The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-19 00:00:00

PARIS, MAT 15.

Deputation, composed of toz Membeis of the
'''`v,,,g,islative Body, was yesterday introduced at one
kdock to the Consuls.
DCiti zen VI ENNOT VAUBLANC, the Oratorof the
utation, spoke in the following terms.
g CITIZEN
la:_ CONSULS,
The Legislative Body, after having congratu-
aced the Government on the General Peace, ought-,
tii.e?,rding to the nature of its functions, to wait un-
leactnte Conseryative Senate and the Tribunate have
ne ways of national gratitude.
ha" In receiving the Vote of the Tribunate, we
fu'e regretted that the Constitutional bounds of our
durions did not permit us to unite in a line of con-
tlln..Which appeared to be the wish of all French..
u ``The Decree which Government transmitted to
113, consecrates the homage which the First Consul
as rendered to the National Sovereignty. The
Legislative Body see in this appeal made to a free
inati°o, the only means worthy of her of proclaim-
If a noble recompense for the most noble labours.
a 'e Legislative Body considers that it ought to
ttnoounce its opinion by a solemn aEI. Jr shares in
al'e gratitude expressed by the aets of the Senate
I,ld the Tribunate, and 'renders homage equally
ith the Government to the National Sovereignty.
(4,4 It belongs to it to pronounce that the first years,
re glorious glorious a magistracy have been marked by a
olution so.useful to the interests of the Republic,
:o'suring the tranquillity of Europe, and honourable
the illustrious Magistrate who is the objet of it.
" Citizen First Consul, when the genius of
Ilsra.,,nce confided to you its destinies, you promised
ou reace, This solemn promise we retained in all
tli 11(4rtS, and
.to the difficulties accompanying
, 111i1s Cleat work an unshaken confidence in the pro.
•-rs.e of the First Consul was constantly opposed. )
no
'
Prtnnise is now accomplished, and France has
onger enemies.
' co we expect of you now, the highest degree of
they and prosperity, which a People can attain by
bar's of Political, Civil, and Religious Liberty—
dui n*ans of Agriculture, Commerce, the Arts,. In-
lensrY, and Genius. Your principles and your ta.
„11`,.8 are a sure pledge of this, and to the obstacles
tat!eh present themselves in the nature of things,.
yotlb4nal confidence will oppose the magnanimity
( designs, and the consistency of your labours.
))e'Thus there constantly subsists between the
aPlt
and yourself,' an unalterable tie of august
fort.trlatual confidence, which guarantees ours for their happiness, and theirs for y suet
Ness,
ttki. `)00n by a National resolution public grati-
l~ will satisfied, and the Government confirm-
Mi,NoOn will be recompensed the labours of a
agistracy, Covered by you with a splendor, wor-
kos7,f, the grandeur of the people by whom it was
'4l; Le FIRST CONSUL replied, " The sentiments
be 'en you have just expressed, and this solemn
theP.utation area precious pledge of the esteem which
was'4gislative Body entertains for Government. I
is 4 tailed to the Supreme Magistracy at a time
tie6.n they could not weigh, in the calmness of re.
the merit of their choice.
the t;The Republic was then torn by civil wars—
s thteate,ned our Frontiers ; ,there existed
ith_
er Security nor Government. In such ,a crisis,
the Choice made
.by the People, could only be
, "considered effed of their alarm.
cpllow Peace is established with all the Powers
I.ln;7lil.°Pe, the People present the aspea of an
kaTed Family, and the experience which they have
jtli,e of their Government, has enabled them to
ihe more correEtly of the value of their first
te -ce', Let them manifest their wishes with per-
ei)l frankness and independance. They shall be
soeYed: whatever my destiny may be, whether Con-
r„nt Citizen, I only exist kit the happiness and
•'Andcar of fiance."
i'lit'll)eputation from the Tribunate was afterwards
in todinsed to the Chief Consul. Citizen CiIABOT, •
tit name of the Deputation, addressed the Chief
i.c3ensul, and after dwelling for some time on the
thirst services he had rendered to France, concluded
ens ite ideas of bONAPARTE are too great and too
lib 'tons to suffer him ever to
_deviate from those
foliFt4l principles on which the Revolution was
it tild,ed. He is too fond of true glory ever to suffer
be tarnished by the abuse of his power. In ac-
tisrve!'g the honour of the Suprenie Magistracy of the
he has contraaed great obligations, and he
to Perform them: The Nation which calls him
tlVern them, is free and generous ; he will re-
iat ,and confitm their liberty : he will do nothing
zunds unworthy of it. Intrusted with the entire
once of the Nation, he will use the power de.
di's,4!ed to him only to make it more happy. He will
fr-o„`'nguish his true friends, who tell him the truth,
\sill' those flatterers who seek to deceive him: He
ti,,,tisorround himself with worthy men, who, having
it' ethe Revolution, are ‘interested to maintain
•ewill feelthat it is his. interest as well as his
ssitiYito preserve the. Authorities who are intrusted
Scat 1 nimi with the formation -of the laws of the
eagle' that dignity and independence that be_
r,\^ Ites the Legislators- of a great People. BONA.-
in a word, will always be himself; he
postes that his glory should reach the remotest
.•
laid itY without reproach, and it shall never
,be
him that he had lived some years too long.,
`"e Chief Consul replied : " This mark of the
af&,
of the Tribunate, is dear to the Govern-
Staite• The union of all the Authorities of the
111,,'L a guarantee of its stability and happiness.
easures of Government shall always be di-
whoato promote the interest of the People, from
lsz:"! all ft powers are derived, and for whom all
4 men la 's

