The National Register. — London, England, 1821-01-21 00:00:00

actured some not ordered by him. was sufficient ground or granting the injunction.—lnjuuction granted. COMMISSARY COD UT, EDINBURGH. LORD gRAKINE V. LADY EII3KINIC. On Friday, the gUlli December, an action of divorce, at the instance of Lord Erskine against Lady Erskine, his wile, far adultery', alleged to have been committed 111 Eng. IUII.I, was filially disposed of by the CW11111133011 CUUIt of Edinburgh. In defence against this action, Lady Erskine had pleaded that site Wall not all the jurisdiction, because she had never been in Scotlaud but for a few hours when she was mars ied to the ' , mailer at Grettia,and because the true and proper 1111111leole of both parties had, since their marl iage 03 well as fur many years before, been exclusively in England, where alone they had a fixed residence, twine, and establishment, although Lord Er skine 'mused was by birth a Scotsman, and hail been on a visit ism Scotland a shalt tune pi eviotis to the date of Ins action. Her Ladyship also positively denied the truth of the accusation. Upon the other hand, Lord Erskine, in his coodeseen- Ilion, alleged that lie had resided in Edilibuigh tar the apace of forty days previous to the date of the action, which residence, lie contended, was by law a sufficient domicile ; but he did not deny that his permanent resi dence and establishment, and the home of both parties, were in England, where Lady Erskine had al w re mained (hiring her overture. At the close (lithe debate, Lord Erskine, in a minute lodged by him, spontaneously stated that Lady Erskine had for some time been under I estraint while be was iii Scotland; but nu such cii cumstattee had been alleged or tintiided upon by ht r. His Lordship did not, huweber, deny in any respect Lady Eiskine's allegatious, that, as at the date of the action, the true and pauper domicile of both parties, by the law of which the succession to the personal estate of either would have been governed, in case of dying intestate, was ill and, Boding her o bjection to the jurisdiction on the grounds to be seriously O aintained, his Lordship, iii his minute, cx prupriu 7110111, stated that he should abandon this suit, and institute a new one in the English Consistorial Court. Lady Erskine was, therefot c, of consent, assoilzied with expense*. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. J. Varcy, Lee Green, Yorkshire, cloth maker, from Jan. 20 to Mardi 10. J. Bromley, Circus Street, New Road, Marylebone, bard wareman, from .lan. 13 to Mardi 3. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. G. Sickenlike, Huddersfield, victualler. J. Trustrurn, Great Guildford Street, Surrey, carpenter. F. Hudson, Angel Lane, Stratford, brewer. T. Barker, Hop Grourri Brewery, Stratford, brewer. • BANKRUPTS. W. Duffield, Darlastun, Staffordshire, nail manufacturer. Solicitors, Messrs. Swain and Co. Old Jewry. T. Hope, Sandwich, hoynian.. Sol. Mr. Starr, Canterbury. J. Baggott, Bromyard. Herefordshire, skinner. Sols. Messrs. Williams and Co. Lincoln's I'm__ . _ . %V. Smith, Naburn Grange, Yorkshire, corn factor. Soh. Messrs. Sweet and Co. Basinghall Street. B. Holland, High Street, Shailivell, corn chandler. Sol. Mr. Dimes, Friday Street. J. Christy, Old Gravel Lane, Middlesex, master mariner. Sol. Mr. Sheffield, Great Prescot Street, Goodman's yields. J. Sanders, I vybridge, Devonshire, tanner. Sul. Mr. Bowden, Aldermunbury. J. Chariesworth, Cars Green, Almondbury, York, clothier Sols. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery Lane. J. and B. Lister, Leeds, woolstaplers. Sols. Messrs. Jacomb and Bentley, Basinghall Street. H. M•Donaltl, junior, I.iverpool, merchant. Sets. Messrs. Blackstock and Bunce, Temple. W. It. Gilbert, Leicester, wuulstapler. Sol. Mr. Taylor, John Street, Bedford Row. H. Reynolds, Onnskirk, liquor merchant. Sols. Messrs. Lowe and Bower, Southampton Building:, Chancery Lane. T. Forrest. Liverpool, wine merchant. Sols. Messrs. Adling ton and Gregcry, Bedfo:d Row. I). Homed, Kettering, Northampton:lire, draper. Sul. Mr. Nelson, Barnard's Inn. W. and .1. Harkin. Southampton, ship builders. Sol. Mr. Hoe, Temple Chambers, Fleet ;Amu. J. H. Billing, Old City Chambers, Hour factor. Sols. Messrs. Druce and Son, Billiter Square. S. Parscy, Ironmonger Bow, City Road, oil and colour titan. Sol. Mr. Young, Charlotte Row, Mansion House. DIVIDENDS. - -41%. ''''' Feb. 6. N. J. Winch.l;:estle .