The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-10 00:00:00

EXCISE COURT. The Commissioners of Ei cis. haring commenced their Pittivs at the Ceitf Offl:e in Broad Street, some axount of His .Ntajeety's Excise Court may not be iisele.e or use veptable. This Court. and the Court of Appeal from its decisions, were 4itittAl by the Act of 12 Car. It, e. 25, s. Si ; and 12 Car. 11.. c. s. 35 which direct that %. for&iture.<an I odencet made and el-omitted within the immediate limits of the Chief White of Katie: in Leadon, stall be heard, ir:jud e Nd. and determined by the C:iief Cammi , sioners arid Go7e:nors appended by Ilia Majesty, or t.e major part of them, or by Commissioner, fur Appeals and rogn• Iltmg of t'lis duty, i.; th, . 2of ;pl - . d. but not otherwise." The Act of 12 Car. s 31, and C. 21, s. 4S, states the E nits or the Chief thfic, w include of London and West tio.oligh of Snathwark and suburbs, and pirishet within the Bills of Monality, to w:iich, by the Act of 24 Goa. 11. C. VI, tll7` otrish of St. Ni trylebaa...w.li added. The 'Hfie of His M ,je3y's Onirt of F.seisc are the Solicitor, or iiis D limy. who Ilea now a separate patent. .2. The Registrar. rad 3. The Mes.eager , who summon the panics, and execute the •arrants granted by the Court. The duty of Cie C i.nm,s,i•vier. of Appeal is to hear and deter mine all ap,)?als from mejud.pnent oi the Commissioners of Excite, in Excise causes. The number afeausls heard and duziie I by the Commi.sianeri of Excite, during tie laa five yes-s. wet 5904, or about 11S0 snow Tliert were. the ...ante piling, oily scvet appeals; of one was t. n p•0e:e1..%1 in 61 the app fleet, three harm not hen hear). ..nd in the re niining toree the deistons of the Com missioner.; of r.•.cise have best; at:armed. The um:li Joys of the sittim; of t'le Coinmissioners of Excise r.re Wedliesda,a :old Fridays, and the Siftings contkue regularly for six months in every year, or Inogn., ai the nu.n J.Cr of rates •s Arty render itecnsary. Ceuniel a.tend when pantie: dosire it, and nn these (E•CaS:O9S a barrister of experience is retained t detbnd Smerests and rights of the Crown. The last two cornsel. were Mr. Jetties arninea, and after him Mr. Gasetee. Th.: present counsel is Mr. Sheldtexl, sox of the A to:oeyeaeral. There are rro fees Se this C Toe 03241ii,;.1112r8 of F.xeiie wren durin4 toe w wile of the Siuinls rotatiod (:teep*. the Citairmln). in - ta their ordina.l duties in the 4:3111:60,1 4111 insas.;eineat of the PRINCE REGENT'S COURT. Thursday, his floval Highaiess the Mince Rezrnt n p ivy :Liud C.O at, at Ciriten !ionse, which as at twilled by the Earl of Liverpool, the Chancellor of lb- •Ett cheque; , Earl Mt;Must, Viscount Siiintontii. lair I Mei% ii , e, the Ht. dim. Gem Er Caititiiii4. his Grace the Duke of Wei. liiiton, the Captain of the Ye ..... ett of the Guard, Earl -Mill- Mime, and ;he Chief Justice of the King's Beach Air. Roller itteadiog it , Clerk of the Council. Wi le . o n , ',t i n tle s s of the Court was gone through, ibm Recorder of Imoduil was a , liniited to the Prince Itege.c's presetice, when he glens . cred hue Report of the roil. icis who wee. e mi piii i nv convieted at the Ociotier Sessions, iii•JaitlCll limn, 0..1 Ilaitcs, when the following persons were Ufaered far e%ecntiou oil Tuesday meat : William Tingy, rut bolloei, B.Ciiiilig; Stephen Morris, for n rubbery a: Ciiuidru 'lO%ll William Knk A nt. for highway rub u.rc run I CVilltwn I..Polinl I. fur. 11114.1“ K fot:e , l notes. 'Fury were all convic.id at the last Sessoms. The real, be e i nteetu In number , Or re eisspited iiuring pleasure. Wednesday lisst, the S , IRSiOIIS commence at the 0:.1 n tuey. 