The National Register. — London, England, 1816-07-01 00:00:00

JULY 1. PROVINCIALS. Rnen P4T9t Et..CTION. l'ontrit e!fige.l. we understand, by 4::r;:..tnsnit, It five Weiork nn Tonrs.lay maim ; wiles Air. It Irm' t WOR by try.) yot:.% —4 a quaver b. rot c. fire Bar. nett wag three 4 heal ; at Me the umber* were— ;araett ilompann, 40t$. On Saturii4v lost two frigate* were ordered to be laid down et Plymouth Dock yard, upon the lar;."e‘t ot piny ,et built. They are to lw rolled the hines‘tur end Poivatirl. Their main dicks *re In h. flush fore and aft ; to AA built without eriling (on Mr. Seeping's plane, to hi' filled in between the timh. IN, and to he rated at SO gitits ; they will, hilwerer, carry 60 runs tmeh ; the lorg guns to earry 32. pounders, and the shortglins 42.panntler., hrci,lc one Crlpraintler. A poor h triter offlorlintt, after being pumped of all he knew of the ehavamer of a matt named Fmershank, one of his neigh bones, end which he described as none of the Iwo, had an ac tion brought against him for defamation, in the I !ommon Pleas on iatnt by !void EtterAinuk. who was deprived thereby 01 an amtrentire with 100 guino•aa premium. -The friend. of the boy went porpo.elv to the shaver to obtain the information ; and 'zir V. Gibbs laid it down, that where lnf , rn• , tion WAs sought, and given in a eanft.,cntial manner, the perann giving tbe information was not liable in law M an action—The Jury, found a react for oar damages only.—Refire the 'lo tion Walker, the hither, reptested to recant his asset-Cons ; but he (Ireland like a hero. that he wont., •tomer have hi. pee converted into a ralloaN, and have himself hung like a mad dog upon it, titan go hail: fool► wirit h► had .a4d, harbarens MO'rder and rubbery was 1.• spetrated on Sante day night, near Vihtlah4ll bridge, in the vicinity of this town. A person who was returning home from tho country saw the flash and heard the report of 4 pistol ; lint ima:titiing it to pro ceed from some person amusing himself, it did not greatly ar rest his attention, and lie continued walling down the side et' the ratial. Bat he had not walked far telore he perceis•ti two men betiding over the holy of a third, which was stretched no the earth. (In nearer approach, he inquired what they wei e a bo u t ; instantly one of them, apparently an athletic man, tat t ett up, arized him by his legs, alid preei;dtated hint into the canal. He struggled 4111111,11111111( nts in the water; and 4t hen lie had just regained the hank, the villain hi at hint on the head with what he,supposed the but-end of a pistol. (7oneluditie him to be entirely disabled, he teturned to his assoe:ate. and. It is supposed, rompleted the robbery. In the palteipitation of retreat, they left a pistol, which was found lyiee near the bolt . Meantime, the man cot out of the canal; and, with all celerity, proceeded to the nearest house to give the alarm. .1 party of men immediately proceeded to the scene of the murder. They Good the man still parroted on the ground, insensible. and 'e t I. tering in his blood. They conveyed him to the (tifiimaiy ; hut just as they reached it. the unfortunate man expired. Too men has e been taken into custody upon siopicion; and have been remanileil for examination. 'the 1111111 den I luau is un knewr ; hut is supposed to have came from the et.untry to pro ceed to America.-1 Vretrad rev ri• r Lately a file broke not on the premise sot Mr. llirolger, of South 4, near Weglesvirtid , . which C 0104111.11 the %%bide ..t' the burns, evro-starks.ll ty, outhouses, &e.; the ilw-11.ng•honee was not injured. Six Ciottaffill were likewise :otAlly destroyed by the flames. This dreadful calamity wag occasioned by a hot iron 11111.1 in firing a colt heitig thrown on loose straw, which in a few minutes set the whole yard in a Liao. By the 1 iiiii lane d.reetion of Mr. Wald, etas e, the eottaget . a who had lost their home. are to take up their abode in Southill House until tut tiler arrangements ore made for them. At the Lochlinv Areyleshire, ten the 21th ult, as some of lie workmen weir employed in the interior of the Lila. the footing of one of them gave was: when Mae master fell perrendirulatlv into a cab ity, aid was incl.aed to the shoulders with the hurting shells His fellow sit amen made every exertion