The National Register.
London, England, 1820-11-13 00:00:00

TRIUMPH OF THE QUEEN.

Theoretically we never agreed with those Philo-
sephers, who assert, it:;tt excess of happiness has
equal power to suspend the reasoning faculties as
the extreme of grief; but at the present moment we
are obliged to confess oar practical assent to the pro-
position. We last week wrote under the most
awful, terrible, and appalling anticipation—We now
sce the political horizon cleared from the thunder-
cloud that threatened the total annihilation of that
valued fabric, the British Constitution. We last
week saw " in our mitid.; eye" father and son op-
posed to each other in gory warfare—we now sce
the prospect of re-union and returning amity among
those who should, as Englishmen, always feel as
brothers. THE BILL IS WITHDRAWN, and we hesi-
tate not note to declare our firm, our decided con-
viction, that had bribery, perjury, hope of gain and
fear of loss, united with that infernal Influence
• which it is but too apparent Ministers possess, and
equally certain they feel no compunction in using
most shamelessly —and had these in union, succeeded
in passing into a law,the illegal, cruel measure, that
worst of curses on a nation, an infuriated civil war,
must have been the consequence; a civil war, too,
in which the best feelings of oar nature would have
been opposed to our allegiance ; in which we must
have chosen between the alternatives of acting as
Villains or Traitors; where we must have seconded
tyrannical persecution of the most heinous kind, or
have flown in the face of that Government, to bow
to which, as long as it preserves a semblance of pro-
priety of conduct, is at once our duty and our pride.
Those who look at events only, who study not to
trace causes and consequences, arc but very little
competent to appreciate properly the stupendous
importance of the proceedings of Friday last in the
House of Lords. Evary body knows, that had the
Bill passed, persecuted innocence would have fallen
a victim to foul conspiracy ; but we have every rea-
son to believe, that on the success or defeat of this
measure, much more important effects were depen-
dant. Had it succeeded, it would have been the
fore-runner of greater violence ; the roil of iron
would have chased away the symbol of mercy ; the
Dove would have been frightened from its abode in
the presence of Majesty, and despotism would have
usurped the place of a mixed and revered code of
Taws. As it has failed, concessions must, and will
be made to re-attach the people to the government.
The great body of the nation is sound,(though a few
may be otherwise), and the moment an Administra-
tion shall be formed on which it may be possible to
look without distrust, returning respect will be
daily visible, and the unpopularity which the recent
measures of the present Cabinet have produced to-
wards the King will, we hope, be succeeded by that
enthusiastic attachment which it is very difficult
even to suspend in the bosoms of Englishmen.
The age of miracles is not passed. Lord Liver-
pool
has declared himself a convert—he bus ceased to
be an intolerant Tory, and has become a decided
Whig. Out of his own mouth mill we convict him
of this virtue—" My conviction of her Majesty's
guilt," said the Noble Earl, " is unshaken, yet
with a majority so small, and feeling how difficult it
would be to impress conviction on the public mind, I
feel it my duty to propose that this Bill be read this
day six months." Thus, after having polluted the
public mind fur nearly two months, by the repeti-
. tiotitof the most filthy and disgusting details, after
having, by ministerial influence, dragged the Bill
the House of Lords, he turns round against
his own conviction, against the personal wishes of
his Sovereign, and gives up the Bill. And why?
Why, by his own declaration, in consequence of that
great aril glor;uus high Whig feeling—Sur:me-
SENO' TO THE PUBLIC VOiCE.—A change of Ali-
nisters must itetxr,!::trily take place, for after a decla-
ration so hone ,ruble to hill), tau ettoLot
continue to act with my.: 1-.!!‘), ,

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their past conduct, would rather act as Members
of a Government upheld by the musket and sabre,
than under a Monarch whose benignity should attach
to hint the warm aflixtions of his people, and enable
Mtn with confidence, lilze the sainted Elizabeth, to
point to his unarmed suljects, exclaiming, " These
are my best Guards."—Petitions to the King for
an immediate dismissal of Ministers will doubtless
pour in from every quarter—Petitions to the House
of Commons for a rigid investigation into the con-
duct of the originators and conductors of the Milan
Commission must load the table, and we hope yet,
to see justice done, by the impeachment of those
who have been the chief actors in this momentous
drama.

