The National Register. — London, England, 1822-10-07 00:00:00

COURSE OF EV Amtiterdam, 12 7 C. F. Ditto, at eight, 12 4 Rotterdam, It 8 Antwerp, I•_' Haisiburgh, 38 0 A Ilona, 38 1 P4ria, 3 days'niglit, 15 60 Ditto. 2:3 il;) BIIIIIIIPAII%, 2 . 3 90 Frankfort on the %lirine,l36 Petert.borelt, 01 3 U. V 1191114, El. Flo. 10 24 Triet.te, El. Fl 3. 10 2l Alattritl, 314—Cadiz, S' 13illton,36i—liareelons,33/ PRICE OF STOCKS. Runk Stork 2il 0 1111 l num 0. I per Cent. Het!. Imp. 3 per Cent. 81* 3 per Cent.Coo.oll till India Bond, 3I per Cent. 921 Lima stock 4 per rent. Exchequer Bill• 6;. prenl. New Fours, 1004 I trims. hoe Ac. SI Loth! Allll. Lottery 'rickets /Vt.! 15e. 14IE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER T. Considerable disturbances have taken place re• cently, in consequence of the farmers lowering the wages of their workmen—what the wages were from which a reduction of Is. per week was deter mined on we know not—that the distressed state of agriculture calls fur every justifiable economy is self evident, and that the labourer can subsist upon much less than he could when provisions were so much dearer than they are now, is equally plain ; but we can scarcely restrain our indignation when we look at a document now lying before us—it pur ports to be an account of the proceedings of a meet ing of the Magistrates in the Grand Jury Chambers at Winchester, and declares that in making future orders for the relief of the poor, they will order for each individual per week the price of a gallon loaf and fourpence over, and recommends— " Te the Officers of every parish, when the family shall con. sist of a man sod his wife, or a man with one chili!, to offer to each such man, 4s. per week from Michaelmas to badyday, and ss. per week from Ladyday to Michaelmas, so that be might be engaged to serve the whole year ; and any man re fusing flat offer shall not be *milled to any relief. If no such offer be made, or no such empliiyaneut can be found whereby any such man can maintain himself and his wife or child, the allowance is to be 3a. 6d. per week, and no more. " To every unmarried man the justices recommend the urn *era of every psiisli to offer 3s. per week from Michaelmas to Ladyday, and 4s. per week from Lady day to 3lichaelinas, so that he may be engaged to serve the whole year ; and any un married nom refusing that offer shall not be entitled to any relief. I f no such offer be made, or no s-ilicient employment can be found whereby any such unmarried man can maintain himself, he shall be allowed 2s. (id. per week and no more. To a woman with one child, 3..6d. per week and no more. To early single 110111iIII, the sow of 2s. lit/. per week, and no more. In this meeting there were eight Magistrates present, and five of them were Clergymen!— now we would ask, can the parties here particu larized by these Reverend Gentlemen absolutely ads! upon these allowances—we reply to that ques tion featlessly that it is b.ipossible, and had we signed such an order, we should live in constant apprehension that the justice of the Supreme Power would overtake us, if the miserable: we bad thus condemned to starvation or dishonesty, did not make a signal example of us, to deter others who have to legislate on such occasions, from forcing fathers to listen to the cries of hunger from their children, or to appease those cries at the risk of the forfeit of their lives to the offendod laws of their Country. In order to impress more fully or his colleagues the necessity for the accession of Mr. Canning, Lord Liverpool, in the lute discussions, laid before them the Ilan of the new financial arrangements, which he has it in contemplation to propose in the ensuing Ecssion. One important part of these arrangements, we understand, is, the substitution of a Tax on Property for Assessed Taxes, which arc to be repealed to the amount of some millions a year. In this way it is hoped that the country gentlemen may be qui eted, without any sacrifice on the part of the Ex chequer (the amount of .'roperty Tax equalling that of Assessed Taxes repealed), and that consequently .CHANOIR, Ocr. 4. Seville, 351—tiibraltise,303 Leghorn, 47—lientia. 43 5141tit,45—Venire,Y7 50 Naples, Mil—Lisbon, 52 Oporto, 5 I --Iltilliia,sl) IRio Janeiro. 40 Palermo, 117 Diiiilin, '.J per cent. Cork, vi per ctn.. 1 Foreign gold i n1)4111,31. 