The National Register. — London, England, 1821-03-05 00:00:00

kT . . 68 CONCERT AT THR MANSION HOUSE. Such was the interest ex: cord by the expected visit of the Queen to the city, nit TlPirsday last, to honour the concert for the benefit of the mit , o-ial ins notion, for the education of 1500 children, her presence, that nu merous groups of persons were collicicd round toe Mansion house at an early hour in the afternoon, for the purpose of witnessing the arrival of her Majesty. The concert was annom,ced to begin at seven, but from the anxiety to s‘ cure good places, carriages came (((((( ing in (tom all tinarient considerably before six o'clock. The conitonv was most notnerous, and con sisted of females of the iirsr families iii u•e city, and also of a numlwr of ladies of quality from the West-end of the town, accompanied of course by gentlemen of equal respectability. On the whole we never saw a mo-e assemblage of well dressed ladies and gentlemen. It seasa little before seven o'clock that the state carriage of the'Queen, with footmen in royal litcries. drove up to the mansion-house, through the crowd, amidst the loudest acclamations. The carriage of her Nlajesty was accompanied by those of h. r suite; amongst whom were, the Hon. Koppel Craven, Laity Anne Hamilton, &c. Her Majesty was dressed in a superb white silk dress, we believe the tine presented to her by an incorporated body of silk woikers. She had on a white silk hat, of the particular shape worn by her Alajesty, siamoonted by a ohmic of white feathers She apse - n - ctl to he iu excell. tit healili and spirt , , and was received he the e of ladies beloil i ziog to the ins:ion:on, accom panied hr the committee of the corporation, (at the head of whom was the Right. lion. the Lord M iyur,) in full dress. . . Tiee corporation committee, and the committee of lad - es having preceded, her Majesty took the arm of the Lord Nlascr, :11111 was by him introduced to the concert-room, accompanied II his Grace the Duke of Leinster, bud and Lady Hood, Major Gen. Fer;luson, Alderman Wotid, Sir Robert Wilton, with several other distiugulshed characters, with their ladies. Nothing could exceed the zeal and enthusiasm with which her Majesty was received, and it was some time before the plantlits were Awed. She was conducted in a state chair under a state ca:lopy of crimson velvet, fringed with gold, erected for the occasion, on the right side of the platform or stage for the musicians and vocalists.— Beside her Majesty sat two ladies of her suite. Amongst the company we observed J. C. Hobhouse, Kai S. Whitbread, Eq. Mr. P Moore, Mt. Hume, Mr. Palmer (the ',winner for Reading), with his col league, Mr. Gordon, and several other members of the House of Commons. There were present upon the whole not less than 2000 persons, and notwithstandbig the spaciousness of the h...gyptian Hall, the greatest in convenience was felt from its being so closely crowded. The decorations and other interior arrangements were conducted with the most strict regard to the interests of the charity. The names of the performers and the vocal arrangements are too well knowit to render it necessary for us to give any account of them. It will be itillicient to say, that they went off with such effect. Tile com pany were, ho wever, disappointed by the non-attendance of two of them, Miss Stevens, and Mr. Mr. Elaham had, it appeared, been prevented from attending on account of hieing obliged to perform at Drury-lane Theatre, in Lore in a Village. Miss Stevens had been prevented on wine accottot or other, which we could not learn. CORONER'S DQUE.NT oN MR. SCOTI: On Thursday evening an inquest was held at Chalk Farm tavern, home Stirling, Esq. Cormier, on the body of John Scott, Esq. aged 40, who was mortally wounded in the late duel at Chalk Farm. l'he Jury-room w.is crlinnied to excess, by professional and miter gentlemen, the former having attended Mr those parties who might be ultimately involved in the traiwaction, and to hear the et iilence,_ The folli;wing witness was then called:— Thomas Sunth, who said he was a carpenter. lie was at work for Mr. Watson, the proprietor of Chalk Farm house, en Friday week, when the duel took place. It was about halt past nine o'clock at night, when they were alarmed by the explosion of fire-arms; they went nut, when a young gentleman requested assistance lor the deceased, who, he said, hail received an accidetit. A shutter was procured, and on getting to the spot the deceased was found lying on his back, on sonic coats. Five gentlemen were about twelve yards from the de ceased, who was conveyed 10 the above t item. Toe deceased shook hands with a :cattleman, who he (wit ness) suspected had shut deceased. The gentleman shook hands with the deceased, and said, " Good night." Trite wetness described the person wlnt shook haunts with Mr. Scott as a man of middle stature, and wore a plaid cloak lined with red. Mr. Watson, landlord of the Chalk Farm tavern, and John Hyatt, the ostler, were then examined ; the sub at ince of their Cu idence wt lit to corroborate the last witness. • Dr. Gt orge pairing taamhied.