The National Register. — London, England, 1816-08-19 00:00:00

AVGI:iI'T 10. In the night of Monday week, the lion; of hon.lon, which had jag taken in her cargo from Sest= mul Co.'s staitics, at Sunderland, blew up %visit a terrible explosion. The t..4-la.:anut were bralta, and the clerks vottiplutely torn up, with considerable other damage. This accident is supposea to have been occasienf:d by a toy going be tween decks with a lighted csnalr. , , by which s'mm car- Immated hydrogen gas, arising from the inflammable state of the coal, was The seventy-third anneal Conference of the Method.- in the connection of the late Rev.,,is %.I:esley, A. M. closed on Tuesday last. It appears, the connection is ex tndefl nearly to all parts of the world ; and the increase of members this yenr is upwards of nine thonseind. PrFtyman, Bishop of Lincoln, in his charge to the Clergy at the Triennial Visitation at Raiford, hus de nounced the Bible Societies, as dangerous to the esta blished religion, and to the ortholox principles of those who attend them. • A Ilainburgh paper says, that Kosciusko has sent frotn Soleure. in Switnerlarel, the stint of 1000 fr. to contri bute to the erection of a triumphal arch at WarsaW, in • honour of the Emperor Alexander. Tl.e new Illtrn;sh 3,Terruu which is published at Of fenbach, 1: prohibited in the kingdom of ‘Virtentburg. It is des:eying of 'nuke, that Atnerican Stook has Advanced during the last week about 4 per cent. We are sorry to learn, that when Gen. Maitland left Lis gmernment, an alarming fever had broken out not only at Malta, but also in the lonian Isks. The Duke of Wellington left town early on Tuesday moroia : :, to visit his brother the Marquis Wellesley, at East Cliff, Ha:a:gate, previtetsly to his Geace's departure for the Continent. The Sable Duke tenbarkel next day. lie will first go i• . • Brussels; firm thence t.) Cambray ; and aft:trwards to Paris. ilia Grace was accompaniVi by the MArquis and Marchioness of Worcester, and by Cul. llarvcy. The entertainment given last week by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester to the inhabitants of Ilagshot and its vicinity, coitisted of sixty rounds of beef, sixty sirloins iir ditto, sixty legs of mut ton billed, sixty shoulders roasted, sixty savory eighty lar"—e plum puddings, 180 dishes of vegetables, twenty hojsbeals of strong ale ; and at the coadusion each person hada lennper of punch to drink health, happiness, and lung life, to their illustrious host antiluNtess. _ _ We hear, that upon it survey of the Ortlintace Mice in Pall-mall, the expence of preparing it for the residence of Prince Leopold and the Prateess Charlotte has been tOund so great, as to suspend, at least, if ant to over come, the design of 3 , 2propriating it to that purpose. Friday !minting the Lard Mayor visited the prison of Newgate, and Win: the three unfnaunate Irishmen still kept in the condemned cells, and in irons, ordered that their irons should be struck oil, and that they should be removed to tlic Transportation Ward. His Lord ship had previously laid before tree Home Soeretary of State the satisflietory proofs he had received of the previous maxi conduct of these deltas' men, whose ig norance alone had made them the victims of the atroci ous conspiracy which has been so fortunately brought to light. , the deposed King of Caniy. expressed great surprise that the English should feel Any groat indigna- Gra at what he had always considered a more muter of emirse and pastime—viz. to order an offender's head to bc st ruck off—flogging hi in to death —i mpaling him ve— or pounding him in a mortar, as the caprice ()Mho moment dictated. He obse:-vea to Major Hook, " the Eiglish Governors, however, have one advantage over us Kings of Candy ; they have Counsellors about them, who never alhnv them to do any thing in a passion ; and that is the reason you have so few ptushavoits—but, unfortunately for us, the offender is dead beliirc our resentnteut