The National Register. — London, England, 1817-02-24 00:00:00

rLE THE ARTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Sin.—Permit me, through the medium of your ,Tour .111, to direct the public attention to a subject of grt at interest to the arts of this country, as it vitally nfleets the artists themselves. It had lon ~ been a subject of deep regret, that no adequate Exhibition Rooms were fitted up for the pur pose of exposing to sale the works of our native artists, many of whom are. I am sorry to say it, nearly in a state of starvation for want of encouragement in their profs ssi n. The Institution in Pall Mall, however, at length appeared to stipple the desk/ern/11m ; and from that valuable Exhibition many works of infinite merit have been pure:rased, which otherwise, from the poverty or the modesty of the artists, might never have met the public eye. There still, however, required something farther. The caprice of the manager, the want of room, or the want of taste, might still keep out many valuable pictures; and even did not these objections exist, another more powerful than all the rest, is to be found in the inability of many artists to pay the rent required for the exposure, and at last the per centage demanded on the sale of their works. I say nothing against the regulations of the instituti o n abov e allud e d a to; but I cannot refrain from pointing out to artists, having works for sale a " more excellent way," which now presents itself to their acceptance. And that is she great new rooms at the Bazaar in Soho-square. Rooms so constructed as to the height of the walls, the admission of light, and the numerous visitors of all ranks of the nobility and gentry, as to promise to ar tists a fair and legitimate prospect of having their works exhibited to advantage, and that without one single farthing expence, either in the shape of rent, or commission paid to the proprietor, who has most bene volently made these additions to his establishment with the express view of promoting the arts, by holding out a gratuitous opportunity to artists for the exhibition of their works. What I have stated in this letter though written entirely without the knowledge or concurrence of the proprietor of the rooms in question is a simple fact, of which any one may convince himself by a personal application at the Bazaar. And thus, that which I conxive to be a most excellent establishment for the nenuragement of Female and domestic Industry, is rendered admirably subservient to the greats object, and the pursuits of the Arts and Sciences. J. N. CITY BUSINESS.—Monday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall. The Lord Mayor informed the Court that they had attended his Royal Highness the Prince Regent at Carleton-house with the address of congratulation on his escape from the traitorous assault offered his Royal Highness, and laid before the Court his answer thcr4o, which was read, and ordered to be enterzd en the proceedings of the Court. His Lordship then submitted to the Court a plan for establishing a mounted and armed Police, to be resorted to in cases of tumult or riot, calculated to strengthen the civil power, and to prevent the necessity of intro ducing the military. The Court directed that public notice should be given for all persons desirous of becoming candidate; for the situation of Keeper of New; . ;ate, to make appli cation to the Sheriff's, and it was refered to tF.c Gaol Committee to consider and report what would be an adequate salary to be given to the person to be el ec t e d. It was also referred to that Committee to consider the propriety of raising a rate upon the inhabitants of the City, in the niture of a caunty rate, towards de f aing the increased expellee of the City gaols. The Sheriffs reported to the Court the present crowd ed state of Newgute. THE YOUNGER WATSON ANT) TITISTLEWOOD CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON. The Gazette of Tuesday contains a Proclamation, ()Tering a reward of 5001. for the apprehension of Arthur ThiFtlewood, who is accused of high treat on. Ho is described as having last resided in Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, and to have been formerly a Lieutenant in the army. The same proehunation also oT•rrs a similar rewar,l for the apprehension of Watson u.t. thr the same crime ; independent of that finmierly 431.12(1 on tm:ount of shllting Mr. P;att ; anti a like . emard Far the apprehension ofany person who isknown to harbour or conceal them. De. WATSON, HOOPER, &C.