The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-09 00:00:00

A Aim the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesiky, Aug. 4. -♦- BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. LAuntur.,l 11 Tyru-liil2-11111, Gloumatershire. 210111 Aug. 1 u. Sept. I J. Mous J. Ilkhoriptte-stecvt-vi. 4 t , “it. grocer. from A. 15. 15 to wept. f 6. nANKntirrcv SUPERSEDED. lIATTEwurRY H. N.:wonit, BANKRUPTS. War.gra S. jun. Manchester. grocer. Ang. ti, 15. Scpt 15, at !Manchester. Atts. Alliagton and Co. Ite.lford raw. FLOWER T. Castle-street. Holborn. jeweller. Aug s, :15, Sept. 13, at Guildhall. Atts. Jennings and Co. Carey-street. FITTON J. Gosport. dealer, Aug. .2ff, 21, Sept. 15, at Gopurt. Att. Mr. Minehin, Norfolk-street, Strand. DIVIDENDS. J. Tucker. Bath. coal-merchant. Aug. 27. .1. Swainson. Manor-row, East Smithfield, merchant, Sept. 5. B. Joseph. Little New-stmt. pewtfecr, Aug. 25 T. J. and It. Giblrins. jun. Wolverhampton. bankers, Aug. 27. .1. Ashton, Tower-street, wine-merchant, Aug. 23. J. Proctue and J. !lesser. Steining.lane, cloth factors, Aug. 29. J. Kirkhun, Acre farm. StatortlAtirc. farmer, Aug. 15. T. Tomlinson, Wintertem, Lincolnshire, tern-merchant, Aug.l7. J. Gitford, Fronez.Selwood.' Soutersetshire, coal-merchant, Aug. 28. .T. Grey. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ship-owner. Au v. 13. G. Kearsley. Fleet-street, Uonk.seller, Aug : 25. 3: F. Cltrleton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ship-owner, Auz. es. A. Mowbray, G. L. Hollinviworth. .1. Wetherell, W. Shields, W. lioulton, and W. B. Stoke,. Durham, bankers, Aug. 25. C Ellyn FICATES—A tr(:. vs. J. Fairlamb, Wy nyatt.stree t, well-st rect-road, 4nanit • - faeturer—J. Burdett, Jun. Beekington. Sonieractslitre, Nye, Tunbridge, baker.—J. Wingfield, Long-lane, West So nil field, saddler.—T. Tarrant, Lilypot-lane, straw-hat-ntannfactiirer. —J. Gunston, l'en•eval-Areet, St..folin-street. elieeseinonger.—S. M.7riott, Sofnersetshire, Vobert4 mid 'l'. Batt, l'iLieeleqi .1.1, cutton-spinners.—J. Benson, Birmingham, pocket book EXTRACT OF A LETTER 'PROM XR. W. 1.1.L1i, A 3111SsICNMIN AT MILO, IN TAHITI, LGUST 23,•1817. • "'I beg your acceptance of a Tahitian Spelling book, as the first effort of the Missionary press among the South Sea i-lands. As a reward of their labours, they can look round and see upwards of 5000 people reading in their own " the wonderful works of Goil."—A great work is going on, there is no longer a partial profession of Christianity, but a general acknowledgment of Jehovah as the true God, and Jesus Christ as the only Saviour. An ardent desire prevails among ;them, with the use of every means in their power to increase 'their knowledge. Some of theta have paid so much attention to their books, (though containing upwards of Pm pages) as to be able tivrepeat them from memmy. There are about 67 places of. worship at Taheite, and 20 at Eimco, besides those that are. building —their public worship is punctually and nu merously attended. 'ery freqnently the service commences betore the ' in consequence of the house being full and the ,people waiting." The :liissitmsry Journiti furnishes tie following inform. Con:— " The ground of a quarrel between Pounare, father of the reigning mouarch of Otaheite, and the district of Attahooroo, is, that some persons of that district stole from Opare, the image of their great deity, Oro, and have secreted it, and a war is certain if it is not delivered aqr;—this image is a large piece of hard wood. called Eito, (rectal% feetlong, without any carving, w lapped in sundry cloths, and decorated with red feathers. Into this log, the natives affirm that Oro enters at certain times. In March ISO 2, a great meeting was held at Attallooroo, at which Otco, now called Pomare, after for mally demanding, and being refused, forcibly took from the natises a billet ot wood, which they called their God: this act was the sebsequent cause of mut:. bloodshed. It was re taken, but iu the following, year the Attahoorooans delivered itup to Otoo, and peace was restoi ed. It is kept in a house near the entrance of the valley—it lies wrapped in a mat, raised two feet from the ground—and two altars are erected its a court near it, on which food is placed furOro. 