The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

On Friday a Common Hall WM held to declare
the Election of Alderman Bridges. . _

About one o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived, amidst
expressions of disapprobation. The cry of fire we.s
raised as he passed through the Rill to the Court of
Aldermen. In the absence of the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen the ceremony commenced.
The Sheriff he said, declered the election had
fallen on George Bridges, lisq. Alderman and
Wheelwright. and John Thomas 'nog:, Alderman
and Draper, to be returned to the Court of Alder-
men, that one might be elected Lord Mayor fin. the
year ensuing. ( Loud applause.) .

The above names having been returned to the
Court of Aldermen, the Lord Mayor Elect, the late
Lord Muyor, the Sheriffs, Aldermen Waithman,
Thorp, and others, came to the hustings. The Lord
Mayor Elect, walking on the right of Alderman
Atkins, was received with loud applause.
The Common Crier then called upon him to come
forth and declare his consent to take the said office.

Alderman Bridges, amidst loud cheering, present-
ed himself in front of the hustings, and was invested
with the gold c isin. He then Will—Gentlemen of
the I).very, I beg to return my mon sincere thanks
for the honour done me.

Alderman Thorp, said it was nut his intention to
trespass long on the attention of the Livery. He
expressed floozies for returning him to the Court of
Aldermen. He had been in the North of Ireland,
tor the benefit of persons under the care of a Society
of which he had the honour to be Governor, and
did not hear before lust Saturday of the proceedings
of the Common Hall. He concluded by expressing
his determination to support those principles on
which he first offered himself to their notice. kChoer.
ing.)
The Hall was then dissolved by the Common
Crier in the usual terms, and the people retired in
the most quiet and orderly manner.—Fewer of the
'Livery attended this Hall than we ever remember
on any former occasion.

1311 TA I 10.7 r W. 1.%
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The regular establishments for the manufactory of
inutat ion tea-leaves arrested, not long ago, the attention
of the public ; and the parties, by wl these manu-
factories were conducted, together with numerous vend-
ers of the fictitious tea, did not escape the hand of jus-
tice. The fraud of manufacturing sloe and white thorn
leaves into an imitation of tea, which has been drank
by the public as the genuine beverage of tea, is.compa-
ratively harmless, when compared with the fraud lately
detected, of manufacturing real genuine unsaleable tea-
dust, into tea, by means of a process which renders the
article absolutely deleterions to health. .In.proof of this
atement, we give the following facts:
A poor woman, having purchased an ounce of green
tea, was struck by the Itvely blue colour, which the be-
verage made of it assumed, on pouring into it a tea-
spoonful of spirits of hartshorn. This person (a chai-
se • n) being its the habit of frequently partaking of
tea in other houses, where she went to work and biking
constantly in the habit of adding a tea-apoonful of harts-
horn to the tea-beverage, without having observed that
singular appearance, which her own tea-leatea produ-
ced, made a complaint io the grocer, from whine shop
the tea was .purchased. This person, unconscious of
any deleterious admixture, having paid a fair price for
his tea, took a sample of the suspected tea-leaves to Mr.
ACCUNI, the-Chemtst, who analysed it, and pronounced
it to contain copper. So unexpected a result induced
the vendor of the poisonous tea- eaves, whose whole
support depended on the reputation of e fair tradesinau,
to enquire into the fraud co 11111 l ittt•d upon I . lie
coo:tithed some of his friends, who received their tea
from the same quarter, and it became evident ,that the
diatolical deceptions practised is this britich of .com-
inerce were notch greaser than was expected.
The poisonous tea had all the appearance of the leaves
of genuine Hyson; but it was noticed by the chemist,
who examined the suspected samples, that a portion of
the leaves, when infused in boiling water, became
speedily resolved into a fine powder, and that part of
this alone remained in an entire state, so as to make it
possible to recognize the vegetable structure ; and this
led to the opinion, that the matinfactarer of the poison-
ous commodity.liati employed the dust of 1-1)500 lea (the
sale of which .flints a regular business with many tea-
brokers) and hied it, ;probably by means of a small
quantity of mucilage, into a computool, possessing in
ea ery respect the external characters of geoutneHyson
tea. This fraud may, therefore, be detected, by merely
throwing the sophisticated tea leaves into warm water,
which instantly causes them to fall into a fine powder,
which weedily settles to the bottom of the vessel. The
infusion, when mingled with liquid ammonia, affords a
bright bliwtslt green colour, finy-hang the presence of
copper. But the INTSCIICC Of this metal may be more
strikingly rendered obvious, by mixing two parts or the
suspected tea leaves with one of the tonne of potash,
(.alipetre), and throwing the 111131101 e 11110 a crucible
kept red hot in a common fire. 'l'ne whale of the vege-
table matter oldie tea will thus become destroyed, and
the copper remain behind, in cunilainatirm with the
alkali of 1114 arlipetre. It water, therefore, be ;mowed
into the crucible to dissoive the was, the presence ci
°tipper will be iucootrnvettibly rendered obvious, by the
admixture of liquid ammonia, which imparts to the
Hued a beautiful sapphire blue colour.
Mr...lccutn, in his report, rettatuks that the . copper

employed for colouring tea is in a state of cartxmate, and
nut as renligris, twitieb he ewes totally inapplicable fur
its fraudulent purpose of giting a bloom to the tra
leaves. We mrd slot rrnitittl our trader, that all pre-
parations of copper are deaJly poison.

