The National Register. — London, England, 1822-09-22 00:00:00

MR. CANNING AND TUE LIVERPOOL DINNER. Mr. CANNING IS reporto.d to have amid, at the Liverpool Dinner— I wish those perw ins who cry out for reform, to state to we, to state to thew ,elo.s distinctly tie objects they bays in stew, and the means of obtaining those objects." • The object is, a REAL representation of the people in that Douse, which is • called, and ought to be their own House, the House of Comm' .ous, so culled, but in fact the deputy blouse of piers —and sr to the means, it is wished to prevail on the Le gislature, b 7 Jovial Imams, to bring about a Reform. It is then pompu usly asked— " Do tb ry ground their necessity for Reform upon the fact of " our be ring been engaged in expensive wail, or having been " engw,;ed in long and protracted struggles on the Continent " Do they advocate it on the ground of heavy taxation, and " ass ere legislative enactments f supposing those their grounds " 1 .1 ,r reform, and granting, for argument's wake that they are " true, then, I ask, is it by the House of Commons alone that 4 these acts hare been sanctioned 1" It is rather strange that the "great' gentleman should Lave ■elected the above as the causes why a Reform is wanting—•it seems as if be were disposed to *wrist the Reformers inpointing out with clearness their eirn case ; bat was there ever so stupid • question put a,—" if it by the House of C...snmons alone kc." Li any act done by either of the three branches of the Legisla- Wore alone ? And does not every person of the messes* ca pacity know, that although the House of Commons (so called) could not alone have owed the acts alluded to, yet that the Hoes' " Moue" could have prevented them. 04 ! the wise men of Liverpool !!! Again it is said— " If there be another assembly co-operat* with the House of Commons, then, I say, a ref arm cf the House of Coin " mons is nugatory without a co-ordinate refuels of that body 0 also." Cheer him, cheer Lim, ye wise men of Liverpool!! If it actually requires the co operation of two bodies to do a corrupt thing, yet, according to the doctrine of this great gentlemen, one body can equally eGct it afte► the othes body is purified bravo! Next is the following question— " 1 pat this plain question, and I have never yet suet the " man who would answer it satisfactorily :—if you reform the " the House of Commons, pray what are your intentions with " respect to the House of Lords 1" This cannot be accounted for unless it be on the ground of its being in Licerpool—iss any other place a bay might have been 4' met" who would promptly have answered, NOTHING ; we have nothing to Jo with die Lords, we happen to know that ■ paws House of Commons u so l frieni, although Mr. Canning nod hie Liverpool lriends may be ignorant of the fact, that any via which requires the united strength of too or three, can be etleetnelly prevented by removing the assistance of one. Here follows more rodomontute, (but suitable enough no doubt for Liverpool gullttulity,) about America and France, concluding with que►tions to the reformers. " Do you mean to prevail by reason or compulsion ? if by " reason, then reason i► as good nut of doors as in." Oh! Liverpool! Oh ! the "vat gentleman, as good where it is ineffectual, as where it is efficient. " Is it by compulsion aye, that is what you mean, but that " you dare not say--Lard cheers." Liverpool for ever! Liverpool and straight waistcoasts ! Liverpool fur ever !! ! Here the groat gentleman gem into spirits and forgets where he started from—be forgets, his wish , or his expression of hie mix/4 to discuss the doctrines of the Reformers " argumentatively and not viraperatioely", and de clares, without any authority given by any answer, except his own answer to his ow. question—" Aye, it is by compulsion you mean, but you dare not say so." Why then, says the yreal gentleman— " My quarrel with Reformers is not as to the mode or the " dogree ; I take an objection in /intim that they ask, that " instead of a tripartite government, there should be erected " a simple instrument which would do its own work by sweep " ing oIT every obstacle and impediment which stood in its " w ay." Hear him ye men of Liverpool ! hear him ye men of Gotham ! list, 0 listen to the great gentleman ! NVlnt is it that wishes for • tripartite government Mr. Canning ! oh, no fit is tbe Re formers themselves. A tripartite govermuent is what they want—it is what they ask for—it is what (hey petition for— king as he is—Lords as they are— and Commons as they ought to be—this is a tripartite government ; hut did the men of Li verpool know what bipartite meant I A little further en the great gentleman says - For God's sake if you can prove corruption in any borough " disfranchise it as you have disfranchised