The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-24 00:00:00

11L'ON.11'.11ZTE. The 3fornhrg Chrnnicle has re-published come letters of Mr. O'Meara, and adds the tiro f o llowing, whi c h w e give, as they afford a clue to the dispute betwan the Physician and the Cuvcruor:— I.lolgyronol, I)t.r. 23.1:!17. onsetmence of some eirconostmees which bare latterly oreurreil relative to the obliLoations expected from a person filling the 4itnation I have the laminar to hold, I con. eesve it to be es amtially ceeessary to lay the folittritog state ment before valor F.seellenty for your eonsid:rat ion. When in Anemot, ISIZ, Count Bei train) (after harlot! re- - celeed satienctory answers from Captain Maitland, of his Majesty's ship Bellerophon, to inquiries made by him, touch ing m y character and rOnlinet) dill me the honour to make application to Aillooiral Loll Keith for me to accompany Nark ou floomooporie to St. Helena in quality of surgeon, his Lordship n as pleased to approve of, and sanction my areept ina of the aloe ve named situation, whirl', at hie Lordship's recommendation. With aftervartls confirmed by the Right Hon the Lords Commissioners of the Ad • •ally ; the n poointment, therefore. visas not of my Arcking. f never fora moontoot entertained the most dastatot isles, that, independent of toy oneolient 'Wiles, it Was expected that I bhontol make a leper, of the eonversootions which I miglit losve svoth the persi:n•. minim my dillies led toe to sisit ; suet' pre. position was ever made to me either by Lord Keith or Sir Georg* Coekhoorn, nor bras eves, the most distant insinom. tions to that effect made by doe above mentioned distiopish- ed characters. Who) asked by Iv, r.polcon Buonaparte to tell hint catiditlly %shriller 10 ought to consider me as a surgeon d•en NutYc, or as a medical man in whom he could repose ,otifidence, I replied, that I was not a surgeon d'on Geier ; that I was 4 an rgeou awl not u Spy, and oue in whom I hop e he inizht place conticience—that my pi inciples atce to forget the conversations I had with my patients on leariog the room,. unless us far as regarded my allegiance as a British otfice•r to my sovereign .and country—anti that my orders only obliged me to on. tiring, viz. to give immediate not tee to the governor in case of any serious illness hrtalliag kin, in order that the best medical advice might be promptly afforded. When asked again, subserviently, whether I am not obliged by your cutlers, sir, to go to ire u week to Plantation house to make reports, and what the nature of and, repot is or communications was? I referred to thesentimenta expressed above. W s hen minntelv interrogated by yon, Sir, as to the number of interviews, an d - the enbjcet olconversations I have had, and when informed by you, Sir, that I was no judge of tip; im. portance of the subjects of any conversof I might have ; that lirad no business to Pet up my own judgment upon the n mare of them: that rots might think several tbiugs ufgreat importance which I inigl.t consider as trilling and Ind:detests • log; I have hail the honone to reply, that it I was not ;It liberty to exereise soy disci etion or judgment as to t:re importance e:othcrwise of stir!' emiveisations as I might be present :it, the, e nas evidently no otheralternative than that of repeating to you every syllatilo which passed, the doing of which a mild place eve in the situation of a man acting the most bnse nod dishonourable part. In fact, that I wroth' be a spy and a '• mutton." •1 bat such conduct would cover my name a ith wellmerited infamy, and render rue unfit fur the society of any mail of honour. He who, elisatimil with the spfcions garb of a pliyajcialt. ir.sinuates himself into the irolifidence of his patient. and avails hi mse lf o f the frequent opportunities and facilities which his Adulation necessarily presents of being near Isis person, to wring (m u ter pude:ire of curing or alleviating his inartuir its. rind in that confidence which has heen from time immemorial reposed by the sick in persons professing the healing art) disclosures of his patient's s - etetiments and opinions, fur the purpose of afterwards betraying them, de, most justly to be branded with the appellation ut " ',Paulen." I n answer t o your question on the lath of this month, of * 4 whether I had given any word of honour not to make any " r i tten re p or ts o f the stale of Napoleon Runiraparte's health, withoirrohtaining his consent, and leaving the originals iiv his possesston." I