The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-29 00:00:00

MARCII as. CAPITAL'PGJNISHMEATS. On Wednesday, Edward Dent, John Adams, John Willett, and Win. Lynch, were executed opposite the Debtor's door in the Old Bailey. We do not blame the Executive for this additional outrage on humanity ; but, while we execrate the sanguinary nature of our Criminal Code, while we feel con vinced that an extensive and serious injury is done to the murals of the loner classes by such frequent, and horrid exhibitions, we feel inexpressibly in debted to the exertions of Sir Imes Macintosh to produce an amelioration of those laws that consign to the same punishment a man who steals a single shilling, without violence, r.s he who commits the most aggravated murder. During the above execu tlon,the breeches pockets of a gentleman of the name Johnstone were wined inside out, and emptied of their contents, .at tile very moment the unfortunate tualetlictori were launched into eternity. This is another consincin; proof how little public execu tions prevent the commission of crimes. We repeat that we do not blame the Executive, but we wi , h the Courtly Laureat ‘veuld now write as strenuously in the cause of suirering humanity, us lie did in his youth. the following beautiful lines arc from the pen of Southey !! Justice cast never link with cruelty— Is there among the catalogue of crimes A sin so black, that only death can expiate ? Will reason never rouse her front her slumbers And darting through the veil her eagle eye See in the sable garment of the law Revenge etinceirti—a culprit has been wicked-- Does his death remedy the ills he e.aused? \Were it not better to repress his power Of doing among, that so his future life Might expiate the evils of the past, And benefit mankind ? At.d shall we then in the calm hour of season Condemn an erring brother to be slain— Cut him at once from nil the joys of life, All hopes of reformation ! to revenge The deeds, his punishment cannot recall ? The Jury who convicted Willett, made every el f , rt to save his life. They petitioned the Prince Regent, and waited twice on Lord Sidwouth, with t!.c view of procuring a respite for one week. Se veral Magistrates of the county of Essex also peti tioned in his tlivour. He admitted, on going to die, that he had stolen two heifers before he committed the rohbery for which he was sentenced to sufliir tkath, and he .declared that when he stole the sheep be was in a state of inebriation. He sold the heifers for nine guineas at Ougar, in Essex, and paid seven out of that sum to the parish, where his six children are, fur their maintenance. It was stated on Friday that the Persian Ambas sador was about to quit Paris without being pre sented at the Tuilleries. He had conceived, says a private letter, that the King would stand up in his presence, and in that posture receive the letter which his Muster had commissioned him to give to nis Ma jesty. After this difficulty was got rid of, by reason of the gout under which his Majesty at present la boor+, the Persian insisted that he must sit beside his Majesty : afterwards,. at least in front of him ; maintaining that otherwise he should certainly have his head cut off on his return to his own country. As there was no wish to expose him to a danger of this sort, it appeared the simplest plan to dispense with the interview altogether.. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MADRID, DATED. I‘l A RCII 4.—" We are now on the eve of a change of ministry, Tulare to see the famous Cevallos, who may be justly called the Talleyrand of Spain, again in office. Ile is expected here to undertake the department of foreign affairs, and will, perhaps, obtain all his former influence in the administration. The death of the Queen has faciliated the return of this minister, which. at all events, muse produce important consequences : but can it be expected, that his counsel will aid us to recover our American colonies, and smooth the way to a settlement of our differences with Portugal ; No ! we do not think so. There is a great talk here of a marriage f r our King, but the princess who is to be his bride is not fixed upon." saving Yanks. —Let the public remember, that if the owls gallicred in these Hanks be vested in the Public Funds, it will raise an additional number of clamorous creditors. to the State, silt, whelp from the extravagance of MittitOrts, OOP 'estrum- ceases to meet the demand will rry out for a Propeity Tax to make the interest good. Old George Rose, who was the Father of the scheme, probably fill PAiIW this and how the army of core option could lir rt crititeil—Cet Ministers have the Property Tax, and oiliest, for ever, to every thing.llke liberty—we re. commend the cause of the Saving Banks (though we "^" 1.1 • • . 1, ..^ •••• ••••• 0 .- •eheme under pr udent regain- THE NATIONAL REGISTER, Asiatic Ivlirrors to the 21st of October state, that Bajee Row, the Ex-Peishwa. bad arrived by the last accounts at Ajmere, and. was expected at Muttra about the beginning of November. Appa Suttee, lute Rajah of Nagpore, was still at large, and seve: ral skirmishes had taken place Lo•.