The National Register.
London, England, 1816-08-19 00:00:00

AVGI:iI'T 10.

In the night of Monday week, the lion; of hon.lon,
which had jag taken in her cargo from Sest= mul Co.'s
staitics, at Sunderland, blew up %visit a terrible explosion.
The t..4-la.:anut were bralta, and the clerks vottiplutely
torn up, with considerable other damage. This accident
is supposea to have been occasienf:d by a toy going be-
tween decks with a lighted csnalr.,, by which s'mm car-
Immated hydrogen gas, arising from the inflammable state
of the coal, was
The seventy-third anneal Conference of the Method.-
in the connection of the late Rev.,,is %.I:esley, A. M.
closed on Tuesday last. It appears, the connection is ex-
tndefl nearly to all parts of the world ; and the increase
of members this yenr is upwards of nine thonseind.
PrFtyman, Bishop of Lincoln, in his charge to the
Clergy at the Triennial Visitation at Raiford, hus de-
nounced the Bible Societies, as dangerous to the esta-
blished religion, and to the ortholox principles of those
who attend them. •

A Ilainburgh paper says, that Kosciusko has sent frotn
Soleure. in Switnerlarel, the stint of 1000 fr. to contri-
bute to the erection of a triumphal arch at WarsaW, in •
honour of the Emperor Alexander.
Tl.e new Illtrn;sh 3,Terruu which is published at Of-
fenbach, 1: prohibited in the kingdom of ‘Virtentburg.
It is des:eying of 'nuke, that Atnerican Stook has
Advanced during the last week about 4 per cent.
We are sorry to learn, that when Gen. Maitland left
Lis gmernment, an alarming fever had broken out not
only at Malta, but also in the lonian Isks.
The Duke of Wellington left town early on Tuesday
moroia::, to visit his brother the Marquis Wellesley, at
East Cliff, Ha:a:gate, previtetsly to his Geace's departure
for the Continent. The Sable Duke tenbarkel next day.
lie will first go i•. • Brussels; firm thence t.) Cambray ;
and aft:trwards to Paris. ilia Grace was accompaniVi
by the MArquis and Marchioness of Worcester, and by
Cul. llarvcy.
The entertainment given last week by the Duke and
Duchess of Gloucester to the inhabitants of Ilagshot and
its vicinity, coitisted of sixty rounds of beef, sixty sirloins
iir ditto, sixty legs of mut ton billed, sixty shoulders roasted,
sixty savory eighty lar"—e plum puddings, 180 dishes
of vegetables, twenty hojsbeals of strong ale ; and at
the coadusion each person hada lennper of punch to drink
health, happiness, and lung life, to their illustrious host
antiluNtess.
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We hear, that upon it survey of the Ortlintace Mice
in Pall-mall, the expence of preparing it for the residence
of Prince Leopold and the Prateess Charlotte has been
tOund so great, as to suspend, at least, if ant to over-
come, the design of 3,2propriating it to that purpose.
Friday !minting the Lard Mayor visited the prison of
Newgate, and Win: the three unfnaunate Irishmen
still kept in the condemned cells, and in irons, ordered
that their irons should be struck oil, and that they should
be removed to tlic Transportation Ward. His Lord-
ship had previously laid before tree Home Soeretary
of State the satisflietory proofs he had received of the
previous maxi conduct of these deltas' men, whose ig-
norance alone had made them the victims of the atroci-
ous conspiracy which has been so fortunately brought to
light.
, the deposed King of Caniy. expressed great
surprise that the English should feel Any groat indigna-
Gra at what he had always considered a more muter of
emirse and pastime—viz. to order an offender's head to
bc st ruck off—flogging hi in to death —i mpaling him ve—
or pounding him in a mortar, as the caprice ()Mho moment
dictated. He obse:-vea to Major Hook, " the Eiglish
Governors, however, have one advantage over us Kings
of Candy ; they have Counsellors about them, who never
alhnv them to do any thing in a passion ; and that is the
reason you have so few ptushavoits—but, unfortunately
for us, the offender is dead beliirc our resentnteut has
subsided."

