The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-10 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

HURRICANZ AT LIIERPOOIo
LIVERPOOL, Dec. I.—Yesterday was remarkably fine
from early in the morning till towards four in the after-
noon, when a cold and sharp wind from the west began
to blow fresh, and continued to increase in violence till
towards midnight it became a perfect harricane; the sea
(or river) ran mountains high; the ships in the Mersey
were drifted from their anchors; the passage boat across
the river dared not face the gale; several Rats, laden and
unladen, were dashed to pieces; the beautiful steam ves-
sel Ivanhoe, Dublin packet, lying tip in the Queen's Basin,
was driven with such violence against the pier, that she
is now • complete wreck : close to her a sloop, totally
broken to atoms; between twenty and thirty flats sunk
mid damaged in various parts of the river; • fine Ameri-
can packet (the 4 ibiun) ashore, and likely to go to pieces
before she eats be got off next spring tides; the dimity,
A•terican outward hound ship, likewise stranded, with
damage, and must be unloaded ; a great number of boats
sunk and broken to pieces; a Yorkshire vessel, in which
the • ife and family of the captain were, all perished
within • few yards of the pier! During the storm, a
windmill, situate near the signal-house, oil the Cheshire
side, which cumin not lie stopped by any tabu of the
miller, took fire, and was b•rued down. Many new
buildings, nearly finished, are levelled with the ground;
scarce a roof' in the wan has escaped damage, and the
falling slates, tiles, and bi.cks, during the tempest, ren-
dered the streets dangerous for passengers all the night.
A melancholy circumstance attended the fatal storm to a
mist respectable family in this town:—Mr. Barton, a
considerable brewer, and a highly esteemed inhabitant,
residing in Scotland-road, retired to rest with his wife and
infant at the usual Muir ; and, dreadful to relate, in the
dead of the night, a sudden gust of sired blew down a
large stack of chimneys, belonging to the premises, on to
are roof, exactly over the bed where Mr. and Mrs. Barton
and the infant were asleep, and killed the lather and mo
titer on the spot, but the child, that lay between throe, was
this moaning found alive! Another stack of chimneys tell
down in a house near the pit k, and neatly killed a child
of two years old, in bed with its mother t who, in her
dreadful alarm, rail out of the house screaming fur help,
and before assistance could be procured, the falling rub.
Irish had blocked up the door-way, sad the upper panels
were obliged to be dashed out before any person could get
into the room, where the child was heard crytug at inter-
vals, and neatly 'Mee hours elapsed before they could get
at the bed, where the infant was still alive, but much in-
jured about the head and breast. The gale has continued
very strong all day. Au instance of great courage and
perseverance donut the storm last night was related to
me by the owner of die ship :—A vessel r eady for sea was
left at anchor in the liver, in the care of a lad between 12
and la years of age the captain and crew wen eon shine,
and could nut have gone to the ship had they been ever ►o
well inclined, as nu boat durst ventute from the pier on
any account. During the storm, the vessel broke aii eight
inch cable shot t in two, and drifted widi the wind ; the
boy rail to the tiller, but war knocked down by a sudden
lurch of the ship; as soon as lie recovered, lie ran again to
the helm, and, with the assistance of a rope, fastened
himself sit as to be able to steer the vessel through all the
storm sate into the Queen's Basin, where the ON uer found
her this inoruing very little injured.

HasTratos. Dec. 3.—(Extract of a private letter.)—A
melancnoly accident occurred im our beach this morn-
ing. About half past eight o'clock, a g Wry was perceived
to be waking for the shore, with thirteen hands in In r,
from a cutter in the rifling; and as the surf was very
her, y, many persons were looking, expecting fr he
slate of the weather, some mischief would ensue. Ott
her making the shore, she came throuLth some very heat y
seas said), and had juts, encountered one when the boat
eame broadside to ; one of the men in her was seen to
stand up, and she immediately upset. The men were
most, it not all of them, seen floating about, and every
exertion was made, by men swi 11111 l mg our with ropes
tastened to their bodies, in order to brit% some of the un-
inruinate beings on shine. Four were brought in by
their exertions, but only three survived ; the other was
too far exhausted to be recovered ; time met wit!' a
watery grave. One of ihem 1 saw Clinging to an oar for
a considerable time after the others bad stink, and waved
his hand for 461151.111 U j at last he was overwhelmed in
the peaty surf, at a time when a man who had swain
OUL Was within a rod of hue. Thus have nine persons
perished to sight of hootheds of their fellow-creatures,
who had no means of giving them at-sistance.

