The National Register. — London, England, 1819-02-21 00:00:00

rrß 21 RETIEIk OF LITERATLIIIL. -4.7"1 rim REDIVIVILI—THE COOK'S ORACLE.— Cos. 14:1i prs.fi:4lll!.7,ipis fat R 4:. 4 its iltr 14..41 Eloanqifool Pas for prisste tt,c rust: o f echos! is t.Se Kitthts sf a P i toll4 OS. ,fur ,ssr pose o f align -,tiv the A liestary Esjaysta of ptiztlte a lis- Ss:gra I cossoisisi Ecips;:ni To litie.ntell, in whatever sense we ace.Tt the ptira'e, is certainly a vary desirable thing. To live well, in the sense in which this Modern Apicius uses it, the means are more generally wanting than the incenation. •Jnotly; therefore, is he entitled to the thanks of the titinuiretts'elass to which his Wurk is dedicated, (and numerous, or rather innumerable, will our readers allow it t 4 bu,when we tell them it is addressed to " Tasteful Palates, Keen Appetites, and CapaCious Stomaclis,". ros4e,),lhr -the pains he has taken to eerie:sue the ,cale'.uf culinary enjoyment, at .a moderate expense; and to lay open, to . ul!,. the. fine flavours and .subtl r . Selishes - nritich ere now chiefly confined to the tableS of the luxttrams ; hot that their expellee is such as to proscribe (or, as the Otaheittans, a tolerably epicurean race, for savages, would say, to taboo, the use of them, from persons of very moderate incomes ; but that, as the. most simple things are not always the most ohviuns, the Sara of their application is, in general, confined to these who make it their profession to dive into , the areana of good things, and minister to the gratifi cation of. the taste which it is their interest to render • fastidious. In the course or compiling this Work, the Author of it has shewn a fortitude, which ought to entitle him to a place in the Saint + ,' of the Almanac des Gounnaxdr, and , a probity which all other experi mentafists would do well to imitate, before they pre. tome to give the pretended results of their theories to the Public ; with a perseverance " not to be subdued or evaporated by the igniferous terrors of a roasting fire in the dog.days." The receipts have been written down " with a spit in one hand, and a pen in the other ;" and with a conscientiousness which must afford him abundant gratification in the retrospect. Every re. ce!pt has been tidy and honestly eaten by hiata:ll, More he admitted it to the honour of being trended down to posterit, along with the Glasses:, the tiedala's the Molten's, the Hendereoa's, and valet illustrious worthies,who have sedulously endeavoured to prove the truth of that definition which particularises wan as a cookies; aniumf. Yet, notwithstanding t..e re tsonable confidence which the consciousness of as upright in tention gives to all our effints,this most worthy "officer of tee meth," far from being led away b, a con ceited reliance upon the iiithifibiiity of his ewe taste, though we doubt not time he embraces_ every opportunity in his power to retinu attut Correct it, had the modesty and gall:het: to call its.at select band of friends to assist him with their juigiseist upon every case ; and whom he beialeave to thatii: for that activity and zeal in his service which melts them, " regardiest of their wear and tear of teeth and stomechr exert themselves as it "alicir ,labour appeared a pleasure to chem." We can only mere Urn, that se convinced are we of the value of . his commuitications, and so charmed with his hgehuous and unatfeeted manner of imparting them, that should he ever have occasion for any additional force to dais " committee of taste," we shall be happy to present ourselves at his hoard, armed with an ink horn, arid a knife and fork, and ready to make our re ports,with that strict impartiality, and rigid adherence to truth, by which we see.armions• to have all our pro ceedings distinguished rebentau a aes miaow. After a preface highly seasoned with attic salt, the :ether preceetle to give eu:na advice to %emitters, mis tresses and servants, which may be perused, and puce used oil, to great adventaee by all parties. Then follow directions on, the usual subjects, boiling, roasting, broiling frying, and se forth—but not given in the uettal style —the mysteries, anti difficulties, and refine ments of each branch being simplified and elucidated an a more perspicuous and useful manner than we have seen befute .in ails work which has professed to do the tame thing : there are likewise directioes given re specting the eltuiee of culinary articles, which will be found very serviceable to young hotrekeepers ; and by atteniiir 4 to them much , expenee will be spared to the principals,. and much trouble to the servauts : —l;et.the very essence of the hook is literally the essences them selves—the *saucier, the foreerneuts, and. the grnvies. lime- -this modern Apicius comes in With all-the at tention to modern gord that can be dtc'ired, at