The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-20 00:00:00

I. •-• -, cr , •1 0 • Let • Ws . from Chili to the 10th of Dezember, re• tetrad by way of Buenos Ayies, state, that up to that day slight shocks of earthquake had been felt drily since the 19th of November, when the great one occurred which nearly destroyed Valpasiaiso and /*vend other towns. At the above date , the people could not vepture to remain in their houses with the . doors shut. Business of all kind. was suspended. Disturbances are saM to have taken place in the province of Conception; indeed, it is said that that prioinee has declared its independence, and was lauding its Commander-in-Chief with an army to reform the-government of Santiago. It was gene rally believed be would be well received: hopes, however, were entertained that he would support the 'Director, O'Higgins and endeavour, to effect only a removal of the other members-cif administra doe, whose measures (especially the• new regulation for trade) had excited great odium amongst the p.Ople. Letters from Gibraltar of the Igthilt. mite, that ' a French convoy passed the Straits- that morning from the Mediterranean, and was off Cape Spatial in the afternoon. k consisted of tinge 'easels, apple. rently in ballast, under the escort of a brig of the captain of 'which asked the master of a Spanish craft whether he heard of a French battle ship, or knew of any Spanish cruisers. .14 , was reported that a Spanish ship of the line andit brig had sailed taunt Cadia-on a cruise, An Alga rate squadron. consisting of a 60-gun ship, and si 50. gun ship, a schooner, and a corvette (f. latter 4 belonging to the Bashsw of Alexandria), sailed from Algiers ter Alexandria on the 4th ult. The Consul of the King of the Netherlands previously declared • to the Dey, that if' his. corsairs captured a single Spanish vessA, they would immediately be attacked by the Dutch squadron. Papers from the United State*** just arrived, ,rt e which the latest date is the ft/lash. hum New York. They co.!..sin advices Ants listralutah to die 15th alt., which is several days loot than any re.:, ceived in London direct, aid Whets it is. mid. great activity and bustle prevailed, ist wassequence of an ' aiiprehended attack from the. Math naval forces in the West Indies. Every seaman ibood- on shore was pressed into their service, mid Worm were making to put their military deka:Weil in 11a4. beet , condition. These apprebettsieuellainealletrliott Mi nisters intend to pursoe. has beim Id distinctly marked out, are, of course, wholly without founds- - tiun. The only. South American new* in these papers of any novelty or interest is that , from Lima. it is under date of the 26th December. from Callao, and announces that the two .days preceding there had been great rejoicings and illuminations at Lima in consequence of recent information from the pa triot army at Arica. It was asserted. that a power- Sal Indian chief had espoused the independenteause, . mid brought with him 4,000 Indians, andlraupply• of cattle and money. Infantry and eavalrx had been - leaving Lime. in small detachments during the • - month, but the troops sent by Bolivar, Bahr coosi..' derable number of militia, remained in the . The last accounts- left the Royalist mope in did valley of Sammose, a short distance fjom the ladis . pendent/. whose plan was not to risk a general gas garment till suthcient reinforcements arrived to - render victory certain. MIDDLESII4. ININININDINCI.—About $OO free . holders eat down to dinner on Tuesday, at the Mer maid, at Hackney, to celebrate the returis of Messzs. ' Brig and Whitbread.--On the health of the two. members being drum*, they. each returned thanks. The health of Mr. Hems followed, and .rhat gen- demo made his acknowledgments at great length. The chairman, Mr. C. Shaw Lefevre, pin. returned thanks for the mime honour- paid to him, anci.the company separated at a late -hour. A meeting of the Connty•of Devon was held at Exeter on Friday last, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for a reform ; the High Sheriff having refused to convene a county meeting, the same was held at the instance of five magistrates. Lord •1 Ebrington presided ; and a petition, embracing the objects. for which the meeting was assembled, was agreed to. Nsiveona ELBCTION.