The National Register.
London, England, 1816-09-02 00:00:00

DRESS OF THE COURT

Petticoat and train of svii.tc satin, ssaperoly. ornamental( •
.011,1.1 the b rdei ;ind aids wi•h ti nrcrs mid coloured foit,
110(1., 01 eeBI, satin or 11.40,.. Short full sieves of
white satin, fields oreamentol with paint (are, and ,uncounted
(iy imperial wini,s fermi il A* a row of the same ma..
leo ial Toque of white satin, encircled round the forehead
by a bandeau .4' pearls or diamonds. The Pair in curis, u till-
Vilma : superb piamie of fail sewtc o►trich feathers, and court.
and I.ippets alum. Wet. Lie-rings an•t necklace of diamonsb.
Win c kid shoes a ith very small rosettes; while kid gloves,
ornameuted at the tot with a narrow fluted 'lathing of blond.
GE.3gFRAJL 011SERVATIONIL
Amonzst the new head-dre.scs is the Gloucester capecom-
pined of tattle and white satin: it is ornano toed with a half
wreath of lull blown tests and the whae dower called rocket,
and fastens tinder the chin. A light Wallkill 10S/Ke is also pe-
culiarly elegant; the ground-work of' till/4, with white satin
twisted round a-la-lioutiam, and is snraiounted by a plume of -
Zebra feathers, of peach colour and black. Cornertat of every.
kind a, e ist favour; *mu at home, in naming costinne, with.
out flowers; in half dress they are almost. loaded with them,
the flowers are not, howe►er, placed quite so hataliward on the
summit of the crown as they were last month.

A Berlin paper contains the following article:—
" Lieut. Colonel Fischer, the ingenious founder an&
proprietor
of the manufactory of wrought steel at Sehal-
hausen, Improved the first moment of erstui eti communication
with England, to make a journey thititer. the main object of
winch was to obverse with his .own eyes the imp►ovements
made during the last 20 years in the improvement of iron and
steel. We now communicate some interesting notices from
this journal.
. . . . .

"'At Birmingligni, one traveller wee allowed to visit the ma-
nufactories of .Messrs. Walton and Watt. in Soho, who by, their
improvements of the steam-eueine bits e encreased the r.,4llllleva
of their country by many million* of money. There, among.
other things, he saw machines, whose power is equal to from
6 to 301 b. and which equably and without MASH, lißCOrdililAy to
laws impressed on them by the genii's of the artist, perform
their assigned lalrours ; strike money. roll tie, produce plated .
works, put hammers iu motion, turn immense beams, and hole
cylinders. which may require some months to complete them.
Within the circumference of this maifertile tract. %%hick is as it
were overspread with minnifactorics, he saw the or iron _
works of Bradley, which alone employed 3,000 workmen, and
which, since the death of Wilkiwion. are now combatted by a
Mr. Ferriday, who in hi. early youth was a common coal. .
Leaver. On his way to Ntanchester, he was shown the viliule
of Mr. W edge wood's Et in ri 4. NIL. W edgewood dissuaded bim
from any purchase of his porcelain, obsectiag, • As you return
throw:di France, you will tind finer awl betterritiluris. J shall
}notably wholly give it,. the making of porciribitt.: Heiman tied
as a reason tor this singular declaration, that Frame possessed •
entirb better materials fur the making of pores:laid than Lag..
land.

• The. Agriculture of thils part of the country
foam! .neglected; and besides the .great quantity of waste
land, he was particularly surprised that so little, use was made.
of manure, of whieli one cause is, that the Canners permit their
cattle to graze hi the pastures, and that stall foddering is still
very little used. At Leeds he notices the waggons skivem by
nteant, which court yen eiril along an iron railway, thee. milts
in length, to the town. t I west to Dual this train,' sit's hr,
two miles otti and whet, I came up wan jt, the auto wink _
guided the whole droned me to mount tap Waggon of the ma..
chine, which was provided with seats,. and the 'lsmail rate of..
its motion being suck, that a man walking rather Aitst, can
scarcely keep nit with it: it, order to satisfy my cariosity, he
increased its rapidity to that of a trotting korai., by a sti °navy
application of steam to pat in motion the, sttrapers, which ,
moved at the rate of tat strokes in a aniline. I was vvr glad .
whoa he made it nose more slowly, as I was afraid of an es..
plosion, because the steam kissed as if our vehicle was drawn
along by half a dolma of broken-wiiided horses. For the rest, ,
I rejoiced to cuter Leeds seated in lino triumphal cat of !MAIM'.
ingenisity (fur so 1.4//0111il Call ill, where theeleincrii. etatittrti
Within so small a compass lltcntselsu impel z 3 %Agoutis laden
with uti cwt. of coal each."

