The National Register. — London, England, 1819-04-11 00:00:00

APRIL 11. The Gazette of Puesday night contains a -Procla mation, stating., that un issue of new Crown pieces 'has been delivered from the Mint to the Bank for the use of Majesty's subjects The Gazette also contains an Order in Council dispensing with the calling out the Militia of Great Britain: for the pur po,,.; of train . ..lg in the present year. Dr. Stokue came to England from St. Helena in consequence of a difference of opinion between him and Sir Hudson Lowe, us to his duty respecting the reports of conversations had with Bonaparte. This gentleman we understand, was on Tuesday examined by Ministers, and the result has been, that he is im mediately to resume his functions at St. Helena.— Tho inference from this is, that his conduct has been fully approved of. We understand that it had been required of him to report every word communicated by Bonaparte, even in confidence, and that whether it could have any relation to the political condition of the prisoner or not ; and that he had refused to accede to this requisition of Sir Hudson Lowe.— Evening Paper. PEDESTRIA NISM EXT RA ORDINA V.—Few of the surprising feats accomplished by the present race of pedestrians exceed in novelty that performed last week, by the lamplighter of Rotherham. This dis ciple of the new school undertook, for a trifling wager, to run with his ladder on his shoulder to Aldwork Toll-bar, and return to the Crown Inn, being a distance of three miles, in 20 minutes ; after which ho engaged to stand on his head and eat a twopenny loaf in 12 minutes. The race was lost by two minutes ; but the latter part of the per thrmanee was gallantly, though painfully executed in nine minutes and a half. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.--Captains Sir J. A. Gordon, to the Active; Charles Farwell, to the Alert ; 'Award C , ,linan, to the Beaver; Montague, to the Cadmus ; W. N. Glasscock, to the Carnation ; Theobald Jones. to the Cherokee; H. T. B. Collier, to the Falmouth; Job Hanmer, to the Heron; Pettmap, to the Helicon ; Henry Lecke, to the Myrmidon ; Chapman to the Nautilus; Charles Randolph to the Pandora; the Hon. Charles Paget, to the Prince Regent yacht ; William Hendry, to the Rosario; W. M. - Popham to the Sybille ; the lion. J. Gordon, to the Tawas _ _ Lord %I'llliam Russell has addressed a letter to the freeholders of the Borough of Tavistoek on taking his leave of them as their Representative in Parlia ment. This most truly upright Nlember, animated by the Vhig principles of his illustrious house, finding that he cannot give that constant and assi duous attention to the duties of his important trust, which it imposes on an honourable mind, find! him self called upon to close a Parliamentary life of more than 30 years, and resign to their disposal the seat which they confided to -him. Florio, whose musical compositions are so well known in this country, is arrived in town from St. l'etersburgh, but it is said he means to return. Should he remain here, by giving lessons he might revive the school of :Madam Mara, as since she left England, the grand and sublime music which ob. tained so high a character from her pre-eminent vocal talents, is no longer heard to advantage except from Mrs. Dickons, who is the last of that school now in this co►tntry. The Duke of Wellington refused to comp:y with the request of the Corporation of Dublin to present their Anti-Catholic Petition to the House of Peers. In consequence, they applied to Lord Sidmouth, who, accordingly presented it on Tuesday evening, without any comment. We arc happy to find that kis Grace has declined countenancing that intolerant spirit which distinguishes the illiberal and illiterate portion of the Corporation of Dublin. Sir Walter Farquhar, whose remains were interred a few days since, had completed the same age as his present Majesty, being born on the same dim. An order was issued at the Bank on Wednesday morning, to the office fir paying the dividend - war rants, to discontinue making any portion of the payments in gold, and to limit the silver specie cn each warrant to twenty shillings beyond the odd money. The effect of the new measure for restraining all is•acs of gold coin rrom the Bank, was fully percept ible in the rates of exchmLe negotiated on Thurs day. Experienced brokers had predicted that a de dine must necessarily follow, but were not perhaps prepared to expect that the fill would be so rapid as it has actually proved. The differ. nee between Thursday and the preceding Friday is not less than ern , and a half per cent. rtgainA this country. The ?.! , pression commenced on Tuesday, when the ten dency of the measure, lA as generally pc rived : on Thursday it became so rapid. that in 111mburgh hils a fall of one per cent. took place in the inter val between the cpening and ttic termination of ex eliangc business, TIIE NAITONAL REGISTER. IlidiUcLFCl, 0.111 ItAGI,'.. The most disgraceful outrages and e obberies were committed on Good Friday, on tutu C by hundreds of thieves:lml prostitutes, who