'the Mis sionaries saw the king depart with this idol for Chaco ; the people affected to be unconcerned, but they could not dis guise the grief at their heart; and in the billowing December, when the ministers were preaching at Tirarbkoo, the people tauntingly said to them—• Has the king or any of his family east away Oro? When they hear the word otJehovah, (said they) then will we.'' Fifteen years only have passed, and this now happens. TIDDROATE Aannw.tx.—Tuesday, a general meeting of the Sithscriberf,to the Highgate Archway was held at the Oeorge and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, to receive the Secretary's at:- I count of receipts and disbursements, &e. From what we could learn, the concern continues .in a state very tar from cheating to the proprietors; the account current, it was said, ought to have teen inure distinct. There was likewise a com plaint expo essed: of waste in the expenditure. We are pre- • ented from giving a detailed account of the proceedings, the directors signifying to the reporters that they would not permit them to be presert. What the reasons were to induce the directors to make this determination, we know not ; they will be able, no doubt, to explain it to the proprietors, very few of whom, by the,way, attentled the meeting. Some serious charges of mismanagement were made, in a manner that threatens the most strict inquiry. The attorney's bill, which makes a prominent figure in the accounts, amounting, we hear, to nearly 7,0J01. has been paid, but which ' must, it is said, be submitted to be taxed. Some land, likewise, at present lying waste, might, it is said,. have been let. It is -ferther stated, that on compaiing the receipts and disbursements, the latter exceed the former by about 9001. • After a long discussion, it was resolved that the account.corrent, et present intricate and unintelligible, should be examined by Mr. Jasper Cox, Mr. Hoggart, and another GentlEinaii, who are to report thereupon on the 23d . of September, v lien the particulars will be aseei tuned. In the course of the debate, We. DERE, the exclusion of the re_ porters was strongly reprobated. GREENLAND FISHER Y.—HuLL, A tre..2.—Anived the Jane, Sadler, (rout Greenland,with 7 &It ; and on the 3d, the Walker, Harrison, Irma. ditto; 9 fiat; rus, Readlint, 130 tons oil. The Jars and Walker bring the following account of the success ot the undermentioned Hull ship., viz.—Ajax, 13 11.1 i ; Cato,lll ; Aurora, 7 ; Cherub, 13 Dinicombe, ; Exmouth, 9; Old M .11 ,ester, :1 ; Pi ogress, 8 ; Rachel and Ann, 4 ; Moe, ; Gilder, f. ; Julia, 13 : New Manchester, 9; Richard, fill : 5t1411111611, It ; Trafalgar,6 ; Mary and Elisa beth, ; Terse. erauee, Prcseot, 3 i U14 1 )4 7 i Mary, 6 , Lind Wellington, 9. TITE NATT.ONAT, IIEGISTTR EXECUTION OF LILSSEY. Hassey was attended on Sunday last IA the Rev. Mr. dr. vies and Mr. Rieke, and their opinion of him was that of wonder and surprise, at beholding such humility, such ap parent pent! of 'wind, and so powertill a sense of religion. 1111 the course of the day, the must 401i0114 moments were embraced to draw from him an acknowledgment of his guilt. The reply was invariable and emphatic : 1 know nothing of the deed, to help me God!—ln thoughts, deeds, and con scieuce, as te that, I em perfectly hummed.* He acknow !edged, however. that he had been guilts• of many crimes, and well tiesci . ved death; butt thanked Kenyon, with the murder of )11.. gird he had nothing to do !—At eight o'l.q.!els in tile eve Ling, the clergymen took their leave of him. He entreated that he suig:it have the sacrament at eight o'clock on Monday, and this arrangement being made, he proeeeded to site some farewell letters to his friends. In this and the exercise of prayer he spent nearly 4he whole of the night. Shortly before eight o'clock, on Monday looming, the Rev. Mr. Arles and the Rev. Mr. !lodge proceeded to visit him in his cell, and to administer the *kw:totem. Previous to this he joined these two Reverend &uneaten fervently in prayer, and declared that he was perfectly prepared to receive the Holy Sacrament. Immediately benire this was administered to him, the Rev. Mu. !lodge, in the mast summit and imprea sive manner, dms addressed him* Anil now, I itiv4cy, before you communicate with your blessed Saviour, 04 a dying man, and as a satisfaction to the public in cent 1.41, and to the inhabitants of Greenwich in pal tieular., 1 again repeat nty most mixt oily inquiry, " Did you or slid you not p,rpchate this tumid mut dt.r ? or if you did not, do you kwity who did% Tell me as a matter of personal favour." Hi. answer wits," As 60d is my Judge, and as you are my witness, these 'whited hands were Never stained with the Woad of either Mr. Bird or of his servant. 