The National Register.
London, England, 1819-04-11 00:00:00

APRIL 11.

The Gazette of Puesday night contains a -Procla-
mation, stating., that un issue of new Crown pieces
'has been delivered from the Mint to the Bank for
the use of Majesty's subjects The Gazette also
contains an Order in Council dispensing with the
calling out the Militia of Great Britain: for the pur-
po,,.; of train...lg in the present year.
Dr. Stokue came to England from St. Helena in
consequence of a difference of opinion between him
and Sir Hudson Lowe, us to his duty respecting the
reports of conversations had with Bonaparte. This
gentleman we understand, was on Tuesday examined
by Ministers, and the result has been, that he is im-
mediately to resume his functions at St. Helena.—
Tho inference from this is, that his conduct has been
fully approved of. We understand that it had been
required of him to report every word communicated
by Bonaparte, even in confidence, and that whether
it could have any relation to the political condition
of the prisoner or not ; and that he had refused to
accede to this requisition of Sir Hudson Lowe.—
Evening Paper.
PEDESTRIA NISM EXT RA ORDINA V.—Few of the
surprising feats accomplished by the present race of
pedestrians exceed in novelty that performed last
week, by the lamplighter of Rotherham. This dis-
ciple of the new school undertook, for a trifling
wager, to run with his ladder on his shoulder to
Aldwork Toll-bar, and return to the Crown Inn,
being a distance of three miles, in 20 minutes ; after
which ho engaged to stand on his head and eat a
twopenny loaf in 12 minutes. The race was lost
by two minutes ; but the latter part of the per-
thrmanee was gallantly, though painfully executed
in nine minutes and a half.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.--Captains Sir J. A.
Gordon, to the Active; Charles Farwell, to the
Alert ; 'Award C,,linan, to the Beaver; Montague,
to the Cadmus ; W. N. Glasscock, to the Carnation ;
Theobald Jones. to the Cherokee; H. T. B. Collier,
to the Falmouth; Job Hanmer, to the Heron;
Pettmap, to the Helicon ; Henry Lecke, to the
Myrmidon ; Chapman to the Nautilus; Charles
Randolph to the Pandora; the Hon. Charles Paget,
to the Prince Regent yacht ; William Hendry, to
the Rosario; W. M. -Popham to the Sybille ; the
lion. J. Gordon, to the Tawas _ _

Lord %I'llliam Russell has addressed a letter to the
freeholders of the Borough of Tavistoek on taking
his leave of them as their Representative in Parlia-
ment. This most truly upright Nlember, animated
by the Vhig principles of his illustrious house,
finding that he cannot give that constant and assi-
duous attention to the duties of his important trust,
which it imposes on an honourable mind, find! him-
self called upon to close a Parliamentary life of more
than 30 years, and resign to their disposal the seat
which they confided to -him.

Florio, whose musical compositions are so well-
known in this country, is arrived in town from St.
l'etersburgh, but it is said he means to return.
Should he remain here, by giving lessons he might
revive the school of :Madam Mara, as since she left
England, the grand and sublime music which ob.
tained so high a character from her pre-eminent
vocal talents, is no longer heard to advantage except
from Mrs. Dickons, who is the last of that school
now in this co►tntry.
The Duke of Wellington refused to comp:y with
the request of the Corporation of Dublin to present
their Anti-Catholic Petition to the House of Peers.
In consequence, they applied to Lord Sidmouth,
who, accordingly presented it on Tuesday evening,
without any comment. We arc happy to find that
kis Grace has declined countenancing that intolerant
spirit which distinguishes the illiberal and illiterate
portion of the Corporation of Dublin.
Sir Walter Farquhar, whose remains were interred
a few days since, had completed the same age as his
present Majesty, being born on the same dim.
An order was issued at the Bank on Wednesday
morning, to the office fir paying the dividend- war-
rants, to discontinue making any portion of the
payments in gold, and to limit the silver specie cn
each warrant to twenty shillings beyond the odd
money.

The effect of the new measure for restraining all
is•acs of gold coin rrom the Bank, was fully percept-
ible in the rates of exchmLe negotiated on Thurs-
day. Experienced brokers had predicted that a de-
dine must necessarily follow, but were not perhaps
prepared to expect that the fill would be so rapid as
it has actually proved. The differ. nee between
Thursday and the preceding Friday is not less than
ern, and a half per cent. rtgainA this country. The
?.!,pression commenced on Tuesday, when the ten-
dency of the measure, lA as generally pc rived : on
Thursday it became so rapid. that in 111mburgh
hils a fall of one per cent. took place in the inter-
val between the cpening and ttic termination of ex-
eliangc business,

TIIE NAITONAL REGISTER.

IlidiUcLFCl, 0.111 ItAGI,'..