had the honour to reply to yon, Sir, that I Lad avoided giving •mela a pledge, by stating, according to your directions, that none would be asked without first at. (painting him. halt. the 114111er to nermhint yon, Sir, that ('oust Bertrand has siguiiied to site, that with respect to the title, it might be P• 14 ,, 10 so range matters, by making use of nu pro_ per names in the repot es, and by substituting the word's per. S ri ace, or the patient. in lien thereof; that provided this 4A es dune, preSions consent being obtained, and the originals being deposited wills one of the French suite, there would he no objection to written reports of the state of Napoleon BuonaptilieN health hide: tirade. The substance of this J bare had Ills• limionr to stake known to you verbally, on the lath of Oetolier, nail the Ilth of this month. Having so ()nets received emittailictioy instructions from Sir, I most beg leave to reiterate the request / have quently snarls to )011 before, to wit, tn be furnished with his Artietions in writiog, to the end that I may well comprehend ray situniiioll, mod what is requited from me, 4111110 prevent thin possibility of mistakes which may arise from verbal in structions being either forgotten or badly romprehentled. iswhit infinite pain., Sir, that I feel ut ) self obliged to ?e'er .10 the ignominious treatment which I have suffered fi ton you lit your own house, especially mom two occasions. Were I entrant., even d Conti M;titial could cal antliori.e the - intesupel ale and opprobrious epithets so liberally bestowed upon me, :cal being twice turned 01St duos in the presence of witoosses ; die last time not without appichensions man% p ar e o f ra p e ' jvitrittg ttrlAMlell ViOICUPC. I have, Sir, hod the honour of serving au:: eirantry in the Royal Navy for ' , a y e ", years, until linty with o ut corsair, and peiliaps lint %%Won't some little colour mbition ; yul I most protest ug.tinst any person. however superior to one in rook, conking l is t -, of 14n. gaunt *oil 41.41.1 w-oil too:Arils me uuwurihy i d, a nd ,l egrA d,,, e to, an officer, wins has the bottom. to Pet lit. ill Isis Majesty's Nave. I have the honour to be, Sir, %veils all doe respect, your Excellency's must obedient limettle servimt, MARV F. o'3l EPA RA, Surgeon, R. N. To his Excellency Lieut. (levet:ll Sir Hudson I.uut, K. C. 8., Ay. Governor. St. Helena, Ipeil ;O. Tata. ann directed by Lieutenant OVIICIdi Sir Hudson /Awe, In) co.iscy to von I'd. Instructions, that except its the e ven t of any thin g estraordinary °centring, which )on might ft el it g o ne dotty In report t•tiotediately in person to him, 'too ate not to (111?, without his permission, unless under a c all 101 medical attelt• - itnee, whet, other medical aid is not at hand, or sinless under the circumstance lit' Napoleon naparte p 5.3:11g outside the grounds of Loop*. twit, when, if 'TM NATIONAL lIEGTSTEIT he should require it, yon may follow him, observing, how ever, that pursuant to the original airangeineut made by Rear Ailiniral Sir George Cockhorts, your attendance upon him raimot be considered as euppiv Mg the place of a British ollieer, should lie pass beyond the Your immediate etieuilmiee upon the Naval Commander in Chief; at any (hue require it, is also au exceptien to the above rule. In rage of your feeling it neressary, or &siring to call in or consult with otber umbral aid, yot i will apply forthwith in Mr. ter (or to any nearer medical person, if the suddenness of the ease should require it), mak ittg known the same to the Orderly Olicer, who has orders to place a dragoon at your disposition fur the above or any other purpose you may want one, connected with your medical ditty. I um, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) T. RF d 'tDE, !Ant. Col. O. A► O. Barry O'Meara, Esq. Longwood. HOP INTELLIGENCE. Mmnsesnast.—Within the last week the hops have improved is such a manlier as to surprise every body. They certainly du present as favourable an - appear:merits the most sangnine can nisi% In some few grounds we have ob d a trifling degree of mould, but we insist not expect so variable a plant as the imp to he all pest . ..elision • Hop growers in genes al, and particularly those whose gr ds are in the environs of Maidstone, and other large towns, ate much injured by poseurs while passing through their grounds pliselsing the finest hunches of hops. 