The National Register.
London, England, 1819-04-19 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR, In consequence of the Honourable Member for
Shrews/wry, having stated Isis intention on Thursday,
the .28th January last, of bringing in a Bill after Easter,
for the better regulating the Licensing of Public Houses,
I had anxiously hoped, that some one, far more able
than myself would have attempted, through the medium
of your extensively circulated Paper, to address a few
observations to my brother Publicans, at this important
crisis, when their dearest interests are about to be sub-
mitted to the consideration of the Legislature, for the
revision, and probably for the complete alteration of the
present mode of licencing Victuallers. The necessity of
a change has long been acknowledged, but it will be
found no easy task to devise enactments to provide against
the number of existing evils, and the deepest penetration
will be required to avoid creating greater. Many of the
Honourable Members, and even some of the Magistrates
themselves, will generously aid us, in breaking those shac-
kles that have been so long and patiently borne by every
licensed Victualler. Surely, at least, it is our duty to
endeavour to assist in pointing nut the best means to ac-
complish so desirable an end, let us, therefore, to a man,
endeavour to trace the existing evils to their source, and
try to point out the best remedy to correct them, to add
to our own respectability, and rescue our injured country
from the odium of possessing upwards of forty thousand
tradesmen who, although they are carrying on trade an.
nually to the amount of many millions of pounds, are
totally excluded, in the nineteenth century, from a Trial
by Jury, the grand palladium of British _Liberty. Surely
then no time ought to be lost, whets it it recollected
that we are a body of men dispersed all over the kingdom,
and it will not be possible. for us to communicate our
views to each other to a few days. Let us turn our im-
mediate attention to the subject, as one month hence
our property stay receive an irrecoverable shock, or by
well directed thous we may be rendered comparatively

happy.
I sincerely hope meetings will be held in every part
of the kingdom, for the purpose of communicating with
each other, that this important subject may meet with a
viol and dispassionate deliberation ; then, and not till
then, may the Publican hope to exult and smile, tinder
the benign influence of British Laws, the envy of sur-
rounding nations.-1 am, Sir, your obliged Servant,
S. B.
A Licensed Victualler.
April !RT.

111031 71 ELSDAr NIGITI"S G.IZE77E.
BANKRUPTS.
.1. Pritchard, Bristol, grocer.
R. B. Fletcher. Blackburn, Lancashire, manufacturer.
C. E. donet, Kentish Town, tanner.
.1. rearson,Ceicester, commission agent.
E. Dolphin, Cheadle, Staffordshire, plumber and
R. I 'opc, W.ir...ster, ‘ictualler.
F. and E. Wm, %Varrington, Lancashire, brewers.
B. Abram, I.iserpool. merchant.
P. Young arid R. Ander‘on,lVapping. sail-makent.
.1. linntnn, St. Jainc,'s Street, Weqrainsier. 'picture dealer.
. Splatt. Dawlish, Devondiire, house builder.
11. Bendidl, Bristol, rointactor.
DIVDIENDS.

May I. S. C. it,nudStret;t Buildings, merchant-
7, .1. liltonhe•ad, Liverpool. spirit merchant-7. T. Ingall, Baia,
try, l olkshife, grocer—r.. Adams and 'l'. MesAter, Bristol,
merchants--C, .1. Nash, llavvrfordwest. linen draper-6. J. B.
Smithyman. Birmingham. cu.:sr—April 2L J. Mayhew, junior.
!sr. Oayth, E., x, 11•cbb, Wibslow,
forilaliire, fanner,
CIAITIFICATE:, to bo grin:t.,l May 4.
F.. Ronnie, AmMifriars, iii:rc'tant —T. Gorton, Alderman-
bury Postern, weeolleo diaper—J. Etzlea, Peakridge, Stafford-
shire, grew:.

APRIL 19.

