The National Register. — London, England, 1817-03-31 00:00:00

MARCH 61. period of time, so received fir, and accounted to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, and Lord Conunission ers of the Great Seal fur the time being. Unless these persous can be considered as holding offices in trust tbr the Great Seal, within the meaning of the Address of the House of Commons, of the ,Sth day of February. there are no offices held in trust fin. the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lards Commis. -sioners of the Great Seal fOr the time being, er of which the profits are in the whole or in part applied to their use. The address referred to, if it applies to these receipts, requires the amount received, but specifies no pericd, with reference to which that amount is to be stated ; but it is thought right to state the sums received for and accounted tier to the Great Seal, for the last five years ; which, tat the average of those five years, is The Bankrupt Office £1,928 10 10 per annual. The Purse... The amount of the Lord Chancellor's receipts ap pears in the Report of the Committee of the House o!' Commons in ISII, to that time ; and with the view of giving the fullest information on this subject, the total of the salary and fees received for the Lord Chancellor (including the sums bdint-mentioned) since that time, is here stated : sth April 1811, to sth April 1812X16,907 2 8 sth April 1812, to sth April 1813 15,897 1 9 sth April 1813, to sth April 1814 12,455 14 9 sth April 1814, to sth April 1815 12,148 10 5 sth April 1815, to sth April 1816 12,485 16 The average of the total receipts during the time the present Chancellor has held the office Being .e 12,1 1- 16s. per annum. Of the fees in Ilankruptey £3,393 11s. : and of the Purse, £1,209 19s. per annum ; the two last-mentioned sums being included in the total average of £12,170 above stated, and the whole sub ject to the payment of Property Tax, duriag the time that duty continued. These accounts are rendered upon the best informa tion the Chancellor can obtain. March 10, 1817. ELDON, C. t`. THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. The only offices in the Court of King's Bench which fall within the description of the resolution of the Ho nourable the I.louse of Commons of the 28th of Feb ruary last, arc the offices of the Chief Clerk, and of the Clerk of the Errors of that Court. The office of Chief Clerk is held in trust for me, and subject to my appointment, as to its emoluments by my eldest son, the Honourable Edward Law, and Osborn Markham Esq. and the survivor of them ; and the net profits of the office are applied to my use. The annual amount thereof, upon an averag' of 12 entire years, from the yeip 1803 to the present ye:lr 1817, is 6,3071. 9s. sd. The profits of the office have 'risen very considerably beyond their former amount during the last six years. The several particulars relating to this office, its nature and duties, and its connection with that of the Chief Justice (to whom the right of appointment there to has immemorially belonged) have lately been stated in several returns made to the Commissioners sitting under the commission flir inquiring into the fee; of the officers in the courts of law and equity. The present Chief Justice understands himself as en joying the benefits of the office of chief clerk, so held in trust for him, in precisely the same manner in which it was enjoyed by his predeemors the Lord Chief Jus tice Holt, the Lord Chief Justice Lcg. and Lord Mans field, at the times when the teed office became subject to their respective nominations and appointments, upon vacancies occurring at the several periods when they respectively 11114 the office of Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. The office of Clerk of the Errors is .not properly so much a subordinate office in the Court of King's Bench held in tru:t for the present Chief Justice, as one, which by ancient usage, is annexed, in respect of his eenolu ments, to the office of Chief Justice for the time being, appears by the statement and documents on that sub ject lately submitted to the Commissioners sitting under the commission above-mentioned.' The annual net receipts of this office, upon an average .of 14 years, amount to 2,6781. 