The National Register. — London, England, 1818-10-05 00:00:00

:5 1 4 JAMAICA PAPERS. KINGSTON, Ara. 3. With regret and horror we have to add one mere to the dreadful catalogue , of barbaroes and cruel murders which have heen lately committed in this island, a crime which for merly very seldom fell to onr lot to record. On Monday cveiling, the 20111 ult. about five o'clock, the body of J. 31'I woil, Esq. of Lerlestlown Plaiefttiol3, ie Mallelliolleal,Wail funnel on the road, nut far from his own residence, finite life• less,weltering in his blood, with his skull dreadfully fractured in several plates, and having other marks of !mirage and fe •rociotts violence recently indict:el, and %Inch are supposed, by the contused appearance of the weninds, to have been given by a hoc: one fracture of the interior portion of the occipital hone was so very exiensis e as to have permitted the escape of a considerable part of the brain. On the day fel lowing an Initisiti-•1 scat taken on view-ef the body, by D. fetters , Esq. a Magistrate of that perish, (the Coroner being confined by an indisposition) and a respectable Jury, when a stiiet investigation was very properly instituted, but from .which nothing, we are sorry to say, transpired that could teal .lo the discovery of the party guilty of this most ; tnhnnt.ut mottle, - ; the Jury tiaviitg, after a deliberate and patient exatuinaliou returned a verdict of" Wil •ful Murder, by a person of s persous unknown." No act of 31r. Mtl-eotl, could have civet Alw of provocation for 'this most atrocious molder. lie 1,43 exceedingly tutu to, being an invalid, add in the l'Gth year of age, the greateat mart of which lie has tesided in the island ;he s a widower, but two daughters survive to lament their father% tbeedful fat.. Since the elrove we feel meets gratification in romintini•' eating to the Public, tbet the our triers of Mr. Nl'Leurl have been apprehended. The circitnistemes which led to their apprehension-are as follow : Mr. Rose, the nephew of Mr. siutpecting that the Negroes on the plantation were concerned, took oneof them (alinuelet entom room, and atter miestioning tier minutely on the -•nhjeet,--stie •.at length •coefeiried that talc slaves, one the property of Mr. O. Minot, of Portland, and the other be_ longing to Rose Garden estate, hail perpetrated the minder, and vvele at the time secreted its the Negro-ho a xes. On re ceiving this hiformation Mr. Rose sent to revere' of the neigh-. boars requesting their assistance,. and in the aftemoosi rode test its quest of the miscreants. 011 their way to Ectlestlown at night, one of the servants who followed heard a I itstling its the bushes, and observed that some person must certainly be secreted among theta. On repairing to the spot they dis covered a Negro %mined ‘Villiaiii, belonging to Ecclestlawit, who had been a notorious rataaseete, %slits a lance iii his liana, ntakieg tiff. In the attempt to escape lie fell mid was secured; when Le made a great noise, but was immediately gagged. A careful seat ell %.111 now 'utile, and they -discovered a lint in Which they found Mr. themes Neer() asleep, and the one Belonging to Rose Garden smoking his pipe. The former on awaking thehitter for his cutlass, hut they were bode s..cured before any weapon could be treed. ac knowledeed that he bad employed the Negroes alieve 'nen_ tinned to 1111/rdei . his 'mister, and that they waited for the up. portueiry. On their meeting Mr. M•Leod,it appeats tit:door of thoin gave tee uuloritinate ei.ntleinan a blow on the lore. bead, when he exclaimed, it !" .'ritia wax fug uw ad by another on the back of the heall,u Inch brought him treats his Liorse to the ground. "Vitcv then coatemplated using theii cutlasses, but told tile et:milers:us net to chop him, as lice While people, Oil seeing the chops, would conclude that he lt.ul4,eets nuirdemd but advised Mein to take large stones nail mash his bead well, which they aceurdinaly did. The body was then renewed ton neighbouring guile", and William stationed himself on the road side, to lance Mr. Rase as lie passed by. A fall confession of alit lie circumstances of the reorder was made, and Mr. Minors Negro, a very powerful and dietetic fellow, declared that hail he beenewake, and pee seeseti.of the entless when they cattle to the Itot,he would have killed all the party. lu consequence tit the