The National Register.
London, England, 1816-02-25 00:00:00

BOW:STREET.

OUTRAGE AT DRIIIIR-ITANETHiiTne:--en Saturday sennight,at
the opening scene of the farce called Modern Antique, or The Merry
Mourners, in which Miss Kelly impearcd in the character of Nan, a
country girl, and Mr. Knight. as Joem, a eowitry lad ; while these twit
performers were, *minting to their parts, embracing, a pistol was Gus..
charged from about the centre of the pit. Great consternation was ex-
cited on the stage and aiming the audience ; and it was not ascertained
whether any person was shot, or what mischief was done, It was not
known then whether the deadly attack was intended to be against Mi.
Kelly or Mr. Knight; but a subsequent investigation proved that it was
rimed at Miss Kelly. Baker and Diekons, the constanies belonging to
the theatre. were upon the alert, and soon had the ass:win in candy
he at tirst denied that hr was the man who discharged the pistol, bus
the °freers, being supported by a cloud of witneases. coir.'nged their
hold of the man originally pointed out, and hatidcuttid
The prisoner was convevial to the above office, and underwent a lon/
examination befime Mr. Ifirnie, at which Mr. Rae and Mr. Dibdin, the
manegers of the theatre, attended.
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The prisoner appeared to be about 21 years of age. lie was decently
and plainly drtsed, like a tradesman, but with no appeararce of
tiiity. He gave the name of George Barnett; said- he was a law sta.
donee by business, and lived at No. 72, Princes-street.
Tuesday he was hmught from Tothillields for final examirafoi.
The evidence was again read to the respective witnesses. who swore to
their depositions; in addition to the former evidence is the following :
Mr. George Hauer, Hos-Mite Keeper, raid, he had twanined the
!amps, and other parts of the stags, which were exposed to the lirin; of
the shot. None of the donnas were broken ; but the sheet of tin bent
for the purpose of reflecting the light upon the stew, had several marks
upon it, as if sonic shots had been repelled. A tow pert-ow:tins were
in one of the wings, and also in the hack. scene. Witness produced a
few shot, which he had picked up upon the stage.
BIHNIE asked the prisoner if he wished to say any thing in his
defence? He replied, that he had fired off the pistol in the Theatre,
hut not with the intention to injure any ore: what else remained for
him to say, he should do upon another omaaion, and in a different
tuation. _ _

....
Ile was elm fully committed for trial, and the parties were bound
over to proseettte.—Miss Kelly did not attend ; hut the *hole dramatic
corps were present, besides Lord Montfurd. Mr. Coatta, Sze.
The sudden and regretted separation between an amiable
Lade and her Lord is said to have arisen from his Lord,hip
!mettle introduced 4 fascinating Actress to their table, w
he presions knowledge or approbation of her ladyship, Mho
deemed the t kit an indecoronv int: nsion on her domestic con-
tint•. The Lady. it seems, was unite•) to her ItiOt Hone, •
al.k. Partner, without a previous ma tiJ7e •.ttlememt, although
her fortnat and expectancies are very great.

WESTMI .N S 2'ER MEETING.

