The National Register. — London, England, 1818-01-12 00:00:00

f JAN. it discourage it, for charity must not be entirely withheld until Meet tigation took place, however prompt that investigation might be. Ile was well convinced that there were hundreds now in the streets, who, if not relieved to day, would die to morrow. Ile had, there fore, the cause of these wretched beings to plead, and he was sure he should not be suffered to plead in vain. Mr. Hume, though not one originally concerned in bringing *bout this meeting, had (in consequence of his application to the gentlemen who suggested it, to know what measure were to be brought forward) been asked to propose the resolution he was now about to move. With regard to plans, it was not resonable to expect on such a subiect as this, any thing like agreement ; and in this case he had found as many plans as individuals. All, however, concurred in the conviction that the evil was great and general. Every friend of humanity endeavours to give partial relief within the circle to which his exertions must be confined; bat general relief must be the object of the conunitte. After arguing the necessity of some permanent establishment, he concluded by moving, that a so ciety be formed, to be called the Society for the Suppression of Men dicey. The Rev. Mr. Budge, as Minister of a very populoux parish, con sidered it his duty to staxmd the measure. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Tooke rose next, to move the appointment of a committee. He observed, that when the committees should he established, the proper course would be to supply gentlemen with tickets, to be given to mendicants. Instead of bestowing their charity in money, which was too frequently spent idly and profligately, they would give to the beggar who solicited relief one of those tickets, referring film to a place where his case would be investigated. lie then mov ed the appointment of a committee. Mr. h reese seconded the resolution, and observed that it was ne cessary to urge gentlemen to contribute their aid, as their presence there sufficiently declared their intentions. That mendicitv consti tuted a great evil was manifest. The only question was , how this evil could be remedied. He who could answer this question might feel peculiar satisfaction from the remembrance of it on his dying day. A gentleman moved that Mr. W. Williams be appointed trea surer. Mr. Freed, in seconding this motion, said that this was a political question, and a political question of the very highest importance. it went to the root of all society. Society, according to the Scriptures. was connected together as one body, when one member was afflicted *lithe m tubers suffered with it. Society was a pyramid. whose basis was the lower classes. If the basis should be diminished, the whole fabric would tumble down. This was only the beginning of the measure, if wisely conducted, it might be attended with the most be neficial effects. A gentleman moved that Mr. W. H. Bodkin be appointed se cretary. Mr. Harrison denied that their intention was political. They had no intention of interferin in any way with civil government. He was anxious that this should be distinctly understood, and pub lished. He saw there gentlemen who could state it better than lie, and lay it ininnehately before the public. By doing an, they would essentially serve society. He, for one, did think that mendieity toned be put down altogether. Ile concluded by moving thanks to Mr. Ottey, for the gratuitous use of the room It might. indeed, be said, cantos. for the committee room was also given gratuitously. Mr. Rowcroft said, they could now separate with as much satisfac tion as the occasion allowed. The beginning was the most difficult thing. 'Chat difficulty was: now removed. It remained that every one should contribute for the object in view. Their business was not to deal out pathetic phrases, but to tell simply what were their Lopes, and what should be their endeavours. lie moved thanks to the chairman. Mr. Hume in seconding this motion, mentioned. that he had for merly omitted, but what was very important. that at Bath t!tcy were before them on this subjec t. Theme mendie.ny was in a great mea sure suppressed. The example was cheering and encauragine. 'Cite chairman said. he had been unwilling to take the chair, rest because he was unwilling to co-operate in the design of the meeting, but because he wished • gentleman of greater name anti superior talents to preside in a business of such importance. By the next time they met lie felt enured that they should have not only a gentle man of rank and talents to preside. but that they could seket one from many who should apply for the chair which he row occupied. The meeting then broke up. EXTRAOODINARE PRESENCE OC NIIND.