The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-04 00:00:00

ANIERICA.

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it leas et:meted on the first meeting of Congress, that a stifficient
rid:lther of members would not he in attendance to form a Tweeds
to tranbact business; hit on the contrary, it. great is the interest
taken in that moue: in the administration of public affairs. that no
fewer then one hundred and thirty members of the house of Re
resentanyes appeared and took tlie.r seats on the first day of the
'es ion.
A grand military road has been commeneed, under the orders of
On- President of the United Star., from l'lattshurg to the French
e•ills, thus :Abetting an easy comumnication between the waters of
Channilain and those of thy River St. Lawrence. Above 15
miles of 4 !aid have been completed, bi spite of difficulties of the
most tinsiinlable mune!, encountered t, the workmen. BY Meat/ of
excavation. ere traveller now rinds a safe and easy passage over hills
which were before svarcely aec,:i•ilile. It is confidently belicvol that
tf:is road, for goidnoa, heaut durability, is not surpassed by
any in the United States. Tne aork has hitherto been performed by
tire Eth regiment of the United States infantry.
An article from Mobil:, dated Oei. On , states, that the sloop Wash.
iagton, one of the cartel, employed to transport the Spanish garrison
from l'ensacola m llas'annah, bad arrived there hr 14 (la), from the
former place. Tire Washington, it apt cars, had been driven by
contrary winds to Campenchy, where she found the Peggy, courser
of the trarpports, with the Governor of Pensacola on board, and pro-
ceeded from thence to Havannah, in company. tin the passage she
iraa boarded by an Independent cruiser, vho treatad the captatn and
teew of th? Washington very politely, but took ten Waits belonging
tiff Stiertis;§ pros 'tigers. and x barrel of rum. The cruiser their
baartled the Peggy, and hung Governor Masset at the yard-arm,
until he eterfissed %viler,. his money eas. which they tinted and took.
amounting to 8,004; dollam, and also rill the blacks on board. The
Peggy had not arrived at Ilavrintreir when the Washington left
that place.
ooisisorow:osoiss

TARP V.ELKIIIII %tin TIIE NORTIII WEST COMPANY.—
r with areminti of the lomat
of tulle, rot persons ao rose.' by Lord Selisirs. as principals
sad acce•us lie what was ter moil the murder olGosesoor
fiempa. an 4 his fail-wers, has been received. The trials of
two of h.. L irdsinp's elllolll.l‘, .li'. ,if stn iliag ea .. on
mounted on his fort... terminate,' it, the ;worth tat of the pat-
ties. There n'4, no want of proof of the I.,lnnon having been
Seised by these pet suns. and having been active, tool tip to Mr.
Cameron ; upwards of thirty witnesses having proved the
fact, whir aka 'took olOwtosoleed they were conves tied in the
ati iir with tin' prisoners. They further ad;nitted their e4..1,1111
tone lll:4lrimeg the tort, was llts eat made use of by Lord
Seikirls's Governor, M•Lhmeiell, to block tip the lied River,
and prevent throe from leaving 4 country, their experience
or which had is no delver an.% red the expectations they
hail been led to form of it, by the representations which
ihduced then. to embark in the speeoilatiton of settling in this
(:olony. 'Elie Chief Justice stated to the Jury, it was toile
evident, front the teollinvoi% adduced, that there WAS nu felon)
in the rase ; as it also .oppeareol in proof, that the prisinivis
and the other persons :acting with them had only carried
away the eons, leaving. the earria . es, tackle, and ammunition
b. hind, which they would not have clone, had their intensions
hero to steal the prevriy. Tim Jury immediately etti mud
vcrillet tit " Not aunty" whittle was followed by an address
of the A tit...lw) Ge•ieral to the Court, sleet gto proceed
lit the case of conspiracy, which hail been made against the
persons aerpoitted too the torerions clwrsis, Ks be could pi
,lyre uo evidence to estahh•li it. We iniderstand the result
oh' the I elAis lees wolfs pet feetly satisfactory to the Judges
who resided, the Antoine!: General who e,,nollieteat the 1),o.
iet thugs~
tory stateme .1, fotai different parties, have now had :in
epportnnity f deciding elinen the 'awaits of the cast, heuvern
Lord s'eilsirk and his rompolervi.l rivals, by established es
thmee, in a Cionl Inf Justice. Tire accusations of treason,
tiurriler, fe
against the tiersileturn of the North West Company, on which
he tell g,.11 treated %Iwo' as the vilest es 'initials, and oil
whieh he jns.ih eii the inititary ccu i.,v of all their properly
a tot pares- at Earl W'olliaaa, hid ve therefore bete tumid not
jasartied bt (wild t the Judge, tit liis addles. to the Jury, eni.
piratically called) even a " sciutiii.i of evideiice attesting
them." It remains to be seem, whether his Lordship will be
able to justify himself in as fe*tiStrielteey a mintier for the
charges nia. • against himself..,ud winds it is said the North
West CV (ploy intended to Bite ht. Lordship a full null fair
opportuisity of meeting, in the eolnrise of Westminster Hall,
Isis Lordship hating returned to this room, y.

