The National Register. — London, England, 1817-08-11 00:00:00

AUGUST n. TILE D 1111.11.1. M A RIK ET.•011 TULA ay, Garrick's C►rce of Bun Tun was revived, in our opinion, much to the d►s.. credit of the Manager, for every thing in it is obsolete but its indecency, and that unfortunately is the growth id' every age as well as every clime. %VV. UN EtiDA V.—The saute observations will apply to another revival on Wednesday evening. 'The Flitch of Bacon, with all the chariais of • its simple music has so little chastity about it, that we, could be well content to see it, with a hundred more of the last age, consigned au total oblivion. COVENT-GrAROFN THEATItE.—It is the intention of the Managers, on the ensuing Season, to exclude all the wax lights hung round the house, in lieu of which an immense chand elier will be suspended in the mid dle of the Theatre with gas. The e‘perimeat has been tried, and it produces a brilliant effect -upon all parts of the house. Tuesday evening the Edinburgh Theatre re-opened with the Opera of Love in a when Mr. SlN ci.vin and Miss Sri PUENS made their appearance in the characters of Young Meadows and Rosetta. Mr. R.%YMOND is now actively employed in making arrangements for the opening of Drury-Lone Theatre, the ensuing month, with much novelty both of pieces end performers. Field Marshal Prince BLUCHER is daily expected in .the grand Duchy of Mecklenburg. tie intends to use the baths of Dobbcrau, and afterwards to pass some time at Hamburg. Several meetings of the Alien merchants have been - held, in consequence of an intimation -that the .Cor • poni.lon of London are adopting measures for ensuring the bona. fideoullection of -the duties accruing to the City Chamber, upon gxiols entered outwards or in wards, within the port of London, being the property of Aliens not naturalized. The complaint adduced on t:te part of the City is, that this branch of its revenue has considerably &Von oil' during the last '2O years, owing to the practice of entering such merehandize in, the names .of British subjects. It is urged, in a me morial presented to the Corporation by the Alien Tra ders, that the collection of such a tax may tend to di vert the capital of Aliens front the metropolis w the outports. The facility of many of the London Editors in beneving all the untininded assertions of the riotous and disaffected, relative to the late unhappy events, is not less disgraceful to their understanding, titan to their character as Englishman. A contemptible wretch, one Ilcoisham, has with most barefaced im pudence, accused some of the most respectable gentle men in the county of York, with having endeavoured t t suborn him to give false evidence against the Hud derstield rioters ; and this wretch's statement finds in stant belief, even with the -Times, a paper, which on most occasions, displays something like common sense. The Leeds Intellig,encer, however, u paper to which the well disposed part of society is under many °Mi. ft.:lions, has given .a complete refutation of the lies which this fellow had fabricated, for the purpose of gaining the confidence of his old comp•anions in iniquity, %whose safety he had compromised, by the alacrity with which he came forward to give evidence against, them. The conclusion •of the article alluded to in the Leeds Intelligencer, is so strong a refutation of those sweeping assertions which have for some time -been impudently made by the Murring Chronicle, that the disturbances in various parts of the country were oc casioned by what the Editors of that paper call the instigations of " spies" and " informers," that we trust our readers will be gratitied by its insertion. •• It is with the utmost solemnity we call the publi.: attention to these .roncluding observatioas, and that we pledge ourselves fir their truth, the plan and hope M toe insurgrnts was to have marched in silence, into Hudderstiekl, after they have been joined by the numer ous other parties of rioters, who ;tad not yet come up to the bridge, when the yeomanry tell in with them, and to have entle.nvoured to surprise the military, and the civil authorities, in which event they would have been strong touug!i. before morning, to have kept pos. se=sion. of Iltatileritield tor at least sonic days, and to have cum toeneed their spenittons of rapine and murder on an extensive scale. These, we repeat, arc facts. They did not come out on the recent trials, because the prisunersswere arraigned unlytor the burglary at Dyson's, and for the actual outrage at the bridge ; and any eircsno . trance;, not directly raiding to eiiiiviet them of these isolated crimes, could nut, of course, be brought under the cognizance of the Jury. .When the trials of the indivuals charged with high