The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-28 00:00:00

ST:PT. A person from the orchestra called out, ‘• He is here; let him defend himself if he era." ' Upon the stiggestion of :t subeeribcr, that part of the report which referred to Mr. 13ignuld was again read amidst. bud applause. Mr. Barry proceeded. and urged the title of every Englishman to be heard irefere he should be condemned. Ibis anicoldnient was, that the rerirt approved of, except that part which related fo Mr. Bignold, which should be left out, and that the conduct of Mr. Bignold 'e referred to the game committee, or to some other cononittee. in further support of this amendment he urged the. long and successful services of Mr. Bignold. For i t years, that is, ever since the commencement of this institution, he had beer. its secretary. He had in feet been its thunder, and the very report which con veyed the censure was the proudest mouuraent of his merits. The prinziples of the institution which they el justly praised, the unprecedented progress of the society, and thntrishing state of the funds, all were to be ascribed to the zeal and perseverance of Mr. Bignold. Surely a gentleman who had so served the society ought not to be disgraced and• condemned without arc oppor tunity of defending himself. Mr. Brook, a member of the committee, spoke in vindication of their conduct. The committee bad treat deliberately come to the opinion, that it was for the interest of the nociety that :::r. :ingot hi should retire. There were many circumstances of Mr. Bignold's con duct which no provecation could induce him to mention, but which amply justified the opinion of the committee. They had signified to Mr. Bignold the propriety of raking before the report should be given in, and be hoped, that, in consequence, they could this day apply the old observation to him—de nortuis nil nisi bgnum. They imputed no misconduct to him—they attached no disgrace to hit character. His honesty anti his real were Wet only uuimpeached, but highly meritorious. His zeal was not, however, tempered with prudence. That he acted according to the best of his judgment they would admit, but his judgment of the proper mode c:.f acting was such as rendered his retirement indispensilde to the prosperity of the society. Mr. Bignold addressed the meeting at considerabl e length. Hoe could nut endure to have his name branded from one part of the kingdom to the other, as a person who had been guilty of a criminal offence, without any . specific charge against him. All he wanted was a Lir enquiry into his conduct. Was he to be blamed far having considered it his duty to inquire into the cir cumstances of every case of claim set up against the seciety ? What if they should tied, that if he had neg lected any one part of that Conduct which gave offence, be had just so far neglected his duty ? Others had acted together with him, to whom no biome was attached.— ' The hostility, against him had arisen from the jealousy And other 'oflices. When he attempted to I :atablish this society in London he had been told he might a{ well attempt to wash the blaekanwor white. J ,,I . Py his experience in insurances, and by his zeal and perseverance, he had, however, succeeded, and that was I the cause of the attempt now made to get hint dis missed. Tke enemies of the society wished to deprive it of his experience, zeal, and he would add, ability— (a laugh.) He had indeed supposed the committee were his friends. After he had devoted his whole life to the service of the society, it would be most migrate . ftil in them to dismiss him. In a few years he should perhaps of himself retire.