—The recent contest for 1 1 this borough was distinguished by such a spirited opposition to the powerful ititluence of the Duke of Northumberland, as affords the strongest grounds for believing. that at the next general election two members writ returned on the independent tercet. To bring about so desirable a result, the greater portion of the electors have come to the nuttily resolution to revive and confirm the ancient usages of the borough. whereby the freedom of election will be effectually secured agaiast all stir .tocratic dictation. Bl On Thursday last, while eating a bed steak at the Chequers, Ely, apparently in good health, Mr.-, . Edward Shin, gamekeeper to E. It. Pratt, Kai. of Ryston Hall, in Norfolk, fell back on the seat , . and expired immediately. Mr. S. had eccompanied his wife and daughter as far as Ely on their way -te London: the coach had not left Ely above an hour When the cunt happenee. TIDE NATION AL 8118.111004—(Yean1ttiv.X —ssoms , • profession a surgeon, who alast,was convicted of steal •OfThonias A tttt iss in the REGISTER OLD DAILEY , Wm. Monroe, aged 67, by , appeared a once respectable ma bug two sheets, the property elf dwelling house.' The written defence of the prisoner, couched in yes. pectful language, detailed a shoat history of his distressed atination. Tare wife of the prosecutor recommended' him to meley. Richard Hoghea• was inilitted for stealing n shawl from 'fite.person of Elia :heti' Robinson Nicholly, a child, the property of J. R. Nicholls, Mr. C. Phillips elicited hips the principal witness, that V7s. was.detnatided by hiffies a ammonite. , 4 roe Common Sergeant. inasindy militated the pri f Enter. . • • • , George Hunan, a genteel rung matt, was indicted for stealing a quantity of peollser. .the pmperiy of Use klikasv !mho Cdnipany. • ; • Mr. Rolland stated the ease to the Jury, and observed, that the young man at the bat had been for seven year's in a confidential situation iu that establishment. • . William Harding deposed, that lie was an egcise officer, and aitended at Bracts/tall, and .the East India Docks; on the 23th of Fehrt*y he found three bags of. peptic% concealed ander ,the Geer ; he was directed watch,. and in order to ascertain who should come- to retried** them Item thelilasiii Where they were Arpin sit, d ; he obeyed his dirensignei t anJ the impeller came the iuoruine after his , - obserestlists amt.• took the bags shore-mentioned, from under 'the plault l . past of which be put in his hat, and part Mikis pocket.. Mr. C. Phillips crose.examitad , the witness.—lt was More matter of course firall Orisons -soaking -egress from the docks to be searched by relict differrit Vermin, but precaution. war general* need hail known the prisoner three years, and nerd ep tolthisainie heard any thing which militattd against his character ; although it was usual to search wlsen , eletka mai labourers went out of the dock between certain hours, the prisoner had frequently been allowed to 'pm, the barriers without molestation. Another witness deposed, that it Witu'd be impaisible for any otie to go out,with bap of pepper, withuot being searched and detected. !wile winter quarterovlsen the ['warehouses are not open, persons.connected with the cetablisherseat.tvirre Amsted so make rugrms and egress Osithout undergoing rheum' ordeal. W. Brown, an-elder ow tbsestiblishment, had known the prisoner, as employed Api • for a considerable 'length of time, end up to rhistransitction, hewer atiVe any thing to warrant suspicions *ohm Isis cheroot,. • • 'fbe prisougg gilled several respectable %emirates, who , r tibinantiased the opinion entertained, by the last *intros; ko was esantiaked om.alae pao el the ptoletatiee. • • Thrßecorder slimmed up , w evidence, sod the Jury . `returned.• verdict of guilty. J iailmnews--.The Court Arils holland in justice to pro'. sect the property of public establishments, as well as that of privatrindividuals--ffirquent deltognencies were complained nsirralse &saki sraLliast ludia warehouse*, but in order to• prevent a recturence of them as much as. possible, the judgment of the Court was—'• That the prisoner: be ariumisted to the House of Correction. fa ts . calendar months. and these kept to hard labour ;" and but for shil account give of hit previous good cha racter, he would , have net With s putsisitment tar more Severe. ' From a (Ji& Mae / 3 / 4 04.4.