The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-28 00:00:00

1)F C. Ai oo Tuesday night, the proseentrix went to the theatre, hat i o t h e eonrse of the eve tt ill g was followed by a tioighbonr, who informed her that her house had been rol,li d, 411.1 111 4 i the greatest etinfosion. She act•or every thing wit , ill lingdy made all loot , dile haste home, and foond the pri. •r with hru fa - her and brother in the kitchen, and hrr dressing case lying a t i the floor lausaeked of all its contents, amongst which 131, in beak (totem. Her dra wet. and other places or seem itV were broken open, and plundered of their emit rut., colisistm , of der--es, see. worth 301. and upwards; suit the olds ae coont she co.llll go from the neighbours was, That ill Ihe course of the eveintig two men were observed to k •k au the door and enitilito for Mrs. Saville. 'flie proserlit six t id ying holsome anspielou of the prisoner, thought prooer• bet° , e going to the play, to lock Ike floor and take the ke% i o her pockets and it therefore surprised her lintels, when the vr 'priter said, the house had hero robbed without her know ledge : and she sent fur Lsvender, who took the k rl into custody. The girl said, that she got oat at the parlour window inleipliog to go to her parents, but she met two women cahoot she was argnaiuted, and they pesslll3ded her to go to hand. Here she was aecosteil Ili., Queen's Palace so hear the by another men and woman ; the letter of whom it.ked if her iniktre.s nos at home? She replied in the negative, and the wolf' went *IA Ay ill a hurr y. Oil her return haute she found 11. e tiou-e sobbed, amid she sent lot her father and brother to 8 1,, it ill, her till her mistress's arrival. The Magistrate thought she must know more of the trans action than she seemed inclined to tell, and ordered her to be committed for farther eaamination. ' fi t• SIR PHILIP FR.I2I'CIS, K.B. On Tuesday evening, •tion alter five o'clock, Sir Philip Francis died, at his 'loose in St. James's Square, artsr an illness of upwards of her months. An express was imme diately sent off to Nlr. FrftinsiA, iris Son, who li - 311 slita VI•II the Earl of Misfit!. al Ick , Vollil P4lk, It is a sin•. gular coincirionee. that this is the fourill death, Nithill a very short period, in that e. triter of St. James's-square, via.— Lord Beauchamp, Lord Anson, Lard Eilciaboroogli, and Sir Philip Francis. This gentleman was horn in Dublin, on the 224 Oct. 1740, old style. 1)r. Francis, the 'fratislator of Horace was lathet ; hie grantValte. r was John Francis, Dean of the Cathe dral of Lismore, iu It ; and his great grandfather John Framis, Dean of Ceightiii. 'rite maiden name of his mother was Rue, a descend.. .1 from Sir Thotnas Roe. Sir Pailip received the liist rudiments of his education in Ireland. In 17.10 he came to England, and was in 1753 Mace ' at St. Paul's school. lit 1736 Mr. 'henry Fox, afterward% Lord Holland, gave hint a small place in the Seca etary of Sste's office. Mr. Pitt, str:ta succeeded Mr. Fox, patronized him, through the sr iminationiatii , u of his secretary Robert Wood Ily ilia! patronage he was apt ' led secretary to Genoa to 17511, and vt as pi esent at the captate add de !ilia; of Cherblirgli. In 176.1 he was tit isle secretary to the Ea t f Kintioul, Ain't:is-440t ti LISI)011. o lien the Queen of Portugal was married to her utter. In 1763 lie was appointed by ;lig hate Lard Month', to a eonsidera ble post in the War Other, which he resigned in 1772, its consequence of a difference with Viscorant liarrineloit. The greatest pall of the year 1772 lie spent its travelling through Flanders, Germaliv, the Ty rul, Fiance. and Italy. In alum' half a year alter his retain to Euglaud, Lard Rar, ington did Itita the justice to recommend him to Lord North, by whom his name was bk. sorted in an Act of Parliament passed in Jane, 1773, to be a Member of the Connell appointed for the Govettiment