The Sun. — London, England, 1815-04-12 00:00:00

!.., iintlll! tie'ed 1 1 ti; * 1 11(136 5C gti ;O ng e 'oll' 40 0 ; 0 I'l sb dt‘i , n 1116 r r ll3' i tlY bete' id I'l4 ICL to a ir. • til,g O S ; 4er' fr 1 ti te r re'. 0 1 / 1 4 14 1 ‘)‘ - ..., . , bar . s e' e ° 11 1(1 be made th e dttn,.:s, or apparen't dupeS of 91101 3.11;1116W t!ti 6CCS. Ilhat IV •• - -hy ' indeed 'should 'rti,.t BUONArARTF:— r " s °n ha, he latery furniih'ed to induce ik! °Pinion that he fs .i)o.fe more Worthy than before • ef b.. . . , d ing; credited and elied upon ? His ittlm97: -erate tunbition; tis innumerable ,crirnes", l') 1 s . In<ttehless perfidy, haV• g drhtvn down , upon 4161 , „ I n d the. wretched nation over which: be tyran. ized ' the .e ~e ance of the united world, he was n, ta ti „,,, , 1, I'me d - and c om litlled to submit. 111 a ITM 7 .-e of despairgelled he obtained mercifel terms which e epted m with gratitude not to o b serve the 1r 4141 th at to but to e na bl e h i m to mature the ekherY be even at that Moment meditaitecl , an(l - , , 0 4ce more re-appear upon the stage , .l).y. at! Fi t ?. , thieh affords an -example of the deepest. n!coF;li,, teeP,r4vitY, and most entire abandonment.uf grin.-,j, dale that ever braved the scorn and detestation of liißinkinti• Having succeeded in this 'unparalleled 0- till t:afhe and his advocates call upon us to place ety in his keeping, and bank re in his professions. our futtire wel -614 h ghwaym an, after a dozen of y 7 ears of under, r obbery, an d murder, is seized,brought to 64 , and condemned by the unanimous consent ii .ki/ fe Ntv -creatures. He assures his j u d ges o f 'l eentance, and instead of being banged, as f e Ile hlY deserved, his p un i s h ment is commute 4 4 g e ntle banishmen t d , in return' for whiCh he =spear., s datn ioever more to b rea k t h e peace or commit Is ©as opoo society. I nstead of regarding : oath. howe ver, he emp l oys the *hole period ht. (!'' h is short exile i n contriving how he may to tt' nt advanta ge recomm ence his guilty course—ln empt of a sacred engagement, he leeinsinn, and his earliest exploits are worthy quits his :I°l. his original character, for they consist of 1/4 )eliation, robbery, and murder. But hay thereby secured a full purse, and ir l ,p . not be ^ clime prepared to defend it or seize an ttilther. he says, very seriously, c` You see, Gen i "en, I an t a new Creature. I shall be pen, , ctlY content new the moderate .pittance : I [la ve _ .. . 11,.. eequtted •; only leave me to enjoy' it, I and _ . 11 not trouble you as formerly ; for I assure r.have clean Yoh I i nevie • given up all ideas of pillage, j g and ItSatlSSillatioll."- -. WOUId they not be .., n , hi , t ot ' . e "I ' ll . and deserving of having their throats ... at the first convenient opportunity, who w°111(1 41111Qelie.tmon declare the villain an honourable well ea I.;:‘,' g Ina "' anal- "'lost their lives and fortunes , ti.e ~ ( t. i . i ty eta people who credite4 one ti, just,Prpt.mise ? Yet Stich and o'r:!ater would be iota • fat:a rnho,,now professions o f 1O and tl Pt") tile " 7 1 to G T 37 ) and their Swords, to afford 1441 juns . '''' Y real security against his machi Pit trtvrt CORRESPONDENCE. 1).,:: Y intellig,ence (stated to be certain} which '. reathed' ix ttr A , - " ar aburg, lityRAT has DECLARED.MT bf : 11 - - 4111. a• and possessed himself of the Marche 41cona! Ilis force Is r e p resented at 80,000 ! lau.), orty thousand rtusgians h ave reac h ed Bres— , . i t 4 _ 7 ---...„ • fires -)e Mouse of Commons last- , night, an Ad e° of Congratulation to thePß2Nce REGENT Aye tile Ratification of the Treaty ' of Peace, with ri la - ea, t'vas moved by Mr HART DAVIS. Mr. k,()tsis°"?' moved an Amendment censUringlli "ets for not having Sooner concluded the Treaty. tothseussion of some length ensued, in which the eritd" of our Government was ably and satis -4-s°lllY explained by Mr. GOULBURII. The tri°4'l having divided, there appeared for - the 4,.g.ir1al Address, 12 8 —for the Amendment,' 37 ' 4 .lori ' tY Ill'f4vour of Ministers, 91. 