The National Register. — London, England, 1816-12-02 00:00:00

THE GRA RD DUKE NICIIOLAS. (PQM the Court Circuh r . f • On • ThUrallaY the Grand Duke Nicholas, after view ing the lance exercise of the 9th and ?3d regiments in the gaeen's Riding-house, left London, attended by 'the Russian Ambassador, Count Koutousoff, and Baron . Nicholav, for Claremont, the residence of the Princess Charlotteand Prince Leopold, where his Imperial High ness was received with a hearty welcome: the Prince and the Grand Duke were known to each other abroad. A sumptuous dinner was prepared for him. The Grand Duke and attendants spent the evening there, and remained till after breakfast the next morning, when they took leave, and arrived at St. Alban's-house to dinner. in the evening His Imperial Highness, went to Covent-Garden ;theatre, and sat in the Prince Re gent's box. On Saturday morning after breakfast, the grand Duke Nicholas received a visit from the Duke of Cum berland, and in a short time after the Royal Dukes walked put together arm in arm, in various park of London, and called at Messrs. Rundell and Bridge's, the silversmiths and jewellers on Ludgate-hill, and se veral other shops, to make purchases. They walked without being noticed by the public. His Imperial Highness was dressed in clothes of English make, as English hat, also a black coat and wad, out, and blue spencer with black velvet collar. Yesterday morning the Grand Duke and suite at tended at the Russian Chapel in Welbeek-street. Oa his return from which preparations were made for his departure on his tour into the country. Sir Benjamin Bloomfield attended in behalf of the Prince Regent to take a farewell, and to conduct him of on his journey. His Imperial Highness entered his own calash about two o'clock ; a number of persons were collected, who were eager to see his person, and he in consequence - had the carriage thrown open nt the top, &. to gratify their curiosity, and howed. His suite billowed in two of the Prince Regent's carriages, with royal footmen as out riders, &c. They proceeded on to Woburn, were they were to dine and sleep. This morning they view Wo 'Man abbey, with the pleasure-grounds, farm and park. In the Duke's tour he is to visit Warwick-castle, Birmingham, Chatsworth, the Duke of Devonshire's seat, &c. He is Expected to be absent from London upwards of a month. THE KING'S HEtLTH.—The bulletin exhibited yes terday at St. James's is as follows WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. SC " Hie Majesty has enjoyed good bodily health. and ha. been generally tranquil during the last month i but his M..- jesty's disorder is not abati.d.' The Prince Regent, left London for Bright'n on Saturday. The Queen and Princesses are to arrive at the Pavilion this day. A German spy is said to have ben detected, endea vouring to seduce the servants of a distinguished Lady in Italy from their fidelity ! Her Italian servants stood firm ; one Englishman has been dismissed.—Herald. A report having been mentioned that Eaal Talbot was about to succeed Lord Whitworth, in the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, we have to state that: Lord Whitworth has no intention of relinquishing the Lord Lieutenancy at present. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is so far recovered, that his Excellency presided at a Council on Monday slennight ; when a Proclamation was issued, offering a reward for the detection of the ruffians who maliciously burned eight or ten persons (the family of the Lynches) to death in the county of Louth. The Exchequer Bills were taken offon Friday morning with much avidity; one Broker-took £160,000 value at the premium of Os. for every £lOO. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has determined that corn shall not in future be sold in the Corn Market of that city, except in bulk. Lord Cochrane persists in refusing to pay his fine of 2100, and consequently still remains in the King's Bench Prison, having thesameuncontroulled intercourse with every part of the prison, as the other inmates of Elknborough Castk. Lord Cochrane, in suffering himself to be impounded in the King's Bench, rather than pay the fine of 1001. and trust to the Crown and Anchor extraordinary sub scription for his liberation, appears to be " penny wise and pound foolish." However Lord Cochrane may dewise certain dis tinctions of rank, his Lordship has unquestionably no The intended Meeting this • day, in Spa-fields, has given rise to every proper precaution to preserve the public peace—not that any apprehensions are entertain ed by Goyernment, but that it is always prudent to be prepared. The troops in the Metropolis will be in readiness to act at a moment's ndtiee. Other troops have been drawn to the vicinit)p, of, the Metropolis. All the Civil Officers will be in attendnnce, and several parishes have sworn in an additional number of Consta bles. The Magistrates, our readers,will see, have issued a Circular for the purpose of inducing heads of families to restrain their servants and otherafrom adding to the expected crowd in Spa-fields, this day, and also with the humane design of warning the populace themselves against any disorderly proceedings at e cr after the Meet ing, it being the determination of the Magistrates to put the laws strictly in force. BY ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATES FOR THE COUNTY OF BIIDDLESIEX. November it?, 1516. A CAUTlON.