The National Register. — London, England, 1817-05-19 00:00:00

MAY 19. FrillClt; the half pay, Chelsea, and allowance to widows; and those charges now to be made, but to Ire reduced in the course of the year. The Estimates this year chewed a dimimitiou of 1,7251,0001. 'Dime oat another diminution for disembodied militia, making in all a reduction of 1,800,0001. 'Caere was alto a redo: tint of 42,0:11 nett :Dui officers since last year. There was also intended a reduction of 5,1111 officers and men its tut .Iriny of Occupation of Fiance. 'foe whole realtietion would amount to about 61,000 Men. were 110 t V.IIIUUS to tit:: lerlitiv,s of the people. nor had they m g levied any opportunity of and uelleitchinent. lint these reductions were nut to be mule by a glance of the eye or a stroke of the pen. For the Colonies and India, there welt 14J,00, men ; for Fruit e 20,00,i; and fbt the home service 17,000. In the Gllalik there mss a Eu. 1114.11011 of ion! serjeant and 10 men to every company ; and in the Isifaittry of the Line of 13,400 men. 'nitre was also a considerable reduction in the number of horses. In the Staff too there had been a considerable reduction; awl eight reertiiiing depot•, and six districts, hail been reduced, as well five P tymasters ; nick ing a diminution of 130,0001. on the Iterrititiog Service. In the Stall there was a diminution of bB,ooul. 111 the Public 1)e -rirtateats the. e had been a reduction of Pi or 20,0001. The duty of the Commander in Chief was increased by the appli cations of half•pay Officers to have their• claims considered ; and lie was sore the Honse would sympathize with them, and think that every possible attention should be paid to their claims. Considerable reductions had taken place in the persons employed in bringing up the WI cars of former Lc- COUntA : but the corresponding branch 01' his own department Lad increased rather than dinnniahed. He received from 900 to 10001etters a week, enquiring after the existence or effects of private soldiers. The Humber of letters sent out in the year ending March I,tst was 10.1,919 ; in 1802 there were tatty 1.1,000. He had, however, made Sonic reductions in the highest offices in Isis departm silt, from six to four in the first class, having front 5 to tiOtA4 a year each. In the second class he hail also reduced the Clerks from six to four; besides other redactions of Alessengcrs, .ige. amounting in all to :5,1931. —ln the Adjutant General's Office there there was a diminu tion of 204/01. Itt the expt•ure for Hospitals there was a di sninulion of 214,01101. In the Military College there was a dimi nution of 5,0001. done by the gallant Colonel at the head of that department, ill en, Own table money. Since 1811, yt General Officers hail died. In garrisons there had been a di minution ; but in the till pay Of retired Officers there was an increase of 18,00al. lit foreign corps there was a reduction of 228,0340. In the Out pensioners of Chelsea there was an increase of 98,00151. ; and in the Widows' Pensions and Coin passionate List was an apparent increase of 98,0001. In the estimate of Local Militia there was a diminution of 70,0001. Under the head of Eseliequer Fees these was a reduction bf 92,0001. The general dfniinution was 1,800 ; 0001. The amount of the charge forthe year was revluced to 0,385,0001.; Out of that was 1,,172,0001. for past services. After moth dismission, in which several Members took part, the Itesolutions a ere agreed to, and the Chairman of We Committee reported progre.sa.—Adjourued. TUESDAY, MAY 13. Mr. I'tEL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to Forfeited Recognizatices for Ireland. ARMY FAT !MATES. On the Report of the Army Estimates being brought ep, a long discussion took phiee, both in relation to the period of service and the number of but the Report was finally agreed to. - Ike House then went into a Committee on the Lottery Bill. Mr. Liirrnrror proposed that the preamble of the Bill should ran thus—" Whereas it has ht en thought expedient to replenish the Public Purse, by turning to account the vices of the people; and whereas gambling is one of the vices which our ancestors thought it their duty to discourage; and as nothing tends to stimulate the people to indulge in it so much as Lotteries, May it please your Majesty,' &ugh.) Mr. BROG TIEN said, the proper time for moving this pream. Lie would not arrive till the House had gone through the elanses in the body of the Bill. Mr. LYTTLETON then withdrew the preamble.—. Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 1. The Louden Poulterers' l'etition was ordered to lie on the table. POnR EMPLON !UV:NT BILL. On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Honsc went into a Committee on the above Bill, when, after some debate, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Wednesday next.