The National Register. — London, England, 1820-04-03 00:00:00

TABLE TALK, TOR EVERY DAY IN APRIL. Front Gold and North/owe: London Maga:fine. APItII.I-this month bath the name ab aperiendo, according to V . :aro, because the earth begins to display her treasures to the world. 1.-Easter Evc, and All Fool's Day ; as the former, it is cele brated by fasting, and voluntary sufferings, until dawn next morn ng ; and as the latter, by making es ery person as ridiculous as possible. 1403. Tanyrtane the 'Great died. 4.-Easter Sunday.-33. Jesus Christ celebrated the last Pass over, and instituted the Sacrament in its room. 1791 Copenhagen was bombarded, when Lord Nelson. alter a very bloody engagement, took or destroyed 18 Danish ships of the line. 5,-33. Jesus Christ was crucifies]. at three e'clook in the afternoon. 1016. The Bard of Nature, the glory of Britain, William Shakspeare, died, aged 52. 1798. Louis XVIII. retired to Petersburgh, and was allowed a procession by the Empcior of Russia. 4.-4774. Oliver Goldsmith died, aged 43. 1774. Boston proscribed, and the port shut up by the English Parliament, as punishment for a tint. 5.-33. Jesus Christ rose f:oin the dead. 1605. John Stow, the historian, died, aged S. 1776. Rev. Mr. Grainger dies', suddeuly, as he was adminis tering the Sacrament. 1804. General Pichegru found dead in his prison. supposed to be privately murdered, by order of Buonaparte. 6.-1789. Malta had its Observatory, with its valuable appa ratus and manuscript observations destroyed by hre. 1796.-Dr. G. Campbell. the celebrated opponent of flume on Miracles, died, aged 77. 7.-1710. Iletterton, the player, died, aged 85. 1779. Miss Ileay shot in Covent Garden. 8.-1679. A vinage called Bosi t, near 'l'urin, suddenly sunk, together with above 2' 85 of the inhabitants, and was never after seen. 1795. His present Majesty, George IV. married Caroline- Ainelia-Augusta, the second daughter of the Duke of Brunswick (by Augusta, the eldest sister of his late Majesty.) 0.-1413. Henry V. crowned at Westminster. 1717. Lord Fraser l.ovat was beheaded for high treason. 1810. Sir Francis Burdett wascommitted to the Tower by the House of Commons. 10.-1735. Prides Eugene died, aged 73. He commanded at Bit battle of lioslistet, August 5, 1704; victorious at Tulin, Sept. 7, 1706 ; victorious at Oudenarde, wounded before Lisle, 1708 ; defeated the Grand Vizier at Peterwanlen, August 5, 1716. 11.-1689. William 111. crowned, with Ins Queen. 12.-1702 . William 111. was buried. 1759. George Frederick Handel died, aged 74. 1782. An engagement between Martinique and Guadaloupe. when Admiral Rodney defeated the French going to attack Jamaica, and took five ships of the line, and Admiral Count de Grasse. 11-1661. Charles 11. crowned. 1702. Queen Anne was crowned. 1722. Leslie, the great writer died. 1749. The Radclifitian library i at Oxford. was opened. It was founded by the wll of Dr. Radcliffe. who left 40,0001. to the University for that purpose. 14.-1441, Earl of Warwick. the King-maker, defeated and slain at the tattle of Barnet. 1707. Mons. Euler was born ; died Sept. 7,1783. Is.-1806. A live total was found in a block of stone, at Newark. 16.- , a1765. The late lA. Byron tried for murder, and acquitted. 17.-4530. Protestants were in the minority in the diet at Spires, when the decree for supporting the doc trines of the Church of Rome was protested against. 1746.-The battle of Culloden, in Scotland, was fought, which put an end to the rebellion, by the total defeat of the rebels by the Duke of Cumberland. 1790. Assignats first ordered by the National Assembly of France. 1790. Dr. Franklin died in Philadelphia, aged 84. 18,-5 15 B.C. The Passover was celebrated in the New Temple. ' 1 1689.-Lord Chief Justice Jefferies sent to the Tower by the Lord Mayor of London, in December 16, 1688, where be destroyed himself. 19.-St. s%Jphege-Abbot of Bath, and Bishop of Winchester, in the year 984, and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. Ile was stoned to death by the Danes, at Greenwich. 1799. Pope Pius VI. died. aged 81. 