The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-15 00:00:00

LLGI N .11ARBLES.

The Committee of the House of Commons, which was
appointed to.put a value on the Elgin collection of mar-
bles, have drawn up a very interesting report, and have
reeounnended to the Parliament to purchase them for the
soar of 33,0001. The most eminent artists, such us
lAwnsnwr, NOLLEKENS, FLAXMAN, Sze. 17110
%ecru ca.minal as witnesses before the Committee, spoke
'in the most enthusiastic terms of these noble specimens
of ancient art : most of them preferred the Theseus and
the Neptune even to the Belvedere Apollo and the Lao-
eoon ; and all of them agreed that the whole collection
was finer than any they had ever seen. The Committee,
at least, of which Mr. BANKUS was chairman, seem to have
Tilt that expenditure, in a ease like the present, is econo-
my, which, by advancing the arts and sciences, improves
gm intellectual pleasures, and Otis to to the moral fitme
oea nation. They conclude their report with the follow-
it* enlightened observations :
"'Your Committee cannot dismiss this interesting sub-
ject, without submitting to the attentive reflection of the
louse how highly the cultivation of the fine arts has con•
tributed le the reputation, character, and dignity of every
~,overnment by which they have been encouraged, and
how intimately they are connected with the advancement
cf every thing valuable in science, literature, and philoso-
phy. In contemplating the importance and splendour to
Which so small a republic as Athens rose by the genius
and energy of her citizens, exerted in the path of such
stitch .. it is impossible to overlook how transient the
ll:enmity and fume of extended empires and of mighty
conquerors arc, in comparison of those who have rendered
inconsiderable states emi.sent, and immortalized their
own names by these pursuits. But if it be true, as we
learn from history and experience, that free governments
afli,rd a soil most suitable to the production of native
talent, to the maturing of the powers of the human mind
and to the growth of every species of excellence, by opening
re merit the prospect of reward mid distinction, no coun-
try can be setter adapted than our own to afthrtl an ,
honourable asylum to these monuments of the school of
Midi:as, and of the administration of Pericles ; where, '
secure faun further injury and dcl,n-ada6m, they may
teceice that admiratiomand homage to which they are
entitled, and save in return as models and examples to
those, who, by knowing how to revere and appreciate
them,, may learn first to imitate, anct ultimately, to rival
them."

• Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when the new Dirutors, elected, viz. I lon.
Fullarton Elphinstone, John Inglis, Esq. John
Bebb,.Esq. James Pattison, Esq. James Daniell, r.. 4,
and Jobb .131aden Taylor, F. q. took the oaths and their
seats.—Thoms Reid and John Eshh, L' N. were chosen
Chairman and Deputy Chairman for the year enmiag.
Lord Byron, it is said, is preparing. to quit England
:*.0.• a tour on the Clintinent. His Lordship's library was
sold a day or two since in Prll-Mull. A separation has
Illen place bctwcen him and Lady Byron, daughter •,f
Milbanke, to whom he was married about twelve
ns fifteen months back.

Wolverhampton has been the first town in Staffordibire
to erect a building exclusive to literature.—An elegant
structure 11w; just been finished in that place, to be occu-
pied. ;.}., a library on the one wing, and a news room on
the other.

It is stated to be the opinlon of the London Brewers,
that the taking off the War Duty on Malt will produce
only a diminution in the Dice of Porter. a-one halfpenny
in the pot.
We find that large exportations of grain from this
country hare Lrtely taken place. The accounts from
ilavre announce the arrival of between 89 and 40 vessels
with corn and flour within the last three wee 15....

There is tut intention, we arc told, of briuging a Bill
into Parliament for laying. a tax of t.!O per cent. on the
property of all persons voluntarily quitting great Britain
-and Ireland, and residing ;n any- ilireign country, beyond
a certain short time, and to be specified in the Act.

itl tte Bill now. Wore Parliament for regulating
•eeights and Measures, it is provided that all weights not
exceeding five pounds shall itvfature be made of brew, a..
iron smaLaeights are liable to rust.

Thz•vrevenne derived from Lotteries, site 1311, in•
Lhisive, m 4—

t Mit on 'rickets - -
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tintated l'nutagtts
I tasty on Pni,c rtind Advcrtiscirrtt:us • .
Lttland—ott two last know, grwmakti -
1)4(0--‘titi-::•antd Stamp Traits

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36.6011
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X2.Y75.216

A Chinn hr.:l,4)km for some time rt use in Walcsf
which saves both time and labour. ite-is called the Cm-
al, Churn, being melt upon. the priariples of' a co:-3,amn
roeliaig cradle; and 4-art with ewe Ore worked by a child
pi' five s r ,six years old. Sir Robert Vaughan, Memlxr
tau .the county of Merioneth, is so well eonvittoed of the
Aarperiority of this Churi.swer every otbcr,. that he has
bed many Ratule, and distributed sitnonr• hi.; tenants. _The
r.l4apc is of no consequence, provided it he made consider-
a'oly wider at:tap .tium at !,ottuaa, that it may churn
a large or mull tioantity of milk equally:well.
.)al nwsu.ii.tian.ni a canoe..

