The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-21 00:00:00

st FOY .1G.1; OF DISCOVERY. At length the official dispat;hes from the ships oat• ployed on the discovery of the North West Passage ?taw been received. and, we understand, are most saute. fectorv. They are dated July 28th, at which time the Isabella - and the Alexander were in let. 75 - deg. 10 min. N. long. 60 deg. 30 ruin. W. well over to the American coast, the weather serene awl perfectly clear. The variation of the compass, by aecurate observations, repeatedly made on board both ships, was 39 deg. and the dip 84 deg. 50 min, which led them to conclude that they were upprouching very needy to the mag netie pole. It has been pettedly calm : the sea wi:4 as strewth as glass for there or four days, and the cerrent drifted theta to the South Eastward, which :mind their hopes of un open passage round the point of Atuerie from which quarter it appeand to ooted: All the way up the middle of Darits's Strait t hey skirted an un broleu field of ice on the left, but as they proLeeded it became thhiner and apparently rotten, and they were sanguine that the moment the breeze sprung up the ice to the Westward would open them a passag e, and al low theta to reach the northern shores o f America. The utmost harmony prevailed among the officers and every part of the ship's company, and all vete in perfect health. Such is the saint/ince of the accounts. There are abundance of private letters to the friends and relations of those who have embarked iu this most important and interesting enterprise. MARGATE, -SEPT. 17.—The following melancholy circumstance occurred here, yesterday, abort four tido& in the afternoon :—As a gentleman from Lon dun, whose name is Woodyer, and Mr Webb, the- ce lebrate. . _r, were about to take an airing be fore dinner in the former's gig,on the Birchington-road, t'le horse on entering High Street, from Cecil &rave, made a sudden spring, turned round, and one of the wheels came in contact with a post ; the shock snapped the shafts and threw both the gentlemen out on the . pavement, with great violence. Mr. Webb was token up senseless and carried into Mr. Munton's shop. Dr. NVaddington was immediately sent for, who bled him, and he was put to bed, dreadfully bruised, particularly or the tight hip, elbow, and knee-pan. Aar. Woodver firtunately escaped with less injury. The horse finding himself disengaged, rot emit:tidy down High Street, with the parts of the simfts,—When near the post office, a poor woman, with a child in her arms, was struck on the head by one of ti.e shafts, knocked down, and died almost instantly ; the child escaped unhurt. The animal then pursued MS course, when coming to the railway near the York Hotel, he leaped OVar,. slug over the railing at the bottom of the Parade; he t!.en directed his course up to the Market, and into an retry, where he was secured. A boy was also knocked (!nivu, but only received a slight wound on the head. Th e body of the ponr woman now lies at the workhouse until the Coroner's July sit, to-morrow. A liberal ealiscrip.ion has been entered into for the husband and bey nine children, thus deprived of their mother. Mr. Webb had only finished his engagement and taken his knefit at the Theatre the evening before. Not the :.Lightest blame attaches to the gentleman that drove. Last night a collier brig broke from her moorings, and running agnsnst Garner's Library, carried away hart of the balcony next to the water, and did sonic damage to C.c :atliing-rooms. The publie.do not seem to be aware of the existence of a law relative to limiting the price of hooks ; but in en Act respecting Copyright, of fhe Bth of Queen Anne. 5. , •1 iind that if any • bookseller or printer shall, after f.e 25th of March, 1710, set a price upon, or sell any Leeks at such a price es shall be ertneeiv'ed by any per- Lea to be high and unreasonable, be may make coin rluitat to the Lord Chancellor, the bishop of London, • 'se. who have aathority to call, the publishers, end to , inquire the reason of the dearness of the books : and should they fled it unreasonable, they can alter the • price, atarthe publishers shall remunerate the person who laid the complaint, it' auy alteration should take place ; and should any books..lier to printer sell or cx r.se the honks At a greater price than the oac to fixed, they shall tUrilit the sum of sl. for every such book.