The National Register. — London, England, 1816-09-09 00:00:00

of • 'ow To Alittiaca. We need no stronger proof of the disposition for cmi ration than the AMA return we here subjoin, taken from a late American Paper. The emigrations front France to America arc nearly in the same proportion as from England. No fewer than 50 French officers had just readied New York when the last advices came away:— ARRIVAL 4 AT NFU' WORK, FltOM IREII.4NII. June *4. (lemur, from Itell3st, 444 passengers. 28. Sophia, from Bullast, $2 ---- .--. ffl. i fling, from Sligo, 041 July 1. Orient, from Sligo, 37 Bristol, from 17 3. Debby and Eli/.1, Ati 8. Cieorge, from Ileltlist, 90 AT PIIII.ADIA.PIII.%. July Y. Coro., from Dublin, 37 --- - 6. Only Son, from Dublin, 37 AT BOSTON. It. Cesar, from Belfast, number not steed. Fxtraet of a letter front a voting man in New York, to his brother in Perth, dated New York, 423 d of June, 3816: - - - " I take the opportunit of n young man who arrived here a fen , days ago. need who le returning home with litany more of your deluded countrymen. They find thine% very ill:if:Tent here from what they expected before their arrival in n o r eon atitntional democratic eoriutcy. They suppose, when they arrive here, they are to b. come independent, without making arty fissility exertion; but these ideas are false, and often fatal to the designs of your headstrong conntiymen ; more real ex cellent and perseverance is necessary here than hi your country. We have people of every description, from every quarter to deal with, and no country ever produced more active sharpers than this. .On (heir account people require to be more on their guard than with you. Business is very fiat, and goods are rooming in from every qnarter, and will not pay the im porter the expense of weaving, freight, dec. independent of cost of the raw material. Many large houses have failed, and more expected. Goods can now he pinch: erect at eight or twelve months' cr. dit, on approved indorsed bills, which were formerly bought at sixty and ninety days; many bills will soon heroine die, with all their auxiliaries, such as board and store rent, and then wiU be a crash aniline the dashing youths in this part of the vineyard. There is no elicits:Law meat here for people from your quarter. /folly father can procure a new lease of he ought to take it. I can only say, you need not come here with the ideas of your discon tented countrymen, or, Ike them, you will be inigktity porn 'ed." Another letter from America states the following im portant fact :—" On the 26th of June sailed from New York for Liverpool, a vessel having on board 196 persons owed in the steerage and miserable stations of the yes el, being wretchei ntiumfacturers and others re turning to Britain, not being able to get employment in is Union dust would produce them bed and board." A member of the-Buonaparte family, or rather of his first wife, has appeared upon the scene, in the shape of, an applicant for the annulment of a marriage.—Made moiselle Stephanie Tascher, the nieceof Madame Boone parte, had hisan compelled by Buonaparte to a marriage with the Duke d'Ahremberg. Site resisted a long time, but at last consented, through the apprehension of bring ing Buonaparte's displeasure upon her family. But before her marriage:she declared her repugnance to the Duke, and at the Altar repeated it, adding, that she would never cohabit with hiin.—This resolution she adhered to. The King's Adwimte was in favour of the annulment, the marriage being vicious in a main point, the mother of Mademoiselle Teacher never having given her con Sent— . Court was to pronounce its decision on Thursday sennight. The Duke d'Ahremberg did not appear in Court either by himself or his Counsel. A Royal Ordonnance has been published in France for the recovery of such domains belonging to the Crown or Clergy a have not been alienated or sold, anti which are in the hands of persons who cannot exhibit ttny legal titles to them. If they surrender them in three months, they will not be required to refund the profits they have received from them. It is with pleasure we have to record another triumph ((Christianity o v er ignorunce and superstition. By ac counts just received from Mr. Read, i.t South Afriria. the Missionaries havC met with a joyfal reception in Caffrariu; for whose arrival the minds of the Cstflies had been pre } ared by a person of that nation, who hind been converted to the Christian Faith some time ago. They are said to be nearly 110,000 in number. It Lein; impter-ible to transact any public business at the Guildhall, Westminster, at present application was mu& to the Lord Mavor for his permission to hold the next fitting or the Insrdvont Debtor's Court in one of the Courts in London. The Lord Mayor immediately com plied With the request, and