The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REMSTER: 1140 it be in rendering benefits to the distress' and its making some of our fellow citizens useful to themselves; their children, and the State. (Hear, hear!) In Edward the Third's time he rely' of no 'limier, but he read of much better ohings; he read of many good laws and public institutions, and of the ronfirmatior of the Magna Ghana : such was the celebration of that . Th:, %vas not a tone for that Court to set an example •.:'sensual ity. or eudeavaer by a selfish prodigalit% to rai:c =till :fe i :her the poor, tie already enormous price of bread. 1 'lcy had f . ,1 len under the heavy displeasure of their constituents, and he' ha.. even beam that a meeting was to he held for the purpose et taking their condurt into consideration, (a laugh). Gentlemen might hugh, but he told them the fop.; and he could not wor der at it, n bon that Court was made't he engine of Ministmia maneauvre, aud s hen the East India Company called list.; the first corporation in the kingdom : and even the Bank of Englaial breasts to sat them an example. No wonder th-ir constatueots shauld he pained at these corporations, associating merely to- their own private emolutuent, assuming ra. pre( e rteoite over them, the public corporate body Of the first city in the world. lie did not w ish to opeak disrespectfully of the ; but he thought it little competent to set un examine or political points. It increased by the calamities of !he country —by one calamity it had its funds almost disohled; and the oh noxious measure of the Income Tax was hatched by some o; those very Bank Directors, even at the Mayoralty house--(Air. Dixon here cried out " Who increased that lag?)" " I will tell you (said Mr. \V.) it %%:+s Lord Grenville—that same Lord G , enville who gave your son a place; and I was raising 'm\ voice ailitirist it when you and your brothers were soliciting at the Treasury steps." Mr. W. said he had given his sentimen,... on the suhject, and Atonld conclude. He was sorry to he com pelled to resold to persoisalities, but those who chose to catechist. him must abide by the consequence. • Mr. Dixon deprecated the attempts which had been made to degrade him in the estimation of the public. He had now ea tered into his fiftieth year, having paved his way throng!, life by hard labour ; and never, in one instance, having eaten the bread of the public. He had never asked for, or calculate(' upon receiving a place. Be had been nearly 40 years in the employ of ono house; and, after having been so with the mast irreproachable character, it was natural for hint to wish to procure his son to he his assistant, and ultimate successor ; but notwithstanding- the equally irreproanahle conduct of his son, he was given to understand that this tymild not be the ease. His son was too far advanced in life, to submit to indignities ; he (Mr. Dixon), turned in his mind how he could put him for. ward in the world. Mr. Dixon then confessed that he had writ• ten to Lord Grenville hirwelf, and not through any other choo nel, stating that line of conduct he had pursued in his puhlii life, ht%d his determination never to depart from it. lie wonld produce this letter had he it now in his pocket. He never sass Lord Grenville its life, and had never daneel attendance upon him. He never applied to any Administration. Mr. Young said a few words in favour of a dinner at the Cor porations private expance. Air. Marriott spoke against building alins-bouses. Al r. Deputy Kemble was against the alms-house selleme. As to the Finance of the Cif , , he was one of the Committee, and thought that with economy it might come routid. At present. however, it had no money to spare ; hut if the Court were de termined to afford a dinner out of mt, he could slim thiln a better way in winds the money might be spent. and that was iu the re iease ct.f small debtors. lie compliinented the Report of the Committee, to whom the celebration of the. Jubilee had been re ferred. When it was found that they did not recomn,and a dinkier, go Report ever created o great satisfact 101 l out of doors. Mr. Cri !:lid, that Gentlemen wanted to ram their hand• into a purse alread emptied. Tbe tradesmeii of the City had not been paid.