trewon, how ever, come on. the ultimate object of taw conspirators riq be proved. Those eircunistances, which we have stated, and many more of deeper import, will come ti,t in evidence oral the public will have it de. Inuastratethe them, that the massacre of individual:, as well as the overthrow of m opetty and of the laws, was determined upon. We can even nemtiou the moues of sonic of th-• highly respectable and public spirited gentleman, who were to have beer. amongst the tirst victims to the revolutionary frenzy of these patriots—viz. Sir Joseph Radcliff. Bart. ; the Rev. Ha 11111 l ond 'Robertson. of ti s I laU ; Thomas Atkinson Esq. of Roble Bridge; Mr. Cartwright, the coots: 4 :mi; &fender of Itawfuld's Nill, &e. dec. ! and thew were to be put to deatit.i.l a manner. which we will neither outrage: the feel ings of our mulcts by &tiding, nor disgrace national character by ri It is fir the prevention, 'aril, thank Gel,. for the li:therto sue prcrentiom of these horrible iitrot.tie, that CrOvotiment, and all who advocate the cawie of true freedom, f.ound morality, and the NW3 ' are daily calumniated and reviled by those who daringly stand opposed to all these, and with whom the pros:iv:akin of tranquility is a curse." The herring fishery has eornmencd on the Whitz hiaven coast the fish taken are rkmarkably tine, and sold at 7s. (id, L hundred, THE NATIONAL REGISTER. POETRY. Tll C RUSE. (FilOM tus JOLIINAI. Ins 11.4 1 111 4 , NIL 9.? 'rendre fruit de, pleura de lAttrore, Objet 4IeA 11,11SeIS 1111 Ze1.11) r, Heine de l'Ettipire de Fiore, Hi te•tol dr reiutuunir. Que dei•jer kela%! ditlere encore. 1)dle e ou momeot do couvric, L•in!laut yui dolt to fake eelore, Eat celu, tllll doit It Sweet offspring of Aurora's tear., .11111)11, to whom young Zephyr ,ioss, F4ll t:SI Fil)Wer that 1:14114 rear s, Uufuld thy beauties to mine e : es. Yet stay, —for in that fatal hula 'Dion sprettirstiliy bosom to the flay, That hour thou diet —thou, lovely Fluw'or Cil•tt Let Illy beauties yet away. In the American - Papers, we :)bserve, that the ac counts from the Havannalt mention the arrival there, in the short space of 1:t days, of no less than 13 slave vessels bringing Zi2oo human beings as articles of mer chandise! A letter dated Nuremberg, .laly 22, says—" The amicable and close connection which subsists between Russia and England is proved by the order for English cloths to clothe the Russian army. The manufactories at Leeds have taken into employ many hundreds of workmen who were without work and Jibed. The or der is not, in • itself, of any great importance, but it has afforded to the English agents an opportunity i hr introducing other woollen mauufactures and to submit other propositions." The friends al' Mr. Wookr, lately tried for libel, dined together on Thursday, at the Eagle Tavern, City Road, to celebrate as it was termed, his triumph on that occasion. A Mr. Elliott was in the chair, and arming the towns given was " The King and the Save. reignity of the People."—" Mr. Wooler and his un daunted •spirit."—" Mt. Pearsan," the solicitor who was professionally employed on Mr. Woehr's trial— " Mr. Hone."—" Major Cartwright"—" Sir F. Bur dett." What a community ! The next toast was, " May skins be turned into parchment, and the rights of men be written thereon." A proposition was made to constitute the present= annual meeting, but it was opposed by Mr. Wooler and withdrawn. The speeches • delivered were, as might be supposed chiefly in con ' detonation of the Miuisteral systems of politics, and in praise of the trial by Jury. With a view to the improvement of the harbours of Dover and Folkstone, the Commissioners for the issue of the Exchequer Bills, &c. have resolved to grant 10,0001 to the former and 12,0001. to the latter, un der the conditions and securities specified by the Act passed last Sessions. The assistance of Government is also promised tbr the contemplated erection of a bride across the Swale, .to consider of which a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Isle of Sheppy.and its vicinity is to be held at Sheerness, on Thuraday, the 21st inst. Gown ESS or lt EASON !