The National Register. — London, England, 1817-06-09 00:00:00

OU' e. CITY ELECHOY. Wednesday a mimerons and most respectable lir cline was held at the Mansion House, for the purpose of pußing the Lord Mayor in .artaiistatiois as one of the Representatives of Ate City of Lind., in the room of Mr. Alderman Cetahee who has aces pti.d the Chiltern Hundreds, and vaeate•d his seat•in obedience to the• wishes of the Livery. At two o'clock one of the private apartments at the Manion House, in which it was arranged the Meeting should be hs•ld, became so crowded that it wax deemed necessary to adjon rot to the Egyptian Hall, where the Lord Mayor soon amtea red, attended l►y A Mermen 3..1. Smith and Goodheliere, Ne. when Alderman J• J Smith was ea!leil to the chair. The worthy, Alderman, after taking the chair, :14141re-wit the M. cling, and thanked MI Utuiterous Awl respectable an assembly for the honour they had stone him. They were met he said, to ielert a lit and proper Representative. to succeed their I Ile excel- lent w,vnbs•r Harvey Christian Conthe, who had l'or upwards of twenty years, is the foil enjoyme•ut of their confide:ice, been their hottest and itidepetolmst R 4 presentative tit Pat lia nreot.—(f;reut appbuive.) : —ln procuriag a. FUeITS.Ur for so excell nit a matt. it behoved them to select one of ispial a lnli• ties and of equal ity.—( Hem, h•wr.l-1f they, as he• hoped they won't', t [vet the present Lerd Mayor ;is one of the Representatives in Pnrliament, lie „as convinced that ita the end they would find Ids Lordship had discharged use high political duties of seek a situation, in the same indepeolle..t and ef f icient manner that be bad hitherto discharged the other arduous duties es nsiemed to his cute, by the judicious and well merited confidence of his fellow citizens.—(Greel up- Nits Williams then proposed *string of Resolutions expres sive of the feelings spittle Meeting toward. llr. Harvey Combe; their sense of their present Lord Mayor being a lit mot proper person to succeed hint as their Represeotative its Parliament ; and also a Ile-ohnion approving of lir. Waithinnte, conduct its slot dividing the popular interest on the present occasion, by emilaskitig in a contest for the Representation of the City. In such tint as these it was of the highest consequence that the City of London should have at least one Representative —(applause)--who enald be reckoned mom as the organ of Roil sentiments to Europe--to the whole civilized world— (oppifitisc.) —ln appointing the present Lord llaynr, who had reu•lcred him-e•lf' worths• of the eminent situation to waieh they had twice called hint, by the indepealenee wills which I►c bud filled their eisic chair--(opplastr)—they would be discharging their public deity. The fits titer tinspeosion of the HA beat Corpus Act would place the people of this country at the feet of :Ministers; and if, in a time of profound peace, as; with a standing army, such a measure were adopted, what expert ition (-mild the people base, that the great bulwark of their cisil linerlv•swuld ever be restored to them tier the pro tection of thoir and privileges. On that question then the b.llVis Class of their eonstittitional ind epentlence inanity It penile-I, and he implored them to call iato action, as one of •their Re preseinit tires, All its hividuat like Ilse Lord Mayor, isle) was so well talent:sted to assist them hi the preservation of their liberties. The worthy Gentennin concluded, amid grt a•r plause. dllr. Alderman Gootlbehere, stated. that this vas .tit occasion when it was aleCeSS3ly so say little, for the Lord Mayors cha racter was too well knna•u and too genci ally apprciated, to t equire any praise which it wit , in his power to bestow— (applause).— Its tiont of form. however. this Resoluaout mast be secoudei, and h was for that purpose he rose to trespass on their attention. _ Mr. Wilkes then came forward, and real to the Meeting the Resolution passed by 11r. Waltham:l's friends yesterday. He could not conceive that it womb] be ticeessavy ter him:to enter at lar.e into the question of the Lord Alayor's fitness to fill the h 4 Ii sitnation fat! which lie was proposed—enough had been already said on that ;mild. The representation of the City of London nets n heavy duty. The individual possessing it had many applications and many interests to attend to, moil much depended on tie steadiness and propriety of his judgment. it was therefore necessary for them to select a titan of active habits awl strong intelli gence : the I,nr.i Mayor is esactly that • 11. ac. )--The worthy Gentleman conelieled, I y warmly approving