---Atiendsd deceased oil Saturday wet k the fret oats., tly orihest of Mrs. Scutt; found deecast d in a ,sty weak and Ia Ulll tt !tale, Trim httulg lost a grtdt (111.1111,11 y o f hluu.i, much he attributes to a wound he Ifad rec.h.il tit the alidothett, betue.:ll the loss. r rib and t h e 111111 home on the ri4h. side; deceased was alt titled by ,N 1 r brook., heltire the witness sa.v Mr. Guthrie. Mr. Semi expired on Tuesday night about ten x Whites:. attended hilt. tutor:lov, and attril.thes his death to the wound which lit rterlVed. Winless ref rred to a tin inotattilithe which lie haat. of whit I'Mr Scutt said to tom. Mr. S.o t, referring to his %colloid ON SjitlifiJy I. t v.reri (land ill o'clock, stud. " tills ought not to hoe ...Asti place, I Sllspee , some great thisitiaita4eitteih—;here was no occasion for a second fire ;" alter a 5..1)11 pause he proceeded, " all 'cringed from Mr. Christie u a., a declaration that he meant no i.Acc ion on nay character this lie refused, THE NATIONAL rinisTut au I the meeting became inevitalile; on the field. Mr. Christie heliat ed well. and al wit‘s witty; for tit:. first fire he vailvd r. Scott, ..me 11111.1 111/1 there; I see your 'mad abase the 1111r - 21,11 ; you ;me Ilse an att. vantage ,'--1 tithes e he could moe hit me then if he liked. After the rsuils were reloaded, 31111 every thing as ready for a second Me, Mr. Trail called um, ' Now, Mr. Christie, take your aim, 311.1 do not throw away yollr ads antaue as ylla did last 11111 e I Called Mit 1111.. 111edialCIV, What, did not Mr. Christie fire at suet' was answered try Mr. Paumore, ' You must not speak; 'tis now of no use to talk; you have nothing now for it firing.' The 511411.11 Was immediately given, we fired, and 1 tell." Does not know Mr. Christie or Mr.•l'rad b ellrl,llall 41.11111 C. Deceased expressed nitmelt satisfied it Mt Nlr. Christie's conduct, whom lie deserihed as very kind to hint after he was wounded. Mr. Pettigrew at .ended the deceased on the d..y after he was wounded. John James Guthrie, sin geon, proved, that he extracted the hall, and in every other resp.et colifirmed the testi mony dl Dr. Darling, as del also Dr. POrrlll r, WllO Was the first medical person called in to attend Mr. Scott. At this stage of the business, them being no other wit ness present at one o'clock, the Coroner and Jury pro ceeded to view the body, and altem ards adjourned till halt past fise o'ckek next day. On Friday evening, at five o'clock, the Adjourned Coroner's Inquest W. 1,1 held. The first wimess cabled was Mr. Pettigrew, silrgeon, who entered the room atteinted by his assistant and Air. liarnicr, the sn'icitor. . . . . After ,cute delay and conversation between the jury men os, the propriety of M r Pe it 'grew s assis , atit rrllidlll - i.l the room, it was decithd that the dentleitian shook! wittalraw. John Joseph P e ttigrew sworn, stated, that he was a siirgeon—he had no ktiowlettge of me deceased before the night of the duel—lie then knew him as Mr. Scott— lie w.fs rattled on, on this night (Friday) tOrtnight, and requested by a friend of the deceased (.\lr. Pattniore) to hold himself in readiness to g.ve necessary relief. It was then cotimiunicat d to witness that a diffetence had taken place between the deceased and Mr. Lockhart, the editor of Blackwood's Magazine, which difference had not been arranged. Mr. Citristie (Mr. Lockhart's friend) hail interfered, and by a paragraph in this Ma gazine refitted on the character of the deceased, who telt himself called upon to require Mr. Christie to dis. avow what he had said in the above Nlagazine. Mr. Ciaristie was trot willing to do this, and witness had a cumin tIIIIC4IIOII Rum Mr. Paumore (\lr. Scott's frleittl) who requester! witness to attend at a , omse its Margaret street. Catetirlish-square; he attended there with his assistant, from whence he was conveyed to Hampstead road in a ;wit -chaise. He, with Isis assistant, proceeded from thence to the top of the Htll ; could not discover any person there. He returned, and inriti red of a man, whether any gentlemen passed that way 1 The man directed them to the track winch some gentlemen had passe • • d. W'uttiess and MS assistant followed Client. ()ii arriving again at the suuuuit of the Hifi, he perceived smite -gentlemen its the field below ; heard the re port to pistols almost inamediately. Qllebthlll by tile Curosier.