SPOUTLIM INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING,
MONDAY, APRIL 12.
The Craven stakes, a subscriptiou of logs. each, for all ages ;
2 r olds, 54a. lolb. 3yr olds. Mt. 4 yr olds, Fat. 91b. syr
inverTed
014 get. Ilb. 6yr olds, 9st. 51b. sad . list. 71b. A.F.
Lord Jersey's b. h. Cannon Ball, . beat Mr. Andrews'a
Minstrel. 2 yeare. The Judge p but two-5 to 4 against
Cannon Ball.
Sweepstakes of 200 gs. each, h. ft. for colts. Bst. 71b. R.M.
1). of i•ortland'a br. c. by Soothslyer, sot. 41b. beat D. of Graf-
ton's e. Vanguard, ton. 41b. 3tolon D. en Portland's be. c.
The Fifth ituidlesworth Stakes of 200 gs. each, h. ft.; colts, Sit.
71b. fillies, ttst. 41b. Ab. M.
Gen. Grosvenor. f. Blue Stockings. tat. lib. beat Mr. %remit-
tart% c. by Treasurer, ast. 21b. The Judge placed but 2. 3 to
1 apt Blue Stockings--h to I against Mr. Vansittares t
Sweepstakes of 20ogs. each. h. ft. Ab. M.
Duke of Gratton's f. Catgut, est. 21b. walked over.
Mr. llouldswonh's Magistrate, Bst. 21b. beat Mr. Watsoal
Fite Orville, Bst. 51b. T.M.M. 3000.-5 to 4on Magistrate.
The First Class of the °attend Stakes of 50gs. each. h. fr. D.l.
Lord Jersey's c. II Orville, 3 yrs. 6st. 10 b, beat Lord lious's
Leptis, 3 yrs. 7st. 4W. and 4 anal. 710 4 apt Lord Jersey's
c. by Orville.
Mr. Goddard's b. c. Swindon, by Lewes, out of Viscountos,
test Mr. Calley's ch. c. Impostor, by Mountaineer, out of Her.
nia, Bst. 71b. each. Ab. M. 100 p. Off by consent.
TUESDAY. APRIL 13.
Sweepstakes of 100 p. each, h. ft.; colts Mt. 71b. fillies. Sat. 41st
D.M,
Lord Suffield's e, by Sorcerer beat Mr. Naiillea L by Rea-
bens. Six to 4on Lord Suffield's c.
Lord Stawell's ch. c. Maggot. beat Mr. Kingsman's ch. c. by
Octavius, fist. 71b. each. H. M. 200 p. h. ft. Even on Maggot.
Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each. h. ft. fist. 41b. Ab. 11.
Major Wilson's ch. f. by Juniper, beat Mr. Rush b. 1. by
Truffle, and Mr. Villiers's f. by Selint.
Mr. Prince's ch. f. by Cervantes, beat Mr. Neale's br. f. by
Haphazard, fiat. 21b. each, It. M. tougs. h. ft. 7t04 on Mr.
Prime's ch. f.
The Second Class of the flatland Stakes of sogs. each, h. ft. 1).1,
was won by Lord Foley's Bonitice, 3 yrs. 7st. 10th. 6to 5
agst. Boigtace.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14.
Sweepstakes of Wogs each, h. ft. 8 71b. R. M.
Lord Exeter's b. c. Snake. Sat. 41b. beat Mr. Andrews's c. by
Orville, test. 41b. and Mr. Payne's c. by Sniolenako. 2to I apt
Snake.
Mr. Crockford's c. Sultan, Bst. 21b. beat Lord Jersey's c. by
Juniper, Bat. 71b. Ab. M. 200 gs. 5t04 on Sultan.
Sweepstakes of 100 p. each. Ab. M.
Duke of Grafton a Miracle, Rat. 71b. beat Mr. Andrews's e. by
Orville, Bst. hlb. and Mr. Payne's c. by Truffle, Bst. 5 to 2 on
Miracle.
Sweepstakes of wogs each, h. ft. Bst. sib. D.M.
Mr. Thorultill's f. Sall beat Mr. Payne's Sister to Crispin. s
to 2 on Sall.
Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. • colts set. 71b. fillies, ast. 31b.
B. Nt.
Lord Foley's b. e. The Dominic rec. ft. from Mr. Goddard's
b. c. Sir Topaz.
The Third Class of the Oatlands Stakes of 50ga each, h. R.
D.I. was won by Mr. Houldsworth's Magistrate. 4 yrs, tlst. 61b.
beating Lord Rous's Zenith, and 4 others.
THURSDAY. APRIL 11.
The Claret Stakes of 200 gs each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst 71b. fillies.
Sat. 21b. rising 4 yrs old. D. I.
Lord G. H. Cavendish's Allegro beat Mr. Udny's f. Corinne.
6 to Saga Allegro.
Sweepstakes of tongs each, h. ft. Bst. 4th. D. M.
Mr. Goddard's c. Sir Topaz beat Lord Lowther's gr. e. by
Haphazard. 7to• on Sir Topaz.
Mr. Prince's Infesior beat Mr. Thornhill's Manfreda, est. 71b.
each. I'. V. C. 1000 gs, h. ft. 7to 4 agst Inferior.
The Cockboat Stakes of 100 gs each, h. ft.; colts, sat. 51b. Mies,
Bst. ilb. IL M.
Lord Rous's br. c. Master General beat Mr. Vansittast's c. by
Peruvian. and two others. 7to 4 again Master General.
The Forfeit Class of the Outland Stakes of togs each was won
by Mr. Charlton's David, beating 4 others.
Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft.; colts, list. 71b.; fillies,
Bst. 41b. It. M.
Duke of Portland's c. Tirtsias rec. ft. from Gen. Grosvenor's
c. Walthamstow.
Mr. Cussaa's Roccacios agst Mr. Prince's Prognostic, Bst. 71b.
each. A. F. wogs. h. ft. Of by consent.

