The National Register. — London, England, 1821-08-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONASh.'REGISTER MIS MAJESTY'S JONNEY TO IRELAND. - 4 11. WEST COWES, Atft, s.—Lord haven has returned to these roads from the royal squadron, which his lordship left yesterday at Yarmouth. It was remarked, that is beating down upon a wind his Majesty's yacht proved the best salter in the squadron but on ing large, Lord Craven was the victor. A kind of Ike emulation is graciously encouraged by the Kin. , on this occasion; for other A roe, the strictness of etitpette won't. not allow any vessel to precede the royal yacht. Rut it was something like a naval race yesterday, every man trying to prove the best which he could exercise over wind and water. Lord power has a large party of gentlemen at his reside whom he takes out every morning in his yacht on a cruise. Visiters are now pouring rapidly into the island. Lord Grantham's yacht is dio here. At five o'clock this morning the wind changed to the Fact. a most favourable alteration fur his Majesty. I have learned that at three o'clock in the afternoon his iVfajeAy had rabsed Portland. At this rate the royal squadron will be speedily at I lolyhead. WEYMOUTH, AUGUST 4.—Yesterday afternoon the royal squadron, accompanied by several gentlemen's yachts, upwards or 50 sail, were becalmed and brought lip in this hay. A royal salute was fired front the Admiralty cruizer Coy/round, !Avid. Anderson, R.N. commander, and returned from the battery on the Nothe, where an immense concourse of people were assent • bled to behold the flotilla. J. W. Weston, Esq. Mayor, attended by the Bahia, a deputation of the Corporation, the Town Clerk. &c. went on board the Jane yacht, Capt. Green, for the purpose of paying their dutiful respects to the King, at the same time inviting his Ma i jesty to honour this town with a visit. The party were most graciously received. It is reported that \Vim Young, Esq. (through theMayor),offered his Majesty the use of his man sion. in which our late beloved Monarch and Royal Family MELANCHOLY OCCURRUNCE AT BOULOGNE. AVOUIT 3, 1821.—Some friends being assembled and at tea in the drawing-room, in the house of Mr. Webster Wedderbarnc, in this city, on Wednesday evening last, a violent scuffle was heard in the par lour, when the company found that Mr. Webster Wedderburne had stabbed his valet with a spring dirk from a cane, in six difrerent places. The man has been taken the best cure of possible, and the Police arc busily employed invcsti ,, ating this myste rious transaction. Mr. Webster Walerburne quitted Boulogne the same night. The situation of Lady Frances Weddcrburnc is truly lamentable—she re mains in the house with two infant children, and is again in a state of pregnancy. FURVIIER PARTICULARS. _ _ The Sunday evening previous to this wretched catastrophe, Lady Frances entcred a room where her husband was engaged in a duel with his valet. Mr. W. was in the act of cocking a pistol to shoot `him, when Lady Frances rushed between them, and rescued the man from inevitable death. The hus band has fled, leaving her with only 100 francs.— Surely her friends will send for her home. On the present occasion Lady F. was again the first to enter the room. Mr. W. and his servant were then on the ground struggling, the valet up permost, and both deluged with blood. She dragged the valet off her husband to the staircase, when he fell from loss of blood. The company now ran out from the drawing room, and Mr. Curzon pulled the dirk from the man's body. Surgeons Campbell, Robertson and Goree, and Dr. Courtenay, were stantly called in. They declared that he had lost full seven pounds of blood. He is between fifty and sixty years of age, and of a plethoric habit.— My private opinion is, that the wound not having been in a mortal part, the man may yet reamer.— We think that Mr. W. cannot be sane. He said last Tuesday, in the presence of four gentlemen, that he should be happy were he sure that his brains would be blown out at the next day. The company in the house when this catastrophe happened were—Lord Barrymore, the Honorable and Reverend Henry Maxwell, Lieutenant Colonel Knight, Hon. Mr. Curzon, Captains Rowed and Rose, R. N. and Doctor Courtenay. resided. A boat's crew from the royal yacht came ashore for provisions. Mr. Hare, the King's purveyor, amongst other stores. sent on hoard three fine live Portland sheep, fed on the estate of Charles Buxton, Esq. and the ftuitcrcrs and fishmongers' shops were well cleared. TEN o'cLocx, A.M.—The rot al squadron still remains in our roads, and is not expected to sail to the westward till Mon day. Lieutenant Anderson. in the Greyhound, has received orders to join. POOLE. AUG. 3.