of /lettgal, in conmitetion with IVarrcu a.:41 three odiel s. '1 lie records of his limit (mutest wills Mr. Hastings, the Goverah.r-Gesseral, ate preset veil in the hunks of Council, the Hypo, ts of the C ttttt iiiittee. and in the Journals of the House of Cominous. This quarrel had pi erionsly oceasioned a duel its India , when,on tire 17th August, 17SO, air. Ilastiogs that Sir Philip through the WO. H'i' 1,1111..n 4 A ht 1) cem nor, 17,0, passed nee mo,dlas at St. Helena, and an toed in England in Ociolter, 17111. Oa the dissolinMo of Pat liament, iti 170-1, lie was , decled for Yarmouth, in lift' Ns of 11'.glit. since that lime his Parliamentary lite has brew liCfPfe she public. Or the 29th October. IN 16, His 11aj e cy, at the recommendation of Lord Gretivilie, wa, p1ea,,,,1 to i I with the Order of the Bails. Ott the 22.1 of the present mouth he expired, alter having 1 / 1 1.11 seduced to a state of extreme debility by an excruciating disease in the prostrate glands, with which he liad been for several p.ars afflict.d, mid from which his age precluded all slimier of recovery, lie li.ia left a .1.11 and two daughtela, Air. Francis, Mrs. J.i'aesson, and Ali s.Cholmonileley. When be tween 7J and Si, lie initialed Nibs Watkins, a daughter of a tiergyineln. tic had been many years employed about an historical sketch of his principil contemporaries. FrWe now find, that the 1-4,igi ant, attlibuteci to the tale Lord Elletiboroagh, was cei tautly not written by Ids Lora- Ohl!) ; bul was understood at the time, and siiiee, to be wriiteti by the resent 11.osil Chief Jostler of the Common then nisi, One of the (:oitiisel for Mr. Hastings. The Rev. Dr. if ahoiali, runviclell et l'otoisg a ',auk (by using the 11aitie of Sir %V. (farrow), and sentenced to trans. pot elle.' se'imight Sheerness, on ba.iv,l the Ilariou convict ship, hootill hi New South Wales. . • Thv 100ti.4.1.1 ospeetvlace,St.George's, was iitureil he means of -lit.letotelse., doling lite absence of the family, lull 5.11 , 11 diiy .Ne'ouit..lll,l) ev men. Will/ carrie d oil ever ot plate they could collect. 'Air. J. returned home abo t nine o'clock, and met one of the wishes a coming out out at the •treet door, eilh a pier eld-s snider hit at ill. — At sight of :HI. J. he let it fall and ran als ay . The gla•s , and the imi , e dlarined the other tolito ts, wilt. i1 1 M1 4 4'.1 4.114 lir ;1 uinduu :111141 'occulted. Oa Saturday morning (tAtitglito Jri'm fling, Esq. of the town of Witulsor. who was invited by some Merida in London to spend a abort time with them, booked himself fur a place in the Windsor cage coach for that purpme. He took his seat in the coach at the )pointed time, and was very jocular with his fellow paesengers until tit 'it. arrival at Hammersmith, where the stage stopped at the Hop e tavern, , hen he was seized wish u shiverne.; all ovir his ba.ty, ist,i lost all rower. Ile was put to bed. and sor t :teal assi..tance par- C trod ; but although every kind attention mu• arfortled him, he died in a very short time. Au inquest was held on the body on 'Tuesday morning. Verdict—!Died by the visitatirm of God. INTERPRETATiox.—When Lys Rose Retour was ex amined in Aston v. Elliott, the interpreter was desired to pot some question to the witilem respecting (tile Cookson, a servant to Mrs. Aston, when not okson to be a stirname, iie tral.hlatol it IN de !a tuisinicre. THU NATIONAL REGISTER. Ronanums.