The National Register. — London, England, 1817-06-16 00:00:00

J.i.7 NE 16. • • MIL TALMA. Minilay a most splendid dihner was givetrat the Clarendon Bawl to•this celebratofflerenoh Actor by the principal' Per formers lit Coveistegonlea Theatre.. Mx. -Fawcett ink tailed to the chair. Ott °meanie of him were placed Mr. Tliline and Mr. liemble, and on the other,.Mr. Young and Sir G. :Smart, who was the only person (not absolittely belongineto the Theatre invited on This oteaition, Mr, C. Ambit pie. sided at the biotite, of the tabl e , n ! I t c h was filled by eighteen principal Ps:rtiirmeis of the .abovementioned Theatre. The cloth being drawn, the Royal Fatuity were d r ank in succes sion—the Duke of York, with {particular marks of respect and gratitude, fn consequence of his kilo/ condescension in itite vesting himself so notch in behalf of the Fund established at Covent-garden for Deeoyed Actors. Early in the evening Mr. Fawcett rose and spoke to the following effect Mr. Talons—The honour of preSiding this day being an expected, I am little prepared to say that which I think es sential um such an occasion ; but, Sir, it is impossible for me to rise ansitiropmse your health, whiling seizing the oppor tunity of telinning you thanks in my own name, sod in that ofall my brethren, far the honour and 'pleasure you have con ferred oil its by our presence this day. Your fame, Sir, as an Actor, has been too often proclaimed by your own COIIIIIII, - melts and roiteraisd and admitted by al tintigners, nut to have created in ns an ardent desire to see and know you.— Circumstanees have lately fallen out that have permitted many of us to visit 'oar country, where we have witnessed a display of your Histrionic powers, in a, manner that has far morasses! our most sanguine expeetat'ous. This, Sir, atom!, would have been sufficient to have secured for you every respect and attention from us, when you had been pleased to retiii your visit ; but, Sir, there fs smother circumstance that h as pestle endeared you to us all—a circumstance that has rendered what would have bet n au act of cisility,the repay meld °IA thtla Of gratitude. Sir, your k inn reception of all my b ret h ren w ise-have visited Paris; sour gentlemanly attention to those whom yon found strangers and brother proti•ssors, has alllll/iUftted us, that, with the character of a great Actor, yen blend the acontpli.lied Dentleinan. T therefore, Sir, in the 'lame of the Actors of England. thank silly and thick sour health, hoping you may lung enjoy it, to continue the ornament of the Frecrli Stage, and wishing you ailhaeoce and happiness whenever you please to retire." Mr. Telma lose, evidently affected and delighted by this address : he returned his thanks with a mildest sensibility, that made astrong impression on every one present. The evening stow passed on with a notional flow of elite' tainmeut that 'tweer was surpassed. When we say, that Matthews, Liman, Yoang.lii.lsop,Sinelair, Doraset, &e. coutribut. id . to the hilarity of the slay, we need add no more to cons Uwe our • readers it must have been most delightful. When Mr. Fawcett resit to preppie the health of Mr. limbic, he said, ..--sYttie felt himself greatly embarassed, as the presence of %hit geolleman totally restrained him from indulging his feel ings'by speaking of him as he could wish t . lint, as lie was ad• d r essing persons who were peifeelly competstat is appreciate all his merits, he should . content 'himself with saying, that, Nt helm: ihry -thank loin as a piddle or private charatter, he Was equally respectable; and that be took with him to his re. eirernent not only the applause of a gratified public, but the sen a wishes of all his brethreu."—'fbis was received with an imparatelled ; it was many minutes berme Mr. limbic found an opportunity of replying ' • and when he did, it was in a style of good taste, of which he of all well is so perfect a master . ; lie thanked pis brethren with a flow of elequence thif apontanemisty sprung from his heart; and, t owa rds the latter part of his speech, became sensibly affected. f bin coma 1111 l icated itself, to OH present, who sympatlased in his feeliugs : perceiving which, lie caught Telma-by the band, mot emphatically finished his speech with these words—" My J e er Titillla, it is nut the least part of my gratification innwei ing you here, that you are a witness of the scene t and I beg w hen you return to France, you will tell yourbr o ttser ae;u4 - 5110‘r au old p e rformer in Englund is ti cotes( by his Brethren on his retirement."