Grampound." It is not enough it seems that corruption exists, as it does most certainly at all elections, whether in county, city, or bo rough, but it most be proved, aye, and proved too no g'ain that even the borough men mast admit ii to be pruned. Was any thing ever so faiciorl ? No, not even a county meeting. It is well known to all, except, perhaps, the men of Liverpool and Gotham, that evils known to exist, should he prevented, whether capable of poor t ur nut, and that corruption at elec tions always has, now does, and always will exist, until we have elections by BALLOT. The great gentleman afterwards says •' Let any Reformer show we that he is only stations to rc '• move the blots which exist, and I am with him ; but the •• doctrine goes further, it goes sot to alter the mode, but the " thing—it would have the effect of altering those institutions • which combined all the industry—all the property—and " which opened a door to all the takat of the countty." THE NATIONAL EMI Wu dime ever such stair preached ley where save Liver pool sad Gotham t How is it possible to shear any thing to a man who will sot cioen his eyes ? Let any Reformer, gays the great gentleman, shew me that is is only anxious to remove those blots which exitt, cod I em with him ; but then it mast be Arms to him, as corruption is to beprorrd, nut to the attic faction of any reasonable beings, but you most shew the owe to a man wilfmUy blind ; and prove the other, to other men deter mined not to receive aas proof. When Liverpool shall produce MEN, we shall bear no more of the greatness of one, whose skin deep speeches are only fit for jollification dinners. but which will not stand the test of honour or boaesly. Poor Byrne, who was severely flogged in Dublin by the common executioner, in consequence of the charge which he made against the Bishop ofClogher, since ids arrival in town, has met with much liberal and humane attention. His appearance is respect able, and he seems a man Aif sober and discreet ha bits. A moderate sum, if subscribed fur his use, would render himself and his tinnily happy fur life, and his case is certainly one that ought to excite commisseration. It is strange that those parties who promoted his prosecation, and those who re ceived fees and emoluments to carry it or, do not come forviard to aid and assist him in consequence of his unmerited sufferings. It is reported that before the opening of next Session, the Great Seal will be put into Commission, and that the Lord Chancellor has pointed out Mr. Leach, Mr. Justice Bayley, and Mr. Baron Rich ardson, as fit and proper persons for the trust. The advantages of this arrangement will be a relief to Lord Eldon from all, ur nearly all, the judicial duties of his great oSce, while it will enable him to exercise, as usual, the functions of a Cabinet Minister, and the Presidency of the House of Lords, as well as to enjoy all themnolosnents he has been in for the receipt of for such a number of years past. When his lordship's health Shall be perfectly restored, it is said, he intends to resume his full labours as heretofore. The Corporation of Cork, have voted its freedom to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to be pre sented by a deputation in k silver box. Such a mark of respect is highly creditable to both parties: it is well merited by his Grace, and shews a good taste and discretion in the Corporation. It is understood that a regulation is in process at the Treasury Board, to allow the discharged Qnar termen of his Majesty's Dock-yards, who wilt not accept the situation of single station men, to be su perannuated on the graduated scale of 1813, by which the junior Quartermen will have about 321. and the senior 751. per antrum. The ground lately occupied at Privy-gardens by the mansion of the Duke of Richmond, being to tally clear, a terrace en a very grand scale is forming; it will be somewhat similar to Whitehall place. A gambling-house at Brighton weir lately entered by the Police, when severalletuales elegantly dress. ed. and possessing great personal chartu3 were found in the room, and a most splendid supper was pre pared. One of these ladies is a famed beauty, and is known by the appelation of Latly Ik—d—ll. NEW MmtritAGii AcT —Doubts have existed ns to whether the affidavits, required by this act pre vious to the publication of bans, should be drawn upon stamped paper, application has been abide to the Commissioners at Somerset liouse, on the sub ject, and the following is a copy of the reply : Stamp Office, London, Sept. 14, 1522. Ste—l ale dirsoted by the Coinuliasioners, to inform you, in answer to your letter of the 12th inst. that by the A• t of the 3.ith Geo. In. cap. 1114. Alidavits sworn before a Magistrate are exempted from the Stoup Doty; but Marriage Affidavits, sworn before a Clergyman, not being a Magistrate, mist be drawn out upon a Two Bbilliag and Sixpeuny Stomp. I out, Sir, year neat obedient Servant, W M. LAPPEN, Secretary. In an. assault case at York Assizes, R witness named John liablon was thus cross-examined by Dlr. Brougham: —VS hat are you ?