The National Register. — London, England, 1822-06-30 00:00:00

e . •••••■••••"'"2-1"1".r2.""r1_ The following is a copy of a very singular docu !tient, namely, a letter from Mr. Sautin,iwhile At. torney General of Ireland, to Lord Norbury. * It was picked upon the quay of Dublin about 10 days a w n, and is now deposited with Mr. O'Gorman, as security to the Catholic Board. We are assured, from a quarter on which we can rely with perfect mfidence,that there is no doubt of its authenticity. It has made a prodigious se nsation in Ireland:— Dublin, August 9. Mitt LORD NORBURY,—I transcribe for you a very sinsible rant Ot . I.ord Itosse's letter to me As hoed Noibury goes our circuit, and as he is personally argainted with the gentlemen td• our county, a hint to hum may be of use—he is in the habit of talking individually to them in his chamber at Philipstowri, and if tie were that to impro.s upon them the consequence o f the measure. via. however may think otherwise, the Catholics would, in spite of them, elect Catholic members (if such were eligible); that the Catholic members would then have the nomination of the Sheriffs, and in many instances erhaps of the Judges, an ti that the Protestants would be put in p the back ground, as the Catholics were form erly. I think he would bring the effect of the measure home to them selves, and satisfy them that they could scarcely submit to live in the country if it were passed. So far Lord Bosse; but what he suggests in another part of his letter— " That if Protestant gentlemen who have votes, and influence, a nd interest, world give these venal members to u n d ers tand, that if they will . purchase Catholic votes, that b y betraying. their co untry and i ts constitution they shall infallibly lose theirs, it would alter their conduct, though it could neither make them tioneFt or respectable." If yuu will Judiciously administer a little of this medicine to the King's County, or any other Members of Parliament that may fall in your way, you will deserve well. I spoke to Moore, relative to the O'Brien suit; he must get fee for cite brief, and be satisfied. I shall take care of it. Many thanks for your letter, and its good intelligence. front Mara Born. Jebb is a most valuable fellow, and of the sort that is much wanted.—Atiectionately and truly vours, NI. SAU BIN. • This is the letter alluded to by Mr. Brougham in the Douse of Commons un Friday night. SwenEN.—lly accounts dated the 14th of June, received from Stockholm, it appears that Sweden has suffered, and on the same day, two dreadful confla grations. On the 12th, at a quarter past six in the morning, a destructive fire broke out in the city of Stockholm, in the quarter of Blasicholmen, nearly the centre of which fell a prey to the devouring flames. The Stockholm church, the school-house, the bridge of Skepsholuten, together with all the magazines of firewood, planks, coals, tar, &c. and many vessels, among which was a large English brig. have been consumed, The loss estimated by the merchants alone is estimated at from 400,000 to 500,000 dollars. That of the Crown, arising from the destruction of the latter magazines of corn, has not been ascertained. Two days utter this calamity, advices were received at Stockholm of the occurrence of a still more terrible conflagration in the city of Nordkiping, which had consumed nearly 400 houses and two churches. The tire was still raging when the courier left Nordkioping, St) that the full extent of the damag:: could not ha known. The English brig burnt at SioAltolot, wa , : the Charles Williams, of S 5) tuns, bAtmging S:liel , l3. It was com pletely burnt to the water's elge ; and the captain, with his wife and crew, with difficulty escaped with their lives. TUE LICENSING STSTEM.—A short time ago an old established tavern, hitherto we believe of very good repute, called the Army and Navy Coffee-house, near the bottom of St. Martin's-lane, was shut up in consequence of the failure in business of the land lord. A Mr. Joggers, who had been long in the trade, determined to try his fortune in it, and he purchased, the lease, fixtures, &c., and having ex pended some money in fitting up and improving the house, he opened it, and in due time made applica tion to the licensing magistnttes of St. Martin's larish, of whom Sir Richard Birnie is one, to have the license transferred from the thriller holder of it to himself. To his astonishment, however, the ap plication met with a peicmptory refusal on the part of the magistrates to transfer the license ut all, anti for that refusal no reason was assigned. The fact being communicated to the solicitor, who, on behalf of the body of licensed victuallers of London, are watching the bill now in progress through the House of Commons, for the better regulation of the licensing system, one of them, Mr. Goddard, waited upon Sir Richard Birnie. Mr. Goddard opened his mission by informing Sir Richard that he called upon him in order to know from himself if lie ref Used, and