The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-14 00:00:00

M ARCH 1 I. The following is an extract of rcleker'Ewan vcrpool, dated March 8:—" The ship.carpenters at this port struck their worl: this day fur an advance of wages: they have hitherto conducted the niselves (I.detly, and without any disposition to riot ; and I doubt not but the business will ::non be settled be tween them and their employers. The agent for the Spanish Government has succeeded in engaging two vessels at this port as transports, for cow:eying troops to South America—the Clarence, of 316 tons and the. Wellington, of 365 tons. It is understood they pay three months its advance." Letters from Madrid and Cadiz to the 26th ult. have been received. They mention that the Patri otic privateers, which swarmed on different parts of the coast, have committed some fresh depredations. Vessels proceeding to Santander, Gijon, and other port-t. were obliged to sail under convoy, and a fleet of 14 ships had just loft Cadiz, under the protection of a frigate. It .was ascertained that it was impossible that the expedition for South America could sail from Spain by May next, the time originally fixed by the Government for its departure, as the trans ports taken up by the agents in England and France would not reach Cadiz sufficiently early. Tho end of June was spoken of as the period when the arma ment would be despatched. Lloyd's books on Wednesday presented a very sin gular appearance, there being only one line entered on them, which was the arrival at Liverpool of the line, Goulding, from Oporto; and what is still more remarkable, there was not a single vessel en tered at the Custom-house that day, nor one passed Gravesend from any port abroad. Caut;ca.-01 ate, a set of fellows, who cover them selves w idi soot, and have the appearance of chimney sweepers, have been committing depredations in 44- ferent parts of the town with impunity. They are in the habit of calling at different gentlemen's houses, and . make enquiiry of the servants if the citimnies want sweeping; and on being admitted for that purpose, they rob the place of valuable property, which they conceal in their soot has, and leave the place undetected. fluty on Coal;,—The justice and humanity of the present application to Parliament for relief from the present enormous and unequal Coal Duties, is manifest from the following facts :—s poor family in London and its neighbourhood consumes annu ally about two Llialdron of Coals, which of the Lest quality, at the present price, costs 5/. t 2s. L. s. d. L. &d. The Duties on which amount to 0 19 The Cost of the Coals at Newcastle 1 14 0 512 0 Expenses of Frei4ht and incidental Charges 2 18 4 While the inhabitants of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, York, Bristol, and all Scotland do not pay one farthing Duty, they have no freight to pay, Cie charges for canal carriage on each amount sel dom to more than 3s. or 4s. If the present appli cation be succesrfol, a consumer of two chaldrons of Coals will probably save the 19s. Bd. •luty, and also doubtless obtain them much cheaper from the com petition of the Staffordshire Coals, which will then be allowed to come to London. The singularly mild temperature of this winter, and the want of frost and snow, is not confined to our own island, but is equally observed in all parts of the European Continent. In Sweden, and most • parts of Russia, they have had, instead of the usual degree of cold, a temperature of several degrees above the freezing point. This has been the case even in F.apland, to the north of Tornea, where, instead of the usual cold of 20 degrees of Resumer, they have had 6 degrees of warmth. This want of frost and snow is complained of as a serious incon venience, by preventing the eouveyunee of the iron ore from the mines in Saeden, to the smelting houses ; and in Russia, the earrirge of goods from the interior to the seaports thr exportatiuu, which is regularly done in the winter, wheu the hard frozen ground, covered wilt snow many feet deep, affords a solid, even, and commodious road. The Duke of Wellington presided on Wednesday at the Anniversary Dinner of the " Friends of Foreigners in Distress" He was supported on his right and left by the Russian Ambassador and the Saxon Minister. Mr. Wilberforce was among the company, The toasts and songs were of the usual description: the only novelty was the toast proposed by the Duke of Wellington : " Their Majesties the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and the King of Wurtemberg, the Protectors of the Insti tution," which was hailed with three times three, and was followed by an assurance on the . part of the I)uke, that " the high personages whose health they had drank, were not less illustrious for their Christian philanthropy than for their deeds in arms It was the twelfth anniversary of this laudable institution. It appeared front the report, that between 9.000 and 10,000 persons have been relieved since the commencement of this society-- The collection we believe was three times greater THE NATIONAL REGISTER. than on any former occasion. Among the subscri b rs were the Archduke Maximilian, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Sun Carlos, and Mr. Wilberforce. An old companion in arms of General Piclo'grn has recently bout to school at Orleans to commence, at the age of 52, the study of theology for the church. Boonaparte said one dm• to the physician, De signates, ":Medicine is an art of assassins." And what dues your Majesty think that of conquerors is,' was V.e reply, which fur a inotn;att confused even the Corsican: Mr Cobbett's sagacity i 3 truly wonderful. He has published a letter in an American newspaper. In alluding to the Bank forgeries, he says, he anti cipated on the llth of December, " the blowing up of the whole thing," and declares (and who will doubt his veracity ), that for his own part, "he would not give a New York sixpence for aden pound Bank of Englan , l ;wk.'