The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-27 00:00:00

*Tint VATIONAT. ItrATSI7.II

VEs'I'MINSTER ELECTION.

A meeting of the inhabitants of the perish of St. George,
Hanover—opiate, was .it the (into Tavern, Pluislien, at
seven o'clock on Mon my evening; it was very 1111 l iertnisly
anti roo•peo !ably. 4111'1141111. Mr. Puller, in the aftspotett of
Mr. lie 'ice, who ae• pervented Irma presiding as he had pro.
nei•ed, by a severe domestic affliction (ne understood the
of his r ire) was called to the chair; and, ;thee tea rt••
soltitioos lied hero lead over ;mil pot to the assembly, Mt..
Rohliontsr came foro 4111 and spoke to the 1001100 hog tfeo::—
He
1111:;11a 11141 it ryas indent room 11141 lie first
had the happy oppoi twiny or meeting the Electors of. Weal.
noinooler, als'eu load been pito io tioneleotion.; and that it was
allot arra, pliaSllll' he saw in it ins the preseed occasion many
of the same Lees vehicle he had tai ei seen, together with a
yeti n4'l'llolll a inn of new and honourable out S. Sallee that
welly iiiii inentutis events foe the Elector* of Westanih.
stir had happened. Tole first Visa`, 1114111 w prospect of di.
vi•ioie among the Ii lends of freedom, which appeared on the
day of iiiii Was no longer the object of alarm and ap
prehension; the emote 1141Nr Wilie:l 11411 then been brought
forwae el was now pi itelettely andwisely' withile owe. Heil it
been his fete to e contended with so honest, and
accoonsplisheol it 111411 :is the individual who poos.cssed It, he
•lootolol have had one consideratime with which to sensfy 11i111-
self in ease of wintery. and that on., then hi' sh,eild net have
drive n Lord ;folio linescli into sea 'Oat and rt fireweed ; Lord
Ku s I wes already to Vat Hater lit, ;method disSinguished hint.
self there in eicfreice of flit peu,iiey and by retie mg limn the
picseot contest, had ac;ed ;di hie usual good sense, 41111
11411 COIIOIIIICII those filvt/Ille which England and Englishmen
have a right to expert from the house at' Russell. The second
event air that might be called an event which was only a
notion') to which he alluded Will, 11141 ametlies gentleman,
whose noose seas truly Meisel ions, lied also elot hat d to inter.
rapt the general union. It was hard to say that lie had with-
drawn who had Ilevec come forward; but stiil 1112 (Mr. Hob-
tion.e ) must toongrattolnle the meeting that they had not to
Indeold ill array aitaiev t them the 1141111114 ea., a 1141111'
which never could he totenta, led without exerting esteem cod
geatittitle in the mind and nos 1111 l mf es ery loosest liogii,!,111411.
At 01' same time loo• wooold not coinvo onnibe the eat,,,e
which he hat motet taken to sii,opout, neither %mild lie ever
resigns it 11111eSs it were into better bands. One tobjee tioio
ageinst hint was, that Westeiiiii.ter weeded a score rational
reformer ; it was hard to soy w let aas 'nations. in such e
subject ; ('or himself, he was A mode. ale because he
would not step beyond monk i.tonio in ally fling. They too
were moderate refereeires, !premise, when they lied found the
remedy for their goievionees, they were a illittg to apply 1L—
Stilt'. Burdett bad told a meeting at Liverpool .that the
Whigs had promised tit du every thing needled in the case of
reform; they were aiding to Make loallielinptits triennial, and
to exteifd the right of suffrage to householders.; and that be.
ing the ease, he called the-refOrrners flailed, 411 expression
which had been much cavilled at. A sort of manifesto of
their opponents had appeared the other day in a public paper,
under the title of Westietinsteriene, which was a very long,
hard, unintelligible word. It negate, '' It is not the least of
modern wonders to have seen that the eurrull(ise means curate)
cheer of C. Fox should be aspired to by candidates ad vci
Mg their pretensions in ist9ken Ev!:sh." lie scarcely knew
what the welter of 'his pelage evil 1111'1111t, 111111.3* it *ere a
sarcasm on Sir M. \les.% tit, whose answer to the request fiat)