17s. 8t1; upon an aver stp of the first 7 years, to 2971. Is. 101.1. The only salary or allowance which the Chief Jus iii e of the King's Bench ruclvei nut of the public reve nue, i; the annual sum of 4,0001. payable at the Tree sury, which was first granted to Lord Hardwicke, the then Chief Justice, in the year 17:3::, subject to the !ail tax, place and pension taxes, and the late tax upon offices, and to the property tax, whilst that tax voutinued, which then reduced its amount, in point of actual busieficial receipt, to about 2,9001. per annum ; ss :ILI salary is farther reduced by the charge which the Chief Justice is subject, of furnishing most of the offices of the Coen with stationary and parchment rolls used in those offices, amounting to about `t 501. per ann. and ry the txpenee of two Circuits, which amount to the further sum of 3001. and 6001. per ann. ' This salary from the public revenue has never been increase; during the period which has elapsed since 1733 !although that of every judicial officer in the Courts of THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Law in IVestminster-hall has been more than doubled by successive increases during that period), probably from the circumstance of the Legislature having advert ed amongst other emoluments of his otliee, to the emo luments which the Chief Justice was Inown, and in severs! public returns to Pmiiament, is stated and ac knowledged, to derive from the Error-office, as well us on account of the advantage he was known to possess in respect to the patronage of the (Alice of chief clerk and other offices. All the emoluments whatsoever received by me in respect to my office are fully and distinctly particula riwq by me in my return latOy made to the Commission-' ers above-named. Mareit 10, nal% ELLENBOROUGH. 3. MASTF.R OF MR ROLLS. There is no office which is held in trust for me, or of which the profits are in the whole, or in part applied to my use. W. GRANT, Master of the Rolls. THE PierscEss OF WALES. Extract of. a letter from Milan, dated March 7. " The residence of the Priacess of Wales here, soon after her removal from Coma, furnished many subjects for conversation. Baron Ointeda, who is now Hanove rian Minister at Rome, oilinulecther Royal Highness by residii:g here, without any apparent motive for delay. She allowed herself to Jitney, that he was directed to linger here by the English Minister at a powerful Ger man Court, to watch her conduct : and she applied to the Austrian Government upon the matter. It is re ported, that an intimation was accordingly given, which was the occasion of his leaving Milan ; but this was not done s' speedily is to prevent his receiving a message from Capt. —, one of her Royal Highness's suite ; in consequence of which an affair is expected to take place, though Baron Omteda declined it for the present. Any report, relative to the intercourse of her Royal Highness with England must, of course, be less cer- ' tain, than information of what passes here ; but it is added, that she has since written to Mr. Canning, if not to Lord Liverpool, complaining of being apparently watched ' • imputing her departure from England to the advice of the limner Gentleman, seconded by her own desire to avoid being the occasion of any- uneasineA ; and concluding by a hint at the probability of her return. I am not well informed as to the offence given to her Royal Highness at Como; but it is not expected that she will reside there again. The villa cost .50001. ; the impmvemcnts nearly as much. In the suit of her Royal Highness are actually a few Nlamelukes, who act as her guard, and who escort her, armed at all points, and in fitll constume, whenever she goes to the Theatre. An other person, who is in her employment, it' not actu :By in her suite, is un Italian lawyer, who is writing her travels in the East. The Princess eid not reside within the mates of Milan, but in a villa about a mile and a half ' tiom it, called the Villa Bergamo, belonging to the Baron de Bergamo. Of this personage lam not able to give you a perfect account ; but his sister (formerly a housemaid) attends the Princess as Dame d'howiehr, and the Baron himself acts as Chevalier d'honnear.— Some other branches of the family fill other situations in the Princess's household. The title of Baron was conferred upon him by some German Prince ; but the Onler of Malta, though properly tenable only by per sons of noble birth, hail been obtained fin him of the Grand Master; and he is also Grand Master of the Or der of Caroline, instituted by the Princess. The Court of Vienna, having learned that he is not noble by birth, has forbidden him to wear the Order of Malta in the Austrian dominions. 