The Sun. — London, England, 1804-05-07 00:00:00

F O,'U THE DUTCH PAPERS. P AR Is, APRIL 26.--1 t i 4 Said that a secret as sembly of the Senate was held at Sr. Cloud last Mon_ day, which lasted several hours, hut it is not known on what suUjed. Thns much, however, is certain, that important concerns are on the tapis, and this may likewise be inferred from the concluding pas sage of an Address, delivered by the President of the Electing College of the Department of Haute Garonne, (PSRIGNoN), a Member of the Conserves_ live Senate, who, at the parting of that College, made use of the following expressions, relating to the FIRST CONSUL : " That great man, who possesses all the qualifications for which great men are loved, without passions. without pre judice, without frailties, is born to command ethers, because he governs himself : he has conquered Europe, enlarged our boundaries, and confirmed our vidories : he has annihilated all fathons, united the minds, restored the chief powers, established uniformity in legislation, rekindled the torch of arts, rebuilt the altars, rewarded their Ministers, and all in stitutions rest on the ancient pillars of morals and laws ; the restorer, or rather cre a t or, legislator, redeemer of the realm, which he alone was proclaimed worthy to govern, and to eternalize the power and continuation thereof—But lam si lent —Led astray by the ardour of my feelings, and by per sonal connexions, I fear I should run too forward with se crets and wishes, which are within your hearts, as well as in mine, but which you yourselves will make known." A division of flat-hfottomed and gun-boats, from Dieppe, has got into Boulogne in sight of the Eng lish- An English Cutter, of I 2 guns, strick upon a rock close by Douelan, was got oil, z: 'ci ~ ilen foun dered on the mai n; h er crew were save,:. l ': - ,•7. a fish_ they Were afterwards made priso ners by s-.11::,' : stoops from Concarneau, 1 ' A Privatt frotn 'Boulogne - has, biot. , lll'; „in two English relies this week. - . • 4., 6everalpersons aceuse4 fiffiatg . - S.Si -- 311',!'t . in land. ing Wiglisll spies. ini. th:v i nTilitstshtnt of La VendEt, have been acquitted by a Military. Comm'ssio n . • Five per Cents. i . :4.. Ganes So cents. . 1 ;... APRIL 24.--The Ft ItST CONSUL, who now r . :. sides constantly at St. Cloud, received there, last Sunday, the Constituted Authorities, and gave an audienc e to the DeputationS of the General Cluncil of several Departments: The Grand C ounc i l of the tecrion of Honour is daily occupied with the organi-.:.:4ti00 of that Corps. Those Members of the:Supreme Constituted Autho. rities, who are appointed Memly:rs of the 7......' on of Honout, ;;re to take the oath ;n the pl-esence of the FIRST CoNsrit. I Letters from Marseilles state, t%at a French P - .. Nateer has captured, and sent into a French fir. , 'jn English Brig with dispatches for Lord DiTELOr.,:ani two millionl in ::, They add, that the Di...' tilatches and letters are vf l y numerous, and -are con_ vYing to Paris by four en-d'armes, to be deliVert.l g to the FIRST CONSUL. Colonel JosEpti BoNAPARTR set Off yesterday I for Bo u l,„. • • his Bottle to join i regiment. BRUSSELS, APRIL 26.—The works in the dock yards in Belgium, an t i, the adjoining depanments, I h ave been carried on with so much speed) that th e y Ar.e nearly completed. The last flat-bottomed boat Vil be launched at Ghent in a few day!. The gun_ Sluysi and other t ' 4l ' 'lnd pinnaces from Btl.ges, t O wn h • • IAcoN, st ave joined the Flotilla of AdmirA . in the d uinped. oek at Ostend : they are completely te l ly, t Di • • • v islons of Flotillas have also sailed from Dunkirk for Boulogne, from time t o t i me , an d new vess:As are on tht stocks. The, building of a Frigate of .I.:', on guns, t and: other k .atoked,Vsei,s , ;... .4 , ~ ~ 5 ..k.i..., ,, ,ty 4%. 4.