The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-17 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY.

No. 9r, A. Fancy Group.—T. LA wrtx c R, A.
This• is the Piaure, we Understand, «Bich tl4
singular delicacy of a certain Nobleman would not
suffer to grace the Exhibition of last year. It is
painted with the usual brilliancy of Mr. LAWRENCE.S
pencil. The head of-the Lady is finished with greci
beauty. There. is a playfqlness in the arrangement
of the group which might rather be expe6ted fruni
brother and sister than from mother and son,-
However, the. Lady is, indeed, in the bloom of
youth, as Well as beauty. The Dog, though painted
with great force, seems to be much too large. We
do not. conceive that the Artist has improved the
effea'Of the 'Piaure • by making the'boundAry a cir-
cular wall.

No, 29, Lord Sheffield, painted at the request of the House
of Assembly at New Brun wick, for the Province Hall.—
M. A. SHEEN R. 4.

As the Nobleman here represented is distinguish-
ed for his persevering efforts in support of the na,'
tional interests, we do not wonder that a Dependency
of the British Empire shotild be desirous of having
a Portrait of a charaEter so long and so justly distin-
guished for real public virtue. 'This is a' tribute to
his Lordship's merit indeed, which we should have
expected nearer home.- But as the Piiture bears a
strong and spirited resemblance of the "Oatriotic
original, we trust it `will be consigned to the En-
gravel', that. the-- Public may have a,lgood Print; at
least, of one who is not _to be led by ilk...enjoyments
of high life into an indifference towards measures
that involve the interests and honour of his Country.
-There is a general spirit, firmness, and harmony in
thig Piaure; highly creditable to the- talents of the
Artist.

No. iz, A Girl washing her Feet..—R. INT,tsrAtz., R. A.

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This Artist is peculiarly skilful 'in the expression
of rustic eharaC4er, particularly of the infantile de
scription. ; There is always an interesting
in his representation of snch subjeds, 'and .his con-
eotriitant scenery' IS natural, appropriate, •awl pleas-
ing. There is a warmth in this Pktuie which
usually marks the produaiOns of the'Artist. We
do 'not think the figure-is snificiently deny:bed from
the earthy back-ground ; but this objet:,- 'lion. may be
easily removed. While we admire the decency of
this girl who is thus occupied, -we cannot, however,
help thinking that she might have been employed in
some alion equal in simplicity,
,and more likely to
interest-the feelings.

Sir J6I-IN LEICESTER has pirchased •HOPPNER'S
bedutiful •Pidure of The Sleeping- Njnzph, at the
Royal Academy, for 3001. -

- BON MOT .—A Gentleman, speaking,Of the pro-,
posed Tax on Iron, observed, that as it had raised
so many objetlions, it would be better to lay it on
Coals. " No ;" said his friend, ‘‘ that would be out
of thefrUilig.Pag 14i.t9 the fire."
A Dublin Paper'utrrtounces The Heir at Law and
The Liar to be per-tort-Ilea-at-the Theatre, for the
Benefit of the High Constable of the City of Dub-
lin !

Tilefrot7raec betv.'een two mPn of fashion was, it
sbems,, obviated by a sonrer.,•et of rather an unlucky
kind, as, contrary to its' usual nature, it had " an
alacrity in sinking:"
Master BITTY !s engaged by Mr. W.N.%trlsoti, of
York, to perform at all hisTheatre:i n the course of
tia summer.

A letter in town from'Weyinonth, states, that all
the .bullion shipped on board Ale Alicrgaz,,enny, ex-
cept eight chests, has been recovered. Twenty-six
chests were sent of from, Weymouth, on Friday,
for London. 'A confident expe&ation is entertained,
that the remainder will berecovered, but with much
trouble, as a great mass of, bread, ,&e. must be re-
moved before Mr. BBAITIIWAITE Can reach •the
chests. Great praise is due to that Gentlenian for
the diligence and aaivity; Which he has • success-
fullyemployed in recovering this great property.
A Letter received at Hull from ..";t. Peterebtirgh,
dated April i IL, states, 'that the froif was then ve'rv.
severe ; and if the river continued froien six days
longer,' it would'then haVe been as long shut as in
1739, Viz." six months and two days; the longest
period in recollealon.2 .

On Saturday last,..during a violent .stcrrn of thun-
der and lightning, a young, wOntan, only ‘danghtcr
of R. Adson, Clorse-breakei', of
,Marli'et. beeping,
was struck dead by, the lightning in a field near to
her father's house.

bf,the Third West York Militia, which marched
list week from, Hull, eight companies are stationed
at Newcastle, and the two "rifie.companies at Whit-
burn' and,2,lonkwearrriouth, where they are to con-
-stitute Part of a Light Brigade.