,The Races have been unusually well atterded this present
Meeting, and the ensuing one is expected to be not less so, it:
consequence of the report (and which is generally believed)
that his Grace the Duke of Wellington will honour the town
with his company.

SUITORS IN CHANCERY.—The following is a Return
of the total amount of the Effects of the Suitors iii the
High Court of Chancery, in the years 1756, 17fifit 177 u,
1786, 1796, 1806, !Ski, and 1818, as laid before the
House of Cumulous :

In the year 1756, the total amount of the
Effetts of the Suitors in the II igh Court
of Chancery. was
In the year 1766 the total amount was
In the year 1776 the total amount was
In the year 1786 the total amount was
In the year 1796 the total amount was ... 14430,397
In the year 18n6 the total amount was ... 41,9t2,734 I/ A
In the year 18!6 the total amount was -. 31,933,590 9 5
In the year 1818 the total amount was ... 33,514,320 0 10
We understand that Sir Robert Peel and Mr.
liam Peel, on hearing of the unfortunate failure of
the Tamworth Bank, immediately sent a munificent
sum of money to the town for the purpose of allevi-
ating the inconvenience and distress of the lesser
tradesmen and pourer classes, without distinction ;
and on Friday 131) persons received donations equal
to one half of their loss. Such benevolence, as
might be expected, produced the most lively and
unrestrained sentiments of joy and gratitude ; and
we are informed that the purse of the hen gn donors
still continues open to the other inhabitants of the
town who have suffered, and may wish to partake of
their bounty. flow truly Christian-like is this!
The Ikea anti Griper, discovery ships, will sail
from Deptford on the '2 ist instant, for Davis's Straits

