The National Register. — London, England, 1816-07-29 00:00:00

r 194 , of clothing nd pay), and a battalion of Linnoes, com posed of about 550. 1 was a month in town before I wile 1, and I assure you those who remained in hopes of better Government under Ferdinand, find themselves miserably mistaken. I believe I may say with truth, the spirit of the people is now more elevated than ever it was at any previous period." WF. 4 'l' • )IE4. The Araxes, of guns, Capt. G. M. Bligh, has ar rived at Portsmouth, from the Jamaica station ; she sailed from Port Royal on the 15th of June. The Pique, Tav, and Esk, haul arrived from England, for the peace service. The .huton, Capt. Fatishawe, was to leave Port Royal on the 17th of June, for the Havannah and Plymouth. A very tragical circumstance took place at Port Royal on the 111th ult. It appears that offence had been given by one of the hnt's crew to a party of the Blacks, who, in consequence, on the thllowin even ing, went in a busty to the landing-place, determined to revenge the insult on the first British Officer they should meet with. Lieut. the tion..T. Calthorpe, of the Junon, was, untbrtunately, landing frnra that ship at the mo mitt, and he instantly fell a victim to their brutal re v'euit,re. The linnipskre Courier awl Chronicle adds the follow ing particulars to the above:— . . . . . Ihe %nixes has been &mem 00000 only healthy since she has teen in the West linties, whirls is onwards of l; ne.utlis. 'co in:: lost only one etritt. I • her we team, that the DM tea frigate Nlare.loniati, Captain ‘t airing tots, had attired ott Santa Martha, and she Commissioner on boasd of her 'nude prresnotory twinand to the Got ertior for all t kittens of the nited states in continent lit there to be instantly eiven up ; In. Was nat . nroird that he ought to proceed to CAI thagena mu! make known the demand to the chief authority there, which the Commission' r woithi not colisetit to, and Bare tut answer to the donnish Governor. that he would eritiztt off their roast, *eel 'nuke reprisals. The latest accounts brought inttiligtuce, that she was +di Santa Alartha." Of the murder of Lieut. Calthorpe the same paper it ices the subsequent account:— " It appears that alomt eight o'clock on Thursday night, the 11th Ult. some yoling gentlemen and seamen belonging to tine or mote 01 . :Le no n of war, and 'Wine hick unit coloured pi 0 pie of the town of Port Royal, had a misuntlei standing, near the wherry wharf, which came to blows, and throwing of bricks, &r. ; thi• dispote coutiatuol till about ten, when the Hon. John Calthorpe, second Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship Junto', who was on shore fr his ship, passing that *say, noticed the dis turbance, and immediately endeavoured to persuade the Men of ,Aar'.. people to go I.n board their vessels ; but, whde 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, which felled hint senseless to the ground; he was raised up by some se:mwn. anti taken on board his ship, hot the WMIII,I aas found to be mortal; and he aas eft , rwards conveyed to the Hospital, at Port Itiyal, where he laa.tuished till about eight o'clock the next morning. From the very moment he received the shocking wound till his death, he never tittered a word. A Coroner's toque., was held on Timid:ly, when the .Ivry, after a minute deliberation On the evidence. returned the follow:ng verdict :--• 'Chat the said Lieutenant the 1 - I , n. John Caltborpe came to his death by a mortal wound inflicted by John liaptist,, Isaac Benjamin, and others, of a Welt wound . be died.' Baptiste and Benjamin have been committed to the gaol, and four other men have brew taken up un sopicion of hying concerned in the murder. The Coroner has offered a re•varil of 1001. to any free person that will g:ve evidence tending to convict any perpetrator or per vett ators of the horrid di e I ; awl to any shy. e giving Worms. tem to the same I frect, a p c o. n k e to ii.e every endeavour to ktocure his or her fieedom. The deceased was brother of th e i;,..