'Vest -4.4,,,,,, v. -..y, about half past twelve o'clock, her 4 / 41, ' and the Princesses AUGUSTA and RuzA ,_4trive l es t ° tied- by a party of the Light horse, ri te t % 'tt the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. ,ell)l42lce of CLARENCEi and a - numerous .as "en, --e °f the Nobility and persons of distme llN.Ntett ti. ‘mcm. In the evening the Partsrcz Ii) ti c it h' dined with his Royal Mother and Sisters. OtteVesting the QUEEN bud a select party.. tb.„erdaY, about two o'clock, the Princess r at ''E of WALES arrived, in a carriage and t ) 'll Carlton -house, from Cranbourn Lodge. iii, osittetda.. r , I the Duke of YoRK held a Levee at i ), ) ,trf itit fe In tbse Horse. Guards, which was n n'' Y attended, there being about sixty on 3t , 1,, l'es, i'o4lerday her Royai Highness the Duchess of 4etn es' llrri ved at York-house, Stable-yard, St. , Til t ' % fr°lll Oatlamis. 'lkett-,.Lioyal pr.ll6lthien now in England have ,Itlps'ine laudable resolution of forming them tlt, Ito Volunteer Corps, under the name of 1)1 4 Yid h ot , P st iiiii . " D on." They intend t i oset ffa i l n - INe nediately, to erect the Standardßoya.n ,A 1 4., , ,;,. • „ii,c,"l Iit.UCH R isarrived at ' Luxembut•gb, iitlt'l l -" ta to b a- -- • Prussian 1• i ( uarters. el, e the grand Prussian lea( -1 ,l'the:Lisian army, which is making forced „nkh-8,,,..take up a o•sitio.n on the left : the „.I,,sit'irl-141 tionalterlj: jagiP,..iind Belgic troops take up a 't ' C.; lit and centre. General 41.- t'() °Tniikander in Chief of the ilanoveNan b,,•"Ps has'iisl his in .at Leuze. - The IS i r"gir►lellsS tak e po s t from Veurne to C(. mr I‘‘l, 4 ' lo ll is fortify', ~ • •nd from Charlero i to It':.e(Ztl7 '''''4)rks are4ll;e'hailyacompleted which are, " 4 14 1 . Lle 'Belgic frontiers. Mons and Tournay It 4 ev? da d resi s tally attack, , . ,Y 3 be prepar e to THE FINE ARTS. (Nt). IX.) , On Saturday the Gallery of the British institu• lion closed On the winks of British Artists; With the view of belii,7 re-opened in about three weeks, with a contributed collection of Paintings of the Ditch and Fl e mi s h School ; the receipts from the exhibition of which will he applied for the, .encouragement of onr Native Arts. The extraordinary turn of political affairs has, Among its other consequences, diverted us from 'the completion of Our Catalogue Raison& of the .Pictures in this Gallery. With the exception of a few beautiful Landscapes, however,- we noticed 'the chief specimeni in the rooms. The Standard by COOPER, a Landscape by FIELDING, a Boy and Rabbits by W. DAVISON, alone seem to claim an especial record, as the productions of young and rising Artists, who bid fair for future fame.— Those of ,others, which we might also specify, aid) as GLOVER, the BARICERS, CLEN NELL, • DA NIEL, HOLLAND, WESTALL, &C. &C. 'are from easels better known, and therefore less likely to by injured from a silent approbation. Between sixty and seventy Pictures have been told during the Exhibition. Owing to the absence of historical compositions of merit; the prewittuls, we hear, have not been adjudged this season, but the amount is to be devoted to reck'ards for • Sketches illustrative of the glorious and triumphant career of Britain's greatest Hero, the Duke of WEi.LINGTON. This is a fine national design, and merits great praise, though we cannot help wishing that some encou ragement had been given to the Artists who de served best in classic or poetical exertion. HAit Low's picture of Hubert and Arthur was certainly of sufficient desert to have *ocured the painter some mark of approbaticin and incentive to higher efforts. Two hundred guineas were presented to Mr. HANTER, for his excellent portraits of Ezra and an Old Head; and such of our Readers as recol lect our opinion of these pictures, will anticipate that we must approve of this distinction. If this Artiit's mind is as enlarged, as considering his Standing; his execution is extraordinary,—if his conceptions are as grand, and his taste as fine, as his knowledge of some of the great principles of art, and his judgment in their application, on a limited scale, appear to be correct, this honour able stimulus must produce a strong effect upon his exertions, and be the source of something front his pallet, at once a credit to himself and to the