The National Register. — London, England, 1818-04-20 00:00:00

Aril T. f!t. date to acquaint the Reuse with 'er i.iyal lthemess die 17:L . :xis of etinikerfand's cesonon of the grai.t they bud mildew Ler. Tier Cut feeling was att telpfession ci gratitede, but acconipse•is.l with a airiiemy in accepting tr.y thing that :night have a tendency to pro flu:: a sopstate feeling between her Royal Highness anti his Royal ilightiega tile Duke fq• CumbAdiu.d. JSut perceiving that it was the 333Lialli wish of his Royal lligtinesr that she should be provided for, she made a saeritice to that feeling ; trusting. that slic might never be c..r.4idered a a burden to thrt nation by which she had been treated with such kinaness and respect. Lorl CA:VISA:REVISE sa.d, that hzr Royal lii.einess had felt a repugnant: to accepting the grart ; but :ill: had yielded to the en treaties and judgment of her husband. COTTII MANUFA , :TORII:3 BILL On the Motion of Sir R. PEEL, the llou.ser we into a committee en the Cotton Factories' BilL Mr. Pxvi. said, that it would be convenient if Members would thrn make what objections they had to propose. On the clause for limiting the labour a children to 12 hours and a /ail C. M:. Witav stator thenght seven or eight hones quite suffi c:cat. That time at most was as much as they ought to be confine:l S.: It. Pe EL said, that to make any greater alterations than he bad done would considerably iiieenvenienco those that carried on the trade, and might injure the trade itself. Mr. riot Lies did not mean to propose any alteration. If he came to diffeient cenclusiozis with the lion. C-entlettnm, it was not because his object was different, bat because his cour.ction and experience was different. Lord LASCELLF.3 said, he believed the time for considerinr; the principle of the Bill was passed. it had been expected that he was to oppose it. :tad he certainly thought it due to himself to state, that he had not done what he should have done. The interference with free labour rospeared to inn the most objectionable. cireumstance connected with this ; hut his real wi.h wet;, that the parties accused should have an opportur..ty of justifying themselves—(hese, hear.) Mr. WYNN nil, that if the chairman were to report peones% and to ask leave tit again, it would afford an opportunity of discussing the Bill afterwards. Mr. Ron tNsox moved that the chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Mr. Pres. was unwilling to Recede to the proposed delay, and principally be:atise the Bin, being of a popular nature and attesting the labouring classes, excited much interest out of .poor=. Mr. l'uthiP3 Objatatd to the Bill, because it wooed really injure those whom it pretenned to benefit. The subject had occupied his mind:he tt.s or 30 years, and he was quite cor.vinced that legislative interference Nwilddo more harm that. good. Sir 'r ACLAND thought any modifications of improvomentsupon hill might be now proposed. anti the discussion oil the principle could take place on the report of the reformed Bill. Nir. Casuists had hitnerto heard nothing respecting this 11111. If ever he cane to the house without prejudice resproting any .subject, it was with respect to this. Thesuljeot was itself of s very delicate and very complicated nature, and its consequences deserved .znach consiilerativa. lie should therefore support the recommitment of the Bill. It was then agreed that the report should be immediately reseived, and the Bid be recommitted on, Tuesday next. Mr . . ‘;RANT then brought ire a bill fur the further regulation of the payment of labourers' wages in coin, which was read a fast time, and ordered to be read &second= this day se'nnight. _ . IRISH MISCELLANEOTTS SERVICES. On the Motion of Mr. PEEL the house resolved itsclf into a cominitte of supply. PErz.olliarr(!. that submitting the estimates for the Itiet !tliscellantons service, he did not think it necessary to enter into any details with regard to the various items of which tiny were composed. If any difierease of opinion should be indicated upon any pa; ticillat point. he should be willing to postpoas for the present the grunt to which it referred. Ile should now conclude lo‘ moving his tint resolution, that 315,3311. be granted fcr the P rotestant coaricred schools iz. Ire? d. Sir Jolts NxwersaT wax of opinion that, by a more econami eal administration of the finds appropriated to the suppert of the -chartered schools, the benefits of education miglit be extended to a murli larger number of children than the present, whirls stood to be e4OO The resolution was agreed to. Mr. Part then moviid for various grants to public: /r.stittitioas in re.i.nd, winch vim agreed to—Adjourned. TILE LATE MR. EO3E. The of the late Mr. Rose bag been proved in Doctor's Caninioas, i,y his son, G. 11. Rose, one of the eaerators. It paticipally consists in pt.p.iding for his wile and children. Aino:.gst other oequests in one of the codicils are the folio mg :--- ."ro my eldest grandson. George Pitt Rose, my enamelled re• Teeing watch, set with brilliants ; and a walking cane, which be b::ged to his godfather, the late in.comparable Right Honourable William Pitt, ...hose memory will always be dear to me. so long as in) own endures.