The National Register. — London, England, 1816-08-04 00:00:00

AUGUST 4. ewer meter the insupportable pressure of accumulated Woes? roi bid it houour p decency, humanity, religiou!" " Tibbington-honse, near Birmingham, July 43, 1816. I have not lost a moment in distributing your donation of amongst some of the most distressing cases is my neigh bourhood ; and although the suntruot to each family was small, after dividing it amongst upwards of 30, yet it was so very ac eqtable, that streams of gratitude flowed from the e)es of those who partook of it. Woris cannot picture the distress that prevails in this neighbourhood ; and what is still worse, it Is likely to increase rapidly. Many of the irou-works, iron stone-works, and collieries that have been hitherto kept at 'work, are on the eve of being stopped. Indeed hundreds of ' , men have bad notice within the last fortnight to seek ft csli em ployment; and there are already some thousands who have been out of work many months ' living upon chanty and the Isonsehold furniture which their late prosperity enabled theta fo provide. But in numberless instances these comforts have "rad tiall y been disposed of to prevent starvation. The liberal stud humane persons, who have hitherto been a great support to such set etehed objects, find the cases so numerous, that that funds of charity are then by completely exhausted; and the only resort the poor creatures have left, is to go to the fields, an.l from Bunny procure the best food they can for themselves and children. The taste of bread is almost forgotten to many of them. I hope you will excuse my going Into any further detail on the subject of such distress ; for I assure you, the -nntiering of my mind to terrace what I hose before witnessed, without the ability to relieve, iv too much for my feelings." AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JULY. The long contitmance of cold rainy weather through the menth will have retarded the harvest to a later season than al most ever known; and in the mere northern districts the tem pestuous weather has considerably lad the several kinds of Jamul:int grain. The Wheat cropa, however, carry, in gene ral, a promising appearance, although there is some apprehen -4;011 in the .ea•terri counties of mildcw, limn the unusual suc culence of the straw, which more warm and genial weatlier,it is hoped, may correct. The Barleys are tine in most counties. Oats, in general. are not so good. The Beans, which are too 41111 of growth, are nut fund to set so well as their bloom pro mised. Potatoes, except en light soil., base rim tin) much to haulm fur a very productive crop. Turnips are a genial plant, but want drier weather fur setting out. The young Clovers have planted kindly. The Falbws on heavy soils are back ward. from their wet state not admitting of being cased about. The Clover crops,stith other Hay, have suffered in most coun ties from the incessant rains, end, in consequence, the produce oflast year is rising cousidersbly in value. In some districts, large tracts of meadow land are still unniowed. The Hop plantations never varied more in their appearance than at this season. Some of them .roeud Canterbury, Maidstone, and Farnham, look promising, except where they have run ton strong to bine. In Worcestershire the general appearance is uukindly. rpe latter math Grass Is abundant, and the price of Lean Stock, of must kinds, has got up in consequence. The Meat Markets remain nearly at last mouth's prices; and in those of Wool there is but little variation fur the better. ••a The commercial embarrassint nts of' the West Riding of York. shire were last *A evk aggravate d by the stoppage of another banking-house. On Tuesday Messrs. Brook and Sons of Hud dersfield, after struggling thr about three weeks with extreme difficulties, arising out of the shock gist n to public credit by the stoppage of a neighbouring bank, were obliged to suspend their payments. The Chipping Norton Bank of Alessi's. Curran, Matthews, and Co. has for the present suspended its payments. The Tamworth Bank, Paget anel Co. has a!sa stopped payment. END OF THE WORLD.