The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER:

We stated somo time ago, that bands of unem-
ployed weavers were in the habit of parading the
streets of Glasgow and its suburbs, as " Public
Beggars," on the p' ea of " Want of NVork." On
I riday about one hundred of them were brought be-
time the Magistrates, Sheriff, and Justices, as the
Police-Office ; and, *tier a serious admonition La to
the impropriety of their conduct, they were dismis-
sed,•with the assurance that all such as were weav-
ers, and could product:satisfactory references, would
immediately be provided with work.
WHITEHALL.—ACCOrding to the plan for improve-
ments romigusous to the Hurl Palace, or Banqueting-
house, Whitehall, the houses long .ded together,
are to come down, in order to forwua square of new first
rate boildinp. The square is• nearly opened, by the
removal of the State Paper Office. and the premises at
the bock of the house inhabited by the King's Almoner.
Thisseite was the Conn of Jaunts the Second. It is
now the residence of several of the Nobility. The Edit
of Liverpool, Prime Minister, is the principal per:4lllov..
Foreigners who inspect the back boat of the BAlltillet.
ins-house, and the range of buildings thence to cot-
latul-yattl, are struck by the inelegant abodes of
greatness. The only inducement for a matt ul quality
to live there must be the convenittice of tile situation
for business. We expect :owl to see that once distin-
guished pan of IVestniiiister assume a more airy and
se; ilar appearance.

We understand that Miss O'Neil is speedily to
be led to the hymeneal altar by William Becher,
Esq. M. P. for Mallow in Ireland, a gentleman of
great opulence, and who proved himself last Session
to be us eloquent in the Senate, as the Ludy is on
the stage. Mr. Becher allows Miss O'Neil to settle
all the fortune she has acquired by her talents on
her family, and he makes a handsome settlement
on herself. IVe believe that notice has been given
to Covent Garden Theatre, that she does not mean
to appear again. This will be the only subject of
regret to the public, for otherwise they must
rejoice in her good fortune.
About six o'clock on Monday evening, as the
Highgate stage, on its way from town, was driving
along Gray's-Inn-lane, one of the fore braces, which
supyorts the body, happened to break, by which
accident a very respectable looking woman, who sat
on the outside, with a child about a month old in
her arms, was thrown off. So careful was she of
the child, that it did not receive the slightest hurt ;
but the unfortunate woman, besides having an urns
broke, received several severe contusions on the
bead and other parts of the body; she was carried
into the shop of a surgeon, where she had her
wounds dressed, after which she was taken inside
the couch and proceeded home to Highgate.
A letter front Bristol, dated Dec. 15th, says,—
" We had a tremendous tire here last night in High-
street, which it was thooght would have consumed
the whole of that section of the. street extending
from the upper coiner of Corn-street to the market
gate; it broke out a quarter before nine, corn.
mencing at Mr. Whinnarsh's, a tea dealer, or rather
in a small manufactory at the buck-of his premises,
used for the stoving of straw bonnets. The flames
raged with fury until four o'clock, when, by the
exertions of the firemen, their progress was stopped.
The following, houses are destroyed, with property
to a considerable amount, via-- Mr. Reeves, a res-
pectable bookseller and stationer; Whinearsh's, a
tea de ler; /trains, a large shoe warehouse, and an
empty house, formerly occupied by Mr. Ashmead,
haberdasher. No lives providentially were lost.
The whole city was in great alarm, and apprehen-
sions were entertained for the Castle Bank."
PrRSIAN GULPII —We are sorry to learn by let-
ters received within the last few days front Bushire,
that there is every reason to believe that some unfor-
tunate females have fallen into the hands of the
pirates, during the present season, and have actually •
been sold in the public bazaar, at one of their prin-
cipal stations in the Gulph. Two of them are said
to be• Europeans, and the remaining three natives of
India. We sincerely hope this report nay prove to
be without foundation; and we do so with the more
confidence, si.are• we have never.heard of any persons
of this description being missing. They are said,
however; to have been taken in a boat coming to
.Bombay, front some place on the Malabar coast, and-
that the wale Europeans in attendance on them
were put to death. In the mean time it may be
satisfactory to know, that Captain Loch, in his
Majesty's ship Eden, in company with some of the
Hun. Company's cruisers, has proceeded to• the
stations frequented by the pirates, to demand. their.
immediate restoration, should the account prow• to
be founded in truth. The career of these. cruel free-
booters will, we sincerely hope, be speedily brought
to a close. The hosier Inanumi goseris cannot surely
be allowed to exist in the immediate viciuity of the
British power, and in the very truck of oue of the
principal branches of its trade.
Wednesday a Coact ut Directors was-held ut the
East India House, when the followiug Captains
were sworn into the command ut their resit( etive
ships, vis,—Cuptain J. Stewart, of the Lady Mel-
ville, fur St. Helena, Bombay, and (7 i: in ; Curtain
J. lanes, of the Prince Regent, fur Madras.

