The National Register. — London, England, 1816-04-01 00:00:00

ATAIL 1. 13UONA1'AR7'E. --.N0.-- Mr. IIITATIOW.MOVCC, ST. HrtLl A, JAN. IL—Those who have only seen the , hurnitte valley and shabby town of St. Helena, can form no idea of the romantic beauties Or this enchanting spar. The Governor, at whose house we are, aisles us to remain till th:. new Governor arrives. bnt will not allow us In he absent from ramp many dayso—lit unna parte makes the duty very hard upon the &beers; they are on they every third thy. Since we arrived with the great Napo. Jean, we have had nothing but a round of balls, entertainments, And galas ; and Sit G. It ' our colonel, gave a morning fete in tents, which cost g3Ol. [did the honours to the *French Countesses, Governor. Ladies, &c. danced iu every dance, and and then walked home two miles in the rain, so you will say I am tolerably strong. danced with young Count Las cortex. She song to Boonaparte, and accompanied herself in two Italian songs on the piano. He war, su delighted with her that he seized her by the car and ease her tall severe pinches, which is the climax of his approbation and delight. He pinched Sir G. and eery officer on board the. Nor thumberland, except the Admiral, when they said any thing to please hint. I was introduced to Bony when he lived at the Briars. He met me in the garden where lie was walking with his generals, aU very obsequious, with their hats in their bands. He asked whether I was the lady who sung Italian, and spoke to me in Italian and French. He Asked me to go into Mr. Italcomb's and sing him at Italian song. I felt a little alarmed %shell I hand the Emperor of the whole world behind my chair, al though he is HOW an ex-Emperor. I snug NW a great many songs and an Italian duet with whit+ appeased to phase hint greatly, and I understood he talked of us fur three data. I had the felicity of dining with him on the td of January, at the first party he cave. Sir 0. B. WM the only one invited. 1 he greatc•t slate and etiquette is ab.+erred ut the C-0011. 0 Longwood, not a single word W 41.4 uttered during dinner ex cept:og by Buomparte himself. All the Marshals and Coun tesses at umitschatire, but I chattered away to his lilajesty tritium , any feat% which appeared to amaze them all. You cannot form an idea of the awe they ail stand in of him, and lie prat► them, dadif's and all, -in Abe most to ralkr manner. 'the plate anti clams is superb beyond belief. The entree -tams , are IS guineas each cup. After dinner he asked me to play at tric tam-. I sat don n, hut did not ►now the;;awe. He then asked me to teach him English backgammon. The idea of my Instructing the Great Kapok on put me into alie fright. He is very dim ful and gay, and 'mg all the time hr WAS playing at cards. All the ."..3tl were introduced to hint in a body. He ant a plate Or 6weetmeats to E-y from table with hie own hand, and uttered some to me, which I did not remark at the time, bit I was told by his Secretary. Count I.aseascs, that it wt.s a favour Q u eens had never received from him ; and as fur Rings, said he, I base seen seven at once waiting in his anti-room without gdining an audience. Countess Bertrand is an elegant woman. J see her eery of ten, and Lascases is one of the most learned men of the kw., and exceedingly aereeahle. Onr Camp is a smarter of a mile from Longwood- We are huibling a house which will he rea dy in a month. The climate is very twin in the mountains, but too cold I think. A letter has been received in town front an officer on board his Majesty's ship Theban, dated St. Helena, of which the following is an extract: —" We sailed from India the 22d of last November. On our passage we lay at the Cape of Good Hope three weeks, front whence we proceeded to St. Helena, where we contintwd three days, Bonaparte has got a number of persons from his Majesty's 414 Northumberland, 74, with the consent of the Ad miral. He also wanted in his service eight able seamen, and one of the ship's boats to amuse himself round the island, but this was immediately refused." TR.IDE„ITANUEICTURES, 4' COMMERCE. Three great commercial houses at St. Petersburgh have gust become insolvcnt : they are those of