The National Register. — London, England, 1816-12-09 00:00:00

DECEMBER 9. On Friday a Cabinet Council was .anexpeetedly mom owned by expresses. The Cabinet met.at the Foreign Office at half past one o'clock on Saturday. It ,was at tended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Haerowhy, the Earl of Westmorland, the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Vansit tart, Lord Melville, Lord Si:lmonth, Lord Castle reagh, and Mr. Canning. The Attorney and Solicitor Generals, with others of the Law Officers; had a con sultation yesterday upon the subject of the riots, nt chambers; and it is expected that the whole will be laid before the Regent in the Council this day. The apprehended difficulty. in paying the French ccn tributions was probably one of the reasons for the C abinet Council held on Saturday. Nothing appears on this subject in the French papers, except h be the infe rence to be drawn from the mate of the French fonds, which have sustained a very alarming depression, hav ing been in the course of Wedaesday last so, low as 5 t 5-10ths. The French Ambassador was in attendance at the Foreign Office and the office to, the War Dopunnent during the sitting of the Cabinet. In the evening, Mr. Guy, the King's Messenger, was sent oil' with dispatches to Paris. • The American papers to the Gth ult. whiclicame to hand yesterday, contain some more attempts to inflame the popular mind there against the Spaniardi, lint appa rently without much effect. The accounts of the civil war still raging in South America are most distressing. Upon the whole, it would seem that the Royalists klid the advantage ; but the conflicts between the oalottbig parties seem to be equally aimless and inconclusive. The following intelligence was on Saturday received at Lloyd's r espectin g a dreudforhurricane at St Do mingo, and the arrival of u French Agqut to treat with Petion • - " Port-au-Princ4 Sept. 23. " On the night of the ISth and I9th inst. we ertEdrenesd one of the most tremsndotu hurricanes known on this islonrrior many years past. Nearly one half of the houses in the town are blown down. Every vessel in the harbour, escept the ' ship Ounnocto, were anvea on shore, and several American ' , b . indechoottero upset. A large English ship, called the hitigli arrived the day beibre hone Baltimore, patted front her anchors and coils Cietey distrusted. The C,aledonia was part gran apes:lido, (lied out Mina, i bound for the Spanish main to sash* the IndsEsts. Mina is looked for every day. The cauntfy all around if int t ful situation, needy every thing being destroy ed .. AWM of cannot be purchased for less then 30 dollars. Wl OCT OMR IS. ' " A French frigate and brig of war have let* arrived from France, with an agent to treat for the return of thisillind to the mo. at if s titer country ; but it is the general opinion that he. not succeed. The arrny,consist of about 25 to 30,000 men : t otthem can b • 0.116.1 to the aid of this place in three days. Sal force con sists of a frigate, corvette, and sloop. The people p le tan determined hatred against the French. Peticatas w declarhi for life on the loth of July. Flour and rice are at trO profit, ow ing to the damage occasioned by the late inusialas." His Majesty's ship Camelion is arrivii from India. On the 4th July the Company's ship Surrey was about to proceed to Indramayo from whence she was to re turn to Batavia, and afterwards to be dispatched to England. Saturday morning New York Papers to the 6th •f last month inclusive were received. Our of f icial account of the attack upon Algiers reached America, and the National listelligeneer, the official paper, be stows warm commendation upon the manlier in which the enterprize was executed; but it' claims creait for the American Navy having shewn us thit the attack woula be successful. `tere are different statements with respect to the negociation with the Neapolitan Government. One account says, that the latter had agreed to pay 300,000 dollars as a compensation for the ships and property seized. Another account swells the amount to one million and a half of dollars. In our opinion the Nea palitan Government ought to have resisted the 'pay ment of a single sixpence. A 'French frigate is said to have reachc4 St. Do mingo, with an officer on board, chaired with a mis sion to Petion. This cannot be one ofthe vessels which sailed about seven weeks ago with 4,000 trove on board. The statement in the American papers of Po tion having refused to negociate without the previous acknowledgment of the independence of Hayti, must be incorrect. Petion will acknowledge . the King of France's authority. He is to receive the cordon bkn, and to reside there. The putting down Chriatophe will be the joint work of Petion, and the force sent out under, wt. believe, M. Labourdannaye. From Buenos Ayres we have received Letters and Papers to the 11th of September ; and also the Act of Independence, by which the United Provinces of La Plata renounce their allegiance to