The National Register. — London, England, 1822-11-10 00:00:00

3.!ig TRIAL BY mu-. Tuesday, between two and three hundred Gentlemen dined together an the large rams ut the Clown and Anchor Tavern, wand, to celebtate the Twenty-eighth Anniversaiy of the Ac quittal of Hardy, ike. in 1794, of the charge of con structive High Treason. The company having assembled, Mr. GALLOWAY proposed, that Mr. 11 OOLER should take the Chair. This was agreed to amidst warm applause. The cloth having been removed, Mr. Wesutca said, that he should endeavour to :,unit himself as their Chairman with as muelt , pronapinews as ought to be expected from "a prisoner at large. The CHAIRMAN. in giving the first toast, " The Majesty of the People," expressed the hope that they would not be fouud wattling in loyalty to his Alajesty. The second toast was, " The Trial by Jury." The CHAIR— MAN onaiserved, that the toast was somewhat suspicious, but still there were Juin,. who had done their duty. (Applause.) 'The CHAIRMAN said. that the next toast more immediately approximated to the business of the day. They had not so much ✓eason to applaud the acquittal of Alessrs. Hardy, &c. us the ✓escue of the hoerties set die country from the most fatal stab that had ever been Mural at them; tot if the doctrine of con structive treason hail been established. their liberties won't( have Len completely destroyed. The smitd of use people then only cull have emancipated them—but from that calamity a trial by ,Jury hail rescued them. The individuals who had been saved, particularly Mr. Hardy, had existed to prove that they were amongst the best subjects of the country ; and he therefore gave. with peculiar satisfacuon, " The health of Messrs. Hardy, esc." —(Loud applause.) Mr. HANDY was received with enthusiastic and long continued applause. He felt the deepest gratitude for the manner in which they had received his health; but lie malted words to express the feelings which agitated :and delighted his mind at that moment. lie trusted that the would take " the will fur the dud." (Loud applause.) He was most thankful to them for the manner in which they had honoured the toast. (Applause.) Mr. TifEtwatn returned thanks in a speech of some length, dwellin g . , on the difficulties he had undergone, the manlier in which lie had been persecuted for endeavouring to serve the public cause, and his constant maintenance of those principles which had occasioned the proaecution Of him in 1;94. lie was gratified with the company . he saw before him—the increased numbers were most pronasing; lie was pleased to observe that the principles so dreadfully persecuted iti 1;94 were still warmly supported. He eulogised the ' Cu :ttiiiitional Society," and added, if revenge could be indulged, how amply might they enjoy it in the present condition of the landholders, in their ina ibluty to obtain any rents. 'The rnin, it would seem, had over taken them in the most frightteilshape.—lie was grateful to theta Cfr the manner in which they had drunk his health. r. B•vecit returned thanks fur the manner in which his health had bteu drank. • The next lowit was , _ " The memory of John Home Tooke, ant the other deceased Patriots of 1794." (In silence.) Sung, Air. Murphy—" house, ye tfritons." The CHAIR/dais, in giving the next twist, said it was his duty to read a letter which had been received train Lord Erskine, in answer to a deputation of the Committee, who had waited on his Lordship. He had read it with peculiar pleasure, because in the course of the letter Lord Erskine, who had been the principal means of vindicating the threatened liberties of the Constitution, promised to be present at the next anniversary, if alive. (Ap plause.)—Mr. W . then read die following letter;— " To Alr. NICII(SLsON. " SIR..-1 beg the layout that you will explain to Mr. M•Crevey and Air. Gardner the cause of my being prevented from the pleasure of receiving them, with youiself. on Wednesday last; and you will further much oblige me, by expressing to your worthy friends, when assembled on the Sth of November, that I regret my not haying it in my power to meet them ; but that, ilthey desire it, l will not fail to be present when they re-ass. in- Ue next year. " When all circumstances are duly considered, no public eveut c..n, in my opinion, better deserve to be held in perpetnal reowilibronc: amongst us than the acquittal of Thomas Hardy, in ;794, twin the unfounded charge of consintetive High Trea• son. A great portion of the ordinary period of human life has sauce passed away, and a very short time• indeed can now renutia to me; but I am sure that, retii In dying hour. 1 shall call to nod the a , ,emo sf.ac•a^.r of Lni.dou to, ea,, s lii,h provtd at "Lee toe firm fa:lads:4,n ato lives 17..; ~be. ties Mist the'll IAL NY J r nle sta.: tontintle. ittAl the worth:l,4i ut Moss wl:1 Les now to V./1111e 'OlOl a b:ri,mp.. •• I have :he Lohour to be, Sir, " Your faithful humble servant, " Buchan MB, Nov. 1, " P.S. I have ever since the trial kept up my ceyuaintance with Mr. Hardy, and believe him to be an itinocera and worthy minded man. inrap..ble of meditating the destruction ut the ]knish Cal,c.itution." The letter was received with loud applause. The masts of—The Alemory ut Muir. Veinier, Ike.