The National Register.
London, England, 1817-03-31 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

OFFICES IN COURTS OF LAW.—ENGLAND.
RETURN TO AN ADDRESS ON THE HONOURAHLE llorsE OF
COMMONS, TO HIS ROYAL HIGIINLSS 'I HE PRINCE HI,
GENT, REQUIRING
A Return of the Names of all such subordinate Officers
in the several Courts (g. Law and Equity of Eng-
land, as are held in trust fur the several Chic'. or
other Judges of such Courts, or of which the Pro-
fits are, in the whole or in part, applied to their .
use; SpeciOing the amount of such Pronts, and to
whom and for whose use they arc applied.
1. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.

It appears from a Report of the Committee of the.
lion. the House of Commons, made to that House in
the year 1811, that among other emoluments of the
Great Seal, the persons holding the situations of Secre-
tary of Bankrupts and Purse-Bearer, receive, for the
use of the person holding the Great Seal, sums for
which they account, and which, it is believed, have-
been always the same till the present Chancellor di-
rected certain payments to be made cut of what was
accounted tbr to his predecessors, as is stated in the Re-
' port of the Commissioners fin- inquiring into the Fees
of the Courts of Justice ; a copy of which Report, La
returned into Chancery has, in obedience to an order
of the Hons.!, been laid before it. Soon after the Re-
port of the Committee of the House of Commons in
1811, was made, the emoluments of the Great Seal
were charged by Act of Pa::iamtnt, with 2,5001. a-
year, to he paid to the Suitor's Fund, to reimburc that,
fu:id one-half of the Vice-Chancellors salary. The
LiCf:;oll4 hohling these situations have, through a long

MARCH 31.

THE DRA3IA.

COVENT-GARDEN TEE:A.m.

The Managers, on Thursday night, got up Tobin's
play of the Curfivv, to bring out Mr. Booth in
hording, but that character is so manifi:st and miser-
able a copy of Zanga, that it affords no scope fin. an
actor. There was no want of effort on the part of Mr.
Bata he threw as much power into the character as
it would. admit of; but the effect was not correspon-
dent. This gentleman, has already been often can
tinned against unnaturally inflating his cheeks and
protruding his under lip, in the expression of rage.
We now deem it necessary to repeat that caution. His
countenance is good; but he relies, perhaps, somewhat
too mueh on his gestures; and they require to be chas-
tened. ;le fixed the attention of the audience, and
was deservedly applauded in some passages M'Crcady
perihnned Robert with grad sense and fixiing. Abbot
made the most of Bertrand. Terry was out of his
element in the Baron; and very tame and very frigid;
his excellence lies in another line. Miss Booth in
Florence, and Mrs. Egerton in Matilda, were respecta-
ble. The Duke and Duchess of Gloacesvr entered
early, and the house was crowded; but, on the whole,
the play went off coldly; and when Mr. Abbot an-
nounced it for a second representation, a cry to.
No! Not-1'..5/1/1(ms! Posthninusl arose in the pit
and galleries. If the Managers wished to chill Mr.
Booth, they could not have chosen a better part than
Fitzbarding. But it is ;lair judgment alone, we con-
demn, and not their intention.

Incledon took leave of the public on Monday night,
when many of the most distinguished performers of the
two Winter Theatres performed at his fiirewell benefit.
--The House was filled in every part, and the reseipts
were considerably beyond 1,0001. It is saiu he goes to
America. In the course of the evening Mr. Dowton
came forward, surrounded by all the performers present,
and delivered with great pathos the following appro..
priate address :
The woeful favourite of yotir youthful flays,
Ratted by your smiles, and norturd by your praise;
Whom y,.a ibroriai o'd, from competition free,
ivard w fun uaUycnieludy:
NI. w filo Cti, ! in foreign l':)1111'S to roam,
To seek, beyond tl.' Atlantic waste, home;
`Err yet :a Enela.iil's shore lie Mils adieu,
Pours 101111 one parting, grate-fat siraite—to you.
Clli let the men, who with him trod the stage,
illo wiark'd the ennu,se of his
Vito sAW with joy his talents iipesed bloom;
ho hail'd in. progress, and now mourn his doom;
Shod, for talents WA, tin pitying tear.
While yet they may behold their Itrothei hare.
ll,Te—ss hot c the Friend. who view d his youthful power,
Now meet to e.i.e.eera c his farewell hour:
Here—where tilt- I,l,Liodits he ties fed so long,
Now Jor the Past that, cheer your Child of Song.
To von his claim for kindness he preterit :
Your presence skews that his appeal was heard.
No Actors here, as Actors, now attend,
Bit Ft it assemble to support a Fr;end.
Tlico.e Friends would waft alms r one fervent prayer,
One an‘jo Hs wisi, for him c 1 lit) ()mks their care:-
11ay lie, in lot di where Briti‘li acerlits sotf.d,
Esperience what he felt on ISriti,h ground :
While to his Lai• your language they impart,
0:1, may they speak your lan .uage—la his keart I
Nay a.I the social joys %%Welt here c‘ki,
there wait upon the " I aiid rig,, Melodist 1"