—The Composer of the celeorated Strathspey, called John !toy Stewart's Reel, had been Quarter Master in the Scots Greys, and was sent with a party to apprehend Mr. Munroe, of Novar, suspected of secretly favouring the rebellion of 170. Airs. Munroe, like Madame Lavalette, determined to hazard all to save the life of her 'welt:end. Though pregnant alld momentarily ex pecting to he ColliMell, site intrt atuil permission to accompany him to piss ta , and in the middle of a lone moor soddenly exclaimed that she must have some of her own sex to attend her. She penned in different directions, and Stews*, t, at her request, dispatched all lint troopers, while lie himself kept close to Munroe, with a loaded pistol in his hand. Mrs. Mon roe, who rode on a pillion behind her husband, sOOll cried out that she and her child should perish, unless she were assisted to dismount.—Stewart replaced his pistol in the holster, idighted, and helped the Lady to descend ; but she clasped him so fit tidy in her arms, as to allow her husband to side al to a place of safety. Stewart having no witnesses to prose his innocence, was afraid to join his regiment, appreiteitsi ye that his ohnoxio s name might tend to a snore rigorous pus itisbusent dean he deserved. He therefore went orer to the rebel party, held a Colonel's commission at the battle of Cul_ loden, and alter the defeat of the Pretender, was concealed several months in the North. For some time, while hid in a cavern, his son bronchi Wet victuals very early in the morn. ing, or late in the night; and as the path to his retreat was intricate, lie generally Mel 1111.rhdd to receive his pi °visions. The Royalists had information that Stewart, the deserter and rebel, was in that neighbourhood, and his desperate courage pointed out the nete6sily of sending a considetable force against hint and his firmly attached protectors. His sun was overtaken by a large party of militias, within a few yards of the spot where Stewart generally met Bins. One of the articles he carried was a pitcher of milk. With ready pies: ice of anted he feigned itliotey,and offered his milk to She drummer, if lie would let IMO know the use of that odd !poking follOti thing he had strapped at his back. The buy's broken Eng lish and s trange gestures attracted the notice of an Offices, who, after a short conversation, ordered the drummer to beat This was all young Stews' t desired; and it had the wished for etfect, of warning his latlirr to keep close to his asylum. DEVOTION TO CLERICAL DUTIVI. --We know the following affecting statement to he con ecti—ln a parish in theimme diate vicinity of Dublin, the Catholic citrate was called on to administer the last solemn tiles of religion to a family in the last stage of typos fever. On entering the hovel, he remind them in number six or spy en persons, male and female, 13 Mg on a truss of straw scattered ON the moist and models Hour.— The agonies of death were coming fast upon thou. The. totites•ions of each of them were to be heard. Lest time should es. et heal ,he confession of the other, lit stretched hi 0. self on the straw. while t he wretched sttierer breathed his or her transgressions into hiss ear. 'lnns inhaling the poison of' their mespiration, and separating them -Isom each whet successively, at the risk of his own life, he completed his sacred fuel:lima—Dublin Zrreing Post. THE NATIONAL REGIME FINE ARTS. CASTS FROM THE ELGIN MARBLES. "A set of casts from the Elgin marbles are to be immediately prepared for the Imperial Academy of Arts at Petersburgh, under the direction and superintendence of Mr. Haydon, to whom M. M. (Merlin, the President, has written in the most flattering terms fur that purpose. M. M. Oleuin has also, as a mark dins estimation fur Mr. Haydon's talents, presented him, for his own private study, with some casts fron► the Imperial collection of a bust of Achilles, a beautiful statue of Venus, and one of Silent's, which was considered as the finest things in the collection of the Emperor. M. M. Olenin concludes his letter, honourable to Mr. Haydon, by hoping that the correspondence thus begun will not end, and that " Mr. Haydon will continue it for the benefit of the arts in Russia." It is remarkable, that while Mr. Haydon is held in such just estimation on the eontinent, lie seems to be sys tematically neglected by the It yal Academy of England, though that institution was created for the express purpose of fostering and rewarding native talent."—limes. 