The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-03 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY.

No. 198, Beggars.--W. 0 w
WE see with much pleasure the improvement of
this Artist. The PiElure before us may rank with
the best works in the present Exhibition. It is
well drawn, and well composed. There is a fine
breadth of light, and it is dispersed with great skill.
The Old Woman is not one of the vulgar uninterest.
ing forms of common life, hut seems to denote a
fall from better fortunes, and is very well calculated
to excite a kind of respe&ful compassion. The
Child strongly partakes of this interest, and his
face displays an afFeaing expression of timid sup.
plication. The colouring is clear and chaste.

No. 6. liebe.—Sir W. BEtctuy, R. A.
The Lady here represented under a mythological
charafter, is Miss WyNDHANI, a daughter of Lord
ECREMONT. It is a very pleasing Pidure, and we
have only to regret, that we should merely see the
trope of a face that appears to be so beautiful and
interesting. There is a splendor in the colouring
suitable to a supernatural charafter, yet it is by no
means glaring. Perhaps more boldness might .be
expeded in the bird of love, but the Artist, by
lessenir.g " the terror of his beak, the lightning
of his eye," probilaly intended to shew the influence
Of BEMITY over tut most ferccious natures.

No. TV. A Shipwrecked Mariner.—H, TitomsoN, Acad.
Elea.
The subjea of this Picture is taken from The Sea-
ons, snd the Artist has entered very happily into
the conceptions of the Poet. He has alsTo
embodied the charaaer of an Englisharvery well
. There
is a strong expression of sorrow
at witnessing the
departing sun, without seeing any prospecl` of relief
in the vast extent of waters before him, but no trace
of unmanly desperation. The Ar:tist seems to have
ivtd in his mind a passage in GRAY—
."
The famish'd Eagle screams, and passes by ;"
but the oth'(:i bird, which he wanted to represent
as mole 'distant, seems rawer like a shadow of the
former. The colobring is sober, but not tame, and
their,--?hole ddeteredit to the Artist.

No. 192 Phaeton Solicits,
and obtains leave of his Father '
Phoebus, to conduct thethariotvf the Sun.—B. WEST,
R. A.
The design and general arrangement of this pic-
ture strongly indicate a poetical mind, and though
there is much to blame, there is much to admire.
'f he fignies are disposed with appiopriate charafter,
upon the whole, though some of them hardly ad..
rnit of marked discrimination. 'they are graceful
and easy, and if the featureS had more expression,
the story tv6i,ia press strongly on the affedions.
Plicebus, indeed, displays a lamentable want of feel..
'lag. His face exhibits a tame regUlarity, though
the father, whose fondness could induce him to
yield to filial importunity in so 'pelilotts an enter_
prize, would certainly have hewn a vivid sense of
the danger. The Old Woman in the clouds, is too
vulgar for a scene of such poetical elevation. We
'll'l% linve.'.-er-, enter •.o farrher into the .4:leas of
/
his pieCe, as it comprehends a very difficult eh-
• eft, and as the Artist altogether has managed it
With great judgment and effect.

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Lord IiIIiViESBURYS Circular Letter, addressed
Ito she Ministers of Foreign Courts resident n L-
don, is one of the most spirited measures of one
present Administration. It is fth
ounded
principles the Law of Nations, during warfare
and speaks boldly and
property of that upstart leant who who has oppressed France, and insulted every
tither Country. The allusion to the infamous Mur-
der of the Duke d'ENGHIEN was in faa extorted by
the enormous, turpittcle of the aftion, and we hope
it will make a due iMpfession on the oppressed Slaves
'of France, as well as Upon the People of all other
States.

NANCIENT CONCERT.--The Noble DifeaOTS Of
s harmonic institution dined yesterday with the
arl of DARNLEY, who presided for the night, in
consetluence of the illness of Vicount FITzWIL-
LIAM- The PRINCE of WALES was present
at the
LEY dinner, and accompanied Lord and Lady
DARN to the Concert Rooms_ in Hanover-
square. HANDEL, Of coutse, furnished much of
the general repast ; but the charming music of
MATTHEW LOCKE, in Macbeth, was introduced
with fine effea. Mrs. BILLINc-ros, Miss TEN-
NANT, FIELD, SALE, SALE jun. NV. KNYVETT,
and BARILEMAN, were the Performers.
antata Mrs. BlL-
iiNorox was chiefly admired in " Hide me from
day's garish eye ;"
and a C of PURCELL.
The applause
was abundant. BARTLEMAN'S fine
manly tones gave' suitable energy to 6 4 Revenge,
tevenge, Timotheus cries." The whole of the Con-
ceit went cif with great eclat. The room had a
large and s9lendid copamong whom were most
of the DireEtors andm theny, a
D of CAMS,RIDGE.
Pop E experienced last night a liberal testimony of
• the
occasion public
of favour, in a crowded audience assembled
on the his benefit. The performances
'lee efe Rule a W;fe and have iz Wife, and Cinderel.
; the -former of which was played with
great
spirit, and the latter passed off with all its ac-
sustomed eclat. The only novelty of the evening
bas an Address written by CHERRY, and delivered
by Mrs. JORDAN, which contained some popular
allusions, and was received with great applause.
The Dutchess of DEVONSHIRE means to indulge
her friends with a very grand Concert before she
bids adieu to the fashionable circles of the metro-
polis.