—Adj. THVRSDAY, MAY 13. The Colliery Labourers' Pay Bill was read a third time and passed. ON TOE ARMY. Mr. MANNERS SI.TTON took occasion to explain and con tradict the statement which had lately been commented on by an Hon. Baronet (sir F. Bei dett ft a Cal Paper, of a recent date, respecting a soldier who dreaded to be dogged on ;recount of his disliking to marry as his officer had directed, and therefoie put a period to his own life. Mea- sures were taking to obtain the newspaper in question for the purposes of justice. Toe man would illegally ha% e mar ried a second wife, absconded w hen detected in his design, and was f‘ I drowned long after the punishment he nutlet• went for deserting his post. H AREAS tOR its >t 6Y111%141,1. Mr. PossoNov put his (o,stion un this subject to i.gid Castlereagh ; the result of which appears in another part of this paper. Mr. es moved that the House should be called over on Monday, Julie 2, wh;ch ma. agreed to. IRISH FINANI Sir J. N 1.:%1 PORT Mille his motion in relation to the Fi nances of Ireland, einhoil for a series of resolutions with regard to the same ; soon after which the Chancellor of the korchequer took occasion to 1116V11 the presions question, and Sir J. Newport's motion was Inially The Civil Offices continuance fill went throngh a ::ont inittee, and was ordered to be reported on Thursday next. El I Olt I lON Al 1,11.E4r1107%.. Lord COCHRANE gave notice., that on Monday next he would move fora COMOOHce to impure into leie allenti.t that had been made to extort money trout him under the 'rivaling Act. FRIDAY, M4l/ 16. Mr. Rose moved, that the Saving hanks Bill he re.com mitted ; alter which the noose went tut , • a Committ:... On the clause providing, that when too!. aa. .h ted in a saving Bank, an account should be opened with the ilt4l, of England, being read, THE NATIONAL ItEGISTER. Mr. Pitortivitia: moved, that instead of 1001 the s um ca tered should be Al.—Agreed to. The clause ailowing parochial relief, where the xiim prt. cesved by the pauper did not exceed 301. was agreed to. The other chinws were agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday next. The liaose went into a Committee on the Clergy Residence Rill. Mr. M. SUTTON addressed the Committee at length in defence of the Hill. and said, lie should now Propose, as au assistance- to eh rgymen with small livings, that they should be allowed to farm. 'line clause was agreed to, and the quantity of land to be held by a clergyman limited to oaf acres. The Peverni other clauses were then pone through, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to bit again on Monday neat.—Adjourned. THE BEAUTY OF BETHNAL-GREEN! The admirers of the above truly beautifnl woman have Le. conic much more immerens than Pea lope's suitors, but ais musfly of the lit.heimt order; they need not, however, di cad the return of her Clyi.vm, for, by all accounts, he paid the debt of nature at the ever-memorable battle of Waterloo, and fell in the service of his country, covered with wounds and glory. Since the unusual attraction which her presence has cleated, every room iwthe house has been tilted up for pub lic accommodation, ate still there is not halt' room enough fir the numerous guests. On Tuesday night, between eight and nine o'clock, there were no fewer than 600 persons in and about the house. We noticed several respectable shopkeep ers, of Bond-street, in the skittle ground at the rear, all anxi ous to have a sight of this second Helen. There was such an assemblage of the fair sex, that we were led to believe a handsome landlord would have been far more preferable. One old woman, bearing a striking resemblance to the God dess of Envy, could no longer retain her spleen, and having been previously making large libations at the shrine of the jolly God, she burst into ins drives against our amiable he roine, but she was turned out by the officers in attendance. The arrival of the beauteous hostess from her room being announced, the people respectfully drew back to make room fur her to pass, which she did with the dignity of a Juno.