The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-03 00:00:00

AMERICA. it was exoeeteil on the first meeting of Congrei=4. that a stiffic'e number of members would not be in otteadonoe to form a vorrina to transact hair •ss; hut on , he conwry. , o great is-the interest takeu in that coontry in the adunnistratiim of public atrairs. that no f •ss ea thou Itt ;Mildred and thirty members of the llouse of lie rriientatives appwrial and took their smut on the first day of the r•(.. •011. •zra:itl military ro.:il has been commene....l, under the orders of the 1 4 1 - taiiiient of tha iteFted Staics. front Platt :btirg, to the French ItstlF. anus affirming an easy communication haw, en the wat• re of Lake Champlain and these of the !liver St. Law-wee. :khan 15 th:ies of this road Itasc beau coniplet sl, in spite of difficultiis of the 11.0,! thrtnidable nature, cm-aunt:and by the wtaktilen. by tne.ins or iieavation, the traveller now finds a safe and ca:y passage over hills s.hteh w-re b_-fore scarcely neceadble. It is confidently believed that this road, fee goodness. boaute. and durability. is 11111 burp...sett by rely in the United States. The %work has hitherto Nam pciftimied by tha 6th regiment of the United States inthntry. An Article from Mobile, dated th:t. 27. states, that the sloop %Vests ington, one of the cartels employed to transport the Spanish garrison Won - Pensacola to Haviinnalt, had arrived there in 14 days from the former plaice. The Washington, it appcars, had been driven by c..4ltrary winds to Cam peachy, where she found the Peggy, anotiser of the tran ports, with the Governor of Pensacola on board, and pro ceeded front thence to lIRVRIIII3II, in company. On the passage she was hoarded he an Independent cruiser, who treated the captain and crew of the Washington very politely, but took ten blacks - belonging t• , the Spools') passengers, and a barrel of rum. The cruiser then hoarded toe Peggy, and hung Governor Massot at the vard.arm, until he cool'essid where his money was, which they found'and Cook. amounting to n,OOO behave, sing also all the blacks on board. The Peggy had not arrived at Ilavannali when the Washington left C...tt place. LORD SELKIRK AND THE NORTH WEST COMPANY:- ......-. . . Intelligence from Upper Canada, with aeconuts of the trials of ditlesent persons accused by Lord Selkirk as principals and aei'esSaiies, in what Was termed the murder Gorerloo - Seirip:P. aria his foheett•rs, has been received. 'the trials of two of his Lsrilsliiiis eiplottists, accused of stealiiil cannon mounted sot his fuels, tertnitiated iii the acquittal of thy pat tiea. them was no want of 'hoof of the catiaou having been /miser' by these persons, nail having been delivered wp to Mr. Camerett ; upwards of thirty witnesses having proved the tact, who also acknowledged they were Concer ned in the affair with the prisoners. They farther admitted their reason for disarnitt g the tort, Was the threat inside use of by Loud Selkirk's Governor, NPDoimell, tip block up the Red River, and pi recut them (rein leaving a einititry, their experience of which had in an degree answered lire eXpectatiOliv they had been led to fossil of it, by the fewest-illations width indeed them to embark ii, the speculation of settling in this Coloity. Tilt , Chief Justice stated to the Jury, it was quite evident, from the testimony adduced, that there was no felony In the case; Ai it also appeared in !door, that the pristine. and the stare persuais aciing with them hail ..lily canted away the arms, leaving the carria_ts, tackle, and aiiiiiituntion hehiud, which they would not have done, had their intensities been to it-it au! properly. To, Jury immediately i charged a verdict of " Not guilts" which was followed by en address ail the Attorney Geiteral to