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tis Mr. Cochrane, the landlord of the Robert Burns tavern
Strand, was inlutist initiation of Mr. Matthews. entertaist..
ling la numerous audience by an olio of singing and recitation
at the Lyceum Tiscatre, on Monday I-veiling, the harmony of
the company was suddenly Interrupted by the unexpected
appearance or • couple of bailiff. tin the scene, who came
forward and seised the intiefel 'musts el, its the midst of the
spectators. as their prisoner. On his tepiesenting to theist
the disappointment which his audience (oho had paid
each for their a.ttnission) would experience, unless the sports
of the evening were allowed to proceed, and 011 his applying,
perhaps some more cons twins.; rhetoric to their pee 11111411
feeling., they pea ntitted \lr. Cochrane to continue Ins recite..
lions. At the close of them, two of his ft lends came foi tea. (I,
and pits is bail for his frame appearance.—The arrest took
piece at Ihr stilt of Mess-s. Godwin., the brewers, for a dealt
of tot. A few days b. fore Itt y had offered ' • 1001. if he
ta mild sin reed er his lease and license inlet their hands; on his
r..fissing to du 110,betanse he hail already pledged it with Wt.
101'11-1111:111.1111. for 1001. they threatened to arrest hint, and
menially earned their threat into excention, its the ni.siiiiet-
•trove stated. Mr. Robert Wilkie, the celeurated ai titr„ atid
Robertson, the Miniature painter its for Atlelphi, (who
were present at the exhibition, which wilt entirely of Me.
Cuchrane's own emnposition), in 111 l ediat •ly on the intrusion
of the bailiffs, offered themselves as bail. it is useless to
add that they were instantly accepted.
A dreadful acei.leut occurred it Poplar on Monday. Mr.
Broadtior.t.a lirieklayr r, :ma titter In les men, while sweat.
pied in dig_ing a deep well, were suddenly overwhelmed
smiler ill' 1:11111C81%1: heap of the loom: earth. Not withstatithsag
eery est rtiusi, (lacy were not extricated (runs their hot ril•le
iftti.slion till .I.temlay, liatin4 Oren twirled 2$ hunt.. Our
18411 wow deed Bruaillsor.t and the oCaer two are ill

very weak mid dangerous ,tilt.
Tisc,day mortrunt, (19 b,)ahont (WIT o'clock, the watchman
in 01,1;141,0feet, :11ne Cud Ncte Tow 0, was alarmed by thr
iallt .14 uf ontir 11. ►a float the well of thr New Caapcl. fly
t,trirea to the !put, wino .1111111114111utr,picylotedy
A 14ek, I\a• tO 1.111 111..- .k I. 11.11'.
Ill! %lie 01 it l u r ..an in etc tivighbout hood. Stir hatl neett
o :veld owl, 144 3.11,10. T., . 41041.. A 4,4 tal.ru to the watch.
11 „i 4.. 40,1 /vat, I rut' by Ilk. uper. 'Ube watchman ua•l'
vit.'', ui 11.1 C 411 111 C 111 11,1115, but 111.1 not Stiel.VeJ wof
....... AlUWush th, r. is I,ttic d.•t:bt Jt Ulaaetbg
iJiC 10 1:101411.) 11.10.

TTT NATIONAL REGISTER

PROPOSED INSURAVCE SOCIETY.

