The National Register.
London, England, 1821-08-05 00:00:00

IRELAND.

A meeting of gentlemen was held on the nth inst. ;.t
the Koval Exchange, its pursuance of a requisition to the
Loot Mayor, lUr the purpose of appointing a Coinnitott:
or Stewards to make the necessary arrangements for the
intelided dinner, which is to take place in celebration of
his :Majesty's coronation.
At four o'clock the Lord Mayor took the chair.
William Digges Latouche, read the Lord Mayor's
aivertisement, calling the ptesent meeting; and
that a cot 1111 l ittee should be mimed, to make the DeCts.
sary arrangements for the approachow fcvival.
Previous to the question having Cecil put from the
chair,
Mr. O'Connell addressed the meeting, and strongly
recommended an adjournment for a few days, for the
sole portant: of a more eciteral and cordial unanimity.—
M r. &Connell concluded by moving, as an amendment,
" That impressed with profound gratitude to our august
Sovereign, for his most gracious recommendation to all
his subjects to cultivate harmony and mutual good will,
we do respectfully and dutifully determine to carry such
his Majesty's gracious intentions into diem, and to testily
in the best manner in our power the universal sentiment
of allegiance and attachment to his Majesty's person and
throne. That in order more effectually to carry such our
determination iuto execut on, this meeting be adjourned
till Monday, the 30th inst. its order to devise the tootle of
conducting, and to procure and appoint stewards, to con-
duct a public dinner, in honour of the auspicious event
of his Majesty's coronation, its such a manner as may
enable all classes, not only to combine its a present cl-
ines:too of loyalty to our Sovereign, but to lay a solid
foundation for future concord and harmony amongst
all persuasions."
Mr. Sltiel, after some pointed allusions to the circum-
stances which took place on the very day after the first
otter of conciliation, seconded Mr. O'Couttell's auseud-
meta. •
The Lord Mayor observed, tha nothing ever gave hint
more or deeper regret that' the circumstances which oc-
curred on tite Uttli of .luly. lie begged to assure the
meeting that he did all thlt 111411 could do to prevent
what had occurred ; he felt it his duty to do so, and he
only regretted that he had failed its accomplishing that
object. These remarks of his lordship were received
with loud plaudits. The amendment was then put (rout
the chair. and carried unanimously. The useeting then
adjourned.

William Thompson, Es j. was maanimuusly elected
Alderman of the Ward of Cheap un Thursday last,
iu the tutu ui the late All:Luau Ituthwell.

MS MAJESTY'S JOUR:VEY TO IRELAND.
On Tuesday morning last, nt half past eleven o'clock, his Ma.
jet y left his palace in fall-mall on his way to Ireland.
1"ORT511011111, Juts 3' I.—llis Majesty arrived here this
afternoon, at half past live in his travelling carriage, accompanied
by Lord Gnaws, and Mr. Watson his Majesty's private seere•
tary. escorted by a party of the loth Hussars; every prepare.
Con had been previously made to receive his Majeaty in this
garrison with all the parade possible ; the street; were lined with
troops, and the naval and military officers in their dress uniforms
and regimentals waited his arrival. On his reaching the outer
barrier, a salute was fired front the bastions, and Lieutenant
General Sir George Cooke, K.C.B. attended by all his staff, ple-
sented the keys of the garrison, which were graciously accepted
and returned. His Majesty rode slowly down the streets to the
water side. through the lines of soldiers. who presented arms ;
on his reaching the point of embarkation, be alighted, and was •
received by Admiral Sir J. Hawkins Whitshed. K.C.B. and the
Captains of the squadron ; the lion. Sir C. Paget handed his
Majesty into the royal barge, and on the standard being hoisted
the squadron fired a royal salute as well as the platlitrin ; in a
few minutes he reached the Roma George yacht, which had, for
his better convenience, been brought into the harbour. On the
yacht's hoisting the standard, a second salute was fired by the
squadron, and the captains comtnanding ships in the port were
severally presented, and his Majesty then retired to dress for
dinner. At half past eight o'clock the King sat down to dinner
on board the RolpilGeawe. at which Lord Graves, Sir llilgrove
Turner, Sir Edmund Nagle, Colonel Thornton. and Sir Charles
Paget had the honour to be present. The fiteility of reaching
the yacht, from the circumstance of her being moored so near
the shore, otb:red an inducement to many who were anxious to
obtain a sight of the K ing, which great numbers availed
themselves. Soon after his Majesty arrived on board, a number
of boats, in which were rich diessed females, repaired to the
yacht, and continued around her until ten o'clock. luring his
klajc,ay's dinner, the individuals in the boats were afforded an
opporninity of being gratified by a sight of their Sovereign
throtigh the windows of the cabin, and after dinner, at intervals,
with that gracious condescension which distinguishes him, the
King shored himself on the deck, and acknowledged by bowing,
to those around, the enthusiastic greetings which awaited him at
each appearance. His Majesty quitted the deck, and retires' to
rest at ten O'ClOdc.
PORTSmo writ, Are. I.—This morning the yacht got under
weigh, and proceeded out of the harbour at halt' past eight
o'clock. In her progress to Spithead she was saluted by the
guns of the Plattorm Battery and Fiat Moncton, and by the
ships in the harbour, and at Spitbead, decorated in their colours
and with the yards manned. As aeon as the Royal Oeurgc
passed through Spitheatl, the signal was given fsr the squadnia
appointed to attend the King to follow, when tic whole got under
weigh at the MOW time, and proceeded with the yacht to ('owes.
It i. circlet-sloe:I the King will anchor at ('owes this evening, and
if the wind be favourable, will proceed to-morrow morning tot
Ireland. Our naval and military Commanders in Chief dine
with the King at Cowes to-day. The King will return here front
Ireland.
WEST COWES. AUG. Majesty arrived here last
night, about half past six. and dined on board his yacht. A
large party dined with his Majesty. This morning, at half past
two, the signal was made, and the royal squadion got under
weigh for Ireland. It was accompanied by an immense number
of yachts. The whole was soon out of sight, Lord Craven's
yacht, the Louisa, is the only yacht remaining here. His Lord.
chip dined on board the royal yacht.

