The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-11 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S PLATE.

A public meeting was held on Thurstity, at the Crown
and Anchor, for the purpose of reeeiril;a the report or
lire committee appoin:ed to regulate the Stli/SCription for
prase ' gto her Majesty a service of plate.
Toe rt►oul was oum rously hhed with welbtkessed
ladies and gentlemen by two o'clock,. as winch hour Sir
Noel and the other gentlemen who formed the coin.
miller, entered it amid the aeciatunions 01 the company
assembled
Sir G. Soat was in the chair.
Mr. C. PEMtSOOI read the report, which was or con•
sideraide length. 1•t stated that the framers of it
assembled on the 2•3 d of August last, at the Crowe and
Atichor 'ravens, and hs:l th. n passed several resolutions,
which it recited, for the porimee of opening a snb.cnp•
troll to procure Inr her M ijesq a service of plate suited
•to her rank as cloven of Eoglantl. and to the generous
feelings which the people Ittlt towards- her; that they
had requested Mt. Ald. Wood to act as their treasurer,
and Mr. C. Pearson as their stcretaty, which those gen-
tlemen hail undertaken to do.
Mr. Mu ItritY proposed a 'mber of Noblemen and
Gentlemen Trustees, for the purpose of this subscription,
and that the Comouttee be empowered to add to their
.1111111beli.-Tee 11106011 was put mid carried uuaut-

ntonsly.
Thanks were then moved and carried to AI,I. Wood,
and also to Mr. C. PEARSON, the Rev. R. 1-laycs, and
1)r. Gilchrist, for theii exeruuus lit bk:11:111. Of the object

Of this meeting.
Mr. Peartson, in rewriting thanks, stated that part
of the Qoeeit's plate had beret lent to Mr. Street, the
Ediwr of the Courier, and that front the time when it
had been so lent up to the present moment constant
attacks had been made in that paper upon her Ittlaiesty's

conduct.
Sir G. Noss, in expressing his gratitude for a vote of
thanks which had been passed to him, read a letter from
Alder i an IVood, in which the Alderman asserted that
bet Ilajesty was ill want of !leelllllay means to conduct
her driciice.
This occasioned considerable remark, and on the (Ili-
. solution of the meeting, it was understood that another
mend he speedily called to take that subject into con-
sidet ation.

ALDEIISC.III: ADDRESS TO TUE QUEEN

Tuesday a Meeting of the inhabitants of the ‘Vard
of Aldersgate was held at the I.hspetisary iu Altlersaate
Street, to consider the propriety of addressing het Ma-
jesty on tier remit* to lioglantl and on the proceedings
now taking place against het. Toe meeting wa
Inertmily and most respectable attended; the great room
was crowded.
It oyster Atato-ta Cox, 1..1,41. the wor by Alderman
of toe Ward, arrived and took the Chair at une o'clock.
The Requisition having been read,
Mr. C. Coitsou La addressed the Meetiou. Ile ex-
pressed how grateful he felt Mr the commit tilltl 11.111.1-
some manner in winch the worthy Alderman had com-
plied with the desire of the requisitionists: it W. 13 ilO-
- to himself ; it was liberal towards the Ward.
It W 33 most properly in .king private geeing ,s and I),N:et-
collar opinions give .vay ro public duty. Ile Men ad-
yelica to the obj.in for winch they were assembled, Mill
lamented at the character of the Government and tile
tranquillity of the country should be pot at issue by such
canal .ianis pioceedings as those which the Ministers had
beta hold enough to adopt. The state of the public
mind was before deo:made enough. There was grew.
irritation resulting from the conduct of the Ministers
and the state of our finances. TM* fresh calaitiny was
not rerptired to fill op the taeasures of general discon-
tent. It however had come kapott them, and being, thus
iiivolved, it became 111,111 10 tIO their duty in tins hying,
hour of danger. 'l.tie Queen was now the object or
prosecution, amt that yoceeding was not elitism:tett
accordion to the known principles and recogn zed tis
of the Constitution. Ile concluded with !timing tout
au Address he presented to her Majesty.
Mr. C. COKIItI t.t) WaS Well loudly called 011 it/ reitil
the Address 'Moen lie i•ripsell S11001(1 he ailopteil by
the meeting; and with tins it quest lie accuruitigly coat-
'lite Address, as proposed, was then adopted.
I\lr. CoaxouLD next stated, that he knew the Ward
of A ltlersgate so well, that he had prepared the Addrtss,
which he produced.
ilt was beaunittlly written on vellum. Ott the top
were drawn two SerVelltS, wltll their tails t'tltwilleit they
were writhing, sviiii the heads pwards. ll•tween those '
heads was a nose, which they s Lady ..iiteitipted ill V.
uuod
or disturb. II lettla.tied tranquil. lit the centre of the
circle thus formed were the initial letters C H I
Mr. C. added, that he 11311 halite; hitt 1116, tote to
eothottillicate to them, winch he consider. ti would be
most agreeable; their wmthy Alderman liked the pro-
cecilitig so well, 1.0.11 he Was tletertliittett to head llt,lll 111
tile processmd.—Jiid applause.)—lie eoueludc,l %%oh
musing that the thanks sit the ineem,,, tie toted to the
Chairmati.—Manion agreed to.
Mr. A4lerallall Coo tettlrllcti !his titll:ll9W!etlgllU•nts.--
lie &caned it Ins to t.,e a.itlrccn : .tS • Ile
()akin Of the ‘Var.l tic coii,i.:etetl tiaat he o.tei,ht to unsy
their Wlslles. 1/4:111.1:,111.e.)
Nlatiy men met( signazures to the
the Meeting Was that tlili•
given when her Majesty would tie vls.ased to :es else tile
Address. 'lire inesziog ;ma Seintratttl.

