The National Register. — London, England, 1820-12-11 00:00:00

PROM SATULDAY NIGHT'S GJZETTR. This Gazette notifies the appoinunent of J. Roscoe, Gcnt. of Nether Knu•ford, Cheshire, to be a Master Extraordinary in the Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. Ellis, Wellingore, Lincoln, nudists's. BANKRUPTS. -- - -- - M. Daly, Ilolbont, soda water manufacturer. Sol. Mr. Conauten, Change Alley, Cornhill. T. lochbold, Lads , bookseller. Sol. Mr. Battye, Chancery Lane. S. La cock and G. Brooke, Mioories, slorsellers. Sol. Mr. Lake. Cateston Street. J. Vevey. Lee Green, Yorkshire, cloth maker. Sols. Messrs. Smithson and Hamad!, Pontefract. J. C. F. Butler, Dunningtoo, York, butter and bacon factors. Sol. Mr. Walker, New Inn. J. C. Welsionl. Adam's Court. Old Broad Street, merchant. Sol. Mr. Platt. New Boswell Court. . . J. Derails, Tabernacle Walk, Finsbury Square, timber mu skrat. Sol. Mr. Millward, Old Bailey. D. T. Price, Ilolywell Street, Shorediteh, butcher. Sol. Mr. Grey, Kingsland Road. J. Wilson and G. Waugh, Aldeugate Street, hatters. Sols. Messrs. Alliston and Hundleby, Freeman's Court, Cornltill. C. Symonds and W. Taylor, Watling Street, warehousemen. Sol. Mr. Steel, Queen Street, Cheapide. R. Sharpus, Davis Street, Berkeley Square, china and glass dealer. Sols. Messrs. Mayhew and Co. Chancery Lane. DIVIDENDS. Dec.3o. C. Wright. Strand, wine merchant-30. G. Elmer, Maley, Essex, merchant-30, P. Leigh. Wincham, Cheshire. . tanner-4U, J. and H. Watson. Friday Street, warehousemen -23. A. Gompertz. Great Winchester Street. merchant— ty, G. Channer.Sutton. Middlesex, merchant—SO, J. Jackson. junior, Bishoptigate Street Without, surgeon-30. F. Devereux and M. Lambert, Brabant Court, Philpot Lane, merchants-12, J. Lo mas, Fetter Lane. tavern keeper—Jan. 2, J. and J. Wilson, Shrewsbury, drapers--6, J. H. Payne, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, grocer-11, W. Bingley, High Melton. Yorkshire, corn factor-13, A. Paton, T. Gill, and J. Brown, Old Gravel Lane, soap manufacturer-2, A. Parkinson, J. Duckett, and S. Alsop, Manchester, calico printers—b, E. Matthews, Chester, saddler. CERTIFICATES to be granted Dec. stl. W. 13eaven. Buckley Mountain, Flint, tiniLer merchant—T. Gowland. Great Winchester Street, merchant—D. T. Clarke. Gerrard Street. Soho. lacetnan—J. Fitzgerald. Vine Street, Lambeth, timber merchant—S. Handley, Hildentone, Stafford, miller PRICE Bank Stork 3 per Cent. Red. 694 3 per Cent. I:nnpols 14 per Cent. 781 4 per Cent. 1614 6 per Cent. Navy Lung Ana. THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOODOIL MONDAY, DECEMBER 11. At no time do we remember public meetings so general as at present—they are usually advertised 'for the double purpose of congratulating the Queen on her triumph, and petitioning his Majesty to dismiss his ministers ; the latter event only wants unanimity to be certain, and we call upon every class of society, and every place from a city to a village to join the patriotic voice without delay; it is the only constitutional method of ridding the country of the greatest misfortune it can possibly labour under. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday and Wednesday last. The official part of The Mani:err contains a royal ordnance for the more effectual prevention of crimes, the punishment of malefactors, and the extirpation of bands of as sassins and robbers in the island of Corsica. The punishment of death which had been awarded against Gravier and Bauton, has been commuted for imprisonment at the intercession of the Duchess de Berri. The following sentence is extracted from her Royal Highness's letter to the King her uncle —" I should be quite miserable if the blood of Frenchmen was to be shed on account of me. The Angel whom I mourn implored, with his last breath, the pardon of his murderer ; he shall be the pattern of my life. Allow me, my dear uncle, to imitate him, and to supplicate your Majesty to in terpose your clemency, and spare the lives of these two unfortunate men." The Funds underwent a variety of fluctuations in the course of Saturday, and had fallen a quarter per cent. at one o'clock. An extensive failure took place on Saturday in the City, another on Friday, and three the day before. Thomas Turncr, who, it will be recollected, abs 4 onded on Saturday fortnight with property to the amount of 20,0001. belonging to a banking-office in Lombard-street, has been appre hended in Paris; and, what is remarkable, all the money, which was in the French Funds, has been recovered. The party is in custody of the French Police, and will be sent to this 63,1;1try for trial. • STOCKY. Minima 0. hap. 3 per Cent. India Bondi 26 India Stock Exchequer lislk 2.. Cum. for A. 701 Lottery Tickei. .C 23 18.. ~v. ~^zir TIIE NATIONAL REGISTEII ST. MARY, ISLINGTON. TO TUE EDITOR. Sin,—This is the age of discoveries by land and by water, but I have to request you to publish one of the most