1104. Dreadful massacre of the White Inhabitants of St. Domingo. 20.-1641 Dr. John Davenant, bishop of Salisbury, died, aged 71. 1787. Royalty Theatre, in Well Street, Rosemary I.ane, opened. 21.-1096. Counsel first allowed to persons guilty of treason. 1766. Spot or macula of the sun, more than thine: the size of the earth, passed the sun's centre. 1770. At the fireworks exhibited at Paris in honour of the Dauphin's marriage (afterwards I Antis X VI.) the passages were so stopped up, that the people, seized with a panic, trampled upon one another till they lay in heaps ; u scaffold erected over the river id-u broke down, and hundreds were drowned; nearly 1,0(1(1 pertains lost their lives. 22.-1445. Henry 1 I. married Margaret, daughter of the Dukc of Anjou, at Southwick, plants. 1715. A total eclipse of the sun in England, when the darkness was so great, that the stars f.Untly ap peared. and the birds went to roost in the morning about ten o'clock. 1776. The Duchess of Kingston tried for bigamy. convicted, and degraded. Y 5. St. (It,orge, the patron Saint of England. 1349. Ord iser of the Garter began. It is remarkable that it the only Order which has been granted to foreign Princes. 1369. The foundation of the Beside at Paris was: laid. 1793. Warren Hastings Governor General of India, tried by the Peers of 'Great Britain ihr high crimes and nutaleameanors; the trial lasted seven years and thice months: lie was acquitted. 24.-1740. Guildford Tower fell down. 25. St. Mink. The superstitious fears with which St. Mark's Eve is regarded by thousands in this coun try are well known. 1399. Oliver Cromwell was born, at Huntingdon. Cabinet Council was first constituted. 27.-115 b. Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales. son of George 11. married Augusta, Princess of Saxe Gotha. 1797. Sir William Jones, the oriental scholar, died at Bengal, aged 47. 28.112.0. Salisbury Cathedral began in 1158, and cost tu,n wt marks. 1.760. The battle mar Quebec was fought, when General Wolfe was killed, and the English victorious. 1772. Stntensee and Brandt, Danish Counts, beheaded at Copenhagen. VAC likinnapArte cintnrked st Ftejug, in the Undauntod liii a ate,:ei Elba. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 22.-1722. Hellfire clubs suppressed by order of CounciL 1762. Cornelius Nepos, published at Moscow, was the first classical book printed in Russia. 50.-1451 B.C. The Israelites, under Joilitm, pass the river Jordan, and enter Canaan, on Friday. Lucan condemned, and bled to death in a bath : he was born at Cordova, in Spain, Nov. I I, 57. 17-15. The battle of Fontenoy was fought betweLii the Eng. is h, under the command of Cumberland, and the French, when the former were defeated, with the loss of about 12,000 meth FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. This Gazette notifies the appointment of Major General Sir 11. Terreris, K.C.8., to be Adjutant General to his Majesty's Forces; and Major General Sir Herbert Taylor to be Military Secretary to his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. W. Carter, jun., Nuneaton, Warwickshire, silk manufacturer, from April 4, to 13. BANKRUPTS. W. Bennet, Leman Street, Goodman's Fields, shoemaker. Solicitors, :%lessrs. Madox and Sidney, Austintriars. T. Motley, Steam), patent letter manufacturer. Sol. Mr. Da de, Palsgrave Place, Temple Bar. W. Matthews, Birmingham, upholsterer. Suls. Messrs. Egerton and Co.. Gray's Inn Square. G. Robinson, Middlewich, Cheshire, innkeeper. Sols. Messrs. Atkinson and Wildes, Chancery Lane. .1. Lea, Haiglimn, Flintshire, miller. Sols. Messrs. Long and Austen, Gray's Inn. W. Thorpe, Epping, Essex, hawker. Sols. Messrs. Lotling. ton and Hall, Temple. .1. Simpson, Smith Square, Westminster, corn merchant. Sol. Mr. Shuter, Millbank Suter, Westminster. H. R. Ward, Maiden Lane, Battle Bridge, mustard manufae. turer. Sols. Messrs. Lane and Bennett, Lawrence Pountney Hill. DIVIDENDS. April 18, J. Neale and S. Warner, Lime Street, wholesale linen drapers-18, W. Cobham. jun. and 'l'. Jones, Ware, Herts, bankers-20, W. Skidmore, Sheffield, grocer-22, J. Hardwick, Mill