The National Register. — London, England, 1816-07-28 00:00:00

711 , 394 of clothing anti pny), and a battalion of Lianocs; com posed of about 550. I was a month in to•.vn before I sailed, and I assure you those who remained in bores of a better Col'ernme4 under Ferdinand, find themselves miserably miaaken. I believe I may s•ay with truth, the spi►it of the people is now more elevated than ever it uus at any previous period." .-...u...-• WEST IN DIF.S. The Armes, of 36 guns, Capt. G. M. MO, has nr ri7ed at Portsmouth, from the Jamaica station ; she sailed from Port Royal on the 13tli of June. The Pique, Tay, and Esk, had arrived from England, for the peace service. The Junon, Capt. Fanslutwe, was to leave I'ort Royal on the 17th of June, for the Havannah and Plymouth. A very tragiml circumstance took place at .port Royal on the 10th ult. It appears that ()Wow had been given by one of the boat's crew to a party of the Blacks, who, in consequence, on the following even ing, went in a body to the landing-place, determined to revenge the insult on the first British Officer they should 'nett with. Lieut. the I lon. J. cal thin-pc, of the Junon, was, unfortunately, landing from that ship at the MG 'wilt, and he instantly fell a victim to their brutal re venge. The Hampshire Courier and Chronicle adds the follow ing particulars to the above tt The ,travvs has beets uncommonly healthy since she has been in the West Indies, which is upwards of IT months, hav ing lost only one man. From her we learn, that the United Mates fricste Macotlonian, Captain Warrington, had arrived off Santa Martha, soul the Commissioner on board of her made a peremptory demand to the Governor for all citizens of the United States in continewnt there to be instantly given up ; be was informed that he ought to proceed to Carthagena and make known the demand to the chief authority there, which the Commissioner would not consent to, and gave for answer to the Spanish Governor, that he would cruize off their coast, and make reprisals. The latest accounts brought intelligence, that she was off Santa Martha." Of the murder of Lieut. Calthorpe the same paper gives the subsequent account: — It appears that about eight o'clock on Thursday night, the 11th ult. some young gentlemen and seamen belonging to tote or more of the men of war, and some black and coloured peo ple of the town of Port Royal, had a misundeo standing, near the wherry wharf, whioti came to blows, and throwing of bricks, etc.; this dispute continued till about tell, when the Hon. John Calthorpe, second Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship Jolson, who was on shore from his ship, passing that way, noticed the din Whence, and immmliately endeavoured to persuade the men of war's people to go on board their vessels ; but, while in the performance of this laudable endeavour, he received a dread ful blow on the back part of the head from a brick, thrown by one of the opposite party, wind[ felled hint senseless to the ground ; be was raised np by some seamen, and taken on board his ship, but the wound was f Ito be mortal; and he was afterwards conveyed to the Hospital, at Port Royal, where lie languished tin a bout eight o'clock the nest morning. From th e v ery moment he received the shocking wound till his death, be never uttered a word. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Thursday, when the Jury, after a minute deliberation on the evidence, r( turned the following verdict : 'Filet the said Lieutenant the 116 n. 30i111 Calthorpe CAMe to his death by a mortal wound inflicted by John Baptiste, Isaac Benjamin, and others, of which wound Ise died.' Baptiste and Benjamin have been committed to the gaol, and four other men have been taken up on suspicion of being concerned iu the murder. The Coroner has (dieted a reward of 11)01. to any free person that will give evidence tending to convict any perpetrator or per petrators of ;he horrid deed; and to any slave giving informa tion to the same effect, a promise to use every endeavour to procure his or her tiecdom. The deceased was brother of the Right lion. Lord Calthorpe, and first cousin to Mr. Wilber force." The following is from a French Paper :—" A new Commercial Nation has arisen in the Sandwich Islands. the whole, of which have become subj ect to one Chief, possesed of great talents, speaking the English language, and conforming to English manners. He has taken into his service a great number of English and American sai lors, and has procured from the latter some vessels, on the model of which he is constructing others, and thrming a marine. This Prince carries on a lucrative commerce with China; which, together with his commercial relations with the English and Americans, have produced to his 4ountry great wealth and abundance. The son of Count Itg„, , nault, who lately landed at Havre from New York, is said to be the bearer of certain reclamations from his fialter, anti is authorised to sell the 'states belonging to the latter. When he left America, the following French refugees were at Philadelphia : Clrusel, Grouchy,Lefebvre-Dectouettes, one of the Lale mantis, Quinette, Heats, Regnault, and Joseph Buo saparte. The Pope has issued a Decree for abolishing Men dicky in Rome. Two very rich Armenian merchants and bankers at Constantinople have had their wealth confiscated for mo. Isopolizing In9ney. A Letter from the Rimy of France to the Vicars-Ge sertil orders the prayers tu: tine weather to be said at all the Masses until the 15th August. This limitation of time is rather curious : it presumes that the prayers will have had their full effect in the interval. RELtstox.