The National Register.
London, England, 1819-06-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

3l.rterions occurrence in the Borough.—On Sa. '
turtlay morning last Mrs. Kirby went to Mr. King,
one of the parish officers of Woolwich, (to which she
belonged), who gave her Qs., and sent a letter to her
husband, requesting him to bring his family down
to the poor-house as soot. as possible. Next morning
(Sunday) they left their lodgings in Bull-court, and
all, except one of the children, a girl 9 years old,
started Jim the avowed purpose of proceeding direct
to Woolwich. However, about dusk the same
evening, the man returned home, without either the
woman or the children, anti entered his lodgincv
if he wished to escape observation; but near the
,door he was met by Mr. Mooney, the landlord, aho
asked what had become of 1 is wife and the children.
Atter a pause he said, that he had stopped at a pub-
lic.house on the road to have 'toile pint of porter,
and that they had gone onwards towards Woolwich,
but as he could not afterwards come up with them,
ho did not think proper to follow them. Early on
Monday Kirby went into the country to seek for
employment, but returned in the course of the day,
and in a conversation with a man in the house, ex-
pressed some fear of going to Woolwich, for he said,
they would certainly do something to him. On
Tuesday he cut his throat. After he bad been con-
veyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, Kinsey, the consta-
ble, went to Woolwich to see Mr. King, from whom
he learned that neither the woman nor the children
had arrived these ; sad a person was immediately
despatched from NVoolwich, to bring the remaining
chill there to be taken care of. Mts. Kirby, at her
departure, is supposed to have had about is in her
possession, a sum too little to take her and the chil-
dren any dhaance ; and not the slightest trace of
her could be discovered up to 4 o'clock on Thursday.
Kirby is in the licsmital, and hopes are entertained
of his recovery. He is silent generally with regard
to Isis wife and children.

The new Bill, allowang to compound (or assessed
taxes, has been printed. The eonditiruts and limitation
of the Act. after the txplanatimis which we gave already
given, w:II be accturiely learned from the following
chose:—

`. And he it further emitted, that all nod every persons and
prison emeriti into any such composition, according to the
provisions of this act, rod pivots the amount of Ike sums
compumated for, at the times and in the proportions, and in
manner herein specified, nod doing,and performing all other
acts matters, and things required by this art, shall be etill
tied to make or open, and keep open during the said term,
fee et dory, any additional number of windows or lights, in
their, his, or her dwelling-house, in reelect of which such
composition shall base been made; and also to keep and
use, free of duty, any additionat article or articles of the
same description, and chargeable ander the same schedule of
the said nets, (although the same luny be therein charged
with different and progressive rates of duty, according to
the number thereof, as they, he, or she we. eor was charged
in re-poet of in the tect.essmetit on which. the composition
shall hove been made; and shall be ex. mot-from any further
compliance w ith any of the provisions cootained in the said
arts, relating to the :messed uses, and from all assessments
thereon, du, iiig the said term of years ; except where
the peisoas or persous eisteriog iota such Composition shall
he of become chargeable with the said duties in respect of a
dwelling house oe houses not comprised in the said
lion ; or in respect of any article or articles of a aiderent
description, or chargeable with duty under some other sche-
dule of schedules of the said acts, than dies, he, or she were
or was charged in respect of in the assewineux un which the
composition shall have been made; in a hich excepted caws
and no other, further or increased charges shall tie made,
and the lines, penalties, and forfeitur b iiittieted according to
the provisions of the several arts, in relatiow.to the said
taxes iii force at and immediately before
as fully and effectually as if no such composition ha..
been made under this act." . .

The following clause it also singular and unex-
pected
And be it further enacted, that Use Governors and Di-
rectors of the Dank of England shall open an amnia. IN
their books with the Commissioners of His Nlajcsly's Tern
gory of the United kingd of Great Britain and Ireland
fur tae time being, for each year, during the tetra herein li-
mited, under the title of The Commissioners of the Taco-
'try nu account of Compositions of Assessed Taxes,' and
shall carry to the credit of such account all monies author-
ized by tithsuct to be paid into the said Bank of England ;
:loathe cashier of the Runk of England, Nho shall receive
any tonnes tendered to km an payment of out less titan one
moiety of the money annually payable samany composition,
shall enter time same in the book to be provided for that pur-
pose, and all such. sums shall be entered under the names or
name of the persons or person compounding us aforesaid, and
the county, division,. and parish or place mentioned io the
certificate of c position ; and the said cashier shall give
the person paying the sante at certificate of such payment,
specify tog therein the number of half-yearly instalments
thereby dischat gest, and referrinz therein to the MINN'S or
name of the persons or person so ;looming, tend the
ounty sand divrrinn mentioned in Use cert.& ate of ctiosposi-
lion then pt adored."
MEETING ON 11 UN SLET-NOO ire•ir PreVIONS invita-
tions for that purpose having been circulated through
the manuficturing districts in Yorkshire, a most nu-
merous assemblage of unemployed workmen int.t. on•
Monday on l lutislet-moor, near Leetls. A stage for
the speakers had been previously erected, and several
persons addressol the meeting. The great theme
dwelt upon was the necessity- of Parliamentary ra -
form. It was near ten o'clock at night before the
assemblage dispersed, atler passing several resoln-
tions us preliminary to a " Declaration to be signed
by all who are determined not to become passive
jams," and to be trunsniitted to the Speaker of the
Houst; of Commons " for the information of all
whom it may concern." A resolution was passed W
meet tsain an the :Anne moor on Monday.

