The National Register. — London, England, 1816-08-26 00:00:00

AI TGUST 26. tuitii ,, ilioto. evils, the possession of such a Representation will lye the only tranquil, sure, and effectual mode of obtaining liatlenntity far the past, and security for the native. gi m mi. o ,,,,e.iy—Th a t we earnestly recommend to -every county, city. town, and palish in Great Britain, imme dtately to ihist•m;);e, and to direct their efforts steadily and pct.. -severin2ly to obtain 11 redaction of taxes, a system of rigid economy iii every dep ortinent of Govermaint, the abolition of useless places and sinecures, and a reform of Nrriamoot ; , the attainment of which objects is indispensably uecessac. to tht safety and tumour of the Crown, and to our existence ,ps a free and flourishing people; and this Meeting further reroninienols, that no teinoorary expedients miy be allowed to distract lac a.tentimt or divide tie! exertions of the people Coin their endeavours to obtain r :cry use of these important objects. 'tee Red Unanimously—That a Petitimi be presented to his Rota. Highness the Primer Regent, embiseiug the substance of the foregoing Resolutions, and praying that his Royal High nest will be pleased to asselable Parliatni ut at the earliest pe riod, and reconimeed to their most serious considera'ion the distressed state of the country, and the important a O ,l pensabk. means of relief now sot:voted." Weolitesdav, Nr. thiermaii Bride,es was rleetid to serve the odice of Slteratl fur die ensuing year, by the unanimous vote of the Hall. PROITVCIALS. Oar readers have been infin used of the distress that prevails In Stalfordsaire, but few of them are perhaps aware of the eaten) of the distress in Shropshire. From an enumeration of the iron furnaces, it appears, that out of 34, no less than •21 have been put out of will, and consequently only. Itt rue in blast. The extinguished works eunsitnied not less than h0:10 • tons of coals per week; so that a corresponding number of colliers are also destitute. Thai circumstanced, we have great pleasure iu stating that some public-spirited gentlemen have announced in the Nhrrirsbury Chronicle nit intended new road from Coalbrook dale to Wellington ; and that it is undertaken with the design of giving work to '• the poor men who are • thrown out of employment by the stoppaee of the coal and iron winks." Among the characters who have thus set tht• example in Salop, the Member for Wenlock is conspicuous by his subscription of 10001.—Hutwor to this good man! A letter from Ely, dated Aug. 19. says—" On Tuesday last Mr. John Hopkin, a small farmer at Downhain, near Ely, pat a period to his existence, by hanging himself; lie had been in a low and desponding way for some time, which is supposed to base been brought on by the pressnre of the times. Au intinest has been taken, and the Jury returiwit a vet diet of laniacy.—About three months since, a farmer in the same parish colinniited suicide under similar circumstances." A few days since three men 'applied to a farmer near King anon, kurrey, for rinployinent, which he was unaule to give them. On his rclits•tl, the , : requested they inig,lit ludas in hi.: barn for the night, this h i re agreed to; ow! haring suspicion that they intended same depredation after th family had re tired to rt , t, he determiotill to listen to their coaversativa; when he heard them say they had been totally w.ilioat utourlah• meat fur several days. He immediately ordered them twine bread, cheese, and beer, and, after having get them soar clean straw, retired to rest. In the in.wnsilic he went to the barn, and found than all dead. It is supposed they had eaten too voraciously of the provisions, which caused their dissuiu ' Lion. The Rev. T. Fox, of Mapperton, Dorset, and Rector of Temple and Abbas Conine, Somerset bas ilifonued the princi pal inhabitants of that place (through his son) of his intention to reduce his tithes Al per cent. from the 2.ath of March last.