Street, Lambeth, engineer—tB, W. G. Harvey. Battle, Sussex, gunpowder manufacturer-2t, J. Renshaw, Nottingham, lace manufacturer-19, J. Worsley, Liverpool, wine merchant -25, G. Semilan, Aston, Warwickshire, victualler-25, E. Rog siter, Warminster, Wilts, clothier-21. R. Stewart, Liverpool. merchant-21, 11. Sculthorpe, Nottingham, linen draper-Is. J. Burleigh. Bristol, brass founder-24, S. Davis, Brlalftfrd. Wilts, clothier—l, G. W. Wye, London, merchant-20, W. Humsley. Weatherley, Yorkshire, grocer-21, J. Wigner, Harwich, sail maker-21, J. Latham Romscy , Southampton, common brewer —May 2,'l '. Maoris , Barton upon Humber. Lincoln, banker 4, J. P. Lucas, Birmingham, bookseller. CF.RTIFICATES to be granted April 18. T. Watinough. Liverpool. joiner—J. Dutfield, Tottenham Street, St. Pancras. coal dealer—E. Ford, Lime Street, wine merchant—W. Relph, Lewknor, Oxfordshire, farmer—lt. .. mean Bedwardine, Worcestershire, miller-3. Bryan, Ostend Street, silk mercer—l. B. Belcher, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, linen draper—S. Carrington. Ashborne, Derbyshire. mercer—S. Lace, Liverpool, brazier—T. F. Hunt, Stable Yard, St. Martin in the Fields, builder—N. Josling, Bexley Ileath, Kent, inn keeper—B. Keeling, Stafford, cabinet maker—.l.Dreirry,Stafford, stationer—lL Cawood, Leeds, clothier—J. and W. Collins, Oxford, linen drapers—C. Bowen, Hackney Road, surgeon—T. Richardson, King Street, Spitallields, silk weaver....W. Brown, Mile End, brewer. HOME CIRCUIT. SURREY LENT ASSIZES.—Mancit 27. CIVIL SIDE.—SPECIAL attams. SEDITIOUS AND BLASPHEMOUS LIBELS. VIM KI/40 V. PHILIP FRANCIS. This was an indictment against the defendant, few publishing No. 3, of Castile's Republican," containing an alledged sedi tious and blasphemous libel, in the form of a letter, addressed to the inhabitants of Manchester, relating to the proceedings which took place in that town on the 16th of August last. The prosecution wAS conducted by Mr. Serjetmt Onslow, Mr. Marryatt. Mr. Gurney. Mr. Nolan, and Mr. Holland. This was one of the class of cases of which II great many were tried at the Middlesex sittings after last Term against dif ferent News-venders. It appeared that the defendant. who is an infirm elderly man, combines' with the business of a shoemaker, at No. 13, Bermondsey.street, that of a dealer in political and other pamphlets. The libelous pamphlet in question was pub. fished on the 10th of Septeniber last, and sold to a person named George Oddy. who deposed to that fact. The defendant addressed the Jury to the following erect : " I am a poor ailing man, and if I have been guilty of a crime in selling this pamphlet, I do declare most solemnly that 1 did not sell it with any wicked intention. The moment I under stood that I wits acting impropeily, I desisted, and I certainly did not sell flue book with any malicious or wicked intention. If you believe this,_ you will acquit me. If I have broken the law, a was without knowing it ; because I was not astute of the ten dency of the publication, and certainly had nJ disposition to violate the law. The defendant said he had no witnesses to call. Tow Chief Baron charged the Jury that the defendant's in tention was distinctly proved by the libel itself. His Lordship as well as the Jury acted under the solemn sanction of an oath, and eying hi- hand upon his heart, his Lordship said, *• Upun toy oath. I never saw a more atrocious libel twin this is." The jury immediately found the defendant Guilty, but recom mended lion to mercy. on account of his poverty, and his %no • ance of the nature of tbe libel. The Chief Barom—Gentlemen, are you aware how prejudicial such a monimendation may be? It sucii a publication as this finds its way, it will be productive of the most mischievous con sequences. Recollect yourselves before you give such a MOM mendation. I certainly shall carry your recommendation into erect as far as I can, but pray recollect before you give it . The Jury turned round again in the box , and after fi ve mi nutes hitcher consideration, the foreman, Benjamin Barnard, Esq. said (as we understood)--•• My Lord, the Jurymen