—The imprudent practice of whole fami lies going from their residence on visiting parties, or for other purposes, and leaving no person to watch their houses or protect their property, is fully exemplified in the following instances of robbery, which took place on the evening of Christmas day. The house of Mr. Norris, Pleasant Place, Lambeth, was entered by means of' skeleton keys, and robbed during the absence of the of' a large quantity of wearing apparel and table linen. The house ( f Mrs. Booth, 31, Wellingtrn Street, Blackfriars Road, was entered by the same means, and under similar circumstances, and plundered of a watch and several articles of plate and linen. The residence of Mr. Houghton, Pitt Street, Southwark, was also entered by means of skeleton keys, and rifkd, during the time the tinily were out, of various articles of plate of considerthle value, and a large quantity of wearing apparel belonging to the females of the family. The latter robbery was committed by two men, who rushed out on the instrnt that •,r. Houghton's daugh ters, who had preceded their father, entered Cie door. On Saturday morning last, a burglary of an extensive nature was discovered ►n have been committed in the house of Mr. William Mackuv, of No. 44, Church Hoad, St. George's. Mr. Mackay, who had been to enjoy his Christmas with the whole of his family on Friday, at a friend's house, remained there till an early hour on Saturdoy morning, when, on their rett:rn home, they timnd that their st •cct dour had been forced open by a crow bar. Mr. Mackay instantly alarmed the watchmen, who came, and they entered the house, when the villains unfiirtunately escaped the back way, with their extensive booty. On further inquiry it was found, that all the d►ors, drawers, &e. were forced open, and property to a great amount stolen. Thursday, Isaac Skelton and Emma Sketculey were charged at Bow Street Office, with feloniously stealing penny pieces, to the amount (4'231. belonging to James Smith, with which he had been entrusted. He stated that he was employed at the brewhouse of Mr. Whit bread to go oat witu a horse and cart to collect penny pieces and halfpence in payments from the public houses who were in th,•ir trade. Oa Wednesday evening he called at a public house, in Round Court, to collect capper, leaving his cart in Vine Street, Chandos Street. IVhile he was in the public house taking some porter and bread and cheese, i gentleman came into the house and informed him that his cart had been rubbed, while itanding ir. Vine Street ; be in consequence hastened to his cart, and, upon examination, discovered that it had been robbed of three bags of penny pieces, containing 51. each and two bags of penny pie_vs, containing 41. each. An alarm was made in the neighbourhood in consequence, and it was suspected that the bags were taken into the premises of the prisoner, Emma Sketchley, who keeps a house in Vine Street. They were in conseluence searched by Joseph Heartly, a constable, who found one of the 41. bags of penny pieces concealed in an outhouse attached to the house, and the most particular and minute search was Farmed to find the others but in vain. Emma Sketchly declared most solemnly her innocence as to any know ledge of the robbery, or us to the 41. bag of penny pieces being in her outhouse ; and their being no proof' than she knew it, and it being possible for the bag to be placed there without her knowledge, Mr. Hicks, the Magistrate, before whom the charge was heard, dis charged her as he did Isaac Skelton. A :ew daylago, 11)0 pair o:' blankets were distribt e' to upwards of 100 poor and distressed families residt.,g in Rochester, Chatham, Str, ul, St. )la.garet's, Fried - bury, and Brompton. Nlost of them were visi,c.l t.► ascertain their want of this necessary covering, and t'ley were found to be very much in need of it. They have been supplied with this comtitrtable clothing fir their beds, to protect them against the approaching winter by the bounty of the subscribers to the Blanket Fund. The subscription has e moinu e d seven y ea r s , , and has enabled the Committee to distribute 865 pair. Three inquests were held on Saturday, on the W.. dies of persons who had been accidoitally drowned in the late fig; ; one, on ;11.2 body oft harles heed, of Woodbridge, at the Duke of Marlborough's Head, Ca therine-stairs ; another, on the body of John Thom son, at the sign of the East [lndia Dock House; and