—Among the numerous abscrilities Vial have appeared on this subject. not the least ludicrous is one that has come forward at Flambro, in Yorkshire. A person had a cow, who was delivered of a calf, which, on its entrance into the world that was to terminate so shortly, innuediately ut tered the folio% iii poefirofoliservation : A very• hard Winter. A very cold Spring.; A plentiful Harveta. Butler/ to gat it in. On which the owner of the calf was so much astoeisbed (as well be might be at this extraordinary poet), that be dropped .down dead immediately ; but, what is still more extraordinary•, the people In the country give credit to it. HOARDERS OF Si Lynn. —The wife of a person at Monmouth was lately thrown into consternation, on being informed that the silver in general circulation was mostly of a spurious na ture, and would not be taken at the Mint in exchange for the new coin : the fear of a great loss induced her to eammunicate a secret she had long kept, that by saving and hoarding of shillings she had accumulated to the amount of 3001. A shop keeper and neighbour of the former found also, upon the like report, upwards of 1001 in silver, althongh both had frequently been unwilling to accommodate their customers with chi:age, expressing, in kind terms, their wonder what was gone with all the silver, and their apprehensions that, like the gold, it would never return again. There are instanccsof servants also, who. unable to get gold, and fearful of keeping the bankers' notes, have got all their little savings in silver.—County Paper. A person in Alston. who boo for some years followed the trade of a barber, recently opened a spirit shop ; when, to the no small admiration and amusement of his acquaintance, he imisted over his door the followintt appropriate lines Rove not from pole to pole ; but here turn in, Where nought cxr-ls the shaving, bet Me gilt. A Manchc•trr Paper says—" Last wrek, as the story giw, a couple of friends called at the pablie-linu3e of Mr. t raderi,: Blockly; and, whilst regaling themselves, a dog belongine . . - . . one of them came sitade:dy in - , and dropped at In; master's h • bundle, containing a quantity of Itank-notes. Both instantly stooped to take it ups but the owner of the dug failed iu getting possession of it, and the other, securing it, pleads the title of !setter fortune to justify his Maim to detention ; wLilet the other wiserts his right, from the agency of his dumb sit ward. and has already made it the subject of legal enquiry. Rumour has swelled the amount of the notes to 13001. ; sid, whit is singular, Ito person, in the quality au% tier, bas yet conic los ward to set tle the dispute." VAGRANTS.A few flays ago about thirty of tine people, of both e: Yes , reperly equipped to excite compsasitn. were Pik. n - up at Sear. horotr• , in their road to Scorner Fair, where they intended to commi t their epredations on the credulity of the public. Wiwn they were ta ken br the constable, they wt re found regaling on tea anti cities, and had ordered a tiv.vuity of lamb for their suppers. instead, however, of being able to enjoy all the luxuries which their extre nee ineuerty made )le...est:try, they were committed by the Magistrates of Sciubonne.th to the House of correction, where they were detained until the lair at &Amer was concluded, and were thus very properly Invented from sit: Nixing their tmils; or the rubl4 THE NATIQNAL REGISTER. IRELAND. —.41111..- • " It is a curious circumstance," says a Dublin Paper, " that the noted roltbor, Grant, kept a public-house two years in flue county of Wexford, near to the place where be was finally ap prehended; but basing always been known there by the name of George Cooney, no one suspected he was the gaol-breaker and Idunderer of the Queen's County, of whom so many were in search, until Mr. Clarke, the gaoler of Maryborough, whom Capt. Phelan sent down for the purpose, identified hint as the old initiate of his prison. When attached, Whelan would not submit until Grant had surrendered. Even after he had given in, he snatched a bayonet from a moldier, with which he stabbed the poor fellow in the back, and fitr which lie would have been put to death on the spot, but for the exertions of Capt. Joey') and the Officer commanding the party. Grant offered to give every information in his power, if Government would save his lire ; but his proposal has been rejected. Whelan made the same offer, but was also refused. He has, however, communi cated such facts as will effectually root out the gang of which he was second in command ; but ou this subject it would be im prudent to enlarge." SINGULAR ADVENTMIETIICITAII and John Carson were tried for the wilful murder of Charles Cassidy. at Kilmainham Wood, in the county of Meath, on the 11th ofJunc. ltino.