The National Register. — London, England, 1821-11-18 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a Special Court of Common Council was held, for the purpose of voting all address of con gratulation to his Majesty on his return from the Con tinent, The Lord Mayor came in state, and took the chair precisely at twelve o'clock. After the purpose for which the Court was called had been read by the clerk, Mr. OLDMAM rose, and said he was satisfied that whenever the Court was called on to express their per sonal respect for the Sovereign, those who dissent so strongly from the measures of government would be glad of the opportnnity of expressing their attachment to the monarch. He would never surrender the right to impugn the measures of M' ':tern, but he would be equally careful never to allow his disapprobation of their measures to mix itself with his feelings of respect and loyalty to the King. It was a fundamental maxim of the Constitution, that the King can do no wrong, and cannot he held accountable for the mal-administration of of his Ministers Mr. Oldham concluded by moving, that this Court do present au Address of Congratulation to his Majesty on his safe arrival in this realm, after his visit to his dominions on the Continent. Mr. Ex-Sheriff WILLIAMS seconded the Address. Mr. FAVELL supported the motiou. He was confi dent the city of London would always maintain its cha racter for loyalty, at the same time he trusted that it would be feelingly alive to the preservation of every constitutional right. Fur his part he was confident that the Corporation of London would always be, as they had always been, tme hearnd loyal Britons. OLDhAM then moved that a Committee should be appointed, consisting of all the Aldermen present, and one Common Councilman from each Ward to pre pare the Address. Th e Committee were accordingly appointed, and re tired for an hour. On their return strangers were ordered to withdraw, and while the doors were closed, the address was nuanimotislv agreed to. Mr. Wencixt. said, he felt ;peat gratification in pro posing a motion which he was satisilied every member of the Gnat would heartily concur. The worthy gentleman then moved a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor. Mr. FAV I:Lt. said he felt it an honour to second the motion, and to be of the Same Ward that had given to the City of Loudon a Chief Magistrate, in all respects, so excellent ; he considered the paneg)ries contained in the motion, not the language of compliment, hut a series of truisms. 'Fite Lord Mayor had been called to his office in a time of great difficulty, and his conduct had in every circumstance been worthy of his station—by mildness without weak ness—by firmness without obsti nacy, he had preserved die peace of the City, and proved, that sound discretion, and manly fortitude, were sari ciem, with the aid of the ci' it power, fur all the pur poses of good government, without calling in the assist ance of the military.—(llcur, bear!) Mr. DI XON said, the gentlemen on his side of the house were as desirous as any other of doing justice to the great merit of the late Lord Mayor, whose conduct had certainly entitled him to universal approbation. The question that the motion be agreed to, being put, was carried by acclamation. Mr.OLDHAM moved, that a purse of 50 guineas be presented to the late Lard Mayor's Chaplain, which was carried without observation. Alderman WAITIIMAN said, he had 3 subject to mention which was of great importance, althotight at present he did not intend to of for any motion on it. Some years ago the Griot appointed a Committee to enquire into the manner of forming Special Juries, by whose report it appeared that they were returned by the Secondary, and that it was the duty of each IVard to make a return of its inhabitants that were eligible for Special Jotting. Notwithstanding this report, s,veral Wards had omitted to make ally retort's, and the list or Special Jurors was nr COUsepleliCe in a worse Mate than balm the report was made. lie always considered the best qiiiililicatirms for Special Jurots to be, information and indepeodence, and these were most likely to be found amongst persons the most extensive in trade, who should lisercl/ire be returned. Mr. 1)z ow said, by the ride of returning Merchants only, Brokers were excluded, although they possesst d more mercantile knowledge, and were better • qualified for Special Jurors than any other body of men. Mr. TAT Lo It said, the legal definition of the word Merchant was a person who made profit by buying Jll4l selling, and all such were eligible. The conversation drops here without any motion being made, and, after some routine busiue►s, the Court dissolved. CITY ADDRESSES. On Friday last, being the day fixed by his Ma jc,my fir receiving the Loyal Addresses upon his return to his native kingdom, which were voted by the Court of Aldermen and Common