Warovief, Ave riw, and Nemtstiet: The first has failed tin. 50,000,0000 t roubles, the second for 10,000,000, awl the third for 3,000,000. Messrs. Ratusbottom and Co. who a short time since suspended their payments, have given notice to their cre ditors, that they shrll be enabled to pay the full amount of the claims against them on the 2:.2d of April next. A few days ago a Deputation from the Wine Trade waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a Pe tion for a diminution of the duties on wines. They stated, that the revenue would be benefitted by such a measure, inasmuch as the consumption would be increas ed in proportion to the cheapness of the article. Mr_ Vansittart appointed Wednesday for the Deputation to receive their answer ; when he expressed his determina tion not to make any alteration whatever in the duties, because he could not in the actual situation of the coun try, consent to lower the duty on any article of luxury, although the proti..ssed object might be an increase of re venue. The manufitcturers of Tournay have had an audience of die king of Netherlands, who has given them assurance that he will protect and encourage them. Throughout Belgium great exertions are making by the native manu facturers to exclude British goods. Walla, the great Jewi;roker at Pra , , , ,tic, has cut his throat, in consequence of commercial la , ses. We hear that the Manufacturers are prep:nine to petition Parliament against the proposed ditties oil rape-sold, tallow, and wool, from tlw perstinsi )))) that these imptAlb VIII tall silk a heat y soil undne pressure ninon that class of the community. As to affording them relief by it drawback, that is entirely oat of the que•tion, for It appears that of every hundred gal lons of rape-01l produced in this country, ninety-nine gallons at least WIC conNinactl in the woollen manufacture. So ;cleat has been the adulteration of the quality of Spanish 'Wool, through the avarice of thu Spaniards , whn hare for seine cars liven nosing the* Wools s ith coarse fleeces, that at this snow ent, while SAMIII Wlll/15 and the cloths remit- from them arta feteli the hiLliest prices, there is Si areel, a:l3 de ri.and liar Spanish ohs. A Clothier has the hist dos !tough, v.ot I "t hss than rs. per lb. for mail. 'tripes, tine awl um ions for We Cbiaa .*.et. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. EAST INDIA HOUSE. On Wednesday a General Court was held at the East India House, agreeably to adjournment, for the purpose of taking into future consideration the motion for the relief of the Ship ping Owners as to Peace Freight. The last Minutes having been read also— At the desire of Mr. R. Jackson, the Report from the Com mittee of Shipping, on which the motion was founded, Mr. Home, in a speech of eon - dolma ble length, in the course of which lee paid some high personal compliments to the Owners, animild% erred with great severity on the ill effects to be ap prehended, should the motion he entertained in the affirmative IQ; the Court. He should divide the Court on the question, by an amendment, and hoped the Directors world be inclined, from motives of delicacy, to withdraw during such division. lie then moved that all the words of the original nuptials, ex cept that, be omitted, in order to introduce words eomprehend ing the principal objections, which amendment having been seconded by the Hon. D. Kinnaird, The Chairman, in a very able manner, entered minutely into all the topics treated on by the !preceding speaker. it had not been possible in the formation of the present system to foresee a warof.:o years, and consequently to estimate what should be the proper scale of a permanent peace freight-2GI. might at present be deemed an eimita hie peace freight—then how was it possible that ships formerly taken up at la could possibly pursue their contracts without inevitable ruin. The system in Fret was entirely founded upon an expectation of peace—the live Laws wnmisl not be in the least infringed, nor was it in tended to extend the relief proposed to more than one season. Mr. Kinaaird proceeded to support that amendment which he himself had recorded, he defended the luminous statement of