The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-14 00:00:00

CHESHIRE WHIG CLUB. ...-. [Abridged from the Cheater Guardian.) The first general meeting of this Club was held at the Royal Hotel, in Chester, on Tuesday last ; and most hotly can Wtt say, that one more respectable Mr rank and talents we never witnessed. Ninety-five gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner a little before six o'clock, with that vetierable nobleman Lord Crewe, in the chair, and G. Wilbraham, Esq. Vice President. The cloth tieing removed, " Nan nobs Domine" was Sllll2, and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drank. The Chairman next gave— " The immortal memory of Charles James Fox."— [rile manner in which this toast was received showed Mal the meeting fully appreciated the talents and politi cal principles of this great man.] Lord Crewe then rose and said, that he had to pro pose the health of his noble friend on his right hand, and he had not the least doubt hut that when it was an nounced it would be received with that enthusiasm it so greatly deserved—he meant " The health of Earl Gros venor." Olt the announcement of Lord Grosvenor's name, the applause from all parts of the room exceeded all that pr retied it, and continued for several minutes. Earl Grosvenor then rose—lie returned them most sincere thanks for the high honour they had just con ferred on him by drinking Ins health, especially when done iii suelt a flattering manner. They were met to celebrate and to keep alive in their minds the general feelioes of the Constitution as established by their ati• cesturs in the year 1688 ; and when he mentioned that glorious struggle between liberty and slavery, between passive obedience and the ass; rtion of our rights as became British freemen. The great object which they ultimatly aimed at, Will that most ininortatit of all oh jecttsa reform in the Commons House of Parliament. This took the place of every thing else, and it was his most fervent wish it Mould soon be rerlized.—(Great ap plavrse. Mr. NVilbrahatn rose, and said he should take the li berty of proposing to the gentlemen, as a toast, the health of the worthy President.—(Applause.) On every occa sion, front his earliest infancy, he had been taught to look to the example of Lord Cr. we as a model for imi tation. Ile could regard his Lordship in no other light than as an honest man, and an accomplished gentleman. Lord Crewe returned his most sincere thanks for the honour they had done him in drinking his health. On the occasion of the American war, lie was in a minority of one against that unnatural war; but he soon aft( r wards had the pleasure of seeing himself in a majority of fifteen by which that abominable war Was SlOpp' d. ile could only say this, that whatever might be the bur dens which the people of England had to bear, he could lay his head upon his pillow and say, he had not contri buted to the lightest portion of them.—(Applause.) The Chairman then proposed the health of a friend of the people—he meant %I r. Flume. His Lordship trusted that the people of England would not disgrace them selves by sending to Parliament such members as voted upon the question of the repeal of the malt tax. He could only say, that lie thought if the people of England were only to be represented by such men, representation was but a humbug; for when at the first reading of the bill there appeared a majority for the repeal in the Utilise, a noble Lord said to a friend of Isis, Mr. Western— " 1)o not hallo till your out of the wood;" and to make ;veld his prognostic - , the said nubile Lord mustered his forces, and actually defeated the measure, notch as it %Val calculated to benefit the country, and particularly the agricultural interest. But as if the noble Lord was con scious of the evil, he introduced the repeal upon hits. Landry horses, which did not upon average amount to one per cent. throughout Englati flue Chairman then gate " Sir 'hairy Iluabury and the Whigs of Sulliilk." Sir 11, liiiiiluary then returned thanks. He always took a pleasure in visiting Cheshire, Irony tile grateful recollections with which it was associated in his mind, Iris ancestors havin g lived there for six or seven centuries. —That pleasure was greatly enhanced by seeing so numerous and respectable a meeting as that IIOW a,Selll• bled. He could only say, that it always was and always would be his highest political ambition to assert to tlhe utmost of his power the priarciples ttiey were now met to celebrate.