—I sin • farmer, sad molt a little. Du you Dick Strother!—Ne. Upon your oath, Sir, are you out generally known by the name of Dirk Strodur ?—(Mucle con fused.) 'Flint has nothing to do with this bvisiness! 1 insist upon having an answer; have you not, from the notoriety tot of your character as a liar, obtained that name ?—(Very re luctantly.) 1 as sometimes called so. (Laughter.) Now Dick! as you admit you are called so, do you know any thing et the story of the hare and the ball M wax!-1 have heard of it. Then pray have the goatees* to relate it to his Lordship and the Jury.—l do mu exactly remember it. Then I will refresh your memory by relating it myself Dick. Sti other was • cohtiler, and being in want of a bars for a friend, lie put into his pocket a ball of wax, and lock a walk into the fields, vim lie noon espied one. Dick then very dexterously threw the ball of wax at her brad, wheni it stuck, which se alarmed pour puss, that in the violence of her haste to escape, she ran in ree lect with the head of another ; both stack fast together, and Dick, lucky Dick! caught both. (Reiterated laughter.) — Dick obtained great celebrity by telling of thin wondrous feat, which he ale sys seirmed as • truth, ami from that time every notoriirs liar in Thinner bears the title of Dirk StrvAre.— • Now Dick-1 mean John —is nut that the reason why you are called Dii k Sfrotker t— It may be so. Urea you may go. Un Saturday lust, Mr. Win. Titus, grocer, of Lower Wisichendon, was taking some refreshment on his return home from Aylesbury market, when he was seised with • cough, and bending forwards with his hands to his bead, ex pired immediately. At the inusiest held on the body, on Mon day last, the Jary returned their verdict--." That he died in m At V.:apoplexy. WI THE BLSHOP AND THE Monday last the following persons rewind notice to hold themselves in tacitness to leave London for 'reload, as witnesses against Bishop Jocelyn:—Mr. Latchford, the contable of the night of the winch-house; Mr. Fitzpatrick, clerk to Marlborough-street Police Onkel Mr. Fish, the King's messenger; Mr. Plant, bootmaker, son in law to Mr. Lea; Mr. Glerson, journeyman carpenter, a lodger at Mr. Lea ' s; and Clark, the watchman, who was called in by Mr. Lea, of the White Lion public - Logue, to conduct Jocelyn and Moverly to the watch-house. HOCKING CASE -.-The unpleasant circumstance at Graniham, to which we have alluded, has been thoroughly inveatigated by the imigistrate•of the borough and those for the parts of Kesteven, whose • united exertions in bringing the delinquents to justice are estrewely praiseworthy. The man, the dupe of the party. bas bete committed to Lincoln Castle, and two other persons are charged with misdemeanors, one of wham has entered into recocrintances to appear at the sessions at Fulkingham : the other is yet at large.- We are happy to find that the reports of the number implicated (sod which raised it to as mussy as 38y are entirely withotit founda tion ; the above ersoas, and the time committed list week, being all in any way concenstd. It it net tree that W. Aides, Esq. had sposttnents at Grantham during the hunting season it appeared daring his examination that be never was in the town hut once, and that be left Loudon for the express purpose of anninitting the otl . ence. kis singular that, with the excep tion of the young appseitice,andlohn Doughty, the upholsterer (who had lately established himself in the place, and was also from Loudon), the parties all heed at • considerable distance from Grantham, and were, comparatively speaking, strangers to each others. WEST INDlES—Extract of a letter from the island of Nevis, dated August 1, 18'i2 :—" A fatal demi war tstely fought in this island between %V. Maynard, Esq: the President, and J. 'loggias, Esq. youngest son of one of our principal planless. Some misunderstanding having taken place between the President and the elder Mr. Huggins, on their merlin; ia the street, warns words passed between them, and the fonuer applied to the latter some very severe epithets. la consequence, his son, Mr. John Hoggine, addrensied a-remoo strasee to the President, coached, it is understood, in eery temperate language. The President, its reply, refused to re tract the offensive epithets be had appliedlo the father, but offered to give the son • fluent*. l'be consequence was a duel ; the parties hoed together,. sad the President's shot un happily took cilia; the ball entered above the right hip, passed through the body, and came out