The National Register. — London, England, 1814-03-13 00:00:00

TIiC NATION'AL ftr.nisTEß. MARCIT 13. 2V THE EDITOR. SlR—The conductor of the Newspaper called TIE TinEs, baring thought proper to indulge his character-' istic malignity, by reprinting, in one of his late Papers, his false and malicious account of a trial, in which I was UNTI Fl ABLY and HONOURABLY a Defendant, in 1810, 1 fuel it due, equally . to the abused Truth and the abused Public, to state the following explanatory facts : That on the day following that on which the pretended Law Report appeared in the Times, in 1810, I published a distinct and circumstantial Refutation of its mis-state men! s ; which refutation the Editor has, of course, with held on the present occasiott • That afterwards, having reason to suspect that the Plaintiffs themselves were the real Anthors of what the Times, with an utter disregard, oU all shame, has so re cently called " a faithful and impartial report, which it was its duty to publish for the information of its readers." I directed my Attorney, Mr. GEORGE WATKINS ) of Lin eidlr's Inn, to commence legal proceedings against the opr:etor, for the purpose of exposing his dishonest and corrupt practice of printing, as reports of course, the et parte statements of disappointed- and exasperated par ties in suits at law. That, on the Proprietor of the Times proposing to give tip the author, if the proceedings were dropt against him, 1 discncered, by his own confession, the scandalous and shaniefle fact, that this report, now flagitiously said to have been given " in the usual course of the Law Pro ceedings of tile Times," was in truth furnished by the VERY PLAINTIFri IN THE CAUSE); I. That, on this evidence so furnished by the Proprietor of the Times. I brought an action in Trinity Term, 1810, against the llaintiffs, as the Authors of 64 this faithful and impariial apart (y* the Law Proceedings of the Times ;" but, before Michaelmas Tenn was deprived, by circum stances well known to tire public, of the power of ob taining satisfaction, through the means of an expensive law suit. Persons who have seen or read Shakespeare's Play of the Merchant of Venice, may be at no loss to assign their appropriate characters to the parties concerned in the drama in question; and may thence derive correct no tions of the Whole trapsaction ; Venice, however, with all its erimes, pollutions, and corruptions, was without any-engine of malice like the Times ; or, notwithstanding the protection afforded to Antonio by the Law, Shy lock might have had the power to destroy the unhappy Mer chant ! After all, this social monster, like the crocodile, whines over its supposed victim, and pathetically complains of the calumnies of which, it says, I make it the object. I put it, however, to the common sense, and common ho nesty of mankind, whether too much can be said too strongly against a publication which feeds the animosities of individuals, and perverts the wholesome current ofjus lice, by giving place to ex-parte statements of Trials in Courts of Law ; and, I may add, with equal truth, which extends the same demonaical spirit from Individuals to Nations, and labours unceasingly, and without remorse, in exciting such public ALARMS ) and JEALOUSTES, that one half of mankind are made to believe, that it is necessary for their Own safety, THAT THEY SHOULD CUT THE THROATS OF THE OTHER HALF. Tavistock Sq. March 11 2 1814. R.Piimors. NATIVITY OF BUONAPAR7E. 170 TO THE F.DITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER. SIR —At this critical and momentous time, when the fate of king. thorns hang upon that of one individual, I was led to investigate the nativity of Buowparte. as to his fitture fate, so fai as it depend ed on the toflnence of the stars (as they are posited at the tioie of his birth.) Having seen three publications prirportieg to be 'there, lint varying in time and causes of ettec?s, I was tel to slip pope irrither could be the tree time of his birth (which I really believe to be the ease); therefore have chosen a time myself, which, in my cpinion, accords with past accidents, and gives me confidence. as to the future. In my opinion he was born on the 15th August, 4 hours 34 minutes P. 51. 1769. The positions at that time are midi as to form a great though nut a good nom. The moon, in partieular t assumes a powerful prerogative, and when meeting with the baneful aspects of malifie sun, will have very powerfUl effects. For bre vity's sake I will only quote two. At 43 and 3 months, the moon came to the square of 111,irs in Mood° : witness the destruction of his army, and narrowly escaping himself (and why? he completely committed himself, for the stars in their courses fought against him). About the completion of his 45th year, the moor) agaiu meets with a baneful aspect of the same planet, Ent more powerful in its effects, ',viz. his iisnmaane parallel ; which nut only threatens him with the loss and overthrow of his armies, but dcafh itself; awl will, I_ really think, take place in the course of next summer. Fulham, 3d March 1814. CASSANDRA. As the drawing of the ignitions of the stars given by our Corres• pondent could add nothing to his statement, Imo would not be gene rally understood, and as we are extremely pressed for room we have omitted it uail a future opportunity of inserting it shall offer. RELIEF TO THE POOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER, Stn—The continuance of' a severe winter, and the great 'weevil. ties of the poor, induce me to beg your attention and a small spaci in your valuable Paper to consider this subject. In many paris.hea great and sea ()liable relief has been administered with eqoal ahiaty, humanity, and disinterestedness ; in others, I am sorry to say, al most tot much evil as good has been done to the poor. In some in stances, money has been given to them, which was instantly used iii purchasing gin ; in others, clothes were given,. which iinmetliatcly travelled to the pawnbrokers ; and, in certain cases, coals and bread have Mtn very judiciously distributed, but the'former at an cues. mous a price which is wholly incompatible with our notions of joss Lice and humanity. Thug, for example : on the same day I find the Committees for collecting money and distributing relief to the raw in St. Andrew's, Holborn, and St. George's, Southwark, paid on's , 73k. a chaldron for coals, while 1151. were given in Clerkenweii! This extraordinary difference of 40s. a chaldron I conceive to be in explicable on rational principles of fair dealing, and it becomes the Committre of Clerkenwell to publish to the world, and at their own i n di v id ua l e x pe L e e , the reas o n of their giving away the subscriptions in this careless manner. I have Icartied from ow or the •‘ Gtty dia::a of the Poor" in that parish, that about 80 chahh un of coals I::tve been given to the indigent, and Cutt on an avm,ge they curt abont a guinea a chaldron more than in other parisker!. This app: at to me such gross mismaragement, which my informant could not ac count for, that I think it a duty to state the tarts as rt-latrd to me, in order that time public or benevolent and di,intetetged indivi4:ttal* may examine the matter more, attentively, and endeavour to gate ill &tore the snfferings of the indigent and uneuipkyed, w Wt . out any hope of personal adviistage. Let them begin by el:chiding coal dealers from sitting and voting in such benevolent Committees, and all persons whatever whose line of business renters them, either directly or indirectly. interested in the consumption of the ai ticks given to the poor. This is the very basis on which all Committves should be fortnid, and a neglect of it seldom f;tils of being at with the most injurious conseqnences, to the parish poor, and the utmost dissatisfaction of the subscribers. I um, Sir, your's, &c. March It o 1814. A CHRISTIAN. EARLY DERR AVITY.—Nine boys, of the age of twelre and under, are under sentence of death in Newgate, convicted ot . burglary, la starring, (1, t. breaking) tradesmen's shop winduw`i and ateallni such goods as are within A i