„, hi„„. LA:ril Cal:WT . oe, and first cousin to Mr. Wilber re.. The following is from a French Paper :—" A new rommere;A Nation has arisen in the Sandwich Islands. tha whole of whiCh have beemne subject to one Chief, Ipossesed of great talents, speaking the English language, hnil conforming to English manners. He has taken into is serviee a great number of English and American sai lors, and has procured from the latter some vets:els, on the motiel 'of which he is constructing others, and forming Marine. This Prince carries on a lucrative commerce with China; which, together with his commercial relations with the I:x74,li:tit and Americans, have prtAuced to his ipountry great wealth anti abundance. The son of Count Itegnault, who lately landed at 'Havre from New York, is said to be the bearer of certain reclamations from his flither, and is authorised to sell the estates belonging to the latter. AVhen he left America, the fidlowing French refitgets were at Phihulelphia : Clruscl, Grouchy,l.&hvre-Desnonettes, one of the Laic mantis, Quint:tie, Ileuts, Regoadt, and Joseph Buo naparte.__ The Pope has issued a Decree fur abolishing Men dicily in Rome: Two very rich Armenian merchants and bankers at Constantinople have had their wealth confiscated for nto mpoliz.4vg A Letter from the King of France to the Vi?ars-Ge teral urJers the prayers thr fine weather to be said at all the Masses until the 15th Aneust. This limitation of time 14 rather cur us : it presumes that the prayers will have had their full effect in the interval. RELITHON .—During the late short stay of the King of Bavaria at Bergxahoon, his Majesty, on entering the house of the Justice of Peace where he r-shled, afhiregctsl to the Clew of the three religious persuasious (Luthe ran, Calvinist, and Catholic) the tialowitig rciiiarkaLle worls:—" I tun indent a gout Catholic ; hut I consider that religion to lie the hest lea tie men to the per v•illalltst of their dutic.t." 'tllr NATIONAL REGISTER. MR. SHERIDAN. Among the various tributes of arectionate respect paid to the memory of the late Nit.. Sheridan, the following letter from the Nlartpds Wellesley was received by the Earl of L.iuderdale, in answer to the rt.quebt that du:. Noble Lord wot:ld attend the fitne-al. " East Cliff Lodge, Thursday. July In. IBM " M DEAR 1.011.1).-.4 rt turn you my sincere thanks for the to) able which you have had the goodness to take in comintinitating to me Mrs. Sherilm's very qatterinit wish that I shoitlil att.:nd the foaml of the lute Mr. Slieticlan. The same kind thapositkin will. I trust. itaiuse your lordship not to decline the office of e%p:vssir.g to Mrs. Sheriilim my grateful serve of this most acceptable mark of distinct ;on : hoseaan• uttwortlly of owl' an honour. I ant at least cm , ahle of appitxdatM,.; it. No per,m could entertain more admiration apt Mr. Sherolan's talents, more respect Mr his eminent public merits. or lIION r..garti for his satiable zlimaz.er in private sochty; althoutth I had the iniatortune often to ditt:r with him hi politiad receiv.tl many testimonies of his favourable opinion. which are now most valuably confirmed by Mrs„S' . leritlan's distinAuislied notice. . With thee sentiments. I must feel a particular anxiety to avail myself of the opportunity, which your Lordslitp'z o:diging pre sents, of mandesting my respect for Mr. Sheridan's memory; but I ant unfortunately compelkd to remain at this place to-morrow and Saturday on intospensatile business. It die funeral 6huuld be delayed until Monday, I amid attend it; and I would, with the grca:v.,t rea. dines , . go to London MI Sunday fur that purpose. '• If. however. the arrangements already made should be unalterable. I request your lan...lslip to assure Mrs. Sheridan of my unteigned so licitude to concur zealously - and actively in every public and private tribute of adlationate rc,p:et to the memory of a person, whose gcnitte was un onnunent to his country. and whose cam:ciliation wasth. dthglit of ptivate " So deeply do I feel the distinction of being considered among the number of Mr. Sheridan's friends, that if I should be derived of the honour of attending his remains to Westminster Abbey, your Lordship cannot confer a greater obligation on me, than by communicating to die public my sentiments on this ocra.