The mu it-road ut the foot of Ili•oag!::ini•1ii:1,
Kent, was rendered completely impit.ssabic for c.a-
riages on Thurslty lust, by the foiling of about two
two thousand Jowls of earth kern tl:c :kill, which the
late heavy rains had undermined.

,TITE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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M EL ANCIILY CATAlriturtte.—A cdrJva it of Freud'
and foreign nut uralists, consistiliA of NI.
lor of the Einiteror of Itassia ; S,lii tit, physician, said
Caruso, the younger, apoiti. car/; bourilvt (of La Ste.
vre) naturalist ; I)artiford, J11E11,41011 Cll.' alit , au,l a
Mr. Ii .ittlerson, a gentlenl.lll 01 lilt 411111.: Clollllry, 41•:
out front Geneva on the Itith of 11114 11101011, to exislai-
Cie suananiis•uf the ratuge of mountains, ktioivia 1111'es
the name of Mont-Wane. They wereprovided with three
toadies,. one of whom, named Peter Cars lee, had made
the ascent six times. On the 18th, the travellers barns::
safely cleared the dangerous passes arrived at the top tit
a in called the Grand Muslin. Tney were
obligeddo halt there a day and two nights, on account of
toe had weather; but on the Sunday morning, AIIZIISI
the 20111, the weather appeared once inure to set ill floe, I
and the savatis commenced their march al hive o'clock in
the ttioritink hail steady reached the desire.'
tomintit, when the guides, who preceded them acme.
one of those mountains, lost their fa piing, were hurried
by the snows to the butt ttttt of th, ravine, and were
overwhelmed by she avalisoelte. Tile tr wellers who
were coming tip in the is;!ar, tvitie•sseal this frightful
esuastroplie, and escaped as if my unlade, the saute luta.
lity. They exerted menisci:es Ix the space of liar boors
to tied some means of rescuing Ilse on iirtiniate men,
but all their ellUrts, all their Striy.4lvh were velum's%
success. It is needless to add, that these gentieineit lost,
by shot event, almost all the instruments with which
they were provided, and that they returned 10 Geneva
its a a ate of consternation, after having seen the Won
who served them as guides so awfully perish.
DARING 110611ERY.—About three o'clock on Saturday
•fternaisii, as Mr. Everett, of Campion t.reet, Clerkers-
well, back maker, was standing at the corner 01 his 40V11
ibreet, to see the Queen pass try, he was hustled lay a glllll/
of pickpockets; one of mein of the name of Joseph
Gray, gave Mr. Everett a blow in the belly, and
diatedy suatelted his geoid watch nut of his lab, which the
villain. handed to one of his accomplices, who ran ad
whit is. Mr. Everett laid hold of the robber and called
for assistance, they struggled for sonic time, until Etlw.
Readone of die tlation Garden Police °like cattle alit.
took hi.n into custody, and recognized tit him an old
sidensler. lie was taken before the Sittiog Magistrate,
where the charge Leitig proved, he w..s cons:bitted so
Newgate fur
Monday, Ig of June, a duel W 34 fought
between Itictiard Swart ana Townsend S. ))sate, boit
of hong George County, oa th.! Mary land shore,
intinetll.lllCly opposite their residence, at a short distance,
with mu•keis•lo..ded %%Ida buck shot. Mr. 1)..11e Was
shut death ; Stuart was so set erely wotintled dial he
expired in a few 111111(S atter. They were iscighbotirs,
