The National Register. — London, England, 1820-09-10 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S PLATE. -411- A public meeting was held on Thursday, at the Crown and Anchor, for the purpose of receiving the report or the committee appointed to regulate the subscription for presenting to her Majesty a service of plate. The room was numerously filled with well-dressed ladies and gentlemen by two o'clock, at which hour Sir Cr Noel and the other gentlemen who formed the com mittee, entered it amid the acclamations of the company assembled. Sir G. Norm was in the chair. Mr. C. Pt:ARSON read the report, which was of con siderahle length. It state(' that the framers of it had assembled on the 23d of August last, at the Crown mid Anchor Tavern, and had then passed several remphitions, which it recited, for the purpose of opening a subscrip• lion to procure for her Majesty a service of plate suited to her rank as Queen of England, and to the generous feelings which the people felt towards her; that they had requested Mt. Ald. Wood to act as their treasurer, and Mr. C. Pearson as their secretary, which those gen tlemen had undertaf en to do. Mr. Mustruy proposed a number of Noblemen and Gentlemen Trustees, for the purpose of this subscription, and that the Committee be empowered to add to their numbers.—Tlie motion was put and carried unani mously. "Inanks were then moved and carried to Ald. Wood, and also to Mr. C. PEAASOW, the Rev. R. Hayes, and Dr. Gilchrist, for their exertions in behalf of Use object of this mee►ing. Nlr. PeAßsosr, in returning thanks, stated that part of the Queen's plaie had been lent to Mr. Street, the Editor of the Courier, and that front the tiine when it had been so lent tip to the present moment con‘iant attacks had been wade in that paper upon her .Nlajes;y's conduct. - - - Sir G. NOEL, in expressing his gratitude for a rote of thanks which had been passed to him, read a letter nom Alderman IVood, in which the Altlealnati assated that her Majesty was in want of pecuniary weans to conduct her defence. This occasioned considerable remark, and on ;he dis solution of the nieeliii4 it was iniderstood that another would be speediy called to take that subject into con sideration. ALDERSG.JTL ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN Tuesday a Nleeting of the inhabitants of the Waid of ztldersgate was held at the Dispensary in Aldersgate Street, to consider the propriety of addressing her Ma jesty on ner return to England and on the procvedings now taking place against her. The meeting was tit, inerously and most respectable attended ; the gtea& room was crowded. . . Roomer A Laws ('ox, E.g. the win by Aldermau of the Ward, arrived and Ult/k the Cnair at one o'clock. The litartisition been read, Mr. C. COK.OULD addressed die Nletaina. Ile ex pressed how grateful he felt for the prompt and hand some manner in which the wroth). Alderman dad com plied with the desire of the requisitionists: it was ho nourable to himself; it was liberal towards the Ward. It was most properly to ,king private feeiiii„ts aid 'tech culiar opinions give way ro public duty. lle then ad verted to the object for which they tvcre assembled, and lamented at the character of the Governintait and the tranquillity of the country should be pot at issue Ity such calamitous proceedings as those which the Ministers had been bold enoutali to adopt. The state of the pubic mind was before dep:orable enough. 'There was grea. irritation resulting from the conduct of the Nlitosters and the state of our finances. Thus fresh calamity watt not required to fill up the measures of general discon tent. It however had come upon them, and being thus involved, it became thein to do thelr duty in this eying hour of danger. The Queen was now the object or prosecrtion, awl that proceeding was not conducted according, to the known pi niciples and recognized usages of the Constitution. Ile concluded with meting that an Address be presented to her Majesty. Mr. C. Co alio ULD was then loudly called on to read the Address which be itropased should be adopted It ) the mei:hug; and with It quest lie act:ord . /Hwy Coln- The Address, as proposed, was then adopted. Mr. Cott ROO LA) next stated, that hi knew the Ward of A Idersgate so well, that he had prepared the Address, which he produced. (It was beautifully written on vellum. On the top were drawn two serpents, with their tails eastwmeti ; they were writhing, with the heads upwards. liotweeti those heads was a dove, which they wittily attempted to %vomid or disturb. It remained tranquil. In the centre of the circle thus formed were the initial letters C K ) Mr. C. added, that he had further intelligence to comminhcate to them, which he considered would be most agreeable ; their worthy Alderman liked the pro ccediug so well, that he was determined to head them in the procession.—(Loud applause.)—lie concluded with moving that the thanks of the imaging be intern to the Chairman.—Motion agreed to. Mr. Alderman Cox returned his acknowledgments.— Ile deemed it his duty to go up with the Address: as the Officer of the Ward he comddered that lie ought to obey their wishes. (Applause.) Many then placed their signatures to the Address, mid the Meeting was itifinined that timely notice would be given when her Majesty would he pleased to fccerve the Address. he meeting then separated. The main-road ut the toot of Broughton-hill, in Kent, WaS retulen.sd completely impassable Mr ear iiages on Thursday lust, by the falling of about two two thouhami luatls of earth trout the which the late heavy rains had tideratilieLl. