The National Register. — London, England, 1819-09-12 00:00:00

ii- Styr. 11. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: Our readers are aware that a Commission was spointed some time ago to revise and consider the above subjects—they have made their report, and we pr.ceed to state the sulattonce of it with this special addition, that the groundwork of all the pro posed improvements is an elaborate article, which appeared iit the British Review, for February, 1817, from the able and scientific pen of DOCTOR OLINTIIUS Gasountr, of the Royal Military A cadetny, Woolwich. The Report of these Commissioners is of great lentil, but in abstract they propose • . a Bill be passed in which it' Anal be enacted *. That a standard of a foot, ascertain, marked at the extremities as btfote described, be made of , or some other suitable metal ; and that others of ft, 3, or 4 felt respectively be made at due same time, each having two series us!' divisions on different stars ; mat is, tenth, of the (oat ca tune •ut e, and hales. fourths, and eighths uf the lout or. the other. The standards of the several nit:aware* of capacity trout the bushel down to die giil, and besides the usual troy and apothecaries weights, a series of avoirdupois, that is, of tsar pounds, 25 pounds, of s pounds. of 1 pound, I I pound, pound, I ounce, t ounce, teinee, and of 1 dram, be also constructed. 'I hat live sets (amalgam and accurate &pies of alt these, whether of length, capacity, or weight, be likewise made: and that, each series hying stamped wits appro priate and distinguishing maks. tnere be depos4rd, one ton piece series itt the I.:schen-ler, an "her at the froper office in Westminster, another at another at Founders'-hall, another at the British Alustituo, and-another in the rooms of the Royal Society. ••• That ce j uies of the standards of length, and of the Art of Par liament, be sent to all Foreign Governments with which England is at peace. •• That other exact copies of the several standards be sent to the several county town:. cities, and boroughs s in the realm, having, besides the Exchequer stamps. the name or sums of each eity• ' &c, to which they are sent, marked upon them; and that they be safely lodged in the custody of some proper officer, not for the petriothe of seizing and adjusting new measures (except as culuw t, out tor that en detecting error or fraud with regard to mea sures in use. Aid that tn.sesoptes shall be oily producible fur eertaai purposes specified in the act. " That WM/LH-I series of copies of the standards. appropriately marked, but in scone way distinct fruit each of the others, he sent to every e>ts eiviuon, and placed in the custody of the super s hoe for the tunic bring. . . . . •• That a;I u,e measures of these several series be sited and adjusted in a room where thi tiabe previously remained us least 2 hour., in a certain w.st‘mal temper:stunt, or within certain narrow hints. '• That all the standards of capacity !rave market'. upon them in pe - mithent le,tble characters their reNpective proportions to old =resorts o..aring tile some name. On the gul on mauve. for ex.titi, lc, there iiiig..t be placetl -1 The tr/i.2,2(1 part St.toil.inl Gallon and 1.40 231st of the co.tionacy 2;i conk incliszs oft! ic customary Ale Gnu. n. ir 1 . 13sititbi of the e. foot Wine Gallon. . ... ** That r.f.am uttleets be appotnted, one of them at lest being atmpta•utly acquAirteol with hanical and noathmdtical ence, utodtt toe dihetioso of the I.ords Ctontooolutoototno of his ltlAjeuty', fr,.44oty, to take e..tre of the 500n...0.1.. depo.ited in the F.,e .Vq.lCf, • 1.1 to a.eertain, rise, anti oholt, within the Fresco Rico 11.1111. L. operature. all new measures of weight 4ntl (opcity, wow.. .a.e m to.ute to be employed oat of the limits of the jortNatet.o.t so t ....toes of tYebtm.moter, anti of the fount.et.'