The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-10 00:00:00

21,4R15, MAy

AT the audience given to Ambassadors and Fo-
reign Ministers yesterday, Mr. MERRY, the Eng-
lish Ministers presented Mr. SPENC'ER SMITH,
lately Minister Plenipotentiary of England at the
Sublime Porte ; Colonel DiumN, Colonel Of the
4th Irish Brigade; Mr. PALMER, an Irish Gentle:.
man, and the Baron DE P.EALTLIEU, in ihe Service
of His BRITANNIC. MAJESTY in Hanover:

A report having been circulated that the Impor:.
tation of English Merchandize, partictilarly the
English minufadure of China and Delf Ware, would
be permitted by Government; the Minister of the
Interior has formally contradided this report, by
stating that the Law of October z 797, which pro-
hibits the Importation of English IVlanufadures, is
Still in 'torce. And orders have been given to the
Officers of the Customs, not only to prevent the
importation of such merchandize, but to discover
whether any has been imported, in order that the
Law whiCh orders it, to be seized may be carried
into execution. '

The Merchants of Pondicherry, and the Isles of
France and Reunion, at Paris, have presented to
Government a Memorial agaitist all exclusive privi-
lege, and claiming in the name of those three Fac-
tories, the indefinite freedom of commerce:

We. are assured that Government is occupied in
the examination of the great question so long
puted, Whether Privileged Companies are useful or
prejudicial to the Mother Country ?
Yesterday all the' Bishops nominated by thiVirst
Consul were presented to hin by PORTAL'S. He
.received them with every mark of distindion,' and
enjoined them to make Morality subservient to the
improvement of the heart, and the oblivion of all.
dissentions.. He invited them to admit no longer
any distinaion between the Priests who took the
oaths. and those whorefused to take them ; but
to choose indiscriminately for Ecclesiastics, such,
men as were of exemplary -.behaviour, and such as
had recommended themselves by the, purity of their
morals,

Unite, said he to them, in your endeavours to
obtain the esteem and confidence of your fellow-ci-
tizens,- and in so doing, you will never give reason
to the Government, to repent of having established
the Ministers of the Altar.

VIENNA, APRIL IB. The Count de MON-
cENtoo ser off from hence on the x4th inst. for the
Republic of the Seven Utlited Isles, whither he goes
in the quality of Minister of the EMPEROR of Rtrs-
SIA. He will embark from Naples, from whenee
the Russian Troops will take their departure at, the
same time, on board several Russian Ships of War.
HAGUE, APRIL 28.—The Batavian Army is
about to be placed on a Peace Establishment : it will
consist of little more than 22,000 men. The ex-
pences of its maintenance, and of the War Depart-
ment., are estimated at 9,367,78 florins per ann.

ROME, APRIL I 2.—The freedoom of Commerce
established .by our Governitait, has procured the
arrival of a considerable quantity of Wheat at
Ci-
vita Vecchia. The price of this article of the first
necessity, has been in consequence considerably te-
duced, and perfcE tranquiLi:y has been re-estab7
lished amongst the people of tl►is Capital.
The Port of Sinigagfia, in the Adriatic, is de-
clared a Free art.

M. DE AREZZO, a Sicilian, is appointed Nun-
cio of His Holiness at the Court of Petersburgh.

MADRID, APRIL 2.—The Court Gazette has
this day published a Dispatch from Admiral GRA..
VINA, containing an account of his voyage from
Brest to St. Domingo, and the first events which
took place there after his arrival. The Dispatch
is dated the Bth of February, and entirely corre-
sponds with those published in France. Admiral
GRAV INA estimates the damage done by the flames
at Cape Francois at rpo,ooo livres. He concludes
as follows

"I intend to sail direaly for the Havannah. The
Squadron under my orders has, during the whole
voyage, made use of, its own proper Signals, and has
steered its course independently of the French Fleet
the length of the period since I possessed my pre-
sent rank, not permitting me to sail under the orders
of Adm,iral VILLARET. In other respeas, the same
perfect good understanding reigns between us and
the French Fleet as formerly at Brest, during the
18 months. we remained there."

The Court of Directors of the East India Com-
pany have, with their usual liberality, presented to
Captain JAMES BowEN, of His Majesty's Ship
Argo, Four Hundred Guineas, for the purchase of a
piece of Plate, as a testimony of their' approbation
of his conduct, in the care•arld attention in convey-
ing from St. Helena to England, a number of valu-
able Ships, laden on the Company's account.
The reinforcement of ro,ooo men about to sail
from France for St. Domingo, will not repair the
losses which the Army under General LECLERC must
have sustained in battle, independent of the num-
bers that mum have fallen victims to the climate, and
the privations which that Army is obliged to eu
dure. •

ROYAL ACADEMY,

Ne. 195. The Angry Father ; or, the Discovery of the
Clandestine Corre4olidence.—j. ‘0 P 11, R. A.

CONSIDERAgtE attention has been excited by
this performance, and it is certainly one of the best
Pidtires in the pi "sent Exhibition, thouzli it is by
no means free front faults. The charatters are in
humble life, but there was no necessity for_ making
the father, who is the principal objeEt, quite so
coarse in the charader. of his head. There seems
to be tdo great a disproportion in the age of the
parents, the husband being so much oldex, that we
might as sootapprehend a detelion of a clandestine
Correspondence 'with his wife as with his daughter.
The figtires., however, are well disposed, and the
charaders strongly marked. There is much deli-
cac.f in the figure of the daughter.; and an ilaerest-
ing expression of sorrow in her countenance. The
colouring is, clear and rich, but not gaudy ; there
is a fine breadth of light, and, upon the whole, the
story is well told, with the exceptions we have
mentioned'.