to eat. it'a to WM. hint %Would I filet. With roneh personal risk, they ant w (Nall pa-st d bellow his arms. which, in I."lling, brut e twice. Then, w ine%ent the bully from being consumed, they lent rowing water no him 1;11 life was extinct. He endured, with bt role tininess, for upwards of hals:an hear. the most exeriteiat!ric rain. The following fatal and most lami stable event occurred lately at "incision. war Swansea, awd ought to operate as a eantiow to those who ate in the halot of li•iat poison f• rats or other veers in. Mothers, of the Elaine Of Hoskins, the one 17, the oilier 19 yea , 3 of age, being iii a pro gressive gate of I reovel% horn a fever. rmiii.steil thin' limber In Pi•• them. it .teod of a teedicnie, prepared for them, ?Wine brimstone and treacle. A basin. coutaihing a preparation of arsenic tor destroring rats, being placed on a elide, and the nnfortnn.ite youths swimsuit: it to he brimstone and treacle prepared for tin re by their neither, took earl, a portion of this deadly . poistm • anti shortly after expired iu the must exciu ciat,ne torture. The followsne melanrholu accident ocettrred on liiinday evening, on 'he P .ter swan., near Faversham, Kent party of periww‘, elijetiV tcwalrs , had spent the day in a water lAciii- Pien to Whitstahir, and had arrived at Faversham Cieek's Mown. ot , their ro•ritril home, %hewn wee. proposed to proceed to Harty Ferry House to lake tea. Mt, r staeirla there until nearly nice o'clock, the% all being ten in inmates - 1 re-collo:at ki in a small heat, and were in the net of reins off to their %e'er which lay at anchor mitt to the ur nos to chow. and to which the, bud ahno.al anti% etl, when the boat touted user. 'I he ferr% Mall crossing the firer in lilt boost, al the same tune, with eutht vooenceis, went to the oasts ogee of the miforttiwite mif f. rem and sueremied in resetting two men front their danger. ova oitilation. They also drattevil into the boat the liteles4 body Of one of the women. ' P roceeding iii Their 1 .111141:111e en• lierVolll . 4 to save others, their own boat briny under a pressure of tail, and beeline still more, from their re:whine over the stile, was almost filled with water. :knolls r party of votive men mi. mediately pushed if fr. In the "'el iy Was, in a third beat, and happily !recorded in saving the ferryman and the whole of his passenger., and also the two yOnnir men who were in the first boat. ' the remainder, viz. one man, six females, and au m an!, met a wa t ery trove! A fire URA nlnee at I hervertnn last week, nreasionill by the nerligenee ofa boy intrusted in a stable with a iiehte.t candle. The corrtherat , nti wag an rapid, that lb honors were destroyed before the time* were ratinaab , hed. Se , eral poor inhabitant+ were left el• squar of habitations. happily no it.ta were lo*t on the occasion. An Inquest was lately taken at Te'bury nn the hoots. of Jape 11W, aged about sit. rear.. oho was killed by a quoit fallith• nu her head ; which hei 41111 was so dreadfully (rammed, that she theft but a .hurt lime after. Upon a vel y minute investi gation, the jury returned a ver.liet of IT,•tu'eitio br mi.,,dver tnre ; *holly disapprovinr of the practice of playing such game* In or near a public hiahway. By a derision of the Court of King's Bench, a .t..7e ennrh mny pas. •1•w toll tile. awl rhaure ' , neer% anot retwn switbuut being liable to a &veinal toll duly un the aawe day. Ti!!! NATIONAL nr.c VSTEIt. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL RLPORT. A s a proof , f the loa-k-narinesot of the present Poisson, it has hoer • Nay di I not yr...int its with an ear of whrst. The causerie eh: ngrablens-ss of the weather which hai prevail d , to long. still (-omi t:use ; every flratering prospect of genial warmth la. been quickly sue eended throughout the spring. with the reverse of a chilling and perch ing, or damp atmosphere. In Scotland snow laid upon the ground in May. iterrrul inches deers. Such an ungeniA oesson has neeess..rily been unfarourahle to all the productions of the earth, in a certain gm, exclusive of rendering them hackvald, and rising the as unmet of a late harveit, so full of risk and expmcs in the northern parts. The wheats, both on light and cold lards. look mole, and have a weak semi thin plant, and throats