appointed the Court of King's Bench, in the Guildhall Loudon, fur that purpose. • The Iligh Bailiff has appointed Wednesday next for the NVestunnst& meeting, on the subject of the distresses of the country. • - Vauxhall Garden. closed on Friday last. The Cllow ing Address was delivered 'by sir. Gigntun from the Orchestra, on the ocensionz— " L.stnes Aso GENTkx mem— As these Oartiens close th's evening, I am dt , ired by the Proprietor. to express to von his gratitude for the support lie has rec.:ired through a at a.on un precedented for coif( an 4 rain,Joul to ammo: you, thst no exer tion or expense shall be wiolticg co hi• pact, to coutinoe them .is the high estimation, which limn your Lind patron:tar tiny now possess. In the name of myself. and the Performers in general, I beg to acknowledge the iniudgenre you have Anvil sad foa this Season we most humbly take our leave. THE LATIONAL REGISTER. MANDY'S EXPERIMENTS. EXTINCTION OF FIRE, AND PRESERVATION OP PRO: PERTY, BY A NTI-PHLOGISTIC FLUID. Committee-Ronon..Woolwich Barrack,. Aug. 30. 1816. C(EVIItITTLIe. _ . . Appointed by the Honourable the lionrd of Oh dnanee null the Lord, of the Admiralty, consoling of the following Field Caloncl.•, PI - esident—General Lloyd. ORDNANCE DP.PARTMENT. General Ramsey, (lemma! ltotbark, Sir H. Farmingham, Colonel trios , . sir W. Robe, Colonel Griffiths. ROYAL NAVY. Adm. Sir Charles Rowley I Capt. M`Kinlie, U.N. To witness the &eels of Captain ;Dimity's Machine for ratio goi•lting Fire, and to Report their opi ll ion of the same to the il.tterent Boma.. Captain Maltby stated, that before lie presumed to hving the ditierent inaehines and implements lit their notice. he had taken the opit i i 111 l of men of scientific and philosophical knowledge. He assured the Committee, that he hod no idea of pecuniary gain: he shoofidtake oat no patent for what he had dime, and he wished it to be known that he disavon eil all claim to inven tion. The Committee then inspected the portable machine ; the Captain skewed them that it could be instantly applied (as it might be kept ready loaded) to a tire. which miss so situated that a common fire engine would he (Woo service; for instance, he said, in the hack apartments of a house, or under die deck of a vessel. lie explained the mantle of the fluid which the machine was charged with, which coo.-nits of lime, potash, a certain quantity of water, which might be 'limit! ill two mi nutes, and on board a 441 a cask of it might always be in readiness, besides the machine bring charged with it. To shew to the Committee the extraordiaary effects of the anti-phlogistic Hind, be immersed in it a quantity of lienip, canvas, and deal wood, which ase the most combustible mate rials used in a duck-yard; he also immersed the tame mate rials in common water, and applied it eel - taint heat to each ; those which had been dipped in the antilthlogiitic fluid would not burn, and those dipped in common water blared immedi ately. The tapten then exhibited the means be had of rescuing persons frogs danger, where they %Cie so M1411..411141, being sur rounded by fire, that the only means of eon aping fr the cle ment was through the windows, or from the tops of homes. He chewed several plans, embracing every situation iu which a person might be placed at such* lime. All the apparatus, with IS of the portable machines ur cylinders, might be, by his plan, fixed upon a light cart, anal two men, or one horse, could draw them with ease. One of the inventions was lunch admired by the Committee, which the Captain tried by shoot• ing a cord from a pistol, one oral of which would go over a house, and the person in distress would draw the rope to the window ;at the other end was fastened a machine similar - 10 a glazier's horse, suet' as they clean the outside of windows with, which are at a distance from the ground. Pentons may draw it up and fasten themselves to the rope by a sliding noose roomd the waist, and the rope being fastened to a pulley, the persons below may assist those in distress gradually- down. without danger. The noose in the rope is so (mined, that a child may h e let out of the upper window in the house, add arrive at the ground without danger. The Captain produced a plan ofcommunication (comp house on fire to the next house, by a kind of railing with hooks to clip each window frame; and also an elastic sheet, ulnah being held by two men, the person in distress might leap into it with out any danger of receiving hurt by it. The fifteen loaded Ma chines would be sufficient to extinguish any fire from its imme diate application, and the contents of them would he equal to three tons of water, and he humbly hoped and believed that the day was not far distant when every parish in the metropolis would be furnished with one of the carriages complete. He knew it would be the interest of the different Insurance Offices to do all they could in their power to promote the general adoption of a plan which is of 611( . 