-..eeti our troops and parties of the Gonads, in which the former were onithrmly successful. It was stated, that Brigadier- General Arnold was about to march against the re fractory Seikh, Chief to the north-west of Kurnaul. The Herat frontier had been the scene of hostilities between the troops of Mohamed Shah and the Per sians, in w. ich Mohamed was defeated, and forced to take refuge with the Vizier at Herat. la general, the mcounts that had been transmitted from Upper India represented affairs as i.y no mems in a settled state, nor likely to be brought into it, withoiit the aid and presence of a large military three. The ac counts from Ceylon continued to be tiwourable The tro,,ps that had volunteered t•teir services to that island from the 13engal army were nearly in a state of resalitais for embarkation. I)att v-Litsrz Across —On Friday the Auttivcrsart Dinner for the benefit of the Theatrical Fund, for the relief and support of atrd and infirm Ac-ors belnitAir.g to the Theatre Itoyal Drury-lane, was held at 11w City of London Tavern. .1 his laud:dile itistittitiois is patronized by the Prince Regesit. The Doke of York President, and the Dtili.! of Sussex, and several other distingui,hed characters Vice-prt sii!entsi The interest which his ltov-il I I tehness the Courinander.iii-Ciiief takes in pre- Si ilott ill Theatve.il Meetim_s, the ohjects of which are to promote foods fur administering comfort to decayed Actor, la As lorMt 41 Jo....ficial 1., these cacelletit institutions, patina eactied the public feelin in faeour of toose oho iu their carper days contributed SI) 111(161 10 our amusement and entertainment. 'foe Meeting was hithlt ri:spi.et...!iie, and the illustrious Citairnuii urged with great tt, h t the chAiir.s of the ft ma to pubhe eon , iderai sot and support. The st tie of the Funds was Ind belga, the mei tin_, hot we coolie hate wished the prosperity of the establishment was equal to its preten sions to '....00cral favour. It was late benne the company sat down to (limier. The usual tria,ts- were ir,iveti, and there was adinirah!e singing by ptofessional Gentlemen Webo gave one or two !nth swigs with great A•pirit, and all the total performers earned themselves to the ut, most. On Monday afternoon, at three &clack, the Prince Regent went in his carriage to the Qaeen's Palace, where he was re: dived by the Duke of York, Colo• nel Stephenson, and General Taylor. The Regent remained in the Palace two hours, inspecting the different apartments, and also the Library, which is detached from the Palace. Advices from Batavia, to the latter end of Octo ber, were received on Saturday. The market was overrun with American traders, who were purchas ing coffee with great avidity, on account of the ap proaching duty to be laid on all articles exported in tibeign vessels. The Americans pay fur their car goes only in dollars, and their speculssiuns had ad vanced the prim of coffee from 16 to 24 dollars the pecul, answering to about 140 avoirdupois. The new duty will be two dollars the pecul. Papers to the 24th of January, and letters to the 2d ult. have been received from Jamaica. The island of St. Kitts. by the latest arrival at Kingston, was described to be in a very unhealthy state, and a great mortality had taken place. Many of the in habitants were quitting the colony fin. Nevis and other islands. The President of the Council at St. Kitts died on the 11th of January, aun was buried on the 14th. The death of Governor l'robyn has been already mentioned ; Mr. Smith Comptroller of his Majesty's customs, has also fallen a victim to the prevailing_ fever The mortality in Basse-terre alone was calculated at six white inhabitants on each day, independent of coloured and black. people. His Excellency Governor Ilosenvard, of St. Bartho lomew, passed a few days ut Basse-terre, St. Kitts in the end of November, and aftere awls proceeded to Nevis, where he died on the 10th of December. An expedition, cinder protection of a frigate and a brig of war, sailed early in January from the Ha vannah, for the Floridas, to take possession and gar rison Pensacola. The Sybille frigate, having on board a million and a half of dollars, had reached Kingston from Vera Crux.. The Fur packet, which arrived at Falmouth on Thursday, from the Leeward Islands, spoke on the 16th inst., in lat. 47. 37 , long 8. 33.. the American ship Uniotr, from Batavia, last from St. Ilelemt, bound to Cowes for orders She- reports that a very bad fever had broken •out at St. Helena, which was very fatal ; the Admiral's ship lost a great many of her crew. Buonaparte was well. The statement of thr Army I , ..tiniates for this year a l 11111111 l so L'0132,502 vehicle is neatly equ.,l io the stet pins of the rescoue, after payment of the interest of the debt. Query—Where i. the moiety for lb. Vsvv. Cis il List and the other tryiisig et cetera; 161 RIO rdr EIIV., TE AMOACST TUE WOMEN. We regret In state that Ilse refisrmatlnn produced smengrt the female privaners in Nengnte is oat quite u gene►al ors it has bee:; reported tube. Oa' Friday meek a disaairttitave of tether 1111 alarming natuir gunk Once anionsia Ike &limits convict, inalersentenre of tenors;,udiotl. Prvv inanity to aline day there seemed to he it it ot• iintiliordinown 'hewing it,. If, in einiseqiiesice tif the ineamsres attained to preitvist the prat lice of robbing each ulit. r, is Welt exists ton very great Catlin, not n is • %ample stud nails ail , . of Mt% Fry. (toe af.lhr prioiisien4 IN, t litrig her two shirts to dry in • the )aril, het the) daiaiiiienivil in a short time, and nuatidv woul.l tell by M u tt menu.", A strict search sins made, but it 1. 