—(Cries of " question, ques tion.") The Chairmen put the amendment, which was nega tived by .a great mtjoricy, anti the original motion was unminiously carried. Mr. ketable said, that they, the committee, had been Called Mr. Bignold's puppets. It could now be per cared whether they were inanimate puppets, or elr. Bignold's puppets. He had buried all animosities in oblivion; but he would slightly advert to the reception he had met with at the George and. Vulture. Mr. Alderman Thorp, the Chairmen, was disposed to at.- . cede to his proposal, thee thy should &hay coining to any resolution for a few weeks ; but there was a power , behind the chair, and gre.uer than the chair, which . resisted the proposal. lie believed Mr. Alderman Tb , rp would now adratt that it had been Letter if they had ucceded to the propose: of delay. A paper had been handed to him which ;.tievested that Mr. Ahleratin Thorp and his culemittee be' added to the present ern mittee. He was anxious that Alderman riorp sbeu.d be added to their number ; but if the committee sitoeld be added, they could not act with cordie7ity. After several further observations on Aidarmen Thorp's een snittee, he conchn`ed hy moving that Alderman Thcio be added to the committee. The motion was seconded and: carried unanimously, Mr. Alderman Thorp said, he would not enter into any particular reply to the observations of tile last speaker; it VMS StAdeft.t, to state, that of 16 caeca re presented by them, nine were paid since their inquiry leas begun. Ile s!lealti willingly give nil the assistance in his power to the ceminittee, which hail fitcilities of information and inquiry, from which he and those who had acted with him had been excluded. The thanks of the meeting were unars'ennesly v'tcd to k. A. Clarke, f'sq, :Ictsvetary tbe committee. THE NATION'AT, RF.CISTER. A !italic!: Ortlie cotnuiittee moved, that the comnit toe should . - bil - Itistructed to consider vi:tt ahoy Amalfi be given to Mr. Bignoil. The motioa was :.- jeett‘tlaa premature. Mr. Bignold said, if hn deserved fl;srnissal Ee cm "cl _dcierve no salary ; it ho did not, the dis.missai and t e.. question of s ;tiny were equmlly r. The Chairman then put ti:': which was carried tutaniinous4. I 4 A NC A S'll I RE. [From the Man .4eiler ilerald,gept. 22,; " ss c this week have to record a • circnnustanee which aroseont of the discontents cr the weavers e..t Burnley, in this county, yet it is ennpled with the sm.:stilt:lion, that all is now quiet and peaceable in that distriot. "Plain cot ton fabrics, whirls require the least personal - skill in weaving, are thielly retitle in the and when it is considered that three weeks are Always deemed a lent , ,th of time to teach a mere laleilrer, when coin ntiteed for any offence to the New Lailey Prison, to weave calico, it cannot he wondered that competition is excessive, or that the price paid for weaving tke artide should be small, compared with that paid f o r goodi which require superior skill. The weavers of Burnley, it appears, w; re not silt Hi e d with the advance tkley heel artisidly obtaioall the price of their labour; and on 'ruceday led they employes! the bellman to give public notice of a meeting to etili,rce their claisa for more. The Civil A Otiosity, liowever,ierry properly inlet fried and look the Willman Into custody, as the active agent of the COIL bilustion.This his employers, in great numbers, resented : and by the help of iron crows, pickaxes, &c. they forced open this prison door, and liberated the prisoner. Their. Alleeetill in Ibis instance made them still Inure irr egu la r , and their numbers on Wednesday became su vrrat, and their mensecs so violent, that the :11 igistrates did not deem it pendant to persist in the exercise of tlit-ir duty, till they h id snore military assistance than six dr44.ions tali heat could be spared front other duty wain a eley's suarch of Burnley) could afford. " Infornn...l of this circumstance, the fklanclienter and Sal. fordYromanryCavailry, in the handsomest mminer,volunteerel their services; and about lY o'clock on ss hifat the