The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER

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tachment returned at 8 o'clock on %Veduesday morning.
The follow in is an extraat of a letter front a respect.
able gentleman residing in the net. liktiirliood of Tra-
lee:—" ant sorry to inform you that disalketion is lie-
gintini,g to rear its frigittful this hitherto quiet
ittighbonrhood ; anonylllolls letters, using threats for
anus, were H:CCIVeII Iry two 141.111:CiOCII. 011 C It:Siding in
the town (Tralce), the other at 131entierville; the latter
gentleman has set out this morning fur Dublin, after
depositing any arms lie had in the barracks."
Mr. Sheehy, presuming that the presence of the mili-
tary had testified quiet to Newcastle and its vicinity,
sent back 43 head of cattle, which, together with
lithos, had been driven Irons oil pasture, on the fann ol
Glentinin, the week before. As bOOll us the mot who
accompanied the cattle appeared near the farm, three
ruffians rushed from behind a duel., and one of them
flied at James tholiagan, the foremost of Mr. Stwelty's
men. The assassin providentially missed his aim ; but
immediately reloaded his gun, and desired one of his
associates to seize Geohtigeti ; this was accordingly done,
and the fellow who fired the shot first would have re-
peated this brutal °image on the defenceless man, but
lor the ion:sit:roue of the third ol the ruffians; mean-
while Geolhigen, and the other two herdsmen escaped,
leaVillS, OW cattle nn Ilse high road. SIICh is the lawless
disposition of the people in this neighbourhood that no
man can now be gist teen to reckon the kw head ui
cattle that remain upon the farm.

TRIUMPH Ole CONCILIATION.

DUHLIN. Nov. B.—At a meeting of the Board of
Nlagisitates, held this day at the Assembly House, the
Lord Mayor iii the chair: present, Aldermen Sir A. B.
King, Exshaw, Archer, Sir W. Stainer, Cash, Sir
Shaw, .ll'Ken ply, blend tic, Smith, Junes, Abbott, Foot,
West—Sheriffs Smith and Whelan.
The 1./ird Mayor having read a letter, addressed to the
Magistrates of the Head Office of Police, of which the
following is a copy:—
MANSION HOUSE.
" Satin day, Nov. 3, Ten o'clock.
" Gentlemen,—The Lord Mayor, conceiving that at
this intetesting crisis, the coptestiiaii statue of king Wil-
liam the Third, situate at College Green, should not be
decorated on the approaching illllllVel.elly of his birth-
day, the more particularly as it will happen oil to-morrow,
Sunday.
" lam therefore desired by his Lordship In request you
will immediately communicate these sentiments to the
different Police Alagist rattly and that you will give such
directions as may seem to you expedient for the purpose
of cal lying into effect his Lordship's orders; and tn pre-
vent any breach of the pease, or violation of the Saboath,
on this occasion.
"I have the limionr to be, Gentlemen,
"Your most obedient, very !nimble servant,
(Signed) "GEORGE ARCIIEIt, See.
"To the Alagisttates of the I lead °dice of Police, tee."
16-solved unanimously, 'fliat tie tonst highly approve of
the same, and that eve will cuoipvi ale, by every legal
means in our power, to Catty it into etteet.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be given to
the Right Hon, the Lord or, for the measures taken
by him for the posts Sat ion 01 the peace of this city.
Resolved, That the foregoilig be pint ed, published, and
distributed.
Signed by Order, ALLEN and (AMEN,
See' eta, ies to the Brand of Magistrates.
Seven e'eleck.—Au extra guard, of upwards 0: 60 men,
has been just marched to the Bunk, in College-green
We congratulate our fellow-citizens upon this prompt
and decisive Illeas.ife taken by the Government to insure
the vace of the City, and to prevent the shameful exhi-
bitions which usually take place on the 4th of NuveniLver.
We further understand the whole garrison will be in
re:le:mess, if necessary.... Thetitn Evening Pest.
After litiOling the resolutiolis passed at the board of
magistrates, interdicting the dressing of the statute, the
oar to thus proceeds :
One bf the aldenne,t above-named (I)arley) is the chief
magistrate of police, and several others are diviArmal
magistrates. After the publication of this document
which of readers would have dared to insinuate that
effictual measures would not be taken to have obedience
to it etiffirced ? ya, after its publication in all the
evening papers of Saturday, the first prep of day disclosed
King %Valiant Bedecked to most gor4cous antic out Sun-
day, and so lie continued during the day I No attempt
was made to prevent the dressing—tut attempt was made
to retinue it after it had been put on.
We now call the auctition of the press, and the people
of the united kingdom, to one point, which we wish to
have cleared till, 'namely, why is it that the intinicited
and local authorities are powerless ee lien opposed w the
Orange factiona 6Ttd of obscure and unknown per-
sous, bound by seetet oaths to certain mysterious obli-
gations, and whose acts, as far as they are disclosed, are
as 1111161 nl/posed to the Throne and the Goveininent,
alto the peace and happiness of the CPU'ltry ? Wlly is
it that the city ut I).oblin is periodically abandoned to
the rule of this secret band ? There is but one way of
explaining the dillieulty, which we shall leave to the
sagacity of our readers to divine.
I.l'e learn Nom au eye-witness that the statute was
dressed yesterday at about five o'clock in the morning.—
The nelsons who dressed it issued hunt a public-house
in Ship-street. Three persons ascended the SWIM': there
were groups hovering about in variant* directions, tit all,
perh sits, about 40 Or 50 men. Witeil they appioacht
the statue, they inquired of a plieentaii, who seemed as
of I,oaed near it, whether he had ally orders to ()Homy
the dressing oh the %Little; he replied not. This twitit
ascertained, the geseilerean Int:weeded to basittes,, au:'.
having decorated their idol, they eery quietly retired.--
Twu or three policemen could have prevented the dress-
ing—a single wan could have removed it! We were
told that a spiel tator having expressed some disappro.
billion at the tar seeding, the police who were lifeSelll
said, that although he had 110 orders to prevent the
dressing of the statue they had orders to prevent a riot,
Stid instantly ho tied away this unfortunatedissentient to
the watch-lotus, I Thus, it appeared, the dressing was
edlcted undid t. c protection of the police!

