The National Register. — London, England, 1820-12-10 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTF. This Gazette notifies the appointment of J. Roscoe, Gent. of Nether Knutsford, Cheshire, to be a Miuitcr Extraordinary in the Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. Ellis, Wellingore, Lincoln, rnaltster. BANKRUPTS. M. Daly, Holborn, sorbs water manufacturer. Fol. Mr. Concanen, Change Alley, Comhill. T. Inchbold, Leeds, bookseller. Sol. Mr. Bettye, Chancery Lane. S. I onycnek and G. Brooke, Alinories, slopsellers. Sol. Mr. Lake. ( ateaton Strcet. J. Varcy. Lee Green, York 'hire, cloth maker. Sols. Messrs. Stuithwn a:A Van; kill, Pontef:act. .1. C. F. Butler, Diamington, York, butter and bacon fictors. Sol. Mr. NValker„ New Inn. J. C. Weisford, Adam's Court, Old Broad Street, merchant.— Sol. Mr. Platt. New Boswell Court. J. Bevan-, 'fabernaele Walk, Finsbury Square, timber mer chant. sof. Mr. I inward, Old Bailey. D. T. 'trice, liolywcii Street, bhoretlitch, butcher. Sol. Mr. Grey, Kingsland Road. .1. Wib•on and G. Waugh, Alderegate Street, flatters. Sols. Messrs. Alliston am! Ilundleby, I:reenter's Court, Corning. C. Symonds and W. Taylor. Watling Street, warehousemen. Sol. Mr. Steel, Queen Street, Cheapitle. R. Sharpus, Davis Street, Berkeley Square, china and glass dealer. Sols. Messrs. Mayhew and Co. Claneety Lane. DIVIDENDS. Dec. 30, C. Wright, Strand, wine merchant-30, G. Elmer, Mistley. Essex, merchant-30, P. Leigh. ‘Vincham, tanner-50, J. and 11. Watson, Friday Street, wareli9usemen -23, A. Gumpertz, Great Winchester Street, merchant—to. G. Channer, Sutton, Middlesex, merchant-30, J. Jackson. jttni Bishopsgate Street Without, surgeon-30, F. Devereux and M. Lambert, Brabant Court, Niihau Lane, inercliants—u. J. Lo mas, Feuer Lane, tavern keeper—Jan. 2, J. and J. Wilson, Shrewsbury, drapers-6, J. H. Payne, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffblk,grueer-11, W. Bingley, High Melton, Yorkshire, corn factor -13, A. Pawn, T. Gill, and J. Brown, Old Gravel Lane, snap manufacturer-2, A. Parkinson, J. Duckett, and S. Alsop, Manchester, calico printenr—n. E. Matthews, Chester, saddler. CERTIFICATES to be granted Dec. 30. W. Beaven, Buckley Mountain, Flint, timber merchant—T. Gowland, Great Winchester Street, merchant—D. T. Clarke, Gerrard Street. Soho, laceman—J. Fitzgerald, Vine Street, Lambeth, timber merchant—S. Handley, Hilderstone, Stafford, miller PRICE OF STOCKS. Bank Stock (Minima O. 3 per Cent. Red. ( Imp. 3 per Cent. 3 per Cent. Consols India Bonds 25 31 per Cent. 781 i 4 Stock 4 per Cent. till: I.....cltetier Bills 2s. dis. 6 per Cent. Nav Coils. tor AC. 71 Lon Ann. Lot:cry. Tickets £23 IBe. TUE NATIONAL REGISTER Lol l oon. SUNDAY, DIWEMBER 10. At no time do we remember public meetings so general as at present—they arc usually advertised for the double purpose of congratulating the Queen on her -triumph, and petitioning his Majesty to dismiss his ministers ; the latter event only wants unanimity to be certain, and we call upon every class of society, and every place from a city to a 'tillage to join the patriotic vcicc without delay; it is the only constitutional method of ridding the country of the greatest misfortune it can possibly labour under. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday and Wednesday last. The official part of Tits Moniteur contains a royal ordnance for the more effectual prevention of crimes, the punishment of malefactors, and the extirpation of bands of as sassins and robbers in the island of Corsica. The punishment of death which had been awarded against Gravicr and Banton, has been ectunmted for imprisonment at the intercession of the Duchess de Berri. The fi,llowing sentence is extracted from her Royal Highness's letter to the King her uncle: I should be quite miserable if the blood of . Frenchmen was to be shed on account of me. The Angel whom 1 mourn implored, with his * last breath, the r.r.lon of his murderer ; he shall be the pattern of my lif2. Allow men my dear uncle, to imitate him, and to supplicate your Majesty to in terpose your clemency, and spare the lives of these two unfortunate men." The Funds underwent a variety of fluctuations in the course of yesterday, and had fallen a quarter per cent. at one o'clock. An extensive fidlure took place yesterday in the City, another on Frid,:y, and three the day before. Thomas Turner, who, it will be recollected, absi (aided on Saturday fortnight wi:h property to the amount of 20,0001. belonging to a banking-office in Lombard-street, has been :wpm bended in Paris; and, what is remarkable, all the money, which was in the French Funds, has been recovered. The party is in custody of the French Police, and will be sent to t!tis country to: trial. THE NATIONAL REGISTER ST. MARY. ISLINGTON. ••••11. TO THE EDITOR. Slll,—This is the age of discoveries by land and by water, but I have to request you to one of the most astonishing