— " Grace was in all her steps; Heaven in her eyes; In every gesture dignity and love." When she had taken her station in the bar,. the crowd that pressed forward to see her was incredible. Sh” was dressed in a becoming suit of black. Her hair is light and silken; her eyes are large, brilliant, and expressive, but we could not distinctly see of chat colour; her eye-brows appear as if penciled by the hand of an able artist. The lily and rose have been indefetkiable in blending their efforts upon her cheeks, and with such precision and nicety have their labours been executed, that we are at a less upon which to bestow the chaplet. Her mouth is small, but sufficiently large to give a finesse to her countenance, which, at first sight, has a striking dignity, blended with ineffable sweetness. Site is about - 28 years of age, and about five feet seven or eight inches hiA. " Take her for all in all— We nc'er shall look upon her like again." Among the crowd, one young luau, g.nteelly dressed. was nuavoidably pushed up to the bar, and being asked by an old woman (who was serving liquor) what he wanted, he said he had just drank a glass of then inclined to drink more he could not in the way he was crowded, upon which the old dame threw a glass of gin in his face. This act excited a momentary burst of indignation, and the young man was going to get a warrant for the assault, when the amiable widow begged he would not, and took swore herself' to console him. The young ma* said—" Madam, when beauty like yours pleads, my resentment most be the sacrifice; I well know old women cannot long hide their ill temper in such presence, and for your sake I am willing to impute it to her ignorance." This reproof. accompanied by a disdainful glance, quite overpowered the old lady, and she retired confused to a remote corner of the bar. Tlir. NEW COIN.—A man of the name of Henry Miskim who has lately left London for Birmingham, to purchase counterfeits of the new coinage, has ken convicted under the Bank Act, for having more than five counterfeit tokens in his possession without being able to account fur them, and it being a very flagrant case, he was coavieted in the full pe nalty of :il. for each, which he not paying, was committed to the House of Correction far three months. At the expi ration of that time he will he tried un a charge of procuring coonterfeit sixpences w hula an intention to circulate them. It has been ascertained that counterfeit half crowns of the new coinage are in eirculati (((( but nut of the last impression. A man, of the name of Charles Phillips, was detected in lit tering four of them on Monday. at the Rising Sun public house. in Charles-street, Long Acre. lie uttered two there on Monday morning, in company with two women and a man ; in the evening he uttered two more at the same place, when Mrs. Draper, the landlady, suspecting them, had him de tained, she having had two h a lf-crowns returned in the course of bite day, which were had, and which she suspected she had received from Phillips. On searching him, two other similar counterfeit half-crowns of a like manufacture were found mom him. Ou Tuesday he was examined before Mr. Birnie, at the Public Office, Bun-street, and was committed fur further examination. In the account of monks paid into the Treasury on the public account in the past year, is the following Item :—" Paid by the Earl of Liverpool, received from the Executors of J. Lackingum, deceased, being a Legacy left to the Prime Minister fur the use of Co vennuent, £33 10." It is well known, that hitherto very small progrese has been made in unrolling the Herculaneum manu scripts. A better prospect, however, begins to open. A foreign scholar, Dr. Sickier, has undertaken to unroll the most difficult specimens by a new inethod, for the success of which he pledges himself, and fir which he asks but a trilling compensation, and that only payable in the event of success. His plan has been submitted to the Royal Society, who approve of it ; and Sir T. Tyr whitt has written to encourage him to proceed. Perhaps Nlcnatider, and the lost books of Li% y, way yet cows forth to delight and instruct mankind. POETI?Y. THE BRITISH PATRIOT'S GLP:r. " Milne is flame for &that:* Is there a wicked spendthrift here, Would cheat the folks, an .Ctliat, lie swears that EtNland is to., deli, • Anil goes to France, an alliat— For alltat, an tl tat, Ili: knavklt trick, and an :Cilia', Loonh remairs to keep at haute. All honest men, toe a't hat ! 13 there a flaiinting leering wife, Would wi•ong her spouse, an alhat To France she trips to end tile btrifc, Dishonours him, an a'that ! For alhat, an n'that, Her wanton smiles, an alhat, The Girls that stay, shall bear away Fair Reatity's palm for ;'that. " stone that rolls," the wi.e man said, " Shall gather moss," ao allott ; And they who seek, the San fore:mit., Shall come haek fools, an alliat. For a'that, an . Their manners French, an alhat ; 'the poor man mourns, the patriot scorns, Such want o'sense, an ;'that. Me. DAVISON . % WlNES.— Fridav, the fashionable world had a great contest for wines. The celebrated cellars of Alexander Davison, Esq. were emptied to the best biddi rs. Ihe prices, at which the several lots were knocked doe n, were unusually high. Three dozen of red Madeira, bottled in tanl, were sold at eizhieen guineas per dozen; it was sup posed, tOr a distinguished member of the Rbyal Family. One lot of Hock. 11l years old, sold at ten guineas per dozen, and very little of the Sherry went at less than rise and six guineas per dozen.