The National Register. — London, England, 1818-02-16 00:00:00

111 ! "1 r r ) . . , E j ~ : 41. 1I• • 41' it i. i 1 i i *e. e ; i ll:. ! e , 1 ! - 1 1 1 1' i . Mr i tiL 1 i l it. 1111666. „i Truus the LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, Feb. 14. BAN'iRUPTS. A aurr N. Great Yarmo4th. Norfolk, corn merchant. March 9, 3. 41,;. at Great Yarmouth. Atts. Co. Frederick's-place. Old Jewry. AAN D r J. G. Moesmer, J. C. Coleman-street, toy merchants, _Feb. ts. March -It. at Guildhall. Atu. Leigh and Co. New Bridge• street. Black friars. WALREK T. ItJch.i.de, Lancaster. corn dealer. Feb. 25, 26, March !o, at York. Atts. ‘Viglesworth and Co. Gray's Inn. PRIVETT I'. Brighton, inaltster, Feb. 21.25, March 28. at Win chester. Att. Mr. Surly. Temple. BaoasJ York. woollen draper, .Mirch 6,7, 28, at York. Atty. ; Atkinson and Co. Leeds. WATKIN J. Newark-upon. Trent. Nottingham. painter, Feb. 20, . Mardi 29. at Newark-upon-Trent. Att. Mr. Phipps, Wea rer's Hall. Basinghall-street. -illatwts .1. A. lath. printer, Feb. 26. 27, March 48, at Bath. Att. Mr. Ilighmoor, Suit's-yard, London. Boa W. Goorge•street, Euston-square, gun maker, Feb. 17, 26, March 2A, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Oates. Bas:nghall-strect. Cnunciirtt. S. Osiord-street. distiller. Feb. 21, 2S, March 28, at Guildhall. Atts. Martin and Co. Vintner's Hall, Upper Thames street. Goons's:at T. Aldersgate-strect, straw hat maker, Feb. 21, Mach i. 28. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. '.'hipps. 'Weas.tr's Hall, Basing hall•street. l'ttannity T. Lawrinee-street, ChcLea, tailor, Feb. 44, March 3, tg, at‘Guildhall. Att. Mr. heard, Hooper's-square, Goodritan's • fields. - Sums W. Oxford-street. ironmonger. Feb. 17. 48. March 49. at Guildhall. Att.. Mr. Richings. Frith-strct t, Soho. PLAMILI.T T. lam el Portsmouth. slopseller. Feb. 21. 28. March 81. at GuiklhalL Atte. Templar and Co. Barr-street, East Smith field. ACHEETHAM .T. Oldham. I.4neaster, shoemaker, March. 2, 5, 28, at Manchester. Atm Wiglesworth and Co. Gray's Inn. ro LL Y J. Tha i -emelt*. Manchester-square. linen furniture dealer. Feb. 21, 25, - March g 9. at Guildhall. Atts. Richardson and Co. New Inn. PAnsoss J. into of Manchester, cotton manufacturer, Feb. 28. March f.'s, at Manchester. Att. Mr. Walker, Essex-street, Man e:tester. THVIDENDS. C. Pinsky, Lower.roid, lahogton, floor cloth manufacturer, April It. C. C,o , ven, Gt. Prescot.strcct, Gooiman't.9elds, merchant, March 7. C. Bedtortl, Manchester, merchant, March (j. S. Parker, South Lambeth, underwriter, Feb. 21. W. Garth, Bat!grove, Lancaster. cotton spinner, March 10. T. Smith, I.awrence Pouotney.lanc, merchant, March 10. J. Goodellld. den. Low Pc.llion, Durham. J. and IV. Jackson, Dow. gate wharf. J. Goodchild jun. High Pallion, J. Jackson. Eppletun, and T. June, ten. Greencroft, Durham, bankers. March 9. E. Waptatfe, late of Bridport, set, lincadraper, March 10. W. link, Marsden, Lanealt,:r, cotton spinner, March 10. P. Berthon, G. Koster, and T. ilarrLon, Crows-street, Finsbury square, merchants, March 7. R. Cullen and J. Pears, Cheapside, ftetors, March 7. T. Nicholls and J. Marlow. Birminl!iam. leather seller, April 6. I'. W. Kershaw. Borough, linendraper. March 7. D. Blackford, Leadenlual.stre , :s. lacernan. March 7. C. Love, Old Bond-street. jeweller, Feb. 2a. A. : fessurun, late of Howiord-buildings, Fenchurcb.street, merchant. Mardi 7. . W. scn. and jun. and S. Atkins, Chipping Norton, Oxford, bankers, March 16. W. Quartos, York, botcher, Feb..lB. CERTIFICATES. MARrn 7. G. Marriott, uTr y, T; 1-an,ghtlrn. late of Manchester, m^rehant 7 T : S. Wißia.ns and T. Barnard,-Cheltenhato. mercer:—•P. Tideswell. Shelton, Stotroni, +baker—A. Barnes, nen rester. Glouccsaer, linendranlr—J. B. Jackson, Liverpool, cooper— J. Footer, Liverpool, timber merchant—T. Davis, Bibury, Glouces ter, grocer—C. Payant. Man:liester, auctioneer—J. Bay . Pitsea, Essex. dealer—T. Pilgram, South Mims. corn chandler—F. Bath, uplic&terer—J. N:iliott, Stkut:tamptoo. currier—S. Kershaw. /Oldham, Lancaster, drapa—J. Micitle, lute of King-st:e;:t, Covent harden. tayor. THE NATIONAL REGISTER LONDON: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, ale. THE Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday have arrived. The Count de Cazcs has taken his seat,'and The oaths, as a Peer of France. The Recruiting Law has reached the Chamber of Peers, with its amendments, to all of which the King has assented. The Minister at War developed the principles of the law, in a speech of c,:isiderable length, similar, of course, in its arguments, I , ) theone which hedelivered in the Chamber of Deputies. The project and the speech were ordered to be printed, and the former to be taken into consideration on Thurs. (lay last. We lean► by these Papers, that the English packet boat, ti.e Favourite, ran aground near Calais, on the i!:st. All the passengers were saved. Among them Ins the Countess de Boigias, daughter of the Marquis .;,'Ormond. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. It. is with infinite regret, that we communicate to cur readers, the following intelligence of an atrocious r,:tempt, made in Paris, on Wednesday last, to assas iinate the Duke of Wellington. The news was brought iy eitrress Saturday mornin,g. " On the tith instant {Wednesday last) at one o'clock in tlio r.i.ffning; a pistol hall was fired at the ctr,:age of the Duke of Wellington, at the moment when 1... s Grace was entering his Hotel. No person Was wounded ; the sarrisge even was not touched. At the noise of the report, the sentinels cried out to arms, raid assembled at their pc but the night %vil so dark. t!,;:t :Ley ci0.1.4 not discover the villain. They leaked THE NATIONAL nEGlsTrit. in vain fcr the ball. The Duke of Wellington heard tl:e report, but attached no importance to it. Hi• first thought was, that the musket of one of the senti nels h. 4 accidentally gone off. They are in search of the criminal ; some clue Las already been obtained which may lead to his discovery ; and no efforts will be left unatterapted for that purpose. ; " The moment the King was informed of the cir leurnstance, his Majesty seat to the Duke de Richelieu sm' M. de Cases, to express to his Grace his horror at so atrocious an attempt. M. de Cazes has' already 'been two hours at the hotel of his Grace, to collect every information which might lead to a discovery of the offender..' The. trial of the pretended Dauphin, Ntathurin Bni neau; conmenced at Rotten on the 9th inst. Nothing was done on the first Jay, except going through some of the pr,:litninary forms. Bruneau steadily maintains his pretensions. When the Clerk of the Court called on the cause, as between the Attorney General and Nlathurin Bruneau, he indignantly exelaimed—" lam Charles of Navarre !" According to the French papers his ridiculous assumption of a royal lineage excited lunch laughter among the spectators. The trial was to be proceeded in on the fill lowing day. The I'rince Regent left town on Wednesday, at one o'clock, for Windsor; in order, as it is supposed, to prepare the Queen mid Princess Elisabeth for a first visit from the l'rince of Hesse Hornberg. His Serene Highness is an unobjectionable suitor; but it is thought that there are some difficulties, as to a separation be tween her Majesty and the Princess. Wednesday the Prince Regent held a Court at Carl ton-house, which was attended by the Cabinet Minis ters and Great Officers of State ; after which a Coun cil was held, at which the Sheriffs for Wales were pricked. The Recorder was then introduced, and made a Repot:t to the Prince Regent of the prisoners capitally convicted at the Old Bailey, when Charlotte Newman, Mary Ann James, and W. Hatcham, flit- forgeries, and J. Attell, for a burglary, were ordered for execution on Tuesday next. The Queen and the Princess Elizabeth came to town on Friday from Windsor for the purpose of having a thrmal interview with the Prince of Hesse Hum berg, the intended Consort of the Princess Elizabeth. Her Majesty returns to Windsor Castle on Monday. The Drawieg Room will be held on Thursday the 26th inst. The family of Hesse Hombergh is the youngest branch of the five Houses of Hesse, which are Hesse- Cassel, Hesse-Philipsthal, Hcsse-Reinfels, Hesse- Darmstadt, and Hesse-Homberg. The heads of the four junior houses are called Landgraves. The Prince who is in this country is the eldest of 11 children of the Landgrave. It was currently reported on Saturday that the troops of the United States had taken pussessoin of East Florida, and that Mr. Bagot, the British Minister was leaving Washington. The intelligence was received by a letter from a house at St. Malocs connected with