'Fite writer of the above, sheerer he is, could have been at no loss to discover the cause of the systematic neglect of Mr. Haydon by the Royal Academy, had lie attended to the course which that gentleman has pursued for a considerable time past. We believe the Royal Academy of Loudon is not less alive to the merit of Mr. Haydon, as ea t artist, than the Academy of St. Petersburgh ; but to admit him a memPer of their body, while he is in the constant habit of systemati catty abusing them, would be an act of magnanimity which we might admire, but hardly can expect. Indeed, we be• lieve Mr- Haydon himself is not ambitious of obtaining aca demic honours ; he stands in direct hostility to the plan of the Royal Academy. in defence of what some consider a riral institution; though every sincere lover of art must re gret that this supposed rivalskip should have been either wholly created or materially encreased by the mistaken zeal of Mr. Haydon and a few of his friends, who think that by villifying the Academy they will add to the consequence of the Institution. NEWFOUNDLAND.—Letters from St. John's of the 11th Nov. contain some interesting particulars. Numbers of the lower classes who had suffered losses by the conflagration hail quitted the islaud and gone to Canada, to Novu Scotia, to New Brunswick, or to the territories of the United States, to procure employment. The Governor had wisely provided occupation fur the able-bodied men who remained on the island, by employing them in telling timber, at the rate of is. lid. per day, fur the reconstruction of the buildings, which it is highly probable will be speedily restored. By the liberal contributions of the more wealthy, the necessities of the destitute, aged, and the infirm retuaining inhabitants, have been generously relieved. Hopes were entertained that the poor and labouring classes will be enabled to support the inclemency of a Newfoundland winter, without being exposed to those severe privations and distresses which were expected as the sad consequences of the late awful ca lamity. Sunday the 4th inst. the remains of the late Mr. Robert Palmer, of Drury-lane Theatre, were conveyed to the church yard of St. Martin-iu-the•Fields, where they were deposited in a vault near the church. This last sad procession was at tended by the relatives of the deceased in two mom ning coaches. Five monruing coaches which followed wet e tilled by the principal of his late brother-performers of Drury-lane. The coffin, which, as well as all the necessary arrangements for his funeral, had been executed according to his own pal - ticular directions, was of plain English Oak, polished, and lined w icad, but without any ornament whatever, except a breast plate containing bib name and age. Mr. Palmer was in his 61.1 year. Died on the fah inst. in his apartments in St. James's Palace, Mr. John Eldred, Page to his Majesty. He had held the situation during the whole of his Majesty's reign, and was Page to George 11. On July 15, 1818, he would have been too years old. He was much respected and esteemed by all the attendants at Court; he was very gallant and attentive to the females who wert admitted ii,to the State room in St. James's Palace, over which he had the direction and control on Court I lays. He always possessed a great dow of spirits, which continued with him till the last; he had something to say to every person : generally alluding to his, being a youth, and frequently to the good.dinner he was realm to partake, on had partaken of. At other times, when he was inclined to pass jokes upon his eating and drinking, it would be of a revers:: description, by saying that he never get a good dinner but in the sprat seeson—meaning as much as he could eat, and then he got a feast, as his bead wages was but seven pencehaltpenny a day. He ate and drank very heartily.—His favour. the beverage WAS porter, and he would often drink as much as three quarts a day—a quart with his dinner, and two quarts in the course of theciternoon and evening. When he drank spirits, it was British gin, and occasionally he took gin and water. Ile smoked tobacco incessantly : his flomuriur dinner was a mop- steak. of which he would eat a pound and this course of 16'e he continued till about a fortnight past, since which he has been indisposed. His strength did not tail him till very lately. The last time, or the last but one, that the Prince Regent went in rate to the Chapel Royal. lie carried one of the heavy maces before the Prince Regent as a Deputy Serjcant at Anns. His principal exercise during the last air years has been walking from St. James's Palace to the neighbourhood of Tothill *Ws, near Lady nacre's alms-houses, to receive the rent of some small iIOtIVIS which lie owned, weekly, and to purchase his own food : and he would walk through several markets, or go to a number of butchers' shops in the street till he could meet with a rump of beef in a }articular state of cutting, to get a rump steak that would please him, and he would take that, or any thing else he pur chased, home for dinner, for his servant br cook. He was a widower: his wife has been land a nunilar.