The Paper which first mentioned that Sir Eyre Come
had accepted the Chiitern Hundreds, has contradicted
that statement upon authority, as void of foundation.
Ani:lig the alterationn at Drury-lane Theatre, prepa-
ratory to the op,.:ling of the winter season, the pit has
been raised considerably ; Hn improvement which will
only laid to tire beauty of the Hon:;e, but greatly to
the accommodation of the audience. Two uew MS are
prt,paring, one Cr the Princess Charlotto and Prince of
Saxe Cobourg, and the other ha. the Duke awl Duchess
of Gloucester. Thoy are on opposite sides of the house,
twar the stage. The back seats on tha dress circle are
removed. the boxes of whigh are now reduced to three
rows of chairs.

The King's Theatre closed oa I!;aturday se'nnight
very Fuccessfu 1 season.
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Invle:Ion 1111.4 re-awe:Jed this week uu t 11.2 I.ortdqn
at the New Euglish Operu House, :cad was re-
ceived with great afp'aust.
Winnsart Mari:yn and Mr. 0' Ivirry have
liven performing the to3orrine character. ut Ihts Theitre:
The former, Peery. in Site Cowq'ry Girl; ,clcri7
.lrnilia 11eldedtebni eke.; tie latter Ja.o/s Gmwk.w, M on in,
turf Sligbyle. 0% bens., us the Jew, imt, a.l of talc tioli I IC I.litallsi
of ti, It from the arc/eats by aeril•mt tan off the top of W.,
"11 .floiref,, in placing the kulse it Lei trtit. however.
did 11(11 pre% till him froin the , al hough hi-
tit it part or the Nta;e iNW,•I,i cierlipietl. Irimn
11l rerviird% Y.freur';, •.` Ti hire.by 4.45 e SUrg,:•ni, se,/
d'' "'"11 rio 4rath,"4 Mitt 1.1 the IhNt drinking she minded to the
re. lajtC, Ike .ia handkerchief,
Sad L M all so ft r :Ike iNcluf."

NATIO:AL RECtsTtn.

TILE LABOURI_YO POOR.

The Selescription for the Relict of the Labouring and
Menufficturing Poe:, already amounts to upwardi of
34,0001. If the absence of s ) large a portion of the
rank and wealth of the country upon the Continent be
taken into ti:count, this SUM is liireral awl eneouragieg.
A confident, bemuse a just, helve is entertained, that
even this circumstance, althoegh it may retard the pro-
rewem of hienanitv, will nut eemitually affect the result.
Those. wealthy Peers and Commoners now spending their
money amongst strangers, if they were not the first on
the list, shouid be the first in the amount of their dona-
tions. By withdrawing their presence, and the expen-
diture of their income, they have contributed to produce
the present crisis. The labouring and manufiteturing
poor have, therefore, a doable claim to their peculiar care
and protection ; they have an appeal not only to their
liberality, but to theirjastice.—Among the donations fin
the Belief of the Poor, there is one which must have
emanated from a truly English heart, and which sets an
example above sill price. IVith his money, the subscri-
ber gives ae admonition to his countrymen, equal in me-
rit, at this crisis, to one of the "% Aden rules of Pythago-
ras. The donation is given in these terms :—" A volun-
tary penalty tier indulging in a umeth's excursion on the
Continent, 231."
Among the extreordinaries of the present rera. we find
one at New ',anat.:, adopted by Mr. Robert Owen, of that
place, which reflects great honour on his head and heert ;
and which we should rejoice to sac cseentled into other
parts of Great Britain by some equally powerful phihme
thropists. Froet tho minutest inspection into the charac-
ters of mankind, and puetirelarly of that district, and by
the studicus application of hie remarks to that people, he
has developed a plan for greatly ameliorating their con-
', dit ion, and fin-111;11g their principles, and fixing their conduct .
It has: so thoroughly operated upon them, us to have re-
duced his theory into actual practice during the last seven-
teen years ; by which, a community consisting of between
two and three thousand individceds have been, without
any legal penislinicut, changed front a state of vice, im-
morality, and wretchedness, into one of progressive vir-
tue, comfort, and happiness : and, they are now, in the
time of distress, in others places, reaping the fruits of their
conduct, preventing the increase of it amongst them-
selves. NVe itederstand, that these philanthropic plans-
are to be mule publicly useful, by fleet conunuaication to
men in power and influence.
It is well known, that tlte silk trade of England has
its chief scat in Spitallields, and usually finds employ-
ment and support for the majority of the poor of that
vicinity. The number of looms in this mule has beee
ascertained to be about 10,000 ; and eaeh of these, when
iu work, will furnish employment for three persons in
the various branches of dying, warping, winding, quil-
ling, &c. Of these 10,00 i) loony:, however, more than
half have been totally unemployed fur several months,
and the numerous families dependent upon them de-
prived of all their supplies.—Many Live literally part-
ed with every thing that emild produce a shillin± ; their
rooms arc stripped of their little furniture and bedding,
anti their bodies left almost without env covering. It is
lamentable to state, that the small allowance which the
parish can Laird is, now, all that numbers of them have
to subsist upon, and this is rarely sufficient to buy them
bread.

