The National Register. — London, England, 1822-04-01 00:00:00

~~~ _~ .. reduction be persisted in, .but many more will be enforced upon Parliament, before the people will feel that their Government is Avhat it ought to be. —" Knowledge is power" and the people are be coming every day more and more alive to the infamous delusions that have been practised upon them, by the Heaven-born minister, and his tvorlhy successors. We have sincere regret in stating that advices just received from lltaleira describe that Island to be in a state closely bordering on open rebellion, not of the peaceable citizens, but of the soldiery.—We must defer particulars till we have more minute intelligence—that we have already is most alarming to those who have either relations or property there. Advices arrived on Saturday from America ; the news contained in them is unimportant, except that they announce the death of that distinguished mem ber of the senate and the bar Mr. I'inckncy.—He had all of Sheridan's ability without his follies and his vices, and the esteem in which he was held was strongly proved by an adjoarnment of the Ilouse of Assembly and all the Courts of Law in compliment to his memory. Oa Monday last a public meeting was held in Shrewsbury of the proprietors, landholders, &c of the county of Salop. Although there was nothing in the slightest degree objectionable in the requisi thm for calling the meeting, yet the high sheriff refteced to accede to it ; and it was held under the sanction of the chief magistrate. An attempt was made to adjourn the meeting, because forsooth, cer tain noblemen and gentlemen of the county had not obeyed the call to attend it. The meeting, the first of the kind, we believe, held in Shropshire for many years, was most numerous and respectable, and the proceedings were such as did them infinite credit. Leaving all speculative points out of the question, they call on ministers fur economy and retrench ment in every branch of the public expenditure.— To what extent this would afitrd relief is not the question, since it is one of the fast steps towards it that ought to be taken. - • • - A report is exceedingly prevalent in the literary circles, that the Emperor of Russia is at this mo ment negociating Cir the purchase of the Royal Library at Buckingham blouse. Every volume in this splendid assemblage of books was collected by his late Majesty : for when he came to the Throne, what was then considered the Royal Library (ex cept a curious body of Facetix, in all languages, collected by Geo. IL) This report is strengthened by the following circumstance:—" A certain great personage . cotnmanded Mr. to remove the bucks, which constituted the library" at the Palace at Kew, to Buckingham House. Mr. B. receiving this message from a third person, and himself flel ing, as he thought, the impropriety of the measure, hesitated to carry the command into efilvt, unless he had an order, in writing. This hesitation created much displeasure in the highest quarter, and the hooks were peremptorily and in haste removed."— Surely this choice and very select Library is not in cluded in the contemplated bargain. Advices from Port-au-Prince to the 19th of Jan. state, that the Sappho French corvette had arrived there from France with dispatches, and having , ob tained a t Ltasiver to them had again sailed. Presi dent Boyer is said to have greatly fiteilitated his acquisition of the Spanish part of St. Domingo, by a perplexing question to the authorities who di rected the revolution. They had de'ermined on sciatrating from Spain, but bad resolved to unite themselves with the republic of Colombia. A mission rent by the President were inflamed, on questioning the leaders, that they had shaken off the yoke of Spain because that. country was so far from Hayti. " But why, then," it was asked, " put on that of Colombia, which is as distant ?" Being unable to abtain any reply to this interro gatory, it was urged that the integrity of ihe em pire of Hayti required their submission : and, by dint of peisttasion and threats, they Fuccceded in obtaining the adhesion of St. Jago, St. D.nningo, Porto Plata, arid the other Spanish places, By a Parliamentary return, it spears, that the number of officers of the army who have been dis m!stled the service without trial since the year 1793, is us follows:-1 General, t Lieutenant-Cleneral, 2 Major-Generals, 3 Coloneb, 4 Lieut.-Colonels, I Major, 56 Captains, 414 Lieutenants, 400 Second- Limit enants, 21 Pi:pilasters, 3 Acjatants, i l Quarter Masters, 9 Surgeons, 00 Assiquat ;.iurgcuns. 3 Ve terinary Suri_eiv.; in all 989. A French Journal states the present utnount of be population of Rum to be 146,000. s. .. -5.... • TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER HAte-NAY.—An official return to an order of the House of Commons, of the number of persons re ceiving ordnance half-pay, or military pension, now in holy-orders, stilts only one, viz. the ltev. C Boctliby, of Satterton Spalding, late a Captain in the royal engineers, who lost his leg at the Latch of Talavera, and retired fro:n the service in 1815, in consequence of impaired 'health. The return adds, that us fir as it can be ascertained, there are no officers on half-pay of the artillery who are now in holy orders; but there ure two officers who' have dated their intention of•going into holy orders. DEATH OF THE lik.COODEß.