lately addressed to him was (*else, incorrect, and broken En.
glieh. The writer then went on to say, that "it was his duet
will, Mr. Pool, and not his polities, which first indite !sir F.
Burden Member tor Westminster. This wee all aben:ule tie ;
it was his loug tried services ill defence of their rights tie.t
in tee the electors of Wesimitester return the nest of men
as • adieu- representative.. lie then proceeded.se“ Tory
bat offend Welt lungs in calltiting their weight in Wt
unaccompanied by fleet onn,thing, in the foul lb
day of the conflict mode euoilifest elle inepotenco of Joconin.
ism, when left to itself even in its supposed empo iota." The
hireling means that you were bribed to du your duty ; it was
hardly requisite to contradict so base, so foolish, Allllllll illSI•
111011 S an assertion. Cello:rine de Niedicis had said, that "a
lie for three weeks wee as gala!, as truth," and their advent-t-
-ries acted upon such a principle ; but lie would nee this
lie to lien fur more than three days, but would give it an early
and positive contrattictitm. It .is then butted, that " before
Candlemas, lie, Mr. Hoblionse, would be bowl iiistrueted 111
ell'etiol) proceedings." Unfortimate ly, if it %vas meant Blot
by.th it tome lie should learn to employ brine. ,he imist
saver, that lie had neither the poser nal the inctination to do
it; besides, if lie lied, nu elector Ur WeStlllillslel would 41111 W
bon to exert either-the sae or the other. lie last paragreeli
of this notable writer, on which he should commend, contain-
ed this extraordinary and impudent assertion—Beal " his elec-
tion for Westminster, under all tile circumstances of the pre-
sent juncture, would be nut a step merely, but a stride"—to
what ?—to revolution. If by revulutioei were arcane change,
he hoped that it would ; that it would dead to a change Olt
man like Sir M. Maxwell, for one who would act and speak
according to their directions ; but if' by revolution were
meant the disorganization of civil society, the hireling scribe
has said that which is not merely (*else, but that which lie
knew to be so ; it' there were any men lends to social older,
it was the meeting which he was addressing; they were de-
sirous of correcting the abuses of the present system, which,
'inlets they were corrected, would end in a total dislocation
order system, amid that rein and bloodshed, and carnage,
which was witnessed in Ireland; for he recollected fleet the
blood-stained orange riband was hoisted in Loudon dining
ihe lest election ; and he knew that there was one moths idiom
Wait wished to see it 'nipping with blond in this country a.so.
He then quitted this subject, and resumed his attack on Sir
Nlarray lAsizwell, who. he said, was determined that the elect-
ors of Westminster should have him. " It would indeed be
a forced marriage ; but lie seems resolved, notwithstanding
to ding you to the altar, and to find a parson when he gets you
there. You, however, thtuk that you have no nerd of him.
and es lie is very kind,thinek hien as mach as if you bad."
Mr. Houbhouse then obsei veil, that lie had that day seceiveu
a letter from a naval officer, tOr the truth of whose conieuis
lie could not himself speak, stating that " air M. lilaxaell had
held a lucrative sinecure during the whole war, viz. the
Harbour Mastership of Surientin, which, atter payment
of a deputy and other expences, was tstimaled at 1„5001.
a.year. His friends say test it was given hies as a
reward for his services in the capture. of that colony ;
but fa reply it ought to lie stated, that many older and d:s.
tin gnished officers who were then there, gut nothing of the
sort, whilst he was shoe toy afterwards Appointed to the com-
mand of a very fine frigate." 'flits intelligence was beset to
him (Mr. Hublionse).es a positive fact; whether it was so he
hail not yet had limp to itlipire; they might look into that
most lemons of ell hooks to know mole accurately, and if
they found it then., he would uut forget to tell that truth also