discoveries of the a r, which Wit just been mutle by " The Vicar, Clititcliuirilcus, aural Inhu!iitants of the pm ish of St. Nl.ory, Iding.on." A "1..0l lonuris" is in iirozre..throngli that the emiciteMig , ;4* which rims thus:— " WV CIA( '401% bare been but too sue t et...ft I; ati•u, tott , t• n:• deeply smbilde of your Mat- Putty's 41 , 111'011 , 1U fol . ti.t. %%. ifare and happiness of your people, we )1; •s it to he our decided opinion,—that relights' and le. :ti v constitute the only hat•is of rational liberty; and that the preset station of the blessings we enjoy sunder your Majesty's Government is to he expected only In the proper discharge of oar duties as good Chris. iians and good ',limpets; in the nuien of all classes around ;our Majesty's throne; and in a ferns deteem;nation to second your Majesty's mile svours, by a faithful and in trepid support of those ::1111 !lilt coututitution, by whirls we" (1. e, the afureslid Vicar and Churchwardens, whose names I •Albjci!l) " ha-e hog Is• nso eilinerillg distinguish', mayo,: Aaill'l.s. " Now, Sir, :to all inhalstaitt of the parish of Islington, I cannot but know how " eminently distinguished" these gentlemen have recently contrived to make themselves M their own parish; but 1 have yet to learn, and I request you to inform me if you can, how and where they " have long been so eminently distinguished among nations." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, lclington, December 9, 1820. To oblige our Correspondent, we have searched in "La lisp des Cens eilibres de 1' Europe, pour l'Annj 1820; and have not succeeded in di,coverite.: in it, eit het of the four names annexed to his letter.—En. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Last evening the I'lay of King Lear was revived at this Theatre, 'iv the purpose of introducing a Mr. A'an(lenlff to a Metropolitan •audience, in the cha racter of Lear. This gentleman has occupied the first line in several Provincial Theatres, and has, at Liverpool particularly, been an especial favourite.— In selecting the character of Lear for his debut, Mr. Vandenhoff was only shewn a just estimate of his own qualifications, for although it has long been esteemed the bow of Ulysses, he appLars to be one of those masters of the art, who possess the power of bending it. . Mr. Yandenhoff's person seems to be of the middle heighth, and his features are capable of much ex. pression ; his voice is clear, and possesses considerabe compass and variety. In pourtraying the wounded feeling of the insulted and indignant parent, he was eminently happy, but we thought him not quite so succossrul in depicting the dignity of the Monarch ; the refection which he displays for his daughter Cordelia, when experience has taught hint her true character, was in the highest degree natural and affecting. Still, however, we cannot but conceive, that the drama affords many characters much better adapted than Lear, for notwithstanding the many touches of genuine pathos and beautiful poetry which it con tains, it cannot be denied that this tragedy is, upon the whole, somewhat heavy ; a circumstance which is certainly unfavourable to a delndant, and we think there are many others plays in which Mr Vandenhoff might have produced a much greater effect, for his reception, even under this disadvantage (for such we really think it) was of a very fluttering descrip tion ; and at the conclusion of the piece, when Mr. C. Ketnlde appeared to anne nee the pertimitance, a loud and general call was made 'fin. Mr. Vandenhoff, who immediately came forward, and informed tho audience that the tragedy would be repeated on Monday; this intimation was hailed with repeated shouts by 'die majority of a numerous and respecta ble audience. Mr. C. Kemble, in Edgar, fully sustained his re putation, awl all the other prformers acquatul themselves respectably : Mrs. Foca having been attacked by a sudden indisposition, her character was read by Mrs. T. Hill. To such parents, teachers, and °then as are at a loss for a suitable Christmas Present for young peo. ple, we hare much pleasure in recommending a work announced in our last page ; which promises much rational amusement and intonnatio•. We sincerely wish success to the plan of the publisher, which, to judge from the execution of the volumes in question, will futnish a most valuable, interesting, and entertaining m:niature library. WARD or FARR' NODON tviour.—;-A meeting of this Ward wi,s held yesterday at the Globe Tavern ; Alderman Waithman in the Chair, ILr the purpose of voting an Address of congratulation to the Queen. and a Petition L 0 the King for 01,2 dis misuil of Ministers, which wcre ivth passed una nitaous:y. 997 POLICE COURT EDINDI/EGll.