The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-17 00:00:00

PARIS, rEB. ij.

SEVERAL discussions have taken place In the
Conservative Senate, relative to the propriety of
filling up the vacant seats in the Tribunate and the
LegiSlative Body, out of the National List of Nota-
bles. It is alledged on the one hand, that it is the duty
of the Senate punaually to execute the funCtions
devolved upon them by the Constitution, and that
it is necessary to proceed promptly to the Elec-
tion, according to Law, in order to ensure re_
spelt for that Constitution. On the other side it
is objected, that the List is not complete, many of
the Departments not having completed their re-
turns; that it has not undergone the prescribed
examination by the Tribuniite, without which
it cannot be considered as voted ; and that the
Senate by this EleCtion would renounce the right
given to it by the Constitution, of erasing a tenth
of the Departmental Lists.
The Senate has referred the whole to a Commit-
tee.

A vessel which entered Bourdeaux the 3d of this
month, and which arrived in 30 days from Cape
TO.T.DIZ) in St. Domingo, brings intelligence, that
since the execution of MOYSE, author of the late
insurreetion in the quarter of Lembe, tranquillity.
was completely re-established. It is believed there,
that the French will meet with no opposition.
MUST, Fea. 6.—The Division of LINOIS, on
tlie,azth of last month only waited for a favourable
wind. to proceed. The Gaulois, Capt. StmEoN,
has put into Ferrol. The rest of the Armament has
continued its route, and will no doubt arrive in

time to overawe the revolt.
MILAN, FEB. I. Official intelligence of the
close of the labours of our Consulta at Lyons, was
was brought to this City by an extraordinary Cou-
rier on the morning of the 3oth ult. We have
learnt with the most lively satisfadion the details
of the Constitution of the Italian Republic, and
the choice of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE for the
office of President, as also of MEL ZI for that of
Vice. President.
The General in Chief ML RAT arrived here yester-
day, at four in the afternoon, and on the same day
Te Dew,: was sung in the Church of St. Fidele. The
concourse of people was immense. At night all
the houses, were illuminated, and there was a Ball

at each Theatre.
it is asserted that the new Government will be 'in-
stalled on the 9th.
NAPLES, JAN. so.—Our Sovereign ITSideS con_
scantly at Pabr:7:s, and does not appear disposed to
return to this Capital, although we are in a state of
• tranquillity
,and repose. The Russian Troops still
remain here, affording an example cif the best dis-
cipline, until it is decided who is to have the right
of garrisoning Malta.
BRUSSELS, FEE. 9.---Some Foreign journals have
asserted, that the Ex-Direaor BARRAS had de-
parted for Paris. • This news is, however, untrue :
13AR.RAs resides constantly here, and there is no rea-
son to believe that he will quit Brussels.

There are more Private Theatres in this Metro-
polis than the Public are aware of; and much• too
many for the interests of Morality. Many a trades:.
man's daughters have been tempted to indulge a
propensity for the Stage in those haunts of dissipa.
tion, and have closed their career in infamy and
ruin. If an institution of this kind should be pa-
tronized, and obtain an establishment in the fashion-
able world, we believe no class of the Community
are so likely to profit by it as the Gentlemen of the
Long Kobe.

BARRYMORE is so much indisposed that he was
unable to perform at Drury Lane Theatre last
night, in the Tragedy of The Orphan, which was
therefore deferred, and the Comedy of She Woted
and She Wou'd Not, was the sullstitute.

KEMBLE continues much indisposed : his disor-
der is a very severe cough, which at present wholly
disables
,him from all professional labour.
Mrs. YOUNG, late Miss Blocs, has been com-
plimented in a Public Print on her performance in
'Pizarro, in whi6, alluding to her recent mar-
riage, it has been observed, that she " appeared
still more natural in the exemplary discharge of
her maternal and conjugal duties:" As it is little
more than a week since the Lady's marriage took
place, we conclude that the writer is' disposed to
say with Leon, " She conceives, as our jennets do,
with a West wind."

