The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-04 00:00:00

ANIERICA. - it leas et:meted on the first meeting of Congress, that a stifficient rid:lther of members would not he in attendance to form a Tweeds to tranbact business; hit on the contrary, it. great is the interest taken in that moue: in the administration of public affairs. that no fewer then one hundred and thirty members of the house of Re resentanyes appeared and took tlie.r seats on the first day of the 'es ion. A grand military road has been commeneed, under the orders of On- President of the United Star., from l'lattshurg to the French e•ills, thus :Abetting an easy comumnication between the waters of Channilain and those of thy River St. Lawrence. Above 15 miles of 4 !aid have been completed, bi spite of difficulties of the most tinsiinlable mune!, encountered t, the workmen. BY Meat/ of excavation. ere traveller now rinds a safe and easy passage over hills which were before svarcely aec,:i•ilile. It is confidently belicvol that tf:is road, for goidnoa, heaut durability, is not surpassed by any in the United States. Tne aork has hitherto been performed by tire Eth regiment of the United States infantry. An article from Mobil:, dated Oei. On , states, that the sloop Wash. iagton, one of the cartel , employed to transport the Spanish garrison from l'ensacola m llas'annah, bad arrived there hr 14 (la), from the former place. Tire Washington, it apt cars, had been driven by contrary winds to Campenchy, where she found the Peggy, courser of the trarpports, with the Governor of Pensacola on board, and pro ceeded from thence to Havannah, in company. tin the passage she iraa boarded by an Independent cruiser, vho treatad the captatn and teew of th? Washington very politely, but took ten Waits belonging tiff Stiertis;§ pros 'tigers. and x barrel of rum. The cruiser their baartled the Peggy, and hung Governor Masset at the yard -arm, until he eterfissed %viler,. his money eas. which they tinted and took. amounting to 8,004; dollam, and also rill the blacks on board. The Peggy had not arrived at Ilavrintreir when the Washington left that place. ooisisorow:osoiss TARP V.ELKIIIII %tin TIIE NORTIII WEST COMPANY. — r with areminti of the lomat of tulle, rot persons ao rose.' by Lord Selisirs. as principals sad acce•us lie what was ter moil the murder olGosesoor fiempa. an 4 his fail-wers, has been received. The trials of two of h.. L irdsinp's elllolll.l‘, .li'. ,if stn iliag ea .. on mounted on his fort... terminate , ' it, the ;worth tat of the pat ties. There n'4 , no want of proof of the I.,lnnon having been Seised by these pet suns. and having been active, tool tip to Mr. Cameron ; upwards of thirty witnesses having proved the fact, whir aka 'took olOwtosoleed they were conves tied in the ati iir with tin' prisoners. They further ad;nitted their e4..1 , 1111 tone lll:4lrimeg the tort, was llts eat made use of by Lord Seikirls's Governor, M•Lhmeiell, to block tip the lied River, and prevent throe from leaving 4 country, their experience or which had is no delver an.% red the expectations they hail been led to form of it, by the representations which ihduced then. to embark in the speeoilatiton of settling in this (:olony. 