The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-19 00:00:00

FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GALETTL,

CARLTON iIoITSE, Nov. 14.
It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the Par-
riament be prorogued from Thursday the 49th day of this instant
November, to Thursday the 3d day of January next.

This Gazette contains a Proclamation for a new coinage of
Fill thingt, of the present Reign.
It also notifies the appointment of J. Wood, the younger, of
Woodbridge, Suffolk, Gent. to be a Muter Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
T. Fists and R. G. Longcroft, Rummy, Hants, brewers.
W. lang,taff, Liverpool, merchant
A. Schmuck, Bury Court, St. Mary Axe, merchant.
BANKIIUPTS.
J. Twigs, Cheapside, warehouseman. Solicitor, Mr. Lester,
Crutchedfriars.

It. Needham. Brompton, silversmith. Sols. Messer. Shelton
and Co. Old Bailey.
W. Cooper, Liverpool, draper. Sole. Messrs. Blackatock and
Co. Temple.
D. Kip en, Stangate Wharf, Lambeth, timber merchant.
Sol. Mr. .tones, Brunswick Square.
W. Streets, Aldermanbury, galloon manufacturer. Sols.
Mes..rs. Webster and Co. Qocen Street, Cheapside.
T. Matthews, high RolOorn, linen diaper. Sols. Messrs.
Swain and Co. Old Jewry.
C Scott, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, manufacturer of
earthenware. Sol. Mr. Barber, Fetter Lane.
T. Davidson and .1. Milligan, Liverpool, merchants. Sols.
Messrs. Adlington and Co. Bedford Row.
G., J., and S. Green, Sheffield, merchants. Sol. Mr. Wilson,
Greville Street, Raton Garden.
W. Gotabed, Stretham. Cambridgeshire, butcher. Sol. Mr.
Francis, New Boswell Court.
J. Moody, junior, Egliam. Surrey, coach master. Sol. Mr.
Isaacson, Long Acre.
Sir R. Graham, Bart., London, J. Railton, Manchester, and
J. Railton and J. Voting, London, merchants. Sol Mr. Bolton,
Austinfriars. _ .

H. J. Northcote, Lime Street, wine merchant. Sol. Mr.
Birkett, Cloak Lane.
R. Andrews, Worcester, bookseller. Sole. Messrs. Constable
and Co. Symond's Inn.
R., and .1. Simister, Birmingham, button makers. Soli.
Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery Lane.
J. M. Sanders. Ipswich, ironmonger. Sole. Messrs. Clarke
and Co. Chancery Lane.
W. Cartel), Titton, Worcestershire, miller. Sob. Messrs.
Duke and Co. Red I.ion Square.
NI. A. Gage, Liverpool, tailor. Sole. Messrs. Taylor and
Co. Temple.
J. Coutes, %Veobly, Herefordshire, tanner. Sob. Nlessrs.
Dax and Co. Guilford Street.
J. Murray, Parkhead, Cumberland, butter dealer. Sol. Mr.
Addison, Staple Inn.
L. Haydon and J. K. Hendy, Welbeck Street. Cavendish
Square, auctioneers. Sol. Mr. Hutchison, Crown Court,
Threadneedle Street.
W. Tills, junior. !Motley, Essex, merchant. Sols. Messrs.
Stevens and Co. I.ittle Saint Thomas Apostle.
T. Spencer. Gray's Inn I.ane, livery stable keeper. Sole.
Messrs. Tebbutt and Sons, Gray's Inn Square.
G., J., and S. Green, Sheffield, edge tool manufacturers. Sol.
Mr. Capes, Gray's Inn.
W. and R. Robinson, Worthing, Sussex, common carriers.
Sols. Messrs. Smith and Co. New Baoingliall Street.
W. and S. Kinner, Nothing Hill. Middlesex, stage coach
proprietors. Sul. Mr. Hull. ChisweH Street.
J. Sherwin, Burstein, Stafford, ironmonger. Sol. Mr. Wool-
ston, hornivaeo Inn.
F. Richardson, Cheapaide, warehouseman. Sole. Messrs.
Gregson and Co. Angel Court, Thmgmorton Street.
W. L. Bryan and R. G. Gunnell, Poultry, printers. Sols.
Messrs. Loxley and Son, Cheapside.
J. Ballston, North Shields, ship owner. Sub. Messrs. Nind
and Co. Throgmorton Street.
W. Byre. Cockspur Street, trunk maker. SoL Mr. Carlon,
High Street, Marylebone.