'Die Calendar contains a numerous list of anodes s, antilue whom are :shove 12 lot uttering turned llsuk-uutes. Nand of the other otiences seem peculiarly aggrat Mud. A letter from Madras, dated Sept. 5, says—" We nudes. *taud letters received from Mangalore, Fated the ..211 and 2:id ult. mention, that very severe weather hail been ek.eris raced on that side of thy Pennonla. Rain hail tallest in urle quantities, that the rivers had 'ism, beyond their usual height, doing •ls 1144114::C In their course to the sea. We refit et km to state, that ihe Gutinvery has overflowed its hanks, to 5.1 e\ lent I•.t ea petienet4 fur smne years. past ; and that it is feat 11141 In ieu damage has been sustanied in the eniogeg on the borders of the river, and cut the islands in the stream. From New South Wales, we learn that the ship Lady Castle. teatilt, Captain %Vendee, had urrivcd from England with coo vlc4, after a quick passage of little more than four months. 01•4iO convictn, it I. said that not une had died daring Use passatte, a cireuaattance almost unheard of on shell occasions. 'the Castlereagh is expected here (Madras) shortly, with a detachment of •2SU sues t she Mid proceeded in Jitne, it ap• pears, for 1 - 10bar..6 TUV/11, to s ccriv e those troops uts board." fit..PPonTED BY W.--(From an American raper.)--We understand that the Family Bible of • ■ Gentle man nl• the Baptist persuasion was last week Fuld at the whipping post of ui neighbouring town, by a constable who levied moos' it, to satisfy a tax laid by a pi 4-.lqtrriiin society, to repair the meeting house of said society, and to pay utt old ai rearages. the avails of the Bible were Weir dollars 2.i (raids. We hope, Mr the (tabour of the State, never to hear a repetition of such an Act. What ! shall a (nosily in a Christian country be deprived of the bunk or life, to pa) a tail to a dell° 11l lii AnUll 10 which lite herd of the fatally does nut belong t Hralltll forbid it ! Some of the Edinburgh papers terns the revolting scene *Welt look place al the exertitiosi of the •tuhappy Johnstone, who 4Offereri the agonies of death tur nearly an hour, " a divtgraceful outtage of the Mira I" If May indeed a tl,xgi ace till outrage ; but it w..s sir outrage auaiust every feefing i.f humanity, in the shocking anti brutal slimmer in which the ax.•eutiso was conducted. What shall be said of the Antaurtity of bleeding the unlit innate 10455 (aft yr he was cut dor it tt Ott site gitthet) tUr the partiti.e uf• r , viiititig life, that he might dm a second death ? We betiese sort' au tl.t.ulee Of bar/axioms (frown.. y neves before loon plree in any civilised cuantry, and it will not tie soon forgot:en ! Ha vilaittl A .islioaton, the el lext 11011 of she lute Right 11 su. J. H. AJAlliivuu, is Appuisiteil • Consins,sionee of Stmtips. It appear by the last ad lee. from t.llereAs rffbrts Ale no.iut so be toile to r. doer the island t>)10,1 io obe. d.esss. Larize ()mile* of troops %elr about to be sell bulb Cons Culesitia Awl Madras, un the serviee. IfeJtmot.ra, .I.n. 7. —( Fl , ll .4Vo• te;e4 )—The bitou kg is an acrortht uC Ow amoln.l of turre.• 11l ring. mot how Yall.llOl.Ul AM, C•iel ul I. polailel ending sth JAn. late, au.l itb J .n.lBlO. Eaqxnretl. Sent coastwise. Total Quarter ending Jan. 5, !Rib 3..451 40,601 72,0:3 Quatter.entling Jan. 5, 1 40,100 55,413 Less in tliehater.....l 3,938 501? 14,440 Sic SdnlliCi EIIII4IIV, ki ul, . uu I 1 t ndicil, , Mill 4 roved on Sotorde) one! Loon by J. Whisliaw one Of tli, ‘i , .:ne; executors. Iletsotial ploperly snorii utttler 60,4.