The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-29 00:00:00

TH ..., •• U) TES—Ocr. 19 George Burton, of the New City- Chambers, insurance broker.—Ann Lanchester, of St. James's -street, milliner=--Sa muel Goodbody, of thr Horceferry-road, Westminster, coach smith.—John lt,chards, of Liverpool, ta Croker, of Ratcliff-Highway, ironmonger.—Richard Bishop, of Old Ford, Bow, Middlesex, jeweller.—William Atkinson, of Three King-court, Lombard-street, hat-manufacturer.—Jamts Good win,of Ludlow, Saldp, shopkeeper.—Charles Battye :int! "Tho mas of Lawrence-Pountney-bill, brokers.—William Carpenter, of Westuratting, Cambridgeshire, farmer.—Joseph Smith, of Bristol, zarpenter.—Williain Heywood, of Man• Chester, small ware-nrumfactiirer.—James Saffery, of Canter bury, bookscler.—Willam Hall and Allan Hinde r of Wood- Wcet t silk-manufacturers. POPULATION. -+Ningftai...- The following Census has been taken of the seve ral parishes in the hundreds of BlaCkheath, Little and Lessners, in the county of Kent, by the Palish Officers, pursu.nt to Act of Parliament, in 1811 ; to t‘ hich is added, the total increase from the last returns (.1 18.)1. The statement only enumerates the regulai farnlies, resident mechanics, &c. pen,lent of the number of soldiers in the regular bervice, embodied militia, persons belorging to his Majesty's navy, or to registered vessels, which form a considerable body to Deptford, Greenwich, Wool wich, &c. Males. 9,526 8,723 7,605 2,923 880 1,134 536 769 559 213 129 76 Females. 10,307 8,2 .4 8,972 3,702 933 98.2 671 '734 580 299 109 53 85,600 Total. 19,8:;3. 16 947 16,577 6,625 1,813 2,11 G 1,'211 1,553 1,119 512 213 . 8 129 68,678 Increase. 2 285 2,608 6,751 2',616 186 950 464 843 15) 136 16,496 BANK TOKENS. The substitution of Tokens for the coin of the Realm, is not confined to the Batik of England, or even to private hankers. lu almost every considerable town, individual merchants and dealers have begun to issue pieces of this description, of various value, on their own credit. The Shilling Tokens which are cir culated by a. mercantile house in Bristol are very well executed, but are not vina.la more than 9d.; a value, which it perhaps would not he prudent much to exceed, lest the Bank-note price of silver should afford tuo strong a temptation to melt them. This Bristol home • receives about 601. worth of these Tokens daily from the Mint of Messrs. Boultem wad Watt. They are paid on demand. If 20 be presented, a Bristol One Pound Bank-note is given to the bearer : if less than 20, payment is made in copper. Counterfeits of the three-shilling Bank Tokens are in circula tion ; they are of the same size and thickness as the true one, but differ in the following particulars :—The bust and dress a his Alajesty are much fainter ; the letters are thicker ; the v.?, eath is badly executed, appearing swelled and indistinct, and to rise higher than in the true one; the figure 2 is larger ; and the letter 0 in Token, and the figures, 1811, hardly legible, from the flat. ness of the die. Their appearance is much whiter, and they sound very dull when rung ; they are of copper, thinly plated, and worth about a penny. On the whole they are executed nearly as well as those issued from the Bank ; and it is much to be lamented that the execution of the Bank Token has admitted vhom any of them service by endea • first came into . 1301 W UGH OF SOUTHWARK. - "•. 1 1.0•••-- MR.. WILLIAM JONES BURDETT AND THE ELEC TORS OF SOU 1 FIWARK. In consequence of the application made to William limo Burdett, Esq. by Mr. Keinmish, as Chairman of the Committee of Southwark Freemen, Mr. Jones Burdett has given them the following Answer:-- • Roehamptcn, Sept. 23, 1811. GENTLY MEN —Your application to me was wholly unexpect; ed. It is extremely gratifying to my feelings to receive so flattering a testimony of the favourable opinion you entertain of my principles, and I am fully sensible of the honour you do tie by your handsome offer of proposing me a Candidate for tbe Borough of Southwark; at the came tirll2. I scruple not to de clare, that I take more pleasure in witnessing any honourable expression of public sewinient, than 1 could derive from any circumstance, however honourable, to myself alone ; nut be cause I estimate lightly public opinion, but because lam fully convinced that if our country can yet be saved from