—The scene altogether was highly intoresting, and the day finished wills a glow of conviviality that willnever lit forgotten by any that were present. MELANCHOLY ACCIDEN ON . THE THAMES. Sunday, during the et-ander-yam, a boat with a sal, having in it foot men and one woman, was ovirset by a sudden squall, between Vauxhall -bridge and Chilies-reach, and the whole drowned.—The names of the young men were T. Randall, No. 8, Orchanl-street; J. Richard. the son ci a trainman, in the vicinity of Carnaby market ; J. Smith, residing in the same vicinity; J. Bushell, of No. it, Rupert-street, Piccadilly ; and the female was servant to Mr. Oranthan, of it. John-street, Clerkenwell, to whom Bushell hail beat an apptentice. It appeared, that after dinner on Sunday, t h e latter propoad to give the female a sail. The other young rien otere las schonl-fullows; and they ail hjred a small skitf of Mr. Sul livin, boat.builder, Millhadt, to which a hail was affixed ; and they went as tar as the lied !louse, at Battersea. lien they remained fur some time. and were returning home. when opposite the Spread Eagle, rut Millbunk. a heavy shower of rain came on, accompanied by thunder and lightnin4. The persons in other pleasure-boats heard tic female scream violently, and she was seen grappling with one of the men. supposed to be her recetheart ; in a few wenn& they were all sem to E . :diinto the water. Every assistance was immediately ren .dcted, but the men had Sunk torts: no more. The female's clothes kept her afloat till asdstance arrived, and she teas taken in an ex hausted state to the Spread Eagle pab7iii-house Tile its , istanee of two k amtlemen of the tacalty was soon obtained, and although signs sif life were visible for some unit, their exertiisis proved unavailing. 'The *age were out since then till five o'clock on Alonday even ing. and only the body of Stnith was found. The party were all under the-sure of 20. Ole of them had been to sea, and was sup p.vied to have bail a kniiieleti'4e of the management of a boat. CORON Meg 'lNtat;l: , 3%—tuestiay evening en inquisition was. taken at the Sprawl l.aglr, on Millbank, upon the bodies of The smith and Sophia Carter. two of the above five persons.— The bodies of Burrell, Bushell, and another, whose name tis not pro perly known, are not yet found. !teary Keppin. a Vauxhall watennan, was the principal witness. lie stated, that lie was rowing a party Coin the Ito.-house, at Bat- Arms, about half-past sit efelo , k. on Sunday evening. There was n il twat befo..e, with ,cenetpiirsons in her. When the storm came nit She Meta faster. Witness nieil to them to luff the sail, which term they seemed not to understand; and in a few minutes the boat swamped. and they all went down. W Mims hastened to the shore. and set down his party, and went instantly to their assistance, but lie could not find any of them. John naives, a Battersea waterman, .corroborated his evidence, and added that he brotte;ht the body of die female on shore., Mr..loseph Olier, surgeon, ta, Great Smith-street. Westminster, was under shelter front the rain upon the thulk when the accident bappene& lie instantly went tifi the Spread Eagle. and for two hours did mere thing in his power to restate emulation in the fc teal but without effect. Mr. JlOll.lll $ ilhvin, boat.builder, said he believed the water got into her in the storm, which might have hapc;med to the most ex. watertuan.—Nestlict—ic:idtntilly name, • TUE NATIONAL REpISTFR. POETRY. :" • * P. , LALLA 1200 KB: „;: • IV 1110311 AS MOOME, LSQ II I N nn. Oh, what a pure and aiscrcd thing Is Beauty, curtain'd from the sight Of the grew world, illumining One only mansion with her light ! Unseen by man's disturbing eye— The flower, that blooms beneath the sea Too deep for sunbeams, (loth not lie Hid in more chaste obscurity ! So. II inda, have thy face and mind. Like holy mysteries, lain enshrin'd. Light its the angel shapes that blO4 An infir.t's dream, yet rot the less Bich in all woman's lovelines , ; . With eyes so pure, that:from their ray Dark Vice would turn ulyaided away, Blinded like serpents, when they Sure Upon thennerald's virgin blase! Yet, fill'd with all youth's sweet de-fires. Mingling the meek and vestal fires Of other worlds with all the bliss, The fond, weak tenderness of this! A sour, too, mere than half divine, W here, through some shades of earthly feeling, Religion's soften'd glories shine, Like light through summer foliage stealing. shedding a glow of such mild hue, So warm, and yet so shady too, As makes the very .iarkness there More beautiful than light elsewhere ! RIGHT OF PETITIONING.