APRIL 19•

If rnio.PHO AI A

John Leadheater, of Sheffield, expired of this dread-
ful malady on 'Toesday morning, after two days of in:
describable and even unimaginable sufferings. 1 here is
a secrecy about the access, the latency, the action, and
the issue of this destroyer, almost as impenetrable as the
realities of the invisible world, which we know to exist
without the possibility of apprehending their mode of
existence by any of our senses. The escapes from its
visitation, undo circumstances when then: appears every
probability that the infection has been directly commu-
nicated by the bite of a rabid animal, are as unaccount-
able as the exhibition of it in the system of those who
have no recollection that they could have been inoecu-
tated with the venom through any means beyond touch-
ing what tuiy be touched with impunity by any body,
The latter was the case of the deceased. lie had, at
the utmost, carelessly handled a clog, that died of what
is vulgarly called " the distemper," and through some
imperceptible puncture of the skin, the contagion entered
as quietly as a ray of light falls upon the eye, and was
undistinguished among the millions of momentary sen-
sations that form the links of that chain of conscious
existence, which is felt in the whole, while the pans are
too minute and evanescent to be detected and separated
by the most exquisite scrutiny. During the progress of
his agonies, the deceased possessed perfect presence of
mind, and, except under the highest paroxysms of in-
voluntary exasperation, manifested the most gentle, con.
siderate and compliant disposition. Towards his wife he
shewed a tenderness most affecting to die beholders, and
indeed the horrors of his situation were softened beyond
any thing that they had ever heard of persons so agonized,
by the amiable and generous feelings of an unsophisti-
cated heart, frequently bursting forth with passionate
expressions of gratitude, attachment, and good will. He
seemed to die by too rapid a combustion of life, as if the
flame that in the course of nature might have warmed
and cheered existence for forty years to come, had all
been condensed and expended in the space or two days ;
sensibility being so quickened that a drop of liquid was
as difficult to swallow as the ocean, and a breath of air
as terrible as a blast of the Simoom.

Letters from the Duke of Clarence give very un-
favourable accounts of the state of Hanover, u far
as relates to domestic comfort. House rent his
Royal Highness represents equally high as in Lon-
don ; and the expenses in food and raiment, in some
respects still greater. " Hanover," his Royal High-
ness adds, " is no longer the same Hanover it was
before the entre of the French troops." His Royal
Highness concludes by declaring, that nothing shall
prevent his return to Old England.
. _ .

Letters from Hanover, dated the 2d instant
state, that the Intimt Princess Charlotte Augusta
Loui•a, was interred on the 29th ult. The body
was put into a coffin, covered with red velvet and
gold fringe, and at midnight was placed on a bier,
covered with black, where it lay in state. At one
the funeral took place ; four Omit Trumpeters
placed the coffin on the bier. The chief Mourners
were Couut Mayo, and the General of Artillery
Von Deiken, who represented their Royal High-
nesses the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge. The
coffin was deposited in the church next to the Elec-
tor Ernest Augustus. The Court Chaplain, Sexto,
read the funeral service.

Friday the Royal Family, &c. received letters
from the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge at Ha
never; the contents of them are very favourable.
The Duke of Clarence has recovered from his late
attack ; the Duchess is gaining strength, and going
on very well towards recovery. The Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the young Prince are going ou well in
every respect. The letters are dated the Bth inst.
_ _ _

. .
Letters from Malta, dated the 1 ith of March,
were received in town on Thursday, but they are
wholly silent concerning the hurricane said to have
happened there from the 7th to the 10th of the
month, and which was stated to have destroyed
property to the amount of 2,000,0001. sterling.

Some i • fficulty having been experienced at Madrid
and the principal cities in Spain in procuring salt
fish on occasions when solemn fasts are observed,
the Spanish Government, in order that an adequate
supply might be obtained in future, hail reduced the
duty on this commodity, which was before very
high, to half of what it originally stood. The im-
portation at Cadiz and other ports has in conse-
quence been considerable.
Letters from Baltimore, in America, state, that six
beautiful Devon heifers, and a hull of the same breed,
re just arrived there as a present from Mr. Coke, of
Norfolk, to Mr. Patterson, whose daughter was so un-
fortunately united to Jerome Bonaparte.
The paragraph from Vienna in the last Hamhurgh
mail, relative to Prince Leopold, is, we understand, in
a very material respect erroneous. it is true that his
Royal Highness has porchased a house in the neigh-
bourhood of that city for the sum of seven thousand
pounds sterling, but not for his own residence, as his
Highness certainly returns to England in the course of
next month. He will reside at Claremont during the
summer, and at Marlborough-home, Pall-mall, in the
winter. The house which his highness has purchased