'Elie Chief Justice stated to the Jury, it was toile evident, front the teollinvoi% adduced, that there WAS nu felon) in the rase ; as it also .oppeareol in proof, that the prisinivis and the other persons :acting with them had only carried away the eons, leaving. the earria . es, tackle, and ammunition b. hind, which they would not have clone, had their intensions hero to steal the prevriy. Tim Jury immediately etti mud vcrillet tit " Not aunty" whittle was followed by an address of the A tit...lw) Ge•ieral to the Court, sleet gto proceed lit the case of conspiracy, which hail been made against the persons aerpoitted too the torerions clwrsis, Ks be could pi ,lyre uo evidence to estahh•li it. We iniderstand the result oh' the I elAis lees wolfs pet feetly satisfactory to the Judges who resided, the Antoine!: General who e,,nollieteat the 1),o. iet thugs~ tory stateme .1, fotai different parties, have now had :in epportnnity f deciding elinen the 'awaits of the cast, heuvern Lord s'eilsirk and his rompolervi.l rivals, by established es thmee, in a Cionl Inf Justice. Tire accusations of treason, tiurriler, fe against the tiersileturn of the North West Company, on which he tell g,.11 treated %Iwo' as the vilest es 'initials, and oil whieh he jns.ih eii the inititary ccu i.,v of all their properly a tot pares- at Earl W'olliaaa, hid ve therefore bete tumid not jasartied bt (wild t the Judge, tit liis addles. to the Jury, eni. piratically called) even a " sciutiii.i of evideiice attesting them." It remains to be seem, whether his Lordship will be able to justify himself in as fe*tiStrielteey a mintier for the charges nia. • against himself..,ud winds it is said the North West CV (ploy intended to Bite ht. Lordship a full null fair opportuisity of meeting, in the eolnrise of Westminster Hall, Isis Lordship hating returned to this room , y. • tis Mr. Cochrane, the landlord of the Robert Burns tavern Strand, was inlutist initiation of Mr. M a tthews. entertaist.. ling la numerous audience by an olio of singing and recitation at the Lyceum Tiscatre, on Monday I-veiling, the harmony of the company was suddenly Interrupted by the unexpected appearance or • couple of bailiff. tin the scene, who came forward and seised the intiefel 'musts el, its the midst of the spectators. as their prisoner. On his tepiesenting to theist the disappointment which his audience (oho had paid each for their a.ttnission) would experience, unless the sports of the evening were allowed to proceed, and 011 his applying, perhaps some more cons twins . ; rhetoric to their pee 11111411 feeling., they pea ntitted \lr. Cochrane to continue Ins recite.. lions. At the close of them, two of his ft lends came foi tea. (I, and pits is bail for his frame appearance.—The arrest took piece at Ihr stilt of Mess-s. Godwin., the brewers, for a dealt of tot. A few days b. fore Itt y had offered ' • 1001. if he ta mild sin reed er his lease and license inlet their hands; on his r..fissing to du 110,betanse he hail already pledged it with Wt. 101'11-1111:111.1111. for 1001. they threatened to arrest hint, and menially earned their threat into excention, its the ni.siiiiet •trove stated. Mr. Robert Wilkie, the celeurated ai titr„ atid Robertson, the Miniature painter its for Atlelphi, (who were present at the exhibition, which wilt entirely of Me. Cuchrane's own emnposition), in 111 l ediat •ly on the intrusion of the bailiffs, offered themselves as bail. it is useless to add that they were instantly accepted. A dreadful acei.leut occurred it Poplar on Monday. Mr. Broadtior.t.a lirieklayr r, :ma titter In les men, while sweat. pied in dig_ing a deep well, were suddenly overwhelmed smiler ill' 1:11111C81% 1 : heap of the loom: earth. Not withstatithsag eery est rtiusi, (lacy were not extricated (runs their hot ril•le iftti.slion till . I.temlay, liatin4 Oren twirled 2$ hunt.. Our 18411 wow deed Bruaillsor.t and the oCaer two are ill very weak mid dangerous ,tilt. Tisc , day mortrunt, (19 b,)ahont (WIT o ' clock, the watchman in 01,1;141,0feet, : 1 1ne Cud Ncte Tow 0, was alarmed by thr iallt .14 uf ontir 11. ►a float the we ll of thr New Caapcl. fly t , trirea to the !put, wino .1111111114111utr,picylotedy A 1 4 ek, I\ a• tO 1 . 111 111..- .k I. 11.11'. Ill! %lie 01 it l u r ..an in etc tivighbout hood. Stir hatl neett o :veld owl, 144 3.11,10. T., . 