The National Register. — London, England, 1818-10-26 00:00:00

.....~ • to gbf•T•Va. DIJBLIY. LORD MAYOR'S DINNER. We have gnat pleasure in informing out readers. that the abo minable spirit of orasgehoi and anti-catholician, by which the go vernment of Ireland has ben long disgrneed, has sustained a signal check. The liberal and enlightened sentiments and opinions of the present Lord Lieutenant, Earl Talbot. and of Mr. Grant, his Chief' secretary. form a splendid contrast with the Harrow and contracted higotry of the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Peel. Even the Colu mn Council of the city of Dublin, which, like the Town Council of another northern In-notions, was long distinguished titbit for the fawning servility and g rovelling prejudices of those persons of whom it was composed. appear' at length to be awakened to a better sense of what it owes to the community it represents. At the Lord Mayor's dinner. both Earl Talbot and Mr. Grant were present, and their speeches weredistinguislied for a spirit of frankness and liberality which is the best tilLilge of what may b • expected from their future administration. This. however, was extremely galling to the Orange faction ; m.l no sootier had Mr. Grant sat down, than the baud, which hail been previouly drilk.l. struck up, " Croppies lie down." But the Lord Mayor. Alderman M•K irony. one of the most independent and respectable gentlemen in Dublin, immediately ordered them to play another tune. After the Lord Mayor had given the memory of Lord Nelsoa, Alderman Archer rose, and proposed a bumper to tic " Glorious and immortal memory of %%Wham die Third." The Lor I Mayor paid no attention to this sally, but gave the" Primate and Church tat Ireland ;" and when Alderman Archer again ra:e to force his party toast on the company. the Lord Mayor. wall infinite good humour, gave „ The Mower of St. Patrick."— This toast elicited the repeated cheers of the distinguished guests, and silenced Alderman Archer. Several other national and patriotic toasts weredrank, and at half past eleven o'clock, hi, Exit:l:Airy the Lord Lieutenant, his suite, and several of the noblemen and gentlemen, including Mr. Grant, Mr. Ore t en atc. retired, highly delighted with the polite and hos. pitable attentions of the Loral Mayor, who attended Earl Talbot to his carriage. We have now to state an occurrence the most strange and unjusti fiable which perhaps ever took place at an assembly of this kind.— When the Lord .Mayor re-entered the room, after having seen the I,ord Lieutenant depart. some Members of the Corporation proceeded to moron Sits LORDSUIP TO ACCOUNT, for ornittiog the noun ious •' immortal memory." The Lord Mayor took his station at the head (Mille table, and, in very energetic and aniurattal terms, explained Leis reiiioON far not having given the toast. Ile said, he felt vett> , strongly the importance and the value of the situation in which he hail been placed by the kindness of his fellow citizens; but that. highly a. he prized that situation, he would not compromise his own cha racter, or the dignity of his office, by suffering any man, or set of men, to dictate to him. He said, he had been astonished beyond measure upon discovering that the band, who were his servants for the (lay, had been tutored by some secret influence, which lie was wholly at a Insi to account for, to disobey his orders, and absolutely insult his guests by playing obnoxious airs. To what, he asked, was he to attributethe circumstance of" Croppies lie down" being played. the moment Cie health of the Chief Secretary had beer. drank, if riot to that management behind the curtain which he was surprised to find in such pernicious activity, but which he would make it his business to develop and destroy. Ile said. lie had taken the office of Chief Magistrate of the city of Dublin under different circunostances, and perhaps with different feelings, floe many of his predecessors.— He would be happy to receive the advice of any of his friends, but he halve. always claim the right of exercising his own judgment upon *very act which was to be performed by himself, and Mr which lie would hold himself wholly responsible ; bottle must repeat, he never coulti.permit himself to he dictated to by any man at the head of his own table. The taste and disposition must be very extraordinary indeed, which could select such an accompaniment as " Croppies lie down," for such speeches as those of the Lord Lieutenant and his Socretary—sreeches abounding with sentiments SO conciliatory, so gra.; tifying to the people of this country, so flattering to their best hopes: —speeches such as had never, perhaps, before been heard from per-f sons to their station. lie