The National Register. — London, England, 1822-07-15 00:00:00

- 'COURSE OF EXC Annitertlinti, 12 9 C. F. Oitinoit sight, 12 0 1i Otto dam, 12 10 Antwerp, 12 38 I Alfons+, :41 2 P 411., 5 25 70 Ditto, 2i 0 liniirtleanx, 11 0 Preull'orton the %liiinr.,ls7 Petersburgli, tit 1 U. Vienna, 1:r. Flu. 10 19 Trieste, El. Flo. 10 19 36—Cadiz, 35 1 I Billina,l4,—ltati•eloint, IIANGI Jut.it 12. Seville, 3:n#—t:ibrallar,3~} Leghorn, 47 —Genoa, 4:4 Nlalta,4S—Veniee, 27 60 311 —Lisbon, 514 Opoi 10, 511-1101tia,50 Rio Janeito, Palermo, 11T Dithlin, Ili per ce Cork, 61 per rept. Foreign gold in Irars,3l. 17r. _ lid. per oz. New Doliblain , ..,3l. 138.9 1. New Dollitre, 4e. 9J. Silver in lortii,standiArd, 48. Ild. PIZICE 01' STOCKS. Brink Sloek 211' (Minium 0. 3 per Cent. itetr 801 Imp. 3 per Cent. 79t 3 per Cent. Con.ols 194 India Bonds 53 3! per Cent. 91 India Stock 4 per Cent. 91- Excheipler Mille 93. prem. New Fours, 1,8 I (.0116.14 , r As. 81 L..; .Urn. .0j Lottery r.ekeis £2l 18*. .111 E NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON, MONDAY JULY IS. Causes will produce effects—the philosopher knows this, and cobsiders w:11 whit may be produced by any act before he does it—the idiot goes on without this consideration, and having brought a huge stone to the brink of an abyss is astonished to find the ex tent of evil produced by its descent. The effects of The Beacon, The John Mil, and the other publica tions of the same kind, which, by the disgrace they have fixed upon our country, have formed an era in the literary world, are beginning to develope them selves—this developement was commenced by the duel between Mr. Stuart and Sir Alexander Bos well, in which the event was such as to decrease our hatred of the barbarous custom, inasmuch as the aggressor became the victim. Since that occurrence the Hon. James Abercromby, a barrister who sits in the House of Commons flir Calne, meritoriou►ly brought before the House what every body thought the highly censurable conduct of the Lord Advocate of Scotland, who, holding an official legal situation in that part of the United Kingdom, more im portant, because embracing more extensive powers, than the Attorney General of England, had not he sitated to countenance with his support, pecuniary and persona], the worst of this species of libellous periodical publications—in bringing this question forward Mr. Abercromby had occasion to notice equally censurable conduct on the part of the Depu ties of the Lord Advocate, each of whom has had the temerity to address him in a style which has been declared by the House of Commons a high breach of their privilege. Mr. Abercromby had left town when the Messenger of the House arrived at his residence with an order for his immediate attend ance, and bad, it appears, accompanied by Lord A lthorp, proceeded towards Edinburgh with a view of punishing by a coup de pistolet the arrogance of these Scottish promoters of falsehood : having, how ever, learnt at Ferrybridge the proceedings that took place in the House on Thursday night, and be ing convinced that their proceeding further would have been useless, they returned to town, and Friday evening Mr. Abercromby appeared in his place, in obedience to the order of the House. The two delinquents are ordered to appear at the Bar of the House on Tuesday evening next. Toe Constihdio►►al A SSOCIATION.—We appre hend that the institution which, under the above imposing title, made so considerable a noise in the world, is very near its final dissolution.—Funds, a►nounting to nearly thirty thousand pounds were, to the disgrace of every one whose name appeared in the list of contributors, furnished, and yet, during the present week, a check fur less than 51. has been refused payment by the bankers of the establishment. One of the parties concerned has recently become notorious by applications made to the Court of King's Bench, to compel him to pay over monies to a great amount, which he had received on account of tho.e, who being foolish enough to rely upon his honour, had empowered him to act us their agent— THE NATIONAL REGISTER another party is, and long has been, notorious fir more than we could with safety specify while truth is held legally to be a libel. Young Wilding, in The Citixen, exclaims—" the King has not in his gift so valuable a thing as a commission of bankruptcy," but at the time that sentence was written the funds of " the Constitutional Association" were not in ex istence, or probably the lie direct might have been given upon experience of both those benefits by a certain " Honorary" who at present finds it prudent to keep his demure a profound secret—the treasurer we hear is an honest man, in spite of his having beet) entrapped into a connection with the indivi duals above alluded to, and he certainly owes it to his own character, as a tradesman of respectability, instantly to call a general meeting, and by a fair and candid exhibition of his accounts remove from himself the odium of embezzlement, which we feel convinced cannot with piopriety be attached to um. A public dinner was given on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, to Don F. A. Antonio Zea, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colum bia, which was most numerously and respectably attended by distinguished political characters of all parties. Senor Zea addressed the company in a speech in the French language, fraught with liberal sentiments, and breathing the pure spirit of liberty and philanthropy. The illustrious stranger con cluded with giving—" Prosperity to Great Britain, the model of rational liberty, and a long coot inuance of friendly relations between her and Columbia." This address was received with loud and continued marks of approbation. A song, written expressly for the occasion, was sung with expression and effect by Mr. Smith.