'lle visit of her Royal Highness to the Ex-Empress Maria Louisa, at Parma, was unex pected. She was, however, invited to dina:x ; hut upon her carrying there nearly the whole of her suite, the Austrian Archduchess pleaded the etiquette of the Court. at Vienna against the reception of them at table, and their Highnesses dined alone. W. Austin was in the number of her attendants, end the Princess asked permission of Maria Louisa to purchase an estate for him in the ter ritory of Parma.. In one of the processions of the Carni val, tho Princess's coachman attempted to break line of carriages on the Corso ; but was resolutely and slaves fully oppesed. }ler Royal Highness, Rion after, left the neighbourhood, without giving a grand masked ball, which had been announced." The Prince Regent intends spending the Easter Ho lidays at Brighton ; thr which purpose the Pavilion, as well as the houses in Nlariboroug-h-place, are in prepara tion for his Highness and suite. The Lord Mayor's journey to the West is for the purpose of being preseat at the Cornwall Assizes, at which a cause is to be tried respecting one of the cop per-mines, in which he is defendant. His Lordship has taken down with him two eminent Barristers, on special retainers; one ut SOO and the ether at SOO guineas. Nothing can be more decisive of the state of the country than the diminished consumptioa of the leading articles subject to the duties of excise. The tailing off has been progressive durint , the present quarter. It is stated to be upwards of 699,0001. Few, the LONDOS G.IZETTE * Tuesday, March 2.5. RANtIWPTS. CARTER W. of Brairb, my House, Herts. dealer, March 29, April 13. May G. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Cl;arsley, irk lane. Nast! H. of Kingston, setal-crusher, April 5. IS, "lay C. at Guile ball. Ate. Mr. Sherwood. Cunterbury-square, Sundt% ark. Mattsitti.t. J. of King's Head-coiirt, linen-draper. April 1, 5. May t;, at Guildhall. Att. .Ir. Chr..i.ep, Child's-place, Temple-bar. PAn ET T G. of York-street. Westirtinter, ptu.nber, Marrli 29. April 5, May 6. at (;natliall. Att. Mr. Oldham. P.arl-q. fllaclariars. %ti r R. of F.g:iarrt. innkeeper, March April 1, May 6, at Atts. llogers and - Son, 3lanchestrr-bui/dings. II E NSON S. of Nottin:rliam, bill-broker. April 7. 8, Ma] 0. at Not tingham. Atts. and Ca Nottingham. I4ltttu A. of Leeds. linen-draper, April 17. at Pontefract. April 21, . . , %lav 6, at (onnersal. Att..M;. E 6114, liatttlit-gertlen. Pa it fiER It. of Manchester, victualler, April 10, I I,May 6, at Man e:ltshit. Att. Mr. PHs, Chancery.lanc. MAR.4II T. of Liver pool, spirit-dealer, April 18,19, May 6, at Liver. pooL Att. Mr. Ch ester, Staple Inn. HOPCOTT E. of Ullingswirk, lleretiirdshire. dealer is wool!. April 1, 2. May 6. at firm/Iyard. Atts. Mr. Taylor, Feat'wrstone-hoild. Nlavrticws E. of Chester, switlier, April 25, 28, May 6, at Chat ter. Atts. Philnot and Co. Temple. ST Er.v t: xs W. of Bristol, coa/ m-trchant. April 19, 21, May 6, at Rri.tol. Arts. Hurd and Co. Temple. 11.wica T. of Preston, coal inerclualt, April 10, 11, May 6, It Preston. Att. Mr. Windle, John-street LT T. of Stapenhill, Derbyshire, de.tler, March 27, 28, May 6, at Ilurton-upoa-'freat. Atts. Lowes and Co. Temple. Srtruts J. fitte of Birmingham, linen draper, April 17. 18. May 6, at ItinuiTthain. Au. Mr. Egorton, Gray's-inn-square. .1. of Stone, Staffortlihire, linen draper, April 2,3, May 6. at Stafford. Atts. Anstiee and Co. Temple. P.11131.1:1' .1. P. of Great Yarmouth, baker, April 5,8, May 6, at Norwich. Atts. Wiodus and Co. Chartuery-lane. DREW It. of Bradninch. Devonshire, merchant, April 18, 19, May 6, at Exeter. Att. Mr. R. Brutton, Broad-street. Toni) G. of Sewrastle-upon-l'yne. spirit merchant. April 22, 25. May 6, at Newcastle. Attn. Maine and Co. Temple. Howse: S. of Wendlcbury, Oxfordshire, victualler, April 4,5, Mar 6, at Oxford. Atts. Edmunds and Co. Chancery-lane. DIVIDENDS AT GUILDHALL. T. Layton, of Canterbury, draper, April 15. J. Wontner, of Kingston, spirit inert:aunt, April 15. W. Twitehin, of Kingslcre, maltster, April 22. W. Bucliannan. of Oxendon-street, merchant. April 