-- uPon Tyne, merchant-6, T. Wood, Goswell Street, upholsterer-11, S. Cramp, Vine Street, NVestininster, corn dealer-6, W. Couch, Axminster, Devooshirc ' builder-6, H. Hall, Nelson Terrace, Kingsland, broker-6, E. ' , rears, Birmingham, merchant-41, W. Lumley, Jermyn Street, St. James's, wine merchant-6, J. Warner and J. Lord, Derby, honmongers--6, W. and J. Decry, Coal Ex change, coal faefors--6. B. Martindale, St. James's Street, wine mereinuit-20, W. Birch and J. Lucas, Fleet Street, paper stainers-6, T. Nock, Bimiingham, factor-6, 11. Armstrong, Worcester Street, Umon Street, Borough, hatter-17, J. Bates, Leybourn, Kent, miller—l 3, T. 1). Latham and J. Furry, Devonshire Square, merchants-lu, J. Snipley, Birmingham, cusclimaker—S. Campbell, Liverpool, upholsterer-20, J. Hall, North Shields, ship owner-14, It. Methuen, Mane:mg.:4 tua• nufacturer—lo, J. G. Bubb, Grafton Street East, Fiaroy Square, sculptor-7, It. Co,ton, Lynn, N orfol I:, grocer. CERTIFICATES to be granted Feb. 6. G. Hutton, Birmint,intui, dealer in musical instruments—R. Hulse, Hinckley, Leicestershire, grocer—J. Broomfield and J. Ilaselwood, Birmingham, awe! and hot ash manufacturers—J. Ledicu Richmond Buildings, ;oho, jeweller—G. Bray, Levels. pocket irook manufacturer—J. Johnson, Llandad, shopkeeper— J. Alurdock, Nottinghani, grocer. The Pheasant, Capt. Kelly, lately captured on the coast of Africa a small Portuguese schooner (eleven tons), called the Now Felieidade, with 71 slaves on board, 31 of whom were women, crowded into a space of eight feet four inches long, tour feet eight inches broad, and two feet seven inches high ! They were all shackled together with irons, and when released could hars:ly stand on their legs from cramp and starvation ! I'hc arrungements made with the trustees of the Duke of Marlborough liar the purchase of Marlbo rough House in Pull Mall. for the future resitlenee of the Queen, shows the determination of her Ma jesty to spend the remainder of her lili in this country. 'l - 1E NATIONAL REGISTER • In&hire County Meeting.—This Meeting was held on Wednesday last, when strong Resolutions and Petitions were agreed to. We regret to add that Lord Holland's presence was prevented by illness—he addressed the following excellent letter to the High Sheriff:— " Ala. 11113 H SliElilfr.—A:ler haring signed the requisition which was presented to you, 1 refire: that I am prevented, by indisposition, from attending the cue lily which, in compliance with that requi sition, tii virtue of the office winch you hold, and in the spirit al our free and popular Constitution, you, Sir, have so readily and so properly COliVelled. I was in hopes of having it in my power to explain to the freelio:tiers of my native County of Wilts the niotiv,:s which induced me to solicit you to call them tmtether at this tinie.--If it he inn irregular, 1 shall or to ally brother freeholder, to read the tollowing short suneinelit of them : " 1 was persuaded, first, that there never was a period in which the conduct M public affairs required more deliberation and wisiloni. Secondly, that wail the (j, weli was i fi full piitsession, not only of her strict legal rights and dignities, but of all those outward marks of respect, aiid other advantages, which the liberal and loyal people of England have been in the habit of con ter; Mg on the Consorts of - their Sovereigns, the Councils of tile Nation neither would nor could pay due attention to the various important matters 'you their decisions, tin which the character of the conittry abroad, and the liberiy, property, puce and happiness of its inhabitants .i t haute, seem to me essentially to depend. And thirdly, 1 seas con' inced, from Luau> , observations, too minute to be detailed in a letter, that nothing but the sense of the commimity, conveyed through such chan nels as the late restraints oil public discussion have left uninterrupted, could extinguish all further proceedings out the subject of the Queen. It was with such views that 1 signed a requisition, calling on you to convene the Freeholders of the County, and 1 now write to you, in the firm hope, that regularly convened by yoiir com pliance therewith, they may do all that in them lies to prevent the revival of discussions which, according to the just apprehensions of the Legislature, have been found, nit experience, to be derogatory from the ho nour of the Crown, and injurious to the best interests of the country. " 1 have the honour to be, with great respect, Sir, " Your obedient homble Servant, " VASSALL HOLLAND. " 0!d Burlington-street, London, Jon. IG, 1821." EXPORTATION OF HOPS.