1p A Company has lately been establishea for work.
.c4jl ;ne valuable copper and lead mines at a place
1,111 Silverinines, in the county of Tipperarye
dte: testiroption of these works, which had long
Bieiiscontinueci, was owing to some English sol.
4, from one of the mining counties, having ca.
tir,„Ydisco‘iered, that the ores which lay scattered
viv4;4 tki the old pits were so abundantly rich, as to
" experiment of tvoiking them

GEM IZEi'N7:ER, DiSTAINd; ti 4 MENOU.

THE following ate the Letters whiCh have passed
between the above Officers, respeding transaalons
in Egypt; Their authenticity may be relied on,'
and they are curious, particularly that to MENou,
as they regard not merely personal quatrels, but
the Campaign in Egypt.

COSY 07 A LETTER 7ROM GENERAL DESTAING TO CF.-

NERAL kEYNIER.

" i 4 Floreal ( May 4.)

" To.morrow morning, at seven o'clock, I shall expea
you at the new Carriere de Chlillot. I shall have an Officer
with me. I should have been happy to have offered you the
choice of weapons, but unfortunately my Wdund, slight as
you think it*, allows me to propose nothinz_else but fire-
arms. Bring your pistols, therefore ; I shall-ria3'e IT
the hour does not suit you, name another. At all events, I
expect your answer by the bearer.
' ( S igned) " Br*. Gen. PESTAING.".

* Cen. Reynier, in his Works on Egypt, had said, that Gen.
Destaing had withdrawn from an Engagement after a slight
wound.

ANSWER..

'General Reynier has just received a Letter signed Destaing,
by which he.is called upon to repair to-morrow morning to the
new Carriere de Chaillot. He has al ways despised the man too
much, to have any discussion with him; heshould have thought
a degradation of him Sell, and giving the other an importance
he did not deserve, it his name had appeared with his. This
feeling led General Reynier to pay little attention to the
whole of Destaing's cundud in Egypt, and this circumstance
prevented him from noticing in his Work all the faults into
which he led Menou. This too prevented him from pro-
secuting Destaing, on account of the calumnious Letters
written and signed by him, and now in General' Reynier's
hands *.

General Reynier ought to fight no man but General Me.
nou, on the subject of the affairs of Egypt. Asa General he
ought to refuse that honour to a contemptible fellow, but
as a private individual he will be at the Gate Chaillot of the
Bois de Boulogne, at seven o'clock in the morning.
(Signed) REYNIER.
* These letters had been intercepted in the Mediterrar'►ean
by the English, and given to General Reynier.

Out readers know the result. DESTAING wab
killed, and though we have no farther particulars,
we are led to think that General REYNIER, after
the above letter, could not think of making any
apology.

THE GENERAL OF DIVISION REYNIER, TO ABDALLAH
JAMES ?SENOU, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE
ARMY OF THE EAST.