—Sir J Macintosh, Mr. Wilbcrfi)rce. Sir W Curtis, Mr. J. Smith, Sir B. Hobhouse, Mr. T. Wilson, and Mr. Lennird, addressed the meet ing in animated and appropriate speeches, which were received with the warmest cordiality. The most perfect unanimity of feeling prevailed through out the evening, and the whole proceedings of the day were calculated to afford unadulterated pleasure to the friends of the caulk! of which they were as sembled to commemorate the success. Disgraceful Conduct of a Clergyntan.—A curate who serves two churches in the neighbourhood of Billesdon, was so intoxicated on Sunday last, as to be incapable of doing his duty. On ascending the pulpit at it , he could scarcely articulate a sentence distinctly, and the service consequently was abruptly concluded. At S--, his conduct was, if possible, more reprehensible, for after dis gusting his congregation to such a pitch as to cause them to quit the church soon after he had entered it, lie actually, on being desired to leave the pulpit, " showed fight," by placing himself' in a boxing attitude, and using threatening language to one of his parishioners. It gives us pain to record an in stance of such gross violation of common decency, in one of a class of individuals from whom we have been accustomed to expect better examples of mural conduct ; nor should we, perhaps, have done so, in the present instance, had we not had to regret the manner in which similar misconduct in a vicar, of the same neighbourhood, was passed over a year or two ago, notwithstanding representations of the case were set forth in a memorial signed by almost every respectable parishioner of t'te village CaowN Ci.tists.—At the ensuing assizes will be tried seven important actions, in which the Crown seeks to recover derelict lands on the coast of the county of Lincoln, in the townships of North and South Sumcrcote, Grainthorpe, Wragllolme, North Cotes, Marsh Chapel, and Tatncy. The large quan tity of 1,620 acres of such lands were, Ly held on the f 2 th of November, 18 18, pursuaut to u commission under the Great SeA, returned as having kicome salt marshes, left for the most part by the sea ; but a legal question is raised whether they really come under the description of derelict lands to which the Crown has a right, or whether they arc not gradual accretions which become the property of the Lords of the Manors. The defendants in the seven actions are Lord Gwvdry, the Right Hon. Priscilla Barbara Baroness Willoughby of Eresby, Dame Dorothea Banks, widow, the Hun. James Hamilton Stanhope, William Scrape, Lord Yarbo rough, and Edward Greathead, Erq. A motion was to be male in the Vice Chancellor's Court on Thursday the 4th inst. for changing the venue in all these important causes from Lincolnshire into Derbyshire, on the ground of influence and preju dice ; and it was intended to oppo , e the motion on account of the enormous uxpenve which would be occasioned by its success. A proclamation has been issued a'. the Cape of Good Hope, by which foreign vcs.scls are admitted to bond there their produce and numulactures under certain restrictions. This measur,,, it is expected, will lead to consequences beneficial to the colony, ur at some future period it may become a place of ge neral depot between India and lb: continents of Europe and America. Q3' The new Marriage Ad.—When the late Earl Stanhope brought forward his motion, fur a revision of the statutes, he stated, in support of the necessity of such a measure, that in a particular penal statute which he named, it was originally intended that the punishment should be by fine, and that a soh scquent clause declared, that an equal division of it should be made between his Majesty and the in former—the punishment was afterwards changed to whipping and imprisonment—but the apportioning clause nut having been altered, placed his Majesty and the informer in a dangerous predicament;--a similar instance of carelessness in the phraseology of Legislation, is to be seen in a Bid now before Parliament, flu in the new Marriage Act, which has undergone such lengthened and anxious discus sions in both Houses, there is the following passages —" And in such case both parties shall also make oath that the person or persons whose consent shall be required by law to the marriage of such parties has been given ;"—i. e. that the person or persons has been given ! The framer, of course, means the consent of such person or persons, but he gets it enacted that "the person or persons" shall be giver.! But there is another enactment truly marvellous:— " And be it further enacted," says the amended Bill, " that such banns shall not be published until the true christian and surnames of the said persons, and the house or houses of their respective abodes, shall be affixed - on the principal door of the church or chapel! and in some conspicuous place within the said church or chapel ! Parliament is omnipotent, truly, but how a house could be stuck on a church door is a problem that remains to be solved. The difficulty, we apprehend, is increased,. when two houses are to be stuck on the said door! But the same house or houses must be stuck also on the church door, and also placed in some conspicuous place within the said church! WELCH Coues.oc.