The National Register. — London, England, 1817-05-19 00:00:00

PRINCE OP S.II,MS. His Serene Highness t'ie Prince of Salons, bmther of the first husband of the Duchess of Cu•nberhiul, landed at Dover, from Germany, oa Saturday week. in the evening. He ,leia at an hotel there, and de parted about eight o'cln•'.: on Sunday morning for Lon don, and arrived at the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, in St. James's Palace, be tween five and six o'clock in the evening, where he was received by his Royal Highness. After dinner the Prince went to visit Baron Fagel, at his house in Whitehall-place. On Monday mornir4; the Prince walked out with the Duke of Cumberland. In the evening the Prince went to dine with Baron Fag-el. He very much re •eembles the Duke of York, but not so tall, he appears to be about 45 years of age. Wednesday the Prince of Salons was introduced to -the Prince Regent at Carlton (louse, be the Duke of Cumberland, when ho was most graciously received. The Prince of Salons takes up his residence with the Duke of Cumberland, and has the small house, adjoin ing to the apartments of his Royal Highness, once oc cupied by Prince Blucher. His Highness has •lined •twice, since his arrival, with the Dutch Ambassador. ....lIIN. PRINCESS OF WALES. NURRMIIFIIG, APRIL 5. —An article on the travel% of her Royal Highness the Princes of Wales contains the following detail.:— " Her Court is composed of the following persons :—The `Countess Oldi, of Creinmia : 1)r. Mochettt ; the Chet:oiler Scriviui, Master of the Horse ; Mr. Hannan, au Englishman, Private Secretary ; several footmen, servants, Oze. " The Princess bought of the Countess Plato the conntry house near the lake of Coma, in which she reside.. It has re ceived, by orders, a number of expensive embellishments. select company, excursions by laud and on the water, a pri vate theatre, and evening concerts, form her innocent amuse_ " Several reports having been spread with respect to ta o , odious attempts on the Princess of Wales, she has thought 'proper to publish the fact,. At Genoa several armed men penetrated during the eight into the Princess's apartments. They bad nearly reached her bedchamber when her set vauts, being armi.ed, fired on them. They escaped, and du trace of ahem ever has been discovered. " The other affair happened in the country-house of Comb A certain Baron -- bribed a 'groom, named Crede, to introduce him secretly, and by means of false keys, -into the Princess's closet. The plot was discovered, and the groom dismissed. This man afterwards wrote to the Cheva• -tier Tomasfia, confessing that he had been seduced by Ba ron The Princess communicated the affair to the Governor-General, Count Satirist), who gave orders to Baron --- to quit the Austrian territory. " The Secretary Hannan' challenged Baron ---, but :the Baron has hitherto contrived, under various pretexts, to postpone the ►neet ing. " The Chevalier Sciavini is charged with the arrangement cf the travels of the Princess in the East."—quqiidwnße. SMI,ASSY TO CHINA. EXTR (CT OF A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN COMPOSIE6 THE SUITE. " Notwithstanding our abrupt dismissal from the Court, •our journey towards Canton was not only attended by all the usual honours and marks of respect and attention *hewn %to Foreign Embassies, but was rendered personally agreea ble bye greater degree of liberty, than, I believe, was ever enjoyed in China by any Foreign Embassy whatsoever, even by that of Lord Macartney. The liberty of making fregnent *excursions into the country and into the cities, was, perhaps, strictly speaking, a liberty rather token than a liberty giren, but not the least objection was made to it, or the least ob struction thrown in the way of it. The uncommon duration of the journey, which, from the lowness of the rivers iu par •ticnlar spots, extended to four months, afforded unusual op portunities fur these excursions ; but it would have been easy fur the Officers of the Government to have imposed ninth greater restraint, Without even affording the Ambassa dor any very tangible grounds of complaint. The old ground •of Lord Macartney's journey was gone over to a great ex tent, but we also trod a considerable portion of new ground, mr, more properly speakin?, water. The chief novelty, :however, was our navigation, for six weeks, partly on that motile river, the If ang-tse-Kiang, and partly across that great inland sea, the Po-yang lake to Kan-tcltang•6w, during - which we had an opportunity of visiting Nan-king, and the ILuisham, a mountain remarkable for its picturesque scenery. •Captain Nlaxn ell, of the Alceste, and a Deputation of the 'British Factory, met us at a short distance front Canton, into which port the Ambassador Avis conducted by a procession •of boats, but the Canton Chinese were very sulky, and nei ther sainted the Embassy nor turned out a single soldier.