The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-09 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

of the 24th of July. ISM arrives yesterday in
Paris.

" On Sunday last, M. Villeneuve La Roche. Bar-
nard had the honour of presenting to Madame, the
Duchess of Angouleme,. the first part of his "
moire on the Expedition of Quibenm.' preceded by
a notice on emigration. Her Royal Highness re-
ceived the work with her ordinary kindness, and
asked when the second part of this interesting pro-
duction would appear.
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"M. Bury stint-Vincent, one of the recalled ex-
iles, and one of the authors o' " The General An-
nals of the Physical Sciences," set out from Brus-
sels for Paris on the 31st ult. It is believed, that
in a month he will return to join hie learned fellow
labourers.

" The Emperor Alexander of Russia has ordered
2 000 frs. to be paid to the subscription for erecting
a monument to Malesherbes. The Emperor's letter
dated the 9th of November, contains a handsome
complimer tto that excellent twin. The monuments
which transmit to posterity the memory of generous
actions are their best recompensers they both con-
secrate and inspire them.

MR. CORBETT'S NEW PROPOSITION:

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better judgment and greater experience, but I will just
offer a few suggestions of my own.
" I. In London, and in other large towns, persons
who take a lead in societies, or bulges, orclubs of trader,
may, IshotilJ think, very conveniently become the de-
positaries of a collection. Other persons may he chosen
to receive money in the metropolis and in large towns.
And these receivers, ois.in before the tith of February,
will be pleased to forward the amount to nee at the plae6
where nay daily paper will be published in London, the
lecers always In ing, post paid—a regulation which I
have been compelled to adopt, hi order to defend myself
sat:artist she hostility which the woos aid daughters of
corruption wain to carry on against use by the means of
sbain letters:
" 11. Though I have mentioned the sons of two.
petty:, there are doubtless massy persons of ability who
will he ready to subsciaie larger sums ;- and I. hive rea-
son to hello e that there are Willi' gentlemen who will
ready to do this in a very liberal manner indeed. Such
persons may not wish to lodge their subscriptions with a
wird party ; and they will, of curse, communicate
reedy whit myself; nod I shall acknowledge the receipt
of es ery - to the person
received f .
••• 111. Prisons living in small towns or villages may,.
without ally display of a subscription, snake up a pound
or Iwo, winch can be forwarded as before-mentioned.
" I hart' thought that it might be useful in luspulotie
places for Mose who receive subscriptioutto open books
ui order that such subscribers as choose w 111/ it might
write then names in there; for, I trust in Gorl that the
• is not rely far distant when a titan will he proud tie
know that his statue is recorded in such a book. When
the subscription is closed, I should !Ake to hate the book
s, tat up to we. I should do myself the honour of writing
my name at the bottom, and send them back to be kept
intougst those who hate distinguished themselves upon-
such a tnettiorahle occasion. Our cause is ae most ho-
nourable and a glorious one; and if we are ashamed of
it, we are men Vomit we can be called) that deserve
neither liberty nor happiness.
" Lastly. I wish every book and every stihseription
paper to be entitled, • Coblactes Fund for Reform, and
as the sooner we begin a good work the sooner we shall
end it, let me request you to lose as little time as onuses
tile. I wish to have these means in my hands by the-
third week in February at least."