ef the Resolution for the nomination of the Lord Alayrir as a Refire- Sentative of the Ci , y of London In Parham...or. The Resolution Mang carried he acclamation, The Lord Mayor came forward amid loud applanse. lie Commenced by saying, that they had overpowered him with this act of their kindness, and deprived him of the means en being able toespress hissentimenis as he should w Ht. an sn gra filying an ()erasion. Vor many years he hat liven the canstant idol %featly...friend of their late illost eXceellent ite l iresesitanie, t an whoushe knew nosinan for whom he cute, tuned a bigger tad more cordial respect. Ile had always concurred in the public principles of that worthy Man, and nothing would give hint mare pain than any supposition that the recent vote of the Livery had 'given pain to that Gentleman. If he (the Lord Mayor) was, by , their partiality and eituiee., after the many favours concerted .14. on hien, re leaned as their Reel e sentatire in Parliament, and continued in that high stanon as his worthy friend had been, he would take it as a foto,or. if. when the casualties of life precluded his attendance in Parliament, that they world notiky to hiat their wishes, which should he instantly obeyed. tie would in tlik as in every other, follow the example evOlsis inestimable friend. and invar.ably make the irons 'tenon% of his Constituents the rule tit' his k 1 nod aid cold ;toted uppLiit.e.)—Nothit.g on lois part should ever be Wanted to study the best interests of the ('its, and support the best ciaaas of the people at Jaege.—(:lppbaeae.)—The in-ztructions of lire Livery, Ise would arroin say, ever be his Itise.—((;rent oi , k , iause.)— fly could hatter liiirovelf by thinking that his reliant', as a Magis flare, laid met with their apitiOhatitsti.; ;Inked they h... 11 Pro Ned it Ley their continuing to hint ineler eircitioistanc , .s, so goatify ing to his feelings, the high office lie now 1i.1... , 1. t-tqilareise)- -If, in the discharge of the various and "'dune's doilies of that otnee Inc head lust the' feelings of any loth% i did, he in __et' to assure such a peeson tit* any Ilicrc w , is) that lie was impelled to the course he adopted by an pro ions sense• of public ditty, and ily any thing rather than -a feeling of private gentlttettlioll„,—(appluttse)--In such aft ()thee, it was not in the power of ally ohm to pease eve r% (erit qf hear, Ver)-- bin his conseieuce told 1:•n hr he had done the best to deset re the general anrnino pun nf of his fellow citizeos—tappian.se.,)— If called into the new *ltnation, to which hr was otoposed, he could only promise than a euntinitatice of those exertions which he had already devoted to the public service; as has opinion would at ail notes be guided by his feeble pumas ~t* judgment without ffikittX Merited. Inatome NIA 'Ries. or the influence el . pd r. cr thou se lie held In title estimation); the only reward r w:,; ie he would eve.' 1..• unoktiors was the apitlae..e a,,i it I ) t!iilo of his fellow tie 411.10.1) , ,o •••• 114' I t:,41 . cluirdiiii—•a %%43 at: ili.lia!St we S.A. VONA!. XFG-IS'rEit. 01111101.1111MMIlp or hi s heart, and t h e Attainment of it would be the greatest aim 0 1' his puha: Worts. —(Great appilause.l-13e concluded hy returoag the Meeting his Ormest rank most sincere ac knowaedgments, for the gratifying complitnehts they were pan paving him. He wadi emanate, as tie had hitherto done, to try to cfrve them faithfully.—(Load and continued applause.) Thanks were•then voted to the Chairman, for ilia conduct in the chair. Mr. Wilkes itifornied the Meeting. that the Ele.lion would probably take place early next week, and the Meeting then separated, after all enthusiastic i.spies4ittit of their approbation of the business of the day. The Hall was crowded Co IXCVNS. THE COURT MARTIAL. Lord CasOerengli lately stated in the Commons, in t NAY to Mr. Brougham, that the sub.jeet to which the folloo Conrt Martini relates, was in course of explAnation am.] dis cussion with the Spanish Gover 1111 l ent : the specie seized by the Spaniards on the sturrettelt r of the Tay, amounted to eight hittiMeil thousand dottais. A Court Martial war; held on board his Majesty's ship Salisbury, at Port Royal, on the 41st of February, and continued, by adjourn ment (Sundays excepted) during eighteen days, to investigate the condurt of Captain Samuel Roberts. C. 11. and the Officers laid crew of his Majesty's slap Tay, fur the loss of that ship, oft' the eastern reef of the Alscranes Isles (in the Gulf of Mexico), on the miming of the I tab of November, ItilS„ and of several of the MTV, for their cunsequent ill