The National Register. — London, England, 1818-04-05 00:00:00

APPfiL S. fed alluding damsel partaking the luxuries of any great town. Tie exterior of the latter far surpasses that of the former— but how do they contrast in every equality that constitute Individual earthly. happiness, and contributes to command respect r " On this view of the subject, I cannot but hesitate, after Nisbet I leave seen, in pronuuncing fur an extension of manu factories in Ireland ; Itemise I Mil most sincerely desirous that its numerous peasantry should iv:Mune to retoin th%fitll possession of their present moral feelings, which I ale feartitl the change might destroy. And yet, I would Gin hope, a stipply of constant employment, and a consequeut elevation from their present ignoble state, whet. regarded as human beings Mke ourselves, might not on making the experiment be found incompatible. If we reason like patriots, we must decide politically : if as muralists, we must not be surprised should the doctrines he found at variance with each other." For our own parts, we always regret the accumula tion of great numbers for manufacturing purpose.;—it is sure to lead to the destruction of morals, happiness, and health. Agriculture is an innocent and wholesome occupation—it preserves many virtues which commerce destroys—its children are cheerful, because they have reason to be so—while those whom commerce nurses in a polluted atmosphere, and educates in prisons, are warns, sickly, vicious and unhappy. We have recently taken occasion to express our dis approbation of large farms, and we rejoice to see that our opinions are corroborated by those of Mr. Curwen, which. we subjoin. _ " Our road Continued Tor ten miles very mountainous to Abbey Feel, where we breakfasted. Great part of the pro perty through which we passed, recently appertained to Lord Courtenay. It was lately suld in lots, which were principally purchased by the tenantry. A division of landed property would highly contribute to an extended cultivation and the general prosperity of Ireland, by the introduction of grada, tions in society, which at present do not exist. The distance now between high and low—the few and the mtny, is so great as to preclude the practices or habits of the one from influencing or prothicing.•atty beutfit to the other. The first change likely to create emulation, and awaken the subordi nate classes to Improvement, will he that of seeing those of their own order daily acquiring an augmentation of eomforts, by the profitable results of their own exertions. " To the snbdivision of the land iu Great Britain, among all ranks, may be referred that independence of character in the people, and that general improvement over the face of the country, whichexcite the admiration of foreigners. This distribution is not less eontributory to the support of the State, than it is beneficial to the sulkiest. The possession of pro perty, and pat ticnlarly of this description, is ever act °nape- Med by an honest pride, which stimulates the owner to be A fit successor to that station in society he may hereafter fill This happy disposition is amply rewarded by acquirements in the rising generation—by a tenacious regard to character, and a cheerful submission to the.lay.o- ensuring at the same time individual happiness, and tuitional prosperity." We forbear to extract the description of the scenery of Killarney, (Vol. I. p. 394) bemuse this, and the Gi ant's Causeway have been so repeatedly described al ready. This brings us to the dose of the first volume—. where we moat pause for the present, proposing to conclude our remarks upon the work next week. ( To k Continual in our nest.) S►ztOw Asszcooft.