The National Register. — London, England, 1820-10-01 00:00:00

al 8 THE KING. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—ThIE day a most nu memos and highly respo:•tuble meeting of tne town of Portsea was held at the Society's Hall, pursuant to a requisition handed to Sir Samuel Spicer. Sir Samuel was irumudiately voted to the Chair. The purport of the meeting was then announced by Professor Inman, who declared that lie would allow no town to stand more Ihrward in its attachment to the illustriousrrioit they were about to address than the town of Portsea; but as they were not met there to discuss any party question, he trusted they would frame such an ad.iress as should totally exclude politics, and one, lie trusted, that should bt unani mously adopted. He concluded by again stating, • that more loyal subjects than the people of Portsea did not exist. Thomas Grant, Esq. seconded the motion of Mr. Innian, that an address of the above tenor should be immediately prepared. The address was then brought in and agreed to. Sir George Grey, Commissioner of his Majesty's Dock-yard, then observed, that he had refrained, during the proceedings of the day, from uttering any sentiment whatever, until the address had been approved of, that it might not be supposed his opi nion should influence any one ; he trusted his presence had hot had that influence. He then acknowledged the inward and heartfelt satisfaction which he this day enjoyed in meeting so respectable a company to address their King; and he could now proudly assure himself, that the Gentlemen present attached to his Majesty's Dock-yard were totally unbiassed by him in their conduct of the day, He would declare he never did, nor ever would, attempt to bias any person connected with the Duck-yard. He concluded by complimenting the company on their attachment to his Majesty, and assured them that he knew his Majesty's sentiments, who, when he was in his presence, had declared himself highly pleased with the former loyal expressions of the town of Rinses, and he trusted his Majesty would receive this address with his usual affability. The Chairman, Sir Samuel Spicer, was then re quested to w rite to the King's Secretary, to be in twined when it would meet his Majesty's pleasure to receive the address. It was then resolved, that upon receiving his Majesty's wishes, a deputation, consisting of the gentlemen who prepared the address, headed by Sir Samuel Spicer, should convey it to his Majesty. It being suggested that as probably his Majesty would receive the address either at Cowes or Spithead, it would be more respectful, and more fully meet the wishes of the inhabitants, that they should proceed on board the yacht in procession ; the same was most enthusiastically cheered, and Sir George Grey, in the handsomest manner, offered his yacht and b..rge to forward the object of their wishes. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to Sir Samuel Spicer, fur his promptitude in calling the meeting. Before the night set in, above 3,000 signatures were attached to the address. His Majesty this day received the Ryde address; to-morrow he receives the Gosport and I'ortsea ad dresses. The Gosport address will be presented by SatnuelJellicoe, Esq. AarcoorE.—An old =idea lady who was a most deter mined espouser of the cau.e of the Pi eteuder, happened to to be possessed of a beautiful canary b.rd, whose vocal powers were the 1111111111311 Ce of one half of tLe neighbourhood, and the admiration of the oilier. Lord Peterborough was very solicitous to procure this bird, as a present to a favour ite female, who had wt her heart on being mistrees of this little musical wonder; neither his Lordships entreaties nor his bribes (fluid prcvnil, but so able a acguciator was not to be easily foiled—be took an opportunity of changing the Iliad, and subs • itin.; another in its cage, during some lucky moment alien her vigilant protector was off leer guard. The clvingelhez ass precisely like the original, except in that particular respect which alone constituted its cattle it was a perfect mute, and had more taste fur seeds than for songs,— Immediately after the manceuvre, that battle which utterly ruined the hopes of the Pretender took place ; a decent in. terval . had elapsed, when his Lordship summoned up resolu tam to call again on the old lady ; iu order to smother all suspicion of the trick lie had pia) ed upon her. he was nbosit to effect a great Anxiety for the pos•ession of the tint ; she saved him all the trouble on that score by aodicipatiu;, as she thought, his errand, exclaiming •• 0, no, Lord, then you are come again, I presume, to coat me out of my dear little idol, but It is all in vain, he is now dearer to me than ever I 1 would not part with him for his rage full of gold— would you believe it, my Lord, from the raiment that his Gracious Sovereign wns defeated, MC Heed little fellow has net atteted a fifa . ;!.! word: 11 Last week the corpse of a man was found near the h,.rbour ot Pori patrick, which is supposed to have floated down the front the I,le of Man, or near that place. He had been a passenger on board the 'howl cutler, which trades between Douglas, Whitehaven, ke. awl when on the passage, and in the act of jibing the vessel, this passenger was carried overboard by the boom. The body had a glove on one hand, and a gold watch in the fob, some hank-notes iu a pocket-book, and silver iu the pocket. Ile had been some tune in the water, and it is conjectured that he is one of the English riders sent out to take orders. On Thursday last the Rev. R. F. Blake, clerk, was instituted to the Rectory Bradbeld, if, the Comity of Norfolk, on the presentation of the R: 6 !it lion. Wm. A.3ltetutt, Baron Suffield. THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOSS OF THE HON. COMPANY'S CRUISER THE ARIEL, IN THE PERSIAN GULPH. EICTRACI OF A LETTER FROM IROMR AY FROM ONE OF THP: ►NUR PERSONS WlllO ESCAPED. " We left Bassorah on the 12th of NI arch 1820, and had a tedious passage down the Euphrates, On the 17:h we bore off Hiatt'', an island about 40 miles from Bushire. During the night of the 17th it blew fresh, ►with a considerable sea. Abort 3a. m. of the 18th it fell calm, was Wad: and clo t h', with thunder anC lightning. The mainsail ►was battled up, and the top sails wt. re lowered snail after. About half past three a sudden squall tame from the northward, accompanied with thunder lightning, and rain. I was in bed, but awake. I tented out on hearing the wind ; and as our birth opened on the main-hatchway, I went out and mood between decks to see what was the matter.