ENCHIRIDION;
OR, A HAND FOR THE ONE-HANDED.
..........-

" Magister artis ingenique largitor venter."
" It has been justly observed that the real worth of any thing
is seldom known to the party who may be in actual possession
of it. • • • • •
" Those who have the natural use of both their hands never
pause amidst the various avocations of the day to reftoct with
gratitude on the services they derive front those members, by
which man has so decialt‘l ma advantage over the brute creation ;
but the moment that disease or accident may lender one laud
useless, the individual who sustains the loss is made sensible, in
a thousand painful instances of daily and inevitable occurrence,
of the full use he had for two."
The above are extracts from the most ingenious
little work we have seen for a long time, containing
engravings of an entire apparatus to tender indepen-
dent of a constant atterdant any gentleman who
may have been deprived, by war or paralysis, of a
hand. The accompanying directions arc simple in
the extreme, and the instruments themselves (with
a sight of which we have been favoured) precisely
accord with the directions for using them. We are
confident that every one who has had the misfortune
to lose a hand will feel highly indebted to the in-
ventor (Capt. G. W. De Itenzy, who lost his right
arm from the socket at the battle of Vittoria), fin
promulgating fur the general benefit, inventions ori-
ginating in his own individual necessities. By his
ingenious instruments he is enabled, unassisted, to
strop his razor, wash Isis hand. pare and clean his
nails, cut his meat, cat an egg, play a rubber at
whist, and in short to supersede the heretofore con-
stant necessity of a man so situated of either being a
continual trouble to some one in a party, or of having
always a valet present to supply the defect under
which he laboured.

IRTHE DUKE D'ENantsw.---(From a Paris paper.)
Louis XVIII. learned at the same moment the
dealt of the Duke d'Enghien and that the Order of
the Golden Fleece had been conferred upon Mona-
parte. His Majesty instantly returned his decora-
tion of the Order, the invcsture of which he had
received, being u French Prince, to Charler IV.,
with the following letter:—
•' Sire, Sir, and dear Cot:sine—lt is with regret that I return
you the insignia of the order of the Golden Fleece. shah bi.
Majesty your hither, of glorious memory, confkled to me: flute
can exist nothing in conatiun between me and the great criminal
whom audacity and fortune have placed upon my throne, which
I.e has had the barbarity to stain with the pure blood of a Bour-
bon, the Duke d'Etighien.
`. Religion teaches me to pardon an assassin ; but the tyrant of
my subjects ought always to be toy enemy.
" Providence from insoutablc motives, may ordt.in that I
shall end my days in exile ; but neither my cotttempontries nor
posterity shall ever. even to my LA breath, say. that to the lame
of adversity I showed to yselt nomad') ut occupying the throne
of my aticestors."