—During the late short stay of the King of Bavaria at Bergaalxem, his Majesty, on entering the house of the Justice of Peace where he resided, addressed to the Clergy of the threereligious persuasions (Luthe ran, Calvinist, and Catholic) the following remarkable words 1 am indeed a good Catholic ; but I consider that religion to be the best wia c i l lead{ mot to the per formance of dieir dUtiel." THE NATIONAL. REGISTER. MR. SHERIDAN. AMong the various tributes of affectionate respect paid to the memory of the late Mr. Sheridan, the following letter from the Marquis Wellesley was received by the hurl of Lauderdale, in answer to the request that the Noble Lord would attend the funeral. " East Cliff Lodge, Thursday. July 10, 1816. "MS nr..tn LOAM-.. 4 return you my sincere thanks for the Doable which you have find the goodness to take in communicating to me Mrs. Sheridan's very flattering wish that I should attend the funeral of the late Mr. Sheridan. The same kind disposition will, I trust, induce your I.ontship not to decline the office of expressing to Mrs. Sheridan my gratefal ,erise of this most acceptable mark of distinction: however unworthy of such an honour. I am at least capable of appreciating it. Xo peratt could entertain more admiration of Mr. Shendan's talents, more respect for his eminent public merits, or store regard for his amiable character in private society; although I had the misfortune often to ditfcr with him in political life, I mewed many testimonies of his favour:lbl. , opinion, which are now must valuably confirmed by Mrs. Sheridan's distinguished notice. " With these sentiments, I must feel a particular anxiety to avail myself of the opportunity, which your Lordship's obliging letter pre sents. of manifesting my respect fur Mr. Sheridan's; memory; but I am unfortunately compelled to remain at this place to-morrow and Saturday on indispensable business. If the funeral should be delayed until Monday, I could attend it; and I would, with the greatest rea diness, go to London on Sunday for that purpose. " If, however, the arrangements already made should be unalterable, rawest your Lordship to assure Mrs. Sheridan of Inv unfeigned so licitude to concur zealously and actively in every public and private tame of afErtionate mpect to the memory of a person, whose genius was an ornament to his country, and whose conversation scathe delight of private society. " So deeply do I feel the distinction of being considered amonp, the number of Mr. Sheridan's friends, that if I should be deprived of the honour of attending his remains to Westminster Abbey, your Lordship cannot confer a greater obligation on me, than by communicating to the public my sentiments on this occasion. " I am, my dear Lord, with great regard, " Yours, most sincerely. " F.arl of Lauderdale, Ste. &c." " WE LL FM-EY." P.S. If the funeral should happen to be delayed, may I request a note from your Lordship by return of post." W. The following lines are the genuine production of the late Mr. Sheridan. They were addressed to his first Lady, then Miss Linley, shortly before their union : " Mark'd you her eyes of heavlily blue, Mark'd you her cheek of roseate hue! That rye in lignirl circles movinz, That cheek abash'd at man's approving ; one, Love's arrow darting round, The other, bhishimg at the wound." PROVINCIALS. The Sorry Adjourned Sessions were held on Monday, at Newington ; when there were ninety-six prisoners on the calen dar, nearly one half of whom consisted of persons committed as rogues and vagabonds, idle and disorderly persons, and reputed thieves.—Thomas Tweedy, a boy only 13 years of age, was convicted of stealing a basket of oranges, at Newington, and being an incorrigible character, was sentenced to seven yew b' transportation. At the West Kent Sessions, Mr. Jones, butcher, of Wool wich, was indicted by one of the County Coroners for contempt, in refusing to serve as Juryman. The defendant, it appeared, bad laboured under the mistaken notion, that Butchers were not liable to serve on juries ; but, finding his error, he now pleaded Guilty, and was fined one shilling and discharged. The law espences incurred by his refusal have cost him 401. At Nottingham County Sessions on Monday, the 13th inst. when J. Starkey was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the House of Correction at Southwell, for stealing a ben and 13 chickens, he said, with peculiar emphasis," I wish you were all doubly ironed in tie deepest pit of damnation. At the Norfolk Sessions, J. Abery, J. Bailey. sen. P. Palmer, sen. and P. Palmer, jun. were indicted for having, together with other persons, to the number of 100, assembled at Hock ham, and destroyed a thrashing,-machine, the property of W. Burlingham. They were found guilty, and sentenced, Ailey