—The fhur state prison ers in the Tower arc confined in different parts of that to: tress. They may be occasionally seen at the windows n'' their apartments, which are on the upper stories: hen are closely confined, and no enunnuni:•ation what. ver is a110 , . , :cd with them. All access is denied even to their !icarest relatives, male. and female. Tuesday the Evans's, father and son, underwent an C 7 amination before the Cabinet Ministers, at the Secre try of State's office, Ca- the Home Departmcnt umi r . 30 a hair-dresser. The Evans's were ordered to be d tainell in custody. The trials of persons charged with High Treason, _ v;11 take place at the Old THE NATIONAL REGISTER. OLD 134! _Wednesday, this day commences the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, when Same! Kirby and John Strew stood in dicted for stealing in the dvrelling.house of Alexander Came ron, some books, seven 11. bunk-notes, and 21. 16s. 6d. in other monies. The prosecutor kept a public-house in the Mlaories, called the Three Lords. A benefit club of jonrneymen tailors was held at his house, and the box containing the money of that society was in his custody. The two prisoners at the bar, and Thomas (Kira, not vet taken into custody, came to his house on the lath January, and being members of the society, asked for the box in question. Kirby was clerk to the so• ciety, and the presecutor let them have the box; after hav ing examined it, and had something to drink, they all three went nut at a private door, without paying for their liquor or giving any notice. This roused suspicion, and upon going into the room a here the prisoners had been, he found the box had been broken open, and the property in question stolen. Au (taker was sent fin•. and the two prisoners at the bar apprehended the same evenincr. The officer stated on his examination, that he apprehended the prisoners at a public-house in the Borough. l'hey said, they knew what witness was conic for; Strew said. "Can it be made up any way? I will sell my bed and all I have to make it up." The Jury having withdrawn for a considerable time, found a verdict, Guilty a_•ainst both prisoners. but recommended them to mercy. on the ground " that the theft was committed under a wrong impression." Mr. Baron Graham observed, tit:A if the jury entertained that opinion, the prisoners must be acquitted; because, un less the minds of the jury were satisfied that the crime was committed with a klunious intent, it could not be considered as a theft. The jury having consulted for a few minutes, returned another verdict of Guilty agninq both the pi boaters, hut recommended them to mercy.— Being. a•hed 0:1 vv hat ground by the learned judge, the r; email said, •' llecattve it appear. to us that Strew had been led on by Kirby to commit the theft.' The Grand Duke Nicholas at about one o'clock entered the court, and remained fur a cotividcrable time, apparently very attentively listentag to the trial,. Thursday, Joseph Follett was put to the bar, charged with Irn ink feloniously forged and uttered as true, knowing to be forged, dikers fatec and counterfeit notes, with intent to de fraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the minor offence of has ing mitered the mates knobs ing them to be forged. The sentence of the court in such casts is transportation. Thomas William Penton, was also charged with a similar offence, and having pleaded guilty to the lesser crime, he also will receive the mitigated sentence of the court. Friday, S. Perry was convicted of the murder of her child. This case was most shocking, and too disgusting to detail at length. The prisoner was a married woman and of the age of forty. She lived servals in a respectable near Alan. chester-street. On the 26th of Jannary she got up and went down stairs. The fo•uuan heard the cry of a elan!, and upon search, the body of a female infant child was funnel tinder the coals. It appeared to have been suffocated by a piece of linen twisted like a rope, and thrust down its throat. fhere were other circumstances of barbarity, and also of appearances on the prisoner, fully continuing her guilt. In her defence, she said she had leen delivered before he. thin., and hat the child was still born. linnicatiately on her con viction, she received sentence of death. GUILD IiALL. Borrtsin.