ATTEMPT AT EVSURUECTION IN TOBAGO.

The following letter on this subject was written
by a medical gentleman to his friend in EdinbUrgh
" Toaaoo, SEPT. s.—Knowing your anxiety
about all that concerns me, and Luring lest unplea-
sant reports respecting this island may reach your
ears and create alarm, I take an early opportunity of
communicating a few particulars on our present cri-
tical situation in this colony.
" About ten days ego a house in the town of
Sarbro' was discovered to he on fire. Alarm was
given, assistance obtained, and the ravaging flame
speedily extinguished. On examination into the
case, &c. of this accident, matters deeply interesting,
as involving the property and even the lives of the
inhabitants of Tobago, were discovered. A train
was laid communicating with some canisters of gun.
pwder ; and, from the windward situation of the
house, and other circumstances, there is not the
shadow of a doubt as to the diabolical intention of
the wretches who Lid the plot.
" Next day several suspicious negroes were taken
up, and evidence procured of a nature truly
alarming.
" You must understand that, fram the great loss
of troops by the late fever, our garrison was reduced
from nearly 200 to 30 men ; this poor, debilitated,
and disheartened remnant was taken from the fort,
and placed on the north side of the island, to recover
mid preserve their health. Meantime a supply of
black troops was brought from Trinidad, to do duty
at the fort in place of the others, who finding our
strength so weak, and the inhabitants apparently so
thoughtless and unguarded, made the horrid attempt
to set fire to the town I have just mentioned. But
thanks to the Father of all mercies, who so wonder-
fully has preserved us from these deadly machina-
tions ! In a fcw minutes longer the fury of the
flames must have been unconquerable, and the whole
town consumed. It is said that the town in flames
was to have been the signal for the negroes in the
difkrent estates to rise and murder their white mas-
ters, by which means an easy victory would be
gained, and assistance to the town rendered impos-
bible. Some circumstances within my own obser-
vation gave this report a foundation, yet I hope it is
not true. Immediate and vigorous measures were
taken, martial law proclaimed, and every man fit
for duty kept under arms day and night. We arc
all looking tbr the Governor, who has the command
of the Leeward station, in room of Lord Comber
j mere ; he is expected with a reinforcement of white
troops momently. No man feels more anxiety for
his return than I do, for I am sick of all this bustle
and parade of war. The night duty is fearful, but
habit has inured me against much more than I
could have believed. I keep my health tolerably,
only fatigued from want of sleep. I am now on
duty, and have but few moments to spare you. My
wish is to relieve you of all anxiety. I think mat-
will speedily be put to rights.
" SEPT. 6.—We have just saluted the Governor,
who has brought a detachment of the 21st along
with him. livery heart is lightened, for Sir Fre-
derick is a noble soldier, and ca.ries in his character
and presence the strength and confidence of an army.
There will soon be an end to all our military hard-
ships. Nothing further has transpired since yester-
day ; all is quiet and orderly, except now and then
a little squabbling among; themselves, from the want
of experience and practice in the etiquette of disci.
pline. One of the horses of our troop has just been
stabbed by a sentinel °four own party, apparently
from personal pique or jealousy.
" I am too much jaded with sitting on horseback,
to have the inclination for scribbling; all I have to
say, I must delay until another opportunity
TeSellts."

An individual named Phillipet, a carver by trade,
convicted of having sold small figures of Boonaparte,
was condemned to two years imprismment, and to
poy a fire cf 200 trams. The evidonee against him
derailed facts and cipre6sions Of the most odious
l•aractl:r. On the frith of Fcl,roary he was at
r with some frieint.s, and having proaneed the
!st.st o:• (13uonaytr4), to tile memory of