-1)ol you know any of tire Itarurs I—A. Did nut, neither sitould he, wtre he to see any of them. Examination continued —lie went towards the field and called tint " Pa it inure" several ii toes. Mr. Pao mole answered by repeating wittiesa's name. He Caine to ti.e hedge whiten separated the fields; heard a knocking, as if persons were priming pistols. He was then distant 50 yards; could not say the distance the parties were front each other; they stood parallel, and the pistols ex ploded, and in a moment alter the report, heard an exclamation of "On!" He approached the person, who was kneeling on the ground; it was Mr. Scott; hd examined the wound on the spot; found an opening betwt en the lower rib and hip-bone of the ri4lit side. Nit.. Scott f doted, and on his recot ery, he further txi trnitled the wound, and (timid the bail ha.l pet footed the cavity of the abdomen; front the slight discharge oi blood he was satisfied that no intertial blood vessel was injured. Witi.ess directed the deceased to be removed to a house. Ile cottoned this to Mr. Pat mime and two other gentletnett,who, it appeared, wet e Mr. Christie and his friend. Mr. C. asked witness what lie twilight of tile wound. NViiiiess re-plied, be lure the deceaseil, that iu his opinion the wound was mortal. Mr. Christie was ' thread tully agitated, and repeatedly wislitd Mal lie were 111 Mr. Scott's place. ' file Meea,e(i said, 11 . 1tateter may he the issue of this case, 1 beg yo ti all to bear iii rerrieMbrance, that es ery thing has been fair and honour able." The deceased was Oleo removed to Clialk-farm. Witness :vent to toes n, and heard !nun his assistailt alter wards, that the deceased was time!' worse. Ile coin inutile:m.ll tile affair to several persons. Visited him the mkt day, and Mould bun 111 a 11011eICSS state. 'roe Cofil ter asked Willie:4 if he considered himsell bound, nn the way ol his prmessitiii, to obey such sum 1111.1iSeS. said refused to anrnrl when c a lk,' upon, turn by me most at;ject itiihtlllll.ll. Stinie :1111111adVerSIIIIIS Weft:Made, both by the Coroner and some o f the Jury, on the circumstance of Mr. S.:ou has ing been left without any sore:lt:al aid fur a .pace of Britt .iffier the departure Cl Mr Peitigrew and Its assistant, iii reply to wh.cti, P ouserted dial it was the nature of gun-shot wounds in era ,y instances out to rtlpllge surgical assistaiice, will this WAS out Of Ir11:111. Wanes , tiring asked is ne did nut near it stint ern the ground, by Mr. Comm., tom he bad fired down one field, replied—" I Mit to the best ol my recollection. ' Mr. Citr:siie said, wringing hi, hand, apparently in " Why was 1 , ermined to fire a second time 1 1 i o se „ urge d my p.siul chute the field before; I could do or; more. I was COIllp:Iled to fire in toy own defence." These expressions were made iu cotiseqaellCC of sortie altercatioll which took plate between the secotids. Mr. Christie took Mr. Scott by the band after lie Was vvoirtul. ed, and winless desired titan to stand away, Mr Scott licitly, at that nine about to faint , did not hear I wish Mr. Scott a good night. Mr. Padinore stated to witness, some days after the occurrence, that if Mr. Christie and his friend kid agreed that he should not return Mr. Con's tire, Mr. Christie's friend was bound after the hie, to hase commoincated to bum the conduct pursued by Nlr. Constie, of which he (Mr. Pattmore) was en tirely ignorant. Bi %Ale Nlaurice, pop - I to Mr. Pettigrew, con firmed part of the latter's statement ; but said, to the hest of his recollection, that Mr. Pettigtew observed the .• wound wit) by no means mortal." -Disk, a Bow-street officer, was afterwards exa mined ; but his evidence was Immaterial. The two post-boys. who btought the parties to the spot, also were examined ; but no circumstance worthy of notice transmnal. The Coroner then recapitulated the evidence, and the jury after about half an hour's cotasi.l4 - ration, brought in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Christie, Pattmore, and "f rail. The verdict was pronounced at about 11...11- past twelve. REVOLUTION AT MADEIRA. From various letters received on Thursday by the mail from Lisbon, we select the fifflowing, as con taining the most accurate account of this event : " MADEIRA, Jan. 3!. An event has occurred here which, we trust in God, will have a beneficial