—the Me mory of T. Paine—the I.ilicity of the Press—liadical Reform, followed ; and alter various other toasty the company bepa rata.' at eleven PIE ler. By the following account. extracted front the Nets York Ga elle of the 11th ult. it appears that the Peacock American ship of war was at Matanzas in the middle of September, and that the Porpoise and tosisiana schooners sailed from liavannith on the -19th of Slitember, in company with the &sod Bri tish brig of war, in search of pirates; so that the Americans, with their small navy, had ihreC vessels to one British off Cuba, for the protection of trade. —Would such things be credited during any other Naval administration than the present? . _ . • The following account of piracies is contained in the Charlebton Cilq Galelle ot the 28th of Septem ber, as furnished by an arrival from 1-lavanuah of Vie I 9tlt A French trig, fmm Tarragona fur Ilawannah, arrived there on the ot Selitimmer. She hell been ruble:. of all her cargo, sails, riggtng, cable- cloths. Air. by pirates. In her, C.iptain H.drison, late ot the acliouner Mentor, us' Philadelphia, his crew, and Mr. Halsey (4 passenger in the .31ridiur), arrived.— The Mt',, ,r was hunt Cult att-Pratt bur Iluvannah, with a vain ahle cargo of tobacco, India gm: specie, Ate. and was captured by the same gang, who kept vessel and cargu—the Captain and all on board iobbed of every at time belonging to them ; their per sons were must crue:ly treated, after whion they were pu: on board the French brig, with live days' provisiuris, and arrivvil in a destitute condition. The manic cuing had also capturd two }Mauves-so brigs how Brazil, tumuli with jerked beef, lid Ha t annad ' • and binding nu sale fur their car;.„ues, sutferA them to proceed after robbing tlizm of whatever articles they fancied.— They arrived heti:re the Fdis sailed. They had also captured two English schooner: trim Nassau for Nsuvita4, with dry gond-, which the captain iarisoined for 3,otiu dollars each, and were then allowed w krossed. The force of this piratical le,t is one THE N. schooner of in tong, S guns, and So men, and another schooner o fzir tons, one gun on a pivot, and ?3 men—the crews all :loan ish and Portuguese. Their rendezvous is generally between Key and Caya Remana (in the I.)abania chianti), where they lay at anchor, and capture all vessels that pass through the channel. Captain Harrison and Mr. Halsey informed, cult all the cargo:s they captured were disposed of to merchants or scowl. drels from Nt:uvitsit and Principe, who repair on board with specie, make their purchases, and carry them direct to their places of rcaatlence. His Brit tonic Alajesty'a brig of war Scout, and the United States' schooners Porpoise and Ltlailtitaki • sailed on the 19th in pinsuit of them. Captaiu Harrison is a volunteer on board the Lostioialus, which vmsel was to call oil .I.lantanzas, to join the l'ascu.* at Alantaazas, and get a reinforcement °linen from her. NEW 10111 K, OCT. IL—Captain Murphy arrived at New York from liavannali, whence he sailed on the wd ult. intimns dal a patriot privateer schooner had fallen in with a piratical schooner alongside of a brig .viiich was anchored on the coast, and not percusing another piratical schooner at anchor under the rocks, with a view of assisting the brig, which she supposed the first pirate was pillaging, ran alongside and attempted to capture her, when the latter pirate ran out. and both suixeedel in car. tying her. It was supposed every person on board was put to t:eatii. (Inc of the pirat e s mount e d three guns, and had 40 men, nd the other six guns, and had so men. DUBLIN, Nov. s.—College-green was crowded to excess throughout the whole of yesterday. At hulf-poet ten in the morning, a stout ferocious laoking fellow, decorated in Orange trappings, and sttended by several of the party, (woe down Dame street, probably from the lodge in Werburgh-street, and paraded round the statue. Two police magis trates were present at the time. was permitted to make his circuit without interruption, but when he had gone round the pedestal, one of the horse patrole compelled him to fly, and pursued him.— We did not learn that he was taken in custody.— The lower orders of the Orangemen, who were col lected in considerable numbers, were occasionally noisy and troublesome in the course of the day, and from the time the night set in until about half-past eleven, when the police compelled the crowd to dis perse, they used every exertion to create riot and disturbance : and actually succeeded in causing much alarm and inconvenience to passengers, and the in habitants of the neighbourhood. NEW LONDON 13atoos.