The most disgraceful outrages and e obberies were
committed on Good Friday, on tutu C
by hundreds of thieves:lml prostitutes, who asseinhlo,l
in gangs, each consisting o upwards of fifty person.,
who, in open- day, beat and rotib-d1 every %yell dressed
person that fell in their war, who bad imprudently
46sembled, in proranatiou of the day, to witness the
sports of wrestling, fighlinz, jack-ass racing, Sr!. Up-
wards of twelie toomand per a..etnlited ; St.
Gdes's,Satfron-bill, ROW 111 a ry•l tie, and INick-rare, ap-
peared to have been deserted by their inhabitants, for
liver was such a set of tag-rag low-life 'wogs collected
berme. Several tiersoos who had been robbed and heat
were carried off the common in a shocking situation;
the Police were atLeked, and two of the nosv-street
patrols were dreadfully kicked while attempting to
to apprehend a notorious thief, and rote of the officers
was robbed of his watch. A young man mimed Cocks
was tobbed, and his neck•kercoief drawn so tight round
his neck, by the tido es, that he was nearly strangled,
and carried off the field in a dangerous state. Almut
dozen of the ruffians were apprehended by the Union-
Hall and Bow-street Policeotficers, several were bunt4lit
before the Magistrates yesterday, and the whole will be
examined next week, when the parties who have been
robbed will attend. A gentleman passing by the Com-
mon, in his Ca rrrwe, was attacked! by ;boot thirty dirty
tel who calkd him a " Dandy," and pelted him
with dead dogs, cats, and filth—he escaped from thou
in a most filthy condition. The County NLighdratcs (if
the I'u{ice Ma6istrates will no. interfere), ought to
attempt to put a stop to such ;'great evil, which audio-
ally increases.

ItostataY.—The Shp of 11. Ctsalicc, Temple Place.
Black friars-rnad, near the Surry Titttre, was hrogets
op tri on Friday night by souse thieves, who, it is sup-
posed, were returning to Town Irons Kmuitigtoti Com-
mon ; the villains effected an entrance into several
rooms in the houses, and carried off lace, silk, linen,
dresses, and wearing apparel agreat value

Strawberries, in what are termed thumb potties,
were exposed for sale in the fruit shops of Covent-
garden market, on Thursday, at thrce.shillings and
sixpence the pottic, containing about a dozen straw-
berries!

Milton's " Paradise Lost" hat recently been trans-
lated into- the Welch language by Oven Pughe,
Esq. a gentleman of North Wales. The versilica
tion, like the original, is limited to ten syllables in
a line.

EXTRAORDINARY PEARL.—In the cabi .ct if the
brothers Josinia (two rich (rceks.at Moscow), there
is at present a pearl of extraor.linary value. It is
perfectly roun an I iof yet pierced. It weighs
274 carats. Mr. Fisher, Vice President of the
Medico•Chirurgical Academy at Moscow, has
I shed in the French language, a description of this
remartable pearl.
On Friday, three coaches returning from Newha-
ven, where they had et down some company for the
ball given on board the Vengeur, endeavoured to
pass each other, and commenced a race along the
road from Bumiington, driving most furiously, to
the imminent hazard of the live.; of several persons
At a narrow part of the road leadino. to Broughton
the whole came abreast, when a lady and child,
who were on the foot path, and unable to get out
of their way, were driven furiously through the
hedge, and severely hurt. It was most fortunate
that it was not a wall, otherwise they Would have
been killed on the spot. Several gentlemen who
came up to the lady's assistance took down the
number of the coach, in order to lodge a complaint
against the driver.
THE BOXING RING.—The Sporting World, at
the present moment, are all alive respecting the two
great pugilistic contests, which are to take place on
the ensuing 4th of May, between Randall and Mar-
tin. and Carter and Spring. The combatants are in
active /minim* in Kent, Middlesex, and Sussex.
The current betting on the Nonpareil is 7 to 4 ;
but several of the amateurs, in their warmth to-
wards Randal (whom they think imulacrabte), have
betted 2to I, and some much big! er. The cruay
part of the fancy nevertheless assert, that Martin
must prove a dangerous opponent, from the follow-
ing circumstances : he is a fresh, fine, strong young
man, a hard hitter, and uses both his hands well ;
game as Chanticleer ; and as to his general mode of
living, abstemious to a point. It is said he will also
be heavier that. Randall upon the day of fighting ;
and it might likewise be urged with propriety, that
he has been in training fur the last four months
It is nearly three years since the Lancashire Hero
defeated Oliver, and since that period he has not
entered the prize ring, owing, it appears, to his not
being able to procure a customer. Carter is, there-
fore, an object of much attraction. and he is the
favourite 6 to 4. Spring is, however, greatly im-
proved, and it is thought will prove a formidable
antagonist.-1001. to 501. that Martin does not beat
Randal in two hours ; even betting that the fight is
not over in an hour. Heavy sums have been lai3
that Carter does not beat Spring in 35 minute::.

