The National Register.
London, England, 1819-03-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER,

Asiatic Ivlirrors to the 21st of October state, that
Bajee Row, the Ex-Peishwa. bad arrived by the last
accounts at Ajmere, and. was expected at Muttra
about the beginning of November. Appa Suttee,
lute Rajah of Nagpore, was still at large, and seve:
ral skirmishes had taken place Lo•.-..eeti our troops
and parties of the Gonads, in which the former were
onithrmly successful. It was stated, that Brigadier-
General Arnold was about to march against the re-
fractory Seikh, Chief to the north-west of Kurnaul.
The Herat frontier had been the scene of hostilities
between the troops of Mohamed Shah and the Per-
sians, in w. ich Mohamed was defeated, and forced
to take refuge with the Vizier at Herat. la general,
the mcounts that had been transmitted from Upper
India represented affairs as i.y no mems in a settled
state, nor likely to be brought into it, withoiit the
aid and presence of a large military three. The ac-
counts from Ceylon continued to be tiwourable
The tro,,ps that had volunteered t•teir services to
that island from the 13engal army were nearly in a
state of resalitais for embarkation.

I)att v-Litsrz Across —On Friday the Auttivcrsart
Dinner for the benefit of the Theatrical Fund, for the
relief and support of atrd and infirm Ac-ors belnitAir.g
to the Theatre Itoyal Drury-lane, was held at 11w City of
London Tavern. .1 his laud:dile itistittitiois is patronized
by the Prince Regesit. The Doke of York President,
and the Dtili.! of Sussex, and several other distingui,hed
characters Vice-prt sii!entsi The interest which his
ltov-il I I tehness the Courinander.iii-Ciiief takes in pre-
Si ilott ill Theatve.il Meetim_s, the ohjects of which are
to promote foods fur administering comfort to decayed
Actor, la As lorMt 41 Jo....ficial 1., these cacelletit
institutions, patina eactied the public feelin in faeour
of toose oho iu their carper days contributed SI) 111(161
10 our amusement and entertainment. 'foe Meeting
was hithlt ri:spi.et...!iie, and the illustrious Citairnuii
urged with great tt, h t the chAiir.s of the ft ma to pubhe
eon,iderai sot and support. The st tie of the Funds was
Ind belga, the mei tin_, hot we coolie hate wished the
prosperity of the establishment was equal to its preten-
sions to '....00cral favour. It was late benne the company
sat down to (limier. The usual tria,ts- were ir,iveti, and
there was adinirah!e singing by ptofessional Gentlemen
Webo gave one or two !nth swigs with great A•pirit, and
all the total performers earned themselves to the ut,
most.

On Monday afternoon, at three &clack, the Prince
Regent went in his carriage to the Qaeen's Palace,
where he was re: dived by the Duke of York, Colo•
nel Stephenson, and General Taylor. The Regent
remained in the Palace two hours, inspecting the
different apartments, and also the Library, which is
detached from the Palace.

Advices from Batavia, to the latter end of Octo-
ber, were received on Saturday. The market was
overrun with American traders, who were purchas-
ing coffee with great avidity, on account of the ap
proaching duty to be laid on all articles exported in
tibeign vessels. The Americans pay fur their car-
goes only in dollars, and their speculssiuns had ad-
vanced the prim of coffee from 16 to 24 dollars the
pecul, answering to about 140 avoirdupois. The
new duty will be two dollars the pecul.

Papers to the 24th of January, and letters to the
2d ult. have been received from Jamaica. The island
of St. Kitts. by the latest arrival at Kingston, was
described to be in a very unhealthy state, and a
great mortality had taken place. Many of the in-
habitants were quitting the colony fin. Nevis and
other islands. The President of the Council at St.
Kitts died on the 11th of January, aun was buried
on the 14th. The death of Governor l'robyn has
been already mentioned ; Mr. Smith Comptroller of
his Majesty's customs, has also fallen a victim to the
prevailing_ fever The mortality in Basse-terre
alone was calculated at six white inhabitants on
each day, independent of coloured and black. people.
His Excellency Governor Ilosenvard, of St. Bartho-
lomew, passed a few days ut Basse-terre, St. Kitts
in the end of November, and aftere awls proceeded
to Nevis, where he died on the 10th of December.
An expedition, cinder protection of a frigate and a
brig of war, sailed early in January from the Ha-
vannah, for the Floridas, to take possession and gar-
rison Pensacola. The Sybille frigate, having on
board a million and a half of dollars, had reached
Kingston from Vera Crux..
The Fur packet, which arrived at Falmouth on
Thursday, from the Leeward Islands, spoke on the
16th inst., in lat. 47. 37 , long 8. 33.. the American
ship Uniotr, from Batavia, last from St. Ilelemt,
bound to Cowes for orders She- reports that a very
bad fever had broken •out at St. Helena, which
was very fatal ; the Admiral's ship lost a great
many of her crew. Buonaparte was well.