It will be recollect/0, from our report of the proceedings
at 'he late meetiog of the Norwich Union So, icty, that a re.
sollithm was then agreed 10, I PCIIIO•41111; lII.' ('hell. mail to call
4 Meethig of the London (mins-es of that Society, aud other
iiihanitant householder«, for the purpose of taking into von•
the propriety of establishing a National Union Fire
and Life lons/once Society, on the piinciples of mutual
lelltsl %WI umntal risk. We/W..0.1y tieing the day diced fur
the ,neeting, it was held al he City of Loodon Tavern, Bish-
ops:fats-street. oat, however, hot vary thinly attended.
there not being more than three or four &gen personssas-
tl. Soon trier I, lhcre tieing then 4110111 lOU persona
present, Mr. was Palled IU whichfor having
taken, lie briefly stated to the meeting the object for whirl,
they had been milled together, and requested their attention
to :Mr. Brook, the gentleman with whom the resolution had
origin +fed
Mr. Brook said. that as he hail proposed the motion which
occasioned the meeting, he felt it necessary to slate Ilk tea.
wins : but first he wished to set himself light in the opinions
of many present, as he feared there had been a great mis-
understanding of his intention. It hail been thought that
lie wished to 'eke a leading part In the foundation of a new
society, but sllfll an object he roost pusitivehy aisrlaiio•d. He
hat not time sufficient, and still less inclination, to devote
forms, If to such a pursuit : ;mil lint only intention in wishing
that a meeting of the London Insurers in the Norwich Union
▪ iciely should take place was, that as all or must of them
were about to be shaken off by the Norwich I)iret tor, this
might together consider the best means of providing lien the
eonseqiiettees of Idiot measure. He had given the ...object
every attention in his power, and seas first of opinion that a
society might be established on similar principles ; for lie had
hoped that some gentlemen of weight and influence iii the
city vvonld bays come torwaid and supported it. His only
object, as fir at he himself ea, concerned, was, that there
might be in LOllllOll4 Society coniliteteil on principlse similar
to those of the Norwich, and that he might insure his property
in it. lie now t egretted that the ptoptised plan did not nod
that support which would lead him to anticipate its slice, iis:
he had before understood that the :Millard loss to the Not %iris
by the London insto ers was caused Ity impioper manage-
ment ; hot lee was •ince intro tueil, that in order to realise any
profit propoiti 'lied to risk, 1;I. London insurers would
Slot be sufficient to support any new society. Ile had said
thus mods in explanation of Ilk motives, and should now,
• 11110111 proposing Any thing, leave it to the consideration of
the meeting, whether, tinder nil the discouraging circum.
1.1.111CP11 he hail mentioned, they would proceed tiny further.
His own opinion was, that there was not saifficieut support
for an undertaking of such magnitude as a new insurance
society.
A gentleman whose name we understood to he Allis, ad.
dressed the meeting, and said that there was already estab-
lished a new insitraoce society, consisting of some of the most
respectable mein in Lotiolon, to he conducted on the stone
principles :is the Norwich ; that a provisional committee had
already been formed, and that they would avail themselves of
the long erperienia of Mr. Ilignold, sell., in ilt matiagetnent.
lie added, that the parlicultus would be made known in u few
days.
Air. Barry congratulated the meeting on the intended es,
talsl,3l on of such a society as that which the last speaker
had meiitioned. It would, he had no doubt, be conducted
upon mere equitable and honourable principles thau the
Noi with, and it would prevent the public from being imposed
illicit by little elnhs of speculators, whirliswere forming in
several places in Loudon for the purpose of taking insurances.
These elllbt he condemned in strung tei Ma and after again
praising Ilse Slew est Alin:antis nt, which, lie observed, though
yet in its infancy, weld.' rise like ti plicenix from its ashes, lie
added, " I moot opinion, Sir, that this establishment has com-
pleted the ohjeet fur which we met ; and I may say,' Let evet y
man depart in peace according to the word:. and I think,
without any disrespect, I may add—' fur this day have we
seen the saisai ion of out interests . .

'lbis last sentence drew upon Mr. ILL y the marked disap-
plobation of many in the room. He etas loudly hissed, and 11
person in the front of Mtn cried out, "'That's blasphemy, and
you should put hare niteleal it."
Mr. Barry begged Ito might not he mi. lei-stood vo
thing was tn. titer from his intention than that profanation
,lionid ever pass his lip., or mime from the tip of Ilk tongue.
lie Lived his (anus, ado est his religion, AS Melila' any
person present contd.,' and he defied any one to impute any
it 1111 l MAW, is 111111. Hl4 object in using the waled. 44,11101
to cause any di +respect to thou, but to ewress more strongly
the satisfaction he felt al having the hotel evis of the meeting—
and no one could suppose he meant any tither 111:111 tewpurrl
ones, protected from the speenlations of adventurers.
Me. H. 111•011 ai.hed 10 know who and what those "highly

respectatale" gentlt•nnen were who were lo manage :he nen
smael% , It was fit that the meeting should ;mart stand tins,
that they might Judge for thrum•elves ; for he 1:011141 1101 sup-
pose Nat they welt: to be insulted I y having Mr. Big Howl,
%en., rrurinwil at 'lie future manager ut their iniarattees. ( hear,
hear.)
Mr. Milk refined to arum er thi% (petition, lint nrsisrrd in
say Mg that the gentlemen nett. of the higlee,t resiort
The question was revealed by the Chairman, mint luniliy
echot•l by several voice% tit the romii, bt I SII. Amili., iiill pal•
%eve' e.l in nut giving the names, hut •aid they might very
pliability be made ionblie iu * day or tau.
31.1e1y person tht• spoke together, stone calling for expla-
nation, and others giving their (+Mitosis it; 'ls Irving ai tio-
held. One biteid, that lie eallr.l 'trim to I viten
ingurance hoc 1.00.0., nod ho w i,,herl to limy, to whuar lie was
to give the premim.
No an.wer was given to tills.
Mr. Chippendale pal thesame creation that Mr. Henson
had previonisly put, and adtleil, unit it the pod jai wr•te Islrr
%reelable, as wa* alledge4, theme could be uu rcatsuu to cult-
c4.mlllirnt.
Mr.'llionopsom salol, that he hail great interest in procuring
111%111.1ftea iu Set!thill'l 811.1111 M N.. 1111 of 1.:1121.111,1. Ile Would
give his f#RiVICel• fur a star far nothing, if a 114.0 sm. tray weir
establistnal, provided-0-1..1e the •pcaler was interrupted
for a time toy fowl 1:111.4411..1.1 He 1•o1.11111.MJ,IIC did uul 1110.111
to hug a situation. as loe wa• and. prudent. anti hail t w o elel lo • :
1111111 e was II) .I,•i•t 111 a new sot iety mitt tie knew Its
etn•d toe Pti
Nli."filtuck, alter some Sew ei ~,,,, tents out what had rasnA,
moved thai the meeting shonhl be aoljout mot slat die.
his was •etouikd b) %h r. Brook • 5% Ito t 'Tent eil soml•
oh
:Ii• for tio..t.llllti:4 50 luutr. liic c..1.1•1.1•111iitoil of a Ilia

ty.
NI,. It:010W, Pell. .1 lon lucti,lll la>t hp; p)oiligri
4..11 C. 41111. 1 1..1t 11..3 Otte Wm!' Ihrre•tuts)
advoot:t. uc.n I to 1.11,10.1 111.11 the

