The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-12 00:00:00

'tORN EXCHANGE,

April 12.

WE have no foreign arrivals, and but a short
supply of Wheat : the many buyers caused an ad-
vance of 4s. to 6s. per quarter ; Oats had a demand
with brisk sale, and rather higher ; Pease are dull ;
Flour had a quick sale, and expeled rather dearer.
Wheat sos a 60S a 7os od Beans -29 s a 33$ od
Fine do. - 7zs a 73s od Tick ditto -28 s a 30s 6d
Malt -313 s a 4zs a 4.4 s od Oats - IS'S a 21S od
FilledittO - 45$ a 47$ od Poland do. 22S a 23s od
Barley - 33% a 36$ 6d Rape Seed 341 a 371 per last
Rye - 36% a 4os od • Fine Flour sos a 56s per sack
White Pease 34s a 36s od Second do. 45s a sos peL do.

KEMBLE is gone to Liverpool, on account of a
new arrangement said to be in agitation respeding
the Theatre of that place, the Lease of which is
nearly expired. KEMBLE has many friends in that
town, and has it seems been invited to take part in
the suggested plan of future management.

It is said that Sir EDWARD LAW, in conse-
,quence of his appointment, will be created a Peer.
'lf the Chief Justice should chuse his.title from his
estate, which is generally the case, he will become
Lord Bard6lph, in consequence of his late purchase
in Hertfordshire.

• The average price of Sugar, computed from the
returns made for the week ending the 7th day of
April tBoz, is Thirty-eight Shillings and Ten
Pence Halfpenny ptr hundred weight.
On Saturday a young Gentleman riding a poney
on the Harrow Roid, was thrown against a hedge
or wall, and very severely bruised in the chest.
He was conveyed borne to his friends in a dangerous
state,

SHE LATK
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE KEN-Y 9! .

Ix the full convidinn, that the following biogra,
phical and characteristic notices, (which are chiefly
drawn from an original source, and not from transi—
ent or obscure publications) of this truly ex...ciicnt
magistrate and man, will prove acceptablc,• we pre-
sent them to our readers.

LLOYD Lord KENYON was born at Gredington
in Flintshirc, in the year 1733 ; he was the eldest
surviving son of Lloyd Kenyon, Esq. originally of
Brynn, in the same County, and Cile of the younger
sons of the rintienc family of Kenyon of Peek, in
Lancashire ; his Lord,hip received the elementary
part of his education-at Ruthin, in Denbighshire,
whence he was taken, at nn early' ag,7, and articled
to Mr. W. J. Tomlinson, an eminent attorney at
Nantwich, in Cheshire. On the expiration of hig
articles, Mr. Kenyon determined to enter into a line
which afforded a more sco,:e to his industry
and talents, and, accordingly, he beCame a Member
of the Society of Lincoln's Inn,. in Trinity Term
1754., and after a sedulous application to the requi-
site studies, was called to 'the Bar in Hilary Term,
1761.

In the early part of his professional career) the
advancement of Mr. Kenyon was but slow—he
was unassisted by those means which powerful con_
neaion and interest afford : added to this, the
branch of his profession to which he chiefly applied
himself, namely that of conveyancing, was not cal-
culated to bring him forward into public notice:
But the sterling merit cf genuine abilities, and perse-
vering industry, were not to be overlooked. Mr.
Kenyon rose gradually into praaice; f.-:w opinions
at the Bar, at the time, carried more weight and
authority, and he was frequently recurred to as an
advocate. In 1773, an interesting epoch in Mr.
Kenyon's private life took place ; ne formed a ma-
trimonial connection with his relative, Mary, the
third daughter of George Kenyon of Peele, in Lan.
cashire, the family before alluded to ; and not long
after, he contracted an intimacy with Mr. after.
wards Lord Thurlow, and Chancellor. About this
period too, and for some years after, his praftice in
the Couitt of Chancery was very extensive, and of
the most lucrative kind, by which, as well as in the
other lines of his profession, he acquired a very con-
siderable property. In 1780 a circumstance occur.
red, which not a little contributed to establish his
reputation as an Advocate and a public Speaker,
namely, his being employed as leading Counsel for
the defence of the late Lord George Gordon, on a
charge of High Treason ; on this interesting oc-
casion, Mr. Kenyon's second was Mr. Erskine,
who on that day distinguished himself in such, a
manner, as in a great degree laid the foundation of
his future fame. In April 1782, soon after the ac-
cession of the Rockingham parry to ministerial
power, Mr. Kenyon, was, without serving the inter-
mediate office of Solicitor, appointed to the impor.
tant situation of Attorney General, and at the same
time, Chief justice of Chester; in the former office
he succeeded the late James Wallace, Esc, father of
the Right Hon. Thu=s The circum-
stance of Mr. Kenyon's dire:, prn;rion to the of-
fice-of Attorney General, was regarded as a-singu-
lar instance ; this however is erroneous, similar pro-
motions have before occurred, and the case of Sir
Edwaid•Law, the present Attorney General, is a
recent instance.