During the prevalence of one of those heavy gales
which marked nearly the is hole of last wick, we sails
of a wind-mill at Appleton, Yorkshire, were taken a-
back, and its powerful axie revoked against the fixed
principle of its movements. The effect was that of a
heavy lever operating upon a light fulcrum; the base of
the milt yielded to the unnatural revolution of the sails,
and the whole structure upset with a crash, which pot-
teuded the deal h of the nutter and his man, both of
whom had been at work in the upper floor of this fra-
gi'e cane, in. But " the ways of Providence are inscrut-
able." This apparently devoted pair crept nom the
ruins without the sill:lncat injury, and were of the first
to "see after the stock and secure the property." ''nett
miracnlous escape is be attributed to this most sistgoLr
intervention the elocity of the ax'e, in a ratio con-.
trary from its design twisted it out of its pivots, and as
the mill veered beiore ns pr, cipitation, the axle reached
the ground first—eased the IA of the structure, and left
the upper story nearly entire. The mill belonged to Sir
Milner; it was let on a repairing lease. Tene-
ments so leased are not often found in the best repair—
All that the neighbours say on the stolject is, that they
never expected it to have stood against tile storms of the
last ten years.

Ois Thursday about twelve o'clock, wh:lkt the maid
servant of Mr. Smith, bout dud shile.ithiker, of 45, LVel-
lington-street, Clerkenwell, was guile on an errand, she
left the street door open, when souse sneaking sidaitis
went into the parlour, and stole a brlver watch, value six
guineas, and escaped undiscovered. Inhumation was
immediately given of the rubbery at the police-office,
Hatton-garden.

Sal

OF IRELAND.

A meeting upon this subject was held on Tuesday, at
the Thatched House, St. James's-street. Lord Darnley
took the chair.
Mr. S. TIGHE opened the business of the meeting.
His object was to have that inquiry instituted which
should make England acquainted with the real causes of
the calamities that now afflicted Ireland. It was a fit
subject for the investigation of Parliament, and he there-
fore moved a petition to the King to convene Parliament
as early as possible, to see whether the evil could be re-
merited, Ireland, amidst its crimes, having escaped the
suspicion of disloyalty, and disafkction to the Govein-
ment.—He then read the petition.
Mr. D. DONOVAN, of Cork, declared that the cattle
of all Ireland's cal 'es was over-taxation. He diets
proceeded to condemn the system of " middle-men."
i They must do something more than make a barrack of
Ireland, before they would make Ireland better. The
truth was, the Government of Ireland was ton expensive;
it was much too highly taxed; and till a remedy was-
applied to that evil, the tranquillity of Ireland could not
be restored.
Mr. %VELA-5 spoke of the imperfect character of the
laws. The proximate causes of the evils were the send-
ing home of Irish labourers without providing fur their
subsistence, and the low prices of the produce of the
land. They were so low that the occupiers could not
pay the rents which the landlords were entitled to re-
ceive.

Mr. S. Rice, M.P. had no objection to discuss the
question—out let it be discussed by open means; before,
however, they did any thing, let them pause as to
consequence likely to result Irons their conduct. He had
just returned from Limerick ; and no man, who had a
heart within his bosom, could witness what he had seen
without being deeply affected. He begged them to
because, if they proceeded, they must do harm.
Lord DARNLEY said, under all the circumstances, he
submitted whether it would not be better to adjourn the
present meeting.—(Hear hear 1 Move, move.)
Mr. Mooniest. moved, as an ametlmein, that this
be adjourned to a future day, such day of meeting being
notified with their noble chairman's name.
Mr. Mee, senior, spoke against the interference of
gentlemen in England at the present moment, especially
as there had been a change of the Irish Ministers—b,.
sides, Parliament was about to meet. He was fur ad-
journment eine the.
Colonel To it it Ens thought this meeting had beets most
r iperly called. Ile added, that they wanted informatioil
ou the subject—of the causes of the evils, and of the
remedies Mr them. Those who were present cei tato!).
were somewhat impartial—they had no local prejudices
to bias them.