INSOLVENT DENIORS' COURT,
SAI UR DAY, APRIL IC

217

This morning, Mr. Sergemit R 00000 litighm, on• entering'
The Coml. and to hi. his seat,ohaerred that be was ea-
tremels ieiter to Col, that in the remise of Ike riming
orris he sroold nut be at,le to pay that tate ..n to the
diseh jure of the 11,4cilivens Di 11,101% 011 he toold with, as
the e.,•i0t0.% foil Westminster e •nee on Wednesday
next—but that after the tistibing of the Seesions,he weld
avail himself, if health oormi!teil, of the WI- B.st d.ty, Inr
the purdnse of Ili•Ariii4 their petitions for their di•rhat gel ;
that as this May hr wool,l 'Peyote hiuwelf to the petitions
111" rases whirl, were no' intruded to be Nylon...el. and en
nutria), aml Timr:ldy he would attend the Court, for the
purpose of beetling the 4,ppoked eases of boolveot Debt-
ors. 'Diet* writ. this day between 50 and 60 version*
discharged under the said At,.

13011tf.

NIAN:;iON-HOU&E.

A daring young. was erteri
with llaCj picked j gets; le p.ielset of a tianclker-
chief. 'rite prisoner is about IC years of age, and pie-
seined one of tiw most um:inn:lgo.' instances of
ladlt-
nes, we have seen in our police exptrielice. Brown the
officer was applied to upon the iwrisjuii of the nibbety.
Ile apprehended the boy, who pretrired It etiiiictel
the officer, one ni the aldest in the city. Brown re-
minded hint tit it he way a law, and could be nothing. in
his hand:, " said the young " iv) I
not until I get s.one bread aid cheese." The °dicer ;n-
-dolited hioi by ail.wiag hint to make the purchase.—
Toe boy then sa,d to Brow.s, " J—d if I know any
thing anion the nandkercitief ; if I du I hope I may be
twomed.".

A !title boy, who was pastor; by, saw the prisoner
whip the lit odkereinef out of the Gentleman's pocket,
and pass it as quick as lightning to another fellow, why
ran off with the booty.
The Lord Mayor said he was in fair training, and
shook! Itasca lesson or two in Ilridewell. The wretched
boy was sent to Briiewell, and ordered to be well
flogged.

MAR Lnortouc 11-STREET.
Yesterday a venerable looking rrsoit made applica-
tion to the Nlagstrates at this Office for redress under
the following circumstances. Ile si-ted that his name
was Legge, and had belonged to a Benefit Society for
34 years, .that the said Society now refused hint his
usual weekly allowance. The Secretary of the Society,
a Jr. Matthews, said the reason of non.payment was,
that the funds of the Society mete in a state of great
ee;,ression, they had only tool. in hand, which it was
r' solved on was only to be touched on the event of
'Ai.in'•er's(!elt!). Th..: Magistrate, tinder all the cir-
Cilltlit.l flees in the Cat'.., advistql the comp' linant, Legge,
to let his appl.cation stand oc, r till next meet-
ing of the Society, and if they then ntised his applied-
tiun to them, toe case should be further gone into.

A Coroner's inquest was held on Monday, the
29th, ult. at Smiecthorp, near SpiLby, on the body
of Mrs. Robinson, of the public-house of that place.
From the witnesses examined, it appeared, that on
Saturday evening a quarrel took place in the how.e
between two person•, one named Grummit, the
other Ailsby. Grummit having rec ived a blow
from Ailsby, levelled a blow- at his head with a.
poker which he seized, -but which Ailsby received
on his arm, when the poker broke in two. Grum-
mit again attempted another blow at Ailsby with
the fragment of the poker, which, in throwing back.
to give the b'ow, struck Mrs. Robinson, who wile
behind him, just above one eye. She immediately
exclaimed, " Lord have mercy on me, I am killed!"
Shortly afterwards she btcatue insensible, and died
before surgical aid could be procured. Mr. Morley,
of Horncastle di'sected the head, and the brain was
found to contain a large quantity of extravasated
blood. Verdict, I;ausl.iughter.—Grummit, who is
the son of an opulent Lumer, is committed fur trial
at the next assizes.

DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—OnRdaV
night a man was pin into St. James's Watch-house, fOr
the purpose of being examined on the following day, at
Nlarlborough-streel, for a fraud, whilst in custody there
he made a dreadful incision in hi: neck, with a nail,
bout two inches long, he was taken to the Hospital,
where he now lies in a most dangmons state.
EXEC uTroN.—On Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock,
Widlum Green, for breaking into the dwellinc-
house of Mrs. rho-ens, a publ.can, in Marshall..
street, Curnaby-market, and Daniel Mae Vey, for
stealing from his master, J. W. Parkins, Esq
Riding House Lane, Mary le Bone, n considerable
quantity of property, consisting of foreign 4..01mN,
diamonds, &e. were executed in the front of New-
gate. Both these unfortunate men appeared truly
penitent, and met their fate with firmness.
POWER OF ORTHOGRAPHY AND I'VNCTUATION.
—The husband a a pious woman having occasion
to make a voyage, his wife sent a written request to
the parson of the parish ; which, instead of spel-
ling and pointing properly, viz. " A person haring
gone to Nett, his wife desires the prayers of t c eon.
gregation ;" she spelt and pointed as follows—" A
person having gone to see his wife, C:sires the pray-
ers of the congregation."