The statement of thr Army I,..tiniates for this year
al 11111111 l so L'0132,502 vehicle is neatly equ.,l io
the stet pins of the rescoue, after payment of the
interest of the debt. Query—Where i. the moiety for
lb. Vsvv. Cis il List and the other tryiisig et cetera;

161

RIO rdr EIIV., TE AMOACST TUE WOMEN.

We regret In state that Ilse refisrmatlnn produced smengrt
the female privaners in Nengnte is oat quite u gene►al ors it
has bee:; reported tube. Oa' Friday meek a disaairttitave
of tether 1111 alarming natuir gunk Once anionsia Ike &limits
convict, inalersentenre of tenors;,udiotl. Prvv inanity to aline
day there seemed to he it it ot• iintiliordinown 'hewing
it,. If, in einiseqiiesice tif the ineamsres attained to preitvist the
prat lice of robbing each ulit. r, is Welt exists ton very great
Catlin, not n is • %ample stud nails ail,. of Mt%
Fry. (toe af.lhr prioiisien4 IN, t litrig her two shirts to dry in •
the )aril, het the) daiaiiiienivil in a short time, and nuatidv
woul.l tell by Mutt menu.", A strict search sins made, but it 1.
14 as IneQeetu. 1. •

Orders were immedintely issued to resort, en friday. to
the mind twohoil of ohm Ming intelligence, by e %eluding the
friends of convicts No stion:r wail it mode kilns% is to tnent •
that the anoint-titian receiving - •
held, than a crowd of them set up a shunt mituitot the animus.
tion, and swore they %mild pay oW the h—y fel-lows who-
lucked them in. 'the lamionge used upon the ow raisi:m nes
such as they had helm accustomed to .peak in the days of l-
heity, Hurl ift•cling a warm spirit rising our of Iheir word-,
they seized upon saucepans stud other otrisils, tanwlishing
them in the face of the men who were elldraVotirlog to tittk
them into peace, and swore they world break the s indons, • .
chairs, tables. and evety else that presented itself and ;-
could he broken. " •

It lifetime 1.91.11 nee: ssery to bitcrfere in n more resolute •
manner, fn: the NIIIIII/%11 Lewin to crnslo,-scud far cue was
gii,esi to the othmr carnally, who nere expected to.jain in
gnat ntionhels• The °titters of the prison had then reason
to apprehend the active ropposnans of 60 or 10 wvmten.-
nu.ny of a ham, in consequence of the gout; diet nod regular
banks of New:Ante, have great hodil% itreogih It w;•lor-
dered that ten of the rift •leutl..rs sboull he-put und.a. body •
irws, condemned to the ordeal of bread one n tiler, On-. -
tit led Weellies-My night. whew having sieelnied they hod •
received ei,ough, uod vowed against wii.x fu ure
viauti at of the !an§ of the pi isan, they were restored to the r
fortacs priviieges.

Ontragrons Assault and Attempt al Ilahery.—On
Sunday evening as Mr. Samuel Freame, landlord of
the Bull's Head public-house, in Peter-street, Oer-
kernvell, was returning home, he was start near •
the Northumberland Arms public-house, in the road
leading from Battle Bridge to Banigge Wells, ant
most brutallrill-treuted by three footpad* and be
bcing a powerful man, resisted ; he atritek one into •
the ditch by the side f the foot-path and cut one ire. -
the face.with his fist. The other man struck hint-
several v'olent blows with a crow bar over the head,
and breast, and broke three of his ribs, and left hint •
quite insensible on tile ground.—Sorne persons coo-
ing up at the time, disturheil 'them, and they all; •:
made off, and prevented him from being robbed ; he
was picked up by some person, and taken borne,
wherele now lies in a very dangerous antics—The -
doctor rated, that there is ao hopes of recovery.
FOOT lisce.--Tbe match fur 100 guineas a-aide,
between Rainer and the Chicken Bit tidier, the fastest•
men of the day, tool place on Sunbury Common, on '
Tuesday over a piece of ground of ohe mile: -The
match was for 100 guineas aside, to do a mile against
each other. Rainer gat the start, and the Chicken •
Butcher kept close in with him, and led in one part -
of the race, but at the latter end Rainer let loose, .
and won the match by 30 yards. An endeavour was
made to stop him coming in by one of the body
snatching triba. He did the ground in 5 seconds
under 5 minutes. • Bettina' at starting nearly even.
A dreadful assault bus beenr committed by a lunatic

