The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-11 00:00:00

JAN. 11 1.11 PO 14! TAN T DECISION. FROM AN HUM PAPER. Application having been made by a plitolicrn of the name of Cummins. residing in Self olk-street, laublon, against rel. tain Pointers of the Bank of Ireland, to enforce payment for spiritions liquors, salledged to have been consumed in ;heir house, the detoured was resisted by Mr. Oldham, engrever to t h e B a nk, on the part of the printers. Y•lhe question being of coliseltdable impoi lance, and involving the birdies', not only i ieblicans in general, hilt of the entire working classes of rile clonintinity, the worthy A.derman (Warner) ai•hcd to have the point argued by Counsel; and, accordingly, Mi. Finlay was haat d on the part of the plaintiff, and Mr. Jonas Greene on the part of the defendants. It eppeare. l that cettaiu of the copper•phate printers, em ploye., by the Bank of Ireland, had been in the habit of f i equenting the house of the plaintiff, and had incurred a debt of 161. for spirituous liquors, consumed by them in his house ; mud that to recover the same, lie hail proceeded to arrest two of the said capper-slate printers ; but that, finally, the matter had been sabmitted In the deristria of the above na odd On the part of the capper-plots printer., Mr. Oidluton stated, that he had estahliMed a Savings Bank among them, the accumulations of which lie refused to hand over In discharge of their debt ; the same having been Incurred contra' y to the neovision of au Al'l, It3SSell in the 11111111 year of the reign of George 11. which prohibits the giviog credit to workimeti, servings, and others, by politic:ills, shore the value of nue shilling. Mr. Oelliatsi further sliced, that the hind in gaes•ion had been established with a view to its being appropriated to the purchase of clothes and other necessaries, the payment of rent, occasional relief in cases of sickness, ia; e. ; and that the handing any part of it over for the dischat ge of the debt in question, would be a divert_ leg of it from its original destination to a mischievous and illegal 'impose. 'feat so beneficial had been the operation of the fund, that a sum of 2161. had been actually saved by a few printers in the short space of eleven months ; mast of whom had lived hitherto in poverty and dissipation. Alderman Warner, after heariiig an inAenions argument on the part of the plaintiff, dismissed the application; compli menting Mr. Oldham on the success of those exertions which had effectuated so salutary an object, by dies, as it Were, vaewing those obstacles, which the Legislature had wisely interposed to that dissipation in piddle-houses, which has proved the very bane of the working classes in this country. The above decision pats an end to the question of workmee, is, and others, obtaitting credit in plinlic.honses, and is of the last importance to the morals and a ell-being of that useful class of the community, nho are, nolnrtimately, too often led to waste those earning. which shotill be appro• prtated to the health, comfort, and convenience of themselves and their families. It is related that an Hysteria Prince, on being informed that one of his had been guilty 01 an iniynitou. judg ment, 'as tiered him to he flayed, and his skin to be stuffed late the cushion of the seat of justice. His sticeessor, it is remarked, wa• the molt upright Judge that ever existed ; lint, it is added, 041 lu was on many OCCOSOMIS observed to wiggle very snuck in Ins seat. A very general n.ttion is entertained, that more suicides are committed in England than in other countrie.s. The late publicat:on of Mr. K imptz, of Berlin, founded on official returns, hi the towns of Prussia, proves the moult cry; in one town the suicides in 1817 amounted to one hi eves y 02 of the itilsakitaiit, Ant though the suicides in this cousotcy be not mom numerous than in other countries, we regret to say, that crimes in England are out of all proportion to the ether paint of civilized Europe. 111 Fiance, during the severe year , : of 18141 and 1817, they only unwonted in the former so 6.587, and in the latter to 9,185, Now the commitments for England and Wales alone in 1818 amounted to 13,93.4„ population of England and Wales is 10,19t,,001.1, and that of Fiance is 28,996,3014 In the Vice.Chaticellor's Court the 'Master of the Bolls &lire; ed his filial judgment in a suit between a lady, named Tarelfal, and slue 'Erwin:es of a school at DWI, near Lances ter.