The Sun. — London, England, 1804-05-03 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY. No. 198, Beggars.--W. 0 w W E see with much pleasure the improvement of this Artist. The PiElure before us may rank with the best works in the present Exhibition. It is well drawn, and well composed. There is a fine breadth of light, and it is dispersed with great skill. The Old Woman is not one of the vulgar uninterest. ing forms of common life, hut seems to denote a fall from better fortunes, and is very well calculated to excite a kind of respe&ful compassion. The Child strongly partakes of this interest, and his face displays an afFeaing expression of timid sup. plication. The colouring is clear and chaste. No. 6. liebe.—Sir W. BEtctuy, R. A. The Lady here represented under a mythological charafter, is Miss WyNDHANI, a daughter of Lord ECREMONT. It is a very pleasing Pidure, and we have only to regret, that we should merely see the trop e of a face that appears to be so beautiful and interesting. There is a splendor in the colouring suitable to a supernatural charafter, yet it is by no means glaring. Perhaps more boldness might .be expeded in the bird of love, but the Artist, by lessenir.g " the terror of his beak, the lightning of his eye," probilaly intended to shew the influence Of BEMITY over tut most ferccious natures. No. TV. A Shipwrecked Mariner.—H, TitomsoN, Acad. Elea. The subjea of this Picture is taken from The Sea ons, snd the Artist has entered very happily into the conceptions of the Poet. He has als T o embodied t h e c h ara a er of an English ar very well . There is a str ong express i on of sorrow at witnessing the departing sun, without seeing any prospecl` of relief in the vast extent of waters before him, but no trace of unmanly desperation. The Ar:tist seems to have ivtd in his mind a passage in GRAY— ." The famish'd Eagle screams, and passes by ;" but the oth'(:i bird, which he wanted to represent as mole 'distant, seems rawer like a shadow of the former. The colobring is sober, but not tame, and their, --?hole ddeteredit to the Artist. No. 192 Phaeton S o li c i ts, and obtains leave o f hi s F at h er ' Phoebus, to conduct thethariotvf the Sun.—B. WEST, R. A. The design and general arrangement of thi s pic ture strongly i n di cate a poetical mind, and though there is much to blame, there is much to admire. 'f he fignies are disposed with appiopriate charafter, upon the whole, though some of them hardly ad.. rnit of marked discrimination. 'they are graceful and easy, and if the featur e S had more expre ss i on , the s t o r y tv6i,ia press strongly on the affedions. Plicebu s , indeed, displays a lamentable want of feel.. 'lag. His face exhibits a tame regUlarity, though the father, whose fondness could induce him to yield to filial importunity in so 'pelilotts an enter_ prize, would certainly have hewn a vivid sense of the danger. The Old Woman in the clouds, is too vulgar for a scene of such poetical elevation. We 'll'l% linve.'. - er-, enter •.o farrher i n t o the .4:leas o f / his pi e C e , as it comprehends a very difficult eh • eft, and as the Artist altogether has managed it With great judgment and effect. ~ ----~~ Lord IiIIiViESBURYS Circular Letter, addressed Ito she Ministers of Foreign Courts resident n L- don, is o ne o f t h e most spirited measures of one present Administration. It is fth ounded principles the L aw o f Nations, during warfare and sp ea k s b oldly and property of that upstart leant wh o w h o h as oppressed France, and insulted every tither C ountry. The allusion to the infamous Mur der of the Duke d'ENGHIEN was in faa extorted by the enormous, turpittcle of the aftion, and we hope it will make a due iMpfession on the oppressed Slaves 'of France, as well as Upon the People of all other States. NANCIENT CONCERT. --The Noble DifeaOTS Of s harmonic institution dined yesterday with the arl of DARNLEY, who presided for the night, in consetluence of t h e i llness of Vicount FITzWIL LIAM- The PRINCE of WALES was p resen t at the LEY dinner, and a ccompanied L or d and Lady DARN to the Concert Room s _ in Hanover square. HANDEL, Of coutse, furnished much of the general repast ; but the charming music of MATTHEW LOCKE, in Macbeth, was introduced with fine effea. Mrs. BILLINc-ros, Miss TEN NANT, FIELD, SALE, SALE jun. NV. KNYVETT, and BARILEMAN, were the Performers. antata Mrs. BlL iiNorox was chi e fl y a d m i red in " Hide me from day's g ar i s h eye ;" and a C of PURCELL. The applause was abundant. BARTLEMAN'S fine manly tones gave' suitable energy to 6 4 Revenge, tevenge, Timotheus cries." The whole of the Con ceit went cif with great eclat. The room had a large and s9lendid copamong whom w ere most of the Di re Et ors andm the ny, a D of