— It is not the tint reductiou of tithes that Christian liirister has anode. We trust it is unneeessary to urge sportsmen to postpone the co.nriencement of the shooting season, for at least tie ee . weeks or a month. A later season is not within the memory of man, though we hope that there is the prospect of an abundant harvest. Let not the hopes of the farmer then be disappointed by the roaming of dogs and sportsmen through the standing corn. Peruaps, for the present year, gentleness' will, by common consent, agree that partridge and pheasant -11.00 ting shall commence on the 'awe day. That stupeolons undertaking, the Tunnel of the Tavistock Canal, was, after thirteen years incessant laboar, haled on Thursday last, with great accuracy. A line of coma nonication has been thus opened between the Tavv and the TA..,nr. The whole Ireigth of den Mg through the hall, is above a mile and a half, and, in some parts of it, more than IN feet below the surface. We are concerned to state, that the Bishop of 4alisbitry was thrown from his horse, a few days since, from tine tirina of a gun in the street that city by which fall his Lordship received tt violent contusion on the beck part of the head, from winch lie is not yet perfectly recovered. Saturday schuright about three o'clock in the afternoon, a pow woman named Griffin, of Clatford, was s;riick dead by lightning. in a hay field at Westover, near Andover. Suuday morning about eight o'clock, the body of a farmer trained Stillwell, ,5.45 tumid min tiered at his own haul , % at a small village called Farsilia:a Hole, near Farnham, Surrey. The deceased was korawir to have possessed some money; used having lived in a Inuit retired state, It is supposed that lie was attacked by some villains whose object was plunder. The town-crier of Litchfield, in cry hog some rails stolen in Greeultill, a few days ago, gave a hroa:l hint that the thief was kwon, and suvresird the propriety of the sail rails being re• placed. This toninds as of a Darnel crier, who, Cryimag soni c Mi en concluded as fad" as:—" Let those who have stole n them now keep them at thtir pail, as we partly know where they bill p , (hi Friday se'tinight the valnable flock of Spanish sheep belonging to Mr. Layton, of lit edliam, wale Fr atl) injured by slogs; 4'J were dreadfully loin and lacerated, spoil 31 are already dead. Ihe damage done to the reotaind , ris ineattatla ;asit is well knot% to, by breeders of those timid .animals that they never thrive afterwards. The loss is to be the more lanratto d, ski it is now impossible to replace them. Mr L. imported the breed immediately flour SpAtio; souse of which, in the frst instance, at 41) guineas per hind. Sunday morning lam, the &dint,: shops of Mr. J. Beames, of Chippeniatn, ware tirokm into, and robbed of broad sloths and kersay vneres, value Zook and tywards; immediate pursuit was in:i.de by Mr. B. and his nei4litraars, and G. Lewis anti %V. Chalkin were taken at Bristol, and have been committed to Fish...non goal. for trial. The cloth were found in Merasaitot Wool, heae k'o:d, with 14 pick-larks and oth r shod , : ituarnments. About tho same time a trunk was stolen out of a w*gon, which was standin ,, opposita to the 11:Ar CiliprCl)ll2l.ll. The trunk was afterwanrs tound nt l.ogdon, tr:ar that town, with a parts of its conemts, aid the roahainsier was discover -4AI with die keresynxses, &c. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. EARTINt7AKE IN SCOTLAND. We have received accounts of the occurrence of a pheno twAton rarely experienced in any part of Great Britain. On the night of the 15th instant, ab , ut 15 or 20 minutes before 11 o'clock, the inhabitants of the greater part of the nor'' of Scothoid were alarmed with a small shock of an earthquake, which has done considerable damage to many buildings; but we •tre happy to say that we have• no ac counts of any lives being lost. The Caledonian Mercury states, that the shack was also felt, in a slight degree, by several personi in Edinburgh and the neighbourhood Some of the letters more to the northward mention a se cond slight shock a few minutes after the one generally felt. ABERDEEN, Aur:. 11 --" It Is with feelings of the deepest awe we have to star , tit it l.i , t night, about It o'elock, ash telt of 411 earthquake was ili•titelly felt in the varMre. plat tere of this city. It took place at four minutes hetore eleven o'clock, mil continued, as nearly as we could estimate, attain six se conds. The undulation appeared to come from SSE. and was simultaneously felt at the distance of some miles. in the dire...- lion of NNW. From the late hour at which it happened, we have been unable to collect, for this day's paper, the particu lars of those varied atmearances which it may have cubit)ited in different quarters of the city. Where we sat, the house was shaken to its foundation, the !waviest articles of furniture were moved, and that ruinb:ing noixe was heard as if some heavy body was rolling along the roof; in many houses the bells were set a ringing, and the agitation of the wires continued visible far sonie time after the cessation of the shuck. It has been de sorbed to us, by one who was in Lisboa at that period, as ex actly resembling the commencement of the earthquake in that city on the nth of June, Ida. A second, but more partial shock, was felt at halt-past eleven ; since • which time we have had no return of this awful and unusual visitation of Provi dence. The air, daring the night was load and calm, with clear moonlight ; and the only appearance after the shock was that of a thin whitish vapour settling on the surrounding bills.'. —Abadern Journal. PRIV VIE LETTERS. MONTROSE, ASO. 11.—Last night; a few minutes Info e II o'clock, a shock of an earthquake was most distinctly f t here, which had the effect of seriously alarming many titiailies; and many who were in bed were awakened by the concussion. l'hose will had newly retired to rest were most sensible of the shock, as they felt weir beds move, first in a horizontal direc tion, and then return to their former situation ; after which a trenotlons motion was felt, as when a thing settle.s on its basis, after being in commotion. Others describes titneffect as simi lar to that which Is experienced by the slight railing of a ship at Std. The cilairs antirabies in many houses were put in nio• tion ; and, in some cases, the leaves of folding talilisa were heard to rattle ; the fire-irons in many instances rung against the fen ders ; and bells in rooms and passages were set a ringing ; in many kitchens the cooking utensils and dishes mark amoise, and neat morning many of the doors were fouuiLdiflicult to open. One gentleman observed his book.-case move from the wall, and fall back again upon it. It is impossible to describe the state of alarm which mast people were thrown into by this numnal occurrence. Many leaped front bed, imagining their houses were fallinag ; while others ran &wit stairs in great anxiety, supposing that same accident laud happened in the lower part of their house ; as it did not readily occur to many what wits the real cause of the motion they lilt. REvxG ta. /4.