The National Register.
London, England, 1818-01-04 00:00:00

Tim NATiONAL REMOTE&

Unarm. among the demos. in the train of Deer* has been
said to resemble still more (and some will think from its
situation more appropriately,) the features of the Atlantic
exile.
A►uong so much real escellence as is displayed in the
composition, colouring, and grouping of this picture,it will
not be surprising that same faults should be found ; but these
are of minor inaportauce.—The horns of the bull who is toss-
ing a youth over his head, are by uo means calculated for
such au operation, and Its dogs who are tearing him, are as
unlike bull dogs as they are to any other that we have
hitherto sees of the canine species. Other things equally
unimportant might be pointed oat, bet in the contemplation
of a subject so strikingly grand, it were onworthy the critic
or the amateur to indulge in such trifling aad penrile objec-
tions. Every person who views this masterly production of
our venerable artist, together with his picture of "CHRIST
Rt./xi:Tao," which is exhibited in the same room, cannot fail
of receiving the highest mental gratification ; and we have no
doubt that all will join with us in wishiug oor worthy Pre-
sident an addition of yet many years to his already protracted
life ; adorning as he does not oaly the circle of the arts, but
human nature and society at large by his very many amiable
and benevolent qualities.

SHAILIIPICARIL—The following letter concerning a poor
descendant of onr greet bard is from the Bath Herald, to the
Editor of whicb it is addressed :