—Saturday morning Sir John Sylvester, the Recorder of London, was limnd dead in his bed by his valet, at his house in Bloomsbury-square. His body was nearly cold, and it is believed that he was attacked with a spas modic affection in the middle of the night, which proved fatal. On Friday Sir John was seen wulkiug out, and in the afternoon he dined with the Doke of York, and a large party of friends, at his Royal Highness's house in the Stable-yard, St. James's, from which he returned home about twelve o'clock at night, in his usual state of health and high spi rits. He retired to bed immediately. Sir John had filled the office. of Recorder for many years, and was always a favourite at Court. He was present on Thursday at the King's levee, and made his report of the convicts under sentence of desth at New rf ,, ate. . . . . A Lisbon packet has just arrived, with letters and papers to the 14th inst. The news of the events in Rio Janeiro had reached Lisboa; and from several letters it appears, that the decrees of the Cortes, for the establishment of a more economical system for the administration of justice, had bcen misunder stood in Rio Janeiro, and that this had created a degree of fermentation. It is very difficult, how ever, to form a just conception of the state of publis opinion in tho Brazils. The last official communi cations from Bahia specially urge, Ist. That the na tion should remain united, for the common welfitre of the whole Portuguese fatally. 2a. That the Constitutional Government should be immediately established in that province, and that in the mean time the present one should ba retained. S. That the Portuguese troops be allowed to remain in the province. The accounts from- Sierra Leone show that the Slave Trade .is still carried on with activity on the coast or Africa, in French vessels. If the French ministers connive at this ahomination, the stoner they are expelled from office the better, -to make room frx others, who would punish with the ut most rigour of the laws, the traffickers in human flesh. Recent accounts from Sierra Lcoae mention, that vessels have been boarded by some of our cruizers, with wretched slaves packed almost as close as herrings in a cash, with scarcely the power to move. It is reprted in the fashionable circles that the Duke of Devonshire will shortly add another Duchess to the list of that exalted rank. _ _ On Thursday evening, as two young ladle;, Misses Perthmore, were walking on the bolas of the Re gent's Canal, they observed themselves followed by two men, whom they endeavoured to avoid. At a favourable opportunity the fellows turned back, and met the young ladies. from whom they took a shawl and a reticule, containing seine silver, and at the same time inflicted a wound with a ah.irp instrument on the fleshy part of the arm of the elder one, who was rubbed, and o fell immediately. The villains escaped towards Paddington with the booty. They are supposed to belong to a daring gang at Paddinel ton, and a description of their the mil per.ons , is • known to the police. Lord Willoughby de Broke, a large proprietor of laud in Helpringhtun, Lincolnshire, or his Steward, has hit upoa a most notable 'Wheel:, to alhrd relief to the poor inhabitants of that parish. It is no less than this :—to take laid front tlte farmers, which they rent at from 25s to 30s. per titre, and to let it in small allotments to the poor at the moderate rate of Gis. per acre, more than twice the rent now paid by the farmer—the said poor to grub up old hedges, and make the divisions to the new allotments, ut their own expense "'[he better day the better deed," and theretbre this boon to the poor was alumnae' upon a Sunday ; but what is still better is, that if they pay their rent a day before tho farmers, they are to have a quart of ale at the Barley Mow, at Threekingham. " Stone are born wise !" Mr. WAliamg, !the Barrister, who distinguished himself so much on her late Mejesty's trial, has been returned Member fur Lincoln without orposition. A meeting took place, on Tursaty last, in the county of Fife, between Sir A. 805w..11, Bart, and Mr. Stuart or Duntetro, iu whic7t the ...rater was severely weunded. it is said to or,;inated in some publications in tho G.'eseeeat CeTtipd, or Cly desdale Journal, reflecting on Mr. Stuart's conduct. Mr. Stuart Lrougbt tut :Laical a:.ainst the pub lisher ()fa:: raper, %rho gave up the MS. Mr. S. believing that bit- A. was the author, called upon him for an explanation, which lie declined to give, in eonseinenca of which the parties met. TO THE EDI fox. Sta,—l really cannot env longer suppress my indigna tion at the Not %%iris Union otlicel.-.11 it not to be esidstreit that that aboluinahle Institution sionista go on etmiussiliz the et entest part °fall the nen 11111111 P M; in Fire 1,1411141 We ! 411.1 1 (soot call upon my fellow ahnre•huldera in the County Oilier to resist soda Issurotion Would Vllll believe, Mr Editor, that this vile Norwich Union, ss my friend the Atm:iglu:: Dir-ctor has ao oJlea prom!" to he not merely a ** bumble," hat it bastes 4 S.11•1Oly absolutely defanct and 114411411 the ittsofence to increase in business 1144 l A tt vcie MORE THAN ALL WHE E:iTABUSH• MEN I S FOlt iNatHtA NUE THROUGHOU Is THE MN GDOAI PU 1"J:00E111E1i !! I is (Ist , , 1 "ay, Mr. 1.7..1itnr, is this to be uorne?—lt was had P 11011414 that this detestable Society should be success ful whilit it Will olive, lint to be thus presumptuously active when dew! is insulfet able ! 1 know tint a hat to do !