the Court, declining w proceed in the Cafe tit' essii.piracy, which hail been made aviiiist the persons acquitted on the previous charges, as lie could pro dace no evidence to esttililisti it. Wel undetstatid the result of the trials has been pet reedy satisfactory to the Josiges who prestile•l, the Attorney General who elnducted the pro ceedings, and to the Public, which, after so Mall contradic tory stateineots ft out different parties, have now had oat oppiatnnity of deciding epees Ile. merits of the case., between Lord .selkirk and his commercial rivals, by established eti deuce, in a Court of Justice. The accusations of treason, murder, felony, aiel other crimes, made by his Lordship against the Gentlemen of the North West ComparlYiott wilicli he arrested and trtated them as the vilest et iiiiinats, •iiil on which lie jos:alert the military seizure- of ail their properly and papers a: Fort W:lllarn, have therelbre been huh ii not .iostitied Iry ( what the his addle-, to the Jitry,!etu. yliativaily called) even a 4. SCilbtilli.l of widener billeting tleon." It tehishis to be seen, whether his Lordship will oe able to juslify himself in as satisfactory a manner far the charges mate a.zainst himself. and which it is said the Kurth West ciwipaiiy intended to tier.: his Lotilship a 101 l mid fair upporittuOy of meeting, in the Courts of Westminster Hall, his Lot fishy hiving returned to this count' y. As Mr. Cochrane, the landlord of the Robert Burns tavern, Screed, was id Imintile in of Mr. Matthews, entertain. tug a numerous aliiiitrice by an olio of singing and techatiou at the Ly coma 'llieatre, on Monday evening, the harmoity of the compatty was sioideuly interrupted by the unexpected appeal ante of a couple ut bailifts on the scene, who ratite forward and seized the tanefol minstrel, tit the midst of the spectators, as their pvisoner. On his representing to then) the disappointinent which his audience (oho had paid e s . each for thior admission) would experienee,riuless the sports of the evening Were alto. e Ito 'proceed, and on los applying, perhaps Some ainie eouvinelog rhetoric to their pecuniary feeliiiga, they pet matted Cochrane In continue his reedit tions. At the close of them, two of his fa icons Caine (inward, and put in bail for kis future appearance.—The :Wrest took place at the &idiot Messrs. Goo anis, the brewers, fur a debt of dal. A few•days before 111:y had uttered him 3001. if lie would snrrentter hie lease and license into their hands; oa his refoisitig to do so, beranse lie lied already pledged it with his spud-merchant fur 1001. they threatened to art tit hint, and actually carried their threat into execution; in the manner above stated. Mr. Robert Wilkie, the celebrated at list, atpd Mr. Robertson, the nottiature painter in the Ailelphi, (who were present at the exhibitioo, which was eiiiitely of Mr. Cochriuse's own composition), immediately en :lie intrusion of the batliffs, tarried themselves Its bail. It is useless to add that they were instantly accepted. A dreadful accident occurred at Poplar on Monplar. Mr. Broadhurst, a brieklayer, and three of h's men, while orim. pied in digging -u deep well, were suddenly overnbelnied tinder an immense heap et the louse earth. Notwithstauding every exertion, they wet e not extricated from their hot ri hie satiation till Tuesday, having been' buried 211 hunts. Our iaaft was dead : Mr. Broadhurst and the ot'aer two are in a very weak and dasigeroits state. 