the tame tine that he never loses sight of that itttention to economy which the pressure of the modern times testis* however sorely against his will, in souse measure, even to the Gourmand. Oar readers will not, on a perusal of this work,withhold from its author the title whidi he so well deserves, of a " rational epicure;* nor will they deny that he has honourably acquitted }Mulch* of the laudable ohject lie had in vie v, ac conli•; to his own statement ; when he says, The eusoless of my book is, to increase the curators of moderate Fainiiies, and moderate Furtuaes ; and I have taken es much pains to bring the Enjoyments and In 64;;;leles of the most opuleut within reach of the 0 • TETE NATTANAL nrcasTEn middle rsigki. of ,: , ,cietr, as I hart in directing the pre paration of t!rme tLaborate made-dishes, and piquante re!ishes, the most ingenious and accomplished ‘• officers of the mouth" hate invented for the amusement ar.e -• found Paiat armand thorough-b ro d Gran& Gourmets& of the first ircignit :de. In a4 , litloa to this claiiu upon our gratitude, the author of there pages occasion l;l(. it: us by l iimedical knowledge ; and, after esi lJrgin4 orm tie introortmee keeping- the digestive powers hi good repair, kindly informs those who cannot enjoy a savoury morsel on : u of their teeth, or rather on account of the want of them, where they may purchase Patent Masticators. which will ingeniously perform fear them the office they are unable to perform for themselves ; on the other hand, to those who may inadvertently exert their masticative faculti..s rather 'wooer than nature finds convenient or agreeable, he suggests a course of Peristaltic Perstuuler.i, the very name of which, it may be imagined, must win* those tvho have an y b owe l s at a ll , to ma k e at least a trial of their merits. To conclude the whole, as he begins with '!itiaking us laugh., he ends with mating us sing ; giving us an. Anacreontic, from tvhich•we may venture to pre dict,.`that if his public spirit should ever tempt him to copy the example of his predece-Nor and name-sake, • Apicius, in spending his whole fortune in the cause of good living, he'will, at least, stop slot t of hangin : , himself, as the Roman worthy * did, when he foun d •be could live well no longer. EXECUTION. Tuesday morning, John Fellows and . Jalin Corderoy were executed at Newgate, pursuant to (hell' sentence,. John Corderoy was eonyieted of a bin - glary iii Shoredltch. Joint Fe Howes, of stealing its tile house of Mr. Thomas Mor gan, of Catherine Street, in the Strand, to whom lie had been many years a porter, a great quantity of ',tinted furniture, and other valuable at ticks. Precisely at eight o'clock Cor deroy was placed on the scaffold, attended by the Rev. Mr. Cotton, au l semi il to be duly resignri: to his fate. Fel• luwes was assisted up the steps its a state of dreadful agile lion. After a few minutes spent its prayer, the drop till, and the unrectlatala 111C11 died without a struggle. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. • Before Chief Justice Dallas and Mr. durioe Rurroui;ll. Northamptonshire—February 27, at Northamptcm Rutland—March 5, at Okeham. Lincitlnsbire—March 6, at the Cas;!e of Lincoln. .City of Lincoln—Same day at the Castle of I.in,:wln. Nottinghams , iire—Marett 12, at Nottingham. ' • Town of Nottingham—Same day at the Town bail. Dcrhy hire—March 17, at Derby. leice.terslaire—March 20, at the Castle of Leicester. Leicester—Same day, at the Borough of Leicester. Coventry—March ?11, at the City of Coventry. Warwiekshire—March 27, at Watwie!:. • Mottlay a respite for one week w; rrt-eired by the Keeper of Newttate for J. Egerton, alto n:te to have then execq• 1 the neat morning, for a highway robbery. Th • report of the nomination of the feud bA Horne to be Commissioner to the thug rul Atterobly of the Church of oti,tod, tlnv incorrect. ' There are between so and SO fende =vial in Newgrte tinder sentence of transportation, and a ship is now taken up to convey them to Botany Bay ; she will sail early in the Spring. This vessel talos, out a Commissioaer, deputed by Government to ascertain the present state of the Colony. and every bearish connected with it. lie is to be invested with the most ample powers to inquire into the situation of the convicts, the state of trade, maniitacturm, com merce, &e. Ire is to return as speedily as Possible witir his report. The beautiful model in wax completed in Indy, and recently plea sentad to the Anatomical Thexre at the University of (latent, consist of a human figure of a female; in which are represented the whole of the absorbent system, the viscera of thorax, of the abdomen and the pelvis, together with the arteries and veins belonging to them the brains and it: membranes , and numerous muscles of the head and other part:. of