THE NATIONAL REGf9I ER.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.

The following afflicting details of a shipwreck which took
place nt Jersey, have keen received.—
" JEnst.v. MAUCH gll.--Satttrday night last, a large French
transport brig was wrecked on the nicks called Les Dirouillles.
about two leagues from the Haven of IitY4CI, when thirty-six
persons were lost. The sewed prayed to be the' Balance. and
was cominaudeddiv COMM Le Sage, the crew consisted of -24
men, and had oil Curtril 84 passengers, mosly wumcu and chil-
dren, from Has re.de-Grace to St. Makes, to be put on board
a frigate that was ready for them there, to convey them to St.
Pierre Marspielon, where they were to settle. They hail tinn-
ed the whole of their property in France into ready moneymid
brought their entire femme' with them. It was late on Satur-
day night and very dark when the vessel strmsk rat the rocks,
where her head was fixed and her stern only above water.
The tide was out nearly when she strack, the weather mode-
rated a little, and many of the women &c. got on deck, but the
water rising by degrees,.gase them no hopes of escaping from
the waves. The semen clung to the Hitting, holding their
children in their arms, and their shrieks, lamentations, and de-
'pair we re distinctly heard. Sonic bouts reached them at the
break of day, from Wart ; 36 persons, however, men, women,
mad children, were drowned before the boats Cdllle to their as-
sistance ; nn the last boat leaving her :die went instantly to
• —W lien the mikrtunate people were lauded, they were
bronglit into the -barracks at 'time', anal exhibited the most
shocking spectuele. All hastened to render them assistance ;
stunt fell en their knees, with uplifted hands, crying out.Groti.
tude,rratitnile! while others. frantic, called for their parents,
their husbands, wives, and children, ox. One man lost his fe-
ttle' anti titer, wife, and two y g children. Never was a
Went' Or greater distress witnessed. The whole of the passen-
gers were almost literally naked. Mrs. IPtimaie, the lady of
Captain Al'Keuzie, of the Slit It. V. was indefatigable in her
care of the women, rubbing their Imphenumbed with cold, and
restorinr, to the children by putting them in her bed, arc.
There wore ten ladies in the cabin, who, when informed oldie
desperate state of the vessel. leftist:it to go upon deck, and were
all drowned. Some of the sailors, about eleven o'clock on
Sat quaky night, got into the small boat, and without oars, sail or
rudder, drifted by the greatest chance into the midille of Rozel
Haven ; and had it not been for this providential circumstance,
nut a single person on board milli have been saved, as it was
these sailors that alarmed the village, and caused the boats to
be sent oat to the assistance of the unfortunate people on hoard.
Some plundering was attempted by tl.e country people, but it
was soon suppressed. On Monday tell persons were buried,
vskose bodies had been washed ashore. I have the pleasure
of announcing. the none of those who came on shore ally c, ill
as they were, haveelied. The whole arc convalescent.

Tuesday night as Capt. W. Blake, of the Nimble revenue
muter, and four seamen, were.on duty in a galley, in Dover
rw.tis. the boat Nisei, and they sere all (trim ned.
A kw days ago a famil• in the neighbourhood of Preston
applied to a druggist for. some spring plivsie, and purchased
what was thought to he cream of tartar and sulphur, but which
proved to be ionte poisonous substance; tOr in conseimence of
taking it, a line boy of nine years of age died in great agonies :
nod his father and misters would have perished also, if the Cler.
cytuan of tire place had not
:judiciously and promptly applied
proper remedies, mid saved them.
Of the alarming extent of illegal distillation in Ireland. and

its f ninon% effects, the tillomng statement may afford un idea :
—At Omagh Assiz:,:: or venty•sert nto were sentenced to int.
prisminient for having illegaLstilis; at .Litford A:i.:ises sixty fur
a like offence, besides Imes on the emmtry to,thr anlainit of
12,0001. • A t J)cri y Assizes the t rials for illegal (Cs:illations were
numerous seyond all tbmicr experience. Ninety persons were
convicted 'and ilAprisoned; and a great many WVIO liberated
for the present on ball, as the goal was unable to contain
them. . -