+0).. THE NATIONAL REGISTER SIR FRANCIS lIURDEIT AND COBBETT. A Correa; on nee, which hail taken pLice between Cobtett and Sir Frane6 lianlett, has excited mnch cariusny. Tne r,:ply of Sir Francis will, daily thing can, illu nine the bronzed Owen 04 the Ci. tlitNIN: Corporal wit:l a bluih, and pr. t:y dryly elthitlatef. the cause of that ennidy which t - ois honest and ratriotic character haseahibited towaids the baronet. TO MU. WM, COBBETT. " St. dames's-place, January 51,181 H. " Sin ,—.I have just received your's , of the ?OM t.f November, and carefully, and azearding to yaLsr d..aire, perused the enclosed to Mr, Tipper. " It is not my intention to ent2r into any controversy respecting the lione.ty or dishonesty of paying or :wt paying debts according to the convenience of the party owirg. It seems thrall it should ever salt your convenience, and take nothing from the comforts and en joyments of yourself and family, such comforts and enjoyments, and means too of dietinguishing themselves, as you think they are entitled to, oil this being previously secured, teen you Mink yourself bound to pay your ,i6lit% ; if. on the contrary, that cannot be effected without siterite• on their and your part, in that case your creditors have no chili to prefer, and you no duty to uerform. You then stand aL • Peel, re •fis ;it pro e,niseientice, and for this singular reale" be ,aust t! rise who lent you their money when you were in didieulty and distress, in order to save you and your family from rum, wete sad are unable to protect you either against you own feats. or the per et of an arbitrary t;overnmem, under which they have tee !Me lamine to live, and to whielt they are equally expowel. 'f iese prin eiitlss which ate laughable in ticory, are detesMale pracitee. 'ring you a:multi not only entertain and act upon, but openly avow them. and blind your own under. Landing. or think to blind teat of other., by such flimsy pretences, is one more melancholy pool of the facility with wale) gellinteive can nsaume the mask of hypocrisy. and he menus of the weakest sophistry, overpower the strongest understand i•ee.—How true a our common law m.O eiin, that no man is an upright ,sedge in his own cause; how truly aid pre Lily said by the French, •' L a Nato e ac Pip! ;" nor lea t ttmly. trough inure grossly in Eng• Nature's own Bawd." - - "In evpre,sing my ab .orrenze of the principles you lay down for your conduct, and co•seerning w.tien you challmge my opinion a a Pete unfairly, counsidering the ridicule with which you at the an • time Oreg.:a to overwhelm the unfortunate wigitt who pre smiles to differ limn them, Ido no: &Are that you should act upon ray other w.i.t r.: ; 74r1 to ; I should be sorry your family were put to it.iy inameemeac •on my account, should your circumstances es•sr p:ove so. rosperous as to enable you to (Lc:large your debts without infiinging upon tame new principle:, of moral obligation you have ad.trine.l. an I sonic:, fo the first time siuti . .! the connuncement of r,e hove,. believe, been, though frequently acted on, manly promuk,Atod. As ti complaint or reproaM, thf, tyre the off-% in 7 of weo:inosi and Indy ; disdain should fade theui ; but 'not?iing can or oogl!t to 'Ail! the expreision of disguqt every honest mind mug feel at Vie want of integrity in the principles you pro claim, and of feting and generosity in the sentiments you express.— I au, sir, your most obedient and humble fervent, " F. I3I.7IIDETT-." Entwaution, Jan. 4.