The National Register. — London, England, 1817-08-11 00:00:00

BRIGHTON Ave. 10.—The Prince Regent arrivial at Brighton between 9 and 10 o'clowk on Friday even ing, accompanied by Sir Benjamin Bloomfield. On Tuesday, Viscount Sidmouth had the freedom of the City of Worcester presented to him by the Cor poration ; and his Lordship partook of a COM collation. Lord Colchester was confined by indisposition at 111a1- vent, to which place the freedom of the stay was trans mitted to his Lordship. The Hon. -- Eden, son of Lord Henley, is ap pointed a Comntissioner of Bankrupts, vice Mr. Cour tenay, appointed a Master in Chancery. The situa tion of Connsel to Queen Ann's Bounty, is also va cant by the appointment of Mr. Courtency. It is in the gift of tho Arthbishop - of Canterbury. The .ang didates, we understand,. are: Mr. Richards, the amt of the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Mr. Sh.tolwell of the Chancery Bar. It is estimated at 5001. a year. The transport Ellice has arrived at the Motiterbank, having on board original' document-ay papers, co orre spondenre, and other curious MSS. relatiee to the Stuart family, presented by his Holiness the Pope to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent ; with several cases of statuary, and other valuable relics, pro, , cnted by the . State of Rome to the Prince Regent and the British Government. Lieutenant Head (Flog-Lieu. tenant to Sir C. Penrose) is come home in the Ellice, specially charged with their care. She left Cicita Vet.- clita on the 2.lth of June. Vi!e sincerely hope the valuable documents, will he deposited in the British Museum, and that the public will soon be fitvoured by their publication, under the eye of some of the able scholars which that establishment at present boasts, By a Philadelphia paper of the 10th ult. it appears, thtt the frontier of Georgiatwas in a vein' unsettled and perilous state, in consequence of the misunderstanding between the • Americans and' the Red Stick Indians.— Several of the latter have been killed and wound e d by parties of the Georgia militia. It seenss a lso th a t the tribe of Uysehee, which have always been friendly to the Government of the United States, were attacked lately by a party of ivhites, who killed one man, woitud tsd four, and plundered the camp. The aggressors have not been discovered. The elder Didot, well known as one of the moat cutely:stet! printers of the age, has lately distinguished I sell as a poet. lie fiat written a tragedy called .lani'vit, of whirls the Freud' critics speak yeti ; and which. aremiliag to their account, Land shay arc not., any inure than our critics. very lavish of t h e ir pra iseo, justifies his claim to be ranked* amotig the bighest names iu his.professiou, among the Ablitsses and the evensea. An old man, named James Cale, was last week apprehend- ell at !Wool, with a nag of olden Matt which he said he had ebtained from a boy in tfie street. tie waa asked wh e find the boy ; N Itch he went oat and returned with a lad named Chad's Stoker, alma/ I.i years of age, well kn.'an to the pidiee by the nick .AMC ~r ilimiraparte, and who hail been Smile time ago confined in New gate. The old man then said lie could give information of the whole gang, adding, And your Warstiip, I ran tell you, that year preilibies were ben{ rn open too." The Mayor—" And perhaps gone woe present?" your Worship, 1 was." The Mayor —" And !Wive A i d t i„. 10 .07 eat ;••• Very good.". The information gi•VVII by t his old nun his led to the discovery of a gang of upwards uf thitty b•', who who has e for sonic time subsisted entirely by 'lncising, and %slime geneial remic7vons were at the files , lomat., Limekiln-lane. They begged by day. and platelet cif by night, and it is a fact, that in one week they stripped nearly all the larders in Belle s tie, of their provisions. A letter front Itrinliton. dated Amt. ti, says-!' The pub lic may vet recollect the lamentable suicide of a Mr. Ms POZA, abort this time last year, at Brighton. Ile was a gen tleman distirrgniaked for his arithmetical calculations, and officially employed upon a most important discovery, iu bringing, tlee longitude to a tixr d and invariable point. The error of one figure, in smne millions of numbers, so complete- IN disconcerted his mind, that in a fit of intellectual dopoo• dency he retired to his chamber and bring himself. 