conduct; and for striking his Majesty's flag, which had beat flying on board the wreck, and the surrendering them . salves prisoners of war to the Commander of the Spanish corvette Valency; and to tray tl:cm fur the same accordiagly: And the Court having heard all the evidence, as well as what the prisoners alleged in thew definer. and very maturely and deliberately weighed and considered the whole, pi-ma-rum:vela— " This Court is of opinion, that the loss of hie Britannic Majesty's late ship Tay was owing to a strong westerly current, that could not be aceauntea fu; and that every possible precaution appears to have been taken by Captain Roberts, for the safe conducting of his Majes s) 's late ship Tay; and, further, that every exertion was used by the Officers in general, but particularly by Acting-Lieutenant Win. Henry Gearey, whos.: prompt and officer-like conduct, as uffieer of the watch, when the breakers were first discovered, entitles li the approbation of the Court. The Court is therefore of opimon, that no blame whatever rail be attached to Captain Roberts, his 1)111 cars and crew, for the loss of his fajesty's said ship Tay, and they a. c hereby a.ajuitted of all Mme accordingly. " Lastly. the Court. taking into its consideration every circum stance connected with the fact of Captain Robe' ts's striking his Ma jesty's flag. and surrendering himself, his Officers, and crew, a; • prisoner, of war, to the Conmiander of the Spanish corvette Valency, ' and cried schooner Saragozanm is of opinion, that, in consequence .of the petaliar situation of the ship, her guns being entirely' uselts, her magazine drowned, the greater part of her crew on shore un armed, on the island, 11 miles from the wrack. and - the treacherous conduct of the Spaniards, in inveigling on board and taking 1XP6308- of :he boats and their crews, all and every means of defence wits tendered impraetica'ole; that in this distressed and helpless situation "the conduct of the Spaniards beanie su tieaidedly. hcsule and insult ing, that no other alternative was left fin- preserving the dignity of his Mra:aaty's flag, but that of striking it. which was accordingly done with the concarrenec of every Officer present; and the Court doth fully approve of Captain Roberts's conduct, and tkat of his Offieers, upon this trying oarasion, and doth, therefore, acquit him, tie Officers, and crew, of all blame: and they are hereby acquitted aecordingly." - - - - Captain John Markeller (second in command "It Jamaica 1, .pres:dent; Captains P. C irteret, J. H. sit, U. 0. Lennoil, Houston Stewdrt, members. The President, at the dose, addressed Captain Rol). is, sayinz, I very much regret that you have been deprived of your sword through the inf..mous conduct of Captain Varines, commanding the Spard,;ll corvette Valencey, as it would have given are real pleasure to present it to you, at thus moment : hut I trust your country will soon call upon for your sergitp: t and that you will have an oppw tunity of wearing it with that distiazuishetl honour you have !whir to done." On the departure of Captain Roberts for England, the mer chants of liiinzoon (Jamaica) presented an address to hint, expressive of the high eespeet they entertained of his rharae• ter; their indignation nt the dastardly conduct (tithe Officer eqiuminding the Spanish ve+sel stilt to his assistance; their alliiiiation of the judgment Captain Roberts displayed on that trying occasion ; and their deep regret that the station had been deprived of his vithable services. --~ - TILE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE At Portsmouth:has been examined several times in the thsiug bell, so that the most decided judgment may be formed as the best means to adopt for breaking ht r in pieces. It appears, upon an inspection of her more hate' for parts, that her timber a, which th fallen in collapsed, and pre. veldt." the constant action of the tides upon them, have so s,trottgiy imbibed the more erwrupti‘e ingredients of the water :end toad. that they are reduced to a fonglis state, mid emit the mist 015ec,ivesincli. floe of the chamit land phdes have been Oronght tip, mid conveyed to the Doek-yarl. The ftllowin4 is mother account of the above curious exl,erEneitt : —The weather bring favourable, Mr. Fisher we: .t down in the tli , ing-bell, with two men, at the ante of slack water, :it Spitt.ead, to examine the wieck of the thty al George; and at the depth of about eight fathoms, they made fast 11 chain to a pal t of the wreck anti sent tip a owe from the bell, in a small wooden buoy, with directions fora six Melt rope to be lowered to