'fitesilay morning, (79;11,)abont four o'clock, the watchman in Churcli-steeet, Mile lied New 'Ecorri, w:di alarmed by the Calling of some bricks from the wall (Witte New Chapel. He hastened to the spot, wlicit a swan tan Mt previously dropping a sack, which was found to contain tile corpse of a telltale, the wife of epriur man in the neiglibum hood. :she had been buried oat) last Siluday. The body was taken to the watch. house, :did teinterred by the keeper. The watchman had a good view of sue of the ruffians, but did not Pt:weevil iu op pr. ' wil ding min, although there is little doubt et bis being able to identify THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPOSED INSURANCE SOCIETY. It ..tt ill be recollected, front oilr report of the proccedine% , at tl.e Inge ntrt•tiu t t of the Norwiell Coitto Society, flirt a 1 , • oluliou Wel+ then aereed 10, retpioding the Cliatrot.rn to cull a :Matting of the L.• .dun Its:torero of that Society„ and oilier inltabitatit liott%eloo r%, lin the ',minim. of taking' into et , u• , !dcrl too pt , tpti.•ty of evtabli•liing tt Fire and Life I isulance Sorirgr , 011 the principle% of intinial in. terett and tootit4l titk. IWedtirtalay Ii: n u •d for the meeting', it fiat m iii at the City of Lotati.its 'rivet it.•ll - It a at, however, bat very thinly attended, Uu.•rr not being more than three or lour dozen permits ;1%- ..ctotoltd. Soon after I, there being Ilico idiom lull pernsti% ut c%cltt, 11.1.1.1ey called to the chair, a Inch hat log taken, he In ietly fitAte4l to the meeting the objeet far t%it.cle they had horn railed loerther, .11111 ro.pteNted their atteotion to Mu. Brook, the genii...Joao with shoot the I ettolittion had 01d2;nal ell. • Mr. Brook said, that as he had imposed the motion which occasiutieil the meeting, he felt it imce••ary Io state his rea son.: but first he wished to art himself tight in the opinions of many present, as he feared there had ileell a great mi untleritauding Of ilk nitration. 11 Mid mom Ileum:ht that he wishr.l to take a lectling flair in lhe li ..“.11gaio..011 of a nett society, but Anti' aii object Ile 11104 lie had hat time. NMI still km. 1111 anion , In devote lams, It to Sll4'll a pill snit ; and bus j oi legotjogog in 0 jailing that a meeting of the Landon lastut - ets in rile Nit' wirb U • Society should take place oa‘, that as all or 'moot ut them were afloat to be shaken Or 11% the Not wit•lt nit er tilts, they might together consider the Itc,l Means Ili pro% Wing for the S of that measore. lie bed given the sithject curt :y •Itlelitioti iii his power. and was tits( of opinion Iliat society alight be establislool on similar pritwiplcs ; for he hail halved that 50111 e gentlemen of weight and intiotenee ill the city Mould have rouse lonvitril and supported it. His only object, a, tar as be hirmelt was concerned, was, that (beer might lie to London a Soviet v conducted on prineiplse similar to 'loose Of the Narwicli noel that be might imate his property in It. Ile How regretted that lii pitup.i•ool plan did not find that sairoart whirl) would lead him to anticipate its socctss: Ire had heron. understood that the alholgt .1 loss to the N terw orb be the Laudon imittret•i nay eart , ed by Improper mintage mu•lit ; butt he was slime infurinett, that in order to realise any prat"( prtipartioned to the risk, the London iii , utrei %%Mt Iti not be sufficient to snpputt any arse society. Hu - had said thus much in esplanalion of In. 11101iVe s, 01i.1 1111101!d 1101 V, Witlllint proposing any thing, leave it to the cot:shirr:oMb of the obtetnig, whether, un ler all the discultualtittir eircea.