'The atliction of his widow upon this dreadful event settled into a melancholy despondency. Last week she earnestly ream , - ed to leave I ondon fur Brighton, and expressed a wide to die There, and to be interred in the same grave with her husband- In the trope that a change of air %mild be of benefit to her mental health, her friends agreed, and the journey was an (lei taken. She reached Hyegate os Sunday last, and singu larly strange to relate, she died on the same day which dis covered her husband a corpse at Brighton in the preceding year. 't he remains of this lady are (moved to this town, iu orler to be interred in the grave of her unfortnnate husband. KIDN APPING Nednoes.—A letter from New Yrirk, dated June Stout, gives the f•llowing pat tientars :—" We have, says the writer, " the aatisfaction of stating an instance of detection in a supposed attempt to kidnap several unfortii. Pate tregrnea, which does credit to the sigilmice and litolla nit. y of the citizen- who inter...tea themselves on the arca 'Pion. A 3010011W', pilled the of ahnot 30 inns, was lying up at the distillery, rear the l'reneli tan-yards, about three mile , limn the city, nail suspicion: wet a created be movements on board, %%I'llll cat:sell her to lie watehe4. Th e s o l emner got ender weigh cash 1111 . 111111'011') eVtllllllgS and was apparently bound lip the Nortlidiver, alien she wa, boarded by a boat containing the officers of custonia, who taunt' her in po , session of the pollee, who, it appeals, hail also intimation of her movements. '('lie captain was not to be foam' : lint a pet 400 On board, by the r ante of Thompson, appeared as the owner. On board the schooner there were ten or twelve negraes, men, women, and children ; and by the ptOvisious, water, 11111, Other stares, together with the equipnients; it was conclinled dim she was hound oat to sea of and had merely passed a aliort distance up the North-river out With a view of returning, during the night and K pi ng the Hook. The police Officer , appeared ao have been well apt:tinted with 'Thompson, this not being the first time of his being charged with similar attempts. 'The negroes ap peared to have been ignorant of their (Ig•stination. and denied being slaves. 'They have, together with 'Thompson. been lodged in Bridewell until the atlair caa be inure folly inves- Visated. CATifirLIC MEETINO.—the Limerick Es ening Post of the 4th„ in a second edition, gives the follosking " The Catholic Meeting has just broken up. 14'e lIPVer wit. nessed a titoi•e . numerous and respectable assemblage. The galleries wer e CEO tvilled to , :xcess with the nate% e beauty of our ("its, and Many strange 601111,fiableS appeared in the pews. The aisles Will card Colltaillt • d ' several thollAilll4l4. 111 short, the zeal and spirit of the Catholic people of Ira hod are evi &nay more and most roused by the late de'eat in Parliament. With si.cli dispositions. OKI must shortie •Ityrectl. William Ruche, tsq . was soled to the chair. 'the Resolutions were proposed Robert Fargusou John, }:-q. and seconded by Councellor Hawley. The latter geniltnian, Mr. 0. I). Irolk- Cquiicelior O'Connel, and the Chairman, severall% spoke. 11esolutins Were excellent, and the speeches . Well' deli vered, sod as well received.' At Guildhall un Saturday, William Them" and llarthnlomew Ambrose.. two respectable looking persons were chst $:4l by Daniel Crisp, seal engraver, iu Carey-street, x ith assaulting biro io nu outrageons Mr. Crisp &pored, that ha was retnrning home down bid gate-hill on Friday Maid about eleven o'clock, when lie saw the two defentlante in a one-horse clial‘e, which was standing by the side of the pavement. They were whipping the horse in a very violent manner, slush as amounted In his mind to brutality. Several gentlemen standing by offered to lead off their horse for them, as the animal had`by this time become restive ; bnt the di fendant, I rinsed toaceept of their services. Bacon then took the reins and whip from Ambrose, and