IVILLIAM 111.

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The public have lately heard a great deal of the often-
sit P Change ltittitution ; bill Wilmo) there bad never
been any open celebration in honour of its inniider by' the.
Mentlit is of the Society resident in the aletropidis.• On
Sunday, however, and Monday uwri.ilig,stVttar placards
and hilirill Lilts were profusely distributed iu the City
and at the West Entl tit the lowu, calling upon the l'io•
tesiant public hi commemorate the With of Williaw the
Third. Otte of the large placards is as :—" The
flle th•day or King IVilliam the Third, of glotinits and
inmosteal memos y, who, under Divine Providence, deli-
eel eel England ft Olis I'olli,ll tyranny and snpetaiition: in
honour of a Melt his statue in St. Jamea's senate is deco-
rated Ihin Silt November, itt-21,(the 4th being on Sunday.).
--Another bill, posted elin big the night in list ton-garden,
says, " The Meuth,ta of the Established Church, profes-
sors of the Protestent faith, the suppoi tees of the Douse of
1111111 a% ick, are inhumed that this day, the :iilt 01 Nos.
ber (the 411, being out a Smithey ), a ill be universally kept
in commemoration of the glue Mos triumph over Pupil
—The bills also stated that the statue of the Monett tar
William, in St. James's•square, would bra tlecoiated, iu
I 1111 l our of the anniversary of the neves-to be-fuigutteu
day.
Cite attention of several families resided in St James's-
sqiiare was atttacied tin Sunday looming, about eight
o'clock, by the extramilinary appearance of three men,
who were a Mein the tailing, and seemingly ettgaged in
deep conversation. 'limy apprimeited the moat which sol-
e minds the (po:stria!), tine tit them ca trying a basket,
which lie deposited close to the internal railing. Another
of them very deliberately took of his coat, waistcoat, and
shoes, and seemed to be pi opal tug to get over the tailing
into the water. The faintly who Olrl:py a home hen ween
the Mentions of Linitionelei ry's and the Duke of Portland's,
at the nestle-we-4 angle, were preparing to go out of
town, and, throa Mg open the windows, gave the alai
and sent sonic of tlie set voids to the railing, aid) older'
to inquire into the mysterious affair. '('he p: tries iii
diately Iled in diffelent directions. •1 lie man, who ass
partially undressed, bonittled over the railing like a stag,
got into George-court, and escaped. The aquare•keeper,
alio lived in Chinch-passage, ass instantly sent for, and,
accompanied by several surs ants, ptuceeded to the inte-
tior railing, where they fumed a basket, contatoing all
oil-skin parcel and brvvral yards of lopes, atilt hooks or
grapples attached to tine end.
Ou opettiog the hag or envelope, it was found
to contain several yards tit orange and purple silk, aid' •
'intier of drags (apparently) and lines of pack tht rad or
whipcord. The whale was conveyed to the residence of
the Doke of l'oa lland, and left in the charge of his Grac'e's
porter. In half an hoar acterwards the mimics were
claimed by a person, who gave his name and address
pica llond-street ; but the porter, suspecting that more
a as inealit than met tile eye, wttlilicht the trophies, nailer
an idea that they might become the subject of investigation
at the Secretary of State's office, or at Bow-street.
The ' •s, however, were nut to he deterred front