—(A pula use.) " Mn Philips, Lord Nlolyneux, sir. Birch, and the W higs of Lancashire." Mr. P.tilips teturned thanks on behalf of the \l'higs of Lancashire. Lord Crewe then gave—" Lord Anson, Mr. Tollet, and the Whigs of Staffordshire." Lord Anson returned thanks for the honour d done hint by drinking his health, and coupling it with the Whigs of Staffordshire, though he could not (later himself that he deserved at. It gave him great satisfac tion to see so mime r important, and respectable meeting as the present. It was a glorious day for the county of Chester—it was. au example for all England, and he trusted it would not stop till Whig clubs were established all over England. (Applause.) His Lordship concluded by giving—" All the Whigs of The Chairman then gave—" Colutiel Hughes, Mr. Aladilock, awl Mr. Witham', and all our inderetidetit brethren in %I'ales." [A letter from Col. Hughes was here read, expressing his regret at being unable to attend the weedua.l Lieut. Cul. linglieti ill returning thanks said, he ad mired the plats of the club; lie was a itierld lo its prin. eiples and those of Wiliggism„ which wine ill direct opposition and natural enemies of the 'rot v doctrine of piasive obedience and hum-resistance. lie had heard rune people s iy—W hat had he to do as a sonlier with ally thing like the diacussion of political to; lest he had only to obey the cusnurawls of his officer. Bat lie would retort upon these good-natured people soil sae, that hew ever tntleit use felt the necessity of passive obedience, iii its fullest extent, whilst Inifillina his duties as a soldier, notch the 'more did he feel tau proporilou die neces sity in his civil capacity to abhor and elm it those sluc- THE NATIONAL REGISTER trines which went to pervert their rights. It had been said that a soldier had uo rights, but if so, why was he tried by his peers and a British jury before he could be condemned to death ?—(Applanwo " May the Coalitions lithe ui Parliament be the real rept esentatit es of the People id 1.:.,11.1101." (A p 1 at ,,,.) •` Th e m emory o f Lo r d, Somets and Delaware, who supported the Revolution of 1038." Song—" Liberty The Chairman then begged to propose as a Inast— " The health of Sir John Thomas Stanley, Bart., the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions." Sir J. T. Stanley returned thank:. Mr. Wilbraham proposed thelti•alth of Mr. %Villiams, who returned thanks in an eloquent and energetic speech " Mr. Toilet, Mr. Sadworth, and success to the 1 1 :011g11 3111.1 the Pail." Mr. Toilet rose and commenced an eloquent and excellent speech. He spoke of the vital importance of agriculture to the comity at large, and of the reciprocal advantages and dependence that subsisted between trade and the products of the earth,—lamented the supineness of the country gentleineo, to which were attributable those burdens and that neglect which agriculture labour under. He said 5'..! independent country gentle men in the House of Commons would have prevented those grievous calamities which every where so much abounded. Alter Mr. Toilet sat down, Mr. Sticks:nob briefly returned thanks to the company, and particularly to his Lordship fur his kindness iu con necting his name with titatoir aent'emait se well known in tile agricultural world. Sir. Sudworth then hogued leave to give—" May the county of Chester he a rich in honest principle as in vAlitahle Produce." At about half-past ten o'clock, Lard Grosvenor, Lard Anson, Sir John Stanley, Sir Henry Banbury, and some other gentlemen retired from the company. "." PLOUGHING MATCH AT EAST WICKHAM. The pursuits of agriculture arc of a nature so interesting to every mind capable of receiving delight from simple and natural objects, and are at the same time of so much importance in a rational point of view, that we feel it to be unnecessary to offer any apology for calling attention to the establishment of a society fur the improvement of agriculture. The society , to which we allude i.. called 7he Agricultural Association of the Hundred of Blackheath, Little and Greater Ltsisness; and Bosley, in the county of Kent 1" and it has been founded principally by the exertions of Air. Dickson. an active and intelligent Scotch gen tleman. When Mr. Dickson came to reside to the hundred about a year ago, he was struck by the clumsy construction of the ploughs ts hich were generally used in the county. Mr. Dickson observed, that the great draught of these ploughs rendered it ne cessary to employ three horses and a driver, besides a man to manage the plough, and saw that if he could succeed in intro ducing the use of ploughs of a lighter construction, similar to the Scotch ploughs, which would only require two horses and a ploughman, a great saving of expense would be effected in favour of the farwer. Mr. Dickson, however, found all the recom mendations of the light plough thrown away upon the farmers, owing to their attachments to old habits, and their dislike of what they culled innovation. Tkey thought their ploughs worked well, and needed no amendment : but Mr. Dickson was not to be deterred from endeavouring to do good to the farmer, and he persuaded several of his neighbours to join with him in forming a society, which by offering premiums for the employment of two horse light ploughs. would excite a spirit of emulation, and enable the farnitrs to obtain practical evidence of the utility of the light ploughs. In March last about 80 gentlemen, including two noblenten, enrolled their names as members of the new asso• elation, which, us we think, will appear from the following list of premiums alretuly offered, is calculated to produce results highly beneficial to the neighbourhood in which it is established. The socie.y propose to give— To the best ploughman, having two horses without a driver, 31. . To the second best ploughman, having two horses without a driver, el. To the third best ditto, ditto, 11. Is. Then follow three premiums for the three best ploughmen w:tli three horses, though to a less amount. To the plouglimaker wno makes the best plough, to he ap proved by the Committee upon trial in the field, 21. 