- stances he bad mentioned, they would proceed may further. Hai Own o, was. that there was not &efficient support for. an undertaking ut such magnitude as a mew insurance society. .4 gentleman whose name we millet - stood to lie Aldia, ad— dressed the meeting, and saiti that there was already estab lished a new iisai•ative society, emosisting of smote of the most respectable 110311 10 LOllllOll, to he conilticted on the saint. principles as the Norwich ; that a pro% isional committee had already been formed, and that they nimbi avail ilietio•elves of the Mug experience of Alr. Haploid, sem, in its management. Ile added, that the particulars would be made kuowu in a few day , . Mr. Barry congratulated the meeting on the intentlesl es. taldislinsent of such a society as that which the last speaker had mentioned. it would, lie bail sio doubt, he conducted upon Inure equitable and ihutioarable principles than the Not wich, and it would prevent the pulllie from being imposed: 1111011 lay little clubs ut speculators, which were loriiiitig in several places in London for the purpose of takiug insuraiters. • These clubs he condemned ',tong ;retort, attid afier again praising the new establishieseni. which, lie °air eyed, Omagh yet to its infancy, would rise like a pbomix boor its tidies, he added, " I am ofopiuiuu , Sir, that this establi•liiiieht has Com pleted the object for which we met ; and 1 may say,' Let every 111411 depart in peace accoriliug to the word;' and 1 think, without any disrespect, t may add for this Jay Lave we seen the salvation of one interests beg , to.'" Phis last sentence drew upou Mr. But ry the marked disap probation of ninny Sit the i•outu. Ile etas ht•sed, and it person in the front of Iwo cited mit, " That's blasphemy, and yon should o u t have onteied it." Mr. Hairy begged lie might not he misunderstood : no thing was lot liter from ho, odenimu than that profanation should ever pass his lips, Or 171/114e from the tip of his longue. Ile Irved his God, and adored hi• rrligiou, as much as any stetson present emildi and he defied any one to impute any iminotaltty In 10111. His object ill using the words ass not to cause ally disrespect to them, bat to espreis more strongly the satisfaction he It'll at hit mg tint iutrtest, of the inertiog— End no one could suppose be want any other 110111 tellitiOrdit tles, ilfutteleit the speculations of advi•titttrers. Ml. H:111,011 %tailed to know NW) and what those " highly respectable" gentlemen were vilto were to ottahage mew agelet 3 . it was tit that the stitelitig should andel staitil that they might judge fur them... Ave.; fur he could not sup pu•e Nat they wets to be insulted ty having ATI. llignold„ sea., proposed as the future manager of their insuraile , s. (hear, hear., Mr. Adis refused to answer tins question, hut persisted in saying that the gem Itmeesi siere of the highest respeetauility. 1 lie question was repealed by the Waltman, and loudly echoed by several voices in the room, Wit ,till per. severed in not giving the moues, but said they might very probably be made public in a day or two. petll.oll , then 8 Intik C together, some calling for expla nation, and others giving their opinions upon its befog with held. One insurer said, that lie was called upon to renew his insurance for 1,0001., and he wished to know to whoa) he was to give the premium. No answer was given to this. \lr. Chippendale put the same tpiestiou that Mr. Hanson had previously put, and added, that II the parties were re spectable, as was atledged, there could tie no reason to con. eralthem. Tliniuron taiJ, that lie had great interest in proenritte insurances in Scotland and the Nurth of England. tle would give Isis services fora year fur nuthing, if a nen sucisly wetc established, provided—(Here the speaker Was inlet - raided furs time by build laughter.) He continued, lie did not MCA II to beg a sittiatioll, as lie was independent, and had tutu deo ; but he WAN ittl‘io44ll in a clew SOLICI), and hu 1:11CW he eutiti he of great set vice. Mr. Tilloca, after some few comment,. on what had 'nosed that the meeting sheoltl be adjour:r,•d sine die. 