The National Register. — London, England, 1819-04-18 00:00:00

Arm!. 13, MYDROPIIOBI4 -OP John Leadheater, of Sleetlivid, expired of this dread" fill malady on Tuesday morning, after two clays of its describable and even unimaginable sufferings. There is a secrecy shim, the access, the latency, the action, and the issue of this destroyer, almost as impenetrable as the realities of the invisible world, which we know to exist without the possibility of apprehending their mode of existence by any of our senses. The escapes limn its visitation, outlet circumstances when there appears every probability that the infection has been directly cos ttttt u nicated by the bite of a rabid animal, are us unaccount able as the exhibition of it in the system of those who have no recollection that they could have been inocem later( with the venom through any means beyond touch ing what may be touched with impunity by any body, The latter was the case of the deceased. He had, at the utmost, carelessly handled a dog, that died of what is vulgarly called " the distemper," and through scarce imperceptible puncture of the skin, the contagion entered as quietly AS a ray of light falls upon the eye, and was on :istingssished among the millions of momentary sen sations that form the links of that chain of conscious existence, which is felt in the whole, while the parts are too minute and evanescent to be detected and separated by the most exquisite scrutiny. During the progress sof his agonies, the deceasetl possessed perfect presence of mind, and, except under the highest paroxysms of in voluntary exasperation, manifested the most gentle, con. siderate and compliant disposition. Towards Isis wife he seemed a tenderness most affecting to the beholders, and indeed the horrors of his situation were softened beyond any thing that they had ever heard of persons soagonized, by the amiable and genera's feelings of an unsophisti cated heart, frequently bursting forth with passionate expressions of gratitude, attachment, and good will. He seemed to die by too rapid a combustion of life, as if the flame that in the course of nature might have warmed and cheered existence for forty years to come, had all been condensed and expended its the space or two days; ' sensibility being so quickened that a drop of liquid was as difficult to swallow as the ocean, and a breath of air as terrible as a blast of the Simoom. Letters from the Duke of Clarence give very un favourable accounts of the state of Hanover, as far as relates to domestic comfort. House rent his Royal Highness represents equally high as in Lon don ; and the expenses in food and raiment, in some respects still greater. "Hanover," his Royal High ness adds, " is no longer the same Hanover it was before the entre of the French troops." His Royal Highness concludes by declaring, that nothing shall prevent his return to Old England. _ . Letters from Hanover, dated the ed instant state, that the Infant Princess Charlotte Augusta Loui a, was interred on the 29th ult. The body was put into a coffin, covered with red velvet and gold fringe, and at midnight was placed on a bier, covered with black, where it lay in state. At one the funeral took place ; four Court Trumpeters placed the coffin on the bier. The chief Mourners were Count Mayo, and the General of Artillery Von Deiken, who represented their Royal High nesses the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge. The coffin was deposited in the church next to the Elec tor Ernest Augustus. The Court Chaplain, Sexto, read the funeral service. Friday the Royal Family, &e. received letters from the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge at Ila nover; the contents of them are very favourable. The Duke of Clarence has recovered from his late attack; the Duchess is gaining strength, and going on very well towards recovery. The Duchess of Cam bridge and the young Prince arc going on well in every respect. The letters are dated the Bth inst. Letters front Malta, dated the 11th of March, were received in town on Thursday, but they are wholly silent concerning the hurricane said to have happened there from the 7th to the 10th of the month, and which was stated to have destroyed property to the amount of 2,000,000/. sterling. Some difficulty having been experienced at Madrid and the principal cities in Spain in procuring salt fish on occasions when solemn fasts are observed, the Spanish Government, in order that an adequate supply might be obtained in future, had reduced the duty on this commodity, which was before very high, to half of what it originally stood. The im portation at Cadiz and other ports has in conse quence been considerable. Letters from Ballimorc, in Aincrica, state, that six beautiful Devon betters, and a huh of till' same breed, are just arrised there as a present from Mr. Coke, of Norfolk,tn 'Mr. Patterson, wnose daughter ts as St) un fortunately united to Jerome Bonaparte. The paragraph from Vienna in the last Hailiburgh mail, relative to Prince Leopold, is, we understand, in a very material respect erroneous. It is true that his Royal Highness has purchased a 110 US.