coofession, oilier Negiel'a are supposed to lie concerned, and-sonw have beets sectieed. Estanneetions were going on when our isfartumit left that qteater. Mr. Minutes Negro, on his way to gaol, dropped du'.rn and 110011 alter expired, and it is supposed that he had pti.soned himself to escape the fate which awaited Lim. Mr. Rose is entitled to the greatest praise lot. his per sevesatace in discovering die-murderers, and afterwards us. eisliasg to secure the miscreants. The following instance of wanton depravity, degrading to the perpetrators, and injurious to the character el English men, we have received from respectable authority boat's crew, from a Greenland ship belonging to this port, lauded on Four Island Pointlast June, where a *inter house war, lot It for the residence of a Danish family ; its inhabitants at the time were some distance from the place, and the seamen plandered the house of all it contained : brought away a bum nearly full of seal oil, two spars, a gnu, a crab and eapstere, and a .quantity of wood ; and finished the depredation by burniug the building. The bodies of several Esquimanst, which had been buried there, were dug up ; among them was a carpenter, who died on board one of the ships in Davis's Straits, • and was buried on the island, sth June, 1816, and whose body was so perfect as to be itleittified by the Captain and crew of the ship he belonged tJ, and who bad the hotly • again decently interred. The coffin W 43 broken to pieces, and the shirt torn otf with brutal depravity I--Hall Ad red iser. Among the papers laid before Parliament last •Session, is a • correspondence between Earl Bathurst and Lieut.-Governor Bentinck, touching the treatment ofa female slave on a plan tation at fierbice, named America.—lt appears that this poor creature had been flogged by order of a woman of colour, wife of the manager of a plantation, for some alleged im pertinence, and the following is the desciiption given by Go vernor Bentinek of the hellish torture inflicted on her ; "Only conceive for a moment (says the Governur) two strong men with heavy cart-whips corded, flogging a poor unfortn natepregisard woman, laid flat on her belly, stretched on the • ground naked, with her hands and feet tied to stakes, re • eeiving upwards of 150 lashes, with one driver on one side, and the other on the other, every stroke cutting deep and fetching blood; after which the was take u, and both he► fret wade fast in the stocks for a fortnight or more, lying with her wounds upon a flat fora► of hard wood, in a state of preg nancy, and mine of her friends peimitted to give.her any thing to eat. •To put her into the stocks was necessary, to prevent her from cumin:: to the fiscal to complain!' On Saturday last an explosion of gas took place in one of the coal pits at the Buttery Colliery, near Dudley, of which eight men were the victims, including the foreman, a most respectable man sod vs hiable servant. Five of •h' siaiters had familits; and this un •-thrtunate catastitophe cold not :rave punned hal they wad the s %rely-lamp THE 'NATIONAL REGISTER ASSOCIATION IN THE NETHERLANDS FOR EMPLOYING THE POOR. Preliminary Report made to his Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Netliedands,• from the General Committee of an extensive Association fumed in the Netherlands for employing the industrious pour. HAGUE, SEPT. 17. M. van den Bosch, fiat Assessor of the Commission of Benevolence, has presented, in the name of the permanent committee of that lostitotionot very important ieport to hi. Royal flightless Pa nice odes as president and patron of the Society. It appems by this interesting vZocimient that the Con. mission of Benevolence, in order to esssiblish the first colony, 11411 purchased a large-estate, called W est arbeekslotit, situated in Drenthe, on the borders of Oseryssel, -and about half •a league fun: , Streuwyck. pureliaae VlinbiAts of 800 morgens,.