a third, on the body of John Richard Arla:tt, at the sign of the Old Rose, Ratcliffe Highway. The ver dict on all of them was—Accidental death by drowning. The latest enumeration that has been made of the population of Sweden, counting from the year 1813 to the year 1818, otters a result that would appear almost incredible, if it were not drawn from authentic docu ments published on this subject. According to tnem, the population of Sweden has diminished in ,he space five years, by 53,604 souls, viz. 38,5:7 males, and 9,977 fetnaleF. Two hundred persons had, up to the latest acetuntF, fa !en victitn3 to the Small Pox at the Hague, n me of whom, it has been ascertained, had been vaccinated. VIENNA,DEc. 3.—Tle English Painter, Sir T. Law rence, wh.i is expected here to paint the prtrait of P:ince Scitwartz:liburgli, for the Prince Regent of Ewe,- Lim!, will afterwkiails go to Rome to paint his Ilolincsb fat: Plc for his Royal Highness,. 413 In u pamphlet lately published by the Rev. Preben dary Dennis, of Exeter, it is stated, that, " as late as the summer of last year, the Prince Re cat avowed to the Clerk of the Closet, and authorized hint to make known, his determination to refuse the Royal Assent, even should both Houses of Parliament pass a Bill in favour of the Roman Catholic Claims." %tonday, %Vardmotes were held throughout the city of London, before the respective Aldermen. for the election of Common Councilmen and other %Vaud offi cers firs the year ensuing. Out of .9.6 Words, only three had contested elections—those of Cheap. Bread. street, and Bishop.vate, f►r the last of which Mr. Wooler was a candidate, but did not succeed. lude. pendent of the three contests, a few ulttntions took place, occasioned by death or resignation. The King of Sardinia has given a patent for 15 year* to Mr. Brown au Englishmen, to establish in the town of Mendavi, an iron manufa.:tory on the English plan. To promote the manufactory his Majesty has lent the proprietor 20,000 francs for tell years, without inte. rat. l'he Quirinal Palace ut Rome is fitting up for the re ception of the Emperor and Empress of Austria. A very intelligent and enterprising gentleman, named !Week, has recently returned •o England, after hav ing successfully explored the kingdom of the Ashantees, in which lie resided fin six mouths. During the first halt' of this interval, he was incarcerated in a dungeon, •:nd expected hourly to be put to death. Tlu• King of the Ashaatees bad him often brought front his cell to the Palace, fin the purpose of inquiring from whence lie came and the purpose of his visit These interviews always took place in the dead of the night, and upon one early occasion his Majesty became quite satisfied with regard to the intentions of the stranger, who wan liberated, and tin the last three months of his stay he resided at the Court he was treated with great kind ness. Antoug the curious and valuable articles brought home by Mr. Budeck is a Geographical History of the Ashantee Kingdom, in the native language, and an account of the navels and death of Mango Park. }lo represents the King of the Ashantees as a most able and intelli4ent man. this observations and questions, which were incessant, displayed strong natural dis cernment and intelligence, and he was particularly anxious in his inquiries respecting the policy of the European Governments. fir.AVV Foes.