—Prince Antoine, the heir-apprarent of t►e throne of Saxony, is i a person of extremely recluse and monkish habits, frequently enjoining himielf to the per formance of the most rigorous penances, and bestowing al most hie entire income in Llonutions to the monasteries. '1 he Ring, h'.3 father. himself a strict disciplinarian, hits often re inonstrated with hnu on his excessive ligutry, hut without any other etraet than that of increasing it. In the year 1819, the contesser of this Prince persuaded lain that his good works would be incomplete, unless he consummated them by a pH grimage toJertisalem, but,awarethat the King would nes ereon sen tto the project, he instigated the Prince to propose to his father to send him on some 'Moor doctrinal embassy to the Court of Rome, from whence he might secretly nudertake the journey. The King rejected the proposed embassy, and sus peetiag the real design, strictly forbade his son leaving Ores. den on any pretence whatever. Inthis dilemma, the con fessor hit upon another expedient, and carefully computing the number of paces between Dresdru and Jerusalem, the enthusiastic Prince actually ',viten:led the pilgrimage, with unremitting zeal, in his apartnient,t, (rider the close super intendence of the confcssui and sonic other monks of his order. By the letters from China, .late , l February 1817. from Rev. W. Morrison and Rev. W. Milne, one resident at Canton and the other at Java, it appears that the Chinese are making considerable progress in the rerei•iing the precepts of Chris tianity. The distribution of copies of the New Testament and of our Religions Tracts, which havo been translated into their native language, have been read Kith great ins pression amongst them. A Reading Society has actually been established at Batavia, by Mr. Supper, consisting of 60 persons, who are supplied with Tracts by Mr. Milne from Malacca ; and from these persons the circulation becomes general, and by these means the Chinese may date their first aegnaintanee with Christianity. Mr Slipper has since died in the discharge of his conscientious labours. Accounts from St. Helena, by the Leveret sloop of war, hich left the island on the 27th of January, state that Bum. tia pat te continnes to reuses ere in that inert, secluded Mutter of iiviug which he a long time ago imposed upon himself, and which has been attended by most evident had effects upon his health. Mr. O'Nleara, his surgeon, it is understood, has warned him that the culls( wieners may prove fatal, and that speedily, unless he take exercise in the open air. It is con jectured, that this pertinacious adherence to his first tornied resolution is intended to induce a relaxation in the order. which restrict his going abroad beyond certain limits, viitliont attendance by an Engli•h officer. Every article of life is ex travagantly dear; as au instance. it is stated, fiat aiming the domestic expenses Mein ed by Nladame Bertrand, for her own family only, is 3601. per year for washing linen. DtrEt..—A misting took place on Wingfield Common, near Windsor, on Tuesday last, between Lieut. 1131130 d 1. A. Bristow, I..sc. of Fawney•hall, on die Forest. Two shots Wert exclawged. and t. Itri►taw• received a wound in the fitlity part of the pistol-ems. '1 ta,t Wen and the uvula] is not dangerous. THE NATIONAL ItE(INTEM.. ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. WONDERFUL Esgetataux.--The Esqiiintaux, so much cele. heated fertile astimishing exploits which he performs with his canoe, is a native of Davis's Straits, from which place he was brought to Leith about four years ago by a South Sea Whaler, having been found in his canoe so far out at sea that lie had scarcely a hope of being able to regain the shore. Iu Scotland be was instructed in the English language, after. wards in the principles of the Christian religion, and then baptized by the name of John Sackliouse. He can converse with perfect ease, and write his name very legibly. He is of a copper colour, a good looking man, with an intelligent countenance, about five feet six inches high, stout made, and possesses great streugtb and agility. His canoe, which is his chief appendage on board the Isabella, is the same in which hr was found at sea ; it 1- la fret lung, is made entirely of seal skins, and is entirely water proof. It is equally pointed at both ends like one of the small boats on the Thames, com monly called funnies ; hut the upper part is covered like the deck of a small sailing boat. There is one openiug in the middle, into which he introduces more than half the lower part of his body ; lie then fastens the skins next to this open ing round his body, by means of a belt made of a whale's entrails, while the upper part of his body is so well covered with a jacket of skins, that only his hands and face are ex posed to wet. Thus, with a paddle in his hand, lie can reeve his canoe either backward or forward, with a velocity fa exceeding that of any four-oared cutter. But the most as tonishiug part of his performance is, that by which lie can give his vehicle all the properties of a life boat, and preserve himself, like a seal fowl, amidst the most tempestuous wea ther. He throws himself down on one side, betimes entire ly immersed in the water, whilethe canoe, moving in the same direction with him, is turned bottom upwards, and he comes up again on tbc other aide, and completely rights himself.