The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-03 00:00:00

BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.

THE Annual Meeting of the Governors of this
elegant F,stiblishrnent was held yesterday, at the
Thatched House Tavern, whet) the following,Noble-
tfleh and Gentlerilen eleCted Direaors and ,Vi-
sitors of,the In,titution t'or four years,

DIRECTQRS,

. .
Mar'quit'olStafrotd, V.P.. Sir A. Hume; Bari.
kightllon. I. Corry, Thomas Elope, E'sq.
V;SITORS,

Earl of aridgewater, \i P. Samuel Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Whitbread, FAq. lohn Egerton, Esq.
And William Morland, Esq. Treasurer.

RioT AT tiAt.irAx---On Monday evening last a
treat number of deluded people assembled- oppo-
site the White SWan Inn, in Halifax, where the
giro Committees for Messrs. WILBERFORCE and
Listzt.tEt Sit, but nd apprehensions of a serious
nature were entertained. On the following evening
they assembled again, and increased in numbers pro,
digiously, so that, before ten O'clock they foribed
a very large mob and paraded the streets with an
effigy.-Before eleven they began to 'coMMit, a&s
of violence, broke the windoWs of several .respea-
able Gentlemen, and then dispersed. On Wednes-
day the Officerii of the Police applied. for further
assistance ; accordingly from 6o to 7.0 special Con-
Stables were sworn in, and an express sent to Leeds
for military aid. 'II'S
.wasimmediately granted,
and a detachment of the Inniskillings arrived about
One o'clock on Thitesda.V morning. A large collec-
tion of the populace took place also on Wednesday
and,Thursday evenings, principally young people,
bat without Committing any riotous aLig except
abuse; however,
through the vigilance of the police,
aad the public notice given to the inhabitants not
tb :be out of their houses after nine ',o'clock it the
evening, together with the security afforded by the
Military, the peace of the town is now perfeCtly
restored.

tiIIJ oi,taA.--=-As CATALAN! is toe ttmch indiS
posed to perform, the Coroic Opera of II Principe'ile.
Tarento eras represented last night at the King's
Theatre: NAint afforded high entertaintheht by
his admit-able burnotir and excellent singing. Signer
SutoNt. and Signora PcitExt amply shared iti the
general applause.
Mr. H. jautirs•roisr, is favoured by Fortune in Ire•.
land, if not by Hymen : he played Hamlet for his
benefit a few nights ago in Dublin,. and cleared 4001.
Mrs. STEPHEN KENIIILS, in renewed health, has
been performing with great success at Manchester.
• .-Mr. LEE, a respectable attendant on musical oc-
casions, had a Concert on Monday last, at the Ha-
nover-square %awns, and had an elegant audience.
HARRISON, Mr. and Mrs. VAI_TGRAN, LINDLEY, the
Young Spaniard, and Miss MOREL!, the blind young'
Lady, severally contributed their efforts with great
success.

On Monday evening- the Countess of DARLIN4-.
TON entertained nearly 700 of the most distinguish-
ed personage's at his , Lordship's house, in l(ing-
street, St. James's. His Royal Highness the Prince
of WALES honoured her Ladyship with. his corn-
pany. The following Noble -Persons. were also
noticed among the company : the Duke of Noxru-
t7SII2ERLAND, the Duke and Dtichess Of RUTLAND,
the Duchess of GRAFTON,. and the Misses Frrz Roy,
the Duchess of GORDON, the Marquisses and Mar-
chionesses Of CHESTER; and ABERCORN, and
SAIISIIIIEtY, Lord and Lady CEIAS. SOMERSET, &c.