FROM SATURDAI NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
W. Wilkinson, Old Broad Street. ship and insurance broker.
J. R. Bell and W. Wilkinson. Ohl Broad Street.
BA N ABU
A. Smith, Lime Street Square. merchant. Solicitors, Messrs.
Reerdon and Davio4,Corliet Court, Gracechurch Street.
J. [rubric. litieklershury, warehouseman. Sole. Messrs.
Crowder and Co. Old Jewry.
T. 'Nee n. YaLling, Emit ntilicr. Sols. Messrs. Brace and
Selby, Surrey Street, Strand.
J. Cook, Oakley Mills, near Eye, Suffolk, miller. Sol. Mr.
West, Red Lion Street, Wapping.
J. Orme, Wigan, Lancashire, money scrivener. Sole. Messrs.
Lowe and Rower, Southampton Buildings.
T. Marsden, Pimlico, horse dealer. Sol. Mr. Lloyd, King
Street. Sc. James's Square.
.1. Norman, Lucas Street. Commercial Road, master mariner.
Sol. Mr. Wright, Fenchurch Street.
J. F. lloldernesse, Bucklersbory, merchant. Sole. Messrs.
Young and Hughes, Poultry.
W. Keates, Itishopsote Street, bother. Sol. Mr. Brooking,
Lombard Street.
N. Haile, Cheltenham, hotel keeper. Sols. Messrs. Viverti
and Blower, Lineoln's Inn Fields.
W. Bright. Newland, Gloucestershire, corn dealer. Sol. Mr.
Meredith, Lincoln's Inn.
.1. Ili uliston, Thayer Street, Manchester Square, tailor. Sols.
Messrs. Dawson and Co New Burlington Street.
A. Brander, Budge Row. upholsterer. Sol. Mr. Luckett,
Wil on Street, Finsbury t,qoare.
J. Cannon. Liverpool, miachant. Sol. Mr. Young, Charlotte
Row, Mansion House.
J. Fry. Dorset S‘reet, S•iliFlatry Square. tailor. Sols. Messrs.
Mayhew and Co. Chancery Lane.
W. Abbott, Windham Place, Middloex, merchant. Sol. Mr.
Stephen. Broad Street Buildings.
11. Benham. High Street, Borough, ironmonger. Sol. Mt.
Sideline, Earl Street, Blackfi•hirs.
F. Chambers, Staniliml, Lincoln, shoemaker. Sole. Messrs.
Rowland and Ymtng. Lincoln's Inn Fields.
W. Hill, Denton's Green, Lancashire, brewer. Sol. Mr.
Mason, New Bridge Street
W. Myrtle, Brighttrelmstone, Sussex, hatter. Sol. Mr.
Faithful', Little Winchester Street.
N. Lovenbitry, Bradford, Wilts, victualler. Sole. Messrs.
King and Ltikin, Gray's Inn Square.
C. Felon, Ord Broad Street, merchant. Sole. Messrs. Crowder
' and Cc. wit' Jewry.
11. Wood. Ropernaker Street. Cripplegate, coach smith. Fog
Mr. Ilittedson, Crown Court. Threadneedle Street.
DIVIDENDS.
Nov. 14, E. Blyth, Dyer's Buildings, Holborn, dealer-IR,
C. slackenaie,Caroline Streetißeelford Square, merchant—ai,J.
Lyons, Lower Shadwell, brewer-la, T. and J. Dowley, Willow
Street, Bankside, corn merchants-18, B. Hodgson, Fleet
Street, oilman-18, It. Wilson, Bow Church Yard. merchant—
in, W. May, Spital Square. silk manufacturer-25, T. Clwp.
man, Stratford Mills, near Boa, Essex, 111CalM:111 I h.c. 2, A.
Young, St. Swithin's Lane, toerchant—e, B. 'fording, Strand,
jeweller-2, J. Harkness. Addle Street, Wood Street, merchant
-'2, J. Bayliss and T. Thorup-on, Piccadilly, iirinniongers—eo,
W. Slialcrass, Joseph Street, St. Pancras, baker-12, J. ELli„
and J. Nowlan. Newcastle uron Tyne, soap I,oilers-6, S.Cave,
Cheltenham, jeweller-9, G. Hardesty and J. Cowirg, Bedford
Court, Covent Garden. woollen drapers-16, T. Eller rya Pool,
Dorset, linen draper-4, W. Toll, St. Conran's, Cornwall,
miller-5. S. Worrell, A. Pope, and J. Edmonds, t:ristel.
bankers-5. J. Fullerton. Manchester, saddler-2, D. Johnston,
Brown Street, Hanover Square, smith-2, J. Pears`, Plymouth.
saddler-12, J. Ball, Poole, Dorset, shoemaker-7, J. Elliott,
Farham. Surrey, brewer-4, T. Adams, South Shields, ship
owner-15, J. and J. Wood, Wakefield, York, dyers-6, J.
Riding, Blackburn. Lancashire, cotton manufacturer.
CERTIFICATES to be granted Dec. 2.
T. Bond, Armitage. Stafford. nuiltster—J. Jackson, Liverpool,
sail maker--J. T. Koster, Liverpool, merchant—H. Einett.
Liverpool, paint and colour maker—T. S. Sandilands.Twyning.
Gloucestershire, scrivener—H. Batelle, Thornton, Lancashire,
lamer—C. Jeremy, Clapham. linen draper