has subsided." The Paper which first mentioned that Sir Eyre Come had accepted the Chiitern Hundreds, has contradicted that statement upon authority, as void of foundation. Ani:lig the alterationn at Drury-lane Theatre, prepa ratory to the op,.:ling of the winter season, the pit has been raised considerably ; Hn improvement which will only laid to tire beauty of the Hon:;e, but greatly to the accommodation of the audience. Two uew MS are prt , paring, one Cr the Princess Charlotto and Prince of Saxe Cobourg, and the other ha. the Duke awl Duchess of Gloucester. Thoy are on opposite sides of the house, twar the stage. The back seats on tha dress circle are removed. the boxes of whigh are now reduced to three rows of chairs. The King's Theatre closed oa I!;aturday se'nnight very Fuccessfu 1 season. - - - Invle:Ion 1111.4 re-awe:Jed this week uu t 11.2 I.ortdqn at the New Euglish Operu House, :cad was re ceived with great afp'aust. Winnsart Mari:yn and Mr. 0' Ivirry have liven performing the to3orrine character. ut Ihts Theitre: The former, Peery. in Site Cowq'ry Girl; ,clcri7 .lrnilia 11eldedtebni eke.; t i e latter Ja.o/s Gmwk.w, M on in, turf Sligbyle. 0% bens . , us the Jew, imt , a.l of talc tioli I IC I.litallsi of ti, It from the arc/eats by aeril•mt tan off the top of W., " 11 .floiref,, in placing the kulse it Lei trtit. however. did 11(11 pre% till him froin the , al hough hi tit it part or the Nta;e iNW , •I,i cierlipietl. Irimn 11l rerviird% Y.freur';, •.` Ti hire.by 4.45 e SUrg,:•ni, se,/ d'' "'" 11 rio 4rath,"4 Mitt 1.1 the IhNt drinking she minded to the re. lajtC, Ike .ia handkerchief, Sad L M all so ft r :Ike iNcluf." NATIO:AL RECtsTtn. TILE LABOURI_YO POOR. The Selescription for the Relict of the Labouring and Menufficturing Poe:, already amounts to upwardi of 34,0001. If the absence of s ) large a portion of the rank and wealth of the country upon the Continent be taken into ti:count, this SUM is liireral awl eneouragieg. A confident, bemuse a just, helve is entertained, that even this circumstance, althoegh it may retard the pro rewem of hienanitv, will nut eemitually affect the result. Those. wealthy Peers and Commoners now spending their money amongst strangers, if they were not the first on the list, shouid be the first in the amount of their dona tions. By withdrawing their presence, and the expen diture of their income, they have contributed to produce the present crisis. The labouring and manufiteturing poor have, therefore, a doable claim to their peculiar care and protection ; they have an appeal not only to their liberality, but to theirjastice.—Among the donations fin the Belief of the Poor, there is one which must have emanated from a truly English heart, and which sets an example above sill price. IVith his money, the subscri ber gives ae admonition to his countrymen, equal in me rit, at this crisis, to one of the "% Aden rules of Pythago ras. The donation is given in these terms :—" A volun tary penalty tier indulging in a umeth's excursion on the Continent, 231." Among the extreordinaries of the present rera. we find one at New ',anat.:, adopted by Mr. Robert Owen, of that place, which reflects great honour on his head and heert ; and which we should rejoice to sac cseentled into other parts of Great Britain by some equally powerful phihme thropists. Froet tho minutest inspection into the charac ters of mankind, and puetirelarly of that district, and by the studicus application of hie remarks to that people, he has developed a plan for greatly ameliorating their con ', dit ion, and fin-111;11g their principles, and fixing their conduct . It has: so thoroughly operated upon them, us to have re duced his theory into actual practice during the last seven teen years ; by which, a community consisting of between two and three thousand individceds have been, without any legal penislinicut, changed front a state of vice, im morality, and wretchedness, into one of progressive vir tue, comfort, and