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on the hustings. It is also intimated, shoot the gallant C twain
Is on hereditary claim an a sisteenre place, his lather Laving
held our of 50)1. a sear ; even if tt;at were the ease, he dirt
11.1 wish toe isit the site of the father Upon the child, but
wily &sores
tleAVt that le
t would be cmittent with his 1,3001. e ye„,,,
WithOlit Pil V,Oting to gain 4or 5.009 of 'their votes. Sir
M. ,Maxwell may have INilil4lell the applause of a 111'1114'412.
room for the applaiisr of the 'invite of Westininstel
hiss the
lessoa %4 filch lie ri.ccived at the last electlori outg!it to have
ruled bill 01' ?tacit fdly. u hen lie starred Ruch
favour:Ode circumstances as disunion ninon!! thefrittnls of
the co;tle, he oas stilt imaitle, with all ilic G.,vet inisetst HI.
&mice, to gt t himself ruts rued ; 114 e eau he expiot now,
whl4l the I;rientle of freedom are Milled, :111t1 1501
can he expected ttr him which is not extorted by fusee aryl
violenceP Mr. liiblifi..st4e then cosieltPhal by eV 1101 tin 4 sheets
toexeeti tu,mei ;!d i.f q them to employ that activity, whie!:,
if it ili,l art wears them victory, would at least show shut they
were deses vitog of it
The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Char.
man. after which the assembly dispersed in a quiet and
°Melly manner.

C.IPIT.IL PUNISIIMENTS
AND FORGERIES OF DANK NOTES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
always reluctant to intrude on public at-
lemma, I think that I should be•eulpahlytimid or indolent,
' it' I did not announce a eircsionstance emit 11111 l ncoted to me by
an authority on ci hich I Call rely.
I►'oll4lll Weiler W:l* hanged in the 01;1 Bailey, with Cash-
-111411 and 1)1 isvoll, on Tuesday, the 15111 inst. hum rim culdthig
Gorged Bank poles. ()11 the prosaic of hia guilt, or the ex-
pedience of ids execution, Idu not pi tlanne in lemark ; but
alter the execution ha corpse was ololivered for 1:111.1111ellt
In to. tciendst and flow the very roots, inwhiek nes 1.1 eel the
coffin xi ith thal.corpsc,and tiering its contitnianoe Lt Ihat moth
some forged Pack notes bevy been intend by hie eonfedrates,
and three persona 11,11/e been appiehended for issuing notes,
probably obtained at That place, and are committed for fur.
Cher e%illliillNlloll 'fin shat (silence.
On this statement it non Id he abatird to dilate. Theca".
olnainus ;lire as (skit ions as irresistible. Nets demonstrate
the total inefficacy of the punishment of death 14 the sup.
preys ion of such ciiinea. in all future and approaching
discussions they should not be forgot. ro.y may mock aid
the efforts of the wise and good to prevail on the I.cgislatnre
to abolish a punishment so saiigninary and unavailing ; and to
compel the Hank of England to resunie cash payments, and
to snake such improvements in their 11011.11 as will render
forgery more difficult and detection more certain, and as tvrn
protect the coomunisity from frond, and preserve the union-
inmate from temptation and liom guilt.
riusbuty Place, Dec. 24.

JOHN' WILKS.