!" The whole of the late Queen's Servants have re ceived notice that the amount of their respective salaries will be continued to them, by way of pen- sion, for life; and at the same time they have been informed that they will be expected to quit the apart ments which they still occupy in the different lloyal Establishments on the sth of next month. The claims of the English merchants on the Court of Russia, for the value of 140 vessels and cargoes under neutral flags, detained by the Government at Petersburgh in the year 1810, are likely at length to be adjusted. It will be recollected that a depu tation, at the head of which was Mr. Alderman Rowc;oft, was sent from London to the Russian capi tal. to seek compensation from the Emperor for losses sustained by British subjects. As the Emperor Al exander was at Aix-la-Chapelle at the time of the arrival of the deputation, the memorial was forward ed to our Minister, and from him to the hands of the Emperor. An answer to it has non been re ceived, and we are informed that it is of a satisfac ' tory nature. The amount is very Large, as the whole 140 vessels had valuable cargoes tsn beard, chiefly colonial produce. Funeral of Lady Ellenborough.—At an early hour on Friday morning, the remains of Lady Ellenbor °ugh were rernov ftom his Lordship's hose, in Hertford street, May fair . ; the cavalcade moved at half past 6, and consisted of f o ur mutes on horse. back, six horsemen in black cloaks, Sze.; the hearse, containing the body, enclosed in a coffin covered with superb . crimson velvet, elegantly ornamented with silver gilt nails, coronets, &c. with a plate bearing the inscription " Olivia, Lady Ellcnborough, daughter of Robert Stewae, Marquis of London. decry, died the sth of March, 1819, aged 27," Et-- lowed by five mourning coaches and four, with seve. nd carriages of the nobility, Sze. ltproceetleil down Piccadilly, Pall Mall, over NVestminster Bridge to Foots Cray, where his Lordship and other relatives joined the mournful procession, and accompanied it to the family vault at North Crary, Kent. About half-past twelve o'cloci on Monday night, a malt-house on St. Frith's green, Maidstone, was discovered to be on fire. Wood forming a principal part of the building, and being very dry, it burned with such rapidity, that in about twenty minutes the whole was destroyed. For u short tittle, a boase adjoining, and the alms-houses nearly adjoining, were in geeat dtmger, but fortunately escaped The fire caused rat consternation for some time, and the poor people livi tg in tl•e ttlins.houses, aroused from their beds and half naked, endeavouring to save their giotis frem destruction, presented a very dis tressing scene. On Saturday 1 t‘t, ahotit clevn o'clock at night, a most destructive fire broke out in the extensive water corn m.lls at Chester, which, notwithstand ing every exertion of men and engines, raged with such impetuosity, that in the short space of three hours, scarce a vestige remained to mark the scite of the building. One man, in endeavouring to saw: some property, fell a victim to the devouring ele ment, and was literally burnt to u cinder. Urcat part of the property is insured, the total less of which is estimated at thirty thousand pounds. Colonel Wrench, the proprietor of the building, is the great est sufferer. C'onnida.—Thorstlay night, between seven and eight o'clock, t:5 convicts were placed in se open caravan, art Neel ite, for the purpose of being scot to the hulks. Hundreds of persons were enlketeu in the Old Bailel, among whom were several (nerds and relauuus of 6fle convicts. Thu latter gave three cheers. Between Bridge-street and iba Obelisk in St. Geurge's•Fields, the road-side was crowded with spectators, A I ietachminit of Lancers had been previously stationed on Blackfriats• bridge. who nuarded the convicts to Sheerness. 'lliey gave repeated cheers while going over Black friars-bridge, and seemed not in the least affected by the chillness of the night, or the prospect of travelling in then melee chialy throughout the whole of it. THEATRES. • Drury•lane Theatre.