happiness : and, they are now, in the time of distress, in others places, reaping the fruits of their conduct, preventing the increase of it amongst them selves. NVe itederstand, that these philanthropic plans are to be mule publicly useful, by fleet conunuaication to men in power and influence. It is well known, that tlte silk trade of England has its chief scat in Spitallields, and usually finds employ ment and support for the majority of the poor of that vicinity. The number of looms in this mule has beee ascertained to be about 10,000 ; and eaeh of these, when iu work, will furnish employment for three persons in the various branches of dying, warping, winding, quil ling, &c. Of these 10,00 i) loony:, however, more than half have been totally unemployed fur several months, and the numerous families dependent upon them de prived of all their supplies.—Many Live literally part ed with every thing that emild produce a shillin± ; their rooms arc stripped of their little furniture and bedding, anti their bodies left almost without env covering. It is lamentable to state, that the small allowance which the parish can Laird is, now, all that numbers of them have to subsist upon, and this is rarely sufficient to buy them bread. A letter from liiistnn, of the 7th inst. says-- " An *Mimi examination front to house has taken place iu many districts aronnd ns, in order more fully and accurately to a.sce•rtain the real distress that exists in our nri2libourhooll. In one district there were foind I lin families whose resources are all cut cut, comprehending 1:22 individual.; 7.1 families who earn Is. per head per week, comprelmating -183 1:10 families who r irn 2s. per head per week, comprehending f 420 iniiividulla; in another there were 541 fainilies without the means of livelihood. eomprciu•nding . 4)76 individuals, full one half of the population." Extraft of a letter from 11.114 in, Aolgnst $, 141 : " Money has disappeared on Circuit. We arc in a deplora ble condition. There is JeAlt:llV unv thing doing, Rents there are none to he hal, an:l vet the revemm must he satisfied. You will judrtc hots this eau he aceompledied, %then Use poor w retches accused otfe•r to pay their lawyers in kind! INI as offered a tub of butter to defend a poor fellow charged with making potteen. %loth •r poor wretch, who was indicted far plank, offered toe half a doieu front with ma brief ' , and as• Allred me be %vault' pay the Latlauee in pil.e!—dais is tie.% in the annals of the Bar." A letter from ..‘Lineltester sacs " The trade here is nt pre. scant sat Irul, and goods are almost i low in price us I er 4.r rerneatner them. The utavars are generally in '4 miserable Si toAtion, and great numbers are "111 u 1 e 'Chu•,. whe 1,4%e work are obliged to labour from floe in t . lie morning tiU ciOrt ur nine at night, fur about 1%. per day." A ci-devent toottnaker of Netvgate-street, who a few years back Ind u very flourishing bitsines.e, but had long elnsibrel that ratioual lib,:rty could not be enjoyed in Eirriand, disposed of his proFrtv, and sit or with his with and tinnily for Aineriea.—Witliin these few days the tivertictrs of ChriA Church have been called upon parish-relief in behalf of Ili:twit; lit, wife and chil d-Ant ; they having lauded at Falmouth as distresztea suljeets, without a penny to themselves. A very large flock of wild fowl was beard to pass 0.. , cr the hletroplis between nine and ten o'clock on W e a_ ttes.lay night, flying very low, anti surpriging the Lon doners by a noi.e M nnusal. The direction trf their ighe was front the south-west to..v.tvis II i -h ill. '.I TRIAL OF 1,(1111) CO(4 .1 111.1NE. This trial, to which public att....11i/a has been for some diet 'much a ttrac.ed, took place on Saturday. The N sbit' 1)C -teilatit arrived at the Crown lon, (Itchlfard, on Saturday morning, accompanied by Mr. Brooks, in a po4t-eli,ine and four. Lord I'.lleaborougii, having d.spnsed of the C. /ninon 34,y rait,cs, adjourned at half•past eleven to th • Criminal Coat, and was I 111.1Viti in about at hour by \fr. Justier Lord Cochrane entered the Court (which was in iiictowly crowded—especially wile Ladies), aetntivatin..l by Sit itutdett and several other friends. The Sp.