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. COLONEL BROWN, has become celebrated in the history of the proceedings against the Queen, and adorns every page of the reco-ds of the Milan board. The following are the dates of the promotion of this ?meritorious gentleman, who, among his other claims to public respect, is said to be a relation of Lord Castlereagh :—Lieutenant Brown (an Iriskman), 23d Foot, about a year in the Quarter-Master- General's Staff, on the Peninsula, in the year 1818 and 1814; Captain in October, 1814, immediately before the reduction of the second Battalion; front which date he was placed upon half-pay. From this period he appears never to have any appoint ment, civil or military; notwithstanding which he was, contrary to all precedent, at the special request of the Duke of Wellington, made a Brev.lt-Major in June, 1817; thereby, although on half pay, ;;ping over the heads of all the Captains in the British service, from 1804 /0 1814 urther, still on half-pay,and resident at Milan, in January, 1819, at the special and private request of bird .Ytemart, he obtained the Brevet of Lieut.-Colonel, ther6y going over the heads of 1,500 Majors of the British army. - NG. —The preparations for the embarka tion of his Majesty oat ins long contemplated sea •excursiou were resumed last week with great acti vity ; and it was expected that his Majesty would leave Windsor for Brighton on Thursday or Friday last. On Friday, howevs2e, orders were suddenly received in town, and at Br;glitott, countermmding► the arrangements made fin• the voyage. The King, in declining the intended sea diversion, did not name any other day when he thought he should avail him self of the present fine weather. The King does not see any company. He remains almost constantly in his cottage ut Windsor. Sir W. Keppel and Sir B. Bloomfield, together with the Duke of York at times, arc almost the only persons seen by his Majesty. The communications to Minn front his lklinister.i arc uncommonly rapid. There arl lea orderly men (Lancers) daily proceed to his Ma jesty with despatches from the House of Lords and the Government Offices. The cause of the postponement of the sea-excursion is stated to be the receipt of another communication from or on the he haff the Queen, asserted to have ben tbrwarded on Friday last. The intercourse consequent upon this, as well as what necessarily results from the proceedings in the Lords, between the King and the Ministers, rendered inconvenient to proceed on the excursion at present. Samuel Waddington has been 'committed tlir six months by Mr. Birnic, the magistrate, to the House of Correction, under the filiowing circumstances : He was charged with printing an inflammatory posting Lill, and refused, when called Lpon, to pro. duce the manuscript. lie was convicted in the pe nalty of 20 I . which he not paying, a warrant of distress was issued by Mr. Birnie, mud Mayhew, the constable, sent to levy it on his goods anti chattels at No. 20, Cow-cross, where he said he curried on the business of a printer; he had, however, no printing materials, no press there. Ile had only one chair, a sack of shavings, and some rubbish, on which it is supposed he slept. There not being sufficient pro perty to satisfy the amount of the conviction, on the premises of his residence, was the ground of his com mitment to the House of Correction fir six months. agreeable to the directions of the Act of Parliament. SWANSEA, Seri . . I .—We arc concerned to state, dim a difference in respect to wages has arisen be tween some of the Copper Companies in this vicinity and the men employed in the works. Thirteen of the latter were convicted, bethie our Magistrates, of a combination, and committed, but escaped from the constables. On the followink . r day dire,: of these were again apprehended and lodged in our tempo rary place of confinement, previous to their removal to the House of Correction ; but they were speedily released by a body of their comrades. It has been deemed prudent to swear in un accession of con stables, and to embody our volunteer cavalry. Oa Saturday se'nnight a person named Briston was hawking a bill in the Nlarketvlace of Norwich, which, to iiiduce people to purchase, he described as follows :—" Here is a full and true account of the trial of the Italian false witness against the Queen. this man swore so fast against her, the Queen filinted away ; she soon came to herself, end proved what the witness said was false; he was, after a trial of tour days, cast and committed to Senate." Alderman Crisp Brown passiiig at the time, ordered the hawker to be taken to tail:we:4 when he was taken bethre the Mayor, and on promising not to be guilty of the like offence again, he was bound over on his own recognizance to keep the peace, and discharged with a sovete rcpritaaai from the Ma gistr.:te. Mr, F. Crook, son of T. Crook, Eq. of Tytherton Lucas, Wilts, being out sporting with his friend, Mr. Ken s, on Snettril.ty last, the gun of the latter accidentally went ofr and shot Mr. Crook, who cx. pired within half au hour.. 111111 *95 MEL ANCHOL Y CATASTROPIIE.—A caravan of French and foreign naturalists, conaistiug ()IN!. I panel, Council. for of Emperor of Russia; Sillicus, physician, and Cartan, the younger, apothecary ; Bourdet (of La N le vre) naturalist; Durnford, an English Captain, and a Mr. Ilentlerson, a gentleman of the same country, set out fro••) Geneva on the 16th of this month, to explore the stiunnits of the range of mountains, known under the name of Mont-Blanc. They wereprovidcd with three 4zuides, one of whom, named Peter Cartice, had made the ascent six times. On the 180), the travellers having safely cleared the dangerous passes, arrived at the top of a mountain called the Grand Millet. They were obliged to halt there a day and two nights, on account of OW bad weather; but on the Sunday morning, August the 20th, the weather appeared once more to set in nue, and the savaus commenced their march at five o'clock in tile morning. 