— The mutter, we think, deserves some attention. In particular, we Oink that those authors and publishers who hags hut m all edition, with a iota to raiue the price, should he — controlled : they ought rot to be suf fei•ed to plead the artificial means they themselves leo c te.ed lily enhancing the value of their publications, es an extenuation of their °Kux% Their works, we believe we may say generally, are of na great utility or esteasiN e interest : but still the principle should be ()wised and eradicated. Mr. Kean arrived on Saturday night at Drury Lane Theatre. He drove up to the stage door in a post chaise sad four, and was welcomed by many of his brother actors. Ile will be announced in some of his favourite characters in the course atilt , week A young gentleman, n pupil of Nuldi, s eLgaged at Covent (;,,tdcn theatre, whose voice. it seems, is a smoke bly line bass ; his name is O'Callaghan. .The total number of Sunday • scholars in Great Bri tam and /reland is 'about 55 - 0,000, attended by about • 60,000 kaehers. THE NATIONAL REGL The ler" , list of trials fur forlery enu 4i ,“. night, at the OM Bailey, wilfi the acquitiarOf Mary Smith, charged with uttering two ferged 11. bank notes. The trial occupied the attention of the Court 7 hours, and the jury did not take more than one minute to pronounce _a vet-Met of Not Guilty. What marks this case more particularly is, the, fortitude of the prisoner in resisting the litany efforts, humanely in'euded, no doubt, before the trial, to ;mine: her to plead guilty to the minor offence, and thus save herself from tlo , ohance of capital conviction. Mi ! , ht not an innocent woman; of weal: nerves, have ;iicided to this humane solicita tion ? Might nut innocent woman, of strong nerves, but poor, friendless, ignorant, andi unknown, have re ceivcd the solicitation as a favour i tand tab* ctmfessed hewn' a felon ? It is tad theory, bad practice, and cries loudly for on F. 61 A mercantile eau' received a 11. note as FORGED ; but , own judgment ii Bank, persisting The Bunk, appe:krs tope - you one of the and oversight arose biminess." Government, already existing determined upon floats, 120 . of Kent and Sussex. and men shall a marten() tower. and thus, by their . _ traffic which the inadequate to prevent. the Severn, lying !away) and a purser poinied. rank of Lieutenant take their passage " Notwithstanith the trade is so much h . other places, the price which, is here paid for labour is ruining our artisans, by starving them into nerveless impotent wretches and slaves By pauperizing them, they lose all energy of character, and sink into a list lessness which is almost indifferent to life itself. Ihe ut-pay to our poor is now nearly 1001. per week, one halt' of which goes to make up wages—that is, to men with families iw ho are in fall and constant work, but whose waleir,*e. i from kts. to 9s. per week, with perhaps • tti-matey za. family as they earn shillings, they are obliged to have recourse to parish relief. What I state are facts; foul they arc dreadful ones, because there is no great want qf tror:!! I"—Lichfidd Mercury. The value of ale li:ences at Brighton may be judged of, when we state, that on Monday last the High Con stable infesamod the Magistrates, that he had been offered by one person 5001., and by another 4001., for the successful exertion of his interest in procuring li- (lenses for two houses belonging to the individuals allud ed to. Mr. E. Blakbr, churchwardet , , declared that 5001. had also been of to him on a similar condition. The top 6tolle of the monument to the memory of Lord Nelson, erected at Yarmouth by the Norfolk sub scription, - was placed on Saturady week, with appro. pinto masonic ceremonies. _ I At a period when all enlightened nations are not only expressing their abhorrence of the traffic in slaves, and taking active measures Mr its total abolition, it is dis gusting to peruse some of the accounts which occasion ally appear in some of the Journals from the Southern ' States of America, where human beings are spoken of much in the same way as so many head of cattle. We select as a specimen the followit:I., from an atticle dated at New Orleans, July ll.t :—" The slave market ap pears to be very brisk, constant demand, and high prices, notwithstanding the arrival lately of more than ;;00 from the Z. ; . 