—TllC can,• flt dispute was two perches of land, and to whom in right they belonged. It has been in litigation te,. years, and front the conflicting testimony, the Judge con fessed lie never met aith a more difficult case. 'the decisioa was against the lady. The costs of this lung proceeding en account of a piece of ground not worth 401. amount to be tween 9,0001. and 4,0001. each party. Maarice Serabey, jun. Esq. Barrister at Low, and one of the Buckinghamshire Nlagistrates, is appointed one of the Magistrates at the public office in Illorship Street. ATTEMPT TO EFFECT THE ESCAPE OF BUO.V.IP-4RTE. Thr :Worming Pod says,—" A gentleman jolt arrived from St. Helena gives the (meowing payticulars of the late att e mpt to effect Cie escape of Napoleon ptionapart• limn that island. Oar intarmation is deri‘ed front a most respectable sourer, and eve thee efore ley it before deer readers as we received it : —' Au American vessrl, applrrently dismasted and other• wise injured, but peirpusely damaged. to avoid suspirion. made her erre:mince oil St. Helena. The necessary re pairs were entered mi with tht greatest activity, while utter r schemes *ere prosecuting with industry in the interior. I 7 had for some time previously bet n deemed exprdit nit to have a thbil), Viet, or the person of liiionaparte by a person pointed fur that pal Uvular duty. His medical iittelithwit, however, slaw came., it to be tecitified that the prcearimis state of time F:inperue's health was such as to render it neve, sary that he should remain pee feetly quiet at home, moue - noyed by any personal inntece . lir thi• feigned slate of indisposition ;he wily N•poleun secretly quitted his bed Mom about niiiistight, by means the moat artful ;he actually passed the guard and r hiding the vigilance of no less than seveu sentinel., sneereded in I eaeleing the beach. This was a innetuer of high interest ender ill The means of csr.trt. ahiell the Ex•Eiiiiiei or, was led so conlidenely to expert were, howevei, nut yet perfected. It hail been concerted lutist a et.rtMill si.,ul should be given uy him on his arrival at the beads. The 1.11:nal was duly given, by hoisting a lanteth at the end Or a Walking stick; hut the boat which was to receive bum out having yet sufficiently approached the short', a .111111 e seeitturl 01 . *hose airtime' on Ihe hresclo It • party had nut been .ap p rised, uu pereeiv tug the 'Lao, eaiiie NI, govt ante Equal tip ISIS lesi.ll.llolo SeiZed the once °teat Capita it, abuse %cry name h..d been Int terror of 11111111.ter. Ile ne•taiiily (merit hint ter the guard lemese, foam whence lie ass run vey it nava to Longwood . , ei is scarcely eieressary to aod, lie has eat r imice been watched With increased vigilance, thoesitei not teeii•eti ite61011411:. with ally the Slightest Jr be cc ur t igottr." NATIOVAr. nEctwrEtt.' DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. l'A ti. • L 5.--Yesterday, after mass, the King received 111 1 pulse de rt..nan-timicz, the Ambassador of Spain, who had the hnuollr of delivering to his Maj -sty an autograph letter f'roin his Sovereign, announcing the death of her Majesty the Q.i.Pll Of Spain. Her Majesty sunk on the 2‘.itle of December, at 9 o'clock In the evening, tender a second a- ~ick of emyplegia, which she survived only 22 minutes. Alter her 'Majesty bad ceased in live, the C.csarian operation oat peantineti, whit the King's petwission, in the hope of saving the faiths, which was toned to be a female. Every care, lion ever, was exerted in vain, for it 1k td only a few minutes. This deplorable event has been officially published in the Extraordinary Gazette of 144- drid of the 27th of December. The Qleen Maria Isabella Frances, horn at Lisbon the 19th 1791, was daughter of John IV. King of Pcrtugal, Mid of Charlotte Joachim d Bourbon, of Spain, sister of King Ferdinand VII., a n d conseiluentkv his niece. The following is the official account of this event, published in Madrid, Dec. 27: " The 26ili of Dec. of this year will he a day of eternal sorrow for Site Spanish :Monarchy, in consirmence el the loss or 0 Queen endowed with the must eminent qualities, and who was at the same time the ornament of the Spanish