•ina. " I am, my dear Lord, with great regard, " Yours, most sincerely. " Earl of Lauderdale. &c. &c." •• W ELLESLEY." E.S. If the funeral should happen to he delayed, may I request a note 141)111 your I uniAtip hr return of pit , t." W. The following. lines arc the genuine production of the late Nlr. Sheridan. They were addressed to his first Lady, then Misi l,ittley, shortly betbre their lotion : Nlark'il vole her ewes of heaw'stly nine, 1114rk'd you her cheek or rovestr! hue! TII4I eye in lupin, cii clew snowing, Th it .)I)l.li'd :it rn its'. approving I The one, Love's arrow darting rosins!, 'The whet, 6',,shiseAr at the %1111111.1." PROVINCLILS. The Snrry Adjonwed Sessions were held on Monday, at Nt wington when there were ninety sik prisoners oil the calen dar, tiearlv one halt of whom consisted of persons committed a. rogues and vagabond., idleand disorderly persons, and reputed thieves.—Thimias weedy, a boy only Il.; years of age, was convicted of stealing a oasket of oranges, at Newington, and being an incorrigible character, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. At the West Kent Sessions, Mr. .10111.., butcher, of Wool wich, was indicted by one of the County Coroners for contempt, in refusing to serve as Juryman. The defendant, it appeared, had laboured under the mistaken notion, that Butchers were not liable to serve on juries ; bat, finding his error, he now pleaded Guilty, and was tilted one shilling and discharged. The law espences incurred by his refusal have cost hint -101. At Nottingham County Sessions nu Monday, the Lith inst. when J. Slat key was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the Howie of Correction at Southwell, for stealing a ben and 13 chickens, lie said, with peculiar emphasis," I wish you were all doubly ironed in tic derprst pit of damnotion. At the Norfolk Sessions, J. Abery, J. Bailey, sen. P. Palmer, gen. and P. Palmer, jun. were indicted for having, together with other persons, to the number of 100, assembled at Hoek ha ii, and destroyed a thrashing machine, the property of W. Itiirlingliam. They were found guilty, and sentenced, Abey and Bailey to one year, and the two Palters to three months imp; isumnent. At the Hull Sessions, on Thursday, W. Robinson, jnn. con victed of stealing a quantity of Cape wine, the property of Mr Carter, on being stallion's d to be triiivortrd for sewn yl arn addressed the Court in the mos; audacious unamieroleclering, " that he had lived upon plunder for years ; and had been longing fur the approuch of winter, when he would hare made such f limes tremble. At the Quarter Sessions for the county of Huntingdon, held on Tuesday last, Elizabeth fruvell, landlady of Er 411114111- H lit public hun.o, was iud.e tea fu- a tuisdeinuanuur, iu inhumanly refusing a Illi s iti.olCC, 4 it'w weeks back, to a poor fellow iii hi• lest moments, had just received his deatli-iiijury by being crushed between his waggon and a uridge near her residence. —The master of the deceased was prosectt or. The parties were permitted to co out of Conn and beLGO the business. The paid lay Mts. Travel' for the benefit of the family of the deecesed, is HillielNiolld to be Anita It is likewise said, tusu the Magistrates Mean to take away her licence. The Leicester Paper saps :—" We regret to state that a spirit of Laddsgm has login' to wind', st tits suutbet n as will as Ille written' psi is of the eothaty. A flame-vs ork-kniti shop At Great Mimstuit. occupied by E.. Deakin, was feloaliousl ratrredoo Nip l ai d iv night last, and .swig. fi amp and machine pi emirs stolen titer from 1 corpotal And toll, men belonging to the Wtb Dial/tuns time , 1 al lolled iu the County Gaol evri% night. es , e e precaution Againa any attempt which mat Imp math , to I.otate the oto a confined there un A charge of Tram e-in eakiiig." On .nittiday morning a poor woman was fooaol dead, under a lied'. of straw, in a uarh bultillgitat to Nit. Frank in, a farmer, at Wilideo, where t it uppuscd ehr welt in fur :duller iron' the mei. turtles of the night. A11. , 11:k 411 SOOll, 1 0 01 number, the property of Mr. Hos of Itingstorthy Form, oil tar borders of D.irtiisoor, were lately iefl in it field eld tits tbbn.sntg mom mg, ti t i or their' v. err foimil dead, killed by lightning ; their eves wens forced from their sockets, and their hnilies anpeareil as in a hate of putrefaction. 