-1 vion1(1 attack the Cosidnetora of this " buhlita' controversially it I durst, Lint I have observed the woeful «skimps of my friend Mr. peanuts it its Lis repented assnielis on this anintard corpse of an Clifiva polypus tchioh btcrenter tin Jilitcr J..r Gaya cut .to pieces.— tins then, Mr. Editor, as a friend to .• REGULAR" and " WE!. accuRED ESTABLISIIMENTS," bun 1 may Clll4ll IlliS 6bmstntLar nuisance—dud believe me, Yong's, eke. .Nk2reho:der its the Couuty Office. I'.ll.—Snppose I l _tasd up all the old charges w -. liit7li have beta made fur the last ten dears? It is tine that they have Liven repeatedly refuted—hid what call do better ? ILLICIT I)trett.t.Eiti —Fur some time past the excise hate had MI notation, that a private distillery of consi derable magnitude Wad inexistence in the neighbourhood of Upper Thames-street, but so secretly was it cooducte I theft the exact place could 1111 L be ascertained till within the last lew days, when an anonymous communication was sent to the exeise, that it Was carrying rso at the ex tettsee premises, Nu. 24, Upper Thaines.st reel, and the ',row ieturs were understood to he suaar-refiners. In con seritietice of this iMUrtuatinti,Allaus of and several active (Ahem r. paired thither on IVedtiesilay afternoon, and on getting to the premises they found painted on the door post, " and Co.; and oil the door was written, " Ni. p:rsoit admitted except on• bissiii.ss."— Tlie olricers first endeavoured to enter without bettig per.. - ceived ; but finding the door fastened iiisi.le, they were. induced to ring a large bell at the side of hie door, when • down Cattle a gentleman dressed very respectabli, woo, Oil seeing file officers, opened the dour and rushed by then( him the street, withinit saying a word. Allansoit proceeded with the oilier olli:ers gently imp stairs, when, o t getting to the first floor, three men rastied out of the front mom, ran up stairs, a nd effected their escape at the top of the house. l'he officers, on ententig ine room, were nearly stdricated with steam, IWO tins of mushier able dimenstoos being then at wink. The room Was extremely well fitted up as a distillery, with water ;rumps erected therein, and the water laid no with leatlett pipes, communicating with the yard; the front windows were blocked tsp, to present the operiiirmis be* discovered. The ailfictis then commenced a vigilant search, whew they lu,uuJ upwards of 52,2tt0 of 'ZOO gallons of low wines, WO gallons of strong spirits, alto:tether makin4 about 441 gallons of spirits; twenty tar) wash backs, vats, sill-worms and heads The whole of this ex cosi ve apparatus was immediately con veyed to the great store-mi.:l at the Excise Odice.-Ibie it act: trade has, it is sa;d, been carrying oil for a •voila(- • derible period. Fitts —About nine o'clock on Thursday niallt a fire • broke out in the back premises of Mr. I)awes, 1101111er, Laystalbsticei„ Gray's-ion-Lisle, which, from toe halm,. maule nature of the stock on the premises, spread doable alarm iii the tieiglibutirhood. Several engines arrived, and being well worked and supplied with water, soon subdued the devouring element, without doing any damage. • Accioest - rs.—On Friday morning, between one . snil two o'clock, a gentleman. about 35 years of age, threw himself It tie window of his chamber, which is nit • the third flaw, and looks in:'. Three Kings court, Fleet street. Lie was Intutil a snort time after, supporting himself on his knees with one hand,. and the other a'llllll6l a window shutter, near the spot where he felt. Toe person who knout him unwired if lie had butt house'', to which he answered in the negative. lie was immediately taken into the house, but t ap;reil in hole 11101 e shall bale an hour. It appears he had been labour inA under a leint:e attack for some tune, but hail only Ih•ete confined to the house since tile preceding Siiiirlay„ mill since that time haul been often bled. Ho had not been melt mine than twenty minutes before the accident. —On Thursday evening a latx,tucr named Murphy, its the employinent of Mr. Thomson, who is budding its deuce 111 Argyle-place, AlarloorisivM-street, while at Work on the top el the Whiling,. sinidenly slipped Ina hold, and fell on the pavement. lle was instantly taken tip in a state of insensibility, and carried to the Moldiesex. Hospital, where he now lies in a %cry diligent's.' state. SUDDZN DEATti.—Nlotitlav, about four oclock, Mr. waideu of the fleet Prison. sullen!y fell front Ills chair, in the office of the lodge, and immediately expired. Prompt atsistancc was rendered hint. and medical gentlemen quiAly were stilt for and arrived, be.. of no avail, as the 11141 spark had fi.d. Mr. N two gad been troubled with the gout about a fintitight since. but was recovering. It was supposed apoplexy was the cause of his dra 11. . CACT:o3T.—Sunday etching, at nine o'clock, a tie- - cently stressed 111311 C.411,t1 at the house of Mr. Blin n . sigit of the Green Man, lierwick.sireet, Stalin, anti ell an;!.1 a b.:d, far watch lie paid and sett •atvay he afterwards returned at eletert tichick. and went 111 1:rel, and rose in the morning.abont Mite, 1111,1 1110 k 1116 departure. On Mrs. Ellis sherwards goiii to tile ail:an thems she missed a pair sheen. A. thert. csi 1.11111 kind are cousiattily pric istd, per-taus who let bed* should instantly sitamine them when the lo.lger rises. Some bakers at ChiLlesta tare stow selliog . .tha. criarte.-u loaf at 61.! . • • • -A*. :~::~,~. _ * lell