifying to the peOP of this country, who have been long amino is, see a Member of the R o y a l F am ily a t t h e bee of the Irish Government. Totally distinct frog political views and party politics, the measur e would be hailed with inexpressible satisfactio° throughout the Island, and we need scarcely erg: that such a Court as his Roy a l Hi g h ness %void' establish, must confer great benefits on the Citi of Dublin, now running fast to decay, deserted' as it is, by the Nubility and Gentry, who forme' ly gave spirit and support to its trade and institv tions. The Court of his Royal Highness wota induce the return of many absentees from Eog' land and the Continent.— (D uldlitt Evening Foe' April 29.) Letters from Rio Janeiro of tie 20th of Eel?' have been received, brought by the Creole Iry gate. They continue the details of Lord Coe*: SANS'S proceedings before Lima. On the 74) 14 November a det a chme n t f rom hi s f orce , consist' log of 200 men, effected a landing at l'isco, were attacked shortly after by 1,200 of tb ° Spaniards, beaded by a General Officer. A spots engagement ensued, in which Colonel CHARLES , and 10 men were killed. The detachment suc-. ceeded in repulsing the enemy, and remained tot a few hours in possession of Pisco, from whence they brought off a supply of rum for the fleet. As vessel bad arrived at Rio Janeiro, in 10 clays fia t° Monte Video, with the news that a change of a' l " ministration had taken place at Buenos Ayr": and Don JUAN PEDRO DR AGUIRR had been name d Supreme Director, ad interim, until the tweeting the Chambers. Letters from the Cape of Good Hope, dated the 3d of February, were received yesterday. !retells' Bence having reached the colony from the Maor i ' tins and Isle of Bourbon of the malignant diseas e raging in the former place, General Dobtscls: the acting Governor at the Cape, bad issise d ° a proclamation, enjoining strict quarantine on vessels coming from the eastward. The Cape se/ far from healthy at the above date, and sever°, instances of sudden death h a d recent ly occurreof which increased the general apprehension. GLASGOW, APRIL 27.—During the afternoon awl teeni l s, of Monday last, strong picquets of Hussars patrols d the main streets forming the Cross, for the purpose of repellr, any riot that might occur; but we rejoice to learn that 7, this occasion the birth-d a y passed off without any of llt— depredations that disgraced the mob on the Oh of June year. Twenty-two pri soners a t present confined .10 York Castle, are to take their (dais under a Stie cial Commission for High Treason. Mr. GRATTAN's health is in so precarious 4 SlO as to have required a consultation of physieiaeh and but little hopes are entertained of his 66 4 ' 1 5 able to take his seat this Session in the House t u ` Commons. The late Major TOPHAM was remarkably fa il , of the amusement o f cours i ng , an d bi b ce l e b ra te° black dog Snowball was the sire of most of ti )° best hounds in Yorkshire. By the death of (4° above-named Gentleman, it is said the Rev. S r ' EsTa loses an annuity of 3001. per annum. The late ARTHUR YOUNG, ,E,q. Secretary tot Board of Agriculture, was about 40 years ago . Parliamentary reporter, and Literary contributo r to one of the London diurnal journals. Yesterday being the Birth-day of Lord BasW NOCK, on the completion of his 21st year. t b f Noble Marquess and rslarchioness of Camp" gave a grand fete champetre, in celebration t here' of, at their seat, the Wildern ess , i n K e nt, ,t„ which upwards of three hundr e d o f the Nobil ll7 o and Gentry were invited. The entertainment v" of the most magnificent description : the prepii; rations have been carrying on for the last thr e weeks. A number of el e g a nt marquees w eld erected on the lawn. The whole of the tenant r, entertained with plenty of roast b ee f, plui% pudding, and strong b eer . L or d BazEcKrso c , arrived on Thursday last, from Vien na , it) oru 4 , r to he present at the celebration of his birth-clay' his Lordship being one o f th e p r i nc ip a l S ec retail to Lord Sran'AßT, at the Court of Vienna. onj Mr. Muffins, it is said, has obtained a lengthened r' for the performances at the Summer Theatr e , in the %,/ market. His licence is to c o mmenc e w ith th e openint ,, his new house the season after the ensiling one. PHILI,trs, the sioger, gone on a professional tour to so land. It is understood that he is e ng age d by Mr. HO for the opening of the Dublin Theatre. he Mr. YOUNG, after concluding his engagement set r s Management of the Bath Theatre, has entered into one fur limited of nights at that of Bristol. Mi. H. JouNsroN, late of Drury-lane Theatre, is at sent on a professional (tip to the North. tha A=ss Art to T. Ti N Qf fn D