s:iuek the horse, who then began to drive off, and ut that too ment la; 1 ahoot with the whip among the people' in the cell rse of which discipline witness rereiveol se /era! olows. Thee then drove off, but were stopped by some Illealli at the end of Fleet-market, where Ambrose got out and challenged a Mr. Moore to fight him. lioron drove fiiiinusly down Fleet-market ; but was .topped alto, on which he began to si hip the patrols s. mail he was (disco out of the chaise. If the eentfeinen load male any centlemaalike concession, he semil,l have proceeded no further against them ; on the contrary, their langimee and eonthict was so gross that he was determined to bind them over to the Quarter Sessions if they did not make a public apology, Mr. Elliott, and Mr. Moore au officer in the East India Company's service corroborated the evidence of Mr. Crisp. On the recommendation of the Magistrate, Sir Matthew illoxliam, the parties retired and aereed to an aecomodation by which for offending party consented to pay lel. to the Charity Scioto' of St. Ann, Love-lone. Mr. J. Sirieretl, a surgeun and apothecary at Yermritith, was indicted at the Norfolk Assizes for perjery, in the affida vit taken lot fore the Itev. Richard Towner, on a monition from the Court ofC.niterhury. Mr. Serjeant Blosset and Mr. Storkes for the prosecution, and Mr. Set jeant Frere and Mr. Alderson for the defendant. The folio% ing are the paetien hue: 1 Mr. Kent made a will, which was pew/id iu Doctors' ('ominous, anti the executrix of that Will was ordered to pro• dace the probate of the will before that Bench ; and also the defenthittt received a monition to produce all script papers, ate. in his possession. The defendant afterwards made an affidavit before the flea. K. 'Fortier, that he had none in his possession. In consequence of which the defendant was In orgied at the suit of the plailitiff, M. Bow:zee', the s tating that he u.k.r witnessed a will of Mr. K.'s two roundlet before his death. Mr. Serjeant Blosset addressed the Jury, and four witnesses, whose teetionony merely vomit to prose that the defendant had said lie had witnessed a sill about two months hofore Mr. K.'s death, which happened in 1811. Mr. 9erji.mut Ft ere called the two suns of the 411011'1am, who pro ved the siening two a ills, they themselves tiring the witnesses. 'Flit' Judge *innate& up at much. length, anti the Jury acquit. tell the defendant. fi se wrote his well kuiewn hallml of Black-eyed. Susan upon 'first. MON - Moil), a celebrated ataress, contemporary with Oilmen. After her tetireutent ft net the slag-, love, and the ingratitude of a Mama friend, deprived her of her senses, and she was placed in aro ceptaele for fanatics. (Inc day, during a lucid interval, she asked her attendant what play was be be performed that evening? and was told that it was ifim/cf. In this tragedy' whilst on the steer, site had. ever been received vs ith rapture in Ophelia. The recolketion struck her,. and with that cunning which is so often allied to iesanity she eluded the care of the keepers and got to the theatre, where silt conecaltalherso If until the scene in which Oplyint miters in her insane state ; she then pushed on the stage be the lady who h a t? performed the previous part of the character mond come Gm and exhibited a more perfect representation of madness than the utmost rvertions of' the mimic art could conld effect ; she was in truth Opkrlie her self, to the amazement of the audience. Natotre having made this last effort, her vital powers failed her. 011 going oft she exclaimed— "It is all over[" She was brionelfratelv conveyed back to her late place of security, and a few tlya's after n Like aliiy drooping, s:u. lung her head and died." The roads of France are represented to he gl entl infested with robhrrs: en many people of that cosnitry have semi, (heir lino to ihe trade, that it is no wonder, now their master has jailed in baseness, th.tt the jeuribeymen set op foe themselves. There is inme liberality in the following whimsical none,•, which is posted up in a turnip geld, near Stafford, than is usually ILO be found in such cautions. _ . _ " Take one, take two.