—qt case Of a vetY unusual nature came befure the Court on Tuesday se'nnight. Some sailors, who had been discharged from the llli►ulea, at Portsmouth, having reached Edinburgh a few days ago, agreed to take a tri;) aluug some of .the principal streets in a hackney coach. They accordingly embatesed, anti had pro. ceeded so far that the coachman decnt:•d it necessary to descend, for the purpose of receiving fresh in structions. His seat, however, was immediately supplied by one of the passengers, who darted through one of the windows, when the horses was made to fly like lightning from before the eyes of the wondering coachman. -Having proceeded with the greatest possible speed after his vehicle, he was in time to discover it at a distance, overstit, in the endeavour to lead it up the fine broad flag stones to Picardy-place. He was also fortunate enyugh, soon after, to seize one cf the sailors with his whip in his hand, and this m.at was now brought to the bar of the Court. He had little to say fur himself— he had merely, he said, sprung out at the hatch way, when he found the vessel oversetting. He Was fined 20s. fir the share he had taken in this affair. It was resolved, however, to remit the fine,. on account of some circumstances, and he was called back to the bar, but it was discovered that the money had been at once paid, and he gone. STEEPLE CRAM-1'11i:: system of horsemanship, dangerous in the extreme, has become a favourite amusement with the young fox hunters of the day anti amongst the most enterprising is one we are about to record. Two members of the new Farley hunt, arabitious to excel in man and horse, made a match at the steward's table after the race, to ride over a given spot of l(i miles, for '2OO guineas. The ground was front Mr. Chase's manor, near Hartford- Bridge, to that of a gentleman, at Mortimer, between which the Doke of 11 . ellington's Park liesin a direct line, us a carrying pig.sm would fly, anti the match was, that StrathfiAdsay Park should be skirted, as the sportsmen say, but in English it was not to be touched upon. Mr. Price stalled upon his favourite mare Bet the Spy, and Mr. Connor rode his gelding Gormandizer, and betting was heavy up.m the event, 'fhe guides of each party having taken their stations, off they went, taking the direction of Heckfield heath, by the seat of Mr. Lefevre, M. P. and cross ing the enclosures towards Swallowfield, rode through a cover to Motley Farm, and there he had his work to do. After taking some tremendous leaps, the mare refused a rivulet of 12 feet, and made a dead stop. "1' he horse, not so fast its speed, took the direction of Turgis, and skirted Strathfields say Park on the west, breaking through the enclo sures, and clearing all his leaps. The horse was never at Emit, and did the ground in one hour and ten minutes. The mare was dead beat. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester passed through Wellingborough about one o'clock on Sunday last, on his way to Nliiton-park, the sea of Earl Fitxwilliant. Atier/changing horses at the Hind Inn, the post-boys drove off at too weat speed, and unti , rtunately overturned the carriage at the corner of East end-street. Na person huppened to be near the spot at. the time, but in a few minutes hundreds run to the assistance of his Royal High ness, and extricated him from the carriage which. was uppermost, and were happy to find that neither. his Royal Highness nor the gentleman inside with him received the least injury. Two of his retinue, who were outside, were thrown to a considerable distance, and also escaped unhurt ; this is the more surprising, as the carriage was literally desired to pieces. Mr. Morton's (the banker) carriage was immediately offered to his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness, after being detained about two hours in Wellingborough, proceeded on his journey to Milton-park. It is gratifying to find that the British subjects in the United States felt as deep an interest in the iniquitous proceedings against the Queen as their countrymen at home. A meeting of this class of inhabitants is advertised in the Pniladelebia papers, to propose an address of condolence to her Majesty. Intelligence of the übandcnmeitt of the obnoxious Bill of Pains and Penalties will reach them in a few days, and their Address of Condolence will, no doubt, be followed by one of Congratulation on bee Majesty's deliverance from the hands of het pet seeutors. Another fact, such as never before occurred in Natural History. is now decided at t►►e iloyai nagerie, Exeter Change, respecting Leopards, as is five Male Cub was produced there on Saturday morning, Avliich is extremely lively. Nothing can exceed the tinniness displayed by this beauty of the fittest over its spotted offspring. It has already lx•ett visited by many great naturalists, and atliirds the highest gratification to the numberless visitors fe that grand national depot of animated nature. We understand that a noble Lioness and n Panther also are exi•ected to bring forth iu a tew d tys. .I.le liAday visitors will this year find ample coutensple" dots. - 1 . it r i ~ ~