—There were upon the whole 2510 lots. They were all sold, and the total product of them exceeded 50001. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, May 13. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. DORSETT, J. Foulness Island, Essex, Farmer. BANKRUPTS. BROUGIT, J. Weston-upon-Trent, tailor. May 23, 29, June IC- 1 ; Atts. Anstice and Wright. King's Bench Walk. NAPPER, E. Fiume Selwood, Somerset, surgeon, May 29, 30, June 24. Atts. Bridges and Quilter, Red Lion-sqnare. RICKARD. S. Plymouth Duck, Slop seller, June 5,6, 24. Atts. Alexander and Holme, New Inn. HARDEN, H. Macclesfield, silk manufacturer, May 46, 27, June 24: Atts. Hued, Shaw. and Jolutsoh, Temple. DAVISON. W. North Shields, slop-seller, May 30, Tl, June 24! Att. Bettye, Chancery-lane. Mo v ILLY, W. Barton.under-Needsmod, Stafford, grocer, June 4, 7, 24. Att. Berridge, Hatton Garden. Hcanswr. J. and H. Abingdon, Reeks, timber,merelianti, May 17, 21, June 24. Att. Morgan, Church-row, Fenchurch• street. Kii.B(X6rox, S. Brewer, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden, silk. manufacturer. June 20,23,21. Att. James, Bucklersbury, London. ELW I'M, G. Canterbury, money-scrivener, May 26, 27, June 24. Att. Dyne and Son, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. OLDMAN, S. Bury St. Edmund's, innkeeper, May 23. 24, Juni es. Atts. W. Thomley, Gray's-Inn, London. GRIGG. T. Plymouth, tea-dealer, May 25, 29, June 24. Att. Alex ander, Carey-street, Lincoln's-Inn. London. ROBERTS. .1. Brugain, Montgomery, farmer, May 21, 22, June 24. Atts. Meesrss PresLuid, Proctor, and Slaney, Brunswick.' square, London. Tit t., T. Whitgreave, Staffird, dealer and cliapmen, 31111 e 3,6, 24. Atts. Messrs. Collins and Keens, Statii.rd. II nLtx, W. and J. C. NVotlon Underedge. Gloucester, clothiers, May 29, 30, June 24. Atts. Messrs. Latuberts, Taylor, and Deane. Gray's-Inn-square, London. GRANT, .1. Gracethurch-stmt, London, umbrella-maker, May 15, 20, June 514. Att. llutrliin.on, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street. SaINNERTOw, Will. Fillongley; Warwick, wheelwright, May 22, 23. June 24. Att. Constable, Symond's-Inn, Chancery-lane, Jouxsox, P. Bevis-Marks, St. Mary-Axe. London, merchant, :May 21, 51, and June 24. Att. Howard, Jewry -street, Ahlgate. STARLET, 11. and T. Weston, Lower Thanii.street. London, iron mongers, May 21, 31, June 21. Att. Fitzgerald, Lawrence, Pountney-hilL DOBIE, Rowland. Kenton-street, flmnswiek-square. Middlesex, painter. May 17, 21. June 24. Atts. Nfoors. C:iiipman, Stevens, and Wood, Little St. Thomas Apostle, Loudon. DIVIDENDS. J. Jones, .1. Owen, and 11. Abbott, Bucklersbury, merchants, May 20. G. Blake, Bishop Monekton, and W. Blakey, Leeds, grocers, June 7. J. Balfour, Ba.singhall-street, Blackwell Hall factor, May 20. A. Gumpertz, Great Winchester -street, merchant, May , 20. T. Nate. and J. White, Old Broad -street, insurance-broken,June 10. H. Searle, Strand, boot-maker, June 7. .1. I). Jones, Philpot-lane, merchant. May 20. J. White, Walton-upon-Thames, innkeeper, June 3. (.. I)essel, Bristol, coach -master, June 3. J.: Lewis, Bristol, woollen-draper, June 3. M. Morgan, Newport, Monmouthshire. sliopkeeper..huse 6. S. J. Lee, South tresent, l'ottenliani-eourc-niall, merchant, June 3. R. and T. Dorille, Swatuby, Yorkshire, merchants, June 9. T. Linghani, 11'oreester, mealman, June 6. A. T. Patterson, and J. M. Maloneek. Liverpool, merchants, Jane 9. T•.. G. W. Tuck, Edmonton, dealer, May 31. W. Wood, Hartley, Staflon'shire. victualer. Jun 4. M. Hanley, Mitre -court, Fleet-A. tavern-keept r. June 3. F. Fisher, Edgware-road, nurstryinnn, June 3. A. J. Mackenzie and H. Roper. Finsbury-square, menitants, June e. J. Robertson arid J. Stein, Lawrence Potilitwy hill, merchant s , June 3. W. Spear, Upper Thames-street. stationer. Julie 10. ('. Muston, Epping. Essex. schoolmastcr..hoc .7. B. T. Ford, jun. Cross, Sinier.etthire, Make, June 4. .1. Hodson and M. Margrearcs, Lives pool, tauther-merelytnts, June 1 L. J. and .lot. Sykes, Leeds. merchants, June 3. T. Brayn. i)rayton in Hales. Salop, currier, June 3. N. Wood. Chichester, linen-draper, June 10. T. Hanioll, East-row, City-to:al. chemist. June 10. CERTIFIT'ATINI--Jimr: 3. .1. A. ITre. Liverpool, wine-merchant—lL T.avison, of Ilaydan. square, merchant—('. Hayes, Cooler's-now, Tower-hill, wine-n er. chant—T. Cowry, Spits -square, mitster-mariner—W. Nlancliester. linen-draper—J. Green, jun. %Val , :all, Stafflrilbhire, druirgi.t-11. Methucu, Manchester, nianufatturer—T. Martin. Chichester, collar-maker—W. Alderson, Sundt:Arad near t.bu Sea, currier.