would take special care, however, that no such trick should ever be played upon him again. These, said hit Lordship. are the reasons by which, although the toast was upon my list, I was prevented from giving it; and certainly I should not, in any event, have proposed it a ithout such accompanying observations as would hate divested it of all party character. and have rendered it perfectly incapable of giving offence to any individual in this room, or indeed to any portion of my fellow countrymen. I trust, conti nued the Lord Mayor, that it is not necessary for me, at this time. to make any declaration of my principles. Every man who knows me, knows that i am firmly attached to the King, the Constitution, the Government and Laws of this country, and that I yield to no one in devotion to the Protestant religion ; but I certainly am not among those persons who think that that holy religion which I pro fess and venerate is best supported by wounding, oppressing, or 'insulting my Catholic countrymen. (Loud and repeated cheers.)—l have been chosen to fill a high and honourable office, and it shall be tr y unceasing study to discharge its dirties efficiently. To fulfil them honestly, is, at all events, in my power ; and I am resolved that every act of mine shall be regulated by the strictest impartirdity. This admirable speech was received by the loud and continued cheers of the immense majority of the company. --- - Tuesday morning, about 10 o'clock, a fire of a very alarm ing appearance occurred at the house of Mr. C. H. Hose, a chymist and druggid,in Crown-street, Finsbury-square. From the information we could gather upon the spot, it appeared that Mrs. Hose was attending some chymical preparation, in which was a great quantity of spirits of turpentine, on the kitchen tire, which is up stairs. and from some accident the utensil upset, and the kitchen was in OW biltant enveloped in Baines, and the window being open the flames issued into the street. Mrs. Hose wat very and neck, and carried to a house opposite, feat fol that the whole house would be burnt to the ground. The young man in the shop, who ran to Mrs. Hose's assistance, had his hands and face very much burnt. We ate happy to add that Mrs. Hose is not in a daneet oils state. In a short time several en gines arrived ; but their assistance Was not necessary, as the danger passed with the flame, leaving the whole house iu a volume of smoke. A few nights ago some villains entered a field at Maida-hill, Paddington, and moat inhumanly slaughtered a mileh cow, the properly of Mr. Sprang, the cow keeper. Whilst the poor animal was still alive, the ream's divided the bind gnat ter a, pat t of which they carried away, stud nest morning the remainder was found I y Mr. Sprang's servant in that mangled state. A reward of 201. has been %cry properly offered for the apprch-tision of the perpetrators of th.s outrage. A shocking accident happened at Great Bookhant. Surrey, on Tuesday last :—A young man, named George Hill, had the pre ceding day purchased a horse at leatherhead Fair, and was upon his return to Shiinl.:y Green, near Wonersh, what the animal suit doily became unmanageable, and set off with his rider at full speed, but his will curer ism soon shortened by his knocking down and falling over a poor old woman who chanced to be going along the road at the dim, and from deafness was insensible of his approach. The horse ..var ...)..n illy injored by the fall, but the two unfor tona.c ri.tims of his ungovernable spirit were found lying near each other. drea ittiii, led and bruised. Ha was taken up senseless:, and rhea very shortly afterwards. Ihe watian.whers: name is Ape., a nd wt.o a mica; tof pia. of Mn?, now lies in a most miserable con dition. her fame and arms bong li.erally cut in pieces : she is nut expected to recover. An inquest was held on the body of George on Thursday. Verawt—Aczidental Death. TTIV. NATiONAI, Itr•.ricTrtt IVESTMINSTER oESSIONS. Thursday these Sessions commenced before R. Baker, Esq. and a full Berndt of Magistiates. After the Grand Jory were sworn, the. Chairman addiessed them. He began by expressing his regret that the eaten. Jar was so unusually heavy. There were at the present mo. 