The National Register.
London, England, 1820-06-26 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCISE, JUNE 22.

ILLICIT SOAP MANUFACTORY.—AIr. J. Slaymaker,
an extensive Soap Manufacturer in Whitecruss Street,
was charged upon inliannatinn with niaking soap in an
unuttered with intent to dyl'iatl the revenue.—
The infinmation, contained three counts:—the firs:
charging him with waking soap in an unenttred place;
the second for heepiiig such an tineniered place, where-
by he had fotleited 2001.; and the third to the like
effect.

Thomas Cater, an officer of Excise, stated, that on
the 7.1 i of 3epteinher, iu consequewe of inhumation
whicn had beat r.-ctived, lie we'll in company with a
brother officer, to the deleticianes manufactory in White's
Yard, Whiteeros!, Street, where they saw the defend-
ant nu the outside of the dour. He seemed immedi-
ately to be aware of the nature of our errand, and en-
deavoured to get away to communicate something,
about which he appeared to be particularly anxious, to
his loan ; Lot the witness and his colleague followed
them up close, and went up stairs, where the man en-
tered a room, and shut the dour after him to prevent
their entrance. They however persisted, and, on owing
into the room, found four boxes, which had been put
into the fat trough fur concealment, which bad been
used as soap frames, having false bottoms fur the pur-
pose, and which were much smaller than the legal
soap frames. They aiterwards went into a room
which joined the premises, where they found a man
and woman at tea. They searched the room, but
found nothing to excite suspicion, until they per-
ceived a pair of folding doors, which opened into the
room. They asked the man for the key of the room, but
he replied that they were on unentered premises, and
they had no business there; they were therefore obliged
to force the door open, and in the closet, or recess, they
(meld three boxes full of hot mottled soap. On exa-
mining the place more minutely, they perceived a co-
vered aperture, which they found to communicate With
the copper on the ground-floor below. The boxes were
so contrived as to resemble the ordinary boxes used for
carrying out soap, and the whole was very ingeniously
arranged. The room in which the soap was seized was
a part of the premises, and was let out to lodgers.
Mr. Wilde, as counsel for the defendant, spoke at
great length in his behalf, and took an objection to the
second count of the indictment, on the ground of infor-
mality. He contended that a penalty of 601. only,
instead of 2001., could he inflicted on the defendant upoa
that couut. lie admitted that a fraud had been com-
mitted upon the revenue, but said that the defendant
himself had in this instance been the victim of fraud and
treachery. He called a witness to prove that the defen-
dant had hitherto been a fair trader, and was, from
severe losses, unable to bear a large penalty. Under
these circumstances the learned counsel called upon the
Court to deal leniently with him.
The Court gave judgment on the first and second
counts. They condemned the whole of the soap and
illegal apparatus found upon the defendant's premises,
but mitigated the penalty from 2001. to 501. and coats.

According to accounts from Caraccas and La
Guyra, the Royal Authorities at those places were
in the greatest state of uncertainty and confusion.
A serious commotion or revolutionary spirit existed
among the natives; and General Morillo had taken
measures for restoring order and obedience by force
of arms, but, with very little chance of success. Ac.
counts of the revolution in Oid Spain had reached
there, but the Royal Authorities had declined pro-
m::/gating them; and the Proclamations were print-
ed, and read in the streets by the principal merchants
and inhabitants, and received with the strongest.
marks of approbation by the people. A report
prevailed at La Guyra that General Morillo had
been killed in an action with the Insurgents, but it
was not generally credited.
We lately published an account of a tumult at.
Wellington, in Shropshire, among the workmen, in
consequence of notice having been given by the Iron-
Masters, that a reduction of wages would take place
in consequence of the depression in the iron trade;
the colliers continuing to manifest a riotous disposi-
tion, the Shrewsbury Cavalry were requested to
attend. The request was obeyed with alacrity; but
rn arrangement was entered into between the mas-
ters and their workmen, to leave the dispute to five
Magistrates, when the latter decided that the men
were entitled to their former scale of wages, :nut on
Monday the men returned to their labour, and trfin-
quillity was completely restored.
It is a remarkable coincidence, and which we are
surprised Mr. Southey omitted, in his life of John
Wesley, that the Rev. Charles Wesley, who escapees
the fortune, was the father of the two celebrated
musicians and organ players of that name ; and that
Lord Mornington, who inherited the Wellesley
property was also most excellently skilled in that.
science, and author of several glees, madrigals, &c.
of the first merit, among which is Sitenston's
well-
known address to the Fairies—" Here in cool grut
and mossy cell," which gained the Pr:ze medal et
the Catch Club.