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

W. Hyde, Hoiden! Uuildings, Fenchurch Street, nicreL.tot,
from Oct. 2 to Oct. 16.
BANKRUPTS.
T. Harding, junior, Helton, Cornwall, pacer. Solicitors
Ile3sys. Price Williams and White, Lincoln 3 Inn.

J. Gaulton, Milhorne St. Andre A, Dorset, victualler. Sol.
Mr. Pearson, Middle Temple.
W. Watts, Miutchester, calico print tte!ler. Soli. Messrs.
Clarke, Richards, and Medealf, Chancery 1311 e.
M. Middleburg, Wigan, Lancashire, shopkeeper, Sol. Mr.
Ellis, Chancery Lane.
C. Coming, Rochampson, carpenter. Sole. Messrs. Luttley
and Son, Copthall Court.
W. Metcalf, Cranbottrn Street, Leicester Fields, Roca draper.
Sol. Mr. Jonee, Sisc Lane.
DIVIDENDS.

Oct. 28, C. C. E. We and G. BAlairs, Leicester,
hankers-27, G. I'yer, Newport, Nlonnioutlishire, shopkeeper—.
16, E. Holder,Wlitic, Herefordshire, auctiolieer-27..r.
Stratford on Avon, Wairwick, coal trader-29, W. HC,II, Brad.
Ihnl, Wilts, innkeeper-214, A. Veysey, Exeter, lisherilesner-
6, S. Johnson, Skinner Street, Finsbury :.Racket, cabinet maker
—9, .1. llowitt. Whitecross Street, charcoal merchunt—l 2, G.
and G. Evans, High Street. Sloutliwark, hop-merchants--iii, W.
Dean, Broad Street, Itatc:iffe, common brewer-27, A. Young,
Stamford, Lincoln, oonanion brewer-30. J. Carr, Coventry, shag
manufacturer-3n, W. White, Coventry, victualer-3u, It. Ai,.
bolt. Cuventiy. mercer-2f, J. Anthony, (•ley next the
Norfolk, grocer-26. C. Co-instal and .1. 1 Anliant. Horsham.
Sussex, bankers—Nov. 1, J. Lacy, Whitby. Yorkshire. slop
builder--2, D. Boyn, Winchester Street, merchant-1, W. Cost.
droy, Jlancherte,, letterpress printer—d, J. Turnbull, J. Forbes.
It. A. Cnswiiird, and H. Skene, Broad Street. City, mereliants.—.
13, F. Kenthick, i',orn, and G. Tyndale, Ahlgate, linen
drapers—ll, X Jones, Kentish Town, tanner.
CEIITIFIC.kTES to be granted Oct. 26.
J. West, Richmond, linen draper-11. Docklicad.
Bermondsey, linen draper—B. l'earson, Bils:or, Staffordshire.
grocer and maltster—J. Millward, Iteddich, Worcester, needle
maker—J. Cohen, Manchester, hat manufaeturer—W. Co lier~
Brixhani, Devon, sail maker—lt. l'urker, Ellesmere, Shropshire.
grocer and tallow chandler—%V. Moss, Southanipten,
carpenter.

The Redpole brig of war; Copt. J. D. Eyance, is
arrived front the St. Helena station, after a Fussago
of 50 days, having kft the island on the 9th of Sep-
tember. She brought despatches from Sir !Judson
Lowe and Admiral Vlampin, and a mail,—The
following is an extract front a letter:—
•' st. Ile I na, dag 27.
" The Redpole proceeds to England immediately. As
neither this vessel, nor the Dotterel, ss hirh 5 tied before, hits
served longer than Iwo yea's, it is supposed to h.• intruded
that they shall both litsish their from of service on the home
station. We under lard Bonapurte is in better spb its than
he has been for some tinvi his health mufti as I swot.—
Whatever others, of any rank or station, residing here, may
atfeet to state •coneeraing him, be assured vers little is
known. lie has roo long imposed a secluded life upon
hiluself, that he appears il/ h use ist length obtaitird all the
heh of a eositirmo it recluse. Ile had become so courtly
abstracted even from the distant view of those whose duty it
was to make a daily report of his tieing alive, that it became
necessary to haulm him, that if he did not so uoitaroly afford
the officer on iluiv an opportunity to certify the fact required
from him, namely, that he was, alive,' thine Mould be a
necessity of the officer's making adaily peisonal sisit to hint
fur that purpose. Ile has shier relaxed in his mantic, in this
respect, arid has been out of his house a little. Toe hew
house buildionz fur him is expected to he finished in about
nine months. The island in generally healthy.