the body. Two models repreamting seetioao of the head, together with six smaller models; the whole completely illustrating the anatomy of the eye with its nerves and blood-vessels. And two models representing, with minuate aceinacy, not only the external form and character, but aLo the whole Gfilw interior anatomy, of the male and female cray-ftsli. On Tuesday last, about two o'efoolt in the morning, a fire was dis covered at the seat of P.l'. Wykhaui. Esq. at Aston Howant, Oxford shire. It broke opt in the sorWants' apattinent;„ and burnt with great fury ; the wind being in 1.4 c opposite direction to the house, for tunately prevented this splendid mansion hemming a prey to the de roaring dement. Two or thref ricks were at one time on tire, and the I houses in the village wero in 0 e in pit iintiiinsnt danger. CAUTION AGAINST TANING IM[EDtCINE9 IN THE DARK. Time Liverpool Coot says-L.A tew nights since a young Lady of thiS town, being seized with a sudden indisposition in the night, arose. from herbed to reach a medicine which had been prescribed for her, .from an adjoining drawer ; when she unfortunately get hold of a pittat of loudening which was in the same platy, and drank of the whole of the contents. She immediately fell into a state of insensibility, from which in all probability she never would have reesitYred, had not her situation been discovered by accident. Medial assistance was ininie• diately sent tee, and by attire exertions the poison was providentially expelled from the stunlach • and she is row in a fair way of re 'Avery. An Inquest was held, last week, at the Volunteer. in Baker-street, Portman-square, on the body of Ann Colebeek, who rolsoned herd by swallowing two minces •.1 laudanum. The deceased was no doubt the victim of as infatuated and hopeless attachment. She had writ ten snail letters, to one of which slit received en answer by post, which she tore, threw in the tire, and franticly exclaimed, " ThasA G o d, I now know Isis mind ; my mind is made np—l know whet to do. The deceased MY Lady's-maid in a respectable faintly. Verdict-- Insanity. A letter from Hamburgh says, that 'Bennett remains still under close confinement at the county town called • aidgoune, in expectation of being reclaimed by the British Goventuient, for trial in his own country: his behaviour is reported to be very becoming his situation, and highly repentant of the act he has committed. - - • A machine, invented by Lieut. Burton, Flag Lieu tenans to Rear Admiral Otway, fur pmiyAling ships in a ca lm, which has received the approbation of the Lards of the Admiralty, is ordered to be fared for experiment on hoard his Majesty's slop Active, Capt. Sir J. Gorton, now tittiol; out at l'orumouth. OLD BAILEY. fix Wel!seedily Mee Eteredismo soommoeneed before the Lad Ills et , MC Bayou Granata, Mr. !sulks Beet, bad Air. .1 at tire Ificlias dame. 1. Cook, viowi indicted for amastking 3. Peak tin on the highway. and taking friar Liss a watch end ta. bd. in money. prosecutor is as jubrene,innis color rnian.• Gil the night of the .•1 of February, between ten and eleven o'clock, he was retaining across the telde from Somers Town, where he 5, as ,net by the prisoner and another man ; the prisoner rut one hand to his month and the other to the back of his head, to' , resent his calling out ; while the other man took from un der hi: arm his umbrella, drew his watch from his fob, rifled hit porkets, and both of them ran away. Guilty—Death.— aged 22. D. Mac Vey, who was acquitted last 'Sessions hi conse quence of Mr. Parkin's italic having beecnmis-spelt is the indictment, was again i n di c t e d f or a b urg l ary in the dwelling house of J. W. Parkins, Esq. and steeling 'a diamond value 150 guineas, a great quantity of Louis crate, Napoleons ; Portugal cuins, and Pagodas, together with a great number of other al tides, amounting in the whole to nearly 10001. this • property of Mr. - P . :trial's. The prosecutor stated, that lie lived in Riding-house-lane, • Mary-le-boime. The prisoner had been in his service fro • the 7th of January. Pruseentor.left• town ou the sth of Feb. 1818, and rettit . m,rl on the 7th at night. The -prisoner had absconded ; and in censellience of informalon that he bad raeeived, he had searched for property lie kad brought from India ; all of whim was left safe in a burean when lie went 01.1 ot town, bat was gone when be returned. Proseentor put, ued the prisoi•er to Ireland, and found him is enstod• at a village called Resta er, its the county of .11owirs—ibit pi i,oner adMitted Ole licuse lad been robbed, but :brew the blame npon Parry, another of witness's servants. Prose en tor 17Ctit to the prisoner's friend, ; and on Lis rtiarr to the Constable's house, I.e bound that he had escaped, and he did nut hear of biro until September last, when lie heard lie was at Dumfries. pi - o3centor went thither, but did not finaktrita until the November tullowing,when lie was again apprehended in Ireland, and brought to England. Prosecutor plat sal him iu the Peacock public-house, while lie went for a coach ; and on his rettnii lie found the prisoner armed with a poker, who with the most dreadful imprecations 50101 e he would send his (Prost elltoes) soul to Hell. Prosecutor told him lie had the means of destroying him, and it' he did nut submit,lie would 'use them to curry it into effect. Ile then submitted to be cost. veyeil to the Police °dice. E. Iran; was in the service of the pr.