and Bailey to one year, and the two Palmers to three months imprisonment. At the Hull Sessions, on Thursday, W. Robinson, .inn. eon victed of stealing a quantity of Cape wine, the liroperty of Mr Carter, on being sentenced to be transported far seven years addressed the Court in the most audacious manner, declaring, " that he had lived upon plunder for years ; and had been longing for the approach of winter, when he would /wee made such fellows tremble. At the Quarter Sessions for the county of Huntingdon, held on Tuesday last, Elizabeth Travel', landlady of Brampton-Hilt public-house, was indicted for a misdemeanour, in inhumanly refusing admittance, a few weeks back, to a poor fellow in his last moments, who had just received his death-injury by being crushed between his waggon and a bridge near her residence. —The master of the deceased was prosecutor. The parties were permitted to go out of Conrt and settle the business. The sum paid by Mrs. Travel! for the benefit of the family of the deceased, is understood to be abobt 2.11. It is likewise said, that the Magistrates mean to take away her licence. The T-eicester Paper says :—" We regret to state that a spirit of Luddism has begun to manifest itself is the southern as well as the northern parts of the coanty. A finale-work-knitter's shop at Great Wigsron, occupied by E. Deakin, was feloniously entered on Monday night last, and several frame and machine nrepws stolen therefrom. A corporal and four men belonging to the 15th Dragoons are stationed in the County Gaol every night, as, we suppose, a precaution against any attempt which may be made to rescue the men confined there on a charge of frame-breaking." On Monday morning a poor woman was found dead, ender a heap of straw, in a barn belonging to sir. Frankiu, a farmer, at Wadden, where it is supposed she went in for shelter from the inclemency of the night. A hock of sheep, ISO in number, the property of Mr. Ros kegs', of Bingworthy Form, on the borders of Dartmoor, were lately left in a field all well, and early on the following morn ing, 6rJ of them were found dead, killed by lightning ; their eyes were foi red from their sockets, and their bodies appeared as in a state of putrefaction. The flocks of many other far mers in the neighbourhood suffered severely; and it is sup posed that not less than ..!00 sheep have been destroys. J. A melanclody instance of suicide occurred last week at Lian debie a young matt, a weaver, hail paid his addresses to a far mer's daughter, hut, conceiving that she preferred amdlier, an altercation ensued between thrill ; lie pressed her to accept a silk handkerchief as a parting remembrance, which she stea dily ref used end, on going to milk the coven on Tuesday morn lie discovered him hanging on a willow-tree, 'impended I,y the Witilkerchief he had before wished her to receive front At Barnet, on Thursday, a Gentleman happening to go into the market-plare, found about 149 poor hay-makers literally starving : he ordered them all to ill' supplied with half a guar tern loaf each, awl to come back nest morning for another. On Friday the number that applied for relief was 338, when they gut the same bounty. On Saturday morning those (all strangers) who applied were 7Th, who each received one-third part ore go:awn' loaf, and fa out the pal ish a quarter of a pound of cheese each. . . A woman of wretched appearance, implored charity last week at :llaidstone, complaining of extreme anguish, from a cancer in her breast. Being suspected as an impostor, she wa 3 compelled to undergo examination, when the supposed wound was discovered to be a thin skin completely covering the breast,. anti to which adhered some slices of raw liver, in a state of put, trefaction. After meets ing a severe lecture site was permited to depart. During a thunder storm which occurred a few days since, a barn on the premises of Mr. J. Moor, a farmer, of Messing, in Essex, was set on fire by lightening, and so rapid and dr • structive were the flames, that more than a quarter of an hour had not elapsed from the titue it was struck by the eleetric tiuid before it was A mass ut rains. Another barn and a grit• nary, enveloped iu the vontiagation, were materially damaged. and a considerable quantity of wheat destroyed, together with various implements, notwithstanding the must prompt assist• once. •—• Extract of a Letter from Dumfries, dated the 16th inst., "On Tuesday last, about two o'clock r. M. we were visited by a thonder.storm, which was attended by vivid lightning, and very heavy showers. By accounts from difkrent quarters, however, we learn, that it was in this district comparatively alight. It had extended over all the south of Scotland, and the northern counties of England. Betwixt the Croote and Moffat it was so terrible that the mail coach horses could with the ut most difficulty be made to obey the reins. One peal in parti cular followed the lightning with scarcely the interval of a se cond, and immediately atter a shower of hail fell so thick and violent as almost to blind both driver and horses. Torrent* rushed instantly down from the mountains, leaving every where deep traces of their impetuosity. In the neighbourhood of Langholm, too, the