one at Havre, and stated that a vessel had carried off the coast of St. Brien, the captain of which said that they had a very short passage, that previously to his depar ture the Americans had taken possession of the Floridas, and that the British Minister was leaving Washington. This information was regarded in different lights. There are no other letters to confirm it Some Ame rican houses did not place reliance upon it ; and it *was thought possible that the report might have arisen from a measure which appears to have been contemplated by General Gaines, fur the chastisemeat of the Seminole Indians, in which he might have stepped across the frontier of the Floridas. The rumour of Mr. Bagot's leaving Washington does not appear to rest on any solid foundation, and was therefore very much discredited. It might possibly spring out of the report of Mr. Baker, the British Consul in the United States, being recalled to be appointed on another mission.—(Erartishman.) The Courier contradicts the statement of Mr, Bat,rot having left Washington. The Army vetimatec fi.r the service of the year have been, as usual, laid on the table ; they consist of 77 folio pages. The iast page, however, contains an ab stract of the whole—of the numerical amount of tlp.: the force, and the charges necessary for its maintenance, of this we present the more striking articles. The total numbrr, including officers ar.d men, Is 133,639 Of these, troops in France, arc ... ...3^,475 Ditto in India ... ... ...12,599 . Deduct the sum of these two, viz.. ... 42,1742 Add corps t•rdcrcd for India Add cords to be reduced in tfi.3 It emlin ..104,47 ) Together ... ... 19.146 Then dctlJet corps m(1,1,1 for Ineda 4,299 Remair. 94.847 The' e troops are to be provided for at a cline amounting to ... ....CG ; 49t,t9o 10 4 Of Whirh England is to r3play... g 0 And Leland.. 1,151,033 1 6 FEB. iG REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Critical Description and .4na . ytical Review of "Death on the Pole Hurve," painted by .82,ijnniin West, P. R. A. with desultory • eferences to the Works of some Ancient Masters, and living British Artists. By ILLIAM CAREY. The author of this little volutne has long been before the rablic as a literary volunteer in more than one periodical paper. He has the honour of bang the first, in this country, to " publish Analytical illustrations and Critical descriptions of" the works of living Artists.— This, though not one of the most graciens duties, is one of considerable difficulty. It requires all the tech Bear knowledge of an artist united with the learning and facility of composition which distinguishes•the seholur —a rare combination in any country, and is this abounding with genius, is found but in eery fine instan ces. Mr. Carey, though not a professed Artist, has, we conceive, in early life, acquired that knowledge of the practical part of the art of Painting, which - enables. him, now that his judgment is matured as an Amateur, and his style of writing perfected by practice, to shine . in this new species of criticism wholly without a rival. The volume before us is divided into two parts, the first of which is devoted to a Criti,al Description, and Ana lytical Review of Mr. West's great picture of Death on the Pale Horse, now. exhibiting in Pall Mall ; and the second, to observations on some Ancient Masters and living British , Artists. This latter part has very little connexion with the flamer ; but, as it serves to awaken public attention to the value of living merit we think the author deserves the thanks, not only of the Artist, but of every lover of the Arts. Of the author's style we select the following description of " Death on the Pule Horse," as a specimen, not because we think it superior to the other parts of the bock, but because it stands in some measure insulated, and also, because it discribes the principal figure in the grand composition to the consideration of which the volume is devoted. Mr. West has drawn from the Bth verse, the most conspicuous, and, in its palpable character, the principal agent, in this grand com position. The tinsel is that of the opening of the fourth seal, ur period of prophecy; which figures the desolaunct• march of'tho four great evils, War, Famine, Pestilence and Wihi Beasts. Already the manifestation has gone forth , and Death is teen, mounted on the