Canna, the corporate 'italics proceeded in grand state to Carlton Palace. Both of die Addresses were in the usual strain, and the following are the answers re wined by the King TO THE ADDHENS OF TIIIE COIRT OF ALDERMEN. " It iv with hitt. greatest )))) ihat 1 remive your congratulations upon my safe return to my British Milli " The sentiments of loyalty and affection will whir' I have been greeted, dm Mg my absence limn this tias t of lily kingdom, were similAr to my owls, and to timer %%Itieli fully persuade., are Intl rtsiiiseil by all ranks :owl ilv •criptious of any faithlial , tili)orts thr , nglimit the Eimoite. " The City or London may antli leuUy a ..ly nil slant favour and fietateetion, mid 1 humbly unst That a gracious l'rovidi nee wilt 111,14 atid piolivi my eario • t cauleavonis to promote the till.' hit, teat.. and happinesv of fay people;' • _ . - - THE NATIONAL REGISTER TO TILE ADDRESS OF TIM COURT of COMMON COUNCIL. " I receive with the utmost satisfaction this testimony of your feelings upon my safe return to my native country. " Hichly gratified as I am by the sew intents of loyalty and affection which have been insiiife-ted in those parts of my dominions which I 11111/C reermly vi.atert, l am per fectly cuovluced that the came spirit animmrs the citizens of London. end all classes of my faithful people through oat the British empire. " You may be folly assured of my determination to maintain inviollte all your rights and privileges, and of the ardent solicitude which I shall ever feel for your welfare and prosperity." The time appointed for receiving the addresses was three o'clock, but his Majesty, being particu larly engaged with his Cabinet Ministers, did not receive the deputations till near five o'clock. After the reading of the addresses and answers, his Ma jesty called the Lord Mayor to him, and very con descendingly and graciously apologised for detaining his Lordship, the Court of Aldermen, anti the Gen tlemen of the Common Council, and observed, " I trust, my Lord, that the Corporation of the City of London will excuse my detaining theta. I much regret the circumstance, and assure you, that nothing but the most important and pressing business pre vented me from receiving you exactly at the time appointed.** His Majesty also very graciously re gretted that it had not been in his power to dine with the Corporation on Lord Mayor's day. SMUGGLING. LFrom the Kentish Clironick.l CANTERBURY, Nov. 13.—Another and very daring affair (when the brightness of the morning is taken into consideration) with smugglers took place at Sandgute, about three o'clock on Saturday mourning, at which hour a large boat put on shore near the National School, and was immediately attended by nearly 400 smugglers from the country ; a very considerable portion of whom were armed with guns and pistols. An alarm was given by the seamen of the coast blockade on duty on the spot; on which Thomas Moore, master at arms, left the watch-house with five seamen under his command, and when within pistol shot commenced a spirited attack on the smugglers, who in the short space of ten minutes had succeeded in discharging a cargo supposed to consist of about 500 parcels. As the little band who first commenced the action became re inforced by the arrival of Mr. W. Lowry (an Admiralty mate,) with three men, the smugglers retreated up the military road leading to the artillery barracks, pursued by that officer and seven seamen, Mr. Moore having been debudied to secure the vessel and 31 tubs left by the smugglers, which duty lie per formed : but the working party being sent a-head, and their effectual pursuit retarded by the armed party, the ammunition of the blockade service being expended, the chase was relinquish ed. after Mr. Lowry had been severely wounded in the right thigh, and two seamen also wounded. The ball has been ex traded from Mr. Lowry, and it is hoped that he may do well.— The bravery of this officer before so great a disparity of force cannot be too highly extolled. On the alarm reaching No. 6 Tower, Mr. Shallard, master's mate, who came oft' duty ut twelve o'clock, and had retired to rest, set oil' with his party to endeavour to intercept the smugglers inland ; but from the distance of his station, and the time ne cessarily occupied, the zeal of that officer was ineffectual, although lie continued his search from three o'clock until half= past seven. The riding officers, and the parties of the 9th Lancers on the coast ditty, had by some false information been drawn to the wtstward ; the Hythe party in particular were occupied all the night; but on the return of Mr. E. Mowle to his house s about o'clock in the morning, he received such information as in duced him immediately to proceed to a shave near Postling, about five miles from the coast, with a small detachment of the 9th l.ancera, where were found four parcels of tubs amounting to one