-1n the course of the week, the liridgehouse CO4 00000 itiee, will enter into an eXi ni natton of the fife plans fur a new bridge, sent in for their decis , on. ire they entered int() their task, the Coin mince adopted an ingenious and etlectail plan to prevent paitiality iii their selection, and to frustrate the ell irts of those who would have exercised strong interest in favour of particular plans. It was at first arranged, that each design should have a particular motto. The name and address of the artists were written in a sealed letter, which was indorsed with the same motto. It was soon found, that although the names of the artists were not mentioned, persons were disposed to exert themselves powerfully m favour of those designs having particular ammo,. 'nit Committee, to put a stop to thus system, before they eXa sinned one 01 the des*iis, caused all the motun upon them to Ise erased by two cmifidential per sons, and [somber' to be substituted. A private account Was taken of the numbers thus substi:tited for the mot tos, which account Was immediately sealed up, and it will not be opened until a decisioii has taken place.— Other precautions have been adopted by theeolllinittee, to the best of whose,Polattient the public may rely.utsm an impartial choice. The Committee; however, to whose pursuits matters of this kind are foretgo, do not intend to take the whole responsibility of a decision upon themselves. I hey made application to the Board of Winks that they, as a public body of scientific and practical men, would examine the plans for the new bridge, and .I.ite their upon theta, for the ben, fr. of the public. Tile Hoard, however, declined taking upon the mo:lees the task, and the Curumiuer has..., in consequence, deterninieu upon applying to a unmoor of men in SClelice, artlineels, engineers, and surveyors, Ft) whose opinion anti advice they will be principally guided iii this nia tier, in which the credit of the city is so h at stake. CAPTURE OF A POACHER —l'3Ul ArOlSlrollit, who for a considerable how 'traded a gang of desperate poachers, on the moors iii the vicinity or 11..rii ird tie, and for wisest api:relietision ri (Opt; proclamation was issued, ollering a reward of 100 guineas, was to the early part of last Captured and conveyed to the House of Correction at North.'Hermit. Ile was, at the Lust sessions held there, arraianed upon au indictment, found against him neatly six years since, tor a violent assault upon a constable, hi the execution of kis dirty, to which he pleaded Not Guilty, said having been only one day in custody, Mr. William Dawkins, of B anvil Cas a., attended on the part of the prosecution, when the Court was unwed to put off the trial of the prisoner till the next sessions, the Court riving liiin an opportunity of finding hail, on giving 48 hours notice to the solicitor for the prosecution. A true hill has been found against him at the psi Lent assizes at York, for a riot, &c. in the parish of Grimm', by assembling with the windier of 40 or more armed, and continuing so armed for the space of twit is -; on which last milicimuit he will take his trial at the ensuing assizes at York. Oa Thursday last, information was given at Hatton garden police office, that John Harris, a private soldier i n the 2rl regtenent of loot, now stationed in Ireland, but ho lived as servant with Col. De Burgb, in Groseeimr place, had deserted, orbiting his master of property to the •11101/111, of 6001. in Batik of England notes, besides jew ellery to a large amount, among which was a diamond rrg, transparent set, one stone of which weighed be tween lour and lire carats. The villain, of whom a description was given, is a native of Dorset, and lived as confiaential servant with his Colonel for a considerable time, and was in the habit of receiving large sums of motley on his master's account at Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, army agents, Craig', -court, Charing-cross. A reward has been offered fur his apprehension. IMINII_-.=. ,TIONAL REGISTER Extract of a letter, dated Hamburgh, Oct. LS, ad.lrcssed to a mercantile-house in Birmingham " I hope you will endeavour to give me every ed. vantage you possibly can, both in your discount and in moderating the expences on your goods, as the high exchange is so much against us, and as, at the present moment, it requires all the foresight of an honest man to get any thing by his business; hav ing to combat those fine dressed sharpers who are daily underselling in all articles, and who, every four weeks, have public sales 4 auction of the finest quality of buttons; only eight days ago mere than. 1,000 gross were sold in this way at a most ruinous price; a.,d though I have been in business inure than 20 years, I never witnessed any thing equal to the degrading state in which business has been conducted by these vagabonds. IVe aro at a loss to know by whom they can be served from your town —fully convinced that none of the merchants of our acquaintance have any connexions with them, we cannot suppose the resp-ctable manufacturers would expose themselves; and we have only to hope, whoever they are, they will soon find what difficulty it is too late to procure their payments; but now it is too late to advise them—they must, in the end, feel the consesuences