The National Register. — London, England, 1820-03-06 00:00:00

The metropolis was visited on Thursday morning with a tremendous storm of wind and hail. Between Ave and six o'clock the wind beg•tn to blow with great violence from the north-west, and speedily increased to a perfect hurricane, which continued unabated till nearly eiuht o'clock. The streets were strewed with bricks and tiles blown front the roofs of• the houses ; on the south side of Lincoln's inn-square, a whole stack of chimnies was blown down. In St James's Park, several trees were torn up by the roots, a circumstance which reminds us of the propriety of suggesting that the vacancies, thus frequently occasioned in this shady retreat, ought to be filled up by planting new trees from time to time; otherwise there is a danger of its being, at no very distant period,cotnpletely denuded. On the river, the storm was felt severely. A num ber of ships broke from their moorings, drifted down with the title, and, running against each other re ceived considerable damage. Below Blackwall, there are several slips on shore much injured; but they are expected to be got off on the return of the tide. A number of coal and corn barges have been also driven on shore, and a boy belonging to one of the latter is reported to have been lost We have not heard of any other accidents to individuals, with the exception of one of the guardians of the night, who received a chimney-pot on his head, in Petti coat-lane, but owing to the thickness of his hat, he escaped without any serious injury. During the high wind on Thursday, the driver of a cart stopped opposite the Gardeners, near Vauxhall Walk, to deliver a cask of vinegar. He had just got out of it when a large chimney pot fell from one of the houses into the cart, precisely on the spot which the carman hud occupied one instant beli►re. The Editor of the Edinburgh Correspondent was on Monday last fined by the Court of Justiciary, in the suns of• al., for a paragraph contained in that paper, which was calculated, in the opinion of the Court, to prejudice the case of Gilbert M‘Leod, recently found guilty of libel, while under trial. Alexander Murray, compositor on that paper. anti who was the author of the paragraph complained of', was at the same time sentenced to one month's im prisonment. It was the late Earl of Bristol, and not the Duke of Grafton, whose will contained the injunction um to print the memoirs of his life during that of Isis late Majesty. The following is an authentic copy of the last codicil:— " nay of codicil, I write Ihie wills illy Mini hand, and Itriruy give to toy natural von, August* Hervey, ilie box or diem, wills all soy tallies'. inannaciiisi therein coot ; algid in e.sso. of lust deulle, I give 1111 same 10 Ilhy hisither, Win. - hervey, Intl with virtrt bona hods to one and the idlers never to prod or publish them, 111 111% f41111.1', 1111111101114, 41111111 X use 1•4.1g11 of let. p. e sent Nl4js 1.1, or list any lime, or ai alisy loom, t.• gise, nr lend, on (rice 'hem 10 lily Mollie. Ese.lertekolse pi eselli Bishup at Di rsy ; As witness soy hand tnis 2 th slay of May, our Illousallil seven !smoked .001 .evenly- . (Signed BRISTOL." IMPORTANT TRIALS —The trial of Sir F. Mirdelt for the letter sent to his ConstituNns on the Man. Chester business, will take place in Leicestershire on the l2oth ittstaut ;—that of Mr. Hunt ti,r the Conspi racy to overturn the Government, also arising oat of the calamitous sixteenth of August, which will take place at York, is fixed tier toe 16th instant. The verdicts of the Julies may be considered as re cording the opinions entertained of the Manchester affair; and they will therefore be looked fOr with great anxiety. Mr. Hunt has published a letter, addressed to all the persons who were f resent ut Manchester on the 16th of Au g ust, in which he requests, that they will call Meetings in their respective parishes; and out of every hundred individuals attending the slim:, to choose one who saw what passed at Manchester on that day, and who shall proceed to