" Having lately seen your account of the family of Shake-
' pear, I cannot forbear troubling you with a hue relative to
the same 'abject. Soon after I came to reside in Leaming-
ton, I was struck with the attentive deportment of a little
girl at Mr. Bisset's newa-room, who appeared to be employed
iu handing about the papers. Upon my accidentally notic-
ing the good behaviour of the child, Mr. Bisset excited my
interest still more, by informing me that he had discovered,
by a very singular occurrence, that she was the last scion of
the immortal Sliakesr.are. This little girl, it appears, Mr.
Bisset met with in the street about five or six years ago, in
the most distressing condition, almost naked, and with only
the scantiest means of subsistence. Being taken with the
ingenious maintenance of the little pitiable object, Mr. B.
made inquiries, and found she was the daughter of a pauper
in the village, whose husband had enlisted for a soldier. In
the fullness of benevolence, he took the child tinder pro•
Whin', provided her with decent (loathing, and employed
her in little errands in the summer, and sent her to school in
the winter. She was about 7 years of age when first noticed
by Mr. B.; and I understand that during the 5 subsequent
years she has endeared herself to her generous patron by a
willing proinphiess and a faithful integrity in his service.—
Her sprightly obliging manners has also, 1 aon told, attracted
the notice of several persons of distinction sisiiiug the histori-
cal picture gallery and public newsroom. It the preced_
ing brief notice of this Shakespeareen scion be acceptable, I
shall be satisfied; and will, with pleasure, if agreeable, en-
deavour to collect further pat Oculars for yam. future notice.
The little girl's name is Betsey 8i11... " I. PHIPPS."
" Montpelier-Academy, Leamington."
ENGI.IsH TR AVELLEIts.—The last mail from Malta brought
:toot/Its from several travellers, persons of the first distinc-
tion, through Syria, Egypt, and the Grecian Islands, some of
which have reached our hands. Lady Hester Stanhope has
taken up her residence at the- convent of Mar Elias, near
Bay' colt, on the coast of Syria. Her ladyship's influence is
considerable throughout the country, and her patronage a
certain security. She does honour to English hospitality by
her manner of living, and many of our scanals have. within
the last year, left her abode with sentiments of gratitude and
admiration. The Bail and Countess of Belmore, mud the
whole of their party, were at Cyprus, diming the latter end
of the summer. They then proceeded in his Lordship's
yacht, to Sable. the ancient Sidon, on the coast of
on their arrival, they found the Dragoman of Lady
Hester Stanhope waiting to conduct them to her (.1
place of residence, whither Lord and Lady Delmore, .ltd the
youths, their sons, (who accompanied them throughout their
extensive and varied journey), the private tutor, plis sician,
and others of their party proceeded. 'in vigt Jrntsslcm
W.lll the great object with which our travellers leached the
port ut ; but it was discovered that there was no
herhoer in the entire coast of Syria, sufficiently secure to
protect a vessel from casualties which might occur during the
tune tier e•saril% spent in a journey Itum the coast to the Holy
City, and the design was given up tin consequelice. During
their stay in Sy via, the noble teas emploveil themselves in
geographical Mythic*, and we understand, they satisfied
themselves that the Bible contains a better history of the
country, with mote distinettiesa and precision, than is to be
found in any oilier book, descriptive of the Pagan cimeitries
of antiquity. From Sidon, Lord Brinier, and his suite pro-
ceeded to 'Sere, nit tenowlic-1 for any thing so much as for
the noble defetiee of it by Sir Siduey Smith. From the Sy-
riac coast his lordship set sail fur Alexandria, where the
travellers Ira...enrol fur a fortnight; and from thence they
all prOITI 11141 to Grand Cairo, in Egypt, vs here they were ear
the ntli of October last. la this place they were waited for
by a few persons well known for scientific researches. who
were ready to pioceed on a mission set on foot by his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent, to compare the accounts given
by the French scares*, of the course of the Nile, with the
real state of things. Here the two liarties having united,
preparatione were mode to ascend the Nile for the purpose of
scientific eviiitation, which was expected to be greatly fa-
cilitated by the mathematical apparatus which Lord Belmore
had with him, more particularly for ascertaining the exact
latitude of places. The expedition, it was calculated, worthd
conelnile nbont Alarch ; after which Lord lielmore and his
party were tenilerYlooti by our literary correspondents, who
had isn't his lordship in Egypt, to linens, travelling by land
across the Isthmus of Suet to Gaza : from thence to go to
Jerusalem, aad passing by the lake of lienesseiath to Naza-
reth, to proceed to Sidon, to rejoin Lady H. Stanhope.
A very serimos accident happened eat S lay morning mat
the workhouse in Blackleiars-road. E. Broth-, an appren
lice to a COMptisitor eniploseil on a newspaper, came from
Ins tether's tense, hi, st. jollies Street, Clerkenwell, ti it.,
his own phrase," to thy his pigeon in the New Cut." We ap-
prehend lie intends d to shoot at pigeons, as it appeals he was
provided with a pistol, whit h, hosing been twice tried, missed
fire each lime, when he placed a iu the sleeve of his coat,
where it had not Ion.: remained before it exploded, laceratilig
every muscle of the upper part of the arm, sir as to expose
the whole surface of the hone up to the shoulder joint. In
this dreadlin situation, he was taken to Mr. Gtllliam, the slur-
gout., in Gt. Sorry-duvet, where essay altruism, Was paid
him, and the principal blood v essc Is being secured, hew as con-
yes ed to Gin's likspital, where emputation wood take place.
—Mr.olllliaiii, we understand, vies of 01.1111011 that his
lute might be saved, but that it until() be necessary to take
(he ar,a out °Cam socket at the tlioulder.

lAN. 4.

THE FORTUNATE YOUTH.