CAMS,RID GE . Pop E exper i enced last night a liberal testimony of • the occasion public of favour, in a crowded audi ence assembled on the his benefit. The performances 'lee efe Rule a W;fe and have iz Wife, and Cinderel. ; the -former of which was played with great s pirit, a n d t h e latter passed off with all its ac sustomed eclat. The only novelty of the evening bas an Add ress wr i tten by CHERRY, and delivered by Mrs. JORDAN, which contained some popular allusions, and was received with great applause. The Dutchess of DEVONSHIRE means to indulge her friends with a very grand Concert before she bids adieu to the fashionable circles of the metro polis. If a certain Treasurer should, like his precicces tor, be presented with a piece of plate by the offi cers in his eepartment, it will he an offering from eery different principles, and indeed a tribute of g r atitude to him for his resignation. The retirement of the Doaor from office, has been appropriately stiled his evacuation. Yesterd ay morn i ng, the first, second, and third companies of the Prince of 'Wales's from the Mows to Chalk Corps m arc h e d Earm, for the purpo s e o f shooti ng at 3 target f or three gold medals, given by the Officers, whe n M essrs. WINTER, HUME P 3 NEs, proved t h e succetsful marksmen, ?and • ' l4 . ;T' K.EFORT. COt:RT OF KING'f.• 7,l!Ay z. THF. KING V. The Defendant, who was a Coach-benker, "stood conviEted of a libel, which he published on the back of the paper left him to return the persons in his house liable to serve in the Army of Reserve. Af ter he had filled up the Return in the usual manner, on the back of the paper was a very abusive note or letter on the subjed of the tar, among other th t ings; declaring that he would not do any thing to attend the Country. In his affidavit, he stated, that the letter was not. written by him, but by his niece, whom he direeled to write a letter explaining the mischief which the war caused to him in his business; but, upon refer ring to the notes of the evidence, it appeared that he had admitted it was signed by himself, and said all the contents of it were very true. He was committed to Netvgate, and'Ordered to be brought up again on the i Ith irkstant. THE KING V. SEALE. The Defendant, a Printer, also stood convkled of a Libel, refleffing upon Government for the 'War, which he stated was wanton, unjust, and unneces. nary, and containing also many reletiiona on the domestic state of thr. CottLtty, representirg all the evil which had taken place, as owing to the bad conduEt of Government. He was also committed, and Ordered to be brought up again on the same day as the last Defendant. THE KING 'V. HORNY. The Defendant stood conviaed at the last Ai sizes for Leicester, of having uttered in conversa tion the followingleditious expressions "We may as well pay . a million a-year to Bonaparte as to the King ;" and again, " Here is a health to out friends over the water," meaning the French. It appeared by the report that the Defendant was a Dis senting Minister at Leicester, and that lie uttered the expressions for which he'stood indkted at a pri vate supper among some of his acquaintance. One of the company asked him, what he thought of things in general, of ,the War, &c. He replied, he was an enemy to all War. This led to a conversa tion about the necessity - of individuals arming, .to repel the threatened Invasion. It was in reply to this that he said, we might as well pay a million a-year to Bonaparte as to the King and shortly after he filled a glass of wine, and drank the toast above stated. The witnesses who p:nved these faas, add d, that the Defendant was a 'clever man, and fond of argument. Several ,affidavitS were put in on behalf of the Defendant, from persons of his congregation, who agreed in stating, _that, they ne ver heard him utter any seditious doarines, hut that he often had urged reasons for sup; o'rting the Country. He also stated, in his own affidavit, that he had frequently promulgated loyal sentiments. Mr. ERSK I NE,• for the Defendant, made a very animated address to the Court, in which he repro. hated the Cor.dna of the Witness who had .pervcited the hittltity and thoughtless conversation of convi vial niuMents, into an evidence of a, malignant mind, which he declared, he seri9usly believed, the Defendant never meant. He did not think that the Jury had done very wisely in returning the verdict they had done, especially as they had it in proof, that the Defendant was a man fond of argument. After an observation from the ATTORNEY GE. NE AA., the Defendant was ordered to be committed to the King's Bench Prison, and to be brought up again on the i zth. THE KING v. AGNEW AND STEVEN. The two Defendants, one late Commercial kesi. dent, and the other Supervisor at Malabar, in the East Indies, were convided at the last Sittings for London, for . having extorted a Lack of Rupees from the Zamorene Rajah, in that Province.