1 have my siib t iicioo s hilt no mare." At live minsites before eleven o'clock precisely, the Under Sherd'', the Clergyman and the Surgeon of the prison, en tered a carriage, and immediately after the unfortnnate Hussey was led forth from the prison, and placed in a waggon. He was dressed as on his trial, in a decent suit of black. His arms were pinioned, the curd with which lie was suspended was slung mound him, and his neck was open without a handkerchief. He looked exceedingly faint and pale and ascended the weggon with considerable difficulty. The exe cutioner sat dust. by his ride. and two of the gaoler's men were in front, each with a loaded blunderbuss. Javelin men on foot and horseback, hcadboronghs and constables, formed before and behind the guard in the procession. Hussey held in his band a book, entitled, " Visitation for the Prison ers ;" but this, although gazed at by him in one spot three or four times, was evidently reviled chiefly for the purpme of abstracting his attention t"rom the immense multitude that followed. The unfortunate man had scarcely seated himself in the waggon, when hi, whole countenance and frame be came changed. All that ceutidence and firmness of which he boasted a few hours before, forsook him, and he fetl•intu a state of complete exhaustion and stupjr; sonietinum he heaved a bitter sigh, sLanctimes he was seen muttering a ' suppressed ejaculatien, and then to close his eyes upon his book, and stem to fall into a slumber. As lie proceeded on to Penenden Heath, his misery seemed to increase, and little doubt remained that he was labouring under the most bitter anguish of mind. About a mile from the gaol, his exhaustion became so great, that he had nearly fallen backwards, and it was found necessary to support him. When he had arrived near the place of execution, a friend of his in tho crowd, anxious to bid him farewell, culled out his name " Charles;' mice or twice distinctly. Hussey did not raise his head, his month appeared quite dry,aml his lips parched, and an apple was offered him, but lie relused it. The awful pi oceseion, surrounded by thousands, rearlied Pcnenden Heath, about 2) minutes helm el 2 o'clock. Here Hussey exhibited a pie. ture of Iminen misery almost indescribable ; it was a perfect decay of nature. His eyes sunk in his head, and his entire frame seemed emaciated. The clergymen ' Messrs . Argles and Hodge, now ascended the waggon, and the former pro ceeded ttsread appropriate prayers. To each of these Hus sey, with an anxious sigh, exclaimed " A mete" Mr. Argles, then, for the last time, implored him to 'slake a confession of Isis guilt, or to declare who it was, if he knew it, that com mitted the nuttier. Hussey replied, .e lam innocent; I know of the robbery, but not of the murder." 3 , 1 e. Hedge next prayed with, and in the same Manner addressed him; but lie again, in low but distinct terms, reasserted his inno cence. He then rose from Isis knees, prayed a short time by himself, and the fatal preparations being niade, lie took his farewell of the clergymen by shaking hands with them anti exclaiming, "God bless you—:the Lord bless you." He now ascended the scaffold, the tope was adjusted about his neck, and the cap drawn over his face, when be iutreated Mr. Budge wise called to him again. This excited deep and mini. versa! interest,a confession was cor.fidently calculated upon, but the communication was but another taking leave, and a last declaration of his isino,Tisc..• of the murder. Precisely at half past 12 o'clock lie was 'atomised into eternity ; and his body, after hanging one hour, was cut down and conveyed to the surgery of Messrs. Day and Weigel's, at :Maidstone. The l'inaes report differs from all the others; and therefore we give the following few lines from it : Mr. Aegles, after these devotional exert. ies were concluded, for the last time, asked him, •do you know who did' the deed ;' to which he replied w .eagerness, • I t:o, do!' Mr. 