— What makes this movement still more extraordinary is, that all this time he never loses hold of his paddle. He has al. ready exhibited himself in this manner three different times in the river, before multitudes of spectatora. The third ex hibition was on Saturday week, in the•presence of Lou* Mel ville laid others. It is worthy of remark, thathe nit-er misses any object at which he throws his dart. First of all he casts a long spear to a considerable distance ; this remains buoy aut in the water, with a part of the handle above the surface; he teen throws a dart at this handle, and small as the object is, lie always hits it. Lord Castlereagh, Lord Yarmouth, the Bishop of Winches. ter, the llishop of Oxford, Mr. Cruker, and several other persons uf distinction, came down to Deptford, and went on ..Huard the Isabel:a, where they waited fur a long time, in ex• pectatiun of seeing this Dative of the Arctic regions commence his operatious ; but, owing twa circumstance, which we are about to mention, they experienced a sad disappointment.— The Esquituaux having gone on shore, that morniug, was ac_ custed by a matt from Loudon, who, after representing o him the dangers of the expedition he was about to embark in, and the liberty lie possessed of disposing of his person, in what ever manner he chose, held out to hint (probably without any authority) a promise of several thousand pounds, if he would quit • the ship, :led exhibit himself at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadler's Wells. His prksleand his prospects having experienced this teousentary elevation, while his brain was nearly intuxiea ten by copious draughts of grog, lie came on board the ship, swaggered about the deck, boasted of his importance and his promised wealth, and obstinately refused to exhibit himself in hit bumble canoe. The officers, anxions to gratify their eistinguished vieitersonade oat of intreaties, promises, and icon threats, hut all to no purpose. Lord Castlereagh and others offered him a handsome sum, on condition that lie should commeucc his operatioes, but the offer was rejected. 'Due Noble victors were, therefore, obliged to return to town without having their curiosity satisfied. About ten thousand spectators, who crowded the decks of the surrounding ves sels. experienced a similar disappointment. The officers of the expedition now began to eutertain serious appieliensioue lest they. should lose a person, from whom they expected to. derive many advantages. They, however, used tio compulsion or restraint, but left him to the exercise of his own 'aidginent, after proper remonstrances; and we ate happy te say, that, the next moroing, alr. John Sackhouse submitted quietly to all the regulattons that had been previeusly prescribed to him, expressed great sorrow for his obstinacy. and disobedience, as well as his determina tion to continue with the expedition, on its outward and homeward voyage and is now on board the Isabella, where in consequence of an Admiralty order, no stranger is permit ted to come near him. Two artists, however, have been allowed to come on hoard, and take his likeness. VICII-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, M-ken, Si. wATicas V. TAYLOR. Mr. Roupell, at the doing of the Court, moved that the excep tions in this case, which were to be set down for argument betbre ttts Hooour on the first day of hearing exceptions in the ensuing Term, should not be set don't in the paper until the second day. . . After a few oluiervi.iionl, The Vice Chancr.lor I , aid—" Let it be understood that they will peremptorily come on foe argtunent on the second day of hearing exceptions in next Term." The following phenomena observed here OM Wednesday the 4th Mt have not before been made public. At nigh