Mr. !tome, who had convicted the report of the Directors from its own words. Mr. !..titait Hail spoke in favour of the ori2inal motion. • The motion and amendment having been read, the Chairman moved, that 3 It e original words stand part of tl:e question, when the numbers having been declared ell the atliritiative, Air. kin !laird demanded a division, wren the numbers appeared, for the or:giaal question 55 —n Omit it 6. The draft of a proprwed Bill to be presented to Parliament, in eon- equenee orate above mot ion,was Oven read and approved; sad at half-past six the Court adjourned, sine INSOLVENT DEBTORS" COURT. CAPTAIN DAV PiON'S CASE. This gentleman, it may be I ecollcetetl, was remanded on the !fah of the present month, for not inserting in his Acheiliile cst rions property', such as the salary of his wife, hie nife's dresees, &e. Ytc —A• half -must four o'clock on Monday e% ening he Caine forwar.t with an amended schedule, to claim his discharge pur suant to the order of the last Court. Mr. P. fissith stated, that in consequence of what had ap peared in the newspapers, he had received intelligence from Yorkshire from two persons, and he wished to otter their ob jections accordingly. One was an application hum a Mi. Hanle, Soul. the other sum was a debt of 91. This gentleman had not received notice, as his (Mr. Smith's) instructions did not arrive until Saturday night. Mr. Heath objected to any proceeding whatever, which was not in execution. All his client's ecedituis had received 20 days notice, as provided by the Act. Fur. Sericant itminingtou said, he would take the case as it stood. The amended schedule being handed to him, lie looked over it, and observed, that by it, it appeared that the insolvent was indebted in the large amount of nearly 5,0001, without the visible means of satisfying his creditors that be was worth one shilling. The amount of Mr. Gardner's was 2aol. which st u n was ou the last day accepted ; now under such a circumstance, what must be the impression on the mind of every man, when such a debt is:mm.(l to be accepted, and the insolvent repre sented not to be worth one shilling? But, observed the learned Serjeant, it does not heroine the Court to ask what arrange ments have been made with regard to that debt. Mr. Heath—" Theft is no arrangement—it is accepted." . . . Mr. Serjeant Runningtott observed, that its having been ac cepted must create suspicion in the minds of many. And be further obseraed, it was the bounden duty of Mr. Davison to have put his wife's salary into his schedule. An actor or actress at one of our national Theatres must have consideralrle pro perty in dress, anti alemale holding so high a situation in the l'heatre as Mrs. Davison, must have considerable property in dress. It was upon this that the Court thought proper to IC. masid the prisoner. HP has now presented an amended sche dule, more aggravated than the last. The learned Serjeant then read —" my wife's salary at Drury-lane Theatre (deduct ing the property-tax), over which I have no control, nor t ould I have received the Wile hail 1 applied for it, 3411."—This (continued the Serjeant) is a very unsatisfactory statement—it does not even state when or how this slim was paid. Clothes arc real property, and upon looking at the schedule for a mo ment, can it be regtirded'as a fair disclosure of the dresses and property of a lads so high in the theatrical world, "my wife has so much, and no mote." !%lr. Heath—" It is her own account., Mr. Davison was old; ued to apply to her for it, and site is ready to come forward on a future occasion and make an affidavit of it." The learned Serjeant was about to read the items of dress returned in the schedule, when Mr. Davison requested (through the tuedium of his counsel), that they might not be made public. Mr. Serjeant Ranning:too then recd--" a pink dress, eight rings, four pocket handkerchiefs." "Son must be remanded, this affords me no satisfaction; on the contrary, it is an aggra vated autumn lit. I shall not du it at present, but my mind was to remand you upon the amended schedule, as a person not entitled to relicts. Mr. Davison was then delivered iuto the hands of the ipstatf. - - AIIVRE