The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-31 00:00:00

/ I reo, ( )ttr Etna, 0.70n6ti lain ants it atu6. ~ No. 573.—V0L. X 11. SUNDAY, JANU. ,Y 34, 1819. PRict 944. POLITICAL I)ISQU price which they have the m( rs to give for it? Expe rience has proved, and we think will prove that it can not ; and we hope it 1611 al* , be the policy of our rulers to avoid any measures which may lurid' the few at the expence of the many. A petition has been pre sented to Parliament on the state Of our criminal laws, and it certainly is one of the most important subjects., on which our legislature ran be Alreved. When we reflect upon the horrible inerer4e of crimes, as stated in the petition, and that the convictions have in the course of twelve years, inerrand from three or four time and, • to thirteen thousand, the prdspeet in indeed dreadful. j The change from war to peace may have had some ef feet lately ou this increase,•but it cannot be considered as very material. Other causes much deeper are impli cated, and eertdutly, most important is the lamentable disposition and severity of punishments to crimes. We have a strong proof of this from a neighbouring nation Prance before the revolution, (the miVehiefs and horrors of which have been expwtiated upon with so much quence, while its advantages have been overloolted,) . there existed a sanguinary penal code. The torture of the rack was abolished on the first meeting of .tne. Constituent Assembly, and the punishment of death for many inadequate crimes was soorr after remitted, The result of this change of law was that many crimes besamu very uncommon which had formerly pr:vailea to a most alarming extent, and we can o•tly in this in stance rity, with regard to our i reprcscutatives, " Go, and do thou STATE OF FINANCE, NIANVFACTURES, &v. TILE passing events of the lest fortnight have been particularly interesting, both in and out of the House. from every view which can be taken on the se eeet, the condition of our Revenue appears to he the most favourable and improving In the Coesolidated fund :Ilene, an increase of about three millions, as compared with the produce . of former years, is stated to have taken - place ; the o setual surplus of which is between two and three hundred thousand pounds, mid and it is also anticipated, even by the opposition, that Ministers would at least curry their reauetionx as far as four millions. Such it the promising state of the, finances in some of its leading parts, notwithstanding the gloomy light in which many Members of the op position seem to place the affairs of the nation. • W e do not think either that the pro-perity of our maim. factures was at all exage,iaratcl in the spa ech from the vro ilsack. - 1 he distreasi lig state of trade at Manchester which has been repreaented, and sometimes naisrcprc- . sentai, with all the powers of declamation, is certainly now rapidly diminishing, and if we look at almost every place of commercial calm:peace, all is bustle and activity The manufactures of Biratingliatn have. . • scarcely ever been more fully employed than they are at the pie Sent in meat. The worktnen have full wages and full work, and in that extensive emporium of trade, the northern fart of Staffiirdshire, called the Potteries, not only are 01. - old works entirely occupied, but sunny new se's are being eructed. The demand for iron is now elmeee as considerable as'duriog the war,. and the price of consumption of this valuable mineral is perhaps one of the best criterions by which we can judge of the actual t•tate of some of the most important renelles of the Commerce of Great firi'ain. The extensive wineries in the neighbourhood of Wednesbury, Wedireeltampton, and Bilston, 'have such a rapid sale for their produce, that new mines are daily searched for, and happy is that mart who is a landed proprietor in this vicinity ; if we have a rich vein of coal under its serface, it will sell fir from 8001. to 10001. per acre. The general value of land has also increased within the last six .months tO or 30 per cent.