THE NATIONAL REGISTER "

ACT OF GRACE......The following is a copy of a
letter to the several revenue boards inEngl and.
Ireland, and Scotland:-
6. Treasury Chambers, 26th Julycll2l.
"GENTLEMEN,--1 ant commanded by the Lords ommis-
shiners otitis Majesty's Treasury-, to acquaint you that, in con-
sequence of his Majesty's Coronation, my Lords are pleased to
sanction the relcue of all prisoners confined for penalties for
of the laws of the revenue under your management, who may
have been confined for any period exceedingbix months; and I ant
to de,ire that you will forthwith take the necessary measures for
that purpose, unless there should be any special ca.se of immo.
per conduct in jail, or of very flagrant character, when toy Lords
desire the same may be submitted for their consideration and
directions.
" My Lords are sl,o pleased to extend this Act of Grace,
under the same exccptions,to all prisoners who have not yet been
in confinement six months, when they shall have completed
this term of impriionmantt and they desire, that instructions be
given in their several cases, so that they may be released on the
day on which the bit; months shall expire.
1 um further to acquaint you, that my Lords arc in like
manner pleased to sanction the release of all prisoners confined for
debts, due to the revenne under your management, less in amount
than 1001. who have been confined, or when they shall have been
confined, three months; and they arc pleascsl to authorize you to
discharge the books of your department front the amount due
from bnch persons, and desire you will take measures accordingly,
unless there should be special circumstances attending any limit •
cular case, as before-mentioned, when my Lords desiae you will
lose Ito time in submitting the same fur further directions.
" I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
(Signed) 0 S. lt. Lesittsuros."
The following tragi-comic paragraph appears in a
Paris paper of Sunday :—" On Thursday some
boatmen took a man out of the Seine, who had
thrown himself from the Punt-au-Change. On con-
veying hint to the Corps de Garde, they succeeded
in recovering him. lie was no sooner restored than
lie assured the Commissary of Police very seriously,
that as soon as he was free be should take the first
opportunity of drowning himself. The Cotumissary
proposed to him to sign a declaration of his intention
to destroy himself, and to which the man readily
agreed. At this juncture a female arrived, loudly
screaming My husband, I will see my husband.
When, however, she fbund him alive, she was im-
mediately silent. The boatmen approached her,
to ask for some reward for having saved her husband,
when she angrily repulsed theta by saying, Why did
not you lel hint drown himself' What business had
you to meddle with hint ?—Tlicse words had the
effect of curing the husband of his folly, and he
swore that lie would not again attempt to drown
himself."

A E ROST T lON r. Green, the person who went
up with the balloon on the day of his Majesty's co-
ronation, ascended again on Wednesday last from
the ground adjoining the Belvidere-tavern, Penton-
vile, soon after three o'clock. It was put forth in
an advertisement, that he would commence inflating
the balloon at eleven o'clock, which occasioned an
immense number of persons to assemble at an early
hour, who began to grow very impatient towards
two o'clock. The neighbourhood became for some
time alarmed, in consequence of the outrages of the
mob about two years ago at the same place, whin a
disappointment occurred in consequence of a balloon
belonging to another person not having ascended
pursuant to promise. On the present occasion,
however, the aeronaut ascended with much effect,
and was equally successful as when he ascended
from the Green Park. The balloon rose majestically
The report of the committee of magistrates who
attended the investigation of the charges preferred
by Mr. Hunt against the keeper of llchester jail,
has closed, and will of course in due time be °Hid.
ally published. Mr. Hunt has rendered an essential
service to the public in promoting the investigation,
of which the magistrates no doubt will bear testi-
mony, and cause such abuses us exist in the prison
to be remedied.

to the height of about seven hundred feet, when
Mr. Green threw out some ballast, and it rose con-
siderably, taking an easterly direction, and having
seemingly met with another current of air, it moved
with much velocity. It was distinctly seen from
Voultvich and Greenwich, and after a voyage o
about a quatter of an hour the aeronaut descended
in perfect satay at Barking in Essex, and returned
in a post chaise curly enough to preside at a supper
given the same evening at the Belvidere tavern.

WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT.—VICUIthed States'
sloop Peacock sailed from Civita Vecchia April
whither she was sent by Commodore Bainbridge, to
receive from Rome the Monument to Washington,
fir the State of North Carolina; it was Lrought in
the Peacock to Algesiras, where Commodore Bain-
bridge received it on board the Columbus, it being
so large that it could not be got down the hatches
of the Peacock, but was lashed on deck in this si-
tuation it was not deemed safe to trust it across the
Atlantic: it is put up in two packages, eack weigh-
ing nearly four tons.
The Russian frigate Voslack, Capt. Bellinghuusen,
and 41 corvette, have put into Lisbon front a voyage
of discoveries in the Pacific Ocean, bound to St. Pc-
tersburgh. These ships proceeded nearly in the track
of our great circumnavigator Cook, but got as far as
70. S. having ascertained (which is the principal
thing discovered) that the land discovered by Conk
in the North Pacific, and called by him Simdwhlt
Laud, is au Wand, or ialauiL.