—Yesterday afternoon the royal squadron appeared off this port, on its way down Channel, and about five o'cotthe royal yacht and the squadron came to an anchor in Swanage Bay. As may be readily supposed. every one was anxious to pay a tribute of respect to his Sovereign, and every boat in the neighbourhood of the bay was immediately filled with spectators, all eager to have a view of their bed ved Sovereign. It is impossible to describe the condescension shewo by his Ma jesty in acknowledging the repeated salutations of his subjects, as the numerous boats passed the yacht. His Majesty remained on deck nearly two hours after she came to anchor. His Majesty looked remarkably well, and appeared to be enjoying as good health as possible. At ten o'clock the yacht was illuminated, which had a most pleasing effect. At five this morning the squadron got under weigh, and stood to the westward, with a light sir from the eastward, but were still in sight at noon. The wind, however, has since increased, and they hare proceeded dawn Channel. PLYMOUTH. AUG. s.—After the making up of the London bags last night, intelligence was brought ashore by Sir William Curtis, who arrived in his pleasure yacht about 8 p.m. that our beloved King had reached NVeymouth, on his way hither. A general joy pervaded the neighbourhood, in expectation of greeting his Majesty this morning. The dock-yard tool were ordered to be in attendance, and the whole garrison was in rea diness to turn out in a moment. Some pilots were sent for, and went off immediately with boats full of company for the Break water at midnight, where they pitched their tents in the anxious hope of having an opportunity of paying their homage to their sovereign on the morrow at day-break. Once more, however, they were doomed to experience a disappointment. The royal squadron is said to have passed by in the night, and has in till probability ere this reached Anglesea. The wind has been variable, but for the mote part favourable. At intervals it blew pretty fresh during the night, and has been succeeded by one of the finest days we have had this season. The grain begins to assume a richer tinge, and the harvest will probably be an abun dant one. On Wednesday last, in consequence of the direc tions of the Lords of the Treasury, a Committee of the Board of Excise are diligently employed in rc v:ewing the practice of that extensive Department, with a view to make such alterations therein as may tend to increase the facilities of the fair trader, without injuring the security of the revenue; and also to ascertain what reductions arc practicable. On Monday last, the Nereus, a fine frigate of 44 guns, was launched from the Pembroke dock-yard. She went off the stocks in grand style, amidst the acclamations of an immense concourse of spectators. PORTSMOUTH, Auo. 9.—This morning orders were received for his Majesty's ships Wag:um, Cap tain Doyle; 7:yne, Capt. T. K. White; and Rosario sloop of war, to proceed immediately to Harwich, in order to receive the remains of her Majesty the Queen on board, to be conveyed to Cuxhaven. The Glasgow was getting ready to receive Sir Edward Paget thr the East Indies. She will return again to this port fin. that purpose. At half past four they were out of sight, with a fair breeze; they will be at Harwich early in the morning. Agreeably to orders received from London, the royal standard was hoisted half-mast high on the bastion, as also at the dock-yard and gun-wharf, and the pendants of all his Majesty's ships and vessels in the port were lowered. (ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.) .. Passed by this port last night, about 10 o'clock, with a fine breeze from the eastward, the !loyal Georgr yacht, with his Majesty on board; also the Royal Sovereign yacht, and his Majesty's ships Liffr y, Active, Hind, Lee, Rosario, Chantelion, wolf; Grecian, and Starling." HIS MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL. AT 1101.YIIF:AD. Extract from a private Letter, dated Holyhead, August 7, One o'clock, p.m. - . " The royal squadron came to anchor off' this harbour at ten p.m. yestert4y. His Majesty does not land, and it appears very probable the squadron will be under weigh in a few hours The wind is contrary, hut moderate." Extract from another Letter, dated Holyhead, Augnst Five o'clock, p.m. " The King is just landed, and set ow with the Marquess of Anglesea to Plasnewydd." Extract of a letter dated Stockholm, July 27 6-- " It is now ascertained that the multiplicity of bu siness now helium the Diet of Norway will not per mit the ses.:ion t• be teiminated lictiure the arrival of the King at Christiania. This circumstance is per haps a good omen tar the events that may probably