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AGIC AL S ronv.---flannyer, April •2.—We bear that the fol-
lowing extritoanary tragic event, lately haponned in an liatio•
crian country toutt : A mother of three little children threat-
ened one °nisei's, in the presence (tithe other, ill a ':i lig man-
ner, to ent.eff its nose, for some naughty trick which if had es.ll
habit of/ Soon after she was busy down stairs in hathinglite
youngest child, who was ik but hastens tip stairs on lwaratig a
dreadful cry in the upper part of this limisciand meets on the
stairs tha .eldest child, oho tells her he has eseented the threat-
ened punishment upon the other chill, who lied again been
guilty of the same trick. In her an:zer site pushes the child so,
that he fads down the st.tirs, finds the maimed chill swinunint:
In its blood in the agonies of death, rushes down stairs again,
tinds the other tridld litidess ut the foot of the blail;S, totters into

the Lathing-room, finds the youngest child sutf‘eated in the
bath, and hangs herself shortly after in the extremity of despair.
( I lambargh Cor. A prils.)
UNPAIZNIA.ELED BA%aARITY.—Ex tract of a letter from Mons,
Mb April :—" A tragionl scene has throw our town into tenor
and consternation. The day before yesterday, about eight in
the evening, Mrs. Papillon, the mother of a Coldly, enjoying a
decent competence, committed an act of despair or madness, to
which the annals of the toenail mind eau seal' Ci ly furnish a pa-
rallel. Being followed by her three children, a boy of tOur years
of age, and two girls, one ci, ht and the other fist grata old, she
dral:ged them to the well. There seising the two woungest, she
threw them in ; the eldest girl •.truggled a long time in her mo-
ther's arms, uttering agotrizi.ig, but fi hitless cries. The bar

barons moilier violently seizing her, threw her into the well,
into whislt she at 14,1 t threw herself uau. Theselour nul:aFhy
victims have been taken out deed, sy.:11,111 the tu.sistunceot tut
was Lavished on them in vain; yesterday evening at nine o'cliult
they were buried. It seen:alb:it this woman, wlime mind was
doubtless dr rangt:44 had meditated this great crime dining the
%bole of the ; on that tiny she pevfornied her devotional
ext..reises, and distrihnted alrandant alms.
Errnisoninnagv CURE,—A Chester Parr ca::.3--'4 A ser-
vant to Mr. Potval, gardener, of Latomliall, near this city,
whilst cßlVlOyt'll in cutting wood, chopped oil one of hia..tingers,
between she second and thielliohtts; site separated pacts h Mel .
seen niter replaced by Mr. S. N. ltennest, surgeon, .of this
city, 'he t -onderful etiarts of Nature restored the circulation
between Ilse living and the temporary de:lilt:arts so ellectuaily,
that in about six weeks time lit-illthy re.qiion wu.ssfinind.to be
completed.
A tirturettr.S.- -A disco% ei y, very intere.ting to the ScottiA
antiquary has taken plaee iu tl, •.sk las v. of Arbrouth ; viz.
finding the t of William, tlet.ttati king of scolnutl, sur-
named the Linn r remains e aistfiti :111 under a beau-
tiful bl.,tt marble flag, nil W11444%1% sorest the I lfigy of the
King, with the Li,..xnuniler litkleet ; and, trom the size o:4ltv.
thigh t.aell'S, it iv slippo,sed lily M.i.itsty morn have hero six.
feet anti upwards in stat.ae. !'4ll('S t% ere ill,•cu-
vetc.o,, they produced a f.31,1Me; of awe stud !•acred I egaid
anice:,Athe bye-slanders. b:mes-vt ere not so iaileh mow*, tit
NI miolit hare b. tau expected, hat'.;; hitt Mani
(Bee, at Sterling, sml vas hurled i•r 1.1+,,,y in 121 4„its the
74Utit2ar ot his alit, and 49th of. Ilia

APlrft 13.

ASSIZE 12111'1.1-LiCI,A.CE.

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%V A RWICK A MTN.