—In a debate in the late ;Session of the Amerian Congress, on 'a motion in the ' House of Representatives for the repeal of the laws im posing internal duties, Mr. CaMono, having observed that the people had not petitioned upon the subject, was :replied to by Mr. King, of Massachusetts, in the fol lowing terms : " The Honourable Gentleman front South Carolina, with reference to the repeal of these taxes, says, that the people have not petitioned, have not complained, have not remonstrated. Petitioned, whom ? in the name of God. Their representatives, knowing. their wants—knowing their interests—arc sent here expressly to relieve the one and promote the other ?—What does the Honourable Gentleman expect ?—What does he wish ? That the grad body of the American people should approach him—this Housee bowing the head and bending the knee, and as in duty bound ever pray? Sir, if they could for a moment thus ucgrade themselves, they ought not only to be taxed, bat to be the slaves of tax-gathererafor eves. Petition whom? I again demand. The Constituent bend to the Representative! the Repre sentative not know the wishes,thefeclings, the distresses of the People? Sir, they arc much more likely to approach you, going on as yen arc, with sharp eomplanttes and fierce remonstrances. Their interests are not attended to —their sentiments are not consulted. I have had occa sion before to remark, I now repeat it—the people of this country stand first in the Constitution—We, the people—and the last to receive any benefit from it. When you want money, you tax the people without reason or mercy. When your follies or your faults have driven von into war, you call upon the people to tight your battles ; and if the cruelty of your petty officers, or their own sufferings, compel them to desert, you shoot them by dozens. But when a resolution is prepared to relieve them from numerous oppressive taxes, and hosts of greedy tax- g atherers, or a law to aid the unfortu nate and.set th e prisoners free, then you know not the people; you hear not their complaints; you heed not their distresses. Sir, they arc not that tame, that patient animal, which some believe them. They may turn upon you in despair; tempt them not too far." We are glad to see the following evidence of an improvement in trade :—" The weevers here have got an advance of Is. per cut fats week. The prospect of an open trade to the revolted provinces in South America has raised a eensiderible spirit of speculation oolongs.: the manufacturers and merehants."-r (Carlisle Journal.) " It is said that the iron trade is so far improved, that another rise of 10s. per ton has taken place."— (Stallard Paper.) Letters received from Calcutta, dated eoth ofianu are, state, that the cotton harvest was likely to be a very short one ; they also mention the do • h of the Rajah of Nepatil, and that one of his Queens, one of his emelt:lines, and live female attendants, were con stinted on his funeral pile, on which they precipitated thentseltn. : one of them was only 11i years of age. it', a letter front Waxhin2ton, dated the 4d of May, we le a rn, Wit the Americangovernment bur lately xOl4l one hontlred thoieonill acres of land on the'fitiihsey, to sissipi teerino, , , to a Fiend) compa Ay, at but payable in fourteen , years, %swoon interest, ditiro• of their planting the vino and olive, About cosier:its 14 11144 , e /:0114` to made on those nets 11 nil.; and they CAI ry weab them copii it, skill, al. 1. the head of ill. se people are Lakaintl, Pentneors, tie seines, the two I:Anent:olds, De alitetti s, ethers, with a erosr4l of artisans and ne.chanico. " e pectationt. arc to:vied of V.vir success. 151 • •'• ACCIDENT'S, OFFENCES ! etc. CORONER'S INQUESTS. On Monday nieet the Jury met at the King•and Queen. corner or Duke-raree t and Ogford-strect. Portmentemsatt. toierestigate th..l cause of the death of Mrs. 