—1 hasten to inform you of the cirenm. stances of a phenomenon which took place here towards / I o'clock last night. The whole family were su I.lenly alarmed by a very smart shock of au earthqrtelte. Airs. L. had just re tired to her chamber, leaving Mrs. C. and me in the dining room, while I was employed drawing at a table, and Mts. C. was Welkin:: backwards and forwards; when in a moment we were alarmed by a tremendous rumbling noise, something re sembling that of a great many pieces of heavy artillery driven farionsly over a vaulted pavement, but if possible still loudvr, and•morc terrific. Instantly the whole fahric of the house be gan to shake, whilst ;tie rumbling noise seemed to be transferred to the boors above our head , . 'Lite whole doors and windows rattled; and the door and the chair on which I sat were h:•aved powerfally and rapidly up and down muter me, SO that I felt a. if sitting on straw, in a coo, dwelt violently over a rocky road. The tamp before me seemed to dance before my eyes. I instantly es.eluitited that it was an earthquake ; and Mrs. C. who had twiee experienced its effects on the continent, agreed wish mu. The whole house was instantly in confusion. Mrs. L. came ranaing to the top ail* stairs, eacialenion with a<u•- prise. Twat maid servants, who lay at the top of the beck port of the house, were an akened Note a deep sleep by the noi-e, and the movement of the Hear and their beds ; tied, pale ulea:h, and shriekit:g with ;Alamo, rmhed 'down stairs in the most horn ale apprcln•nsion, firmly persuaded that the day of judgment was contr. I. a•ho bad jest got into .Ited, eared out rite his bed anti the room were moving with hint ; a n d the losirser cant, who sleeps in a paved room on the groimil floor, haring just pill out his candle to go to bed, was heaved up and dow•u in the same alarming way. I think it combined rather more than three quarters of a minute, in such a way that I hardly expectral that the house could stand its violence ; but evert after the mare sensible effects of it were over. such doors within the lonise as happened to be opened were mused rapidly neckwurds and forwards, erg 'king mina their hinges. for a con siderable time; so twat the whole enditt nitre of the phenomena might he about .1111111.12 C an I a halt. % wen:Ter:mauled that the mirrors and furnitore in the bed-room must have been broken, and the kitchen utensils shaktit down from the walls ; but on examination no such damage seemed to have been done. The sound and motion appeared to ha , e (mine iti a direction from the north. The barometer, vinyl, was about 2l degrees 20 minutes, did n•it appear to be affected. Fahrenheit's ther mometer was 31 degrees. The night was cleat, and the 10000 bright. Is venNEss, At 14.—About a qnarter of an hour before I o'clock last night we experienced a s iolent concussion of the cartpt. our principal steeple k a good deal injured, and a great many chinmey-tops were thrown to the nuildie of the street: bells were rims; by it, and bell-wires broken to pieces. Women faimetl, and many were seen in the streets almost naked, call. my out that their children hail been Idled in their arms. I have not, however, heard otanyreal injury, t crept that done to property : many lionst.s are ilaina.:eil, and almost the whole were forsaken by the inhabitants, who fled from town, muter an impression that, from the calmness and closeness of the a second shock might occur. 