The National Register. — London, England, 1822-02-04 00:00:00

with with which lie had seceded to the wishes of the re quisitionist', in calling together a meeting of the county. (Cheers.) Mr. GRI GeV seconded the resolution. It was carried with only tine or two dissenting voices. The Mall MIER IFP shortly returned thanks for the ho nour conferred upon Min. Mr. MenEST then proposed the 10th resolution, which Is as follows ;- ‘. 10. That these remlutions be embodied in a petition, which shall he presented to not Dolmans House of Partin. nient, conveying our strong hut respectful solicitations that its attention may be given without delay to this most important *Mikes, and that effectual measures may be adopted for the relief and protection of the ow hers,fleettpiers, and In Waivers of the land, as well as of the other profitable classes of to • Widish people " After bt ins second.. d, it was carried unanimously. Mr. MsKIST the., proposed that the petition be presented to Partial's...A its Sir W. Rowley and T. S. Gooch, Esq. the represent tires of the coniity, and that they he instructed to support t lie none. (Gneers, and cries of " Strike out the .ffar's motile.") This re. Motion was carried in the nffirmnt Mr. A, Ittbwcl.l. proposed that the thanks of the county be given t. 6 Ills Glace the Duke of Norfolk, his Grace the Duke of Graftimond the other noblemen and gentlemen who liad given their talents, time, and attention, to forward the pre,eht meeting. Thi , resolution was nzrer4 to omit loud cheerio t Tie 11 ion tin cal re then declared the business of the day to he concluded, and 1113 lee more dissolved the mrrti IC. The hae•tihgs were 111 em.setittence cleared, and the Mai km.. place remlered comilaratively HERTFORD MEETING. On Friday a Meeting of the Nobility, Gentry, and Freeholdets of the County of Herts, took place at the Town II 1011, Hertford, for the purpose of taking into misideration the distressed state of the Agricultural interests, and the general distress of the country. At twelve o'clock the Marquess of Salisbury, the Earl of Bridgewater. Lord llacres, Lord Verulam, Lord Cranbourne, Sir John Sebright and the Hon. Wm. Lamb (the Members for the county), and a number of other gentlemen of the county entered the Hall. The High Sheriff (Joseph Timperon, Esq.) shortly after opeded the business ofthe Meet. ing, by reading the Requisition in pursuance of which he had convened the present meeting, and entreated that they would not digress from agricul tural topics. Lord llacrc opened the business of the Meeting, by dwelling at some length upon the existing state of agricultural distresses. He said that there were only two modes of prominent remedy —one, a mo nopoly, so as to keep up the price, which be thought they had already by the Corn Bill ; the tether, a depreciation of the currency, a measure to which he thought they could never again have re course. He concluded by proposing the following petition : 'lO the llosmnrable the Commons of' the United Kingdom if Gcsat Britain and Ireland in Parliament asscintiled. The Humble Petition of the undersigned Ossueis and Occupiers of Laud in the County of Hem', sbe wt ib r _Th a t your petitioneis ail' stiltering under the Wit intense and unparalleled distress: Your petitioners abstain Isom an enumeration of the several causes which have, as they conceive, hronglit them to their present condition, hot they cannot but re • d your honourable House that, after tilt various flncrnatiuus of prices which they have experienced, the circulating med• ha. been finally settled upon a system which bears severely against the Age icolturat interests of the Country. Your petitioners submit to your honourable House, that the direct clleet of the 5) stem thus adepied has brcn the virtual incr ease of that taxation wades which they have long and patiently laboured, and ronvinced as they are Ilist a general reduction of the prices of all articles used and consumed by labourers in agriculture, in some degree correspoildine to the reduced prices of the products of the soil, would contribute to their relief, they cannot but entertain a confident expectation that your honourable House will take Into its immediate consideration the ex ',Editors of adopting smile plait of reduced taxation, which *Loll relieve the population of the cannily from those taxes whirl, inure immediately affect the price of labour, and which consequently raise to au oppressive de• g lee the