18 FlGreal (May 8).
During the five months which you have delayed your
ar-
rival at Paris, you had full time to retied upon the planner
of redressing the wrongs I have experienced at your hands.
Government, looking only to Your intention of keeping
Egypt, has not thought fit to bring von to a trial for thy
faults that have occasioned the loss of that Cotrntry, nr for
having deceived them by false represen6itions. They have
pardoned you—but I could not imitate their conduct in that
respect. My honour, and the glory of the French Arms,
required that it should be made known in what Manner
you have ensured unmerited success to the English. I
have scrupulously avoided publishing any thing more than a
mere exposition of farts, from the apprehension of demean-
ing myself, by painting your character in as degrading co-
lours as it ought to be represented in. I have overlooked
many details. The only reproach to which I lay myself open,
is foehaving omitted to mention your mental derangement,
your imbecility in yielding to the artifices of an iniriguant, and
that degree of folly by which you were blinded, and which
might plead some excuse for a part of your absurdities. A
simple narrative of events, and of your conduct, is enough to
load you with infamy ; and should your name go down to..
posterity, it will be classed with those whose memory his-
torians have preserved, in order to contrast their character
with the talents and the virtues of the great men who have
sometimes betrayed the same indulgence which Bonaparte
has been pleased to bestow on you.
This is the only revenge that I deem worthy of me.
would have disdained it, if I had looked 'upon you only as a
simple individual ; but you have filled a distinguished situ-
ation, and you have forgot that you owed it to my generosity.
I t is on the worthless Commander of the brave Army of the
East that I ought to avenge myself.
You may now, if you will, attempt to answer me ; but to
notorious fads you can only oppose declamation. Perhaps
you may think of exhibiting proofs of courage—for my part,
I have so acted during the War as not to be under the neees-
, sity of such an exhibition. I donor feel Myself called upon
to stake my reputation against a man who /has none to risk.
I shall, however, he always ready to give you every satis-
tadion you may call for on this occasion.
Should you continue to vegetate under the infamy to which
public opinion must consign you, I will cease to notice the
'remains of a life sullied by.so many ads of perfidy and base- ,
ness ; but should you again, by dint of intrigues, succeed in
pulling yourself into notice, be assured you shall not be able
to avoid me, even should You be dastard enough to solicit an
order for our separation.
(Signed) • REYNIER..

EXTRACT OF A LETTER ADDRESSED TO GENERAL REY-
NIER BY THE MINISTER AT WAR, RESPECTING THE
DUEL OF THE 15TH FLOREAL, (MAY 5.)
As it is to be apprehended that similar accidents may recur,
it is the intention of the Pirst Consul that you quit Paris,
and that you remain at adistance from that City, of more than
thirty leagues. (Signed), , BERTH t ER.
.
It-does not appear to be true that General REY-
NIER has been sent to Brest, or fixed to any par-
ticular place out of the circle allowed him.

The Masquerade at Dublin last week, given by
the Countess of GLANDORE, created a great deal
of bustle in that City. It was most numerously
attended.

Mrs. JORDAN'S benefit on Monday night was
extremely crowded. She played Biddy Tipkin-in
an admirable manner, anti her song, accompanied
by the lute, was loudly encored.
Messrs. Lewis and KNIGHT having become les-
sees of the Liverpool Theatre, there can be little
danger of any of the audience sleeping in the Pit,,
whatever conditions may be made respeaing the
Performers. These two lively Aaors will no doubt
keep things moving.
The Dilettanti Theatre had another performance
oh Monday night. The Liar and la Soiree Ora_
geese were the pieces represented, to an audience
consisting of above three hundred persons. The
supper, which was a good one, was no doubt the
most attraaive thing of the whole:
_ . _

The Officers of the Guards who performed with
such celebrity at Chatham, having taken compassion
on the Pic Nics, they may enjoy\ a few nights of
rational entertainment before their Subscription is
eat out.

The Co'medy of Fashionable Friendi is still
owned by its noble, or ignoble Author, whoever
he may be. It is, however, ushered- into the
world, and with an apology for its appearance at
the Theatre, it having been brought forward at
the request of Mr. EMB LE. We—bye a better
opinion of that Gentleman's tAtt'and judgment.
Mr. Rortsotes Carzialeri'lliaie nearly finished
their tharge. It is now said that that Gentleman
returns no mote to the charge in the House of Coin-
mons after the dissolution of Parliament.
The Lowry MAYOR and the Sheriffs have, it
seems come to a right understanding, and are in fu-
ture less likely to Pick a quarrel together than to
pick a bone, if indeed such a thing as a bone could
ever be thought of at a City Feast.

LAry RfpOPlr

CPURX OF K 1 BENCH, LtlaNpA-i, 14:A. x 7

This morning the ;rand Jury for the County of
MiSdiesex was sworn in, and 'received a long and
eloquent Charge from Mr. Justice Gkosi.‘ Haying
dwelt upon the blessings we were likely to derive
from the Peace, he turned their attention to those
nuisances most calculated to impair our comforts at
home. He pointed cdt as objects particularly. wor_
thy of their attention,- shewmen and ballad-singerS,
whd coiled mobs in the streets and annoy the pas
sengers. He conclude 4 with reminding them of the
importance of their'fundions, and the solemn obliga-
tion under which they,ad. .
Lord ELL I•7Boßcioolf.sat at' risi Fritts from ten
till three:: .

