The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-01 00:00:00

TIIE ARTIS'T'S tIENEVOL4NT FUNb:

Yesterday the Friend of this admirableAirti..:
tution, to the number of about 200, dined toge
'they- at .the E•eemascin's. Tavern, Queen-street,
the Right Hon. LONG in the Chair. The
meeting •was attended by Mr. WILITniLLAn,
WEs.i, and many distinguished persons. Want
•of room prevents our reportinir fully on the'pro-
ceedings to-day ; but, it our limits permit, we
shall •to-inorrow give an ace° a t 'of then. The
clay was passed in the tionOt harmony, and a.collec-
tion made at the tabless,anionuriug to about 4001;
of ‘vhich a fiery considerable portion was annual
subscriptions. Messrs. 23RoAntiousT and C. Smi-rn
delighted the Company with several excellent
sono, as well as glees, with Messrs. TINNEY and
DultusET ; anti Mr. VErn, towards the close of
the •evArning, entertai,ned them with sinn'e hutno=
roes Irish airs ; Mr. PAalil: also played a charnt-
in On the flageolet ; -and an Ude, in,
honour of , the occasion, was ably performed
.--.--
About eleven o'clock the company separated.

A circumstance which will appear very strange
to !hose 'who .tailt of France wit iota knowing it,
is, that the most furiOus demagogt&s of the early
period of the Revolution in l.lolrdeaux are to a man
in favour of the Boy HEMNS ; a: d that their leaders
have taken an active part in the ate transactions.
The most opulent house at t onraeaux, or per-
Laps of any mercantile tu vu, that ,of M. JEAN
Boscrt, has a'rea,l,,i la, chased 2000 tons
4:elm-et, and that' of Citozot.:o itud SHILLER, a
f-,eruian house,.6oo tons ; tbjs. laic chiefly white
intended for the North,

NAVAL
NEWS.

'ALMOVTIi, MARCH 29.—Arrive4l the Franbis
Freeling packet, with a mail from Passages, in

five days ; Mackarel schooner from Gibraltar ;
Partliian gun-brig from a cruize. The Duke of
it4t packet, for Lisbon, is , gone into the-
Roods. •
34. —.Arrived the Pioneer
schooner, with a Dutch vessel, from Rotterdam,
which she has detained. Sailed the Redpole and
Thracian on a cruize.—Wind StW.

Poit:SmouTu, MA-11CH 31. Arrived- several
sl4s from the Downs, 'also his Majesty's ship
Thiacian from ditto ; Pr )tector gun-brig from a.
-'Sailed his Majet'y's •Stlip Diotnede to the',
Eatwarcl, and theGainbier cutter on a crnize.--•
His Majesty's ship ACtmon is appointed convoy
..fnr the Downs, and his Majesty's ship TerrOr for*,
B.:nuncio. .The .shipslarmed en-flute, 'bound t?.
Cana la, still yentain at St. lieltn's.-

.P. S. Arriced this evening the Diligent store-
s from Jams.:ca.Vcriad S.W.
IlAnwi CU, MARCH: 31.—Sailed several traders,
&c. for Holhirid.—Wind S.W. •

SfIEERNES,,7II.I:IncH leis Majesty's
ships Flamer and Starling, with a convoy for the
Vile Passage autfillaese.. The next convoy is ex'
peered to sail about the 16th of April,—Wind
S. W. by S.
CUM(' 11StiRCIF26.—Several vessels have been
taken up here this day on freight for Bonrdeaux•
The shies composing the Newfoundland and Htl'
lifax fleet are eXpected to sail in a few days, 115."
der convoy .of his Majesty's Ilaniadryad,
Captain CHATHAM, &c. from Coke. There are
several ships collecting for the West Indies in eur •
harbour,. • • '

Truk:. Brixmit NarY..—Ther& are now in corn' -
mission 727 ships of war, of which '157 are of tb!"
4irie '24 from 50 to 44 guns 145 frigates, 121
sloops of war, 8 boinbs'and *fire-ships, 1134, armed
brigs, 39 cutters, 49 .schooners and, luggers, I_3-;;1.
sides which, there are in ordinary, repairing, arl`Z
building, a number, which make the grand total.,
Ships, of which 250 are of the line.