coat, or cid:is:llion. Tutir petitioners beg to 111 , 111 e your honourable House, that unless adequate and immediate relief lie afforded to the owners and occupiers of land, they cannot but cou teniplate the total destruction of their prop. sty ; h u.l brim! convinced that tie rights by which they hold propert, are as Jost and 'tarred as any that can lie given by statuary pledges to other interems in the St.ite, your petitioners vonlide In the jollier and equity of your ho. won-able Honor to atford them equal security and ponce- Your petitioners therefore pray, that the pse§ , ittre of their t.l7lliolt way he Mitigated, and that they il.kt) twelve that relict to %Stich they , ottsirler thetnaelt es au justly vu. yullr, petiliullear, esr, Three gentlemen, mimed Fordham, substantial farmers in the county, severally addressed the meet. ing, and one of them proposed, as an amendment, the specification in the petition of the repeal of all thrmt taxes iffLeting agriculture, such as malt, leather, soap, candles, sait, &e. They also hinted at the non-attendance pf their County Members during the greater part of Mr. Humc's divisions in the House of Commons. Mr. Lamb add Sir John Sebright severely ad dressed the meeting, defended their Parliamentaty conduct, declared their readiness to press for a di. salutation of taxation, but declined pledging them selves to be the servile adherents of Mr. Hume, or any other genticmin, however respectable. They • I ^ ~• THE NATIONAL REGISTER were the representatives, they said, not the dele. gates of the County. The Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Cranbourne did not think that the state of the country would admit any reduction of the public establishments, in the manner pointed out by some of the speakers. After a good deal of discussion the amendment, specifying the taxes to be repealed, was withdrawn for the sake of unanimity, and the original petition of Lord Dacre carried unanimously. The meeting, which was excessively crowded, broke up at half-past four oclock. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday last a Court of Common Council was held for the purpose (amongst other important matters) of tahing Into consideration the report of the Comitnne appointed to enquire into the conduct of Alderman Waitionan, during the affray between the Life Guards and the populace, on the 26th of August, at Knights bridge, and to examine witnesses touching the whole of that transaction. On tie proposition that several officers of the city should be elected for the year ensuing, some observations were made %moo the question of electing Mr. Wontner, the Upper Marshal. Several Members bore testimony to the merits of Mr. \I r. Woniner, and expressed their conviction that he amid be fully competent to fulfil the duties of the office. Alderman %V OOD certainly thought that Mr. Wont. tier was a most active, int ell gem, and meritorious officer, and Ili st he ought to be taised to a higher situation when any such presented itself; but the unfortunate accident with which he had met tendered it impossible for him to perform the ;tritium ditties of his present simatioo It should be considered that the police establishment of the city was an immense expellee, aed that the duties which the marshal had to perform were of a nature that required the most active exertion. After a few words from Aldermen BROWN, who de clared that Mr. Wollner would he perfectly competent to all the duties of the situation, the worthy Upper Mar shal was re-elected unanimonsly. DISTU R DANCES AT in rising to move that the report of the commutee pointed to enquire into the condoct of the lale Sheriff, Alderman Waithman, at Knightsbridee, during the die turhances there on the 2fith of August last, lie received, declared, that the Iti e hest thanks were due to the Com tnittee for the luminous report they had made upon the subject. He observed; that the c:iincidenee of the testi mony of the cliff:rent witmases examined was surprising, and went fully to prove that the conduct of those who had directed the military to supers -de the civil authority was culpable in the extreme, and that the interposition of Alderm In Waithman was as much called Our as it was humaime, discreet, and intrepid. (Hear, hear.) Toe worthy gentleman coticlo 'cd by ttttt vim/ that "the report be approved by the Court."