The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-30 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY.

KISH/OAS.
PROM ACEERMANN'S REPOSITORY OF ARTS, FA-
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SkILONS, MANUFACTURES, 8&C.

FASHIONS FOR LADIES.

PROMENADE COSTUME IN THE EGYPTIAN STYLE.—An I
Arabian tunic and petticoat of fine white cambric, sitting
high round the throat, with appliqued net, in the crescent '
form robin stomacher, and Egyptian border round the bot-
tom. Armenian hat, composed of short amber sarsnet, with
white floss binding and cord. Grecian scarf of the,same co- 1
lour, with rich brocade ends. Half-boots of amber-coloured
kid or silk, tho same as the hat. Gloves of York tan or buff
kid.
PARK OR GARDEN PROMENADE HAB 'T.—A round robe
9t jaconot muslin, with high French ruff, and appliqued
border of narrow lace round the feet. A cassock coat or demi
Pelisse of cerulean blue shot sarsnet, finished round the bosom
with a basket border, extended on white satin, confined at
the bottom of the waist with a silver or steel clasp, and to
the bottom with three regular, divided ailk cords and tassels.
An Austrian 'tippet of white satin, with full floss bineing, I
and tassels to correspond. Arcadian hat, composed of the
same materials as the coat, and ornamented with full curled -
white feathers. The hair in ringlet curls, with caul of
White or amber net ; a small spring flower is occasionally ad.
ded. Half-boots and parasol of cornelian blue ea suite.— i
Gloves of lemon-coloured kid. •

Yesterday produced much fashionable bustle in
Hyde-park and Kensington Gardens. The votaries;
Of dress expea-ted on this occasion, to witness the
prevailing taste in articles of Snthmer costume. They
were not disappointed, for a brilliant assemblage of
elegant visitors thronged the promenoir, and rendered
the scene, highly pleasing. Our dress-makers have
studied the barmy of nature, and suited the beouithl
attire of our Belles to the season. After Minter has
retired to the Poles, and Speing advances, crowned
With flowers, the females of London are anxious to
throw off their warn: and sombre njbilimen t's for robes
of lighter texture. The next consideration is the co-
lours, which add most to their personal charms, and
in this resped the wearers will indicate a vulgar or
delicate taste. Of all the colours white is the most
proper far summer, because it repels heat.. Rose co-
lour, azure, tot yellow and green, harmonize with
the vernal beauties of spring ; but s!tong red, violet,
deep purple, and blue, asorb the heat, and are there-
fore proper to worn in winter. The coup treed
yesterday, among the groups of elegant women pro-
duced no glaring variety offensive to the. sight. The
prevailing dresses were azure and lilac sarsenet man-
tles, pelisses, and scarves.; white satin bonnets, with
wreaths.of lilies of the valley, and deep lace veils ;
Leghorn .hats, made in the Spanish style, with
ostrich feather, edged pink, and placed horizontally.
White satin pelisses were also worn, with head-dresses
to correspond. With respea to the general display,
we have not seen the Parks produce so much beauty,
splendour and genteel company, since the charming
exhibitions of' last summer. Nearly all the fashion-
ables in town were on foot and in carriages.
The Royal Perthshire Militia marched,into Dover
on Saturday, and the Ist division of the Third Lan-
cashire Militia will arrive there to-morrow.

The following Not►ce to the Drury-lane Com-
pany was stuck up in the Green-Room of the Ly-
ceum Theatre on Friday. evening :

Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
By order of the Proprietors, the Performers are informed,
that the Drury-lane Patent, under the sant-lion and securi.
ties of the Lord Chancellor's Order, will be the authority
Under which the Company engaged, or to be engaged, will
'be called upon to'pertorm for the ensuing Season.
By Order ofthe Proprietors,
Friday, April z 7, 1810.. R. PEAKE, Treasurer.

The Lord Mayor, we understand, has appointed
Friday, the 4tli of May, instead of Wednesday, the
2d, for the meeting of the Livery of LoudOn in
Common Hall, as the latter day was found to in-
terfere with•the usual monthly Courts of the differ-
ent Companies.

The Duke of a:nano is stated to have died at
Seville, on the 4th inst. in consequence of a wound
inflicted by a cannon-shot, while reconnoitring the
Spanish works before Cadiz.

The persowl effeals of the late celebrated musi-
cal composer, HAYDN, were to be publicly sold at
Vienna on the 26th instant. Among them is a
parrot, which he had taught to.sing a variety of Ger-
man airs.