—We lately:stated that the measure of allowing a drawback of the duty on this produce, when exported, was miler the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury ; and in reply to a Memorial thereon by D. J. Parker, Esq. on behalf of the hop•planters, the following official communication has been received : " Treasury Chambers, Jan. 12. "SIR—I am commanded by the Lads Co 11111 l ilsioners of his Majesty's . I'reasury to acquaint you, for the infor mation of the hop planters of Kent, in reply to their memorial requesting that a drawback of the duty allay be allowed on the exportation of hops, that my Lords have directed the Commissioners of Excise to allow the drawback on hops, exported to foreign parts, in the saute Manner as it is now exported to Ireland, provided they be produced to the proper officer in the original packaues in which they were charged, with the marks shelving the weight, the grower's name and place of abode, and the year when grown, perfect thereon ; and in order to prevent imposition upon the revenue by the exportation uC foreign or other hops, which by long keeping have become of little or no value, or of nitxtures of such hops with others of better quality; my Lords have directed that the provisions 10th and 1 put sections of toe Act of 57th Geo. 111. chap. 87, by which the allowance of draw-back on goods not worth the clinics is prohibited, should be emorced with regard to hops, and that all mixtures of hops of different qualities, or of hops with any other article or ingredient, entered for exportation or drawback, should be forfeited, wait a penalty: and for preventing fraudulent relanding of hops after bring shipped for exportation, the drawback is to be contiaed to such hops as are shipped in packages of not less than one hundred weight. " 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, "S. It. /..I.I9IIINGTON. " D. J. Parker, Eq. Canterbury." Extract of a letter froth Margaretta, dated Nov. 3 : " We have accounts that the battalion (le la lit ina had passed over from the Spaniards to the Patriots, nu the banks of the river Tuy. A colmnu M the Pair of army, under Colonel Mazenn, has occupied the banks of the Tuy, and had pushed on 150 *ten to Camageza, within two days' march of Caraceas. N. 1% .oro, the etimmainlant of the militia in the adjicent towns, de serted from the Spaniards, joining the Patriots with the greater part of M. fume. A vessel is just arrived front Gotland, the Captain of which gives a miserable account of the stale of that city: the blockade on the land side is so strict, that supplies have become scarce beyond concept Oa. The inttahitants are almost starved, and entirely destitute of resources: a chicken .ells for a Spanish dollar. All the principal lantilies have emi grated from the pros niece of Cumana and Barcelona. A kw days since, neatly 300 noire of the Spanish army went from Carrupatto over to the Patriots. The Captain says, the general reeling of we itihabitants 01 CUllliAlit is to welcome the Independents." The Duchess of Clarence, is so awl recovered from her accouchement as to see two select friends to dinner on Monday with her Royal Highness and the Duke. Tuesday her Royal Highness received a visit from the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Vit toria, awl the Princess I...codure. -.. ralO: 19 Mr. KEAN.—( From an American Paper.)