-toul e.outer. Tom since skittle irregularity will ineutehly assent tut ng and bmaying of w•liglits anti mea sures of capacity in namtry towns. all such. intended for tnr in the country wilerever made. shell he tried and marked at the aluireawntioned °dice : and that the expence,. of such office at livist in pan, provided for by certain feu II sums parable upon coe olt:114 ul measures and wet i pti:. and by use amount ut licenses to be granted to the makers of suc:i measures and wei,4lm. "Tnat it be allowable for yard.wands and carpenters' two feet rules, to be trkit and adjusted by the measures deposited in the sionty tow us and boroughs, agreeably to methods prescribed by be Am " That after the new standanls are constructed, all the nld weights and measure* at the Kscheipier shall be deposited an a separate apartment, swell lucked up, and never in future be taken mu but in the presence tit some high utti.: r of his ftla , esty'a Government, or by his e xLess direction, for some specified object &tad that it be roam:mien thwt the measures now deposi ad at Guildhall, &c. be also locked up, to make way fur the new standards. • That, in future, all new weights and measures be marked with the name and abode of the maker, the initials of the examiner 4t the proper office, and ate temperature in which they wire .41justed. ▪ Chat all heaped measures be abolished, and, if it be found necesoiry, new measures be substituted instead of them. tt That the use uf old and new measures (where they differ) be • 'Modal thr twelve months, ur some tither fixed time, after the passing of the Act. 'Teat from the end of that period all plead ings in actions and suits must express the site, quantity, or value of things, or terms tanitortnable to the new tneastires. . . " Ting aLer two )tars at shall be penal to charge • weight or measure for any commodity, uhtch not agree with the standards appointed by the Act: and alter four years it shall be ptiutl to employ in trade or commerce any measure or weight which i, not marked agreeably to the directions of the Act. •• That it be highly penal for any person to make or sell measures gild weights, but in cumplbuice with the requisitions ut the Act. " That tables of equalisation and reduction, of inches into tenths of lea, ale and wine gallons into standard gallons. tic. be computed and attached to the Act, as well as printed for sepa • rate circulation: and that country schisilmiuners, who teach arithmetic he entitled to receive a coil of the Act of Parliament and of these tables. front a prescribed parish otticet~first graui tously. and afterwards at a fixed price. " That suitable offictrs, under the sheriffs of counties, mayors of corporation,. &c. he appointed to read the Aot at all rant, and once atnonth at IMP kos, ,ur S ur 7 y..ars. - That all forma Mot, or clauses on former Acts, that are either Wlllfitile my to one another or to ti is Act be repealed. " That the requisite exemptions be made in favour ut gold midis anti apotnecaries; and in reference to the privileges of the cities of London end Westminster, the Founders' Company, he. •• That the effects of tlic proposed changes (slight as they arc) upon the excise. taxes. rote.. ollowonces, parochial conions. arol different branches of thole and commerce. be aseernined ; and the manner of pros tiling for them be can t ully exploited in th Act." The abondano. of apricots this season is unprece dented. Vrom one tree in the garden of Mrs. Tutt nard. nt Frampton hall, in Line°'white, two thou sand two hundred and twenty-tbur green ones were gathered, to make room for the others to ripen. TIM NATIONAL REGISTER. PLY/T IV NEW LAA.IEIt. Sste.4.—:The deputation from this town tr. inspect the estab:ishment at New Lanark, arrives' at that place on the 2511 t ult. They were rt crived with great cordiality by Sir. Owen ; and on the next 1111111 l - tug proceeded on the olyect of then mission, by - (Mlleltlif an examination of the schools. The school- Minns !Orli a ha isdrome well ventilated but:ding, each room Iscostx capsule of contammg several hundred schm Les. There acre sainvarila or an hundred children, fro t h two t, four years of age, tat the enfants' mom,. wider the inatiatteasein of a young woman, who kept Ulemt ill to lerable under. Tiley were a very fine healthy set