4 tatrs, and 159 in the brig Joseph from Africa. We are, however, much indebted to the enter prising and sueeassful exertions of Mr. Charles Morgan, for the copiousab of the present supply. which, with the aid of three Wfour hundred that have been seized by General Jackson's officers at Mobile, will probably suffice for the next crop. Jersey Negroes a pear to he I peculiarly adopted to this market, especially those who bear the mark of Judge Vanwickle, us it is understood that they affind the hest opportunity for speculation. We have a right to calculate on large importations in 1 future, front the success wnieli has hitherto attended the sale ! A nephew of the celebrated Dr. Young, the author of " Night Thoughts," &c. resides at Munich, where he has lived nearly 40 years. He there tenches the Eng language, and has a small stipend from the King of Bavaria, as a sort of Professor in the College at Munich. having, however, a large family, he ia in poverty. Mr. Young at a recent interview with au English gentleman at Munich, stilted. that he bad consiaerable claim; on the English Government for in formation atii:r.7ed to its an:bassador, by which he was enaLled to e. , eapl, with all Ids papers, previous to the Ent eutrauca of the French army into Munich. . LAW"; front Prestiirt 04. the Ira, state unplettnin Occurrences, thott;zl; 6s yt only of an incipient nature, at that place. It appears teat some of the weavers thon. had again struck, whilst °this continued their labour; whereupon the former visited the Itlt:r at their homes, and mari:iog the work which they had in hand, gave them notice, 6..4 if they wove beyotul that mark, they, the turn-outs, would come and destroy the whole.— This certainly is not to be suffered; as one party bas at !east as much right to work as the other Emile idle, even if a combination were otA a the qucstioa. We ire sorry to state, that- matters are not yet ad jnsted between' the weavers and manufacturers of this tvtinand neiglibourhood. TI S former, although they have several times paraded the streets since our last publication, yet have evinved no dispositionto - that LONDON MARKETS! COll ICBM.; ANG E. • . , • MEAT. SEPT. 18 v , We have been modennely 6upplied wittrWfieat 11111, MONIST, and fine parcels, both Foreign and English, fully maintain their price.—Barley is scarcely so brisk in sale.—The same remark applies to Beane and Pease, but without alteration yriee.—The Oat trade iv dull, but the wales are made on full as good tams..—.ln other articles we kave no alteration to notice. • 11••=••••• MONDAY. sEPT• 2t. There was a liberal supply of new Wheat from Resew and Kent tills morning, which being of a lineittality.sold at last week's pnta • hut the Foreign Wiest experiecadvery dull sales, at the decuneof 2s. per quarter since last Monday—Fine samples of New Barley were readily taken ofr—Roiling Pease, Grey Pulse, Deans tied Oats were eseh cheaper—Rapeseed and Linseed with little vaziation, s. c is. 6. 5. 11. Whent 63 • 82 White Peasie96 atos Poland Oats 34 •34 Fine ditto 75 a 90 Grey Pease 68 a 71 Potave ditton a 36 Rye 4B a s. hearts 63 a 72 Fine Plow 70 aVI Ftne barley 63 s K Ticks 62 a 65 Sironai4tto' 65 a /11 Malt 7 5, a 94 Oats . 3l 434 I Rape Scod CIL— 52i, I'R!VR OP BREAD. The highest price of the lxist Wheaten Bread throughout the me tri.slis is stated by the Bakers to be 131 d. Cie Quartero Sollie Bakers sell the Qourtern Loaf front Id. to 2d. lower. r for amendment. We entertain strong hop;ml that the . unfortunate 1; 0 pile ostublislitnent, is the course 4 business, a e lrecnter. f wit be tensioned this wilek.