—it has uie crest of tti.st pest man set in gold on the head of it. "• To my grandson, II!1!,/t Rose. my st-^l•rnmanted sword, which was presented to me by the LlAuttiactun:s of Birmingham, as a token of their regard. " To my grandson, Willlain Rose, a gold.lieuded cane, which was presented by King to the graaltaincr of my late invaluable friend. the last Karl of Marehino.it. " 'Po every mule inliabitant resident in the manor of Ifugh, Chrittehurel, and Lyndhurst. eoanty of who shall be poor enough to tlie tame, and who attend divine at their ret2e..iiy.• ehurehes te.:ec!it th€.y are peeve:iced tht.ll on the burl tits sarn 41 tt::,l shirr : 111 speaking of himself, hesnys, " rorionate—greatl y tunate as i Wive been ill this lilt, "yet there is nn part of my good fortune on %%Melt I set so inestitmitile u value, as the gnalities of those on whom my happiness depvn.leil. My children have been a blessing to me. thir:lig a Imig series of yeait,incli as seldom onnors, nod orvet cgosntl roe nor hum': pain." fie rtp }Knot. 11 . 14 %%114 Atilt tVf./ sons executors. as personal piopeity is sit oin 'hider TOE NLw CrIFT. • Ott the of March. at 15 how's 31 rnin.:ueau time., at Iticnteo, !.Ir. Others found the rigat as. conion of tho Comet to be 341.: deg. min., and the Imo h declination 2t deg.;lt miii. Oa the Vith of hiareli, Kt 1$ Lours ;id mist. the. night 1'.7:.1 deg. :0 it. n. and Vise north deelinatimi 3t deg. 13 milt. •ct , u, Comet resem'aics a small, pale, ill-deli:nal misty spot. rattier brighter in the tniddie,ttillont anyprreeptCite mustiest*, entirelywi raw a tail, and not to he sera but by the aid oF a good telescope. Its ap ipitent 111:igitittvic is on the increase, because the Earth and the Comet are approaching was er to ends other bnt it is not likely that it %%ill he vi•ihle to the caked eye even at the rail of April, %viten its light wilt be the strongest. We siwU be able to f.,110w its e"crse, till in the ,tooth of May its Mall Oct linai ion binders it from appearing above our borison. It wilt proceed in its coarse between the Eagle and the Dolphin, through Antinions to the Archer. On the Wetter, to.ne time back. 3 Sheriff. who wished to make himself appear ve:y riite to tilCci . .lfigt :"3 entta.ve nuo the trin, adclrev.ed hha in the fetiou-irg de you do my I ord Judge ? Ho; %kna* zny 1 ady Jtots :cat si the J tt.tge e TTIE REVIEW OF Li TE1:411.111:. The Pcssibility set: Approaching - the N.. 11, Pole asserted, b. the livn. BAultamiros, with an Appen dix, by Colona BEAL; rov, The ciremustaucc of an Expedition having just sailed, for the purpose of nicking discoveries with respect to the possibility o£ eflr„tiug► a North %Vest Passage, ren ders this subject more than tumally interesting, lin prtant as it is at all times to science and commerce.— The volume now betbre us, is a republication of papers read to the Royal Society, and published in the year 1775, by the Hon. Wines Bartington, containing many curious Lets and observations collected by hit'► from va. riot's sources; to which is now added au Appendix, by Colonel Beaufuy, of the same tenor and description. It is now mote than two ccuturies since the idea was first entertained of the practicability of fouling. a passage to the East Indies, by the North Pule, an object which, if attained.. would he of the highest importance to us as a commerciel nation, being considerably shurtcr thou the passage round the Cape of Good I lope. In the year 1607, an Expedition was fitted out by some private adventurers of Laudon, which, failing of success, was followed by several others. Thu question, however, lay dormant fur a century and a half, till the year 1773, when Mr. Barrington revived it, and, at his instance, a representation was made to the Government by the Royal. Society, which was immediately attended to, and Captain Phipps was sent out to explore the Arctic regions. This attempt was not more successful than its predecessors, Captain. Phipps being prevented from proceeding further than. 80 degrees, by an im mense wall cf ice. Captain Cook's attempt to discover a North East passage was accompanied with similar re sults ; but notwithstanding the numerous failures that had taken place, is reinained the opinion of scientific wen, " that it was not only practicable, but highly probable." The particulars of the Expedition which has so recent: y left the River, being fresh in the minds of our reader, du net require repetition. The two ships are to pursue different courses.—Captain Ross is to go up Davis's Straits, us high as 7:.? deg. when he will en deavour to proceed tc the Westward, by whichever direction circumstances may prompt.