of children, clean and elect lolly dressed; ■nd se:•cued per teetiy happy and Colltelli. Its the upper school there were &hum 70 boys, awl as many girls; chiefly front ei e4 ht to ten }wain age. When the deputation entered, tisey were engaged ha worship : one of the 1111d6LerS read a ',ninon of Scripture while they rensained : and the ser s ice was terminated Ly :angst% of psalms, in wincrt Use children Joined. Atter quitting the school, they proceeded to the cha pel, where there %vas a congregation principally of adults, consisting of shout lho 'herbals, belonging to the estaulishinent. Tots, they Were Will, WAS a.l indepen dent elurch , and the n()r,iiiii) WAS cuilducted with be coin,lig solemnity, by three of the workmen employed to the mill. In the afternoon, mete was worship again hi the chapel; and in toe evening a Ciergyinan of the Est.ln IStled Church II : . >cotlanil, who receives an annual stipend f the proprietors oh the mills, preached to the if ighlaint tart of hie amain iiiiii ty w the Gaelic, with the energy of gesticulation peculiar to the divines in tilt! ciniii , r ) .Mill throe ocl..ck in the afternoon, they were conducted by Mr. Owen to au eminence, which c iiiii inatols vi.-w tsf the Oid Town, as well as of the village of New L .lialk. litre they saw all the 'Jetsam 10 the estithhalltilenl, who had beets in WM -0111) at the Old Town, where there are rellg ttttt s services evading to the practxe of the Kirk of Scotland, toe C.lllfell tit Ite:iel, and tile Burghers, returning to their loonies. 'file hoe exceeded nearly from the Old in the New Town, Sill lute 'ter was es t ttt :artl at tillWitnia onlooll VernollS. A mote toteresting sight cothil scarcely w 'messed. 111 the ttlortsttlg and evening there were •er% ices at toe Alctoodist Clwyd at Old Lanark, in winco Iwo of hie workmen to toe establishment led the devotions. vhalblohmesit C0111,151S of a number of spinning Jta.t a compact village for the residence of tile k•iiery'r, snuate,i %%Atom mot toile of the colony t0 , %1l Si. Lals..l et, tot lire ea•terti back of toe river Clyde, .11 .a a div:ance of sum suture 'haul 1 Mlle front lire VA>. Niniiing can be !M..le beattuoil nun the luue• .I.ot of •l.t. It t> eNseouallt a oranotac mrilla C rimaprl in I lie Seltilialig of cullun ..uo, oil it h4ll atLicilcti to It AMOS& 160 iiCteS 01 1411 d, •sw.l I,a.tly for gartitil) I . ol' the !moot, out principal y ill other ore, Inane, con,nlued 11t lite CO hilly, by winch 11.1111 C it may %try ap i nopriately the desig nated. AO- M ‘NiION-HOUSE.. CARLILE AGAIN A AIM'S LD UPON AVO . AIIIANT 1115VTD IT TUE LOUD Mavosi.-0a Finlay Mr. Cattle WAS apprehended by Hawkins. toe usarshalman, who went into his s! , up, and told Imo his presence was again necessary at the Mansion House. wnere the Lon! Mayor was in reraliou.s to proesed with the ex& earlile apprehended that this intelligence had scone refe rence to what Imo already amused, and expressed ins surprise at having been a second time illegally taken mw custody. - - Toe marslisinnan stied, the ilarnutt pointed to it thiterent pub lication from that wilicli had been lately the subject of more than one examination at the Justice Itooemand products' his authority, which Mr. Cathie, without hesitation, obeyed. At about 6 o'clock in the evening Mr. r;tulile and the marshal man arrived at the Mansion !louse. Tile Minna had. in the interval between leis arrest and his visit to the LorJ Mayor, taken care to provide himself with bail. In the ontcrs isstivti to the inatslialenan, the Lord Mayor intimated that he wished Mr. Cathie to be treated with rtspect and indulgence. The prisoner thought.. upon being told oral h was to appear before the Lord Mayor. that he was prebionsty to undergo the ordeal of the Compter for a day and night. Tue lateness of the hour, and the former liftitation of the Lord Mayor as to the bail, convinced him that he had wilting else to expect He, however, was disappoin•ed. The Lord Mayor was at dinner when they arrived; but upon heating that Mr. Cathie was below stairs. his Lordship atelv left table, and proceeded to the examinatieu of the bad. tits Lordship was attended by Mi. Holder. Mr. Carlile.