In Parliament Mr. Kenyon took a decided part
in politics, warmly attaching himself to the party of
the late Minister, Mr. Pitt, and he distinguished
himself not a little by his speeches on the noted af-
fair of the Coalition, Mr. Fox's India Bill, &C. In
March 1784, he was appointed Master of the Rolls,
an office of high judicial dignity, and generally
leading to still higher legal honours—however, its
emoluments fell very short of those which Mr.
Kenyon necessarily relinquished by discontinuing
his professional pursuits as a Counsel : about this
time he was created a Baronet.

In this situation, Sir Lloyd Kenyon continued
until the latter end of May 1788, when on the re.
signation of the venerable Earl of Mansfield, who,
for the long period of thirty-two years, had held
the honourable and very important office of Chief
justice of the Court of King's Bench, he was ap,
pointed to succeed him, and at the same time, was
elevated to the peerage, by the title of Lord Ken.
yon, Baron of Gredington, in the County of Flint.
He was now fixed in a situation, which though not
nominally the highest, is perhaps the most import-
ant office in the administration of the law of this
country ; and Lord Kenyon furnished an instance
nearly as striking as that of the iilu,,zrious Hard-
wicke, teat the profession of the law is that which
of all others, affords the fairest opporttinitie:,' for
the exertion of genuine talent, and persevering in-
dustry ; whether the objett be the gratification of
ambition in the attainment of the highest honours in
the State, or the possession of abundant wealth.

Of the character of Lord Kenyon in his magiste_
rial and judicial capacity, convinced it is too well
established in the hearts and minds of his fellow sub_
jells, we presume not to-speak. His conduct in those
arduous and important situations which he so lately
filled, speaks its best and fairest eulogiuoi ; it has
attracted and fixed the applauses and gratitude of
his countrymen ; his charade!' and his fame will
descend with increasing lustre to an admiring atid a.
grateful posterity.
:.nurse of
A few rrominent considerations in theewe
cannot,
however,
,ter,7ionn'isu,f,toicreenstioc
,ILim,inoirsttr,aotnit:stenti_
y with
our own feelings, refrain from a.;:verting to. We
allude, first, to his laudable), firm and persevering
exertions to keep the chan;iels of the Law clear and
unpolluted by low and sordid rradices,• and whirl
were particularly exQMplified in the vigilant and
salutary exercise of his authority over the Attornies
of his own Court, the utility of which has been ex.
perienced in a ,very considerable degree. Secondly,
his unprecedented zeal in the cathe of Morality and
Virtue, which most conspicuously appeared in his
conduct with respect to cases of Adultery and Sc.
duttion : on these occasions, neither rank, -wealth,
nor station, could shield. deli!:queney from the well-
merited censure, and rebuke, of off:nded justice. and
morality : though much unhappily remains to be
done, yet his Lordship's exertions, combined w*..f;
those of some of the mast virtuous and exalted cha..

A.lcrs of the Uppet 1-Touie of Parlianteht, have dAt.
tributed greatly, notwithstanding the acknowledged
inadequacy and impetfation of the Law in these •r~_
specs, to restrain the fashionable arid prevailing
vices alluded to.

A third consideration, and which highly redounds
to the honour of his Lordship's magisterial cha-
taeter, is the strhlness, not to say severity, with
which he administered the justice of the Law agairAt
the pernicious tribe of Gamblers of every 'descrip-
tion, who have for some years infested the metro-
polis. On these occasions, as well an in those
above mentioned, the condul of this truly virtuous
Judge, Was such as incontrovertibly she_ wed that
the Law is no respei7er of persons ; and his perse-
vering exertions to restrain the destrudive vice of
G.iming, have been attended with no inconsiderable
degree of success. Nor should we omit to mention
the very laudable spirit and firmness, which on all
occasions he evinced -in maintaining due order and
decorum in his Court.