Yolk, 14 the purpose of bein4 a wituess on behalf of himself and the other deLndants. if this is done, he calculates that he shill! have admit 1,300 witnesses, every one of whom he intends to examine in his defence, which be mewls to conduct himself. Should sin h a course of proceeding as this be adopted, or permitted by the Court, the trial may last tier u fiirtinglit or more. Henry 1 larris, E.g. and his brother, it is said, have become ;tie Pacific es of the Dublin 'flit:airy, and lively hopes are entertained, that by this count-xion between the two Metropolitan Theatres, tut most li beral encouragement wi:l be given to pertm niers, by an alternate employment ut their The tolloWill litiVei Male of gaining prizes took place on (2,,n , ilenias..thiy, ut the tout Let stand of the hill td Kirrymoir, under the nirixtion of James Cumiiiine, baker, there. Tae articles to be com peted for were tell new wheel-barrums. 7 !iv email dates pani (ill. each, and were r,.p.tired to n,ll the barna% liiiiiiitidtted from one f aire, erected fur the purls/se, to alto: tier, tit about the ttatt,ll.o of one 1111111divo titi! IltalCat to 1. carrait utf the prize. In mis way four e ere uisp: set of The circuitous rouws, st gnieuts, and 4,z.tg per.indiu lations of tl a lahtl, lit wino tains, wouid titiVe puzzled ally disciple 01 Luella, and atLirued gnat diversion to the company ussedildleo. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. DEATH or A WOLF.—A wolf, which. we un derstand, was sonic time since sent by her Royal Highness the Duchess of York to the in.m.igerie at Exeter 'Lliange, and was, on account of illness, confined in the hospin al of the establishment, con trived by some menus a few days ago to escape from his confinement, and with a long chain fastened to his neck by a collar, succeeded in mounting on the ' 1 roof of his prison. The wolf finding himself at liberty, passed along the mils of two houses, and through an open sky light entered the house of Mr. Day, trunk-maker, in the Strand. In the roc) 0 he entered several men were at work, who, sur prised and terrified at a vi,4 so unceremonious, HA rapidly, and closed the door of the apartment. The unfortunate animal then posited his way through a window of the Chiral floor, and lodged himself' upon Mr. Day's sign-baard, which is on level with the window-stool. There observing an Open window of the fhurth floor of an adjor house, he made a spring to reach it, but his chain had in some manner become entangled, and the poor creature failing in his object, tell with violence into the street. The blood flowed from his mouth, and after a few gasps the poor wolf' perished. We have long won:iered that the inhabitants of the Strand have not indicted the proprietor of Exeter Change for a great and dangerous nuisance, which we think might remove the collection ot wiod beasts to a situation more proper, and less liable to total accidents Snip LAUNCH.—Thursiay, the Hawke, a new third-rate, was launched front the Duck-yard at Woolwicii Booths were erected on each side of the ship, which were fluted with genteel company:— The Hawke is considered a very b.:autiftil ship. The figure-head is a representation, larger tha► life, of the gallant Admiral whose name it is intended to commemorate, in the act of drawing his sword k 0... its scabbard. Her burden is 1,738 tons; she is to carry 78 guns, and 500 men. A GREAT PERFORMANCE —A young farmer near Farnham, undertistk on Monday, to go on thin 100 miles in 24 hours thr a wager of 1::0 guineas only. —His ground was a branch of live miles ont of the Andover-road. He did 40 miles in three hours and a quarter hethre be halted. and the 50 miles was clone in 10 hours and a half, when the pedestrian ate heartily, and started again, having :3 hours to do the other 50 milts in. He did the next 25 miles in three hours and fifty minutes, and had more than two luaus to do the last mile in, when he telt a little lame in the knee, which increased ; but he won by four minutes. 