'bulge then prayed with him, and be again asserted his innocence of the murder. lie then rote from his knees, and the fatal preparations being made, he took fare well of the clergymen, exclaiming,' God bless yon—the Lord blew you!' He now ascended the scaffold. When the fatal rope was adjusted, and the drop was ready to fall, he sent for Mr. Midge, who was then sitting in the Uuder Sheriff's carriage. After taking leave of him, and on as. cendovithe scaffold, he addressed him in these word, Let me be considered as the only guilty person, and ns alone deserving of what I an going to safer.' Mr. Mudge then said, ' I hope you fee. comfortable in your last moments.' lie replied, 1 1,, f e d 1 1 . 11 , 1 ,y, 1 assure you, Sir; and having shaken hands with the Reverend Gentlemasi,_ who at his request d rew the cap over Isis face, was lamicliedinto eteusity without a strug• gle, exactly at 12 o'clock." The following are copies of' the letters which he wrote to his relations the night previous to his est casinos.: -... MY DEAREST AND LOVING SISTERS AND BROTH ER.—I cannot help writing to you, to beg of you all not to lament nor grieve concerning me, for I am going to a better place. I trust in the Almighty. I cannot but tell how composed and happy 1 feel myself in my last moments. My time is very short now ; I have had a very eminent genalnan with me—Mr. itudge ; he has at'- , forded me every cAsinfort wider my circumstances. I shall receive the holy sacrament with Min to-morrow morning. Ile Ims my just thanks, and ;holm tile Lord will Wess Liu tot his kind service he AUG. 'O. has doze me. I shall trouble him with a few small books, which are for my sister Godwin, if v..iU accept of them in remembrance of me; which i 4 the only thing I have, with my hope and blessing tuber. My dear brother Thomas, I am perfectly sl:lsfierl and thankful to you, in your efforts towards me. I hope the Lord will r, ward you tenfifld for them. I am quire resigned from the world. The Lard's will be done ! 1 skull be happy and be at rest. Brother, I cannot help saying, that there werething, that were Dot broliOt on iu my trial that would be of service to me—but it is all done; se I shall say no inure on the subject. You may get the papers front .lr. Price; there may be something that you.may wish to know, if any one should be bmuht in question—this aiiquiets my peace of mind. I must conclude ; wishing you Al the grate of God, and comfort to your sods. Farewell ! I remain your unfortunate but happy brother, Sunday ever,ing, I I °Mod:, Aug. 4. CHAS. lUSSEY. TO HIS WIFE. MY DIP:AIt ♦xn r7IIIAPPY JANIE.—f write my lust farewell; but I hope you will put your tru,t in the Almighty, and he will be your Comforter. f►o not grieve for me, for I shall soon be happy. I hope, my dear Jane, you will bring up the dear huh: buy in the fear and love of God, and he will be a father to him. This is a painful ta..14 to be writing s therefore I can say but little. Adieu, my dear Jane; God bless you both, now and for evenuore.—l forgive every one. The following is from The Maidstone Ga:ette, the conductors of which " pledge themuelvev fur the correctness of the statement" thus publicly made : A short time previous to leaving the prison, he (Hussey) promised the Reverend Gentleman (Mr. Midge) that he would, at the place of execution, answer, " yea" or "no" to the question respecting the murders ; " do you know who did this deed i" He said he was in the house after the murders were pet petrated ; lie committed the rubbery, but he did not coin unit the murders. He also acknowledged that the gaiters found in his box were in The !rouse, and were sprinkled with the blood of the victims, as be walked over the bodies. Mr. Bird, son of the deceased Mr. Bird, also visited him in the cell; and, in misses to a question front that gcutleman, he said,"l did not see them do it." The fact is not perhaps generally known, that the cession, by this country, of the two Florida to Spain, is 1783, was made as a substitute for Gibraltar, the resti. tution of which we had before formally promised. M. de Sevelinge, in his introduction to th e History Ville American War, gives the following curious account of this transaction, which le affirms he received from the hands of the person himself who negotiated the peace of 1783. M. Gerard de Rayneval " The King•of Spain, Charles 111., demanded peremptorily the restitution of Gibraltar. In order to obtain it, he offered to France to