astonishing discoveries of the age, which has just been wade by " The Vicar, Churchwardens, and other Inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary, Islington." A "LOYAL ADM MIS" is in progress through that parish, the concluding paragraph of which runs thus : "We lament that these efforts have been but too suc cessful; and, while we are deeply sensible of your Ma jesty's solicitude for the welfare and happiness of your people, we profess it to be our decided opinion,—that religion and loyalty constitute the only basis of rational liberty; and that the preservation of the blessings we enjoy under your Majesty's Government is to be expected only in the proper discharge of oar duties as good Chris tians and good subjects ; in the union of all classes around your Majesty's throne; and in a firm determination to second your Majesty's endeavours, by a faithful and in trepid support of those laws, and that constitution, by which we" (i. e. the aforesaid Vicar and Churchwardens, whose names I subjoin) " have toy been so eminently distinguished among nations." sow, Sir, as an inhabitant of the parish of Islington, I cannot but know how " eminently distinguished" these gentlemen have recently contrived to make themselves in their own parish; but I have yet to learn, and I request you to inform me if you can, how and where they " have long been so eminently distinguished among nations." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ON INHABITANT. Isliogion, December 9,1820. To oblige our Correspondent, we have searched in "La lisle des Cons &litres de 1' Europe, pour l'Anne 1820,' and have not succeeded in discovering in it, either of the four names annexed to his letter.—En. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. On Saturday the Play of King Lear was revived at this Theatre, for the purpose of introducing a Mr. Vandenhoff to a Metropolitan audience, in the cha racter of Lear. This gentleman has occupied the first line in several Provincial Theatres, and has, at Liverpool particularly, been an-especial favourite.— In selecting the character of I.ear for his debut, Mr. Vandenhoff has only shewn a just estimate of his own qualifications, fur although it has long been esteemed the bow of Ulysses, ,lie appears to be one of those masters of the art, who possess the power of bending it. Mr. Vandenhoff's person seems to be of the - middle heighth, and his features are capable of much ex. pression : his voice is clear, and possesses considerub e compass and variety. In pourtraying the wounded feeling of the insulted and indignant parent, he was eminently happy, but we thought him not quite so succes.ful in depicting the dignity of the Monarch ; the affection which he displays for his daughter Cordeba, when experience has taught him her true character, war, in the highest degree natural and affecting. Still, however, we cannot but conceive, that the drama afford:, many characters much better adapted than Lear, for notwithstanding the many touches of genuine pathos and beautiful poetry which it con tain:, it cannot be denied that this tragedy is, upon the whole, somewhat heavy ; a circumstance which is certainly unfavourable to a debutant, and we think there are many others plays in which Mr Vandcnhoff might have produced a much greater effect, for his relcption, even under this disadvantage (for such we really think it) was of a very flattering descrip tion ; and at the conclusion of the piece, when Mr. C. Kemble appeared to announce the performance, a loud and general call was made for Mr. Vandenhotl; who immediately came forward, and• informed the audience that the tragedy would be repeated on Monday; this intimation was hailed with repeated shouts by the majority of a numerous and respecta ble audience. Mr. C. Kemble. in Edgar, fully sustained his re putation, and all the other performers acquitted themselves respectably : Mrs. faucit having been attacked by a sudden indisposition, her character was read by Mrs. T. Hill. An old driver of ailigences, named Gerke, who now occupies a farm called Bonaforte, a short dire. tonce from Mundell, in the kingdom of Hanover, is now in possession of a remarkable Lorse, which daily attracts the attention of foreigners. In 1812, when the French army returned front Russia, a fa vourite young mare, which Bonaparte constantly rode, and which was a present to him from the Schuh of Persia, was brought to Bonaforte. The officers of the stables, in the rapidity of their march, left the mare behind with Gerke. She remained eight years with him, and is now considered the most beautiful Arabian ever seen. The mane de scends to the ground, and she is peculiarly !trength and agility' ._.. .... _ _.~{ y.