-- , They were now brought up for judgment, Mr. DALLAS, their leading Counsel, submitted' to the Court a point in arrest of judgment. He observed that the information was founded on an Ad of Parliament, passed in the 23d year of his present Majesty, which ena&ed, that " If any British subjel holding an office under His Majesty, or the East India Company, should ask or receive any piesent from the Native Powers, he should be guilty of extortion, should forfeit the sum so extorted, and suffer fine and imprisonment." So that In order to bring a person within this law, he must he a British subjed, holding an office under the King, or the East India Company, and it must be so charged in the indiament or information. He would next state the manner in which it was charged on the present information : the information alledged, that the Defendants were British SubjeCts, and held an office under the East India Company, from the zgth November 1794 wad the z9th of November 1795, and that during the time that they held such office, to wit, on the 29th of November, they received the sum in question. He should now submit to the Court, that the word until the 2gth of No. vember, did not include the latter day, but on the contrary excluded it ; so that if he were right in that conStruaion, it would appear on the face of the record, that they did not receive the money, until the office had expired, and consequently did not fall within the enadment of the Law. To sup port this construCtion, he said, he should assume that the words " unto ' and " until," were synony mous, the one applying to time, the other to space, and he cited cases to shew, that a road to be repair ed unto a certain place, was cons:l:taut_ to exclude the place itself. The only way, as he.apprehended, in which this could be answered by his Learned' Friend was, by saying, that as thiS was laid under a scilicet, that it might be rejeaed as surplusage. But then the information Would be bad on another Iground ; it would then contain no . specific day on which the fart was alledged to have been commit ted ; and to support an Indictment, some certain day must be named, though they were not b oun d to prove the day named. Lord ELLENBOROUGH. — " Take a role to sp ew cause; and, in the mean time, l et • the; Defendants stand committed." . . , THE FING v• TAMES SAL !R AND OTHEt.Ss •, • ~- T ames Salter,. Wiißelly,' John Neal, Peter , Wriglr, Willi= Mitchel, and Littletown s were brought. into Court. They were .journeymen hat makers, with others, to the ,number of , forty, i n , t h e set ice of Mr, Wall, hat-manufaCturer, and had been found guilty of a conspiracy .; during:which they had struck their work, and had deprived the said Mr. Wall of the services of two ,brothers, named Hems. Mr. Wall, it appeared, in :conse quence ofjneessant opposition from these conspi. racieS,, atXi to. prevent his , total ruin, had .been obliged to remove his manufa&ories from the neigh bourhood. of London to MancheSter, Newcastle, and other places, where he could be ,free from this species of perseCation by.his own servants. — the journeymen hat-mokers had establihed a system of hye.laws, and to compel the observance of they had contrived a sort of practical " Round Ro. tin," or " Garret Match," and with an iMpioUs mockery of the sacred forms of justice,they endeavour to enforce these bye-laws. Ilan individual in a manu faCtory disobeyed thci, the master was either to turn him off, or they would all forsake their 'engage'. ment. Any man changing his master must have a certificat't from this fraternity. If a master . receiVed him without a certificate "of his cleanness," all the ether men were to forsake this Lew master, until he got rid of the " foul man." l'4l.lf,Ser!eant BAILEY and Mr. MARRioT were heard in mitigation of punishment ar4 Mr. GAR.. RbW, Mr. Serjeant Best, and Mr, KNOWLAND, on behalf of the prosecution. Lord ELLiNBOROUGH'.. -- ` s Let them be com mitted to the New Gaol in Ole Borough, and be brought up to reecive judgment on Saturday the tith inst." WALLIS V. SMITH. Mr. GARk.OI7 spewed cause against the condi, tiona! ruse obtained by Mr. EkSKINE (early in thi term, of which we gave a report), to have the ver. diEt for the Plaintiff set aside. i'revious to Mr. GARROVI'S argument, the Court intimated, that the omission or serving 14 days no tice on the Defendant, previous to• the commence ment of the Raton, as required by the Ad, seemed to be fatal. Mr. GAIROW, followed by Mr. PARK and Mr. WOOD on the same side, argued that, under the Wet Dock At, and by its language and its spirit - , and