The National Register.
London, England, 1816-03-03 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday Junes Watson, Elizabeth ll'atutn, if ill;ctsr Pickett,
76,..d.cc. wicks, wcilia. Stupefy, EtizahreN Stupefy, ll'atiain Jack-
toe. Kowa C'arkr, Nicer Meowed, John It eater, and 'Calmed
lister, were examined butbre the Lord Mayor, charged on
simpleton of being concerned in the stealing of various goods
wtot it were found at the home of the first named pi homer, in
llarp•lane, a few days slues. Some of the particulars of this
a...tr.:ordinary afft.ir have already been published, by which it
al peered that information being given of the piace in question,
being a cramison house for the reeeption of stolen goads, a num-
bi r of of were procured. snit the prisoner %utson and his
being taken into custody. the house was searched. and an
taitecase quantity of merchandise and other goods found. The
odiceis also teeing placed in the house, the several other ps•i-
aesers were secured as they al rived et the house, each loaded
with various descriptions of property for the !lurpose of sale.
iutlepe•ndent of this the officers, from an examination of the
prison's, as will OS other information, have got possession of
several ro-rt-loads of gacals. The property consists of cottons,
prints, :bawls, handkerchiefs, lace, sugars, eotire, liquoi ice,
spices, various druggists, ankles, and a quantity of other
goods. The aceaeat which the prisoners ,gave of the pos-
session al these goods is that usitady pleaded, namely, that they
either found them in she street, or were employed to carry
them. It is evideot, however, that the whole is the result of
nu extended system of piumicr long carried on, every hour
ionic new fact, or some discovery of property being made.
Tli touch the exertions of the Lord dl.tyur, aided by 11c.
Drinkall,otie of the Common Conucikuicii, some inforinatimi
has been obtained, whi..ll may serve to throw light upon the
whole affair. One individwtl, a party in the ►ystem, has conic
forward and tendered on alter of his evidence for the purpose
rtf
.itediec The prisoners Levier and lf,uper were yestei day
coniuntted, •uadt for two months to Widened, for having in
their possession a quantity of entree for which they could not
ercutud. Alt the other prisoners were remanded for future
~xmaination, a hen it Is expected that many of the parties who
have been robbed will Le rambled to identify the properly
tortud.

STATE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
OF Tll PO
tl'rost!4r. Chal me's. Pamphlet. just published.)
" In every inquiry of this kind, the people are the chief
object : whether they have increased, or diminished,
throughout so long a struggle, is a question of great im-
portance. During the war of 1756, it was disputed, be-
tween Brakenridge and Foster, whether the people had
increased or diminished, and what was their amount ?
but without any decision. During the colonial war
Doctor Price revived the same question: but he was more
successfully opposed; he insisted, that there could not be
more than 5,000,000 of inhabitants in England and
Wales: his opponents shelved, from very sufficient docu-
ments, that there were in England and Wales, upwards
of 8,447,000 souls. These contrarieties of opinion were
at length settled, by the Parlitunentary enumeration of
1801, which, in opposition to the doctrine of Dr Price
found in England and Wales 9,340,000 souls: but did
the population continue to increase, during the subse-
quent war? Yes; as the people had continued to multiply
during the wars of 1736, and 1776, so did they multiply
during the war of 1803 ; for the Parliamentary enumera-
tion of 1811 found, in England and Wales, 10,150,615.
The state of the inhabitans of Scotland, at successive pe-
riods, gives the same result : in 1801 the enumerntion
fiamd 1,618,303 souls, in that country; the enumeration
of 1811 found 1,803,000. The same observation equally
applies to Ireland ; the population of Ireland, when the
Union was formed, in 1800, was supposed to be
4,000,000 ; by the late imperfect enumeration, in 1814,
it appeared that Ireland contained near 6,000,000 of peo-
ple. It is a fitet, then, that the people of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland have increased,
during the late long wars, to 17,208,918 souls, and con-
tinue to increase and multiply."