effect on this little island. and secure to us more justice than we have, untiirtuately, hitherto experienced. allude to the adoption of a con ititutional form of government, than which no event could have been more sudden and unex pected. On Sunday, the 28th instant, about noon, a deputation, consisting of the following persons, viz. Signor Vizeu, Signor Medina (Albuquerque). Escoreio, and Morgado Diego d Or nallas, entered the Castle, and demanded an interview with the Governor General, to whom they exprossed themselves autho rised to intimate the general wish of the inhabitants for a consti tution similar to that established at Lisbon. The deputation had been encouraged to this bold measure by having previously obtained the ssgnatures of near (Rio of the principal inhabitants to a declaration binding them to share all the consequences of the proposition. The demand made by the deputation appears also to have obtained the general concurrence of the soldiery, as, during their visit to the Governor, the militia, though without arms, were all drawn up on the public walk, and a few compa• vies of the regulars were stationed with connon in the Chafaris, an open space opposite to the Governor's residence. An immense concourse of people was also ofilecti...l, who were waiting with much anxiety the result of the conference. They were nut suf fered to remain long in suspense, for the members of the depu tation soon appeared on the walls, accompanied by the Governor and his principal officers, and the desired constitution was imme diately proclanned. All instantly gave a loose to joy ; no work was allowed to be done tbr three days, and the most general satisfaction was diffused among the public; enmities of many years' standing were made up, the theatres opened, and every house illuminated. The enthusiasm manifested in the theatres has been peculiarly striking, and was not a little heightened by the ladies present. who all united their voices from the boxes in the national hymn.. The schooner Antler-in/J.,: proeeetls immediately for Lisbon,. with an embassy from this government, to apprise the new ad ministration that the constitution has also been proclaimed in. this A strong rumour prevailed for some days past that an extraordinary Board of Ordnance would be held at Sheerness, to inquire into the abuses said to committed in the Ordnance Department in that place. The latter end of last week three gentlemen, two Commissioners of the Ordnance and Mr. Ward, the Secretary, arrived there with authority to make such inquiries: they hive commenced their labour, and it :s cunfideutiy reported that the three princi— pal officers in the Ordnance Department at that place are suspended pending the investigation. The Board is therefore pursuing a very strict examina tion, and it is conjectured that even the borongh of Qucenborough will not escape the penetrating shock. Shou.d the parliamentary labours of Mr. Hume tend to the lowing &I of only some of the useless ex crescence; of the state, the country will approve the measure, as the burdens of the people so loudly call for retrenclum nt. A private letter from Marseilles, dated Feb. 19„ mentions the arrival of a vessel at that port in six days from Naples, with intelligence that the people of that capital were so exasperated against the King for his conduct at Laybach, they set fire to a line. of-battle-ship in the Bay, merely because it bore the name of Ferdinand. It was understood at Naples that the Austrians were advancing in two columns of .10,000 each, one by Rome, anti the other by Ancona. Great agitation prevailed at Naples. A new line of mail communication from York to Liverpool is in contemplation ; it is to leave the flintier place after the arrival of the London mail, and to proceed through ‘Vetherby, Harewood, Gisburo, Colne, Bursley, Preston, and Ortnskirk, to Liverpool, N• reform should be admitted in any kingdom, according to the declaration of the Allies, without originating with the Monarch and his ministers,. consequently all those who petition Parliament in this country for a correction of abuses, are nothing more than a Catbonari, whose voice should have 1w weight. The conductors of the slavish journals of this metropolis now chuckle in consequence of an absurd rumour in a foreign newspaper that is a schism among the friends of freedom in Italy. An elegant land:inlet, fitted up as a travelling carriage has been launched for her Majesty; the colour is bright green, the royal arms painted on the doors and patinas, and plain gold arms, and C. H. not splendidly, but elegantly bordered goes round the bottom.