—The l'aris Papers of the Ist. inst. announce that " the famous •Theroigne de .llcri court, the Goddess of Reason, and the most remarka able of .the heroines of the Revolution, died. within these few days in the Hospital for Pauper Lunatics of Salpetriere, where she had lived unpitied and unknown for many years. She repented sincerely of her horrible crimcs,.and imposed upon herself the dreadful penance of pouring a bucket of eald water uponlitr bed of straw every night. Nothing but' the most robust health could have enabled her to endure this punishineut. She died at the itge of 57. Elie luttlbut liar lucid intervals, and those were filled up by the most. heart-rending la mentations." This was i the unfortunate woman, who •was seated upon a:throne by Fouche and Cana, in the Champ de Mars, and hailed alternately as the Goddess of lea den and of Liberty. There was something, remarkable in the history " f the latter days of this poor creature, and her lith is not without its moral. She, who was taught publicly to blaspheme her Creator, and to dis honour her :it• (fin she appealed in public nearly naked), was for the last 20 years of her misentble Mb sub ject to the greatest of human calamities—the depriva tion of reason ! This is another awful warning to the living Atheists and Regieides, whose doctrine brought . this unhappy woman to her miserable end. Their lives. have been spared by the clemency of their earthly So vereign ; but they may rest assured, that the eye of Pro vidence is constantly directed towards them. AR of them have already experienced that There is no sere fotmdritien set in blooi No certain good uttsin'd by others' ruin ! And posterity, we.hope, will derive-some useful lessons from the history tit the lust moments of these self-eim vieted criminals. They will thus in some measure atone for the evils they have inflict/ea on mankind ; and , they will c onvince.'future..generations,. that -Arkzu the High Priests of •the Goddess of Reason expunged the Commandment " Thou shalt do no murder," they Lad. Ithe foundation of misery and disgrace for themselves, awl of perpetual infamy lux akar name and posterity ! THE TRIAL (fl' ROGER O'CONNOR. At hate-:sast five o'clock in thr tenting of Friday, August the Ist. Si: F. Burdett, accompanied by Captain Butler, of the 55th. Regiment. arrived at Trim, in a pod-chinse and four, attended by two servants. Immediately alighting at the prison, they were 'hewn to the apartment in which Mr. O'Connor had been lodged a short time pee%tous. and which was prepared, with much good feel ing and consideratioo, for his reception. A crowd of payers col lected round the entrance to the goad on the quality of the visitors being ascestiiined. and in a few u.inutes the news of the arrival of these distinguished persons spread with more than ordinary rapidity, and draw into the town a vast concourse of people, liilXlol.ls fort view Of Sir Francis Burdett. _ . . . Dn Saturday and Sunday the town was completely inundated by arrivalr from Dublin aid the surrounding counties, namy of them pers.oniv , of distinction and political notoriety. Sir Francis Burdett, from the anxiety which was manifested in all so WC him, seeimll to be as much the object of attraction as the trial of Mr• O'Cunnur. The charges for accommodation, from the caantinuAl ingress of visitors. at length became so extravagantly high that two guineas were, in some cases, considered competitively reasonableterms tbr a bed.—The Gentlemen's seats contiguous to Trim were occupied by crowds of friends.; and, from the must splendid man sion to the humblest cot, so great seas the pre-occupation, scareali had or hoard was to be had. On Monday the Assizes for Meath commenced. Mr. Justice Da.t.r presided in the Crow% Court. The _following Grand Jury was sworn : Earl Receive. foreman.—Sir Marc Somerville, the Hoc. Edward Preston, Hon. Thomas Barnwell, Sir Thomas Chapman. Bart. Janus Naleper, Esq. Christopher Nicholson, Esq. Gustavus Lambert, Es,q. duhu Pratt %Viotti., Esq. William Blaney. Wade. Esq. Claudius Cole Hamilton, Esq. Chas. Tisdall, Esq. NichoLts Coddington, Esq. Colonel Joseph Pratt, Elias Corballis. Esq. George Lucas Nugent. Esq. Thos. Everard, EF,q. John Metge„ Esq. John Gerard, Esq. Henry Smith, Esq. John Charles Preston, Erq. Richard O'Ferral Caddie, Esq. and Framers Corbet, Esq. His l.ordship briefly charged the Jury. Within „a quarter of three o'clock, Michael Owens, Daniel Warning, aud Dorothea Reynolds. were sworn in Court. in order to he examined Striae the Grand Jury, as witnesses against Mr. O'Connor. The Bills being found. AA half-past four o'clock, Mr, O'Connor was conducted from the goal to the Court by the High Sheriff, Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. O'Cenner's eldest son walking amt in arm with hint. Mr. O'Connor was put into the dock, and immediately went up to the bar. Sir. Francis Burdett and Mr. O'Connor's sun sat. at the Traverser's bar, in front of the dock. it being cleared foethern by the High Shezitt; the Court was crowded to excess; and from the moment Mr. O'Connor made his appearance, until he withdrew, the most re spectful silence prevailed. He was dressed in blue, end looked ex tremely well; has deportment was dignified, he had a smile on his countenance dtuing the entire time, and from the bar saluted some gentlmen in Court; the indictments were not ready, and after Mr. O'Conner had stood for upwards of half an hour at the bar, the Sub-Sheriff handed a chair into the dock, when Mr. O'Connor sat down at ten minutes past tive o'clock. Mr. O'Connor and Matting al•Keon were called to the bar, when Mr.lttots:v, Clak of the Crown. read the Indictments, which were to the following effect:- Ist. That Richard Waring, or Warren, robbed the Mail OP the 2d. day of October, 1812, at Cappagh-hill in the County of Kildare, and that the prisoners received it, knowing it to be robbed. Second Count as the first, stating the Mail to be from Dublin to Clonard. 