Many additional particulars of this extraordinary personage have
been published in the course of the last week ; from the statements
which are unnecessarily long, we have extracted all that appeared
new and important, rejecting such matter as the public are already
acquainted with. The story, however, of his first meeting with the
mysterious old man being more circumstantial titan what has before
appeared. we extract it :
About three months wince a report prevailed that the young C. had
game into pessession of an immense fortune under must extraordi-
nary circumstances. The father first mentioned the general fact, and
the son soon afterwards authenticated the statement, and gave the
following detail of tke adventure, which rendered him so fortutiously
one of the richest subjects in the worlds—
About la months previously he had been on his return to school.
A school-fellow who was to have accompanied him had, by some
mistake, preceded him the day before, end he was left to tiro alone in
the stage. On arrival at Birmingham, he was shewn into an inn
parlour, where an old gentleman was sitting, and who became his
companion for the rest of the journey to Shrewsbury. In the course
of it the old gentleman and himself entered into a warm altercation
on the snbject of the South American isontest. The dispute coati.
!mod to the joumey's end, and they parted as adeerearies !
The next morning, to his great surprise, the old man sent for hint,
and on his coming into the room said, " Young man, you were riglst
in your argument yesterday. I admire your spirit, candour, and
bold maintenance of your opinions. You shall find in me from
henceforth a friend." From that time he lavished many favours on
him ; money to the amount which attracted Dr. B's notice and dis-
pleasure, and the envy of all his comrades, who, nevertheless, paid
omage to the superiority which lee acquired by the power of con-
ferring favours ; and thus in his boyhood he proved the irresistible
influence of gold, and found that the word perunin should have been
substituted fotlthat of pradeatia, in the ethical maxim of the ancients.
Some months afterwards, the old man, who had hitherto promised
only a considerable establishment in the Church, sent for hon. and
declaring, that he felt his life was ebbing fast away, announced his
intention to make over to him immediately, by a deed of Oft, the
while of his immense property. " If (added he) I should live, con.
trary to my expectations, I shall !hen be a dependant on your gra-
titude and bounty." From that moment the old man initirted him
in all his secrets directed him how to conduct his extensive pecuniary
transactions, gave him a list of the various names he was obliged to
assume to conceal his property in foreign couraries. and related
all the adventures of his extraordinary, and in some respects,
criminal life. Many of these secrets he had sworn never to divulge.
and others he should only unfold as the developement became
necesssary for the execution of his trust and management of his for.
time.

Six week. afterwards the old man died at a nameless village near
Shrewsbury, and in conformity with his last commands, a lawyer of
great eminence and respectability at Liverpool (Mr. S.) was sent
for, and who took back with him all the parchments. papers, &c.
belonging to the old man, except the deed of gill, which young C.
would never part with out of his own possession. At the expiration
of six months, the lawyer (Mr. S.) returned and gave him up all the
title deeds, papers, &c., and at the same time curnmunicated to hire
that he had almost bourdless wealth, but the preservation of the
greater part depended on his prudence, secrecy, and conformity to
the injunctions and proceedings of the old man, his deceased bene-
factor. The title deeds were immediately buried in a garden of one
of the estates, and the only person (except one of his school fellows
oft 1 years old, who saw the interment of the strong box) to whom he
confided any part of the momentous story of his fortune, was his
mother, and who avowed she had been in possession of the secret of