debtor, in the Kings bench Prison, upon one of his
falanv-prisonets, Ly attenis it g to force a red-hot parr,
(a to his throat. The toltuwing are particulars :
About five o'clor•k on Tuesday r% ening, Thontait.Foster
Gilmer was !nought to the prison by some Sheriff's •
°dicers, chrra%d on fi%e or six d.trereitt seas; he !rad he-• -
hated whilst in their charge very inconsistently, but
they imagined he was only prete.ulitig madness. Soon
after their departure it was e%utent that hie malady was
it.creasing, and he wai ordeted into a strong ranto,
atd another prisoina. named Steelei Was IllJet(1 Wllll •
hint in the room, to take carrot hint. All the furniture
iu the room consisted of an old table and chair, a tea- •
hoard, and a heavy iron poker, which latter was taken
away by the officer, from,prodential.mothes, but aktain. -
brought back by Steele, previous to their -being locked.
in. Gunter inn the poker into the fire, and Whell it
was quite red he propmetl to Steele to commit ruieide„
offering to become the first victim himself'. 'rite other,
thinking he could not be serious, seemed. to acquiesce.;
upon which the lunatic suddenly seized the poker, and
put it into his mouth, by tvlsieli he burin his throat, his
lips, and tongue!. Steele sprung to dicts►m him. upon
which he at ackvd him most furiously with the. poser, ..
which he wanted to force into 11:s mouth, and struck at .
him with it with two-handed 3%4.3%`, by which lit broke
his hat, and would in all probability hare killed him,
Ind tie I,ot warded eff the ith the chair. 111 i is•
rate t; e itufe nitrate mail butt himself weekly, broke
several rm, id the wall, and sit is ered the amir amid the
tea-board to pieces ; so that w•lrrn the people opened
the door, they Inland him exhausted, and apl:arer•!y
dead.. A regular keeper had beet► procured for loin sitter, .
but it is not suppose.; that hew ill long trouble him. The
other man, Steele, is out of danger.

On Friday se'ntiiitht, a lk letrirng. of the Inl'alri,an:‘ of
Ipswich was held at the Nlont..h.:l!,.ll.itt. 11,tlf v. .
senior Bailiff, in the Chair, who jaut,o-e4; J sci 14, of re-
solutions, no which a l'et;tion to both flowe% of P,,,ha.
••••••• Iva!' founded, praying fur a rev.oion the !kw! :

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INTELUGI NCE.

COURT OF CH ANtIERY, WED% muiv, M omit 2s.

PRIVATE IIEARI%G.
LADY PRANICES EMILY VANE TEMPI:sr. A• INP INT AND
A WAND OF COVItr, By UM% NEI r
1.0111. Jay. M. P.. Y. LORD srEWAMT, Tani cULAIEs•
AP ANTIIIM. WIDE, AND <minds.

. It +sill he reioll Tiesl„ that this was n petition of Mrs. Tay-
lor, the pates not mud and' t.staniessiary guardistu of the in.
fart, pn list that bit larskloSp resi.oe hn judgment
• ersairming the Master's report, that a marriage aOh Ilse
tlefendosist, Lord Steuart, ant n lb and proper stile for the
infant, its melt farts had tome to her knots ledge tiller his
o lordship% decision The petition aas heard ass its merits, its
Ilia lordship's private room, tat the ea elusisois of toll persons
except the co:tassel eugazed its it. Pis lordship id that tine
patapoatol his ju.iginent, but 'ester lay' delivered his written
Joilgoiesot to the parties, tube follnos mg ell'es I, viz.—" Thal
his lordsolss p disi slat see any thing in the new petisian that
• ought to make hies ehao.le las los mer opiosion, a lath c.ill•
firmed the Master% report. that it a as n lit stud plover mar-
riage fur the lost:mg." lsetitioo dismiholls
.411Tilf COURT OF ADMIRALTY, blench 23.
IN TUN. 111111* .4 Si A.