'e:eviennethe wired Chula Dalkon Nevison. M. U. which we ftetod last week. Mr. Ginza said, he • was driving . his tilbury, in w"tich. fru his wife, on' the north side of Portmati-square ;he was seine a steady lake eivaggon pissed by, and the driver struck his horses ;Ins whip strua has (witness s) horse, but he did not thinkalie driver diet it mten al i:selke I th e moment it • received the stroke of the whip it boked,r ran try swiftly till it got td the top of the welt aide of the iqqate; pulled the reins with . all his might, but was cot able to stop the horse; unfortunately. the footboard of tilbusg broke. and he dish had no power to.ourb the horse. Ile and his wife, being aware of the imminent dangerin which they were. would have lisped out if they could. but he was dashed out, before he could make the attempt, and she was thrown out Ma mediate/y after. Ile was so much confused, that he did not kuoe whether he was thrown out before or after the accident happened to the deceased. His horse was of a very quiet disposition.—Arter the omit minute investigation of all the ceeumstances atienditie the melancholy accident, the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental De eel. Tke epic elan of a deodand was put to the vote; when the umber ; appeared. fur it .s--againat it 7 : it was therefore lost. Pridep an inquest was held at the Spread Eagle, Mill-lane. street, b.iore J. Jeminett, Esq. Coroner fur the county of Surety, on the body of William Anderson, jeweller, of Grosvenor-place. It ep peered so evidence that the deemed was 48 years of age ; that about eight edelnck oh Tuesday ever :dog he engaged a boat, rowed by two lads. °tithe Old Swan easier; to go to Wapping; the tide tees very rapid on their return. and, in going throagb the centre arch of London Bridge, the boat filled with water and sunk. One of the lads saved himself by swimming, the other sunk to rise no mote. The deceased was picked up shortly after. and the means recommended by the - Royal Ilumane Society for the recovery of drowned persons wu used by a medical gentleman without effect. The body was identified by the wife of the deceased. Yerdiet--Accidental Death.' A Margate mackerel boat, with 40fto fish on' hoard, for Billingsgate, has been Nate by a sodden gust of is Iner off Sheerness, and two out of the three fishermen were imforta stately drowned. HORRID ftivanen.—A short time since, William* King, edge-tool maker, at Sheffield, murdered his wife with a fire poker, as she lay in be el, without any provocation whatever. The infant - lam monster also intended to have asiirdered the children, one of which, a fine boy, lie severely wounded on the heath with the same deadly weapon; but the neighbours hearing ce noise, prevented the wretch from areomplifiking his horrid lenience The poor wothan was found quite dead, with an infant by her side, which lead received no injury. This is one of the most deliberate murders we ever heard of. When the fellow war taken into custody, lie appeased to be eifiirely unconeerned at what bad happened. CHILD STEALIN4I.— , A varietg, fitltamer ha y id the papers, of a seated fend, iandelbecileattant in Oath bourhood of Mantheawrogragera.,* ettOip ban * Ike the Post-office, whilst dos WA as VOW (~15•04 the gel, witadiaDV) with which the itado_agly tallaliadaadilltent paling I* oaall try. pursued by thciliefailialate mew sod Asir Mods, Vat ace. wired to elude deteition. It will. however. ,be seen by the fol lowing letter that she was traced. arid kin espied, re 't A until:ire. June 9.—The Lady who Ind purloined an infant from the neighbourhood of Manchester-square, and had- travelk I byipost from London to Brighton, strived at the Norfolk Anus Inn. in this town. When she 'slighted, she ordered a female to be sera to her, who could suckle the infant. • Afte'r the infest had been nourished from the breast, she liberally discharged the 'emetic's, and proceeded on her journey to Chichester. An boar after hcr doe parterre, the tiaher of the child, the graadfather, and another perm. reached the Norfolk Arms in pursuit, and being infornscd of the circumstances, drove off to Chichester, where they overtook her at the Fleece len, waiting to take Meeker* to .Portankeith. The cook at the Inn was suckling e:ut Labe." On Thuredayske wasexamined at the Public °flee. Mariboiroseei Street, when site stated her name to be Harriet Molynemit ; that her father was vs nuigietrate in Ireland for thirty years; theta& took the child from motives of humanity, as the girl del not seem to return for it, and not with any intention to steal it. '1 here is great reason. however, to believes