The National Register. — London, England, 1821-05-07 00:00:00

- ACCOUNT OF THE REGALIA. Now xxniurrixo IN THE JEWEL-HOUSE, TOWER. The new imperial crown is about fifteen inches in elevation ; the arches, which rise almost to a point, in stead of the inelegant flatness of the former crown, are surmounted with an orb of brilliants, seven inches in circumference. Upon this is placed a Maltese cross of brilliants, set transparently, with three pearls at its ex tremities, of remarkable size and beauty. The arches are wreathed and fringed with diamonds. Four Maltese crows, formed of brilliants also, surround the crown, with four large 'diamond flowers in their intervening spaces. On the centre of the hack cross is the ancient ruby, which was worn at Cressy and Azincour, by the Black Prince and Henry V. while that of the front cross is adorned with an unique sapphire, of the deepest azure, than two inches long, and one inch broad. The ermine is surmounted with a band of large diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, and rubies, and immediately under these, a fillet of beautiful pearls. The lustre of this un evaded crown is heightened by a dark crimson cap of the finest velvet ; and its general effect confirms the opi nion of all who have seen it, that his present Majesty is the first British Sovereign who has possessed a diadem worthy of this proud and potent empire. Tile mode of its exhibition has most judiciously varied from the former custom. Instead of being partially shown by a small part of the CJSC being opened, the cover is now lifted off, and the crown is vistirely seen, on a white Ilion cushion embroidered with gold; while the circular motion of as stand enables the spectator leisurely to observe all us splendour and elegance. The ancient crown is still exhibited; but, though it has been repaired and beautifi:d, has little attraction be yond its recollection, and the contract which it displays, frith in shape and ,plendour, to the magnificence of the new diadem. The two orbs, the diadems, the Prince of Wales's crown, the live sceptres, and the con fessoei stiff have all been renovated, The ancient Gable ornaments of the King's coronation sceptre Las been replaced by golden leaves, surrounding tile large amethyst, each bearing the rose, the shamrock, and the thistle, the symbols of the three kingdoms. l'he coronation bracelets have been newly enamelled, and the golden buckles and embroidered velvet straps added to the coronation spurs. The curtatia, alt the swords of temporal and spiritual justice, have been ornamented with new scabbards, of velvet splendidly embossed and embroidered, and golden mountings. The g o lden wine fountain, the salt-cellar, the model of the white tower, the communion chalice and paten, the eagle, the spoon, &c. of the coronation solemnity; the missive chased tankards, arid the twelve salt-cellars, fur the banquet in Westminster-hall, have all been re paired. To these last twelve, golden plate s and s p o ons have been now for the first time added. The above is a very faint •rtt-line of the present state of the jewel-room, which, with the curtain and lining of scarlet cloth, whereby the splendour of the several articles is greatly heightened, never till now presented a specta cle so dazzling to beholders. ROEIL LONDON INFIR .11,111 Y, For Curing Diseases of the Eye, patronised by Lis Royal Highness the Duke of York. On Wednesday the ceremony of laying the stone of an Hospital fur the cure of the sarions diseases of the eye, took placed in Moorfields, at the east corner, near the Roman Catholic chapel. At three o'clock, the hour appointed, a l'3ll concourse of people attended in anxious expectation of seeing the procession. The stewards and committee made excellent arrange ments for the accommodation of the public, hut more particularly for the ladies. After a few ininmes beyond the appointed time, W. Mellish, Esq. the president, and the stewards and committee, arrived, and were introduced to the different places appointed tor them by the archi tect and others in waitimz. A triangle heing pre% imisly in readiness, erected over the place where tne stone was to be set, the architect stated that every thing was ready. A silver trowel was then hamled to Nlr. Mellish, and proper mortar brought forward. Some gold, silver, and copper coins, of the reign of George IV. were put into a glass bottle, which were deposited in a cavity cut in the stone. Mr. !Mellish then placed the stone regularly, having first spread the mortar with his trowel, and laid a brass plate over the coins, on which was engraved the billow ing inscription :—" London Infirmary for curing diseases of th e eye. f led by the late J. Cunningham, MDCCCXXI. Pa