(earli about two ncres,) 100 of which are wood, arable, and meadow !anal. aii.: the rentoiroder heath. The latter includes a portion of marsh, bat the whole it•capable . of being riniverted into fertile arable laud. Settle I . ..ousands of • ti ees offer at once a apientity of build ing timber, and the eniting of underwood, whether for sale or for use, m ill he very advantageous. There are besides upon this estate eight good corr a r l o,„ a handmine house for the director of the colony, and sit nate.' inn. A canal already partly navigable, intersects the whole,' and facilitates the transport of enininotiities iuns ard and outward ; this canal promises to he hereafter a sourer of get.ost profit. The •itnatinn is healthy and agreeable. The nrielibonr. hood of the Aa renders the access convenit it. Extensive fens in the noighbourhooll of the col o ny present to the industi ions colonist, with rivoril to himself, moderate ad vantages at p.•::sent, but hold out in time the pt °select of. very profitable lahoitt,:and prepare for his children the means of soon earning a au bsi3tcnse„ Situated near Steenwyck, adr: surronnded by a !mother of small villages, the colony will alma''s have within its reach medical a•sistatrce,schools and places of public worship. Under such a favourable conch', rioter of circumstance., the committee, on their part, have neglected no arm ts for the excel ion of the important plan which has .been adopted, namely, to make au experiment of' a first colony, in which, in the root se of this year, a cumber of indigent families should he employed it agriculture and manufactures. With this v iew, the important work of establishing sub committees ha•, in the cuari.e of a tee a eek•, hem' brought to a considerable degree of forwardness. These committees ate evtablivlied in eighty towns. lie village eoli.itiit tees at e neatly appoisitetl, and 100 similar Committers will soya be in aetisity thiongliout the whole extent of the nortliein tyro viitees. Through the incitation.; ca•aperation of the governors and the burghers of the different towns, as well as throng', the zeal of the sub_committees, a considerable portion of the eon teilintion necessary for this year is actually colic cted. The society, whirls already coasisis of move than 17,000 members, is daily extending itself, and %sill soon Lei enereased by some thousands more in ddl. c ee eiiiiiarts of the country. With teveet to the winks to the colony, the wood, iron, stone, lime, Si:it. indispensably necessary fur building of Li houses, hash already been conveyed to the ecdoay, bye ant tract moth: vo fdvoortthle tt-rto.. The canals in and shout the colony, requisite for transpoe t, ale already brought to a nasi gablestate. The building of 2 - .) houses is iu a very forwnrel slate ; the ground foil the remainder is marked out, and th e ir foundationation 14W ; and, in consequence of the measures taken, the whole estate will, v:ithia a lew days, be surrounded by a deep ditch. Vhe advantages of this arrangement for the in. ternal police and economy of the colony are incalculable. Fifty morgens of good nicadow land, which are in , ...ineled within this circuit, will, in the conrveof the ensuing Spring, b . .• allotted by the commission to another experiment; or by giving to each family two cows, a cow-house, and the neces sary stall fodder, the interests of the society will.he com bined with the farther comfort of the colonists. The ground necessary for this purpose is already ploughed, and will he sown with floriu grass. All the itiliahitraits in the environs of Westerbeeksloot show the greatest zeal in promoting the views of the society ; and, among other things, plough the land of the colony gratis. Several perions, and Inert particularly Messrs Van Royer, of Vleihlcr,Tuttel, and Schuserman, of Steenwyck, merit the highest eulogies on the part of the society for the important assistance they have afforded. Fbe ploughing of the ground before winter, besides its con venience fur the arrival of the colonists, further assures the Society, that all the ground that may be let oil, even if the winter should be severe and of long duration, can be sown before the ensuing spring, and will give the opportunity of ascertaining by experiments the best mode or raising stall fodder for the colony. With respect to manure, the necessary measures have also been adopted. A supply of about 1,000 lasts is now conveyed to the colony. •The penis committee hopes to be able, with!ii a few days, to present a report relative to the measures taken for supplying clothing, household furniture, and ii , ensils, as with respect to all these objects they have already made a very favourable progress. Meanwhile, they are busily and (flee. tiaaliy occupied with the arialigelliellis and purchases neves ,ary for the provisioning of the