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

Paris Papers of Tuesday have arrived, which state that the King of France has been seriously indis posed with an attack of the gout in his stomach. The spasms were so violent on Friday as almost to prevent respiration. During the night his Majesty. became worse, and on Saturday he had much fevess, - the spasms still continuing ; but they at length yielded to medicine, and on Sunday he was better. The Moniteur asserts, that the King's indisposition is slight, and not likely to be attended with any ill consequences. His health is, however, in a very precarious state, and every attack occasions in creased alarm, as there is no knowing the conse quences that would arise from his Majesty's death. The news from Spain continues satisfactory. The Constitution goes on well.—Ferdinand seems quite . enamoured with the new order of things ; hia politi cal principles are infinitely more pliable than those of one of his late Monarchial adherents,General Arizaga, who has thought fit to die of grief, at St. Sebastian, in consequence of the triumph of the Cortes ! The Provisional Junta have represented to the King that he ought to remove from his service the seventy persons who, in 1814, signed an Address to the King, for the subversion of the Cortes. In Valentin Clete has been a considerable degree of agitation. General Elid had managed to keep that province in subjection uutil the moment of the King's orders for the adoption of the Constitution arriving ; and had so irritated the populace by his conduct, that he was obliged to take refuge in the citadel from the fury of the people. Ile remains there protected by the honour of his successor. Cadiz had declared for the Constitution before an account of the events in Madrid had reached that City. The seal of the in habitants, no longer capable of restraint, overpower ed every obstacle that opposed their wishes. They e tcountered some resistance from the garrison, and received the fire of the troops, by which it is said about sixteen people were killed ; but the friends of the Constitution were eventually successful, and on the 9th of March the Constitution was proclaimed in Cadiz, in the presence of Generals Freyre and Villa Vicencio, and the other Generals and Admi rals of the army and marine united. In the ex cesses which unfortunately either preceded or accompanied this event, some houses were pillaged, atul lives were sacrificed to the inflamed fury of the populace. Among the victims are mentioned the names of Generals Cumpana and Valdez. On the 10th General Freyre caused the Constitution to be proclaimed ut Seville. Madrid continues to enjoy the most perfect tranquillity. All the members of the late abominable Inquisition have received orders to quit the capital, and Fcvcral persons, who exercised an undue ascendancy over the King, have been itl,o removed irom I tLout his person. So soon us the intentions of the Provinces arc known, it is meant to convoke the Cortes, wl , o arc expected to meet about the Ist of May. }Ti Goner !knot. Bedford Square, builder-2 0 . A. Anderson. Phil pot Laos, merchant—W. J. Grant. Coleman Street. merchant -24. J. Ward, Liverpool. grocer-22, J. and .1. Coombes, Shad well Dock. coopers-22. W. Prot. and J. Woolner, Lawrence Ponvitney Lane, corn factors-22. T. Ray. Bath, auctioneer—W. W. Kirk and W . Broughton. York. merchants-24. E. Thornley, !Hinkley, Leicester, money scrivener—May 6.8. Johnson. Skin ncr Street, Finsbury Square. cabinet maker-4. H. Ogbun, Crown Street, Finsbury Square, fringe maker-2, R. Ellis. Dean Street, Borough, provision broker. CERTIFICATES to be granted April 12. J. Riehartleon, Liverpool, merchant—W. Swann, New Street, Commercial Road, master mariner—J. Maund, New Street, Covent Garden, mercer. W. P. Whitfield. Commercial Road, porter merchant—J. Gunton. Belgrave Cottage. Pimlico. picture dealer—T. Buchan. Charlotte Street , St. l'ancras, piano forte maker—J. Pritchard, Bristol, grocer—W. Grice, Frodsham, Chester, farmar—J. Hemming. Long Acre. linen draper—J. Hudson, Birchin Lane, merchant—W. Farrauds, King Street, Bermondsey New Road, lace man. IPticc of Mocks.. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cube. 681 31 pet Cent. 4 per Cent. 5 per Cent. Navy 101 Lung Ann. rlmuni 1111 l 0. Imp. 3 per Cent. India Booth l4a. dia. 1 India Stock Exchequer Rills 34. die. Cons. for Ac. riSi Lottery Ticket% £23 2i. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Loom MONDAY, APRIL 3. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. We this day give the conclusion of the trial of Mr. Hunt and others at York, by which it will be seen that the Jury found him and several others Guilty, under which verdict he will be brought up for judgment on the fourth day of next Term (the 24th April,) unless an arrest ofJudgment be allowed which he means to move fur on the following grounds 1. the resolutions passed at the Smithfield meeting were not evidence, and ought slot have been admitted as such. 2. That the fact of the Yeomanry having killed 14 persons and wounded 618, was evidence, and ought to have been admitted. 3. That the verdict is contrary to law. 4. That the verdict is contrary to the direction of the Jude. 5. That the verdict is contrary to evidence. 6. That one of the Jury wa., not a freeholder t 7. That the Jury confided of magistrates procured and parked by the Matter of the Crown•ofcc. What may be the result is not material, but in the progress of the trial most important points were established, and the lie direct given to all the Tory assertions on the Manchester Meeting. The visions of brickbats have now vanished into air, and there is nothing left but " a dagger of the mind—a false creation proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain." " Equal Representation, or Death," has been di vested of all its terrors, and we shall not be sur prised if in the end, Mr. Hunt shall prove his meetings to be as loyal as certain other associations, which exclusively arrogate that title. After every polluted source had been ransacked for witnesses, after clerks, who had robbed their mas ters, deserters, and dealers in forged notes, had con tributed their evidence to establish the facts stated by the Manchester Magistrates to- Ministers, anti by ihem to the House of Commons, what became of the three readings of the Riot Act, where were the remains of the magistrate interred who was trampled to death, where were the two cart loads of stones which were hurled at the Yeomanry—Why the latter was the only fact attempted to be proved, and that by the Chairman of the magistrates, whose evidence on oath " was contradicted by a host of as respect able witnesses as were ever examined on a defence," so we believe said Mr.Justiceßayley, of whose manly and correct conduct during the trial, too much in praise cannot be said. The Grand Jury of Lancaster have again thrown out the bills against the Man chester Yeomanry, appearing to hold the order given to them, as a sufficient justification of their conduct on the fatal 16th August. CLOSE OF THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION. _ THURSDAY, MARCH 30. This day, at three o'clock, Mr. Mellish finding the tide irresistibly strong against him declined.— He was 512 behind Mr. Whitbread, and very pro perly gave up the contest. Mr. Byng, Mr. Whit bread, and Mr. Mellish severally addressed the Electors; the two former gentlemen returned thanks—the latter stated, that convinced he could not succeed he had given it up; this declaration was received with great applause. The final poll stood as follows : Byng, 4004. I Whitbread, 3,585 Mellish, 3073. A considerable alteration in the manner of loiny business at the Stock Exchange is in contemp'ation. It has been the practice lately to give small sums of money for the option of either taking Sok•li on a particular day, or fiirfeiting the money so advanced. The option of belling stock at a particular price has been also usual. This business, lately, has been done on the most extensive scale, denominated, in the language of the Alley, Puts and Calls. A Peti. lion is before the Committee to put an end to thcs bargains, which, it is stated, preveut the usual fluctuations in the Funds. The following circumstance took place at the Liverpool meeting to address his Maj..siy :—Whi:c Mr. Holliushead was speaking, 'Air. Rushton ad dressed the Mayor, and stated, that u Quaker Gen tleman, whose religious opinions had prompted hiin to remain coveted in the meeting, had just been in soltc.l by an individual there, who wished to take nir his in a rude and unauthorised manner, and he trikucil the Mayor would protect the gentleman and the meeting trout suchln outrage. it was not to he borne that a min's principles should be insulted. [Here much violent hissing anti applause eumieti, dnring ‘v:tich the Quaker stood covered.) The Mayor was rising to interfere, when a gentleman on the bench (Mr. Lodge) exclaimed, " Ifpcup?e will • not conform to the decorum of society, they ougat to keep out .of that society !" A burst of disappro bation ensued; during which Mr. Rathbone, sat on the bench near the Mayor, stood up, placed his hat on his head, and was cheered . most entlinsiastiv. ally. This striking incident bad a great effect upon the meeting. When silence was restored Mr. Rathbone stated, that, as a Quaker, he had tint& acted to reply to the intolerant expression