their purpose by the tliseottiliture, for at day-light on
Monday morning the statue of King William exhibited,
for the first tiow sluice it was placed upon its pedestal, the
insignia of Olaitgialli. TWO scarves, one Ordlige Witt the
Other purple, were gracefully throat) over the tight shoal-
der, and the ends terniiitating in a large bow over the Init
of our deliverer's swot 01, %bile a garland woven wiiii
the
distinctive coloured titian& invested the Its-to', lengths.
It wa, intended to cover the body a ith an impel ial
lie r but fur t easuns which are not explained, this elegant
part of the customs has been dispensed with.
This affair will be matter of surprise to those who are
acquitibled with the position of the statue, and the diffi-
culty of obtainitig access to it. All the homes in the
Square (rout the front a distinct erica of the cir-
cular area, which is enclosed '-y an iron railing npwatds
Of ail: feel high, a ith well lighted lamps at short intervals,
and guarded by several watchmen, whose beat is Culdilicil
to the Square. The immesh f the exterior to the
interior railing appears to be upwards of tweedy yards,
and the diameter of the most, in the centre oh' whirl'
staitils the statue, is about la enly feet, and the depth of
the water not less than four teet and a half, Flout the
surface of the aster to the a of the pedestal on
which the hurse stands, scents to be about 14, soul thence
to the apex of the figure, It feet; yet, lona ithstantling
dm I ecent failure-and the obstacles opposed to ilte coho-
rt ise, the object has been aecomplished, and St. Jame S':.•
SWIM e, the sicinity of Carlton Petlave, the residence of
the alarepiess of Lowlemileriy, &c. exhibited the patty
enibleitis eolith have hitherto been tenanted to the capital
of the sister kingdom , but, a hatever may he the ulterior
ohjeets of those who hits e planned and carried into street
tens hirycl apectacle, *care happy to obaci ye that it 1:111ril
to excite curiosity, or to attract a crowd.
We bail scarcely collected the foregoing information
when eve kite tied that the decoiatimi had been removed by
order of Lord Sidutouth. if the pat ties had succeeded,
and collected a crowd by their improper and rept e hoist-
ble conduct, though it would endanger the public, yet
ley would deserve the thanks of the i'ickpoarrer!

A"cording to the last accounts from the United
States, the fever had not yet suspended its ravages
in the inK•cted parts of the Union ; • and at Balti-
more, Morlidk, and the neighltotaing towns, several
deaths still took placc daily. This awful scourge
had reached Alexandria, where live or six persons
perished every do. It had been announced that
NVashington had also been infroted, but the report,
we are happy to statr, is unfinintled. That city is
scarcely ever exempt from intermittent and ague
fevers to a certain extent, but they were at this pe-
riod of a very mild nature, and not at all alarming.
At Shepherds-town, in Virginia, the sickness pre-
vailed with great violence. Many families had not
one individual in them able to attend upon the sick.
It is mentioned as remarkable, that whilst Virginia
and part of Maryland were visited by this dreadful
disorder, New Orleans and Savannah, which had
heretofiire suffered so much, were now compara-
tively healthy. On the 6th of September, Nen!
Orleans was pronounced the " most healthy city la
the thaw."