For the credit of our Police it shouldlbe stated,
that when Miss DE CAMP add htr sister were as-
saulted and robbed last week, in the neighbourhood
of St. Giles's, not a watchman was to be found near
the spot, or, indeed, within a considerable distance,
for the Ladies raised very loud cries upon the oc,.
casion,-but none of these Guara'ians of the Nis&
came to their assistance.. It is supposed that there
were about a dozen of ruffians 'in the gang, Who
kept at.a short distance from each other, an who
could not easily have been overcome, unless the
watchmen had be-n upon &eir posts, and had con-
vened in a body. This negligence of the watchmen
is by no means peculiar to -that . part of the town,
but is shamefully conspicuous in the Stfancl, where
they seem to be chiefly employed as Proteaors to
the Women of the Tocan.
We-apprehend, that if the Private Theatre should
be persisted in, it will become a subjed of very.
Iriblic discussion in more-ways that Cone:

LAW REPbRt

COURT OF KING'ayENCH, Fin. i 6.

itTTINCS iIEfORE mk.JusticE LAivatrabz, tN WEST.
MINSTEit-HALL.

GRIMALDL

Mr. Gialis stated, that this was an Aaion
brought by the Plaintiff, Mr. Grimaldi, who was a
Miniature Painter of eminence in his profession; to
recover of Miss White, a Lady of fortune in the
East Indies, 1331. and a fradione for drawing a
certain number of miniature pkiures and some other
trifling articles, ordered by this Lady to be sent to
her by Mr. Grimaldi, such as an ink-stand of the
value of seven guineas and_ the like. In the year
ISot this young Lady of fortune was in England,
but about to return to the East Indies ; she was de-
sirous of having Pictures of all her friend;: she etn-
ployed the Plaintiff; Mr. Grimaldi, to paint these
Pktures, and he did so accordingly ; they were
seven in number, and he made his charges in the
usual way, the propriety of which. could not be in
question, because the rule of the Plaintiff was to ex-
hibit Paintings in his room under classes which were
numbered, and the price affixed to each number. These
Pk-tures were chiefly of No. 8, the price of which
was guineas two of them he charged rather
less than the usual price. All these Pk-tures were
delivered to this Lady, and she objeCted to none of
them, but one, and that was the Piaure of herself.
She was not pleased with that Piaure, because a
better was presented to her Sight every day in her
glass • she declined to take it ; and Mr. Grimaldi
did not desire her to take it. and therefore he took
it back, and of course made no charge for it. This
Lady being Lout to. go to the East Indies, and the
Plaintiff having received no money, nor. any secu-
rity for his money, he made application for it, and
Miss White wrote him a note expressing that she
would be happy to see-him ; that she was making ar-
rangements to satisfy Mr. Grimaldi, upon his .tak-
ing a security for a month or so ; but all he could
get was a Bill on a Gentleman of the name of Till
for tool. payable at six months, and on waiting on
Mr. Till, he was told he could have no more.—
This was short of his demand by 331. and upwards,
and therefore he commenced an 4Ction against this
young Lady. She was then at Portsmouth. She
was arrested there. He was informed that the Of-
ficer who arrested Miss White behaved- very im-
properly towards her, for which no person could be
more sorry than the Plaintiff was, but he could not
help it ; no Plaintiff could be answerable for the
coarseness of a Bailiff in the execution of a Process.
This he mentioned to obviate any prejudice which
might arise out of this, and for which the Plaintiff
could not he responsible, nor had it any thing to do 1
with this cause. This Lady had ordered these Pic-
tures : the prices of them were marked as -he had stat-
ed, according to the size. They were delivered to her,
and she objefted to none of them, but that of her
own, which was taken back and not charged.
Some of thcfse Pk-tures were set in gold, at moderate
prices, and the rest were framed, and crystal placed
before them ; all which charges were reasonable,-
The tool. was paid into Court ; this was short of
Mr.Grianaldi's demand by 331. and upwards, and
it was for this difference that this ACtion was
brought.

