The Sun.
London, England, 1802-06-19 00:00:00

AR RETE.

" The General in Chief decrees, that the dispositions of
the first Article of the Arrete of the 2.Bth Pluviose, which
put General Too ssAi NT out' of tile protedion of the Law,
aro repealed—in consequeree of which lie requires all the
Civil and Military Authorities to consider that Article- as
abrogated.
" To be printed and published.
(Signed) " LECLERC.
" Head-Quarter:at the Cape, May'

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PARIS, JUNE IS.

g, Within these few days much conversation' has
taken place in a certain circle respeaing a probable
change in the Constitution, and this circumstance
very seriously occupies the Politicians most looked
up to'for information : if it be true, however, that, a
Committee has been formed for the purpose of this
great work, it must be allowed, that the Members
conduct themselves with great discretion and secre-
cy, for so much„contradidion appears in the asser-
tions of those who pretend to be the best informed,
one is apt to believe that they have been played
upon by false marks of confidence, given to them
merely to sound the public opinion, or that they
amuse themselves by vague speculations—the only
point upon, which they seem_ all to agree, is, that
the word Constitution, will be shortly out of. use,
and that Grande Charte will be substituted. It is
certain that the word Constitution has been very
unfortunate ;—during fifteen hundred years it' could
not make its way into France at all, and for these
last eleven, though received in triumph, it has been
subjea to every caprice. It is not sufficiently un-
derstood in this Country,. that Men make the Laws,
but Time,,—the Constitution. Time is, of all the
Legislators amongst this volatile People, the least
known or .the least consulted, though certainly, the
dearest, paid. , It is said, that there are to be two
Chambers, or Houses, as in England, and the Sena-
torial Power, (which originated in one of the fine
ideas of the Abbe SYEYES) is to be abolished ; if
so, some vice must have been fotind amongst the
Senators themselves, and not in the idea, 'for it was
the only Body which could preserve its independ-
ance without danger, or manifest a :positive and
blind.adherence to the Court without apologies—the
Prote&ing and Eleflive Power; known here by the
title, La Puissance Conserjvatrice et Elective, will
be transferred to the Consular Authority, who will
then have the privilege to rejector accept the Laws
which may be discussed, or have passed in the two
Chambers.

• Such are the ideas now canvassed, and it may
bereadily believed, that if the FIRST CONSUL ex-
presaes.his desire that such should be the order of
things, the change will take place alnlost without
any hint Of. opposition. •The Royalists might see
the alteration with regret, but their opinions would
have little weight, and the Republicans are now suffi-
ciently ENLIGHTENED tO know that the surest mode
of preserving the share of Liberty, which circnm.
stances allow them, is to condo& themselves with a
tacit acquiescence to the supreme will. The Tri_
bunes and Legislators are eagerly 'looking out for
Places under the new order of things, and instead of
enjoying themselves, .during. the Adjournment of
the Sessions, with their families in the Country,
many of them remain at Paris to watch over the
great interest, not of the Republic, but of their
ambition."

Last night the Pic-Nic Performances were closed
for the season. -

Mrs. BILLINcroN has been laying the Liver-
[iol People under contribution. She has performed
to most crowded houses. '-

Cheltenham is already very full.—This promises
to be a profitable season for all the Watering.
places.

Aim REPORT,

COURT Of KlN';'s BENCH; Jut ig7
tfits being the first Day of Term the Cut
did not sit until near one o'clock:

Mr. ERSKINE moved for leave td exhibit Arri:
cles of the Peace in a Case which from its very nature
is extremely important to the Public, and particUlar-
ly to young Ladies of property and their parents
and COnneaions, for which reason we shall state it
at length. Mr. Etskt NE said, the Cotsrt had ,owe_
times hinted that applications for the extraordinary
interposition of the Court, should always be made
when the fit to which they relate are recent ; in
this Case the Lady who applied to exhibit Articles
of the Peace against her husband bad not been mar.,
tied six weeks,

The Lady was then called into Court, and the
Articles being ekhibired, were read l the Ciefk
of the Crown, and of which the fullowing is the
substance :

" Articles of tile Peace exhibited by IsAar. LLA
BIRD, wife of WILLIAM BIRD, otherwise WIL-
LIAM BETTS BIRD, late of North Shield, in the
parish of Tynemputh, in the county of Northum
berland, but now, or late, of Fore-street, London,
Gentleman, against her said husband, through fear
of death or receiving some great bodily harm."