British school. A hundred guineas have also been presented to Mr. How Aim, as a tribute or admiration to his delicious picture of Sun-rise, whiCh h as at l engt h been purchased by the• Marquis a STAFFORD. We confess we have telt chagrined .that. this picture should have been before the public a single week, without being secured to the Cabinet Of simie rich or noble amateur of the art. It is disheartening to see such a work so long in the market. We have delivered our sentiments upoli its beauties in a former SUN; but - we may add, that upon view ing it again and again, our ideas of its excellence have risen with every inspection. It evinces so much true feeling, such exquisite taste, so rich al) imagination, and a touch s„ happy as to give effect to the finest conception, that it is luipos sible not to rank it as a chef d'auvre of Air. HOW ARD, and a sterling ornament to our national character. The Exhibition which is about to he opened in these Rooms, and for which 'they are being pre pared in a manner so magnificent as to eclipse any thing that ever was seen in this country, and we may say in, the world, will be a treat worthy. indeed of the lovers of Painting. We have seen in their private receptacles most of the subjects which form its catalogue, and when we state that they are among the foremost productions of the schools to which they belong, and the most cele brated efforts of human genius in a class of paint ing, of which Great Britain is by tar - the richest repository in the universe, it is scarcely necessary to add, that so splendid a collection, so infinite a source of delight -to the admirers of the Fine Arts, so brilliant a scene even-for the gratification of counnon curiosity is nut likely to he witnessed again ) and could not he furnished by the united world - beyond the confines of the British empire. When the Gallery opens, we trust that the acts of the miscreant BUONAPARTE, 3ncl t he annals of .his accursed exploits, may tiot deprive us of .the opportunity we desire of paying due homage to these matchless performances. as ) alt i~Jo' by ~l,e;~ , a 611,i tcle he bei .e 15 • tizi-r Or tirt -. of con n il a d O P whO g tif Vl 11 0 'XCt; t 11(!S tr e4t i 5 t" AP I i• al oo4• cilSi ble ,_ be to -, 0 ,1 1 i0; ‘v,ol lif I° og ,: t o OP4 Vs"' a no t 0 : fifer l oco stio i 4 10 6 ' - t over , , r ial led b a l lli nt ' . ,latell SCULPTURE. During the last week Models by several Artists for the - Monument of General Ross, voted by Par liament, have been exhibited in the British Gal lery. We are not aware of the reason, but we axat sure of the fact, that England does not sustain her reputation for eminence in the arts by her Monumental Records. The subjects are glorious : imagination has little to do, and even common genius might gather renown from any congenial Memorial of the Heroes, in remembrance of whose deeds and deaths these trophies are raised by a lamenting anti grateful .country. Yet they generally fall very far short of excellence : there is an eternal sameness of trite allegory in thern,-4, allegnry which is utterly inconsistent with true feeling, and is a mockery of the sentiment in which these melancholy designs, are supposed to originate. One customary course is invariably pursued, and taste has not yet exploOed blubber in., cherubs, or equally a b sur d h eat h en di v i n i t i es , and ' non-descript personifications, mingled with very instructive Christian parables, and accurate repreSentations of modern circumstances. These things are of the very essence of the anti-soblime; yet the. persons who have afforded such numerous specimens of their abilities in this species of com position, are again and again selected to repeat their abortions of beauty, till their hands are so full of business, that the memory of a great Man may perish before they 'have time to erect his toinh-stone. T he m o d e ls just exhibited, with very. few ex ceptions, would justify censures fh.r more sever e than any contained in these general remarks. Se veral of them are indeed odd .clmbinations of vulgarity, and the greater number, meagre and unimpressive. Having, ou s cursory exumina tion, ascertained these -unsatisfactory