The National Register.
London, England, 1822-05-27 00:00:00

any which had hitherto polluted the Columns of
a Newspaper, the Court sentenced one of the de- II
Unguents to pay £3OO, without any imprisonment, ,
and each of the other two to be imprisoned three
months, and pay a fine of .Cloo—we well remem-
ber the sentence upon poor Peter Finnerty, fur a
libel on Lord Castlereagh—a sentence which un-
questionably hid the foundation of the illness which
deprived society of a bright ornament—we remem-
ber the sentence on the Messrs. Hunt of The Exa-
miner—and to refresh the memory of the public we
hope some independent member will move fur a return
of all the sentences passed for libel during the last
fifteen years—we shall then see the extent of this
vaunted equal-handed justice—we shall then sec
how impartially were visited sins against those in
power, and those who were groaning under oppression
and persecution, and from what had been done
heretofore we shall be enabled to judge whether or
not the same sentence would have been thought
heavy enough if it had been pronounced upon any,
one who had heaped a tenth part of the abuse upon
a live King, as was considered sufficient for the
lying defamers of an abused and broken-hearted
Queen.

The Parts papers of Wednesday last have arrived.
The following are extracts
:--
Penis, Dlei• 22 —Yesterday his Excellency the
English ambassador had an at of the King.
Three persons, one a child only ten years old, are
under accusation as incendiaries. Their Christian
names are rather curious, Louis-Francis Laisel,
Louis Charlemagne Gossini, and Napoleon-Clovis
Tessin.

The Mayor of Lyons issued an ordinance on the
17th instant, in consequence of an election disturb-
ance, calling upon the inhabitants to shut their
houses, shops, or coffee-rooms, at dusk. A tumult
was expected at the dose of the election, and this
ordinance was intended to check it, but no further
dist u Lance occurred.

Intelligence from Smyrna confirms the re-taking
of Selo by the Turks, under the Capitan Pacha, who
was not able to restrain the rage of his soldiers
against the Greeks.
FRONTIER OF MOLDAVIA, MAY 2 —lntelligence
from Bucharest of the 26th April, states that the ex.
cesses of the Turks spread dreadful alarm there
Foreigners, among them some Austrian; have found
themselves obliged to demand passports and an es-
cort, which the Kiaja Bey refused. Most of them
have placed their goods in the cloisters.
_

An article from Vienna states, that one of the
Austrian Archdukes is to be sent to London on a
mission of the highest importance, the object of
which is to lay the basis of a new treaty between
Engl and and Austria, and to agree on the measures
to be taken in common by those two Powers, in
case the Porte should persist in rejecting, " as it is
probable," all the modes of conciliation proposed by
the mediatory courts.
M. de Tatischeff left Vienna on the 20th April,
and was expected to return in six weeks.

TREASURER OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLEfiIi
2.
The election fir this-office took place on Thursday
last. The following were the numbers:—

Sir Hobert Raker
Mr. Bourerie V.3 Mr. Hutchinson
Mr. Burchcll lll Mr. Stirling
Sir R. Baker was of course declared duly elected—a
decision which at once does honour to the magistracy
of the county, affords a balm of consolation to the
grossly outraged feelings of the worthy Sir Robert
Baker, and united with the sympathy shewn by the
nation at large for the unjustifiable treatment of Sir
Robert Wilson, may serve to convince Ministers
that the British people do not regard a successful
attempt to prevent the common sewers being (kluged
with blood as a crime.—We arc credibly informed,
that Sir Richard Birnie's name did not appear in the
majority—Sir Richard knows and studies what will
please those who have made him what he is from
what he was. Query—Which is the more estima-
ble character—an honest working journeyman s:td-
dlcr, ur a pliant uud knighted Chief Magistrate?