asseinhlo,l in gangs, each consisting o upwards of fifty person., who, in open- day, beat and rotib-d1 every %yell dressed person that fell in their war, who bad imprudently 46sembled, in proranatiou of the day, to witness the sports of wrestling, fighlinz, jack-ass racing, Sr!. Up wards of twelie toomand per a..etnlited ; St. Gdes's,Satfron-bill, ROW 111 a ry•l tie, and INick-rare, ap peared to have been deserted by their inhabitants, for liver was such a set of tag-rag low-life 'wogs collected berme. Several tiersoos who had been robbed and heat were carried off the common in a shocking situation; the Police were atLeked, and two of the nosv-street patrols were dreadfully kicked while attempting to to apprehend a notorious thief, and rote of the officers was robbed of his watch. A young man mimed Cocks was tobbed, and his neck•kercoief drawn so tight round his neck, by the tido es, that he was nearly strangled, and carried off the field in a dangerous state. Almut dozen of the ruffians were apprehended by the Union- Hall and Bow-street Policeotficers, several were bunt4lit before the Magistrates yesterday, and the whole will be examined next week, when the parties who have been robbed will attend. A gentleman passing by the Com mon, in his Ca rrrwe, was attacked! by ;boot thirty dirty tel who calkd him a " Dandy," and pelted him with dead dogs, cats, and filth—he escaped from thou in a most filthy condition. The County NLighdratcs (if the I'u{ice Ma6istrates will no. interfere), ought to attempt to put a stop to such ;'great evil, which audio ally increases. ItostataY.—The Shp of 11. Ctsalicc, Temple Place. Black friars-rnad, near the Surry Titttre, was hrogets op tri on Friday night by souse thieves, who, it is sup posed, were returning to Town Irons Kmuitigtoti Com mon ; the villains effected an entrance into several rooms in the house s , and carried off lace, silk, linen, dresses, and wearing apparel agreat value Strawberries, in what are termed thumb potties, were exposed for sale in the fruit shops of Covent garden market, on Thursday, at thrce.shillings and sixpence the pottic, containing about a dozen straw berries! Milton's " Paradise Lost" hat recently been trans lated into- the Welch language by Oven Pug h e, Esq. a gentleman of North Wales. The versilica tion, like the original, is limited to ten syllables in a line. EXTRAORDINARY PEARL.—In the cabi .ct if the brothers Josinia (two rich (rceks.at Moscow), there is at present a pearl of extraor.linary value. It is perfectly roun an I iof yet pierced. It weighs 274 carats. Mr. Fisher, Vice President of the Medico•Chirurgical Academy at Moscow, has I shed in the French language, a description of this remartable pearl. On Friday, three coaches returning from Newha ven, where they had et down some company for the ball given on board the Vengeur, endeavoured to pass each other, and commenced a race along the road from Bumiington, driving most furiously, to the imminent hazard of the live.; of several persons At a narrow part of the road leadino. to Broughton the whole came abreast, when a lady and child, who were on the foot path, and unable to get out of their way, were driven furiously through the hedge, and severely hurt. It was most fortunate that it was not a wall, otherwise they Would have been killed on the spot. Several gentlemen who came up to the lady's assistance took down the number of the coach, in order to lodge a complaint against the driver. THE BOXING RING.—The Sporting World, at the present moment, are all alive respecting the two great pugilistic contests, which are to take place on the ensuing 4th of May, between Randall and Mar tin. and Carter and Spring. The combatants are in active /minim* in Kent, Middlesex, and Sussex. The current betting on the Nonpareil is 7 to 4 ; but several of the amateurs, in their warmth to wards Randal (whom they think imulacrabte), have betted 2to I, and some much big! er. The cruay part of the fancy nevertheless assert, that Martin must prove a dangerous opponent, from the follow ing circumstances : he is a fresh, fine, strong young man, a hard hitter, and uses both his hands well ; game as Chanticleer ; and as to his general mode of living, abstemious to a point. It is said he will also be heavier that. Randall upon the day of fighting ; and it might likewise be urged with propriety, that he has been in training fur the last four months It is nearly three years since the Lancashire Hero defeated Oliver, and since that period he has not entered the prize ring, owing, it appears, to his not being able to procure a customer. Carter is, there fore, an object of much attraction. and he is the favourite 6 to 4. Spring is, however, greatly im proved, and it is thought will prove a formidable antagonist.-1001. to 501. that Martin does not beat Randal in two hours ; even betting that the fight is not over in an hour. Heavy sums have been lai3 that Carter does not beat Spring in 35 minute::. INSOLVENT DENIORS' COURT, SAI UR DAY, APRIL IC 217 This morning, Mr. Sergemit R 00000 litighm, on• entering' The Coml. and to hi. his seat,ohaerred that be was ea tremels ieiter to Col, that in the remise of Ike riming orris he sroold nut be at,le to pay that tate . .n to the diseh jure of the 11,4cilivens Di 11,101% 011 he toold with, as the e. , •i0t0.