Friday, a Meeting. was held in Palace-yard, to take
into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament
against the continuance of the Inconie-tax, and the alarm‘
jug amount of the Standing Army proposed to be kept
up in a time of peace.
The HIGH Berme r•. after stating the object of the Mating, aa
mired them, he was happy on that, and all eEds iii; etant snMeir-, to
afford them a constitutional opportamity of petit:en:mg Parliament Jat
any national grievance.
The Requisition having been read,
Wootaar said. that if the advice of the illustrious Statesmen
se•lmu once repratanted them in Parliament bad been taken, they would
not have had oemeaa:on to have met there that day. It would be need-
less for him to cuter into any detail of the mist-titers oacasioitad by the
Income-tax ; it had been so long iniaosed on tine people, that every oae
was enabled to appreciate the oppressive and inquastorial native of it.
It was an engine id oppress: ion in the !tends of :my Mie.ster, and its
continuance during peace could only he rare: a to support a large stand-
ing army. They had the faith of Ministers pledged, that it should be
;mashed when the war cesaed, What had we gained by the late war.
to support which this Tax was first irvosal ? ILA we done any good
to any nation on cloth C—f Carer \o, so !„I—W e had restored three
families to their Thrones, taat would formerly have overthrown this
couiney if they could ; men smelly destitute of every principle of tie it
or religious liberty. Let them csk the people of France if their hearts
brat rasponsive, when the title of - the cleared" was added to die name
of their King. We had given two ancient Republics to two Monarchs,
one ist whom was despotic. and we list! pennitteal the spoliation and
dismembennent of Pedant] to be consummated. But the records of
history would hand down the names of time: men to posterity, who
had, unblushingly, permitted these wrongs to be dune. We leaf added
a little to our own territory by the war ; but of what use it mild h,,
except aim of increasing patronage, he knew not. (hi the subject of a
stan mg army, he suspected that there were people in the country who
woula rather inspect a number of whiskered rem-coat:, than witness the
decorous behaviour of an a. embly of freemen, congregates' nccording
to the Constitution to assert their rights. lie was nfraid this standing
Tuley was intended to prevent them from the exercise of their Consti-
tutional privileges. tie then moved ii Resolution against the Pro-
peny-tax.
Mr. Mqatt mat seconded the Motion, which was carried in the
affirmative.
Major CaaTwnionT, in moving a Resolution that a standing army
wa-: to b • kept up for the purpose of suppressing the Constitutional
force of the nation, statrd, that in drawing their attention to the enor-
mous stamen:: army to be kept up, he wass aware it was not a question
fur them so decide in Palace-yani ; but it was for a tree Parliament,
and it C ;Willa fit to govern under such a Parliament, to say to what
extent a standing army was necessary. 11,.t there was st',ll one point
connected with tins ,uoject on which they were competent to give an
opinion—end that Wes, whether they woukl consent to isa• tat mem), of
that maanitude established, which must, in the real, destroy the Hema-
tits ui try cotuery. Before such a scheme sheneld be brought about,
they ought to declare, from one end of the kingdom to the other, that
they would rather die than submit to it. it was Wu° years ago since
on Athenian had dee laud, that whoever had the power of the army at
their contra, might carry into Ain whatever revolutions they pleased;
um! an Englishman, now in the Cabinet, haul said, when out of it, that
every I:merriment having that control of the army was despotic. Hume.
An one of his Essays, had said, that a standing anny wa, a disease by
whiell the Constitution of this country lIIUH eventually perish.—lie
then moved his Resolution.
Mr. HUNT tot Bristol) seconded this moeion. The Gentleman who
opened the discussion had said, if the advice of en illustrious States-
man, formerly their Representative, had been taken, the Income-tax
would not have been imposed on the country. Ile supyosed that the
worthy Gentleman meant Mr. Foie; but die he mean Mr. Fox in or
cut of plate? Did he not raise the Property-tax from W, to to per
cent ? It ale. the Whigs who raised the Pensious of the Royal Fauuly
and the Judges, on the ground ad the dearness of provisions; and it
was for these reasons he wished to guard them against the Party some
of whom were present—tHe meant Mr. Brougham, Mr. Brunel Mr.
Bennett, and Mr. Lanebton, who had come on the Hustings, but had
hit the place when he began to speak. He said. Westminster would
not do fur those Gentlemen. Ile had a list in his band of morn who
held sinecures; in which he found that Mr. Ponsonby enjoyed 4001.
a year from a sinecure, and Mr. Homer 20001. a,, one of the Commis-
sioners for the payment of the Nabob of Arcot s Debts, which he knew
well enough would never be paid. Ile then read a list of 22 persons,
enjoying, sinecure; to the amount of nearly 200,ntaiL lithe einnary was
hilt fairly represented, they would then get their taxes, the sine, ores,
and the salaries of the Regent and the Royal Family reduced.
The Resolutions being agreed to, Mr. %Vishart moved a Petition to
Parliament founded on them, which was also agreed to. The Thanks
of the Meeting were next voted to Sir F. Burdett.
Sir Francis said, he was flattered by this notice, because it wet possible
that his not going to that reo,,t over the ...wit might have been construed
into a belief that he was hopeless of success to the public cause, or that
he began to relax in his exertions in behalf of it. lie would carry this
Petition with just the same hopes of success as had attended all their
former ones. But he hoped the time wits fast approaching when time
people, by a general tend united effort, in a legal and ionstitutional
way, would recover the place designed for them by the Constitution.
The Property Tax was not to be borne, and the standing army was
roost unoonstituthmal.
The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted to lord Cochrane.
His Lordship thanked them for their kindness; and more especially
for their support at a time when he was in a manner deserted by all the
world. Ile had come prepared to move a lionlation, that the Electors
a' Westminster, in the event of their Petition not being attended to,
would set the examnple to the rest of the country, of cutting opt, as far
as they could, the means of raising the macs ; and thistle proposes! they
:Muhl du by darkening their shops, and various other scheinea. But
as he would 'rot disturb the unanimity of their proceellings, he would
not move his Resolution till they saw What success their Petition might
have.
Mr. Wishart moved the Thanks of the Meeting to the High Bair,
which was rejected.--Adjourned.