—(Cheers.) .Mr. Et. Lice seconded the motion. He said the evi dence of the gentlemen of the 'tress, who were most respectable and unprejudiced,and most liberally educated, gave proof of the propriety of time Sheriff's conduct. Mr. J upp considered the conduct of Alderman Waith man, upon die occasion referred to, as most deserving of , the warmest praise. He could nut say who were the aggressors %limn the occasion, to which all looked back ' with tegret ; but it would be useless and absurd LI deny ! that Alderman Waithman had acted with temperance and humanity : that the thanks of the Court, and of the Country, were due to him, and that it was owing to ins , admirable conduct that the consequences were not worse. (Corers.) The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. FAVELL then ruse to mute a resn.ution, that an address he presented to Parliament, expresitte of the regret oftheCotirt at what Itml orTurml a! Kiiiichtibritize, and of their hope that ettrutiry "shoul.i be insttinted into the eiremnstances, &c. &e. Me. ELLIS:a Seconded the rewlttt•on. ....... The Petition to the House 01 COOlOOO6 wra then read and agreed on, and ur,lered to be presented by the S ieriffs and Ilettsenalelticer in the itstul form, and the Colin requested the City Nleslihera to support the sante. The following method of preserving milk at sea, during the longest voyage, and in the warmest cli mate, equally sweet as when it was first drawn from the cow, may not be unacceptable to the generality of our readers :—Provide a quantity of pint or quart bottles (new ones are perhaps the best) ; they must be perfixtly sweet and clean, and likewise very dry before they were made use of. Instead of drawing the milk from the cow into the pail as usual, it is to be milked into the bottles; as soon as any of them are filled sufficiently, they should be immediately well corked with the very best corks, in order to keep out the external air, and fastened tight with packthread, or wire, as the corks in bottles which contain cider generally are. Then on the bottom of nn iron or copper boiler spread a little straw ; on that lay a row of the bottles filled with milk, with some straw betwixt each, to prevent than titan breaking, and so on alternately until dm boiler has a sufficient quantity in ; then fill it up with cold water; heat the water gradually until it begins to boil, and us soon us that is perceivable draw the fire; the bottles must remain undisturbed in the boiler until they arc quite cold ; then take them out, and afterwards pack them in hampers, either with straw or sawdust, and stew them in the coolesa part of the ship. The perpetual motion of the sea in time improves milk, equally as much as it does Madeira wine. _ . -.;~ VIOLENT ASS.4ULT IN PRAA'CR UPON ENGLIaH GENTLEMEN. $5 WREE On Sunday the 27th ult. about four o'clock in the afternoon, as Mr. George Trevor Spencer, son of the Hint. W. It. Spencer, Captain Hill is, lt.N. nephew 10 the I)ean of Winchester, and Air. John Fordyce, were on their return front Paris, they itrit out of the Diligence in which they were travelling, tor die purpose of walking tip one of the steep hills which lie between Boulogne aid Calais : when they hail almost ascended the hill, tay were met by two Fiends i.en mined with dotsh•e barrelled gluts, apparently returning from sporting, who after staring at 111C111 in a very imp , riiiient and offensive manner, accoued them wuls " Vuihs de etc l'—d Anglais." On Caroni liod remark tie that he hoped the sportsmen would know' 11 , .11 they met again, they cricked their pun and threatened to fire nixie' them; at the saute time one of the Frenchmen pr seined, and inimedia•ely teem ered his mitts ; but the other waiting till the English gentlemen bid nutted their hacks in order to proceed un their walk. delilterately discharged tits piece at them. at the distance of not more than 35 paces, my which the whole party were wounded. Capt. I l o lis recited sescral shot (which wire what the French call chevruliu, and about the size of the English buck shot.) iii his hand and min, as wed as in different parts (a' his body, by which he w is very sr , rinosly hurt, and Mr. Spencer and r.Fordy cc. were also i njured,alt hong!' in a much slighter degree. Toe s illains proceeded clown the Ind till they came within sight of the Diligence, when they ran away across the fields, pursued by the wounded gentlemen, and Sir John Scott Lillie, who was travelling in their criiii r any, but happened to be at some distance behind tae assault w ts committed. Un filsilink