—On Wednesday last a curious case of betting was decided before the Commissi ,ners of the Court of Re quests at Guildhall. The facts of this case were as follow: Richard Everard, a tailor, residing in Giltspnr-street, hating done some work for a gentleman of the name of Richards, a dispute arose at a tas ern, on an evening subsequent to delivery of the goods in question. lii the course of the ills pito the tailor chose to insinuate, that Mr. Richards, who is an unmarried man, had either a wile, or that he had some lady in keeping, and stated that when his (alr. Everartfs) man "took home the parcel, the lady of the house represented herself to be Mrs. Richards." This insinuation greatly irritated Mr. Richards, who positively denied Everard's statement. Upiai this, the latter offered a bet of one pound, or any higher snot. that the lady had so represented herself. As a far better made of seining this dispute, than that of an action for de fainttion, Mr. Richards accepted this bet, and the money was immediately deposited in the hands of a gentleman pre sent; a time was then fixed upon for the decision of this wager, and proper kbersons were apimieted on both sides to examim• into the facts of the ease. To the de:elisions of these persons both parties consented to abide. On the iu vestigation, it turned out, that the lady, who is the wife of a Weld; resin etable gentleman in the city, anti residing with her husband, did not represent herself to be Mrs. Itirliard , , but Mrs. Reynolds, which is her real name. This being in controvertibly the fact of the ease, the gentleman who held the wager gave up the same to Mr. Richards: the winner, who, it appears is a lodger of :sllr. Reynolds'. The tailor, however, determined not to be" done over" as he expressed it, summoned the stake-holder before the Commissioners for the recovery of his money, hut the case having been stated to the Court as ;above, immediately dismissed the complaint, ohfcrving to the defendant, " You have decided the business very pleasantly, we will pot disturb your verdict." 'Phis affair is no otherwise important than as it establishes the fact, that a wager fairly laid, can be recognized by a Court of Requests, and that this decision should :each persons, when they are not disposed to abide by those laws of honour which they have themselves consented to the tOrmation of, that they will have little chance of success by an application tee a Court oiConscience. Averse as we are to the principle of be tting gent raliv, it is certainly much better to decide little disputes in that way than by flue tedious, e'peanive, and litigious application of an action at law. EXTRAORDINARY BUR:wt.—An inquest war lately held in the of St. Itutolph, Aldgate, nn the body of J. Midge, aged it,, who was found sltspeniled train a bean in a hay loft. lie eat ap. pea el about two hours la:ll.Jc th di<covcry in excellent health and spirits : but Lis mind had been for Eollle says previou.s nn dly en. grossed by the subject, and his conversation turmit upun uo other topic. lie wax a lad of excellent morals, ,eud no cau.se could be as signed for this .tmage propersity. The jury, after mature delibera. tea, unaniii.o my re . n.ladcd that the hid, ptif..etly infataated with the subject of hanging. had, by way of experiment, phiced the fatal neck, 'limit any intention of committing suicide. tc him elf, and had diet from awl own nil rue. nee. I.ox no Nt :—l'rinted and publiOted by H. NV L I[B. at ?o. I is, S t„AND, oppoitite Ex to 'Change ; and folwArded into the ('inintry by ull Newanuis, Lkirka of the !toads, and Booktellen t frac of i'estisgti. gr. U take place at the Old B.idlcV next u.2.tk, he tip vial .urd round liis neck, wi hi C onnaiseion. I ut was unable to exvicate t!ii: 'c itn of hi • PEDRUARY 24. EXECUTION. —4IIIP Sarah Perry (the servant of Mr. King,) was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday last, of suffocating anti straegling her new-born child, was this morning executed before the debtor's door, in the presence of an Inintence concourse of spectators; amongst whom we noticed a very great number of apparently respectable females. She was attended on the scaffold by Mr. Cotton, the Ordinary of NeY , utte, and twit dissenting gentlemen, and met her fate with becoming for titude, though she was greatly reduced, and in fact, incapa ble of self-support. She expressed a wish ever since Friday to die. her husband, who it appeata, is the Either of the poor murdered infant, though lie did not reside with his wife, has frequently visited her; but we are informed he did not appear to be sofF.ciently impressed with a sense of the sites. tion in which the unhappy wife had placed herself'. HArrON-GARDEN. A TII12:2 , Tawrx PAIN:I2OM DV A Doc..