The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-09 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERIVIF,N.'

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A Court or Aldermen was Ma yesterday
The Court ordered the price of Brend
to beraised half an Assizes or one penny in the
Peck. Loaf, to commence to.morroit,. The Ouartern
Loaf Whp-ten will then be rid. and Household
The Lore Mayor, agreeably to annual custom,
named the following Gentle Men to be put in nomi-
nation to the Livery of London, on Midsummer
Day next, for their choice of two of them to,ibe
eleled Sheriffs of the City, of London and County
of Middlesex, for the year ensuing, viz.

William Lushington, Esq. Citizen; Merchant Taylor.
George Hibbert, Esq. ' Do. Cloth-worker.
William Mellish, Esq. Do. Butcher.
Edw. Kemble, Esq. Deputy, Do. Salter.
Robert Slade, Esq. Do. Ironmonger.
lohn Barehard, Esq. . Do. Dyer. . .
Allen Pearson, Esq. • Do. Glover.
William Merle, Esq. . Do. GoLlmith.
Francis Gosling, Esq. Do. Stationer.

The Lord Mayor recommended to the Court, JOHN
SILV ESTER, Esq. Recorder of London, to he ._:;tew-
ard of the Borough of Southwark, in the room of
JOHN GASCOiGNE FANSHAW,-ESq. deceased, and he
was unanimously elected thereto.
The first Courts of Conservancy were appointed
to be held for the Counties of Essex and Kent, on
the bth of June, a:ld ibth July; and for Surrey and
Middlesex, on the list of June; and Atli of July
next. • .

The EleEtion of Rulers of the Watermen and
Lightermans' Company is appointed for the first
Court in June next.

JERSEr, MAY 2.

ThE ist Battalion of Reserve, quartered in jer,
sey, is now made a Regiment of the Line. An ol-
der was sent over to them, in consequence of this new
arrangement, for such of their men as were not more
than 30 years of age, nor under s feet 4. inches in
height, who chose to volunteer fur general and unli-
Mited service, to receive the Army 11.)unty of 7i. 121.
each. On the first intimation of this, almost the whole
of the men, with the utmost prumptitude and zeal,
turned out for unlimiiv.lservice ; i t as .dl did nor
come under the above description, a number of fine
lads were selthed and sworn in for Bri:;adier-Gene-
ral aucEs's Regiment. The. remaining men, it is
suppostd, arc to be turned over to one of the Batta-
lions that are to remain Battalions of Iteserve.

A private Le:ter from India says, that Gen. LAKE'S
condua since he took me field against the Nlahrattas,
is the admiration of all the Military Men in that

Country. At the siege of Agra, w.hen •the- Army
least expected to he put in motion, he, at midnight,
ordered Colonel MtiNsoN, Mr. LtycAN, and two
or three of his Staff, to be 'called up, and having
consulted with them on the tryde'bf attack, gave
orders for the party destined for tllis desperate con:
flid to march out of the Camp with the greatest si-
lence. , This was done in so soldier-like a manner,
that neither the Enemy, nor the.rest-of the English
Army, knew of hii designs, until the roar of the
cannon began. If .it had not been carried in this
manner, and at that particular time, it is thought
it might have held out for six months, against all our
Force in. India. There were found in it twenty.

five lacks of Rupees in hard cash, and about fifteen
or twenty more were expeaed to be discovered.—
There was a French General of BONAPARTE'S found
in the Fortress, with Copies of all his Correspon-
dence with the various Princes in the Country, ex-
citing them to take up arms .against the English :
and it has been discovered, that the Soldiers who,
Admiral Luvors said in his Dispatches home, were
left by him at Pondicherry, turn out to be all Officers
of the first ability, sent out in disguise as private
•Soldiers, to be distributed amongst the armies of the
various Princes in the Country. This was done too,
at a time when niece had just concluded the
Treaty of Amiens, or, at least, while Lord WHIT-
WORTH was still in Paris.

A new Corps of frolt;geurs (Tumblers) is now
forming in Paris. They are to be conveyed by the
Cavalry whithersoever their 'presence may be ne.
cessary.. They must be able, by a single leap, to
get on horseback, behind a dragoon, and to dis.
mount as expeditiously : they roust also be good
marksmen,. They are to be divided into Companies,
and instead of drums to have French horns.

Several ancient silver coins were fund last week
in the scite of the buildings on the .Vent side of Back.
lane, Dublin. The inscriptions are those of Louis
XII. of France, of Philip and Mary of England,' a
few of Richard 111. and Elizabeth, and of James V.
of Scotland. They were discovered on the scite of
an old foundation of the Roman Catholic College is
the aforesaid lane, and supposed to have been con-
cealed by some of the students. The College W 33
suppressed about the middle the' 16th century.-
.On Wednesday was interred in Sr... Andrew's
church-yard, Dublin, aged 11g' years and so months,
William Mitchell, a Revenue Officer, born in Lon-
donderry on the ist day of July 1689. He had been
for some time in America when it belonged to Eng.
land, and was one of those suffering loyalists who
lost his property, by the war, on which account he,
was recommended to an employment in the Revenue,
by Lord 1.0V11,7311END•

ACADEMY.

No t. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Rolls.—W. OWE ti.