The following -is an extract of 0 letteg from
Portsmouth, dated the 9th inst.:—
" Last right arrived in Cowes Roads the American ship Bee-
gal, 95 days from the Straits of Sunda : she left lying in Same-
rung Roads the ships Claudine and Malabar, for Europe, the
latter to sail about the middle of August. The country ship
Geor,giana, Worthingron. left Tangier, th: the Isle of France
and Liverpool, the 4:1 of August. The Dutch expedition against
Palembang. left Batavia ou the list July, consisting of one 74
ram, one 60 gun ship, three frigates, nine ship.sloops, about
lou gun-vessels, and a large proportion of flat-boats, to disem-
bark troops—a number of British, and other vessels, had been
taken up to transport troops, stores, &c. The Dutch, hating
been twice before defeated, doubts were entertained at Batavia
of their success, particnlarly as it was well-known the Rajah of
Palembang was well prepared to receive them. .The Dutch
from want of energy or a sufficient force, had ailowsd the pirates
to go so lung unehastised, that their ships anti settlements, va
well a. Alps of other nations, were will:ring mil indignity.—
TI a Malays were now so daring, that they fitted out single
prows of laree dimensions to attack European ships; tOnnerly
they never ttiought of attacking unless a large fleet 01 their own
prows were in company. On the Bth of June the Dutch ship
Ssaisrang, Capt. Jagers, was attacked on the north side ofJata,
to the east of Semarang, by a pirate prow ; the successive auricle
lasted four hours, during which the Samar ang lost her Coon
and one seaman killed, the chief mate and tell ..eamen wouneet.:
however, as night came on, the pirate was obliged to lay-to to
ropa:r damages, but with every intention of re-attacking nt tl c
morning, when fortunately two sail appearing in sight, t e
pirate nratle off. The SuMilltillg.ll crew consisted of the Captor,
Mr. John Cranstien, a passenger, anti 31 Malay seaittei ,
who behaved extremely well. The San:at-dug Mounts biz Iv -
pounders, besides :,witvels and small arms. A repot was o
prev•
lent at Batavia. that a British sloop of war had bet n twice at-
tacked in the Straits of Salida, by a fleet of the Malays' target
rows, and had lost 49 men in killed and wounded, but lied gal-
lantly beat off' the prates. Our intiirmititt could nut kern the
name of the British sloop. There were four outward-hound
East-Indiemen in Tangier Roads, when the Ilemeul
The pockets of a great number of persons were
picked during the progress of the Lord Mayor's
prqcession, on Thursday, and during the lire in
Drury-lane. The gangs of pickpockets arc more
numerous than ever was remembered. They asson-
ble in gangs, consisting generally of three and five,.
and arc :wen at all hours in the principal streets tit
London and Westminster, and though known, are
soared to yeranibulate the public highway with
impunity, and to threaten those who notice them in
the tau.,t audacious manner imaginable. In the.
ticighbourliood of Drury-lane tht re is it gang of
young thieves, consisting of front fifteen to twenty,
who are the ilrcild and annoyance of the inhabitants.
They are pickpockets in the day time, and assist
bousebreulets at night.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

To the tune—'" God tare ne !flog."
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen ;
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen.

0 Lord our God I arise,
Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On her our how, are fix't;
God bare the Queen.

Lord ! thine car incline,
And bless Queen Caroline,
Lung may she reign ;
Do thou in safety keep,
A nd evcrp plot defeat,
I ler victory corn' lete ;
God sate the Quocn.