A letter from liiistnn, of the 7th inst. says--" An
*Mimi examination front to house has taken place iu
many districts aronnd ns, in order more fully and accurately to
a.sce•rtain the real distress that exists in our nri2libourhooll. In
one district there were foind I lin families whose resources are
all cut cut, comprehending 1:22 individual.; 7.1 families who earn
Is. per head per week, comprelmating -183 1:10
families who r irn 2s. per head per week, comprehending f 420
iniiividulla; in another there were 541 fainilies without the
means of livelihood. eomprciu•nding .4)76 individuals, full one
half of the population."
Extraft of a letter from 11.114 in, Aolgnst $, 141 :
" Money has disappeared on Circuit. We arc in a deplora-
ble condition. There is JeAlt:llV unv thing doing, Rents there
are none to he hal, an:l vet the revemm must he satisfied. You
will judrtc hots this eau he aceompledied, %then Use poor w retches
accused otfe•r to pay their lawyers in kind! INI as offered a
tub of butter to defend a poor fellow charged with making
potteen. %loth •r poor wretch, who was indicted far
plank, offered toe half a doieu front with ma brief', and as•
Allred me be %vault' pay the Latlauee in pil.e!—dais is tie.% in the
annals of the Bar."

A letter from ..‘Lineltester sacs " The trade here is nt pre.
scant sat Irul, and goods are almost i low in price us I er 4.r
rerneatner them. The utavars are generally in '4 miserable Si-
toAtion, and great numbers are "111 u 1 e 'Chu•,. whe
1,4%e work are obliged to labour from floe in t.lie morning tiU
ciOrt ur nine at night, fur about 1%. per day."

A ci-devent toottnaker of Netvgate-street, who a few
years back Ind u very flourishing bitsines.e, but had long
elnsibrel that ratioual lib,:rty could not be enjoyed in
Eirriand, disposed of his proFrtv, and sit or with his
with and tinnily for Aineriea.—Witliin these few days
the tivertictrs of ChriA Church have been called upon
parish-relief in behalf of Ili:twit; lit, wife and chil-
d-Ant ; they having lauded at Falmouth as distresztea
suljeets, without a penny to themselves.

A very large flock of wild fowl was beard to pass 0..,cr
the hletroplis between nine and ten o'clock on Wea_
ttes.lay night, flying very low, anti surpriging the Lon-
doners by a noi.e M nnusal. The direction trf their
ighe was front the south-west to..v.tvis II i -h ill.