Spain, and erect them selves into a Sovereign and Independent State. The Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold are ex pected to leave Claremont-house to-day for Brivhten, and to return about the 15th inst., previous to.'rind Leopold's birth-day. Lord Wellesley's health is so greatly improved, that rations are making for his departure from East preparations o Richmond, where he has taken the Marquis of Stafford's house on the Terrace. Lord Cochrane was liberated frbm prison on Satur day, the fine of 1001., or 24,000 pence, being paid. Government, with a view to alleviate the distresses of the lower classes of people, have directed an exami nation to be made as to the state of the old naval and military clothing, bedding, &c. preparatory to a general distribution among thesewho may be peculiarly in war.t of them at this period. ItEGISTER. THE NATI DIE LA7', fLIITIIkR PARTICULARS, Weregret to say, that the accounts or Mr. Platt were not so favourable last night as we cold& have wished. lie was no wonv+ than on Friday, but he we+ far from being better. The contents of the pistol had not been extracted. The account received on Saturday from Mr. Platt was, that the ball is not extracte,l, but that he is free from fever ; there is no inflammation of the wound, which hits a regular discharge, and the medicine haa tie tie sired effect. Mr. Ashley Cooper, who ittealiliim, bas favourable. hopes. The younger Watson, of whose identity as the person who shot 3lr. Platt, there u now uut the ileghttut doubt, it is sup posed is soon likely to be in the hands of the Police, who, we understand, have received pritty accurate Information of his route. The re-examination of Preston, Hooper, Cashman. Carter, and Gamble, at the Mansion House, took place on Friday ; but they were all again remanded. The Lord Mayor has had an interview with Lord Sidenontli. Hi. Lordship, we ander:den& recommended, in the strongest manner, the necessity of 110111111 a a public examination of the elder Watson; numerous Individuals, as Well by letter as otherwise, having stated that they were prepared to identify his present. A number of persons hourly present themselves at the Mansion House, who can speak to Ow enuel'3ct of the parties in custody, and who were observed as the most 'retire in the divracefhl scenes on Monday last. The Lord Mayor, therefore, in order to obtain the best possible evidence., has postponed the examination until Wednesday next. • It wv stated by his Lordship, that the plan wns much twee extensive than was at first imagined —Tile attempt at inseir • rection wits certain, as well as the bring provided with arms. This latter fact is not only established by the deelarntion of souse of the parties in custody, bat by Ow accounts delivered from several quarters of the purchase of snot and powder on the morning of Monday. A person in Bishospgate-- , re et, in particular, disposed of a quantity of powder and Shot early that day; bat his servants, who supplied the mime:wets, had, at coureptinnappwaitefisiun of their design.—From deck tation o'resten, w charged yonna Watson with pi (rim tsney, itiippears, that ti operations were not to have coot- Mceil tJlt rlark. Preetootalks more enthnslasticallv than before of the extent o(the plot . ; and adds, that nu ICJ. than 300,400 persons welt enrolled in the cause! Hooper, who ststes Presinn to no the instigator of hie conspiracy, has dc; !arid that the tWo Wah. sons, himself, and Presto; were in coneef' tageiht. in Spa fields on the morning of Monday. By some eldenr, however, when the party left that place, with a ottii i Watson at their bead, for the purpose of advancing into the esty. they lost sight of each other; but Hooper afterwards - - t.v tale 1 . 011114,r in the midst of the mob in Cheapside. Preston elsr e, v.now ledges that he was with the party in the Minorees at three o'clock. _ _ We have stated that two lancets were found in the shop of Mr. Beckwith since the commission of the oittrege nloir day, and that on them were engraveu the letter W. lipou closer examination, however, the name of Watson was iliseo. vexed upon the inside of each. Mr. Beckwith attended the Mansion House on Friday, as did his buy, John Roberts, who was in the shop with nr. Platt at the moment the rioter, entered. He describes most accurately the person of the assassin (corresponding entirely with that of young Watson), and also of a sailor, who was most active in plundering the shop of arms. Mr. Beckwith states, that the assassin (a before related) loaded a cave of duelling pistols, which he carried away ; and it is a singular coincidence, thatl on the night of the elder Watson's arrest at Highgate, the two pers.,ns in his company who escaped discharged each a pistol. The Lord Mayor suggested the necessity of Roberts, the boy, being taken to the Compter, where he might possibly identify some of the parties in costody, to whom he was ordered ad. mission yesterday morning. Two letters were on Friday put into the bands of