'mut not less limo 177 pi isMiels in Totbill-fields The Magistrates had visited that prisms, and were happy to find that only one case of sickness, mud that was of a pri soner who was ill before he came in. This healthy stale of the prison was chiefly owing to the excellent order and discipline kept up Ly Mr. N..dder, the governor, and also to the care and diligetwe of the surgeon. A committer of the Moist. of Commons having declared, in their report of the state of the prisons of the metropolis, that the prison iii TOOlOl-fields was wholly unfit for the reception of prisoners, the Magistrates bad takes' the matter into their serious con sideration ; and it might he a satisfation to the Grand Jury aid the pithily to kitow, that by this time next year they might expect to see a new prison erected on the present site. In April last the attention oldie Grand Jury was called to the state of the prison, by the late very able and active chair -111411 Mr. Watson; and that Jury, after having examined its situation, presented it as a nuisance; and lie had no doubt whatever, that berme the end of the present session, the magistrates would come to tome decision respecting the building of the new prison. This certainly would entail a a considerable share of e slimier on that portion of the pudic who were obliged to contribute to it; bat it was a charge which would he trusted, be borne with pleasure, from the consideration :hat it was likely to be productive of so much good. The Chairman again called the attention of the Jury to the great press of business which they had to go throngli, and expressed a hope that it would be dispatched as speedily as possible. George Edwards was indicted for writing and publishing a wilful, false and malicious libel against Hannah the wife of ------- Greases. _ _ . Mr. Alley, in addressing the Jury, observed, that from the evidence lie had to produce, this would appear a most ag. stravnted crime, and wee which called for exemplary punish meta. The prisoner had, from what motive it slid not ap pear, written and exhibited In several places a most wicked, scandaloic., and indecent libel, casting the foulest reflections of the characttr and comfort of Mrs. Greaves ; and in stead of expressing any contrition for what he had done when a I CAM r WAS 111411 C to him, lie went from place to place, and seemed a triter to boast of it. Under these circumstances the proset iitor thought it necessary to hi ins; the case before a Jury, and to refuse the offers of a compro mise which had been made. _ _ Mr. Greaves stated, that he was landlord of the Blown Bear public house, Bow-street. In consequence of having seen 4 paper written by defendant, he remonstrated with and defendant did not deny the fact, bit told him it was done for "a bit of fun." An associate of the prisoner, who was implicated in the transaction, was indicted and found guilty for it last session. [Here the libel was handed into the Jury, it being considered of too indelicate a nature to be read openly in Court.) Mr. Anthill, for the defendant. said, that to save the time of Conit, he would admit the libel. The Chairman summed up the evidence, and the Jury re in: ned a verdict of—Guilty. The Chairman, after a suitable admonition to the prisoner, said that there was nothing in his crowfeet which could in duce the Bench to make any difference in his case from that of Wilkinson, who was abeady found guilty for the same offence,and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The sentence of the Court therefore was, that he be confined in the House of Correction for 12 months. ........_ - Thomas Norwich was indicted and found guilty of stealing a box coat and a waistcoat belonging to John White, the coachman to Mrs. Garrick, relict of the celebrated David Garrick. The prosecutor who is a very old man, being asked by a gentleman from the Be nch how old MIL Garrick was, answered that she was 106 ears in August last. FRIDAY, OCT. 23. At an early hour, the passage leading to the Session's Hmise was very much crowded by persons in expectation of heating the trial between Mr. Hunt, of Covent Garden no• toriety, and Mr. Lee, the High Constable, in consequence of some plocAdings arising out of the Westminster Election ; but, after waitmg a considerable time, they began to disperse, it being announced that Mr. Hunt had net:lined proceeding further in the affair. Candles, owing to a monopoly of tallow, are made subject to a berious rise, being mow we believe, at 14s. the dozen— full one third higher titan last year, when the importations of tallow front 'Russia wrie man. thousands of casks less than the imports of the present year. The tallow being iii the hands of but few, the markets are supplied at the discretion of the monopolists, and thus an at titicial price is created ; but it cannot last long, the price of candles must soon fall, and rapidly ; consumers, therefore, had better supply them selves sparingly for the present. Indeed the drop has al ready commenced ; tallow tell in London last week, when the importation exceeded that of the pi eeeding neck by 2,546 casks : and it appears by an extract of a letter from St. Petersburgh, dated Sept. 19, that large quantities of tallow have been