thus used. It was hard, indeed, if men, who were known to be as truly attached to the Constitution as many who made higher professions, were to be excluded from meetings on national occasions, because they might differ from others in religious opinions ; and he would insist upon the right which every sect had to manifest their opinions of a monarch, whose liberal conduct in such particulars was one of his brightest ornaments. This speech was received with acclamations; and afterwards, when it was moved that Mr. Lodge, (the gentleman who bad used the offensive language) and Mr. Rawson should accompany the Nlayor to London with the address, the motion was neg atived, and the names of Mr. Hollinshead and M r. Rathborne substituted. Between two and three o'clock on Thursday morning the family of Mr. Barley, small beer brewer, Great Surrey-street, corner of Dover-street, St. George's-fields, were alarmed by the loud bark ing of the house dog ; the animal ran up and down, the stairs, scratching at the different chamber doors as if to awaken somebody, and then flew back again to the door in the direction of the brewery, con. tinuing to bark• most vehemently. • At length Mr. B. desired his wife to get up, being !idler ill himself and see what was- the matter. Soon afterwards a noise was heard, and t'ie moment the door was opened three men presented themselves ; the dog instantly spiting at one of them, to whom he clung till his mistress called him off, and in the meantime the others escaped over the wall ; the third followed with all diligence. In the morning, on examining the place, a cask of beer was found rolled up to the • gate ready to be carried off, and a piece of clfh, with some blood on• it, supposed to be part of tie sleeve of the thief,'s jacket which the faithful dog brought off with his teeth. Nothing at all was stolen. OR Thursday an inquisition was held at the Pewter Platter, White Lion Street, Norton Falgate, before Mr. Unwin, Coroner, on the body of Miss Sarah Pinfield. The deceased was a maiden lady, fig years of age, and was in partnership with her brother, who kept a stay and corset shop, next door to the Bluecoat Boy in Norton Falgate; she was remarkable for her pious, religious, and charitable disposition ; she lost one eye in her youth from the small pox, and through sus inflammation was de prived of the sight of the other six months ago, which caused a kind of temporary derangement. She got up about eight o'clock last Saturday morning; breakfast was waiting in the parlour, and she was called down, but instead of coming down stairs she went up into the attic, got out at a small lettice window that opened to the gutter, and before she was perceived, fell over the parapet into the street, pulling the coping stone and the frame of the win. dow along with her. Some persons who were passing had a narrow eseape with their lives. Mr. Newington, of Spital Square, attended, but she had received so much injury, that she lived only about an hour. Verdict, " Accidental Death." DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morn ing, at 20 , minutes before ten o'clock, whilst the workmen employed to pull down the walls of the Old Savoy Prison, which were of great thick ness, were at their labour, one, of the walls fell with a tremendous crash, burying under its ruins, three men and a horse and cart. The owner of the cart, Mr. Windetnude, of the liorse-ithy-road, Westminster, was standing by his horse, and per ceiving the danger, called to the other men, but too late ; he grasped his horse in order to draw. oft; when, in an instant, they were all buried in the ruins. The horse and cart were s completely elvered, as scarcely to be seen. One 1114 P, named Smith, was got out ; his head was dreatiiii;ly crashed and he was quite dead. We understand ho has left a wife and tour children. Atit;ther man named Stevens, was also dug out,. crushed dreatlf.: him then began digging for Mr. Wituleinude, who, when discovered, uresented an awful spectacle ; his wile was standing by all the •tiate ; nor .;ould she be persuaded to go away, her screams were truly distressing when. lw a svas taken up. We understand that the foreman cautioned . the unfortunate men from undermining the: wall, as they were then doing, but it seems he could not persuade them to desist in time. The foreman fainted when he perceived the dreadful catastrophe- • At:owner's Inquest was su maim ed,w ho retained averd ict of accidental daub. The bodies of the three unthrttuute men were re moved to tl:e river side,. and covered over to conceal them from the immense crowd of' spectators. Their lacerated remains shelved that their sull'aings must be momentary. _ 4 •••0. r .;a . rAM 109