—Tlse Metropolis has been visited since Tiles dr% with fogs. nearly equal in intensity to those exp e ri ence d shunt tieeyears ago. The darkness on Tue-tliv was so very great as to be attended with rxtraur•tiaaty bietoiv vitience ; but it gradually increased, and about four tielock it bt•cante impossible to discern an object at the distance of it few paces. The carriages and wag4tas moving along the streets were not discernible ft omit the flag-ways, soil the passengers on tint latter derived very little aid from the lights to ilia windows, or in the lamps, as most of• the shops, from rt. 41 .1 t at ridents, net e shut, and srvei al of the latter were extinguished by the fug; even those whicit did burn afforded but a vet y tech'a twinkling light, not visible mitil a near appi 'Lich. The VIM ..unco alighted from their boxes to lead their hooves, and the link boys were in great minim.' s to iittur no it a.,tstanor ; but with every possible care and precaution, the passengers, on loot mid iii carriages, seldom suceeeded in making their way without mistakes—sod hoc•;es and carriages Ite y iently deviated from the street to the slag ways, to the • era &urger attic passengers. The noise; made by the people in the streets were friglitiol ; some aliriekin4 11 OM fel roc when surprised by the sudden approach of a horse or a carriage, and others calling out to their fellow travellers, to warn them of dan g er, or auximisly input ing their way In many the company deserted their carriages, which temaured sta ilonary, the coachmen not knowing where they were. Various sums, from halt a crown to ten Obillings,b,ere obtain' 4 oy link boys f or conducting a carriage through a since street. ltr t he Ilie itylurs on the stage u vre sea' rely to the aomeiire ; and rye° pile - ate holl•rs, iliollgil ‘t ell I s m nished t.ith fi r es, were: tilled and dab kellv d by this unwelcome visit•r. PIRATICAL CRUlSER.—Extract of a letter from hirssrg. %ollirve W.trillop mid Co..Agrot. to 1,10y4%, ti Wichirn, third !Sill, to J 41111% li.l) , clieroy, Agtmt fur Lloyd's at (ithrdliar .• We beg to inform you of an otitrkgeons robbery, which has been lately connititted by a pirate on the English , clioseser Sir Tlai. ni.ts Hardy, bound train Gibraltar to Trinidad. which vei...asion;sl thot vessel to pat iu here. in order to repa.r her damaiie, and attind the crew and passengers an opportunity of re,ioring their stock of pro. visions and clothes. The occurrence wok place on the 13th inst. in let 53. 40., long. ti. The pirate plundered end destroyed about one third of the carAo, rant of which. and the ship S StOre. , , he threw covet board, cut some of the rigging, and subiected two gentlemen al o were passengers, .Ir. South :tad NI r. II ill. to shackle , and an 41,rast siattheintug coniinenicot tin several hours. from which tie released them to undeii.pi a mock execution, which was attended with every painful eirconiatance of reality except tne loss of lives s th at h e granted tlwia, bitt not until lie had taken front them every thing valuable they pos.sesscd. That stieti u freebooter may not ea:ape the of our entizers, we subjoin, tor their information, aunt de.eription of him aril his vessel as we liar. been able os tdowiri. •flie vessel is a ship. painted black. with a white steak, h s black quarter-cloths, and is lig .t and lugh out cr the water, but iier guar. lef., are not real. Sher has a bilici-;warl. four windows u, the stern, with a star painted on one side of enli of the outer on,. She la American i.uilt, and es NIIIVOSLII ti hese been a sehnoaer ta.se.i upor. Her burden is said to be about 500 tents; and she carries taxies n 111 L. carronnades with hat in t. at leest. The pirate 41111111Inlill, w cal ls him elf Alinebla. Ile speaks English vely web. rather a t 111.0), :111.4 1.. II a Mt)..t nrrlictons sere m his e:, rO. His first diner owl a bluish excrescence under his left eye; end in the calm the . e is a picture or engraving of the Awe: icon sshooner Kimpt capt....;:ig six sail of British vessels. Tat seaoon..l 4114 a privateer during IL: L ae wor, and was cohimandAl oy a 111411 of the mum tit abilei.,a, who is as be married in Balntuotc. When pirete atteeNtal the Sir 6,, as Hardy h e h a d a d . i g Itoi..ted thus, blue %tut,: !Ale. WWI ne•e. showed any saber. lie did not pretend to be an out boldly declared himself at war atilt ail 11C..013. We thin ter. Joicc if the above, which is all W caul:! 'taro, tray 1; 4 4 to Les capture,"