truths, we shall only notice foitr of the subjects, which have left a trace upon our re - collection. Mr. ILWEsT mAcoTT has two Heralds introdUcing Ross to Glory, who stands to receive him at the porch of her Temple. There.is something of antique chi v;-ilry in this design,:which is not di s pleasing, and a work of the kind might have a novel effect among our National Monuments. Mr. Ty RNE RELIA has a well-gronped and spirited Model of General Ross dying in the supporting Arms of three-Soldiers :—the cast is filled up with a broken cannon. This work certainly afforded us derable pleasure. It seemed not only a piece of which the conception was masterly, but of a cha-: racier which would at the same time have trans mitted to posterity the memory of the Conqueror of Washington, and also, which we think very desirable, the costume and form - of the age in which he flourished. Mr. KENDRICK, who, we believe, is the successful Candidate, is altogether allegorical :---Valour lays an American Flag on the Tomb of the departed Warrior, on which Bri tannia is recumbent in tears, while Fame is de scending with the laurel to crown his bust. The figure of • Valour is very bold and well executed, and there is also some sweetness, in Britannia, though neither-of the female figures are so happy as the other. The last which we shall specify is • by Mr. CIIAUNTREY, and we are sorry to observe that it is not so goo d as might have been expect-- ed from hint. It is a common-place representa tion of the whole story of the lamented event which rendered this Monument necessary, and the Antetican Riflemen,, stuck up in trees, like Jacks o' the Green, really give a ludicrous turn to the most melancholy and afflicting catastrophe. NAVAL NEWS. HAkwrcu, APRlL,ll.—Arrived the Lady Ne pean packet, Captai❑ LIVEING, with a mail and passengers from Cuxhaven, which place she left last Sunday.. The Lark and Henry packets had both arrived there, and the former is hourly ex pected with Sunday's mail. No other arrival.— The transports with detachments of the Infantry, Horse Artillery, and IVaggon Train, have dropped down to the Rolling Grounds, and in all probabi lity will proceed to-morrow. Remain the'Griper gun-brig and Cheerful cutter.—Wind 5. DEAL, APRIL 11.—Sailed the Dexterous, Chat lenfer; and Urgent sloops of war—the former for Flushing, and the two latter to, cruise off the French Coast.—Wind N. E. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Arrived his Majes ty's ship Pickle from Guernsey. MILFORD, APRIL 9.—Cante in the Constani gun-brig from a cruise. A Court ofCommon Council is summoned to meet at Gnildhall, oti Friday next, at 12 o'clock. The 2d battalion of the. 4&h,. avid the 55th •regi merit from Ifarwich, are ordered to London to do dntylu the Tower. The 2d battalions of the 15th and 63(1 regi ments, which were going out in the \Vest India fleet , are landed at Falmouth, and are expecting °Met s to proceed to Flanders. That fine regiment the 2d, or R. N. Br. Dra goons, which has been quartered in Bristol for sonic time past, under Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. IIAmiLTON, received very urg ent marching o rd ers on Wednesd a y l as t f or the Kentish coast, from whence they are immediately to embark for fo reign service. Several of the troops accordingly began their march so early as Thursday and yes terday morning. The conduct of both Officers and men, during their residence in Bristol, has been most exemplary and correct. ThiE FOREIGN OPERA. - Nothing occurred worth notice at the Opera last night, except, indeed, that SESSI was rather hoarse, and the revived Opera of L'Eroina di Raab did not meet with , the same favourable reception which it experienced on the first night. The great length of the Di vettiseinent produced much displeasure, and the audience were kept till within a few minutes of one o'clock this morning, ere The Cale of Bag dud terminated the heavy evening's performance. Mrs. WILMOT, a cousin of Mrs. SHERIDAN, is the avowed author of the New Tragedy, which is forthcoming at DrurvAane - Theatre, and of which KEAN is to be the Hero. This Lady has long been admired for taste and talents in the Fine Arts, particularly in modelling, of which she has given many beautifill proofs. BUONAPARTE, as his partizans take care to in form us, has abolished the Slave Trade—they torget to add, every where but in France. - CORN EXCHANGE', APkIL 12.