of the Infirmary, Marshal 11. R. H. Frederick Duke of York:KG. '— Next follow the name of the Piesident, Vice President, ke. Ater the ceremony concludied, tic whole %vent in procession, and dined at the London Tavern. During a storm on Sunday, the I.sth tilt. the lightning struck some trees near the New Church, Needwood, one of which, a pollard oak, it divided front the toll of the I kto the earth, throwing splinters four and five feet long to the distance of V. 5 yards; the top had been s two off, and branches surrounded the trunk rising ten or twelve fret above it, hut none of them were injured: another tree, 22 paces from the former, had the tipper branches and one side of the trunk in a slate of decay.— The elecmc fluid passed from the top dots it the boom' side to the earth, in some places only bursting the nark, in others, splintering the wood to the depth of two inches, and in breadth three or four. On Saturday morning, Capt. G. Hance, belong ing to tltc Dineh military service, was Mund in the privy of the Black Bull, Britonside, Plymouth, with three stabs under his left breast, and his throat cut in a most shocking manlier. Ile has left a widow and child to deplore his Inc:ant:holy late. . • ME NATIONAL REGISTER • Police. Twit MURDER AT lIRRNR Bar.—How STREET.-00 Thursday a public examination of the men charged w ith the murder of Mr. Snow of the Preventive Service, took place at this office, before Richard Hirnie, J'. q. she Sitting Magistrate. The prisoneis are five in number, three having been admitted evidence for the Crown. Their namra are James West, William Beer, Joule Richardson, Thomas Richardson, mot William Williams. David North, quarter-master of the Severn, employed on the preventive service, deposed to the circumstances of the outrage, its consequence of which Mr. Snow 1 , 1119 killed.— He stated, that, after the officer was hemmed in by the smugglers, he attempted to get to his assistance, but such a heavy fire was kept up that he found it impossible, and was obliged to retreat. George Griffiths (an accomplice) swore that, on Monday evening, the SOth of April, he was engaged by the prisoner James West, to assist in " working" (the phrase for running the cargo,) a boat that night at Herne Buy. Witness and a great number of other persons met that evening afterwards at the Grove Ferry, between Canterbury and the Reculvers, and proceeded from thence to the house of the prisoner John Richardson, where gummed pistols were distributed amongst them, with about seven or eight rounds of ball cartridges to each armed man. It was arranged that thine who were armed should cover those who were not. While they worked the goods, which were to be put into two carts provided fur the purpose. There were about 60 men ire all their party. They then proceeded to the appointed spot in a meadow at the back of some houses in Herne Hay, and arrived there at about a quarter before three o'clock 011 Tuesday morning.— Shortly tiller the boat lauded, and at the same time witness saw two men who he believed w ere of the preventive service standing a few yards from them, rend lie saw one of thefts snap a pistol twice, but it did not go Ills party then filed, nod the man lie had seen snap the iestol drew his cut lass and rushed iii amongst them, and aiiitesssaw uo more of him. (This is supposed to be Mr. Snow.) Tile) , eifecied a landing of 60 tubs of spirits, which were emit ed away in carts. All the prisoners were present. The witness, its answer to a question from Mr. Harmer, said, lie fired himself six or seven times, but Daly with powder. He tore the bullet from each of Ms 1111trolgi ;. litre the prisoners were observed to smile and toss up their beads as if in astonishment. James Smith, another accomplice, stated nearly the same facts as the last witness. he admitted that he said Bathing about the matter until he was iu custody. !Await, HO WIII4II, also a party in the affray, was neat called, and described the plans sof the sinu A lers more mi nutely than the others. By this statement it would appear that they arc quite systematical in their operations, and act almost with the precision of disciplined men. It tra., he said, agreed upon that they should proceed to the Rpm iii small parties by diffreent roads, and arrive them precisely at the anme period, and the armed men were then to form into two bodies of equal number, and to fall, one to the right and the other to the left of the place of landing, and those without arms were to work the goods under their protection. The lauding of the goods was effected in this manner, a con stant firingibeina kept up. After the boat had pushed off, itness saw a man lying on his hack on the beach, and called out to him" llalluo!" and