The first Article stares " That she became ac-
quainted with the said William Bird about four
months ago, and intermarried with him on the 2jtli
of April last, at the Parish church of- Tynemouth,
in which parish her parents reside, and her father is
a ship-owner. That about two months antecedent
to their marriage, William Bird went to Shields
under pretence of establishing a Bank there, and
represented himself to be the son of John Bird, Esq,
of Finsbury-square, London, and the nephew of
Mr. Thomas Bird, a Distiller at Limehouse, both
of whom the said William Bird alledged to be per_
sons of great property. That on the 13th of May .
lat, she, the Exhibitant, together with the said,-
William Bird, set off from Shields for London, and
arrived at the White Horse Inn, Fetter-lace, Lon-
don, on the isth of May. That the eond.,e and
behaviour of the said William Bird towards his
wife doting their journey to London, was inatten-
tive and unaffeCtionate, and vety different 'from •
what it had been .previously to their departure
from Shields, and that on the t6ih of May, being
the day after their arrival in London, upon the Ex.,
hibitant expressiog her surprise to the said Williarri.
Bird, that none of his relations or friends had been
to visit thetas at the Inn where they then remained,
the said William Bird seized her by the hair of
her head, pulled it with great violence, and said,
that she was a little devil—that he was tired of her,
and would soon be the end ()flier."
The second Article stares " That on or about the
list of May last, the said William Bird said to the
Exhibit:ant, that he had no money, and did not know
where to get any ; that she moat procure for him
4o or so guineas, either from her father's fa6tors
resident in London, or by drawing a Bill upon her
father. She then told him that he had Arcady got_
ten from her all the money which she had brought
from home with her, except a few shillings, and .
that she durst not either take up money from her
father's flaetor, or draw upon her father for any ;
upon which the said William Bird immediately fi:w
into a great passion, and threatened with horrid itn_.
precations, to blow her brains our if she would not
consent to procure money for him, at the same time
holding her by the hair of her head, and pulling it
with great force and violence."
The third Article states " That the said William
Bird had several times gotten out of bed in ;he
middle of the night, and on such occasions threat-
ened to make away with himself and with her: That
he had frequently seized her by the hair of the head
and threatened to knock her down ; and that in
consequence of his violent, cruel, and outrageous
treatment of her, at other different times and other
occasions, and his repeated threats to beat and de-
stroy her, she became and was in fear of her life
whenever she was alone with him ; and that for
the mere purpose of avoiding the cruelty of the said
William Bird, and preserving her life, which she
was almost in constant apprehension for whilst she
continued to live with him, she was obliged to
leave the lodging of the said William Bird without
his knowledge, and is now, from.the same motives,
obliged to live concealed from him." -

I:astly, " That she does noemake this compl,int
against the said William Bird otherwise. William

Betts Bird, her husband, through malice, hatred, or
towards him, but solely for the preservation
of her life and person from bodily harm and danger,
which she apprehends from his threats, who, she
believes is now endeavouring to find out where
she is, &c.".

• The Court received the complaint, and ordered
the Defendant to be held to surety, &c.
The Lady is very youig; and was attended by
her mother, under whose care she was.

WOBUI?N SHEEP.SHEARING.

THIRD DAY--..JUNE 16.

At the Sheep_Shearing last yeir,a wager of so O.
!leas was laid between Capt. MOOR. E, of Aspley, and
I'Vir.BITHR EY, of Turve' , who should produce at this
Sheep-Shearing the best Wether, the determination to
be left to Lord SoNIFRVI,LI.E and Wfrl. WEscAtt, a
well.knowil breeder in BuckinghmAlire. Thy 41c
cordingly produced a fat Welber each : after dinner
yesterday his Lordship ;Iva Mr. W. went and ex.
unlined them, after which the sheep were slaughter-
ed and weighed. This morning the judges decided
in favour of Mr. MTH R EY: Captain NiloottE loses
upon the whole 180 guineas, as he had made bets to
the amount of 130 guineas with other people.
The following is their weight, dead and alive

Mr.Bithrey's two Shear Sheep Mr. Moore's two Shear Sheep.
weighed, -1 one 15 lb. oz. lb. oz.
Alive 171 12 161 4

Weight alive • J
lb. oz.
Skin ' - t t 6
Hcad and Pluck to 2
Blood 6 2
Entrails r 13
Fat 13 IS
lace 9 t

lb. OZ.
10 12

6 o
1 o 3

13 15
4 5