Tits: Foc.-I'nesday evening. about half past Apven o'clock,
Mt...lido' JOOlll4 Ilinttress, of No. 21, Wmid Sheet,
fields, was attacked in the Hackney Road by a di apurate
gang of thieve., about SO in number, with carried tote lie',
and pr e tended to be following a mail bnll ; he was knocked
Inn I/ and robbed of his until' and its appendages. About
s•lthe 111,111'. Mr. Bray, of Roseniary St. t leek en wel',was at-
tacked at the Corner of Felton Court, City Road. Ii tires
who robbed him of his watch, with vi hich they escaped.
The saute evening a gentleman's eari iiige was blocked with
many others, at Whitehall, and a gang of th eves with' torches
coining round, under the pretence of giving assistance,
the carria -2e glasses. and a rich Spanish cloak whit It lay on
the seat, and got off with it.
On Tuesday night, one of the Windsor Coaches, which comes to the
Fleet-street, wrs robbed. It seams that the thieves,
during the intense fog, had made an opening in the boot behind, and
stole every parcel it contained. A carrier also, well known in ultra,
in coining from Windsor, in attempting to cross Datchers-bridge,
missedthe wall, and drove his cart and horse into t' e Thames. His
horse was drowned, and his cart lost.; but .he himself, by sonic acci,
dent which he cannot explain, was preserved, .and is at present in
town. Several of the North coaches were upwards of four hours be-
yond their usual time of arriving.
Tuesday evening, during die fog, some daring villains enured the
public house, the sign of the Barking lloa", corner of North-street,
City-mad. The thieves entered the chamber window by a ladder;
they broke open a Benefit Society's box, from which they stile 151.,
likewise two silver watches, .two silver punch ladles, and a great
quantity of wearing apparel belonging to Mrs. Talbot, tile lanethi4
The villains have as yet escaped justice.
A FE 3IA LE MAN (AC.—ln the greater part of our last week's im•
pression we alluded to a melancholy instance of self-destruction,
ac-
companied by circumstances of a peculiar nature. The case now
being too geaerally known to require further secrecy on our part, and
a Coroner's inque,t having taken place on the bodies, there is no
reason for withholding the particulars any longer from o.ir reader,.
It appeared on the inquest, which was held last 'aturday week, at
Anthony-passage-house, by Mr. Evans, Coroter o.' S;iltash. before a
respectable jury, that Mrs. Snowden (the t:eceased) !ired a wateiman
on the preceding Thursday, to take her, her sea, about seven years
old, and an infant in arms, up the river to the mills near Anthony-
passage, where she occasionally resided. On arriving rear vie mills
she expressed a wish to be landed, and this being complied with, she
discharged him. This was in the vicinity of Ince-castle. As soon
as the Waterman was out of sight, she deliberately walked backwards
into the water with her infant, and on her sons inquiring why she
did so, and her replying that, if lie did not go with her, he would be
burned by fire and brimstone, seised his arm and threw him into
the water, at the same time wading deeper and deeper until she and
her infant were swallowed up in the depth. Tne son recovered him-
self and got ashore, in a state of distraction which may be mare easily
conceived than described ; and being discovered by a woman ho was
near the spot, he communicated to her the event in tearful a:cents.—
Some workmen were instantly dispatched to the spot with the forlorn
hope of rescuing the deceased, but they came too late. The infant
was found dead not far distant front the land, and shortly after e•
unhappy mother, whose body the receding tide had left on he shore.
Theiury. after receiving this and some other evidence, brought in
their verdict—Lunacy. On Wednesday last the bodies were interred
in one coffin, in the burying ground of the Rev. Mr. Mends's Meet-
ing House, at Plymouth.—Pl.amouth paper.
-On Sunday lust, tbe clerk of a parish in Olon.
cester.liire had to announce, that on such a day the !sweet.
betel world be ready to receive the tithes of the said parish;
and all persons then neglecting to pay their several rottiasii-
futions would forthwith be c.rchequered. But honest AlolkN
held out a still more threaluntlig menace—" that if they
neitqeeted their competitions they would all rot thwith be
executed."

SY
RATIIFIE LOSAY.—Orders are gone down to expedite the
arrangeutrnt• for building the palace for the lliike of We:-
'Moon. The groped has been marked, and the topping of
the trees and removal of other inciimlnances will co iiiiii CIIII`I.
immediately. In less than ten days the purchase•money Ica
be paid into the hands of the Earl ef Rivers. We are ninth
pleased to add, that never was there a bargain eusnplcatcd
so witch to the 4atislacttou of all the parties cunerrnetl.