--.T. Smith WaS Charged with stealing a wheelbarrow, the property of .1. Larkin, of Pancras ; who stated. that the barrow was the preceding night in his yard. which was not locked. but he had a large dug, to whose care it was left, and who would let no stranger enter the premises at night with out alarming the family. About four o'clock in the morning he was alarmed by the cries of " Mulder!" and on going into the yard. he found the prisoner lying on his back, and the dug standing over him. having fast hold of the prisoner by the collar of his coat and waistcoat. and on the man making an attempt to get up, the dog growled hor ribly, and gave bins a dreadful shaking ; in which s i tuat i on h e be lieves the clog kept him above an hour, from the length of time he was listening to the scuffle between them, and the man wanting to coax over the dog. The prisoner's cries brought two men to the spot but to witnes s coming, who attempted to release the pri s o ner . but the dog would not quit his hold until witness came. On looking about be found the barrow clo,e to the prisoner, and which had been removed bunt a shed at the other end of the yard. No positive proof. however, bring against the prisoner. Jae was discharged. with a suits able reprimand. THE PAMPHLETEER. Jut published, and sold by Sherwood and Ce. Gale and Penne?. Longinatt and rn. London Macredie. Edinburgh ; Cumming, I tuhlin ; and all o:her Booksellers. Price 6s. 6d. THE PAMPHLETEER, No. XVII. containing the following Parnphlet: - - - I. Defence of Economy, against the late Mr. Burke. By Jeremy Bentham, Esq : [prig:rot I. A Treatise on Greyhounds. By Sir Rd. Clayton, Bart. 111. Dints for the Cultivation of tile Peat Bogs in Ireland. [Ore. end.] IV. Tritogenea; or a Brief Outline of the Universal System. By G. Field. Esq. L Oritinetti V. Further Obstrvations on the State of the Nation. &c. &e. &C. By R. Preston, Esq. M.P. VI. Obiervations on the Game Laws. By J. Chitty, Esq. VII. On the Present Situation ot'the Country. By A. H. Holds. worth, Esq. M.P. VIII. A Plan for Superseding the Necessity of the Poor Rates. [Originil.] IX. Constitutional Aids.—Progress of Taxation. with a New Plan of Finance. By Stephen Pelleu, M.D.[ Original.] X. A I.etter to Lord Spencer on the Scanty and High Price of' Provisions in mos; and the Distresses of Agriculture and Com merce which have prevailed for the last three years. By sir Gilbert Wane, Bart. Scoand Ed. with considerable Alterations and Addi. demi. Printed exclusively in the PamphiAcer. Of 1. 1 :e same may be had the preceding Numbers, either separately or bound in eight handsome octavo volumes; being a complete and impartial reeoxl of the opinions of the most eminent men, expressed on sut - J ects of Politics, Religion, and Science, doting the la 4 four years. LONDON MARKETS. CORN-EXCIIANGE, Peb. 24. We had a middling supply of Wheat this morning from Fs3ed and Kent. fine sampler. of which were •aken off readily at the prices of this day vh..k. end middling sorts had a better sale.—The san remarks apply to Oats.—Barley is also in &man& and fine samples Is. p.er quarter dearer.—Grey Peas met a 'toter bale.—Boiling Peas and Beans the same as this day weeL—ln otlits kinds of grain there is no alteraaion. Wheat . a 74 White Pease67 a7O Fine ditto Rye 6s a Beans 2R a 34 Fine Barley 50 a 53 Ticks 36 a4s Malt . S. S. Poland Oats 40 a 2f Potato ditto 42 a 56 Fine Flour .100 alos Second ditto 95 aims Rape Seed... 501 a 541 PRICE OF MEAT, MONDAY, FEB. 24. rgarr and LeadenhalL Carcase s. d. s. d. Beef 2 8 a 3 8 Mutton 4 a 4 0 Veal 4 4 a 6 0 Pork 44a50 0 a 0 0 .... s. d. & d... , Beef 5 4 a 4 6 Mutton 3 8 a 5 0 Veal ...-4 6 a 6 0 Pork -. 3 8 a 5 8 Lawb 0 0 a 0 0 ---- Heads of Cattle ai — Sraith.field. Beasts, about.....— 2200 Sheep 14500 Calves Pigs 340 AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN PER QUARTER. IN ENGLAND AND WALES, FOR THE WEER ENDING FEB. IA. Wheat. I Rye Barley Outs Beans I Pease I I lot tt 61 9 59 10 50 7 98 3 37 10 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Computed from the Returns made in the we , .k entiing Feb. 19, is 46e. lid. per ewt.'exclusive of the Duty of Custom., paid or payable there on on Importation thereof into Great Britain—( Saimaa! a Gazdte. HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. .C. a. 4. .r: s. d. Aver..C. s. d. 1 Hay 330a60 0 4 11 0 ST. JAMES . ! Clover 3 U 0 a 6 9 0— 5 13 0 Straw f 2 0a 2 It 6 2 7 3 Hay 5 0 0a 6 0 0— 5 10 4 WHITECHAPEL Clover 6100a710 0 7 0 0 Straw 1 18 0 a 2 8 0— 2 3 0 1 Hay 300a513 0 5 5 0 SMITHFIELD Clover 4 0 0 a a 0 0— 6 5 0 Straw COAL .NAI4K LT. • Ships at Market. Ships sold. s. d. FRIDAY, Res. 21 I 98 I Newcastle 311 I from 1330 a CI 0 19 SunderlAnd 2 t a3BO PRICE OF STOCKS TOD; DAY. 3 per Cent. Reduced f',634 3 per Cent. Cunio ' ll 4 per Cent. R4 P7I 5 per Cent. Nur) ,