The National Register. — London, England, 1816-05-05 00:00:00

MAY 5. and the real happiness of tiattons ate only to be secured I" a steady adherence to justice and 411./ill'lntion, and to those sa cred principles of rational anti. well-regulated lilsertv, to which Great Britain, under the illatetemss House of itruuswick, has been indebted for the prosperity and the glory of her em pire. We congratulate your Royal Highness on the conclusion of a Treaty which I e ds out to heinanity a solemn pledge of the great Powers of Europe—the pas-pest ofa speedy sed entire abolition of the ..%fricati Slave Trade —a security , tor the re payment of a part of the expenditure occasioned by the late renewal of hostilities—for tie discharge of the just claims of British subjects on the Government of France, and provides, by a series of precautions, instilled by necessity ald dictated by experience, for the future safety and repose of Europe. Whilst we feel grateful to trbvine Providouce fir these die tieguielied benefits, and for the exalted Tank...which the moral. political, and military character of our estiotry has attained, we are not insensible to the iliffictilties • and embarrassments. which arc, as we trust, the temporary, though ',Maid result of a return to a state of things interrupted by so lung a period of exertion and of wart ire. In the removal of these difficulties, we rely with confidence upon the wisdom and firmness of yew Royal Highness and of Parliament, and upon the energy and tesources of the British Empire; and we trust that such steps will be taken as by a Speedy and necessary reduction of every branch of the public expenditure, as far as (after the late glorious successes) the safety of the nation will admit; and by a steady perseverance iu the reduction, dosing peaec,of the National Debt, may afford to your Royal Highness the 111P41111 of strengthening the public Credit, and the grateful opporteuity of alleviating the but Omits of a generous and loyal People. That your Royal Highness may long live in the hearts and affections of a free, prosperous, and united nation, is the ardent prayer of his Majesty's failifid subjects, the Citizens of Lon don. Signed by ordezaif the Court, HENRY WOODTHORPE. To which Address his Royal Ilighness was graciously pleased to return the following Answer: — I thank you for this loyal and dutiful Address; I accept with great satisfaction your congratulations upon the conclusion of peace. on terms hotiousable and advantageous to this country and to Europe. It may justly be regarded as the adequate re sult of a victory, which, under the favour of Divine Provi dence, is chiefly to he ascribed to the unparalleled excl . :time of British valour; and as the well earned reward of that cha racteristic fortitude and public spirit which was so eminently displayed by all classes of his Majesty's subjects on the recur rence of hostilities. Thursday a court of Common Council ' was held at Guildhall; when John Wontner and Nevelfßrowne were elected, from a list of nine candidates, as Marshals for the City of London, in the room of Holdsworth and Nalder, resigned. Friday ut a Court of Common Council, an Address was votad to l Es Royal Highness the Prince Regent, on the marriage of the Princess Charlotte of Wales with the Prince of Cobourg. A similar Address was voted to the Queen ; compliments of congratulation were likewise voted to the Princess Charlotte of Wales and the Prince of Cubourg. - - a ROYAL EXHIBITION. On Saturday teat the Royal Academicians gave their annual Diener ; at w hich the following Princes, Noblemen end Gen tlemen were present, viz. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent, Cumberland, and Sussex; the lord Chancellor, Archbishop of York, the Speaker, Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor, Lord Chief Baron, turd Chief Justice Gibbs; the Russian, Prussian, Netherlands, Spanish, Portu guese, Danish, American, Bavarian, and Wirtentherg Ambassadors; Dikes of Somerset, Argyll, and Malian]; Marquises. Stafliml. Lans downe, Camden; Earls Morton, Mulgrave, Bathurst, Carysfort, Bess borough, Essex, Upper Ossory, Grey, Lauderdal., Cowper. Lonvdale, Harcourt, Gower, Cassillis Limerick Westmorland; meows Pal merston, Melville, Castlereagh; Cords Ellenborough, Rivers, F. Campbell, Dunstanville, Holland; Bishops of London. Salisbury. Carlisle, Oxford; the Field