. Thursday night, .:about I? o'clock, Mr. Henry.
Reed:slione, at Muswell-hill, was broke open and
robbed of several articleS of plate and wearing ap=
paret. ,
On Wednesday night; as Mr. COOPER, a" Dis-
senting Minister, was' preaching, to a full congrega-,
iion at Stepney, one :of the galleries in the chapel
gave way. Fortunately no liveS were lost, and but
few slightly hurt.
Monday last an inquest was held at Oysternouth,
by C. Collins, -Esq. on the body of Wm. Locke; Mai-
ter of the Sloop Delight, of Bridgewater, who, duriiag
a violent gale oth Saturday, ascended the shrouds to
disengage the sails, and falling down on the deCk
broke his arm in two places, and fraauredhis upper
jaw. He languished till 2 o'clock on Sunday and then
expired. \erdicl7-.-21ccidental Death. The unfor-
tunate man had only one boy on board his Vessel,
except hithself, who, on the unhappy accident hap.
pettlig, ran her ashore at Oystermouth. •
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM COLEISAIN, IRELAND.
" You can scarcely suppose to what a wonderfil
extent and va,ine the linen manufacture of this Coun-
try has come. On Saturday last a double piece of
7-Bths wide linen was sold at 7s. 7d. a-yard, by a
Gentleman' in this neighbourhood, which was wove
by himself, and spun by his wife; for which piece
of linen he received the sum of 191. 14s. this
web there are only 19.1 b. of Arrt. The produce of
one bushel of flax-seed, if spun and wo-b,e by the
proprietors, would, at the present price of linen,net
the amount 2471."

At Leicester fair on Tuesday there wa, a larcre
supply of cheese : two-meal sold for 4os. pt:r
new 565. to 60s. ; and prime dairivs ai
taiga as 63i.

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-LAIV REPOAT.

COURT OF, KING's 11F/sfCti, MAY i 6.

IMll4am:Ricit and James ‘,C'ere brought
up,taTeCeive the judgutent of the Court, convicted,
at- the last. Assizes for the County of Surrey, of
obstruaing au .Officer. of the Revenue, and assault=
in him in the execution of his .duty.
Mr. :111stiCk3 GROS, hi: pronouncing the judg-
ment of the Court,-animacherted. in a most impres-
sive: munter upon the critue of the Defendants, the
frequency. of which had so much increased within
these few ye4rs, that. it became the duty -of that
Court to exercise their authority in an exemplary
tvay.. His. Lordship distinguished the cases .of the:
Defendants,. observing, that alth,ough Mr. Rich had
been only an accessary to the fad,. it was necessary,
for the sake of example, to visit the oance which he
had committed, with a severepunishment ; he•tlien.
- sentenced Willianf,Rich six mouths; and William
James to nine months imprisonment in the Gaol of
Horsham.-

John Poi was also brought up for judgment, for
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a misdeineanour, coMmitted as a -Juror impannelled
on a Sheriff 's‘Jury, convicted 'of retiring from:the:
Jury before they had pronounced their verditt.tiv
Mr; 1.: .Vkir S fir the• Defendant, observed; that ihe-i
,aCtion on which the Defendant had attended-as a.
Juror, was an .A Lion -of Trespass, brought by Mr,
Selby against a person for nutting in a grove called •
Warren Chace, in the county of Surrey„ belonging
to that Gentleman, but which was constdcred by;
the neitglibOurhood to be public property, oniwitfeh"
they wun entitled to free egress and 'regress;
veo of the. Jurymen: concurred in giving a verdict
of one farthing-damages, but the other five (oneof
hom was the Defendant) conceiv=ed that the,.'
Plaintiff waS not entitled to . any damages at all-;
and as they were not likely to agree, the Defendant
retired. Another writ of inquiry; was sued, and the
Jury.founda verdiEt of one shiiling damages; so that
Mr. Selby had. not sustained, any material injury
from the ctindua. of the Defendant. ,Under these cir-
cinustances he trusted that the Court would allow
him to ga among his friends, ..
to enable hiin dis-
charge the costs of the prosecution, for which alone
he was det4ued, • 1 , .
Mr. Wit.-.sON, fin the Prosecution, observed, that
those tre.,pas,es bad been so frequently practised, on
pretence of tintting„uppri Mr. Selby's grounds, and
s 9 many &predations had been committed there, he
found it absointely necessary to make an exampled

some one. • -.• . ,
The Court granted the -tirrie.applied'fOr, at • the•
same time c.)l3serving, that the Defendant's neigh-
bours were to understand, that these trespasses would
not be per►nitt'ed, in iutute, with impunity. •
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