-cle,l a there is now not such a press for • building smaller craft. It is expefted that the armed Vessels, which have been got ready on the Meuse, will have reached their destination by the middle of Nlay. . The War.lVlinister and General SooLT are occu. pied in inspeaing the Troops encamped 113- I° gne, for whose embarkation every thing is ready tl . Meanwhil e the Inspetc.tor.Gener a l o f the Artillery is gone before the said Minister to Flanders. to ins Pea Vl that belong to that department of the Expedition. z tom the preparations made, it is inferred that the gteatest part of the force destined against England is to sail from Boulogne, and that exertions will be made to assemble the whole Flushing Flotilla at that tar,. After the sailing of the Expedition, a sulikient '''' 41 ' 411 be left at every point of the coast, for its defenc e a • gatnst an mike, b y ,„,, y . attac s• k which the Enemy might second e , yof diversion ; or else to serve fora deem e d moarKation, in sufficient - ' ent of the case the first should not be to the perteft attainment plan of invasion. 13ASLE) APRIL /8. Ge nera l VIAL, Ambassa doro from the French Republic, continues to hold Cnstant confe7ences with our Landamtnan, which late cunsidered to be re ed to the E " ' theto throw Sw of great importance, and to -ngso Emissaries, who have endeavour. the trade Switzerland into confusion ; as also to carried on with English INilerchandize on _ rontiers of Switzerland. Panda Bch Fren c h to the Minister has made a complaint h as :l n mtnan on the above subjeas. A Resolution h Melt li e rt ° • se q u enee, been adopted, that all Britis ' w it 1 ma ' still tiers of Berne, shall b an-Ize h. 1 ). • ll remain on the Fron. and that e interc e p te d by t he French, any further ac cumulation thereof shall be most strinly prohibited • that on the introdd.lion _or passag e of P 1 ' " Frontiers, —nglisit i;nanufaaures on the French , a declaration of them shall be made, and t Proprietors be subjeaed to a penalty, according thet value of the goods. It is suspeaed that most f 91those goods on the Frontiers are the property o ptenchmen, and were intended to be introduced into f b r .nee over the Mountains of Jura, and the Lake o .....tenne. Il isturba nces h aving broke out in some Distrias of the Canton of Berne, the Magistrate has sent an ext raordin ary Committee to pnformation. it is, h owever, certain, that the rocure first accounts of these disturbances have been 'greatly exaggerated. I w .The _____ Eleaor of B ADEN h as c h arged the Prussian " 4 inis ter, C ount GOERTZ, who votes fir him at Ra -I,l3hpn, to no t if y to t h e Diet the late violation o f hi s Lerritoty by the French. The communication, ever'how eve is to b e made individually to :he iVlinister s o f different Courts, the Elector being afraid to make a public avowal of the : in j ury. _, The C OMIteSS SCHWIRHELDT, who had been con ". ernned t o two years imprisonme nt , h as b een re leased from her confinement at Paris. ROY A!. ACADEMY. . • N 6. 151. A Summer Evcning.—p T J. ....OUTFIER.ZOtTP.G, K. A. , Wa E have here fine specimen of the brilliancy which distinguishei the pencil of this Artist, 006,0 we cannot but consider his Summer Evening as ra ther tog hot. The subjea is taken &um the ftr: , .t stanza of GRAY'S beautiful Elegy, but, we . con. ceive, that the Artist has exhibited too early a period of the Evening ; for the Poet, instead of being kit. to darkness and himself, is in the midst of scene enlivened by the splendors of a setting Sun. Mr. LOUTH r tt BOURG does not seem to have a good conception of poetical taste, as he makes the Bard churlishly turn his back upon a grand scene of na. cure, visible in the departing luminary. The cat tle are admirably finished. There is a beautiful, sober, and solemn hue over the Church . , and if the heat of the other parts of the piElure were softened, it would be an exquisite work of art. No. 138. - Portrait of the Earl of Moira.—M. A. SHEE, R. A. A very spirited who:e.length of this Noble Man, coloured with great splendor. The attitude is an. affeaed, and the likeness exaa. The piaure is very shewy altogether, and has much substantial merit. No. 44. Portrait of Earl Spencer.