John Williams, under-butler to Sir George Pigot,
and lace servant to Mr. Fisher, of Shitfnal, was com-
mitted, on Tuesday last, by the Magistrates, to
take his trial at the next Shrewsbury Session, for
wilfully burning his livery clothes with vitriol, or some
other mineral acid, at the time he left Mr. Fisher's
service.

Several military weapons, apparently of great an-
tiquity, and probably Danish, have been found
under a large projeaing rock at Glanrushea, in the
isle of Man. Amongst them is a spear made of a
composition of metal, and mounted with gold ; also
two swords of the same kind of metal, but no device
or inscription upon either of them

CONDUCT OF MR. SHERIFF ITOOD.
The grand anniversary dinner oti the opening of This Magistrate has just published a statement of
the Exhibition, took place on Saturday last in the his case, in answer to certain observations made on
great room of the Academy, and though it was not his conduct, subsequent to his receiving the letter
attended by so numerous a company as on former of Sir F. Burdett; and in answer to a publication
Occasions, the subjoined list will shew, that the meet- lately made by two Police Magistrates, denying
i.cg- was of the most dignified and respectable order : '
.some statements purporting to have been made by
The Archbishop of York; his Excellency W. Pinkney him at the Livery Dinner. When he received Sir
the Dukes of Bedford and Argyll ; Marquis of Stafford; ; Francis Burdett's letter of Saturday, April 7,- he
Earls of Carlisle, Oxford, Dartmouth, Spencer, Liverpool, went immediate) to Sheriff Atkins, and not find-
Manners, Ossory, Morton, Moira, Grey and Carysfort ; y
Viscount Castlereagh ; Lords Holland, Mulgrave, 'Gower, mg him at borne, he proceeded to the Mansion-
Bruce, Seaforth, Semerville, Brounlow, and St. Helen's; the House, and communicated the general purport of
Bishops of London, Winchester, Lincoln, and Salisbury; the the letter to the Lord Mayor. Feeling that the
Right Honourables the Chancellor of the Exchequer, C.
Long, W. Windham, G. Canning ; Honourables 'peace of the county was entrusted to his care, and
Grenville, R. Grenville, A. Phipps ; the Lord Chief Baron, that there was no precedent for the state of respon-
the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Mayor and Chamberlain of sibility in which bestood,. he waited on the Speaker
the City, Sir 6. Romilly, Sir loseph Banks, Sir David Dun-
tin, Sir George Beaumont, Sir Thomas Barnard, Sir Eyre at his house, and asked advice in the lansiness.—
Coate, Sir Nathaniel Holland; Messrs. Wilberforce J. Penn, • The Speaker gave no opinion ; but obser‘ed-
1-1. Hope, H. P. Hope, R. P. Knight, W. Smith, I. I. that in issuing the warrant, ie (Mr. Speaker)
Angerstein, T. L. Parker. W. Chamberlayne, E. Malone,
S. Rogers, T. Campbell, H. Davy, H. J. Pye, I. Simmons, had performed his duty; and
.that he had no doubt-
'''. P. Kemble, Dr. C. Burney, Josiah Boyden. Capt. Agar, but that he (the Sheriff) should do' his?,
ece. -
" Thus left without even the- opinion of the
The dinner was sumptuous, but the company
seemed to derive their chief entertainment. from the Speaker, whom I naturally conceived list able to
take
inform me of the nature-and extent of authority of
intellec,tual treat afforded them by the several pro- his own mandate, and regarding 'the letter of Sir F.
duaions which surrounded them, affording abund-
Burdett as an intimation of a distarbance, of which,
ant proofs of taste and talents, which do hohoor to.
o'
the arts of the country. Indeed this annual enter- official notice, I then went to Sir F. Burden's
Conservator of the Peace, I was 'bound to
house
tainment may be considered as one of the most gra- o
tifying spe in Piccadilly; in front of 'which I found a sirinspectacles that the country can present. The
.;although at thin .tfine there Were but
Itself serves to collect those distinguished military 'force
charaaers who patronize. the. arts,. few persons in the street, and those by no nieaus
6.,. and. produces a
indicating any d:spoSitiOn 'to 'licit. Sir V. Burdett -re-
familiar intercourse among rank, fortune, and ge-
guesting me to pass the night in his house fur 'pro-
while the pecuniary advantages resulting from
teaion, (Sm.' by civil power, against military force,
the Exhibition are employed in giving encourage-
I readily,consentecr to comply with his desire. Sir
meet to rising talents, and relieving the viaims or, Misfortune. F. Burdett then retired to acquaint Lady Burdett
with my intention, and shortly returning, said, her-
Ladyship felt much tranquilized by the assurance
of my presence; and, that she and her family
' could now retire in peace.'—At halt-past ten
o'clock we left Sir F. Burdett's house, without in-
terfering at that time with the military, either di- •
tealy or indirectly; but hearing the: cries of a wo-
man in the street, a few doors from Sir F. Burdett's
house, we proceeded to inquire into the occasion of
her cries; when one of the Life Guards instantly
riding up on the foot pavement exdaitned—' D—
your'eyes walk on,' at the sune moment aiming a
blow with his sword at Mr. Smith, which that Geu-.
tleman fortunately parried with his stick. The
soldier again swore, and threatened to " cut us
down," if we did 'not go on, Mr. Smith replied, that
he was not aware who he was attacking ; but he
proceeded; and the soldier discontinued the attack.
Anxious to preserve the peace, without the -inter-
ference of the military, I immediately dirthed Mr.
Smith to issue precepts, for the attendance Of all
the constables of the county, that could possibly be
assembled on the following morning, and then went
to my own house toinform my family of my inten-
tion of sleeping at Sir Francis Burden's. I was
stepping into a carriage to return to Piccadilly, when
I received a message from Mr. Sheriff Atkins, that
he would. be with the in a few minutes. On bis
arrival, we dispatched, a note to the Secretary of
State, 'with a copy of Sir Francis 'Burdett's letter,
and then proceeded to his-house in Piccadilly, where
_the following reply to tine Secretary of State was de-
livered. to us.