-A liegto Yellow, being suspected of having stolen •goodi im his posseuion, was - taken before a certain instiatof the Peace in the comity of Philadelphia. and charged • with the ()Hence. The itegyo acknowledged the fact' and made the following decisive defences—" Mama hosier, me know obi got ,dent hugs Isom Tons, doe, Arid me Link 'Fowles! dear stings; buzwhat den. Massa? 4cy be °nil a *cal i iii ty Andel and a piccaninny cork-screw ; one cost sixpence and-tudder a shilling, and me.pay Tom foe dens honestly, Massa."—A very pretty story, wetly." said•his Worship, " you knew they were molem and yetallege, in excuse, you paid honestly fer therm:lilt truth you better law than that, sirrah I I)d'ilt - you know, Pumper, the re eeiver is as bad as the thief? • Yew must{ you black rascal, be severely whipped. 3.—" Very well, Melee. II de black rascal he whist lot boyin stolen goods, 1119 hope de while rascal be whips too, fur mine sing, when you 'lurch h.m, as well as Pompey." " To be sure," rep el ti the Justice. " Why den - , says Pompey. " here be Tom's Massa; hold hint fast, coast dile; lie,buy 'Font as I buy de piccaninny knife, and de piccaninny cot it screw. He know berry well poor Tom be stolen from bins sold fodder and inudder-s-the' knife and the cork, .screw hob nedder." Such wits the Isistice as well as the "severity of Pampers address. that 'after a short pause, the magistrate, with the ooMmat of The master, dis missed him, and-dimberged the action. Dmewurns. Akt s poion.--Pu Thursday evening last, shoot five o'clock. a dreadful accident happened at 33, Charles-street, Illesitley:equgre. A young girl its the service of the rai s a to bitir of% the outside of one of the windows on the lioorilbt the purpose of cleaning it. Unfortunately there were some -ttineraist musicians performing in theorem st ilia time, and turniugher head round to listen to 'hems the pour girl lost her balance, ,and was precipitated upon the iron railing, in front of , the house, three of the spikes of whictresnered.her side. * The best Stagiest aid was instantly procured by the la mily, but it was advised that•she should be taken to St. Glinflnt's Hospital. where lite now lies its a -hopeless Kates A replete arrived at HorMstonger-Isne goal on Thurs. I darnight. for Charles Boma*, who was convicted at toe last K i ngston Assizes for. highway robbery, and sen tenced to be enecuted. His asspciate, 'Thomas Hooper who was also tried and couvicted at the some time, and Tsenienced to transportation for seven years. was removed on Friday from Horsemoneer-lair, add locked in the Maidstone Fans, to await his ilia) for Mahler offences committed an that county., • • - .-~ . 7 MIL GARRICX'S usiver. The catalogue of the Lt SMART of the English Reseint is jusvissued, front which We have made the following extract:—" Mr. Garrick, by his will, directed that lie. rare collection of old n plays. which had bee f with great assiduity. d p the course of his theatricel life, should be deposited in the British Museum lot -the use of the poblic t. an injunction which• wan collider/ soon after his decease in 1799: The columesi composing , that collection. are uniformly bound and distinguished.. by hit initial*. The rensaintier of his books, with the exception of such. to the value of one hawked pounds, • as should be chosen by his widow lot heroism use, he betide:Weeder . his nephew - the Rev. 6..Garrick.,7Viear of Hendon, bat Mrs. Garricti prevailed - upon Mr. Carrinanit Garrick. to dispose to• het of the -inter& which he had acquit(/ ,therein under hit tanclei will. • Tuwards.tite conchnimrot her protracted . life, Mrs. Garrick presented. the 'water part of the Meek and Latin CLISOCI, together with• her ttttt nerous and highly tialtsabl.• Italian books, to giitutuplier Philip Garrick. Earl. at presentthe male representatite of thefamtly. Tit! rest of the Library, condtleratily enplaned by Mrs. Girricietitice 1779, is now offered to the ',Alit,. 'Orattitite exception only of hooks' to the value of e*** hundred and fifty pounds bequeathed to tire executors bf. will. • , triernessiox oe Fetne.--04 . Thtirtelay• lasfr;• • 'ptinmaut to adjournment, a Petty - Sessions ivas bef&- at Lambeth-street Office, calling on the prepristsiet of certain land in the parish of Bow, to shew Air what authority they held Bo* fair•anneally It be= • ing admitted that neither charter nor* prescription . could be produced, sanctioning the. holding of the fair, the Magistrates declared it to -heillegal, and expressed their dettzmination of suppressing it for the future.