. .
It was then-proved that the order,for the Pidures
was given and 'executed ,by the Plaintiff, and the
charges, the usual charges.-7 That they were not
objected to except..that. of Miss White herself, 'and
that was taken back and no charge made for it.
Mn. ERSKiNE, on behalf of the Defendant, dis-
claimed all. intention of depreciating the genius or
the skill. of Mr. Grimaldi as a Painter, on the con-
- trary, he admitted bOth, and, should the Income
Bill be repealed, he did not know that he -should,
not some day apply to him, to paint likenesses of.-
Some friends of his, which if he did. as skilfully as
the likenesses he had draWri. of His MA
.1 ESTI'', -would
be capital. He did not wish, to-give any account of
the arrest of this Lady at midnight at Portsmouth,
for as Mr. GIBBS said, the .Plaintiff was not an_
swerable, it was hard any but themselves, should
be answerable for the bilutal.coarseness and inlituna-
- nity of some of these Bailiffs: The Defendant was
a Lady -of family and fortUne, and defended this
AAion on the ground that what had been paid into
Court was sufficient, and 'more than sufficient, for
these PiCtures, as she had been advised.: As a proof
that this defence was pure and honourable, he ad-
mitted the delivery oldie ink-stand, which was 71.
and some other articles, of the delivery -of which
the proof was not very particular. His complaint
was; not that Mr. Grimaldi wanted genius or skill
as a Painter, but that, he hadnot employed that skill.
and genius upon the Pktures in question, but that
they were much below the medium of the• efforts of
that ingenious Artist ; and that therefore he was
over-paid by the tool. which had been paid into
Court. l-ie admitted that a Painter was not obliged
to come 3 in every Picture, up to the excellence he
may have displayed in some; that 'works of art were
not to be sold by sample like bops, or any other ar-
ticle irrtrade ; but then, when any person employed
an Artist to paint a Picture, he had a right to ex_
that such an Artist would .eniploy reasonble
care to execute the work in a way that was worthy
of his name. When he was to paint a Miniature
of any person, it was to be • supposed to be
something of a likeness, and not a thing that was
no resemblance ; and this brought to his recollec-
tion a story-told him' by his late friend, Sir Joshua
Reynolds; of a Painter who was a great Wit as
well as a great Pezine.r; whether that. was the case
of the present Plaintiff, he knew not. This Painter -
was employed by a great Swindler,- who being much
involved; was at hide and seek with his creditors.

The Painter painted the picture, but he was not at
all happy in his likeness, and Sir Joshua, who looked
at the pilure, said; good-naturedly to the Artist;
" You have not hit this likeness at all." To which

the Artist said, " The Picture is just what the
man who desired it to lit painted; wants it to be-;—•
his desire is; that he should not be known;" He
did not -mean to say; that this sort of-excess applied
to the.Pi6turei of Mr; Grimaldi in the present case,
nor was it- the fault of Mr; Grimaldi that his
.ttire of Miss. White was not a likeness: she was "so
entirely beautiful, that no- Artist could Make a
likeness of her. She 'Was not made to be painted;
btu' as to her oldfrienifi the dead General, OiliO Was

• I
ode of the sitbjcei of 1
have thought that a bold Outline; and a few gashes
of a sabre, might have clone pretty well for thr;
semblance of a departed Soldi:n-.—Fie should prOv",;',
these Piaures wore indiff'rcnt lik,lnesseS, aria
below the medium of the skid of him who painted
;:nd also some of the setting was ovcr-oharg;
ed, and tfierefore, he would lei 'e it to the Jury is
say, whether the Plaintiff had not already heed.
over-paid by the tool, which was paid into Court:,
Some Witnesses were examined, who gave, it as
their opinion, that these Pictures were not sb" good
as many of the works of Mr. Grimaldi's perteiL—L-
Others stated, that the setting of some of them 14'itA
over-charged by about two guineas;
Mr. Justice. LAWRENCE observed, that as to the
character oldie Paintings, perhaps the Defendant
might have a right to not that they shuidtl
be equal to any thing the Plaintiff ever piintcd, brit
equal to what might be reasonably e.kpeeced from a
man of his .skl.11; nut in this case, the Defendant
precluded hcrelf from going into that evidence, by-
accepting the Pictures. If they were not done as
they ought tc., have been, by a ma of the Plaintiff
the Dtendarit's way Would have been, to re-
turn:the Pictures, on the ground that they were
nut ao-bredabl to the colithia, and then, evidence
might have en given to show that they were ill::
done, &c. : b t 'that question Ifild been concluded
by the Delefilant's accepting ,he Piaures, . The
contract here as an entire Contra, and. the Plain-
tiff here had or nothing' "_and the Plaintiff
must he taken'tAW earned all or it, because the
-.lx-:!- • .
questio'n ,
upon.the vli4ad Lad. beenl, shut up by the.
Defendant taking the
_Paintings, &e.
_Nor was this
new doOrine,
„Lord, ..VEYoN had held the same in
the Case of th7e Paiioig- of a Hortse'for an eminent
Solicitor in the' City ; and the saint had been held
in the Case of the Nnting of a ilirse of Sir Harry
Vane. - As to the ovr-r-charge in the setting, which
was two guineas, as :spoken to by one of tlie-h it.
nesses, that might reduOed fairly, if the Jury.
thought fir, and therefbre the verLli6t would. be for
the.difference between the tool. pid into Court,
and the amount of Plaintiff's dentand, which was
1331. •
Verdid for the -Plaintilf—Damv.gp 311. 5s

