The National Register. — London, England, 1815-12-24 00:00:00

San Jan. 16. W. Dunbar, Wormwood street, merchant, Jan. 15. St: Holland and T. S. Williams, Liverpool, the George Inn, Liverpool.—Jan. 13. A. Atkins, Vinsbury-snuare, merchant, at Guildhall. CERTIFICATES.—JAN. 13. . T. Ellis and E. Alder, Crooked-lane, merchants.—J. Minton,', Minories, woollen draper.—S. Peacock, Lincoln, watch-maker.-- ' I'. Knowles and J. Sawyer, Sheffield, merchants Jacisson, Bir mingham, gun-maker.—R. Abbotts, Bradby, Derbyshire, shop . keeper.--J. Smith, Chelsea, sutgeon.—C. Hatnerto.n, Wansford, Northamptonshire, paper-manufacturer.—A. Brooksbank .apd A. Aloofiv, Bermondsey, Surrey, tanners.—J. Taylor and J. Taylor, l Thames-street, iron-merchants. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, . 'l'. Evans and W. Holmes, of London, navy agents --C. Goldsmith and A. Lewis, of Bridge street, hotel keepers.—J. Murray, E. Johnston, and T. Manley, of Whitehaven, grocers.—W. and Ad Stubbs, and 0. Abseloni,of Cannon street, grocer,—J,Woodhousef and Co. of Alnionbury, fancy cloth manufacturers—C C. Rieth-1 wilier, and 0. Ripley, of Mincing lane, brokers--J. Davenport: and .W. atlilf, of Derby, silk throwsters—B. Benton and S. W. Wakeford, of Manchester, linen drapers—T. France a,nii. Co. of. Liverpool.—J. Butcher &. W. Daws, of Ulverston—J. Hilder and' P. Harris, of Salehurst, timber merchantsr-T. I4ane, of Little Blarlow, Bucks. f irmers—C. King & W. Fenn, of Shiffital, cabinet makers—N. Mansur and T. Ragg—S. and W.W. Palmer, of Stow in the Wuid, morecrs..—A. Shannon and B. M. Barber, of Bury Street, apothecaries—S. Hill and Co. of Rosomon's street, hat ma nufacturer—J. Balfour and G. Gibson, of Arbroath, tanners- 7 R and R- Cox, of King street, bead manufacturers-i-B. Barris and Inl• Bealby, of Catharine court, ship brolter—T. Ramsay And Co. of , Bourdeaux, merchants—M, and M. Burden, of East Ilsley, Berk- Aire, school mistresses—C. W. Hick and Co. of Cheapside—D. H.: Yargitter and J. S. Birt, of Tewkesbury, *surgeons—T. Il'hite and. Co. ofAldgate High street —T. Langston and R. Dent, of Watling' street, factors and warehousemen. INTEREST' 'Ali REPORT 'Of the only remaining Mutineer of His Majesty's ship Bounty, resident on Pitcairn Island, in the Pacific Ocean.—By Cap-1 • 'tain Sir T. Staines and Piton, AS the real position of the island was ascertained to be so far flow that in which it is usually laid down in the charts, and *3 the Captains of .the Briton and Tagus seem to have consi dered it as uninhabited, they were not a little surprized, on ap • preaching its shores, .to behold plantations regularly laid out, and -hilts or houses more neatly constructed than those on the lliarqueaus islands. When about two miles from the shore, some nativee were observed bringing down their canoes on their *shoulders, dashing through a heavy surf, and paddling elite !he ships; but.their asto •iiishinent was unbounded on hearing one of them, on approaching -the ship, call out in the Ennlish hguage ; ' Won't you heave us a rope. now/ The first man who Ant on board the priton soon proved who they were. llis name, he said, wasjhuraday Octpher Christian, the first • horn on the island. .He was then about five and twenty yeari of • age, and is described as a fine yonng man about six te.et high ; his • hair de ep black ; his countenance open and interesting,; of a browni,li cast, but Epee from that mixtsq.e.of a reddish tint whiCh ' prevails on the Pacific islands; his only dreatewas . a'piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw bat ornamented with . * black - feathers •of the domestic fowl. • With a great share of good hurnOur,' . .says Captain Pipon, we were glad to trace in kji benevolent counten, since all the featnres of an honest Engirsk faee.',--• I must confess,' • lie continues, ' I could not suryey this interestin.gyerson 'without Feelings okenderness and compassion, His companion *as named . George Young, a fine youth of 17 or 18. year&of age. • If the astonishment or the Captains was great on. hearing their: first salutation in English, their surprisenod interest .were not a little increased on Sir ThontaeStaines taking,,thc youths below and -' felting before them something to eat, when one of them rose up, - -and placing his hands together in a posiere o f deiotiOn; distinctly : , repeated, and in a pleasing tone and,,usanner, • }'or what we arc going- to receive, the,Lord make ns. traly. thankful.' • 'l'bey expressed :great stirprise on • seeing a cow on 'beard l ike !triton, and were in doubt whether she was a great goat or a limited !AI .7. • The two Captains . of. his Majesty's - ships' accompanied these ymeig moven shore.. Nith, Lome, difficulty and a good.wettieg, and with the assistance of their conductors, they 'accomplished a 41Lx•w- r. '.46, - ... s -. . WC- .14 • • afri' suo.w.ece *is lifter met by Jam 4danas _ _ and sixty yearn of age, who conducted them to his house.. His WifK accompanied him, a very old lady blind With age. He ivis at Fret alarmed lest the visit Was to apprehend hips; 'but on :being told that they were perfectly ignorant of his .existenee,liC was relieved from his anxiety. Being once assured thitt this visit was of at peaceable nature, it is impossible to describe the 'jay thetse poor people manifested on seeing those whom they were pleakedto consider is their countrymen. Yams, cocoa nuts, jiodOther fillip!, with fine fresh eggs, were laid before ' thorn; and 11)ie olditian Would have killed , and dressed a hog for his visitors, Mit time Would . * allow them to partake of his intended feast. 