The National Register. — London, England, 1818-03-09 00:00:00

The Lord Mayor, on Thursday, vieited the Fritter.: of Ilene I f otnl;nitg, and several other persons of dis enetien, and insiltel them to the dinner and ball at the *Mansion I Lill FC on Easter Monday. The Curpos-,tiun of Nottingham has published •a coutradietion on oath of the statement of Frencis Weed, who, in Lis petitions to Paeliament, nllegeef that cruel tine had Inenneeeveised upon hint in Nett:ugh:4n gaol. 'Pee Matiel•estet Paper has also refuted the.contplaint brought fury and Ity \V,lliant Ogden Of that place. A Correspondent tells us, that tho new church fur the parish oft. Panrane is to be built in the field north of rhotenesquere, -near St. James's burial-ground, where tllnre era very few inhabitants, and where it will inter cept that striking view of the the country from the ceutre of Bloomsbury and Russell-squares. Saturthty week en elerant dinner was given at Min- Lergh, to Mr. Bauble ; Mr. Walter Scott in the Chair. After dinner d snuff-box of i 00gs. value was presented 4 - • Mr. Kernble. The patty in.:hided many the first hurray characters in Edinburgh. An ancient law has been rerived in the Electorate qr gene, denying to self-murderers the privilege of ht~rial, and deliveringaup their bodies for dissection, on neeount of the frequency of suicide at the present .4rue. -In the neighbourhood of Maidstone several •ef the 3nrgeit tan yards'itve been given up in consequence of 'the Leather Tax. The Three nat. Cent. Co gels opened on Wednesday at'';. At one* o'clock some twenty bargains were' ...erre at 781; but they afterwards declined, add n't tiT at 771. 'Another defaulter was declared on weinesday fur ts- considerable sum. The young Lord, son of the Duke. of A—, who etrennly left his borne and family, about ten days since, i:r whose concealinent a reward of one hundred r.• wise' was ellered, has been restored to his affileted fa information wan received that he was in bed at • publienhetten at Rotherhithe, on Tuesday night, and 'per pewees went thither by desire of: tits: family, and • eignized him. He had called there in the afternoon, ani t'kcn ceiTee., when he Walked out and got wot t':nitnele In drying his coat, aletter was foetid which (.-.eJosed hie noble berth. The landlord, and two other ~.rsens, have received the promised reward. Charles Finney, the person suspected of having elle t-ipperl the two boys, Kelly and Spicer, into the crime o uttering forged notes, fur t. Lictrthey were cendetnn tel. to die, is in custody. DESPERATE SUICIDE.-•-•A1011t..tIIM c'eleck on.Satur jey, Mr. S.:Bray, surgeon, of llrich-lane, Whitechapel, weet. into the ;hop of Mr.*Rent, druggist, in the same s.e.-et, and .appcarcd quite deranged, he lumned upon fee counter, and .grassing- a large bottle containing seine poisorous medicine, dr:ink...off the whole contents, then seating himself Cr. . a :noel in about a minute he t'.ll on thr i - eoor, and died before any remedy could be aln_inisteroe. The unfortunate young man served his tare with Mr. Kent, and he has left a whit and two children tc deplore his lose. He bed been for some time ie. great (listless owing to his being out of a situation. • LXTRAORDINARY DF.ATIL—About ten o'clock on : 4 aturday night, the landlord of the Crooked Billet, V, hitechepel, returned home after beir,g out the whole (el the day transacting seete business, and sitting With Lis wife in the bar until the house was cleared. of all ' tee customers, she observed he was very melancholy and dejected. • On a sudden he started up and exclaitn tt " wife, come get me the piste's, don't yea hear thieves breaking• into the house, they are coming to enh end murder us ;" his wife did all she could to con vince him it was on ly inta l ,i: a 'era strove to com pose him; but to no effele. On her rEfltsing to get them he started up out of his chair, and getting the pittels himself,lie ran up and down stairs with a loaded pistol in each hand, crying out " roi:bers, murder," lint fu:- ttmately met with no person; he became quite ex hausted, and returned into the p trleur, he walked about in a state of frenzy for some time. when seating hint • self in a chair, he dropned flown and expired, n surgeon was culled, Who rendered every wee:an:lce but to no eTect. SURREY St•ssions.