The National Register. — London, England, 1819-02-15 00:00:00

FEB IS MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. An authentic life of this beateiful anti much-inittrod woman has been at length given to the world ; in which it appears, upon the mint satisfictory and undeniable evidence, that the principal charges brought or ad initted against her by Robertson and Hume are totally untrue. Much praise is due to Mr. Chalmers, the in dastrious author of this desideratum in history. Al though upwards of 200 years have passed since the fame of Elizabeth was stained by her cruelty to this l o vely Princess, yet who of an ardent, generous, honest sound, can even now real her chequered history without being moved, even to tears, at the misfortunes which were accumulated opin her? But now that we find, from the testimony of State Papers as worthy of belief as any records in the arehieves of an 7 country in the world, that all those misfortunes were gathered upon an Innocent head, we almost regret that time in its flight has sheltered those offendets in the grave, whom the violated justice of the land would have denounced wia punished. In this " Life of the Queen of Scots." a fact has come to light, which even in the perusal of', Robertson's eloquent history we strongly suspected ; namely, that that Psalm-singing George Buchanan was no other than a perfiluotts hypocrite, and in his soul a very knave. Yet it was chiefly upon the fabrications of this very writer, that the character of the ill-fated Mary was ruined in England and France, and with posterity. We shall not go through the whole of the statements and proofs in these volumes It is sufficient here to inform our iteaders, that many falsehoods have been detected, and many new truths have been esta-- lindacd. •' Robertson,' says Mr. Chalmers in his introduction, " could not, from the contradictoriness of' the contem porary Writers, determine what was the real disease of Darnley, when he was taken ill at Glasgow. I have frond letters in the Paper Offi.v, which thinonstrate that be was infected with the small-p is, which then prevailed in that town. This fact will free the Queen from many pagei of calumny. The declaration of French Paris, who was executed as one of the King's murderers, was supposed by some to be a satisfactory proof of the Queen's privity to her husband's death. But I have discovered, in the Paper Office, the original declaration, which exibits G. Buchanan and J. Wood, two busy em miss of the Scottish Queen, in the very ad of furging the declaration. This will relieve the calum niated Mary front a whole volume of the grossest slander." From the came authority ('tale Papers) it is shown, that a conspiracy of Nobles, Murray, Morton, Maitland, and Bothwell, the latter being the tool of Murray, and educed by the promi.e of a marriage with the Queen widow, were the actual murderers of Darnley ; of which crime Mary was entirely ignorant, and consequently innocent elan the tUrged immortal letters, sonnets, &c. subsequently attributed to her. Tlp! Carlisle Juarnal says—" The Cbaneellot of the nehequer has notified to Mr. Curwen, in consequene of his application to hits, that the existing. modifica tions of the agricultural horse-tax will be continued another year " As a proof of the immense number of country bank ers whose notes are negotiable in Salisbury, a farmer on Tuesday last took from different persons fur corn, exactly 411. all in country 11. notes, and no two notes, from one bank. The Widows of Naval Officers, though they may have re-married, are, under a new benevolent regula tion of the PRPNCE REGENT, entitled to the Pension arising from their former husband's rank, from the com mencement of the present year. Several widows have already claimed the respective pensions; and in some instances, such were the scanty means of these relicts of car brave song of the ocean, that it has proved a real bon to them. . . --- The commercial world will learn vsith satisfaction, that a Plan has been commenced, under the auspices of the British Government, for determining the relative contents of the weights and measures of all trading countries. This itnportant object is to be accomplished by procuring front abroad correct copies of *reign stand ards, and cornraring them with those of England at his Majesty's Mint. "tub a comparison, which could be effected only at a moment of universal peace, has never been attempted on a plan sufficiently general or sys. tematie ; and hence the errots and contradictions which abound in tables of foreign weightsaml measure:, even is works of the higher' authority. I n order, therefore, to remedy an inconvenience so perplexing in . commercei icount Castlereagh has, by the recommendation of the Board of Trade, issuesl a circular, dated March 16, 1818, directin g all the Bluish Consuls abroad to s e nd bane copies of the principal atandanis used within their respective Consulates, varified by the proper au thorities, and accompanied by explanatory papers and other documents rdative to the subject. Most of his Lonlship's orders have been already executed in a very full and satisfactory manner. The dispatches and rack- S'es transmitted on the occasion are deposited at the / I *l Mint, where the standards arc to be forthwith compare& THY NATIONAL REGISMR ..