cede to her the Spanish half of the island of St. Domingo, on condition Coat she would charge herselfwills furnishing England with an equivalent fir Gibraltar. After many long and slim!) discussions, M. de Ltayneval, who had proceeded to Loudon, !nought the British Minister to admit the restitution of Gibraltar as the basis of arrangement, and the only question now Telated to the tleterminittiou of a pro per equivalent. . . . " During the discussion of this point, bowel. , er,.a political remorse struck the British Premier, Lord Shelburne. iu • familiar conversation with M. de Rayner al, he gave him to understand, by a very expressive gesture, that were he t• consent to the ceding of Gibraltar to Spain, he would expose himself to the risk of losing his tired on the scaffold. " By a singular esineidence, NI. de Vergennes (the French Miniiter) was ternicaited with tears much of the same kind. De had promised NI artiniqne as one of the indemnities, with out thinking how muck the natiokal pride would be wounded at seeing au ancient possession of France delivered over to its enemy for the sake of pleasing the Spanish Government. " M. de Rayneval concealed this chanze of opinion from the English Minister, and continued, notwithstanding, to insist as much as ever for the fulfilment of his word, it was then that the Cabinet of St. James's (not aware that Spain had no longer the eruivalent of Martinique to offer them) first uttered one of the Floridas, and then both of them. This proposition was immediately transferred to Versailles. The Count Aranda, Amloassador from Spain, and furnished with full powers. was called there to receive the communication of this dispatch.— After a few moments of profound meditation. he declared WE. civilly, that he renounced, in We name of Ins Sovereign, his demand fur Gibraltar, and accepted of the two Floridas. I know to what I expose myself,' said lie, npowsigning, I know your embarrassments and ours.'—lie was die graced." N UTICAL EXPERIMENT.—TIutrsday forenoon Mr. Tree! grouse exhibited experiments at .the receiving house of the Humane Society, on the Serpentine river, with an apparatus which he has coustructcd for the purpose of opening a com munication between ships anal the shore, in eases of ship. wreck, in order to save the lives of the passengers and crew. Mr. Trengrouse's mode of effecting this desirable object is by firing from the end of a musket a rocket, to which is attached a small line, and having. after a few trials, thrown the rocket across the river, a hawser was drawn over by the line. From the hawser, which was fastened on each side of a river to the tree, a seat,called Mr.T. a chaise Totally, was suspended. This seat is rendered moveable by rollers, to which the suspending ropes are uttacheil, acting on the hawser, and an infirm person might be placed in it.aud drasi 61 facto the ship to the shore. On this occasion, a With plupetly fixed in it, was drawn twice arrow the Serpentine. Mr. Trengrouse also made a successful trial of a life preserving spencer, formed of several pieces of co k, covervd with Mom, and so constructed as to give perfect facility to the motion of the arms. These experiments were made in the presence of the Lake of Sussex and several persons of distinction. Wednesday se'imight, as the Leicester packet, Captain Stecle,was approaching Milford harbour from Waterford, the whole on board were much alarmed by the vessel apparently striking on a rock t when, to their surprise, an immense whale cirrus up by the side of the packet and made off. Such was the concussion of the fish against the Leicester, that it broke off a great part of the false keel, and so snitch damaged the vessrl, that she was nearly water-logged, and is now 11111:It r repair. Ni,;ily fragments of the skin and the flesh of the fish were left attaened totile non work and wieek of the packet. A caiitaiii of a Gil enlaudinan, jnst returned from the fish, ries, gives it as his opinion, that, owing to the close and solid state of the ice in the Polar regions at the presvilt time. there is no rational hope of the Northern Expt ',idiom reach. ing, or even coming near, the Pule. The other objectsof the expedition, he sa)s, he has no doubt will be fully realized; viz. the ascertaining whether Spitsbergen be an island, or joins some other land ; and the investigation of toe bays, 'mem