41041 . . A 4 ,4 tal.ru to the watch. 11 „i 4.. 40,1 /vat, I rut' by Ilk. uper. ' Ube watchman ua•l ' vit . '', ui 11 . 1 C 411 111 C 111 11,1115, but 111.1 not Stiel.VeJ wof ....... AlUWush th, r. is I,ttic d.•t:bt Jt Ulaaetbg iJiC 10 1:101411 . ) 11.10. TTT NATIONAL REGISTER PROPOSED INSURAVCE SOCIETY. It will be recollect/0, from our report of the proceedings at 'he late meetiog of the Norwich Union So , icty, that a re. sollithm was then agreed 10, I PCIIIO•41111; lII.' ('hell. mail to call 4 Meethig of the London (mins-es of that Society, aud other iiihanitant householder«, for the purpose of taking into von• the propriety of establishing a National Union Fire and Life lons/once Society, on the piinciples of mutual lelltsl %WI umntal risk. We/W..0.1y tieing the day diced fur the ,neeting, it was held al he City of Loodon Tavern, Bish ops:fats-street. oat, however, hot vary thinly attended. there not being more than three or four &gen personssas tl. Soon trier I, lhcre tieing then 4110111 lOU persona present, Mr. was Palled IU w hich for having taken, lie brie fl y stated to the meeting the o bject for whirl, they had been milled together, and requested their attention to :Mr. Brook, the gentleman with whom the resolution had origin +fed Mr. Brook said. that as he hail proposed the motion which occasioned the meeting, he felt it necessary to slate Ilk tea. wins : but first he wished to set himself light in the opinions of many present, as he feared there had been a great mis understanding of his intention. It hail been thought that lie wished to 'eke a leading part In the foundation of a new society, but sllfll an object he roost pusitivehy aisrlaiio•d. He hat not time sufficient, and still less inclination, to devote forms, If to such a pursuit : ;mil lint only intention in wishing that a meeting of the London Insurers in the Norwich Union ▪ iciely should take place was, that as all or must of them were about to be shaken off by the Norwich I)iret tor, this might together consider the best means of providing l i en the eonseqiiettees of Idiot measure. He had given the ...object every attention in his power, and seas first of opinion that a society might be established on similar principles ; for lie had hoped that some gentlemen of weight and influence iii the city vvonld bays come torwaid and supported it. His only object, as fir at he himself e a , concerned, w a s, that there might be in LOllllOll4 Society coniliteteil on principlse similar to those of the Norwich, and that he might insure his property in it. lie now t egretted that the ptoptised plan did not nod that support which would lead him to anticipate its slice, iis: he had before understood that the :Millard loss to the Not %iris by the London insto ers was caused Ity impioper manage ment ; hot lee was •ince intro tueil, that in order to realise any profit propoiti 'lied to risk, 1;I. London insurers would Slot be sufficient to support any new society. Ile had said thus mods in explanation of Ilk motives, and should now, • 11110111 proposing Any thing, leave it to the consideration of the meeting, whether, tinder nil the discouraging circum. 1.1.111CP11 he hail mentioned, they would proceed tiny further. His own opinion was, that there was not saifficieut support for an undertaking of such magnitude as a new insurance society. A gentleman whose name we understood to he Allis, ad. dressed the meeting, and said that there was already estab lished a new insitraoce society, consisting of some of the most respectable mein in Lotiolon, to he conducted on the stone principles :is the Norwich ; that a provisional committee had already been formed, and that they would avail themselves of the long erperienia of Mr. Ilignold, sell., in ilt matiagetnent. lie