his affluence without evare having betrayed the confidence.
'I Le moment was now arrivesl when he might extend that confi-
dence., but not yet give full publicity to the amount of wealth he
possessed. Indeed soma of his property was derived from source.
which affected the most serious interests of the highest personages in
every country.
The great object of the old man, his benefactor, had been to ac-
quire secret influence, by getting as many people as possible into his
trammels, nay, the desire of this mysterious dominion had been in
him a stronger passion even than avarice.
al ostof the tiareasm Sovereigns, therefore owed hint money.
The Empress of Russia was a debtor to the amount of 100,0001.,
but she maul:illy paid 6,0001. per annum interest. •
Prince Eugene was also in his list fur a large sum, and on the
King of Spain he had immense claims. His principal estate lay,
indeed, in that country. but Ire had also large estates in Germany.
Italy, Sicily, and in England; many great mortgages and reversions
unknown to the presumed successors, and amongst the latter he cited
the painful case of his being one day obliged to dispossess his dearest
friend of an inheritance on which lie relied, or make hind dependent
on his generosity for the restitution.
To frustrate inquiry, be had thrbithlen all his agents, bankers, &c.
to acknowledge any transaction with him; but still he was in conti-
nual anxiety on that subject. and had reason to apprehend that at-
tempts had already been made to intercept and peruse Iris papers and
correspondence.
The want of ready 'money was, no doubt, for some time a subject
of much solicitude to the Cru•sus of 1817 ; but his tale lad acquired
so mach ceutitlence, that a relative, to whom he said too,oool. had •
been promised on the great pay day, entreated hint to make use of
lying idle in (lake's bank at Bury.
The offer was accepted, and so eager was young C. to grasp the -
prize, that his servant arrived with the check at the bank before the
doors were opened.
This eircuireaance, and the employment of a common groom as the
receiver of such a large sum, excited some suspicion, and the clerk -
was sent over to young C. with the money. Young C. gave him 11.
fur his trouble, put aal. in his purse, which was soon carelessly left
about tube seen full of Bank-notes, and 1,1001, were placed in the
hank of Messrs. Hammond and Eden, at Newmarket, who after- '
wards opened a credit of 1,0001. in favour of young C. with t'acit
correspondent, Mews. Cox and llitldulph, Charing Cross.
As the lat ofianuary approached, his character seemed to change;
instead of usual gentleness, he 'displayed great violence of temper,
and an Irritation on the most trithog subjsst,. t _at greatly alarmed
all chant him for the state of his mind. At length his language was
in extravagant, that it was feared the acquisition of fortune had over-
powersd hi,. faculties, mid his physicians were consulted, but they
contradicted the opinion, anti vouched .or his sanity of mind. It was
nevertheless revolved, on the 30th of November, to remove him, and
terminate an intercourse which could no longer exist with any proe-
pect of happiness, whatever might be the wealth at his command,
and Mr. a% . the solicitor, was sent the, teat a painful personal expla.
nation with young Cawston might be avoh:tal.
littore, however, this determination had been carried into mem- •
tion. young C. had sent for the lawyer of the family. Mr. E. of
Gray's Inn, and, after making him execute another will. gave him
various instructions, amongst which was that of advertising for all
claims on the estate of Gasper lati ntella IJ, as the old man, his
benefactor, had powiessed an estate in that mune, and, from his
books, appeared owed to some crettitors about 6,otail. which he, young
C. was anxious to pay immediately. This trait of liont.sty, and
iniagintal proof of redundant money at command, added to the cit..
cumstance of the solicitor being silt for to the house of the fimily
by whom he was regularly employed on their own iniportant affairs,
stifled every doubt of his mind, and he proceeded accord-og'y to exe-
cute the direction, he haul received.