Officer in waiting; Right Honourables N.cholas Vansittart, Charles Long, G. Rose, ......111.iskison, sir W. S: nth, Sir J. Banks, the Lord Mayor, J. M•Mahon; Hon. A. Phipps: Sirs G. Beaumont, A... Hume, J. I.eicester, 11. Engletield, T. Bernard, J. St. Aubyn, W. Elford, T. Baring, J. Swinburne, S. Homily; Messrs. R. P. Knight, .1. J. Angerstein, W. Smith, G. Hihbert, H. Blokes, R. Clark, R. H. Davis, W. Fawkes, E. Swinburne, J. P. Kemble, B. Long, J. Symmons, S. Rogers; Reverends H. Carr, Archdeacon R. Markham; Mr. Alderman Birch, the Attorney and So licitor General, Master and Warden of Dulwich College. es - c. The company a xpressed the most lively approbation of the pruFress which the Arts hail made, as exemplified in this Ex hibition, which, for satiety of subject and works ofmerit, is superior to any of our late,pei haps of any former display of the powers of the English School. N e are prevented by the influx of important matter from going into the exaniisiation of the Picture s, which we intended. 'the spectators will be delighted to see the general tune of good taste and of ability that distin guish the Artists, and there. are some works of superlative merit. The Royisl:Acadeinicians maintain their title to public favour, by clorts the most honourable to their skill. The titino4 number of trictiires allowed to be exhibited by an academician is eight. Sir W. Berchey has this molter, all ru portraits; so as G. Dawe, Sir T. Lawrence, and W. Owen ; Iloward lisle five, and Phillips six. Sir W. Iteechey'a are por traits of the Bishop of Chester, Lord Hill, Lady Berwick. Mist. Vernon, Lady Ben:aril, the Duke of Sussex, Lady Owen, and the lion. Captain Peachey.. Dawe has Portraits of a No bleman (which we instantly recognise to be that of the Earl el Limerick t, of Miss O'Neill, the picture w hick was pri vately viewed &wing the lain summer; of the Archbishop of Tnam, of the Hon. S. E..Eardlev, NMI of two Ladies and a Gentleman. !Inward hiss five ' those of Mrs. Leigh, and of J. Leich, Esq. the late Sheritfof London, of Dr. (Actinic, of .stra. A. Jones. and a Brother and sister. Sir'l'. Lawn net has portraits of J. .1. Am:erste - in, Esq.. the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Durham, the Marchioness of Staihird, the Duke of York, Lady N 'grans, Itl4or Gen. Sir 11-Torrens, Mid Canov:y the cele lardttli Italian Sculptor. Northeote has those of Mrs. J. Ca throne, Somerset, Herald, and sonic gentlemen and lathes. Gwen hag painted the Earl of Cessillis, the Duke of Grafton, B. Lomr, • Mrs. Elision. Sir L. W. Holmes, Baer. my. H. Clive, and the Rev. P. Pett, P.D.; and -Phillips , has por traits of Mrs. Baldwin, Sir H. Engletield, Bart. C. Lyell, Esq. Count Platod, the Indian Chief, called Major Norton, and W. I.lrmid, 'l' lie venerable President has the mythological subject of 'l-:mops; and G. atsou has a Pot trait of the Pr esident him self, a s cry pod Mrs. Pope is a large and fine com position of 111..akeei ut Viewers flout Nature, than which we .-a..-•!y , :,rer Ics.B auy trill% wore brautitielly or elective- THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 47. 7..0RM Vi V. lIODENOC A motion was made to le:trail' the defendant from taking out execution against the plaintiff for 50001. It was stated, that the late Mr. Norman, of Upper Hash y.street. had given the deft tol ant a bond for . - .0001. reverting, as a consideration of the atteet:on and regard fur him, a, his relish; and relative. •flie existence of snob a limad was not mentioned during Mr. Norman's life-time; but on his death it teas claimed of the pre sent plaintiff, who, entertaiiiiiig doubts of its authenticity, re. fused to pay it. The defendant brought an action against him in the Court of King's Rena It, which was tried before Lord El. lenborough, and the pinata, in he action., was non-suited. He then brought an action in the Common Pleas, in which he obtained a verdict. Measures were taking to set aside that verdict; but the plaintiff at law, who is only a poor working etrachusaker, threatened in the menu time to take out an execu tion. It was apprehended that if the money was paid to him. there would be danger of its never hying recovered again, in caseit should altimately appear lie was not entitled to it. It wax therefore prayed that he might be restrained from taking out his execution till the further order of the Court upon the subject. 