by analogy to the z4.th Geo. 11. referred to in it, Magistrates, or those acting under them, or persons sued in an individual capacity, are alone entitled to such notice, and not the Company or Treasurer, when nominal Defendant' for the Company. The Legislature must have intended to distingUish be t %Veen Magistrates who perform a public duty without emolument, and a set of subscribers who, hoWever re. •spedable, do receive great emolument by their splen. dit: undertaking. If the section of the statute requir ing notice, should be; construed to extend to any but Magistrates, a most extraordinary indulgence indeed must be intended for the members of this Company, viz. limitation to bar an Aaion after tbref riu-nths, Ind treble. cot:, even in Anions of CantNft t and if any negligence or spoliation should take place (when vessels are going out to the West Indies), in the Thames, if the clauses of limitation and notice should be strained to extend to any but Magistrates, or persons acing unifier them, this q,votsld happen. It was not merely a suppositious case, but one that happened every day. The party damaged could not in the usual course of 'things, hear of the damage from his Consignee in the West Indies, in a less spare of time than six months, and he would be barred his anion after three months. Mr. ERSKINE, Mr. Grans, and Mr. GILES, relied on the express words of the Ad.—The Court postponed giving judgment to a future day, when we shall report their opinion at large on this important question. ,MANCHESTEP, MAY r. A match ,against time took place on Monday morning Wt.' Mr. Taylor made his appearance at each place, namely, Worston, Clithero, and Colne, 8 times that day, which is 160 miles, 120 of which he rode in 12 hours, including time for refreshments. On Tuesday and Wednesday he performed seven times etch, and sat his horse equally as well, and With as much ease as when he started. His intention was to go 7 times each day on Thursday and Friday, by which means he completed the distance of 720 miles (of .the worst road in the kingdom) in 5 days, and it is reported that he attended Kettelwell market on Saturday, which is about, 40 miles from Worston. Mr. T. rode the second zo miles in one hour anti 4.0 minutes, and upon an average he did not exceed one hour and 50 minutes on Mom'. ly ; but. since then, the 'weather being so extremely wet, he has taken two hours for the distance. Mr. 'Taylor skewed himself on Thursday morning about six - o'clock, at Colne; he seemed as well, as usual. In his last journey on Wednesday, three men endea voured to stop him, but they failed in their attempt. Mr. Taylor completed his journey on Friday even. ing, at six o'clock .being thirty hours within the time specified, which was 7zo miles in six days. The wager was between that Gentleman and Mr. Whitham, a tanner, in Clietburn, who staked 3001. against Mr. T.'s 2001. Yesterday the 3d, 9th, and loth Regiments of Loyal London Volunteers were brigaded under the command of Col. KENSINGTON of the third Re giment, on Kennington Common ; they mustered about three o'clock in the afternoon, and after per ; fortniog 'w . arious manctuvres, returned home, and were dismiss t d ab o ut ei g ht o'clockin the evening. 'Monday morn i ng , between five and six o'clock, the neighbourhood of Maidstone was visited by a tremendous thunder storm, attended by lightning and much rain. The. lightning in the south-west direttion was apparently 'the most vivid ; a tree on Barming Heath was struck by it, and shivered to piecei, and several houses greatly damaged in the a djoining villages. CENTO I;R0.41 SIbiKSPERRE, r. 1: ", t 1) TO THE VOi.TINTESS.S OF '7,IIEAT nY STEPIIEN KEIII2LE, 614 D SFOKEN ET liI.M A 7. NEW CASTLE, VV/Tki VERY GREAT SLit;:ESS, , S,r tin rt f`,(>r your c(7,4n,, unwind your bloody flag ! , Look back unto your mighty ancestors ; , • Go, Volunteers, to your great grandsires' tombs, ln'voke the spir , t of yoUrlfiaek Prince Edward, Who on the French ground. play'd a Tragedy, Making defeat on the full Powers of France Whiles his most mighty Father on a hill Stood smiling, to behold his Lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility 0! Noble English ! that could entertain. With half your Forces the full pride of France", And let the other half stand laughing by, Alt out of work, and cold for aaion.