colony, and regulating its internal economy ; and they hope, before the end of the pre sent month, to lay before his Royal Highness and the other Meinuers of the Commission at Benevolence a detailed State. mem of their success in accomplishing these objects. - • The report concludes thus:—" An impartial view of what has been done in the course of• two mouths, alit' above all within the last fortnight, k a suffieient pledge that, in spite of the already advanced period of the season, there will still, before the whiter, be as malty families housed, clothed, pro vided with food, and set to work in the colony, as the finals of the society are , fapable of placing in that state. And thus will the nation in the very oil int be convinced that she has not bestowed her charity in vain, nor placed an ilopittper confidence in a society, the inembeis of which rejoice that, tinder the government and potholer of an illustrious Prince, they have attempted somethigg towards the bettering of the deplorable lot of their destitute fellow men, nod that they have thereby bcenof•.ervice to their country." TheGovernmeat rf Hayti (the division of Port an-Pr'::icc) allow to ths widow of Petion an annuity of +9OO iteni•dcs, and to of his nephews. an annuity of 1560. a; a rrarrof thv naLcaal gratitude, for the Winces tendered by the late President. COMMON HALL. ELECTION OF LORI) MAYOR. Tuesday Ischig Miehaelmas day, the Livery were assembled in Common Hall, for the purpose of efecting. a fit person to serve the office of Lind Mayor for the ell:0611e year. The Common Sergeant said that the Its ery weir celled apon to fwlect two fit and proper persons out of the Itemiser of those Aldermen who Lad served the office of Sheriff.— T i res.. two were to be rewriter! to Pits Cern t of Aldermen, nto acre to choose one Or 010111 to till the ethce of Lord Mayor, lie names of the Aldermen were then pot ; tip according le scnierity, Upon the name of Alderman Atkins being vides it on thi holed, there was a large show or wink ',oh consider stele ; •platise, mixed, however. with neatly an enlist sha le of disa n inanition. The nett 1141110 was that of Alderman (loudly ere, upon which the show of hands 0 4, 11101 e 'miner. nits, the pplanse was also greater, though not at all izei;er/I, there hei • many who loudly ea vessr d their disapprolia i ion. The name f Mr. Alderman 'Thorp was the neat upon sabicis many hands were held up. The numbers were in opprars slice not Imo 1 ), if at all, iufetior to tho s e f or Aides num At. kite, hut up i this the opinions o f th e Livery woe set y much divided. Some loudly insisted that Alit. Thorp h a d th e i,4 usajorityorlsilst -others as stoutly nasintained that it rested with Aid. Atkin.. During this 'why rooting bean is t'• Thorp 14 nit," awl " 4 ails has it," the Sties Os spiraled to consoit blether, and having agreed as to die successful candid a t es , the Cotillion Sergeant come forward to announce their Ileitis stem. S.lessce was instantly restored, hut the moms lit lie reunionist' that, in the opinion of the Sheriffs, the choice of the Livery had falten/tpun A 1,1.41111.11 MLitt% and Gooribehere, ii tningt id 'shout of dissatisfaction and applause was set top, which was absolutely deafening, and eontinsse.l so for sante minutea. 'the Sheriffs immediately letired to make their rousts to the Court of Altlettsttm, anti to it el:lnlitierelfile time after their departure, tittle could he heard hut, opposing cries sof " she/Re—" lit. 4 trick"— 'ad " alfsfeir"—`• dA At. riffs floc corna." _ . • _ _ . . . . Iu about three quarters of an Mete the Lord Mayor, ;worm ponied as before, returned to the beatings, when the Recorder announced that the choice of the Gault of Aldermen had fall-n upon Aldermen Atkins, u horn •he Rimers,' e declared duly elected. At this thissanie mingled shouts as he fore were set op, and continued whilst Ike Lord Mayor e Iret was in. 