Mr. Kemble has disposed of his residence in Russell
street, Bloomsbury-square; MO proposes, after having'
taken his leave as a public performer at Covent-garden
theatre, to retire to Italy, at least for a time ; that cli-
mate having been advised for the restoration of his health.

It is not in England only that dancers are well paid.
The Monitcur j.the two Sit'ilies gives an account of
the modest demands of Du Port, the dancer, when an
engagement was dieted him to dance tier the season at
the New Theatre of Sans Carlos at Naples. The Mana-
gers proposed to allow him a yearly salary of 83,000
francs, two free benetit, a house, dresses, and douceurs.
This he refused, and demanded 25,000 francs fin. danc-
ing 15 times during the Carnival!, and 75,000 for the
rest of the year, with a house, a free table for himself,
wife, and son, and the members of his establishment, a
carriage, horses, and footmen, and that he should only
dance 84 times within the year! The Manager broke
off the negociation ; and a Ballet for the opening of the
Theatre was preparing by M. Talzitme without him,
under the appropriate title of La Modestie Recompenff.
when this great little man thought proper to concede to
the terms offered him.

Capt. Somerset, the eldest son of Lord C. Somerset,
arrived a few days ago, from Boulonge, accompanied by
Miss Ileatheote, daughter of Captain Heathcote, on
their way to Gretna-green. It appears the happy
pair took their flight from a ball, when the company
left off dancing of the supper-room, and imme-
diately embarked for Fnglan I. The happy couple,
since their northern union, have returned to London.
REVIVAL. Or TitADE.—We can state, from the best
authority, that during the last tl.ree weeks, a most sensi-
ble revi.-Al in the trade of this port has been experienced
at the Cot ,m-'rose, and amongst several of our mer-
chants and maaJfaeturers.-w-Bri4to/ Journal, Marc

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MR. CCRIVEN'S PLAN

Fait
THE RELIEP OF THE POOH, AND FOR THE REDUCING
AND EQUALIZING THE ANIOUN C OF THE POOH
RATES.

THE Committee of the House of Commons, to I
whose consideration the laws respecting the poor have
been referred, have now continued their labours above
a month. As we do not find that they have made any
report, and as the subject attracts considerable atten-
tion, we have determined to lay befiwe our readers a
short sketch of the means which the public sj.ifited
Senator, at whose instance the Committee was appoint-
ed, has suggested as likely to avert the evils consequent
on the present system, by which rich and poor are at
present equal sufferers.
The principal feature of the plan is a modification
of the Benefit Society System. Each parish is to have
an option, whether or not within it shall be established
a society, with a treasurer and other officers, to whom
those of each sex who earn their bread by labour, shall
pay weekly two and a half per cent on their wages.
To the amount of these sums is proposed, at present, to
be added an equal amount from the parish rates ; and the
whole, distributed among the subscribers w Ito may be cotne
necessitous at the discretion of a committee to be form-
ed, one half out of the contributors from wages, the
e;her half from those who pay to the rates. This
committee is to be renewed biennially, ene half annu-
ally going out by rotation, but each individual retiring
to he capable of re-election, by the subscribers to the
society, or contributors to the rates, respectively. In
the lapse of a few years it is hoped, from the habits of
industry and foresight, and from the more independent
feelings which the possession of these funds and their
management must generate, that a payment from the
rates, of a sum equal to one third, or one quarter part
of the amount of the subscriptions may suffice. In this
case the proportion of numbers on the managing com-
mittee is also to vary and bear its due proportion to
the sums respectively raised by subscription and by the
poor rates.
It is proposed that all persons above forty years of
age shall be provided for on the present footing, and
that with regard to them no alteration of the present
system shall take place; but that all those persons
now under forty, who do not subscribe to the National
Benefit Society, if established, are to receive no re-
lief under the Poor Laws beyond the provision given
by the 43d of Elizabeth, on incapacity to labour.
Several contiguous parishes may join, if they think
fit, in one National Benefit Society. When so united
by common consent, they are to firm a district '-'eo-
vergo-
vernedby one committee. In the distribution of the
fun•ts of the Society, no particular rules are meant to
be dictated. Each committee is to be guided by their
own discretion aceording to their view of local circum-
etnees, but that in case of diteute no general rules are
t.) be established which have not bee ratified by the
quarter sessions, who a-e, however, to be restrained
fr these rules, having a power merely to
tenti;nn or to quash. The eian itself has been pub-
lish me h more in detail; but the above particultuv
may be se. i,:ient to give our readers a general notion
of the amewhnents in the present system, which if they
can be came-1 into effect, will no doubt lead to con-
side-:able benefit to the poor themselves, as well as
testa effectually to lighten the present increasing, and
alieady nearly intolerable burden of the poor rates.