—A verdict of Guilty was found against Thomas Carson, acquitting the other prisoner. The Judge (liel:y) then pionotineed sentence of death on Thomas Carson, directing that the execution should take place on Friday at one o'clock. ' At five o'clock on Friday morning, a brother of the prianner came to the prison to see the unhappy culprit, and informal the gaoler tle.t Mr. Wainwright, the clergyman, would attend in a short time to pray with and administer the sacrament to kis brother. The Learned Judge bad very humanely directed that his relations should have access to the pi- I sutler, so that his brother was permitted to go into the condemned cell 1 tq him.—ln some time after, the gaoler came to acquaint his brother 1 that the time was very short, that his orders fbr the hour of execution were peremptory—am? that, if the clergyman was expected, they had better send for hint, it being nearly six o'clock. The brother offered to go fur hint, and accordingly did so. Shortly after Mr. Wainwright came, and being shewn into the cell, continued a long time in prayer with the prisoner. Eight o'clock was approaching, when the gaoler came in, accompanied by the prisoner's uncle. The clergyman then teld the prisoner that he had no time to lose. that his allele was come to see him, and would communicate with him in the administration of the sacrament. The prisoner entreated to be allowed to pray a little lon ger, which was permitted ; and he seemed for sometime quite absorbed in devotion : at length, the gaoler becoming quite impati4lt, he rose front the straw on which he was kneeling. and welcomed his uncle. The latter started back. astonished, exclaiming, " Good God ! bow grief has altered him—this cannot be Tommy !' and, looking nearer— " No," said he, " this is Anthony Carson!" The clergyman was amazed—the gaoler ran down stairs, and discovered that the person whom he had sent for the clergyman, was no other than the convict himself, who had nut thought proper to return. Coming back into his cell, the gaoler cried out in a rage, " Tone brother is gone off; what shall I do? I ant ruined !" " Gone Al" cried Anthony, with great surprise, " Oh, ! he has token away my big coat ! It appeared, upon farther investigation, that Anthony, who was in the same cors, and nearly of the same size and appearance of the con vict, had come to the pri•aon wrapped in a frize peat •coat, which he gave to the convict, while the gaoler was unlocking the cell ; wrapped m this cult, and attended by the gaoler, Thomas passed all the doors of the prison, and walked deliberately into the street ; from whence, in great apparent &Mellon, he looked up at the preparation for execution, and passed on, as if to Mr. Wainwright's house. NotwitFstanding the ruoataliligent search, no tidings have yet been learned of him. The brother wag detilned in prisan to be tzicd for in niclingin the ebcaye. Torn Towrn Gnosr.—Last Monday night gave birth to a mo►t important discovery, the detection of no less than the Tower (■host. It will, doubtless, be in the recollection of niost of our Readers, that considerable anxiety, not unmixed with alarm, had a few moutks shyer been excited among the inha bitant* of the Tower, by a singular appearance, which for some nights was observed near the math-east bastion, assuming a variety of forms of the most terrific and appalling nature, and in one or two instances had nearly proved fatal, from ex- treme fright, to the sentinel stationed on the spot. The strictest inquiry at the time was instituted, but nothing could be elicited that would in uny degree contribute to the elucidation of this mysterious circumstance, or lead to the detection of the nor• turnal disturber. What had disturbed and 'mailed the heads of officerr, both military and civil, has been discovered by the sentinel on duty on its re-appearance the night above alludril to, to be nothing more than the reflection of a figure from the window of a house adjoining, elected by a magic lantern. gouce credit is certainly clue to the soldier in question, for his comparative personal coinage with that of his predecessors ; and, we trust, the repose of the garrison will not be again broken in upon, by an exploit which, however amusing to its thoughtless perpetrator, is pregnant with mist islet', might pos. ibly leave been productive of Cue most serious couseqiieuces, nil which is at best the height of folly. WALKING To THE RIGHT.