the Lord Mayor, one by Mr. Beckwith, which a as fogad on the sloughs, addressed, '• Mi. Preston;' the other by a Mr. Curtis, of Goswell-street, who undertakes to identify some of the riaters, Gamble in particular, whom he saw discharge and reload their pieces on Monday, at the rurnuentwben they were de prived of their standard at the Royal Exchange. At Lambeth-Street Police office, eight of the rioters, taken with arms in their hands, have beau examine d before Sir D. Willidms and the other Magistrates, and four of theta were yesterday again examined. It wilt be recollected, that four pistols were purchased by.. man answering the description of Watson, at Mr. Parke" shop, Holborn. These fuue pistol/ have been traced and iden tified. One of them was found on Watson, stn. two on Hooper, and the fourth is discovered to have been *AM with which Mr. Plait was shot. The pistol being thus found and recognized, the next step was to connect it with Watson as the purchaser: and this most invention circumstance has been most satisfactorily demonstrated. Tbe chain of proof seems to us unbroken, and we give it to the public with an assurance that it is perfectly authentic. The young min who went on Saturday last to Mealier of Mr. Parker,to purchase the pistols is question, was charged 11. 6e. for the first pair. He tended two 11. notes. The shopinan asked his Dome and address, which he gave Mr. Watson, Hyde Street, Blooms. bury: this description was instantly written at the back of each note. The sbopman not being able to give him change, set one of the notes out for that purpose ; and on the return of this messenger, Mr. Watson received in change a Ts. piece and five separate shillings. He then left the shop, but re tained shortly after, and purchased another pair of pistols, for which he gave soother IL, note (on which his name and address were written by the shopman as before), together with a seven-shilling piece and a shilling, and again de- k parted. As soon as it was ascertained on 'Monday that the pistol which shot Mr. Platt was one of those purchased at Mr. Parker's, an enquiry was immediately set on foot to trace the purchaser. Mr. Parker's shopinon had a perfect recol lection oldie purchase, but could not at first remember the name or address of the man who bought the pistol... The onus, unfortunately, had been paid away, and it was not known to who.n. At length the circumstance of the sending out one note for change recurred to the shopman's memory, and application was made to the tradesman who changed it. He also had paid it away, bat knew to whom; and *Berson)e earth, recovered the identical note having on it Mr. Watsees name and address. The note being this &end, an officer was dispatched to Hyde Street, Bloomsbury,nred there discovered the residence of the two Watsons. The apartments were {starched, sad several papers were seised. Among them was ar letter from Hunt, the Orator s to Watacro,jon.oo the subject of the Spa Fields Meeting. Justice, however, demands that we should declare, that there was nothing in this letter, which could at all iinplicate Mr. Hunt with what took place in the city. jt appe ared to be an answer to letters written by *at son, junto Hr. Heel, while be was in the reentry. A reward of 5001. hits been offered by Government for Wauun's appreheasion, in addition to other rewards offered. " Whitehall. Dem Pier 6. 1816. " Whereat it has bees hembly_represental taw legal High the Prince lte,rent, that James Watson they lat e of street. Bloomsbury, perm, otrairattiargodl. i emdt. on s lent saspiciesi of baring wilfully aed " is and murder Richard Platt. on handy Id of this Weep be:, by firing a foetid fiseel as and irmitdias IM mid Riclund Platt : ,* And that the said James Waugh dos iamb *mid as vibe. meat suspicion with haring 0318,1111irad dims War big aid aties6 otu offences: '• .His Royal Digitate!, for the balm and more speedy appans:- . baradtag aad Wigwag to the said how Watson the lib. ninon& AMON Whereby pissed. sang is dm mass end on behalf of hie titeisay, se promos to $O7 Firms (*P - Womb , shill discover and aesd. or cams to be dire °raw and awn., handed, the said Jams Wawa, the awn of FIVE HUNDRED FOUNDS; to be paid by the lona Onesitaipioneva of his " Mniestes . Treastuy. upon the said James Walesa land aoPrawlided awl 1101 .4( 41 In mg one of his Majesty's Baca. . DmOUTH. " The above Joao Watson is a surgentitymko, and has been employed in that capacity on board a Spon *hip. He is a young ?otherparentl about 21 en 14 yawl af age, - hutzigy ; dark hair. pale co an iet ire fast Eve_ joehee radmr simdcr Hada s limin order hie Ii eye on a brown area mat. lime am. black w*enat, drab keesellons and bragpitare s appearing% shabby gain&lkham lately in Hydernact. Mnowbuty. and was in the habit of waidag a bilk coat. buttened. keensyment besachei aid keg ishno.