added, that the parlicultus would be made known in u few days. Air. Barry congratulated the meeting on the intended es , talsl,3l on of such a society as that which the last speaker had meiitioned. It would, he had no doubt, be conducted upon mere equitable and honourable principles thau the Noi with, and it would prevent the public from being imposed illicit by little elnhs of speculators, whirliswere forming in several places in Loudon for the purpose of taking insurances. These elllbt he condemned in strung tei Ma and after again praising Ilse Slew est Alin:antis nt, which, lie o bserved, though yet in its infancy, weld.' rise like ti plicenix from its ashes, lie added, " I moot opinion, Sir, that this establishment has com pleted the ohjeet fur which we met ; and I may say,' Let evet y man depart in peace according to the word: . and I think, without any disrespect, I may add—' fur this day have we seen the saisai ion of out interests . . 'lbis last sentence drew upon Mr. ILL y the marked disap plobation of many in the room. He et as loudly hissed, and 11 person in the front of Mtn cried out, "'That's blasphemy, and you should put hare niteleal it." Mr. Barry begged Ito might not he mi. lei - stood vo thing was tn. titer from his intention than that profanation ,li o nid e ver pass his lip., or mime from the tip of Ilk tongue. lie Lived his (anus, ado est his religion, AS Melila' any person present contd . ,' and he defied any one to impute any it 1111 l MAW, is 111111. Hl4 object in using the waled. 44,11101 to cause any di +respect to thou, but to ewress more strongly the satisfaction he felt al having the hotel evis of the meeting— and no one could suppose he meant any tither 111:111 tewpurrl ones, protected from the speenlations of adventurers. Me. H. 111•011 ai.hed 10 know who and what those "highly respectatale" gentlt•nnen were who were lo manage :he nen smael% , It was fit that the meeting should ;mart stand tins, that they might Judge for thrum•elves ; for he 1:011141 1101 sup pose Nat they welt: to be insulted I y having Mr. Big Howl, %en., rrurinwil at 'lie future manager ut their iniarattees. ( hear, hear.) Mr. Milk refined to arum er thi% (petition, lint nrsisrrd in say Mg that the gentlemen nett. of the higlee,t resiort The question was revealed by the Chairman, mint luniliy echot•l by several voice% tit the romii, bt I SII. Amili., iiill pal• %eve' e.l in nut giving the names, hut •aid they might very pliability be made ionblie iu * day or tau. 31.1e1y person tht• spoke together, stone calling for expla nation, and others giving their (+Mitosis it; 'ls Irving ai tio held. One biteid, that lie eallr.l 'trim to I viten ingurance hoc 1.00.0., nod ho w i,,herl to limy, to whuar lie was to give the premim. No an.wer was given to tills. Mr. Chippendale pal thesame creation that Mr. Henson had previonisly put, and adtleil, unit it the pod jai wr•te Islrr %reelable, as wa* alledge4, theme could be uu rcatsuu to cult c4.mlllirnt. Mr.'llionopsom salol, that he hail great interest in procuring 111%111.1ftea iu Set!thill'l 811.1111 M N.. 1111 of 1.:1121.111,1. Ile Would give his f#RiVICel• fur a star far nothing, if a 114.0 sm. tray weir establistnal, provided-0-1..1e the •pcaler was interrupted for a time toy fowl 1:111.4411..1.1 He 1•o1.11111.MJ,IIC did uul 1110.111 to hug a situation. as loe wa• and. prudent. anti hail t w o elel lo • : 1111111 e was II) .I,•i•t 111 a new sot iety mitt tie knew Its etn•d toe Pti Nli."filtuck, alter some Sew ei ~,,,, tents out what had rasnA, moved thai the meeting shonhl be aoljout mot slat die. his was •etouikd b) %h r. Brook • 5% Ito t 'Tent eil soml• oh :Ii• for tio..t.llllti:4 50 luutr. liic c..1.1•1.1•111iitoil of a Ilia ty. NI,. It:010W, Pell. .1 lon lucti,lll la>t hp; p)oiligri 4..11 C. 4111 1. 