81r WILLIAM SCOT r proceeded to give judgment in this
ease to-day ; the facts of whit h, as far as he was enabled to
judges from the very contradictory evidence nine); hnd been
exhibited, were in general thee: hat the ASIA private
East India ship, laden with cotton, on her home-
ward voyage hum Bombey. was overtaken in the Don ns by
the memotaht • storm of the Ith of last 51arets, and a Inch
lasted through several succeeding etas; Ott she broke from
her anchor, and her a inellissa woe so damaged as In become
useless; that +a passing Ramsgate, lights sleer hoisted, the
sewne party says, in order to obtain assistance. mid guns filed
Yor the same purpose; heel after ires•ing liamsgatc, it was
determined, tea consult i•:g a it h the pilot. and for the purpose
of saving th•• lives of her numerous cress, amount in.: in all,
including the officer', to is men, Innitles opine custosn-house
• officers who were en looted, to run her ashore, it being then
some time after high tide, a hich aas falling test, the a ind
setting in fresh in store. This ant dom. a ithout any material
injury to the vessel, except unaleipping her rudder. Now it
matter in contention beta ern the parties was, a 'smiler lights
were so hung out; unit guns fie rd, before she was ashore or
after. Putt it was admitted that guns were lured. The les -
aumption was, he thought, and he that he an,s Fupported by
the opiniene of the nautical gentlemen I.y n hour he Ind been
arsisted, that lights were hung mil before. In that condition
of the ship, it mug have been Impossible for leer to proceed
without snaking signals fur ns.sisenitee from the shore, nnl
therefore she pas-ed Ilanisgnte with lights lung out. It nus
asserted, that after being run on shore, she lay film and se-
cure; in that case, it a meld be ilifilrellt to account ally guns
mere fired at that time, by the direction of the pilot, a per-
son chivied expressly a ith the safely of the '1 he boat-
men of Ramsgate, in the heighboue hood of the Pier, were
on the look-out for accitleids of this kind, in order to ren-
der their useful but perilous ace sieve, various aleips being at
that time supposed to be in dirties.. One bent nasal long' h
got along the shore, and dragged opposil.e to the spot on
which the vessel ass a-pouted. Having got the boat MT
will) the assistance of several persons who were on the
beach, 5 men proceeded in her; and cei tainly in such a
night, in such a storm, and such a seer, the mere deal rip.
. lion of which could nor be read %diluent te,.rier, MIN was
a •erviee of extreme peril tend difficulty, rendered by a art
of men accoratoined to face danger, and to con,rmn
with spirit and with activity. 'flee learned sledge preceed-
a.el to observe, that Omura imenediately on their quitting
tho bomb, which swamped, but ass lint lost, the danger to
the ship lortnnately ceased ; three fore, sy fur the other 18
men, who came on board afterwards. ail certainly tiers
formed labour set the pumps, he could only look at
tb.ir services as labour, nod not as of a salvage nature.
After a review of the various point: of 1.% idener, lie finally
decreed 300 guineas to the 5 MINI who first hewed, d the
Asia, as salvage money ; and saol. to the mini. 18 men, as
th• price of their labour. :thane to hr paint on freight, in
proportion B.llint it, 70 gielueas being ma the proportion of
ita valor (8,00101.), nr as t In 5, and I(1. for ilisitinge dinar
to the ',nat.—This the whole MIT given by this sentence is
6111. 10s.

NORFOLK LENT ASSIZE'S.

On Saturday last the Asaiz
c..tnmencesl at Thetford. TI
Mr. Nergeant Firth, Baron G
the place till the Sunday nor
half-past nine o'clock the N
and after two causes the trance
Sir 1 homas Beavur, Bart.
F. Keppel, Esq.
W. B Pructor. Esq.
John Wright, Esq.
Edmund Workhouse, Esq.
J. Pei re, Esq.
E. R. Pratt, Esq. I
J. T. Mott, Eva,
& Tyssen, Esq
lo his Lorship's charge to the Grand Jury, he observed that
he was sorry the Calendar exhibited a scene of numerous of-
fences. Ile felt assured that it was unnecestary for him to
say much in reference to the duties or their capacities as
Jurymen r nevertheless he conceived himself bound to say
a few words on the subject of the state of prisons, a subject
that could not too often be impressed on the minds of those
whose situation and ability in the county rendered them the
proper conservators id the peace and the inspectors of pub-
lic morals.—The general slate of primns at the present mo-
ment, instead of presenting tl.e n.eam of removing, rather
increased the contagion of vice. It was therefore the duty
of gentlemen, and especially of such gentlemen as held corn-
mis•ions to guard the pail c peace. that they should per-
anually inspect such buildings, and use all the means in their
power to remove every thing opprys.l to good conduct and
the practice of virtue. He particuiarly recommended them
not to suffer young offenders to associate with those of no-
torious had characters.
Sergeant HMI presided in the Crown Court; and on
'today morning the trial of the prisoners commenced.

tes for the County of Norfolk
'he Commisson was opened by
3raham not being able to reach
ron. On Monday morning at
Pries business commenced;
rw•ing Grand Jury were sworn :
S Partridge, Esq.
N. W. R. Colhournc, Esq.
Henry Bell, Esq.
J. W. Tomlinson, Esq.
George Beauchamp. Esq.
Thomas Rctihe:td, ESA'.
Otani' Gunton. Esq.
Edmund Rolle, Esq.

TIIE. NATIONAL REGISTER.