—Wbstase Public Notice has been given of a Meeting to be held in Spa.tlelds, on Monday next the Magis trate* therefore strongly recommend, with s ‘ view to the preserva tion of the Public Peace, which it may be thO intention of wicked and designing men to disturb, that all hoyorkeepers and masters of families will prevent, se far as posallole. their servants, apprentices, and children, from . resorting to Spa-fields, m Monday next, from idle curiosity, or joining in any disorderly proceeding Vidal may re- sult from such Meeting, es it is the determination of the Magistrates to put the laws strictly in force, in the event deny net, tumult , or disturbance of the public peace taking plea- Inflammatory language is the order of the day with the self-styled patriots--es g r. The following is the copy of u placard stuck up and delivered about the street. We hope that prompt measures will be adopted to bring to justice the propagator. ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY. The Meeting in Spa-fields takes place on Monday. December 4, 1816, to receive the Answer of the Petition to the Prince Regent, determined upon at the last Meeting held in the same piste, and for other important considerations. TIM PRESENT STATE or GREAT ISRITAIIt. Four Milhous in Distress ! ! Four MMus Ilinbareassed ! !! One Million- sad -hall fear Distress! ! ! Half a Malkin lint 111 iimedid Luxury ! ! Our Brothers in IRELAND at lit a won., state, the Climax of Misery in etnigke, 0. it eon go no farther. Death would sow be a relief ets llinion> Arroranee, Folly, and Firm=Wee lsowidet Affsin to this crisis.. beepigekty as 681 y save the Country ! I! After the last Miens( owns disorderly People were guilty of attacking the Property o7 Individuals; they were ill-informed of the object of the Meeting; it was not to plunder Persons wilier- Mg in these calamitous times in common with others: the Day will soon arrive when the Distresses will be relieved. THE NATION'S WRONGS MUST BE REDRESSED. . JOHN DYALL, Chairman. THOMAS PRE'sTON, Secretary. Mr. Alley is out of danger, and daily improves in health. The new Chancery Court in Lincoln's-inn-square has been erected with a rapidity that induces the suitors to hope it is a happy presage of the future promptness of the decisions within it. The following subjects arc proposed for the Chan cellor's Prizes at Oxford, for the ensuing year : For Latin Verse .— Reunion Persicuin a Cyro fuladatum. For an English Essay.—On the Uuiun of Classical with Mathema tical Studies. For a Latin Essay!--Quam Vim hellcat ad infonnendum Juvenum Anima Pcetarum Lectio ? Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize:— For the best composition in English Verse, not containing more than 50 lints..—The Farneoe Hercules. The magistrates and principal householders of Sun derland and Bishopwcarmouth have had a meeting for the purpose of determining upon the best method of providing employment tbr those out of work. They came to several resolutions—among others the four fol lowing : That a foot-path from Bishopwearrnouth to Henghton-le-Spring be made in all parts of the road where the breadth will admit. That the road over Iloughton.hill be lowared to such an extent as may be deemed expedient.—Begun. That a foot-path be made in the lane leading from Birhopwesr mouth to Hylton-ferry, from Mr. Aiskell's to'Lawson's farm-houee. —Begun. That it be recommended to the commissioners under the paving and lighting acts, &c. that the foot-path from Siniderland Barracks to Bishopweammuth chruch be flagged, and that assistance be given at tha discretion of the committee, aLsfar as respects labour.—The stone is now preparing. A subscription was soon raised amounting to about 1,6501. Among the contributors are, the Bishop of Durham, Lord Darlington, and Mr. Lambton, the county member: the two first gave 1001. each, the lat ter gentleman 2001. The Marquis of Stafford and his neighbour, Mr. Swinnerton, have given employment to every de- Staffordshire, We learn that the Prince Rc4rnt has been pleased to give directions that the stun of £5OOO should be issued' to the Association for the Relief of the the Poorof Spital fields and its vicinity, at•the rate of XlOOO a fortnight, out of the funds at the disposal of the Crown. The following is the tenor of the official communication. 4 ' WMITEUALL, Nov. 27, 1816. " Lord Liverpool, Lord Sidinontli, and the Chsucellos of the Exchequer, have the satisfiction to acquaint Mr. tinny man and Mr. Buxton, that the l'rince Regent will be gra ciously pleased to give directions that the sum of Five Thou sand Pounds should he honied to the Associistion for the Relief of the Poor in Spitalfields and its vicinity, at the rate of oar thousand pounds a fortnight, out of funds at the disposal of his Majesty." The grant we learn is made out of the Droits of Admiralty, a measure which has been long and ardently, and it now appears not in vain, recommended. We hope this will not be the last grant that will be made out of this fund towards the reliefof the suffering poor. The Droits of Admiralty might be less commendably applied. A sum afforded out of them ut the London Tavern Meeting would perhaps have prevented the subscription originated there from dwindling in the way it has done. Amongst the Committees that are forming through out the Kingdom for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, there is one at Leicester which deservea par ticular notice: it is a Committee of Ladies, who at a Meeting resolved, as the distresses of the Poor, particu larly as to the article of clothing, are very great— " That as the services of the Ladies can be usefully em ployed in this benevolent work, an Association of Ladies be now formed to superintend the faithful