peals of thunder had been so awful as to ap pal the stoutest hearts," In Gla%gow, one day last week, a boy was observed to steal a loaf of bread, and followed home. Oa entering the house, he and several other children, his brothers and sisters, were seen eagerly devouring it, while the mother was lying &Sid its the bed. Alexander Nicoll, E.q. of Ballot College, who had lately married a most amiable young lady, having taken lodgings in Osford, the happy Pair retired, as usual, on Tuesday evening ; and on IVednesday miming, about two o'clock, Mr. N. awoke. jumped out ofbed, and, in the most distracted state, alarmed the people of the house. who, having entered the room, found the lady quite dead, Mr. Bull, the surgeon, was immediately called in; but too late to be of any assistance, the vital spark being extinct. Thus has this happy union been dissolved, by the hand of death, in the short space of a Week. Mr. Nicoll's state of mind, un this sudden and melancholy event, it is impce- sible to describe. The Magnificent stone portico at Fisherwick-honse, near Lichfield, for which tottal. was bid some time azo, for the new Church at Birmingham, was sold at the late sale of the mate rials, to the architect of Lord Viscount Anson, for 321.!! ! This was one of the noldest 1111(1 largest mansions in the 'British Em pire, having been Wilt little more than a quarter of a century back, without reference to expellee. At the Petty Sessions held at the Town-hall in Truro before J. 11. Willyams, Esq. and the Reverend R. Polwhele, ti.'s shop keepers and millers were fined for using defective weights and measures I The Master of a Victualling boy at Harncaze, one of the mariners, and two Masters of lighters in the Victualling Service, have herr! com mitted to the county gaol, for plundering the b u y of 74 gallons of rum, which had been put on board for the use of his Majesty's ship Superh. The depredators entered the hold, after the hatchways were locked. by means of a slitting board in the hulk-head: and, to add to their crime, they had tilled the vaeum in the plundered mks with water. SWEDISH TUPNIP.—The superiority of the Swedish turnip over the common one is so well ascertained, that its culture within these last few years has been greatly increased among the best agricultnrists in Norfolk and Stifiblk ; but as it is very slow in growth in its early state, it is particularly subject to the attacks of the fly ; yet from those, also, it has frequently been observed to recover, and produce a most abundant crop, after itr appearance has been so unpromising, that the cultiva tor has nearly resolved to plough them up. This hint, at this precise period, will be useful to many of our readers. A Correspondent writes--" Are the fragrant, spicey, and balsamic qualities of the leaf, young and mature, of the black entrant-tree known, and its fitness to be used as a very agree able tea? Can they be dried for this purpose ? At the Dublin Conrt of Oycr and Termim r on the In!' inst. T. Savage, a jingle-driver, was convicted of manslaughter, ter causing the death of F. Maria Wisdom, six years old, by riding over her on the sth. It appeared that he had been guilty of gross negligence In his driving, and, when stopped, evinced the most brutal indifference as to the fate of the child. The Court seetenced him to be burnt in the baud and imprisoned 12 months, and to enter into bail for his good behaviour for seven veal... A Belfast Paper says—" We understand. that one of the robbers taken et Killogimm-wool, county IVexford, has been identified as the famous rartairt Grant; he and his companion. Carrot Whelan, base been transmittal to Maryborough gaol. l'at. Fitzpatrick is in Wex ford gaol." On Wednesday se'nnight two men entered the dwelling-house of Saint John Chapman and his brother, two industrious old men, in Ma. lone, Ireland, and, atter demanding their money, bound their hands and feet. The villains then praccvded to break open a trunk, which they accomplished by means of a bayonet one of them earned, and an stractosl about 7001. in gold, tool. in Belfast Bank-notcs, and about2os. in silver. The house of W. Walsh, a fanner, residing at Dollas, in the county of Limerisk, win attacked on Thursday ee'amight by II men, some of than antics' with guns, who Hogged Walsh in a most brutal manner: however, his brother having come to assirtance, they resolutely beat off the robbers, and wounded one of them dip: rarely with a hatchet in the head; his eanic s Nlichuel Mahony. On Stitunlay he was kelgtsl by G. Massey, Esq. in the county gaol, where he now lies with very little hopes of recovery. Madame Lemur. a French Lady, while walking on the Steyne. at Bri.zidon, on Tuesday last, was seized with apoplexy. She was re. moved to the shop eat Mr. Neanham, a nein, sni; bet tiwilkal OPSI.St• g/ICe. was intiFectul, us she did not survive tie attack more than ten minutee. One Macdonald, groom and stage-aasistant to llnvis's troop of horse, was drowned while bathing, during a gate, at Brighton. on sunday. The ' powder mill. on Hounslow Heath blew up with a inik.t dread ful explosion on 'Tuesday evening, by which N. Coningluunwell W and several caber Luca to desperately wouadraL JULY QR. t k