The National Register. — London, England, 1809-11-19 00:00:00

.THE NATIONAL REGISTER. before sae was launched, the Ati!Ford actually lcad cost 56,7907. and the Lavinia even in 1805 stood the nation in the expellee Of 50,.3007. independent of the extra charges of the rent of the Yard, and the salaries to Officers, &c. It is beyond our limits to enter into the policy of incurring the vt.st .expence of• a new Dock-yard, at such a place as Milord Haven, but when we reaect on its geographical situation, placed at the very extremity of the kingdom, on a coast surrounded by the most dangero us rocks, where there is no other shelter for a line of battle ship in case of adverse winds, a'id where a ship in that predica ment if she cannot beat out to the southward with a heavy gale at S. E. and a dsrk night, must artua!ly run to the• northward as far as Belfast Lough before she finds ?s port capable of admitting lo :r ; we cannot in this case bestow a::y ;rent praise on that rage for national Ml provrenent which will prompt a set of men to expend the resources of the nation in pursuit of a measure already disc,,ided by the three success,ye administrations of sln- M 1•11' ') PITT, will GRENVILLE. Yet if this new arrange ment was nccesiary or even coavenieut, we must tint f• let, that tie situation is such as not to afford a (wive hence for this purpose beyond tie depth of systvr, as that every a tide, must be supplied at a 4 . re; , .t additional expence from the other yards. lint this is not the worst; as soen the perchase was completed, an;of • arrangement look place, and these tsar alien el:rig - N:77f Fre;!elzmen were actuaily appointed to the situations of master and assi%44;it Shiyvr:ght . ! ai appointrent however, whieli we are told the Attorney Getieuil has declareJ to be Preget!, inasmuch, as by the existing law of the land, no alien or Catlin/ie. can he entrusted with the sole care, trust, and responsibility of a Royal Dock-yard. We doubtless feel Bath sympathy and respeCt For those 1 7 mi:chine:I who, • from a principle of loyalty and real patrioism, joined to a very natural wish to save their necks from the guillotini, fled for protection to this country; but we know thet a Frenchman k still a Frencinan, we know that many: of the most decided Royalists actually gloried in the repFtWiran 97: v :acres, for in many instances, they could ;lot he called victories : nay every body kr.olvs, that many of the high. born, but low ozinded noblessn of la vielle tors, are at the present moment swelling the ii:geantry of an upstart usurper ; can we then say, that str..ch appoin'inetits, even to Honest men, are not to he looked on with a jealous eye. Can we see the public call for the dismissal of a foreit n songstress, in order to preserve our net!iVe stage for native excellence, and can we sit down with apathy, and sec : , lien Frenchmen appointed to the mu!, inzportnnt Qfilees? 7\a: f ,rbiti it Heaven!, public vereTance and execration most follow the wretch, who, aCler the expostian on this subject could be so far rigsaalless of public opinion, a 7 to hazard the continuance of such a measure. The entphy. meat of Fordgaersin_other departments of the State and of domestic policy, is also a subject descrying of further con sideration, at present our limits preclude its investigation ; we shall resume it, however, at a future opportunity. 741 " lcdemnity for the past, and security for the future." " Ladies nod Gentlemen who are sent to sit in the dressbozes, are requested to come in clean linen." Caricature heads have been exhibited with " Pity MY aitches," and the vociferation at the privet! Nixes has changed from" No Crim. Con," to an o th er shout alhisive to a tale trial. Ir, many of the boxes, the ladi es in t rou t assist to display the. placards : the O. P. march still retains its influence, and watchmen's rattles, in spite of Bove-A.lcm, have again made their appearance in the pit, adding their base to the shrill cat-call, and the other melody of discord ant sounds. We are happy to find that Mr. Liston heea able to do away the pi eJtnlicc excited against On Monday a general burst took pince when he Caine on the stage in - the afierpiece, which he observing., came for ward to address the audience ; and never was the manly feeling and liberal spirit