application of smelt funds as may be placed at their disposal, for S 4 pplying An ticks of Wearing Apparel to the Industries, and Oistremed Poor. " That a primary object with this Association shall be to ascertain the degree of want in regard to clothing which now prevails in the town, and that for this purpose, the town be divided into districts ' and that Ladies be reqoest v d t o take charge of these districts, and to visit all the houses of the Poor, and to make a return of such particulars as aro required in the form now produced. The inhabitants of Hampstead have made a subscrip tion fur the employment of the labouring poor, in alter ing and improving the highway and footpaths of the parish, and in other works of general utility. The True tees of the Uxbridge turnpike-road are also about to take into consideration the propriety of certain improve ments, for the purpose of giving employment in the present emergency, to the industrious poor in the vicinity of the road. As these measures will remove one of the chief grounds of complaint among the poor—will tend to promote habits of honest industry—will exclude the idle and profligate-will lighten the pressure of the Pooes Rate, and ultimately be productive of general and permanent good—these laudable examples will doubt less be followed by the opulent inhabitants of every parish and the trustees of every road throughout the kingdom. At the Meeting called by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, all ranks that were able to contribute did so; and that the sweet voice of humanity charmed to silence the mu tual asperites of party. Similar proceedings luwe taken place at Belfast, at Newry, and in other parts of Ireland: and we have to add Frome, Worcester, and Newcastle, to the places which we have already noticed in England.. Instances of liberality in patriotic and charitable indi viduals ought not to be passed over without notice ; and several of our Cotemporaries who have noticed the use ful benefactions of the Bishop of Durham, in the nciph bourhood of his residence in Oxfordshire ; of Sir W. W. Wynne, at Wynnstay ; and of Mr. Sumfbrd, at Mine head, in Somersetshire. A public Meeting was held a few days ago at Old-• ham, to consider the best means of relieving the poor of that extensive and populous place. On. Its being an nounced, that an offer of pecuniary assietance had been The Artillery Company can be mustered in lialf en hour. made from the City of London Tavern Committee, it it was carried by a large majority, that. no assistance should be accepted from the Corunsittee assembling as above. • A Meeting of the principal Inhabitants of Whitby was lately held at the Angel Inn, to take into conside ration the State of the Poor of that place ; when a liberal Subscription was cntcrai into by the Gentlemen present, which, iu the course of the week, amounted to near 12001. THE _NATIONAL. lIEGIS'rEn. SPA FIELDS NIETTIIVG. '4l E3fPLOYMENT sad RELIEF of the POO ft. • SPITALFIELDS POOR. tinctions of rank, his Lordship has unquestionably no Ine iviarquis Os oLzuluru situ WS lIIC/gIIWUr, ,nr. 2.------, -------, —.----... ... ...... ...., ..uvuutvu IV objections to the title of Copper Captain. Swinnerton, have given employment to every man de- near 12001. The Sp an i a rds being proverbially fond of pompous sirous of work upon their estates in Staffordshire, at the On the 17th inst. attended by the Duchess, hi s i n f a a epithets, King Fenlir.and has lately gratified the c ity o f rate of 10s. per week. His Lordship also distributes family, and numerous retinue of servants, the Duke of Cadiz, by the addition of most heroic,to its previous titles bread and beer to 100 persons every day at Trentham- Rutland returned thanks to Almighty God in the (or of very noble and very loyal. The municipality of Ca- gate ;an example highly worthy of imitation. pel at Belvoir, fur the preservation of his children and diz has accordingly voted that there shall be put up at The Ministers and Parish Officers of Windsor and domestics, during the late dreadful calamity. the Hotel de Ville, a stone, with the fi alowin,,,, inserip- Clover have during the list week employed themselves A project is in contemplation to mare a turnpike-mad tion :—Hotel if the must noble, most loyal,. and most 1w- in visiting the abodes of the pour and working classes between, Reading Watlington, and l'etworth, to facili- roic city of Cadiz. in the two parishes. It appears that .the number of tate a communication between Reading, the north of There will be an eclipse .of the Moon, in the even- men, women, and children, is about 8000;. of these Oxfordshire, and vale of Aylesbury. ' * ing of Wednesday, the 4th of December, which will 1,600 are supposed to stand in more immediate need of ImponTarien or CORN—Two'cargoea of wheat, Of commence at about a quarter past seven :be at his mid- assistance ; and which it is intended . to render by a 700 quarters each, have been reedntly i m p or t e d i nto elle at 44 minutes past eight ; and terminates at 14 weekly portio n of bread and coals, at a rate much under P o rtsm ou th. Wh en th e Prussian b r i g Mine a, which ;•1 minutes past 10. The digitreclipsed will be eight de- the current prices. The tmdertaking has met with the lately put into Portsmouth, with damage, l e ft D antz i e , .... Les of the Moon's south limb, or two-thirds of its sur - most liberal libethralal d i st i ngu i shed nctic i sad m of characters, Ma i j e esty and the Princesses, there.th wheat i were nearly „ th d irty sail en L .of rvestheres l a di ng there I g• to nt at R .