Lord BLesstarotosr dicl not see any good would re.
Silt from adjournment, if they were to petition at all.
Mr. %VA TS OH thought those Irishmen who were there
ought to be in Ireland; he was sorry to sce so ma:ty
Irishmen at the meeting; iu their own country they
would be useful. There was danger, and they might 14
be at the post of danger.
The question of adjournment was then negatived by a
considerable majority.
Mr BEECHR k said, he thought Parliament ought to
be assembled, nut because he tie,tred severe measures,
but because he considered it ought to investigate so im-
portant a matter. It was then moved by him, that the
King, considering the circinlmstances of Ireland, be pe:i.
honed to convene Parliament forthwith.

The petition was then agreed to, and signed by Lohl
DJridey ; after which the weenna adjourned.

Howard and Gibbs's Bankruptcp.—ln the Vice-
Chancellor's Court, on Wednesday morning, his
Honour delivered his judgment in the several peti-
tions in this bankruptcy. He dismissed the pres,l:it
assigneess, and dictated that a new choice of assig-
nees should be made, but the time of making it to
be stayed, to give Mr. Carroll an opportunity of
presenting a petition, for the purpose of establish-
ing his debt under the Commission.
During the performance of The 7'seo Gentlemen
ef Fcrona, at Covent Garden, on Thursday night,
Mr. Abbot, who was acting Sir Proleus, met wiza
an accident, which caused great alarm, but happily
proved nut to have caused serious injury. In the
last banditti scene, the weapon of one of the party
struck him with some violence near the eye, kit
without touching the organ. A most violent shuck
was given to the audience. The report of a profes-
sional gentleman, however, soon quieted the anxiety
that was felt. The performance stopped instantly,
but it was very near the conclusion of the play.
On Thursday sennight the Mayor of Cork re-
ceived a communication trom Government, requiri!:4
hint to take away from the venders of gun-powder
in that city, their entire stocks in that article. He
accordingly took the necessary measnres to put
those instructions into execution, and in the course
of the day, attended by the Sh,!ritfs and a number of
peace officers, proceeded to the houses of all Ow
persons in that trade, in the above city, who readily
delivered to hitn all the gun-powder in their pos-
session.

Departure of Me Guards for lrcland.—On
day morning, at an early hour, the third battaia,A
of the First, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guar, :R,
under the command of Colonel Stewart, began to
assemble at their barracks at Knightsbridge, tnr the
purpose of marching to the Basin of tile G::.!i3
Junction Canal, where boats were waiting to con-
vey them to Liverpool, on their way to llablin.—
The 16th Lancers, the 19th, 49eh, filth, and ;..j
regiments are gone w Ireland.

400 tficript-

LONDON. MONDAY, DEC. 10.

Three o'clock, p.m.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday
last.—They furnish us with the singular fact of the
Ultra Royalists and the Liberales having united,
cvidently ter the purpose of obliging ministers to
resign. This junction, though extraordinary, would
prove beneficial to the public, if they could obtain
the complete establishment of the Liberty of the
Press, so boldly attacked by ministers, by two ob-
Losious "injects of law now before the Chamber of
Daput;es, and the object of the coalition is, to in-
duce the government also to aid the cause of Chris-
tilinity, by assisting the 'persecuted Greeks. On
these two important points, the people are decidedly
tv:th the opposers of ministers, and it is therefore
I:6ped, that they will triumph over those who have
so deadly a blow against the Freedom of the
Press. The Chamber of Deputies did not meet un.
til Monday, when there was a very animated dis-
cussion. The question before the Chamber was the
proposal by the ministers, of the new law, to which
we have alluded, on the Press, including the estab-
lishment of a Censorship for five years; but the de-
bate turned principally upon the King's answer to
the Chamber; which was strongly condemned,
by both the Ultras and Liberates, who, on this
occasion, as in voting the address, coalesced. The
pl:ncipal speaker who attacked the ministers was
M. Delalot, an ultra, who unmasked the unpopular
schemes of the King's advisers in a speech that made
tn::cli impression on the Chamber. The Keeper of the
Scals attempted to answer him in an impotent speech
in which he spoke of his loyalty and his sacrifices,
though it would have puzzled him to have shown
what either had to do with the question, General
Donadieu, and several other members, attempted to
s:•eak, but were interrupted by the President, who
was accused of partiality. The Chamber was quite
tumultuous ; and the ministers foiling to carry their
measure, the Chamber postponed its future meeting
until Thurtday. It is stated in the Paris papers
Russia persists in demanding two guarantees against
the excesses of the Turks; the military occupation
of Wallachia and Moldavia by a corps of Russian
said Austrian troops, and that of the Morea by an-
other corps of English and Austrians.