at the upper part of the left thigh. Mr. Huggins lived about ea hour and a. half after re ceiving the fatal wound : be was a young maw of amiable chit .' racier, sad has been married only about seven moutire." The imprttvents and alterations at St. James's Palace, are proceeding rapidly. The rooms Itadiag to the estrum. of the drawierreem have bees completely repared, so as to form their original appearance. The entrance by nee German Chapel and Priory is greatly widened, sufficient fur e• siarrisgsio pass through, and at a future period there is to be • thoroughfare across the Canal in the Park. The inootiveni epee owing to there having beenjonly one staircase to the en trance of the grand room is remedied by the envenom °rowdier. Greater alterations were to be made, but it getting so far Ro manced in the year, orders bane beam given to complete tho pre- sent immediately. A pnaligious sensation has been made by Sw:.p, which was beat se hollow in the Great St. Leger, wianiag.the Gascoigne Stakes against the winner in the former races It would be as endless to relate all that has been conjectured and said as to the cause of the event este picture the rage, the die appointment, aed the eaultatiou is the different couuteaancee at the immense losses and gains. Two celebrated legs, who have raised themselves from very humble stations- to eunsitre rable &diatom,. are said to have realized immense sumo, It is, of course, taut safe to mention names in cases of this kind.— We may remark, however, that irk a race like the Great St. Le,ter, where twenty two horses ran, it was easy for a com bination of jockeys, by jostling, &c. to make a good horse hose without any collusion on the part of the rider. An inforinuttun under the late act to prevent cruelly to animals was beard before the magistrates at tile Grand Jury Chamber, Winchester. The charge was preferred by Mr. Pitt, of Littleton, against Mr. Snow, • farmer in the smile parish, he baring, on the 7th inst. wantonly and cruelly beaten, and shot a bull, the property of Mr. Pitt. Mr. Snow discharged his gun at the poor animal three times, by which it hunt ono eye, and is otherwise much injured about the bead and ueck. Frau the aggravated circumstances of the carte, the utsAistt ales thought it right to inflict the whore penalty ireppsed by the Act of Parliasocut, and Mr. Snow wail accordingly ad • judged to pay 51. SupEnsrmorr.—On the day the. sale of :17r.. Donatty's furniture took place, acid the public curiosity was lirent, that the house was crowded with . persons muse for oar purpose of seeing the plai,e, and coat ersing about her tunriter, than fur thn sake of making purchases. The whole of the fOOlll/ were cell furnished, but, Irons their filthy appearance, did hot look as if they had been entered rut yean. The boards uucer the oil-cloth in the passage eshibited • shocking sight, being as much covered wills the blood of the deceased a* they were rie • inadintely rifler the murder. About half past eight in the eat c log the whole neighbourhood was alarmed at the report, that Mrs. Density's ghost appeared to Mrs. Earl,, a woman lodging its the first poor at the oast house to that of the deceased, who was the person who heard the scream, of murder hisuir.4 from Mrs. Douatty on the night dike murder. The street was crowded with pa•sons, and Mrs. Earl's cries were heard from one end of the street to the other—it was reported that Mrs. Dousity4 ghost appeared to her. Mrs. Earl having SWIM all the initiates of the house, to whom she related the circuit.- stance, she afterwards went into hysterieks, in which state she .remained a considerable part of the night, during whirl,. time the crowd began to increase in the street, and it was foiled necessary to wall the wetelauseu to dispense Limo. Francis William Cobb, Eni, banker, of Margate, with hie lady and daughter, aged nine years, Mot with a serious aceidentin returning trout itatusgara hi a gig, oe Tuesday last. When uear Margate, the horse taking it ight, suddenly turned reward with his head close to a hedge, which he immediate Iy leaped, dragging the gig after him dew. so abrupt deetii el, , by which shuck the horse was liberated from the gig, sad Mr. and Mrs. Cobb, with their daughter, were thrown out to route distance rule the field ; Mr. and Miss Cobb were bruised, but not seriously injured ;unlispitily Mr. Cobb'■ thigh errs hectored jest above the knee; the tractors has *Mee bows reduced, shit kei is Sii a fai► way of doing well. A duel was fought on Wednesday morning un Hounslow Heath, between a Mr. M. sad Lieutosaat G. A dis pute originaied impeding a bet at wham Race=course, where • sli;ht evehange of horsewhipping took place. Two shots were exchanged, in lb. bedded of whioh.,/r. M. wa shilitiy wounded in Ws shoulder, and the adz termivated. 1