2s. Tu the agricultural servant who has :.erred his master (a mem ber of the Society), the greatest number of years, 11. is. To the married servant who has brought up the largest fatuity, the youngest child being under one year of age, without paro chial a:sistance, 11. Is. the shepherd who has raised the greatest number of lambs from an equal number of ewes, not less than 100, 11. Is. For the best thrill machine that will sow 0 and 10 ridges at once, from 7,0, and 111 to 27 ridges apart, with cups for all kinds of grain and seed, the price of which is not to exteed 251., 21. 2s. I'o the maker of the best winnowing machine, price not to exc.:el 121., 11. Tue.tlay hat was the day appointed for the trial of skill among the coimictiturs fin the premiums for ploughing, and the match took place in a field of 27 acres, belonging to Air. Stodart, of East Wickham. There were 52 candidates for the premiums, a prooi of the spirit of emulation which the society has already excited, to each of whom half an acre was allotted to plough. The scene which the field presented was in a high degree intere,ting. Many of the surrounding gentry paraded up and down the g:ound on horseback and or. foot, attentively watching the labours of the ploughmen. Among the labouring classes, too, the Icy seemed to be observed as a holyday, and large numbers of them repaired to the field, anxious to witness the skill of their relations or friends. When the candidates had completed their tasks, three practical farmers, who hail been appointed the judges, inspected the ground, and deemed the first prize, for the two horse ploughs, to William Brack, ploughman to Mr. Collier, of CrapOrd. The second prize was awarded to James Black. ploughman to Mr. Dickson, Kidhrooke, Blackheads; and the third prize to Thos. 'filly, ploughman to Mr. Stodart, of East Wickham]. The first prize for the three horse ploughs was won by James Print;, ploughman to Mr. Owen, of Nairthpark farm; the second by John Wade, ploughman to Mr. Pap, of ; and the third by James Kimpton, ploughman to Mr. Saunders, of Bexley. The successful candidates were 'madly cheered by the populace, and &emitted with rabands and in order that their kss fortunate compeers might participate in the general joy, the society with meat liberality presented ss. to each. Among the candidates in the early part of the day wits a ploughman in the service of the Marquis of Londonderry, who prom! to be as bungling a work man to the field as nis master in the cabinet. After making only two furrows as crooked and irregular as the noble Nlarquis s policy, pour Pat the was an Irishman) was stab:oiled to proceed Luther, imd quitted the field precipitately. amidst the laughter of the spectators. This CIICUIIIStiIIIJC affiirded not a little amuse. mem to the rustic throng during the coarse of the day. After the priza:s wire aludali, Oarge party of gtatknom repaired to ~. _ _ _ ~~~~~= ~3 - - - - - - - -- the Nag's Head tavern at Welliae, and earteuk loi a mil stem id English dinner. After dinner the customary toasts upon such occasions were' drank. Mr. DICKSON, who was in the Chair, then proposed the health of " Mr. Coke, the best landlord and farmer in England." —(Applause.) Mr. lloitertrsoe then gave the health of Mr. Dickson, Cie founder of the sncie:y, was drank with midi applause. Al r. DICKSON, in rising to retails thanks for the honour which the eampapy h sal dime hint by thinking his health, observed that he might 'peril:lei be allowed to make a few observaiions with respect to the society of which lie might be considered the founder. The sacicty at the present time consi-tiel of between to) and 90 noblemen, gentlemen. end farmers. It might indeed be considered to be in a flourishing state, as the number of stile. ecribers was daily increasing. It was true that the plan of the society had originated with liini.'but he lied been greatly assisted in carrying it into effect by the exertions of the gentlemen com posing toe ennimittee. I . liese gentlemen had consented to serve for the ensuing year, and lie hopol that by their means the num bers of the society would be doubled at the next anniversary. It would always give him great pleasure to do any thing in his power to support the institution whilst lie lived in that part of the country. It was the interest of farmers to support uie society. In a time of such general depreediin as the present, it beeeme necessary to retrench all expellees as much as possible; and if the tamers could be convinced that ten 110 MS could draw 3 iii!o igh or 4 cwt., they might effect a sating of So p:•r cent. The woriliy ge•itleman conducted, midst applause, with uetsting the com mittee. Mr. GUATWICH (one of the committee) observed, that although his c.illeagues felt honeared by the flattering mention which Mr. Dickson had made of them, yet they wese persuaded that they could do little without the ussistance of that gentleman. With respect to the society Mick, he wail, of (Tinier, that it would be attended with great moral good to that Ilan of the country. Many other toasts wete drank, and several slings were sung during the course of the evening, and the company finally de• parted, cidently much gratified with the events of the day. GosPoeT, OcT. 9.