—M. A. SHEE N R. A. This is undoubtedly ►he best work which Mr. SHEE has sent to the present Exllibition. The re semblance of the very rcspetiable original is exaa, and, without.any fear of being accused of Aristocra tical Bigotry, we may say that this Portrait strong ly displays what has been termed the Noble:l:an-look. There is a beautiful clearness in the colouring, and great strength of charader in the whole. IMPROMPTU, OCCASIONED BY THE NEWSPAPER ATTACKS ON THE NEW FRONT AT CHARING-CROSS. THE PHOENIX-OFFICE--\'O, it cannot be; Then why against an honest Artist rail ! 'Tis a Stone-maron's Sir,p, we plainly see, And these arc Pillars just put up for sate. THE OP PK A. —Though La Vergine „lel Sole was represented for the fourteenth time on Saturday last at the . King's Theatre, yet the Opera and GRAsctrgt vpun off with as much ec/..-.1 as ever, and afforded a higl treat to a very elegant and numerous audi .:_nce.. She very properly kept her voice within 'dm middle region, and therefore no tones were heard that approached either to a grunt or a scream, both of, which are too dim heard, when Performers de sert their province. The last Duct was encored, and the most profound silence and attention pre vailed among the audience, during the whole of the r . eprt:sercarket. DES HAYEs and his wife gave ter admired Pas des Deux in the Diverrisement, .7ith their usual skill, and excited thunders of ap- plause. They did not dance in the concluding 11,1i:e; of /ma.. ANIVEUR CC*CERT.—This liberal and ch-gant institution we iind, patronized by the higher r.:llr.s with more aid:A.lr than was rxpeded. Among the Itistrumeutal t'erfOrmers engaged to support the undertA . !-G. ate .A.siiE r the three VS, the 4,PiL=ii.)E,l4, i-oLza Es, MOItALT, Miss CANT E &C., &C. Tile chief vot:V Perform ers are, to he ;Master KELLNER, SALE, VAUGHAN, Goss, SALE, jun. ELLIOTT, EVAN , , &C. with Chorus Singers; and Boys to assist in the Chorusses. The whole promises, indeed, to be the high resort of Fashion. VOCAL CONCERT.—WC have not had room to notice the progress and conclusion of this charming Concert, which, after a very prasperous season, closed on Friday last at the Nev Rooms in Ilanover. square. It has been supported by the chief people in this Country, and was fully entitled to the dis tinguished patronage which attended it. Mrs.Bie. LINGTON, BARTLEMAN, and HARR ISON, were the principal Vocal Performers, and were all highly admired. Mrs. BILLINcToN's " Sweet Bird," with Mr. F. CRAMER'S Accompaniment on the violin, on Friday, was the most admired' effort of the night. HARRISONwas very deservedly ap plaude.i in a new ,Air cemiposed by Bitootts, and the charming Glee, " Oh! Lady Fair," was given with exquisite taste by Mrs. BILLINGTON, BAR. TLEMAN, and HARRIsoit. The Concert was pa. tronizcd by no less than 806 Subscribers. THE THEATRE.—After the Tragedy of The Stranger, on Saturday last, at Drury-lane Theatre, the interesting musical entertainment of Rosina was brought forward. The part of Bele/We was perform ed by Mr. LEE, who played Carlos some time aga, in The Duenna. Mr. LEE is improved in his singing, but he has made no advance towards theatrical merit. He sung " Her mouth which a smile," very well, and was encored. He introduced The Thorn, and was encord in that also, but not with equal ze4l. A Mr. GIBBONS assumed the charader of Captain but we cannot say much in favour of his singing or his at'Aing. Mrs. MOUNTAIN was very interesting in Rosina, and sung with great skill and sweetness. The Airs of this After-piece are cha ratlerized by so much sentiment, simplicity, and beauty, that the audience could not but'be struck with their excellence, compared with the meretricious extravagance of some Italianizcd compositions which have since bewildered the Public ear on the English Stage. INCLF.DON is still too much indisposed to admit of his resuming his theatrical station, and his •part in The English Fleet was therefore performed on Sa. tuiday last by HILL. The new Opera of Il Rano E li Proserpina is to be rehearsed again to-morrow morning, for the pur pose of rendering the Chorusses as complete as the rest of the representation. Never hardly was a Serious Opera brought forward in this Country with