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Wu EN we look at this Pit-ture; which, is one of
the ci:ief ornaments of the present Exhibition„ we
cannot hilt feel. some surprize that an Artist of so
much
.ability should not yet lave obtained, any aca-
demical distinction. His efforts this year are, hoN-
ever, so honourable to his talents, that we doubt cot
the liberality, taste, and judgment of the Academy
will be manifested id his favour on the first vacancy.
The likeness to the original, thong!) very exact, is
on of the Subordinate merits of thv,riaure, which
is painted with great force and beauty,- and in a
style of captivating elegance. The higures arc dis.
posed with, ease, and exhibit an air 'of conjugal
tranquillity, which shews that it is the aim of the
Artist to express sentiment and chatader, as well
as to gratify the eye by corretness of form and
harmony of colouring.

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No. roc. A Landscape, Figures and Cattle.—Sir F. linort-
'CEO'S, R. A.

This is the bnly Produlion of the Aitist in the
present Ekhibition, and it posSesses so much merit,
that it makes tls regret it is without a compa-
nion. The whole is marked by splendour, without
any gaudy excess of light'. The cattle are admira-
bly touched, aed placed in a very easy and• natural
manner. This pitture is, we understand, a tribute
of friendship from the Artist to Mr. KEMBL E.

;%i*. 1(4. Sabit,itian DR.ti,imoNto.

We consider Mr. DRUMMOND as one of the most
promiSing Artists'of the present time, as a Portrait
Painter, a§ Well as in the representatiCn of moral and
interesting incidents of familiar life, consisting of
small whole-length figures. This is a very good
likeness of an Italian well known to the Artists in
general,to ►vitom he is often what is technically called
a Sitter. The head is painted with great force and
'spirit. The kinds are sotheWhit too hard. The
Piaure has altogether an air of one of the old
Masters.

No. 15". Psyche.—Sir Wm. FlLEcrini,, R. A.

A very elegant poetical stibleft, much in the style
of the late admirable President. Perhaps the face is
not qUite so well defined as we might expeCt from
the accurate pencil of this Artist. The, Casket' is
managed with great skill, in not being of any de-
terminate substance, as any obvious metal would be
too vul.g.-,r for a poetical -charaCter. We have not
heard w►ho is the fair original of this pleasing off-
spring of taste and fancy

THE OPERA.—The second reptesenCation of II
Ratio di Proserpina, last night at the King's
Theatre, ;produced as numerous an audience as on
its first appearance. Indeed we have not seen a
Tues&v highs so crowded for many years. The
Opera has undergone no observable retrenchment,
except one song of Grtiv,slNl in the first ad,
which was omitted. The rest of the airs and

duets were encored, as before. The union of
such talents as those of BILLINGTON and GaAs.

sitir, super...added to so fine a composition as the
Open will fully acc.arrlt for the crowd whit.ll
attentkrf last night. The :sirs are particularly well
adapted to ihe respettive powers of those great Per-
formers. The bravura and executive is chiefly allot
ted to Mrs. Br L LINGTON, and the pathetic is princi-
pally assigned to GRA:SSINI. The former was abso-
lutely wonderful in her exertions last night, and the
latter very interesting. The P 5 de: Deux by DES
HAYFS and his Wife, was transferred to the first
AO, and was performed with extraordinary skill.
An addition was made to the view of Etna last
night, by a transparency, representing the rising of
fi.mes from the mountain, forming a grand and
piduresque spedacle.
General GALLOWAY, and the whole of his cogno-
iii.lnti phalanx, were last night particularly active
in supporting GRASSINI. BILLINGTON received
'warm support from them, lilit GRASSINI seemed
chlefly to gain from them the shout of viaoria.
The Amateur Concert is, as we prediled, likely to
become the head quarters of FASHION. The musical
and literary talents concerned in ir, are indeed calcu-
lated to give it much greater' eilai than hai usually
attended undertakings of the same kind in the higher
circles. The abilities employed in the Pic "Vic wilt,'
of course, be exerted in favour of the new plan, and
the time of the year at which it is intended to be
brought forward, must preclude all interested pre_
. judices against it. It is, in fad, likely to prove the
• most innocent, rational, and elegant amusement
that has yet been patronized by the Fashionable
World.

THE THEATRE.—The Comedy of Tqwelfik

Nigh: did not
.attract so large an audience last night
to Drury-lane Theatre as its intrinsic excellence,
and tuie• tnerit of the acting deserved. Dow Toe has
a very gPod conception of Mahvoho, and is the best
representative of the part that we have seen for some.
years. Mts. JoRDAN's rio/a has been long admired,.
and it wanted-none of its usual merits. last night.
Sir Toby and Sir Andrew had all recitlisite support
from •PALMER and, Str ET-T. BARTLEY. was more
shewy in his dress than in his talents in Sebastian.
The former was, indeed, too gaudy for a man„who
is indebted to a friend. Mrs. POWELL communi-
cated a tender interest to Olivia.' The rest of the
charaders were tolerably well supported.

The tragedy of Macbeth was represented last
night at Covent-Garden Theatre. 1(E1113L E cer-
tainly plays with more emotion this season than
usual. Having, we presume, now thoroughly settled
the text in his own mind, he gives way to his feel-
ings and imagination. Mrs. StoooNs gave grandeur
and effed to the ambitious partner of the bloody
Thane. The andience are now satisfied with seeing
Banquo enter without .the awful preparation of a
trap-door. The terrific aspect of the spectre with,
" gouts of blood" upon his face, is indeed terrible
enough. HILL, in consequence of INC L EDON'S
illness, played Hecate. He gave the airs very well,
but made poor work with the dialogue.
It is somewhat curious, that while Mr. AD-
D I NGTON and his associates were about to carry into
effel a measure that was to have all the solidity
of stone, their own uthorky should tralable into no.
thing.