17t. Oil. per oz. New DosililJons, SI. I3s. Gil. New Dollars, 4s. 9(1. Silver in liara,alantlard Os. Ili& Vag. THE NATIONAL REGISTER the Civil and Military Establishments of the coun try may be preserved from further reduction. &- sides, the expectation that monied men will be made to pay much more by a Property Tax than they do at present, while the couptry gentlemen will pay less. Ministers may also have in view the reaching those who now consume their revenues abroad, and the tempting those to return whom the Assessed Taxes have driven away. Of course every shift will be tried before entering seriously on reduction. Whether or not the country gentlemen will be satis fied without any reduction is a question which will of course be variously answered, according to the notions entertained of them. The subscribers to Lloyd's having in May last • voted from their funds the sum of 1051. to Lieut J. W. Jones, R. N. some men under his orders, and others, for saving the crew of a Russian vessel %% reeked at the back of the Isle of Wight, a repre sentation of the circumstances was made to the Rus sian Consul-General for the infbrination of the Ambassador; and on being communicated to his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor was graciously pleased to allow in his own name the sum of 1201. to Licut Jones and the parties who saved, and af terwards rendered assistance to, the Russian seamen on that occasion and which has been transmitted to them through the Committee of Lloyd's. Great reductions are taking place at the military departments in Scotland. The clerks in the Ad jutant-General's office arc reduced ; and we under stand that it is expected that Lord R. Kerr, with the assistance of one clerk, with the salary of 2s. tid. a day, will be able to undertake the business of this department. The tidlowing is an extract of a letter from Zante, dated August 24:—" Some days ago we heard on our coast, at six in the morning, a most terrible cannonade, which scented to come from Na varino; it continued some hours, decreased by de grees, and entirely ceased at noun. A fishing boat fi•um Nuvarino has just this moment come in, from which we learn that not far from that place, and close to the Gulf of Sanchio, there had been a severe engagoment between the Turkish and Greek fleets, greatly to the disadvantage of the latter. The fish erman said he had encountered several flying ships between Navarino and Arcadia, from which he es caped with great difficulty, as they pursued him for some hours." Papers from Naw York to the 24th of August inclusive have arrived. The conflagration, reported I to have consumed half the city, proves to be a lire of no extraordinary magnitude, and to have occurred not in New York itself; but in the suburb of Brook lyn, on the other side of East river, about a mile distant. The property destroyed consisted of build ings belonging to private individuals, in which were deposited about 1,400 bales of cotton, and 12,000 barrels of naval stores, and the total loss is not sup posed to exceed 100,000 dollars. From the report ut the 13oard of Health at New York on the 23d, it appears that 35 deaths only from yellow fever had occurred since the commeneetnent of the infection: it war deemed necessary, however, by the Boards of Health, both at Philadelphia and at 13.11timore, to prohibit all communication with New York. On this latter point, it should be observed, there is a discrepancy in the accounts, some stating that the communication has, and others that it has nut, been interdicted ; but the tbrmer must be received us the more accurate statement. The crew of the Macedo nian frigate, removed to Craney Island, were reported uflicially to be nearly all in a state of convalescence. —The triennial meeting of the stoat:dders of the United States Bank was to take place at Philadel phia on the 2d ultimo; and on account of the pre viously unsettled state of the concerns of that establishment, excited much attention from the per sons interested. Mach speculation is already em ployed in the United States' journals respecting tne next appointment to the Presidency, though the day of election is as distant as the year 1825. Among other candidates for that distinction is the celebrated hero of Orleans" (as he is termed by the Ameri cans), General Andrew Jackson, a man fitted by his abilities for almost any station, but the last, on ac count of his arbitrary notions, to be placed ut the head of the government of a free country. BRISUTON PALACr..—..It will be remembered thnt Pte King purc:msed the line of hawses from Chmreh•street to Marlborough-house, with the eceeption of the coiner house and e blacksmith's shop, the owner of which, thinking that they could oot be dispensed wi.h, deindoded a must shameful price. fly an act or Parliament his 31,.jesty could have compelled him to WI at a fair valuation, but this lie disdained to do, rid Ott they remain in the came possession; but within the last few weeks, and during the absence of his Majesty, • wall has Arco ran up between the King's house and the house in question, which effectually shuts out all sight or communication. This retaliating spiiit, however jinit, is beneath • Kin d And we re joice to 5.. ) that bis Majesty khoo, •otbing of the nixter.