— Theft' ate facto which speak for-lisererelves, and of their truth any candid enquirer may be - convinced ; yet ; whew we era congratulated from • the throne upon the inerepaing presperity of our commereitil interests, we are mid in language, which is as reinurkable for the pomposity or itslealamation, as for tbe.racagreness of its facts, that it is kilse and eettegerated picture. We fmme, however, that young opposition meinbtes tniak a few Philipp•lest at the beeinning ei fipoirerlittefoll day of the said month of November, the said will was opened and read by them ; and the ) then obA!tved the following clauses, in the seventh page of the said wil!, viz.—" i•lavitta brought from !Mecklenburg • various • property, as specified in the list No. I , annexed to th;e my last will and testament, it is my wish and desire, and ncy List will n'id pleasmre, that such property shall revert to the house of Meeleuburg-Strelitz, and I direct E. 11. T. " I give and bequeath, as speified in the lirt N. t, annexed to this my last will and testament, to be paid out of the value of my personal property within six months after my death." A nd they further made oath, that to list of property, as stated to be annexed to the said will; under the mark No. I, or any Hits of bequests, also stated to be an. nexed, under the mark of No. were found annexed to the said will, or contained in the envelope in whizh the said will was enclosed, as aforesaid. And . the ap pearers further make oath and say, that they have care fully looked over and inspeeted the papers left by her said Most Excellent Majesty, ana that no such lists as those referred to in the said clauses have been disclosed or tinted by them, or either of them ; and they do verily and. in their consciences believe, that no such lists were ever prepared by her said Majesty ; and that she died without preparing the same, thoagh it is - within the knowlrdge of the appeirer, Herbert Taylor, that her said M , .jesty had signified her intention to prepare the lists so referred to in the said clauses, under the marks No. I, and 2 and to have annexed to them the said will, so us to have formed part thereof. The Sth day of January, 1819 the wary to show themselves off, and who knows hut some or :Lem may attain the place of h )nour. The seat is yet vacant whis3l)wa,,u o i.teivjAl 4neti by * ;rune itttortAingfliattusvidhs litaisP' taken phice a;nra the opening of l'ariiament, and many most important s'ihjects arc now cetoing tiodsir its mature thlilY;tatioa, 1t c ventured'a few uninLers back to pre list some of t:.ccry, aml are happy to find we huve net Len miAnl:en. Irc etmgmtnlut, - „, too, our readers 'lima the firm and det,rniined opposition • which Ministers have yie(iged themselves to give to the petition on the Corn Lnivs It Wax a petition fraught with anger, and would have blown the embers of discord which lie scett •rod through the: kingdom info one universal dame. Indeed, nay. 1:1-11sure whien could materially tend to heighten the pri of breA should be slltieried as*ri pestulenee. The queuion is Rot whether, by a 101 l euldvatiou, this tomitry eau grow com enough for izs 0wn:04014.. t hut ,whether, tudhout 11$, i . ;4.4triss, it can supply its inhalatants witb. liteati at a . . ' ----- "'"PPir -7-- • 414° 44.4- 44 . . v 1 «s• ". , .. . , . .. .., - • - „..... . ._ ~•atii,onali .1, •. •s. 7 . .`, .. ~ ,t , •40 i 41 ..„ THE trEE.V . S , ••••••11 It will be. recollected, thatinthe Queen's will two I:.ts were referred to, which, however did 110 t appeitt% The exeeutors in the sr.bioitifed declara,ion, filed yes ! : torday in the proper Court, explained Alm cause of thio omission :--- Appeared personally the Right Hon. Charles George Arden, and Herbert Taylor, of Ni indsor in the county of Becks Esq., awl being duly sw.,ru to depose the truth, male oath that they are the executors Immtd in the last will and tes:intirmt of her Most Excellent .Majesty Charlotte Que:nt of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland deceased, bearing date the 16th daY of November, in the year of our Lord. 1108. And the wearer Herbert Taylor for 'himself saith, that immediately after the execution of the said will by her said Most Excellent Majesty, it was adivered to him for safe custody; anti he thereupon sealed up the same, in the pre...ice of her said Majesty in an enve lop-, from which it had been taken for the purpose of being executed as athresaid ; and the said will remained so s ealed up in his possessi.n until the death of her said Alajesty, which happened on Tu-sday. the 17th day of November, 1818 And both the arpearers for themselves, that on the following day, to wit. the 18th that it shall be sent back w the senior branch of that house ," . Thlattrosi, J.N. Palace. REGENT enter tamed the Ambassadors of France, Spain.. Portugal. .and•the Netherlands, at a grthil dinner yesterday.