ate not inclined to alter their opinion." The Chief Baron oeith some warmth)—Then you will send all do se publications to the most ignorant classes of society. The Jury was cougar ed of halt special and half salesmen. tits; KING I!, JOIIN CAIICAC. This was an intOrmation tiled by the Attorney General against the defendant, a pamptilet seller, residing at N. 53, Blacmilan• street, in the Borough, for publishing, on the 3d of September last, a seditious libel contained in No. 4of the •• Republioui," in the form of a letter ialiiressed to Lis Majesty, when Prince Regent. concerning the transactions at al ;oichester, on the Will of August, tolecting upon his Majesty, and on the cumaituuun of the country as by law established. Mr. Sergeant Onslow, in stating tbe case. adverted to the ex cuse, whim had been pleaded by the detendaut in the last criai, for publishing the libel, namely his poverty, and said it was just rs good an escort as that of Romeo's apothecary, for yelling poison—that lime poverty, and not his will, consented. The Learned Sergeant, speaking of the meeting at al =cheater, said. that no man, however snot* his political feelings had ever yet _ been a hotly us to contend that Hutt •as a legal meeting. 107 George Oddy proved that he had iftletiabed the pamphlet in question at the defendant's shop on the 3EI of September last.— Cross examinei. The defendant is a bookseller its the general way in Blackman-street, in the Borough. The libel being read by the officer of the Court, the case on the part of the Crown was closed. The defendant then read a written defence to the Jury, in which lie urged his innocence of any intention to publish dm libel as charged in the declaration. lle had merely told the pamphlet in quenion in the general way of his business as a book,eller, without ever having read it. Professing himself hostile to the principles contained in the alleged libel, lie threw himself on the consideration of the Jury. The Chief Baron charged the Jury, that the libel was a nie‘t atrocious one, and under his lordship's direction they found the defendant Guilty. C BOW N. SI DE. HANK OF ENI.LANH cItosECUTIONA. The 25 unhappy beings, who stand charged with uttering forged Bank of England notes, having been arraigned, 16 of them cho,e to plead Guilty to the minor offence, of knowingly having in possession, and were severally sentenced to 14 years transpor tation. The remainder elected to take their trials for die capital otlimee. William Vorsfold was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged O. Bank of England note, to Thomas Cabbage, at Epsom, on the 29th of August last. Beside the uttering, for which the prisoner was indicted, it was proved, that on Saturday, the Ybtli of August, he had been de ributing his spurious paper to several unwary shopkeepers at Hampton Wick. On the 29th he was so imprudent as to attract observation, by pulling out in the street a parcel of forged note', which being observed, inquiries were made, and a pursuit wit., commenced. Ile was accompanied by his wife, who escaotal.— One of the pursuers, a shoe-maker, gave evidence that lie took the prisoner a short distance from Epsom, when the following slang took place between them. The prisoner asked what Mies the matter ? Witness answered it was for putting off Gum?, screens (forged bank notes) ; upon which the prisoner said. " I'll come a good (give you something handsome), if you li t me bolt." Witness refusing, the prisoner asked, whether the violisher had pegged back into the nsonkcry," (whether his wife had gone back into the town.)--Witness replied '• she is hear:." (she is safe, or got clear off.) Prisoner said with glee '• That's t um—there's the dollop."—(That's right, she ha , the whole bun die.) During this dialogue the prisoner contrived to drop a bag containing 71. 135. oil. in silver, the produce of his industry.