if he still persisted in his refusal, to grant the trans fer license to Mr. loggers, of the Army and Navy Coffee-house ? Sir Richard Birnic replied in the affirmative. Mr. Goddard—l have another question which I think it my duty to put, and I wish to do it quite respectfUlly, I assure you. Do you give any reason for refusing the license ? Sir R. Birnie— No ;I do not. Air. Goddard—Then am Ito under stand, Sir Richard, that you refuse to grant this license, and that you do not choose to give any reason why you refuse it? Sir R. Birnie—l shall not answer that question. Mr. Goddard—l am. bound to tell you it will be my duty to communicate this to the committee. Sir R. Birnie—You are perfectly at liberty to communicate what you please to the Committee. Here the colloquy ended, and Mr. and Mr. Cadard withdrew, >not.. TUE NATIONAL REGISTER. PREROGA • IIVE COURT, WlMaksltaY, Just gO. PRINCESS OF 7 CUMBERLK I), On this cause being called on, Sir J. IsSicholl delivered the judgment of the canal. learned Judge said, this was an application made to die court fur power to call the King's Proctor to see a paper, which purported to be the last will and testament of his late Majesty, propounded and proved In solemn form of law. The Proctor fur the party making the ap taxation alleged dial his late Majesty plied on the 29th of January, 1820, leaving his eldest son, his present Majesty, his lassiel heir and successor, entitled in right of his Crown to all his personal estates ttttt lisposed of ; and that his late Majesty made a testament, dated the '2d of Julie, 1774, by which lie bequeathed to his niece Olive, dough. ter to his brother of Cumberlswid, 15 , 00111. which commanded his successor to pay, but dill not appoint any executors, 110 f dispose of the residue of his property. 'lite Proctor, in sapped of t hese allegations, e i pnutsupport in the t es t a ment so alleged, and also several attolavit of it, and prayed the court that his Majesty's Ptuctor- Generic' should be cited to appear, and do as to law and justice appertained. 'Flue lestainentat y 11301 was al leged to he signed by his late Majesty, and witnessed by the late Mr. Dunning, Au affidavit of the pasty, praylug the assistance of the roust, was Also lint in, which stated. I that on te evening of the Lith of Ma, 1615, th Duke of Kelit h being then at tier bonee in Se y ymour-plac e e, Lord Warwick called on her, and after °Wanting from her aid the Duke of Kent a solemn decleratiou not to disclose the matter he was going to com 1111 l Ideate till after the King's death, lie hammed her and the Doke it Kent of her illus trious birth—that she was the daughter of the Duke of Cumberland, brother to the late Majesty; mid that a paper in proof of the fact was Itift iu Isis possession by the late Lord Chatham, and the Rev. Ur. Wilmot, to be kept pulsate till the demise of the King. learned Jitrlge here read the paper., Which 11NS been often before the pu blic, and said, the only question at present before the comt was, whether the court was warranted by law to issue the 'nines% prayed for. It was scarcely necessary to say, that iss tt itt g or withholding the process was not a b matter of hoice or discretion iu the count, ot of justice and dusty. c It Was no t, however, necessary that the court should now deride un all the parts of the allegations—die rights of the Sovereign to dispose of his personal property by will, would be a matter that would come more formally before the court in another stage of the proceeding, sup posing the court to gr ant the p eocess prayed for ; and the geuutueuess of the testament would be the final question for its consideration; too thew points, therefore, the court abstained from pronomichig any opinion. ll'he all, gallons state, that his late Majesty did not appoint any executors, nor dispose of the residue of his property, to which his successor became entitled, in right of his crown ; and the paper propounded commanded his Majesty's heir and suceeesur to pay the MOH ut money now claimed. This, theiefore, was hot a claim made on any subject, but a direct demand on the present reigning Stows eigu ; and the process played for was, in tact, against the Sovereign himself, although in form it was to cite lois Majesty's Proc tor. The History of the Wills of the Kings of England, from the time of Alfred the Great to the present day, had been examined by counsel; and 110 instance of probate of any of them being taken in that court, much less of probate being taken ars against the reigning Sove reign. One instance was oh record in tile dulls of Par liament, where it was stated, as is the first year of Henry Ilse Filth, that Hotly the Fent th having made a Will, mid appoutteil redctors, who tefueed to act, from an depre bunion that the effects would not he sufficient tii pay the bequests, it was agreed that the Atelthishop of Under busy should older the OLIO , . to be edit, for the purpose o: dist ribution ; which, however, was presemed toy Henry the Fifth taking the died*, and paying the value fur them, to lie applied to the purposes of the will. In that case subjects were interested as eseentoss, and there is ito case which hiss any, the least.analogy to the peewit iu a space of 400 yea's. 