The National Register. — London, England, 1818-11-30 00:00:00

NOV. 30 CITY BUSINESS. The Lord Mayor held his first Court of Aldermen at Guildhall, on Tuesday, which was attended by 13 Aldermen, the Recorder, Sheriff, and City Oi The unanimous thanks of the Court were voted to the late Lord Mayor, for his conduct during the Ft riAll he filled that arduous and important situation ; were ordered to be presented to him, and also to be published. A small quantity of gold a nd silv e r i n bars, was sworn off thr exprtation.—The several Com mittees of the Court were appointed, and the usual New-year's Gifts, and sundry Bills, were ordered to he paid. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN. Wednesday a very numerous Alerting of the inha bitants of the \\'ard of 'Cheap took place in St. Law rence's Church, for the purpose of electing an Alder. man in the room of S. Goodbehere, lisii. deceased. The Lord Mayor took the Chair at two o'clock. Mr. James, after a warm eulogium on the deceased Aiagistrase, proposed R. Roth well, Esq Citizen and Fishmonger, as his successor. The grounds on which hi recommended him were, that he had been long known in the %%rani for his steady attachment to the King and Constitution ; and at the same time a sup porter of the Rights of the People. Mr. Gibbons, in a short speech, propoo Sir T. Bell . Bart. Sir Thomas assured the Meeting that had he known Mr. Rothwell would have become a Candidate, he would not have oecred himself; and that, being now assured of that Gentleman's concurrence with the views of those who proposed him, he should, without hesita tion, withdraw his pretensions. Sir Thomas then re fir:A amidst the approbation of the meeting. The Lord Mayor then put the question, when al most every hand %vas held up fin. Mr. Rothwell, on which his Lordship declared that Gentleman duly elected. Mr. Rothwell, who had just arrived front Yorkshire, then said, that feeling it was the prevailing sentiment or the Ward that he should be put in nomination, and having made up his mind to attend to the duties that Avould necessarily devolve to him, with a seal that would supply an excuse thr deficiencies in other respects, he now presented himself—He knew that his Athrts would fall short of those which rendered the character of Alderman Goodbehere so estimable; but be knew, at the same time, that all pomade assistance would be rendered to him by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, upon occasions which his experience might not reach, and he most heartily thanked those who now supported for the manner in which they received him, and still more for their conduct during his absence. This speech was received with great applause. Mt. Gibbons naiued a Resolution, that tb►e Ward l►ad sustained a severe loss by the death of Alderman Gra►l behere, whose judgment, liberality, industry, and ur banity of manners, endeared him to the inhabitant►► of the Ward ; and that his death was not only a loss to the Ward, but to the Nation. The last observation was, hap/ever, objected to; on which Mr. G. l►mited the extent of the loss to the City of London ; when the Resolution wns put and unanimously agre►d to. Thursday the Lord Mayor held his first Court of Cammon Council, which was numerously attended. Atter the proceedings of the last meeting had limn Mr. Deputy Hanman moved a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor, which was seconded by Mr. Dixon, and unanimously agreed to. Ordered to be fairly t . inscribed, signed by the Town Clerk, properly em. blazoned, and presenad to his Lordship. The customary present of a purse of fiflyguineas was unanimously voted to the Rev. I. J. Cory, Chaplain to the late Lord Mayer, in testimony of the approbation of the Court. THE DEATH OF THE QL'EEX. DAvtrs rose to move an Address of condolence to the Prince Itt.: , ent upon Her Majesty's death. It ke-- , e that Court, he said, which had been always ei,tinguished f o r loyalty, to express at this period the sez:se it entertained of the loss with which the nation had Lecn aiHiiited by the death of the Queen. From a city ancient and loyal like the city of London, the Royal I:n:161y had elitims to sl:ecial ctten ion. All ranks oinsd in this sentiment, which had been so frequently exhibited in cur sympathies at times of triumph and exultation, and which could net slumber upon occasions of mourning and regret. All political questions which might arise under other circumstances were wholly merged in the powerful claim to esteem which our lute Queen had supported for so many years. Considered in all respects, she was calculated to mike a deep im pression upon the hearts of a loyal and affectionate peo ple. As.a wife and mother her character was equally praiseworthy. The tender solicitto!e with which she had watched over the illness of his Majesty, and the scrupulous example she exhibited to her children in the whole tOUISC other lifc, were part:• of a character which for limits , and duty %vas the atiuUration of as descrip tions of persons. The dign i ty, too, with which she had tilled her high station was no leas rei,aliable, her Court hying aphice.ilcan which all 1: ere ClUdl I.llobe THE NATIONAL REGISTP,II. conduct was der:ring of reproach. Mr. Davis con ' eluded a speech, which he deliverk.d