'nos inieresting . new colony, ,it seemed, now consisted of about forty;•slx persOns, tnastly grOwn up young people, besides a num ber of iuflints. The young men all born on the island were very athletic and of the finest forte's, their countenances open and pleas ing, indicating much benevolence aid goOdness of heart: but the young women were objects of particular admiration, tall, ro ust, end beautifully formed, their faces beaming With sthiles and unruffled prod homonr, but wearing a degree of modesty and ,bashfulness 'that would do' honour to the most virtuous nation en earth ; their teeth like iVo6r, were regular end beautiful, without 'it 'single exception ; and all of them both male and female had this moat marked English features. The clothing of the young females consisted of a piece of linen reaching from the waist to the knees, and generally a sort of mantle thrown loosely over the shoulders and hanging as low as the alleles ; but this covering 'appeared jo be intended chießy as a protection against the. sun and the wea ther, as it was freqaently•laid aside—and then the upper part of the body was entirely exposed; and it is•notpossible to conceive more, beautiful forms than they exhibitited. They sometimes wreath cape . or bonets for the head in the most 'tasty manner, to protect the faCe from the raye'ef the sun ; and though, as Capt. Pipon Observes, they have only had the Instruction Of their Ota beitah mothers,,‘ our dress makers in Londou would be delighted with the simplicity, and yet elegant taste of these untaught females.' Their natiieiisoelisty, aissisted by a proper sense of religion and morality, instilled into their youthful minds by John Adams, has hitherto'preierved these interesting people perfectly chaste and free from 'all kinds of debauchery. Adams' assured the visitors that since Christian's death there had not been a'single instance of any young woman proving unchaste ; nor any attempt at seduction on the part of the men. They all labonr while young in the cul tivation of Ate ground ; and when possessed of a sufficient quantity of cleared land, and of stock to maintain a family, they are allOwe'd to marry, but always with the consent of Adams, Who unites them by a sort of marriage ceremony of his own. Their habitations are extremely neat. The little village of • Pit eairn forms a pretty square, the houses at the upper end of which arc occupied by the patriarch John Adams, and his family, con sisting ofhis old blind wife and three daughters, from 'fifteen to eighteerryears of age, and a boy of eleven ; a daughter of his wife by a former hesitant!, and a won-in-law. On the opposite• side is the dwelling of Thiusday October Christian ; and in the centre is 'a smooth verdant lawn, on which the poultry arc let loose, fenced in so is to prevent. the intrusion of the domeStic quadrupeds. Ail that was done WHS . obviously undertaken 'on a settled plan, unlike Act' any thihg to be met with on the othtr islands. *ln their hoitsis ton they had a good'deal of decent furniture, censisting of beds laid upon bedsteads, with neat covering ;they had also tables. tad large chests to contain their valuables and clothing, vhich'is made fn fn the bar Vol a certain tree, prepared chiefly by the elder Otalteitan, females. Adam's house, consisted of two rooms, and the windows had shutters to pull to at night. The yOutiger part of the sex are, es befot e stated, employed with their brothers, . under the direction of their rethmon nither Adams, lit the culture of the ground, which produced cocoa nuts; bananas, ,tie 'bread-fluit-tree, yams; syteet potatoes, and turnips. They have also plenty of hogs' and goats, 'the woods abound with a species of wild hog; and the coasts of the island with 'several kinds of good fish. Their agriciilturar inipleinents are mids 'bytlt eniselVesfrOm the iron supplied by the Bounty; whtth withgreatlabour they beat out into spades, hatchets, crows, &c. This was not all. The good old 'man kept a regular journal, in'which was entered the nature and quantity, of work performed by each family, what each had re• eeived, and what was dae on account. There was, it Seems,. ti ,sides private property, a sort of general stock , Out of which articl es were issued, on account, to the several menders of the Comniunity; and for mutual accommodation exchanges of one kind of provision fur another were very freouent. But what was mese:g ra tifying of all tO the visitors tiV:i4'llit atatinalreetedinaritter din . TriE.YATIONAL REGTSTER. Ili 'chant, at (guildhall , — landing thio4h the as rerpool,. merchants, at I a man between fifty al i nes to ipt. )fa- ted ght ind has and :ors of ion itv red Pit- ich on- fo ife is c is aed All ik e six aid rive (Din tsn, S re, ion ich eet the INS out old nid re• ;ies ty; ion g of icl