—fly Lord, 1 have beea much surprised at this iecond ablation ot the laws upon the pan of your Lordship, in the conduct you have adopted toward, rue. The Lord Mayor.—Sir, I have in my hand a raper published by you, called The Repuulican ; and I emerge you with hating publisher) it. I consider it an unlawful, iiitianimatory, and Seth. sinus libel, tending to excite disafiection towards the person of the Prinue Itegent, the representative of his Alajesty, and the Govern ment, and to create insurrerion and breaches of die peace. Tills offimsive matter is contained in The Republican, :Nw Y, vol. 1. I regret that it has again fallen to my nuty to issue a warrant against you; but my opinion of these publicattons is, that they are fraught with all the dangers that can arise from the errors and delusions of the lower orders; I must, therefore, do all its my power to check the rapidity of their circulation. 1 requite furlile.—l have two gentlemen with me who are really to . bail me. Toe Lord Nlayor.having desired the hail to come fl,triGroind asked them BORIC questions upon their respon,ibpiry; ;smell were an wered to hi, mu-faction, said iruniediaielyehat he silunitl am c.,pt the two gentlemen. Mr. Carlile.—l protest in the mos; solAun manner against the rusumed legality of your lairdsbip's warrant. mud against your requiring StlICtiCS upon that watrant. 'rimy arc thrive tuititerge menta or the law ; and to the . ..CS I mutt have recourse to prove the error in your Lordship's judgment. which, in my opinion, is best to be correcte.l by an action of damage,. The Lord Mayor.—l have only perionneil my duty nit a ma giorate. 11'1 have g,on.. beyond it. I am boale to the coneqiicne.e. cast ilia bow to the decision in a ; but until they have e,tablished my error. I shall certainly continue in the track pointed out to me by eKperienee. Tire usual forms were then gone through. and the recognizance, swoni. The bail were, Earaurl Fereand Waddington, Esq. of ' Lewisham. Kent ; and Robert George liardisty, Esq. of No. 20, Bevy Street, Illoomshury. Each of those gentlemen was hound to answer for Mr. Cirlile's appearance in th • Court of Kiniei Bench next term. Tne antount fur which each is responsible is 1501. 'fhe ercuritiot of Mr. Carlile for IMmelf are 34 , 01. I 1 is personal recogni Lances exceed %Owl. Mr. Cathie expo vied hi; thanks for the wanner in whasts Its had been receivint, and retirxl. ASE OF HENRY STENT. The Pablie have already been made acquainted with the fact. that some liberal and humane individuals. com miserating the melancholy situation into which the tits fortunate Stein hes plunged himself, by atiempung the life of his unfaithful wife. hate undertaken to secure foe him the best defence possible, on the day of his approach ing trial. The arrangements for this purpose, up to the present period, have been eminently successful. , Stem, agreeably to his request, still remains in the • Giltspur-sweet Coisipter, where he conducts Itinsself wills the greatest propriety, and devotes nearly the whole of . his time to reading and devotional exercises. He is. however, occasionally engaged its imparting. in•truction to his less hi( et' companions in prison. Upon the whole, although his firmness has never forsaken him, fie' maintains a dejected spirit. Hitherto he has been con stantly visited by his wife, who is now its a perlect state ofconvalescence; but he has oil no occasion whatever, since the melancholy transaction which has placed hint in such awful jeopardy, evinced the slightest desire Its renew his confidence with, or unbosom Isis feelings to Her; in fact, he has fur some day's past directed. that :qrs. titre: should 1101 be admitted us his apartment. There is, however, another rause, which seems to acu itte the hind of Stent,and be despouds under it the more, as one of those dreadful results of his ..vife's infidelity. Hi: father, who is an aged but independent man, it ap pears, immediately after the lamentable transaction at the Saracen's Head, undertook the management of his son's affairs. hi performing these duties, a few day's since, use old mall had the misfor tine to IA Irons his c mast and dislocate his hip so dangerously, that mortifi cation, it is apprehended, will ensue. '1 nis misfortune miss producen a kind of agony in the mind of his sun. Duettist, SEPT. 3.