rain poured down in torrents, they rivrcheil under the cu m . inand of Captain I ndlcy. Tito rain cotninnett during the whole of the newel), which was accomplished in six hours. I be inflnencc of their presence at lint tiley was immediately felt, without their being reduced to the diugreealtle ain't na five of :Tidying force in order to disperse Weir fellow-coon tryntitt. " ing the whole of the day. a great tounher of most torholent characters had possession of the streets, is which all bn•inrss was vet wended. I'lacards, referii4g to the ontrage of Tuesday, had been ',reposed by the pi- o pt a. but nu one had stared to ♦enture anioneit the iii elicit fed populace in order to 'mit slims, till the cavalry were descried approaching the town, wheat they were immediately made ; and on the arrival 6( the yesmirstry. with a promptitude_ and sigour which dial honour to the gentlemen who composed it, the civil power began to act, and im little more than an boor seven of the most violently active of the insurgents were taken into custody, without any rrsislance on the part of the crowd, which dispersed immediately ma the approach of the patriotic corps ; and at a very early hour that evening the town was rerfectly at peace, and the prisoners conducted (through Dashisam) to Itlach burn prison, ander the eycurt of the six draguuth already men tioned, "The next day the yeomanry accompanied the Magistrates to Patitham, where a meeting had been announced ; butt the presence of the force broke the spirits of the rehi•aetary ; and, instead of attending an outlaw hid nicel biz, the peaceable, and industrious weavers, who had been forcibly driven from their looms by threats of vt•nZeanre by the leaders, had resumed their daily lal.mora, and the click of the fly-shuttle was hr.u•d iu ever) loon. house. After a stay of two hours at Padihunta, the cavalry returned to their hospitable quarters at Bentley, which, on invitations NU hearty that it was impossible to evade them, Were in the Kivu's& houses of the pr•inrip:a inhabitants, w here they and their horses were treated ite a manner which did Inutont both to the t uwn ❑nd the individuals who so very brndsontrh• perforatted the rites of hospitulity to the gentlemen w ho had, tut so patriotic a manner, left their acenstomary parsuits, mid ha•lened to ru.scne them lions the danger with which they were threatened by a body of men labouring under t•rrourona r but strongly excited impressions. 013 Salllrdity morning, or.ler being pet feetly restored, the proper authorities again respected, Held th.• riz drs:'oon• iu•te:used to a sergeant's guard bybye detaeliment which bad a biscui to support the Ilalgistrary, the ernticmeu of the yeomanry (writs prepared to march hooneward,when, diutt,ly itetore thee left the town, a tt•:.ti ttttt obit of the estinna. lion 'au whir, th •ii. vaitualde services were held, was hastily drawn op on the spur of 'the occasion, and signed by as many of the pristepal inhabitants of fluoridey and its vicinity as o etc immediately oat the spot." On Satiorcl.ty, the 29111 of March, CaMotto was visited by one of the too.; au% ere gales of a ind expeeteneed for a Im_ time• It commeneed it hoot 1;4 p, in. and blew trout the s o uth. ward, with sioeou'lui toy for neatly half an hone. We ;ire t vailety concertiett if , stale, that Mr. :Ibrulso , to, i d the eivil Service, and Clll.litil, a partner in the firm of l'elotra ottel Cu. li•st tios ir I,v es to all emistillk 10 elms, the river at the escutilt oceans:it or the ; and M. C. Itel:o l au ; seemed otileor of the Ceres, wat Moulted by the upsetting of a Imat Diu tog the storm a umnbcr of ships drifted float their anchors. and considerable damage mas iit.fle to their masts and ti , 2 zing Several hoots also were overset, nod many of the natives oiross Hest. 