19. T. l.owndes, of Mitre-court. Chcapside, warehouseman, April 19. L. H. 11. G. Constant, of Wellclose-square, sugar refiner, April 19. .1. W. D. Gust, of Kingston, grocer, April 22. E. G. Holder° and Co. of Cornhill. bankers, May 10. M. Turner. of Basinghall-strect, merchant, April 19. T. Nash, of Chesham, brewer, April 15. DIVIDENDS IN THE COUNTRY. R. Hartley, of Colne, calico manufacturer, April 15. T. Bruton, of New:nt horse dealer, April 1;. T. Harri.on, of N:wca.stle-upon-Tyne, corn merchant, April 21. C. Blackbourn. of Newark-upon-Trent. corn factor, April 18. J. Sykes, of Nottingham, mercer. April 25. J. Green and A. Odling, of Nottingham, drapers, April 25. J. Gowen, of Ilavening:iam, grocer, April Pi. S. IVhite, of Liverpool uphol.terer, April 15. W. Greenwood, of Halifax, merchant, April 21. CERTIFICATES, APRIL 15.—T. 1.-seer, of Hatton-garden. hlrdwarernan—G. Williams, of Limehousc. dealer—J. Battershy. of Locrier Sliadwell, ship owner-1. Itufsell, of the Strand, wine merchant-11. Hampton, of Birminglinwi,cbandler—P. Nlessent, of 'tbury,Aldcmti inanuficturer—J. Stele, of Liverpool. merchant —I. Watts. of Manchester. draper--C. Christmas, jun. of fall-mall, music seller—R. l'ercy, of Blandford Forum, and J. Force. of Willi borne :Minster, auctioneers—T. Newman, of Cheltenham, brewer. DISSOLVED. E. and W. 111vrh, of London and Edinburgh, commission agents. Collett and Spurr, of oorett. Yorkshire, rnarhire makers. Daniel and Shelley, of Manchester, mar, ft:tuts. Fro..t and Stratham, or Huddersfield, fancy manufacturers. 1. and T. liardnism of Nlancliester, small ware manufacturers -11 irrison and Co. at Snelston and °omicron, 13erbysliire, timber incr. Harvey and Mullins, Lane End, Staffonlshire, drapers. Heaps and Witsvne,. Leeds, tobaecco and snuff manufacturers. .lohnson and laidler. Newcastle upon 'Fyne, spirit men:hams, &t. Kain and Li t, of Little Alie-strcer, sugar refiners. Atobbs and Watson. Southainpton. Rateliff and Ford, of Star-corner. Bermondsey, carriers. R. and C. Russell, of Fleet-marl:et. butchers. Wakeman. and (loth:mi. common carriers. • and It :van, of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, sail makers. Itruh.haw and Ityley, of Coventry, watchmakers. Barton and Briggs. of 11:vnushire-street, printers. Collins and Gabridli, of Liverpool. ('raven and Kirk, of Manchester, warrhoncmen. • .1. and .1. C. Ilevoreux. of Gosport, nary agents. I. and J. Evans, of Bristol, printers. Fearon and Co. Workington. Cumberland, merchants. Horton and Goole, of Bliekman-street, Southwark, haberdasher. Kempstcr and lloherts. of Old-stmt, Robinson and Swain, ('oventry, rilk d) Satterfield and Co. Mmeinsgcr, linen drapers. .1. and H. Smith, of tiaiitsburgli, lincohishire, wharfingers. Stubbs Taylor. I.ongport, Staffordshire, earthenware-man. H. 'l'. and W. Vavavnar. Bexhdnle, woo6taplers. Whyte and Field, of West India broken. :right and Co. of :tfilk.stre:t and St. Petersburgh. Belvoir Castle, the scat of the Dul:e of Rutland, is to be rebuilt. The foundations of a very large tower, to be ercete on the cite of that part or the building de stroyed by the late. melancholy fire, were begun on Monday se nnight. The ceremony of laying the first stone wr-s rendered highly interesting by the presence of the Duchess and Duchess Dowager of' Rutland, the Marquis of Gnmby, the young ladies, and the Reverend Sir John Thornton, who severally assisted in placing the stone in its situnti.m and in depositing within it pieces of coin of different denominations. A prayer, composed for the ocra4.ion, was read at the close of the ceremony, l.y the Rev. Chaplain, which powerfully affected the feelings of the numerous domestics and workmen pre ret t.—Slennfiprd MercurN. The Chester Paper of the 21st contains the followiag contradiction of an account of the tin.lin2. of pike-heads, &e. which bad been inserted in that PuSlf,•ation :—"ln the account of the sedition!' in our last Chnmicle, it was stated, that some pike-heals, and stiels, containing dagger-shaped pieces of iro:i, had been thund: we feel great pleasure in being enabled to assure our Renders, that we were misinformed, and that only one stiel:, rut of some thousand bludgeons taken from tke meb, con. Luna a weapon of that description:" At the Maidstone AAsires, *hid' totntioate4 on Saitnialay iennight, Lauucclut Boldface was ordeal tar , :xt-cniitai this day.