Those who know Mr. Cobbett best will be the
least astonished at the fallowing proposition which
he has submitted to the people of England. Mr.
Cobbett's effrontery IRIS lung enjoyed a pre-eminent
estimation, and we really consider that in this
instance he has surpassed himself. he has " Out-
heroded Herod." Our opinion of the good sense of
our countrymen inspires us with confidence that
few, very few, if any of them will become the dupes
of an artifice that hos nothing but downright sheer
IMPUDENCID to apologize fur it.. None Let Mr.
Cobbett could have dared to make ouch a proptssi-
, thin, especially after the dishonesty of his principles
on pecuniary subjects, (not to say. any thing of his
numerous upostacies on political ones), had been so
unblushingly avowed in his notorious letter, writ-
ten while he was in America, to Sir F. Burdett,
and inclosed, we believe, in one addressed to Mr.
Samuel ripper, a partner in the house of Tipper
and Fry, the wholesale stationers.
The proposition is as follows:
" pr.sl.o, su :.oil ii r Am. a joint fOr furthering the
..apse oi orni Ind way soca' as my discretion shall
is nut lois. The
s.ll be 5,0. 01.; this to be cull, cteil auiomtst you, and
iottaid in soy Itati.l:; to or used solely of roust,
Ille chern. it eolltrues of Joy Inxiy ; atid
~.).hoist on) one et. r isavioa J 110,11 i 10 ask stir st n.it 1
an, sinus US 110 wish it, Is 1+ my tirol out let lu s. tha
sins • YIN of 1111 l Ittl al III) ,011.111attil I Colllll
ua
r,,fe, it the space 0! sot ninisti,s, Tiir one hetieit of ti e.
,% lode na•tutt, titan I shall tie aide 10,111 Wllll,ollt in toe
tan NOOK lii lily tile. I %•.11 ittiw 1 illlelid
t.I tit' I%s is .1.01., t r 1111 goes • s wet to
o • ii. 1111 that : ptople will cool. inure what they
I v. 11! Oloty S/.1!• 11114, Ilia t ....IA ;level essiplu! It.
ally p; Irate luirrose lily own; tar the a•le ince-
dela Vf oty 10%11 esitss;illll.lll in any sit lite whatever,
ill be pailtleil soup 0) lily most acsiots. Jason• to
ialusiote the lasting happiness ILI Illy lust ale and the ri••-
cor.ty of the constant iiiii , and 01 ilk' • Of this
6 ,02.(1 . Tnis is all 1 wit say as 10 1101 11.0i0CS 111
calling upon you for your aid, and the uni.L 111111 g that
remains to be observed upon it is itta mode of ihalriiilt
vie cilliection.
" IL requires only twolience eael.efroiti 600,000 men
and will))')) to raise the suits required; auss oh: w hat
bent fits would arise front those Seellllll.4ll‘ I 1 111111 it t
Tile money that is event he the laineirifil:
classes upon tile mere foolish ar 2cf swat to One sill
we week,. and perhaps in one single day, wow(' •
than make up t4tis *son. ()illy nittik of she ettorns,tiis
sacrifices I have made; and only think of the task
which L. am now tittering to undertake. I hare though.
nothing, and 1 s•ill tittbk noilitag, of either 10-ses stet
peels; and I Will tint doubt that when thus called'opon
)oit it ill do yeast duty. It is useless to•call upon ottier•
;or eitei toms: to call upon oilletS to Ile toetelllltig,
and
to do pest :Mugs tot), unit is you Will every man of •you
do some little %Idling ;•antl,.what eats well he At the grand civic dinner given on Wednesday,
„„,r, a &mg than the atistAiiina Irvin the use Of pain of OtYork-house, to "'furs .tie Cairden, who had, visited
a Pint of beer lit subscribing the amount to a fond which Bath in his official. station as Recorder of the cite, to
yiei are colanteed would Ire eutPliled to the 111 l st.ludt- administer the oaths of office to 6, lie Allen, Esti:
emus and r flecioal mati..er for the betteilt of the E.Slibt• ? I Mayor,
on the health of the Right Hon, Reef:inlet
This is.the way for you tu act ivith effect Ode meet- .' •
sit Of .5,0001. will do mote titan 5,000 ineetuvis ot "elrig give!: Ica the MuYort his ‘‘'ersitie alluded to
500 men each. This is the way, and thus is the only the patriotic munificence. of the noble Marquis in
ay, for you to contribute towards the sueons of the his recent voluntary sacrifice to the exigencies of the
cause with sal. ty to yours. Ives; and, in the languatte of State; and in returning thacks hi;s Lordship took
the above-nteccioned Caltiolls acts of occaslins to say, that tht) testimonies of public esteem
mit .111.1,11t•St danger io the public peace.'
,I lake it had Cu. outweighed the: officio/ enivluments he had
for granicai,lol course, that I poiscba
,)stur com,mence: to
relin 1 I vit. mi..
b are not belorehaved how It mean to employ the money
would be to (Ideas the object airogettier, and ihcrefore A ICW r.a)s since, the schooner dint of Xlvetroot,
1 ,t.,aio L must an,wer sec
10 •111•Ii11311 Adaiing master, bout Cady to Bristol, sea.
use the subject, let them collie froin wliajeter ,atureJ near Alarloes, and licame an mite wreck*,
kiln the crew, tee zre happy to vale ode saved by
:quarter they will. mean, of Ca stain Ma"bY's apparatus
" I now come tithe mode of making the colleet;on,p for F
. reselyinii"
urn which subjec however; 1 must sulnuit to you: tivcs ibtrvieckuti *ealuetht

TOTAL DESTRUCTION
Or TIM
BIRMINGHAM. THEATRE.

It is with extreme regret that we announce the•
total destruction of that most beautiful edifice of the.
Lind this kingdom could boast—the Theatre of Bit..
minghata. On Twelfth-night the play of Pisarry
was perliomed, after which the manager, Mr. Bunn.
had a party, consisting of the performers And his
own friends, who till midnight were enjoying that
diversion which peculiarly belongs to the corps d elite
of a Green-room: they separated, and in an hour
afterwards, about a quarter past one, the town-
was alarmed by the terrific cry of " Fire;" the
theatre was in flames, and this distinguished, few).
rite seat of the Nluses in the circle of provincial
scenic effort, was in one hour reduced- to a pile of
I' ruins. The :Shekspeare utvern, which adjoins the •
• theatre, was preserved by the lendable and unceas-,
jag exertions of the firemen and the inhabitants; its
mistress, Mrs. Sittitit,•vres conveyed in safety almost
on the instant other accouchernent, to the itouse'of
I Mrs. Getwaltx, the postuisttess, nearly opposite.
• This theatre was the property of a company of
resident Preprietors, and was, perhaps,. the most
perfect motel of the kind the kingdom could boast.
Ihe interior describod an exact semi-circle--two •
titrs of etegant Buses surmuuntod a most cumin°.
thous l'it, and to the Gallery, which would coin-•
fortablv accommodate Of:. Thousalui Persolo, not a
place could he tt;und in whrlt an entire sight of the
stage was not attainable. The prices were, Boxes
45., Pit 2s. lit, Gallery I s., and at these prices the
House would hold. 2701. By the destruction of this
them rc. a great, number of persons will be pauperised,.
a great property is lost (only 7.0001. being insured
upon the building), and a deserving company of
perthrmers is thr.ovn one of an engagement .—The
last theatre was destroyed in August, 1792, and in.
that conflagration our old friend (Suett) lost.
among other ornamental wigs, one which had here—
tothrc decorated the head of his Majesty Charles the:
, Second.