the ruin with which it is menaced, its salvation can be effcieted only by those genuine, independent, constilutiomal•prineJples which you, Gentlemen, profess yourselves anxious to support. Yon correctly state my humble opinion, that a Reform is Parliament is become absolutely necessary. It ap?ears tome equally essential to the interests of the Crown and ot the People. I am persuaded it is for the Ihnefit of both, and that the Eaten.. tive should have full possessiunof allthe Constitutional Powers, unrestrained by the oligarchical influence of a Borough Faction; but whilst such a power exists I cannot Lip thinking that it must interfere with, or rather jet , it must command the-e Pre rogatives of the Crown with which it is entrusted by ant for the benefit of the people, and which it, otielit to exercise. according to the Cons itution, underno odic!' cunt ruel than that of an une corrupt House of Commons. To be elected into such a House of Comtrions, seems to me more gratifying to the feelings of an honest Englishman, than any distinction in the . power even of . ,the King to bestow. 'lb become a Member of a House of Cot imons that does pot re present the people, cannot, in my judgment, be either boning.- able or useful, could not advance your interests or those lain.. cipies pint entertain; ant: as fur myself, I had. rasher deeinet aiding the delusion, which I conceive the House of Commons, not representing the people, is calculated to promote; and had rather not assist in deceiving you, or practising an impo.itinis on the public, being fully persuadeti that in a House ot Com mons, " col ected by means which it is not lustier necessary to describe," the most splendid atillities, combined with the 'post unimpeached integrity and virtue, must fail in producing any lasting benefit to the country, and does appear to me wow than useless to keep alive such an expectation in tl.e pub& mind, because it tends to mislead the people, and to divest their atteetion from the real eource of all their griev.inces, viz. the now universally acknowledged corrupt state of the re presentation. - - Entertaining such sentiments, yo..r will not he surptiied at my declining'the intended 11..tiour of your proposal to besume a Candidate for the Borough of Southwark. I beg of you, Gentlemen, to acct t my grateftil tharks for your handsome conduct. It is with groat satisfaction I receive this mark of the approbation of mail and respectable Elec tors of the Borough of Southwark, and, consider this as a tes timony of their _good opinrorienext .to the approbation of my own mind, as one of the most pleasing circumstances of my life. I remain, Gentlemen, your obedietu servant, WM. JONES BURDETT.. --Kemmieh, Esq. Chalrrnam of the Committee, &c. In consequence of this letter, the Committee have opened Books for signaturts, and 1000 Freemen have already sub scribed their names; and they have come to the following-Reso lution That the circumstances in which our Country is now placed renders it more necessary, snore urgent, and more insportestt than ever, that we should recur to the old principles of English Freedom, and call upon honest, independent men to servals in Partiansentv. to correct the abuses of Administration, and to guard the Constitution. That William Jones Burdett, Esq. pos sessing these indispuisible qualifications it would be to the Im mortal honour of the Borough of Southwark (following the ex ample of the City of Westminster), and afford a great and glo rious example to the Electors of the United Kingdom, that they should return him to Parliament free from every sacrifice and expence to himself, upon independent principles, consonant to the genuine spirit of the Constitution of England, whick dN Blares, that Elections shall be free and without corrruption. •••• I* vs-4 • -itar Aireets.o.4%., iIM.L-L .J. of so earl► and e.►sy a counterfeit. Persons to whom any of these counterfeits may he presented will do a public service by endea- vouring to trace the. quarter from whence they first came into circulation. Saturday se'nnight, while two men were ramming a 42- pounder at Sheerness, the gun unfortunately went oft; and blew them to atoms. Two others who stood near the spot, were desperately wounded. • • _ , • _ 4 „„p •-• • Deptford Greenwich Wootwich Lewisham Eltharn Plumstead Charlton CrAyford Erich Lea. East Wickham Kidbrooke, =