•. Puttee COURT EDINDURWL—A case of a vety unusual nature came before the Court on Tuesday se'nnight. Some sailors, who had been discharged from the Mindea, at Portsmouth, having reached Edinburgh a few days ago, agreed to take a trip along some of the principal streets in a hackney coach. They accordingly embarked, and had pro ceeded so far that the coachman deemed it necessary to descend, for the purpose of receiving fresh in structions. His seat, however, was immediately supplied by one of the passengers, who darted through one of the windows, when the horses was made to fly like lightning from before the eyes of the wondering coachman. Having proceeded with the greatest possible speed after his vehicle, he was in tune to discover it at a distance, overset, in the endeavour to lead it up the fine broad flag stones to Picardy-place. He was also fortunate enough, soon after, to seize one of the sailors with his whip in his hand, and this man was now brought to the bar of the Court. He had little to say for himself— he had merely, he said, sprung out at the hatch way, when he found the vessel oversetting. He was fined 20s. for the share he had taken in this affair. It was resolved, however, to remit the fine, on account of some circumstances, and he was called beck to the bar, but it was discovered that the money had been at once paid, and he gone.. STEEPLE CRASE. system of horsemanship, dangerous in the extreme, has become a favourite amusement with the young fox hunters of the day ; and amongst the most enterprizing is one we are about to record. Two members of the new Farley hunt, ambitious to excel in man and horse, made a match at the steward's table after the race, to ride over a given spot of 16 miles, for 200 guineas. The ground was front Mr. Chase's manor, near Hartford' Bridge, to that of a gentleman, at Mortimer, between which the Duke of Wellington's Park lies in a direct line, as a carrying pigeon would fly, and the match was, that Strathfieldsay Park should be skirted, as the sportsmen say, but in English it was not to be touched upon. Mr. Price started upon his favourite mare Bet the Spy, and Mr. Connor rode his gelding Gormandizer, and betting was heavy upan the event, The guides of each party having taken their stations, . off they went, taking the direction of Heckficld heath, by the seat "Mr. Lefevre, M. P. and cross- • ing the enclosures towards Swallowfield, rode through a cover to Motley Farm, and there he had his work to do. After takir , some • tremendous leaps, the mare refused a rivulet of 12 feet, and made a dead stop. The horse, not so fast in speed, . took the direction of Turgis, and skirted Strathtield. say Park an the west, breaking through the enclo sures, and clearing all his leaps. The horse was never at fault, and did the ground in one hour and ten minutes. The mare was dead beat. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester - passed through Wellingborough about one o'clock on Sunday last, on his way to Milton-park, the sea of Earl Fitzwilliam. After'changing horses at the Hind Inn, the post-boys drove off' at too great a speed, and unfortunately overturned the carriage at the corner of East end-street. No person happened . to be near the spot at the time, but in a few minutes hundreds ran to the assistance of his Royal. High ness, and extricated him from the carriage which was uppermost, and were happy to find that neither his Royal Highness nor the gentleman inside with him received the least injury. Two of his retinue, . who were outside, were thrown to a considerable distance, and also escaped unhurt; this is the more surprising, us the carriage was literally dashed to pieces. Mr. Morton's (the banker) carriage was immediately ofti:red to his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness, after being detained about two hours in Wellingborough, proceeded on his journey to Milton-park•. It is gratifying to find that the British subjects in the United States felt as deep an interest in the iniquitous proceedings against the Queen as their countrymen at home. A meeting of this class of inhabitants is advertised in the Pliilidelohia papers, to propose an address of condolence to her Maj:sty. Intelligence of the abandonment of the obnoAiutts Bill of Pains and Penalties will reach them its a ti:w days, and their Addre:is of Condolence will, no doubt, be followed by on; of Congratulation on her Majesty's deliverance from the hands of her per secutors. WARD or FARROW:OON WITHoUT.—A meeting of this Ward was held on Saturday at the Globe Tavern, A'derman WI/Ullman in the Chair, fur the purpose of voting an Address of cungratulation to the Queen, and a Petition to the King fr the dis. missal of Miniaters, which were both passed una mou sly .tu few days since the Hon. George Winn, of ‘Vurley Lodge, Essex, whilst wood shooting, when in the act of running his hand up the barrel to remove the wet, at the instant he reached the muzzle, the gun by some accident went off, and the contents :truck his thumb, which was so dr!adrfolly injured. that it was found uecessay to takc it on' at the se. mid joint. We are happy to lean that the Hon. ./b