-I'he erects of the late severe gales are beginning now to show themselves. Yesterday a collier came into the harbour which had carried away her mainmast just above the rap, and was otherwise much crip pled in her rigging. The port news farther 111 the westward, it is apprehended, will prove still more disaatruss. This morning arrived from the eastward, the Bastard sloop of war, which saluted the Admiral, Lad then brought up at Spithead. Sailed his Majesty's ship the Alligator, for Woolwich, to be paid off; us likewise the two transports, with a division of the 84th regiment for Plymouth, and most of the outward. bound vessels which have been so long detaiued, the wind having iit length got round to the Southward. The Grecian schooner, latelyattached to the Royal squadron, is condemned as unserviceable. lit conformity with the system of retrench ment, orders have been sent out to India for the recall of Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood, Commander in Chief oil that station. He is to he superseded I.y Commuckre Great, who goes out in the Liffey. A SMUGGLER SHUT.—A coroner's inquest was held at Alnwick-green, near Bognor, Hants, on Friday last, by Mr. Ellis, coroner for the eastern division of this county, on the body Of James Jurd, when it appeared, that on Tuesday night previous, a smuggling craft, with 48fi nibs of fin ergo spirits, was chased and boarded by the Little /tampion preventive galley, when the crew of the smug gler simultaneously jumped in the seizing boat and rowed of with her. Being repeatedly hailed without effect, a dis charge of musketry followed, which wounded two men, the above fatally. Verdict—Justifiable homicide. PEDESTRIAN PEAT.-011 Wednesday morning a gentleman named Miles, and who it is stated is an officer on the half-pay of an infantry regiment, started to per. form 10 miles within 55 minutes, for 150 guineas, on the Brighton road, near a small village called Nuffield, a short distance from Croydon. The bet was made a frw days since, at a well known sporting house, in the neigh bourhood of St. James's, and time was backed at m 1 . 15 of 6 and 7 to 4. Mr. Miles accomplished lite distance within 7 seconds of the given time, teasing perfoained the 10 miles in 54 minutes and 33 seconds. First Love.—tin the 5111 instant, was married at St. John's church, Chester, Mr. R. Mercer, of Hepburn. bridge, near Black hunt, to Mass J. Nlorris, of Chester. The parties should have been married 36 years ago. The bridegroom has since been married, and had eighteen children by the first wife. Ile had not seen his present wife for 35 years, wheat he met her at Chester, and mar ried her the following morning. CURIOUS BRF.ACII nF PlioAl , 3l Oi MARRIAGE. Wednesday afternoon an occurrence of rather an exir Ordinary nature took place its Lambeth 'Marsh. A young couple who had been attached to each other for some time, were to have been that day nsarried at Christ church : and matters had gone so far, that the girl hail left her place, purchased a wedding-ring, :ruin her frienils had prepared a feast for the occasion. The bridegroom paid a visit to his affianced wife early in the intoning, and under some pretence obtained the wedding-ring for a moment, and then managed to leave the house unper ceived. This creak dno alarm, but he did not return. — At length it became too late to have the ceremony per formed that day, and great aiipreliensions were enter tained for the yOllll 11111111 . 5 safety, whilst the young woman was ready to sink with grief and disappointment. At Icogili it was suggested to go its rplest of him, and after a laborious search, lie was found by the girl and her brother at a public-house close by, playing, at skittles with his brother anti a minsbber of other melt. A scene of mutual recrimination then took place, and the poor girl went Imo hysterics, whilst her faithless lover made a precipitate ;circa I to avoid the vengeance of her brother Howes er, his relarise who remained behind oink tip the cudgels in his defence, and the two men instantly pro ceeded in the little field near the Coboitrg Theatre Irisltt hand side of the new road), where, after an obstinate contest, victory was proclaimed for Wrier sex. it was afterwards discovered that the worthless fellow had pawned the ring, and spent the money which he gut for it. Fatal ifietake.—A few days arp, a lady of great re. spectahility residing at Livt.rpoid, who was confilietl by indisposition, requested the si.miai In poor out a yam titv of tin.dieitte, sufficient for a dos••. from a bo:tle standing on the chinnitee.pie,e of the mum. :%1(1.1 )))) inxely the attendant took the prescribed quatitit. ahote two tahle spoonfuls, from a bottle of standing in the sante place, in consequence of which, though prompt assistance W 35 administered, the lady tip;red ilia following morning. __.+,,, - ' , ...~.:~. :. ~~ ~ ^~ ~_,. - s s . J r~ •