—Blackburn 11. note . from the Ban of d,.elsespeelL Nail, Sept. 16. . I . . ~ i ; but, relying rreatnestilttileit The timber of Inisengers who. arrived at Calais Lent in the 1 . ;1 y sent, it back. to the from Dover, between the Slat ult. and the 7th inst. sting that if was a good and valid note.--. was 480; those sho came from Caleb to Dover, during thereupon, replied, "On re-inspection, it the same period, amounted to 546. be a gen....ine note, and therefore, I enclose lr BIRTHS. , - the like Vs c lug.i. " S unfortunate mistake _ow- . Ilialliiiallassalase4 Illadfinrow Mrs. 1. 11, li • ata,..... 111 arose 0 4 of the rrY erws --nr iaurgatfd r - AtCalcupa, the lary of G. J siddolis, Hsi.; a Service, of W —Portemonlh Prper. I a ran.—At KneesisVali House, Cambric's ths lady ofJ.; fleas of lent, with , a view to stitengthelv the tenitsores• • mom D.., cting fur the suppressio of smugglittg. have lice. &gee se % s wiiarf, to Anna Maria, eldest daa. of upon statiorsimi a star number of Liana- T. *ht pore. Es ° , the Kent.roads—At Paris, the Hon. Mr. Clic. .shiestihrd ve,on.to 5i son iss„ wel t , is o t u tt i . y ll2.. of oral T :titil, of i ntbr i ook ro l: , rk. initlshipmen, and 1,00 seamen on tie toast tie, Dorset,wer. Pa4an, Esq. of Ely-plare, Holborn, totry ° Plonte 'al r; td Sussex. II is intern ~ , ,1 that the officers hall . e dividea into pllr •s, each to occupy of S k, widow of the late Alderman Sir Wrn. Plistiai r s . tower. They "' ,to k watch ty night, M!.... Es4i. cc u e is j ey on cn . tg ,k 11 , 11 , 11 1 1 ( 7-squaLe . , k r Ann, lisis. ( r ) i f f li l t . P. w . ei r by their alacrity, ter the acts of illicit ey, to Eliza Aloutitenay,lau. of the late R. Cart, Esq. of h the arrangcme at p , adoped a eckenliwu, Ilisnl.--Mr. C. Ilfebstee, of Cran to Miss - Charlotte Newrotn: of I• curt. Bucks.— r. Howard, of to prevent. They to be via Chelmsford, to Miss Clay v iau. of B. Clay, K. the t Main lying in the. Dower; urgent' ( . al- o f c A g e h e e e ,.. • , i a purser ( Mr. Jos. % ' unison c up- DIED. for , h ,, At St . . HBlless c is tht island of Jersey, Capt. Prior, R.N.—la rhirty Mitishirill, who for the Hatton Gardeil Aged Si , J. Smith. Esti. formerly of the Hon. East eutennot, are appointed rota th . port, an d India Company's servite.--.1, Biodley, Esq. aged 81, tine of the pa.isage in the fiber.—Porinneutipiraper. Cornnissioners, of Majesty's Stamp 0- .—At videseielmes. e i l zh a a l m r , W ju tn n .. lug f ii.ow ll er .C . . street. ll. 91St. refit.—At Ewell, Mr. W. tlistantlin. , the boast of ?let C' trier, that ; so much better than it was, at Dudley and AVERAOk PRICES OP coin; PER QUARTER. n; ENGLAND AND WALE 3 FOR TEL WEEK ENDING SKIM It: Wheat I Rye I Barley I Oats I Beam I PAM. 8/ It 38 0 510 55 10 74 7 I 69 PRICE OF MEAT. luNta.tY. SEPT. n. • SII4THEIELD. NENGAT I: ATT D T EADENHALI.. It. d. I. d. Heads of Calne el Carcase s. d. s. tl. 11cef...-4 081 4 Smithfield. Etta 36a 4 fi Mutton-5 na 5 8 flensts,about.... 0010 Mutton 44a 4 9 Vet] ..... 40a 6 4 Sheep I Pre: ...... 3 4 a 6 6 Calves 3ittt Pork ......5 4 A i 4 Lamb...-6 ua 6 0 Pigs, niso Laaub....4 4a 5 6 HAY AND STRAW PELt LOAD. .E. a. d. X. s. d. Aver—C. .. d. —.— {H ay 4 0 0 a g 9 0 6 1 0 0 gin:WM° Cloyer 4 10. 0 a 9 9 0 7 0 / Straw . . 1 10 oal 10 0 2 0 0 Hay 610 oa a 14 0 -.. 7 12 0 SI JAirseg itnuter 0 00a00 0— I 0 0 Straw 2 6 0 a* 0 it —‘ 2 la I { Hay.. ..... 2 0 0 a 9 0 O. .... 6 10 0 WIIITBCEAPEL Clover 580a912 0— 9 0 0 Sums 2 10 0 a 2 14 0— 2 1! 0 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. C.cmprredf:ntnthc Retstsas made lathe week ending Sept. 16 is 31.. 91d. F . r rut. exclusive of the Duty of Custom, paid or payst.le hereon e t luportation thereof into Great Bricam—(S4tanisi l Gazrtt-.) MICE OP STOCKS Bank Stock 3 ;Tr Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Corools 761; 4 per C•. , nt. Apar Cent. Navy 1041 Irks 51:44 Ditto Bonds (a per Can.) ll4. NS re Exchcquer 13ilfx. tkl. per .......... 14 16 pt Console. for . 7 5 41 I.ongA l,oannat :—Prirtv! and p.iblislit:d by R. WILK . , Ift! FLEET-STIMI T. b"P.Me..II St. Dtinstalfzi Chttre; I mes lane, und lorwanlrd into the Country by ull Nev at-1;31 Booksollersosul Clerks of ti.e !teed, free oi losw‘