in a vay low tone, by moving an address to the Prince Regent and the rest of the Royal Family, upon the subject of the death of Her Majesty, who had been for so many years au ex ample to the nation. Jacks seconded the motion. He agreed in all that bail been sail, but was particularly struck with that point which described tier Mujesty us an example not only to the British nation, but to all nations on the Continent. He had, in difkrent countries, heard decla ratimss both public and private, that the Queen of England was one of the press characters; and that, under such an authority, it could not but be expected that her Court should participate in that remarkable distinction. The reign of George the Second, which had been advancing in murals with respect to the Court, hore no comparison to the purity of the highest ranks of this day. Her example was to be considered as the cause.—The motion was carried unanimously. On a report from the Gaol Expellees Committee, the Court granted an annuity to Mrs. Kirby, widow of Mr. Edward Kirby, late keeper of the Debtor's prison. Another report from that C.ommittec.., recommending 7091. to Mr. Piper, in lieu of his loss front not having finally obtained the situation of keeper of the Debtors' prison, to which he had been elected by the Court of Aldermen, was presented and read, and a considerable discussion ensued thereon ; and upon a motion being made to wee with the report, an amendment wtis moved, for adjourning the consideration, and requesting the Court of Aldermen to communicate infiirmation upon the subject, which was negatived ; and a division then ensued upon the report, the numbers being For the report—tt Commoners, 2 "I'Alers Against it-7 Aide:nun, 31 Commoners. 2 Tellers Majority t The Lord Mayor declared a vacancy in the situation of one of the fruit meters ; and it was referred to the City Land Committee to dispose of the place in the usual manner. The Secondaries were directed to lay befare tke Court a general account of the ices taken by them. The 10th volume of a work, published at Paris, under the title of " Flekires d Conquels des Francois," contains the Details of the poisoning of the French troops at Jaffa. The writer, a General Beauvais, gives an account of the first proposal made by Buouaparte to 1/r, Desgenettea, in nearly the same terms in which that transaction has frequently been described. Royer, the apothecary of the army, at last willingly performed the horrid task which Desgenettes had firmly rejected. Opium was administered to thirty soldiers, who were ill of the plague. Several of them who had a favour able crisis recovered, and fifteen or eighteen died. This Royer is stated to have been a man of very bad cha racter. lie was on the point of being shot at St. Jean d'Aere, for selling adulterated liquors to the army. He did not return to France, having entered into commer cial speculations which induced him to stay in Egypt, where he was finally strangled in consequence of its being discovered that he had acted the part of a spy both to the Turks and the Man►elukes. Berthier was present at the conversation with Desgenettas and on being questioned by Buonaparte, expressed his entire concurrence with the opinion of the physician, adding, that he had often felt his own deficiencies in the qua lities necessary to make a great man, and was now more than ever convinced on that point—a noble senti ment erroneously ascribed by Sir Robert Wilson to Des genette. The Archduke Maximilian, during his stay in Edin burgh, in the very slight interconse he was able to have with any .of the men of science, evinced a much more intimate acquaintance with natural philosophy and other scientific pursuits than generally fitlls to the share of Princes. Excepting his cousins, the Archdukes John and Lewis, none of that class who have visited I England have shown half so much talent as the late visiter. Eitort as his stay in Edinburgh was, he ma nnged to steal from the other more important avocations of attending military reviews, examining custom houses, wet docks, Ste., to some scientific visits. Among others, he was twice at the house of Dr. Brewster, where he inquired most minutely into the progress and management of the many beautiful experiments by which the nature and action of light have of late been so wonderfully elucidated by ilia various experiments The Prince evinced a knowledge of all those subjects for superior to most men who have even given their minds to the subject, and communicated a variety of information to Dr. Brewster relative to the experiments of Professor Amici of Modena, no account of which has as yet reached this country. The last letters from Calcutta mate, that the cholera morbus still raged there with great fury. Its attacks • are sudden, and very speedily final : it is not an un common circumstance for u person to die within six hours after his that seizure by this >hueking malady From Vienna it is announced in the most positive manner, th.t all the reports which had been so sedu ' lensly propagated by certain prints, of thy Emperor of At:stria having used any means to get Buonaparte re moved feen St. Helena, are " absurd tables," and do nut merit the least attention. MR. HORSLEY'S CHILD. We arc happy to insert the following extract from a Letter received by a respectable Mercantile House 171 Coleman Street, from one of the principals in that House. It is a most satisfactory answer to the mistaken reports that have appeared in some of the public prints:— " ROTTERDAM, Nov. 22.