'l'lle woos pat lietilsrly skid, 1111i1 the tinmorr, at one petknt , uwilrlly MIA. We are sorry to state gist the pi orbiting epidemic lias not slthsisled. nuns the lit h of Feb. In the 22J of Match, the native physieialit employed ity tiovernment, report. that 4.4113 natives hail been attacked Icy ii whom 34.1 Mel died. instances of a fatal teeiiiitt atioo among the EUeutlessols altztaketi by the same disorder were ea, r. ,1 body of MHO lausilaroof titan Wither $ country had L omeli:11ml IMO hlysorc. and yilnodrnol Ilarpattuoly ; Liu I hey bad been late crept ell by a . 103t1 y of infantry fonder Copt. hitg tote, who totA It out them 100 110tera and a gnat pus non f biro hoods .11;r. ne. Mr. Wilkie. thz landlord of the Croons& the corner of Dufour's plaeo, Brom. -6 met. Carnally !uarket, sesc Mond drmvaed iu the Ho , me's cans on Sorolay morning ;At I'2 o'clock. tic lad left hument de i t in ti e ec t ni-g ; hat Waet;:et 411 death WC. UCtloSOULltstl by SUI - or ac. de4f is utd. kno'Fro ttoz From t e LONDON G4ZE:I",'I., 4:4iastlay. Sept. BANKIWPTCY SU PPHS;;D *.n). :IR: J. iIANILINJPTS. WArr:ws W. Norton, Worce.ter, corn-tactor, Oct. 13, lb. NOV. 3 at 1111 3 .4. Att. Mr. Pude, linnets -swat. Russel:-.9tiarc. SHARP: .1. I. Fleat-owrt, t. Oct. 3, l's.sv. 3, at Guile!haa. Att. Mr. W.»Award. Wa a EINOTON J. and .1. t;:a.sevhurch-rArect, drapers, 8..r.1,;. Oat. LL Nov. 3. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. bisarp, :Nos....:xn liirtninghwn. Vai:der, Get. 5.3, Nov. 3. at airl:irg• hair. Att.. tricks:al C'. ria'bera. Corms .L W. ilymout::4lnck. ttiarchnnt, Slit. 23, Oct. 3, N...tv. 3. at Guildhal Aus. Crow.:cr and Cu. Predrrick's place, 0:1 .lorry. FUrocltrar. I). Liverpool. gram?. Oct 11,21, Nov. 3. at Liverreo:. Atm. Lcaca and Cc. Liveri;aul. CII:I3TAGE llorstbrd, Nortsrt, groan, Oct. 5,6, Nov. 3, at NO:• with. ./V.t. Mr. Svgers. ClUaby-syldre. LaTia art N. Manchester, bak tr. On. 9, 19. Nor. 3, at Maas'ics:er. Atts. Applaby aad Co. Gray's lan.sql,r.:e. DIVIEW.N DS. P. Knoslcs and Sawyer, Shtfriald, alcichant, Oct. t i t. J: and J.l).aon, Newcast/o.upo:t e.e.;;en w arc- ninr.tifttatirrt , (kt. 14. T. t;rievc. and J. Gr:crc, Manchest .r, fustian t er:• ‘ .• facturcrs, Ozt. r;. J. Bird, iurrberland, ern , cr, Oct. 15. W. Parker, i .Itrc.innt, Oct. 14. A. LOW, llar!:eby•. treat, Chzkcasecli, working-jcwellar, Oct. le. G. Harding, Ofreentr.ba. I)e% analtirc. draper, Nov. 4. C. Acton, l.iti Held, !-lackeatith, Oct. t. 6. CERTIFICATHR—Cerr. S. IluLbs, Bat!), griner.—C. it3l.lanso3, DISCOPER.Y OF AN' ,INCIENT CEMETE,i?".! ri ST. ~Ihill'lN'S-LE-GRAND. As the workmen employed in clearing away the craned •o. et. 7,lertio's le (?rand, which is to foam !h.! toile of the r::. Post ofiiee, wile a day or two ago removing the feendatice..l oisoine of the old houses which stood in the rear of SI. Leo nard's, Fro•terlatie, they discovered the roofs of some aneivct vaults. As soon as the rubbish on the particulae spot was removed, three vaults were discovered, each cot:monde:oho t; with the other by a narrow ea tseee or gallery ; Vat y are built chiefly of lame square bricks, intertaixed with eteue slot some flint, and the interstices filled up with a pilaw elte!l:y earth. '1 hey ate t,ttucr apaciens, tl.e height being nearly nice feet, the depth about eiglituen, am! breadth aboitt six re- seven. They appear to have been each originally dieided into to o compartments. Jot the back part of one of the valeta was Ilium! a large qoantilv of lint:Mit brateS, thrown pi omiseis. onsly together, as it' collected foam different graves. In one of them Is a show coffin, rasher short in length, made its the shape of the woodcut coffins, square at the head, and inclining in a tapering form toe souls the feet; a place is rather sourly shaped fur the head of the body to rest upon,_ unl thereto:lin% of a skull and some decayed bomesvare in the cavity. Adjnito. ing, and in the same line with these