. .
An A&ion was brought on to be tried, in Whieh
a Printseller was the Plaintiff, and a Member of
Parliament was, the Defendant. The denial was
for a certain number of Caricature Prints, tn-dff.r ad
Order of the Plaintiff for a co;-aplete
,set of all the
Caricature Prints that ever were published. •
Mr. ERSZ r N'E displayed great powers of ridicule
on the subjed of Caricature, &c..,anii the Cause
having proceeded a certain lz•ngth„ and- it being
'hinted on the paxt of, the Deleodant,. that,
.bzsidcs
much of this colledion was trash, many or these.
prints were obscene, Sze. and totally unfit for cxhi;
bition, Bcc.

Mr. Justice LAWRENCE said, that- if ii should
appear, upon looking 'at any of these 'Prints, they
Were indecent and against- the rules of morality to
exhibit them, or if they Were an individoals;-
so that. if the P.aintiff were- ffied for publishing
them., he might be found guilty of a libel, he should
tell the jury, that they ought not to allow the
Plaintiff any thing for. such Print's; under any
agreement whatever, far no agreement to perform
that which would be a breach of the Law,-could be
enforced in a Court of justice. He did not mean to
say, that this was the character of every CariCature
Print; for such as were ridicule of folly, or general"
manners of the age, were not to he deemed Libels:,
Upon these observations from the Bench, the par,l-
- agreed to refer the Cause.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 16.

FEFORE LORD ALVANLEY.

STURT ru. LEE.

This Was an aaion brought .bY the father of A
young girl -who had lieen debauched by the De-
fendant, under a protnise of Marriage. It appear-
ed her creddlity had been irripoSed upon by an as-
surance of the Defendant's honourable intentions,
and the consequence was; the birth of a child,
The Defendant reiterated his proniises, and the
father was induced CO take a house for the re-
ception of his daughter and his expeaed son-in.
*h6te he still -continued to Saii6tion.
The Defendant, under various pretences pretraaed
the nuptial engagement; when the birtlfof a second
child tonVineed the Plaintiff his daughter was the
vi&im of sedudion. The Jury gave a veidiel for
the Plaintiff, but Ootibtlessi considering he had, by
imprudently Admitting the Defendant's Visits,. facih
litated the injury his daughter's honour had received;
liidited the damages to
.s'L upon the first Count in
the Declaration, and is: upon the second.

HUDSON Ti/i4EircitT§E,

The Plaintiff, who was a waggoner] brought his
Mtion against the Peferidarit, a wealthy farmer at
Lee, in Kent, to recover darnages for an assault-.
The Plaintiff; it'appeared, eras Walking by th side
of his team, when' the Defendant rode furiously
by and his hotse biushing him as it paSsedi
plished him into a ditch by the roadside: Indignant
at 'slid: behaviour; the Plaintiff asked the DefendariE
if there was not rooni enough for him (the Defend,,
ant) to haVe bode by WithoUt. touching him, and
threatened, if he fettirned to bestow cid him the
chastisement he Merited.. lhe Defendant did re.,
turn, and struck the Plaintiff violently with a stick,
and repeated his blows till .the Plaintif was ex,
tremely bruised and hurt--==for this injury the Jury
gave the Plaintiff a verdift.with.s,ol. damages:

EGYPT.

REPORT PRESENTED TO THE CONSULS OF THR

REPUBI.:C BY THE MINISTER OF THE INTE-

itlUlk, FEB. 6, 1802.

" CITIZENS CONSULS,
" DCRING the Egyptian Expedition, attention
was paid to the antiquities of that country, its man.
ners, industry, government, and natural produc-
tions. .