—On Wednesday Henry Wild eras indicted for stealing a nl. flank of England tote, nhe property of John Hunt.—The prosecutor, who is a servant out of place, dery sed, that he observed at eight n'cleck one morning, a set ef'persons playing-at cup and 1:111s, near 'Waterloo Bridge. The prisoner was in the tot of playing and was kneeling; OIL the grout:J. Ile ntrered to bet any money then the hall was under the cup, end the prosecutor havicg.seen the bell run nwuty front lee cup, agreed to lay the wager, and put on the ground a 21. note next to two notes which were laid down by the prisoner, the moment he had done so, several per :eens shoved him about in teach-a enanner as to prevent bier from seeing his money, the prisoner, or the cupeind muney being that disposed nf, he was walk ing :mac, when a person called out to hint that he had been renbecl. and that the thief was in custody. fie • knew the 21.—Guilty. The Chairman sentenced the prisoner to tninsportatien fbr seven years. Prsonrr— • • Thank yore.''--Mr. ti ,, lan—" So you coAht ; for if -en wee. aVioves.l te snrette, yr-4 2:mr:c•llv !-• - •••••.- " HATTON CARDEN.-.PATURDAY. T. Dawasn, C. Goodwill. B. Renton. and T. Boultrr, four young men. were clanged by . Mr. Michael Riley. hmei mattar,landlord of the Greyhound, - Henrietta-street. Brunswick-square, with mixing Ante poraoti in earrre porter, and giving it to drink to Sarah Marren, Sarah I.Vooilliarn, Betsy Fox, Jane 4 iritilths, and Jane Tucker:flee Young wouen, with intent to deprive them of lip. The romplairamt .depos.xl, that the young women worked for him in a workshop in the upper part of a house situate in an adjoining eneset ; that about t 2 that afternoon. one of the two first namodirisonsrs cause to hid house for a pot of porter, which he drev.. into a ele in rent; that after taltir. the chill off he carried away the leer. and meetiog . the robe: 3 pri soners, they drank better than half of it; after which the prisoner Renton, took the remainder to the young women, and which they drank between them. The prisoners returned to complednant'a house, where they sat down and had some refreshment. They 111.1 not Pang been there, when a nearenger raw and informed him that the five young women weir !leached on the floor lying in the agonies c: death. Witnesaattnd thus in strong emetilvions, black in the face. and foaming at the month. and aufrenng excruciating pain. Witness sent ininvdiately for fir. Darling, Brunswick-square. who came and administered the necessary medicines; he deemed it proper to hare further advice, and thre. . other medical gentlemen were called inotind that their opinion was, that they labMirecl under the effects of tome deadly pois o n; and not from Aalip. opium, Spanish flies. or any similar thing that might be aduunistered tc them for any vile purpose. The prhamers were asked! by the Magistrate. Mr. Sche i n if they wished as say any thing iu their defence ; on which a controversy place between two of the prisoners. One, a..geetleman's said that he war. sent by the two leueltraakers for spot of beer ; they made hien and the other servent drink ; they swallowed about u pint of it. aed the prisoner. Renton. carried the rern:,inder to the young women. 