Several radical pikes with shafts firm Fix to ten
feet in length, with some ball tt.utridges, were found
lust %cal in a plamat;on at Ilosefieal, near Eiibricle;
probably some of those with which the Strathavcrt
Radicals marched to Cathkin. Two pike-head!
were found a few days ono at the bottom of a ciao-
shaft near Airdrie, that had not been wrought in for
sortie time: and some gun bulls have been found in
a ditch near the town of Strathaven,

An article from Vienna states, that accounts has
arrived on the Yd of June that the Schah of Persia
was at the point of death. The will of the dying
King declared his younger son Abbas Mimi to be
his successor to the throne ; but it is added, that the
Governors of provinces and the princes of the Rot•al
Family were opposed to this disposition of the
throne. The death of the Schah will therefore must
probably be the signal for a civil war, of which we
doubt not Russia ivill be sure to take advantage.
On Tuesday, before the Chamber of Deputies pro-
ceeded to other business, a Report was made front
the Commission appointed to deliberate upon the
proposition of M. L. de Vilteveque, for ussigning to
the Journalists a place in the body of the Chamber.
The Reporter observed, that although the Journals
were not officiai, yet they were the most effective
and most important instruments in giving to the
proceedings of the Chamber that publicity which
was essential in Representati ie Governments, and
pre-eminently conducive to the seem ity of their in-
stitutions. l y means of them alone were the Mem-
bers enabled to debate in the presence, as it were, of
their constituents, and to declare their opinions to
the country at large. The Commission, therefore,
recommended, that a place as near as possible to the
Tribune should be appropriated to individuals
attending from the Newspapers to report the discus-
sion. The consideration of the matter was past-
pond.

A deputation of the Livery waited upon the
Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House, on Thursday
morning, with a requisition, sigued Ly upwards of
100 liverymen, requesting his Lordship to call a
Common-hall on an early day, to consider of the
propriety of an address to the Queen, upon her
arrival in this country. His Lordship politely ex-
pressed his desire at all times to comply with the
wishes of the Livery ; but observed, that as an im-
portant discussion relative to her Majesty was to
take place in the House of Commons that evening,
be judged it prudent to wait the result of that dis-
cussion, before he returned an arswer to their
application, The conversation ended by his Lord-
ship's signifying his readiness to receive any of the
gentlemen the neat morning, when he did not doubt
iie should be prepared to give his decisive answer.—
Mr. Wetherspoon accordingly waited upon his Lord-
snip on hriday morning, who observed, that after
what had taken place in the House of Commons, he
supposed her Majesty would be addressed by both
Houses of Parliaruent, and that the corporations
through the country would probably follow their
example. His Lordship did not appear to see any
impropriety in granting the Hall ; but as his official
duties would necessarily engage hint several days
next week, lie could not then fix a particular day,
but promised to send Mr, Wetherspoon his final
determination previously to the Common Hall of
Saturday.
It is with infinite satisfaction we learn, "hat the
Duke of Sussex has been solicited to suffer his name
to be included in the list of Candidates for the Pre-
sidency of the Royal Society, vacant by the death of
Sir Joseph Banks. The high intellectual powers of
his Royal Highness, improved by a classical and re-
fined taste, eminently qualify him to fill the first
scientific satiation in this grant metropolis. It
would, indeed, be a difficult task to select any one
whose zeal in the pursuit of knowledge, whose affa-
bility of manners, whose liberality of sentiment,
evinced on every occasion and ou every subject, so
well quahtied to become the President of the Royal
Society as his Royal Highness; added to which, the
very extensive library, 6elected entirely by his Royal
Highness, and winch it has been for same time past
his intcutiou to lay of en for the benefit of literary
and scientific men, would eminently conduce to the
promotion of knowledge in every department of li-
terature, science, and the arts.