-net-1)W in Pc! , rintryi 1618. atuess went into the City, at the request of ISl'Vey.: but, having met with a friend, did not return unit e l evers o'clock as night, when he found 11I'Vey and the ostler toge ther ; puJ *Vey told him that while he had been absent the Crouse had been robbed. Witness asked him if be bad mimed any of his master's - property ; and lie was very itiquideni, And toll him it was no matter to him whether lie hal or mint, \i'itness went out tonet Buis supper, and tetanal in about a yearter of an 'tulle, and.areut to bed; the prisoner also slept in the bowie a mattress. In describing tile manner in which the entibeiy . had been effected, the prisoner told the w,tricas that the window had been lifted op, and that whi:o lie went into a small room a man malted out ; and he (M'Vey) fied..l pistol at him when be was getting through the window, and lie was sure he shot him, as lie fell down and groaned dreadfully. "fitness looked to bee if there were auy traces of Moil, sad he could find none, neither in nor out of the house On the Friday the prisoner went oat, and said l i e would return in a few minutes ; but witness nerersaw burr until h= saw him in Newgate. Guilty—Death. Sarah and I-Initial' Powell, for stealing 601. in Bank notes, the property of W. Goff, in his dwelling house, werealso ca pitally convicted. J. Wick anti J. Barefoot were indicted fur breaking and entering the dwelling house of J. Wray, on the list of J.in. and stealing a pair of boots, a pair of shoes, a pair of silver knee-buckles, a abet and salt spoon. Mary Ann Walker stated, that as she was sleeping in the kitchen Ake was distoi bed by two men standing near her master's !mean ; Barefoot sins one of them, he had i small candle In his hand, and was searching over her master's papers. The other prisoner, Wick, 11a3 the man who was standing near him. Witness naked them what they did there 6 and the e told her to hold her noise, but she said she would nut. The prisoner, Bat efoot, asked her, where her master kept his money. She told him it was no business of hi., and she began to knock against the partition, and they then made their escape oat of the dior, which had been shut befaie Use fancily retired to rest. Witness pursued them. R. Hamilton, a vrateliman, pros ed, that the pri.oner, IViek,, came to lii.n on the mot ning io gnestren, and asked hits to per mit him to light his pipe; lie at terwards saw the Mlle...prisoner and they went down Red Lien-street together. Witness being snspirimis that they were aboat uo good, placed his lanthorn in his watch-bas, and followed them into Holborn ; and some time afterwards, he saw both the plisoners come out of a wicket gate whirl§ led to the prosecntor's premises. He seized Wick by the collar, and he dropped the Aloes and boots new produced; the other p: 641 , 41 tr Fan away and made his escape. Witness took Wick and the properly to the Watch-house. The Jnry, after a short consultation, pronounced theta Gail is of stealing, but not of the hurglary. The following were also enrivicied of felonies,viz.—W.Sai mon, for ste,ding lead ; J. Moody, for stealing a piece of beet; C. Skinner, fur stealing a quantity of beef; R. Abbott, the stealing a silk hactlkeerhiel; .1. Barker, fur steal:lig several wine glasses, and R. Smith and J2Heatli, for stealing a silk handkerchief; And one vas acipt.tlett. TIit!'RSDAY. William Them., Robert Woes, John Close, Jane Mort ht toran, rutif liannoti anti 94ri.li Powell, were severalty' convicted of various copilot offences. FRIDAY. c,. r.; : e. !ate a *Mt mercer and hnheravileer in Crealroarft Street, Leicester Fieldl, wa. put to the Ivir, charred with not: hat tug rustle a full di•elo.tire tit 4i. effi cis, helot e the Co lo .. missioners of Itvukrtipt•, in hi. several exalt oo iss atinn. before the Coutini.sinner.. after a Curumission of Bankruptcy had been awarded nesin.t Mr. s ee i en ot it.eianquet. Mr. Monism Mr. Alley, and Mr. tb!p:lirt were fur trie proarention ; and Mr. Serjeant Copley, Mr. COrM01) , 1, and Mr. Andrew., fur the prisoner. The Jury having retired for ten minutes. returned anti found the pri.ourr Guilty—Death. The trial lasted trews ele Ten in the tout ring until