the support cf two such Singers as Ga msiNi and BILLT NGTUN. The new Ballet preparing for Mr. COLMAN'S Theatre is in such forwardness, that it will be brought forward very early in the season. Great expence has attended the preparation of d resses an d scenery, as it is to be a magnificent Speetacie. The Music is to come wholly from M r , CU CORK, A?ML 29. A most tremendous fire broke nut yesterday at .the extensive Distillery of Messrs. WALKER and "Co. which raged with considerable fury from eleven in the morning till about three in the afternoon, when it was happily got under. Not a life was lost. Our worthy Mayor, THOMAS WACGET, Esq. and the two Sheriffs, were extremely aelive on the occasion. 'The Earl of CORk, who commands the Garrison, attended in person, with Cols. STEwAttT, STOVIN, BENTON, RACWELL, HOWARTH, the i7th, 25th, Clare, and Tipperary Regiments, though the 17th had only arrived here on Fri dAy from Dublin, to be embarked for India, and nothing could exceed the regularity and good condua of the Garrison on the occasion ; but we particularly noticed the soldiery of the 25th, of whose exertions and ready attendance too much can rrs,t be said. The daMage, as far as has hitherto conic to our knowledge, amounts to about 70071. and it "has given great satisfaction that our worthy fellow citizens have not been greater sufferers. Sir EYE CooiF, K. B. has been far some days hack at Bantry and Beerhaven, on a tour examining the Coast, with Sir CHARLES HALLo;VA.ir. The zd Battalion of the 66th have left this Gar_ rison for New Geneva, near Waterford. CONYNCHAth has been here for a few days, on a vi4,it to his brother, Colonel BURTON, of the Clare Regiment. CITY BUS IN ESS.---TO.IIIOITOW the Lord Mayor ill ;told a Cot.rt of Aldermen at Guildhall, when isis expeded his Lordship will nominate Gentle men for the office of Sheriffs for the ensuing year, and,on other business ; and on Wednesday his Lord ship will hold a Court .of Common Council for the purpose of taking into consideration 'the Bill now pending in tht, Honourable House of Commons, for the Relief of certain Incumbents of Livings in. the City of London, and on other particular business. Yesterday the ShePpy Volunteer Infantry were inlpeded in the Hundred Acres, by their Coat_ -clan:3er Maj,;r BENTHAM ; after having gone through varino evolutions,. with a prf;:ision and steadiness highly creditable to theniselves, they marched into the Sheerness Garrison, and relieved the different guards, having been placed on permanent duty for three weeks. Captain km PH VitRNON, who is mentioned with so much honour for the part he took in one of the ,17t. , ./ Adions in India, is a Son of honest JOE VER NON, so long a favourite with the Public on the Stage of Oid Drury. The Dollars, as altered by Mr. BOLTON, are quire.the reverse of the clurri•T coinage of Spain, anti are indeed a very beautiful specimen of art. Nothing can shew the vanity and folly of BONA PARTE more than his apparent belief, that the Crown of France, after his death, will he suffered to remain in the family of a Foreign Usurper, who reigns only by the terror he excites, and whose fa_ mliy are rendered odious by that terror. It is highly probable, that whatever arrangements may he made for establishing hereditary right in the fa mily of the detested Corsican, .that family will be completely ovrjihrown, as soon as the happy tidings of IvAs tivaol utekm-yi; to Illr. people who groan tin- der his yoke. ''. g Miss DECAMP, it vems, has lost a pair of satin small-chez:hes, which have been stolen from the Wardrobe of Drury-Lane Theatre. Marriage may, perhaps, atone for the lms, by giving her an oppor tunity of q,uearing the breeches. It is somewhat curious to hear the comments of the Critics every Opera night in Galloway-row. There is as much diversity of opinion there a 3 in the political world. Some of them pronounce GR ASS INI a woman of extraordinary merit, and others as oarm ly deny that she has any merit. In short, upon a due balance of opposing judgments, it would be difficult to determine whether she is not the greatest Singer