'Anis was seconded by Mr. Brook, mho relo-atetl some of his reasotis declining 14i &uul the catai.)ll.,hilicht of 711 r. Ilignuld, sea. said, that on Tbursdity List his younger sou came to hint, and said that they (lbe Norwich Duet:tor.) would AtIVALICC wile 13,0001. to aurpott him tu the eatablish. JAN 3 men? ut a new society. lie agreed to take it and atileanee :1,0001. himself; In• did not want to be secretary, Lot he would give the new sucirt, the I.onrlit at his. twig eiyerieure, _ . 31r. S. Nan!, it was true 1w lied called upon bin rather, lino it nits 10.1 volutitatily. His father had Netst li•r lo in a n d B.l s eil, eaold iliey. meaning, es lie leistoml It , his three anu•, advenre him 10,1)3(11. to stippoit lum iti a nen Nu. eiety And 11)..1 he wnnld add hiohseif. replied, that they ret , hl Illlil 5ui..:1,1 ; hut L i . 111 h-wino of biiklisig Ili. \.11'1% Uilrrlury bysnub lit - .1140 atioll. Mi. Haman read a letter, which he sal I whit a ropy of a eirelliar sl.lll 10 1111' daft:Sent agents in ti.e. country. it irss signed by Mr. Dipiiiiii, /PH., anJ •toned that ri Deal l oi Duecios, had been folioed its [minion, :11,i they wane t.) be assisted by the Nei wich Boma. ii. 4.41.„.1 roi lion ul• thi►, and again uskrd , oho west , th,,se I?.• rectors. teen. said, that they weie otriy a prousion,.l eoouurtu•e, lint hall caned ilivinsel% c. 1)11111.43. Another homer lead a similar tette.% %idea he said M:l4 Aigtird by Thomas Iii_•oold. sera., as secretary. lit Ihib s‘.lll called opus' to iit:l% '(ti• Ms:tit:me, a n d told that Ma persons ronetol nrtl We'll' ul• flit Pot levet:la:de in LoaAtto, and that he taighl imnrr eith titr.o s.tfety• lie a awed to Lotto hots the: ruincidcd milli the decimation ul 3lr. that t.. di I 1101 Wi•11 to hr seeretat t, Al i . fii ; pl e t t l, .., is —111.1.1 a lof ti 10 0:101. Air. Tiiimip‘oes ru•h:d It. Ile liiiurnie4 0 holly, ihr Lox* !mimic.% halo 10 he In 11r. hands iiaa tiren paid in. ltigtould tilid it 0 wilti be su murk the better fin• the Losiduit insurers if lit. lot Mere title that they were entitled 10 a share of urcunaillition, h e %%mild have lieu 1 . 011111!‘ AAAA . ig. A 1.4)4 conversation then emoted, in which frequently there were inure talkera than Waters. The question of adjunimment was put and negatived. Another notion was then pi optwed, that a Cumulates. o i, lie appointed to Can. •tiler how fir it might be expedient to inaiitaile a new in. siorance suci'•ty, opine the principle of iiiii l profit and -me. 11141 fish. This was seconded, and after suother tedious con y. E , :litm, was carried stuainumusly, after WA amenditirtit to it, lot au adjouisiment for three mantis had been negatived. The meeting then priperedcd to elect the committee ; here the 4retit difficulty arose ; scareely any one eutild be fining, to undertake the task. Mr. Alderman Thorpe was put in nothloaliml, but begged to be excissed, and his example was follow eil by treaty, and hawing exhausted nearly the list of all names in the room, a Cot iiiii ittee of (lee was made rip, walla power to add to their smuttier,. Thanks were then s otcd to lite Chairman, and the uu•etiu;t adjourn ued. About hall past foot o'clock on Thurso! )y morning, as Mr. Bertram, a I espeomoblc hotelier of We'taii, was ptuereding uu hue, e baek 111 till.. 10 14 11, Oil way to HedOorortniglit 11..11 gal a little on this side id s olie Anlaby tiosomtemal, lie was accosted by tuo 1111 . 