—1 n passing through Breda last Toesday, I was told that the foolish un feeling wretch who stole the child from London, passed through there with it a few days before, travelling post night and day, and that a person in pursuit passed through Antwerp in the Diligence on Monday. From what I could learn it is probable that they will be over. taken. They took the Utrecht road. They say the man was in great baste with the child, and spoke the French language very well, the pursuer not. " SUNDAY EVENING. —Sinee writing the above, I am informed by a Gentleman who has just arrived from Amsterdam, that a man with a child slept in a room above hint at .the Doolen Inn, in Dottie Street, last Sunday night. The distress of the child was very great, he was crying all night. The thief left there on Monday, with the child, which was supposed to be his own ; that the tither (Mr. Horsley of No. 3, Ca nonbury Lane, Islington,) as appears by the English Newspapers, arrived there on Tuesday; and with the assistance of the Police, discovered the route of the thief, and set off with assistance, in pursuit of them. The thief had omlxtrked in one of the schuvts for North Holland, landed a short distance front Amsterdam, returned to that city, and then took post towards Bremen, or that neighbourhood, to avoid discovery.— No doubt but he will soon be overtaken. As the tither was in great distress, anxiety and agitation, and much taken up with the Police in searcn, during his short stay in Amsterdam, it is probable he may not have time to write home. As it may be some satisfaction to his anxious family to know the above, send on re .ceipt of this awl ask if they intve heard from Amster dam ; if not, tell them of it." Just ar our Paper was going to press, it was ;:n. nounced that information had been received from the pursuers of Renneit, stating that he net - them overtaken at Bremen, with the child, ant! that they were on !heir way to this country. _ Thursday being settling day at the Stock Exchange, three delimiters were declared ; but they are persons of no credit or consequence. Their differences in the whole, we understand, willnot exceed the sum of 9,0001. They are all of the Jewish persuasion ; and one of them a mere youth, has not been a member of the house more than three months. Proposals ;have been made for a Savings Batik at Chelsea and the neighbouring parishes; and from the avidity with which they are received, there is no doubt but this laudable institution will be speedily establish ed. The patrons are, the Bishop of Winchester, the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Aston, the Hon. and Rev. Gerald V. Wellesley, Mr. Canning, M. P., and Mr. Wilberforce. The industrious fishermen of the isle of Wight, Portsmouth. and Southampton, who, for several years past, have supported themselves and families, by catch ing within the waters of the Isle of Wight, in the win. ter season, a description of herrings called sholien, (after the discharge of their spawn or roe,) have all been thrown into the greatest consternation and distress, . by a notice given them by the Fishery Board---" &at if they presume to use their nets this season, unless the meshes be one inch from knot to knot, every net so de. tectcd will be seized and burnt ; and each individual found so employed, prosecuted in the penalty of 401. conformable to 45 Geo Ifi. c. 110." The members for the county of Hants, the Isle of Wight, Poitsmou th, and Southampton. and gentlemen, residents on the on the coast, foreseeing the misery that must inevitably ha entailed on 300 poor fishermen, thrown out of employ, and who will be without resource in the winter season, if the interdictory men:lnce of the Fish .ry Board is attended to, severally have sent in memorials to the Lords of the Treasury and Board of Trade, in behalf of the poor fishermen, recommending, under the circumstances alleged., and the fact of the herrings being shteen, anti that such fishing is known not to interfere with the interests of any other place or hotly of fisher men, that they may be permitted to fish with the nets they now possess. The description of herrings in question first showed themselves in immense Mica's within the Isle of Wight in the year ISI 1, migrating . to the southward ; anti it is supposed not one millionth part of those that appeared ever were taken in. any one winter ; and baying previously spawned, each spaw n i s said by naturalists to generate at least 1,000 fish. Where, then, can arise the policy of firhiddin g such herrings to be taken by any net, or in any way The distress that will ensue front the prohibition announced will not be tontined tosin: fishermen and their families, but must be extended to thousands of Ivor labouring; people living near the sea coast, who, not having it in their power to buy butchers' meat, used to subsist prin. civilly on the 'wirings thus caught; and so w at t wo . pence, and :ornetirnes One penny, per dozen. Mrs. Glover and Mrs W. West are to be the two leaoines of the New tiagdy of Mi rth. 381