2nd. States die robbery of the Mail by Richard Araring, or Warren, and that!the prisoners did. at Danagan. in the County of Meath, feloniously incite, move, procure and assist, nounial, hire. and command the said Richard Waring, or Warren, to do and commit the said felony and robbery. Second Count stating the Mail to be frora Dublin to Claimed. 3rd. That the said Richard Waring, or Warren. did feloniously assault on the said day, at Cappagh-lull, on the King's high-way. Bartholomew St. Lire, and put him in fear of his life , and forci bly and foloniously d steal from his person one silver watch value ss. and his goods, against the peace and statue—and that the psi soners before the commitang of the said robbery, to wit, the acid day , at DarniKan , in the county of Meath, and did feloniously in cite' move, procure and waist, counsel, hire, and command, the saidßichard Waring, or Warren,. to do and commit the said felony and robbery. Second Count as. the first. stating the goods , to he keys, value 56. The indictment being read; Mr. Rickey, the Clerk of the Crown, asked the prisoners, individually, whether he was guilty or not ?r Mr. O'Connor emphatically replied," 1 amnot Sir." al•Keen answered t•not guilty. They were then asked if they were ready for then trial. And answer ing in the affirmative, it was fixed for nine o'clock on Tuesday morning. Owens was under sentence of death in Kilmainharn. Waring. is an approver. Witab.2 !anther was hanged for the mail coach robbery ; and Dorotha Reynolds was a servant to Mr. O'Connor. Mr. Bennet, who went down specially as Counsel for Mr. O'Con nor, made application to the Court that ho would be allowed to sit at the traverser a bar ; this being grounded on two circumstances .--t et, That a most distinguialied stranger. Sir Francis Burdett, attended thin extraordinary trial, who wished to sit. next Mr. O'Connor durmg its continuance. 2d, Thac he perceived that die flock was extremely inconvenient, as his Lordship saw when his (Mr. Justice Daly's) ' , II. Inanity suggested the idea of sending a chair into the Dock ; that Mr. O'Connor, could not be seen. nor Iris it puesible for, hint to see the witness when on the table; beside. the trial, from what he (Mr. Ben two knew of Mr. O'Connor's defence. was likely to last for a very considerable time, and this aecsmaniodatian was nut given. lie must from fatigue, sic down, and become invisible to the Jury, the Court and his collage]. Mr. Bennet said this accommodation had been fre nootlY granted. hods on: the State Trials in England, and in other cases. Lordship said, he could .:ee no objection ta thisapiicattion. Mr. Bennet said, he trusted it would not be opposed Mr. Serjeamt Jebb, leading Counsel fen the prosecution, said lie would not oppose it. Mr. Bennet replied, that was just what he expected. Me, o . oollrlOr was now conducted out of nun by Mr. Somata vine, accompanied by• Sir Franois Burdett, his ton, and a numbee.of friends. While in Court hewas saluted by a large numbea of persOns he bowed repeatedly to those around him ; frequently smiled, and seem ed chew tel and compe•ed. l'he Dublin papers received yesterday, announce that Mr. O'Con nor was acquitted on Tuesday Evening at nine o'clock, after a trial of eleven hears. These papers r.o not give any detailed report, b:t merely cat cthat the result was occasioned by the prevancation of the witnes-rs, Owen and Waring. The inhabitants of 'trim are stated to have passel the night in rejoicing. alumina were seen on the hills t'or many milea.round. In the Royal t;ociety of Etlini;nrgb, on the .19th of - May, a paper, by Mr. Stevenson, civil cmgitioer, Avni read, regarding the operation of the waters ef.tbe maul and of theriver Dee, in the basin or barbell/ of Aberdeen. From which it appears, that Mr. :.;teiven. son, aathe month of April, 18 '2, wits the. use 411 . 1611 instrument, has been able to litt salt wator frem.the bottom, while it was quite fresh ut the surface, unO 11:4 satisfactorily ascertained that the tidal or salt waters keep in a distinct stratum or layer under the fresh Ira. -.ter of The river Dee. \ ,