417•

At an Ordination held by the bad Bishop of Nur
wick. on Sunday la►t, the following persons west
senlitted intoly Orders:

DEACONS.
James Thomas Bennett, A. B. Bohol College. Oztord.
William Collett, A.B. Sidney Sussex College. Cambridge.
Ileaton Champion dc Crespigny. Student in Civil Law, Trinket
Hall, Cambridge.
Henry Du more, A.B. Caius College, Cambridge.
William Thomas Goodehild.

Joseph Haddock, Pembroke 11111, Cambridge.
John Charles Herring.
Wiliam Hiltlyard, A.B. Trinity College, Cambridge.
George Frederick St..lolin, A.B. Baliol College, Oxford.
William Nfargesson, Chri►t Church, Oxford.
henry North.
James Hall SampAon, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Edward Thurtell. •
John Tilt, St. Alban's HaH, Oxford. •

John Neville White. St. Peter's Calkge, Cambridge.
William Farley Wilkinson, B.A. flene't College, Cambridge.
ESI'S.
Diehard Altlous Arnold, A.B. Trinity College. Oxford.
ltithard Atkinson, A.R. Catharine It all, Cambridge.
Robert linthurst, A.B. Christ Church, Oxford.

Frederick Beatty. A. 13. 'trinity Culiege, Dublin.
William I lennell Mack.

Jeremiah Burrougher.-A.B. Einnumtiel Collc7e,
John Clarryvince, A.M. Cahn College, Cambridge.
John Wareyn Darby. A.M. Jitto.
Andrew Edwards, A.M. Dem', of Magdalen College, Oxford. •
Henry Freeland, A.B. Emanuel College, Cambridge.
Charier Goodrich, A.B. Christ College, Cambridge.
John Knight Grerham, Jesus College, Cambridge.
William Jackson, A.M. Lincoln Cull:ge, °afoul.
Charier Leicester, Student in Civil Law, Trinity Hell, Camb.
John I.dwall.

Thomas Back, A.M. Caius College, Cambridge
William Pa'grate alanclarke, A.B. Jesus College, Cansbriilipl.
Moses Marcus.

William Thomas Myers, A.M. Jesus College. Cambridge.
Charles Joseph Oman, A.D. Sidney Sussex College,
Thomas Schreiber, A.U. Si. John's College, Cambridge.
P. Ward, A.B. Trinity College. Oxford.
Edward Carus Wilton, A.8.-Queen's College, Cambridge.
On Monday last the Rev. Robert Bathurst, clerk
A. M. was collated to the Wenn), of Toperoft in Nor- •
folk, in the gift of the Lord Bishop of Norwich. anit
was instituted to the Vicarage of l)Jcking, in the same
county, on the nomination of the bald Lord Bishop. •
and presentation of the Prmost and Fellows of•Etou
College.
On the same day the Rev. Henry Free:and. A B. was
instituted to the Rectory of Fbsketon in Suffolk, on
the presentation of Mrs. Sarah Freeland of lkilham.
AIM on the same day the itisv. Win. [lemma Black.
was licensed tr. he perpetual Curacy of ‘Vortogay in
Norfoik, uu tl a donation of the Lord Bishop of
Norwich.
In consequence of the great depression in the price
of I:1.16101w Rev. Archdeacon Wollamon, Rector of
East Dereham, at his mite audit, held on Tuestlay,
generously returned 5 per wit. to the fanners—wit es.,
ample worthy of trout anon.
Tmsdry seinitglit the Rev. Mr. Bryant, of Alburglt
leit his house, anti nut returning so ',ion as was expectec.
search was made, and it is supposed, ow ing to tn.!
dJrkness of the night, he fell into a ditch, iu which Le
was found drowned.