—Captain Buchan will steer direct for the Pole, and both will eadeavuur to make fur Behriag's Straits, where we heartily wish they may have a joy:::': meeting. For the variety ofreasons ;hat urge the practicability of the attetapt, we cannot do better than rerer cur readers to Mr. Barriugton's hook, where they will find authenticated facts. and opinions of inarisers who have been in the high Northern Latitudes, all Wading to slew the extreme probability of ultimate success, though circumstances have hitherto caused it to tail. Not among the least of these, is the obligation which has restricted the Greenland Commanders from attending to any other pursuit than the catehieg cf whales, fur until these few weeks, our statute-buck presented the strange contradictions of offering a reward ti.r discove ries, and at the same time enjoining an oath that pre vented them. Parliament has now removed this cb stacle, and thus opened a wide field for emulation and research. It appears from the numerous collections of facts and reminiscences brought together by Mr. Barrington, that there are well authenticated instances of ships hav ing gone as high as 860 not including others, less cer tain, which say, 890, that is, within ouc degree of the Pole. AU the persons agree iu representing the sea to hare been open, and in the belief that it was practica ble to r:ach the Pole, though extraneous circumstances prevented them from prosecuting their discoveries at the time. From the mass of interesting papers which Mr. B. has prcscritid his with, we hardly know how to es.tract with advantage. We will fast give the rea soning of one of ids intelligent correspondents. " sir Laic Ne SUM, who it is nuivcrs , tlly ant/Neil %I'm vitt iarearate, cuutiuus, anti yodiriuuN, in his pliilosuliltival iiotet, both dcmanstratett clearly, that the figure of &Mb --II earth is :tut sllle2rical, but of au oblate 4phi:initial Brun, dtaineicr at ile^ equator being the iireatet, awl at the •'. ‘.7 least Of all the fines that can the erotic.. tte also detrrniitied, by a um3t curious culculation,the pea rectioo of these diameters to be as two hundred unit thirty to !•,) hundred aint 'went!. ”e. Timse seutitneuts of his have :eel' experiinertrlly .ay the means whirl' he also pointed out, vi.: . 1 -erving the motion of pendulums in very different latitud, , and the actual measurement of a degree at the Equator and tinder the Arctic Circle. This last evi dently proved the depression of the earth's surface towards the Pet.... which no doubt gradually increases. 'flte vet y learntd and sagacious De. Hooke asserted, in one of his lec tures, and brought very strong reasons in show, that there is nothing but era et the Pules. The,e points then beiii4 ma. tut ed, will be found to liiiiiiate in Itvollr ola free passage this way, at the same time give much light into other things that have been advanced in'tlir emirs': of this inquiry by showing the trite causes of those facts that, at first sight, have appeared to many very strange and unaccountable. For example, if there he no land near the Pole, then there can he Da ba's in 5% latch ice eats be formed to interrupt the navi gation. Again, the rays of the sun, falling on en list a oar. Lieu, and being continually reflected from the water, must afford a great degree of heat to the stir. At the same time this will account fur the bUtirli belly sects by the Ditteli in Note Zembla a fortnight earlier than lie should have tip peat :iceortiiag to astiimoinical calculations. 31auy other cireurustalices might he mentioned, bur these will doubtless oecer to the intelligent, therefs:re it is uuneCetaary to %Veer .tylp i Thele observations are confirmed by the fn:lowin:: colic:lllskm.: thqt anotFer friend t)t . the Author, Carta :a May, obtained tioat the Datell Greenland captains. Ist,l'ilat toll the Weourn roast of the.Northeru eottutrics were, for the ;most pat t, ace from ice, occasioned rrym th e winds awl tide,: chiefly coming front the East, witicta exp.- rienee provvs. " 2tl, That the ice CM111.4 or!;imilly from the TartariJn Rivers ; for, that the sea never li•-mtvs hat wli to it is calve, auil at the s4ine time a treat qmiatity of gllilAll l a ds. " 3d, 'lliut near the 'even Islands nwsigators often meet with a great Nartll Cact sivel. which pi ores. dat sueh lithe the sea, to a conAiderahle &dance to the North Last, is oat lucked up by the ice. " 4th, Th4t Ilse drift wood eoulil not came to the North ward of .iiiitabergen, in case Cie seai betv. ern the North of Asia and that 1 , 1i111.1 were nwet.; whereas a greet quantity or that ‘eatr.l drove on the North CO.lft Of I.!CLtIld. LiCh is a demonstration that the currents come from the Num& Last. " 5111. That in some of the trees the marks of the ere were. very plain, and the colour of the wood so fresh, that Ley ecr. trinly had not been sic snow hs in tin' sea. " Wh, That some whole trees appeared w:tlt buds there which they think could not have rcitu..atU sit final., if trees had been a year in the salt water. - • " 7th, That the Lust of Greili.latiti was bow discovered :1 the latitude of 79k, that it probably extend.ed farther to the whicla they look upon to be the cause of the str., • page of ice between that coast and Spitsbergen, anti tlic son why they never find u North West or Northerly •. sithl Thit generally all ships, which had once Ro t t:.