JAN" 4

mint of a new soviet/. He :speed to take it and advance
h,0041. himself; !lethal not want to be secretary, but he would
give the new soriety the benefit of his long espei
Mr. S. Bienold said, it was (roe he had called upon his
lather. bid it nos not volutitatil tither bad seat t.nr
Imiw di,tiatsbed. could they. meaning, us lie 'nide, stood it. his
three soi.s, advance him 10,0001. to support him in .1 new an.
iely ; th it he would add 5,0001. himself. To this he
repiii.d, that they could aii.l oaid; but he never had the
intesitiou of binding the Norwich 1)1, cetera by such de -
JiAritlioll.

Mr. Hanson read a, letter, which lie said whs a copy of a
eirrulai sent to the different news in the iusintry. It Wig
Hume(' by Sir. Uignold, sen., ntod slated that a Board or
D•reclora 114 d bent, foristeJ hi London, and they were to be
assisted by the N..ett irk Board. He called fur an euplsna•
lion of this, ond spin asked, who were those lAudon Di•
recto's. .

Mr. Rignold, sen. said, that they were only a provisional
committee, lint ha.: railed themselves Direetnrs.
Aal to the r intoner read • similar letter. which he said was
signed by Thomas Hignold. lien., as secretary. In this he
was railed °post to rtnew his luso wive, and told that the
persons concerned were some or the most respectable iu
LOll4OO, dud that he oiliest insure with great 3:limy. lie
%ranged I a know how shis coincided with the deeliat afloat of
Mr. Higiiulil, that lie did slot uish•to be secretary.

Mr. Ilignuld, had a iigialois liffriad iO,OOOl.
Mr.'l'hump►uo tti be turns:Heil whether the laige
balances said to be in Ms. !Irvinld'. hand, had been paid in.

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Big.01:11 nail, ilsiit it would he no notch the heifer
tOr the Loudon iu•urer. if lie held them; fur if it were
true that they were entitled to a shale of accumulations,
he would have them fin theiiiiting.
A long conversation then ensued, in which f•equently
their wme more talkers than hearers. The question of
ailjourimient W:l3 put and negatived. Another motion was
then pioposed, that a Committee should be appointed to con-
sider has lir it might he expedient to inAtitote a new
iu-
sntauce society, spun the principle of mutual profit and inn.
foal tit, This aas seconilt J, and after another tedious con-
versation, was curried unanimously, after an amendment to
it, for an adjoin 'intent fur three months had been negatived.
The meeting then proceeded to elect the committee ; hot
here the great difficulty arwe ; Acareely any one could be
foand to midertake the task. Mr. Alderman Thorpe was put
in nomination, hid begged to he excused, and his example
was followed by treaty, and having exhausted nearly the
list of all names in the room, a Committee of lien was mode
up, with power to add to their numbers. "i'hatilts were Ostia
voted to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned.

