The National Register.
London, England, 1822-09-22 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Thursday evening an inquest was held at the Devensh'ro
Arms, Devonshire. street, Mart lebone, by Thomas Stirling,
Esq. on the body of Mary Hough, uuse-keeper to Villiers
Surtees, Esq. No. 40, Devonshire-place.
Mr. David Jones, surgeon, dettosed, that on Wednesday
morning. about half past eight o'clock, lie was sent for to the
house of Mr Surtees, and found the deceased lying with her
face on the door; her face was in a large quantity of blood,
and her urns were lying antler her, with her right band bent
towards her throat ; upon turning her over, a white-handled
common dinner knife was observed in the blood, and it ap-
peared to have tallen from the band. Witness then observed
a considerable wound in the throat, and many blood vessels had
been wounded, and the windpipe partially severed ; the wound
was very ragged, as if it had been done with a blunt instrument.
She was quite cold, and appeared to have been dead some hours.
William Villiers Surtees, Esq. at N 0.40, Devonshire-place,
stated that the deceased was his servant, and had been so for
eight years. Witness was in town on Monday last, and oh-
sert ed deceased to look ill and much dejected. Previous to
going out of Town on Tuesday morning, he told deceased that
Mrs. Surtees and the governess worthl be in town next Atintlay,
to which she node no reply ; but as she was a woman of few
woros, witness did not pattieuiarly notice it. Witness kept
deceased merely out of charity, no she was incapable of working;
he believed her to he sttictly honest, and during the eight
years she bad been in his servioe he never had o. casino to
quarrel with her. On his return to town on Wednesday. lie
found every thing in the house as be had left it, and no appear-
ance of a robbery, or attempt at one.
Humphrey It 'bens and Thomas Pearson (watchmen) Wm.
Tomlin (a constable), W. Sellars (watch-huuse keeper of Mary-
lehone, were examined ; their testimonies merely related to
the position in which they found the hotly of the deceased.—
Heajamin Scope, a beadle, searched the deceased, mad found
on her 31. 17s. Gd. in money.
James Leadheter, an upholsterer, went to the house of Mr.
Sorters on hirsute s on Monday, and stated that she appear d
to Ist our under great depression of spirits, arid when be ques-
tioned her about the return of the family, she appeared per-
fectly indilLreat and careless.
The Jury then went to ;jets, the body, which preeented a
horrid spectacle ; the face and neck were coveerd with clotted
blood, and the wound was a very ragged one.
Verdict—" That the deceased committed the set while la-
bor iug. under mental derangement."

Thursaay morning la!t a fatal accident betel Miss
Leyland, an elderly maidel lady, residing in Islington, sear
Manchester. She was upon a visit at the house of Mr. Hempson.
of Ratcliffe, mid was-proceeding thence in a cart to pay a visit
to the Rev. Thomas Parkinson. of Katelitre-Hall, when the
wheel unfortunately came in contact with that of another cart
belonging to Mr. Braley, the bleacher; in consequence of
which the vehicle in which Miss L.•ylund rode was overturned,
and site was killed ni the 4).4. •
PICKPOCKETS AT MAnesTs.--A new race of
light-lingered gentry, unknown to the London police, hoe
found their way thither, and been very succe ul in their de-
preilat.mis. In the public walks, on the pier, and mu in the
public rooms, ninny persons have lust their money, and their
wat hes and trinkets, and such has been the desterity with
which this transfer of property has been effected, that allot a
A.1,;1e instance of detection has °emu-red. In the market-
place, one lady lost her purse, containing 201 ; many others
lust e lust smaller sums; and a general notion has prevailed
that elegantly dr sseil female* have been the principal per-
rumera in all these ro!diertes.

TROTTING.—Mr.MaisIeS match to rifle thirteen
tenne, and to trot Wit •n miles in an hour, took place on Wed-
nis.lay over a thiee miles cirelti at turf, in Apston Park, Ilan•
tiaz.lonsliire, fur two hundred sovereigns. It wan &tie as
lotions :

Ist three miles ll 40
2d ditto 11 50
3d ditto 12 10
4th ditto 11 20
sth ditto 12 11

63 11
The bores broke into *gallop in the triwh tnile, end was
turtird round wreak% l 3 Car artielas.

A tew dais ago a grittioni.in in the neighbour-
hood of Dorking was roue.ing a hare with a favourite ;trey-
lt,utal, when the latter, hariug been pat to his utmost spertl,
and hying on the point o. swearing its ionic, ran a,;sio‘t a lt..k,
which the bare w.i emlesvuoling to ascend, and ellltonol he
secured his Ivey, he unfialunattly lost his life--his neck was
brokett, but be still retained the bare it' his mouth.