The Madrid papers of the '23d ult. mention that
the pestilence in Barcelona is sensibly diminishing
is violence. A great ferment prevailed in the Spa-
nish Capital, by a Message addressed to the King by
tl.e Cortes, stating that the town of Cadiz bad re-
fused to receive General Baron Andiila, whom he
sent thither in the quality of Governor of that port,
and the Political Chief !Kari°, who has recently
been appointed to supersede Don Manuel Jauregy.
An address was agreed to, in answer to this message,
thanking his Majesty for his confidence in the Cortes,
and assuring him of their faithful co-operation to
maintain inviolate the public liberty and the Royal
Prerogative; and that they will, without delay,
take his message into consideration, and prove Limit
determination to omit nothing towards the con-
solidation of the Constitutional Government. The
Junvention between O'Donitju and Iturbide for the
pacification of Mexico, wa, known at Madrid, and
some conceived that it orii;inat,:d in a plot to remove
the Royal Family of Spain from Europe.—A con-
spiracy :las been discovered at Malaga. The Go-
vern°. put himself at the head of a detachment
to surrrise the conspirators in a house out of the
lily. They refused to open the door, and fired
throng!. tie; windows. 'tile horse of the Governor
was wow, lel, as well as some of the soldiers, The
conspirator, then made a sortie ; four of them fell in
an instant, pierced w kit wounds; six others, of
which two were wounded, were made prisoners; but
their Chief, an ex-military officer, seized the Go-
vernor in his arms, and would have suffocated him
in the 11.4, if he had nut been relieved by prompt
a•sistame. The officer was spared by order of the
Governor, and conducted to prism,

LAIV INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SATURDAY, DaC. 7.
SAVAGE V. JONES.
The plaintiff, a tradesman, brought his action against
the defendant, a captain in the army, to recover the
amount of a bill fur shoe& and boots delivered to the de-
fendant.
The defence was, that an attempt had been made to
charge Capt. Jones for what lie never received. The
proof of delivery did not accord with the dates in the bill
of particulate of the plaintiff's demand, and the Jury
found a verdict fur the defendant.
THOMPSON V. MILLS.
Th's was an action to recover 111. for goods sold and
delivered. The plaintiff is a mantimmaker in Oxford.
street, and the demand was fur au expensive velvet pe-
lisse, trimmed with sable, made lot the defendant's wife.
The defence was, that it was an article beyond the
condition of the wife of the defendant, a master baker;
but the Jury, under all the circumstances, found a verdict
fur the plaintiff —Damages 171.
ss eon v. VEAL, GENT.
This was an action of trespass, to try whether Little
Abingdon-street. Westminster, is a public thoroughfare.
The case of the plaintiff (which was conducted by Mr.
Mai ry at t and Nll. Chitty) was, that A hingilim-st set, being
in the natiore of a cal de sac, leading no where but to the
whati'sof individuals on the riverside, it could not be
consi.lmed as a public thoronotaie, %%idiom ■u original
dedication by the el mind landlord fur that purpose.
Mr. Gurney and Mr. Gasclee ached upon the tact, that
Little Abingiliiii-street, for near 70 years, had always been
used by the public who had vccasion to go there ; and
that, Milt c the year 1771, it had been paved and lighted
by the Commissioncrs, appointed by Act of Parliament at
that period.
The ClsierJn,lire said, that the Jut), bad to determine
win ther the locus in gao had ever been dedicated to the
public, and a bellies tile public had used it as a thorough-
fare.

The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
Is cysts 40s. subject to the opinion of the Com t, Nom a
poiut reserved.

MOUES V, P4kltY.