About half•past four o'clock on Thurs.] ty morning, as MI .
Rat tram, a respectable butcher al Welton, was proceeding
ou horseback to this town, ont his way to Ifislmilto tiiight
market,' when hr bad got a little on this side tit the Malty
tornpike•bur, lie WWI accosted by two flout tie
short jackets ou foot, who, after :11,:k ing lutist a few trilling
questions, seized the bridle of his horse, our id* them pot a
k !Hindle down on the ground, and then 'di sick )Ir. Itartrain nn
the side with a bludgeon, at the sante time demanding his
' money. Mr. Bartrain, finding himself !Iris situated, made
as immediate resistance with Isis whip, 1)01 Was tin illy 11174M11
.141011 the ground ; being a powerful mast, lie continued a
at rang awl determined opposition to the robbers, and threaten•
ing to shoot them, they thought proper to draw back a little,
when Nlr, Rartram seized their bundle which lay upon the
turnpike-road, remounted his horse, and got vile with it to
Mr. Lyon's Mu, in Carr-lane, the men vollowitig him los some
time, threatening hi. life, it he did tint drop the hurdle. Mr.
ltartram was couvidcrattly agitated when lie got to the gun,
and a good deal hart iu his side by the scuffle, and the Imre
of the Itholgeon ; lint otherwise, we ate happy to soy, not
motet i•II, lutist. The bundle, out exat ttttt arum, was foinid to
suntans a pair of pi•tols. one of them loaded, nuzzled, and
the lock tied sup ; ass elegant greets plush purse and pocket
book, a gentleman's drab cloth tipper coat with covered but-
tons, a silk and cotton lentilkerekicluoltioitmed, and a very
considerable sum of money in bids 41111 SOIL—Hull Parke',
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ATACBETII's CASTLE.—(Cticiols%Discovery.)—A letter from
Dinisinanc, in Scotland, states Ai f :—'• On the Itith
Nov., as the servants belonging to the West Mains of Ornisi..
static. house, were employed in carrying away stones from the
excavation made among the ruins that point out the site of
Macbeth's Castle heft., part of the ground they stood on It'll
dimly gave way, and slink down at I six feet, discovering 3
regularly built van!), about six feet long and folic wide. Noi e
ot the men being jointed, cariosity induced them to clear
• the when they discovered among the
ruins a large stone, weiietiiig about .10314., which is pr.r.
nuanced to be ot the mei. orie or semi_inetallie kind. Tidy
s ttttt r moat hi 'yr laid here doting the long series of ages aim e
Nlacbettes reign. licidde it were also foam' two round tablets,
of a composition reseniblinz bronze. On one of the•se two
lines are engraved, which a gentleman has thus deeipheted
—• The %MH: (or •liirilow ) if kingdom come, mild sy Iplis
air carry me again to !lethal.' These plmes exhibit the
tizori•s of the targets fir the arins. Fr time immemorial
It 113. been believed •1110111: Its 111.11., Ihat 111111,11 hand!. brinight
Jacob's pillow from lldUtel, and dropped it osi the site %%bele
the psloee of Scoone now stand,. A strums u. lief is also co -
tei brined by ninny of this part of the minatory, that it was oaiy
a repel m. 1.14111111 of this Jaeoh's pillow that Edward stilt to
st,iiiiister, the sari lia stone not miring been oweid by tin .
fhr riitioits here, aware ot nndinml., and who base
viewed tb. se venerable remains of alitiquity, agree ihat Mat'.
lieth tiody, or rather Mitt, have dopo•ited the iitinie in 9fiv!.•
lion at the bottom ul lii• easile,osi the hill of Diensinatie kerrias
the trouble oldie tint si, win re it has been timed by the %%Mi.."
men. rut too• stone i 13.4 been Oripned fir l,,uahstn f. r
the iiec,,eelbtil "I* the scientific ainatimr•, in order to ifiseuil r
its 'Tot ipiatity."
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On Wednesday nillst the preventive C.n.:ntn how bent
stationed at Allies fititl. vo. 00000 utoln.l by Mr. 34itiett
Heintz on the 'Well SI. ColitliffilllCS 1111:111„ lit 1111
Of the I'dit 01.11 ighll.4eited .• !ars; Ing-toti: noel •.,
llrlt•iie, called the V4IIIIIV, 1411111 t‘itl: 160 ritaks orninni
rd
.111,1 10.11" 1•1‘. „„„„„oi.„
N.til'elPr., Jana.* !!illllllllOllll, JAM., Hat boor, and 11. itit•i•rl',
4.1 of %%litchi. nod the nien, they votti.eyed to die CUP
,e, C.llsra; but the picarill it 2,1146011 e
sfitill I • 11114. it. u. Cashosiiis,llPe buai. 5114111 m dellirvied In ti e
!...•...ke for poten Valit/11, Ihr Pruzit. vs had to Unwel list
ist:s 111.• , to lihti uiit this tivotwv FAl•t.t..ottivet. tot 14..
of the at Is. 4111
_pillturn 490t1 (31114:ii.1%
1,0% liH 'lie 11„to,tooi-10.1.•.• Simpititiii.jAltr twat. ilia 11,
11111 g 1., ;rives thrall It ti.iitn 11..11A grs ; lark-
Wen unli will ya. 1.1 u,s ut $1.41 tU tI. for their 401%11).

TAN. 4

AGRICULTURAL REPORT
FOR DECEMBER.

The dry frosts, the latt*ristart of the month, have been
!noodle/A to the plants of Wheat, particularly those whirl.
heraine ton Invariant from early sowing ; the reports of the ie
front the prineipal corn disttiets are promishax, star
be free frosts the wire worm au •1 14.1 1 IX, so 01.1e,1
jurioris at this season. The winter, indeed, has lii:her
pissed very fiviiisru:sly to Aviculture its all its brotitc:l,.,
particularly in 111.11 of tillage. The 1%111w...0il lands. eirly
lad MN tire 1.01111111 its tine cant:llion for the ear' of
011. liailey I and the eililishes uurnded for Reins ii!i•
pear a •trte equally well fertilised. Potatoes have leave '
• wrtm-y and moprothictive crop. The turnips :lie so test
rally g: to off by she rot, espiodally the Swedes, as to have :ef
hut little feed llsiongtiont Not folk and Snfrolk. Cole
has dime well through the winter, and so have Ity.
Winter 'fares. Closer Seed rises better than wee eeprcted
from 1411d4 nut hut sit op in the summer. The large tintratit o'
fervid.; grain, portienlarlyWlseat, have depressed the in irk., I
50 us to weigh heavily anon the lauded interest. by
•roistraeliiia tile necessary operations of agrieuliure, and
driviott a huge utercase of sthemployed labortrers tothe
ces.ity of intik Mg fur parochial relief. Coissideralskt quan-
tities of foreign and of oar inferior %Vireo's have byes.
streveil by the inaltsiers as a suirstitute for Harley; hot lust-,
Is see nut been foisisil to %sot k liudly. rote clear samples of
Batley air scarce, aod likely soon to nominated higher term-.
Tim grass et tttttt ries still afford consi•lerable feed, elven
Lowrie Hay from re..chiug the high price •,tmerally looked for
'f Alma Markets hive through, the monis,. Its as,
trireme open n i-oe Berland Minton. Wool is • ether loves
•in valor, except its tine Senthduwit and M riot, tit sees, which
are much Lean Stock of must kinds hold sip
their puire., hub el rte Beasts ilteep,espiresally the former ;
the list fairs have been but thusly supplie I either wills Scotch
or %Veleta cattle.