DIVIDENDS.
Dec. 8, J. Kenworthy, Stones Wood, Saddleworth, Yorkshire,
woollen manufacturer-20, H. Elliott, Chi ham. Wiltshire,
clothier—ill, C. Jones and B. l.oademan. Sheffield, druggists-
-10. B. and .1. Slater, Samlesbury Mill, Lancashire. cotton spin-
ners-15. P. Tyler, Haddenham, Bucks, maltster—S, J. White
and W. Sloan, Manchester, millwrights-10, H. ()trader, Hats-
forth, Yorkshire. drysalter—i3, J. Harrop, Gateshead, Durham.
grocer-19, J. Polglase, Bristol, merchant-8..1. Homer, Barge
Yard, Bucklersbury, merchant-8, J. Orr. Barge Yard, Buck-
lenthury, merchant-11, J. Martin, Liverpool. merchant-11,T.
Atherton, Liverpool. tanner-8, A. Kelt'', Colonnade, Pall Mall,
jeweller—l2, W. Akers, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, butcher-10,
W. Wainwright, Liverpool. merchant-8, J. Cary, Briquet
Court, Fleet Street, merchant-8, B. Hornby, Bernard Street,
Foundling Hospital, plumber-8, R. Mossenton, Great Marlow,
Boats, horse dealer—is, B. J. and T. Robinson, Lawrence
Lane, warehousemen.
CERTIFICATES to be granted Dec. d.
T. Green, Liverpool, auctioneer—T. Mantle, Dover, cabinet
maker—D. Corsi, Perry Street, Bedford Square, dealer in music
—W. G. and E. M'Mt.llen, Hertford, grocer—W. Wrightson,
Leeds, druggist—H. 'Herter, Liverpool. merchant—F. Eybe
and A. Scmat-ck, Bury Court, St. Mary Axe, merchant—M.
Agar, Walbrook, oilman.

The Success and Pilot transports have arrived at
Portsmouth from the Mediterranean, with returned
ordnance and commissariat stores from Malta, inva-
lided seamen from the British squadron, and invalided
and limited-service men from the following regiments
—Royal Artillery, Bth or King's, 10th and 18th,
1:.r; al Irish, and from the 26th, 27th, 28th, 36th,
51st, 64th, 75th, and 90th. ‘Ve learn by the above
vessels that the garrison at Gibraltar was healthy,
notwithstanding the weather had been intensely hot-
not more than .50 or 60 casualties were in the hos •
pital, and no case of fever. At Cadiz and the vil-
lages around there were indications of fever, and the
Spaniards were apprehensive of extensive sickness;
Trade' had been exceedingly brisk at Gibraltar,
though entirely carried on by smuggling, a practice
that has been produced by the restrictions imposed
by the Spaniards on the regular trade with their
ports.—The ship Hooey, and another large private
British trailer, from India direct, had recently landed
and sold great part of their cargoes of tea, and other
Indian produce, and considerable sales had likewise
takui place in tobacco. The garrison at Gibraltar
consisted of the 26th, 21111, 64th, and 75th regiments;
the 18th, 80th, and 85th regiments were at Malta;
the Bth regiment was at Zanto ; the :10th regiment

tat Mon :
AIONDAY. NOVEMBER 91.

SENTENCE UPON M. A. CARLILE.

In our paper to day we give an account of the ap-
pearance in Court of Mary Ann Carlile (whose
brother and sister-in-law are at present incarcerated
in Dorchester jail) to receive sentence for having
published a blasphemous libel. We hare always
expressed our abhorrence of the principle which can

instigate such publications—we have always con-
sidered that while every one is allowed to worship
the Deity in his own way, coutroversy on the sub-
ject of religion is more likely to do harm than good,
and even if we believed that the Christian Faith were
founded in fable, yet should we doubt whether or
not it might be mercy to the uninformed part of
mankind, to destroy that hope from which they de-
rive strength of mind to meet the sorrows of this
world with fortitude, and to anticipate a happy fu-
turity with confidence—under the influence of these

feelings it cannot be supposed that we shall be the
apologists of this unfortunate, infatuated family,
whose perseverance, in the face of that law which
they must know has power to ultimately crush
them, partakes strongly of madness—but we may
ask, is not this sentence most excessive ? is it not,
in fact, tantamount to one of imprisonment for life?
and that is a sentence which, in even worse times
than these, no Judge could yet find an excuse in
the books of' British law for passing.
The Bill of Rights, a main part of that non-de-
script article which we call ova CONSTITUTION,
declares, " That excessive bail ought not to be
required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and
unusual punishments inflicted"—and yet a woman
who is not worth five pounds, is sentenced to pay a
fine of FIVE HUNDRI.D POUNDS, to be imprisoned in
Dorchester gaol one year, and at the expiration if
that time give sureties for seven years, herself' in
10001. and two sureties in 1001. each; and to be
imprisoned until such fine is paid anti security given.
—We do not wish that she should nut be restrained
from a repetition of her offence, but we regret that
her sentence should be of so severe a nature as to
excite feelings of a doubtful kind towards the Judges
who deliberated upon it, and we fear moreover that
by its severity those who have hitherto regarded the
infamous activity of this family with unmixed con-
tempt, will find that feeling converted into one of
commisseration and pity—we can most truly declare
that it has already worked such a conversion upon
us.