CLARK, ESQ. 'V. JACKSON.

This Aaion 'was brought by, Mr. Clark, Who
is .Chamberlain of London, against Mr. Jackion, a
• horse-dealer near Portland place,. for having sold
him, as sound, for 1261. a pair of coach horses,
one of which had a sand-crack. Of the warrantry
there was •no doubt, and the only question was,,
whether it had .been fulfilled ? It appeared that the
sale took place) on the 6th of April, 18or. Soine
marks of disease were then pointed out on the
horse's hoof, but the Defendant said, that if they 'pro-
duced any unpleasant consequences, he would take
him back. The horse went pretty well for nearly
two months, but at the end of that time he became
lame ; never, however, so bad, as not to be able to
do his work. The Defendant offered to take hiM
back upon condition of receiving a guinea and a half
a week for the time the Plainiiff had used him. This
offer was refused, and, Mr. Chamberlain Clark wait
ed till the horse should be so bad, that he might
clearly maintain an alion. Accordingly about
Christmas the sand crack burst,
,and this action was
brought.
For the Defendant it was proved, that the horse
was quite sound immediately before the sale ; that
some weeks _after the sale Mr. Clark was in treaty
to sell him to another person, and that be is now,
much better. Great stress was laid upon the length:
of time that had been allowed to elaPse before the
aEtion was brought, and upon the circumstance of the
horse d
having never been returned.. '
_ _

Lord ELZENBOROUGH said, that when a man
found a warranty.of this nature violated, he had
two courses to ..takc•: Fte might either return the
horse and rescind the cunt 6 or keep the horse and
r' •
recover damages tor the lOss,and inconvenience he
had sustained: If a Gintleinan bought a horse to
go upon and urgent journey, iy could not be said that
he must either return him 'or submit to go without
any compensation, if the horse 'should not be found
to answer the desciiption of the vender.--Werdia
for the Plaintiff—Damages 401.

TUESDAY, MAY 18.

LORD RODNEi7 AND ANOTHER V. CHAMBERS

SEPARATE MAINTENANCE.

Tim was a• question which came before the
Court upon. a demurrer to a declaration in an' Anion
of Covenant, for non. pay men t of an annuity of zool.
secured to be paid to the Plaintiffs, as Trustees for the
D•4endant's wife. The deed on which the Attion
was:brought, -stated that Sir W. Chambers, the father
of the Defendant, by. his will bequeathed to Mrs.
Chambers, the wife of his, son, the sum of zoo!. per
ann. as long as she should continue to live with the
Defendant, in addition to an annuity of fool. settled
upon her by her marriage articles. It also recited,
that unhappy differences having arisen between Mr.
and Mrs. Chambers, a separation had taken place;
and that the Defendant, as an indtreeplent for her
to return and live with him, had covenanted and
agreed with the Plaintiffs, her Trustees, that in
case at any future period she should be dissatisfied
with his behaviour towards her, and sh6uld separate
herself from him with the approbation of her Trus-
tees, their executors or administrators, be would pay
and allow them for her use, the sum of tool. per ann.
in lieu of the additional annuity of zoo'. left her
by the will of Sir William Chambers ; and that with
such approbation, she ,shoUld be at liberty, from time
to time, and at all times, to lire separate and apart
from him. -

Mr. Serjeant WILLIAMS, in support of the De-
claration, contended that the Aaion was maintain-
able upon the recognized principles of the law, as
applicable to separate maintenance where a wife
lives apart from her husband ; that the deed upon
which the Action was brought, was in its nature
similar to those which, had been sanaioned in cases
of separation for a century past ; that the consent
on the part of Mrs. Chambers to return to her hus-
band constituted a valid consideration, operating'as
the foundation of the grant of the annuity; and chat
her subsequent' separation, with the approbation of
her Trustees, on account of the ill-treatment of her,
husband, entitled her to claim 'the full benefit of
what was secured to her under the deed.

Mr. Serjeant OxsLow argued in support of the be_
murrer. He insisted that the deed in question was
considerably more extensive in its.opeiation than
,a
common deed of separation be6veen husband and
Wife; that it vas illegal, inasmuch as it held out an
inducement to the wife.to separate himself from her
husband when and as often as-she pleased ; that 'mak-
ing the consent of the Trustees a sufficient sanction
to the sepatation, had the died of erecting a kind of
forum for the decision of matrimonial differences,
unknoWn, to the Laws of the Cotintty that the pro-
visions of the deed were immoral in their tendency,
and violatory of the sacred duties imposed by the
marriage ,cor►trat ; and finally that the consent
of Mrs. Chambers to return to her husband; did not
constitute a good consideration for the annuity, as
the Defendant could have compelled her to have
lived with him by process of the Ecclesiastical
Court, unlesS she could have shewn substantial rea-
sons why he was not entitled to the enforcement of
conjugal tights.