Throne, and the example of every domestic vii tile. " About 9 o'clock in the evening, her Majesty the (,!neon being in lied, and conversing with noise persons in attendance oil her, was suddenly seized by a convnlsion which seemed to leave her in two or three minutes. Der Majesty recovei ed her senses, bit remained iu a state of anxiety, which was followed quickls by all COIIVIIkiOII. Front that moment the attacks continued without interruption, in spite of the most proper remedies which were instantly administered to save her Majesty's precious life. Every thing was in vain ; the conviisions having lasted about 22 minutes, the best of Queens expired. " The deplorable death of her Majesty having been cer tified, by the King's permission the Ciesarian operation was performed. The which was taut of an Infanta, was haptizod, and every Incises were made use of to preserve its life ; they, however, proved ineffectual, for its a few minutes it expired. " 'Plisse melancholy events have plunged into the most profound grief the King our master, who loved the Queen pith all the tenderness due to her virtues and her qualities. calamity has not less affected with consternation, the Most Serene the Infants, and particularly the Most Serene Infanta D inna Malta Frances d'Assise, who has lost in the Q teen a most eirtnonssi.ter. Ail the Court, on learning the afflicting intelligence, tesidied the in tat profound vied for the loss of a Sovereign warn constituted its charm. The unhappy mourn an august and li , novolent mother, who with a liberal hand administered t r their succour. The arts hive lust au illustrious protectress who delighted to sal:port and encourage them. In short, there is no class of the people for whom this day is nut a day of sorrow awl lamentation. " Toese afflicting circumstances fiat et induced the King our master to order that the Court shall put on mourning for six months, counting from the 27th. Dining the three first months, full eitiniruing tie worn ; for the three following, half mourning."—Gazettr Extraordinary J. Madrid. The Gout of Femme will put on mourning for 21 days, from Wednesday next. the dilr of January, on the occasion of the death of her Majesty the Queen of Spain. Sr. PETERSBUROD, DEE. 14.—A journal of this place cototains the following paragraph s —We can assure our readers front anthentic sources, that all the accounts Wil jell have intim; to been spread re-pecting what is called the bail, and as the Morning Chronicle (which in London is nick named the Court Gazette of St. Helena) would persuade the woad, even (noel treatment of Itu•maparir in his couhase ment, are entirely false, and must have been intentionally scattered by his partisans, for the purpose of gainitag over pubic °pluton, and weakening over the indigiatioo•of Eu root., in ease they should towered in effecting kis liberation. Every measare is declared cruel by these men, which de prives their idol of the means of again becoming what lie once was. On this account, if they only believed historically in a Providence, they would sle-lare, that on earthly power could be more crutch than it ; which, in the sight of the whole world, and only utiouserveni by them, in a few Jays hurled their idol from the pinnacle of power into that abyss front which they in vain attempt to extricate him. We ex_ pect in a few days the communication of the whole of the intercepted cm respondence, ti 'deli throws the clearest light upon the unabated activity ut Lis adherents. .N4llleS are ex nil ...se(' at full length. Sir Hodson Lowe', unwealed vi gilance has given him a fresh claim to the gratitude of all well disposed men, as well as to the hatred of the partisans of linonaparte. PRESIDENT NloartoE.—The following brief memoir of this Gentleman is given in an "inlet lean Paster s—" J. Munroe, the President of the United States, is a native of Virginia he aas bon, in 1759 ; and iti 1776, though SO yeutig, he took part with his conntryinea in their I esistatice t:i eke parent State. At the battle of Trenton, I)eeesiiher 26, 1776, his shoulder hours was broken by a musket ball, sod lie n dangerously wounded that his life was despaired of. His Bravery and good conduct cau.rt• General Washington to promote him to a captaincy ; lie was afterwards ap poiuted Aid-de-Camp to Major Gene,-al Lord Sterling ; and subsequently a Lult)ll4.l Of ti regiment. to 1;82 Lie was eleciea to the legislature of Virgiiiia ; in 1783, we Mid hint a Mean her o f she old migrant. In 1767 he oas again elected to the legislature of Virginia. in I7Ft4 he was a !October of the Vitchisa Coormstion, whirls tatstitol the present Comdittitiost of the toiled States. In 1790 he was elected a Senator of the United States. He. continued in the United Slates Settact Unlit 1794. when he was it levied by Ptesi dent Wash oaten to r -pt wilt the Honed States as Minister to the Ficisrli Re public. 