—Ou Tuesday night last, a formidable party of 12 Highland smugglers, with ft-horses, loaded with:moat 16u gal ioDll of whiskey. was: Intercepted near Kiutore by Mr. Gillespie, the excise eflicer when, assisted only by two men, he. with his cha racteristic courage. notwith minding the great dispanty of numbers, attacked the smugglers, some of whom having SAL a long and des perate battle uisited, which terminated in esivour of Gillespie. he succeeded in a:-curing six of the horses, with their loads, about 12 was wounded in the lace, and much bruised. and one of th, smugglers was severely wounded, having received a pistol shot in the leg, and another thrmigh the shoulder, and the ball from the biter not bang extracted, he lies dangerously ill. A horse and a dog were sian in the heat of the hay. Saooatrits Ditraavrcf.—An elderly tunn of the name of Dela • forts, near 70 yea..l of age, was on Monday fully committed from Lambeth Street (ghee, for robbing Mr. Twaits, of Sugar I.oaf Coon, Swan Street, M monis, where he was a lodger, of a valuable broach mid a gold ring. Oa searching him 54 diiplicstes were found, amongst which was one for the ring. The brooch he had sold to a politic:an in ftatchtfo Iliviway for 14s. In his apartments were found upwards of snlb, of inched anti several publican's pots : he is respect ably connected, and a few years since kept his carriage. One of his female servants at that time, now keeps the Three Lords in the Minories, one of whose pots werefound in his room. op, , ,,,ited in Middlesex and London, hFfore the Right Hon Sir R. Drli.ts, la , Loud Chief 311.tice of Isis Majesty's Cunu r of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and slier Hilary feint, HAD:— IN TEASI. sninnesex. I LONDON. Monday ... .:. January .t. , 5 I Tuesday ... ... January 26 Friday ... ... January :29 Momlsy ... ... Febrnart 1 Saturday ... ... Feb. 6 Alonday ... ... February b AFTER: TERM: Saturday. Feb. - 13 Monday February 15 fly a C9t,i, it Letter of th. lia instant, the Emperor of 1il•11.a has ceiderr. d lite Cross 01 lite Order of Leopold, on Su 11 %Inn Clow ter-Al a•ter Generel of the English Con• tingent of the Army of. Occupation. A duel was fought on Thinsday morning, on Finchlevs ttttt ion, between Air. H—v--y, a Sai gem), and Captain which arose in cmiscii nem e of 4 dispute annul Mrs. refeurated beauty, nas:.ing in high lite. The Capt. was einelitly wounded. The ON.Cllbitit• cut neinill of Alessi s. limner and Drake, near Wakefield, in Voileshire, was I.ort week consume d by ;we the lion is estimated at from 0.0:01. to 10.0001, rhe accident is supposed to have been caused by the f.ittion of the utechioely. By a talc Act of l'arliamon.l,Cletrrytiten, non.resident, by reason or their residence ois iiaty ()tins benefice, are subject to a penalty of 291 if they do not make the 'aloe known to the Bishop of tis.• diocese within six weeks hosts the tat of the piesent month. The foreign trade of Bristol has increased more than one third in the past year ; and there has been an addition of one fifth itishe coasting trade, during the mine period. The tallow speculators have " burnt their fingers"— that etammxiity.is reduced more than 20 per cent. and the sales dull at that rate. Families who have yearly accounts with their trades people, would afford beat relief to many au industrious tradesman by prot.Ttly discharging their bills at this season, and, in u great degree, remove that pre•sure which has been sensibly lett by the Lite stagnation of our internal commerce. Sir Murray Maxwell, according to report, is deter mined to tight another wade at the Covent Garaen !instil got. The Lord Chancellor has signified he shall not sit in his Court till further notice—it is reported Le is pr:p::r iog to lean from Office. JAN 10 THE DUOPPED CHILD. ' An Inquest was lull on Wednestley, for the primate of ascermittitig by what Illealls the child Komi in 'Cash Street, stud which att. resat (Is dird iti the worklioure. bad come to its death. 