occur during the King's residence among his Nor wegian suljects. Union and perlixt harmony be tween the le4islative and executive authorities would be thr ever established, it' the Diet, voluntarily con ceding a part of its actual privileges, would accord to the King a future rdo on all decrees to be here after issued by itself. Till now the King has only possessed it in an extremely tin:dined manner, and a decree passed by three Diets in succession could de feat altogether the refusal of the King's saaction-- All persons, except the actual members of the Diet, seem to be desirous thr this salutary arrangemeot, and to think it necessary for re-establishing the equilibrium between the two authorities (1 the state." Striking &Owlec vf the Improvement of the Nati gallon (g . the Clgde.—The fine American brig Au pyrb, of IWB tons burthen, arrived on Friday at the Broomilaw from New York, with a full cargo, chiefly cotton. This is the largest foreign vessel, fully loaded, that has come up to Glasgow. She is said to be intended for a regular trader between New York and Ciltvgow. 951 PIaACY AND (Extract of a letter, dated Stmatateay, Jai!, 27.—1 am sorry that it b..comes any painful duty to relate a case of the most atrocious lour:ler and piracy lately committed in the Western Ocean, the particulars of ss hick, and the manner in which the same cattle to light, 1 beg leave to explain in the following narrative:—Late on Monday the 23d i n st it then blowing a hard gale front the south. war!, I received intimation from a NI r. Mac leer, tacks man of the farm of Tolstay, near the But of the Lewi s that on Sunday evenitig his tenants had perceived a wreck a► some distance from the land, and !baton going towards her they discovered the wreck to be a cop:seg . -bottomed schooner, water-logged, nod out her beam ends ; that they lode fast to her, in hopes of being able to bring the .ick to some place of safety, in winch they would have probably and eventually have succeeded, but for the gale of wind which had just then come on, and which drove the vessel that night on shore into a cove near Tolstay head. In the morning it was discovered by the vessel's parting that her cargo consisted of hogsheads of oil, becs'-wax, paper, which were floating about in all direc tions. Immediately on receiving NI r. MAC leer's letter.' -etude preparations for sending a proper person to the spot to look after the wreck, and take a ch irg• of what could be saved, there being no evidence to prove the identity of the vessel, intending to proceed there myself with all con venient despatch, but was prevented by the following circumstanc. s : On toy rising ill the morning (Tuesday) I met the col lector olcustoms, who that a boat's crew bad been surprised the preceding evening within a few miles of Storuaway; which, from the iiithrination of a boy who had turned King's evidence, proved to have been a set of pirates, who had moldered their captain and a seaman; and having plundered the ship of a considerable quantity of specie oil the east side of this island on Sunday morn ing last, scuttled the vessel and abandoned her, but were. front the interposition of Providence, prevented by the gale of wind from effecting their purpose of reaching the main land. The crew being immediately made priso tiers, a precogssition was taken before four magistrates. and at which I attended fur three days ; and the following narrative is a brief statement of what was elucidated from them : The schooner Jean, of about 100 tons, owned by a Jew house of the 114111 e of Louis so Lewes, at Gibraltar, loaded there in the month of Nlay, a cargo, consisting of sweet oil, heel'-wax, Jars of olives, paper, Sac. and 30,000 to 40,000 dollars to specie, and sailed front thence on the 19th of May ; her crew consisting of the master, Thomas Johtison ; the mate. Peter Hayman ; three British, one ltaliati, one Freuch SCOIII3II, and a Maltese boy ; the Captain, and Paterson, seaman, were murdered on the nturning of the 7th cilium., then in 6) degrees north let., when piratical roses was taken of the vessel, and her papers thrown over board. Alter varicion schemes being proposod, it was resolved to steer north. to the Lewis es, and afterwards to land on the east of Scotland with the specie ; they first made the north of Ireland, then the island of Ilaira, where they bought a large boat, fur which they paid about lal., the Captain now, formerly mate, assuming the name of Rogers, and pretending to he Innis New York, b dto Archangel. On last Saturday morning they sailed from thence, and steered their coarse to the ',ward, inside of the Long Wand, until being in the evensug abreast of Stor tiaway, they descried a vessel which they took to be