water, about 30 minutes past lour o'clock in the afternoon, the wind then blowing from the south-west, with moderate weather, the tide flowed at the Old Dock Gates lb feet 0 niches. ' After the tide bad fallen froml to2inches,thc Dock Gate,closed as nsnal with the ebbing of the tide, which then begin again to du w to the height, as near as can be calculated, of tour or five inches, theieuy opening the gates again; and continued flowing a sufficient time to allow one ship and several small vessels to pass into the dock, helot c it again began to fall. The tempestnous night of Wednesday ensued ; the wind blew a heavy gale still from the S. W. and at high water, at live o'clock on Thursday morning the tide bowed I ► feet 1 inch ; being 4 feet 5 inches less than on the preceding evening ; although from the spring tide► basing put in, the water ouglit, accuroieg to the usual state of things, to have !lowed higher than uu ins Weilvesday evening. No particular remark was made at tl,e Ulne at the Humber Dock Gates ; but from the Tide table kept there, it a4peais that the difference in the flowing of the water, bet wesui the evening anti morning !Wei, was much the 'awe as at the DlrlDuckGates. As these meant stances can scarcely be accounted for by the tempestuous Nate of the wesithi r, it is probable a great convulsion of na ture has taken place, in some distant place, of winch we have not oCCUIVCII accomit.— /Mt. Several lions. tigers, and panthers. are about to be added to the society. a tau royLl menagerie. at Paris. Th e y are already arrived at Ilene and Iklarseillta. The garden of the nieuagrzic e. so been larged in cm-emu:awe of this ef PRINCE LEOPOLD. Addreeses of Condnlence have been presented to the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold from the inhabitants of the Isle of Portland, for the lo,s of the Princess Ctim lottee. We sub join the Address to Prince Leopold, with the Answer, as pleasing specimens of an unaffected style, reflecting the great. e►t credit on the authors. TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS LrOPOLD, GEORGE FRE• DERICK, PRINCE OF SA \E COBOURG. .. We, the Minister. Churchwardens, Constable, Overseen and Inhabitants of the Island of Portland, most humbly beg leave to entreat your Serene IliOines, , to accept our heartfelt feelings of sorrow on the loss of your late Illustriousaud Beloved Consort; and we deeply regret that we cannot expms our gracious sentiments, or enumerate those exalted virtues that adorned the mind .n* our ever-to be-lamented Princess, without increasing the poignancy of those feelings that must still agitate your bosom. " That your composure of mind and perfect health may soon be restored, and may be enabled to bear with fortitude the dispensation of l'rovidence, that has thus immerged your Serene Highness in deep aelktion, is the fervent hope of his Majestj's loyal subjects of the Island of Portland." (ANSWER) " SIR " Came, Feb. 16,18!8. " I have this day had the honour of presenting to the Prince Leopold the Address of the Minister. Churchwardens, Constkble, Overseer, and Inhabitants of the Island of Portland, on the recent deplored events at Claremont. " The Prince Leopold receives this address with feelings of sin cue satisfaction, and confidence in their assurances of attachnitlit and ankiety in his welfare.— And the Inhabitants of Portland have abided him a consideration beyond any other he can know. in their expression of affectionate attachment to HER 'memory, whose life had so long formed our first and highest hones. " I have the honour to be Sir "Your moat obedient and most humble servant " ROBERT GARDINER." " 13, Pearce, Sen. Eq. Chairman." From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday,Afarch 3i. BANKRUPTS. CHOLDLIS R. George.street, Oxford street, victualler, April •, 7, May 12. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Parnell, Spite'fields. BULL J. Bristol, victualler, April 14, 15, May 12, at Bristol. Atte. Poole and Co. Gray's-inn-square. WATSONM. A. Ferehun, Southampton, mercer, April 10, 11, May 12, at Fareham. Aces. Alexander and Co. New Inn. PATAIETT W. Vauxhall. grocer, April *, 7, May 12, at Guildhall. AU. Mr. Edii, Bread-street-buildings. C01.2s C. Fleet-street, stationer, April 7, I*, May 12, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Beverley, Temple. Bowniot J. Axminster, Devonshire, baker, April if, 23, May If, at Axminster. Atts. Alexander and Co. New lan. Wtsx J. C. Bristol, broker, April 41,42, May If, at Bristol. Att. Mr. Allen, Clifford's Inn. DIVIDENDS. R. Mason, Norfolk-street, Middlesex-bospital, carves and gilder, April 41. J. F. Scroner, jun. Crutched friars, merchant. April IL W. Hazard, Great Yarmouth. mast-maker, April sNi. S. Rowe, Huntingdon, grocer, April 41. S. K. Brewer, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. era maaufactarer, April 25. S. Kirk, Leeds. ale-house-keeper, April 23. H. Lanham. Horsham. Sussex, grocer, April 41. R. Lightfoot, Carlisle, iron-merchant, May 14. W. Coates, and G. Cass, Bueklersbnry, wine -merchants, April 11. CERTIFICATES--Alluz. 21. W. B. Turner, Husltlersfield. merchant.—.T. Chimpion,Westhain Abbey, Essex, farmer.—T. Philip, Newton-::.bbot, Devonshire, ir.n keeper.—G. R. Lapraik, Bishopigate-street Without, tailor, J. Ward. Milton-abbot, Devonshire, jobbei.—T.W Lston, LowerThamiur-strret. ironmonger.— . l. Ware, Gravesend, grocer. Ou Tuesday morning, when the Regulator post-coach ar rived at the George Inn, in this town, a young man was found dead in the inside, in the arms of his grandmother ! The young man had taken his place iu the coach at Dudley, and was on his way to Stoke, his native place. He had been in disposed upwards of a month, but was apparently much bit ter, when he set out. At Wolverhampton, however, he ap_ peared very ill, and the coachman allowed the gstindmother (who was on the outside) to remove into the conch, where she supported him in her arms. He wss alive when he arrived at Penkridge, and when the coach stopped at Steffen!, the poor grandmother was not aware that he had expired. On the following day he was conveyed to Stoke in a hearse. His mime was Thomas Bonito's, and his age about 20.—Stafford paper. John Girvau, chimney-sweeper, in Glaszow, has been lined for using one of his boys cruelly. Oa the 2tl nit. Mr slack, the superintend:nit of fire-engines. and his men, having been called to a lonise on tire, in .%rgyll_cuurt had to make a hole in the a all to get at the vent, recently on fire, when they discovered iu It a sweep boy ‘‘ lin hail been forced op by his master. A prosentition we. immediately instituted by Mr. Black, and the master for some time defended; but at last pleaded guilty, arid threw himself un the mercy of the Court. _ . The Court of Assizes at Lancaster was occupied a consi derable part of Tuesday, and the whole of Wednesday, in the Bank of England prosecutions ; ou the latter of ahirh days Redmond Ross, a miserable looking b0v,19 year. of lige, was convicted of uttering Bank of Englaml notes, knowing them to be forged. When the verdict of guilty Will 11:0. nonneed, Mr. Topping said, hr• was dessired to reemorneml the prisoner to the• mercy of the crown, as them was reason to suppose that he was an instrument led by the hands of others. His Lordship intimated, that the Sallie idea had de carved to him, and the rec 11111 l neinlation would be attensiud to, but that the prisoner must expect to be sent out of the country. A few days since a country vessel, laden with oats, hemp, Se. was proceeding through London bridge, when, by the rapidity of the current, it was lereed against the piers, which occasioned it to reel more than tory yards towards the Towe► t when it sunk. There %sere on buad, at the moment of the acrid, two nit .„ ami d a boy ; one 111411 illlll the boy a►capcd in a boat attached to the stern of the vessel ; the otter r wit:, not Si, fortunate, for heing ent_ngled in the cargo it sank ult. ', the vessel, and ens scum. 110 wore! The boat, pot Roux rho shore with all possible •put 4, but could only siicered in Allying moue of Meliorating property. Some malicious or Nolieh neti-on hi:. been ;liyi - g off what is called a hoax on Miss Booth, the actre,i, of Col ent-i artitt Theatre. who has been for snipe time intlispeseti. Various tradtsmen we're sent on a false errand to her house, and. of c•.ntrae, toads a tea: J. derable hustle. and disturbance. The author of dpi.. eviiteropt:Cc trick had the satisfaction Dor such it 'oust t•1••e 11..1 t.. ..uer. a mood) to iuercabc tilt Itoo:It to ai IlAi i , • h .04 107