— We were lodged in a Temple among the Gods of the heathen, which_ however, to do the Chinese justice, has been fitted .up in a very comfortable mauecr. The Alceste will be ready .about the 24th instant, (January) and we hope to see our .friends-in Estsland the first week in June." MfLITARIi PRESENT. —The elegant piece of plate, voted by the Highland Society of London to the .12,1 regiment, nshich ft'aS presented by his !loyal Highness the Doke of York, on the •Ast of March host, to the Commandant of that rps, the Marquis of tinnily, Harmed a striking , embellish meta at the late nuptial board of the gallant itlajor :Menzies. It is a richly chased siker tripod, with tinted bowl t the iegs 4of the tripod o: immented %silk thistle foliage, sod supported on a triangolar plinth, on one of the faces of which is the ob verse of a medal struck by order of the Society, to c 11 11 l we . Inmate the battle of Alexandria, and representing the head of Sir Ralph Iciercroinhic ; on another face is the reverse of the same medal, which repre-ents the taking of the Invinei- Ile Standard ; the third flee henna a Garlic inscription, Th ese three subjects are severally encircled with laurel, and sup. ,ported by an ancient m.d modern Hi:Jilatider, with appro priate tinulenis ; toe pliath rests on the backs of three recum bent sphin es, triangolar base. The whole of the cram. uicnts are cut cinely beautifol, and ell executed. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ANNIVERSARIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. Tuesday last, the Anniversary Meeting of the Burrtsn AND FoDKION SCHOOL SOCIFTY was held at Freemasons' Hall. The Dcas OF BEDFORD tOOk the Chair, soon after 12 o'clock, when he was welcomed with the applansts of the Company. There was a good collection in money made ; and in noticing this, we must not omit to mention Mr. Owen's (ot Lanark) subscription of 10001. to the Society's vested Stock. AillOIla•I tae Company were—Tile marqui• Tavisiock, Major Tereus, sir Mackintosh, liunry ltronOtoni, Esq. Charles Barclay, Esq. the !ley. Rowland Hill, A. M. and ,cveral persons of respeelohilit). The same day, at 12 o'clock, the annual meeting of the NAVAL AND MILITARY BIIIL: SOCI KTY was held at the Kiug'sConeert ltount, Haymarket, Lord Gambier in the Chair. Amongst the eompanv we noticed—The Bishops of I.on• don and Glouce■ter, litjor-General Neville, Captain: Pas, kenbain and ‘lont.igite, Wilberforce, I:•q. Thomas r.4 q . and the Rev. Messrs. T. King, G. Clayton, 41113 -- A letter was read from the Duke of Wellington, re gretting he could not attend ; and the Society was de scribed to be in an excellent state. Tuesdayalso, the General Committee of the NATIONAL SOCIETY for the E DIX tTION of the POOR in the prin ciples of the EST A B LIS II D CHURCH held their Meeting at St. Martin's Vestry-Room. Present—Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Bishops of Loudon, Salisbury, St. A,aph, Ely, aud Gloucester, Arch deacon Pott, Franck Buxton, Esq. John Round, Esq. M. P. Rev. G. D'Oyly, Rev. H. H. Norris, R e v. R. London, Joshua Watson, E,q. Treasurer, and the Rev. T. T. %Valuta. ley, Secretary. Among other important communications, was a let. ter from the Rev. Dr. Inglis, of lfalifiis, Nova Scotia, giving an account of the very successful progress of the national system of teaching in that part of the world ; and stating that masters were sent there, from a dis tanc• of 600 miles, to be instructed by a master sent out from the National Central School in London. THE GENERAL MissioNatty Sort ZTV.—Wednesday the Twentieth Anniversary of this truly valuable So ciety was held, and the first meeting, according to an nual custom, took place in Surrey Chapel. The liev. Thomas Chalmers, D. D. one of the Ministers of Glas gow, and Author of a number of valuable works, preached a most interesting and impressive Sermon in behalf of the Society, from the Ist Corinthians, 14th chapter, the 21st to the 27th verse inclusive. Of this celebrated preacher, it is impossible too speak too highly Distin guished as this Clergyman is, by the most profound ta lents, it gave us infinite pleasure to witness the liberali ty*of his sentiments, and the unbiassed attachment he obviously shewed to every denomination of genuine Chistians. At seven in the morning, the Chapel was crowded toexcess,aad many thousands went off fir want of room. Dr. Nichol, of Swallow-street ; Mr. Greig, of Crown-court ; and a vast number of Clergymen w e r e present. A very liberal collection was made. Thursday, the anniversary of the Society of the Fatekns Or FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS was celebrated at the city of London Tavern, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex in the Chair, supported on one side by his Excellency John Quincy Adams, and on the other side by his Excellency Baron Pfeffel. We also noticed the Russian and Sardinian Ambassadors, and the prin cipal part of the Foreigners of distinction in town. After the usual toasts, his Excellency Mr. Adams rose, and drank " The Duke of Sussex, as a Prince, a Patriot, and a Man, and he was sure as such he would be engraved on the hearts of all present and their pos terity." This was drank with rapturous applause. The Duke of Sussex rose, and pronounced a hand some encomium on the gentleman who drank his health. He then enlarged on the great benefits of the institu tion, and concluded by hoping it would not fail meet ing with the support of every virtuous heart. INSOLVENT DP:I:TORS' COI tiT.—From a return made to the House of Commons, it appears that the number of persons discharged by this Covet, up to the Ist day of March last, was MA —that the number remanded up to the same period, for embezzlement, obtaining gorids undi r fib.e preti ;lees, undue preferences, and other causes, was 411 :—that the ag gregate amount of the debts specified in the schedules of the persons who have applied to the Court for relief has been no less titan 8,563,0691. 13.. 1041. while the whole amomit of the monies recovered by their assignees, amid reported to the Court, has bet u only ITe3l. 12%. GO. crry nusiNEsS.--WeilneviiTy a Court of ‘ltlermen WWI held at :it which l'i crept. were ordered to Luc issued to the several Lis cry Comp: .for a Common Hall on Mid sontiner Day next, for the election oft be ill's, and other Officers. Mr. Iti own, who was at the east Court elected Keeper of Newgate, was 24W01 n into the tare. The Lord Mayor nominated the following gentlemen to he sulmiitted to the Lis ery oil Mid. , !r day next, for the choice of two of them to serve the ottiec of Sheriff for tlie ensiling year, viz.— William Wilson. Esti Citizen and Weaver. Robert Esq Citizen and Spectacle-maker. John Craven, .lolm (taupe, Esq Citizen and Gnaw. Edward William Windit, IP" , . f CI .I. dzinllarnesand Coach and Coachs-maket. Thomas Moreton, Esq Citizen and Ironmonger. ‘Villiarn 11c.de, Lark Citizen and Initholder. Redstone NVart c 1, I..sq Citizen and Grocer. Itobert Holden, If.sli .—.... Citizvu and Grocer. MAY 19. Lift' INTELLIGENCE. coy wr or Pa:um:tits, DOCTORS' COMMONS, Y 10. This was a Snit for a divorce, broil:lit by Captain John William Dunn against Eliza Pam's iiiii , formerly Wiliiains, his wife. The marriage took place on the Lith of May, 1813. and the parties had two children. who ate now living. In the year 1613 Captain Dunn went to re.tide at Ham•common, and was very intimate with Knightiey Musgrave Clay, lisq. and his mother and sisters. On the llith of October, I i 1.,, Captain Dunn went to his I . :altos' , honer in Lonrho', with m r „ . Dom), and shortly atter their arrivul In eloped from thence, and in the November she was discovered to have been residing at St. 01111•1'S with Mr. Clay, tmder the ussnm. ell name or Brown. Capt. Dinni, in consequence of his wife's protestation' of her innocence, received her On the .ttli of Dec. 1815, she again eloped with Mr. Clay, and went to Lincoln. where they cohabited together under the assumed names of Mr. anti Mrs. neearstm. Alas, Onnti af terward.; trammed to London, and neat to the White fiart, Holborn, where she cohabited with Mr. Clay under the names of Mr. and Alm Best. Captain Demo brought an action against AI r. Clay for damages, and obtained a verdict to the amonnt of 4001. and costs. The Court expressed it , :elf satisfied with the proofs of the marriage, and also that a criminal connexion had taken Ware ; but wished the Counsel to speak to the esti am dimity f econ ciliation which took place between Mr. mud his wile on her return from St. Omer's. After Drs. Lushington and Meyriek had argued for the Plaintiff, and Drs. Swabey and Dodson had replied for the Defendant, Sir Jim Nichol' Nthted the circumstances of the case, and declared himself to be perfectly satisfied with the proofs of the marriage, and that the crime had been cam witted by the defendant. The only question, tle-rethre, that remained, was, whether the liii.band was entitled to the re lief which he prayed. If the husband forgave the infidelity of his wife, he could not come before the Court to seek n re medy for the offence which he has once torgiven. Where there has been great facility of condonation it is but reasona ble to suppose that the husband has not felt very acutely the injury which his honour has sustained, and if, after such con. donation, he has not taken proper precautions to check sub sequent criminality, ke cannot be said to possess that sensi bility to this description of injury which ought to, and does, operate upon every feeling mind. Votenti non fit bthiria. If Courts of Justice were to give a facility to the obtaining di vorces, they would soon cease to be gimrdians of public Illinois, and would only give a facility to their corruption. 