arches, is a vaulted roof, supported by small and shoot stone shells or pillars, irons which spring semicircular arches, intersecting curia mho r at equidistant points, and presenting to the eee the shelo f.rt of a structure, at once simple, durable, soul bealitoftd. Tee Bit btlivitinlal of for lute: coltunniation mere evidently open when built, ate' so arranged as to :Omit a contensintrat ion with other parts of a building. The floor uf these vaults is about 20 feet below the level of the pas entent in Newgatt.street, the louse ground on the same level bears all the appear:mete of having been once a cemetery, from the fragments met calcined parts of bones intermixed with suit earth which ar4 observable in the vicinity. St. Martite.le—f; rand %v.v.+ originally a college, founded 'lt the year 700, by Wythred, Knit of Itcht, and according to I)togdale. in lois Myna it:com e neicanuni, rebuilt and entlae ed by a noble SiOion, and his brio her Ed tva Miss, fora 1.1e4 Secular canons and priests, toed was dt!llirdt vit tti St. 3lart'n. T;ue epithet le.ci rand was afier•vard% ail ed, out arcoitail ci the gre::! and eetraordinary paroie i datly the tterotti o:te aslant:warn granted to it by ditferent tnattat the Conq ueror confirmed the eudownwnte et* this house. and the possessiout of the lands given by the foundero,, to a hid, he oil.led all Ilie numr land without Cripplegale, an.) exonerated ils Cationg from all interfereece or exaction °fatty Bishops, Arehiletteone, or their Ministers. He likewise granted them Sc: end :oe, toil and team, and a long ct cttee , iel Sisson Liberties its the most ample degree. His charter sanctiotied by John oral Peter, two of the !emotes Legates, rmelt:den (Lev :--" It any person whatever sea ptessette to alter any tiling Levelly gr silted, let hint perish with Judas the traitor." Henry 112 . .1n/it the weakness to ennirm these misebieenn" charters, and in ....tend them in cases of debt, reli.ny, and treason; the intlitigcule grained was so obnoxious to the pe tt epahle citizens, un account 0: the proles ti oil tar t ,. del the lowest soil of rogues, radians, thieves, felons, At m twit . derers, that they were fre•piently compelled to apply to ol'e Government for AMNlri . y agAinst Ibis sanctuary. , when this culloge was in it (I: wishing Mite, a etirfew hr ,1 was rung here at eielit o'elottli every evening, and at St. Maryie-flow, St. (ides, Co ipplegste, at Allhallows, Harking, to warn peop:e to keep within &OM Pato aid the First, in etlnSetillellre of the many miseli:ef , , !emitters, rot. iwrir., anti al, vsa p. 'sons by certain ileetins. wn!is ing armed iu the rummantivil that iinum Olcuid be sto kw!) as to be in the Atler lb,. 6,.1 had S , llllVied in 51. liarlili ,. .!P•01":111d. 7:IP culi , g 4. vlos to Ni•Its,11)1:;Pi, tlud :won the rillIr7.ll%V.IS puiled down, and malty tenement' erected Its site. Soda i• the Iti•lorical arc-mint ,)11 tile almient*nootoz.iy or eilifire,of which those vriolti .)!,pent have been a ;all Tim vaults in winch the ittilit'N i.re /wool, do nut st. 4 m t o I, e of ra aoriont tio.y wet) 144•441441,1 f0rm4,41 144/ E. tvdr:i VI. 14,1 the pi , /u• pillpliCe of iippo , itilix liaer,in the boner a% kid) wore ex:.4l-tql at the 414144,44440 oh u!.I Hooch. The line airliod mull, 4.49.;44,4 Ica 1)). colooto4. %%hod, we hove fitarribral,is not of than the reign of (len t, 111. Their are, we h^lieve, rely oxten.ivo vaults esoiler warts (It Nowg.tte•-•irrel, of 044441 treed roiiars by the h i l l , bi 1 4 1 1114, and W.llll.ii lip for Itt.ll' From .114144r.1.tir to tile (till it:14444y e.t. 4 1 , Ce re&ideisres of war gootry, and aimtv :.c.ta.ittunn a.ll exat in alias track. On Mcinl ty W. l'lnttzn and Prin. Wren. tern journot-” , - crtmuiti , 1 to lance:ter city pinl roc nne t' et •; , for cn:rzl:.ta •11•• cotabicituou :‘,k4:wit J. DoLun. ► t curclwaincr, 01 Lnik , „ cn).