0 ! may she ever prove
Woithy the nation's lore,
Long may she live;
Make all her troubles end,
Do thou her rights defend,
Iler run-than, guide, and friend:
Gtid save the Queen.

Thy grace Aundant shed
Upon her honoured head,
And ble's our Queen;
Long may she wear the crown,
And share the throne,
Enjoy an English home;
GrAl save the Queen.
0 ! grant her long to Fee
Knowledge and libel ty
Always increase;
May she support the laws,
And give her people cause
Tu s'ng with loud applause,
" God save the Queen."

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

The danger of convicting on circumstantial evi-
dence may be seenjfrom the followitne feels:—
A farmer was triod at the assizes 71or the murder
of a neighbour, under the following circienstances :
—The evidence went to prove that the deceased teas
found recently murdered; and by his side lay a
pitehtlirk, evidently the sort of instrument by which
the wounds appeared to have been inflicted. fhe
person finding him discovered upon the lurk the
initials of the prisoner, to whom he, with others,
• immediately repaired, to ascertain whether he hail
any knowledge of the circumstance. The prisoner
appeared confused, but positively denied any know-
ledge about it ; but not being able to account, how-
ever, for his titrk getting into the possession of, or
being found near, the deceased, farther imptiries
were made, and the prisoner's house sear-hed, when
under hid bedding were discovered smile clothes which
he usually wore (aud had been seen in that very
morning) covered with blood, and the deceased's tiirk
behind the bedstead.
The prisoner, being called on for his defeacc, de-
clared his innocence, and called Cod to witness that
he was not the murderer. The truth, be said, was
this, although he had at first denied all knowled,,e
of the affair, that he was walking in one if his
neighbour's grounds that morning, with his ihrk in
hand (it being bay-time), and that he found the de-
ceased weltering in his blood. That he immediately
rendered him what assistance he could, by raising
him up, and that the man died in his arms. Finding
life gone, and observing the bloody condition his
own clothes were in, and fearing he miOtt therefi•re
be suspected, he hurried home, and by some mistake
took up the deceased's folk instead of his own. The
judge (Mr. Justice Blackstone) and jury, except ono
man, immediately concluded the prisoner guilty.
This juryman, fortunately for the ptisoner, knew
that circumstances were not always to be relied on,
and could not be brought to reconcile his mind to
find him guilty. The judge, who was ready to nmve
off to the next assize town, considering this man a
most obstinate know, desired to know what could
lead him to a supposition of the prisoner's innocence,
when the circumstantial evidence of his guilt was
perhaps the strongest ever known.
The juryman obtained an interview with the
judge, from whom he exacted n promise that Lis
reasons ihr such conduct should not he named by his
lordship until after his, the juryman's death. He
then said to his lordship, " I am (it' I can be so
called) the murderer, and not the primmer ; but the
fact is, it was purely accidental. The deceased was
our titheman, a man of a quarrelsome disposition,
we differed about his setting out the tithe of my
bay. From words we got to blows, and in a scuffle
we both fell, and in the fall the lOrk penetrated his
side. Considering the wound mortal, Mier a few
minutes I left him, and the primmer came tip soon
afterwards ; and his statement, perfectly true, al-
though circumstances would have hanged him, but
that Providence placed me liven this jury."
The primmer was in consequence acquitted, and
the alvve filets were, after the death of ate juryman,
introduced hy the sac.c judge in his charge to the
grand jury upon a subsequent circuit, by sl ayof
caution against admitting in all cases, however
strong, circumstantial evidence alune•

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CO NSISTORT COURT,DOCTORSTOMMONS,Nme