0.1 his anent h(0111 nailer Ile was elected 61.1Vest.0 of leis native State, and an 1;99 conetudi d the Cuitstito throat term for holding that rare. In Iso2 111insite was sent by Presid. tot J efigeisull to F. it.o.e. to "egotist,. Uer pus these of Louisiana, %shifts was deeotipplisheit riiiitely to ilitt satin lasi L-11 of the nation. Kit/Dig &Sleet ruled i.. 00. 041.06411.011 ,, al 1 5 ,511 i, in 1803 he Sias is i .,tollA tea AlitliStel to 1.4.1"1e.., and in %rot on a specual oino,oo, to ois. 1'4 . 1010 fruit Ciii.ope, br wa. again rletled to Irgisia:lne of Vlr gooa ; year, 1811), eh tied the Go%esoor of ilea. Slaty. 1.1 IDI IRe curs si.l tell Sect el,ii) nt 111.44. , and, thv enpluse of IV4..hingtou in lelst, hi wa. bold and paluo.n• enough to:sect-pi Ilia appointment (tempo' al iiy)ot Sees el..s) of Wit." 'Flue estates of lite Dean and CI awl of Hiistol Cuilutiroi hole si) 111.11'11 oUhw tilt Ltd iiilet• )es (11.4 i iI.C.VIIIt . , MO 64141110 , of the Cauvus at..J 0th,,0.• tia% , e Ineo utail) douultd. EXECUTION AT EDINBURGH. On Wednesday week Johnston, convicted along with two others, of the robbery of Mr. Chitties, eamileina Lei , at Edin burgh, suffered rapital punishment at ;he west end of St. Giles's church, nar to the site of the Old Gaol. 'flip exits eiaion was a - nruupaitied with Mu emustances very remarkable, J Mosta,' was hroriglir to the sealtold at 15 minutes Elvin Iltiv.e ck. He appeared colifith lit ; and, after some minutes spent in du violet', he (hopped the signal. 'lke exerntietiee was auk ward., The rope was too louse, and the tues of the criminal reached the platform Cu its of murder rose front the crowd ; and a seem of indescsioable confusion ensued. A well ilre•seil yonne man, standiag in the ertuw,i, jumped on the seiitfuld, and ent ilowii Johustnii. Showers of stontS COM, pelted the Magistrates, Guard, Pidice officers, tee. to quit the spot, and, Johnstonotill living,was borne in triumph clown the loickeithootlis. Fortunately for the ends of public justice, the mob passed the Police Office, and afforded op. portunity for a sortie by a large Police force, which pat the authorities again in possession of Johnston. He was kept in the Pollee Office, till a military force from the Castle en• able(' the !Magistrates to carry the sentence in 0 execitti.m ; but on this occasion also the executioner petiolate.) his offices in such a bnneliug manner, that the body haul to be raised up aeii:e the ro:te was shortened, by tinning it several time's round the 11..0k. Another latent of " murder," gull " shame, shame," broke from the crowd ; but the phtee war now cell guard , " with soldiers; anti fortunately no In rtaer outr:l 4 e was attempted. Johnston was observed to straggle rcry nnuh, hot his stain logs were at an end in a few minutes. The soldiers, who belies sal throughout with the utmost ;trios', remained on the spot molt the body was cut down ; sell as it was then about dusk, the crowd gradually dispetsed. Johnston was a itrmig, stoat, good looking man, between .9 and 30 ycarg 01 age, and we understand had conducted hint-. self with much propriety daring the catty part of his life ; but of late yells had given himself' tip to bad company, which brought on those evil bah is that hastened his natimely end. Dnrine Iris confinement he behaved is melt a 'intoner as be came his melancholy situation, and always acknowledged the justice of the sentence by which he was condemned to suffer. He was perfectly resigned to meet his fate; which feeling he expressed in gratitude to the Reverend Gentleman who at. tended liim,atul e imnifested it at the very moment Orearrying the sentence into execution, by dechating any assistance in ascending the scathild, and walked with a calm and steady step. His father mid mother are