Awrct. occulitty.Nce —Ott Sunday last, tsvo S. •
mons Were preached at Itieihnei Cie.nt Church, lin the
benefit of the National tscii::o;3 111 heat paridt, by tbe
Bishop of Loudon, and tie R.,. G. S. Hawtvay.—
I)arinet •the wonting missive, wild,! th.. Rector at the
Parish eas re:J.lll,g the second lu.sor, . the waster of he
school, Ur. Hodge, fell down fr. .. and wes
in lift•'.ess. Every • • •rted to
restore animation, but witnout • ;cp.
•:!uiott produced by this alartnin4 . a Crowded
congregation, was beyond desert', t was
4reatly increased by the reflection .• • ! ,lap•tot
.11 which tie was held ht.• t• t
of which h is was the sot t.:!1•1•• .• ).i

A most praiseworthy societ. t,:•c Ca: il-a0v.&•:1,,,,e•
:lent of hiithful female NGIV,III:S bek'll
York. It propos,2s to riwar,i servants who 11a7c
Jaen two years in till same b;2l' tO tile •Itjt2lllinittli
:if their employers with 11. 1, :Ind haat:a:4l%s, by
half a guinea till the end of thur yem:s, after which
2s. is to be the reward of ev::ty year aftei. A
register office is also established fur 311( is s.Tvaiits out
of place :6 have livid two years 14i:hinny in their
former :,,ituation. It appears such :welcties have
been productive of the most beneficiul effects in Lon-
don, Liverpvl, Manchester, Bthtol, Bath, awl other

Voice.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.

On Friday a case of importance to the more respect-
able part of sueiely, and which de:eloped a most scol-
daloos system of fraud...came on to be heard at this

Mr. Setvel, Secretary to au institution called "
Siratigers. Society." attended, and stated that lie had re-
rived a coi 1111 l tailication liuw Eail Fozwillisto (who
with ethers of the Nohiiity helon.red to the above So-
ciety) tlt,aa man had applied to lion for relief, ails! had
sent peCitimis, stating that he was a rewired tradoimait
iii great distress, with a wife and six t-liddren, who bad
been ~fgle,etl With typhus fever, and Lii..l I COO
Of lIIS not been able to pay his rent, his landlord had
seized his goods. lle :traded, that if lie could be sor-
ccaful in Qui., it would enable Min to enter
a school wilicit was to Le let in Charles Sireet, Hatton
Garden, a t,l theieby lie could support Ins wife and C.l-
- Ea.! lil.zwidiant thinking him a proper aket
of charity, scut his ease of distress to Mr. Sewel, to be
inquired tutu. Mr. Sewel acemilin.;ly made inquiry
ati.d ascertained the prisoner's story to he a in.qe fahri-
C4tloll. NVILIi he therHbie Ladled at Earl Fitzwilliam's
house, he had hint apprehended. A woman wss also
ipprehentled for the :same sort of pluceeding praetised
oi, Lord Milton, and it appearei! they had exercised
their plans of fraud upon the Do :e of Devonshire,
Oncitess of Bucclengh, Earl of Harrowhy, Earl of
Derby, Right Hon. Richard Ryder, Lord ..laiivers, Sir
George Staunton, Mr. Wilberrorce, and other persons
of distinction.