We cannot conclude this part of our subjet, with-
out giving, as supplementary to it, the following
.concise and comprehensive, -but highly. appropriate
_Charader of the late Chief Justice : it is extraaed
from a much-esteemed Trad, which appeared not
la,ng after his elevation to the Bench, and in almost
-evjery particular, pettedly coincides with our ideas
oa the subjed :
" Lord Kenyon Toy not equal, in talents or elo-
" quence, the pre-eminent Charader whom he suc-
ceeds on the Bench of Justice, nevertheless, he
a possesses qualities more appropriate to, and know-
" ledge more connected with, the crfiportant office
.14 which he holds. Profound in legal erudition,
c,c patient in judicial discrimination, and of the
ti most determined integrity, he is formed to -add
" no common lustre to his exalted station. He
" does dot sacrifice his official to his Parliamentary
charatier : the sphere of his particular duty is the.
" great scene, of his activity, as of his honour ;
" and though, as a Lord of Parliament he will never
44 lessen his character, it is as a Judge that he looks
" to aggrandize- it. SuCh men will be revered
" far their virtues and their wisdom, when the'
" Party. Declaimers and the frothy Pleaders of the
" day have long.been forgotten."

In private life, the charmer of Lord Kenyon
was antiabk and praise-worthy, in the highest de-
gree; no man could possibly excel him in the rela-
tions of Husband and Father ; indeed, in .the former,
he may he considered as a pattern of conjugal vir-
tue. In his mode of living, he was remarkably
temperate and regular ; but the gratuitous assist-•
ance, in his pro essional capacity, which it was
known he had often afforded to necessitous and
,41jured individuals, does away the imputation, that
a fondness for money was rather a prevailing trait
in his charader.

Lord Kenyon had issue by his Lady, three sons,
namely, Lloyd, born in 1775, whom his father
appointed to the office of Piiilazer of the Court of
King's Bench : he stood not long since an elec-
tioneering 'contest for the County of lint. This
Gentleman died about a year ago, and the manner
in which his Lordship was affected by this melan-
choly event, is supposed, in some degree, to have
accelerated his own dissolution.—Secondly, George,
the present Lord' Kenyon, horn in 1776. His
Lordship was appointed by his late father to the
very lucrative situation of Joint Chief Clerk of the
Court of King's Bench, on the demise of the late
Earl of Mansfield, better known as Lord Viscount
Stormont ; and joined in the patent with John Way,
Esq.—And thirdly, the Hon. Thomas
.Kenyon,•
born in 1780.

SHERIFF'S COURT, SATVRDAY, APRIL IC..

BUCKINGWAM 'V. OXTOBY.

Txts.was an Inquisition of damages before the
Sheriff, upon an Interlocutory Judgment signed by
the Plaintiff against the Defendant. The Plaintiff,
a Grocer in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, had •
Married a young Lady to whom the Defendant had
for some time paid his addresses; the latter •chaL
lenged his successful rival, but a' meeting was pre-
vented, and the Parties became reconciled : they
met about four months since- at the Royalty Theatre;
when the Plaintiff Asked the Defendant home to
supper, and they spent the evening in much dm-
viviality : about one in the morning, however,- the
Defendant becoming intoxicated; began to kiss and
take liberties with the former object of his affeaion,
which the husband reproved. The other reproached
him with treachery; and observing that he would
never rest satisfied till, he had his life, threw a
glass in the face of the Plaintiff, and cut him, and
afterwards beat him severely. - The Defendant suf-
fered Judgment to go by-default, and now alledged,,
in extenuation of damages, ebriety, and the irEita-
tion arising- from the refledion that he had been
supplanted by the Plaintiff in the regards of the
woman he had reason to think would have been his
wile.—The Jury gave•a verdil'for the Plaintiff--
damages Sol.

The Grand Jury at the late Leicester Assizes re-
solved, that they would frequent such inns only
where the owners adopted the fallowing charges
for posting, &c. which the meeting considered pro-
por t iona te to the present price of provender, name-
ly, a pair of post horses, is. per mile ; saddle•horse,
gd. ditto; hay per night for one horse, is.; oats
per quartern, 4d..

Yesterday morning, about half-past twelve
o'clock, a fire broke out at No. 8, Bell's buildings,
Salisbury square, which raged with so much fury as
to threaten the destrudion of several adjoining
houses, but owing to the strong party walls, the only
.one destroyed was the one in which the fire originat-
e.l. Mr. Parchase, a Clerk in the Commercial Com-
rnissioner's'Office,.and a lodger in the house, finding
himself in danger of being burnt, threw himself out
of a • two pair of stairs window, the speaators having
first provided and placed, below three feather-beds
for him to fall upon, notwithstanding which he un-
fortunately broke his thigh, and was otherwise
much hurt. It is with regret we state, that he
died soon after. .