themselves closely pursued, they again pre sented their guns, threatening in blow out the brains of any one who attempted to follow them; so that the English party, who were totally unarmed, were com pelled to abandon the ant mitt. On their arrival at Mira lise, they gave informatimi to the Lieli,“il'arities on duty at the village, who instantly went i.i search of the assas sins. At Calais the affair was laid before die Prefect of Police, who behaved its the moat g-ntlein in-like man ner, and made every exertion to discover the perpetra tors of this unprovoked and cowarilly art.tck spun three unarmed strangers. The panty were also itturh indebted to the kind attention of Thai. Fmthlatigae; EMI. the English Consul at Calais. who immediately wrote 3 re presentation of the case in Coarles Stewart. In the event of their being arrested, of to hich there can be little doith, the gentlemen li lie ad pledged themselves to cute, and we feel co inherit that the French Go vernment will must sever, lv visit such a violent. breach of law and hospitality upon the cowardly offenders. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. This report consists merely of the echo of former dis tresses. With respect to the routine of country business, there is nothing of .elty or interest to mention. The Wheats, where they have not been flooded, are generally found to Intik well ; but drawn upward as they hare been, by a constant series of warm and moist weather, without the slightest check from frost, the apprehension is far front being groundless, that they may he exhausted by excessive vegetation, and ultimately be more marline tWe in Straw than Corn. It was stipposed last month, front the wet and poachy state of a great part of the lands, that much of the Wheat sowing must be post poned till after Christmas; but from subsequent accounts, in spite of all difficulties, it seems that a finish has been generally made. Talavera (Spanish) Wheat is getting out of repute; perhaps Corn from a warm climate should never be sown in this country in autumn, until it shall have become naturalized to our soil. Sheep, in course, are doing badly abroad, with their fleece and loins con stantly wet, feeding on sodden and half rotted turnips. The mortality among them in various counties, and in Scotland, has already been considerable; and unless a speedy chaos in the weather sl Id supervene, a gene ral rot, like those in former days, mil he apprehended— in the mean time, those who keep sheep abroad in such circumstances, yet pnssessing the means of feeding them under shelter (and there are many such men) may, per haps, be wise men, though sorry cabal! 'tors; hot ciroorn and fashion must ever govern prJetices, tv well in sheep husbandry as in physic and divinity. A puma fort u ne. teller of prime notoriety, who, moreover, refers to the exact fulfilment of his former has lately ven tured to propltesy a still farther decline iii the price of Wheat, to tke raiio of cent. per cent. Give the markets time for this, and the prediction may he ver:6 tl; but should the old roles of weal her-ty isdoni hold their ground, and a warm airtl moist winter be follutved by a cold amid blialtung spring and sum tier, it in ty be pre. stinted, that neither the quantity nor qua:4y of the Intone IVheat crop will give much sanction to a farther decline of price, in whatever hinnour currency may find itself. During several weeks past, the causes of rain and fog, of the former particularly, appears to have been evidently exhausted ; yet a slate of moisture in the atmosphere has constantly prevail. d, and the lands has e remained i n a very wet and poachy state. Titer.: are at present great hopes of a favourable state. Fine, heavy, dry NVlwat, short in quantity, arid much in nap i e-t, i s w or th, 73.,„ per tinnier: but in general, all kinds of pro:lnce are lie. cessarily at a declining later, since the supply Inv srialtly exceeds the demand. Perhaps Long Wool is act excep tion, being rather 'eat of sae. Nlatilifacturea are in a far inure 'nor's:tons state than Agriculture, and are gra !dually relieving the land from a part of its sup, rations labourerse.--Jast. :ft. Government have established* large steam packet at Bristol, which b to be attached to the War office department in that city; it ii called the George the Fourth. Extensive silk-mills have been established r• g ot shall, in Essex, at which 140 persons are aireany employed. •. ~~ '- .~ .:..-.~ • ,