Onr readers n ill recollect the Steeping. Bandy in the
25 she was terowd. We "omit akzau.l she has. since her awaking,.
been employed WO u fares itt titc neighbourhood of *antruse. as
is ihtiry maid ; and Saturday se'nottglit ilia her dot:: as os/sal, in
milking lour COWS; At night she Chiftli hjet mortal career, by
hanging herself Nrilh a glow of 'vans.

A Gentleman or the name or Keane, who, ivitkiliis
resoles at lime, a village abouta weir front lirighton, drove op
to Ile• ('/wt-ottice thete •in his corrode attertioon.
lie hail three tine children (WI boys) tu the veltiete with bin).
Flaying alighted and got hi, letters, hee.digictiesi Isis letiain to
take the reins, and drive slowly op .Nortlnstreal, and thin donee
KVes6.rteet,at thy:Ammons of vs inch lictA E. & eanetwuntil inert
Lim The unto took lw seat, and ea/vitally ungyed
CUIIIIIOIII,IS. lie had homily reached hie destinationos Iwo, iii.
passing a team, iu 11 est-street, the etirvicle kliehtly elated one
Ur the horse., which hastantly gave a tremendous kirk, and
thrilled the cot-title tie pieces> thk• servant 311141 children weetve
literally thrown into the air to the height of several ti'r►. tuid
t•. II witli dreadful violence. 'Ow man and )1111• of the {revs e.t•4tim
ed with some set era but mot &tag( toiglihjow,;
two, Low•eeer, were eliengveronsly hurt, and lie wish but little
hopes of ilTlOVery. Otte or Mese onfeatieuate vesereets is a son
of Mr. Keane, about seven or eight years of age,.And the other
the son of Mr. tke•t, a gentleman also residing at Hove, arsi
who appraise to be ouly about five years thud. , The 'Auer haul •.;
his arm freeetUtir4l in a shocking wanner.

Two prituttet Wtfei left for e‘ecrtiort at Glnneawbee.
John 11 illiamw, for rollititez a Moose it the ftweat of I)eatt,,atni 1
I).nalt Hictil;fortl, Cu a Notilar offence. former, on rucciv.
inj s.,„tence. o.id 1h Lo. 41, l culifesa oniowit utility of the
eritnea aid CO Icy chartro, and twaty 11111/Fe : I
W.si led illto
,v bad evoitpati ; 011(1 1 hOpil I skull/ kungrti, itr. 4 wartnug
uthcrs'"

It litliAto(r Mn. KIROV ANA OFR ISFANT.—The
of In...se inieref Oil IftTerai %% at 0.0 k! 'zcd yesteclay
nom, in the burial! ground of *4. Awes ('wren, Sub°. Thrj w
were united is lite, tliwy ark tu,vi dunned

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BRITISH EMIGRANTS IN AMERICA.

How prone is the human mind to fancy pleasure or
advantage in that, to which it is a stranger, and to dis-
card the warning voice of experience ! The following
paragraphs in a respectabh: evening paper have drawn
frau us this observation, which, we hope, may be im-
prove:l by some of uur and well meaning ar-
tizans.

%Cry hdenivent ;10 i6eer ha% lately returned from %ineriea,
to w comitiy he vi .411 in the hope of
V10)-1111.'0. He star. that the W.ICVS of workmen me abort
64. a they, inn Ilte+t• wales are only to he had for
litr months in the year. Lodging* are 'h dearer than in
!ii ovi-ion. not cheaper. He left number* of English
workincte wailing ill 11111itill .1 104•AW4e.
" I.lte Virginia Papers r:ve moat.hoekinearcottntsofthedis.
treat and di...appointments generally expetienred by F:nglish
manufacturers, aml 01111•1,, \TIM have been indneed in emigrate
in great minibers, und.r the hope uf bettering dirk condition
in Abort a.••

The following is an extract of a letter, received by a
gentleman at Cliff, near Selby, front his brother who
lives at Baltimore, dated the `sth alas•, 1816:
" Yon seem to complain of being oppressed with taxes : I
will give )1111 a small account of ours, in 4 free country as they
illeasr to call it. My house rent is li7l. ids. my tas ern licence
141. Jc. od. furniture tax hi, watch ,gold) 9s. dog Os. water t!.
los. u year. We ate taxed for every tiling we possess.— I _ivc
a statemeid of our mat kris : —Wheat WA. 0415 4s. Od. barley
bs. titl. per bushel; beef ►s. 3d. veal 1,. Sil. mutton (Id. pork
bacon 1,. "id. hotter 3s. Oil. per lb. eggs 1,. nil. peralozcn,
amid eiery Ming in i raportion. You eau uuw form your opt-
stun of both countries:.