'file material points in this case , which the Court will have occa.ion to ettainine, are detailed in the .sth and 6th articks of the libel admitted on the part of Mr. Dunn, and they contain the following allegatioos.—The sth article state*— " That on or about the 16th of October, in the year 1515, John William Dunn went to London, accompanied by hie wife, Eliza Papps Dunn to the house of his father Mr. John Dunn, and soow after their arrival there; Eliza Papps Dunn, in t h e a b sence o f her husband, quitted to the house in a hackney coach and did not return thereto. That Mr. Dunn, being greatly surprised ,t diesudden ills • appearance of his wife, made diligent search for her, at found that she had left London but was unable to discover to what place shelled gone. That in the month of November following, !timidly Ann Papps, the motherof Eliza Papps Dunn, having received intelligence that her daughter was residing at St. Omer 's in France, under as %Sinned name, proceeded thither, where she found Eli za r am . Dann and Knightley Musgrave Clay, living together as man and wife, and passing by the names of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, kr." - - Mrs. Papps has been examined upon this article, and states some extr:torilitiary circumstances. When they had searched fur Mrs. Dunn withowt surcess,she states, " That Nil. Dunn was greatly agitated, and intimate) to her his apprehension that his said wife was gone off with the said Knightley Clay." . Somethitiz then must have happened previously, to induce this •diate suspicion of his friend's honour. After the placo of Mrs. Dimn's retreat had Leen discovered Mrs. Papp, states-- " That she was requested by Mr. Dunn to go to St. Omer's, which she consented to do, and immediately left London for that purpose. Mr. Donn accompanied her to Dover, where IV remained, and she proceeded alone to St. Omer's. That she found her daughter Its Mg at Si. Omer's with Mr. Clay. She reproached them, and called Mr. Clay a s Wain ; when in reply he assured her, that he meant to act honoitrahly to wards the said Eliza Pappv Dunn, by getting a divorce, and then marrying her, &e. That a husband should have any doubt about the guilt of his wife, after conduct of this description, is to me perfectly incredible, and yet what line of conduct does he pursue ? It is detailed in the 6th article of the libel in these words— " That the elopement of Eliza Papps Dunn was represented by Mr. Dunn, and especially by Dorothy Ann Papps, not to have arisen from any crimina; connexion but to have been oc casioned by other circumstances. That Mr. Dunn being de ceived by such false representations slid, upon the entreaty at Dorothy Ann Papps, consent to meet his wile on their landing at Dover from France, and accordingly meet them there on the lit of November, 1815. That upon such meeting taking place, Mr. Dunn being entirt ly ignorant of the adulter ous interceurse which had taken place, W.V. induced at the ear nest entreaties of Mrs. Papps and his wife, who made the strongest protestations of imoicence and expressed great con trition for her misconduct, to receive her back again, and they returned to their house at I famcommoti," &c. Mrs. Palms WS been examined ispun this article, and states— That when she left Dover for St. Omer's, Mr. I)min said Ile would remain ut Dover until her return ; brit she did not represent to him that the elopement of Mrs. Dunn had not arisen from any criminal connexion, but had been occasioned by other circumstances —nor was it in consequen ce of a n y such representations that Air. I.tunii remained at Dover, but lie did so of his own accord, and requested the deponent to go to France alone, and if she succeeded in finding Mrs. Dunn, to return with her tee I ' at Dover.--As the boat in which they were approached the shore from the packet, she observed Mr. Dunn walking on the beach. Mrs. Dunn left the boat first and went up to her husband, and they walked away together.--Mrs. I'apps followed them in company with Major Grant, who came to England in the said vessel, and nit entering the inn met Mr. Dunn alone in the passage. On Major Grant's withdrawing, Mr. Dunn said, lam perfectly satisfied with what Eliza flits told me, mid I shall ask no ques tions; I idiom made Inc very happy...--Mrs. Papps thought it as umieressaiy as unpleasant to touch upon the subject : but she says that she did not entreat him so to receive her daugh ter hick again, for howe v er grateful she unight feel towards him for such an act, and however desitous that it should take place, she should not have thought herself" warreetell in at• 1:)8