them, whielat'tey hooked to the steam, for the purpose of this part 01 Ilse u n pu ck being afterwards hove npfrom Ire sessel above. They then rolls (hoed their-surrey, and were moved ;About in (fferent di. reetams, by signals given by a certain number of blows with hammer on the inside of the iii ii, which a ore distinctly heard mid owl( ratocil I y the attendants above. In looming the ball down to iko fi,il extretnity of the leaehern hose, through ‘s!,.ch it was supplied with stir. about nine fatliunis, mean/stance occurred whieli was rather alarming to the spectators, as the hose ga% e way, and um more air ct.old be supplied. Butt tic. re was no ilatizer in this. as there is a sods e in the hell, to preset.! lii!' escape of the air Hp the hose, and the hell itself smut:lined sufficient air to last the nu n -10 minnt(s, without a further sopply by the pump i and 311'. Carrot. the mater of Cie se , s( I. wit-tail% tied the olnelnlitms above, immediately, with the greatest coeht. ss. caused the. 3to be raised to the snit:ice, %%Web a - as peiformed iu about reser' minutes. The hose be err minte ;rood, the bell seas lower,:d d second time, when a Limitenant of eke Quite' Charlotte was admitted as one of the pdlty, and they bronglit op a SOl.Ol P:e.”.. et* the wreck. Mr. Fish( r wind down again hi the hell (.11 Sitio Jay, at the time of slack stater, to the: depth of it fatltotis; tint the tide soon tinning, ft'lltll.llll steer the bell so as to survey the wreck ; it was , •011.equeittly safely hove npmrain, itficr being (loan aboot • 011..i.tts. \ lettl:eter.ot it) . I)eck .%!1.1 00. •tel Ir:s!li I ! , 1 !Pt him act , . npacy ;I;it t.:1t... !:!' Vitt' Ilidskt:4•1!!! ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4c. ~ Wednesday afternoon a dreadful ocenrrente took place is Portinati-squaie.' The lady of Dr. Cherie. Dliston NeVino. son, after taking her usual vi all. in the inetosu re of the square, h ai l j us t cl o s e d the gate and was crossing the foot way noon her return !mate, when a horse, dram ing a gig, took fright, and running with areat fury, brought the shaft of the vehi c l e in contact midi her head, and literal!) cla , ltrA it to pieces. The blood flowed tirrilnscly, and site died in a few minute.- after. The lady was the mollies of thrt e children. She was • about 33 years of age, and extremely interesting. Her re mains wet e conveyed to her residence, and the scene of affliction vs hick they caused there, to a husband and to chil dren who were most fondly attached to her, cannot ha ibed. CHARGES me M;:anut.—Tuesday Arkrooh, the SirecTlsb tailor, who has tilt citify undergone several ersaiiii,tatiimis at Shadwell Police Office, was examined before the Lord* or the e •il„ upon a charge of having murdered a messiest?, • named Fitzems iek, by tin owing him overboard, in the river al -Cautou.—lit was fully committed, and will be tried by is special Commission ;:t the next Old Bailey Sessiotts. Ssme day James Barnett, or Ballard, was blastula up from the savoy, by iiiimphreys, intore the Lords of the Pt ivy Cnrueil , and examined upon a chat ge of murtieting his wife: The erieoncr a as a private in the 7th 2tcgiment•et Foot, and sas at lietigolatirl in October, 1,05. The charge iteanst hires is for beating Lis wife, and indicting wounds on hit. body with a sharp instrument, which caused her iminediati death. 'Flue prisoner persisted in his innocence.—He will be tried tinder a Special Commission, at the Old Bailey, next Sessions. Lord Chetwynd. Sir W. Grant, Sir W. Russell, Sir V. Gibbs, and Sir N. Conant, were present. Mr. Daniels, surgeon, of Weldon, Northamptonshire, has been committed to the comity gaol, on a charge of nuirdroing his infr.nt child, borne him by his serval t girl, who is sup. posed to ha'. e made the charge in consequence of his not hay.; lute advanced her the money she required as a re ation for concealing the murder. Bait, to the amount of 1000 gui neas, was refused, in consequence of the nature of the alleged' • i.tie. _ _ It OaDtRY AND RAPE.--012 Stmeay afternoon 0. Wanlate?, a Is ',ours?, woo lises in a small house No. 9. Pardise-row ' St. Pancras. left his house fur the purpose of looking after two of iliseliildrea who were at play. leaving no person at borne but his wife. who went up stairs. She wes.not long in her room, when it was entered by two ill-locking fellows; and More the poor woman had time to alarm the neighbours, one of the villains gave her a tr.sneneousblow on the b irk part of the head, and knocked her down on the bed. Thty then tied bath her hands to the posts of the bed, and to prevent her SCraall, being heard, stuffed her mouth with a handkerclii. , f, and rifled her pockets of two isa. pieces after which they violated her person., fhey effected their escape, and in the above snus.tion she was found by her husband on his return. The poor woman has ever since been subject to frequent and long hystetic fits. The Parish officers of I.iniebotwie, returning from Itaw Fair, where they had been on duty, on Suite... 