—The Duke of Wellington packet proceeded on her voyaae from Liverpool to this pan on Saturday lasi in the aiternorm, full of passengers, and between three seed lout hundred of tue lower orders of working bummers oil the deck and in the hold. Olt M lay night last, w hen ratite Kish Lght, a sudden squall came on, which threw her on her beam ends, wilco a sc ne of confusion ensiled winch baffles all description, the skylights and hatchway being od, the water rushed in torrents to the cabin and hold ; in the latter of which were two horses, who became uninanaga ble, one of which the people in the Instil were obligeed to ion to death its their own defence, and the other was so cut and hacked, that he is past recovery. Many people were washed off she deck, souse of whim' were unfor tunately drowned, and a few sabot end in the hold, and the boat, whiCII hung at the stern, containing a few nt loose uoior:oonw people, was washed away, with all contained—luckily the greater part were saved, bit two fine children funk to raw OD more, whose mother, wan an infant in ner ariiis, was along with theirs in the boat when she was washed away, W. 131 sated by the presence of d Oh: 60111 r of me passengers, and now survives io mourn lierluss. Asher undergoing unparalelled hardships, tic vessel (slot being able to make Dublin the wind being advi rat.) Lore away lot Holy head, where sue arrived oil Tutstl.ty : too notch praise cannot be given to the Captain, (.I%v ens.) The passengers unani 'tinnily concur in saying, that they owe their lives to him. Ma exertions,' and Hutto of his crew, were indefatigable. S. seral of her passengers arrised here yesterday eseiting frvin Holyhead, by the Pelican packet, who related the above particulms to a gentleman of this establishment, who WAS on board. It is au l irised iliat these were 52 Or :Irvs altnether kw, but the ex;et her cauhut be aseerdined. On Thursday one of the cats bel o nging to the Bank was bitten by a dog supposed to be mad, and it was feared that the consequences would be seri ous if all the cats were not destroyed, as one o. them flew at a respectable Member elate Establish ment, and lacerated his flesh with her talens. An order was conseptently very properly issued, for the general safety, that the whole of the cats should be destroyed, and they were disposed of accordingly. A sweepstakes shooting Ina; of '2O gainless each between three celebtated shots, Messrs. Palmer Phipps, and Street, took place on Saturday, wht:n 72 head of game was killed by four o'clock, p. m, — Mr. Palmer took a direction from Burnham, in the line of Wycomb and the water-side, and he bagged I 2 brace of partridges and two har..st. Mr. Phipps took a direction tin. Nlaidenheati, across the river to Bray fields, anti killed four hares and 9 brace of par. tridges ; and Mr. Street took a direction for, • and Gerrard's-cross .x aad killed 14 hx d o_ rd e part ridges and or/Atha:. Nus Bgeortimen stated !ogee ther at day-break, in litifttun.fields, each aceoma punka by an umpire chosen by the oppo , i••.: parties 'limy were allowed one barrel only, with ullimittl charge, and only seven shots were titian' by the three. Alanit one o'rin. g nn M..nday morning an alarming tire burst t rib in tar .1%% ells..g lonise t Mr. IlautbuiLe.. c7acic * lid * 4 . 4 1. mak. r, >l lir : MS MIT.. I, ( . 41.11MEN 031 Ruud. TI e tier was di, uterrd 1), nor u.ecttlati on Krung lois round t be sprung his ratit.., sit I a lannea the to oily , who were ail ask. ;v. 'the fi-e had loath it such strength ;it the time, that It was 11 tth thilicnity that the ithoLttes escaped with their livis, Lola %Mout so.loA the smallest nettle of their property, wht..b, with thr %bole of the prcallocs were destsop.d. -.444., • ,