1 4 as IneQeetu. 1. • Orders were immedintely issued to resort, en friday. to the mind twohoil of ohm Ming intelligence, by e %eluding the friends of convicts No stion:r wail it mode kilns% is to tnent • that the anoint-titian receiving - • held, than a crowd of them set up a shunt mituitot the animus. tion, and swore they %mild pay oW t h e h—y fel-lows who lucked them in. 'the lamionge used upon the ow raisi:m nes such as they had helm accustomed to .peak in the days of l heity, Hurl ift•cling a warm spirit rising our of Iheir word-, they seized upon saucepans stud other otrisils, tanwlishing them in the face of the men who were elldraVotirlog to tittk them into peace, and swore they world break the s indons, • . chairs, tables. and evety else that presented itself and ;- could he broken. " • It lifetime 1.91.11 nee: ssery to bitcrfere in n more resolute • manner, fn: the NIIIIII/%11 Lewin to crnslo,-scud far cue was gii,esi to the othmr carnally, who nere expected to.jain in gnat ntionhels• The °titters of the prison had then reason to apprehend the active ropposnans of 60 or 10 wvmten. - nu.ny of a ham, in consequence of the gout; diet nod regular banks of New:Ante, have great hodil% itreogih It w;•lor dered that ten of the rift •leutl..rs sboull he-put und.a. body • irws, condemned to the ordeal of bread one n tiler, On-. - tit led Weellies-My night. whew having sieelnied they hod • received ei,ough, uod vowed against wii.x fu ure viauti at of the !an§ of the pi isan, they were restored to the r fortacs priviieges. Ontragrons Assault and Attempt al Ilahery.—On Sunday evening as Mr. Samuel Freame, landlord of the Bull's Head public-house, in Peter -street, Oer kernvell, was returning home, he was start near • the Northumberland Arms public-house, in the road leading from Battle Bridge to Banigge Wells, ant most brutallrill-treuted by three footpad* and be bcing a powerful man, resisted ; he atritek one into • the ditch by the side f the foot-path and cut one ire. - the face.with his fist. The other man struck hint several v'olent blows with a crow bar over the head, and breast, and broke three of his ribs, and left hint • quite insensible on tile ground.—Sorne persons coo ing up at the time, disturheil 'them, and they all ; •: made off, and prevented him from being robbed ; he was picked up by some person, and taken borne, wherele now lies in a very dangerous antics—The - doctor rated, that there is ao hopes of recovery. FOOT lisce.--Tbe match fur 100 guineas a-aide, between Rainer and the Chicken Bit tidier, the fastest• men of the day, tool place on Sunbury Common, on ' Tuesday over a piece of ground of ohe mile: -The match was for 100 guineas aside, to do a mile against each other. Rainer gat the start, and the Chicken • Butcher kept close in with him, and led in one part - of the race, but at the latter end Rainer let loose, . and won the match by 30 yards. An endeavour was made to stop him coming in by one of the body snatching triba. He did the ground in 5 seconds under 5 minutes. • Bettina' at starting nearly even. A dreadful assault bus been r committed by a lunatic debtor, in the Kings bench Prison, upon one of his falanv-prisonets, Ly attenis it g to force a red-hot parr, (a to his throat. The toltuwing are particulars : About five o'clor•k on Tuesday r% ening, Thontait.Foster Gilmer was !nought to the prison by some Sheriff's • °dicers, chrra%d on fi%e or six d.trereitt seas; he !rad he-• - hated whilst in their charge very inconsistently, but they imagined he was only prete.ulitig madness. Soon after their departure it was e%utent that hie malady was it.creasing, and he wai ordeted into a strong ranto, atd another prisoina. named Steele i Was IllJet(1 Wllll • hint in the room, to take carrot hint. All the furniture iu the room consisted of an old table and chair, a tea- • hoard, and a heavy iron poker, which latter was taken away by the officer, from,prodential.mothes, but aktain. - brought back by Steele, previous to their - being locked. in. Gunter inn the poker into the fire, and Whell it was quite red he propmetl to Steele to commit ruieide„ offering to become the first victim himself'. 'rite other, thinking he could not be serious, seemed . to acquiesce.; upon which the lunatic suddenly seized the poker, and put it into his mouth, by tvlsieli he burin his throat, his lips, and tongue!. Steele sprung to dicts►m him. upon which he at ackvd him most furiously with the . poser, .. which he wanted to force into 11:s mouth, and struck at . him with it with two-handed 3%4.3%`, by which lit broke his hat, and would in all probability hare killed him, Ind tie I,ot warded eff the ith the chair. 111 i is• rate t; e itufe nitrate mail butt himself weekly, broke several rm, id the wall, and sit is ered the a mir amid the tea-board to pieces ; so that w•lrrn the people opened the door, they Inland him exhausted, and apl:arer•!y dead.. A regular keeper had beet► procured for loin sitter, . but it is not suppose.; that hew ill long trouble him. The other man, Steele, is out of danger. On Friday se'ntiiitht, a lk letrirng. of the Inl'alri , an:‘ of Ipswich was held at the Nlont..h.:l!,.ll . itt. 11,tlf v. . senior Bailiff, in the Chair, who jaut,o-e4; J sci 14, of re solutions, no which a l'et;tion to both flo w e% of P,,,h a . ••••••• Iva!' founded, praying fur a rev . oion the !kw! : _