ORIGINAL POETRY.
RYMN TO CONTENTMENT.
Coate. sweet Contentment, heaven-born maid
Thy soothing balm impart ;
Come. chase all sorrow from my breast,
And heal my wounded heart.
Arm me with fortitude to bear
The ills 1 can't prevent,
And teach me still to 1;;ss the rod
In heavenly mercy rent.
Though fortune frown upon my hopes,
Though still I love in vain ;
l'pheld by thee. thou maid divine,
Their favours I'll disdain.
Can riches grant tee health or strength.
Can beauty make me wife
Ah ! En. then still my heart is free ;
Love,—Rihes,—l despise.
Let those who still their captives ere
Embitter all their hours :
For me, Contentment clears the path,
And strews it o'er with &were.
For me, Contentment smooths the brow ;
For me, her prover is given,
To ease my mind, to cheer my heart.
And lift my soul to Heaven.
Then come, Contentment, heaven-born maid !
Thr soothing balm impart :
Lome, chase all sorrow from my breast,
And heal my wounded heart. J. E. R.
MARRlED.—Richard Wilkins, Fe . of Brecon, banker, to Char
late Alice, dau. of James Greene, Esq. late of Lanstiraele. Monmouth.
shine—G. T. Lambert, Eq. of Tavistock.square, to Ellen. des. of John
Peart, Esq. banker, of Settle, in Craven.—M:.jor ('core to Harriet,
eldest date,hter of Henry Cale. Esq. of Scrutou, Yorkshire.—E. F.
Ake:s, Esq. of Berernette Priory, near lector., to Miss Dewhurst. of
Baker-atroet, Postman-square.—('apt. Towers, of the Queen's Bays, to
Miss Baker, only daughter of G. Baker. Esq. late lligh Sheriffoi Nee-
thumberland.—At Beth, James Woodman. NI.D. of Breer„ mr, Sussex. to
eopi:ia, daughter of the late Rev. John Sibley, Rector of Walcne—The
Rev. T. St. Lawrence. eldest son of the Bishop of Cork, to Harriet, only
daughter of Lieut. CoL John Grey.—John Cary, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn,
to ?Hiss Johnson, of Kirketead Hall. Norfolk.—M. W. Boyle, F:sel. of
Friday-street, to Miss E. Meek, of Coleman-strea-bui'alhigs.---J. Deb-
son, Esq. ..f Upper Harley-street. to Isabella, daughter of R. Logan,
Esq. of F.ghem lodge. Surrey, and of the island of Jamulea.—Sir Hen.
Wellesley. to Lady Georgia= Coed, eldest daiteitter of the Marquis of
(.axon Sweet, Esq. of Lincoln's inn, to Caroline, third
daughter of E. 1.. Meetnurdo. Req. of Ciapton.
DIED.—At Basingstoke, Charles IL st, Esq. 45 years Town Clerk of
that Jess--Sir Wm. Forbes, Bart. of Craigulear, Aberdeenshire.—At
Knarateneueh, aged 81. Lady Slingsby, relict of Sir 'l'. I'. Slingsby,
Bart. of Serivm. Yorkshire.—Ageh so, Mrs. GLiseup, formerly Mrs.
Cole. mother of the Countess Berkeley.,—Aged 83, James Wise. of Staf-
ford-place. Pimlico, many years in the East India Company's service.—
In Asdennanbury. in his egd year, S. Downer, Esq.—The Han. Chas.
Tumour, Lient. 65th regiment of foot, and uncle to the Earl of Win.
tertoo; he fell overboard en landing the passengers by the Gm. St :wen.
front India, at Portsmouth..—At R. Shedtien's, (Slatwoode, Isle of
Wight), aged fre. William Goodrich, Blackhenth, A. F.
Spence, F.sq. formerly Captain in the 54th regiment, and eldest son of
H. Spence, Eel. of Mailing, near Lewes.--The Rev. Sir J. FAlwardes,
Bart. of Frodesley, Salop.--At his house in St. James's-place, Sir J.
Lubbock, Bart.—At Madeira (where he went for the benefit of his
health), T. Holloway, Esq. many years a solicitor in Chancery-Lane.--
t anauel Betty. Esq. many pews second clerk in the office of the Lord
Chamberlain.—At Banstead. Surrey. C. Buckle, Esq. first cousin to Sir
John Hill, Bart.---Ileniarnin Brusnmell. Esq. of the Trearary.---At
Kensington, Lieut. C. Young, of the Royal Navy.---At Edinburgh, the
Right 11.)n. Lady Charlotte Merino/1, wife of Beer-Admiral Sir P. C.
Durham, sister to the Earl of Elgin.—At Perth, in his Both year, the
Hen. Henry Nairne, son of the late John Lord Naime.—At
Biehop,Esq --Mrs. DeCamp, the mother of Mrs. Charles
Kentele, of Covent-garden Theatre, and Mr. De Camp.

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