— As I looked up, the vessel keeled, the water came rushing over the larboard gunwale, the launch went over the side, and and at the same time I her.rd a crash above me, whtt•h must have been the mainmast. At this time I heard a horrid shriek, and found myself below water. " All this must have taken place in less than a mi nute and a half from the first coining on the squall. On eu ing to the surface I loand myself among pieces of boards, and haerd a few men around. I, however, felt myself irresistably pulled below the water, and Went to the depth of three or four fathoms before the power that drew me desisted. There was nothing had hold of me, but some power I could not overcome, drawing me. It was the vortex formed by the sinking vessel. On reaching the surface a second time, and swimming a little, I saw a boat bottom up, towards which I made, sod got upon it. Hearing some people in time water mar me, (for it was quite dark and rainy), I called out, and was joined by six nr seven inure of may unfortunate companions. All else was quiet, except the tossing of the waves, and Ma cries of a little boy at a distance, but to whom we could give no assistance. In a few minutes he sunk, and we were left the remainder of 83 persons, whoa kw minutes before had no idea of danger. The squall was now over, hut a heavy sea continuing, made the canoe roll over and over, which always threw us to sonic distance in the water and exhausted us very much. After tumbling about i❑ this way for smite time, three or For men could stand it no longer, and dropped off. There were now four of us only reinaitting, of 83 persons who composed the ships company, and expecting every moment to share the same fate. However, we at last contrived to right the boat, and kept her on her keel, although hill of water, by placing a few s;'ars accross the gunwale, which prevented her from rolling. We fas tened these with strips of our shirts and handkerchiefs, and eat upon them. At daybreak, the lands of Har rah was seen, about 12 miles distant. We also saw the high land about Bushire, but that was far off. At this time we were joined by two other men, who had kept near us on a spar mai! our little raft should be ready One of these poor fellows died before we reached the shore. Satiug upon this swamped boat, naked, and every sea coming over us, we continued to drill towards the island, and ahout two p.m. we got within a mile or two of the beach, and expected in half an hour more to land. At this time 1 observed that the tide lavga I/ to set us oil again, and drift us round the island. As we were evidently leaving the shore List, it was proposed to swim ashore, but on making the experimeta we ffintal our selves weak, and time distance so great, that we were glad to put about, and with great difficulty sonic of us reached the canoe. Luckily the current soon changed and rem us back again, and a little after sun•sct we were cast upon a reef of locks, over which waded till we got upon dry land. After walking two or three hours along the beach, we arrived at the town, and were immediately taken to the Shiek. We remained there three days, and dining that time received every attention and kindness welcould expect. On the 22d March the Snick gave us a boat, mu which we arrived at 11.ashire the same even ing. We kit Bushire on the 28th, and arrived here a few days ago. alarm in Sl. Sepulchre's Church.—About seven o'clock yesterday, while the evening service was performing in the church of St. Stpllithre, a young mall of reSntCl i able appearance, a native of Konigsberg, named lints tein, entered the church, and, turning towards the • organ gallery, fired a pistol at the organ. The congre gation, who were at that time chanting a part of the service, were throw'. into the greatest consternation and alarm. The exercise of devotion Were interrtipted, and a general cry was raised to st la: the offender lle was immediately !,ecitred, and carried to the C liter. Oil ins apprehension he manifested no symptoms of fear Of regret, and appeared, wiles) tak.:n w the Col.llner, to lie Compos,l and self-satislied. When walking up the aisle, Mier tiring Ow pistol, he scattered profusely print ed copies of the following sentence, which at once shows the getier.d derangement of his mind and particular direction which his previous isrejudice had given to his insanity:— " The abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, that shall stand in the holy place, is the organ :—t is the image of the kingdoin of Antichrist; the music Baby lon the beast." 11 is pockets were filled with copies of the same rhap sody, which plainly evinced his meditated hostility to the gift of St. Cecilia. We remember that the Scotch covenanters, in their pious abbot rence of church instru mental music, called the organ a cites/fatty . whistles ; and no doubt this act of insanity was perpetrated under a similar imprevion that the use of the organ was a profanation of religiiso and an insult to Heaven. Since he has beets in the Compter lie has been recognised, and several other instances of Ins insanity, unconnected wilt religion, have been detailed. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Gibraltar, dated Sept. 7.