a cutter; this immediately caused them to alter their for mer resolution, and • ced the•ur to determine on aban doning the schooner, aunt making the best of their way to the main land in the large boat. Baring accordingly proceeded to the northward, they collected their specie. and shipped the saute into the boat, with the other effects, and having scuttled the schoostea, finally aban doned her. They then steered lor the main land, when next mooting they were providentially overtaken boy the gale of wind which forced them to put into the creek in v% Inch they were discovered; they at first came to a grap !tell, .1101 cuutiuurJ bollie • rlilillg by it, but at length were driven on shore, and the boat stave. This put theft under the necessity of secreting the specie, and they as corditigly honed tile greater part of it in the sand, amid the rest they concealed ainotig tlt bagea.te, every triatt's share being previously divided, and sewed up its canvass bags, each taking Care of his own, trusting that they could have repaired their boat aild put to sea again when the weather moderated. In this stoat hey we're sur prised by the officers of customs, when the pretended captain, tinder the new name of heillee. (having for merly at Barra gone under the• tunic of Rogers), trun.ped up a story tit shipwreck, and said that lie had been mate of a ship hoot \..w York to Liverpool. 'rite Nl,llte,e however, Honig au (ippon • y of C011111M11161.1114 to the Surveyor 1.0 C0310:03 the 11114111 , 11141101/ 01 the al rue 011 s Je•t that 0.01 luceii committed, Will the subsettheitt cutoltivt of the 10.11 e 111141 crew, as well as their m.elClll4( Ille specie. They were ' Hart 17 made prisoners, amp alter a very minute tuvcstigat' be fore the inaaisiratei. they fully admitted the facts com municated by the boy. Captain Oliver, of the Princes( Wrs/es revenue cruiser, Tracing to call iii here yesietilay, advantage was takes 01 Slollloog Oldie criutul lla or Lath to undergo their trial ou ru, Atm. 4.—The suite of BoonapArte were treated in every resi.ect, on landing, according to the provision of the Alien Act. Sir J. Whitshed sent off his barge, lin- their conveyance on shore, with Bias secretary, J. It. Glover, Esq. who accompanied hem, and a carriage was waiting at the sally -port to convey them to the inn ; but it was previously drawn to the Custom-house, where they were examined, and a description of their several persons and charm ten registered. It is understood to be Count lk•r trand's wish to take up his future residence in EuglAnd. Buonaparte is said to have left a coital. &fable :lam of his property to the Cont. Extract from another letter. same date. " Uotil two o'clock it was understood that his Majesty would sail for Dublin at Com o'clock in the afternoon, but at 2 o'clock, p.m. it was announced that his Majesty would land ; and imnte• diately the beach and all the avenues leading to it were crowded with spectators. At five o'clock his Majesty landed on the Pier, amid a royal salute from two pieces of ordnance, planted betiire the Custom I louse, and the ships of the squadron. Iromediattly upon his landing on the Pier, Sir John Stanley. accompanied by a depu tation of the inhabitants, presented his Mujesty an addles+ of congratulation on his arrival, to which his Majesty answered : •• That he received with peculiar pleasure this affectionate and loyal Address of a Principality, the title of which he hall borne (luring so tong a portion of his lite." The spectators cheered his Majesty in the most enthusiastic manner. The carriage of the Marques of Angitsea was in at tendance, and his Majesty set oil* for Plasnewythl, the Marques's seat, followed by reread other carriages, and b 7 a procession of the people at least a mile long. Tne Marques s seat is 27 wiles hence. 111pjesty. at present intends to bail for Ireland to-morrow, at tour o'clock in the afternoon. illb Majesty is in perfict health and spirits. EXPORT of ToBACCo TO TRELAND.—Extract of a letter, dated Treasury Chambers, July '2l, 1821 • GENT 11.E1111:x,—Willi rererenee to a Report of the Com missioners of Excise of :he 3th ultimo, on a statement f Newry, in Ireland, in reg.osl to a consignment or toliateo from New fork; :tad with ref, ',nee also to a lone of this ibiard of the '23il ultimo, to the Como:ks oners of Excise, directing a clause to be prepared allowing tobacco to be exported to Ireland iu verse's or 70 nms ; the Lords Commissioners of his Alaje-ty's Treasury desire that, until the plca.sure of Parliament shall be known, you will give {;costal directions for granting midi getter. (Signed) •• S. R. I.USIIINGTON. " Commissioners of Cust •t. • Niite...—Orders hare been ant to tlai omporu in con formity." ~ .~