—A new piece, entitled The . Dwarf of liaplrt, was ushered into life last night, 3114 while the present vitiation of unite hangs on the town, it is exactly of the kind that may safely look fits tem. porary success. The language is above mediocrity, awl some similies of such delicacy and excellence ate in- • traduced as ought to' h ire belonged to a better piece ; but the misfortune of our stage at the present motor tit is, that there is an inversion of system ; instead of a play being written first, and rent afterwards, it is cast lint and then written ; or, in other words, our.great actors arc studied by the author, instead of the author being studied by the actor. The author of Ihe .nude' of .eraples has written the character for Kean, and has availed himself not only of all the adintrahle points of his man, but of all the pauses, starts, and trickeries, which have increased by being tolerated. Tlw story is shortly, that 'lke Dwarf; (Kean) is soured by his defect of person, becomes jealous of his brother's favour with his Sovereign—procures his banishment tinder suspi cion of treason--during his absence employs bravos to murder him—and in the last scene, being foiled in his attempts, rushes on the king to end his erotica by regi cide; he is here too defeated, and he leaves the stage in. violence, taut ala Sir Giles Overreach. The piece was received with great applause, and the epilogue, which contained some very apposite, witty, and good allusions to the last election, pleased so much, that an encore was generally called for, but such repetition is, we believe,. contrary to etiquette. COVENT.GARDEN.—The performance of the hiarrteee of Figaro was merely mentioned its ihi• Noer 11/.4 st eek, vs a promise of subsetitten: notice. It is so exactly our old fa vourite the Follies of' a Day, interspersed with s rigs, that it is unnecessary to give the story ; we there:ore content uuroelvra with giving the following cast of the Dramatis Persona. : The Count, Mr..lones ; Fiorci!o, Mr. Duruset; Figneo, ,fr. Lisiou; the Gardener, Mr. Fawcett ; the Page, till-s Beaumont ; the Countess, Mr,. Dirkuns ; and Sus train, Miss Stephen:. It may be simposed that the union of such talent produced an electrical effect. Mrs. Dickons, who has so rare!) toren before tie public since her return to her native conntr: e has rel . :unity not lost any thing in voice, and hits most surely added to her science. Miss Stephemis appeared to he oil the alert, delennine.l mai ll sly to emulate 'he excellencies of her seniur—she succeeded admirably, pat ticulatly in those parts where her cuaracteristse sweetness had an oppor,unity of display. The music, which Is composed, arranged. and adapted by Bishop, is good—in same instances excellent. We have only timc 'to notice in the first art is duet, between Mouser and Miss Stephens and a song hv, Mrs. DicLons beautifully executed, each isf which was env', red. In the seeded act, it duet between Mrs. Dickens and NlissStephens-.-Mrs. D. dictating a letter to Nlis.S. was more r,ptorow,ly encored than an) thing dee, and it well deserved it -:t was enaugh to , make an Eis4lisbniau proid of his country, to hear mos native talent. la the third act, Duruset Lose is not p!ttistare is not pain," very creditably to himself.• and llrs. Dizkons a !)rotas, in which she astouished the Maim nab her passers. The dance iu the third lict wits admirably nuanced by .ble ss and the pa, de dais ea Hopagmot bet C!.11 insellf and LOppino emptisite heyotal desciiptiou. The.Poece is splendidly gut up, and will have a run. It Wlll announced fur Tue-day uttsisl repeated cherr..—We cannot 'lose this ithout tin ring the illuminated palace by moon-light. which, we thiuk, the fittest effort of ser..-e-paiutiug we ever Law. On Sunday the following bulletin was exhibited of the state of the King's health Witt•bor Castlit, March G. " Ibis Majesty has been generaty cheertul I. • last n.. .. th, but %%hhuttt. any abatement of his uourde His ftlisjcsiy's isusilly health e.mtiiiiies gi.ud." Vile assault wed flriempt et t we're o'clock on 3.londay night six or toed armed 11.1Cli entered the house of hlapr Quin, Valetta, in the comity of Kilkenny., within two miles of Waterford, by the Li— chen window. and brought lighted candles with them. The Major, on heariiu tile noise, stood on the head of the stainowith a double berretled gun, and repeatediy desired the cowardly t illains to come up, that be %AI prepared fi.r tacos if they were twenty in number, and for some rinse kept them at hay. They fired two 61:013 at him, which on his attempting to return both Larrds missed, which- on liter perceiving they rushed np stairs, knocked hint down, amt cut hint on the head xitls the buttsend of a anti, tellmg hint to discover Where he had his money —While they were em ;aged with the N1.1.j0r., a servant girl, itame.l Sionot, got out of a tt,• slew unlit:retired, proceeded to the house of ltr.ek. I)altnis, publican, to glee the alarm, who, with. iris hot. Min John Dalton, Thomas Ryan. a Lyth,c proctor, his assistant William Caulfield, anti IVl',:hael !Int erested itistamiy to the...place of :Letitia Nig its tiros 10 • save the lives of Alajor and Nlrs. Quin, W.IICIIIIICy rr leatedly anti vehemently threatened ;..Caul6eld twili t : the hest who entered fired a pistol, winch he thinks hail effect, as it iinmediately disperad thetn. Pio rick 1)alton, who remained outside tii the Itothe to secure the passage at the window, by which :tie robbers sutered, with a shovel in his hand, seitefL one of !kern muted with a viti, wrested it front hint, and mt his 'staking r tf mede • a WOW at hies with it, which he Inokmit on his head. They were so Amused they took nothnig with them, bon left. behind a pair of shoes, an old hat. two gusts, n sledge hat iiiii er, fond the conker of a Thmgh, with which they itail brokrnt he garden dour th:l the kitchen window. One of the robbers has• been :,ist•re ltemice.„ and fully illentiffedf by NVii.learts Catt:field. There is no doubt - had Dalton and his party aims. flos ' would have appreheinied some, if nut all the •ofsher , ; , they had but one pistollsetiween them, v 4 hich C disc:4.l4yd un cowing the house.—lls'eti.ni .11tr, . • . . . V