the name the has given to be fi ctitious, and report speaks Ante as a person of rank. She s to be re-exasaiaed on Monday: A CURIOUS Ocetentegrice—took place at a village near Breen. about ten days since A small farmer lay at the point of death ; being a good Catholic, lee entreated that a Priest might he sent for, to administer extrutne nactioni— 'the Driest came, bat having recognized in time fernier tl.e purchaser of a small aortic ei of Clench lands: old donne! the Revolution, be eellirell to administer the rites of the Church mita the poor farmer Airfield sign a ;III: nitoo4 reecoutryanee of his humble field. The farmer thought, correctly, that it was our of the Bret deities of a good Christian to be a gad father, and he saw no good reason for disinheritiog kis of spring of the fruits °flies industry in favour of the priesthood. He, therefore, flatly refused to accede in the nieereciente proposal : the enraeed Priest then vented forth Lis nialediee thins, and coneleded by saying the Deed woo/darted for his body the night after hie death, if be died without teateivitit extreme unction. The poor mast died next they, end his ee :- dove and children lined three stoat hearted veterans to sit up with the corpse, giving them abittelanee of ',telltale and wine.. At 'Malik:it a knock was tumid at the dour, and on it. beetle °petted, three Met elide looking figeres entered, with teri yells, disguised with liame.eeloered eire=see and niaeke. These frightful intruders instantly emeshhed towards the corpse, and hail already seized it. when the veteran+, recoverieg their first shock, began to lay about them with their satires most lustily. The Des ile we ie sesere tit wounded, and Wed most profusely. but they cents iv eel intimately to eseepe.-- Next morning theifemily infermed the Preteen of the is li,4e affair, mid us one of the veterans coed swear that he fetal h. flirted a dreadful sabre wound oe the aria of one of the masque radars, the Prefect instantly sent for the Priewt, art ho was seiel to have met with an sect-Nene—'flee answer sent by the Praat was, that he was so ill ear heel, that he eyelet nut runic. The whole ',arty then tee I Hat a visit, and found him w ith a dreadfel gosh in hie, arm, e,t wide+ he gave a very eotifowil arrout , t. I two eoinpaielons were aloe Priests, :use we are happy to add tlett all three ere in eustody.' The fallowing merelote of' a recent snit of the Prince flegete'd charitable elispo,ition, is vouched err Leah:mice Mr. Nicholas le-- mercy, who for many years• kept the Inn at lirtttotd lards;.,, through a train of unavoiellible misfortunes Weenie a bee:ewe and the whole of his propeety.tekea pea -avian of Ly the a.v.i,;ne...s. In this forlorn situation, being not only eel hat very infirm, and &vi tt/teal every rtaaretrce, he ventured to *pleat to the . e,etieresity of the Prince Regent; aho at only sent 11;01 two ,:.rase, but pe, 's bounty to IsCithnnierl • Whizz fraud,. c .. ity a !viler from 1. ieolin:zion, ateareo ••••• ... —•—. —".. , ~,,,,... v .. cy ......nt.„...,.. ••+•.... .._ _, , , It ' learn, Witt the American tlovernnstmt hav e lately sold one Prince Regtrit ;a ho at only ant loot two 30L ~,tos. 6t iv:: no o drrd thoie.anit acres of land on the l'ini In vy, tothe l%l is- inittod•thislaninty to lafitit•ortiect in it p , ntion, which lktit Lt.., %ra d .!, vissipi tetritto,,, to a ri end) rompady, at two el llars 114'1 presenting.to Ids fri.uds. His Royal !filming's husuati% aNdgene- :irks, . payable in fourteen , years, sritlitstit iiitervit, ul.llll con roes example vraa promptly tkillovred by vaaaiSialeasula. aced emit . ditine of their planting the vino and olive, About 300 French ' this unfortunate flintily hare bow awe-1t:4.1.am kreredingssut ' t einigrais s hate golle In reside on (hose ilea l)-parcliiive, laid misery. o l. • and they entry aoh Otani capitsi, skill, vied isidnvti% . (,; .1 MElt CIit(TITS. n %, sh e h ea d of tlirse p, e le are I.aLaiinl, Permienes, (larinvi Thntsf- 1 -zoll'Elleilb?roult? ant! Mr. Juldirldial.„ Norjoib—Loot Chief Juktica , GObs • justisc Athit_it. t , tic saiirev, the two I:Alleinatids, Ile ainetti v, Ganset. and • 1 Northam—Lazo etud , a t ?de. *won tgeoil . others , with a crowd of artisans and nt-chanico. 'ilw higher , 1 1, 7mger Ist , aut; - "T -- 1: ,. ..r ..i • - ~ . nun m rs. expectation.... arc I orniLd of o..cir ficy,csi. 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