—A large party r,f Nobility were Aivit• don the necasion ; and among t' e distinguished company were the M a r_ Aimless of HASTINGS, 14rd Ana Lady IIAmoomN,C0111)1 FITNCHALL, att This tnuratt*he Marchioness of s 'mos returned to Londuri, after taking leave of the PRINCE Rea, NT. life 1,901f31111.1 takes her departure on Satnrrav next for India, to Join the noble Nlarquis. The Marquis of Sactsuuny . moaned to London on Monday ; and nn the ibliowiug. day Lord STE WA trr and the Earl of An,,sx depart , ,al tioni t to Pavilion.—Tite latter Nuolentan will return Qt .Monday next. Sunday mambo , . the Duke %It- York lett town for Winds - or, ono visit to his Royal Sister. His Royal I I ighnev entai n d hat a short rinse, and then proceeded to Ortltitn'ontl 4 . near St, '.itp's the seat of the Earl Vornlanr. wlidte h. ciititt„ Jyta. joined a shooting party there . _ _ I'Vetinesday a Court of Direetors was held at the East India house.; when Thomas -.Preentree, Esc] was ap pointed a Member of Couß t it at St. Helena, in the room of W. W. I)oveton, 4esj.tned. The under-men tioned 01111)11'1110 , 0 . S t9pktillii.itycl the Court, previous to departing ~..thaiitoilSiZei Ivo destinations, viz. Capt. [l va , oe.thi.:7.lerefirrilshire, fcie St.. Helena, &tail)ay, Ind Chl.ts; Capt. litantilin, ofthe 'Windsor ; and Capt. Maine, ;-f the General Kytt 'Ur Nfadras and China ; and Capt. Alsager, of the WZterloo ; Capt. Nlayne cf Vie Itlas rani Capt. ac,t;i,i,s, oft ,e Streatham, for We tAderstand the Lords of the Treasury hive, Beival and China. A upon the reiterated complaint of the merchants, trans . snit red directions to the . c usttrms to dispense with the • Wr therol.,v belt*. the anniversary of the birth-day of As ;loyal Highr.i.a• the Duke of •usses, who entered re weighing the goads under bond upon exportation, by which the trade of the nort of London will be re. his 4tith veer, the same wakevtoemerated by the fra ternity of A mien INirtmu,, iiloelr Hall, in Freemasons sieved in future from n must. vexatious and useless re- Tavern. The Bight ITOu'ors - e ,Lard Viscount Tor- gulati°n• 1 r , ringon was in the Chair, .- pported 1w the Grand. Th e Danish Cositsrnment Los succeeded in neguei. Oifieers aria a nemerous body . f the Brethren ; who stint; a loan with mune merchants of Hambur g a nd were justly N11 1 .161.4a1l to manikin the dutiful affection Altona, to the amount of 6,000,000 marks H a n e y, which tli:ty Ikar toward. his itty:a Ili, httess 'as their nearly 500 000 , . sterling, at the present rate of tit a at s Grand Master; nut r.;.!.rely firttlie kind, fraternal, apd eiarige with this country. The hoop. of,, , tariareirk..l attention which he, pays-to the Crafa, het (widow:, with that of Niayer, and 1 ti.r,mul Jeniseb, liir the edifying exainple widish he •holds forth of its a Member of the Senate, hate talon each one ioillio n ; Irneaceut prilestiall•by the pt)tctiet in bis private life tile remainder is subsea il,Lil fur b, three nierellauts r of universal toJetation and Itene3oleare The Brethren Hatitburgh, and four at .I:tona. The terms reptar to were reirriecol`to See their 'llutlious Grand Master re- b. extremely favourable to the contractors: tiie loan ,tair,st, t.n . tntvn in hilt eiltkalia spirits. The day is said to have been concluded at 6'2i producing an in. .:vita seem in mot. a, c.., isloll y ; towards which the West nf fnl , S per cent. Tine whole of the 10.10 i s to ittlytti*Duke Ili , tett est , entidilv -cfmtriblitvd by the an- be •rtdeented in the manner adopted hy the Frussian imieN . sentimeuts which be t.itigail with persuasive 4;overnment, in 88 ycsts, anti a portion ot the Royal 44tIltence. . Thratains hes been mortgaged Mr the re-paymclat. Right Hon. Charles (;ern-1;e Lord ARDEN. •Irtlen and Herbert Taylor, Esq.,. H. TAYLOR. were duly sworn to the truth t this affidavit. Before me, S B. Rurraby, Surrogate. Present, Iltid Nieholl, Notary-pub.