- of yearr. Mr. Eldred was extremely obliging and accommodating to every person who had the pleasure of knowing him. An En WAN N AVY.—By the last accounts from New York, it appears, that two thirds of the Amerkan Navy are in com mis-ion and :Moat, and that every exertion was making, in all the naval yards within the 1 iion, to complete (lie ships now toviiiling there. For some time past a rendezvous for seamen lord been opened in New York, and placards wc re posted is ditioreid parts of t h e city, °tiering Ito Cu month!' pay do wn, to sailors on their enter ing into the service of the relied States. It Is id, that several Erigli•li seamen, from the want of t mploymeut, had riot he, ii abh to withstand so great a temptation, and were serving on board Airier - man ship. Oi s war. FIR E.—About six on Monday sum Ming a fi' broke out at ihr horse el Mr. Nil:l,w, a baker, opposite the c hoich, (•‘‘ Butts, w:irell tit' a short time consumed the SAIUP, with three others udii Ming. Happily no liv,3 %ca . ( Iwo. • CHURCH MISSIONARIFS. The general interest which the important cause of Missions has excited, impels us to lay before our readers the following interesting extracts from the Church Missionary Register. " At Agra, a large city N.W. of Calcutta, and nearly SIOLI miles distant from it, Abdool Messed', a converted Alas sulmati, is occupied as a reader of scriptures and siaperinteu • dant of schools. He is assisted by his nephew, Inaynt Mrs- seek. The labours of Abdool have t xeited great attention and enquiry, and iu various cases. have been eminently suc cessful. In order to awaken attention and conciliate the natives he administers medicine gratuitously to the poor ; he has done this with mach success, some hundreds having received re liet iu different disorders. The Society possesses a building called the Kuttra, where Abdool resides, and where worship is held—schools are opened there and in three other places. Some welt disposed and intelligent European residents coun tenance and direct these labours. " At the colony of Sierra Leone, on Leicester Moun tain, about three voiles from Free-town ' on an elevated spot, the Christian Institution, so called, is now forntiug on a quantity of laud, lately panted to the Society.— Negro children, of various I.lil/1.0, re-captured limn smug gling slave ships, arc maititaitied there, and teen se Chris. flan instruction. They work one half of the day and r-ceivis Christian Wistroiction in the other half. The Sot iety wholly maintains at Leicester Mountain two Moulted of these chit. ilreit, hesides about 200 more in settlements out of the Co lony ; attil mail others are placed tititli.t . its CAIV, at a charge of X:, a yi - ar cad) to the Guyer 1111 l 'flue society is assisted ill the clothing, maintenance, and education of these' 490 Aft-ie.:it children by the benevolence of many ti lends who subscribe each .0 a year for a child named according to their directions ; that being considet et! as an average for his continuance under education. " Another settlement has been formed on the northermost of the two New Zealand Islands, by the zealous assistance of the Rev.S3llllllel Mandela, the principal Chaplain of New Smith Wales : he sailed in the brig Active. for the Bay of Islands, with several of the society's smilers ; and at an in terview with the Chiefs, a grant of 200 acres of land at Raogee llou, was made to them for the Society, and another grant of 50 acrsrt has been since obtained in a trrtile part of the Buy. It is supposed, that there are half a million of people, of a noble native character, on the two Islands , this is the first attempt to civilize them, and to bless thrin with the knowledge of christianity. Twenty-five European settlers are settled at Rancher Him, and a slim 015001. has since been granted by the Society fur the support of the mission.