• .• • t, • • :•
It May be interesting to e .a'survey:ef the conr
fending prunes before the, commencement of the
dreadful contest Which, has.
,probably 'ere now de-
cided• the. fate Of the Continent of Europe. The
following Account has been transmitted to us by a
Correspondent
The left w,ing of the French. main Army is
, ,
stationed on tne rsogat, and its position reaches over
Elhingen, Braunsburgli; 41Ong the left s'hOre of the
Passarge, up to Gutstadt. The centre is. placed
somewhat in the rear, round Preussisch Holland,
Liebstadt, and Mohrungen. From Gutstadt the
Arniy stretches itself en poteitce above Allenstein,
and .the right wing maintains, above Ortelsburgh,, a .
communication with the left wing of the Army of
Marshal MassENA, whose right is on the Bug, andj
from thence to the mouth of the Narew. The left.
' wing of the French has,in its whole front along the
Passarge, a number of entrenchments and batteries,
by way of covering. Before the centre and the'
right/wing are vast forests and morasses, so that an ,
attack on, this side cannot-be made without great
difficulties. To provide against accidents, there is.
behind, between the Passarge and the•WeichSel, an
immediate position on the Drewentz, behind which
magazines have been established. •
" Of the Allied Army, the right wing is' for Med
by the Prussians ; this wing is stationed by theHaff-;
and is stretched along the right shore of the Pas-
'sarge to Wormdit. The advanced gkiards are at this
point separated by nothing but the river; which, at
a small distance from the mouth, is narrow, .and iii
many places so shallow as to be waded over by de- •
serters. The territory occupied by the PrOssians
has hitherto been rather spared. An excellent 'spi-
rit is prevalent in this corps, which 'is composed of
troops who were not present at the engagement •,
in Saxony, and of the relics Hof the great A7my.—;
• It will one day be known what this corps has effea-
ed during the last six months, what It has •Suf-
fered, and with what firmness it has contended..
With its destiny. The position of the Russian army
beginS at Worrndit, and is stretched over Heels-
burgh, Bartenstein, and Schippenbeil. In the last
place are the. magazines, from which principally
the Prussians receive their forage. This Country
has suffered e*ceedingly. The Russian Army 'has
an- advanced gUard before its right wing, its centre,
and its left wing. - Hettmann PLATow commands
the last wing, and has pushed his parties even to
Ortekburgh, where, latterly, frequent skirmishes
have taken place, while, in every other part, there
has prevailed a sort of armistice. Since the arrival
of the Emperor ALEXANDER in Prussia, it appears
that a considerable corps of Russians has been sta-
tioned not far from the Narew ; this has probably
occasioned the movements of MA SENA:
" Besides the leading Armies of the 'hostile
Powers, there is to be noticed on the part of the:
French, the corps besieging Dantzic, under Marshal:
LEFEBVRE. It consists-of French Poles, and Baden
troops. Further, the corps . betbre Colberg, of
French, Italians, and the German contingent troops.
In'Silesia under Prince JEROME, are the Bavarians
and Wirtemburghers. Here the Fortresses of Neisse;
Cosel, Glatt, and Silberberg, are Still to -be :conqueled. Betwixt the Elbe and the Eastern Ocean;
an army of observation is colle&ing together; under'
Marshal BEtYNE ; it is 'to consist of rTha;chmeili
Spaniards and Frenchmen. Another army of ob-;
servation 'stands on the boundaries of Italy and Ger-
many, and is connected with another corps .in
Dalmatia." • •-•—

In the year 1760, Breslati, the fortifications of
which the French are now deincilishing, 'Was besieg
ed by 50,000 Austrians, under the Command,of .the
lebrated LAtipottx. The garrison consisted of no
more than 3000 men, and there. were, 99c)0 prisO7
tiers in.the town : but, notwithstanding these disad-
vantages; General TAUENTZIEN, father. of the -Pre-
sent Prussian General of thatmaine, successfully, del.
fended the place, LAtfooni, iMpatient'at his
navy, declared, that. if the Prussian General com-
pelled him to storm the town, " he would not spare
the infant in the womb." To this barbarOUs sum-
mons, Tito4wrztEig replied, " 1 am not with child,
neither ((re any of my soldiers.: I shall hold out us
long as 1 can." At the conclusion of the peace,
TAUENTZIEN was , aPpoitited.OoVernor of Breslau,
where he died at a vey advanced age. A monument
was ereeted to his memory, which the French have
ordered to be respe&ed. The Oasis on which it
r' stands has been leVelled, and the spot iS.to. he called
' Tauerztzien's Place. It is near the 'Schweidniti
Gate.
. .