—The Manchester Chronicle of Saturday selinight, contains the fullom ing useful notice on this subject, which we copy, in the hope that its insertion may be of service in remedying a similar inconvenience much com plained of in our own populous town:—" The Commissioners of Police feel it necessary to iceommend, as an indispensable rule of public convenience in the populous town of Mantliemer, that every individual when passing along the footways shoulsi invariably incline and KEEP TO THE RIGHT HANP, where it is practicable; and also that those who And it needful to stand together in the streets for the pu , pose of conversation, shutuid always retire close to tAe wall, so as to leave the footways unin terrupted." A most horrible discover• has been tusde in Truro. A crate, containing a quantity of straw and some phials of indinumaide liquid, was ou Monday night introduced into the cellar of Mr. i.. (lenience, turner, in and Mond which were large quantities of dry wood, hay, fern, Kc. 'I he combitstibles were set oA tire and partly consumed; but providentially without doing the in jury which was meditated, the incendiaries having shut the door after kindling the destructive mass, and thereby defeating their intentions, as the flame soon expired for want Of air. Had the horrible design of the persons implicated in this transaction taken effect, there is no calculating the loss of lives and pro perty which would prolatbly have ensued, the premises of Mr. (lenience being completeiy surrounded by buildings of a &- seriph( a most likely to fall a speedy prey to the devouring ele ment. We understand that an account of the atlitir lass been transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Hume Depart in: at. Tuesday. whUe s party of nungglers were emssing the river KtLin, at fitichly Ford, about kix 'Mks north from Gla:gow, two of them, mimed Dimes M•Lenn and Alibus M•Donald, wu.: thowned t a thud dearly shared s similar La?. l'aln:er arid Smith, who were indicted at the Staffordshire late Ses sions, for administering a drug cancel Cantharides, otherwise Spanish flies, to two female servants, and piesdtd guilty, were brought up fo r judcuant of /o;oudo,' las!, and sanuo:Lti to two years' imprzoonsuo.us. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, July 30. Dorening-street, J.dy 29. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to app&nt Lieut.-General Earl of Dalhouaie, G.C.B. tube Lieut.-Governor of the province of Nuva Swtia. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. T. igwr, of Piccadilly, chinaulan. BANKRUPTS. G. CORNFOOT. of North Shields, ;hip-owner, Aug. 5. 22. Sept. 10, at North Shields. .Itta. Mitchell and Co. Fowke's-build. Tower-ft. .1. Sroast, of Owstaick, and R. C. YOUNG. of Sculcoates, merchants, Aug. 9, 13, Sept. 10, at Kingston-upon-Hull. Att. Mr. Ellis, Chao cer_y-lane. W. ilticnarraw, of St. James's, merchant, Aug. 3, 10, Sept. 10, at Guildhall At. Mr. Tucker, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. E. W. Baowsr, of Friday-street, Cheapside, livery-stable-keeper, Aug. 6.10, Sept. 10, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Swann, New Basirghell-.t. H. J. NORTIICOTE, of Lime -street, wine -merchant, Aug. 6, 10, Sept.. 10. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Abbott, Abchureh-vard. C. STVCII2I.IItY. Strand-on-the-Green, horse-dealer, Aug. 6, 10. Sept. 10, at Guildhall. Au. Mr. Charter, Cook's -court, Lincoln's. inn. J. Cott rEae. of Cheyna-walk, Chelsea, potatoe-dealer. Aug. 6, 10. Sept. to. at GuikihaM Att. Mr. Aspinall, Quality-co. Chancery-11- T. B. CaLtawasr, of Rath, upholsterer, Aug. 6. 10, Sept. 10, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Pearson, Pen -court, Fenchureli-street. .1. it ostrEan, of Culloden, Cornwall, spirit.trierehant, Aug. V, 23, Sept. 10, at Camelford. Atts. Sandy. and CO. Crane-court. W. Ptitt.tivs, of Brighthelmston. builder, 6,7, Sept. 10, at Bri;fothelmsion. Atts. Palmer and Co. BAtiird-row. R. PLATT. Of timitilloa. baker, Aug. 8, at Chichester, 9, Sept. 10. at Emsworth. Att. Mr. Clifton, Exchequer-office, W. R. PowErt, of Northfield. candlestick-maker, Aug. 6, 13, Sept. 10, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Platt, New Boswell-court J. Tull Nee. of Bury-mill, Herts. corn-dealer, Aug. 6. 13. Sept.lo, at GuildbalL Atts. Lee and Co. Three-crown -court, Soudiwark. W. Otnaorn, Blackman.strivt, bookseller, Aug. 3, 17, Sept. 10, at Guildhall. Atts. Fisher and CO. Gough-square. J. Vtcaritw.ot Virginstow, Devon, linen-draper, Aug. 16, 17, Sept. 10, at ElO-ter. Att. Mr Buckle. Size-lane, Bucklersbury. J. CLAY, of Ossett. Yorkshire. clothier. Aug. 16, 17, Sept. 10, at Wakefield. Mts. Fisher and Co. Gough-square. J. IlacK EAT, of Breedon. Leicestershire, lime-dealer. Aug. 12. LW, Sept. 10, at Ashby-do-Lt-Zouch. Atts. Banter &Cu. Purnisars-inn. J. unarm, of Evesham, amber-merchant, Aug. 27. Yl, at ELOSIIIII2I., Sept. 10, at Worcester. Atr. Mr. Botisfielil, Bouverie- treet. W. 11t: 'yr Lev, of Denton -11olme-Head. Cumberland, and J. lag. L IJi 