-- Ity the recent establishment of the ship,' Willialli Wilber force," the comfort and encouragement of the Missionaries is consulted—also economy in the arrangement of supplies, a more perfect knowlege of the mission, its wants, its diffi culties, mid its success: occasional visitation, the prevention of improper society to lissionarics on their voyages, and inany other advantages resulting from that pelt of the plan. The whole of these arrangements are necessary to the great cause among the heathen notions, and cannutfall to pro duce an effect iu those parts of the globe, which will accele rate the merit of the general conversion of the Gentiles as one (lock under one shepherd. ' I firmly belive,' said the Rev. Daniel Wilson in his discourse to the Society last May, 'that there was never such a scene presented befine the church of (:heist since the first promulgation of eliti,liuMly as is now presented to us in this country ; fur if the tin co concurring circumstances, to which he lw.d alluded, a dispo sition ou the part of the heathen, to enquire into the gospel ; opportttuities afforded for diffusing it ; and a zeal iu the ti i.e sir satits of Christ to avail themselves of the uppot tunitie,, form tint+ a scene as that depicted in his text (I. iv. 33.) thew the present moment is c 11l i l Imlay of that description. " (To be continued.) Ent nun non Must o sa.--The exterior of the grand public Mar- WWII, in the College, is now finished, and is allowed by all judges to be one of the most hcautunl and chaste pieces of architecture in Scot land. Preparations are making for fitting up the interior accunling to the classical plan conceived by Mr. Mayfair. jun. The span menu are on a great scale, and, when tilled with the numerous ob jects of natural history in the present Museum, and distributed throughout different pasts of the College, and with such collections as may be added by the liberality of Government, and the patriotism of individuals, will contribute in an eminent degree to the advance ment of natural history in this kingdom. It gives us much pleasure to inform the Public, that already individuals, sensible of the import ance of a national Museum in the metropolis of Scotland. have inn nutted their intention of contributing in various ways, to its support and increase. Colonel lmrie, well known to the Public by his mine ralogical writings, has been the first to set the example of contribut ing to this public establishment. We understand that he has pro stated to the College Museum the valuable collection of minerals he made in Greece and the Greek Islands, and has accompanied this in tervsting donation with a splendidly printed Catalogue, and engravings of Classic Grecian scenery, made front original drawings, and en graved at his own expense, by one of our must eminent artists. PIRATICAL PaTiooTs,--The following is an ex tract trona the Savannah Repnklican:— " By an intelligent gentleman from New Orleans, we learn that information had been received there from Mina to the last of Septem ber, or beginning of October. at which time he had formed a Junes. thin with father Morn , " (Torres) in the interior, and augmented Lis force to 5,0(X) turn. The part of the country which he was in abound ed in resources of men, money, and provisions, and the popuLtic a was devoted to the patriot cause ; su that no doubt s as to the u tim;,en success of his expedition were entertained." " Capt. Derr, of the brig Ontario, from Canton, who arrived at 1101 mes Hole, reports that on the 11th ult. in lat. 19 .b.ng. 59, SC, he boarded the wreck of the Dashet, of Argyle. laden with lumber; her rudder was gone, and both masts by the board. Ile found in the cabin, written with chalk, the facts, that sh,: was wrecked on the 9th, and that the captain and code were taken off by the brig For. etude. " On the same day, Capt. Dore, was decoyd in the reach of a pi. rate schooner of about ?onions, under barei.oles, with colours flying. When they had approached sufficiently near for their purpose, they salad, hauled down their colours. hoisted a black an d w hi t , one i n gave chase. They at length Caine up with the Ontario, I ts n anri se m n d t a o n n board fourteen ciorlineen savage-looking villains armed with pistols and cutlasses , calling themselves patriots, wl.o drove the rest of the cre,v into the fiireriestle, and commenced Out:tiering the ship; unbent her rib, and tittered the forecastle, and stripped tiro hands of their chi:Mang. leaving some of them totally destitute. They also catered the cabin, and broke open chests anti trunks of the offi cers, and took most of their cluathing, and many other article , !Along. ing to them. The captain remonstrated to,inust their conduct but was silenced with pistols and daggers presented to Ids breast. After carrying off one boat-load of vlut,,ler, a sigual biven on board their vessel, when they withdrt out inexpressible joy. They ap peered to be " patriot. - of all nations ; and, we are sorry to sac, -one were known to he American patriots. The 'chewier was arn,i4 with 4 long ln.rouLd.as,v4d 33 men.