—sA College, for the education of such students fin. the Ministry whore friends are not in affluence, is about to be erected at Lampeter, in Cardiganshire. The sum of 15,0001. Three per Cents. is already collected, and his Majesty has tn.:- nifieently sent 1,0001. accompanied with a flattering letter. A Quarterly Magazine, in the Welch lan guage, to be conducted upon the principles of the Church of England, will soon be commenced. la forwarding both these worthy objects, the Lord Bi- • shop of St. David's has lung been zealous and per. severing. CAPTION OP A WART/ OP CRANCERY.s-•.A. short time ego, in our report of the proceedings of the Court ..f Chancery, we stated the particulars of an application for an ie.. pactiou to restrain Horatio Reeve, a druggist's assistant. Lt Exeter, from having any communication with Miss Drusii.a Street, of that city, a ward of the Court. The impaction was granted, and on a subsequent day, upon a statement that the defends it and his brother had acted in defiance of that injunc tion, and had eloped with the infant, an order was issued by t! c Lord Chancellor for the appearance of the delimpsents-trefere his Lordship. It was then supposed that they lad proceeded. or were about to proceed to Guernsey, to be married, the brother Laving engaged a passage on board a packet for that place. It appears, however, that die pursuit by the friends of the your.; lady WAS so hot, as to induce the fugitives to alter their course, and they came by a circuitous route to London, where all tree. of them was lost for a time, and an adver isemeut was published °Grin; a reward for the discovery of Miss Street or her coin panione. Bishop, one of the principal officers of Bow-street, on Thursday morning last obtsini d information that the parties were lodging at a house at lloxton, whether lie imenettinuly repaired, and as he was about to knock at the door; a young lady, exactly answering the description he had received of Miss Street, opened it, and was about to leave the house. His!), Is accosted her, and politely begged to know it her name was Street I—She blushed, and seemed agitated, but replied, with much quickness, in the negative, and added, that she was the daught, rof the lady of the house. The ollicer, however, was cons inced that he was speaking to the object of his search, awl Ire begged that she would have the gooduess to introduce pins to her mother, with whom he had some urgent business. She said she was going out, and was in a great hurry, and requested • that be would walk in aunt speak to her mamma, whom he %wild liad in the parlour. Sire was walking hastily away when • Bishop told her the nature of his errand, assured her be knew her well, that sire was the per son he was in quest of, and said he errata not surfer her to depart. lle called the mistress cal the house, and asked her if the y (mpg lady was her ilsagliter ' She replied in the negative, and stated tl.rrt she and a young gentleman had hired lodgings in her Louse about three (ley ago. V% bile this conversation was going on the " young e. • tleman" tirade his appearance in the person of Mr. lion o Reeve, and an explanation look place, the result of which s. s ; that the ullieer look the fugitive pair, together with all tin.. luggage, away in a coach, arid conveyed them to the Pulite: Wire, in now-strNt, where, tinder the pretence of noshing the eller of the magistrates for the resturatim or the trunks. be coartiised to detain Mr. Reese until notice was gis en to tine So licitors fur the plainthr, who immediaNty caused the order of the Lord Chancellor to be served upon Lim, and he was then • suffered to depart with whatever property belonged to Lim.— Miss Street remains oath r the protection of the races, until she cart be restored wifely to her friends. She appeared lar by far the most aliseeted at the separation from her lover, who, on his part, seemed resolved to bear this reverse of fortune with becoming fmnness. Wittprtsto.—On Thursday last, eight men and .t dew boy were whipped in the Sessions Ilou , e yard, the Old Bailey, in presence of a gr. , .l.er number of par sons than usual on such oceastimc, and it w.is remarked, with greater sorrily than has been loons a fur s ime Pears. One man, during Isis punisflosent, fainted a,‘je, while some of the ()deers behaved with the greatest in eolence. Six were also privately whipped, one of wbuu► having remiaed a lash after the word tat, told the (-mintier he would punish him fur tvittik him more th. due -