We confess ourselves not a little surprized at the slow
progress of the subscription for the relief of the labour-
ing part of the community. But, whether it be owing
to extraordinary local exertions, aided by a judicious
application of the funds in particular districts (as noticed
in this paper) the evils do not, from the face of the pub-
lic accounts, appear at present to be in a state of pro-
gressive increase. We rejoice that we have no occasion,
this week, to record any instances, in which our coun-
trymen have been disinclined to meet e, isting inconve-
niencies, however painful, with a proper spirit. This
is honourable to their character us Englishmen, and we
hope they will persevere in it with manly consistency.
For, can the irregular and destructive sullies of popular
resentment, produce one possible good? Can they give
one artificer an additional hour of employment, or lessen
the price of one Occetsary article of Ell: a farthing in the
pound ? Can they diseharge the rent of one cottage, or
provide an additional article of warm clothing tOr their
backs or their beds, during the approaching winter?
We say no more at present, hoping our truly valuable
artizans and husbandmen will still demean themselves
as men of principle and reflection.
The Committee of the Association for the Relief of the
Manufacturing and Labouring Poor have already extend-
ed relief to the poor of Spitalfields, Stockton, Dudley,
Rowley Regis, Kingswinford, Sudbury, Bridport, and
Stockport. They have also voted considerable sums for
the relief of distressed parts in Northamptonshire, Bed-
fordshire, and Buckinghamshire.

Op Thursday se'nitight, a respectable but not very numerous
meeting Ciok place ut tip Guildhall, Ply th, pursuant to a
requisition by the Mayor, in order to determine on the pro-
priety of raising a subscription for the relief ot• the manufae-
tnring and labouring classes, at the present disc essing crisis.--
A Der certain papers, midribs( d to the Mawr by the Duke ot•
Celli!, iliac, 411(1 th•: 14011410t3 association, had been read, a d.
some pi I tinent übset %alms by Di. Hawker, the Rev. Mr.
Alends, Mr. Hawker, and Mr. Sultan, a Committee was up•
pointed to correspond with the I.olltloll Association, and col-
lect information on the soot, with the view of ascertaining the
es'ent of distress, both general and local, preparatory to open-
ing books for contributions. Another public meeting is fixed
fur the 3th of next month to receive the Committee's Report.

WollliMEN%. WAG tame descriptions of mann-
factorieS are actually %topped for want of employment, others
are enabled to keep up their prices so enormously, that an at-
tempt having been made by a most respectable house at W al-
thannab;my, in the caliew printing line, to lower the wages of
their journeymen, who fir some time past IIAVI• been remising
2s. MI. per handkerchief, for printing, to 2s. itd. at which e-
duced price the men could corn las. per day, it was resisted ;
and, in consequence of the pressure of Emmen milers, the mas-
ters were obliged to Rnbmit, and contione to pay the usual
price of Ys. 6tl. per handkerchief, K hat is denominated a
st►ike has also taken place amongst the wool water•, won, at
the I•resrut rate of wages, ran emit from 31. 111 three
week. The masters wished to reduce the rate of %%Ages out--
third, on account of the reduction si Melt has taken p!oce in
th,,ar own prices, and to enable them to meet the Corlett mar-
ket. 'flits proposition the men refused to areetle to; and the
masters, not being able to gise more, arc malty of them stand-
itt:r still ; oit Ist the men, in consequenre of their own obstinacy,
are many hundreds of them become but den•ume to their ri -
spectire parishes, together with their f,unilic Would it not
M• well.whitst se many thousands tee out of employ and %tors-
ino., or burdensome to till it parishes from absolitle want of ern-
plus inent, that PsriSll Othet• Is should make inquiry, and refuse
to relieve all sort) as alight hayo wink and refit.... to do it; and
th.o the N'ig:.tr dr. ihtilid support the Otiirt-EA in the alls•
citaa,e• Of 11.1• AllllOll5 1$1111104•COill'y part of their duty towards
tilt community at Lag( , on whom the li.acy suedes of 11. e
Poor's•rate laPs?
(Anil/Ls I)LCEPTION —A small French vessel, laden with
fruit, has been so zeal at Loot., in coostapietter of contraband
goods uriug tumid on board her. It appears that her ingetii-
ous owners, improving on the classical wit of the ancient. , had
constructed twelve small horses, which hail the apyearanrve of
a set of elegant play-things. On eimmining these viirio• Pies
attentively, it was found that the animals were teeming -cot,
indeed, with MAI. ti Greeks, but with silk shares aid Alqckinp
sal superior quality ! This singular disco%Cri, Ur combs', was
foliwaed by the attention of the vesstl.