* Armed of MIL faiths 'Eked by the Lied M. mid of London. for dm apprehension and mwrialina at the ella a w ill .W i t shot Mr. Platt; and a reward of soL liw the appitheniim and convic tion of any of those who broke into the =Olt% Brecwitlk, or of Mr Brander and Mr. Rae, in the and eels *Nam tire-arms and oboe property. The parish dklernichres sa Wit Mr. Beckwith's shop is situated. ma aka 11111111.• maid at wine amount as that offered by the Laud M 1.11141 of the assassin. The keys found in Mr. Beckwids's shop have been found to fit young Watson's boxes ; and in those were found several papers. and a letter from Mr. Hunt to young Watson. Moe things are all sent to the office of the Secretary of State. MR. HUNT'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH LORD SIDMOLTTH. The following is a ropy of the correspondence that boa taken place between Mr. Hunt and Lord diamond'. " Leaden. Nos. 19.1616. "My Loan,—At a very numerous M held Map& Ire ilk the blur of November, a Petition to the we igresioi.' and it was, by the same Meeting, resolved dm I diebte nourofpn-senting the said i'etiuun. In ',this sembidem, • = iiir, N ib I have this day waited on Col. *Mahon , at Warder to icatija a knowledge oi the pleaswre olds oellp, the time i.nd placed hat he would WWI* . I. . rics a Petition coin.intur to my chary* smear I tiom the Colonel was, that titer. Wan Ni um wale a Petition to the Prince: me at a Limes. abbb well lies der just yet; the other. through the isatioWS elllasalir the Haw Dow pat tm. nt. " My Lord, what It read in that Rill of afglas which is so e rel boasted of, gni which contain the gramodlesi did& the Stuart were excluded from the theme; wise 'seal iik that constitutional IAIV, that one of the ROOD "611111.611 1 iild on" by the people of England, was the Molt to Petition the Erni, or either House of Parliament, 1 as a master of mouse. that the Right to Petition included the Id so reagent Petitions; because it could not appear to me to beam . muse to declare, this the people had a right to pray, without bleb(' right_ se aura their prayers to be heard. And, therefore, * all a Abromad • 0 mosLosh seeable, a starving people, who me humbly et spordrreliern that their prayer must wait he the mearrede mh o ' et it I. et tin the pleasure of a Secretary of /arse, is what I shell net Ile ebb to do, wi ti tout great pout and usortillostiom " Nevertheless, that I nay disaster's y duty to the uemostra bo power, -I inclose the above -mentioned Petition. requesting year ship to present it to his Royal Nieman the Prince II egent. gm answer. through your Lordship, I shall wait with the resebt anxiety. I have the honour to he, my Lord, your Lordsltiplt most obe dient, and most humble servant, " H. H UN T. " To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Sidmouth. " P. S. I beg your Lordship to have the goodness to cute the an ' 'twee of his Royal Highness to be addressal to rue at Middleton Cot doge, near Aver." " Whitehall. Nov. 2n. " ftra,-1 have UM before the Prince Regent the Petition agreed to at the Meeting held in Spa-Fields. on the 13th instant, winch you you delivered to me yesterday. at the lace; accompanied by a let ter to me from yourself, by which letter you appear to hare been cur reedy informed by Col. Mahon, that, according; to en invariable rule. tee Petition in question could not he mated by his Royal Highness, except at a Levee, or through the Secretary of Site for the Home Department,—l urn, Sir, your obedient humble 'errant. " H. Hunt, l.w. SIDMOUTH." " Middleton CFetage, Nov. 25. "My Loan,—l beg to rekowerlodge the tempt of your Lord ship's favour of the toth itraftMt pormit we to ware rem kudship. that it will afford me sincere pilaw to be Akio is the Mut ing to be held in Spa Fields ook Moser do Id of 'that' your Lordship has paid attuatitei io ihtir oppilosiisoL-11 biro *a honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's mat obedient, mama* humbly servant. H. HUNT. " To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Stihnouth." The lion. Mr. Law, of the Guard• met whit a dteleppoint intent on Monday night. • All °Otero; being ordered to re main on duty, Mr. 1.. cent to the house of Lord Litenhoronsts 'ln St. James's-square for his camp bed. the servant and one or two other men were bringing it to him, when some of the watchmen, su4pecting that they had not obtained it fairly, seised them and carried them to Cite watch-house, where they and the bed were detained till it could be ascertained who the:, were.—Eredisk refer. - - In the Cann of King's Bench, on Fa iday, the Attorney_ General applied, on the part of the defend:ter, in a cause Owlett v. Johnsen, to put off the trid, on an affidavit which set forth she absence of* material witneas. The action W4l brought en a promissory note which %l r. Davison, the bastion I of the celebrated actress, received from the defendant, an I paid over to the plainiiff, lir certain goods purchased from him. The defence set an is,. that the defendant gave the' the said note to Mr. Davison in the course of a alining trans action, Bed that the evidence of that gentleamal was sect 1.4 sat: tv substaittlaleibt 11$1.