11 infinity iimoortance—that of saving the lives and property of our fellow-creatures. He (Capt. M.) suggested soother thing to the Committee: it is expected that a plan of a Fire Poliee of the Nletrepoli% will be brought before Parliament .r at s-ssion, avid he humbly thought that the carriage complete would be of the gicutest hi ucfit to all established police. - The Captain then read a letter addressed to hint front the Woo. Captain Pellew, of the !tops' Navy, highly in favour of hi inventions. Captain M. suggested that the fire apparatus should be depo sited with watclunon, and observes, Is considers it particularly calculated for fists Ott beard Sill" either in action or front ac cidental cantos. The Committee closed its proceedings at hall-past four o'clock. It is reported, that the Bank intends to place it at the option of the ftual-holder to receive a very large pro portion of his January dividends either in specie or pa per: We rue sorry to mention that a great house, which is connected with the direction of a magnificent oriental c:::ablishment, stopped payment on Saturday. The Brighton fe‘lierinen have been conjecturing whether the ensuing winter will be severe, front severa; shoals of herrings taking a susith.wesarly direction. During the last week se veral boats have caught these tish, and they have prOVCILOr a delicious flavour. Fur a series of years, these tinny migrations hate nut been known to early in the se:lgor& ; October is gene rally the contnieueement of the herring. fishery. There is an old Spanish Proverb, which says, " It is but right to hear before you conde ttttt ; but a Miller and an Attorney you may hang at a venture," SINGULAR SUDDEN DEATII.—On Friday a son OrShirdWiCk, of Great Kitline, Middlesex, who was at Mr. l ompson's Aca demy, at Hanoi.ll , was returning from school home in a post chaise, on a visit to his friends; when the chaise stopped at kis father ' s door, the post-boy dismounted to let the soling gentle • man out •f the chaise; he opened the door, and to his utter amazement, found that hia passenger was a corpse. The con sternation mud exceeding distress of the relatives of tile de ' ceased is scarcely possible to be imagined, much more to be dent ibed. Maim day morning about seven o'clock, the lion of Mr. Lane, a respectable silversmith, residing at No. Ur), High llolhorn, pot a period to Isis existence by shooting liiinselr through the head with a pistol. Abont a vata or two previous to his com mitting this rub act, be be{:11:ell s cry lobs awl desponding. . POLICE REPORT. In our last Paper we gave a summary account of the important Police Report of the Metropolis, which has at eructed so much public• attention. Its various matter is so connected with the vital interests of the metropolis, that we should ill perform our duty were we to with hold the means of inflammation which it so amply con tains ; and this great city, and the country at large, can not he too thankful to the indefatigable Committee, by whose unremitting mid judicious attention it has been produced. The recent and nefarious consu e uiracy, now in a state of progressive development, has given an extra ordinary interest to these documents, and it is our duty to gratify our readers with a continuation of as large a portion of them in til'r future numbers as we can make oonsi. , tent ti.e other branches of our oflive ;—an I we doubt not they will purse time extracts our limits permit us to nuai:o with the same lively feeling which was excited in our own bosoms. Our extracts are given from the volume published by Messrs. Shet•uvood and Co. in which our readers 1611 find included much valuable original infitrmation in notes and observations by an active and intelligent Magistrate. JuNE 7, ISt 41.—The HON. H. G. BENNET, in the Ch.tir. JOHN TtAvsswkin e.,;;241 in, and examined. Y . 03 are one of the police officers at nommert How lung have you held that situation ?—I think aumcwhere about foul-and-thirty years; rather better. Do yon hold that situation at present?—Yea. Is your time employed at the office alone, or do you attend at the Court at levees and drawing-rooms, and all public places?-- Both, day and night. What, in general, do yon consider is the nature and ea tent of the duties of yonr suffice ?—The duty of the office, as a tam. ter of course, is to attend at the office, and at other public public Mimes for the officers ; hut two of us have been more immediately placed ahont the Court. • I think in the year 1792, when Mr. Dundas was Secretary of State, and Mr. Pitt was Minister, that itai • tumid took place in consequence of the various dein edations t ommitted .it Court, and in consepienee of the king and Royal Family being ft - eminently teased trills lunatics ; that was the original occasion of that tips • molt taking place. Is it customary' to have an officer 611111 Ilow.street constantly in attendance at the Bank ?