‘EIY SHF,IIII'FS. NAMES OF THE immures Arrotrurrn sne wonytroDAY IT Tilt PitISCE REGENT. TOR 'EtIC YEAR Ibl9. Rotlford —The Han. Sarno," Onglry, of Sandy. Barks—John Sawyer, Of Heywood lodge, Esq. Burks—John Griihh, of Homenden. Esq. Cambridge and Huntingdon—John HoII, of west Wratting, Esq. Cheshire—John Smith Birry, of Marinny, Esq. Criinherlond—Thomos S.tlkeld, of E.q, Derby—Edward Coke. of Longford, E , q. Devuu —Treby He's Hays, of Drlamei e, Esq. Dorset—George Peeling, cf Bradford, E.g. Essex—Jobe Wilks, of Wentlon Lofts Esq. Gloreater—Edvrard Sheppard, of litelinige, Esq. Hereford—William Hanbirry, of Shobden, Esq. Ifertford—Santnel Untrin Heat Imore, of Shephallmiry, Esq. Kent—Tim limn. Jobe, Witigfi”lil Stratford, of .I.lilingion ploce• Leicester—Thomas Sarrsome, of I linrley, E , q. Lincoln—Ayseetigts Bonelterett,nf Willingham, Esq. Ifonnionth—lienrge Buckle, of Chepstow, Esq. Norfolk—Sir William Windham nailing, of Earmam, Bart. Northampton —Sir J. Henry Palmer, of Carlton Crwlien, Bart. Northumberland—William Ord, of Nunney Kirk, Esq. Noilingliam —Henry Gely Knight, of Langold, Oxford—John ilmiglitos Langston, of Sarsileii. Esq. kntland —James Tiotaft, of Itraiiiisdon, Esq. Salop—Edward William Smythe Owen, of Condorer Park, Esq. Somerset—William Spike, of Ashill, Esq. Stafford,—JPV‘e IVAits Russell, of Dam, Esq. County southemptors-11. C. Compton, Manor House, Min stead, Esq. Sotfolk—Ariilrew Arelideekne, of Gienham, Esq. Surrey —William Sneer, of Thames Dirton, Esq. Siissex —John Wood, of Chestliain, Esq. Wm wick —John Lindley EArilley Wihnot, of Irsesksw ell, Esq. Wilts—John Long. of Moulton Forleigh, Esq. Worcester—John Jetfrisys, of Itlakehrook, Esq.. York —William Wrightsoor, of Cirshworils, Esq. w Carom'then—David lletioo 1'0.411, of Gfernhill, 'i Prmbioke—John EdwArtidibilipirs Looglt.tror, of Pootvatie, Esq. Car.lia.in—GeorgeJeffrys. of GisMorry, Esq. Glamorgan—Jos' John Gnest, of Dowiais, itr:•eo:i —John Uwvnne, of liwerovale Moor, Radnor—Morgan John Evans, of LiwynioarrieJ Haase, Esq. Merionetli—E4 ward OtWea, of Gariliy ogliav ed, Esq. Carnarson—G. Hay Dawkins Pconani, of Peary* Castle, Esq - Antlest.% —William Pritchard Lloyd, of LI wydiart, EA. tlontgainet v —John Davies, of Macliyelleth, Esq. Denbigh—Edward Cot belt, of Lloran, Esq. Flint—Ralph Richardson, of 6insail, Esq. POLICE. BOW STREET. Monday an extraordinary charge of bastardy was made at this office ag.iiost an intii in old gentleinivi, heing tipaards of 70 years of age, from the neighlioni hood of Sloane Street, on a charge by the parish officers of Worcester, with Leiria the father of two children, lain., alio, together ail!' their another, had become chargeable on the parish, and who had been removed from Cheltenham to Wureister as the me.. filet's proper settlement; she having berm a servant in the hawse at Cheltenham a here the defendant lodged during Use time ho was there fur the benefit of his hi atilt: he hay. Ma been ordered there by his physician. During the time he was the re he was labouring iii.der a severe iudispositioi, by which he ass reduced very much, and lost the sight of one of his eyes. The defendant denied moat solemnly a criminal intercourse with the female. There was, however, uo alternative, she having swot him to be the father of her children; and he ass obliged to give securities to a large aumust. An alteration is about to take place in the dress of the young Gentlemen on the foundation of Eton College, and they air in future to wear bands. Haim C tun right has published a letter against Sir Franck Burdett, in a style of abuse which only falls short of Cabbett in vulgarity. On the 20411 inst. the ports will be shed against the importa tion of foreign wheat for home consumption ; but will remain open for every ether description of grail. No little bi.dle bias been caused among the inhabitants of New %% Masn, in cousegssence of a copy of the Charter ut that Borough having recently gut into