'seed with the chain. After this ceremony was pertin he Game forward to return thanks, but the noise of dose w Ito appeared to approve and disapprove was too loud to hose soy thing else heard for some time. At leugth he nos ini ulerstood to express his sincere thanks for the very high ho nour which hod been conferred upon hint. He assured the Livery that they should have nu reason to !egret their choice, but that lie should at all times be f lln discharge the duties of his high office w14:1 that zeal, integrity, amid impar tiality, which lie teemed hail already marked his conduct as a Magistrate. (Applause, and soqie hisses.) lie continued to speak foe some moments boner, but it wss impossible tu coi led what he said. 11'lu•n he had r. tired, Mr. S. Dixon cattle forward to submit a motion on which lie was certain thole would..he no ilitleience of opienuee. It was a motion of thanks to the tale Sherif, for their very praiseworthy conduct while in °nice. (Cries of •• Give et only to one," and " Let the motions be St m O Ow.") To him both tile eetitlemea were strangers wheel they came into office, but he had since known them as most. zealous and indefatigable in the discharge of their %Tay opium's deifies. In the late election there was none who 14W their conduct, who had nut reason to admire their at. ict impartiality. Lit every respect their conduct had entitled thesis to the tbetiks of their fellow citizens, butt in nothing more thou in their hu mane attention to the sit nation of the prisoners in the defier ent prisons, every one of whom they had endeavonied to render as comfortable as their situations would admit. lie concluded by moving, that the thanks of the livery be given to Sir Fr4nCiS Desanges tied Sir George Alderson, Knights, the late Sheriffs, for the very zealous, active, and able manner in which they lied discharged the duties of their office, for their strictly impartial conduct .at the late conteeted election for the City, amid fur their .humane and liberal attention to the situation of the prisoni es. This was seconded, and carried almost unanimously, and with tupelo applause. Sir fl. Alderson, in returning thanks, expressed his regret that his colleague, Sir F. Desangts, was not preseut on this Occasion, as he would offer thanks in a lunch better manner than he could pretend to. .It was however a ditty which lie owed to the livery to express to them how highly he valued the honour which they had just conferred upon him. For this he begged them to accept his moat sincere thanks. It was, as they would recollect, now twelve months since he had beers called from the ranks of his fellow citizens to fill the high and important office with which their confidence had invested him. He had endeavoured, as far as his humble abilities permitted, to discharge its duties wills zeal, integrity, and a constant attention to the public interest. Mr. Blundell next came forward with a paper in his hand, which was iniderstood to curituin a resolution, expressing some disapprobation at the conduct of the new Sheriffs in making the return.; but before Ile moved it, the crier, by order of the Lord Mayor, declared the hall adjourned. This vas commented on in strong terms by many on and near the hustings, who seernmi to have been ass ate of the ob ject of the intended motion. After the Common Hall, the Lord Mayor held a Court of Aldermen, at which Mr. Norton, who was on Monday last elected Common Ph oder, in the room of the late Watson, Esq. att,ndt tl, and was sworn into office. FOIIGED NOTEB.—A rein:likable proof of the extensive circulation of tuqted Bank notes was atithentieata•d on Mon day. A respectable I se in town having had tionsinitted to iheinloo one pound notes to be paid into the Rank of Lug. land, one of the partners proceeded thither for that purpose, ',dire, to his astonishment, no less than 20 of them were de' clued to be forged. They were all taken, in the course of his business, by a respectable mat ket gardener, of Covect Gar.len public will regret to learn, that the moat tierririni frauds have been attempted on the Waterloo and Pattiotie Funds; and that some have breit very successful. A la °man contrived by a lung train of hornlike cosresponklem•e, aid many lot get' eel titiente4, to eat liesself placed a 4 ,erjrant willoworilii three children, On the Waitaki( :and. la orkltr to a v twist!: it...two, silt , no,v t . : l e .e,y six and at last pi.; i:l4 a vt...t to Eit.ntm!gh, was (leen cd, bit elli d i A It is inverted, is stow tram-4ting I,tt moldier's coutitirs, and liit• 1 . 1111 I. clt will) for two of elivoi she had di a% n 151. each, 41. for the othri , itst. 1;.1. he' t•it. I .or ;11 , 11 , 1 , 11 , As there waling station:tr . ,' in sirs wcrld, we must not he sar pli3:11 to hear that 31:0; Las w:ls scarcely . rositele let L tv.:on .rio; to be OCT 5