•rial Jury panne! iris called over; hut only two Oentleinen answering to Hair name+, illr. Marryatt prayed a tales, and ten Common Jurors were sworn in. \1r..l lolplitt:etAted the inclictmia, which charged, that in Vie 54th year of hit 11...j.istv„ Sir Thorns: Cochrane and nthei4, w.;re duly tricd and convicted' of &vele conspiracies and misdeonemouri—thr on wabiequent day in Trinity Term. the. fkfendant. Sir T.1014111(1.).-h -nine. was adjudged to pay a tine (* . one thousand ixemile, and to prisons! fur twelve calendar months in the King's /tench prises' • and that the defendant was committed to the - custody of tVne dostu,„ 'Mar shal of die said ..rison, in eueution of his said y..ulginent and acute, en —tliat the s:•:.: Sir Thomas Cochrane, 1.44 fore the expiration if Cie said twelve calentla- mouths, for which he was SVIIVIII:Ca to be impritionad. 41(1 without the said tin having been paid or satialled. to wit, on t'ic _;th day of Atasii, in the .9.lth of the King. si;ii•fotee and arms, un -1..0 wilfull•.•, and contenipttacrily, did e..scane and go et liu-ge from and out of the custody of the said Mar.dial, acrd to F aces to Jurors unknown. in contempt of the laws. Otte.--There were hats other counts alleging Omit:3ll:e. with some ;light variation , .: and to this In dictment the llefuniant pleaded Not Guilty, and put hinr.:lfussonahe Century. thirratt, in stating the case to the Jery, said. though this app«acill, from the titunertues audience wilitirit had at tracted, cast• Of Annie expectation, so far ax depended open him it was not likely to belt lon/ uye , au4it was his•inu'te tim.r to inilttl:te in acclimation or invective. lie 'nitro..id to miloylit to the Jury'the law, and cirennwanecs oldie euse, and to leit‘e them from tler:rc to draw their own conehisiou. It then briely ree ttttt itc4i the i• artitmlais or the fruit:l prttc• tied 1/11 the stock Exchange, the trial, conrictiuu, anti ie..- truce of Lord Carlirtine. _ _ _ lit. the seetetice two antics were iterated on Lord Cochrane Ow all owed obedience to the laws, and to the Magistrates of the country): to an att the expiration of his ha prommitviit, and to pay iliaLline whis-li the justice of Id. moo/l ily had impowil upon him. The period of his implismnent sonata have expired on the :list day of June NU>. One of the (Marge* against the defendant was, that he escaped lion' prison betnre the twelve months expired. Aaenher was, th..t lie finds an opportunity of making his escape het ira the fine w.e. paid ; and lie (the teamed Cz' nessel) was in a satiation it, prate these charges 'mist satisrietorily. In-the first Ware, lie would xliess that lie had e-eaped from the custody of that Alarslial three or t o ur months before the expit ation of the years and lie wools! I,roVr. Iltat 1;11{ Nis before the hue V:33 Hid. as hr elOll.l sSits.... that it bad been paid by his Lordship at a subse. q tient period (July :t, 1315). This prosecution nits instituted by the .llarsiial of the K111,'4 ticsAl, to vindicate his own Cif,. Meter from all suspicion of connivance; and to sheet those in trusted to his custody, that nu rank, however exalted, caitiff scr •cn those who committed such au offence front punishments flow tin• escape had loam effected, the Marshal was ignorant np In this In .ar ; lint this he knew, that it was not through his ens:. nivance. The learned Counsel then recapitulated the circom. stances attendant on the discov •ry of Lord Cochrane's esckii . and those of his re-eapture in the House Of COMINOON, V.Ollll are 3lrendy before the public. He contended, that the 14;1( applicable to the CRISP was quite clear. The King's subjects awed obedience to the Magistrates and constituted witholities. tin well estaldishel -was this 1,611614 e, that if a man sentenced ' to the storks made his escape from the persons empowered ti 41;O• the seintence carried into etecutiosi, lie was -liable by the till law to be indicted as a felon. U•iitmilitestly; the law in modern time: had been ameliorated ; and where there was no initial breach of prison, but the party escaped by stratagem or manage:nent, lie was indietableonly ter an escape; or fur going at large before the expiration of the time Orili3 imprisontineit an offence which was certainly not subject :o the severh peoale ties entailed upon the person who broke the poison walls, or hsreed the doors. In this case it was not imputed to L•irsl Co yly aim that lie broke the prison walls, hot wily that lie LICIO.P its lisimelaries, and aa. out of long before his sentence had 'Aldred. The only inquiry of to-day was, whether Lord Carlirioir bait m-April from his confinement in the King's Bench Prison before the twelve months were expires!. Of that faot thine could be na doubt. With the sentence the Jury had no thing to do ; flail would he matter of consideration of the Cann of hint's Deitch in the ensuing term. THE EVIDENCE. Mr. iliellard Crude examined by Mr. Gnat:Er—stated. that i t was clerk in the Crown-Office, and produced a copy of Lord Cothrane's c ttttt mitment to the King's Bench rtivon, in execution of his sentence: and also a copy of the ride of Court - by which his commitment was imule out. 'Cher &liniments WeTC put in and read by the Associate. Tltniaits Gibbon. the Tindall' examined by. Mr. Aunt on us. proved the commital of Lord Cochnine to the King's Bench Prison, and the circumAance of his recapture after his escape. elms-examined by Lord Cot:Finale's-41c had delivered his I.ord ship, as a prisoner. to the per.zons totting as turnkeys twithont any it rash intler 4 that being unnecessary'. in the usual way. lie did not know the authority on which the persons to whom he delivered hit Lordship toned ; bat lie knew one of the principal °dicers of the poi are was present at the tune. Examined by ilea ATMLEItES and Mr. Jitstice TIER ROEG I .014 Coe:witne had been &livered in the usual way to the perscris whir were oreinarily in the habit of ra.lving prisoners. tore limoshoott. the Istrshal's Clerk, proved fhe committal of Lard Cochrane; hi.; absence twin the prison ; his recapture in the House of Coninein,; and Ili-, sulnequent payment of the tine 4; the id of J toy. Cross-exaMined by 1 Mitt COCIIILANE.--I le wus no; piCsent si.en Lord Cochrane was iltlivered into the custody ot die turnkeys • but lie cimsidcrell hk being given into their hands the same as if he had been given into the custody of the larsitaL • The Noble Lord uttenipt,d to examine the witnesses as to the mod diva of the Marshal. in orlct to shot' that his conduct Mal been at sorisnee with the terms of his commission. He read port of en- awn rviisi,on tinder which Mr-tones arts. and a few passages from rise Re port of the House of Commons. lie questioned the aliness as to she udul•;,-nce atiewo to Sir W. Matinee mat other Crown ' , nouns:a. and remarked on the rigunsus utorroostt he had experienmt after his re capture ; but this count of pion titbit I , M:objected to by the Court. as the COMlLbaut the Moult:a a... oar the arahject of the present issue. Th; is brtatglit terwatd L made the grow,,ls for future pro 6-cpsiu.t. Mr. Jones; uut wait' cwt 'o. pm.. un this cams 'Cam. as the 'Alarslial•tvitld not defend himself; and the only question Mtere the Couri , Nll3 tie eac.aiie of the Noble Lott Halt the case • for the Crown closed. I,ord Cot nu aNE prorecoled to male his defence. With a view to tieltstva a, utile a, iswassal, 4..1 the tittle of the Jut., Ile Its I committed to *ratios et hat lie thought rel. rant to late` iliee,tion at moos . . He .i a hope, that they would be directed be tiler ',art .11i ' , to take tato their, consideration* the i 'litho: of his rscare, a..sell ar the facts ultich had been • .h- :