THE -N A TIOX-ti. 4UIO :own*.

PROVIN'CLILS.

Numbly last the Mayor and Commonalty of Plyr.tesulli, at a
meeting eons coed I). the Mayor, resolved to muter the free-
dom of that anosicut linrooligh, by patent, on flit' Itlght lion.
Charles I le Yorke, in testinurny or the high ..11,11.4e entertain-
ed of the • mills lit services I eialered by him in has inc.. whilst
Virst Lord of the Ailiii.saots , Its iris manly and inflexible per-
se“.l.4l.l.C. p1.411.111.il 411.1 ettllleol tIIIIIIIZII the Collllell doe re-
solution to adopt Coe estaillishootent of that 0,11.41 timioilial
the Pier or iti1.41./ 1, ill lib) month soloist!, an undertaking of
the Idghr t ito; orlauee to the public welfare, and of the mast
essential tomtit( to the poor.. And in order to commenioriete
the interest he took it that great work, the 711ityor and Com-
monalty I estst..l, 11141 the fretuloon should be present d to him
lit a box, 111411 e front ea. I of the first Mork of the stone laid for
forming the Illreals 411'1 4,4 pie, 4. haiing been preserieol)
in-
laid with silber,llll.l W I.'l .1 sidlmile inserlptiolt.ll) C'fiffiditivc
appointed fur toe por suss,when he nest visits that tout).
A stocking roam factory is about to be established at Ilsley.
Berkshire.. the inaeloino ry for whirl', it seems, is remooved
Iron Not tine:ham by a Lot solatiolfammer. in coosemienee Of
the disorderly cot:duet of the persons they employed 41 the

latter place.
We learn front !cantingliam, that the Luddites have tiara d
again to resume tlte.r mischievous mad teaa of frame-breaking.
TA el%e frames hate recently been larokett at St malt lord, but
no other itkony committa il. It is stain al from the saint•
the :elk! Or the I..iiiiity NP mint dilliat tits
fact), that at the moment Judge Oraitam •11. 1111 l ille
Up the evidence op the late trials tat the Luddit,s, several
of
the :Magistrates retired from the Court.
ELY, Arc. 26.—We have the painfal task of recording
another melancholy of premature Beata ties a•ioaed
by the distressing state of the film's. Mr. William Piiitirps, a
respectable saddler and harness-suaLer, ailed at Lay. on 'flows-
day last, and the r irenaistatiees vs larch led to his death are
as
extraordinary as they are ailiacting. It seems that within the
last two years be has sustained heavy {leases in trade, by the
failure of some large farmer • in the vicinity of Ely, and in one
or two instances his los.sr, appear to haa e been principally
am imitable to the frauduh lit practit•rs of his debtor s. 'l•hese
disa.ters produced a Strew.: thiteS:4oll oh spirits, under which
is h is ever sines lahmared, oectisionally avcontranted by evi•
dent symptoms of insanity. llis bodily health, however, was
not materially impairs d, and lie had been ails to atta nil to his
business NCI' toidable coil irity. On Tuesday last lie aeti•
dentally saw a et rbuill 1413,111 C his dour, through whose agesiey
lie considered ante of his largest debtors to have deprived hint
of a eale.iderahle tallil; lie went into his hilltse ill a disturbed
state of nand, and in a short lime olle of his llatane tits 'moon
eft, his deliriums continued to increase niatil Thursday morn
Mg, tt hen be died in an eXtrrale slate of nu•ntal il-raiteeinent,
having, during his short blues., repeatedly vorifciated aloud
the names of those debtors who had particularly injured hint.
lie had been established in business but a few yeaas, aml was
highly respected, lie has let', a widow .and three infant chil-
dren to lament his 11/MS. WOlll.l to God those drbtons who are
disposed to defraud their creditors %coda seriously redeet on
this tale of woe.