'I he Hocks of many oilier far mers in the neighbouriiiiiiii siittcrril .severely; awl it is sup posed that not Ipag th in i mil ito•en hate 14 , 0 ilcstrilyet A melancholy instance of ssoircle occurred !wit week at 11 hin d hie: a yroing man, a weticor.h'ld inn., his addresses to afar mer's (laughter, bet, (murals ins that she pre'erroot another, an altercation ensued twtweim them ; he ppisseil lieu to accept a .ilk handkerchief as a partiiig rememi , more, which she stea tit. rut t.mttl auk!, on guiles to ate vows on Titesd.u, morn- JULY Z). lug, he diacovnrcd him hanging on a willow tree, on‘iivntled by the handkerchief lie had before wiAlted her to receive from A woman of wretched anpoarance, Implored charity last wet k at Maidstone, complaining fir e‘treme aiienish, from cancer in her breast. Being snspected as an impostor, she ICI4 NI:HI/riled to sindergo examinatims, when the supposed wonted was discovered to Ite* thin skin completely ens ming the breast, and to which tollst red some slices ni raw firer, in a state of pu. trefaction. Atter recei ill; a sescre lecture bile was permiteel to depart. During a thunder storm which occurred a few days since, a berm oii the premises of Mr. J. Moor, a fanner, of Messiug, in Essex, was set on fire by lightening, and so rapist and de structive were the flames, that more than a quarter of an honr had sot elapsed frimi the time it was struck by the electric befits it was a 111401 at r tins, Another barn and a gra nary, en vet oied in the coullagation, were materially damaged. and a cattsiiVroble qua siti•y or wheat destroyed, together with various implements, notwithstanding the mast prompt assist. mice. Extraet of a Letter from Dumfries , dated the ltith inst..— " 'fnesday last, about two o'clock P. 3i. we were visited by a thunder storm. which was attended by sit ill lightning, and very heavy showers. Ply accounts from different 'porters. however, we learn, that it was in this district comparatively slight. It had extended over all the south of Seotloud, and the northern comities of England. Betwixt the Emote and Nintrat it was terrible that the mail coach hones could with ton ut newt 1611(4111y he made to obey the reins. One peal in parti elllor followed the lightning with seareely th.• interval of a se cond, aml immediately after A shower of hail tell so thick and violent as ohm. st to blind both driver and horses. Tort eats rushed instantly down front the mountains, leaving every where deep traces of their impetuosity. 111 thC. 11144illiiiiirlino.1 of latigholin, too, the peals of thunder had been so awful as to pal the stoutest hearts," In Glasgow, one day last week, a boy was observed to steal a loaf of bread, and followed home. Ott entering the house, he ani several other children, Inc brothers and .ist:rs, were seen eagerly devouring it, while the mother was lying dead in the bed. The Nfaamificent atone portico at Fisherwirk- home, near Lichfield, fur which WWI. WWI bid some time azo, for the new. Church at Birmingham, was sold at the late sale of the inate ri.ds, to the architect of Lord Vi•couut Anson, fur 321.!! ! This era. one of the noblest and largest mansions in the British Em pire, having been built little more than a quarter of a centlity hark, without ieference to expeller. At the Petty Sessions held at the Tovrndiall in Truro before. J. H. Willpuns, Esq. and the Re% errnd IC. Polwitele, 1:01 %bop. keepers and millers were fined Aur using defective weights and ineasurrs ! The !fta , ter of a Victualling hoe at lismoare, one of the mariners, and two Masters of lighters in the Victualling Service, have been met. mitred to the county gaol. for plundering the buy eti 74 gallons of rout. which had been put ou hoard the the use of his Majesty's ship Superb. The depredators entered the hold, after the hatchways were locked, by means of a sibling b oar d i n th e hulk-lima; and, to - Ad to their crime, they had tilled the Vaelllll in the plundered casks with water. SwEirisit TURNIP.