recently purchased in that country for England their arrival therefore, may soon be expected. Tuesday last a daring and extensive robbery was committed on the premises of Mr. Leftwick, a respectable tradesman, residing at Paradise-row, Rothei !tithe. On Wednesday Mr. Leftwich received ail 11111011y111011h letter, informing him that several of the larger notch, which had been stolen from him, having become voteless to the holders, in consequence of being stopped at the Bank, lie would find them, to the amount of one hundred pounds, either in the pound, or under the In udge of China Hall-fields, }Collet hithe. Mr. Leftwich, *crone. ponied by sonic friends, went to the spot described in the letter, cud in the midst of some stinging nettles, found a Plll4ll psrrel, covered with canvas and tied with ropeyarn, which, upon being opened was, found to contaiu 1001. in II mit-notes, and a watch, of which he n os also robbed the same night. The letter hurdler informed hint, that the gang ' which broke open Ins house consisted of six men, and it was their intention to have murdered every person lions whole thi y experienced resistance. At a late hour on Wednesday night, or early on Thursday morning, the premises of Mr. Arnold, situate at the back of the English Opera lionse, Strand, were entered, and between 3 olio 400 weight of lead was snipped off the soof, and stolen therefrom, which the thieves coots ived to carry away unper ceived, supposed in a hackney coach. A similar attempt took place sonic time since, but the Mateillliall giving the alarm, they escaped, leaving their plunder behind. POLICE. GUILI)H ',dens!Fine OF Pomtetts.—On Tuesday, Knight, a porter at lb.' Angel Inn, St. Martin's-le_Grand, was brought before )l r. Alderman Wait'imam on the charge of a per , Mlof the name of Flint, for demanding and receiving 011 C shilling for carriage of a parcel than he was legally entitled W. .Nlr, stilted, that lie received a parcel fruits Kiii.;lit on Sa turday last, with the regular porter's tiekel ; 3s. 10d. was changed for the carriage, which lie paid, but judging from the weight of the parcel that the carnage could 11111 a01.,1111i to St. Mlleit, he applied to the coach alive, whet.- the clerk inform. eil Win lie had been itoposed upon the charge let carriage to the porter being no more thin ton shillings and ten pence, Knight, in his del cure, endea.onred to allow that the area. sation Otlaillsteil in private animosity on the part ot * Mr. who, lie said, hail a grudge against hint : lie assured the N 1.4. gist rate, that lie bad vu intention to defraud; but that the mistake must have arisen in the making out of the ticket. On the worthy Alderman's inquiring who made out lite ticket, it appeared that this was done by the porter 'Moist If'; that the clerk or bookkeeper called out the sums, and the porter mark ed them is Ilie ticket. Knight's defence, therefore, was, that lie had mistaken the sum, and Hasked 3s. led. instead of 2s. 10d. Mr. Aldetonan Waldman said, the public were much indebted to Mr. Flint for bringing forward this charge. The Act of Parlianient, which provided for the punishment of Ibis species of imposition, was bill of recent date, and as yrt but little known; although the offence was notoriously prac tised, in one form or other, by all the porters in the metio puha. In some instances the porters altered the tickets, and in °theta, destroyed them altogether, and fabricated different o n e s, This w a s a gross fraud and forgery, which, for the sake of the public, might to be narrowly watched, and se verely woodshed when detected ; and feeling that the offence enghtto be severely marked, tie should cons let the defeudant in ihe hill penalty of 20s DAtootrs.—W. Clarke, a young person in very tight stays, and decorated with all the other insignia 01 a dandy, was brought up on the vulgar charge of picking a brazier's pocket. Mr. John Dean. the complainant, said, that as he was going through ‘Vhitefriars, a gentleman named Bushell told him his pocket bad been picked, and that die person who had picked it was just turning the corner into a paved court. The complainant saw the prisoner and another man walking along unconcernedly, until they came to the corner of the court, down which they gave a short turn. Witness called out " stop thief," upon which the prisoner's friers& ran away, and the prisoner himself tried to do the saine, brit some how or other was unable. Witneol saw his pocket book lying on the pavement ; it contained six ii. notes, and a Birmingham note for 51. Mr. Bushel said, he saw the prisoner and his companion follow the complainant, but had no suspicion that they were thieves, as they appeared to be men of fashion. Ile was, however, soon