No. 61.
.A Woman and a Child in a Stoirn ; part .of the
principal group of the " Storm in Harvest."—R. WEST*
ALL, R. A.

Every body mtiSt remember Mr. WEStALL,'S
Drawing of the Storm in 'Harvest; which was one
of the most exquisite proofs of his skill. , These
figures.were very interesting in that drawing, and
the popularity of the work has' induced the Artist to
enlarge them, and transfer them to.canvass. We
cannot, however, think that, in their present de_
Cached state, they appear to such advantage, as when
they derived an interest from the surrounding ob:
jells in their former place : still, however, there
is a very pleasing exhibition of rustic charafter, and
a fine expression of meek piety, and timid awe, in
the face of the mother. The Colouring is not so
luxuriant as is generally found in the works of this
Artist, and is consequently better adapted to the
suble6t,

No. 77, F'Ortrait cif the buke of Leioster. —M. A. S EE, R. A .

The extent of its merit, as well as the magnitude
of its size, recommend this Work to an early no-
tice. It is an accurate and spirited likeneis of the
noble original. The figure is well drawn, and
,firmly put upon its legs. The Colouring is chaste,
and the ,taut, ensembi e, dignified and striking. The
Artist now holds a Tarliortvith the first class of the
n 4
present race of Pntrati-Painters.

The fineness of the weather yesterday attraaed a
very large crowd to. Kensington Gardens. - The
uncommon display- of elegance and beauty, the se-
renity of.the sky, and the fresh verdure of the gar.:
dells, rendered the whole scene completely enchant-
ing. To the charins of our fair countrywomen, an
other.. attradion was added by the much-expeded
appearance of Madame RECAMIER. The company
gave a very pleasing testimony of their' taste by
crowding to :gaze on the truly graceful stranger. 7---,
However flattering such 'attention might be, it
Must have not a little .incommoded the Lady, as
Wherever she turned, as close a front was presented
to her, .as if her countrymen had-appeared armed in
the garden.
Mr. Fox was on Friday to see the Exhibition at
the Royal Academy. He paid. particular attention
to, and. much admired, the Bust of the late Duke
OrBEDEORD.

.• BOODLE'S Club are to give their grand Enter-
tainment at Ranelagh, upon a scale of vast magni
ficence.

The Gazette of Saturday night contained an order
in Council for taking off all prohibitions to the ex-
port of gun-powder, saltpetre, or any sort of arms
or ammunition; of naval stores, of lignum vitze, of
copper, staves, bars, rings,' slieets, or nails.—lt
also contained a Proclamation appointing the general
Thanksgiving in Scotlgnd on account of the. Peace,
to be postponed from theist to the i 7th of June, as
the sitting:, of the General. Assembly of the Church
of Scotland on the farmer' day would interfere with
the celebration.

The intentions of Government respeaing the
Sugar Trade are said to- be, to reduce the Import
Duty about 1,1-d. per pound ;. to place the Refiners
under the. Excise Laws ;
,and by way of .compensa-
tion for the aboVe redulion, to lay a duty of three.;
pence per pound pwall refined Sugars, and twopence
on all bastard and ground Sugars. Refined Sugars
for exportation are to be allowed to be !deiced up in
warehnuSes, from whence they are to be exported
free from the Excise Duty, with a bounty equal to
the-Import Duty, an additional ,bounty on lumps
and loaves, and one shilling per cwt.. when the price
of raw Sugar is 455. exclusive of the duty, and ano-
ther shilling when at 405.

The West India Merchants are somewhat divided
in opinion respdling the utility of the above mea-
sure, which if adopted, will cause a great exten-
sion of the Excise Laws.

The 4'loniteur of the sth inst. communicates an
arret which orders that,, after the restitution of the
West India Settlements by the British Government,
Fort Royal and Fort Bourbon shall be called Fort de.
France and Fort Deisaix ; and that Port Louis,
in the Island of Tobago, shall'asstinie the name of
Scarborough, by which it was distinguished while
in possession of the English.
The Necessiti, French frigate, sent. by Admiral
VILLARET to Philadelphia, to procure a supply of
provisions, arrived there on the z3d. of March.
The Captain, KERGARIOR, reported, that no mili-
tary movement of consequence had .taken place in
St. Domingo, subsequent to the occupation of the
maritime towns. TOUSSA.INT'S sons had returned
to the French camp without efFeaink a pacification ;
but it was ' intended to send them again to their
father, with a view of bringing him •to terms.
The Rev. CHARLES ROBERT MARSHALL, B. D.
has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of 'Lincoln
to the Reetory of Hanworth, Lincolnshire, on the
presentation of John Cracroft, Esq. of Hackthorn.

The Rev. THOMAS KIDD, M. A. of Trinity
College, Cambridge, and second master of Merchant
Taylor's School, has been lately collated by the
BISHOP OCLONDON .to the Rectorr►y of St. James,
Garlick Hithee