decent people, who keep a shop in the Gras market. They visite., their unhappy son fur the last time on Tnesday week, when he expressed Into. self folly resigned to his tel The mother was from that moment ill .1 state almost bordering on d 00 action ; :tad lure rcrlint.ts way he better judged of than described, when sooi• p::r.t of the shoal ran 'drawl informed her that her son haul becn re-curd and t,caped. mut( rstatol the Ma;isti at c s have ilitonis-ell the e:.ectitioner. Edieloargh froin welch we have r straeteil the alrose particnlars,soya:-- II oas iinagiiied by twiny that the seuteuee mint take place li t f uee f o ur u'elork ; but this is a mistake. The last remark. able e..eentiou in whirl ally distiirbanet took place in this City, was that of Serjeant Major John Young. of the 411 a Foot, convicted of large' y. unhappy man 100 k it into his head, that if he could protract the execution till atter roar es - eock lie would be free. Accorilingiy,when the,Magistrates came to the wham to deluded hint, be ttarricailocil the dour of his room in such a manner that no entrance ci.old be in,. Wined. The Nlagtst rates, linweVer, were determined to d • their duty. They orilei ell the throe of the ro o m a;iose to be lifted, SO as to admit a man. Six or the most resolute of the City Goal d chopped down 1111011 Young. The titst was knocked down, 1,111 the in was secured by the ethers, errried to the Grass Aldrket, mid was executed there at six o'clock at eight. This took place on the 19lit December, 1719. From thc LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday,'Jan. 3. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. AfAisK ALL J. North Hell, Yorkwhire, clothier, from Jan. 3 to Feb. 2i. STEAD T. Blackfriars Road, woollen-draper, from Jan. 2 to Jar.. !. BANKRUPTS. BRYANT W. Greenwich, coach-master, .an. 12, 19, Feb. t(, LI GdldlialL Att. Clark and Co. Chancery Lane. FLAB ntus J. Nottingham, hosier, Jan. 19, 1:5, Feb. 16, et Guild hall. AV. Mr. Fa. ren. 'llirentlnta , lle Street. SMITH W. Moffatt Strati, City Row]. corn-tic:ler, Jan. 9, 2.7, Feb. 16, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. T. Dobson, Chancery Lane. B i.o W . Bolton, lanca+l.ire, cotton-manufacturer, Jan. 16, Feb. 2, 16. at Bolton. Att. Mr. Meddoweroft, Grhy's lnn. GILSON H. Itawtry, Yorkshire, victualler, Jan. 18, 1:1, Feb. 16, at N uttinghant. Att. Mr. Knowles, New Inn. L'NWIN it. Cti,:qh.l-en-le-F.ith. Derbyshire, timber-merchant, Jzoi. 16, 18, Feb. 16, at Sheffield. Aua. Illagrare and Co. Syttiond's Inn. .101INSON R. Plymouth, grocer, Jan. 40, 21, Feb. 16, at mouth. Att. Mr. Bowden, Aldenuanbury. PI:VTON W. Lincoln's Inn Field., wine.merehant, Jan. 16, 123, Feb. 16, at Guildhall. AU. Mr. Hartley, Bridge Street, ktlacktiiars. ...... DIVIDENDS. V. Gehlieg, .‘lilittgate Street, cabinet-maker, Jan. XI. ii. Vu,, and J. C. I:a. , ers, New Court, Crutchedfriars, merchant►, Jan. 26. f. lloolbrooke. High Holborn, linendraper, Feb. 6. W. Ritchie. Finsbury Sittare, merchant, Feb. 2. .1. W.lker, Slnererlitch,:•uniture broker, Feb. i. .1. Bewley. Newl.rate Mark, t, salesman, J.an. 19. S. Smith, Coventry, watchmaker, Jan. 28. S. 1)41(011, ('insentry, gnMer. Jan. 2s. J. Ladbroak, Dr.ireure, Warwickshire, fanner. Jan. 204. T. Wale. Lotto worth, Leicestershire, draper. Jan. 28. J. I)aridson, Erut India Chambers, Lcacittiltall Street, merchant, Im. 12. W. Smith, Oxford Street, ironmonger. Jan. 11. L. 11. Standish, Bishomate Street Without, straw hat maker. Jan. .26. . _ J. ..‘l. &alight. rarliamt nt Street, Westn.:r. ger, liocnilrapa q _ . Jan. 1-;. I'. P. Smith, firistol, whalebone bnu.h rnsker, Feb. it. J. l'uelser, Long Acre, lisa.inl.aper, Jan. 2ts S. Shaw.Biunseick Ssius.re, ura:erwr.er, Feh. fs. W. Nl.licnzic, Car,..nt Cinder', men hunt, Feh. Y. . ruAltrt, .1a... tiLitTIFICATE.S—.Iax. 2f. C. Fawler, Setilcoatcs, Yorkshire, merehant--.1. Ladhrook, Prays rote, Warwickshire, fanner-I.W. M.titi:e•eon, .sttetr,..isel Street, perfonnor —S. 13:own, (,:hesterfluld, ...rocer—.l. Willow. u,n. bone plat., Oxioni Street, booksellzr—%V. To•kington, Allkatton, Lancashire. ;sssss.:l---S. 1.11)pe, Lane, A , lOW i AI !Aix—. J. liarker. cord *id:Kr—A. Lancashire, tints.in ntauttlactun.r. IL. persutial pro v t.i. ; Ur iate sir. J•.hik Coal tni4.!for. null; a Itatr-dreast 1, imam:lu to be twecu 2401. sad 240,0u01