P a te Horse, galloping - forward, amidst various groups of his devoted victims. " For a reason, dictated by the spirit of the composition, I shall notice the rider in the 'mind place. His head is seen in a three quatter view, turned to the left, and that of the Pale Horse to the right, while his thundering hoofs are reared, and about to tram ple on the crowd before him, in an oppe.ite direction. He is un bridled and without arty restraint. A noxious breath iesacs, as a blue-ish vapour, from his nostrils; for to him, also, was given the power " to kill." His whole heat, neck, breast and fore-liiiibs, with the mane, form a broad mass of grey light, of an icy hue and coldness. The inane does not descend in a regular flow,-like that of a noble war-horse. kis in accord with the agent; tossed abruptly above his , neck, in wild disorder, like waves, which ascend and• break upon a steep shore. Death, the minister of Divine wrath, is not represented in the stale form of a fleshless skeleton, an image ofpowerkrs de:ay : b ut as a gigantic figure, muscular, bony: and grim, gaunt and super-lin man. All is un-earthly about him ; as if the painter had looked into the gtave And communed with the spirits of the departed, for the original of this tremendous spectre. The colouring has no similitude to that of any thing which ever had life, on the earth, in :he air, or the waters. The clammy yellow is not like that of brass, nor of the sepulchral clay ; nor yet is it like the wan, dun gloom, which is. sometimes, seen upon the dim moon on a stormy night. It is not the colouring of the dead : for it -comes upon us, with a dismal animation as the hue of a destroying messenger from another world. The shape is equally urdefinable. The unsightly head, neck, arms, and one cold foot, alone, are visible. The rest is shrowded in a sable pail; and, through this funeral mass, there arc no certain indications of forin. All is filled up by the perturbed workings of imagination. He comes in clouds and darkness. His arms are madly bran.. dished in the air : the left is violently extended ; and, i n th e right, he grasps a living serpent, as a sceptre. The folds of this monster are entwined round the arm ; and its poisanoas ja distended, threaten.. ing hostility to the race of Adam. From both hands, bolts of light ning flash every direction. Upon his brow he wears a dark and dreary crown, whose paints diverge after a strange fashio n , an d hi s black tangled locks stream abroad upon the wind. His wrinkled, ghastly front is rendered more terrific, by having somethi ng o f a human seeming, though not of mortal mould. Ibis organs of vision 1117 C sunk deep in their gloomy sockets. Is baleful spark gleams in th e roiling balls, shedding a dark and horrible idurnination on his hideous visage. His grisly, ominous mouth wears a demur:Utz smile: and is opened, as if about to free e the heart of man, and stun the universe with a piercing err of exterminating vengeance. Ills gaze mocks the most fearful dream of wildered fancy. It is not bent upon the work of havoc round him; but upon some :nigh destru.aion in the distance, not within the reach of mortal eye. It is the withering and triumphant glanc.! of the Kin o OF TERRORS, traversing from the centre to the viorlis remote verge, as over one vast charnel nouse, while, with elevated nostrils, he scents the nations b.aween, as his immediate prey. The jay of JUL upon his malignant aspect; as if he already felt ALL within his deadly grits ! ), and that in lino:Jar hour the sons of awn must sink and parish in the womb of Chia", tar ever WEVIOUTII, FEB. 9.—On Friday last Prince Leo pold, accompanied by Baron Hirdenbrooke and Dr. Stnckmcr, enjoyed another day's sporting on Mr. Bel. lctt's estate ut Wants well. This gentleman's manor has been particularly chosen by the Prince for his field diversions, and although it produces an abundance of game, his Serene Highness has been particularly ob served to it:der rubtit and snip:: shooting. Yesterlay the l'rincc, attended as usual, rode on hone back to this town, and alighted at the King's Lodge, and after making a she rt stay, returned to Came to dinner. Gala, in is now worth 41. 2s. 61 an ounce, yielding tu exporters of our legal coin a pruLt of nearly seven per cent. . Mrs: Davison, we are glad to learn, is ro•instata at Druiy Laue Theatre. • • *On.