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TRIAL OF 1,(1111) CO(4.1111.1NE.
This trial, to which public att....11i/a has been for some diet
'much a ttrac.ed, took place on Saturday. The N sbit' 1)C-
-teilatit arrived at the Crown lon, (Itchlfard, on Saturday
morning, accompanied by Mr. Brooks, in a po4t-eli,ine and
four. Lord I'.lleaborougii, having d.spnsed of the C. /ninon
34,y rait,cs, adjourned at half•past eleven to th • Criminal
Coat, and was I 111.1Viti in about at hour by \fr. Justier
Lord Cochrane entered the Court (which was in-
iiictowly crowded—especially wile Ladies), aetntivatin..l by
Sit itutdett and several other friends. The Sp.•rial Jury
panne! iris called over; hut only two Oentleinen answering to
Hair name+, illr. Marryatt prayed a tales, and ten Common
Jurors were sworn in.
\1r..l lolplitt:etAted the inclictmia, which charged, that in Vie 54th
year of hit 11...j.istv„ Sir Thorns: Cochrane and nthei4, w.;re duly tricd
and convicted' of &vele conspiracies and misdeonemouri—thr on
wabiequent day in Trinity Term. the. fkfendant. Sir T.1014111(1.).-h-
-nine. was adjudged to pay a tine (*.one thousand ixemile, and to
prisons! fur twelve calendar months in the King's /tench prises' • and
that the defendant was committed to the-custody of tVne dostu,„ 'Mar-
shal of die said ..rison, in eueution of his said y..ulginent and acute, en
—tliat the s:•:.: Sir Thomas Cochrane, 1.44 fore the expiration if Cie said
twelve calentla- mouths, for which he was SVIIVIII:Ca to be impritionad.
41(1 without the said tin having been paid or satialled. to wit, on t'ic
_;th day of Atasii, in the .9.lth of the King. si;ii•fotee and arms, un-
-1..0 wilfull•.•, and contenipttacrily, did e..scane and go et liu-ge
from and out of the custody of the said Mar.dial, acrd to Faces to
Jurors unknown. in contempt of the laws. Otte.--There were hats other
counts alleging Omit:3ll:e. with some ;light variation,.: and to this In-
dictment the llefuniant pleaded Not Guilty, and put hinr.:lfussonahe
Century.

thirratt, in stating the case to the Jery, said. though
this app«acill, from the titunertues audience wilitirit had at-
tracted, cast• Of Annie expectation, so far ax depended open
him it was not likely to belt lon/ uye, au4it was his•inu'te-
tim.r to inilttl:te in acclimation or invective. lie 'nitro..id to
miloylit to the Jury'the law, and cirennwanecs oldie euse,

and to leit‘e them from tler:rc to draw their own conehisiou.
It then briely ree ttttt itc4i the i• artitmlais or the fruit:l prttc•
tied 1/11 the stock Exchange, the trial, conrictiuu, anti ie..-
truce of Lord Carlirtine. _ _ _

lit. the seetetice two antics were iterated on Lord Cochrane
Ow all owed obedience to the laws, and to the
Magistrates of the country): to an att the expiration of his ha-
prommitviit, and to pay iliaLline whis-li the justice of Id. moo/l-
ily had impowil upon him. The period of his implismnent
sonata have expired on the :list day of June NU>. One of
the (Marge* against the defendant was, that he escaped lion'
prison betnre the twelve months expired. Aaenher was, th..t
lie finds an opportunity of making his escape het ira the
fine w.e. paid ; and lie (the teamed Cz' nessel) was in a satiation
it, prate these charges 'mist satisrietorily. In-the first Ware,
lie would xliess that lie had e-eaped from the custody of that
Alarslial three or tour months before the expit ation of the years
and lie wools! I,roVr. Iltat 1;11{ Nis before the hue V:33 Hid. as
hr elOll.l sSits.... that it bad been paid by his Lordship at a subse.
q tient period (July :t, 1315). This prosecution nits instituted
by the .llarsiial of the K111,'4 ticsAl, to vindicate his own Cif,.
Meter from all suspicion of connivance; and to sheet those in-
trusted to his custody, that nu rank, however exalted, caitiff
scr •cn those who committed such au offence front punishments
flow tin• escape had loam effected, the Marshal was ignorant np
In this In .ar ; lint this he knew, that it was not through his ens:.
nivance. The learned Counsel then recapitulated the circom.
stances attendant on the discov •ry of Lord Cochrane's esckii .
and those of his re-eapture in the House Of COMINOON, V.Ollll
are 3lrendy before the public. He contended, that the 14;1(
applicable to the CRISP was quite clear. The King's subjects
awed obedience to the Magistrates and constituted witholities.
tin well estaldishel -was this 1,611614 e, that if a man sentenced '
to the storks made his escape from the persons empowered ti
41;O• the seintence carried into etecutiosi, lie was -liable by the
till law to be indicted as a felon. U•iitmilitestly; the law in
modern time: had been ameliorated ; and where there was no
initial breach of prison, but the party escaped by stratagem or
manage:nent, lie was indietableonly ter an escape; or fur going
at large before the expiration of the time Orili3 imprisontineit
an offence which was certainly not subject :o the severh peoale
ties entailed upon the person who broke the poison walls, or
hsreed the doors. In this case it was not imputed to L•irsl Co-
yly aim that lie broke the prison walls, hot wily that lie LICIO.P
its lisimelaries, and aa. out of long before his sentence
had 'Aldred. The only inquiry of to-day was, whether Lord
Carlirioir bait m-April from his confinement in the King's Bench
Prison before the twelve months were expires!. Of that faot
thine could be na doubt. With the sentence the Jury had no-
thing to do ; flail would he matter of consideration of the Cann
of hint's Deitch in the ensuing term.
THE EVIDENCE.