At about three o'clock the office was crowded, and
Lord MiLon and Mr. Wilberforce, &c. attended to
make their charges against the prisoners for having ob-
tained money under false pretences.
Mr. Scwel, being sworn, stated his charge against
the prisoner, George Wyatt, au old man. lie recapi-
tulated the above particulars in the presence of Lord
Milton and kir. Wilberforce, add iiig, that on calling
at Earl Fitzwilliam's house he saw tile prisoner, and
questioned him concerning the correctness of the tenour
of his petition, which he said was all true, in the pre-
sence of the Eat steward; and that the names of Mr.
Wilberforce, Sir George Staunton, and the others, were
all gumine: he gave the prisoner a 11. note. A letter
was sent to him by Sir..G. Staunton, stating that the
signatme of his /Wale was a forgery.
Mr. Wilbertwee was sworn. said, on looking at
the petition, that she name was not hi signature;
whoever wrote it must have seen and tried to imitate his
signature.
A gentleman was here sworn,and proved that the pri-
soner's statement was false concerning his taking a school
in Charles-street, Hatton-garden ; he was acquainted
with the place, and there was no school to be let iu the
neighbourhood.

Earl Fitzwilliam's steward corroborated Mr. Sewers
statemeat.

The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he was a land-
surveyor, and was in great distress, and the contents of
the petition we.e true. He was not married to the wo-
man in custody, but was the father of children blr her,
whom he was bound to support.
He was remanded.

Esther Niven was then separately examined from the
above prisoner. She is a decent-looLing woman, of very
mild manners and address.

Lord Milton, being sworn, stated, that the prisoner
came to his house to ask him fur 50111 Q money, present-
ing a lever. Ile inquired of her what her object was in
asking for charity ; she said she was in distress, and
wanted to purchase a mangle to get her living. He asked
her what would be the expellee of a mangle, and she
told hisLordfihip nine guineas, and that Mr. Wilber-
force had given her a one-pound note. his Lordship
was going out at the tiiine, and he gave her some money;
he had heard of the imposition, and a constable was
standing at the gate, and the prisoner perceiving that she
was going to be given in custody, laid down the money,
and said she would not take it.

Mr. Wilberforce stated a similar imposition on him. •
The Magistrate thought it a shameful imposition, and
upon tho,e %vho were the most useful members of so-
ciety ; and, to prevent Such cases in future, Le hoped
that eves), gentleman who had been situilatly treated
would come torwaid.

EUIGRATION..—It having been stated in the
public prints, that it was the intention of his Md..
jezty's Government to give to emigiants from this
couhtry, on their arrival at Quebec., the sum 01101.
smiling, independent of 100 acres of uncultivated
land, :Ind some doubt being entertair.ed on the sub-
ject, a person in Annan, interested in this matter,
made application to the Colonial Department for
the nects.sary information, and Lord Bathurst has
been pleased to direct the following ausw,..r to be
returned

di DOWNINGI-111 T. .111:;*Z 6.

" am directed by Lord -
tige lite tee, ipt ut yoor letter of the •';• ;. allog
tt:•tt %tit %%ere toiformetlat was the Ht • ,•1 Majcn-
ty'• (i,vcionieht to allow ten potitol. , . a aettler int-r-
-eel:ding to North America , and acqn t t ...1 that there
Po i;;Icolion ue generally waking alloaance
CAA to arlirell you refer.
• an, Stc. your most obetlirot I.lolble

An cod is now put to the t.•• . 1 ;I:•y, which
the Public havc No 101Ig ti, the
King's Mows. The .gates and 'venues to
it are nu,' marked with " No IL:noughtitre."
A carious action for breach of promise of mar-
riage, against a lady of considerable property, which
was to be tried the Sittings after this, Terra) stand,
over to November,

PktICE OF LEATIIEtt, Per l'ound.
Butts, 50 to 65lbs each l7d to 10

Dressing 11 ides . ......

14d to ltd

eine Ci !tide,....
Crop Ilicleb,Ss to 4tJ11).,, for cutting

. -
Ditto, 45 to 50Ihi '7d to Lid
Cull Skins, :10 co 40:b.

Dam, .5U to 7U.03 ".tJ to ?..3tl

Dttto, 70 to bUtas
Twined thine Hales
small Seal. (Greenland)
Large ditto, per imam! 14d to ISd