'EI ie4rn,iene: deel and, that there coui:i be ::o poisoners in tlesaliont3 in the bee:, when he and his companiensalrar.a ; zsif there had been they would have been as much affected its the . .vomen. Renton said, there must have been sorneen'ing in the beer stamen given L. bias ; he found himself very much affeetid. and .tot Cole to go to work. A feeutleman stated that he heard Renton my to his rempa- Mon, " Tusk—not a ward.—keep elese, and they :au do nothing." The Magistrate fou n d it his duty to eaurna the featr prisoners until the doctors made their report. Bail was refused. At seven in the evening. the examination was resaraed, when Mr. Bioughton. the surgeon, stattil, that he was sear fee to mter.d on the young women, and found them lying on the !hie: in the workshop ; three of them complaining of a violent pain in their storacch ; titer was in slang coet; ureic ; and the fifth was apparently in a dying state, in which state, they continued fur three Lours. He and Dr. laarling.almioistered tit their reerrery- Magistrata--Can you inform me what. the, girls hzd truce to produce the by m pton s under which they laboured—isit your opinion that it was arsenic or any other deadly poison that was infused in the beer is not ; the symptoms were not all alike, but it must have been some violent stimulus, suet as eantharides, tartar emetic, or sulphur tic lingua, &c. Magi.,tratc—Arc thcv out of dang./r 7—Dr. Darling and I arc of opiniou that thn:o.cf titan will reea,er, but valor Fox t.r.d we ate of opinion. that they are r.ot oat o€tiangtr. cllimders were committed for further exarr.ination. On inquiry yesterday, we learnt that 'Ancor them, after passing the night in great pain., were in air recomcd, that they were looked on as burr& out of danger ; and t!;et Fox and Griffitt.s, Lie two who 1117 C most in danger, had a changt; about half past eleven o'alock la the morning, and there were strong lv..Tes of their recovery. Some insignia of the Order of the Garter, which are sup posed to ki - oie belonged to one of the. Peers a:tainted in toe year 1715, are to come to the utiblic hummer at Edinburgh. This relic, it seems, was in the pussasiJu of the late Car diuzil Yolk, was di-iliosed of at his death, and was brought front Rome by an Italian gentleman of the name of Frankis 'll he insignia are of the time of Charles I, and cobtain a whole length figure of that unlintimate Monarch, With those of St. George, the Horse and Dragon. 'the ar iil of Baron de Quintella (of the city of Lisbon) has lately been proved in Doctor's Goniniolks; his property in this country amounted nearly to 41ii,i.01)1., independent of his wealth in Spain : tile duty teliaa was paid to Government on his i tfects here ai-loutitei., to 5,n01.-- I .lle understand this to be the rich met...haat to witom the For:mute Youth asserted hinielf to be hed:. _ EFFFCTS OF NITRE ON W3LINCOS.—.II is the common prae. lice of furriers end others to introduce nitre into wound., to prevent mortification, as they call it : whereas, it -.cannot be • toe 4: toter tly known, that this enlist:ince introduced into the It dily by the vascular ~:stew, operates as it poison, mid scldont fai:s of causing death. 'ittn.lwds Mercury of the. 4Sth says We lament to state thri: the steam invents - I engine of J. C. Brandling, Esq. employed on the rail way of his colliery near this town, exploded about 5 o'clock this tiftornoon. We regret to add, that the enginc:tt is literally him; n to pieces. Eeveral children who were mar the place have been siverely ii•alded, but we bdicve that no other life ras been lost on this melancholy occasion. 