The late miser, Jlr. Cow toes, whose death, at an advanced
tee, has heel' rein dr.', was fur many years a hair-dresser iu
the luetropolii. By dim of extiaordinary exertions in various
woy•, and through a itio•l rigid system of economy in his
expenditure, this in in r who seemed to have UO sorted purtioa
of the Cu:islet is and the Elsves blended in his composition
died immensely rich. having amassed, according to confident
report•, neatly two baulked thousand pounds! Old Ceori lois
was twig, well known iii tho pinks-its of I. 1144 tile% Mid the
Haymarket, Hi. apprainaCe Wa. meagre and squalid, and
his (lollies, mull as they were, were perlinacionsly gut up in
exactly the m.•re eat and aiirl the colour always either
fawn or mot rose. Ear the list Sd years the venerable chapeau
was anitororly of the same cock. Tit! pnlncip.ll feat, haw.
which this fervent votary of BMus appealed before
tie ;labor, was Li, carious and nearly fatal offalr With the
oaf.' :name Mrs. Maria Theresa Phepoe. A aim I 20 year.
ago this ill-rated woman projected a rather buil:4lEl,g scheme
in order to tri;:iiten her old acquaintance and visitiii,Couriots,
rat of a letriale slim of motley. o.le evening, all, 11
she 1545 Via-trill Of Ilia c filing, she had her apartment pi epared
for kit I.er:epilog. in 4 weries of limerral style—a bier, a black
velvet pail, black wax_candles lighted, rte. No allollef had
the old trtrnd entered the room, tiara the lady. assisted by
lief maid, pounced on him, forced him into an arm-ell:dr, ili
which he was forcibly held await by the w 1111 l all, 1111de the
lair, bratidisliing knife or yea •r, swore, witu Wising
violent imprecatriras, that iiedant should be his last, if he
dirt ilia gas e her nit order 01, his Itieker for a lams situ of
File Vela` faille vilaiir, alarmed at the ;ft-amity pre-
dire (hi eats of the desperate female, asked fur
pee, ink, and paper, shish tirdietholel!. 11111•1'11.1q1, Ile
Woolf a chuck nit his baiikes for !we believer 2,0J0t. H.
1,1 with preeipitation. happy L., elealre
ssiuwul itarsuilal tginry. The ilex' mu beim e its open-
iir at the 13 ink with some ierlice my
and on Mrs. liiiehmies making her appearanee with the
she was arrested, and siabsespremiy tiled at the 01.1 [inky,
•ON a capital charge, grounded on due anove prriereiliitay.
/lowever, through the able defence made i.y her Call aiti
(now I.ieliling), who look a legal oirjeelism to the
case as proved, amid contended that she never hod or ehteirred
any property of 11r. Conrfois, on the 1 iiiKaple that possession
constituted the but hisilg.e el ownership., she w.ts eveutumly
argisitteil. :froth, however, obage• us to add, that Mis.
.Pliepoc, wire was Dace connected with rer.peeialde
in the sister island, was in Moult four years After capitally
convicted on :.charge of cutting maimiug a poor tvOillall,
if ir which she suffered the last penalty of the law. SO.lat•
sears since, the late Lord Gage .iret Loartois, at the Court
room of the East India-am:se, on an election business. " A..
Courtois," said his Lordship, ' brings you here?" ‘• 'to
ktve my voter, my Lord," was the answer. " What! are you
.a proprietor ?" • Most certainly.' " And mote votes than
one?" a Yes, my Laud, I have font!" " Aye, indeed!
Why, then, before you take the hook, pray be kind enough
to pia ep ay catch!" with which modest requiest the prop ietor
oftiore votes, equal to tin thousand pounds, inuitedtately coo.
plied!
It has h-en for some time smiler the con.ideiation 01.
Pit misters, whether it is nut become alisollitely necesvary that
tau 114.111. Judges,. in stallion to the prevent nntnhcl, shalt ill
be appointed. The *cry great increase of jitilitt•i proceed.
jells 01 late sears appeals to render this necessary,particidarly.
uu aerostat of the prvssure of business min the Norillei Cis•
auJ the increase of offences at the Old Bailey. Wa
trust it will be its ought before Parliament, and that the'
measnre will be coupled with a revision of the C. iminat Cod,..
This is not one of the branches of public experidit use which
ought to stand 111 the way 01 situ It an augmentation, if proved
to he necessary ; fur it ir the well known upiiiion of the people,
that wuu the heavy load of business they have to so thion.:a,'
and the v1(.110114 acquisition of knowledge necessary to des
charge the insportriut functions, the Paiute Judges are nut slit'.
tillieistly remunerated.
The wifeof it re•peetable tradesman in Leith, from snnte
Moody cause, threw herself lulu the sea, at Lallleriael,ibiAlik:
West at Neslll4lVell, min Friday 'morning, at 9 o'clock, bottom
full tube. Lieut. Liston, of the Royal Navy, who lives in the
heiglibunrilood, being apprised of the rircuinstance, emus
dimely repassed to the beach, and with the characteristic
• courage of a British seaman, threw himself in, contrary lu tut
Urgent entreaties of his wire; he succeeded in reaching tine
body, which W 44 at least 150 yards tuna the sea,lsllll urwlgtll
it to slime, amidst the astonishment of a 1111,311aq- idatleelatiii-•
Every revortioa was nae.l oy meil.eal 110•1111.111 ell %lad •
111110, alter two hours' consi4lit caertaiii ill the means used ii.
such cases, happily succeeded in allllll4llUll. 'flow
the mother of a large family has urea saved watery*
grave: The conduct of Lieutenant Liston dcsi.tvcs that
highest ptaise.and ailasiratios.— Edinburgh. piper.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