_ -
All the French Offilkers on toatd L'Etoile were
either killed or wonoiled ; among the former 105,
the 2d Captain and 4U wed, and about 70 wound.
ed, some very badly. .
The John Palmer, whOse loss,
with all On'
hoard, we hall the painful ttik of annOuncing °°
Wednesday, sailed from St. Helena in compact
with the Henry Wellelley and several other shiri '
E bound to,ngland, on the 3d of February, gri(
parted on the 18th of the same month of the
'Western- Isles, in. 1at.'.34. N. long. 84.1 %Sr:re
A.inong the passengers who went on board tii;
John Palmer, at St. lielena, were Col: WADE,
Lady, and three c-hildren ; CoI.I,VADz, D 111.5.,
WAWA, and four Children. .

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COURT O CHANCERY, MAitdFi

EDWARDS v. LOVE.
This was a Petition to supersede a Commission
of Bankruptcy. The CbITIMiSSiOtIi it appeared',
had been sued out by mistake, the alleged bank'
rapt being ,no trader. His property; however/
.was conveyed to trustees for behoof his credici`
tors. The trustees applied to the parties who 10
sued out the commission to consent to a supers°:
dos, offering, nt -the same time, in case tb7:
agreed, to pay their expellees up to that period
,
This not being consented to, the trustees-pre
-;
sented, a Petition to the Chancellor; who though
,
it reasonable,
,under these circumstances, that La;
coululission should,be superseded at the extra(' ,
of those who stied it nut'; 'and it was ordered fic`
cordingly.

LANCASTER ASSIZES.
omitted-sooner to mention 'a eatf§e of CO,11;
solerable interest :to travellers, Which was tried'
tliese Assizes, in -which GEORGE HARLEY Dgt"-'
wo:NI), Esq. M.l'.. for the colony of Kincardine
l
was plaintiff. and MICHAEL WHITEHEAD, landlord
r ,
•of the Bull Inn, Preston, defendant. It or
{pared from the statement of Mr. PARKE,
the plaintiff; his Lady, and fa.aiily,
flied' by two Gentlemen, E ppCd at defendant'
house, in Preston, on their waY to Seodnou,
in 'July- last. Defendant had then no o[ll,t
er
horses:, at hnme hut- those which -had brought
ph4ntifi'.s two carriages from Chorley, and whic
Were so much. knocked up as to render it inlP°9
siblefor them to proceed. Plaintiff was, in con;
sequence, obliged to order horses from another
inn, which defendant ,thought proper. to resist,
saying, that he should not leave his house unless
,
with his.horses ; and on being remonstrated frith'l3o'ei.u...ded by fofce c'arry his threat into eirect,'
;
and by his outrageous 'cOnauct, and abusiie land
paw!, collected'a mob -of. many,huadredsi
thus for several hours; with force" and violetlcol
preveted the horses being put to ;, and it teas nor
till after repeated•applicalions to the Mayor, 13
till he had personally interposed I.IN --authocitY'
'that plaintiff wasenabled to. proceed.; -
The case was satisfactorily proved by the Getttirs
men who were of the sand' the plaiPti
servant.. . • ,
The defendant called no witnesses, but the 111:Y •
were !My addressed by Mr. Tor:ING mitiged
'of damages, on the ground hiS being intuxict3 .ve
the time, and the heavy:-costs he Wont,' i'a
to pay. - •
The Learned Judge (Sir ALLAN CHAMBREI
summing Up, took occasioni ••to animadvert on
Ltilil;!.
klentlaut's conduct most 'inexcusable and es,
provOkcd, and as -calling for exemplatf ttarnligned
The Jury deliberated! a few minutes, ;Ind re .
rt verklict for the piAintiflL-Datua:!es 501.
ries
'The7aCtion lEiviug• been. brcught upon pripl'
not with a view to duirmges, we understoo):dis,
14ad di; ec ed tin v hen paid, to l
to il,;itc,t amouE, pot of 1 reston.