7 morning, met. in a field, a large concourse of people. chiefly Irish, assembled for the purpose of fighting three pitched battles, whom the officers desired Mecums: Ides to disperse, which they did ; but shortly afterwards they esteemed and went into a field adjoining. where a ring was formed, and the officers went in; but no sooner were they in the ring than they won knscked down and dreadfully beat. Five Tenons were Aeneas& taken before the Magistrates, at Shaiwell, who °mined thew sa to filid An untortimate circnmstanee huts just happened at Cris miens, in Dauphine, wheie it turiotts wolf has bitten set eral persons. Ten of theta have been -conveyed to I.yons to re ceive surgical assistance in the hospital of that city. lir the number is a child, whose cin ek is almost torn off. The cou rage and address of a young !Ilan prevented the ravages which tlii. ferocious animal might hove still further committed. At the moment when the wolf was springing at Irian, lie throat Irk hand into the beast's month, seized Irks by the tor t gaa l threw him down, and thins afforded time for other persons to cum.' II p and kill this il.ingerons animal. Niel Douglas, the 111 l iversalkt preacher, residing in Stock. will-suet t, Glasgow, at cured of se 'ition, as mentioned in our last, has heels tried before the High Court of . ..Justiciary. at Elinherglo, when the .Istey,after a few minutes tar/aside' s-. tion, returned a verdict of Nut Godly. NATIONAL. MONUM,NT%. - -The Committee of Taste, ap. 'minted by Parliament to thricie upon -the denigns for the Grand Natioual Monnineats, have held their final 'netting at the house of the Earl og Abel deer. The models, *Moll bad ' undergone some slight alterations, were filially appioved, and the Chairman, ',Jr. C. Long, drew lip the repot( to the Lords of the Treasury. 'Mr. WilF.ins's estimate for the Wa terloo Moonily id is 200,0001. and Mr. Smirke's Navel 'nu llity is to et st 101,0001.--It is intredinl that both ,410iild be immediately ot.g„„, With the view of employing a of workmen in the metropolis, at present lan-doom the means a gaining their sulisi:tence. iitaiumrid de-dgord to be erected on lllaßehtn-hill, is honour of the Duke of Wellington, wdl be col 1111 l mired iu Oetober xt. The first stene will be laid by Lord Somer ville. it ; s to b e o f a triangular. form, one hundred and forty fret in height, with a east iron nt4tire, twenty fret high, i;f the illustrious Duke on the top. 'lke estioure of die ckpence is 24031- LosoEvtri.—Lately died at Neithoek, William Taylor, at the advanced age of Id 2. lie had subsisted for many years past on the homily of the family of Kinitairol, whom he ...titian:lt served for the long period of seventy years, 11 1 . 001- twon. Having had au nucorontoot memory bestowed on him, he cotild give the most accurate detail of transactions l e wd, occurred during his long life. He retained his fditialtie3 and scores till shortly before hi , . drab. Net er was there to more fasootable chanoe-in the weather than thst %%Melo Itas lately taketi place, or likely to be attended with more imiortant conseii.e..nees.—Dot Ong the uncommon drought o f 1. : 4 month, the very V 1 1 , 4 ,11 in which psleowers are indlop, nsiblc to the p:osperity of the traps, vegetation langoisheil the gross load mad e a „ progress, all the kitten crops and seeds were at stmool, wealing a yellow a n d iekoy lop;. arance ; aunt the wheals, excepting those upon lime hest soils ' were visibly deer •;.—ti'l•eleas now, %ego gation el all kinds w ear a renovuted aspect, and hold rot oli the prospect of most atmuildin ei ups, willed' if loot ennutet s.ettil hy the machination's of speculators, will amply conyetisate for those privation s the poor have an long, and tu their credit be it spoken, so patiently endures*. An mil gelid, man .of the 113.110 of Gould lately married a girl scarcely nii.tecn years of age. After the wedding the ;UM Inidegroi in addressed to his •friend Dr. ti—ck th e following emiplet to inform him of the happy e em i t ; .• So you s..e my den Sit, tho' t yearn ol 1. A gi lof falls in hove with ail Gould." To WWII IN I), iiir reahe 1 •• A Girl c &yr ten rm.y hwr (;.N.14, it is trite. J. /crag, t .