—The superiority of the Swedish turnip over the common one is so well ascertained, that its culture within these last few years 113.4 been greatly increased anvong the hest arrieniturists in Norliilk and Suffolk ; but as it is very skw in growth in its early state, it is particularly subject to the attacks of the fly ; yet from tho'e, also, it tuts frequently been unnerved to recover, and produce a 111,51 abundant orop, Hitter its appearance has been so unpromising, that the cultiva tor hats nearly resolved to plough them up. This hint, at this precise period, will be useful to many of our readers. A Correspondent writes—•" Arc the fragrant, spieey, and balsamic qualities of the teal, young and mature, of the black courant-tree know% and its fitness to be used as a very agree able tea? Can they be dried for this pnrpose? At the Dublin Court of Oyer and Terminer 00 the It!th inst. T. Savage, a jingle-driver, Wdsl convicted of manslaughter, for causing the death of F. Maria Wisdom, six years old, by ridirot over her on the sth. It appeared that he had been guilty of gross negligs , ee in ilk driving, and, when stopped, evinced the most brutal indifference as to the thte of the child. The Court sentenced him to be he rot in the hand and imprisoned 12 months, and to enter into bail fur his gotta behaviour for sesen years. A Belfast Paper says-..... We understand. that one of the robber* taken at Killo4hram.wood, county Wexfoid, has been identified as the famous Captain Grant ; lie and his companion, Carr e l Whelan, have been transmitted to Maryliorough gaol. Put. Fitzpatrick is in Weft ford gaol." On NVednestlay se'nnight two men entered the dwelling-house of Saint John Chapman and his brother, tao industrious old men, in MA lone, Ireland, and, after demanding their money, bound their hands and feet. The villains t h en proceeded to break open a trunk, which they accomplishA by means of a bayonet one of them carried, and ah stracted about 7001. in gold, loud. in Belfast Bank -notes, and about 2(5. in silver. The house of W. Walsh, a farmer, residing at Tloilas, in the county of Limerick, was attacked on Thursday se nnight by i t meo, sofa': f them armed wish guns, who flogged Walsh in a most brutal manner; however, kis brother having come to his aisistanee, they rowdily:ly beat off the rohbers, and wounded one of them desperately with &hatchet in the head ; his name is Michael Mahony. On Saturday he was lodged by G. Massey. Esq. in the county gaol, where he now hot with very little hopes ut recovery. Madame Latour, a French Lady. while walking on the Steyne, at Brighton, on Tuesday last, was seized with apoplexy. She was re moved to the shop of Mr. Newnbiun, a surgeon; but medical assist. unre was ineifeetual, us she did nut survive the attack more than ten minutes. One !‘.l iedonahl, groom and stage.ossisomt to Davis's troop of horse, was drowned while Lathing, during monk, at Brighton, no Sunday. The powder mills on Hounslow Heath blew up wits a most dread ful explosion on Tosaday evening, by which N. toxinghamwell was killed, and several other toed most desperately wounded. A melancholy accident occurred on Saturday stonnight at the corner of Orchawl.street. A tine about to years old, :laughter of Mr. Burton, upholsterer. in Oxford -street, arousing herself with mint chi]. I , dren in a cart, the tail-board being unfastened. the poor little victim tinfortanatily pressint against it. WL4 precipitated head threnient, anti killed on the spot. The feelings of those who a iusessed the catastrophe were such as would be il-ricult to describe. On Stuolay night a tire broke out at a eofree-shop at Burligh-street,, Strand. The people who occupied the km • r part were out, and the lodgers were obliged to escape out of the first floor windows: amongst whom was a who was brought to bed the preceding night. Several engines speedily arrived, by which the tire was extinguished without doing much damage. A shocking accident hippened on Monday morning opposite the New Church in the Strand. As a melt mat horses were moving on with another coach behind flistemsl to it, a tine little boy about mn years old, of the matte of Mash, got upon the pole of the litter. from which he till, and the wheels went t i ter his body. Be was taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but no Wipes arc entertained of his se covery. W • 4