'file cause of this ducking catastropl:e has not vet been ascertained, but it is corirettbed to have arisin from the safety valve not having been properly attended to." Air. Henry Mellish, of Chichester, has• now in his possession a bantam sow -which he bred - himself, and that ims praduced him in seven farrows, the unparallel ed number of one hundred and sixty-six pigs, viz. £2, 21, 25, 26, 25, 27, "..!0. This fertile animal is remark ably handsome, and is suppesel to weigh ICO stone. Accounts have been receivvd in .town of a serious disturbance having arisen at Kendal, from the spirit of 01 , tctioneering 13tween the contending parties of the Lowthcr family, and of Mr. Brougham, in which soma Gentlemen s carriages were broken, and several per-oi s much hurt. The value of the lands which come into possession of the E: of Fife, by the late decisions of the Courts in Scotland, is computed at upwards of .9ci0,0001. in deveniently of s.veral rich :and valuable mines which have Ltta lir= these ClttAalre C:tAtc:, I'ul' NATIONAL Rl'AatiTrß. orncE OF ORDNANCE, avi F.& lsitt. THE Ptincfpal O ffi cers ( e t' His Arg s kily's.Ordlience licrelv give o:irt„ that Proposals will be received at their Office In Poll Mall, on or &pre Moaday the 16th dry of March lust, from tad( person as way be • AI widextake Mc sapid:, conffiNa,p). the Orailartm Atilletry Corps, fora Period kr three Tears, via. I'6o, IWO, and 1621. Patterns el the Olothia.• may 1c riotrei upon epplatice: at the Princkail Mole A - aler t 's ill the Tdver. and at tha 11vat.lierial. Porleotars, together seitis the kin.: and ftilit;tflns Veit Contra:lmeg kititzn at Vie retary's Offla in Pall .11611 (Ore.:aid, any day 14:ocen the hours of tet• cad four o'clock. irh!re the prcpaeals watt be d•iivered seilvil up and endorsed," Proposoils for Clothing," tut no I'ropitea cat I.c arbni.led afkr the :aid 26tsc of Mai' h. Cl Twelve eels( kat 'won of tic sante day, neither trill any tender le the party making it, or an agent in his Z etaif ‘hull attend. _ . By Ordcr of fhe Board. Z CRETV;SerryfforY• MARCI?- 9 OFFICE OF ORDNA.VCE, ist' Feb. ISIR. TIIE Principal Officers of Ills llajcsty's OrrlnaniT do hereby g;ve nitiee, that propohls will be r,vei-...7.1 at their tf., oe iti P. 41 .31a11, on or I,fore Wednesday. the nth d. 7/ Alareitnexe, from such Persons es may he rtitiip.T to undertake the Si:ttp!y- cf &burs. Polite: and other .4rnrtor, - far serene this Ilciutetrnent, Jbr a Periatt of :Area Yet 3?t, determinable after the E.rplration of the jlrct Year, 3./011 Notice of three Mouths, at the Opt.on oft-air,Tree:a. Similes and SpMmens of the Artieles may be viewed sq' ailAi:ation at the Principal Sore Keeper's Ogler in the Tower, and pettier Pusratydars, together with the Terms and Conditionse Ere e.' , ..atract. +nay Le known at the SeereUrry's Office. in Pall ..itnn aursv day between ex hours of ten end tour o'ela,q4, where ths proposal:must be dellvered soiled up n'd enfier.vd " Pro ponOs for Colaurs. &:c." but no Proposal e.r be adr.:tt,d after the said UM March, at gout's o'clorte at .11002 qf the same d.ef, wit! any 'f-etier Ee neti:ed unleu the Piurty making cr Agent La ha bcit,..l aka. awn:. By order cid:, Bard. R. 11. CREW, Mc-earm. BIRTHS. At Eagleburst. Hants, the Right Hon. Comitese of Cavan. (tie eon—At toe Lusa of the Lord Chief Baron. the lady of the Bev. T. Fror. , . a a ten.--At Bich:nand lltrase, the Countess of March. of a sox. ;.:A!:.e.a. tIAttRIED. M. 7fratmon, of. Dorche-tcr, to Mary. seeonddau. of tte 'ate !Z. S. Joao, Etc). formerly Col. of the Ist refit. of foot Guards.:.... I. C. Plowztn), Csq. 3 &Oa of R. C. Inowden. Rig. of Desalt el:ire-place, to sceond ci.uu. of 3. lls.rcling, Esq. of Barnet, War wicesnirr.—W. !Alm, Ciq : of Inn. to nu. fourth cLiu. r.; S. C. Coy. itgq. Mute: in Cloiacery.—The Re's. A. Houstoirn. xtor of I lar d ey, Rants. to youngest daue of the Rev. W. Ellis, of Dittou. DIED. At Melton Mowbray, It. Meyler, Esq. of Grosvener•Nuare.