hundred and seventy ; on the approach of the officer and soldiers, two men men were seen to quit the spot where the tubs were concealed. one of whom. named Richard Rolfe, of Lyili. pile. was :alien and had in his possession a pistol, powder-horn, mud slugs. Rolfe, with the goods, was of course seised, con veyed to Hythe, and after examination before William Deedes, Esq. at Mr. Elwyn 's office, he was committed for present safety to I (yew gaol. During Sunday a great number of suspicious characters were observed in the town ; and apprehending that an attempt at rescue might be made. the Magistrate, for perfect security, au thorised the removal of the prisoner to the barracks of the Royal staff Corps ; pictuets of which regiment patrolled the streets during the night. It is believed that the smugglers sufl'ered very severely. We have heard of eleven killed and two wounded, of whom two died on Saturday. THE LATE GALES. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the ath inst. a loaded slap was discovered to be making for the harbour of Scarbo rough, apparently in great distress, the sea at times making a free passage aver her ; when she had got within a short distance from the pier, her mast went over die side, and the crew who had been clinging to the shrouds, were seen for few moments standing in the chains, when a tremendous sea running over her precipitated her to the bottom, and consigned the unhappy crew to a watery gravy. The melancholy catastrophe struck the nu merous !spectators upon the pier with horror, heightened by the consideration of being so near to the unhappy sullerers, without the possibility of affording them the smallest assistance. rowans evening the hull of the sloop drifted upon the rucks, to the south of the harbour, when she was ascertained to be the Hope. Levett, of Wished', which having recently undergone some re pairs at Whitby, had proceeded to Shields or Sunderland to take in a cargo of coals ; part of the materials and some of the coals arc saves'. A bible was found in the cabin with the name of I 'cm: upon a blank leaf. On Sunday last a most violent storm was experienced at Grimsby, which did considerable damage to the roofs of the boosei, mills, barns, &e. ; but the most melancholy accident occurred un the river Humber, winch we recollect to have heard of. A river sloop laden with coals being very leaky when she was overtaken with the storm, sent out a boat with one man to request the assistance ot' a larger vessel which was near them, :is they hopes' with a few additional hands to run the VCibei ashore and remain in the shallow water till the danger was over. When the man returned, he found the vessel already on shore, and the whole crew, consisting of the master, his Wire, and four children, all drowned The sight which met this pour 1i1311 . 11 eyes was horrible beyond description. On the deck of the sloop lay the master dead, with a add in his anus in the same situation ; by his side lay his wife with another child in leer nrunn. and a grown-up daughter was also stretches' lifeless on the deck. The fourth child, a boy about twelve years of age, was wadird overboard. We have out been aide to learn tl.e name of thd , tintimutiatv -_.. - -4-- t4iaii 363 To Restore and Improve Meaty Rour.—E. Davy, Esq. of the Cork Institution, has discovered that the carbo nate of niaguesia, in small quantity, has the property of restoring to its primitive star, flour which has a musty smell and taste, front dampoess Jnd tit her causes. " One pound of the carbonate of nia•otesia (common magnesia of the shops) is to he combine d with 21,0 lbs. of ty flour; that Is, in the minor proportion of thirty grains of the carbonate to one pound of floor. Itisto be leav ened and baked in the usual way of making bread. The loaves will be found to rise well in the oven, to be more light and spongy, and also whiter than bread in the common way. It will likewise have an excellent taste, and will keep well. The use of magnesia in bread. making is well worthy the attention of the public ; for if it improves musty flour, how must it improve bread in general? Bakers may be deterred from its use by the general legislative 'inclination of drugs in bread.making ; but farmers, and families who make their own bread, will no doubt be glad to adopt so cheap a process of im proving their flour COURSING.—:\ short time ago two gentlemen of Dumfries, fond of the amusement of coursing, perm. trateil a little way into Annadale, followed by two ex cellent grey hounds which were held in leash by a little boy, ready to be untied on the first emergency. In their way to the grounds selected as the scene of the morning's sport, the party started, rather unexpectedly, a very large hare, which bounded away before them over bent and furze, moss and heather in excellent style, inspiring a pleasure which none but sportsmen can feel. With all her fleetness, however, poor piss had not proceeded far before she attratted the notice of the captive greyhounds, which, darting away with a sudden spring, fairly over whelmed the tiny keeper, and left him sprawling in the mud, at a respectful distance. The gentlemen of course banned this cross accident, and seemed satisfied that the dogs, harnessed as they were, might raise all the hares in the district without being able to harm one of them.