The following singular advertisement appears in
the Reading paper :
w. 1L T.

Several gentl,men having expresved their inclination In
lwenme mends.,, to. ,hat troop, (to whom 1. shalt ever he
grateful for the honour they have done ru, iu glaring tine at
their head,).l am sorry to be tinder the unpleasant neerbi.ity
of infonninz them. that 1 cahoot accede to their iv kites,
the troop. haw ing for WHIt time, eget-tided their, amid. meld
and ,facer ty hope time Gorrrnment may, by compl.,,ing with
the general Active (ithe nation, Not he trader the disagrccai.a
necemity ofierther aui,• tenting teem !
(Signed) FULWAR CRAVEN.
Captain, Yale of White Horse lie.ru:an.
Chelton-honse, Sept. S, 1819.
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Thursday morning, Mr. CarMe, the book-seller,
accompanied by a gentleman from the office of Mr.
Maule, attended at the Crown Office, for the put..
pose of reducing the Jury appointed to try the in.
fin.mation filed against him by his Majesty's Attor-
ney Gov:ral, for publishing " Puine's Age of Rea-
son," when the following gentlemen were fixed on
to try the question at issue:—
Neil Black. Bread.street ; B. Hutchinson, Clement's-lane ;
J. Hanson, Crooked-lore; Harvey, Lawrtnec•laner T.
Kent. Poultry ; Andrew Lowman. Bucktetsbury : Thomas
Oldham, Wirge.yard ; William Hoffman, King's Arms-yanl ;
Fuverner. Coleman-stcet; Wm. Alderney. Tokennousc.
yard; It ci..rd Chauthers. Dove-court; John Chitlins, Cullum-
street; John Napier, Fenchurch-stiect ; Joseph Jaw, ditto;
John Younger, Cmcent; Wm. Parker, John-street ; Daniel
Eckestein.
On Tuesday morning, 's Mr. Crispe, butcher. of
Maidstone, was standing ut his shop, a partridge
flew with much time against the house, and fell to
the ground, but it immediately got up and ran down
the yard, pursued by Mr. C. who caught it ; at that
instant another flew to the same spot, whiLh he also
secured. It yeas afterwards ascertained that several
more were found in different parts of the town, and
it is supposed they were pursued by a hawk, or the
the high wind at the time beat them atm.:.
Mr...lohn Witney Parker is promoted to the rank
of Purser, and a
ppointxl to the Sappho,
vice Mack-
intosh. There had been no previous uppolutraelts
totthis rate 4,44 live yam.

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Wicial Account rattle raplu—re of Barcelona, by the Aims

of lIM kepm:.lic, ru;tl of the Siree of l'yenana.

Juan (11;eg0..1.1a0,14 Margaiiin, Jag, 1$41(1..

I now communicate to you intelligence of the
Uglily i►ujortant achievement of the capture of
Barcelona by,Sieneral Crilaneta. Our squadron,
compose:l of fifteen ships of war, at this moment
blockadi►tg Cutnana, in which it sliuts up the Spa-
nish squadron. composed of six large vesrels, among
which is the Nympha, and also eight fiecheras
These ships will undoubtedly fall into our hands
The Skianiards never would believe that such an
expedition could sail from Mogarito ; but they have
been undeceived to their utter astunish►nent.

inidad, d usual 18:9.
There is arrived here a launch from 'Margarita in
elcven days, which confirms the news of the capture
a Barcelona the troops which suile&l thence under
the orders of Gen. Crdaneta. The fortress of the
Morro was taken by assault, on the 1 th of My,
with its garrison ; and three Spanish ships, which
came with the troops in aid of the place. were taken
The capture of the Morro was effected by Colonel
I.7rseer with 3,30 British and German troops, and
with the loss of trily two officers and eleven soldiers
Ca the the British and Margaritan troops dis-
embarked to the leeward of .Cumaua, which place
they at this moment besiege.

Commodore Perry. of the United States naval
service, has pine as Commissioner from that Go-
vernment to Angostura. From the mouth of the
Orinoco he sent back hither his sloop of war, the
John Mums, and he ascends the river in a schoo-
ner belonging to the United States. It is certain
that his commission is highly titvourable to the
cause of Venezuela.. and that he afterwards goes to
Buenos Ayres.

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