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Young L. for. seeing the I our of detection must arrive, had always
insisted on Me necessity of a journey to Spain, that he might enter
into posse,sion of his prop sty in that country ; and in hi interview
with NI r. E., had requested him to piocure passports. Lot only for
that country, but alto/or Germany, S,itacrland, Franuc, 1!:'I &e.
which Nlr. declined, as not being in his l rovince, but he indicated
the nrtilar mode to obtain them.
A tsi. or two afterwards Cie foreign secretary came to the family.
and announced hi.•, departure the tame night on a 1114403 to the Con

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60;34 to collect 700.0001- which belonged to young - - -
C. from several
bankers in Germany. and return with it so expeditiously, that he
should not be absent more than six weeks.
The secretary accordingly took his leave, and remained in Lon-
don, notwithstanding a person sub,equently declared that he had
gone to Dover to embark, but with an irregular passport, so that he
was sent for to town again by the Alien office—a declaration which
on inquiry at the Alien anise, proved not to be true. Such is the
baneful influ,..nce of delusion, that few can resist the contagion of
misrepresentation when veracity is to manifest their error.
At length, on the Sd of December, Mr. W., who had been too
ouch occupied to attend the first summons on the 30th of Novem-
ber arrived, and the letter was put into his hands, which announced
the necessity of his client's inunettate removal. Some conversation
ensued at the instigation of a person present, which on Mr. W.'s own
denial of propositions attributed to him by young C., established
Kill more clearly the fact of his being a lunatic or an impostor, and
Mr. W. was expressly requested to make that statement to the father,
with delicacy but candour, that he might take suitable measures to
prevent further mischief being hazarded to the detriment of the
young man. his family, and society.
Mr. W., young C., and the father (who had come with Mr. W.,
but who had not been present at the conference, as it was wished to
Rare him the pain of such an interview), withdrew from the beaus,
and Mr. W. soon afterwards acquainted the family that young C.
would. not return, but would leave town that night, which lie did in
a post chaise and four (the chaise he took away without the consent
of the owner,) accompanied by. the German secretary and groom.
So many circumstances having transpired which gave cause to
suspect that the whole story of young C. was an invention, sustained
by a &brie of falsehoods and disingenuous acts, every person whom
he had named in the course of 1113 narration as a banker, agent, &c.
was applied to for information, and all disowned knowledge of him,
except from public report or school-boy connexion ; every fact af-
firmed by him was examined, and not one was authenticated which
related to money transactions.
One very respectable person affirmed, that he had seen a remit-
tance to young C. from Spain amounting to 350,0001., a draft of
frightful amount from Liverpool, and that he knew he possessed two
millions in the funds ; nay, that a banker, within a few doors of him,
bad but the day before said he would have paid his bill for 100,0001.
if it had been presented, instead of the 3001. bill which was cashed.
Other persons had heard a respectable solicitor declare, he knew
young C. had great estates in Scotland, from which 45,0001. had
been ; received that he had many diamonds at Bundle and Bridge's,
and altogether 700,0001. per annum. :tellers, that he meant to buy
an estate, and pay 500,0001. for it in gold, and some offered large
beta he would be in possession of Houghton by the Ist of January,
others cited noble men and gentlemen of the greatst accuracy, who
bad known the old man at Shrewsbury, and who had heard it said at
the time, " that he would cut up, when dead, foe more money than
any man in the empire:" others, that they had known those who had
dealt in diamonds with hint, and almost every one professed to have
an authority which justified original and still unshaken belief.
Even those to whom property purchased by young C., but not paid
for, had been returned, seemed to think an injury mote than a ser-
vice was likely to be done them by the restitution, and no statement
of detected falsehood could counteract or weaken the infatuation.
Of the onginal 1,1001. advanced by the relative, young C. had
drawn out all but 101. by London and Newmarket checks; but he
has left several hundred pounds to he paid by his family. There is
indeed a report, that the relative alluded to had previously advanced
6001. but this report wants confirmation. At all events. it is certain
that this young man spent above 1,6001. in two months, without
being at any expense for house, equipage, &c. But though this sum
was large for one whose previous expenditure had been so very limit-
ed, still it is of sufficient magnitude to justify the supposition that
his objects were merely pecuniary. If they were, lie had not time
to mature his designs and adventure on their consummation. But
whatever might have been his motives, however diveringly false
parts of his history may be, andniany anecdotes areomitted, for they re-
(mired the actor to give them an air of credibility ; still this young man
if he really possesses 116 faculties unimpaired, in making his family the
sport of his fictions and the victims of his fraud, in deliberately con-
verting the father's tears of gratitude and joy into the brine of disap-
pointment, sorrow, and shame, has evinced a want of principle and
callousness of heart, which almost extinguishes the hope of reforma-
tion, and a laudable use of those talents which he undoubtedly pos-
sesses.
P. S.—The Fortunate Youth, on arriving at Paris, in conformity
with his system to patronize his relations, engaged one whom he
bnew to be established there as his travelling physician into Spain,
'vice Dr. li. cashiered in London. This gentleman was, however,
so startled at the amount of the salary proposed, that he requested
to make the arrangement with the youths father, and obtained
have to come to England for that purpose, where he arrived a few
days since.