'Persons der ectrii in the fact have endeavoured tb excuse their con duct, by stifing,• that one bunch cuss Imo!' little value; but it is to be considered, that slime hundred of bunches token by individuals from one *romp'', as is freiptelitly she ease at this season, arc a great hiss to the planter. We are sensible that the practice generally arises from thoughtlessness, bur we think it our ditty to unties it, at the ionic time observing, that the taking of one bunch of hops is a misdemeanour, and popishable as such by law. It iN the art of taking, not the the quantity taken, that defines the offence. PRICES IN THE BOROUGH. ^UAW, SEW. TOCIZETS. YEW. 1; s. Z s. L a. ie o. Kent IS 0 to 18 In Kent l9 oto l 2 0 .11118 e); 13 . 0 to 17 10 Susser 18 oto 29 0 Farnham ...... 4 0' 0 to 0 0 2.5,000. Duty .6 The following is a copy of a letter. addressed tb the Commissiimers of Customs, dated 'Treasury Chambers, to warn Engli.h subj., eta against embarking in the contest be. to evil Spain and the South Americans Treasury Chambers, 9th .Ttily. " Gentlemen—The Lords Commissioaers of his Majesty's Tres. awry. haring %%caved a communication from the Secretary of State tat the Foreign peps:intent, upon the subjectiof the preparations mak. ing at the uiffermt out-ports f and at the port of London, for sending oat o'lren and men for die service of the Insurgent troops in the hpa nizli and Antetican pit:wimp ; their Lordship; desire you will direct your olscers employed at the different ports to take measures to make I,oatt to such persons as has hcen engaged its this service, by any Spanish American Agents, or others, that they are thereby rendering themselves obiamious to dta laws, as warned by his Royal High ness's Proclamation of the .27th November, Mt? • also that you will adopt such other measures es may be best calc ulated to prevent any interruption of the strict neutrality declared by the Prince Regent to br the tad • of his conduct in the contest I.),:tween Spain and her Insur gent provinces. (Signed) GEO. HARRISON." " Commissioners of Cosmos." The object of the Society of Cotmnerce and Navigation at Amsterdam, winch has obtained the approbation of the King of the Netherlands, i, as follows :—" I. To purchase, equip, and, if judged proper, to eight vessels, principally fur the commerce and navigation of itir, East Indira; to is inch e nd these vessels shall be, in the whole or in part, furnished with the commodities which the wants of those countries shall re.. quire. 'Thecommerce of A friiia , with the exception of the coasts situated on the At edit' 'Taiwan, is not excluded futon this dis posittol,.....2. 'fo receive letters ltoni the East 'tidier' fie the administration of merchandise, effects, and fonds, as well a 4 commissions anthorising he irtial adVallreS 011 mereliandise Insured, of which the at kilo wledgementa and politics of insurances shall remain in the hands of the Society, or on the actual value of which it shall he. possessed." Trims the Mi. 31emoirs of Gen. Rapp, it is related, that Napoleon hall sometimes played " Vingt et en," its Sehoen. !noun : and having one night won a great deal, lie shock a nom her of Napoleons-d'or in his 1141111, and Said, " the Om: mans ate very fond of those little Napoleons, ale they not ?' Ijiron which Rapp answered very frankly, " More thau of the great one." Achalf past five o'clock on Thursday afternoon the inhabi• tants between the Obelisk,St.deorge's &Ida, and the Asylum, were thrown. into great cumin, nation try a tart ilic explosion occasioned by the ignition of a large quantity of gunpowder and detonating combastibles, eolllllllllsided interne works, as we are informed, for Vauxhall (hardens. 'the explosion hap.. pened inn large work shop situate at the end of Mccii Place, used by Mr. Munro m, artist in fire works. The first alarm Was produced by a most violent shock, which shattered the g l as s in the houses contignmis. A few seconds after this a hoc and three met, came out torts and blackened by the explosion in a shocking manner. 