1 1..1t 11..3 Otte Wm!' Ihrre•tuts) advoot:t . uc.n I to 1.11,10.1 111.11 the JAN" 4 mint of a new soviet/. He :speed to take it and advance h,0041. himself; !lethal not want to be secretary, but he would give the new soriety the benefit of his long espei Mr. S. Bienold said, it was (roe he had called upon his lather. bid it nos not volutitatil tither bad seat t . nr Imiw di,tiatsbed. could they. meaning, us lie 'nide, stood it. his three soi.s, advance him 10,0001. to support him in .1 new an. iely ; th it he would add 5,0001. himself. To this he repiii.d, that they could aii.l oaid; but he never had the intesitiou of binding the Norwich 1)1, cetera by such de - JiAritlioll. Mr. Hanson read a, letter, which lie said whs a copy of a eirrulai sent to the different news in the iusintry. It Wig Hume(' by Sir. Uignold, sen., ntod slated that a Board or D•reclora 114 d bent, foristeJ hi London, and they were to be assist e d by the N..ett irk Board. He called fur an euplsna• lion of this, ond spin asked, who were those lAudon Di• recto's. . Mr. Rignold, sen. said, that they were only a provisional committee, lint ha.: railed themselves Direetnrs. Aal to the r intoner read • similar letter. which he said was signed by T h omas Hignold. lien., as secretary. In this he was railed °post to rtnew his luso wive, and told that the persons concerned were some or the most respectable iu LOll4OO, dud that he oiliest insure with great 3:limy. lie %ranged I a know how shis coincided with the deeliat afloat of Mr. Higiiulil, that lie did slot uish•to be secre t ary. Mr. Ilignuld, had a iigialois liffriad iO,OOOl. Mr.'l'hump►uo tti be turns:Heil whether the laige balances said to be in Ms. !Irvinld'. hand, had been paid in. I Big.01:11 nail, ilsiit it would he no notch the heifer tOr the Loudon iu•urer. if lie held them; fur if it were true that they were entitled to a shale of accumulations, he would have them fin theiiiiting. A long conversation then ensued, in which f•equently their wme more talkers than hearers. The question of ailjourimient W:l3 put and negatived. Another motion was then pioposed, that a Committee should be appointed to con sider has lir it might he expedient to inAtitote a new iu sntauce society, spun the principle of mutual profit and inn. foal tit, This aas seconilt J, and after another tedious con versation, was curried unanimously, after an amendment to it, for an adjoin 'intent fur three months had been negatived. The meeting then proceeded to elect the committee ; hot here the great difficulty arwe ; Acareely any one could be foand to midertake the task. Mr. Alderman Thorpe was put in nomination, hid begged to he excused, and his example was followed by treaty, and having exhausted nearly the list of all names in the room, a Committee of lien was mode up, with power to add to their numbers. "i'hatilts were Ostia voted to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. About half•past four o'clock on Thurs.] ty morning, as MI . Rat tram, a respectable butcher al Welton, was proceeding ou horseback to this town, ont his way to Ifislmilto tiiight market,' when hr bad got a little on this side tit the Malty tornpike•bur, lie WWI accosted by two flout tie short jackets ou foot, who, after :11,:k ing lutist a few trilling questions, seized the bridle of his horse, our id* them pot a k !Hindle down on the ground, and then 'di sick )Ir. Itartrain nn the side with a bludgeon, at the sante time demanding his ' money. Mr. Bartrain, finding himself !Iris situated, mad e as immediate resistance with Isis whip, 1)01 Was tin illy 11174M11 .141011 the ground ; being a powerful mast, lie continued a at rang awl determined opposition to the robbers, and threaten• ing to shoot them, they thought proper to draw back a