• in the neigh bourhood of that city for the sum of seven thousand pounds sterling, hut nut for his own residence, as his Highness reliantly returns to Erz,larid in the course of next month. lie will reside at Claremont during the summer, and at Nlarlburnoph-hoine, Pall-mall, in the sinter. The house which his highness has purchased THE NA tIONAL ItEGISTER. at Vienna is not at any season huehaled for himself, but for his brother, to whom he has made a iwvirot of it. Letters from Petersburgh of the 16th ultimo mention, that Prince Gustavus of Sweden (soil of King Gusta vus IV.) hus obtu n. rl permission of the Emperor, his uncle, to proceed to England, for the purpose of corn !define his 3 itiliee at Oxford. It is said that is great Pre tentate 6a, settled up ou Prince Gustavus an allowance of ,wo thousand pounds sterling per ammo durine the residence of the latter in Ent:Lind, and that oil the re turn his ho)al highness to the Continent lie is to ( . 31)11t13e. 1114 ("omit', a Priiii•rms of Hesse Cassel, who, its rumor he correct, has lately rejected a matrintouial alitmee with time hew Swedish Dynsqly. After narrating the military parades, &c., at. Richmond, in America, in honour of the e•end of February, a journal says—" A melancholy catas trophe closed the day. Col. W. Tatham, so well known in England and this country for his acquaint ance with civil engineering, who Les been residing in this situ for two or three years, but whose utility was conAderahly arrested by an unfortunate habit to which he had become addicted, was destined on that day to breathe his last. In a moment of intem perance, as he stood by the piece of artillery which wrar firing the evening salute, be exclaimed that he wished to die. As the second gun was about to fire, and immediately after the commanding officer had given the word, " fire !" Colonel Tatham prc sented himself in front of the muxale of the piece, and by its discharge, his abdomen was almost lite rally blown to pieces. His body was raised a few feet in the air by the explosion, and he fell upon his face without uttering one word that was heard by the by-stunders. Colonel Tatham died without any family : circumstances had stripped life of much of its attractions in his eves. He was a man of great information, of great b "resins , and of great resource of mind : but to this melancholy end he has arrived " Accounts from Cadiz on Monday state, that the Viceroy of Peru, in order to preserve a communica tion with such ports as were occupied by the Pa triots, had given notice of his intention to purchase several ships, which were to be armed ; and as Lima had been thrown open to the British trade, he had no difficulty in procuring vessels. Several of them were of a large tonnage. RevEL, Feb. 20. (March 4.)—The navigation hitherto has not been closed—a circumstance that has not occurred in the recollection of the oldest person here. The Select Committee on the Melbourne Port Petition, which have met every day since the ad journment, terminated their labours on Thursday, and came to a resolution, that the Sitting Members were duly elected. The spirit of emigration from Portsmouth con tinues unabated. Every packet for Havre conveys numerous passengers destined for America; and not less than 500 Englishmen are supposed to be now at Havre, waiting for a fair wind, many of whom have been there upwards of a month. About 70 persons, chiefly artisans and mechanics, with women and children, amounting in the whole to at least 200, have embarked during last week, intending to pro ceed Brom Havre in an American brig belonging to Baltimore, which has been taken up expressly for the purpose. The expences of the voyage are to be defrayed out of a fund which has been accumulating for some time past by a small weekly subscription, and the total charge for each passenger is said to be less than 41. _ _ Extract of a letter, dated Madrid, March 21 : " According to the information contained in the commercial advices, it would appear that the Vice- Royalty of Mexico may be considered to be in a state of tranquillity ; the Patriot bands having almost entirely disappeared, and those that remain are timid from the smallness of their numbers.— With regard to affairs in Peru, they do not wear that tranquil app , urance. It is said to be menaced by formidable armaments, both by land and sea; and it is supposed that the succour expected from the mother country will arrive too late to save Lima. Six millions of piastres, anti also consider able quantities of cochineal and other valuable arti cles of merchandise, had arrived at the Havatinala and would be immediately shipped for Cadiz." Turn ARCHBISHOP OP JERVSAt EM. Syrian Conanitter.-A ►leeting was held on Thursday at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the !air t ime of taking lease of the Archbishop of Jerusalem, on his return to his native country.—Lord Teignmouth in the Chair Mr. Pratt stated, that the subscription which had been raised amounted to upwards of 4301. sterling, 1001. of which had been presented to the Archbishop that morning. The Archbishop, in a long speech, which was interpreted by Mr. Owen, returned the meeting his most sincere and heartfelt thanks. and expressed his gratitude for the genemus hospitality with which he was received in En gland.—The Archbishop intends leaving England in a few da:... 