have a yellow and unhealthy appearance. Mn wheat in the north has been ploughs d no, and the land re-sown with barley. Deans and pease the hest crops. The parursa hare. and the rneaslows in a hackward State, with a very indiffcrent pmspect fur a elnp of tier. The wireworm has been active on all the corn rres7s. Ctetivation has been ton genorally deCient, from the .lists-Ned cote of the count-y; and the lahnuress in loishandric, patient and submis sive tlstemehout North Bs hairs. have endured the greatest privatistss. In the Southern parts, crops hare a more favourable an canner, and the host shoot lulls have great pmnise, salao those of beans, r 3,,, and oats. Potatoes and turnirs have been ozU ;rot into the ground ; of the latter. the minable Swedish variety has been this year esili-atod to an movssia extent. (tops have a healthier and stronger appeincioe then could be expected. and the trrehrit fruits have bloorord time .t luxuriantly. Ilay, arourts 4 the metropors, will he an averule etc;. Sheep-shearing commons-4 si some time since. No alteration in the price of wool. Gradual decline in the prices of all the products of the soil. DISTURBANCFS IN THE COUNTRY. The R Ith and ChJtetthens G=ette of Wednesday contains the following paragraph; - • "Cnwtatrrrn 1u FISTIMIIT ,, N ifenry %lade, of Trowbridge, shearinan, ebargrd with having committed riot and breach of the pears., iu company with other persons, on the 20th instant, at the house at' George Elliott, a shearman at Trowbridge." We react to find, from the same paper, that there has hem also a d:sturbanre at Chippet.ham, but of a different charac ter from that at Trowbsidge. The following is the account give n of it in that Paper:— " AIMS V AT CHCPPFNII.OI:—On the evening of Prinday se'imight an affray , -f 4 serious nature ocenrred at Chippenham. occasioned a dew] mt of a. Inch Clvalry regiment quar tered in that town, who having bean roughly bandied by the inhabitants on a limner similar occasion, were desirous of being revenged. Accordingly, ha. ing provided themselves with 'sprigs shillehab' (:n some of which le;id and nails had hero inserted), th y attael.e d eVcry one who happened to he in the streets. To oppose these formitlabie assailants. mal l ; of the inhabitants collects d in a body ; and, afer a hard sting ale, the I tihernia.o weir driven to their vat ter.. One t 1 the townsmen, we under.tunel, was so s.^verely wntai.dt•sl as to be consides eat for sunup days in imminent danger of his lite. he windows of the Angel Inn. mud of sere iii respectable dwelling houses battled materially in the affray." Irecta tit estirs..—Sunday aftt totem, , ;he village of Ilere, in Dcrsetshire, and the urighbonitng eouutra, were thrown into a great state ulalat la, by set ei al fires breaking out in the .illsgc of litre at the same time, said nu tleubt was cnterta: tied bat they eeae intentionally 'toile by some incendiary. A large wheat , •tack, ama;t4loW•l', Iwo barns, and three houses, wei e all in Armes ; and the suspicion was, that it was intended to bnrii doe , u the whole village. The Gentlemen of the Collniy took the alarm, and were On the alert nut unlv to esti»guish the fires, Inn to discover the euceudiary ; and Bishop, the Bow-street ufficer (he ing at Wait Lain, which is seven miles from Beret, to endeavour to ihscuver the rubber or robbers who lately broke open the house of Mr. Thomas theme, cud stole a considerable sum aid sent for to Bere.—The Officer came with »II possible speed, and strived at Brie during the time the tla.i.es wi re raking ; lie set about endeavouring to extingui,h the tires, in which he was materially assist. d by a alma of the name if Porches ; who , irons his 11111gUillre and COIIII4IO, iii , !ll.p . NBl.- pected was mum roed in the diaholical crime, and that he 1, Jew those vtiho wile; and the Drlicer4 suspicious touted cor reci ; as upon au ineestigatiun.aa to the commencement alt tier tires, Peaches was taken into custody; and being examined before a Magistrate, the evideiece was sufficient to emulate bun to Dorchester Prison on a charge of wilfully s:iting lice in the wheat•stack. A iimn of the UMW' of liewimi was admitted sit eVillf - nel. against Pm clies.