'rise only royal will found iii the tomtits of the moult is that of Henry the Eighth, a copy of which it tlfitOtilesl, lifOlniirly tor safe keepitig, us it does lot appear that probate of it was ever grunted is. applied fur. It was tile object of she statute lit ihr 2 to of tlenry the Eighth to cut out appeals io Rome *die.. 101 . reigning Sovereign was become the head ut the Chinch, but not to subject bias to the ortlioasy jot isiliction of that count. If true s as al vied, that li) die constitution of this country the Sovereigue at all tosses e uisseseed tilt' right of making their wills; aid w the libeesitti of (tit Ihaid the Second there was an a n tes in the lulls ut l umber iiem Mat Kings might lawfully make a testaincut Anil slow ifis staces had been produce, pai tirade' ly Of Cieli , gt• the n First, who made a wilt, d yet no instance cot& ue ttttt of probate 114Vitig been granted, which must iie cott , l •01FSSI as strong evidence that the court had Ito Jul. isiiiciims 'Fite Archbishop of Cetiteroury's Cutlet of Ps erogaiis into no connection with die prerogative of the crown; it was a court of iulertot jitriedictiou,end liable tube contruuled by the Kim 'a Coots Cliatieety and the Exclicipter.— 'ilie leached Judge lucre read Illackstosie's ACCOIllit Of air tights and prerogatives of the kingly office—the King is eisprense head of the realm w all inducts civil mid cede sietetical—lie can do no n rong—he cannot even imagine any wiong. 'Fo call ou the King by the present process and pm luta in contempt fur disobedience iu the truer of the court, WAS tau Ckliavitgant to be thought of, thou foie the petition was that die King's Proctor should be called ; but the difficulty was the se ine ; it tie Kihig's Proems reps eaents the King, he cannot be put iu contemet, and it lie duce not, be cannot ba u d the hing• Inoue uses itU precedent tor melting the !bug's Punter a deirsidasit to bind the King iu pelsonal matters—he was the King's law agent in that Colo t to asset t the rights of the hung, but nut to appear as a delendaiit. The long. may voluntalily become a plaintiff, but cannot be made a delendatit by compulsion. lie King can do no wrong, and if applica tiou uc made avemding to the fora of the constitittni, real justice will be dour. What the real justice of the case utay be, the COMA lies not authority to decide, and is, theroute, humid by lwa to reject the player ut toe 'etittuti. ` A duel took place on Friday morning, on Finchley Common, between Cupt. and 21r. M—d—s, in consequence of a dispute at the Opera. The first fire wits without effect, in the second the Captain was slightly wounded in the side, but not so as to prevent him walking away. The Esprigle, of 18 guns, Capt. H. T. Browne Collier, is fitting at Portsmouth, fur du; Cape of (loud Hope station. 4.4 FASHIONS FOR JULY. MOItNESG DRESS.—Titt morning dress is composed t colonnade stripe muslin, worked round the bottom to cures- pond wit's the stripe, and trimmed with four narrow is urk flounces, the upper one finished with a double row of cotrwards o d. rie body fastens behind , p lain and high, but a little open the throat; trimmed w ith the same delicate work that steco rates the cape, in which there are two rows, separated by a pulling of plain book-muslin, through which a lilac ribbon is drawn. The cape is square at the shoulder, where it finishes ; but the upper row of trimming is c.ontinued to the bottom of the waist, adding to the gracefulness of the form. The sleeve is worked at the end, and tied with lilac ribbon at the wrist ; above which, the work is arranged in a double angle trimmed, from each of which is suspended a small cord tassel. The cop is elegantly simple, of the cottage form, and composed of beau tiful India worked 111t1Silt1 and Mechlin lace, tastefully deco rated with fancy lilac ribbon. Shoes, lilac kid. EvENING Mass.—Hound dress, of delicately striped net, over a satin slip ; the bottom of the dress extended its a doubld toulean of rich white satin; above which are elegant festoons, arranged transversely, of puffed tripe blare, confined disgorsal:y by three narrow roaleaus of white satin, and finished at the top with small clusters of the blue consols obis, The cursoge dis plays the chastest taste, cat rotted, and edged with a Tubing of the finest fulk ; the stomacher is formed of fear rows of six minute folds of white satin. net appearing between each row.