of a British audience more eminent ly lisp' melt. After a short interval, complete silence nail obtaine!. Mr. Liston then proceeded to state, that eh:serv ing the indignation of the aedieece particularly against hint, and being conscious that it was undeserved, he begs ged permission to say a few words. it had been.stated that he had made use of the expression, that the Mana, ssers would have. carried the point of the new prices if it hid no been far the hlaekgnard citizens. • lie now derlars, ed, upon the honour of a man, that he never made use of that e - yression. Mr. Liston was distinctly heard, and when he concluded, was universelly cheered by :I!! the house. ' A most unfortunate event has taken ptise, in attack of a most serious miture on Mr. Cirelam, whose health, if . not I;t . e, is said to be much endangered by ties malici ous proceeding. A number of mos! respeetaWe eye-witnesses have declared, that whilst: perfectly 4juieseent, be was at. tacked av several mean looking persons, who having knock ed him down, stamped upon him in the most brutal mans ner on the breast.. Measures, however, are taken, which will, perha; - ,s, serve to develope much of the mystery of l;racent affairs. Mrs. H. hes rendered herself very conspicuous in the boxes in the first tier, hy the manner in tech, w ith unexe 'ampled owdemtp, sic braves the O. P.'s in the pit, aed bt the . truly f emen i ne (trii'!ary with which she spits at them. After being pointed at 16r some time, a few evenings sin ce , and reeeiviug three groans. which were given her by mere Um the pit, she at. length withst - ew with the smite modesty and damns which had previously marked her conduct.: • LAW REPORTS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WEDNESDAY, No THE KING, V. FRANCIS FdEDERICK POI7T.IIIArt ) J 1 KEYLOCK, AND SADA", HARVEY. The Attorney General prayed the Court for judgment on Defendants, found guilty at the London sittitt-s after lap, or conspiring to procure 2000/. for th e sale oenn appoia t , be made by the Lords Commissioners of the Trea,ury, office of Coasting-waiter in the Custonis. Lord Ellenborough, before whom the indictment ,w;u read his notes on the trial; and long affidavits, in mitign runishment by each of the Defendants, were afterward, r, the proper officers of t he Court the prinei pal points of will.. afterwards urged by the several COunsel for the severa: dents, as follows : Mr. Espinnsse and . Mr. Adolphus, foi the Defendant Pol ashlressed the Court, not in mitigation of the offenre t but punishment to be inflicted on the Defendant. They ad. that thanks were due to the Attorney General . far his inte rence in the present case, and were rejoicedlo find, that it sequence of that interference, advertisements for the public offices were now at an end. It was only natural contended, for their client, who was a foreigner, to f; error, w hen every newspaper contained an advert isement . disposal of places, and theirclient *as only the means of ducing parties totn each other; cor did he int en d the sall de. , ceit, nelvertising-in his own name, and 'referring to his own p l at y , of residence, • The persons who answered the as:Awl iseipett, tlti rnoat•siy JCL v. 15. only on thes l e vt term, i fitment. r, of the as tried, ration of I ra;.l by i..:1 %• U:•t'eu • • 'ohlman. it of the tdmitted interfee t in coti- sale of rat, they fall into it for the Of intro- tilest de.. wn place Dell, the • ' COVEN T-G D E.V 17141.1rRE. A fifth part of the season bus now passed over, with a has on the part of the Proprietors, which has been calcu lated at ten thousand pounds ! Yet flit! same sullen per tina Lity prevails on the one part, and the same noisy oppo sition on the .other. it is now merely the question who will bold out longest; and surely the Managers cannot •mppose that a British public vii; be dragooned into a timid submission to their measures ; if they do, they wil! certainly be d'sappointed, as the public disapprobation grows louder and louder. . The new theatrical medal is worn by many. of the 0. P.'s, attached by a ribbon to the button holes. Several tdies also exhibit this ornament, which seems to have gained exceedingly on the fancy of the oppositionists. The.plaeards are also more numerous Ulan ever ; among others, we have seen— NOV. 1%