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The weavers at Thankerton have pablished some
resolutions respecting their trade which appear to us
very sensible. They attribute the present deplora-
ble stagnation in a great measure to " the facilities
afforded to every plunderer to enter the trade, and
the easy terms of apprenticeships, that have over-
stocked, and will ultimately ruin, the weaving busi-
ness, if not timely checked ;" and they accordingly
propose to enter into joint measures to eurnaterert
those evils. We should have given a place to the
resolutions had they come in time.
It is hinted that the Cabinet in Washington have
hopes that the Treaty will not be ratified by King
Ferdinand ; that, since its signature and ratifica-
tion, a discovery has been made, that, during the
negotiation, the Spanish King had sJld ei. et mils
lions of acres of the public lands of the Fisridas,
which sale is guaranteed by the treaty. being made
prior to Jan. 1818. ft has been further !minted,
that, on the discovery of the above ilia, Don Onis,
the crafty negotiator, had been called upon by Mr.
Adams for m explanation of such minima, and that
[ the Don had evaded all explmumation b 6 remurking,
that a bargain was a bargain ; that the treaty was
• intended to cover all soles, previous to the above
date, known or unknown ; and that the purchasers
of the land did not make him a confidant of their
secrets. And thirdly, it is hinted, that the. 'vessel].
ger that has been sent to Spain, since the treaty-
hearer embarked, liastlespatabes which relate to, this
important discovery.

ANOTHER CHILD STOLEN. On Friday Nfr.
Mortimer Taylor, of No. 24, Broad-street, St
Giles's, sent a little girl about 11 years of age, to
bring two of his children from school, at the saute
time she took in her arms a fine male infant, two
months old. On returning home she came through
Soho ;square, and met a woman of decent appearance,
who for the last three weeks frequently accosted the
girl, and gave her and the children money. She
requested the girl to walk with her, and took hem;
far as Rathbone-place, where she sent her into Mrs.
Wright's, a grocer's shop, at the corner, for sixpenny-
worth of figs, and told her she would take care of
the children till her return. The unsuspecting girl
acceded to her request, gave her the infant, and went
into the shop ; the woman -gave the other children
half pence to follow their nurse, which they did, and
on the girl's return she found the woman had gone
away with the infant. This eatraordinnry case
remains wrapped in thesanse mystery as when the
child was first taken;.not. the least clue has yet
presented itself whete a discovery of the woman
can be made. Ur.. Mortimer, the father of the
infant, has used' the most indefatigable exertions,
the Officers of St. Giles's parish have offered a
reward, awl notice has beet' given to all the Polka
Officers without efDet. It is feared that, front the
very tender age of the infant, every day will render.
it more difficult to identify.

• A shepherd residing in the neighbourhood of Vel.
letri, i.• Italy, was seized with a hydrophobia, its
consequence of being bitten by one of his goats.
The Italian journal which mentions this fact, uddc,
that the gout had been in the same manner bitten
by a viper. We doubt whether the poison of ser-
pents can occasion this frightful malady. It is said
that the shepherd drank and ate in his accustomed
manner daring his illness a thing which never hap-
pens in cases of hydrophobia.
A shepherd in the South of Scotland, a few
weeks ago, in taking his usual rounds amongst ha
flock was followed by one of his master's greyhounds ;
having accidentally started a bare, it was instantly
pursued by the greyhound, as well as his own sheep
dog. Daring the chime, his dog perceiving at some
distance asheeplaid wrong, to his no small surprise
left the pursuit, and having assisted the sheep from
its perilous situation, he instantly rejoined the pur-
suit, and: came in at the death of poor puss.

LLGIFT 'BRPAIL—It is shocking to think, during
these hard times when the lower orders of gaiety
find tm much difficulty in obtaining the comma
necessaries of life, that during last week no fewer
than nine convictions for selling bread short of
standard weight took place at she Public Office,
Union-Hall.—Several of tha quarter peck loaves
were as much as sever' ounces deficient. Some of
the delinquents were fiatd 10s. per ounce, and
none less than 5,4. The whole of the deficiency in
the above convictions amounted to 221 ounces.

A few days since, as Mr Cartcw, of Margate, and
some were emoting their pipes in a room
exposed to the sun, their attention w•as drawn to
the table by some smote proceeding from the green
cloth by w hich it was covered, and on examination
it proved to be on fire: a decanterof water standing
On the taldo, acting as a lens, had concentrated tho
rays of the sun, and actually set the cloth in a I.lare,
and there is little doubt if there had been no one
present, but that further mischief would have en-
sued. The party afterwards availed themselves of
this curious discover:: to light their pilles!