' Lord ELLErssoxobGH observed; that no new
question could be raised as to the legality of agree-
ments; tending to facilitate the separation of husband
and wife; the discordance of whose dispositions ren-
dered it impossible for them to live together ; it was
Advantageous to the parties that the Law shoUld have
the power of ratifying them, and after the many

decisithis in
they were vicious and immoral in their tendenc,
because they afrorded an ii;dependeriCe to the wife id
the event of her separating from her hOsband: Steii
an argument cVoUld go the length of invalidating.
every, establishment Of pin-Money made in eon.:
teniplatibn of marriage. It had been said that
this was a covenant which was immoral; because it
had a tendency to promote a future separation be-
tween the parties. If it had such a tendency,
which was merely
,a .remote and probable one, it
was to be observed that it had an immediate. tens.
dem:), to pimbote their re,unioni. ..In answer 1.0.
what had been stated by Mr, Serjeant Onslow,
that the consideration was nor good, bcCause
husband ought have insiSted.On his Marital righis., it..
was only necessary to say, that this Cotit.c would haVe
interposed in Order to have prevented any dec-rer:7
of the Ecclesiastical Court, contrary to a previoUS
and express agreement between the parties. Upon
the Whble, he coceiVed this was a question which
was too distineily settled.to he agitated.at this tin e
ofday ; and he was of opinion; that judgment ought.
to be for the Plaintiff. '

• -
Mr. Justice GROSE said; he had no toneeption.
that the validity of this agreement was to be Made
the point in this case ; it w..s too clear to be the,
subjed of doubt ; however he might lament wtni
the law was;-and had uniformly been, upon such
-subjeds, the fad was, that COUrts, both of LaW
and Equity, had considered such agreements as
and it was not for him to presume, that all'
the former decisioni had been made upon instill_
cient grounds;
- Mr: Justice LAWliprtc-E was of opinion the Plain_.
tiff, ought to recover. The parties; it appeared,
'had separated,' and the probability was, their se:
paragon would. have ended in a suit. in Dodor's.
Common. To avoid this expense, they had mu-
tually appealed to a doMestic forum, who were td
allow the Lady 2601.' a year, in case they should
admit the legitimacy of her reasons for .again
separating from her htfsband. He thoUght such it'
discretion properly reposed in- the Trustees.
Mr; justice LE 13i;ANc' observed, that the case,
as stated, appeared to him to be this—the wife had,
from her own family,, an annuity of tool., and
from her husband's father a further annuity of iOO% •
as long as she lived with her htisband. Differences
had arisen between the parties, and with a view to
reconcile them, the whole was vested in Trustees
for her use, in case she should separate with their
approbation. The objet} of this was, that in case
the Lady should be compelled' by her hasbatl/24's.be-,
haviour to quit him, she should have an equivalent

Jr what. his father had left her in ease she continued

0 live with him.

The only question therefore

was, whether such an agreement was' contrary to-
the policy of the marriage state ? If it could be

considered so, because it facilitated the• separation
of the parties, the same objedion- would, apply to
every deed of separation, and thus it would be.:.,,
come impossible fdr a mart and his wife, whose
tempers were irreconeileabk with: each other, ever
to live separate. What %vas called pin money might
'be said to have a tendency id.l)ietliote sei,ar;ltiOft
_ .

between a husband and Wife, and 'yet it w.as a con_
stant provision made upon the marriage of persons
of fortune, and had been repeatedly recognized as •
legal. His Lordship proceeded to review the ar.•,

guments of Counsel, and concluded_ .11y, e?iptessing‘
his conviction of the legality of the agreement.
The Judges having thus unanimously expressed
their opinions, judgment was pronounced in fattout
of the Plaintiff.

Lord ELLENBOROU6H afterwards proceeded id'
Guildhall, and tried several causes, too 'uniniportant
to the ptiblic to detail, . ,

There was another argument in a special the;'
Etwks 'v. • upon the question of the-
Tenant's (a Farmer) right •to remove buildings:.
ereaeti dufing. his terni. , The Chief justice_ oh.
served, that the old rule of law upon this subject
had been very much relaxed, but to -what point
was not settled ;- as. it was a question,, of general
concern he thought it a.fit one for a s•gond,argu-
mem, which the Court ordered;