near relation., and lavretotore friends. This unitortutt.ne'
dills:re:nee, which resulted its so trine an end, occorred
attain a mere tulle ; and thus adds two ityore•to the list
of wretched victims who have tallest a Sdefilice to rake
notions of honour, abut the horrid aittl gothic practice of
Mu RDER.---Ott Wednesday Last was committed to
Fisherttni gaol, J. Asher, charged un an inquest w.th
wilfully den alt P. Nl'Key, at the Bull lnu, War--
1 dies, on Sunday afternoths, the Tile per-
sou charged with the 11111101 J is .1,1 Ohl lleert.llol 111 11,
upwards of 74 years of age, weir travelled ata,ut the
cute try vending isostrunts, and the cause sit the horrid act
appears ti, have heel] jealousy. Asher, is Se1:111S, it id for
some time cohabited %villa a WUIII.III of NViltoti, hauled
Saran Lewis ; with this wonian the ii. ceased, who also
travelled the country with table cloths; haul latterly
formed ass acquaintance, by Ir.guieuby meeting her at
difleretit houses of resort tor people of their employ-
ment. On Sunday afternoon, the aid mail, understanding
'mat the woman and deceased were 1041:111er 011 a
bench in the back-yard of the public-huuse where they
lodged, armed Itints,:lf with all old carvitiz knife, which
he sharpened for Ins horrid purpose, and vvithntr qseak-
iti4 a word inflicted three mortal stabs on the object tit
Its fury. M•liley languished till 11 41101 5:2
to'cl(wk ou Monday, and then expired. It is understood
111.11 the theea,ed has lett a Wile. .0111 0.31 childreuat
New ty, ill tile North in 1 rvialitl.
oti eiltics.Lay lasi a desperate 0w11.1,1X eras eunnuti;kul
by attune au the debtors in Laticasivr who had the
room, Cillcd th e'l'ap, to the old 'lower, alas:Ole:a for
their .ti,astment. Tuley arose up,tll the chairs, tables,
and 'stains inane twill, 41151 Arlt Mattis in 111t111 011 ;
31111 but tor ate actisiiy of the gaoler and 1114 asSIS/iI.IIS
in gettits,r. the We under, in all 1001/.161111 that part at
die orison winds' have been dchroyed.
Exmouth Itugatta, on Wednesday se'nnight, was
more numerously and respectably attended than we
ever remember it to have been on any former occa-
sion. I)nritig the boat-race an uceitlent of a very
serious nature was likely to have ce..urred. One of
the boats, in cause Illettee of a sudden squall, filled
and sunk, but we are happy to say. that by the
prompt and Immune exertions of E. L. Kemp, Esq
of Exeter, and Lieut. Park,T, of Exiilwith, no live,
were lust. The thriner ;;entleman was viewing the
saili:tg-matelt in his own yacht, accompanied by his '
friend, Mr. Parker, and seeing the occident was
likely to happen, tact nisi,- towards
, the sil.king boat, and w,re. haquaate eu.nigii to ar-
I rive in time to save Capt. Lyons, and the two pilots
who were on board wits him, f..oin a watery gray.).
took piaic lately it. the prr‘ci.oatite of 11.1-
ret:th, h,:twecti a Polish and a
They fougilt with pistols, and too ltus,ian was
woantled, Out not dangerously. The ,siLuir is sauce
to hate excited it very great seitsati.m, hat :she
cause ei aw quarrel is not slated.
A Preacher in tile Nlctiuslist cotuleetion copeti
on Friday night last front ILlbeach, Lincolnshire,
with a young lady of considerable tOrtulle, and are
supposed to ded for Circtu.i.grcea.

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