'flue LORD CHA NCELT.OR immediately assented to the motion, and granted the injunction. COURT OF KINGS BENCH.-SATURDAY, MAT 4. NEW TRIALS. RAMABOTT)III AND CO. C. CATER AND CO. This was an action tried before Lord Ellenborough at Guild hall, during the last sitting, when a verdict was found fur the plaintiff , iipon eertain bills of exchange for .C. 5615. Mr. Topping applied for a rule to show eause why this verdict should not be cut (lowa ; the sum of £756, the amount of one of the bills, on the growid that the hill in question was the to operty of the assignees of Messrs. Harvey, bankers, of Billericay and Hoolifordl the SEame having come into the possession of the plain tiff: after J. W. Harvey, one of the partners, had committed an act of bankruptcy. The Attorney General however contended, that the limeys, never having given a valuable consideration for the bill in question, had no interest to convey to their assignees, and therefore that the bill was a burta fide security in the hands of the plaintiffs ; a verdict was accordingly taken fur the plaintiff, aah leave to move. _ The Court declared its opinion, that the present plaintiffs hail no occasion whatever to mingle theratiel% cs with the bank ruptcy of the Harveys. The Harvey's as appeared from the e% idenee, had no interest vrhateve, to convey to theii assignees, having never given anv valuable consideration for the Bill. The rule eras thercfoe rcfaisid. —.op— ARCHES-COURT, APRIL 29. BIACKMORE ANI) This was a criminal proceeding, promoted by the Church wardens of Hastings, in Susses, by tt'aatill of au iceestuous marriage. It appeared, that W. Brider, after the death of his wife, married Mary Walton, her daughter by a former husband; there was no appearance given on the part of the defendant; and Sir' John Nichol! was 1.1 . (pinion that the charge was clearly established, and pronounced the marr.age to he null and void: condemned the deft udant in the cos a of the suit, and ordered him to the usual penance in such eases. Some observations were then made as to the terms of the penance; and reference was in consequence hail to the cases of Cleaver r. Hide, and Cleaver r. Ride, otherwise Wooldridge, which were similar, proceedings, in 1790; from which it ap peared, that the penance performed in 11103 C cases Si as to this effect:—The offending parties stood i❑ white sheets at the porch of the church during the ringing of the last bell for di vine service on a Sunday ; and until after the Ist lesson, asking forgiveness of all persons entering the church; they were then led into the church, and placed in a conspicuous situation near the minister, where they remained until tat gospelsd the Jay Was read; when they repeated a submissive acknowledgment for having been guilty of the crime imputed to them, implored the forgiveaess of God, it romising not to oflend again, and en treated the congregation to join with them in saying the Lord's prayer, which was accordingly done. Sir John Nicholl expressed himself satisfied of this penance having been adopted after due reference to precedents ; and he, therefore, felt himself bound in the same manner to enjoin it in the present case. A similar proceeding was then heard against the wife of the last defendant; in which the evidence being precisely to the same effect, Sir John Nichol) pronounced the same sentence in all respects. • SURREY SESSIONS, REIGATE. T. Daley, Esq. was indicted for assaulting 3. Reif, ore the 22d of July, near Funtham. The prate enter deposed. that lie hail lived servant to the defendant. In the month of May pre ceding', he had told the defendant that ire would not remain in ilk service. At this he expressed much surprise, and reused to accept the warning. The witness, however, persevi ring, the defendant swore lie would kill him. It itliess, notwith standing, did soon after quit his eery icc ; wed upon his return ing home through part et the land of the defendant, in t hormiglethre) on the-night of th e- day stated in Cre indictment, and after passing his house about a 'mart .er of a mile, lie wa... tied by Mr. I)., who havira advanced some charge imaiiist hiin, respecting duck* in his pond, presented a pistol to his face, the muzzle of which lie pressed against his cheek for sonic time. Witness called out for "mercy and help," nod solemnly protested his nutoccrice. A female, who had pre .vi