—. ' He had besides a genuine al. Bank of England note. In his defence he called two witnesses, one of whom a dog dealer by trade, swote that he had purchased from him about the cud of August, two pointers. for which he had paid him 41. in 11. notes; and the other, that he had given him four 11. notes. but neithet could identify either of die four notes which were produced. A third witness swore that the prLonet was with him at Shere, near Guildford, .20 miles front Hampton Wick, frou seven o'clock during the whole night of the 28th of August, the time at which it bad been so clearly proved that he was at die latter I place in the exercise of his unlawful i n dustr y . The Jury under the Learned Judge's directions found the pri soner Guilty—Death. Samuel t;atward was next found Guilty, upon the clearest evidence. of uttering a forged 11. note iii Southwark, on the 12th of Feb. to one Sarah ,Matthews.—Death. Thomas Hubbard, upon being brought to the bar, retracted his plea of not guilty to the capital charge, and was allowed to plead Guilty to the minor charge, and was sentenced to 14 year' transportation. James Pennington was tried and acquitted on a capital charge of uttering, it appearing that the witnesses were mistaken as to his identity, there being another man in tile gaol so like him all to render it difficult to distinguish the one flout the other. The prisoner was proved to be a man of irreproachable character. The Bank Solicitor immediately paid the poor fellow 31. to answer his present exigencies. George Gilbert was also tried and acquitted, upon the clearest evidence of his innocence. Thumas.Castles was also acquitted under the like circumstance', both he and the last-mentioned prisoner being men of excellent characters. John Wilson was capitally convicted upon the most satisfactory evidence.—litath. William Wyatt, a waterman, was tried and acquitted also upon the must satisfactory evidence of his innocence. The Bank prosecutions.laited the whole day. . - - AGRICULTUR.I I, REPORT FOR MARCH. Bean plairting being interrupted by the frost, has been backward this season, and much remained to be done, as late as the second week of the present month, in the howardest districts. Sowing the Lent corn hies c ... mowed in the north, atid fuss been in operation from the eatly part of the month, in the south with considerable success and expedition, from the good and fertile state of the lands; the soil, from the effects of the frost, requiring but intulerate labour and !timing op in garden moulds. The latter sown wheats appear and sonic thinly planted ; their Improvement will iii pend on the general nature of the spring,. The early wheats are stout and healthy, but all have been affect , in a degree by the sharp north-east winds, which have retarded vegetation, particularly of the grass, the urea (lows being quite bare and adorning no limn for shot p. The elint.rs of all green crops intended for spit:tit fetid have suffered severely. Swedes, the only remaining roots, are said to he half rotten, and the feeders of stock are tenni:en to the necessity of :Mowing hay and curt. Ttie invariable cue :Invitee of this is, cattle and shelf IV tttt ail quarters sent to market half tat. Fortunatvly, the great quantity of fodder helps I.) spate hay. Cattle and horses seem tit 113%e the quickest sale in the north, and in the Midland comities; and io the 3011111, they are reported cheaper amid not very ready of sale. Tit season has lint beet very favourable for lambiug ; malty lambs, and even t... Yes lost limn want of doe thilirt•h anent ; the ewes in general are not overflowing with milk. la most parts or semhud, Iht beams are Said 141 hate been excellently well got tit, t in. thee s . .to of the heat y lands. Fat hogs in great demand and pias near. Wool a dull trade. What with threshing It fodder and necessary supplies of money. the homers stock of wheat reported to be greatly reduced. Mai Lets Itave of late expertenctd sevCial sudden vanattims, Old there seems huh. putout' for OW SiVeCtilatputt that Lae ports will be ulieitetl sit Fr;day morning, at an early hour, Itome tbieveo entered the bleaching ground of Mr. Edwards, ca lico printer, in Westham, and robbed it of several pieces of printed calico, and cheek muAlin to 3 eimt•idcrable amount, all of which they curried ctr unperceived, •r _~