'they mete taken instantly to the hospital. A second explosion blew off the reol. and scene was•ieresenteclto the astonished spectators bey and description. Rockets, Saltpetre, and a variety office works kept Hazing and o rsting in a most surprising ntatmer. The %sum, work of the building was In dames, and the dread of being shot or injured by rockets, which darted horizontally, kept the spectators a considerable distance from the burning pile. Amidst the distreia of the scene, an unfortunate w001:4.y exhibited peculiar misery. TI." :1111111AI had been secured to . the reset by a chain. and He was seen struggling to escape acme the approaching flames, until the timber on whir Ir he stood being burnt, 11110 r Pug fell into the devouring The shed was detached fortimately iron) the row uflionses its Mead Place. it projected a considerable (I: .ttallee tolSlirds the road, and we are happy to acid, that the damage,witit the exception of broke* glass. was confined to the shed, whine was burnt to the wound. The repast 11111. h by the expld.siun was heard a long way from thee spot. the houses its the or were shaken, mid thousands of persons ran with terser in their looks to asses tails the.raose of the shock. The conflagratims was x-frered to town c u rt, as no person Minlitventure to go near the shed. 'The fire wotks, of which there was a large quantity in a chest, kept op a continued I ilischsrite._ On Tuesday night, Mr. Alderson, of Southampton-street, Cam berwell, was hustled aid ribbed of a gold watch chain, value 4o guineas, at Camberwell Lir. Tlic rauw errning Sir. Cobin, vf Sbortoorcet,‘V i•tu.nster-rooll, war ;TINY. of a wale!, :;old chitin? aid thr:e teak, in the siemiti of the f..n. At? iris THE AGiNCIIESTER SPINNERS. The operative spinners of this playa are still at variance with their own interest. For the last 1.8 years they have en. joyt d an aninterrnpted state ot prosperity. in almost constant employment at superior wages to that of working classes ; suet even In the dreadfully depressed state of trade which din. lio g ukf l ed the years 1t416 and 1817, when thousands of wenverg, &c. wefr suffering tile greatest privations from the want of employment. and atiperallelcd low wages, they were still found happy and comfortable. The Caine happliiess con tinued, aud they have volamarily relimptislied it. It is tette they have stated to the public that they have not been sittfieiently re. numerated for their labours,and by their representations hav e persuaded other persons to think so too ; but a reference t o facts will convict them of extreme folly, to call their "tur n . oat" by tio harsher a name. It is well known, abet whe n workmen are !valet by the quantity and quality of work dose, that a disparity in HI:1131114 of their earnings must result ; b ut an average amount per hand will furnish sufficient data t o prove that their slim:tine was not such as to justify the pen. deuce of the measures to which they have resorted. It ap pears that in the cotton_mills, from which the spinners have seceded, Ilia Dim on the average, from the month of January last to the tnielttle of June, when they left off labour, earned upwards of 31s. per week : and that boys and gni, who are spinners, earned, during that time, upwards of Its per week, clear of all charges and deductions whatsovcr. From this statement, compared with the earnings of other working classes, we cannot lint think that the spinners are acting most inconsistently, and are doing iwjnstice to threw delves and families liy the pertinacity with which they adhere to a demand ofan increase of wages; even without adverting . to tit loss sustained' by their late employers, whose mills are at this moment of little 14.ss expense to diem from the con. tinneilinterest of capital employed, in rent, insurance, con. dueling servants' salaries, the depreciation in the valve of machinery, w;iich is regular and' progressive whether in use or not ; and wittioat consideting that from those causes, to say nothing of mire generous motives, the owner of a cotton mill is obliged to continue it at work, when the market is in such a vt ale that it is not possible toiled with profit, and some • times when sales cannot be made without an actual loss. Forty years ago, spinning was in the bands of a few women and cldhlreii. The ingenuity of mechanics, and the spirit and enterprise of capitalists, have given employment to thou sands of moo; it is red fit that . a nutlllllfs. tiny of such local tied nati.mal importance should be swept away by a combi. nation, made in the face of an express statute, viz. that of the .30th and 40th of Geo. 111. c. 106, sec. 3, by which it is en scud, "'Chat no person (whether emproyell as a journeyman er workman in any manufaclure, tea& or business or not) sltaU at any time after the passing of this Art, wilfully pay °r girt any son► of money, as a subscription or contri.iiition for the piirpo:r of paying "•xpenaes incur -lied, or to be int - Pried, by any person or persons or Um: contrary to the provisions adds* Art, by payment of money, or other 1114.11/14, support or maintain