tttt sly been with him, now approached, and the defendant withdrew his pistol. Before he departed, however, witness told him he should " hear snore of it" the next day. Mr. Nolan cross-examilted the prosecutor, but nothing ma terial fur the defendant was I !nitro'. Ann Cranst who , was vs iih the limner witness at the time, confirmed his testimony. ;lir. Nolan then conymileit, that it was in preservation of his property, that the defendant hail acted in 'he manner ilesei i:.ed. A man being perceived at so linrensynabie en hour upon his groand, would naturally excite :tuipieion; and the act was one, more for the purpose of intimidating, than of coininitting the least possible Chairman having slimmed up the evil'. nee, the defendant r. as immediately timnil anilty. Th.. Chairman, after animadverting in, sevele terms on the conduct op the (144411111 a, sentem cd hint to pry a line of 4Ws. sod to dive two securities th 1001, each to keep the peace% POLICE. BO -8 MAI% Saturday week, W. /hues, a boy who had been employed to assist in the Westminster hospital, was charted with having stolen a watch, gold chain, seals, broorlies, rungs, and a var i ety of articles, value 231. the property of Samuel I ollmore, of I ull more's-buildings, Westminster. The prosecutor had bet n in :he hospital; and in consequence of the attention shown to him by the prisoner, his is ire had often invited hint to d'nner. On the 2oth of February( knowing that the prost cutor's wife wa at the riospd a t wi t h her husband) he, the prisoner, went to her house, which was left in the care of two smait children, at d having given them sispt nee, sent them out to purchase cakes ; in the mean time he stripped the apartments of the articles bacons mention •I. He was fully conniii tted for trial. The same pri soner was charged with having defrauded Elizabeth .11i,som out of fourteen shillings, by coming to her under pretence of borrowing the sum for Sarah Martin. Mrs. Missom proved the loan under that represi ntation : Mrs. Martin provi 11 that she gave the prisoner 110 authority to borrow it. Hr was also com mitted on this charge. The prisoner had also obtained several surgical instruments, under pretence of their being for Mr. surgeon nn, of Great George -street. The prosecutes in this ease did not attend; but Mr. Lynn did, and staled that be had not given any such commission to the prisoner. M A REBOROUGH STREET. On Saturday, Mr. Edu.und Cox, one of the Inspectors of the Bank of England, came before the Sitting Magistrate, and stated 'that a barged 11. note having been traced to a hatter in the Strand, he bad waited upon him with the note for the purpose of ascertaining the person he had received it from. He snatched the r•.ete from out of his hand, and put it into his pocket, saying he had given value for It, and Tonseguently con • sidered the note to be his property ; Mr. Cox thereto' e applied tnr a warrant against him wider a certain Act of Parliament, which was immediately granted, and Plank, the officer, went directly and took the defendant into custody., and brought him Imfore the Magistrate, who ordered him to deliver up the note to the inspector, or he mast be 'alder the necessity of committing him. The defendant not having brought the note with Lim, and it beihg late in the evening, it was agreed that the officer should accompany him to his house ; and upon his delivering ❑p the note, and undertaking to appear the next day, lie should then be discharged. On the- following day the parties again ap peared; and the note was given by direction of the magistrate to Mr. Cos, who stated, that, under all the circumstances, he felt himself bound, on the part of the Bank, to call upon the defendant for some secnrity fur his appearance at the ensuing Sessions, to answer such complaint as the Bank may think tit to prekr against him ; but as he did not wish to put the defen dant to the inconvenience of troubling his friends, he should be satisfied with his entering into his own recognizance, on his being called upon by the Magistrate to do so. The de fendant peremptorily refused to enter into any, doubting the Magistrate's authority to order it, and threatened to bring an action. lie was then ordered to be committed; but after being kicked up about half an hour, and with the advice (Whig solicitor, he thought better of it, and consented to snte; into his own recognizance. He was then dischar:ed. A MoNsTi.u.