REWARDS FOR DISCOVERIESA-c. IN THE ARCTIC
REGIONS.
By an Act passed in the 18th of King. Geo. sum of moonl.
was provided for the 04'110 i oF any Snip that should first find wit,
and sail throitgli a north-west passage front Hudson's Strait; to the
Western and Solithein (kerns of Aineriea ; and in the 16th of the
King. the rerard was extended to the discovery of a northern
paltige by set. between the Atlantic and Pacific (leans. and for
vie nrst approach, by VA, within one degree of the North Pole.
These Arts are now repealed; and by a Lew kct of last Sessioit.
IRIS, the reward of 90,(catl. is given the discovering a passage, by
sea, between the Atlantic and Paeitie Oceans; and to those who
shall approach first within one degree of the Pole, a revert' of 5,0001.
And to en; irtrage attempt 4 that may not be accomplished, a propor-
tionate reward may he awarltst by the Commissioners for discovery
of the longitude, who are to be guided in their judgment by the
inspection of the ship's papers, and the Privy Council are to direct the
pro iortions of the rewattl.
Tice re, dation of the Commissioners' meetings are under the di-
rection of Council, Lord Colchester, Davies Gilbert, F. A; and
Colonel William Mudge, Dr. Wollaston, Dr. Young, and Captain
Bitter, were appoimed Cuminissionees until Jan. I, thtit. Ily these
gentlemen, some of whom are fully competent to judge of the efforts
ttf the ships and their respective companies, in the late unsuccessful
ecoedition, the claims of all parties cu:icerne.l in those efforts will be
considered.
As to the reward for Approaching within one degree of the North
Pole, there does not yet appear any claimant ; but the efforts already
made will no doubt teed to encourage future examination ; and how-
ever perfect every 'suit of the discoveries manic may prove, yet this
oftener a coast is tracers:3l and sounded, so much the more familiar-
ized does the navigation become, and so much nearer do nations
appron.sh to the grand objects of the universal communications of
mankind.

Another fatal accident occurred ut Taesday night, in con
sequence of the very unsafe state in which Ur• Leeds and
Liverpool Canal-basin, near to Water.l site, in t town, o.
suffered still 1.1 remain. 011 the alms a Hight, about eleven
o'clock, Mr. Joint Lnbley, a Mill-owner at Ferpb•y, and Nit'.
Jahn Whitfield. a cloth.searelier, at Poilsey, left Cie Qu •rn's-
head, at 11.11.1ti11, hoth nu one horse, an I pros d.• 1 over
L4.'14,116(1,4'. t twards Fantle,/ attar they 11 ..1 pivoted
the small hiridze !vadat:: out Witter-lame toward. tae r. mat.
one of them ithser.eil it %VI. 4 dismal dark night, and it was
well they Wl.l. SU perfOCily aripls4Mted with their wa,.--
This conver. at. oil was Scarcely tiuivhed, lietlite his harse,
u,winz to the fug, 'pitted the road. aud fell with its riders into
the old Some ti-de after, Mt. West, inas:er of
a stone vessel Isilig iu the 114.415, being alarmed by the c tics
4501118 111'1,111 in distress, baSlrllllll 110111 his cabin, and .sail
Uu• essistance 01 Mr. Andrew Conlinau and his mate. and
swop of the isorkineti employed by the Union Company,
rescued Louky and his hoise from their perilous...tin:llion.
Whitfield had souk to rise tio court• ; 411111 111011411 diligent
search was mole for his remain., the hotly ,N 44 not found till
Friday, Ictriaz floated from that pla.'e where they hail
plunged into the w der, on the south side of the old 1141 th, to
the Ovrth-east corner of the new basin, at the punt nearest
the Watt.' 100-ford. On Thursday night a revertible trades-
man in Otis town oti••ed his road, and walked .1110 the new
bow ; be would have perished, had hr not been an elipert
st.trt •r. Bit i.e certainly attacitei somewhere fur the
dangeroits state in which both the anal basins are left.—
Leeds lot clligencer, I)ec. 211.