123 Ntiv CATHOLIC CitArm—Thursday evening, above 200 Gentlemen, friends of the magnificent Catholic Chapel, building in Moorfields, dined at the London Tavern, in flia.ainate-street. The Duke of Norfolk, who took the chair, was accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Poynter. the Earls of Surrey and Shtewßbury, Lord Clifford, Sir George Jcrningham, Sir Henry Inglefield, and several ethers of the Catholic Nobility; also by the Archbishop of Jeru salem, and several persons of distinction not Catho lics. The object of the meeting was to Imonote sub scriptions for defraying the cupences of the Chapel, and they amounted in the course of the evening to upwards of Itool. The corporation of London have bberally grin ted the freeholduf the wound in Motu.- fields, on which the t. impel is buihling. Miss Kelly has been playing at the Durham and Sunderland Theatres with very great success. A considerable degree of sensation has been produced at hneertiess, by the stoppage of the Bank at that ',Lice. It was the only establishment of that description there ; and, as may be expected, many persons will softer. ROYAL HUNT.—Monday being Easter Monday, the Royal Stag Hounds were appointed to Hunt. i Afield Plain being the place appointed Air the deer to be start ed, a numerous assemblage of spintsnico were in at tendance at an early hour. together with several h !red on foot, and great numbers in chaise arts, &c. At halt pest ten o'clock a remarkably fine deer was turned out ut a cart for the day's sport, by the Royal huntsman. Immediately the deer started with great speed across the plain towards ih nod, to St. Leonard's WI, taking to tile left towards die New Lodge, where he ran with very greet speed through the enclosures to the Thatnes, mad crossed it near Surly Hall. The sportsman aild hounds were 111 consequence obliged to make for the town of Windsor, which they passed through to the great amuse ment of the inhabitants and pai•sengers, and also through So'lll after the cliaec wos resumed across the country, making for the bath road, to the left of !-)alt Hill, leaving Ridstrode to the right, crossed the Cx bridge road, taking to the right thsough the fields and enclosures in the line for Watford, in Hertfordshire. The deer then took his course rather to the right, and I passing on some distance, it was taken near Harrow, after a most excellent run of upwards of four boors. Most of the sportsmen were knocked up and throw!! out. There were but very few up when the deer was taken. Dormg the chase the def.'. crossed 'elm-al canals. Cureji,r Suprradiun.—Miners are known to be a an perAitions race. Then supeistition, however, is some times made a pretext for idleness. There is a recipe for et rr ~ g this species of the disorder. In come iatensive mines in Wales, the men frequently saw the Devil ; and when once he had been seen, the men would work no more on that day. This evil became serious, for old Hiclzehtib repeated his visits so often, as if he had a de sign to injure the proprietor. That gLitileman at last called his men together, and told them it was very cer tain that the Devil never appeared to any body who had not deserved to be an terrified, and that as he was deter mined to keep no rogues about him, he was resolved to discharge the first man that saw the Devil again. Time remedy was as effectual as if lie had turned a streaias of holy water into the mines. Redundancy of Population.—A few days since a poor woman of the name of Wood, who resides in Queen street, Itussell-street, Brighton, WaS delivered of two fine girl' , ; the same woman, two years ago, had two boys. These children are in good health, as well as four others previously born, making a total of eight, which the father and mother, whose earnings at present ate but right siiitivs a tank, have to suppart, without any other relief than the payment of the lent of the small home they live in, which is allowed by the parish of Balcombe. Anecdote of .41. hat Mirta, Crown Mince of Persia.— Abbas Nlirza, Crown Prince of Persia, is one of tiie most iemarkahle !Iwo of our times. lie was born in :lie sear 1782, and every one expects great changes ivhcti lie ascends his father's throne. His ititercourse with learned Europeans; his speaking the English and French languages very fluently ; his iutroduction of European military system and discipline, and ffirmiti,7, on that system a body of 0:11 thousand infantry, and a considerable corps of artillery, and other measores, dir play a until of no common order. Abbas Ali,za isnot a mere soldier, lon his liner qualities render him slid more worthy of the throne. Alcune N'fin Kluge. bite rclaies the following hon o urable alio...dote of him '• The llossian Ambassador," says lie, " peu•eived in the garden belon g ilig to the Prifiee, a projeciing corner of an old wall, which made a very ugly contrast with the rest, rod disfigured the prospect. Ile asked Abbas Musa why he did not have it pulled down I "Only think, - replied the Prince, I have bought this garden from several proprietors in order to make sonic di ti. magnificent ; the proprietor of she place where the wall projects is au old peasant, Meanly person who pGaisively refused io sell me his piece of land, as he would tint rut with it at a:iy price, it being an old family posses- Nino. I must confess it is very vexations, Intl, nativist'. siaiolin i z, I honour hint slit Ina attachment to his fore. fatliftrs, and still more fur his boldness in refusing it me : 101 l I will wait till au heir of his shall be won reason able." On Smiinlay last a man naintel Harbour was appre lietiltal for stealing two horses, on the previous night. from the Earl of Albemarle. which he °Rem, for sago near Diss. in Norf"lk, 101 V. in.. whrathe mitt* (Others %1 as estimated at WV rtiotas. 1 I 1