If a certain Treasurer should, like his precicces-
tor, be presented with a piece of plate by the offi-
cers in his eepartment, it will he an offering from
eery different principles, and indeed a tribute of
gratitude to him for his resignation.
The retirement of the Doaor from office, has been
appropriately stiled his evacuation.
Yesterday morning, the first, second, and third
companies of the Prince of 'Wales's
from the Mows to Chalk Corps marched
Earm, for the purpose of
shooting at 3
target for three gold medals, given by
the Officers, when Messrs. WINTER, HUME
P3NEs, proved the succetsful marksmen, ?and

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'l4. ;T' K.EFORT.

COt:RT OF KING'f.• 7,l!Ay z.

THF. KING V.

The Defendant, who was a Coach-benker, "stood
conviEted of a libel, which he published on the back
of the paper left him to return the persons in his
house liable to serve in the Army of Reserve. Af-
ter he had filled up the Return in the usual manner,
on the back of the paper was a very abusive note or
letter on the subjed of the tar, among other thtings;
declaring that he would not do any thing to attend
the Country.

In his affidavit, he stated, that the letter was not.
written by him, but by his niece, whom he direeled
to write a letter explaining the mischief which the
war caused to him in his business; but, upon refer-
ring to the notes of the evidence, it appeared that
he had admitted it was signed by himself, and said
all the contents of it were very true.

He was committed to Netvgate, and'Ordered to be
brought up again on the i Ith irkstant.

THE KING V. SEALE.

The Defendant, a Printer, also stood convkled of
a Libel, refleffing upon Government for the 'War,
which he stated was wanton, unjust, and unneces.
nary, and containing also many reletiiona on the
domestic state of thr. CottLtty, representirg all the
evil which had taken place, as owing to the bad
conduEt of Government.

He was also committed, and Ordered to be brought
up again on the same day as the last Defendant.

THE KING 'V. HORNY.

The Defendant stood conviaed at the last Ai-
sizes for Leicester, of having uttered in conversa-
tion the followingleditious expressions "We may
as well pay. a million a-year to Bonaparte as to
the King ;" and again, " Here is a health to out
friends over the water," meaning the French. It
appeared by the report that the Defendant was a Dis-
senting Minister at Leicester, and that lie uttered
the expressions for which he'stood indkted at a pri-
vate supper among some of his acquaintance. One
of the company asked him, what he thought of
things in general, of ,the War, &c. He replied, he
was an enemy to all War. This led to a conversa-
tion about the necessity-of individuals arming, .to
repel the threatened Invasion. It was in reply to
this that he said, we might as well pay a million
a-year to Bonaparte as to the King and shortly
after he filled a glass of wine, and drank the toast
above stated. The witnesses who p:nved these
faas, add d, that the Defendant was a 'clever man,
and fond of argument. Several ,affidavitS were put
in on behalf of the Defendant, from persons of his
congregation, who agreed in stating,
_that, they ne-
ver heard him utter any seditious doarines, hut
that he often had urged reasons for sup; o'rting the
Country. He also stated, in his own affidavit, that
he had frequently promulgated loyal sentiments.

Mr. ERSK I NE,• for the Defendant, made a very
animated address to the Court, in which he repro.
hated the Cor.dna of the Witness who had .pervcited
the hittltity and thoughtless conversation of convi-
vial niuMents, into an evidence of a, malignant
mind, which he declared, he seri9usly believed, the
Defendant never meant. He did not think that the
Jury had done very wisely in returning the verdict
they had done, especially as they had it in proof, that
the Defendant was a man fond of argument.

After an observation from the ATTORNEY GE.
NE AA., the Defendant was ordered to be committed
to the King's Bench Prison, and to be brought up
again on the i zth.

THE KING v. AGNEW AND STEVEN.

The two Defendants, one late Commercial kesi.
dent, and the other Supervisor at Malabar, in the
East Indies, were convided at the last Sittings for
London, for. having extorted a Lack of Rupees

from the Zamorene Rajah, in that Province.--,
They were now brought up for judgment,
Mr. DALLAS, their leading Counsel, submitted'
to the Court a point in arrest of judgment. He
observed that the information was founded on an Ad
of Parliament, passed in the 23d year of his present
Majesty, which ena&ed, that " If any British
subjel holding an office under His Majesty, or the
East India Company, should ask or receive any
piesent from the Native Powers, he should be guilty
of extortion, should forfeit the sum so extorted, and
suffer fine and imprisonment." So that In order to
bring a person within this law, he must he a British
subjed, holding an office under the King, or the
East India Company, and it must be so charged in
the indiament or information. He would next
state the manner in which it was charged on the
present information : the information alledged, that
the Defendants were British SubjeCts, and held an
office under the East India Company, from the zgth
November 1794 wad the z9th of November 1795,
and that during the time that they held such office,
to wit, on the 29th of November, they received
the sum in question. He should now submit to
the Court, that the word until the 2gth of No.
vember, did not include the latter day, but on
the contrary excluded it ; so that if he were right
in that conStruaion, it would appear on the face of
the record, that they did not receive the money,
until the office had expired, and consequently did
not fall within the enadment of the Law. To sup-
port this construCtion, he said, he should assume
that the words " unto ' and " until," were synony-
mous, the one applying to time, the other to space,
and he cited cases to shew, that a road to be repair-
ed unto a certain place, was cons:l:taut_ to exclude
the place itself. The only way, as he.apprehended,
in which this could be answered by his Learned'
Friend was, by saying, that as thiS was laid under
a scilicet, that it might be rejeaed as surplusage.
But then the information Would be bad on another
Iground ; it would then contain no. specific day on
which the fart was alledged to have been commit-
ted ; and to support an Indictment, some certain day
must be named, though they were not bound to
prove the day named.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.—" Take a role to spew
cause; and, in the mean time, let • the; Defendants
stand committed."