1 had gone to bed here, and beano to .deep. Auer the crashing noise, which lasted for a roll minute, I never was so tossed on board a ship as I was in bed, before I could rise, thr fall five minutes. At last I rose, and went to my family, about two wiles oist of town, ai,il found that two' &Mote servants had gone to bed with their • mistress, but a lad rose to search .tbe house in case of fire.'' EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM IN V ERNES% RATED At G. 14 : " Last night, exactly a quarter before 11 o'clock, the town of Invovness and the surrounding country wan fearfully shook by fine of the most awful phenomena in the dispensations of Pro.. vidcnce, an earthquake. C. and I were sitting chatting to gether after slipper, when we were suddenly startied.by one of the most sudden and uncommon percussicns I had ever felt. sod ulna' instantly %accented. to us the cause. I could think of nothing that could give so good an idea of what we felt; as that of a person 'whit seated on 'he liaek of a horse when ho suddenly and violently shakes himself. We ile-w to the street, where we found alinoit every iulianitant, WOMOO and children, screaming, and a very comiiderabie prop root; al them naked. Many Hew to the fields, and their remained fur the greater part of the night. Chimney.teps were thrown down and damaged in every quarter of the town. The Mason's-ledge, occupied as an hotel, was relit from top to bottom—tba uorth stalk of the chimney partly thrown down ; one of the coping stones, weighing, I should think, from 50. to 60 pounds, was thrown to the other side of the street, a distant* not less thrill. 60 feet. The spire or the steeple, which I think one of the handsomest in Scotland, bits been seriously injured, and mast ic' pat t be taken duo n. The spire is an octagon, and within 5 or 6 feet of the top, the angles of the octagon are turned nearly to the middle of the square or flat side of the octagon immediately under it. What is more wonderfol than any thing attending this memorable event, notwithstanding the ' vast quantities of stones- and bricks that have bean thrown from suen iitunense heights, not one siogle person has.received any hurt. I have only further to remark, that it was not attended with :toy of those phenomena that have been said to accompany earthquakes. 'the ilsy hot been beautiful and serene. and still continues so: uo agitation er rising was ob servable in the river. Similar effect/ have been felt at Penh,. Ferree, I) es kelt!, tic. tie. Fran the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Aug. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.. J. Dolmen, of Bath, perfumer, from Aug. 24 to Oet. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. W. MILLER and R. L Eat* IT T, of Ilinton-street, Bethnal - green, or.. Paiter4 BANKRUPTS. J. MOORHOUSE, jWL of Bingley, Yorkshire. raft merchant, Aug. 30, 31, Oct. I, at Bingley. Atts. Few and Co. Henrietta-a Covent-gar. J. Huss°, of Bata, wine-merchant, Aug. 30, 31, Oct. 1, at Bath. Mt. Mr. Nethersole, Essex-street. Strand. T. WA L L IS, jun. of South Shields, master-mariner. Aug. 22, at North Shields, Sept. 21, Oct. 1, at South Shields. Atts. Mortonaind Co. Gray's.urn-square. S. Wortrui worm,. late of Pendleton, Lancashire, calico-printer. Aug. 30, 31, Oct.!, at Manchester. Ans. Longlill& Co. Gray's-uut. W. COLLIER, of Brixham, Devon. sail-make!, Sept 3,4, Oct. 1, at Dartmouth. Att. Mr. Price, New-square, LintnWs-sup. • M. METCALFE, lute of Liverpool, comer, Sept. 16, 17, Oct. 1, at Li verpool. Atte Rlackstock and Co. Temple. J. INNES and R. WAT INS. of Bristol. chemists, Sept. 2, 3, Oct. 1.. at Bristol. Atts. Lamberts and Cu. Gray's-irm-square. R. and IL EDMUNDSON, of Liverpo ol, upholsterers. Sept. 111 , 19, Oct.. 1, at Liverpool. Ans. Blackstee and Co. Temple. K. S.C OTTEatiLL, of Manchester. caliro-_pnoter.Sept.l6, 17, Oct 1. _ at Manchester. Au-. Willis and Cu. IYarnford-court. J. Horwoon, or lleeton Norris. Lancashire, cottoit.sipinser, Aug. 30., 31, Oct. 1, at Nlanclo-oer. Ans. Willis and Co. Warnford court J. GREGORY, late of M..nchester, cotton-marehant, Sept. IL go, Oct. 1. at Manchester. Att. Mr. Witalle, .lohn-start, Bodfortl-row. J. CO/tl3. of King-street. Seven-Dials, cabinet-maker. Aug. 22, 23.. Oct. 1, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Voltam, Bedford-sL