—We had some arrivals this morning, both English and Foreign, with Wheat and Oats. The sale of Wheat . was exceedingly dull, at Monday's prices. Fine Oats sold readily at our last quotations. Barley and Malt Supported their prices. In other articles there teas no alteration ; hut the sales effected in the different sorts of Grain this morning were but few. RECENT ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE CROivN.— Yesterday Margaret Moore was brought before the Magistrates of Lambeth Police Office, and un derwent a final examination, charged with at tempting to steal the Crown from the A titunbe.r of - respectable persons, however, who bad known the prisoner several years, were in at tendance, to prove that she was deranged in her mind. This being fully proved, she was imme diately discharged. A young man of very genteel appearance, who, it is supposed, came from Bath, was found dead on Saturday last on Durdham Down, having shot himself with a pistol. His hat and stockings were m a rk e d with the initials 1. S. those on his shirt and neckerchief had apparently been cut out, to prevent his being known. Thursday, Mr. Wm. Bardin, of Anglesea street, Public Notary, was at his country Lodge at Santlymount, when the house was entered by two special who seized the furniture.-- Mr. Hardin retired to an adjoining roam, for the purpose, as be said, of 'Settling the business, and immediately returned with a musket, which he presented at the Bailiffs; upon which one of them drew a pistol from his pocket, anti instantly shot AX,. Bardiu.—.-(Dublin Correspondent, April 8.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, APRIL 11. The proceedings on Mrs. and Mr. Lee's Pentium, ~ •ere postponed till Monday. • The Poor's Exiitnees Return Bill, and others, were brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. Mr. JAMESON'S PETITION. Earl STAN HOPE moved the °mkr of the Day for the consideration of the Petition of Mr. Jame son, writer to the - Signet: ''The Petition was read, and stated' certain proceedings in the Court of Session, and a Petition by Jameson, against an interlocutor of that Court, which, on account of Matter there contained, was considered as a con tempt of Court-; that the Court, consisting of the whole 15 Judge s , p asse d an aot of sedertmu fur punishing him for this.contempt, and we think the Petition stated that he was confined. Earl STANHOPE proposed, that a copy of the Petition he,sent to the Court of Session, with a request that they.should send up the official docu ments noticed in the - Petition, and stated the case of the Irish Judge Fox - as an authority for this mode of procei.dink.. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought a much clearer ground ought to be made out before they ought to institute any proceedings against a Court of Jus tice, which for the sake not merely of the judges, but the suitors, must have a power of punishing contempts. In the case of Judge Fox, that judge himself petitioned and prayed for a copy of the petition against him. In the case of an EngliSh judge they might, as he apprehended, proceed by address to remove him, if necessary, but their might be a doubt as to a Scotch judge who held the situation ad ritain out culpam, as they called it. They might he impeached certainly if a pro= per case were made out, but here no grounds yvere laid for any proceedings. The Earl of LAUDERDALE thought the Court of Session had proceeded in an informal way in punishing a contempt by act of - the fifteen Judges, a contempt ought to be punished only by that di vision against which the contempt was committed.; but he only objected to this in point of form. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that it might be afterwards considered whether the Court acted formally or nr*, but they ought not to proceed on. this Petitibn. Lord MELVILLE likewise Objected to anv pro ceeding, and the motion was negatived without a division. STANHOP2 then moved for copies of all acts of sederunt on the subject of conteinpts, as, connected with the Petition. This motion was in the same manner negatived.