01,1 tlatilt;.; J.l 1111/1 at CSCJIte was medi:atd by tlr first clas klouus confined in Stati;ird gaol, and was to have been carried into effect out Monday se'ttinglit ; II Illtchl have been attended %%WI bloodshed tint tor the promptness with which it ajS checked. The I lan, in appeArS, was to belhe the turnkeys in the act of unlock- In A the first ce ll door, take the keys, aid force their wa% out by uuiu Stfell4lll and numbers (to the amount 41( 3•1; to Ncditate which they had wrenched the trout hullusirades or the staircase, so as to he taken 1,111 tout. - ii Alll.lColleefled into dangerous weapons; Inn 11 was timely dkro‘ered, and the a tittle class confined to their cells. Upon umesti u .tation, it aviwass lit Ilene Origl n • :rd whit 3I tutu half a dozen desperate characters win, toe lintels. Most of the Elections for Boroughs near Town will come on upon Tuesday next. County Elec tions must necessarily be later. On the whole, however, there will be fewer emtests than ever were known, ti,r the notoriously corrupt Boroughs cannot find Candidates. The bellman at Hull has publicly announced in the Market-place, and other populous parts of that port, that a third gentleman is wonted as a c andidate. What will the University of Oxtiird say to the grave Sir William Scott becoming the catspaw of Noble Marquess, to stand as mere Locum Tenens for a boy under age, and deliver over a seat in the 1% cstern City (if he should obtain it) when called on ? Sir I;ranei, fiturtlett has published an Address to the Elcetnrs 11t \l estnittiat,r. iu rintsAtittence of the dis isrsiscisiss..! 1) -issillsosisi of Parliament, 11l %%111E11 he oh. s:,tr,, has ass s 44 ' 1( . 111 heel, filed s..;:osist hint hy ttte Attmitry 6:eller 11, for a lutist , r .c'tlrcsscd to Ilse Eiccinis HI ‘Ve-tomiustrr, hot Ile • •• 110 11111% er IoeVclll 111111 sii , •:11.111A his uuud usisost tieeassiort slut c o nec ric, ih r 1:su11, tioll.gauk .ss s ISi ll is• .t in tun poil.4lsiesit cosairst.isse ur ttlitl to Ilse rectotr% sir secolilV lie cois.islossosi:ll rothis am! !shelties of 1114 cotissir rsii• cht. f ;.tht of tilt- ,Von iisrotort . s Addres• is 111 • .W, 'hat Ow Ow% sit v 111111. .! hit (iroful . 1.11i0 , , (tor %% - li(1111 he lim os per. sislli,sl f..sin CI) still du 001111..i.1 oust.' 111.111 sopvorl list A to.siiiiiturrilug wn ft Ni. CllllOlllll , ht , l lids so 1110CII 111(.111 the els.sr..esi.r of NV est d ud ihe consisiclicy Of ',oldie 111 Suicide. mat sic ssi.ol tie r ity co operate wlsli I e Els cusp. 55 5 1111 11 . .., .1011 e‘ety ottlet t x 'rllulls II 111.1% think Iltet,t:ify sir )111101111114 Mi . 0.. v sir alk.iit , I 104 I I.e fo tier. It is in contemplation to erect a matisoltion on the island of I lean, to the memory oldie late King. ...Gutrusty Paper. _ I BOXING. _ --.....-- A pitched battle for 2o gin [teas a side, was fought at 1,•:. 0 chick on Thursday itio z, in a meadow belong. •,,., to Cam on 5.4411, 011 11 , N10"11 , 1oil e s tate, neat Cuffo-Ils, Bucks. 'Die emit ltat.lllls were Julio Aosky, i sawyer, of iii stoite, truni Niavely, Oxon, (who had gin a nowt •ts ',venn_ j titan who v.iws about lac coon. try teaching hosing, riling nim.elt the Game Coicken) •,1 Burke. a nes iv.rito, of dp.al werzlit and ll'Ulliall The men rtilcrcil a ring ill 20 led totaled n tilt hurdles 111 s-U 'tided, at hall -oast little, and a 'nobly fight of i..• rounds in 47 iiiiiii.ii s • . .olic wed. In the first round the roinba:ant• went fiercely to work, not for wont of mea.orement fluty threw min, blows away; !hoer however a Itirli told, I •I'l nit impression. and In-fore they had been at work t ininnies, toe) were 49 covered with eiarrt that they were only knowo apart by yellow hr. eches and Week enerclies. Tile luis were round and awkward, and after bitting verb irliwe away •Ptrrill limit..., Apsley was meanly ail/144'd by 4 blues 013 the lett eel. The rotor' tested I I iniontes. 2. ev.