OF VIE AOFNCY rnACTIrE OF THIN eotitT. in the case of as insolvent debtor, of the name of flichard i'ort., whose case was examined before the justices at %%lo ch( ster, in ti special sessions for the count) of Hants, a short time since, and after which esaminatioit the said 10,01% cot was remanded, it appearing that frundithent means were ado;deil, by potting a si4natore to his petition, and another to his sche dule, purportiht: to be the signatures of the said insolvent. and vomited as such by a man t f the name of Hughes, who meted as his agent, in order to tacilitate his discharge tinder the act. The Cutout (on reading a transcript of the proceedings in the cause before the Nlagistratc 4, at V. ineliester, verified officially by the clerk o► the iWileC of the county, and also authenticated by Mr. White the gaoler of Winchester, whose 10111 W %AS also for.tc4 to the proceiv4ings the re), ntaile su order, the principal art of which was that the said Hughes sleattil show cause, on dly speeit'.•it. wby )ie should tun be stru c k oft from the list t tho,e agents alto pittance *each iu Iha lusetreot UtiAtura' Cuart. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. KI N f r ATON, M 4 ROI 29. —Yesterday was the commission-day for holding the Assizes for this county, and the Judges arrived during the coor‘e of the afternoon. The calender of prisoners is hes'' , ; there are five cases or murder, one of which is for parricide. CROWN SIDE. Francis Richards, a pauper in Lambeth poor house, was ca pitally cony ieted, under Lord Ellenbormigh's act, of stabbing and cutting William Dibley. The prosecutor was the baker to the work-house, and 4th Jan. he went to the prisoner to tell bias to appear before the committee, there having been some com plaint made against him. The prisoner refused to attend, and swore he would stab any person who should attempt to force him. The prosecutor attempted to lay hold of hisn, when the prisoner made several thrusts at him with a knife, one of which went through the scalp between the flesh and the skull. SI( Nti.—ATTI.M PT TO MLR neß.—James Hammond and Tunes Ratford were capitally indicted fur feloniously disc harp. Mg a loaded gun, on the 28th of Dec. last, at G. C. Knight, Esq. with intent to kill and murder, G. C. Knight deposed, that lie resided in the parish of Farn ham, in the co. of Surrey. On the evening of the day stated in the indictment, he a as returning home to his house on horse. back, and about nine had r: ached nearly Caeksbridge-house, when he observed three men in the road. A voice from one on his left said to his companion, " Take hold, take hold !" while another on the right cried out, Stop, stop !" lie took no notice however of this, and was proceeding nearly aitreast of the three men, a hom be had sc a r ce ly passed, when a gun was discharged, and his horse, from the fright, was struck suddenly still. Witness then looked about, and the assailants were run ning away. He hail no knowledge of the parties woo had thus attacked bite, nor could he distuiaguish any th!ng particular to their features or persona, from the darkness of the night. He had Mimed a reward of tOM guineas for the appreheasion of the otiendei..; but no trace was discovs red of them until March last, when a person named Whiting, who had been engaged in the transaction, and who was apprehended upon suspicion of various felonies, made a confession of the circt ststance , and became a King's evidence. George Whtlina (the accomp!ice) deposed, that he knew Ratford and Hammond tnr about tw lye mouths. demembered going to the home of the latter some day about Christmas last, in the evening. tl hitt: he wit.; there, Raiford cause in. One of them, soon after, went to the house of one CI - milt:nu, and brought from thence a gun. There was another gun at Ham mond s , and Itatfard loaded both with powder and soma shot tht, then told hint they were going to look after some bacon, and they all lett the house together. They gut into the tern pike road leading to Farnham : here they shortly heard the approach of a Iverson on horseback. Hammond had preciously taken the gun from him, which he had 1.41 raal. Ihe horse having arrived within a few yards nt . them, Hammond, a Ito was on the right aide, cried out, " hold the reia," 211‘1 secaig tLs was nut dam, lie said to the gentleman on horsebacks, " stop, stop " The wattleman in ttttt aliately looked meant, and at the tit the gun wits discharged. Wittiest oltseia ed that tl e horse seemed 'mild:ally struck, and he and his companions rats away. 