little, when Nlr, Rartram seized their bundle which lay upon the turnpike-road, remounted his horse, and got v i l e with it t o Mr. Lyon's Mu, in Carr-lane, the men vollowitig him los some time, threatening hi. life, it he did tint drop the hurdle. Mr. ltartram was couvidcrattly agitated when lie got to the gun, and a good deal hart iu his side by the scuffle, and the Imre of the Itholgeon ; lint otherwise, we ate happy to soy, not motet i•II, lutist. The bundle, out exat ttttt arum, was foinid to suntans a pair of pi•tols. one of them loaded, nuzzled, and the lock ti e d sup ; ass elegant greets plush purse and pocket book, a gentleman's drab cloth tipper coat with covered but tons, a silk and cotton lentilkerekicluoltioitmed, and a very considerable sum of money in bids 41111 SOIL—Hull Parke', .;tc. 28, • ATACBETII's CASTLE.—(Cticiols%Discovery.) — A letter from Dinisinanc, in Scotland, states Ai f :—'• On the Itith Nov., as the servants belonging to the West Mains of Ornisi.. static. house, were employed in carrying away stones from the excavation made among the ruins that point out the site of Macbeth's Castle heft., part of the ground they stood on It'll dimly gave way, and slink down at I six feet, discovering 3 regularly built van!), about six feet long and folic wide. Noi e ot the men being jointed, cariosity induced them to clear • the when they discovered among the ruins a large stone, weiietiiig about .10314., which is pr.r. nuanced to be ot the mei. orie or semi_inetallie kind. Tidy s t tttt r moat hi 'yr laid here doting the long series of ages aim e Nlacbettes reign. licidde it were also foam' two round tablets, of a composition reseniblinz bronze. On one of the•se two lines are engraved, which a gentleman has thus deeipheted —• The %MH: (or •liirilow ) if kingdom come, mild sy Iplis air carry me again to !lethal.' These plmes exhibit the tizori•s of the targets fir the arins. Fr time immemorial It 113. been believed •1110111: Its 111 . 11 . , Ihat 111111 , 11 hand!. brinight Jacob's pillow from lldUtel, and dropped it osi the site %%bele the psloee of Scoone now stand , . A strums u. lief is also co - tei brined by ninny of this part of the minatory, that it was oaiy a repel m. 1.14111111 of this Jaeoh's pillow that Edward stilt to st , iiiiister, the sari lia stone not miring been oweid by tin . fhr riitioits here, aware ot nndinml., and who base viewed tb. se venerable remains of alitiquity, agree ihat Mat'. lieth tiody, or rather Mitt, have dopo•ited the iitinie in 9fiv!.• lion at the bottom ul lii• easile,osi the hill of Diensinatie kerrias the trouble oldie tint si, win re it has been timed by the %%Mi.." men. rut too• stone i 13.4 been Oripned fir l,,uahstn f. r the iiec,,eelbtil "I * the scientific ainatimr•, in order to ifiseuil r its 'Tot i piatity." . . On Wednesday nillst the preventive C.n.:ntn how bent stationed at Allies fititl. vo. 00000 utoln.l by Mr. 34itiett Heintz on the 'Well SI. ColitliffilllCS 1 1 11:111„ lit 1111 Of the I'dit 01 . 1 1 ighll.4eited .• !ars; Ing - toti: noel •., llrlt•iie, called the V4IIIIIV, 1411111 t‘itl: 160 ritaks orninni rd .111,1 10.11" 1•1‘. „„„„„o i .„ N.til'elPr., Jana.* !!illllllllOllll, JAM., Hat boor, and 11. itit•i•rl', 4.1 of %%litchi. nod the nien, they votti.eyed to die CUP , e, C.llsra; but the picarill it 2,1146011 e sfitill I • 11114. it. u. Cashosiiis,llPe buai. 5114111 m dellirvied In ti e !...•...ke for poten Valit/11, Ihr Pruzit. vs had to Unwel list i s t:s 111.• , to lihti uiit this tivotwv F Al • t . t .. o ttivet. t ot 14.. of the at Is. 4111 _pillturn 490t1 (31114:ii. 1 % 1,0% liH 'lie 11„to,tooi-10.1.•.• Simpititiii.jAltr twat. ilia 11, 11111 g 1., ;rives thrall It ti.iitn 11 . .11A grs ; lark- Wen unli will ya. 1.1 u,s ut $1.41 tU tI. for their 401%11).