Tn KIIVO v. Gonne.- This hied excited great interest hi
the pnialic Hood. .I he defendant, Mr. B. Geode, of Coventry,
in the year lion; and It u:, nab asse•sor and collector of tho
hint: s taxes in that city. Hr teas aftem arils elevated to the
Nittorality. The indictment chao:ed him wills colispithea tat
defraud Government while he was collector, by assessimt
haltscs tvitiei, iirVt r iimware,l iirthe tegwat userssittentoind ap-
propriating the mmiey to his next use. his cause had been
twice tried before. once at a former assizes, and aftervi arils lit
Loudon, with alternate success. This, of course, was the last
and most Important decision. After a trial of nearly eisiht 110iiri,
the Jury, which was Special. returned a verdict of Guilty. lie
was also convicted on another intik:hi:en. fur a similar edam:,
and found Gni/ty.
At them. Assirrs, on Tuesday, low Btindiev was convicted
of the murder of Ann Smith, iii the parish of Over W Akar' r,
ia the night of the 10th of Oct. last, and senienced to be c:s-
'Tared on Thursday, nail his body to be thaaected.

SOMERSET.'

!VIR.SH THE MURDERER'S TRIAL AND EXECUTRIX J•

The derea.ed and the prisoner were In the employ of Mr.
Metfc.rd, of Glas.onbuiry. Parsons was going as usual tilr the
purpose 01' paylm.,„ the spinners of Mr. Metrord tbeii wager,
and carrying in a ...art a supply of work for the miming
He was assisted in loadinl the curt by Marsh, who iiin-rwarste
followed Parsons on the road towarAii Tolls on his way, ha
provided himself' with the bone of a horse's leg, and giii per-
mission of Parsons to ride with him in the cart. At a moment.
however, when Parsons, at the prisinier.s request, was giving;
him a pinch of snuff, he knocked him down, repeated his blows,
and then cut his throat. He was immediately afire detected.
hiding his body at the end of the new road leading to Wells..
RCM' the town. H.• was then pursued and ovi Oaken, and coi,-
sroiseil the murder. From the moment of his apprelion.,inn.
ihlarsh's conduct was excessively hardened. throw2hoin his
trial, and even after he was found guilts, lie appeared Inserts!,
Isle to the enormity of his crime.

On lots road Irmo Tauntava to Ilchester on Saturday week,
Marsh behaved in the most hardened anti audacious mummy;
and throughout the day was equally violent atnisive to all
who emote nearbim. ()II SIIIIIiIIy 110 appeared very
urcun-
rerned at chapel; hut during that day teas less abusive. Ou
Monday he was visited early by the Hey. Mr. Itc. eh. chaplain
to the gaol, to whoa' he acknowledged the crime for which he
was to softer, but devlined.assigning any motive for it. He
appeared less nosensible to liis situation than before, but re-
fused the sacrament. At nine his brother-in-law was admitted
to visit him, of whom he took bane in a very careless, uncoil'.
cerood manner. At a quarter beibre eleven he w.., rent ed
from the chapel, and, 011 turning round to shale 1..1..1 • with
his brother COM icts,toppeared af ected. l'itto thence he pro-
ceeded to the platform ; nod, as usual, the chaplain first as-
cended the drop, Ate prisoner immediatoiy baton • , t had
no sooner arrived-there than, tinting the chaplain it/ colt .
him to prayers, he raid, ‘• No, P shall say- nu more—where is -
the 1111111 ? (mc • g the executioner> lam reiotly." He, how.
ever, was prevailed on to kneel down and join in prayer; bar
in less than throat 'instates he rose 1:11, in the milk of a proyer,,
and again callad for tits malt. 'floe cll.:plain descended, nod
the executioner got up to perfonn his sad ofneeohning the per.
fin mance of a hi, It the prisaaer (retina nily said," make haste;'
tutu, when all pas prepared, refitsed to make a signal to drop
when ready, but "I am ready, make lmate." He was,
however, left about two minutes, when he again said, lam
reaelui! and last:tally fell. He died without a At aggle. Hornig
the time the executioner was placing.ibe role about his neck,
the primmer violinist it was nut prewerly placed, 1171 d 101c1 the
executioner to pet it a little furthceback. Thus rrishe.: this
despereola 'hinderer. in the gilth year of has age—almost as
mehmelittly an example of die dreadful depravity of human na-
ture as any that evtao stained the rriurinal ounia'A of the county.
He it as a good-looking young man, and of a mild countenance.
'rite of Marsh was consigned to the surgeons of the
T 401.1011 and Soon rset Hospital for dissection.
The six following were left for execution :—'Yhomas Harper,
for forging three receipts for mosey ; George Wheeler, foe
being on accessary in shooting,with intent to kill, W. Blanker,
the Earl of Cork's gamekeeper Thomas Webb, for b-asking
into Cannartfs (Stitt Inn ; Bunton, for sit ;wiser( font*
sheep front t'* Hey. 0. Trevelayn; and G. Vor.lea.suad W..
Davis, for hetae-stealing.

Tbe Acasual tbat.f.4