he replied," I am a dead nlitii." Witness did not stop to assist him, but mentioned afterwards to his companions, who s.tid "Ii was only a sham." James West tans the miteter of the company, and paid w itness seven shillings fur his night's work. He fired twice or (Mee times himself. Mr. J s, the solicitor fur the Admiralty, then requested that the prisoners taught hr remanded fur at week, observing that his Majesty's law officers had not yet determined !tether they should be prosecuted for the murder, or under the statute for unlawfully assembling with aims, &c. Mr. Burnie then ordered that the Iprisonets should be brought up on Thursday nest. They acre all heavily ironed. PEMBROKESHIRE GREAT SESSIONS. o K rim—William Roblin, a small farmer about three miles from Haverlordwest, and who also kegs an alehouse, was indicted at these sessions for the wilful murder of William Darts, a young man who formerly lived with him a servant, but who left his place in con sequence of the bad habits of the prisoner, and his fre quently ill-using and heating his wife. In the month of Sptember last, on a Saturday evening, the deceased and his new employer was returning from their work, and overtook Robin' on the road, neat his own house, when a violent quarrel arose between the prisoner and the de ceased, witich continued some time, and at length ter minated in the former procuring a pistol from his own house, with which he snot Davies through the head, who died of the wound about three weeks afterwards.— •The facts appeared so clear against the prisoner, that the jury pronounced hint guilty, and the learned judge, after an affectionate address, sentenced him to sutler death, on Monday the 23d ult. and that his body should he dis sected and anatomised. The awful sentence of the law accordingly took place on the above morning. Ile re ceived the sacrament from the hands of the Rev. J. Thomas, the ordinary, and appeared to be devout. He then shook hands with Mr..l llamas, several other mi nisteis, and all present. On the drop he was asked if tie had any thing to svy, to which he replied, " No, I have nothing to say—but Lord Jests, receive my soul ! save me a miserable sinhet ;" Just before the fatal mo• men t, he was warned that he had but rive minutes to live, and if he had any thing to say to icter it. •' No; I have nothing-1 supl•ose you wan t me to confess ttttt niers of which lam not guilty' And he continued pray Lord Jesus rec•etve my spirit," until he was latuw.ied into eternity. Great Perfornsance —A horse belonging to Mr. Rich, hatter, in Holborn, was backed to gallop 31 tittles in an hour, on IVeilnesday, for 100 guineas. The ground on the performance took place was from the eleven mile stone tnrough Croydon to the eig h teen rue. The rider, A boy, was dimwit, and the !torso went neatly a mile beyond the boundaries; but the boy, unhurt, mounted again, and completed the match, about t ,liree unlrs, an four inionte4 and a half w ithiu the giten t ints. ' I he hum was much distieszed. a 143 .e' .0 THE INDIAN BAT, OR VAMPYRE.—Captain Sted. man was, while in Surinam, attacked during hit sleep by some of these animals and as his account of this incident is somewhat singular, and tends to elucidate the fact, we shall extract it from his own language from his narrative. " I cannot here (says lie) forbear relating a singular circumstance respecting myself, viz.—that on waking one morning about four o'clock, in toy ham. mock, I was extremely alarmed at finding myself wel tering in congealed blood, and without feeling any pairs whatever. Having started up and rung for the surgeon, with a firebrand in one hand, and all over besmeared with gore ; to which, if added my pale face, short hair, and tattered apparel, lie might well ask the question Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned— ' Bring . st with thee airs of heaven, or blasts from hell r " The mystery, however, was, that I had been bitten. by the Vainpyre ' or spectre of Guinea, which is also called the flying dog of New Spain, and by the Spaniards perrovolador ; this is no other than a bat of a mon strous size, that sucks the blood from men and cattle while they are fast asleep, even sometimes till they die ; and as the manner in which they proceed is truly wonderful, I shall endeavour to give a distinct account of it. Knowing, by instinct that the person they intend • to attack is in a aolind slumber, they generally alight near the feet, where, while the creature continues fan. ning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a niece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice lie continues to stick the blood until he is obliged to disgorge. lie then begins • again ; and then continues sucking and disgorging till he is scarcely able to fly; and the sufferer has often been known to sleep front time to eternity. Cattle they generally bite in the ear, but always in places where the blood flows spontaneously. Having applied tobacco ashes as the best remedy, and washed the gore from myself and my hammock, I observed several small heaps of congealed blood all around the place where I had lain, upon the ground ; on examining which, the surgeon judged at least that I had lost at least 12 or 14 ounces during the night. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.—Little ref mains for report during the preaent season, but a •repe- Mean of our great, even super-abundance, in unison with our want and misery. In the olden time, defici ency or waste, made woeful want; at the present mo mentous crisis, a plethora of all the good and fat things of lire has induced galloping consumption in the most vital and important parts of the body politic. Our state physicians. and sundry consultations and feelings of the puhlic pulse, however they may disagree on the causes of the disease, and the peculiar importance of the symp toms, seen] sufficiently unanimous in the only practica ble remedy—sending the patient to Bath, the English of which every one is able to construe. The weather has been variable during the present month, but its present mildness and warmth, after the rains, will doubtless have a sudden effect on vegetation, which has not hitherto been forwarded. The late sown and thin wheats begin to cover the ground, and to put on a luxuriant appear- • ante. The pulse and Lent corn crops in the early dis. tricts make a good show, and the seed season will soon be finished in the north. All the operations of husbandry are reniarkably forward, more particularly, the distress of the times considered. Should the warm weather continue, the grass crop will be general and abundant, . Both fat and lean cattle, from the vast stocks; are at moderate prices, and the country is amply supplied with Irisn pigs, pork and bacon. Valuabk horses, always . • igarce, are at great prices. Long wool is in request.— Hops are in great plenty, and a new crop coming for. ward. The weather has lately been more favourable • for seeds and artificial grasses. The lambing season has been peculiarly successful. Duea.—A meeting took place early on Monday morning, in the fields hetweesi Kilburn and Lord's Cricket-ground. The parties were Mr. a medi cal man, and Mr. ll—.--, a gentleman of fortune.— After exchanging two shots each, the seconds interfered. and put an end to the affair. Mr. D-- sustained a slight injury in the wrist. About nine o'clock on Sunday morning, a young man . about 24 years of age, having the appearance of a trades man, was observed walking in a melancholy manner by the side of the Regent's Canal, near the City-road ; his - manlier attracted the attention of several persons; at length he jumped in, Lin was fortunately rescued from his perilous situation, and taken to a neighbouring public house, whose every attention was paid to him, his clothes dried, and he departed apparently reconciled in ntitid ; but instead of retuning homewards, lie went again to the same spot, and coining to the edge of the canal, with a kiiuk lie cut his throat from ear to ear, and fell head foremost into the water, whence lie was taken shortly alter lifeless. Toe servants of Mr. Stephenson, of Cold Harbour, near Beverley, hat ing occasion to take some sulphur and cream of tartar, a few et citing' ago, is parcel was produced which was supposed to contain the mixture, and two of the men who preferred the medicine in milk took the prescribed quantity. Not being able to find any treacle in the house the outer servants were prevented at that tone front partaking ; slid a person coming into the kitchen a few minute, afteroerds, found the word " Puismi," in large lentos, on the envelope of the still.. posed mixture, which proved to he arsenic. Medical id was ianmedi.,tely procured ; hut in spat of every ex. crtion one poor Wall died within tvii boors; the other is expected to teem er. Had it not been for the want of tri acle, several wore persons tt uIJ have parial. and Ow comeipiences, would still be wore fatal. inori,iiy, Joseph 1).1y, a waierman, be. longing to Vauxhall stairs, was diocu,i red dead in. his boat, floating with the tide above Wi.ttniinster-bridge, with his head hanging over the side of the wh:: ry. It oat at first suppu-sil by the passtiot watettutit, that lie was drinking, water; but on doter inspection, found the deceased a corpse. The boly Was in,,ainly conveyed to the workhouse, %%Ism medical msgait,:e was adinitais ,„ red for upwards of two hours tvi....uut t fix , - I