The Monument voted by Parliament to the memory
of A aural Lord Collingwood, and ordered to be erected
in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, is now completed.
The inscription on the monument details the various ac-
tions in which the gallant Adniml engaged.
Adelaide Contarel Chauviniere, an interesting female
has been condemned to death by the Court of Assize at
LIM, for having poisoned one of her nieces, a rich and
beautiful young 41y. The culprit had appealed, but
her sentence was confirmed, and she was execated on
the 1:1th in the market-place of Ernee.
There is no fmndation for the report mentioned in
the Court news in all the papers, that the King of
France less presented a splendid mansion, four miles
from Paris, to the Duke of Orleans, on condition that
he shod reside there, and that his Highness hail ac-
cepted it. The filet is, that the mansion alluded to is to
he exchanged by the King of France fur the Duke of
Orleans stables in Paris, which have been occupied by
his Majesty's household for three sears, and for which
the Duke of Orleans had not yet obtained any compen-
sation. It is equally unfounded, that any promise should
have been requested from the Duke of (Means, or given
by him, for his future residence either at that place or at
any other.
A coal-black young tiger is now on board the Java,
Captain Hodges, recently arrived in the riNer from Ben-
gal. He is so ferocious in his manners that no one can
approach his den without danger. He is confined in a
strong iron cage, and is about 1;2 mouths old. It is sup-
posed the Captain intends him as a present to the Prince
Regent. The Cap-ain has also brought two very
beautiful buff:flees ; they word likewise very fierce
when first taken on board, but during the voyage be-
came snore docile.

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MR. HUNrS RECEPTION AT BRIDPORT!

BRIDPORT ELECTION, AlAncil 26.—1 n consequence
of a vacancy having taken place in the repr,,sentation
of this Borough, Charles Henry Sturt, Esq. son and
heir of the late member, has been here sonic days, and
has canvassed this town. He has received assurances of

support from all ranks. To-day, we were not a little
surpri::ed at the arrival of Mr. Hunt, at the Golden
Lion-inn. This mock patriot applied to Messrs. Margrie
and D azaloe, printers in this town, to get an address to
the electors published; but, to their credit, neither
would give currency to the inflammatory poison. He
then made application at neighbouring printers, at Bea-
minster, where he met with the same contempt. In the
course of the day, he harangued the populace, stating,
that in consequence of the resignation of Sergeant Bed.
he intended offering himself as a candidate ; that t&.
morrow he would canvass the borough, and the next
day he should be found on the hustings, and would there
explain himself more filly. His addrAs was received
with loud and universal groans and hisses : the multi-
tude vociferating, " N., Hunt, no Spatields."

ALLOWANCE or COSTS TO Peoatarvritits.—lii a case of lar-
ceny, which %vas tried at the Staffoi :I Assizes, betine Justit •
P.lrk, neon an application to the Court for the expenses el
the prosecution, his Lordship refused ht allow them ; tov.igning
as his reason. th it since thit prisoner was committed, two lie-
Deral Quarter Sessions of the Peace had intervened, at ONO
of which the prisoner might and ought to have been tried,
that being a competent tribunal for such Off n ler,. His
that lie li,:d refused to grant the costs in a
r.vie at Worcester on the sane ground, and to that rule lie
should always adhere.