—Take three " take dice." Snocaccn ATTEMPT AT Snterm—About eleven o'clocit on Saturday night, as a woman was bargaining for a lamb's head lit the Owl) of Mr. Cross, butcher, at the coma. of GiAcres-passage, Clare market. late of the Strand, a young man, apparently a tradesman. stepped up and said, " ma'am you had better have a chilies head, I can let you have one at a cheap rate." He then snapped up a large knife that lay on the block, and before any person was aware of his intent. he cut his throat from ear to ear; Mr. Cross with the great est promptitude lost On time in rendering assistance to the unfortu nate young man, he had hint platwil on a shutter and carried into St. watchshouse, which was within a titian yards dike place, and Surgeon Kiernan, of Carey-street, who was sent for, attended immediately, and stiched up the woend. The man was lh entire stranger and unable to speak, but from .5 sign he made it was sup posed he tanted to write, a pen was put into his bend and anne pa per held for him, on which with mean difiieulty lie scrawled " George Smith, Smarts-building's, Holborn." After the wound was dressed he was removal to the work-house, About thirty yard. di>tmit and there put to bed, and every attention paid hint. about four o'clock in the morning, unperceived by the nurse, lie tore the bandages from off his neck and opened the wound afresh. It was tbund necessary to confine him in a strait waistcoat. The wounds Were sewed up again ; but from his great loss of blood there is no hope of recovery It ap peared from his handkerchief being loose about his neck at the time he committed the rash act, that he came thece ter the purpose ; a messenger was dispetched to Smarts-building;, whei-e it was ascer tained that he a single man, 1.1 years of age, and resided with his mother, whose sole support he was. The poor mother, who on bearing of the dreadful new., fainted away several times, and att e r. wards went to the work-house in a state ofdistraction.. I.oNnow d anti published by A. NV et. vs, X, . IE2, Ft.t:ET-si- e: ET between St. Dantean's Cleutele and Fetter Lane ' :end fury/A.(11.4 into tit Connery by all Newsurn, Iltatetsellepe, and Clerkt of Itustit, flu: of potedge. lIIIIIIIIMAkIIIIIIIIMINIMMEmi TIIII NATIONAL nrGtsTrit, INQUENTS. Tu^sday an inqueit was held at the Black Hone, High-street, Poplar. on the bodies of C. Wells and W. Broad, tr.() painters, wi f.. 11 into the I.:sport I)nek from a ship's side, which they were paiot, ing, the caltild ropes having given way. Verdict—Accidentally drowned. Another inqueAt was held the same day, at the King's Head, Javries.street, NVestmoister, on the body of T. Shzw, a labourer, who died tf,rnt di lucked jaw, brought on by a severe bruise in loafing a cart. Verdict.—Aceidental Death. Weilnealey an inquest was held at the Horns, Shorakitch, on the body of Mr. J..Nlusgrave. a mater butcher in lintleuhall-maikei, who drew:led hintsrlf it, llostert Fields.—Nerdiet lussaity. Ile. erW E N'S WC/ H RS....Thirti ESSAYS O 4 THE FORMATION OF THE T/UNIAN CHARACTER. Third ralltion, an Address to the Inhabitants of New tanark, on opening the Institution tar the Formation of Character, Jan. I tiltt. Third Edition, Obscrvatiens on the Effects Of the Manufacturing ,S) stein. In the . Press, Report to the Committee of the Association for the Relief of the NlanitfacturinF and Labouring Poor, laid before the Committae of the House of Commons on the Poor Laws. Also, a Further Development of the Plan contained in the Report, with Answers to Objections ; to which is added, an Account produced upon the Female Prisoners in Newgate by the Aapplication in Prac. tire of these Principles carried into Execution by Mrs. Fry, and other Betevilent Individuals of the Society of Friends. Also. now first reprinted from a scarce and valuable Tract, " Pro posals for raising a College of Indtistry of all useful Trades and Hus bandry ; with Profit for the Rich, and plentiful living for the Poor. and a good Education for Youth; which will be of Advantage to the Government, by the Increase of the People and their Riches;," Pub lished by John Hellen in lttai. Also, a Oriel* Shetch of the Religious Society of People called Shakers, in America; exhibiting the Pecuniary Benefits of Com bined Labour and Expenditure for Mutual At:van:ages, during a Period of Half a Century. Communicated to 31r. Owen by W. S. Warder, of Philadelphia, one of the Society of Priem's. Also, Ground Plans and Landscape I:raying,, exhibiting a vEw of some of the intended Establishments, with a detailed Account of the numerous beneficial Edicts that will arfrc in Practice from the peculiar Arrangements proposed. Published by Longman and Co.. Paternoster-mw; Caddell and Co., Strand J. Hatchard, Piccadilly ; and .1. Murray, Albemarle street. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the CITY OF LoNnox TiviotN, on Thursday,. lsth of August next, when these' interested in the subject, will consider a Plan to relieve the Country from its present distress ; to remonilise the lower orders, reduce the four's-rue, and gradually abolish pauper/an, with all its &grading and injurious consequences. OWEN. DIED. Near Wolviston, Durham. aged 101. Mn., Mary Stephenson, widow of the late B. Stephenson. The mother of the deceased, dim! at the age of 108, a sister at 107, another sister at 103, and a broth": at the age of !n, making in the whole 511 years us the united ages of the above Ave persons.—.At his seat near Dublin, aged 88 years, the Right lion. David I.atouclie, one of his Majesty's Privy At Dothack Priory, York, Licut,-Col. Ale/lisli, Equerry to the Prince Regent, a gentleman of greet celebrity on the turf. LONDON 411A1t1iLTS. FORN4:XCIIANC E. rnIDAY, Art:MST 11. The Wheat trade remains much the same as Monday last ; telex has come to hand of good quality, meets puninisers on full as good terms as that day.—Barley and Beans are each a trifile lower. In other articles we have no alteration to notice, but little business doing. SONDAY, AUGUST 11. There was a liberal supply of English Wheat this morning, and upwards of 1;,0410 quarters of Foreign Wheat arrived last week, which, added to the favourable weather fur getting in the Harvest, caused the fine samples io experience a dull sale, at a reduction of about 2s. per quarter since last Monday; but there is no demand for inferior sorts. Being a short supply of English Oats, the fine aim tiles obtained higher prices In Rye, Beans, and Pease, there is little variation. Rapeseed is dearer ;in Linseed but little doing. 5. S. S. a. Wheat .... 44 a SO M'hitePeasrl6 a 44 Peland flats 26 a n Fine diorts. 65 a 811 Grey Pease 40 a 46 Potatoe ditto 56 a 41.0 Rye • 42 a 4lt Beans 6O a 66 I Fine Flour 83 a9O Fine Barley 36 a SO Ticks 4O a4B Second ditto 80 a 85 !that I'HICE OF B111 , ..1.1). The highest price of the best Wheatett ilrzad thtettgliotit the me tropolis, is stated by the Bakers to he 151,1 the Quartern Some hikers sell the Quartern Loaf front 14. to 3d. lower. ANI.:RAGE PRICEA CORN (41ARTER, IN ENGLAND AND WALES FOll TUL WEEK ENDING Aug. 2. Wheat I Rye I Burley I Oats I Deans I Pease 90 4 5.5 8 46 7 3.1 4 48 7 41 II IF MKAT• MONDAY. Ai NEWGATE smunivi Kt D. t•ta's - r 11. AND LEADENnALt. ___ e: __ d. e. d. ilearls of Cattle at Carew .. d. • d. Reef .3 8a • 4 Surd/odd. Beer 10 a 3 g Mutton ..3 $• 4$ Beasts, itbout..... 271 n Nlinton 7oa3s Veal .....3 II •5 0 Sheep 25700 I Veal 30a 4 a Pork .3 6• 4 0 rain. :320 Pork -....1 0a 5 n Lamb 314 a 3 0 Age SSO Lainb.....T 0 a 4 0 ,ILNIII STRAW I"'" -'---- HAY` SMITIMIELD .C. d. is Hay 3 s 6 (lover 4 0 o.t 7 gl•raw I ID o a 2 s. ti. Aver... s. t l. II li 4 12 6 11 li .-- 5 in 0 0 0 -- I 15 11 - .. . _ .. . ... .. ( nay 3 10 0a 0 10 (P 5 0 0 ST..l,tmEs's -1 Clover 5 00 a 7 0 0 .. o 0 n I Straw I 141 II a 2 9 0— I Iti 0 1 Hay 6 0 0 a 6 0 0-- 510 n WIIITECIIAPEI. • Myer 6 0 0s 7 0 0— ti In n straw I 14 0 a 2 0 0— 1 17 II ~.,.... - - AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, Cewnputed from the Return:: mule in the week ending Bdl, per rw•t. excluqive of the Otity!or Customs paid or payable thereon on linpwrtati•tx thereof into Great Britniti—( Satneday Gy.;., l ie.) 01. STO4I(S. nank Stock :t rt. rent. Reduced !WI 3 per eent. Cor.olN roZ NI 4 per rent. pvr rent. Navy 105g1 DAM Stock Ditto Bands is per Ciiim 115 rm. }::,elielliter Bill., it per Day II 33 33 pm. 1, for Nik i ta Long .Incuitiet. lll 1 46 3-16 AUGGST IT. 1.0.1