0, of Carlisle. merchants, Aug. 13, 14, Sept. 10, at Carlisle.. Att. NIL Iludgkon, Buckler.hury. J. Mooac, of llishop-Monckton. J. Tesrwawi, of Lelils. and J. FOSTER, of Bishop4ifonekton, flax-spinners. Aug. 21, in, Sept. 10. at Leeds. Att. Mr. Greville-street. Hatton-ganlen. .7. PEARSON. of Wombwell, Yorkshire, miller. Aug. 4e, YA Sept. 10. at Barnsley. Atts. Exley and Co. Purnir.al's-inn. F. H i:r FIE It t u UN. of Lonning, Cumberland. +her. Aug. 8,9, Sept. 10, at Carlisle. Am. Mounscy and Co. Staple-inn. G. CULT 'tax, of Stourbridge. Worci.steishlre, grow. Aug. 20, 21, Sept. to, at Birmingham Atte. Swain and Co. Old Jewry. W. Si az esosr. of Spibby, coin-merchant, Aug. Pi. 11, Sept. 10. at Spilsby. Att. Mr. Ellis, Chancery-lane. DIVIIIk:NDS AT GUMMI ALL. Aug. 5. A. Head. of Lower Grosvenor-wt. ll:mover-A. wine-rimhant. Aug. fo. J. Jenkins and T. Parsons. of Piccadilly, br.a.clies.rrakers. Aug. t';, . Brown and C. 011ey, of George-st- Portman-wq. brewers. Aug. 31, J. Ta) bor. of Park-strett, Southwark, wheelwright. Aug. to. Z. Keppell, of .Alford. Surrey, builder. Aug. to, J. Mac tioupoin. of Pall-Mall -court, anny-agent. Aug. 241„ T. Huh, of Pall-Mll. jeweller. Aug. 24, W. Mannin, of the S: :And, jeweller. Aug. 31, R. Horner, of Berks,br.rge-master. Aug. 20, IL D. Jones. of Cheltenham, linen-drapes. Aug. 20, H. Miles. of London, merchant. DIVIDENDS IN THE COUNTRY. 23. W. Parmenter, of Whepstead, milk:, at Cavendish. Aug. 23, W. Golding, of Cavendish, hay-jobber, at Cavendish. Aug. 22, I'. Kendle, of Gt. Yarmouth, woollen-draper. at GL Yarrnou. Aug. 20, W. Nl3.4:field, of Newport, Salop. woollen-draper,at Newport. Aug. 2'i, E. Carey. Lite of Bristol, merchant. at Bristol. Aug. W. IlewErt, of Baililwas, Salop, farmer. at Newport. Aug. 21,11. Searight, of Liverpool, merchant, at Liverpool. Aug. 14, A. Clibborne, of Ilaverfordwest, m. reliant, at BriatoL Aug. t 9, J. Waring, of Alton, woo:stapler, at Alum. CERTIFICATES, Ann. 20.—W. Jonm, of Cheater, inneeper--: C. Mellon, of Birmingham, victualler—R. Hoskin, of Croydon. linen draper—J. Stevens. of Cheltenham. victualler—G. Smith, of Tanaley. Dcrby, dyer—J. Bishop, jun. of Shadwell—J. Cooke, of Manchdster, hat-manufacturer—T. Mercer, late of Tunbridge, Kent, banker—W. Andrew., of the Minoiies, ship-broker—W. C. Hill, of Bristol, carver and gilder—J. Horrocks, of Bolton-lc-Mooni. Lancashire, tuanufas. Curer—. . Earnshaw, late of Burnley, I.anithire, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. HodAin Fe W. Beck. of Old City Chambers, anticorrosion-maul. W. and W. Punter, of Idol-lane. Tower-stre:t. brokers. J. Nlather and .1. Atherton, of Stoles within Wigan, cotton-thinners. H. Blunt and W. A. Raper, of lhanham, hankers. T. Pantry and J. Slight, of I lumberbanklard, 'Myton, Kingston-upon, 1 I ull, ship-carpenters. I. Haley and Co. of lirounlty, Yorkshire. cloth-manufacturers. E. Gimps and W. Davis, of Britlgnorth. Salop, nialtnrs. •M. Tavler and .1. Betts. of (,t . Charlotte-st. barrey,lutt-Inunufacturip. J. and . J. Walter, of Worcester. vale , men. A. Bray and .1. Padfield, of Sunny. Soinerset, wool spinners. 11. Cook and D. Banhani, of Newbury barge-ntastera. W. Dovreiland Co. of Bristol, hat-manufacturers. We observe from the Bakers' as;i2c, that they still see no cause to lower the price of breod in proportion to the price of grain. If our Agriculturists are ruined with the quartern loaf at Is. I id. what must the lower orders be, \rhea it reaches a price capuble of rewardin, their (the Agriculturists) labour? Or is it to be endured, that a emubination of tradesmen should thus deprive the grower of his fair remuneration, and impose on the public with the high rate of a monoply ? London alone is thus taxed about 30001. per day —a sum which would relieve all its paupers. INDIAN Missumsnir:.—Four young natives of Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and the same where Captain Cook was killed, are now at Morris Academy, in Lichfield, Connecticut, res. ceiving an education to fit them for religious missionaries to their native country. Two of them, at the age of 16 and 14 years, came to this country ten years ago: a third arrived six years since, and another has since joined theta. One of them has had the benefit of instruction at the Theological Institution in Andover; and he is oow em ployed in translating a part of the New Testament into the Owhyhee language, and by his aid also an Owhyhee grammar has been &med.—American Pop r. .The French Papers announce the arrival of two Eng lish Bishops at Calais; taa;;hly, the Bidup 91 Wore pail Sivto um. -....,•••••