— Pa great in a:1 - . as you have been in thought ; Pa stirring as the times; be fire s witfl fire; Threaten the Threat'ner, and outface the brow Of bragging horror shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviours from the great, Grow great by your example, and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution ; Shew boldness and aspiring confdence: What, shall they seek tbe Licr. in his den, •, • • , And fright him there, and make him tremble there? Oh naver be it sAidl—Forage and run , To meet displeasure further from the door, grapple with him ere he come too nigh. We cannot on the footing of our land , Send fair-play orders, and make compromise, insinuation, parly, and base truce: To arms, Invasive then let them come; They come like sacrifices is their trim; And to the fire 7 ey'd maid of smoaky war, All hot and bleeding will we offer them ! The mailed Mats shall on his altar sit , Up to the ears in blood! - I am on fire to think this. rich reprisal is so nigh, • And yet not ours ReMernber whom you haye to cope withal! ; A scum of Frenchmen ! Rascals ! Renegades, Whom their o'er-eloy'd Country vomits forth To desperate adventure, and assur'd destruEtion. For what is he they follow ?--Truly, Gentlemen, A bloody Tyrant - and a Homicide ; One reis'd in blood, and one in blood establish'd ; One that :trade means to come by what he hath, And slaughter'd those that were the means to help him A base, foul stone; made precious by the soil - Of Gallia's chair; where he is falsely set ; One - that hath ever been God's enemy': . Tlien if you fight-against God's enemy, God will in justice ward you as his soldiers! If you do swear to put a Tyrant down, You Sleep In peace, the Tyrant being slain : I f you do fight against your Country's foes, Your .Country's fate shall 'pay*our pains the hire ; f you do fight in safeguard of'your wives, ,;1: r . . Your wives Shall welcome home the conquerors ;' if you do free youiTchildren from the sword, ifrour children's ofiiiiclren quits it in your age ; Then in the name of God, and. all these rights, Advanceyour standards, draw your willing swords. Address, from the Officers of the Ist Light Bat talion of Irish Militia, to Lieut.-Col. WOOD, of the 17th Regiment of Foot, on his leaving the Coriunand of the Bittalion, in consequence of the i7th Regiment being under orders for Foreign Ser.. v tee. Loughrea, iStb April, iSq• Permit us to express, for ourselves and our Companies, the Unfeigned regret We feel, that the chance of service dz_ prives us of an Officer, under whose command duty became: pleasure; in whom we found so highly blended the Soldier and the Gentleman : whom we would hive followed with confidence in the hour of peril, and whose amiable manners rendered doubly pleasing our moments of social relaxation. To hetr of your welfare and prosperity, will ever ittbrd us the hi . 7,hest gratification i and- wheresoever the fate of War may lead you, be assured you carry with you the sincere re gard and respea of Yvur Much attached and faithful humble Servants, (Signed) Roil". MtNNET r, Captain, • Monaghan Light Company. Four , : (>nELL, Captain, • Limerick County Light Company. CFO. Ar KI N ' Captain, South Cork Light Company. R. MILLER, Captain, Londonderry Light Company. Joni BLACKER, Captain, Armagh Light Company. 114. GALBRAITII, Captain, Carlow Light Company. W. CARTER, Captain, Leitrim Light Company. • „, WOOD, 17th Regime/a of Infantry. • GENTLEMEN, Loughrea, Apr!! IS, 130.1„ to o'Clbc.k, 'P. M. Your most flattering and obliging_ Letter of this diens been just put into rny hands by- Captain- Minnett. rin assurance it conveys to me of your good wishes, at this mo ment of separation; is more gratifying to my feelings than have words to express. However the chance of service may hereafter dispose of me, I shall never cease to reflect pride and satisfa&ion on the period in which 1 had the honour to command the ist Light Battalion of Irish Militia. With the sincerest respell for you, and for the Corps, ge.. nerally and individually, 1 have the Honour to remain, GENTLEMEN, Ycur for ever obliged and atledionate humble Servant, koBT. WOOD, Lieut.-Col. 17th Infantry. Catta/e 111 fit ET T , and the Officer: of the Ist Light Battalion. PUBLIC - OFFIC )1, BOW - STREET. - Tuesday came on the hearing of an Information (under the 43;1 of the present Reign, chap. 134), against a Coal.lVlcrchant and his Carman, for refusing to mea. *sure a sack of Coals when required by the Purchaser, before delivery, and for which purpose the Ad di rects that . a bushekmeasure shall be taken in , the cart with the coals. The Carman was adjudged to forfeit 51. and the seller rl. or be committed to the House of Correction, f!LTBL IC OFFICE, HArtoN-GARDEN.—Yesterday two boys, named Turners and Ivory, were brought to the Office, apprehended in Liquorpond.street, Gray's-Inn-lane, by the Officer, charged on suspi_ cion with stealing two horses from a Gentleman's stables at Hendon, early the same morning. One of the boys partly confessed the offence. As a num ber of more aged lads are .suspeeled to be tonneaed with them,, they were committed for further ex.- amination on Saturday next, I