-- The tasteful trimming round the back, over the shoulder, and uniting with the stomacher to the bottom of the waist, - is com posed of short rows of folded satin, separated by the net at equal distances, and edged with blond, of a rich and elegant pattern. The sleeve short and fall, confined by convolroluseis and divisions of small folded satin, which is again intersected by cheseronels. Head-dress, turban of cerulean blue and white (rips line, and two white ostrich feathers. The hair parted in front, and elegant ringlets on each side. White satin shoes, long white kid gloves. Necklace and ear ring of pearl and • &Wt. BO SI'•• s . rttEET. • A few evenings-since, an application was made to the- sitting magistrate at This office, to issue his warrant for the apprehension of Nilsen—, a young lady, the sister et an actress of great celebrity, for stealing several Chins cus and mincers, and also various chimney ornameets ; the most ex traerdieary part oh which was, that the eliarze was pi cies red by her own mother, to whom • the articles alleged to have been stolen were said to belong. It wa , , however, represented in jestitication of resorting to so harsh a measure, that Bliss B. hail clipped from her fricatils, and unless she was reclaimed to their protection, her ruin would inevitably be consummated. Under so lendable an intention, the warrant was immediately granted, and placed iii the hands of one of tars pi incipal officers, who proceeded to the excretion of it directly ; and Laving site eeeded without the least diffimlty in the caption of the fair delimplent, conveyed her in his safe custody to :he office, and bi ought her before the magistrate. She eo teted the office leaning on the arm of a Mr. B—, a gentle man well known in the feshioneble world, and her ap pearance was exceedingly interestmg and prepossessitig. site was attended by a female servant. Her mother en tered the office 'leanly at the same time, accompanicd• by Mr. C., au eminent solicitor, who appeared professionally on hen behalf. In consideration of the sex mid aitatation of Nliss 8., she was not placed et the bar, lint was prl mititl to stand in front of the bench, a place esti illy allotted to witatesseS. She appeared very HIM , and eitiltarressetl. The officer litre prodder.' a number or cups snot sasteere, and sonic Is .nin g clinnisey ornaments, which 154.4 larenfoitna/ in the lodgings occupied by Nliss Bb Mrs. 11. thin slated, illat the sevcrel articles produced • hehntged to her, and that her daughter bad lactate then] from het smut short time since. Misr. It. oleo advanced to the front of the table, anal wit ii ai .... t ier; Cul • • City asserted that the thing. , hi ; Coat Or had piirchaseil them w ith money slime .o acv Iriends.'flits she could prove by tlie tstimmy or i.es sevalit, who was tiseu called, and irom tier acteitiot t it peered that she was living with Mrs. 13, ate s.errant at Inc tune tine articles were purchased*. she deposed to being present whet+ Miss B. purchased •the cups anal saucers, and beet al Nits. B. remonstrate with tier ,012 liter fur spending her money in so foolish a 111111;1er ; the things were always consideted as Is7lotigitie, to Nl.sa IS., and when the witness was sent to loin): them away i'audi the mother's house, not the slightest objection was • ilia ie. di.., 8., being urged to speak for herself, evinced ereat telectance, and on being again reque• teal, ottiLt lulu tears, and said —`f I canto:; indeed I cannot." 'l:.a %%toothy m agistrate desired her in e pose herself, and hormely ordered a seat to be pioesited for her. which ai tieing sought, she said, after some hesitation, •` I do use aunt, I am bound to preen ye sileutc, since my asvis Ceti inlet lie. tl. to be jostdied. The easou which forced me from isty mothrt'a house was the cotttruned persist:ill:oils I received fa owl the addresses of Lord P." Miss B. tin tin staled, that her mother had frequently advised kyr to beeutue Lord P.'s mistress, who world, in that ewe, settle on {ler 5i.(11. a year for life, and it was her mother's collo i uuahy itaging her to accede to this proposal that dett: • 411111.211 hci to leave her home. Mrs. 11. strongly denied this ; anal accused her tianchter of several indiscretions, 1114! mutual ree'rnl.iltat tuns ne. e excliatiged on both sides, which the magistrate ended by asking how old niss B. was; and being told that :lie was lifteee, said he was exceedingly shocked at what lie ;141 heard, and that a girl so young should have expeticoceal what she had, if brilef was to use attached to the at lions of Alias B. A patent had indult steal au isiteileon t 5 CO tttt iv e at the prostitution of her chile : hr del eat wise to proceed ally feather, he hail limiting to do will. tt. It ors the luovirove ut another court to enturce that mea • sure, ii Miss B. should be averse to it. Mies 11. strongly protested that she would not go horns to her mother, and it was afterwards agreed toot she . should he placed under the care of a female friend who %as approved if by both parties, Mr. B. undertakiag to• be auswet able for every expellee. The parties matt tett , the tidier. Mr. Green, the ceronaut, has made a larger an& more magnitient balloon than ever yet was built in• Europe, with which he will ascend on the anniver— sary of his Majesty's Coronation, from some part of L ti►e metropolis.