Bedford-sq. E. Srstatows, of Qutenhithe, warehouseman. Aug. 24, 31, Oct, I, at Guildhall. Ans. Hutchinson and Co. New-square, Lincoln's-torn. W. MILLER and R. LEAVITT, ICS of Hinton-street, Betlanall-green carpenters, Aug. 27, Sept. 3, Oct. 1, *Guildhall., AIL MT, Shef.. 1111 d, Great Prescott-street, Goodnrum's-fiekla. DIVIDENDS AY GUILDHALL. Aug. 24, H. Nunn &J. Barba', of York-at. Covent-gar. haberdashers._ Supt. lit, T. Barrett, of Uppea George-street. St. Mary-le-bone, timber ; merchant. Sept. 16,1. F. Hoolbooro, of Union-court. Brood-street, merchant._ Sept. 10,1, Pettitt and S. Burch, of Southwark, hop-tactors. Sept. 16, T. Pugh, of Brick-lane. Spitalfields, tallow-eliandler, 17, .1. Henderson and A. Nellion. of Mitre-euutt, niesehants. Aug. 24, G. and C. Coles, of 'l'uwer-strcet, brokers. Sept. 10..1. Welsh and I'. Caner, of Great St. Tian* Apostle, and of New Compton-street, embosser. SAIL 7, .1. and T. Poyatoa, of Brook-street, Holborn, hardwarernea._ Sept. to, It. Baxter, of Southwark,, irotunom,-er. Sept. 17, J. Marks, of the New-cacti, Fitzroy-square. crack-soaker. Sept. 16, J. Love & A. Mitchell, f Castle-it-Southwark, hat-rnanufac.,- Sept. 10, R. Walmsley and Co. of Basittgliall-street, u><-rehaots. Sept. 17, T. Nightingale, of Watling treet, warchousernust. Sept. 16, W. Hennaa and M. Chambers. of Whitechnpel. vintners._ Sept. 16, J. Roper, of Long Melford, S , tlhlk.cabirtet-tnaker. Sept. 16, 1. Morgan, of Ilishopvate.itrcet, inerehanL Sept. 16. P. Mathew,. of Coprhall-towt, merchant. Sept. IC, J. land, of Tokennott.c-yard. merchant. Sept. 16, J. Kohler, of St. S. , ithin's-lane, merchant. 'HVIDENDS IN THE COUNTRY. Sept. 13; J. Fs Bell, of Kingston-upon-lid!, merchant, at - bingstoht upon-llnIL Sept. 13, J. %Vishay, of Thaxted. Es.mt. jobber, at Cambrid2e. Sept. 14. J. 'Phonnts. of Kimeaanley. Gloucester. eloffner, at (Atalanta:. Sept. PI, J. llit:tardson, of Kiwston-uncat.Hall, ardric-merchs at iluK. Sept. 16, W. Ball, of Froma t {lathier, at i'mine Szlwood. Sept. Is, T. Grieve, of Edinlin t rgh. and J. Grieve, of Mainc:iester, tiammanufactorers, at Manche ter. Sei t. to t S. Wordsworth. of Barnsley, cordwainer, at &washy. Sept. 12, T. Bishop. of Binningli.un, hmonet-rnaker,.at Sept. to. W. Bland, of Searborouh. factor. at Kiettskon.opon.flull.. C KRTIFICATFS, SW. PT. 10.--J. F. Curtis. of the Nlinories. liner... draper—%V. Dickinson, of Sheffield, furricr—.T. NashiLti of Bilops gate-street. upholsterer—it. Bond, of Plyirmuth, print..r--J. Perks. of Braakley, Northamptonshire. eartionwart man—S. Gorallatl, late or Hilton with SlanoAata, Yorkshire, innkeeper—M . . Horre.y. of York, wine merehant—S. Bloore. of Birininritam. eabioet-ninker—J. Br A ine. of Bristol, tle.der—B. Jenitim4s, of 'Bristol, earl enter—S. l'r, or, of (7andridge, tin-plate.work;?—f. Smith, of ChowberA, Lancashire, ma chine-rosier—T. Cooper, of Pilkington. Lancashire, ealieo-prlcta B. I'w:ion, of Aldeng.ite-stivet, goldsmith—W. Stewart, of Del.:to:ti e ., builder. PARTNERSHIPS Grove and Hinton. of Birminghaul, bro , ll-Inakrrs. 3. and A. Semple. of Finiksitk, timber-merchants. Fairer and Co. of !head-street, factor*. . . Cop: and Co. of Wroekwardine Wood, slaes.manuffictlairrT# I)i on and Bzudy, of Livvrpool, r.genv4. Ffricher and Aakew, of Queentdtho, coai-merehants. . - I)awnes and Thomas. of !linnin,zilain. brokers. Jarmaa and I.a y. of Aldernianburi, !Vicky/all-hall factors.. Knowles and Stork, of !for- b , :se-ntannfat ne era. linsuland and tiowqon. of Manchester, limp-drapes, Bousfiekl and Ntoriand. l'enrith. drapers. I/yam and tirooke, of I luddetsfick ) . drapers. Park,...l and Go. of %Vara ick, ehemists. Parke and Broaihou.r. ta Var.:wk. woritiml-tnamecturcre. Ward and Ilot6on, Ltzliorn, arayliutu,