'lney had nearly reached the desired summit, when the guides, who preceded them across ouc of those MUlPltalli , , Dist their fonting, were hurried by the snows to tic: bottom of the ravine, and were overwhelmed by the c.vaianene. The travellers who were coming up in the mac, witnessed this frightful catastrophe, and escaped as if my miracle, the same fata lity. Tney exerted theinseiva for the space of four hours to find suite means of rescuing the uniOromate meat, bat all their etibrts, all their struggles were without success. It is needless to add, that these gentlemen lost, by this event, almost all the instruments with which they were in:iv:tied, and tuat they returned to Geneva. its a s:ate of consternation, after having sects the men ' who served them as guides so awfully perish. DA RING 11,01111ERY.—Abort three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, as Mr. Everett, of Compton Street, Clerkess well, backivaker, was standing at the corner of his on n Str::Vi t mu see the Queen pass hy, he was hustled by a galig of pick pockets ; one of thesis of the mune of Joseph Gray, gave Mr. Everett a blow in the belly, acid OMSK , diJLely snatched his gold watch out of his fob, which the villain handed to one of his accomplices, who ran off with it. Mr. Evvred laid hold of the robber and called for assistance, they struggled for some time, until Edw. Read, one of the datum Garden Police Mice came aiiii took lii it into cuszt.dy, and recognized in him all uhf offender. lie was Liken before the Sitting .Magistrate, where tae charge being proved, lie w..s committed to Ncwgace fur trial. Abmilay, ly of June, a duel was fought between Richard Stuart arid "Townsend S. aide, lar.h of King George County, Virginia, on the Mai y land shore, immeehately opposite their residence, at a short distance, with muskets loaded with buck shot. Mr. Ilitte was shot dead ; Mr. Stuart was Cl) severely wounded that he expired in a few hours alter. They were betglihatits, near relations, and heretofore friends. Tuts untortimate difference, winch resulted in so tragic an end, occ u rred about a mere trifle ; and thus adds two more to the list of wretched victims who have fallen a sacritiec to raise notions of honour, aiid nie horrid and gothic practice of duelhutg. Munogit.—On Wednesday I.tst was committed to Filicrtoti gaol, J. Asher, charged on au hilliest with wilfully murdering I'. M'Key, at the Bull hill, %Vat ininster, on Sunday afternoon, the 27th ult. Tire per son charged with tile murder is an old decrepid upwards iir 74 ) ..irs of age, woo travelled about the country %Twiny &rostrums, and tic cause Mille horrid act appears to have been jealousy. Asiter, it seems, had for some tin.e cohabited with a WU111:111 of Wilton, named Sarah Lewis ; with this went in the deceased, who also travelled the country with table cloths, had latterly formed an ......quaintance, by fropittioy meeting her at diderelit houses of resort tor people of their employ 'neut. On Sm.day afternoon, the old man, undeistandshig that the woman and deceased were sillily, toaeiiier on a bench in the backyard of the public-house where they lodged, armed It:lnserts with an old carving knife, which he sharpened fur Ms horrid purpose, .and without speak ing a word inflicted three mortal stabs on the object of its fury. I\i'liey languished till between 1 I and o'clock on Monday, and then expired. It is understood that the deceased I.as left a wife and ten children at Nelvry, in the North of Ireland. Uu 11 edires law last a desperate outrage was commi.ted by some 01 the kleincrs in Loteasier Castle, who had the room, called the Tap, in the old Muer, assigned for their apartiefmt. 'Utley bloke up all the chairs, tables, and forms it: die room, and afterwards set them on lire ; . and but for the activii of the gaoler and his assistants in getting the lire under, in all probalsility that part of the prison would nave been dcstro)ed. Exmouth Regatta, on Wednesday sc'nniglit, was more numerously and respectably attended than we ever retuember it to have been un any tOrmer occa sion. During the boat-race an accident of a very serious natura was likely to have ecmtred. One of the boats, in wive: pence au sudden squall, filled and sunk, but we arc happy to say, that by the pronr..t and humane exertions of E. L. Kemp, Esq. of Exeter, and Lieut. Parker, of Exmouth, no lives were lost. The former gentleman was viewing the sailiag-match in his own yacht, accompanied by his friend, Air. Parker, Lid seeing the accident was likely to happen, they immediately made towards the sinking boat, trail were fortunate enough to ar rive in time to save Capt. Lyons, and the two pilots who were un hoard with him, from a watery grave. A duel took place lately in the poi teipatity of 13u renal, between a Polish and a Russian Prince Tl.ey !Ought w ith pistol,:, and the RusSian was woult:lid, out not llangerously. The affair is said to have excitcd a very great sensation, but the cause t f the qua Tel is not stated. A Prcitcher in clic Methodist connection eloped di Friday from II Lincolnshire, with a Diu:; IT.Iv of cousidaalii.„l iir:rtlde, and urea: •. _ • _ CU LlitVC ',La cur Urctu.i.grecti. =III &Wait.