lIIRTIIS.—The Lady of the Hon. Henry St. John. of a daughter.
—Lady I larizt Paget, of a son.—At Bishop's Court. near Exeter, Lady
Gr.:yes, of a son.—At Hastings, the Lady of Sir Wm. Wiseman, Bart.
of a son.—ln Hamilton-place, the Duchess of Bee Worst, of a son.
MARRIED.—At Clifton, M. H. Castle. Esq. to Frances, fifh
daughter of the Lie Rawson Hart Boddam, Esq.—Hobert Robertson,
Esq. late of Kingston, Jamaica, to Miss Atkinson. daughter of the lute
(1. Atkinson, Est of Lee, Kent. —Lord Viscount Clonmore, &hat son
of the Earl of N icklow, to Lady Cc:A Frances Hamilton, daughter of
the Marquis of Abercorn.—Jos. Blount. Esq. (nephew to M. Blount.
Esq. of Alaphalitchana, Oxfordshire.), to Anne, only daughter of the
Richard Martin. Esq. of II urstborne Tarrant, I lants.—Richard
Moore liottltbev. Esq. of Merton College, to Mary, only daughter of
Sir Clithst. Pegge, Regis Pmfisor of Medicine, Oxforth—T. Divot,
Esq. of London and Bradford, Wilts, to Miss Arnold, of Iluntidgdon.
—Charles Esq. of Dursky. Gloucestershire. to Sophia, young-
daughter of the late John Smith, Esq. of Bruce Grove. Tottenham.
—At Enfield. the Rev. J. If. Mules, to Miss Jolly, only daughter of
.aohn Joilc. Esq.—floe Hon. and Rev. 11. Let:lie, (son of Sir Lucas
Pepys, Bart. and the late Countess of Mathes), to Elizabeth lane,
youngest daughter of the Rev. J. pikes. of Tostoek I 1 tort', Suffolk.
DI Elk—Monday morning. at the house of her Grace's sister, Mrs.
Dalrymple, in Portman-square, I ler Grace the Duchess of St. Alban's,
and her only child, the infant Duke. These melancholy events took
place within three hours of each other, the son having died at three
o'clock in the morning, and the mother a few minutes before six. The
noble husband of her Grace died last summer ; and thus, in the course
of a few months. have father, mother, and only child Coined to " ano-
ther and a better w0r1d,...) departed this uncertain life. Her Grace bud
fin some time been in a very- delicate state of health; and the infirm
Duke, though a fine child, was never considued very healthful. Lord
• William Beauclerk, breather-in-law to her Grace, steceeds to the Duke-
' than and family estates.—James Lumsden, Esq. formerly Lieut.-Col.
of the 55th regiment of foot.—ln Jobn-street, Bedford-row, in his %ill
year. John Soler, Esq.—Mr. A. J. Sins', only son of Mr. Sin", of
Bernard-street, littasell-square. He was a passenger on board the ship
Atargant, from Perth to ;Tartaric!). After escaping the horrors of ship-
a AA; on 26th Dm. in Varmothia-reads, he was unfortunately dimmed
in Vannouth-1 'arbour, by acrid( wally falling overlaaard.—At l ashes ter,
aged 71, Mrs. Bathurst. widow of the Rev. R. liathurst.—ln her faith
year, the Hon. Mrs. Townshend. widow of the Hon. and Rev. E.
Townshend, limn of Norwich...V. T. Bratekebtre., Esq. of Brooan-
field Lodge. near Chelmsford.—At Emmy, Ireland, the Hon. Captain
Thomas Jocelyn, third son of the Earl of Roden.—Penelope Charlotte,
wife of T. Wontner, Jun. Esq. of Ikarnsbury-strect, Islington ; anti on
the following day her infant child.—Mr. W. Hoboes. of the Strand,
watchneaker.—At Plaistow, Essex, in his 72d year..l. Dowley. Esq.—
At the Rectory House, Lambeth, aged 75, the lice. Dr. Vyse. Arch-
detwon of I itelnield and Coventry, and Chancellor of that diocese.—ln
Colebrook-row, Islington, in his both year, Mr. Godfrey.—ln his Tsai
year, the Hon. Thomas Coventry, of North ('ray, Kent.—Agee(
Thomas Dale, M.D. of Dyer° tire-street. Bisbopsgate-street.