ever heard, or no Singer at all. Ow Ett, whose talents appear to so much advan tage in the present Exhibition, had sent a fine Por trait of WINTER, the celebrated Musical Composer, but ti:stre was no room for it in any situation suit able to its merit. The newspaper writers have lately been very aaively employed in making Cabinets, but from what they have hitherto done, it does not appear that they are good joiners. The fashionable routs are quite ecl;pred by the political rout in a certain Flouse, which has put an entire close to the Ministerial Parties given by the Dotter. A Comedy from Dr unix, jun. is expeEed to open ;hz.approaching season of the Little Thntre in the Haymarket. The French compare the threats of the English Sailors before Boulogne to those of GOLIATH. We fear this is a sly allusion to " Giants refreshed." Tne Eleaoral PRINCE of BAVAR IA lately arrived at atinburgh ineog. His Highness has recently completed his studies at Gottingen, and is now on her trtmets, which he purposes to extend to Eng land.--He journies under the assumed name of VON BERG, '4nd is by no means smart or elegant in his appearance. - - Eighty-six Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors of an English ship, have arrived at Fort Fitch, near Me , .z. During their match from Brest, they had the insolence, every day after dinner and supper, to drink the health of GEORGE 111. When this can duCt caused the gens.d'armes to prevent them from having wine to their meals, they drank their King's health in water. Is not this a ridiculous fanati cis-m ?—journal des Defenseurs.. The French Paper, entitled Le Journal des De . . fenseurs, states that six English. sailors, having had a difference with their Captain, deserted, and land. ed A n a boat at Havre; but adds, " as every Eng-- li, s l;ain is a suspicious charader, and deserves pri- Lii , .4nent, they were sent to prison, and will be tried :V.tilitary Commission as Spies." ,tiers from Copenhagen, of the ;oth ult. state, all the Danish Forces in the Durchies of Hol stein and Schleswig, are to be encamped early in A/Li, under the immediate order of the PitlNt:E ROYAL, CONS 'STONY COURT, • DOCTORS' COMM3NS. BURGESS V. 13URGESS. This teas a cadse prornoted by J again' . William Burgess, for an inCesteou; eohabita[ion with Ann Lyde, his niece.; It was not .denied that the parties lived in, th 4 same hodse together; and that Mrs. Lyde as-1)111C1 arid bore the name of Burgess but whether they lived together as uncle and niece, or as linst - :and and 'wife, was the question to be decided ; to wr,icir tt yeral witnesses were examined; who proved &c. &c. the allegation. Mr.`WiLi,rawi. SCOTT Said-'--" Of the nature of this cohabitation I think no doubt can be enter., tained. The prosecution is commenced for two-fold purposes 1, the first, for the purptsse of punishing Mr. Burgess for this offence secondly, fur re- , moving a nuisance extremely offe.c.„iva to the laws and manttfrs of the country. It is of greet importance that cohabitation should not be . permitted between per- - sons of the 'closest connections ,Jf blood ; if it was suff!red, it would tend to en•lleis confusion, and the sanaity of the LawS would be violated aid de stroyed. Attending, theref.re, to what I think the Material point, namely, that of removing the nuisance; and looking to the time of life of the party, and the consequences which the infliaing this milder penance might produce, I shall not think' it necessary to inflit the public penance, but I shall condemn the pa:ty in full costL of this . proseczition,; shall likewise accompany it with the injunc— tion, that these parties most nut merely have Sepa/C.ZO beds in the same house, but Mint livc in (mute se. k arate and al•art ; and -if obedience be not given to this order, ex - mmnunication and its consequences must follow," CORN EXCHANGE, Mily 7. WHEAT for this day's Market has arrived in hut middling quantity, the trade continuing dull, prime samples are nated at is. cheaper, and other quantities at rather more reduction ; Barley and Malt are likewise cheaper ; Pease with Beans, nearly keep their prices ; not having Many arrivals of OitS; this article goes off readily ; Flour inclining down.: wards. 