—.. By advice to-day from Tangier, it cppears, that an Algerine squadron, consisting of two corvettes and a schooner, passed these Straits to the westward, on the 4tli A corvette, of 24 guns, stood into Tangier, but immediately re joined the others and made sail." COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. The excellent Comic Oisera of Love in a Village was repesented on Thursday night at this horse, chiefly for the purpose of introducing Mr. horn, as Young Meadows. This Gentleman is known to the public as a composer as well as a vocal performer; and the absence of three or four years seems to have been turned to good account, as he returns to the metropolis with a voice and powers considerably improved. He now manages a voice of much power with increased energy. This is a great advantage to him, as his former efforts were mainly de ficient in animation. He gave " Still in hopes to get the better," in a spirited style, and highly effective strain. His articulation was good, 311 d the general performance as toicible as it was skilful. It was warmly encored. His execution of " Oh I how shall I in language weak," reflected credit on his science and taste. It was impres sive, and highly melodious. He was throughout the character, greeted by the audience in a very flattering manner. Miss Greene played Boerne, and performed the several airs, fitc. in a style of cultivated and musical excellence that warrants the favourable opinion which we expressed of her on her first appearance. Her voice is one of great compass and much melody; her judg ment is very promising; and her skill is of a superior order, though she does not appear to have adopted any very decided style of singing. The Hawthorn of Mr. Taylor afforded entertainment, and the audience heartily cheered his eulogium on early hours and an active life —he mentioned It to be " a maxim with him, that a bale cobhler was a better man than a sick King. A Ballet, called Annette and Lubin, was afterwards performed by the Fareiguers from the Opera House; and notwithstanding die adroit and skilful manner in which they tripped it on the light fantastic toe, the visitors of the " National" Theatre, greeted them as un ceremoniously as usual. This sort of reception, at what are called our regular winter and " National" Theatres, although not very liberal, is not unprecedented. Mr. Garrick went to great expellee in Importing dancers from Paris to perform in his Chinese Festival, we think was the name of the Piece; but so strong was the oppo sition of the audience, that the Public would not only not encourage them, but they compelled Mr. Garrick to succumb to diem. On the present occasion, however, the Opeta dancers seem to merit snore generous treat ment, when the laudable motive of their limited en gagement is remembered. Lieences.—.lf any thing were wanting to prove the want of the needful in the Exchequer, the docu ment copied beneath (which isf or the first time now serving on every Beer, Spirit, and Wine Merchant and Dealer) will supply the vacuum. This mea sure has a further political bearing: the money it will bring in before the sth proximo, will lend a little comfortable assistance in bolstering up the re• ceipt item in the national accounts for the quarter, ending that day. Some of these notices have no name affixed to them, and we should be glad to he informed of the cause of the omission, and also under what Act a fine can be levied for the non payment of monies nut due. We shall make nc, fur ther comment on the subsequent very extraordinary notice, as we have reason to believe that it will becomo a matter of Parliamentary discussion. (LITERAL co.)Pli Excise-office, Sept. 29, 1820. SIR,—You are required immediately, or ilt,e leeeipt of this notice, to renew your Beer, Spiri., As - Vine Li cences, which expire on the lOtb day of October next t otherwise the several penalties of 501. for each Licence will be enforced. ALARMING FlRE.—Friday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at the house of Mr. Fisher, corn-chandler, in the Broadway, West minster, which was consumed, as were also Cook's rating-house, Holland's putatoe warehouse, and Mr. Cooper's an apothecary. It raged with such fury that the whole neighbourhood was terrified for the safety of their dwellings. A thick party-wall of Holland's house pre vented its extending towards Tothill-street ; hut the won' shifting, and directing the flames towards Little Chapel Street, several of the buildings inikred injury, as dud the Castle public-house and the back of the tenements in Castle-court. Nu lives are said to be lost, though Hol land was forced out of the one-pair of stairs window; his st.irrant jumped out with papers to a large amount. Tne Lea 11111?atf 111 Coach, On its way hum that fare to London, last Friday night, was overturned. We regret to state that two little girls, belonging to Mr. Carr, of Drury-lane Theatre (who have so freve%ily appeared as the yoting Princes in Richard the I hint, with Mr. Kean, amid who had been pet-hawing those characters at some of Mr. Elliston's provincial Theatres), were much hurt. This, it is understood, would nut have been the case but for the brutality of a tnan, their fellow traveller inside, who, after the coach lay on the ground, felt so violently anxious for his own satiny, that instead of rendering any assistance ►o the children, trod on the neck of the eldest in effecting his hasty flight Irons the vehicle, and fractured her collar.bone in a very severe manner. The children were conveyed back to Leamington, (a distance of 21 miles from the spot where the accident occurred) in a post chaise, and we are happy to learn are in a lair way of recovery. of On Monday morning Mr. ilopper, the garpencr the Society of the Middle Temple, picked up 17 dead sparrows (some of them old cock-birds,)drenched. with rain, viz. 11 within and outside the railing (4 the fountain, in Garden-court, three before his own door, and three in the garden. Mr. Hopper has been gardener to the society upwards of 30 'cart:, and no such circuut,tance had occurred during that period of