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

SO2O or THIC CILICROY.••-011 Thursday last the
anniversary festival of this institution, established
for the protection of the necessitous Clergymen, was
celebrated at St. Paul's Cathedral. The Lord
Mayor, with several of the Aldermen and City Of-
ficers, together with numerous dignitaries of the
church, attecded. The celebration was commenced
with a grand performance of sacred music, both vocal
and instrumental, at which some of the meet emi-
nent professors of the metropolis mimed. Previous
to the finale, a sermon was preached by Dr. Bloom.
field, Archdeacon of Colchester. The company after-
wards repaired to Merchant Tailors Hall, where a
sumptuous entertainment was prepared for them.—
A liberal collection was made at the doors:
The Archbishopric of Armagh has been given to
Lord John Geo. Beresford; and the Archbishopric
of Cashel to Dr. Alexander, the near relation of
the Earl of Calcdon. Thus has the apostolical fa-
mily of Beresford, after picking and chusing every
valuable see, after it has become vacant, for the last
20 years, and after having had, at one lime three of
its members opal the Bench, accomplished one of
the great objects of its ambition, in the attainment
of the Primacy of Ireland. It only remains, that
the Marquess of Waterford be made a Duke, and
nothing further can be asked. They already possess
among themselves, their connexions, and depend-
ants, one-titurth of the whole patronage of Ireland!
The Earl of Caledon, whose relation has got the
other Archiepiscopal Mitre, is one of the must con-
siderable parliamentary patrons in the service of
ministers.
A meeting of the county of Chester has been
held at Noithwich, to take into consideration the
distressed state of agriculture, and to petition Par-
liament for relief—Chas. Wicksted, Esq. the High
Sheriff, in the chair. Mr. Davenport moved a
petition, detailing the causes and extent of distress,
and praying for reduction of taxation, which was
seconded by Mr. G. Wilbraham, and carried nearly
unanimously, only two or three hands king held
up against it.
A true bill was returned on Thursday last, by
the London Grand Jury against Horatio Orton, one
of the accredited agents of the " Constitutional As-
sociation," for an assault upon J. Wilfred Parkins,
Esq. late Sheriff of London.
Among the articles of intelligence communicated
by the last arrivals from the I inited States, is that
of a fracas between the British frigate Topaz, Capt.
Blackwood, and the Chinese at the village of Linun,
20 miles above Macao. The particulars are given
in advices from Canton of January last. It appears
that the frigate's boats were on shore watering,
when a dispute arose between the crew and the
natives, who attacked the British seamen with bam-
boos and other offensive weapons ; under these cir-
cumstances, it is stated that Capt. Blackwood was
inductd to open a fire, in order to cover the retreat
of his men, and the result was, that 1S Chinese
were either killed or wounded. The frigate and a
large country ship were left lying at Lintin, with
their boarding nets up, under the apprehension that
an attack would be made by the natives.
THE GOOD PASTOR.—The will of the late Arch-
bishop of Armagh has just been proved by his widow
under two hundred and twenty thousand pounds.
This is his Grace's personal property merely. What
his real estate may be, we are unable to say, but
doubtless the Shepherd was not without fields and
pens. Whatever the distress of Irelatul, certain
spiritual graziers there appear to have no cause of
complaint. However, it would seem that Scripture
is occasionally tortured in that quarter (perhaps in
others), and the text "feed my sheep," corruptly
read " feed oft my sheep," which alone can account
for what (using Burke 's expression) we may call
must excellent " tallowing in the caul and kidnies"
—the Mock can boast nothing like it. There is no
reason to teel any alarm about the strict ortho,lowy
of his Grace's successor—in this sort of sheep-walk,
he will, it is presumed, follow his predecessor "pas-
sious zequis.'' The stamp of the probate was 2,0001.
a small slice, which, coming to the revenue, is the
public's share of this fat thing.
A grazier, in a very extensive line, living about
three miles from Bridgewater, two yt-ars since pur-
chased 120 wether sheep, for which be paid 475.
each ; since which, seven out of the lot died
and the remainder were sold a short time since in
Smithfield market at twenty fee shillings each. The
same grazier declares that he has within the last
year sold stock of different kinds at a thousand
pounds less than tk cost price.
Fine mackerel are now selling at Weymouth, at
one penny each. It is calculated that one hundred
thousand of those fish have been caught on that part
of the coast of Dursetshire, since the commencement
of the season.

A grand review of cavalry will take place on
Hounslow-heath, on Thursday next, at which the
Prince and Princess of Denmark will be present.—
The corps to be reviewed are the 9th, the 10th,
and the 16th regiments of dragoons, with the Life-
Guards and nurse Guards Blue.

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