— There is therefore results to etpect that the wall be removed os bis :stars Is Briglitus. ~rir•Sib:>..:~ • ....,-fma. :~~~ COVE.VT-CifltDEN TIIE4TRE. 317 This most popular place of amusement has Mg under gone cousiderable improvements, was re-opened on Tuesday night last. I)uritsg the recess. the House has liven heautihed, the gilding of the pillars and ornaments refreshed, and the whole is its a ; 4 00(1 state of preserva tion—but the leading feature in the alterations is the closing of that open space behind the I)res. Boxes sn rally known by the appellation of " The BasAet," where drunken dandies and noisy tvonien of the worst descrip tion were wont to annoy the respectable part of the audience. We Dave not hitherto witnessed any novelty worth particularizing—the Company Is very strung old lorces (though commendable prudence has ()blitzed the Proprietors to withstand some sh imefully exorbitant de mands on the score of salary) and 1113 ny promising debu tante will be candidates for metropolitan favour- We have no doubt. front is hat we learn through the brat eh inuela. that this Theatre will, under the management of Ur. Chas. K..etible. maintain that superiority over its empirical atheisvy that it has long possessed and richly nivi its. It is notified to the tenants upon his'Grace the Duke of Rutland's extensive estates, that at the next rent-day an abatement will be made in the rents, not as a return by per centage, but accord ing to the situation and circumstances of the farms. An order arrived last week at Chatham Dock yard to stop the further discharge of any more men from the naval yard; it is the intention of the Go vernment, that the men shall continue working for five days in the week, and the time hours as usual, which will obviate the intentions of a further dis charge. We understand the following resolutions will be passed at the next Dublin Guild of Merchants, on Monday the 14th of October, at the New Hall, on Wellington-quay:—" Resolved,—That as Rowan Catholics are by the law of the land eligible to be members or this Guild, and as there is no rule or by-law on our books to exclude them, we therefore, in order to demonstrate our loyalty to the Kim', our respect for the laws, and our esteem aid friendship fur our fellow citizens, do hereby declare our inten- • tention to supper, with our votes and interest, the admission of such respectable merchants of this city as may offer themselves, without religious distinc tion.' An order arrived last week at Chatham Dock-yard to stop the further discharge of any more men front the naval yard; it is the intention of Government that the naval men shall continue working for five days in the week, and the same hours as usual, which will obviate the intention of a further dis charge. On Friday last, the committee of the Stock Ex change returned an answer to an application made to them on Tuesday by some members of the House, in which they consent to reco,nize transactions in the fornign funds. It should be understood, as the. public in general do not seem to be aware of the fact, that the Committee have never forbidden the bargains in • foreign securities; they have mere hitherto refused, when transactions of that descrip. Lion have taken place, out of which any disputes have arisen, to allow a reti,rence to them, as in the bargains of the English lambs, for the sake of ad justing them, or of making public the names of those persons who may have proved defaulters.— The only alteration produced, therefore, by the new arrangement is, that an equal guarantee to the in tegrity of the members is obtained, as far as the Committee can give it, for the transactions in fo reign securities, as previously existed with respect to those in the English Stocks:_ Sin CHARLIAI tr.—From the observation! of Mr Brougham, in Ridgway's case, at the late Lancaster assizes, it appears there was a probability that the persecuted individual might be detained in gaol Odic the termination of his present imprison ment, unless he incurred the expense of a journey to London, where he is almost literally a stranger, and could put in bail in the Court of King's Bend:. This cireurostarice no sooner became known to Sir Charles Wolsely, than he wrote to Ridgway, and stated his willingness. at the proper time, to un dertake a journey to L mdon thr the express purpose of hailing him. DaATII OF TM ' DUCHESS OF N WCASTLE.--.• We are sorry to announce the death of her Grace the Duchess of Newcastle. The melancholy event took place at Clumber, the flintily seat in Nottinghamshire, eat . .' on rriday morning.-- tier Grime was delivered of twins, a boy and a gi, I, toe latter still-loom, on Tuesday last. She was, considered better on Thursday, and in a favourable wny, but • sudden change foe the worse look place. Iler Grace was Georgiaila Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Miller Mundoc„ of Siopley, iu Derbyshire, Esq. born Ist of Jdue, L S.l, and married July lb, 1607. There was issse of this marriage DS children, sm. 11 sons and five daug!ders, of whom there ire now living nine sons and three daugl.ters ; of these four were born at two births. he Princess Augusta being in possession cf s pair anal chaise and foot-stools, presented ht Lord Begot to her late Majesty for her chapel at Kew, has bestowed them le the most handsome way upon the parish of Neve Windsor, fur the sertice and adornment of the altar of the new church,— These chairs are of English carved oak, awl of the most ex quisite woik They are of considerable height, sod their general desi4ti and particular °rut:news are in the purest {:Malls lasts. 'flic cushions are of cttwsuu teltet. Tr.TTIT