--Ire was hunting, nr.d on a !cap, 17zz thrown frcm his hone, and pitelZed on his 11; , ail. Ile lingered till Tuesday rooming, and expired.—At ihntonvide. r.ged 74,1 liodetin, En.—At Namur, aped 109 years ant: nine months, illaria Charlotte Casio.—She preserved to the lase moment all her mental Laculties, and had a great appetite. She ne ver was ill.—Airs. S. Pollen. Lister of the lute Sir J. Pollen, hart.— ia ilighgate. agrd 58, R. Webster, Esq.—Admiril sir G. Idedi.e brother to the late Earl llorkeley.—The Right Liddy C. P. fielding, clan. of the late Vis. Fielding. and sister of the Earl of Denbigh.--In•the poet h•aure. I? erly,upeo-Thatnrs. the torious Arthoily Powir, so i-re:! ltrinwn emor.g the bookselkrs„iett.- ellers, tailors, Lofaton, lintli, Cl , cdtenhinn, Evetharn, and other plidea, by his deep laid plans and depredriiiom.—At Colwer trot :h. Lincolnshire, !4tr. Taylor, tlie only surviving relative of die great Sir Isaac Newton. LO.‘ DON MARKETS. .INGF. FRIDAY. DIAUZ.I/1 5. The Whcat Market has been very doll Fiore Menday, and barrt;y mac h" t h at d a y' s pricog. New Beans slat) meet a v,..!:y henry sale, and arc ra:hcr 2i.rley, Pease, tad Oats, we have ay ation to notice. MONDAY, MAIICD 9. There ors but a small supply of Fogllsh Wheat thin mornine;— forn Essex, and, Kent the fine samples were .taken cfr at the early pat of the market at Ist tioaday's prices but the izferior and , 4.4.- divazy samples e:tperienced a dull sak.—Afalting Burleys r a th e r dearer.—Bothog Peas mintain last weeks lr,i ce. New 'leans a elr, at a decline of 2s. per quarter...-Gtey Pease We re rather t'icarc:—nine flesh Oats many sale, the inferior sort Isom is. to 2i. per cp.:t.:,er lower. Rapeseed and Liaseed little doing. I. •. Wheat 52 a tit, Fine tiiur 63 a 93 Rye 44 a 47 Ftne Barley:i:! a 5 ALI. : 7 ,3 a 70 Wllitelease43 a 57 Grey Pease 42 a 46 Beans.— 42 a 53 Ticks 3B a 44 f Oats S. Poland Oats I=6 a 54 Potatac ditto Ift a Fitt,: Hour 73 Aso Sccontl ditto ;(.I a 75 Rape Sean. 48 a I•RICE OF BREAD. The highest rice of the best Wheaten llrct.(l througliont thr n:e ropolis, is stated by tha Bakers to h: 141 the Loa::— tome itakers sell the Qus.rtena Loaf frt,ro Id. ta 3d. h.w.:r. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN PER QUARTER, IN ENGLAND AND WALES FOR TILE WEEK mintwo F. Wheat. I Rye Bark) , I Oats iketr.s I .r•:. - .tc 8.5 2 50 6 I .45 11 I r. 9 I 6+ 1 NUCL . MEAT, MONDAY, AlAucti. NEVIGATE ♦ND LEADENHALY F. d. s. d. Beads of Caere at Beef 39a 5 2 Smitkie,'d. Mutton —4 4a 6 6 Beasts, about-- 1'240, 1 Vcal 4oa 6 4 Sheep.—, 12670 I Pork 40 a 8 4 Calves DO Lamb— 0 0 a 0 0 I'igs carcase r. d. s. Beef 4 a r 5 31utteh...4 8 a st, 4 Veal 44 a 4 l'Ork 5 4 • (. tl oaos HAY. AND STRAW PER LOAD. SMITH2'IrLD ST. JAMZS'S WIIITECIIAPEL -E. a. d. a. d. Aver—C. a. d. 3 0 oasoo 4 00 Clover 4 0 0a 7 0 0 5/0 a Straw 112 oa2 10 0— g ; 11:4 3 13 0a 6 0 0 4 15 0 Clover 0 0 0a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Straw 0 8 0 a 217 0— 212 6 Hay 4 12 0a 5 14 0 5 5 0 Clo:er 6 0 0a 7 0 O—G 1." 0 Straw 2 8 0a 2 16 0 1g AVERAGE PRICE OP SUC.tR, Computc4Morn the It auras made in the week ending March 4, to 4 10itl. per ewt. exclutive of t:tr Duty of Customs ru . l or thereon of Impoita6oir tirerea Great 13ritan—(SateraW;,..4 Gazate.) PRICE 01. STOCKS. 'Rani: St9ek 3 per Cent. itet!tieccl ... 3 per Ccnt. Ccn. slo 77 411 • 4 per Ccnt. f per Colt. Navy 10 •`•/1 Lula Stock Ditto Bur.da li.. per Cent.) t.'-6 rr Exeher s uer Bills, MI. its Lay it itrr Consols for nie LongAnzuitici :._...Ptiotta and pnblishcd by It. Vitt.xs, No. ;F: FLEta-olltrET, bowsin St. .Dor.tton'a Ltd 1:E11 , • nn(l forwarded iuto d'e Cokar.try by all Vv. :igen ockstr and C:T:ks Cl the Rood, frec of intsge. Notig