1 Wheat zBs a 385 a 5 2 S ed Tick Beans - 183 a 34s a:l Fine ditto .. 535 a Sys od Oats - t7s a 195 a 2.3 s ol ßye - - -25 s a 283 on Poland ditto 245 a 255 oCt - Barley - - 193 a 245 6d Rape Seed - - .;61 a 39t ivlait - - -59 s a 56s od Fine Flow: - 393 a 43 , od White Pease 35S a 42s od Seconds 34s a 395 ad Beans - - 3:s a 37s od The seventh Battalion of Reserve, soo strong; have volunteered to serve as a Regiment of the Line. A Letter from Havre, of the 17th ult, states, that search was making for an English Admiral, who had entered that place as a Spy, in a French uniform. One hundred and ten Convicts, on board the hulk* at Woolwich, have been pardoned on entering thc. Army, and the Cromor Transport has received a military guard, and orders to convey them round to Portsmouth. Two persons were lately sentenced to be shot at Grenoble, for asserting in a Coffee.hOuse, that the only.men who had a r , ight to the Throne of France were I...npis XVIII.. a-al who 1,.-aeaded Louis XVI. i'hey were tried with rso refra6tory Conscripts, and executed the . sainti day. Captain REYNOLDS, of Pennaire, near Truro, is appointed to the command'of the Dreadnought, of 98 guns, now with our Fleet off Brest. Lieutenant CARTHEW REYNOLDS, who so gallantly distinguish. ed himself by the late affair in the . West Indies, is the son of Captain REYNOLDS, now of the Dread_ Trough} This brave young Officer was for a mo. merit overpowered in a struggle with a French 011 i. cer of superior strength, and fell, when the French- • man was on the point of stabbing him through the body. At this critical moment, his friend, Lieute nant BETTESWORTH, shot the Frenchman through the head with a pistol. This appears to have been a most gallant and daring action ; young REYN'LDa and a Scotchman were, the two first that boarded the Enemy. They ascended by a ladder suspended over the Corvette's stern, and cleared the quarter.. deck, while the other boats boarded over the bows. When Lieutenant REYNOLDS laid hold of the ladder, he offered ten guineas to the first man that followed him, declaring he would lead the way ; " I'll he d----d if you do, then," said the brave Scot, wl l4 sat in the boat's bow, and iaastantly sprung before him. The vessel was carried in a few minutes, and Lieutenant REYNOLDS, wjio is recovered of his wounds, has been made Master and Commander an board the prize. Saturday morning early, a trotting match took place on the Bath road, from Knightsbridge to Slough, betwixt a gelding belonging to Capt. Poo- LEvr, and a mare, the property of a Nav al ' Ca p tain. The mare was the victor, having performed the journey (19 miles and a half) in one hour and eleven I. minutes. The gelling accompanied her the firs: 53 miles. The Sherhorne Journal has the following para graph : " On Tuesday died, at. Dorchester, in the prime of life, of a broken heart, universally re gretted by all who knew her, Mrs. GORDON, wile of the Rev. LOCKART GORDON." A very singular circumstance lately occurred at Paris : Count 13tmatr, the Saxon Resident at that City, having intimated to his cook his intention to discharge him, for embezzling his property, and a day being appointed to settle his accounts, the vil lain took the opportunity of creeping into the Count's sitting-room unawares, and surprizing him, with one pistol pointed to the Count's breast, and the other with the muzzle in his own mouth ; fortunate.. ly that direded at the Count missing fire, the other was discharged, and blew the brainS of his intended raurderer about the apartment. Sie Journeymen Cabinet.nqakers were on Satur. day chirged at the Public. Office, Marlborough. street, wi,th conspiring to raise their wages. Four of them were committed to prison for' two months. On Friday afternoon, about four o'clock, the body of a man was taken out of the River, astern of the Tender lying off the Tower Wharf. He had a violent contusion on the right side of his head, which it is supposed he received in falling over Bard. ~` I