Mr. iliellard Crude examined by Mr. Gnat:Er—stated. that i t
was clerk in the Crown-Office, and produced a copy of Lord Cothrane's
c ttttt mitment to the King's Bench rtivon, in execution of his sentence:
and also a copy of the ride of Court-by which his commitment was
imule out. 'Cher &liniments WeTC put in and read by the Associate.
Tltniaits Gibbon. the Tindall' examined by. Mr. Aunt on us. proved
the commital of Lord Cochnine to the King's Bench Prison, and the
circumAance of his recapture after his escape.
elms-examined by Lord Cot:Finale's-41c had delivered his I.ord-
ship, as a prisoner. to the per.zons totting as turnkeys twithont any
it rash intler4 that being unnecessary'. in the usual way. lie did not
know the authority on which the persons to whom he delivered hit
Lordship toned ; bat lie knew one of the principal °dicers of the poi are
was present at the tune.
Examined by ilea ATMLEItES and Mr. Jitstice TIER ROEG
I .014 Coe:witne had been &livered in the usual way to the perscris whir
were oreinarily in the habit of ra.lving prisoners.
tore limoshoott. the Istrshal's Clerk, proved fhe committal of Lard
Cochrane; hi.; absence twin the prison ; his recapture in the House of
Coninein,; and Ili-, sulnequent payment of the tine 4; the id of J toy.
Cross-exaMined by 1 Mitt COCIIILANE.--I le wus no; piCsent si.en
Lord Cochrane was iltlivered into the custody ot die turnkeys • but lie
cimsidcrell hk being given into their hands the same as if he had been
given into the custody of the larsitaL •
The Noble Lord uttenipt,d to examine the witnesses as to the mod
diva of the Marshal. in orlct to shot' that his conduct Mal been at
sorisnee with the terms of his commission. He read port of en- awn-
rviisi,on tinder which Mr-tones arts. and a few passages from rise Re-
port of the House of Commons. lie questioned the aliness as to she
udul•;,-nce atiewo to Sir W. Matinee mat other Crown ',nouns:a. and
remarked on the rigunsus utorroostt he had experienmt after his re-
capture ; but this count of pion titbit I,M:objected to by the Court.
as the COMlLbaut the Moult:a a... oar the arahject of the present issue.
Th; is brtatglit terwatd L made the grow,,ls for future pro-
6-cpsiu.t. Mr. Jones; uut wait' cwt 'o. pm.. un this cams-
'Cam. as the 'Alarslial•tvitld not defend himself; and the only question
Mtere the Couri ,Nll3 tie eac.aiie of the Noble Lott Halt the case
• for the Crown closed.
I,ord Cot nu aNE prorecoled to male his defence. With a
view to tieltstva a, utile a, iswassal, 4..1 the tittle of the Jut.,
Ile Its I committed to *ratios et hat lie thought rel. rant to late`
iliee,tion at moos.. He .i a hope, that they would be
directed be tiler ',art .11i', to take tato their, consideration* the i
'litho: of his rscare, a..sell ar the facts ultich had been • .h-

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