DECISION ON THE PATENT Corns CASE.
This important and novel proceeding, which had
been argued at great length on a former day. came
on for judgment before Sir Wm. Scott this morning.
It was a suit brought by John- Gilbert parishioner
of St. Andrew's Holborn, against John Ba-wood
and William Boyer, churchwardens, fur the °Hence
of obstructing the interment of his wire, Mary Gil-
bert. After stating in substance the criminaticg
articles, and the defensive allegations, the Learned
Judoe proceeded in a long and elaborate speech to
deliver the opinion of the Court, on the question of
r;ght which had been submitted fir hs decision.—
Sir William first took a view of the different modes
of disposing of the remains of the dead, recorded in
history, teal then came to consider the argument
relative to prticular coffins. With respect to the
diflia-enee in the duration of the coffins of wood and
coffins of iron, it was, said the Learned Judge, the
tindt of the party complainant, it being left by him
to judge of this matter, without sufficient informa-
tion, I judge amiss in holding, that coffins of iron arc
much more, perhaps douhly mare durable than
those of wood. If, therefore, these iron coffins are
to bring additional charges upon parishes, they
ought to bring with them a proportionate compen-
smion ; upon all common principles of estimated
value, one must pay for the longer lease which you
usually take of the ground. At the same time
perishes are not left to carve for themselves in im-
posing rates they arc submitted to the examination
of the Ecclesiastical Magistrate, the Ordinary. " It
remains only," added the Learned Judge, " that I
should direct the parish to exhihit a ti,bie of burial
fees fur the consideration of the Ordinary. I would
recommend, in the mean time, that the body should
be committed to the grave without further obstruc-
tion, but without prejudice to the present question,
or the rights of the parish. No prohibitory resolu-
tion existed at the time of the death ; and I wil-
lingly lay hold of that circumstance to recommend
a measure of peace to the living and to the dead.—l
shall admit affidavits to he brought in on both aides,
lx:itre the tables of burial fees."

A circumstance has recently occurred in Paris,
‘vhich shows that there are some busy and mis-
chievous spirits at work in that capital. A paper
has revently been published, :mildly purporting to
be under the sanction of the Dnke of Orleans, in
which it is stated that a royal infant, anrsblered by
the Bourbons tha hopes of France, is of doubtful
birth, and insinuating that it an imposition on the
French people, and that the &clams was not preg.
nuns since the dcath of the duke. In the first in.
stance the Duke of Orleans, it is well known, id
neither an ambitions nor meddling character, and
his name is unwarrantably connected with a pub.
lication totally without his knowlcge or conewrence.
A copy of this paper has been transmitted to each
of the Foreign Ambassadors at difLrent Foreign
Court:, and appears to have cmenatcd front the
Buonapartists in Paris, and is the nucleus of some
plot, which is very likely to involve its c,nitrivers in
ruin.

THE PIIESMT LORD M.tiun.—This worthy and
clistit titian:a Chief Magistrate learning that the
Guard, hid been turned loose to scour the
greets, on Friday evening, issued his peremptory
',Myr to prevent their entrance into the City. The
I.ates at hemple-bar were accordingly shut, and by
this \vise interposition of his Lordship the peace of
the City was unbroken, the lives of the Citizens
were not mwrilieed.

DREADFUL Fats.—An alarming fire broke out at
half-past fbur o'clock on Thursday aficrnoon in the
sawing-yard of Mr. Gillespie, timber merchant,
in Drury-lane. It burned furiously 14 nearly two
hours, and illuminated the whale of Westminster,
the flames resisting every elfin of the engines to
subdue them. The fire communicated to some ad-
jacent houses, and fair of them n•. re soon redneed to
ruins, making its progress towards Nlartlett-court,
where the inhabitants were in the utmost consterna-
tion, as were those in the whole of that close neigh-
bourhood. It was found necessary to raze sonic
prentisea to prevent the flames from sprea
Ile blaze of the muss of timber occasioned the
greatest alarm throughout the metropolis, us it was
supposed Drury-lane theatre was on fire, and the
crowds that rushed towards the place from all quar-
ters, soon blocked up the passages. The number
of pc,rsens assembled was incalculable, us the crowds
that were returning f'r►m the Lord Mayor's proces-
sion an hastened to the scene of conflagrAion and
ruin. It was piteous to hear the screams Of women
and children, flying from their habitations, many
of the inhabitants leaving their gotals and furniture
a prey to the flames, which spread with the utmost
rapidity, in courequence of the high wind which
blew frt.m tie north-east. We lime not been ab:c
to ascertain the uptown of the damage, Lut many
poor people, we fear, have suffered severely.—We
have not heard that uny lives were lest.