On Monday, at Brighton, an 7oformation against Walker
and Donaldson's libraries, fur carrying on the ogle-card too
chances in the evening, was hewed 'Afore the Alagistratc•-•
The charge of illegal gaining was not, however, so testa gloated
by the evidence of the iutiermers, and Mr. Serjeant huuniii -
ton dismissed the complaint, afire stating the penal laws on
the question with ‘reat }serspicuity, for the future guidance of
the librarian..
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE --A celebrated fox-honied, the pro-
perty of R. Cowen, huntsman to the Carlisle harriers, has rear•
eel three eubluxes, taken YIIICII three d aye old. They were
brought up in the kennel of It. Oliphant, Esq. of Broadlield•
house; and, surprising 1.4/ relate, Accompany the hounds in the
Oahe, and ate as tierce against their OWII species as their more
canine ASSOl'iatet4.--1 Journal.)
Friday se'nnight. as Mr. N. A. Austen, Batiks r, of Ramsgate,
was in the art of shooting s • pigeons with it 411111b1c-bariel-
ed gnu of foreign manufacture, the piece burst in hi. hands, scat-
tering its fragments in ail directions without doing him any 111-
.01.'41m tiler than a bruise on the left hand produced by the
violent caucus.
Ve`All ri Illig at aneleir in the harbour of Lochinaddy,
North struck with lightning on Sunday, the 21st nit.
anti nuniediawly stink. AU the (Ten were lost. Oil the Sallie
day, a you u; woman; was allied in that vitittity.
A e'.aring robbery took place about nine o'clock on Friday evening.
the 16th inst. at Mr. A. Yaws's ant-vv, near liverpooL J.
Yates was residing there, expectirg in a few weeks her is:tone:owner
whet six ;own (supposed to be all Irish) entered the house; two of
whom stood sentinels at the kitchen, and two at the pulour doors;
while the other two entered the parlour where Mr. and Sirs Joseph
Yates were sitting. .%fter robbine; Mr. Yates, one stood over Mtn
with a pistol, and the other robbed Mrs. Yaws, turned out her tockets,
wok the rings from her fingers, and the broach from her howen; he
then made her go into imodier room where her children were in bed;
she Said. " You see my situation, take what you can find, but do not
'hurt me or my children." At tuia tinie Mr. A. Yates rang the hell,
and would have entered the house. hut tie two sentinels at the parlour
door prevented hint, dragged him into the park, and emptied his
pockets for him; he, however, unobscrvol by them, hail dropped his
watch, worth so guineas, and by teat means a veil it; the ruffians in
their hurry dropped 41. and their whole booty did not exceed 121. Mrs.
Yates preserved ...swat malamute and rw,reuend of herself during the
robbers stay in the house; but has since been seriattsly ill, and great
fears are entertained for herself and her Minn:.
A. a chaise with part of the family of Sir .T. R. Warren, was driv-
ing up the Mat ket-place. on their way through Beverley. the pot-boy,
owing to a want of light, drove into a large excavation nearly opposite
Church lane-end. l'hc chaise wits quite dashed to pieces, but hap-
pily the poriengeis escaped unhurt.
Wednesday se'imight, as t'lt True Briton coach (containing 14 out-
side passengers. including th • gu red and catesirm, and six tarmais
within), Was descending near Marlet W,•iglitoil. it terg,s over-
tunied. One of the inside panengers, R. 'fowaexel, he p. of Yolk,
had his shoulder dislocated, nua two other gentlemen were mach
bru;sed. The outside however. vni en' sorry ti add, ware
more si rienisly injured: Mr. Cattermun of Beverley. Mid I,i ; thigh
broken; Mr. Mabwa, of tile firm of Durdenbili^: MithAnn, nod la-
bron, of Idaniinliani, had his kg so witch tractor:it. as to renikr
aal-
natili.ucam,,utauou necessary; Mr. %Yank'', druggist, of Po
also had his leo; so %uncle lacerated, as to cause some doubt whether
ant :caution wili not yet b,• tiee.ssery.' Mr. Mabson. and Mr. War-
dell are now lying at *trim Weii,diton—the other gentlemen were
removed. It is very sin whir that tine were tail hulas in the coach,
and two without, all of whom escaped without any injury.
As the coach which nuns between Manchester anti Shrewsbury, by
way of Mr:lintel', was passing tbromp the hater town, owing to the
eareliasoess of a very inceperien•vel (Inver, ie Woes upset on twrir.:
cornet. awl a fine boy, the son of Mrs. Lowe, of Nantwieb, was k:1:01
a gentleman of the name of *Lure, another itassenger, had iii.; :.:ale
dislocated, and one of le saran twat: of his I:,s bzuhen: iunieral oLlteirs
were much bruistal.