convinced that they were in the exereite of a trade for success in which their dress was well adapted. The prisoner put his hand into Mr. Dean's pocket, and very calmly took out his pocket book. Ii was done in such a manner, as not to excite the slightest suspicion in the witness,who concluded that they were friends ofthe gentleman, and were playing him a pleasant trick. Ile thought it rather odd that they should turn a corner without speaking to Mr. Dean ; on which lie spoke to that gentleman upon the subject. When Mr. Dean went after the prisoner, the witness did not follow him ; fur he knew that the Dandies, if they attempted to escape, would be obliged to return by the way they went out of their sight ; and he accord ingly stationed himself at the corner, to pievcnt their getting away, in case the thing turned out to be more than a jest. The prisoner's friend first ran from the passage, and did so with such violence as to break through the oppo.ition of Mr. BushelL The prisoner himself next appeared, but was unable to make any struggle ; a edit' would have stopped hint. The witness of course kept his finger upon him. and was surprised at hearing nothing escape from him but " Cline the stays." An officer found some Bank notes on the prisoner, a silver watch, hair chain, and five gold seals. Prisoner.—" 'Pon my honour, I got them all in the way of bu siness." Mr. Alderman Atkins said, he never heard a clearer case of felgny, lie directed that the watch, seals, &c. should be advertised.iftid expresved an expectation that the person to whom they formerly belonged would be induced to come forwent' upon the subject. The prisoner's solicitor observed, that he was to understand that his client was to be brought up again. Mr. Alderman Atkins said, if any fresh charge shoald be brought forward, he should c •rtsinly have the prisoner again before William Clarke was, however, to be considered finally examined upon this accusation. The prisoner was conducted to prison. John Taylor. the porter of the Blossoms inn, was fined 10s. and costs, for charging more than the due for delivery of a parcel. BOW STREET. Michael Kentish was charged with threatening to murder a woman. The defence set up by the prisoner, as a justifica tion, was rather of au extraordinary nature, he having ad• mitted the threats. He stated that the prosecutrix and another woman bewitched him about three years since, by means of some stuff which they put into some tea, and whiefi he was induced to drink : he was in s: trance for several slept. They also bewitched him in other respects, so that lie did nut know what he ores about, by means of a black cut and a pound of pins. He entreated the Magistrates not to 'suppose that he was deranged, but that his state of distracted mind wholly arose from tire bewitching of the women, and which deprived him of following his trade of a shoemaker, and he was frequently so much reduced that lie could not pay for the washing of his shirt. He was told by the women that teething would cane kite of the spell they had set upon him but cross ing the sea, and lie Intended to leave England for Ireland, which was his native country, for the purpose of getting cut ed. The proseenrsix,whu had very much the appearanee of a gipsey, denied any know ledge s f what the piscine, had been talking about as to bewitching him, but said that lie was a !lumen Catholic, and was extremely snperatitions, which canard his mind to be in the disturbed state it was. The warrant against the prisoner was discharged by Mr Ba nk., on condition that he did nut insult nor use sissy more threats towards the proseculiix pies toes to his leaving Eng land for Ireland. Lady Bruce was brought to the office, in custody of Ifam phreys, on a charge of teluity. It appeared by the evidence of two young men of the liost•e of Hal ding CO., in Pall Mall, that last Fi May a midi slid some (sir is ionising were ordered to be sent to Lady Bruce, at be r !tootle, 8, Upper George-street, Mary-bs-bourse: a mod of the valise of 81., and fur ts heeling of the value of 71., verse sent accordingly in one box, which, on its arrival at the lionise, a servaat took tip stairs to Lady Itroice. In a shot t time Ilse servant returned wills she box with the nod its it, saying her Ladyship slid not like the mull, but ws,tild keep the maiming, and desired that a tur tippet might be sent the next day. The MAO Who was sent with the box wee desired not to leave the goods without the money ; the measlier, however, being a plausiale Lose, he went away. 'lrhe next day the tippet waiiseist, with injniir. f jell, that the possession of it was not to be parted with with. out the money, which not being furtiscaning, our Lady Brut,* ocT an