- " Id Nielson, Sunday Morning, Two
o'clock, Apt ilB, 1 8 10.
" GENTLEMEN---L have this moment had the
honour of receiving your letter, inclosing one to
you, from S;r Francis Burdett. dt is not for me to
enter into the reasoning of Sir Francis Burdett's let-
ter, but I can have no doubt that you will feel it to
be your duty to give every assistance which may be
required of yOu, in aid of the Speaker's warrant,
rather than in rest Lance to it.—l have the honour to
Gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant,

(Signed) " R. RYDER."
" 'We remained- in the house of Sir Francis Bur-
dett teed nearly half-past two o'clock, when the
whole tinnily-, except Sir Francis Burdett, having re-
tired to rest, I declined passing the remainder of the
night there; from the necessity I was under of
making arrangements for the ensuing day. At nine
o'clock next morning, Mr. Sheriff Atkins and my-
self again proceeded to Piccadilly, where on our ar-
rival, we found the military parading in front, and
to some distance on each side of Sir F. Burdett's
house. Our arrival being noticed to the Command-
ing Officer, we were introduced to him; he inform-
dirt, he considered himself as acing under the
orders of the Magistrates; but, that for near two
hours, not one of them had teen present, although
he had sent for them several times.to Bow-street.
I then apprised him of our office, and authority- as
Sheriffs; and expressed my desire that the military
might be gradually removed from the front of Sir
Francis Burdett's house, conceiving, that from the
then apparent disposition of the people (composed
principally of passengers and spectators), no riot
or disturbance of the peace was to be apprehended:
and that the presence of the military had a natural
tendency to create a crowd of spectators, and, as
on similar occasions, very general and great irrita
tion. I informed the Commanding Officer that I
momentarily expe6ted a great number of constables
who had been summoned; and by whose aid I
hoPed and expected to be enabled to preserve the
peace, without the assistance or interference of the
military. The Officer very readily Complied with
my desire, and the military were gradually with-
drawn as I required.
" That part of Piccadilly, in front of Sir Francis
Burden's house, remained without disturbance for
a considerab;e time. The number of passengers in
carriages and on horseback, who were continually
passing, was'very considerable ; many of the latter
stopped opposite to Sir Francis Burdett's house, and
dirt certainly was thrown by some few individuals
at those persons in carriages and on horseback who
refused to take off their hats while passing the
house. From the shortness of the .notice, it hap-
pened that the constables did not arrive in any con-
siderable number; but a large body of Sheriff's
Officers was in constant attendance. In the course
of the morning a notice to the people to keep the
peace was drawn up, • and dispatched to a Printer's
Office : but it .being Sunday,
.it was a long time
before it could be printed and posted, according
to our intentions. At three o'clock, the Proclama-
tion prescribed by the Riot Act was read by Mr.
Birnie, one of the Police Magistrates; and about an
hour after another Magistrate wrote in large charac-
ters, on a piece of paper, a plaCard containing the