of it." [ulnritlatlo+l %vita brought to Bow-street dace, on Thursday, of a daring robbery co 11111 l itted oil the carria g e of Lady Aiary Taylor, the Ludy in Waiting on the Prince,. Anansta. Her ladyship was travelling to Lon don from Frnamore un Tuesday evening, and on her arrival at the King's Palace, at Pimlico, it was discossered that her large trout( was cut from behind her carriage— it contained a very numerous assemblage of articles of jewellery, a large quantity of wearing apparel, and other property to a considerable amount, packed up, in readi ness to accompany the Princess Augusta to Hanover. The trunk was sate at Hounslow; it is possible fir it to have been cut at Hyde-park-corner, the carriage having been kept waiting there a considerable time, the gate being locked.---A great number of similar rob:aeries have lately been conuuinrd near Piccadilly. A stage coach was robbed a few evenings since nearly opposite the Pulteney Hotel. The package fell °tithe coach info the street, and the robber who had stolen it threw it over the railing of the Green Park, where five of the gang were in readiness to receive it, and made off with it. FIRES IN YORK.—Abort seven o'clock on Monday sennight, a considerable al•rut was spread through this city, by a report that the warehouses or the Right Hoti. the Lord 111..y0r, iii the First-water-lane, which a short time ago were on lire, had again suddenly appeared in flames. The bells of the adjoining church were rung, as Customary on. such occasions, and ihoin-ands of people thronged trout all parts of tie city. The fire, however, was not so serious as at the first was apprehended. It originated in a stable adjoining die said warehouses, and bad thence communicated with souse straw its the park. mg marl. There it was fortunately got under, without spreading further, and before any material damage. The poor hihab•tauts of the adjoining houses were, however greatly alarmed, and well they might, fur so constructed and so circumstanced are the buildings in those lanes, that if once a tire should make there any great progress, no power on earth could save any part of the buildings f one Conliiloll destruction. It is Is most extraordi nary circumstance, that about 10 o'clock on Wednesday night a similar report was spread, that the same ware houses were again on fire; the alarm thus created was not altogether groundless, but by timely assistance the secutid tire was also got tinder. Strange and unfori u nate as the preceding inlay apnear, the surprise of our readers will be still greater, when we add, that the fol ios% rig Thursday es eitiog, about half past five, the same warehouses here pronounced to be a third • on fire; the twist prompt eXi.r ions were used to procure engines, water, &c. and ure are happy to say dial those exertions we. e aiso again successful. How the tires Originated we not—but, we understand, the probable cause is, that as the two places were tilled with oat straw, which had been thrashed out in the open field, the straw had heated and taken fire. I)MtIN6 ROBBERIES IN BEDFORDSIIIRE.—thi Tues. day last an information was received at ((((( ah street Office, by \I r. Pisiik, the chief officer, of a most tiesiierate gang 01 burglars, who have b , eir most success ful in their depredations at Witou Deadman's Cross, ‘Vobitrii-road, I)litist a tile, Ilmetiliff, and other villages distant from Lot n l u, on the Rdiord Road. The gang consisted ut seteral persons, who teaselled in a lazed cart, aud generally met, as it were, by accident. They acted tinder the direction of a lams. Within a short period, the iiiforniation stated, they had plundered several houses and stables, and in one night robbed the house or Mr. Sunni, Mr. Dave--, and also attacked and ',louden d the dwelling of Mr. R..aid, but the lainily being disturbed, the rubbers were attackrd while com mitting the burglary by the Seri/3113, and the mulatto WWI snot, and another was also wounded by the blow tit a crow bar, and one, named Tana y, w. s se cured, and lodged in Bedford gaol. 11 tie mulatto and the other wounded man were assisted off, and alit gh pursued and tracked by marks of b'mod for a considerable durance, yet they succeeded in eluding the then made corpora's; but, on a subsequent search being made, they %vele hero near II anctilitt acid Deadinan's Cross—the situ- Into being scarcely able to proceed, his head, face, and back henig bourid up, where he had received the shot ; and the tither wounded robber was also labouring under great pain, arid was not able io put oil tits coat. They accounted fur their appearance by saying they had beeit lighting a prize battle. The cart they brought with than was seized, but they succeeded in getting clear (di, it is supposed to London. From many circurnstaticas, they are suspected to be the perpetrators of some very cruel acts, alto also of being concerted in innumerable burg lanes told and sheep and horse-stealing. 'I he party who gave the in formation is • respeciablr gelitletnait oh Bedford, aid enquiries were directed to b.: made. -,-