'floe evidence welt to pro se, that the child, when first found, watt evidently !Minoring 'miler the effects of some atipinitic 1111:11irilie j but it was the opinion of Dr. Dennison, that the quantity was neither sufficient, nor probably intended to produce death. No en conistance transpired which could l ea d to the di,covers el the mother, whose licentiousness st a di a Absolutely to nothing, wheat emigrated with her barbs. Pity ill cutlet iag the infant to he exposed, on a fi troy night, I in the open Motets : hut the deposiiiim of the folluwing n iter netts explains the whale 000 0 with this exception : Elizabeth Whiter sworn. About two 11101il4s ago, being In want of a noise eltild, I applied to Mrs. Ann Symons, midwife, residing in Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, fur a child to nurse, my own having died; she desired me to call ip a few days. as a lady who was fur advanced in ;ire:m.lll(4, tie soon a. mom:lit bed, would put the child 'out to muse ; but that it isoalti be only for kw days. I refused to take it for so short a period,and told Mts. Symons th a t I rented owe fur r length of time. Mrs. Symons torn. aid, that her -sister, Mrs. Evans, who lodged in the same house with m e , wo od Luke the child, awl I should have ;mother to dt y muse. • ltd n , i! see Mrs. St Monti again unto sitcr the dect;ii,ed was brought by Mr.. White, sitter in Id* In Alril.Sylijo.j. to noun! %shoe I lodged, to be given to Al. a. Evan's, hrs. Sy. 1110 15's sister ; it was hooolo 4 lll on dots, the 12th of 11... e r m ue r last, too tveeit 14 and I o'clock, and as Mrs. Evijus was Hoot at liaise. I Lind low rare ur until Toesday Sat , ritity m •tn:itg, Mrs. White, the person tato hi ought Me child to me, came and said, she mast lake it hack to Nits. S) molts, as it was lea to he sent to wet tintse on its father's estate iii the country. The child was perfectly healthy Miriam the 111114. it was with me, and lived on milk and art - ow root. It was nut above three hours old when it was brought to me on Saturday. I dressed the citation Tnestlay, and carried it to Allis. Symons, in Kirby Street. end d e . livered it to her at 4 o'clock in the afternoon ; she paid me seven sidling, for nursing it, and informed me that it wits going to its father's country Seat, about 2i miles froinUond on, to be put to nurse. Whilst I had the child Mrs. Symons ad. sited me to get same poppies, And give them to the child, as it would keep it chuNtatitly quiet, and was an excelleut thing to give a child that was cross. On Tuesday evening, tlir lath of December, 1 heard of a child being dropped in Tash Street ; I went to see it from an impression ill my mind that it was the same child I had taken to Mrs. Symons the saint att . :Timm ; 1 saw it at the wuridionse, and knew it trout two red pimples um one sbuultlrr , 11,1t1 the oil4:k of red wine, which I suppose the 'nether reedited whole pregnant of it, luring between both its eyes. The tii eel the thud wore,wheti delivered it into Mrs. Synions's hands, was a new and heatitatil lee ,s ; and that now produced is mean mid dirty, not the same dress except the shirt. It lied very black heir I ant sure it was the Sallie child ; I saw it again on the follow. ill` morning, and was c tilt suinethin,, ,, bad been given to it improperly ; it was ail much aitered in its appeatance that I should not leave known it but from the marks I have already descuibed. It was drowsy aad statpilied, all the 41ilroor lull' inc it lird been so ever shire she had it. Had the child rem•uoed will, me, I feel satished it