--The principal purt of the pa over ty set Orr to, belented to a tiviitle luau of the name of Beages. Some ilishui Minces broke out a few days airier at Trust bridge, %Setts ; the object of toe rioters was, to show their hostility against the employ tarot of sonic newly established machinery for di essing i.en.eymeres. Some winilows were broken. and ii(inry doll.' to the doors and furniture of two t•; tlei et houses net/mails; to inanufactiners. Fortunately the !Magistrates succeeded in restoring tranquillity, said have committee' vale of tier riutaa Iso 114 YAW (mi . 641. SPECIAL C,OMMISSION. At the close of tan Assisi, M. Chi unia.i. the Chiefilisticr of the Isle, ailitr.sAed the Court. The only past al INS speech' possessed of general interest W 44146 fUNOWII: " In env iusiuir.es taco the o►ieinal cause or motive of time estraordinary crimes. I find t•eitaiuly that they 4:44net Le at 'ramrod to a spirit of iloistiretion to die lisiverument prcu.l. ilia in this isle : *Mee I have bad a kuovileilue at' si. I have never heard that a se•liltous Oterlii W, pututcation. or espies stow has existed within that time, or iiid P 661.4161 betnre nay connection with it: all hitherto have concurred in tag e Kenn meat of lovAlty and ►everence for the Constitution of their e•nu'trv. 'l•he conduct of lb. rioters cannot be attributed to want or poverty ; the prisoners w.•re ail robust nom, in toil heolthi streneth, and vigour, who writ. fit-cisme great oases: .riorl any chants 111 the price of uroovis 4 ,, uld unto that olp••rflnit, which, 1 tear, they toe , liequeuhs wasted oriolikeiono ,, ,s. The treat snow these oteletiv , l men levied los their shuck ioit riihni•trics were tout outmode , ' to dittil ossisi mi ee to their fantilteß: tool were to Hosp. nt in liolunr, loud appiitd as truall Cut a to the *Laws of well fui).' A melanrhnly inottanee of oioieide tnnk 'lore at Brighton 1 - n 1.% ening. N 1 . ill nunot , .. ...Mee inner. airret, who, his been labouring under 1 . n0 ..1 41 .0 0 ,1y „ h o e nr untold fur mune t.. lot ra..t, drank a wlvolr uhi4l of laud... sou . and no dieal aid prnvon7 ino Iteetmol, lu• evnired of I.lit It 1 , H. ha. 'eft A Milk Ili •a 4114.1 Sea an b eingn., w.lh inter small gui.u. es. WALKING MATCIWS. I C 3 ME BLACKS!. ATii Ir•TitTAN.--Eatln still con tinues to persevere in his mast vduntis undertaking ; and hmjng on Thursday evening last g ate 530 miles, half his proposed distance, he has since endeavonrial to shake off that degree of lethargy which had before hung mar him. He has assamed a vigour alao, whiah, notwith standing his blistered feet, his pains in the loins and legs, he maintains, at least to appearanee, ;n an unaccountable degree. The last week was a trying one on account of the heavy rains: and he was frequently impeded or over taken in his steps by the crowd who attended hint. This produced a notice, entreating public protection. and a re moval of the injury in question. It hid the desired effect, and the mile course is now kept perfectly order! •, notwithstandirg the crowds increase daily. The see e of Eaton's laboers, at we before stated, has 7 eon isited by royalty itself. The Princess Coburg and her ill s triona partner, took an airing there last week, :md the Dike and Duchess of Cumberland hay tvriae been upon the Heath. Many of the nobility, and in tart ,masks of all claa.es, pay daily visits to the scene. 'FLe favours presented to Eaton are as various as they are liberal ; and notwithstanding that he complains oi - excessive he it and indisposition, he still expects to surniatint all diffi culties. Betting yesterday vas rather against him, and at eight o'clock last evening he retired to the lie, e ni.d having finished 600 milej! A polerrian is now performing the la& riot's 'ask of walking 56 miles a day on Newmarket He:. h, which he intends , to continue for 18 successive days, th. ee of which he has accomplished. lty ltAters N , !ar South WaLat, it appears, that the missionaries have lately met with extraordin try sueees-, itt F.ll:r.en, nn island tuljacent to Otaheite. The ma:ority 'lf the people hare renounced idolatry ; the priests have burned their gods; the chiefs destroyed the Morias, demo lished the a/t;”1, and cooked their dinners with the trat - rials, More than 600 persons, chiefly ~d :Its, attet d the schools of the mission iries fir instry...!tion. The CorrrspondeW de Yumal erg unr.ounces, that M. rout-Foe enntinoes to rasa a very retired life at Dresden ; trod the Memni-s of his political I.ife, w. i•ten Ir. himself, will arpear there in two voltir-es, at.d be r.hii:led at the appr )aehing fair ,tf Mie!