The National Register.
London, England, 1819-09-05 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS

Sept. 18, J. W. A. Snuggs, Lime Street, rpirit merchant-
-28.1. Shoobert and J. Sawyer, Lothbury, Blackwell hell factors
—Bl, J. Ruse, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, prim loon merchant
—4, S. and C. Wise, Nlaid.teose, paper iiianulaeitirer3-23, J.
Hanky, Weymouth, jewiller-25, J. Ridley, Lancaster, mer-
chant-25, W. Wright, Uppingham, Rutland, lon>e tlealar-4,
J. 11. Wilson, Upper lielgrave l'hee, riddled, picture dealer-
-23, W. Rainbow, Lombard Street, ClielNea. linen dnipor-25,
D. Baylis, Stroud, Glouzestershire, clothier-25, J. Merchant,
Sheldon Mallets, Soinersetshire, innkeeper-24, I. W. liorlock,
W. Anderson, and C. Junes, Bath, banker— 24, B. Dodson,
Liverpool. werchant-21, 'l'. Barlow, Appleton, Cheshire,
wheelwright.

CF.RTIFICATES to be granted Sept. le.
M. M. Jorn,s, l'anthcon Iticiing School, Biacktriars Road,
livery stable keeper—S. S. Gower, Wethersfield. EVWX, malt.ter
—G. Southern, ii.reatham, baker—D. It. Sundt, Kidderminster,
mercer—S. Scheles, Manchester, calico dealer—W. Brooker,
Luton Etreet, Nlw Cut, Blackfriars Road, tintb,:r merchaht—.l.
Etheridge, Southampton, hoot and ahocitn.ker—..;. Patterson,
Fore Street:Cripplegate, corn dealer—T. Bell. Pinner.' HAI,
Old Brood fAreet, insurance broker—W. Sims, Portsea, grocer—
J. Atherton, Warrington, I ameerthire, cabinet Lan.
kester, Blackman Street, Newington, linen diaper.

It has been remarked, and with great truth, that
when, in most places, hands were wanting to assist
in getting in the harvest, the country was swarsoin,,
with sturdy, able-bodied beggars, and that while
these vagabonds are suffered, with impunity, to
range the country at large in the practice of their
mendicity, no diminution of crime can be expected.
Idleness is certainly the root of all cvi!, and beggars
for the most part are such from inclination, and not
from necessity ; and of this we have lately had ample
proof in our own country, and particularly at Arun-
del, where a shopkeeper, living nigh to the river,
had fur the last five weeks, been in the habit of of-
fering to every beggar that came along, a shilling to
water the pavement, &c. in front of his house, and
although it was not more than an hour's work, and
the watering pot stool ready for use, it is a fact, that
out of cig,hty beggars who presented themselves, only
two embraced the offer.—Leyris paper.
An American journal contains the following jnt
d'esprit on the want of specie in the Western States:
" From the absence of specie, it is thought that some
of the Western Banks will have to pay their notes
in bacon, or suspend their operations. Should bacon
be substituted for specie as a circulating raetlium, it
is thought that Irish potatoes Fright be advantage-
ously used for small change." . .

\lunday 1110111111 g last, at mill:past three. a boat's crew
bel.inging to the Pievenine St aim.. at II the, In Kent,
consi,ting of Lieutenant Ldward F iverinan, It. N. and
six brave ft 'boys, were unfortunate le oret at sea, by
two of the men getting to leeward of the boat, when all
were left to the mercy of the waves. One poor fellow
of Ilte 11.1111 e 111 I tall, in lalsourina to save his command-
er's life, lost his owti. It was with the greAtest difficulty
I.lle crew were saved, being completely exhausied, having
been in the Water . nearly half all hour. Lieutenant
ertnan was brought to shore perfectly insensible ; and
had is not been for the skilful exertions of a sowing on
the spot, he croild not 'possibly have sutficed, as he
was fur two boors to all appearance dead.

A brig, under Portuguese colours, is now on shore
at Table-bay, under very extraordinary circumstan-
ces. She arrived there from the East Indies with a
valuable oargo of teas, under a Portuguese Captain
only, and without soy papers whatever on board,
though it is known she was lately at Batavia, with a
supercargo and a mate, the firmer an Englishman,
of the name of Macfarlane, and the latter an Ame-
rican, neither of whom have since been heard of, and
it is supposed have been murdered at sea by the Por-
tuguese crew, who. afterwards ran the ship on shore
intentionally. It is said her cargo and rigging have
been all saved and safely landed, and seized by the
Custom-house, at Cape-town ; and although several
examinations have taken place of the Portuguese
crew, nothing can be made out as to whom the ves-
sel or cargo belonged, or what has become of the su-
percargo and mate. She was conjectured to be En-
glish property.
It is in the contemplation of the Magistracy of
Essex to ereet u new county gaol or penitentiary,
for the classification of offenders. The spot propo-
sed for the site of the building is on the estate of
Lady Mildmay, at Springfield, opposite the Govern-
ment Depot. The expence of completing the work
is estimated at fitly thousand pounds.
By advises from the Mauritius, dated May I I,
we hear that a Dutch ship of 80 guns, lrden with
spices, has been lost on the Island of Diego Garcia.
A Commissary-General, an Admiral, and 100 men,
had arrived at the T4auritiva, and 200. men remain-
ed on the Island.