would have beets alive. at this lime. 1 advised the mesa in show the child to a doetio : 1 visited it six times in the workhouse, and it gut wutse every lime, it was a very piercing cold night when the deceased was dropped. I never learnt from Mrs. Symons woo the mother of the thud was. here the evidence closed, when some of the Jit, y pro. posed to examine Mrs. _Sy , elro was present, bait our uf the Overseers stated, that it Mould be highly improper to examine her who we, intended to be prosecuted as a party, and who wasISOW ander bail to ati,wer fur the offence, aud th.si they coin(' nut call on her to criluitsale herself. Here the count was cleared. .1 ne Jury, aftei a satin, of seven hours, and a consultation of tun buurs,i i cumpliune.: anti the opinion 4.1 . the Doctors, returned a verdict—Died by the visitation of God. CAUTION TO AUCTIONatINS.—Severat anctiwicers at tended at the Excise Orlice to answer to inforiu.stiolis flied against them, fur nut making a declaration or the 'milt of suinesales in which they had been eligageitovithin the period prescribed by law. It its, pea haw, but gruel ally known by the iewitibei - s of that calling,that if this declaration be nut utak, the pal ty failing to make it is liable to a penalty of spy sum truht 10 , .. to 501. A reyectable auctioneer was tined in 4 mitigated penalty of 30s. fur nut giving ill the requisite Ir. two on three different occasions crud w.s told by the Con.. iiita.iwieis to be noire carelal in fulure, as they could have filled hinilsol. it they had chosen lu he severe. Mr.ftobins was also ; tined for the 1.4111 V default in a of tu•. ; lie said that it 411)4e from ft sill his pail : the sale was a sale cruder an ClitClllloll. 411.1 in making fit retutU of its result ti) the sherttl , be had satisfied hue clause in the Ail of 4..liament. We t . ..gret to say. that the 1411 month 111% proved 1/3111c1!• 1414 Ws:141113113 to Ihr •114;tpitig al Ply 'numb. No I . lour have liven lost &title; 11141 pet tut', 4101 we lie sorry to stale thgt to u of thorn ni se rygoo.ef 114.1e1 -,ll4ving eattves In heard, the property of time li.oty %moo us Ply ..... orlt •1111 Ole lleighhool tog too us. The (ohoo111 4: air hie ilmoits. of the littfortottAle se.irls : - Loilly.Tlttooae, bush 3i,.%.1•1, 41111 the Floe at, Pshtter, front Lts ocituul, both uottutl 11/ I'lyloun.n, with general C.IIIIIICA the L iusl: leoce, Po er, flutis 1)1y alootilli to St. I'*lit,ll4a., in 1).);I•to ; .led doe Elibil , 13a111, tit the luni.au blanti., In Lis 141P.11 wills hull. 4'o 114;$ au 1411C1i0iy 104 t %t• hale lug. 411.1 the Ih.. t.l the 31111 r Ulla, ut . P1)1110.4111, LAO injite!, iu the Guivu uS St. Li ottme.., irt Novi:miter ; anti Sue :%t pun t., Aldo co Pt, alum'', Witeuu, to* toe iwiattti uf Neu I..midland, at the/11411C i init•. ... The Alcildiihe t% iii lati•veci.llo Piyu tonth 1 )0ek-,ortl, saw • silty repo., tog, a,.d b oh the *ciatold to./.lpitle. he be. root . tl n hnuaaer liu 1. It soti.• rtgat 411 d Jt ove • copper Mall. 'roe tiv•4 kt 1.. note. itticei " 121.1 1 Wait " ;" Ito A.t.J, •Jiirti, ill your ..t.gotsess cone coin i" ehligrh CISCO...O'I)I4h, vilto %%,.r ludoil (Gull) , at the Itrq Leol As . ..•ev for turlt.hlrr, of the %Idol ~,,, c,set pt Lis sow 11..11 u. eu Irillovt•li Smt ). I,e holm, the little ut . the C 1 ,.. , 11 , .M.01. Ilic• e. • 0,1 61111111d1, •I!'Ille ••:• ,, r perootts were rioplo)14 in wit tirg NOM.' 111gg,14r ill 1111. L{sCl 1101 , i 111.11 1 4 . 10 401,Upp•Site I Yu • °dive., w LumUktiii 511 I , wmr itri•uu ui prtmoilA syted tit roli it of SPltisil icc 4 4 of kite's wllllu %%Vie lllnd •10 UEI eL 41Ad Edjel44l4, rYilb winch ttoe gut e ht4r