11 ill %holt j•Irk11.11., 011 foot, who, oilier aid) ing him a few trifling questunts, seized the bridle of his horse, our of them put 4 bundle downon the ground, and then sit leek Mr. Itarteam on the side with a bludgeon, at the same time demanding his money. Mr. ltartram, finding himself olio's .too did, made all Miniediale re)oistanee %%Ali his whip ' but was 611411 y throati Upllll the iiiiii I ; being a powerful man, hr folllillllo , l a strong awl deteroime t t opposi I it'll to flee robbers, and threateo jog to shoot diem, they thought proper to draw :)aek a lltlit., Wileu Air. ltortrain seized their bundle which lay ii!sen tt.e turnpike-road, lenumuted his holm), atoll got kare aitb it to r. Lyon's itm, in Carr-lane, the men rollou big Min Ibr soire time, thrt retiOug his life, if lie did not di op the AI r. 11141114111 was cousitli . rably agitated alien he gut to the jou, and a good deal hurt in his side by tile scuffle, and the force of the bludgeon; but otherwise, we are happy to say, nut atiateriall hurt. The bundle, us) twid to coataiti it pair of [Mattis. one of Mein loaded, uutulcd, and the twit tied tip ; au elegant green plush purse and pocket book, a gentleman's drab cloth upper coat with Covered 101 l 1011%, a silk and cotton i)atolkerrkief litilienimed. and a vet y considerable 511111 of money in bills and gu1.1.-11u3 Pa.k .• 'lb. MatoETws (:riche,.--(Cip - ionsl)iscovery.)— A letter from Diisinane, in Scotland, Millet, as follows :—'• 00 the loth Nov., as the servants belonging to Ilse West Mains of ()oho. naite•IIOUSV, were employed ill mirrying away stones nom m excavation made among the rums that point tint the hi'e , •f Macbeth's Castle lime, part el thr ground they stood on Ind denly gave way, mill sunk flown about six feet, discoyerillg .1 regularly built vattli, about six feet long and four wide. None of the men being injured, curiosity induced them to devout the I , llblel'illlC4ll I'll:1,1 , 41, %%11141 they ifloolvectql am e ns the ruins a large stone, weighing about :Alain., which •Isitru• 110411 Cell to be of the meteoric or simii.metallir kind. This stone inii4 have laid here during the long of ages sin( e Macbeth's reign. Beside it wet e also found two rtiond tab!ets, of a composition resenibliu4 bronze. On one of these two lines are engraved, which a gentleman has thus deciphered —' The scoot. (or shadow) of kingdom come, until sylphs in sir carry we again to Bethel.' Fliesc plates exhibit the figures of the targets for the arms. From ;now immemorial it has been believed among us here, that unseen hands brought Jacob's pillow from Bethel. and dropped it oil the site ts here the palace of Scoone now stands. A strong billet is also en. let tonged by many of this part of the country. that it was only representation of this Jacob's pillow that Edward Arai 10 IVe►tmiustx r, the Sacred stone not having lie , 1,1 1 . 0111111 by bin . 'flue curious here, a treu e of owls traditimis. and Wilei viewed these venerable remains of Slit itilt;l), agree that Mac beth 1114 y, or rather must, irate thip.mite,l the atone in tier liun at the bottom of his C. 1411 1 ., 00 ll.e 14114 Minsimmelf the 11,1161 e unite liun s ) , tT111 . 1"e it has !wen found by !Swami.' moo. This solemn' stone this been shipped for Litintoo for the inspection of the scientific 41114U:11lb, ill order its i•ral quality." Un Weiliies:lay Hight the •prcventive Custom 11 . 1114 P boot stationed at Attic field, commanded by Wr..laiiies :Wajor, being nu the look-out near St. Catharine's Point, at the hack of the Isle el Wiglit,seizeil a la. g ht longing In :st Helen's, called the Fanny, laucu 1111111 WO casks of prohibited spirits, and four Isle of 11 ight smugglers oil hoaid, viz. S. Saunders, James Si James Harbour, and U'. Hassell, all of which, and the met'. tits cuuJrscd to the .Costion lion.e, Cowes ; hot the present regulations directing that seillll es made by (As, 104.)4i5511411 he delivei eir to the ; f:xvise for prosecution, the letzlaus had to travel five miles farther, to find out the proper Es cee.otticer fur the ettst.dy of the goods. The se inure will torn cut a good -Christmas box fur the Custom-house officers, as capturing the boat, awn, and goods, gives them a claim to the Clown's shine, with their own will yield them near 70tti. for their