• .
fart observed mat the twat important (at.. slat
truly Important it was) was the extended use of salt
in feeding made: its excellence was established be-
yond the reach of doubt. It remained, however,
very dubious, whether salt was or was not capable
of being used as a manure. The following, experi.
ment has Leen tried :—A compost was made in the
proportion of 15 tons of soil, and half a ton of salt
12 garden pots were filled ; the Ist with the soil
only ; the 21, in the proportion of I quirt of com-
post to 11 of toil ; the Cd, 2 quarts of compost to t
of soil ; and so on in the like gradations until the
12th or last pot contained the pure mixture of the
first made compost. In order to compare the pro-
gress still inure, one pot was filled with a mixture
of dung and earth, and another pot with the pro.:
portioa of eleven and one ofeompost. The fourteen
pots were sown et the same time with turnips. TLe
appearance of the plants was greatly in favour
of the dung and earth .for a considerable time. As
the plants got strength, those with a smaller portion
of salt became evidently the strongest and most vi-
gorous. In the number who viewed the turniiss
not a doubt remained in the mind of any one, that
the composition of one pal salt to forty-one of earths
produced a compost highly beneficial, that we 3 about
nine per cent. stronger than Lai-water.

SINGULta Fonor.TretwEss—During the past
week, a gentleman, having ularge black portman-
teau with Lira, arrived at the Globe-inn, in Bridge-
water, which place lie.left on the ensuing day frr
Taunton, by the Bath coach. On his arrival at
Taunton, upon claiming his luggage, the portman.
teau, which was placed on the omich when he took
his place at •Bridgewater, was produced; all know.
ledge of which the traveller w..rtnly denied, stating
that the box produced did not bear the slightest si-
milarity to his own : and upon being assured that
there was no other iu the coach, he instantly posted
back to Ilidgewater, taking with him the doubtful
luggage. On arriving at the Globe-inn, the land-
lord and waiters were summoned, from whom he
demanded, in accents not over mild, the production
of his own portmanteau, which he stated contained
many valuable matters. In vain the landlord and
his atteadants attempted to prove the one produced
to be the same as was brought to their house by the
enraged claimant, who angrily replied—" Don't you
think I ought to know my own portmanteau? I
will take my oath this is not mine!' Having de-
scribed the contents of his lost treasure, the landlord
proposed opening the trunk in dispute, as it might
afford the means of discovering its real owner, who
might have taken the one missing, leaving his own
by mistake. Upon opening it, the landlord and his
men were astonished by the following exclamation
from their positive claimant—" What a d—d fool
have I made myself; it is my own portmanteau af-
ter all!

Covent-garden Theatre opens next Nfonclay. A
grand improvement, we are informed, has been made
on the stage, by a bold and ingenious piece of ma •
chinery : the whole proscenium can now be raised
up so as to discover (when required) a height of
above 40 fret, and the last row of the one-shilling
gallery can have a perfect view of the most extensive
scene of spectacle.
The meeting of the King's School Feast Society
in Canterbury, on Thursday was honoured by the
presence of the Lord Chief• Justice Abbott, who re-
ceived the rudiments of his education at that semi-
miry, and proceeded frum thence on the foundation
to the linivers.ty. His Lordship attended the
speeches at the school, and afterwards officiated as
one of the stewards, and dined cc ith the members
and friends or the society, ut the Fountain tavern.
The reply of his Lordship on h:s health being drank,
evidently evinced the sensibility which the recollec-
tion of his juvenile years had excited.

An Act of Parliament has unexpectedly appeared,
dated lath July, imposing a duty of Is. per bushel
on all grain (beer as well as barley) malted after the
sth July, which in addition to the Is. 2d. the bushel
Late imposed, and the Is. 4d. of duty which was paid
last year, make in all the enormous dut♦ of Ss. 6.1.
per bushel upon all malt made after the sth July
last. The consequence of this must be, that the
maltaters must be under the necessity of abstaining
from making any purchases of beer er big;, (the pro-
duce of this country,) and procure from England
barley, which will very materially affect the agricul-
tural interest in Scotland. And as the brewers are
net permitted by law .to charge more than ss. per
anker for table beer, the public cannot be supplied
with that useful and necessary beverage to the low-
er classes of society.—Scoich paper.
During the recent Archiepiscopal visitation in
the county of Kent, his G ace the Arcl.bishop of
Canterbury confirmed, in the tours of his tour,
nearly twclvc thousand individuals.