soy jourtieyaimn, workman, or other person, or contribute towards his support or maintenance, fur the purpose of inducing him to refuse to work or la be hired or employed, in any inrunfactiire, trade, or bast• 111P4S; Mid any person , who shall be guilty of any such offence ►halt forfeit tool lose any swill not ckerioling the sum of 101.; unit every journeyman, workman, or r: her person, %IP. sh a ll collector retch yr ahy moor %, or vdlo.kliic thing for :thy of the purposrs aforesaid, slid.' foricit and lose any sum not esreeds log the sum of ; such penalties of tel. aud•Ll.re•perttvely to be forteited, one moiety to His Muirssys and the mini moiety in the infamiur and the poor of the palish where such otlener has been committed, to be rgorlly tiiiided isctween iltem."—Manctestes• Herald. The entton—pinimiz, %raids a good many months has been comp ‘ralively fiat, hay aequired an nnronunou activity wit bin they*. few weeks at Olaygow. About six motility' stork of yarn. formerly on band, is now bought lip, ittripal:y by English merchants. This evict ity of demand in the Glasgow market iv attributed to the general "strike" in Manchester :intent; the cult..e.sphiners. In Glasgow, Cotton-spinner-, oho are s eady and active, are making from 31.100. to .11. las. a fortnight. but they hate to pay a small slim for their piacer's *ages. As a- proof of the farther increase of trade, the valne of exports (tout the port of Liverpool, between the Atli of April and the COI of July, I e.lB, exceeds that of the corresponding rped ter of 1817 by more than ;130,0001. Extensive serpentine veins and rocks of chromate of iron have been discovered in the Simla nil oin this sevei al beautiful and very durable I.4aetitm are obtained, whielt are valued in the arts. Hitherto the market has been from North America ; out the a build deice of it in Shetland will now form a val uable export front that islesid. The Gi and Joey of the county of Cum bei Wad hove (ovine to resohuions upon the necessity of having Spring Assizes fur the four o them counties, II vas E Y'S Co N.!? es's 11.—Considerabl e doubts- arc entertained as to the correctness of I lussey's etatement. Mr. Smith. the toagis. trate of Greenwich, and other gentlemen, are still persevering in endeavouring to ascertain the 1110 St correct information upon die subject. On IVetinesilay they employed some men in cicuria4 out the pond near ‘'ansittart's-place, Greenwich, in search for the mallet which Unsay sai.l be thtcw into the rend with the hammer, both of which instruments he pretended to have been used by his companio:te who entered Mr. Bird 5 house. The !thole of the mud and dirt was taken out of the pond in the pw:sence of several notice ufficas, &c., but no urillet or appenrante of brit was tleind. The Hew.street offeNrs raid others who saw the mangled bodies of Mr. Bird and Lis house keeper on their being washed from die stains of blood, allege that there was every reason to believe that all tho woursJs en bath of the bodies had been inflicted by the same instrument, and the hives:ion of the wounds resemlled that which would be produced from the hammer. The confession stades, that while one of Hussey's com panions were engaged with the housekeeper at the street door, the other man broke his way into the side door t whefeas, on Adki: and Lavender. the Bow street officers, arriving there, in a short thee rf e r the fitst alarm, with all possible speed, were of opinion filet there had been neither breaking in nor cut of the house. It is said. that Hussey ast4eied as the reason to the Rev. Mr. Budge. for his not making a full contression wiener, t h at he and his asociates I - ad sworn such horrid oaths not to impeach each other, that he was frightened even to repcit them, and he inquired of the Rev. Mr. Budge. if he thought he should be forgiven hereafter it' lie broke the oath he had taken not to divulge any thing respecting the trans. actiov. It is still suspected that the r utterer gained admittance into Mr. Bird's lionse about nihe o'clock. At !is o'clock the same evening a man knocked at the door, and the housekeeper put up the chain befece she answered him. Wednesday evening, the wall done of the buildings now pulling down to Inalre way for the improvements of Furnival's Inn, fri down into Fnrnival's-Inn-cpun, and buried several children vise were at play in the court. Several were dug out, roach bruised ethers in midi a state that thfy arc !sot esretcd to au;tive ; and one pear child grate dead. .11111111. e7o