circulation, by which it appeors that they are eolith:4 to privileges that hare lung lain dormant. J. Wolley,7o years of age, who kept a coal-shed, ite Lee's Mews, Grosvenor Squat, nearly severed his head from his body on Tiicsilay. He was held tie bail on Saturil ,y, ut hlarlborom h St! eet, fir un assault with an intent to violate a child eight years old.. A Gentleivian now resi les near Exeter, who has not washed his face or hands for 40 years, aril speaks of the circumstance with pleasure. lie is about fourscore years of ace, Wang, and in good health. Thongli lie sloes not apply water in cleans'mt hi• skin, he is, however, in the daily habit of dry rubbing himself. It has been satisfactorily proved, that the ammoniaeal liquor produced in the manufactory of gas from coal, will etfectuall s destroy the grub and other worms, which so often destroy the rising hopes of the gardener, riitienlaily in Isis early clops. Sn tar is the liquid ei ion ii,juting the tenderest plant, that it beds rather to invigorate it than etlittnise. A journeyman stoue•mason of Liverpool has brought writs of right tot the recovery of an estate in Ireland, which has tong been in a ',trace, of nottill. a-year ; ae f iitso nn aesunia. :acrd personal pi ',petty of mute than half a million. Ifni pros p e cts of succe.s hare been pronounced to be very fit ,,nktsable lay sit% vial Laayers of the least eminence. A dreadful instance of jealuiviy oecnrreci a few nicht/ since, Witt Stulsr's-eruct. The wife of a respectable person, conceiving that a female who had been in her service, had nor sufficiently resisted the;iiiiportonitiestat her master, threw into het face a small bottk of vitriol ; by which she has been deprived of the use of one eye, and is much burnt in her breast and 'sines. Legal MearllC3 have bcen taken on behalf of the girl. loirmbi...l...lie Are 41• Mr...-, SI NCULAR RSC.4PE OF A V AG Some soldiers belonging to the 3lth regiment were becelekt to trial, and two of them condemned to suffer death Oak one of them, however, was left COI* ese('ation, named Halm 'rids poor fellow was constantly visi - ell daring hie cordless mem, by the Rev. G. Du Hearione, because resigned to his fate, and expected the awful mensent with Cluistian !Orli tmle. He Wall accompained to the place of execution by the shove Gentleman. Hr joined him in prayer, and a , - centled the scatfuld with composure. At leagth he was turned off; and when he had hang abates a ininnte sod a h It, the executioner, had taken hold of Inseam/lased body, .11 penile!' himself on it, by whose additional weight the Pere gave way in such a manner that the miserable sufferer's feet towelled the ground. The esectitioner then palled him side ways, with a view to strangle bins, and being eataWe to effect it in this way, got upon his shoulders. To. the peat ear prise of all who witnessed this dreadful- seeire, the poor criminal rose straight ripen his fret, witu the hangnails on his shoelders, and immediately loosened the rope from his throat with his huger). No langnage as describe the sensations which were excited rust 1111 the by standers, by this shocking scene. The Sheriff order ed another rope to be prepared ; but the spectators interfered., And the Sheriff agreed, that, before the proceeding to the execnt ion of the sentence, he weold wait till the will of his Magistracy should. he known. The Civil Magistrate net. • being in town, orders were sent by the Commander in Chief to carry the man back to gaol. By this time Ow peer fellow had recovered his senses. The interest which the scene ex hibited rannot he described ; all became deeply interested, in the moo's fate. Captain Nicholls mid another Gcntlenrant took him cinder their sins to conduct hint, and bs, their am sistonce he was able to walk back to the prison. —The Nest deeitled,that the whole matter relative to poor Hades Afield be transmitted to the King , and the execution os' the so*. tence was suspended till his Nlajemy'a pleasure was knenetx. Petitions Were prepared by the inhabitants, and &awarded to his Majesty, and he was pardoned accordingly. Hottalnt.L PlllENoMENa!—GX.vialsisst. —On the 4th November last, various galvanic experiments were made ea the betty of the meirderee,Clyricsdiele,by Dr. Ure, of Glaagow with a Voltaic battery of 270 pairs of tour inch plates. The; reed,' were 'lady appalling. On moving tn.