—,-Adjournecl. HOT - AE oF COMMONS. . ~INsoLyEN7I. DEBTORS. Mr.— . scriF,ap,t,o6T Jose, pursuant to a no ti ce . . . - . which - b e "giv . ri, to move for leave to bring itt 'a Bill tO law relative to Insolvent Debtors. The two great - objects which it al i ned to accomplish was, to afford more relief to the re - ally unfortunate debtor than he-could nose . and to provide a greater punishment than was now inflicted upon the dishonest and criminal debtor. To the first branch of his Bill he anticipated no opposition. Whoever had turned his attention to the various subterfuges by which creditor was d'ifrauded of his rights under the present system, must admit that some amendment of that system was necessary. For instance, there were many persons now in prison , living luxuriously upo n th e i r property, and enjoying all the comforts of life, who refused to take the benefit of any insolvent act, because they were determined not to pay their debts. Such abuses ought not to be suffered ;• and therefore one of the objects of the Bill would be to give the' creditors the power, under such circumstances, of compelling the debtor to sur render his property in order t.o satisfy, so far as it might go, the just . claims upon it. Another ob ject of the. Bill would be to increase the ,punish ment of, those debtors who, from their Own vices or their imprudence, jiad rendered themselves in capable of paying What they owed. _To that part there _would perhaps 'be some opposition ; but in the enactments he had framed it had been his most anxious wish to distinguish between the unfortu nate and the prodigal debtor ; and the only prac ticable way of making that distinction, which had occurred to him, was the adoption of some sort of scale. For that purpose he had introduced the fol lowing one into his Bill. If a debtor could pay 15s. in the poupd, he ought to be entitled to his im mediate .diKharge,.. after having been imprisoned duriog th.e„term of three months, as prescribed by the existlitOxt.-- It, instead of fifteen, • he was able to.pay.anly ten shillings,he should then pro pose a longer period of imprisonment, certainly , not less than twelve months. Those who by im providence had squandered away their property, instead of paying their debts, or who had fraudu lently contracted debts, which they were never in a condition entirely to pay, and who. therefore were unable to pay more than five shillings in the • pound, should be confined for twelve months in prison, not with the. power of taking the rules, but to be strictly kept within the walls of the pri son. Lastly, those who could pay nothing, and who were consequently in a state of complete in-' solvency, should be imprisoned at least two years. Such were the principal features of his Bill. It would of course occur to the House that many individuals who could pay neither of the sums mentioned in the preceding scale, might yet be justly entitledjto lenity from their misfortunes; and hence he intended to propo s e that it should be open for any individual so circumstanced, to prove before a competent jurisdiction that their insolvency _was not the effect of improvidence or dishonesty : . If that was clearly made out to the satisfaction of the Court, he, might then be discharged. with the consent of a majority of his creditors. — There was another provision of the Bill- to which he should shortly advert. It - was a common practice among debtors in distant parts of the country, to get themselves removed by a Habeas Corpus to the King's Bench, and then to apply for their dischage, calculating that few, if any, of their creditors, would be at the expense and trouble of coining up to London to a th p e o ir w a e i r tpl u i p ca o t n ioLh e C H o e in ur o ki t i o. k meant therefo re e t t l i i ill e de t i • i e n ? c o co p i p lf o e s r e such persons back to the county jsavtialiltouten,tiiikgaititplbaece. t‘,vihoepre. the t o r credi tors, res majority ded in whose number n interest pose their liberation. He should not trespass