— How doctors will differ ! One says Kean is all but perfection ; another thinks him inimitably great with certain exceptions; while another believes Maywood to be his nearest equal, and Pritchard superior, %Vullaek more so, Cooper and Hodgkinson still further beyond, anti Cooke beyond compari. son. On this subject friendship is delicate. The managers deserve respect, and more than thanks for their exertions, and ought to have full houses. Mr. Kean ranks first in England. We are curious to see their nonpareil. But Heaven mend our taste or their judgment, or accommodate theatrical fashions to each other better. A player, at an hundred pounds a night, ought to be worth seeing. I went to view my old favourite, Richard, which I bad seen with increased interest, from Hodgkinson down to the present day. I locked for the person—the voice, the attitude of the hardy warrior; the occasional dignity—the manly port—the firm and elevated demeanour of the Royal commander; the grave re flection—the deliberate resolve—the cool delivery, of a studied, ertful line of conduct; a natural, consistent, and forcible delineation of character; and found—all but my eye and ear—completely satisfied and delighted. Nit. Aostin.tui. The Court of Causation at Paris has rejected the appeal of young Pestrel, aged 1 7, who was checked in his high career of crime, namely, the attempt to poison his father, mother, and several o: hers, thirteen in number, who had been invited to a family party. The sentence of the Court of Assir.:s at Rouen, condemned him to suffer the death of a parricide, has been confirmed. Another monster, Stephen Lelicvre, alias Cheva lier, has also appealed against sentence of death, passsed upon him by the Court at Lyons. This criminal was found guilty of having poisoned his two wives, drowning his child, stealing another child to pass for that he had murdered, and of com mitting sixteen forgeries. The appeal was rejected, and the order for his execution made out. The proceedings against Lilly and Wood, who received sentence of death at the late Admiralty Sessi.ms, for being parties in the plundering of the cargo of the Mau, Williams, from Limerick to London, stranded on the Goodwin Sands in Decem ber, 1818, were commenced and carried on under the direction of the committee for managing the affair.; of Lloyd's, who are determined not to suff-r such disgraceful depredations on vessels in distress to be emninitted with impunity. The shipping belonging to Leith increased 1,767 tons last year, and has been the means of employing 150 additional seamen. CAUTION TO BANKERS.--By 55 Gen. 111. cep. 185, sec. 16, every banker re-issuing promissory notes, after three years from their respective dates, is subject to a penalty ofsol. fur each mite so issued, provided the said note bears date prior to the 31st of August, 1815, and likewise the old stainp duty. Several bankers have recently been prosecuted under this act, and have paid very heavy penalties fur the offence. On Monday afternoon, the Earl of Harrowby, on his entering into town in his travelling carriage from Bath, proceeded down Constitution-hill to the Earl of Liverpool's house in Privy Gardens, where his Lordship sat down to dinner,when his valet returned in the carriage towards his Lordship's house in Grosvenor-square. In going out of Piccadilly into Berkeley-street, Mr. Butler, the valet, observed two men suddenly separate flout several others in Picca dilly, and tidlowed the carriage down Berkeley-stye, t. Suspecting their design, he watched them closely through the glass in the hind part of the carriage, when he perceived one of them in the act of cutting the trunk from behind: he immediately threw open the door, jumped down, and seized the by the collar, whom he conducted back to the Glou cester Coflec-house, where he surrendered him to a police officer, his companion having fled. On Butler returning to the carriage, he fond one of the straps of the trunk cut off, and the other nearly severed. A circumstance of a singular nature occurred at the new Chapel, in Carr's Lane, Birmingham, on Sunday evening, the ilst ult. The Rev. Mr. James, and a congregation of upwards of '2,000 persons, were plunged in total darkness, the connecting pipe of tl.•e gas works being cut off, it is supposed, by time malicious retsons. The screams of females and children, and the stench of the gas, threatened sidibeation and destruction, and the alarm and anxiety to get out of the Chapel were extreme.— Many persons stifLred, but none very severely. It is much to be de.:ircd that de perpetrators may be discovered and punished. The Address from Sheffield, praying for the dis. missal of his :Majesty's Nlinisters, was sent off on Tuesday sennight to his Graze the Duke ot Nor folk and Earl Fitzwilliam, to be by them presented to his Majesty. It had received nearly 6000 sig. natural. - ' _. MEM 11•11nowiiimi■ ...1 ry.. r~- :-.~~