— (Question, region. )—[The worthy Meinher was here corrected in this Ile was giad to lied he aas mistaken ; but it could be only lately that they had. Mr. Wait Immo, in explanation, said, that he did not mean the con , umption bread would be materially increased by the City's dinieg together, but that it was an impolitic act to create a feasting in proportiou as our distresses increased. Air. Alderman and Sheriff Wood rose to answer the objections Which had been made to his scheme. ft to the ex pence of alms-houses, he calculated that E) might he raised for :SQOOI. •Ind eudowed adeqoately for 5001. a year. It had been suggest- . that tl.e City Companies would not he alive to this, but he • 'l' not% state that two of the Court of Assistants of thejiro xt ;A, %pygmy did him the honour to say they should•be OCT. s. to meet the Corporation in fel% beitenie. lie very mceis proved fife ri.lensing poor ilebtors, of whose mitteries, his skim as Sheriff, nt,w led lion to he so immediate a witness. Ile •aould like, indeed, to extend it to-the relief anther prisoner', s m;tieularly•those confined for their political writings. Ail he eked was, thnt the busine"s should he referred to a Committee: • ihey preferred the other scheme, he was ready to withdraw his. After a long and desultory conversation, Mr. Jack's amend satent was put and carried nem. con. viz. " Thal this Court is of opinion that it will be more accept 'hie to Almighty God, and more congenial to the paternal feel, !!gs of our beloved Sovereign, to promote the release of the pa inter :and captive an the joyful Jubilee .about to be celebrated, •tan in expending money in feasting and illumination; it is refore resolved that the sum of 1000/. be subscribed to the •:'ociety• for the relief and discharge of persons imprisoned for small debts, provided the same be applied to the purposes of .e Institution, on or °bole the 25th instant ; and especially for 1:.- . discharge of Freemen of this City." The Lora Mayor expressed V - elf extremely proud of the resolution of the Court, and 5h(....1.4 he happy to see all the lleanbers at the Alaosion- llou - ,e after church on the 25. th instant a eat a hit of cold roast 1106 . , aid that It was afterwards resolved that the d Standing Order of he Court should be, upon that occasion, dispensed with ; and :ant the Resulation of the Court of the 26th September, as to iluminating the Guildhall. and Mansion-House, should be note acted upon. A t the breaking up of the Court, the Lord Mayor told them, that as hot beef was better than cold; they should have it hot, : and nothing, else. PROPINCI ALS, MAIL ROBERY.—A person, who had much. the appearance of a gentleman, was taken into custody at Arundel, in Sussex, on Thursday Just, fin stealing a parcel, containing bank notes to. t very considerable amount, out of the Pea worth Mail. The fender had taken his 'passage by the mail. as an inside passer,. er, by which means he got possession of eke packet containing .hetiotes; part of which Were traced to him. lie has since been recognised as an old offender. “LoversTrn, OCT. 2. Ott Tuesday sennight Charles Buck .n4hain, Nilus Cowper (both of notorious. character) John rhompion, and James Payne, who were all capitally convicted tt Our last As4izes, but whose sentences have been commuted for transpor:ation, were sent from hence hy the London coach, -.I order to their being conveyed to the hulks at Woolwich, pre, "armory to their embarkation for Botany Bay. The four pri , 4toters were ironed, chained together, and hand-ruffed ; and, thus tecured, were placed inside of the coach, accompanied by two .unrds sc ithin, and one on the roof, well armed. On their ar. rival at LI abridge, bet ween five and six o'clock on Wednesday •norniog, whilst !topping for the purpose of changing horses,. one of the keepers came oat to procure some water: he had -rarer! V entered the Innlyard';' when Buckingham, Cow per, and l'hompson (having contrived- to unscrew their leg-irons during :he night) jumped out of the coach, and ran of; the remaininti vtard, who was inside, being prevented following them for the women, by PaynP, who it was aperwards discovered had not u d din getting rid of his irons. An alarm, howeler, was, •iitstantly given. and they wer , . followed by the keeper from the roof, and the one inside 0% to quickly extricated himself from !laNne bin, although the whole three were still hampered. .v it h donhle hawk-tills, they out-stripped their pursuers, and got clear off. A v. ell, 166 feet deep, wa: lately dug at Neysden, in the parish of Wilsden, Middlesex. The first stratum, fur 38 feet down, yellow day. In this day many shells and other curious were found ; at the diAance of 84 feet, in a stratimt if blur (la\ , a large piece of wood was taken ,up, which at first .pprared like ‘ilver, but -upon being exposed to the air, turned , lack, and cracked into small pieces. Friday se'nuight, as several soldiers returned from Wal ohereo, Nere pas,ing through the town of Leicester, by a stage on their w to Nottioigham, the ph ce of their birth, laying a fsssiou2;h grnititti :WM to si-it their friends, and for the re4irat ion of - I heti. Iteal:!i,- one of thvin exclaimed to his coin. rade, in a very joyous manner, that he felt himself quite well all at unto; but almost instantly afterwards dropped do dead, -•••,- • •-• • : • • '1 ••• f. ' l 7 4 '. 1 • I } ~' ...~