On the night of Monday sen'night. some person or
psi viols stole 20 hells, f as out-house behrou.ing to
Mr. James Barnard, of Great I:Hingham, and in he
a.ait.e week 8 %salmi were stolen from Mr. B. Bur-
:oughts, oil Atilehorough • and a considerable number
of acne from Mr. M. 61811 of Shropham.
On the morning of Sateirday the 4th, betweeweighi•
and nine o'clock, some villians entered the house of
:Matthew Honk, labourer, at West Bradenliani, during
severe storm 01 rain; he being gone to work, and his
wife also ithilellt every box and drawer in the house
was forced Olen, and cash and notes, to the amount of
701. besides six tea-spoons, were mole!).
064 Tuesday a poor woman who died in Lynn Work-
house was buried.; and during the time the service was
reading, the husband of the deceased expired, alter a
snort illness.

ETON Pit oVIDENT FUND. —The weekly distribution •
of coals and bread, to the poorer classes of Emit, com-
menced MI Friday last, on obit plan of charity which •
bears the same features of benctulence and wilily woo' •
many mite's lately established the
The poor annually, during the last three %minuets have
contributed according ro :heir ability, and number 11► •
Iroin dd. to V.s. 6.1. tier week each, for twenty
weeks ; and double the 3104)0111 of their respective coo- .
tributions is supplied to them, Ly 11111C4114 of subscript Mos
from the more.optilent and respectable unl►abituus, 1.1
coals or in hicad, as they peeler, during sixteen necks
the wilder. Upwards of 130 pow families hate thus
contributed, front their weekly earnings., during the last
summer, no lets a snot Olaf) f 461. and will in this in-
clemesit period reap the belictit of their priidetice. The
advantages of such a plan over indiscriminate charity.
are obvious; it tends to create those habits of re6ularily
and prospective resource which are so desiral.le in the
lower order ; it leads them so exert themselt es, in order
to secure the willing assistattce of others; and it dint's.
nishes, if it does not destroy, the probability of that.
misery, which has in some seasons arisen to them, (rout
the arcatscatcsty of that prime necessary fuel.

An• anonymous information was conveyed to the
Manchester Magistrates, that in a certain houso
which was accurately described, ti ree cannon might
be thund, together pith one in a state of forward-
ness, of the owner's mail g. Accordingly a pooese
of peace officers was sent to search the house tot
these trea.onaLle weapons. They found the owner
at his ordinary work, and they produced their
warrant to search for the tremendous arms—►ilea
the poor man, after h;s consternation had subsided,
said, " I see how it is--my name is Cannon, I ..ush
three children, and my wife's wi' baina,"

Vilittarig-

LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 20.

Time o'Clock, p. M.

Two Hamburgh Mails have arrived bringing
Paperi to the .10th inst. An article from Brunswick
states, that on the 2d, a fire broke out in the Chan
eery Buildings of that town, at night, which burnt;
with sucb resistless rapidity, that all the papers were'
consumed, and some lives were unfialunately lost.
The Grand Saloon, called the Throne Hulk, which
was formerly fitted tip at considerable expence by
.Jerome Bonaparte, was entirely ,destroyed. The fire,
i r is supposeil, was ocmsioned by the 'Apes laid under
the floor to heat the apartments. The Elbe has been
frozen as far as Altona since the Bth inst. in conse-
Tienee of which the navigation has been so inter-
mood, that above 30 ships, bound to klamburgh,
are detained at Cuxhaven.