•re and titles iiiinutt 1141111. gto the a 'v e ntage of A ficey, who flattened the b. idge iot Ii• aiivuosaiy's noes moil atoll t r oth ibe chid. N• 4 1411Ise would frau' a ',elm This ilia sun slop Burke, who fought away 'l obey closed, nod in a wrestle Apaley was thrown, and all foot peu.nei s. ere damaged. A doom yam,. *nu 4 huge atoff !let, entered the ring to stop the tight, by order in' a iteiglilonnii l i g j m iice, who could not attend ber.inse he haul the gout. The in4e i willed a paper oat of hs poeket, ell I said he shoo,' read the Riot :to, whirls caused great Ind diluent, and that was the only troller he was taken of. and lie eat himself doWll 4114 saw ,he tuber part of the fight. 3, The iiirii had got 'hell' %%414 gain d ot i ng t h e h us tl e . and a good e I %Va. Anti:lll, %Intel' t e r 11l i ll a i r d by Bu r ke being 11 rd 1., a hit on tier shill.. 4. A slashing I iiiii ill, rether iii favour of Burke, who h a d r a ti te s n t o,t do.tight. fleasy round WOWS were lea. CI1411:!i•.1, 411 , 1 Awley *4 , 111r0‘411 4 heavy cross buttock. 5. Apsles seemed sttongest, yet he was hail inott from the fill. ile hail the best of the first pert or io a lung round. After Imlay blows weir each/limed, tt.e a vasing %vitro' was turd iii 4 close, but neither bring awake to it, they separated end tinned to hitting again, »i 14.11 Apelry rerriWe.l a blow on the temple, which in a niiiiiile left him wilhoot agh iiiiii el 0,1 sight. lle cracked a rib of his antagoilist in reitoill, and lie was ['flown iii a close, abaci :tote shod y to Bitt ke. Both melt wet e led otr the ,round very ill. The match between Martin and the Bristol Cab hap: was made on Tuesday evening at I. ribbs, after the Sparring, to tight in three weeks. Sixty gui neas each are deposited in Cribb's hands. Robert Burn is matched to tight (liver for 800 guineas aside, on the 20th of April. Five guineas aside are deposited. Earl Talbot has made very considerable improve ments by draining the Meals Park, near Dublin. Whilst lately directing the work, Lord Norbury, taking his ride, cone up. Lord Talbot observed, " I wonder, my Lord, none of my predecessors ever thought of draining the Park."—" Oh ! your Ex cellency," replied Lord Norburv, " they were better employed—they were draining the nation !" There have been several erroneous accounts pub lished respecting Arthur Thistlewood. His father was a respectable Surveyor and Civil Engineer in Lincolnshire, where his brother is a Gentleman of considerable property and consequence. Thistlewood himself' served his time to an apothecary in Newark upon Trent. He afterwards had a Commission in the Militia, and was quartered a considerable time in Lincolnshire. He married a Lady who had a tiirtotie of '20,0001. the greater part of which he lost at play After her death there appears a chasm in his history. He was married a second time to another amiable I.udy, the daughter of a respectable grazier and butcher at Horneastle, who had some property It is said his &tiler in-law, in conjunc tion with other ftiends, offered to provide tor him if he would abandon his radical connections altoge ther; but this he declined, and his present situation has been the consequent. e of not listening to their advice_ MELANCHOLY AcclnENT—On Sunday se'nniglit as the pupil,. of the Rev. J. Warntisrd, of Nliekle ham, near Dorking, surrey, were amusing them selves with the various sports of the play ground, an arrow, neither 'silted nor barb..xl, was playfully aimed at a lad named Muscly (only son of a gentle man of that name, residing at Leatherlicad) and struck him below the knee ; he was observed to look very ill, and was carried into the house, when it appeatA that t nerve had beets injured, by which a lockad. jaw was almost instaistly prishiced, and, not withstanding the most eminent medical assistance, he expired in less than '24 hours. On I uesday last, a man named Jefli•rson, while employ tit in cleaning out a ditch, at Rh kerby, found ten pikes, %%rapped in an old aproin, d in the earth ; when and wby concealed tlik,•,%:, intiht be left to conject u re. 11',114. Ii an ,„ 1. sil 1.11.1( lIIIIIk 1111 M.. 1 . 0,1%. in lire a rom 1,1111t . ,i 14 tit %%1111111 :1 , 1 bum. 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