'lhe gentleman, lota ever, he perceived, went on aga n in a s cry short time. Why n aitness and his companions ti. d retreated some distance icto a held, the thriller said to HAM 1 11.011 d. " 1 cannot thick how you could fume to have tired tho gun." To this Hammond replied, " because I nit :int to base had him." Ratford, however, as well as a hiess, said chi y meant no such thing. Hammond said he thought at was either Mr. Knight or Mr. Simmo»da. This witness undera ent a long cross-examinatiou, the object of which was to show that the witness was not entitled rei:a„ on the ground of his being himself a notorious bad character, being often in custody for various felonies. The Rev. Dr. Locke, however, the Magistrate alto committed the prisoners ; Birch, a constable, who bad apprehended theei; and two persons, named Cranham and Draper, whit had lent the guns, which were traced to the possession of the prisoner* at the time the offence was committed, fusty corramorated the fact', as detailed by the accomplice. The Jury. having retired about five minutes, returned with a verdict acquitting Itattind, and finding liammuna The culprit was recommended to mercy. POLICE. GUILDHALL. William Jones, a man of respectable appearance, was brought up oil a charge of attempting to obtain mom y uy false pie. tomes tinder the following circumstances :--lt appeared that on Friday es ening the prisoner went to the house of Mr. Sea brook, a butcher, in Duke.street, West Smithfield, and asked if Mr. Seabrook was at home. Airs. Seabrook being in the shop answered in the negative, bnt said lior husband wow.' soon be in, and begged the prisoner to walk into the parlour. On his arrival them, lie said he had come to hurt ow a untie money of Mr. Seabrook, and that his name %Vali Williams. Seabrook knowing Unit they hail a customer of that name across Smithfield, she asked him if he was that person. lie said " yes,' and added, Mr. Seabrook knew Moe s ery welt. Upon this Mrs. S. asked him how much he wanted, and he answered 20 or SO shillings if she hail so much. the said sire hail, and was proceeding to the iron sate to get it, wit( n her Inv' band rapped at tke door. The pristiner opened it to him, and asked hills very kindly how he did; being answered as poi:rely, •Mr. Seabrook said lie hail nut the pleasure of know...a his guest: the prisoner then said " 0 )es you do, my 114111 e IS It ililJll.B, live across Smithfield." Mr. Scaarook then discovered that he was au impostor, for lie knew Mr. Williams very well. Mrs. Seabrook has ing then explained the object visit, the prisoner said it was u mere joke, urdulard ill these whims. An office': was ti he was recognised as having been engaged bethre. As, howeser, liekmd got ito moue). euneldrie. and he wAs di.cit4a3t ,I. It. rNyuai formerly a wan tof some respectability. 110 On Monday, Mr. d. 'l'. MllellPtt. a nroprirt , V noting IntrttigelMH•. or A rermin Interest IA ill Mr.iS elinriv , il with fort;inv..tawn.. for siewliiipro the keeper of Co% eut•var.tch wateh-hooNe.. giqrate to he rtheto.il h•not Ihe eorto.s of the received him iv: a okater 01 ave lai urn. et i v „ h i . h,,,, H .,y p ow er tit ileum him Any .oo 4 ei. IL that on the that 111.1.14110 . 111...011 4.i the prisoner. in bf . land, tie Anspirion wrty so :46.1, 4 11‘, 4114, the :NiaVlSlllitle tore a.imitt4 1 luw to 1,411, MI. Dow u. cm,,/ u,. auto eflotil. tor his appearain e. Some en eunwaners, how eve', istki wards trmispired, whieti 'tinkled the sas.pie.on much stronger, and he 11r. 0...14 t he was in Esiglantl, obtained a warrant, and sent it UV..., 114.1dta lipeCial i to ilt.) SOU 4CIC 3 Wimp caluml Lim ..0 he apprtb.:ude4l,. 1M : c , . # /id rt of the prisoner's e t dud that he ogle ;~".. u r 0,4 fus t — a rd ill16:111Aitt (1.4,44t1 •:k penis Ws n I "4 ,prri. . hi , prism' "iiiv• I f . ii. lir did it