—No,only ten day!' a quarter: that Sayers and I do every quarter, and have dune fur many years, these live-and-twenty ycart I dare say. Dtpredatious used to be committed there dreadffilly at dividend times; and when Mr: Giles and Mr. Thoratua were grovernar and deputy gover nor, the application was made, and we went. Is that considered as part of your ottlioary ditty, or do the Directors of the Bank recompense you for that as a special service?--\t e hate a guinea u-day for it. 'That is paid by the Hank ?—Yes., Independent of the salary which arises from the office!—L dependent of ant salary. When you attend at auy of the other offices--you have named the Custom Howie, the Stamp Office, and so on. do they pay you ler that attendance?—Certainly. At the same tate?— At the same rate provided there is no reward: In the instance where the officers so vigorously ap prehended that banditti that murdered the revenue officer; there, for the first time in my life, I find that the Government, or the Solicitors and C ' loners of Excise have given 10001. reward to whoever should give information, or canoe the parties to he taken, together with the apprelienders, and so forth, to width I have no doubt they will be all entitled. The usual way in distributing the 401. on conviction is, that the Recorder gives the prosecutor from 51. to lal. according to eiretatustanees, and the apprehenders the remainder, that comes to, perhaps, only. 31. or 41. apiece, though the world runs away with the ridiculous idea that the officers base oil. It is a singular circumstance, but in all eases of felony theme arc but two cases where there is - any reward at all; those arc. a highway robbery and a burglaiy ; all the others are mere bagatelles, for they nre merely certificates, what the vulgar call Tyburn tickets, to tree 110111 parish offices. Those are worth 201. apiece, are they not ?- have sold them as low as Lel. lu such a parish as Saint George's, Hanover-square, flue people are•of so notch consequence that they will serve theneselves. The highest is in Covent-garden, where it is worth 251. Do you think, considering the demand that is made both from public bodies and from individuals upon Bow-street, that the establ:shment 'lithe menhir officers is sufficient ?—I think, myself, that what there is wanting of the established offieeis is made up by the patrole, who step in directly; therefore I think, upon the whole, the establishment is large enough ; for if once the establishment was made more than the officers conk! do, they would starve line another; it is like a rank of chairs, or of hackney coaches; if there are too many thete is not em ployment fur them; and when it does not so happen that they are all employed, what is the consequence Some hoes I have myself, to the citify part of my life, when I was in the habit of going to do the business for public offices, been out of town fur a week or a fortnight. I went to Dookirk, in the year 11 81 4 to thtch oter four that were hanged. I went f u r :qr. Taylor, a Ilamborgla merchant. 'flame are rert•iu cases in which maybe en g dov d longer; there have been CffiCPl I! for eight or ten days on the poaching cases. Vicary was dawn fora tub t night in Gloucestershire, with Berkeley; frequently it takes a great deal of tine to detect a banditti like that. Are the police officers moult 'rot out of the metropolis on the service of indiv Wools tat deal; the great means of their living, in a measure, is that of their being employed, as I hat e always termed it, upon foreign service; that is, out of their local jurisdiction, because the officers salary is only a guinea a week. If it was not for the rewards for the industry and services of Um police officers, which me paid tor uy indi; blinds olio can ploy ilium, should yon think the. idary Mo kid' is paid them' siWil as could procure proper officers for the porposco of the pub lic ?-Impossil4c. • Should you not think that it would be u much better inotle of rewarding the services of the office's; of the police, if ie... left in the tacusr of the police magistrates to pay, for every special service that each Milker did, the reourd %skid' those magistrates thought tit to Ilpiiurtiwai--11 hose always thnu,L•t Co ; from the curliest part of my time I have thought it, and for the best or all reason+ ; I has e, with 1.% ery attention that man could bestow, wa:clicd the comlnet• of various persons ♦vhn 11311: giVCII evidence against their fillow-ersattilrea for life or death, not only at the Olt Bailey, but on the circuit-, and I hate always been perfectly consisted that you'd be the I • 9 1 1 9