•el. A great event with rogard to Provia is re.ir ' , ft one of the French I):T^rs. The state (h . vassalage has been declared to he at an end throughout the Pruri.ll dominions, and the peasantry of that countryare now free. . . . Erosom v.—% Gentleman who had e tea I..ed how ma .. 1- tieetals * friend of Ina lived upon a very sot 111 income, oils re ed, that with -Itch *lender meano to mole Inch a farm' was much to his endit. " Not hit. only," repli.4 another. " but to the credit of oil lii. tr nle•mtea " Box Mot.- Two Gentlemen (m hose Waterloo the lois she»- d thcin to be mihtat}l having been introdiwt d to • eft otor r, at a party, a few nights ago, DIM Of them said to the othe:•— •• I thick, Sir, I had ;he pleasure of m• edng y .13 r, at the note ~r Richmond's 11 11, at Pnts•e!:." • No, sa:l hr,' . I had not the honour of being at his Brace',. 8411 ; out probably met about that time at Napoleon's Guying Rout, as I st awe were Loth there." Jus rim 4Tlon —On an areitl. at which 113 or coed sons little time ago to one of the pnblie coac!le4, where s au:nb, r of the ra•SelifferA were most serionaly in' tired, one of ti e pi . prietor., to wban ayplieatina was rnatir, replied, It 44. , 'home for people to fiuti Clan as they t.irl, wan th. eon:know hinin.(/ IINIA killed." PuVERTV.- A person, !U describing the V tal want of company at a ra.-e in lice North, observed, That he i ris, there only two joel.ies. one horse, and a stray 'lasi. legs.•• Just'llSlsl Z I AsilllSlAlloN. —A uoutels donee., u; eiahing against " the vast ingratitude of base manhictl,' stfal, IV.. • weer a t umber of people who had once praised aid sieppui tail his needietue— but mew their forgetfulness w..s such, t%at ho did out know where to find them. " You run not base search. d properly limed nu acquaintance) loot: ainong :het 1114 stone," DI% MG BELL. - The first t k ial of th.s iuC.n.one w hi c h i, attac h e d to the Recolitte brie, hiller the d.rcetinn eel Mr. Sechey, King's Harbour Master fur the Sound and part of ('atnater, took place in the latter harbour on Monday last, in the priscuce of numerous spectators in boats. Being toweled fa mu the vessel with Fisher the diver, it remained save ailed under Water nearly half 42 lamer, in order that he might ascertain the firaluess •uf nun ap• pal ant.. FibaLikg all correct be mace a sieeial of steal, and then went to the bottom in tve en')...ies en GO Dater, a.. rumpiaii , d by Mr. Pope, ship-builder. of 'lure-chap( I, mod two of Mr. Sedleyes boat's crew, as v.leintee.s. Aker ex ••leer. Mg the marine reg . . for Mann henr, they mar hreeetiiit eep with them a very large iron ladle, which lead ani.Arcul:y lain in the water a considerable time. h.ehly t•leas,•el with. their nitre aaaaa re, and without having •tistdeed ilie ee.elt inconveni ence. 'Elie light from the bull's eye repeaters e nabl e d re k . lo sr e clearly every thins, just 'rented, and when they w isle. .1 • niter to shift their site, t:un nr rile, it was (1,4:e by strik the vide oldie hell one, Iwe, tutee, or more times i with an troll hammer, which was destine:l) heard by the persons in at tend ..&lll3. .'a Je.4J due T4e t.CXL eaperitigoot :PIM be to tun Sound. lis:htteLar Poet t=eas.- Ott Thursday sennight, T. !Morgan, D. Long, J. Jenkins, J. Roach, 1. Collites,J. Me-tees, W . Peany, J. ISusey, aid R. tirove, the 41. f iLribt;llilig p•raeliVlY, 1144 hero capitally ciaivirted at the last Gloucester tvuer..l, " be ill:: V, ti.! Mil of uid:og 'ding hi,' the sel fnl d. r of W. Ingram. near fleriseley. but Whose a 4 er elleolte haul he cu. tt•e• humane reeemnientiateun ut the July cud the prueecutor, c mitred for transportation fur life, ae. remove.; fr um the Cursory Pri•on. tier the ph. po.se ut La tag Au .oc.h.ltely scut to Nvor .noth Woe.. " rtIRR rlnr!;/T. Hen- Lord oTotrA. Mr..lubtaeo Ft• l • r o u r r h 4 . No-ft•!' —.I mri Cher c;ibiA. I cr! CH 1 gal T . •.uslison. Mid! o ,d_Nt .11 mn GraHun. 111.ttre 1101 e. . . . N. ern—Mr. B ron Wand. Mr. Justice Mil .r. fl' ' a it; • 3,, • t. 6.lU:ft • 4.•- ••• • •110 •••