% foil Westminster e •nee on Wednesday next—but that after the tistibing of the Seesions,he weld avail himself, if health oormi!teil, of the WI- B.st d.ty, Inr the purdnse of Ili•Ariii4 their petitions for their di•rhat gel ; that as this May hr wool,l 'Peyote hiuwelf to the petitions 111" rases whirl, were no' intruded to be Nylon...el. and en nutria) , aml Timr:ldy he would attend the Court, for the purpose of beetling the 4,ppoked eases of boolveot Debt ors. 'Diet* writ. this day between 50 and 60 version* discharged under the said At,. 13011tf. NIAN:;iON-HOU&E. A daring young. was erteri with llaCj picked j gets; le p.ielset of a tianclker chief. 'rite prisoner is about IC years of age, and pie seined one of tiw most um:inn:lgo.' instances of ladlt nes, we have seen in our police exptrielice. Brown the officer was applied to upon the iwrisjuii of th e nibb e ty. Ile apprehended the boy, who pretrired It etiiiictel the officer, one ni the aldest in the city. Brown re minded hint tit it he way a law, and could be nothing. in his hand:, " said the young " i v) I not until I get s.one bread aid cheese." The °dicer ;n -dolited hioi by ail.wiag hint to make the purchase.— Toe boy then sa,d to Brow.s, " J—d if I know any thing anion the nandkercitief ; if I du I hope I may be twomed.". A !title boy, who was pastor; by, saw the prisoner whip the lit odkereinef out of the Gentleman's pocket, and pass it as quick as lightning to another fellow, why ran off with the booty. The Lord Mayor said he was in fair training, and shook! Itasca lesson or two in Ilridewell. The wretched boy was sent to Briiewell, and ordered to be well flogged. MAR Lnortouc 11-STREET. Yesterday a v enerable looking rrsoit made applica tion to the Nlagstrates at this Office for redress under the following circumstances. Ile si-ted that his name was Legge, and had belonged to a Benefit Society for 34 years, .that the said Society now refused hint his usual weekly allowance. The Secretary of the Society, a Jr. Matthews, said the reason of non.payment was, that the funds of the Society mete in a state of great ee;,ression, they had only tool. in hand, which it was r' solved on was only to be touched on the event of 'Ai.in'•er's(!elt!). Th..: Magistrate, tinder all the cir- Cilltlit.l flees in the Cat'.., advistql the comp' linant, Legge, to let his appl.cation stand oc, r till next meet ing of the Society, and if they then ntised his applied tiun to them, toe case should be further gone into. A Coroner's inquest was held on Monday, the 29th, ult. at Smiecthorp, near SpiLby, on the body of Mrs. Robinson, of the public-house of that place. From the witnesses examined, it appeared, that on Saturday evening a quarrel took place in the how.e between two person•, one named Grummit, the other Ailsby. Grummit having rec ived a blow from Ailsby, levelled a blow- at his head with a. poker which he seized, - but which Ailsby received on his arm, when the poker broke in two. Grum mit again attempted another blow at Ailsby with the fragment of the poker, which, in throwing back. to give the b'ow, struck Mrs. Robinson, who wile behind him, just above one eye. She immediately exclaimed, " Lord have mercy on me, I am killed!" Shortly afterwards she btcatue insensible, and died before surgical aid could be procured. Mr. Morley, of Horncastle di'sected the head, and the brain was found to contain a large quantity of extravasated blood. Verdict, I;ausl.iughter.—Grummit, who is the son of an opulent Lumer, is committed fur trial at the next assizes. DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On R d aV night a man was pin into St. James's Watch-house, fOr the purpose of being examined on the following day, at Nlarlborough-streel, for a fraud, whilst in custody there he made a dreadful incision in hi: neck, with a nail, bout two inches long, he was taken to the Hospital, where he now lies in a most dangmons state. EXEC uTroN.—On Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock, Widlum Green, for breaking into the dwellinc house of Mrs. r ho - ens, a publ.can, in Marshall.. street, Curnaby-market, and Daniel Mae Vey, for stealing from his master, J. W. Parkins, Esq Riding House Lane, Mary le Bone, n considerable quantity of property, consisting of foreign 4..01mN, diamonds, &e. were executed in the front of New gate. Both these unfortunate men appeared truly penitent, and met their fate with firmness. POWER OF ORTHOGRAPHY AND I'VNCTUATION. —The husband a a pious woman having occasion to make a voyage, his wife sent a written request to the parson of the parish ; which, instead of spel ling and pointing properly, viz. " A person haring gone to Nett, his wife desires the prayers of t c eon. gregation ;" she spelt and pointed as follows—" A person having gone to see his wife, C:sires the pray ers of the congregation." I J