This was an action on a bill of exchange for 1001. ac-
cepted by defendant, and endorsed to the plaintiff by a
person named Hudson. The ha nd-wi iiing of the pat ties
to the bill, and its , were pi need.
Mr. bitiney, fur tile defendant, said, that in the present
case the defendant received a gold snuff-box, charged at
91 guineas, a gilt watch, at 65, and a tut toise-sliell box,
chat ged guineriii, as part of the amount of the bill iu
question, another accepted by the same party for 971.
He would call Mr. Hudson, and expected to be able to
prove, by hi; testimony, that the articles were not %war
half the sum charged for them.
Mr. Hudson was tin n called and examined, lint
The Chief Jo•lice said, the di fence was lint made out,
and tht July tumid fur die plaintiff, for the amount of bill
and

OLD DAILEY, SATLHDAY, DEC. A.
ALLEGED FORGEHY OF A WILL.

Thomas Saxe:b)e, a man ur most rr•pectable and vene-
rable appearance (70 years ut age), was this morning put
to the bar, to rake Ins trial before a London Jury, upon an
indictment charging him with making and forging, and
atierw Ards littering as true, a certain n ill and
purporting to be the last will and testdun lit of 0111a5
ROlOl5Oll, dr ceased. .

The prisoner haying been arraigned, and pleaded Not
Guilty, and the duty having been ass urn,
Air. Broderick upeut-d the indienuciii, which comprised
several comes, tied
Mr. Adolphus proceeded to detail the circumstances to
the Jut y. The crime imputed to the 'insulter, he said,
was 1114: of intending, by fui get)+, to duptive those (ma-
iled b) law to the succession of the property of which the
late Mr. Thomas Robinson had died possessed, or their
light. It was neither his duty nor inclination, lie said, to
lead the Jury one step towards a COIIOIIIIIOII in this case,
or to utter a tenni' k in aggravation of the facts which he
should subunit to their consideiation in evidence. The
circtiorstatiet it which led to the present proceeding were
thee:—ln the year 7.15 there lived al tinll a gentleman
of the :lame of Thomas Rubinson. lie was a ildellelol,
abolll 214) ears tit age, pmseased of very considerable 'nos
perly, (nn 15 to lar,taxtl. Being a bachelor, he lived
with his mother iii law. This lady was a widow at the
time his father had 11141 nett he r, but she was nut his inu-
tile'. Upon the death of his father, Mr. 'rhos. Robinson
succeeded to all his property, with the exceptiun of an
annuity or 251. per aauuut,which was charged upon the
estate dutiug the life of his mother in law, and winch she
enjoyed. A trout the begiuning tit May, 105, this gentle.
man was seized with a disease which, in the end, ter-
minated his existelice. Immediately alter his death, his
mother made the moil diligent search, in every part in the
house, iii the t sptctation of finding 4 will. For a long
time it was supposed lie had died intestate; but at length
a paper was hound, on which acre written, in the litaid-
writing of the deceased, a meleoranditai, stating his desire
•` that all the prupetty of which be should die possessed
slitio.if be dedicated to Elisabeth Robinson, his Lite lathe r'a
'flits paper was sent up 1.• Doefo,s, Coolinutis,
and attaineted to he proved as the will or the deceased,
eat') lit the itialith of June, Isls. Upon this document it
appiat en that a se.' was ; hut, as it would lie
401,4i11, title ,0:1111 tie..• .e tio.ice was eerved upon Airs.
tiohinsuit's Ltactue, }111110111.1:,lig that the Omit had de-
ided that this paper I:01111111UL io any sense be considered
as a will, and that, unless a will or seine testamentary
paper were produced on or before the Ph of September,
uet ree would lie issued, declaring that ilie deceased had
dt.•d intestate, and thin the next of kin would be admitted
to the aelitliiiudratieu Lit the effects. By this decree; the
mother in law, who was not the next M kin, would 01
course be deprived of the possession of the property, and
till her views and hopes with respect to tue succession
would he frustrated. In this One thins fllillllllt'd 1111111
:limos( the last liniment preveribed by tit• notice 111 11111.13.
lion, namely, until the of September, witch Insole came
hum Ilie hatals of Air. Sat(lei)y, illy prison -t, a paper,
which hail been set full lit in the *lodic:lama, mid which
w as to this t Elect

a• 'the whole ut my property I Nish to give to my mo•
they iu law, it him survives With respect to my
uncle (who, it would scull:, laud been guilty ut some bail
ewiduct, 1 hope she is ill be god to him alien she finds it
ueeessary. (Ngued) " Ttiost•s Ituoisisos."
This paper, wag tau piper which the prosecutors

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