Love AND JEALOUySY.—Thc Gazette de haat.
contains an account of one of those acts of dispensa-
tion to which the lender pa lion, as it is called,
sometimes caches the weal: heads and ill-regulated
feelings of certain of its votaries. A young man,
about 21 years of age, who cultivated a considerable
farm in the arrondissement of Aix, being despe-
rately in love with a young lady of that town, de-
manded her hand in marriage, but met with a
refusal. Determined, it seems, not to abandon his
pursuit, he visited Aix on the 21st ult. and union.
tunately encountered the object of his passion walk-
ing with his successful rival. This raised the fury
of the rejected suitor to the highest pitch, and the
next morning he repaired to the street in which the
house his mistress inhabited was situated, and at
the early hour of seven succeeded in gaining admit-
tance. Having ascended to the second floor, he
there found the grandmother of the young lady,
who begged him to retire. He replied, that he
knew her granddaughter was about to be married,
but that she should first perish by his hand, as well
as her brother and his own. The madman then
violently repulsed the old lady, who received a
wound on the eye from the pummel of the pistol
which he held in his hand; and having caught sight
of his mistress in her chamber, he fired at her, from
a very short distance, a pistol loaded with slugs, by
which happily, she was only slightly wounded on
the right arm and shoulder. At the same time he
shot himself under the jaw with a second pistol,
also loaded with slugs, which shatte-ed the lower
part of his face. It remailed uncertain whether
his wound was mortal. He was speechless, but was
able to describe with difficulty some halt' termed
but legible characters. He stated that it was for
himself only he intended the two pistols. Heex-
pressed his desire to make his will, and be indulged
with the succours of religion. May he have pro-
fited by them, whatever has been his fate !
. Perseverance Illustrated.—King Robert Bruce,
the Restorer of the Scottish Monarchy, being out
one day reconnoitering the enemy, lay at night its
a burn belonging to a loyal cottager. In the morn.
Mg, still reclining his head on the pillow of straw,
he beheld a spider climbing up a beam in the roof.
The insect fell to the ground, but immediately made
a second essay to ascend. This attracted the notice
of the hero, who, with regret, saw the spider fall
a second time from the same eminence. It made a
third unsuccessful attempt. Nut without a mixture
of concern and curiosity, the Monarch twelve times
beheld the insect bafli.xl in its aim ; but the thir-
teenth essay was crowned with success; it gained
the summit of the barn, when the King, starting
from his couch, exclaimed, " this despicable insect
has taught me perseverance; I will follow its ex.
ample. Have 1 not been twelves defeated larthe
enemy's superior force? On one fight more hangs
the independence of my country." In a few days
his anticipations were tnlly realiztxl, by the glorious
result to Scotland of the battle of Bannockburn.
STREET PREACHING. A singular trial took
place on the 23d ult. at the Salford Sessions, bcfimre
a bench of Lancashire magistrates, the Rev. Mr.
Hay, the well-known Vicar of Rochdale, being
chairman. The filets of the case appear to be these;
—Mr. Waller, a preacher of a sect of dissenters,
chose to preach from the steps of a house in the
street of Ashton, by which, of course, a crowd of
hearers was collected in the street. Ott account of
the crowd so collected, he was indicted for a mis-
demeanour.

The indictment charged, that he, the said Samuel Waller, on
or about the 17th of June last, in a certain public street and
King'b highway, in the parish of Ashtomunder-Lyne, did un-
lawfully and injuriously cause and procure a great numbet of
persons to the number of '2OO or more, to assemble together, and
did, for a long time, obstruct the said public street, to the !grew
damage and common nuisance of the liege subjects of our 'And
the King, and against the pea c, The second count charges
defendant, with divers other pci sons, with making a great noise,
riot tumult, and disturbance. The third count charged the like
riot, &c. tube by shouting and singing, and wholly choaking uv
and obstructing the street and highway.

On the first count of this indictment Mr. Waller
was found guilty, and sentenced to three months'
imprisonment in the house of correction! !! The
fir: . two nights after his conviction, Mr. Waller was
put into a double bedded cell, with two convicted
misdemeanants, who (we mention it to their ho-
nour) voluntarily slept together, that he might
have a bed to himself. On IVedneskty, throtOt
the interposition of some of his friends, Mr. Waller's
situation was ameliorated; but on Friday afternoon
he continued ill iu bed, from anxiety and sulLring
caused by his previous confinement.
Erlensive orgesy.—A most important. discovery
has been made lately relative to an extensive forgery
on u foreign bank, through the instrumentality of
some persons in the metropolis, who have h_en mu-
sidert.d reputable up to this time. Several gentle.
men connected with the bank alluded to have ar-
rived in Loudon, and every efliirt bus been put in
force to discover the imposition to its farthest extent.
Two indivianals are in en: v.dy fur the offenee, the
inventor and prizlta, a.ul an e::autination has taken
place.