- red from Ike hip to the lied, the Uwe being previesaly beta, the leg was. thrown taut with. such violence, as nearly to overturn one of the assistaurs,who hi vain attempted so ',Nevem its rateissibn T In the seem'', experiment, the rod W 43 applied to the phrenie nerve in the neck, when Lalsouriaus Wean:rag instantly come menced ; the eldest heaved and fell; the belly wasp eenie/el and collapsed, with the relaxing and retiring iliaphraghiss; and it is thought, that but Isom the complete evasauttion of the blood; pulsation Might have occurred t Its the third es-. regiment, the supra-orbital ut rye was touched, when every muscle in the min deuce* face " was throw D into fearful action." The scene was IDllCOlib—sevcrol, of the spectahavar left the roma ; one gentleman actually farmed from terror ow sickness. In the fourth experiment, Ilse transmitting of the decrial pow' rlt the spinal marrow to the Maar nerve at the elbow, the fusgers were instantly put in motion, cud the agitation of the aria was so great, that the verve: seemed to point to tot daemon spectators, coin rt whore thought it had come to life I Dr. Ure appears to be of opinion, that had not incisions been made in the blood-vessel. ut the neck, and the spinal marrow been lacerated, the criminal might have been restored tolife !--711( Scotsman. Wednesday the Recorder made a Report to his Royal. Highness the Prince Regent, in Council, of the followiug prisoners mut, r sentence of death in New gate, who were capitally convicted in December Sessions lasi; viz. IL Erases, G. Bellostr, K. Thrower, G. %V. Handy, J. Ntuou, W. Smith, and K. 11-edhain, for stealing goods, ac. in dwellmg-tunties Thomas Peeks and Sarah Tliwaites, tun house-Ui raking in the day time ; W. Mattingley, fur horse stealing ; W..8a1.. dock, J. Mason, and J. Fellows, 0 Wood,J. Cursleroy,R. Parsons, and J. Pidgeon, for burglaries ; when Egerton, J. Fellows, and J. Curderoy, were ordered ter triennials on Tuesday next. The others were respited during plea sure. Orr Saturday evening, the 6th instant, a melancholy *46- dent held Sir Henry Harper Crewe, Bart. while driving pair of young blood horses in a carriage con•I 'retest like a break, near the gates of his residence, Borchelt Wood, note Elstree. The horses became in a :theist degr ee rr..tive i and the wheel coming ill contact with the posts at th.i gateway of a cottage near Iris house, the cis' ira4e ...veil a conceal si on which threw Sir Fleury with great force horn Ins seat. • Ile fell on his head, which oceasioaell his inatactaireithe death. Lady Crewe and some of his cliildreit were at that moment arrived from town. to shinier. His vet was with him on the box. when the misfortune uccuer ed. The fedinge ut Iris distracted Lady and leanly on this unhappy occasion, may be better conceived Uran described. Theis sorrowfrl event serves to illustrate the uncertainty of human life, and edit, a nether instance of the justness of Solomon's ina &unction, " Boast not thyself of to morrow, ler thou knowest nut what a dry may bring forth.' Mr. Falls, a nurseryman near. Durham, gives an initiated' land cultivated by the spade in that country, and std wilts wheat planted in lines by a dibble, with plants pruriently raised in a seed bed, which produced Use enormons crop of I/ quarters per acre. Oo the le of this month a duet took place between M. de Saint Matcelin, an Officer lu the Royal tilled, nephew of the Marquis. de Fontaines, l'eer of France, and a Sim- Fayot, of Nantes. The tinnier was wounded by a pistol shot m the abdomen. The ball could not be extracted, and the aukappy young mau expired soon after. A shout time ago a Coroner's-Jury was summoned to sit upon the body of a boy who list bitten from a scaffolding, at.. Selby, in Y trek:Mire, and was reported to have died of hie wrmds. In order that tile cause of the has death might be clearly ascertained, a surgeon was dispatched to esantine the body, who, on Isis rem rn to the Coroner, repotted that, either from a Gale:uric process, ur from some uther cusses, the de :cored was, at the time be entered the town, perform.. hig the operation of eating a Imich of hr. ad and butter. —ln plain English, that he was already convales•eot and would sums he in as good health as any Member of the Jury. Ilenitutsiloata.—A Portsistrintli Paper says, W. are 'miry to slate, that this ttriiiiilt . ot tooilaily is now very prix a kat ;11‘1911411t time canine species its these parte. Sirs eral dogs infected wills it have beets stool. AUtl lig% lucre given by the Nlayor to volatile ail slogs tur a MDillii, t n pain of being destroy. ii. Several persons bays Mon bitten, and atte►.rarde immerged in the/MI, aims priveruive to the iipi.r i elie o n u cl r e , d yi e v n e o r .. , seq aences. Several Score ra cattle, besides men, Oute i, amt. children, have this week sindergeste dippieg u t some of them from Wilts'aire,Lierkellire,&e.'