EiTlAOsinesiAllY SENTENCE.—GuEItirstY COUZT ROYAL,
D tc. 6.—Margaret Mackenzie, of the town and parish of St. Pierre
Port, a prisoner in the public gaol, was brought up before the Court
to receive sentence. The crime of which she was convicted was, that
she did feloniously kill a male infant, which the said Margaret Az-
hcnzie was delivered of between the hours of 9 o'clock on the even
leg of the 16th October, and of 9 o'clock in the morning of the 17th
October, iBl7, in the house of John Jeremie, E9(l. where the said
Mackenzie lived as a servant, in the town of St. Peter's Port, the said
Mackenzie having concealed her pregnancy. This day at 1Y o'clock,
the sentence passed upon her was put in execution in the following
manner :-.—The prisoner was conducted from the prison to the court.
house, between the halberdiers, and in one of the lower rooms she
was stripped barefoot, and cloathed in a white shift made for the
occasion : she was bare headed, and from that room she was led up
Stairs to the door of the court, where she received from the hangman
re.recuteur des hanks aware.) a lighted candle, weighing two
pounds, and two feet long, made expressly for the purpose. Thus
equipped, she presented herself at the bar of the eourt ; and falling on
her knees, she askal pardon for her crimes, in these words:—" I ask
pardon of God, the King, and of justice !" An immene crowd of
people were present, who came fsoin all parts of Gnernsey to witness
se novel a spectacle.
BA ILL% au s M till DE IL—Aboul noon on Thursday last. the body
of a man was discovered, throuAh the pillucidness of the water, ly-
ing at the bottom of the river idden, on the east side of the race-
ground, near this city. Assistance being procured, the body was
brought to the surface ; when it presented a shocking spectacle of
brutal treatment. The corpse was very indifferently apparelled, and
the clothes were muclitorn aesl discomposed, as if in consequence of
a very violent souffle. The head exhibited a number of deadly
wounds, which had apparently been given with a hatchet or some
other sharp instrument, with great force, as one of the blows had
cloven the skull in two; considerable marks of violence were also
apparent on the head close to the ears, and his nose was completely
er. a•tr94., arof t k.! :so ly V/ II 10.1 11, the tr.eck of a
horse's feet and wheels of a cart were plainly made out from the
Swifts low gate to the upper gate, where the cart seems to have
turned back and proceeded in the direction in which it came. It
would appear, that the body had been conveyed across the ground
to the river and thrown in. It is proper to state here, that about
4 o'clock on Wednesday morning last., the rumbling of a horse and
cart was 'heard by persons living in the range of buildings Is Avreen
Rickergate and the Swifts; at which time, it is extremely probable,
the crud miscreants were about disposing of the mangled remains
si their victim. A Coroner's inquest was held the nett day before
lei Mullender. Esq. when the jury, without hesitation, brought in a
verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.
The deceased was a man of about 30 years of age, of robust make,
a'..wout five feet seven or eight inches high, had dark hair, and pos-
sessed the appearance and garb of a cattle driver front Irelan --
Every exertion has been made by the Clerk of the i'etee and t-.:
Coroner to discover sonic due to this shocking and hitherto myste-
rious transaction, but without effect. We Quit, 1101Vercr,
Wsil no be tel Journal,

/WE NATIONAL REGISTER,

AGRICULTURE.

MONTULY REPORT FOR DRCEMBEIL—The frost towards
the Hoeft of this umnth, has proved beneficial to the young
wheats, by checking their luxurianey on freesgrowing land•,
And preventing the fat ther increase• of the slug, which in
many parts had been found destrurtiveio the forwafil plants.
The wheats too hastily harveited begin to handle better s but
the general produce is now ascertained, by Use diminished
number of stacks, to he muck less than was expected.—The
barleys afford good malting samples, but in few districts,
so that the malsters are reluctant bnyers.—Oats ;generally
exceed an average crop, and the same may be said of all
kinds of pease ; but beans are yielding out a slight prodece
—Clover seeds rises so badly, that unless considerable lot-
poi tatsmei are obtained from Holland, it is likely to be
%rarer and dearer.—Hay is rising in value. The turnip .
countries continued full of feed.-1 new Scotch turnip, of
the yellow kind, is of susacchai isle a qualityas•to be preferred
even to the Swede by some ot• the Norfolk graziers.—Winter
tares hay,' missed plant, pretty generally, from the long
drolielat that succeeded 'their sowing.—Rye looks promising
for plenty of early feed.—The meat markets have had a start
for beef and/ mutton, the latter reaching 55.6 d. per stone I
[muse lamb and veal also fetch more money.—The price of'
lean stock is held up both in sheep and beasts ; good working
horses and cart colts are dearer.—The wool market is brisk,
at an advance on last month's prices.