—On Sunday evening at nine o'clock, as 11is Caroline Crane, a young lady residing in Greek-strcet, Soho, was returning house from a walk, she received a stall, with soma sharp instrument Irian a 111411, who passed her without speakim4 to her. The instrument entered above the knec,and laid open her thigh as far as the hip, and the assassin immediately naafi'. Sitre m Bell, of Dean-street, being sent tor, dressed the wound ; and it was his opinion, that it wool() have been mortal, but that the length of the bones of her stays prevented the iss strunient from entering the abdomen. We are happy to learn that she is out of danger. From the slight view s'.•tv had of 111 villain, she thinks hint to be a slim youth of about YO years ut: age. A Coroner's Inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the body of G. Ellis, hair-dresser, in Ratcliffe, who, a sew days back, slipped oft the curb-stone, by which his ribs were broken and pressed on Isis lunsi whicii caused his sleuth.— Verdict, Accidental Death, In London there died last year 421 persons of apoplexy; 6flo of: asthma, 232 in child-bed; 410 of consumption; 3314 in convulsions; 792 of dropsy; 953 of intlammation; tt of measles; 306 okunottinca tion; 725 of mall Vox, but nut one of vaccination. In the Russian Altminae it is stated that there died, last year, in the Rumian empire 7fio at the advanced age of 10(1 years: 231 at 105; IN; at 110; 35 at L 5; 20 at 120; five at 125: four. at 150; and one al 160. A German Paper gives the following as the value of the exports from Riga in 1813 :—To England 11045,332 roubles; Holland 4,137.379; France 155,804; Spain 1.547.428; •Portugal 1,030,445; Prussia 892.713; Embden 325.1001; Swalen 1,351.721; Norway 259,041; Denmark 1,651,582; Han:burgh 171,5197; Bremen 95,758; Lubec 699,303; Rostock 13,550; NVianar 32,757: Leghorn 10,559. In the city of Amsterdam, during the year 1815, the number of re g i,t,red births was 7050. viz. 3462 males, and 3558 faualcs; deaths 704;1 of marriages 1963, and of dhoroes 14. MARRIED. C. Ilnreey. Esq. of Thorpe. to-Mary Anne Julia, only dau. of Dr. Reevor, Hisrox, Esq. of Upper Thames-e-reet. to Miss Smith, of Fent:hurt:lt-street-4. Redraw.; Esq. of Chalgrave. Redford shire. to Maria, youngtFt.tlau. of T. Brown, Esq. of Peekhani Lodge. —P. Poland, Jf Strand, to Sarah Jackson, thud dam of T. Jack son, Esq. of Fleet-street—The Rev. J. till, Barton of Staplehurst. to Miss Varenre, only child of the Rev. Dr. Varsnne,llurtur of IVtatley, Cambridgeshire—J. C. Rignold, Esq. of Norwich. banker, to Mist Crowe, only child of J. Crowe, Esq. of Wymondhem.—J. l'helipa. Esq. of Morita tite House. Somersetshire, to Mary, Anne. only dau. of the 11ev. C. Philips, of Piddletrenthide. I)orsettliire.—The Rev. Ts Robinson. M. A: of 'Trinity College. Cambridge. r.on ef the late Ilev. 'l'. Rubinson. of Leicester. to Miss Dornfoni. only dom. of the late .1. Dornfeal, Esq. of Londim.—e. T. Haden. Esq. of shinny-street, to Emma. youngest tlau..of the late S. ITarrison, Esq. of Perev-serees.— M. Ware. of New Bridi.re•street. eldest son of the lac. J. Wa re ; E n . to Anne, yountrest dau. of the Rev. T. Tayler, of the Ring's-m.(l. —The Rev. 11: F. hell, A.M. of Henley-uon-Thames. to Rachael, second dart. of Mr. 11111, of Salters' Halt— The Rev. C. Strong. second son of C. S. Strong. Esq. to Catharitte, second dau. of V. H. Illscoe„ r.,( 1 . of Ilookwoott—G. Slklair . . Esq. eldest son of the Right Hon. Sir J. Sinclair, Bart. to Lathenne Camilla, world (Lau. of Sir W. Manners. Bart. DIET). M Calcutta. T. Dtraenn. Fsq.—At Enda, near Beverley. in 1 is 74th Year, the Rev. J. Fox, M.A. many years Rector of that pla,, At Stratford-grove. Essex, aged t 1.5, Mts. Eli. Snehrrave, widow ei .th e litte J. Snalgrave. Esq.—At Presteigne, In his 72d year, 6. Har dinire, EN. First Jostice of the Bratin Circuit, and Atnimey-Geseri I to tue Queen.—At Kentish-town, R. W'citl Esq. late of Gerrani-itnret, Soho.—At Dniveil. near Pada, Mr. W. Rion,. formes-Iv of Rutland_ place Wharf, and ot• Old Ford.—At Greta-hall, Keswidc, aged nine year•, Herbert, only son of R. Southey, I'oet Laurier —At B. wick. aged 71, U. Manson, Esq. fomt•.rly a hip-builder in Charleston, South Camino., and n 341401' in the Ronal Provincial Army. wherein Ile served with grt•at rerntatien dui tht lien::;:icuary.)Ver,—tja ; • ..