--By the decision of the Magistrates bf the Hammersmith dirieion, assembled in Petty SOP , 'ion, Brook Green Fair, whiCh used to commodee on the Ist of Msiy, and Parson't Green Fair, are now • focally extinguished. . C o rreia or FOUR BODY•STSALZIM—B.aween etre Mid two o'clock on Sunday morning, four oksperate.r. surrection men were detected tit the burial place et the • • poor. belongtui to St. Andrew. H •motti, as the backiof the workhouse ;a Shoe-lane. It wins the tin thitginund there as only one drpoettory for-the remain, 011 4 .5 5wa5041 pew, which is capable of holding apieursle of and the parish, in order to guard agentst the. stillichees, acid preser.e the fetches from failing thin dte".r hinds. ' have had a largatpierrielf irony weighing between.six seven liunderettltight,eonisesseted was so lay on the tops of the , mod ••(. I ..titeed up awl anal by swarm ot • pailvy. !Notwithstanding this excellent precaution, • a short lame:since the plate way removed, and on Ptirfuy • night these Wretches paid another visit (ti thg groove% bat-their operations it would appear were frustrated ;bat • the patient padlock was broke limn the hook sodarotleer • put in of place, se as tmget at eaay *cress to tot vault. • l'ios stratagem was (atonality discovered by Mr. Hick., the *Mots, *ha ruppetied to puis the plate ;.he to cop al-plc nal determined to have assistance, and he trial the watchman, tee. took their stemma, armed with at bloom 'kraus, in a secluded ;tart of the burial ground; and at • about haillust one o'clock in the morning four May- - with tacks shovels, &c. were seen getiantover the Wall frotoPlunildree-court, into. the IR f1.4;1111 ; they eautionaly made to the place, and hiving unlocked thy trap door, two *titian -ght down leaving the flap open, and the other two returned to .the wall to keep .a look out, an: to alarm huh companion's strOuld there be Mrs Hicks immediately sallied forth, aid first closed the • twee men in . the grave. by_shating down t.te•flaps and putting the bar Scion; Having secured them. he rittil the watchman ;torched the oilier two and look them. — They were conveyed to Giltspur-street Comptes., for the .. purpose ai undergonig extuntrianaii before a magistr3te. A dreadful accident oecurveMondhe II th instant, in,a coal-pit near Valenciennes, by the. explos ttttt of an in. flaintitabrelusf called indhat part of France. fey grimes. Nitteteceit of the woiktmien • were killed; the 1110.114 L 111 which the bodies were found aggravated the melancholy uatute of the spectacles for it is dated they,could not , be identified,as their limbs no longer resembled what limbs' arc its their natural slate; they were shrivelled; and their ;rails drawn together. It ha; been erroneously stated in the public papers that India.. rubber will ina)te good glue, but the tact it will never- set to harden. For a strong firm cheap glue, nothing has yet been discovered superior to the hest kind of that which is in general use; and for a film clear transparent kind which will unite glass, so as to render the fracture almost imperceptible, nothing. is ...Anal to isinglass boiled in aptips of wine. • - ,Adroit a fortnight gentian to, Cu dealer' in cattle, from Uwe/Fool; :who lodged at, Georee'sVitay. ' proceeded to a eespectoble tavern, where hit passed the evening. Ott his way hdnie Iron, the latent, he was accosted by a cyprian, and in a few tttttt utes after the usual COMpliUleibla which accompany introductions of this description were over, the gentlemen missed his pocket book, coutausiug 2001. She was immediately secured and brought to the watchhouse. where shelves searched, but nothina was found on her slat could tend to criminate her. Whilst she was in coliffuemeni,• a suessage was brought to the gentlest% to who lost the month, swing that some of it was hound, anal on lids proceeding to the watchhouse, 471.• was handed in I • by a watehnian. The gill was subst.cpwattly tried betide , the Re-cooler, found gui ty, and eentruced to be trait.- ported for seven years. Lu consequence of some iaffors ination given by this glad„a Walt.llllll4lll, named Peter Harris, was taken into custody ; :he was searched indite watchhome. and on his person was futuirl 601. all in. 51. oohs.. He has been fully coinin/ued.to take his lti.J. jot btinikeencetned in the aborts robbery. • L... , I. . i . •:.~ r• , !vmostgi • ; • ,: ' • 1 .~ ,' , -