"Considerable colleEtions have been made of
minerals, plants, inseds, fishes, and birds : of plans
and designs in Architetture, perspeEtive views, and
,exact copies of bas-reliefs, which adorn the antient
buildings. We have also colleted a great number
of engraved stones, medals, precious manuscripts,
and other pietei of Art and Antiquity.
" The interests of Literature, and our national
glory-, require that we lose none of the results of so
remarkable a voyage and titidertakin All these
works, however various, tend to render our know.
ledge of the Country complete, and th re is-natural.
ly a mutual connexion between its ant nt atchieve.i
• meats, its modern transittiOns, an its natural
state, 'which constantly remains the ' ame. It is
proposed to publish all these results . n one work,
after the method adopted by the Aca mies of •Eu-
I -
rope. This colleCtion contains, f
Ist. A Description of Monumetits, and Me-
moirs on Antiquities.
;IL ')..A. '
. " acl. Memoirs on Modern-t ,:l.
" 3d. The History of An Minerals, Minerals, and
Plants.
" The first 'ktiart will contain the new observa-
tions made with regard to the respedive situation
of the two Seas. 'The description of the Monuments
will comprehend, ,
" Ist. Plans of their situatiSns.
" ad. Views' of the Cotiotry, and the Mono_
treks, from ditferent aspeCts.'
" 3d. Plans of Edifices'; elevations and exact de..
signs of ArChitefluee, Ornaments, and Obelisks ;
Memoirs on the.,Antiquities and Designs of Astro-, i.
nomical Sculptures.
44 4th. Designs of the most interesting Bas-re-
liefs, Stones, Medals, Inscriptions, and Copies of
Manuscripts.
" sth. Descriptions of the Burying Places of the
antien: Egyptians, and particularly the Tombs of
the Kings of Thebes. .
" 6th. The results of Observations made with
regard to the construelion, dirriension, and astro-
nomical situation of those Monuments.
" This colleetiOn will also contain, under the
names of their respeCtive authors, memoirs, - de_
Signs, -and instroaive notices on-Agriculture, Coin_
coerce, Arts, and, In general, the civil state of
Egypt.
" The description's of objects of natural history
will be accompanied with prints of them.
44 It has been thought necessary to preserve the
unity of this colleaioo, by prefixing an intro.
dnetion containing a rapid sketch of the observa.
lions made, those who made them, and the cir-
CUmstance in which- they were made. ' The #rst
lilemoirs of the Academy of Paris offer a model
equally admirable fOr -the elegant perspicuity of the
itylef • and the impartiality of the narratives.
" This introduction will, in some measure, be
the literary history of the voyage to Egypt. The
choice of the framer of it, we have thought proper il
to leave to those suffrages on whose protection the
work must depend.
44 There must necessarily occur some difficulties
inexecuting a work which embraces so many dis-
tine works. There must be some inevitable rival-
ships and irreconcileable interests; but the steady.
proteCtion and favour of the Government, will ,
overcome all obstacles.
44 The Learned Men and Artists who have been
employed to make observations in Egypt, and have
received from Government a yearly salary, have
always acknowledged a right, on the part of Govern-
ment, to.demand a communication of their works ;
they,know that the exertion of. this right will turn
out, in the end, to their own advantage. The
Government can order the publication of the work
at the public expence; -and devote the whole profits
to the authors 'and co-operators.
" The publication of this great work affords
Government a remarkable opportunity of spewing
its regard 'roc, the Fine Arts.
44 As to•tkii division of the profits of the work,
it must be proportioned to the labour of the Authors
and Artists, and the merit of their produCtions.
This proportion should be ascertained as soon as
possible, in order that each may know what lie
has to exped. . .
64 Early after the-conquest of Egypt, there was
established at Cairo, an Institute of Arts and
Sciences, whose principal_ohjed it was to collect
all proper obseritations possible on. the - antiquities
- and present state of the country. The 'members
of this Institute might be invited to unite in form-
ing the compilation of their works. . •
" All the Artists necessary to complete this work
are Members of that Body, or ready to become so :
it might therefore have the charge of the publica-
tion, and in order to prevent the delays incident to
a large body, a part of its Members might be en-
- trusted with the management of the details. As
soon as Government declares its intention to make
this ColieCtion, it is certain that the Artists will
hasten to compleat and give in their observations,
and though some may have different intentions,
their own interest will soon make them come over.
It seem;, particularly necessary that those who give
essential assistan,•e. to the Work, should have a fixed
salary during their employment. By these means
we may be assured, that all the observations made
. in Egypt, would speedily be brought into
,one Col-
leCtion."

DECREE-OF FEBRUARY 6.

g‘ The Consuls of the Republic, on the Report of
the Minister of the Interior elecree as follows :