It affords us great satisfaaion to beenabled to in-
form-. our readers, that the command of the Allied
Army is definitively conferred on .General BEN. IG-
EN. This has'been (lane in a manner which great-
ly enhances the high honour so; bestowed. The,
ernperor ALEXANDER, after expressing in ,General
Orders his entire approbation of the condua of
General BENIGSEN, and of the high sense and opi
bion which he entertains of his talents and his ser-
vices, orders it. to be notified to the Artily, that the
supreme command is vested in that Otlicer,-and that
all dispatCheS are to be .transmitted to, as well as
Orders received from, him. We trust that the issue'
.Of the contest on.the
.other side of the Vistula will
amply justify this exalted confidenae.
Another great fire has happened in the West of
England t the yiljage of Finish, near Langport, in
Soniersetshire, is almost totally destroyed; scarce any
house is left INA 'the Parsonage. It was with.great
diliculty that the town of Langport escaped.
The A.:rriculturat,show of Stock on Fri,* last, on
the Fairfield, ChelrriSfOrd, though not so large as'was
expeEted; was' in general. good. A variety of pre-
miums for Stock, &c. were awarded ; and after the
-
business of the day was concliided,- nearly eighty
Gentlemen,,ditied at' tlie

CORN-EXCHANGE, JUNE 3:—lt has.been resolved
that the• Market, during the months of June, July,
and August, is to be opened for business on Mon-
days and ThursdaysAinly, yet there were some few
Fatams attended with their samples to-day, though
scarce any purchases, were made, and those.nearlr at
the currency on Monday.

SLlClDE.—Ycsterclay morning, at nine o'clock,
s girl of the name of ,qields, about 'lB years of
age, A pauper in the Workhouse of St. Clement
threw herself from a three pair-of stairs
window, into Portugal-street,: ,and expired in a
short time after being carried 'into the house.

COURT. UT KINC s BIN Cl 4, WESTMINSTER, 'U' 2

-
:IDOE V. MANNING. ' '
• This cause came on ai second time Wore the
CoUrt upon .special argument. The question was,
whether a voluntary conveyance-was voidable' un-
der the Stature 61Elizabah ?

The cas'e-Vcras argued at great .leiwth, and Nyith
much ability. and learfiing, by Mr. 11\il ARIA V A TT, on
the part of- the Plaintiff, tor setting aside the deed
and by. Mr. ,Serjeant SHEPHERD, ilt support of it ;
the latter Gentle Man contending that voluntary
conveyances were, not, consequently fraudulent, but
plight be taken as" evidence of fr::ud ; the former
advancing a contrary do6trine.
. . ..,.,
The' Court considering it a, case of very consi-
derable importance, as it involved many dot horitiLs
hitherto acted upon, deferred- their final Judgment
for a future day. , , .

TINSON V. FRANCTS

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, applied for 3 1.1:11e to
set aside the nonsuit in this case: The action arts
brought upon a Promissory Note, and the words.
upon .which- the question arose-wer?—" I promise
to pay, &c...0h account of subscription received tqr
my Principles of Geography." At the trial the,,e
words were helnd
,not good, the declaration sto.fing
that he made this promist to pay " tor valce re-
ceived," • The, allegation was, that he'proinisi,::d to
pay so much Money for value received. It was not
necessary, the Learned Counel•observed, to set Out
this particularly, only generally, the prot,tise was, to.
pay for a-thing of valne, and.the,question wa;,wh,:-
ther that was sufficient'to satkly the alleo.ation in
the declaration. - • -

'ELLENBOROUGIi said, he recolleded a cnle
at GuildhalL.Where an action :was, brought for-the
Copy-right of a•boolt, and it turned out, upon the
evidence, that in fad the book. was worih Out Ling
the:calculations it .contained..were _found so error;
neons; it could not be made useof. " This case,"
said his Lordship, "'may be like 'many other ~111).
scription cases;- where, names are frequeuqy :put
down, but very little value received; however, LLe
a Rule to shew