• North as far a. E , 20 9 Met with Ltile or ito obstructions front Le ler ; and more arguments to the same purpose." Of the rtasons which have induced the governmet: to fit out an expeditim at this time, we have scarce:7 left ourselves space to spe-.k—it has been discovered, that a vast quantity of the ice which is iisaally floating in the Northern regions has disappeared, arid there. .s every reason to suppose that those seas tviil , this suc.- mer, be particularly free from it ; conscper.tly it is a most favourable opportunity for tlx experireer ari! from the principles on which it is planned. and the a:- dour and talent of the officers, we think there is ever' , probability of success. .4rchit:l des Decourerteset, des Invention: Neux:,;.is fai'es dans les Sciences, les Arts, et ks Manufacti.:, tent en France, aue dans les Psys etrangers, pencial: l'annee 1817.—Paris, Bvo. We mention this Book that we may give tl:c lence of its plan its merited ce:r.rnenation—indf:ed, It will be inferred from the title that it must contain a great variety of mod interesting information on subject; of science, which is truly the case. It aff,rds comprehen sive particulars of the numerous inventions and disco veries of the past year, properly arranged, and it is a source of satisfaction that the volume is so thick, afford ir.g the Lest evidence of the astonishing progress that is daily making in scientific knowledge. This work also enumerates the prises proposed by different Socie ties in Europe, for the encouragement of Arts and. Sciences, with other details more peculiarly interesting to the French Nation. We wish that a similar work were undertaken in this country, arranged so as to farm a compendious abstract of what must now be sought iu different journals and other publications. HOAX ON SIR JOHN Easiest.—Oct Salnrday week five ehaldrons of coals arrived at Sir Johts's house, anneals •squar , , front his coal merchant, with an invoice for aiaty the bearer sayiug, the remainiug part of the order was ea the road, and world be delivered immediately. Sir John had nut given any order ; but being out of the article, and having dealt at the same wharf fur several y ears, he desired his ser - vent to take them in, but requested the other 55 might not be delivered, al ira error must have been made ; but scarcely were the coals deposited in the cellar, when a dashing Bond street milliner was announced, accompanied by three assist • ants.with an assortment of the spring fashions to show the ladies in the drawing room. The ladies now became asto nished, and before that subsided, rap after rap proclaimed the arrival of upwards of 130 persona of various else riptions, agreeable to a letter Oppoiutment; consisting of botcher., bakers, ta) lors, eheesensongers, boottnakers, pa,trycookr, gunsmiths, musicians, physicians, surgeons, men n.idwirm, and lawyers ;and the rear was hrought up by a bears', three mourning eemelirs, and two mutes ; and li t eyes and Wise, the alarslialmen, belonging to the 'town Hall. Sir J. very jo e,wely desire.' the latter to disperse the meeting, saying, ha was very sorry they had heen so duped ; also to particularly inform the undertakers, that, notwithstanding his infirm state, he hoped for some time to do without such gloomy assistance. In addition to the above persons written to, were Messrs. Tucker and Sloggeridge, wholesale stationers, in Queen street, Cheapside, for a large quantity of statiouery ; Elworthy, wine merchant, of the Burough, for wines; and several other respectable persons, who suspected it was it hoax, and guarded against the re:ult. . SHOCKING Oreveitexce.—An inq uisition was taken !,e -fore 11. Lewis, Esq., at the Bell, Old Pee - street, Westni.t.- ster, on the tinily of John Jackson. H.ltarlow said that be Was walking along Pyr-street, and observed a paper parcel king on the ground ; he ricked it up, thinking it to be salts, and went in the Crown public house, in Pye-street, when he showed the same to several persons, who thonght it was Ep som salts ; and lie was going to threw it into the fire, when the deceased took hold of his arm and said, " Give them to me, I wilt take them, for I am nnwell in my inside :" he took them on Monday morning , alnint seven o'clock, and shortly afterwards expired. Etitia Leiner, sworn ; says she bag lived with the deceased for upwards of filar years; that he got r.p on 3londay morttingabont seven said he would tad,. the salts (having an Flamm rliago), and after he eakfast oas made to LAO ;114.111) ; he then went nut, tent re turned soon, scy int; lie was afraid that what he had taken was not salts, for lee felt an excessive horning in his inside, and desired her to take what was left, and go inintediatels to a surgeon's and inquire, which she did, and the surgeon declarcil it to be a strong inoon, an.l on her r t tern Lei th Ihe surgeon, she tound hint dead. Accidental death, by Wan++! QL414124•4461414.4.44. 4 4 . .4 • 1