BRIT %I. ATTACIE.—Ott Tiiesday night, as Wortley, the con.
stable of Larahrift, was going nom his 'loose. iit South street,
I.4llherlt• road, upon drily at the Cobourg Thrace, lie was
attacked by a gang of six thieves ; lie received a desperate
blow from one of them, which felled him to the 0000 d.
be lay on the earth he received reveral violent ale los, which
rendered him totally incapable uftlefenilmg rimer It ; he with
difficulty utibiittOMA Ili.' CO:II, anti took ft ant his side pocket
4 loaded pistol : one of Ike villians, who had stood timelier
till then, Came up to Wurtrly, and sold to his companissits,
" Id-- the —•--, kill linn." Wortley raised his pistol and
tired it amongst the desperadoes : lone at them railed out,
" Oh God God !" and they all took to their heels and
decamped, leaving Wortley lying 011 the wound. The only
severe injury Wortley received 1545 1111 its side. There can
he n i &Pint but one of the millaius is wounded. Two of thr
gang were w.-II knowia su the con•lawe : lir had theist tit cus-
tody a few weeks ago, on a charge of burglary, and Hwy
were discharged for waist of identity. Sevei al pollee-offices.
immediately went in iiersnit of the set etches, but it is stip-
poled that they MVO Sett the metropolis, or they have theses t-
ed their karats.

Irtu.owi•.—Tuesday morning William K.•t• stood in tlt.•
pillory, in Covent Garden Market. A vast consist ce of
persons had collected together ou the urca•iun. s 1• cutout :ts
he way placed in the apparatus, rotten egg,, apples, uwd, age.
were throw is at hint lions all quarters. lour brittle lite ea-
pitation of the 1 he was so tomitirtely coveted that his
prison was scared) discernibly. .tiey is the than who AC.
cussed a young titan of respectable connexions, named Ileory
Cooke, nt has mg etuployed and furnished I with pedids
to initialer Mr.Stie4VS, pi uteri, tor of the copper mill* at Me, imp,
and having a (.1111111ink-house in !sleet Ilarket, togellter as nli
Ills wide family. Cooke was Mr. Sileat', clerk. The dlagis•
Ii coositiered the charge unfounded, and libelateviCiwilie,
who stiliserptently pro‘oesiteul h ec, and who is 1,1155 under
sentence of Ilatislim 141 Coolie is ,•funte de.sd in a myste..
lions In:uu•ct,Guut.th streets of poison.
Out Tosesday evening Jail, lit:lV:Ceti nix o'clock,
a: the Camel miry newsmen, earl' ill their eart,t, were on their
roil ltonuu•y, when Within :Wont half a nude
of Dy 1111:11,1t ea, a Mail wuldruly spa wag trout tbe si-.lc id the
road, and attempted to seise the horse of the first cart, hut
missed his aim .111.1 fill Crider ilia hussar, which went over
I ; both tarts imatelliately dies, up, the loan was then got
sou•• little distance, when one of the newsmen pursued, over.
took, and brought him hack to their carts► wisest they wet an
utlic..r wills two men, on Usweisatit duty, -who immediately
recognized the loan, took charge of him, anti marched him a
prisoner to the calker of the party to %flitch lie belonged.
Cie fellow is a marine, anti one of those :win) nted to the duty
of watching the persons concerned hit the contraband trade,
upon thy coast Drillat comity. lit addition to the above cir-
cumstance, we learn now auotiter part of the essays, that the
establishment for preventing smuggling, as it is at preseat
conducted, hegi,us to by as a most serious evil by :ill milks
of persons. People are nightly stopped and insulted in the
very streets,and Ilan) rem:kik is made, silence is immediate-
ly enforced by a pistol levelled at the 61'41111 of 'lnfos Innate
person who falls into their• hands. A few evettiiti;s since, at
a public 11041110, one of i11t55. men di csv oat has pistol anal dis-
charged it, the ball going tlitotigh the hat of a potaon present,
and through the ecuing of she loom, passing close to another
perinea in the "linushor above.
Accondingto Ildvices from Port-air Prince, dated towards
the ender October, President ttnyiet "tat atiant to proceed
with gstrailrooaf li armed vessela to recuauuttre the po-
asiolosts of Chribtophc.

From Me LONDON C.:IZETTE, Tuesday. Dec. 19.

RANKRUPTCIEi ENLARGED
?Rost:a W. ILeetUr,l, growr, from Jan. 12 to 13.
Egitt,NiTito 31, E. Fen Court, Fenchurch Str.:ct, merchant, front
:/1.; to Ft:b. 13.