Office of Ordnance, 1 trig Feb. 1815.
T'llE Principal Officers of His ,Ifffje.qy's Ordnance do
lerre:v give Notice, that :Proposals will be received at their Office, in
Poll-elfoll, on or before Wednesday the 6a, day el Iltareli neat, from
such persons as Noy he willing to undertol,, the Supply of I'OILIGE
fir the Ordnance !forget stationed in the/Wowing Districts, to be deli-
vered at the eel:wire of the Contractor, re:.
North Britain. South Vest. including Portsmouth,
I Northern, lsk of Wight and Christchurch,

Eastern. exclusive of Wur
Southern, exelmive of Chatham,
IVestern.

Woolwich. Wltli its dependencies,
IVarley and Chatham.
Weldon, Northamptonshire.

For a re/ ;,1(1 of Sir Months,
.from the 14 day of April next. The
Oats to !e gam!, sued, dry and dean, without any mixture of Foxy or
.11/uwtnn nt arts, and must not weigh kg, than .":7 pounds per Winches-
ter Bushel ; the Huy to be sweet and dry, and ~elicered in Trusses of
tifilb. weight the Straw to be good, clean, and dry Wheat or Rye
Straw, and delivered in Trusses of .36th. weight.
The Prices to he paid tier the respective quantities if eanh article
tehich may be delivered, ut the following rates, viz.
For the Oats at per hundred pounds, ai Avrdupoise weight.
F m For the Hay at per hum' r.l and twei lve pounds.
For the Straw at per hundred and twelve 'mauls.
The proposals may be delivered &puerilely or jointly far two or more
of the said Districts, and it is expected that the Contractor stud! revive
the Stable bang, which, during the poi, dof his contract, may UM(
mutate, making an allowance jim Nee MOM: offer toe rate of per
horse per week.
Further particulars mar he known, upon application to the Officers
Cmanianding the Royal .artillery in carh ; and also at the
Se,retura's Ogler, !a PaU-Mall aforesaid, Guy day Indrawn the hours of
Inn and lime o'chick, where the proposals must be itch-recd. scaled up,
and endorsed," Priquoult for Forage," lint no pi-Ilona, coo he admitted
,ffier the said €th March, at twelve o'clock at mum qf the same day,
neither will any tender be noticed unless the party making it, ar an
agent in his behuff; skull attend.
By Order of the Board,
It. 11. CREW, Secretary.

OFFICE OF ORDNA NCE. 9th Feb.:
TILE Principal Officers. rf Mgjeshis Ordnance
do hereby give notice. Mat proposals will he meth ed al Mcir (fire in
Poll Mail. on or before Monday, the :am day of Feb-nary im taut,
%rem sack persons as may he wining to undertake; the sapid!, of
'HOSIER). ARTICLES
,fier sic: ice of this thpartment, fir a pc.
rind of Mice years, determinable after the expiration of the first year,
upon native of three months. at the opt:ins if either party.
Patterns of the articles may be viewed opus application at the Pries.
rip! Store•keeper'sOlier in the Tower,and finther, partimdare, together
with the terms cud conditions of the eimtemt, tiny be known at the .S -
erefary's Office in Pall Mall aline:aid, any riga between It. honors of
ten and lour e,'elo.lt, where the prop:vats nmst te red sealed up and
endorsed, •• Proposals
.1; ft Omiery Artieles ;" hat um proposal ran be
admitted after the said itith inst. at twe1...1 °Work at M.llll of the same
tiny, neither will any tender he neared subs: the party taaithig it, or
an agent in his behalf' shall attend. By Order of the Roil.
R. H. CHEW,. Secretary.

AVERAGE PRICE UP SUGAR,

Computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Feb.
21, is AS. 2d. per cwt. exclusive of tle. Duty olCustoms paid or
pa 3 able thereon tin the Importation thereof into Great Britain.
(From Sat itutia)'s Lomlou Gazette.)