— But on gaining the rising ground, they were agreeably surprised to find that the sagacious animals, in plaoe of pulling different ways, had so timed their running, that they were visibly gaining on the hare in spite of the col lars which held . their necks in durance, and the long cord or chain that dragged at their heels. This chase was a pretty long one, and, in endeavouring to escape from the dogs, the exhausted quadruped made many a turn and doable: but here too, they greyhounds evinced their sagacity, and although they once fell backwards into a ditch, they extricated themselves so quickly that they soon killed the poor hare, after one of the finest runs ever witnessed. We have only to add, that this fact may be implicitly relied tin, although it is probably without a parallel in the annals of coursing, The Champions Annour.—lt was found impossible to select from the armour belonging to Government a com plete and eligible suit for the Champion at the corona- Ll4lll of his present Majesty, ecnsequently that worn by the Champion on the occasion was a borrowed one.— But as amongst the privileges enjoyed by the hero was that of being allowed to rifle off both with horse and armour, his Majesty was pleased to etre directions for an entire new sett to be made fur his Champion : this is just now completed, under the auspices of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Master General of his Majesty's Ordnance : it is of steel, iralished to the highest state of perfection, and fastened with brass rivets. l'he connex. ton of the gorget, gauntlets, lasses, brasses, calves, cuiras ses, and leg armour, is accomplished in the most tioished style, and allows the free Ilse of the limbs to the wearer. The cascpie and beaver are unique and elegant, thought we are of ()pillion that apl • similar to that worn at the coronation would render the lout mural* more com plete. It is both light and elegant. We understand that the expense of' this magnificent present will bear hard upon 300 guineas. PEDESTRIANISM.—Mr. Conytigham, the pedestrian, started front Westininster-laridge at nine o'clock on Thuisclay morning, to do the 200 miles match its three days, for 200 guineas, and completed it on Sunday moral ing, between Harehatch and \l aide° headontich latigued. Ile ilia fin miles its the first 24 hours, travelling through Horsham and Chichester. He did 68 miles through ‘Vittchester, Itonosey, and Salisbury, to near Devizes, the second 24 bouts; and the remaining li3 miles in 43 hours. He travelled the first two days nearly five miles all hour, and had only three hours rest; but the third slay he got sore, and had oulyahree hours rest. It is the greatest petforitsait?.e we have any recollection of, and would beat any horse. A clod took place on Saturday morning last, opposite the Green Man, Blackheath, between a gentleman oldie name of Kelly and Mr. Burns. Mr. Kelly was accont p tined by his friend Lieut. Si retch, and Mr. Burns, by Latowles. The first lire was without ether, Mr. Kelly's pistol hating flashed its the pas; Ills antag onist's boll passed through the skirts of Isis coat. At 'ns period a reconciliation was proposed by Mr. Kelly's second, hot rejected on the part of Mr. Rums', except upon terms which Mr. Kelly's friend lelt hound to decliuc. The parties then fired a second time, when Mr. Burns re ceived a slight wound its Iris breast. A very serious accident had nearly befallen the Earl Bathurst on Ft Solay last, while proceeding in his carriage to attend the King at Carlton Palace. His Lordship It id reached the end of the King's garden wall, in Si. James's Park, when one of the horses became soddenly seized with fits, and staggering forward a few paces fell, and commenced plunging, with his feet till he threw the other horse; from this situ ttion the Noble Earl was ex tricated by the prompt assioance of the bye- , t3ntiers 's servant was im-o ed Only dispatched to lilt' Palace, anti the \largnesof Lotidinsiterrv's cunace !Visioned for the 1•:ai I. The heroes.; was tibliet•tl no hei•ist lit pieces before tile horses could be got sip, and the carriage was lest tits the spot until fresh horses were sent fur. AVlille the name of i;oBatelle has been denounced by some magistrates, as improper to be played in public. houses, how insist their IIetVCS he shook, while going io (-hooch on Su n day moresiiie, and hearing the Dice rattle in tile gambling-houses at the west-end of the town I .74‘du.!*•7"1 11 _ 11 L^t***-,.. .. ~. im•kn