FROM LAST NIGIIT'S GA ZEl'7 E.
BANKRUPTS.
N. Higginbotham. Macclesfield. Cheshire, hop merchant.
Solicitor, Mr. Ellis, Chancery Lane.
J. Frost, Derby, saddler. Sol. Mr. Barbor, Fetter Lane.
S. Raker, I.iston, Essex, miller. Sul. Mr. Wigkssinith,
Gray's Inn Square.
M. Sharpe, Liverpool, merchant. Sol. Mr. Chester, Staple
Inn.
C. R. Denham. Fetter Lane, ironmonger. Sol. Mr. Tubb,
Lamb's Conduit Street.
DIVIDENDS.
Oct. 19. R. Creswell, Burgh in the Marsh. Lincolnshire.
shopkeeper-16; T. Mayor, Liverpool, stationer—lS, P. Good,
Clapton, Middlesex, insurance bruker—lQ, W. L. Bryan and B.
G. Gunnell, Poultry, printers-IY. J. W. Ilayton, Holywell.
Fiintshire, iron manufacturer-4S, T. Landon, Hartford.
Cheshire, salt nianufacturer3l, M. Berry. Newsome Crow,
Yorkshire, clothier.
CERTIFICATES to be granted Oct. It.
H. Milford. Oaklirmi, Butlandshire, draper—J. B. Beaumont.
Maidstone. upholsterer—P. and J. Herbert, London. merchants
—.I. Herbert, Grosvenor Mews, Bond Street, horse dealer—P.
Dranwhite. Bristol, fringe manufacturer—J. Thomss, Oxford
Street, linen draper—W. Young, North Bank, Regent's Park,
excavator.

COUIISE OF EXCI
• Amsterdam, 12 8 C.F.
Ditto, at sight, 12
Rotterdam, 12 9
. Antwerp, 12 6
Hamburgh, 38 0
Alton, 38
Paris, 3 dayesight, 25 60
Muir. 2.3 11.1
Bon...leans, 2, 90
FrankfortoettiteNtaine,l
Petersburgli. 91 1 U.
Vicuna, FE. Flo. 10 21
Trieste, IX. Flu. 10 24
31—Cadis, 36 I;
BillmaA6k-..llarcelona,3 i
OF
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Rank Sleet 251
I pet Cent. Red.
3 per Cesit.Consols 81
$9 per Cent. 92i
4 per Cent.
New Fonts, 104
Luug Auu.

Sett. 20.
Seville, 351 —Liibialtoir,3o)
Legliorio,44—Genoa, 4St
Malta,4s—Veriire,27 50
Naples, 391—Lisboa. 523
Oporto, 521-1.14114,50
Hio 0. IS
Palermo, 117
Militia, 9/ per cent.
Cork, 91 per errs.
Foreign goloiu bass,3l. 17s.
6d. per oz.
New DosslJoirs,ol. es. W.
New 11011..ri., 4s. 9d.
Silver ill Imrs,startdard, Is.

STOCKS.
()maim'', 0.
Irnp.3 per Cent. 801
India Runds If
Ludic stuck
Exchequer Rills 51. Frees.
Cons. for Ac. sti
Lottery Ticket► £22 136.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.

• The despoilment of the political drama has taken
place--Mr. Canning has been sworn into office as
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Di-
rectors of the East India Company, who have been'
treated rather scurvily by the Right Hon. Gentleman,
must seek another Governor-General where they can.

—To those who remember that his Majesty's ac-
knoxlcdged elegance of deportment gave way to his
feelings on the day of the coronation, and that his
resentment towards the then worthy Lord Mayor
caused him to turn his back upon the chief magis-
trate of the metropolis, simply because he had ex-
tended his hospitality to the late persecuted Queen,
the meeting between the King and the Eulogist of
his late wile—between him, who, to say the least,
tacitly looked on while an innocent and injured
woman, whom he had sworn to protect, became the
sainted victim of a series of villainous persecutions,
and the man who had decla:ed in his place in the
House of Commons, that " ller Majesty was calcu-
lated to form the brilliant ornament of every elegant
society she might grace with her presence," must
have been the subject of intense iuterest.—All our
readers have heard of " two strange cats in a garret,"
'and most of them have seen the attempts on the part
of the guides of s haughty, headstrong horse to mule

him quietly apply his nose in token of amity, to an
ass in the road—either one or the other may, we

}.resume, be typical of the meeting between his
Majesty and the now Right Hon. Secretary for
Foreign Affairs.—What a variety of proofs may be
derived from this appointment—first may be proved
the importance in the c.ibinet of the Earl of Liver-
puol—of a man, who without genius, but with
much experience in the higher walks of chicane, has
managed to acquire such influence as enables him to
force his Sovereign to consort with " those his soul
abhors"—secondly may be proved, that the Lord
Chancellor would sooner associate in the Cabinet
with one whwm he has often derided, frequently op-
ysmcd, and always contemned, then follow the honest
dictates of his heart (for we believe he is son:dimes
under the influence of such dictates) and resign his
profitable appointments—and thirdly may be proved,
that the effect of time, or of youthful debauchery,
or of enervation produced by other causes, has been

such upon the mind of Royalty at to produce a state
of mental emasculation, which prefers submission to
the peremptory dictum of a Minister, whom habit
appears to have rendered necessary, to the exertion of
powers which were brilliant by nature and improved
by intimate association with unequalled genius-T•of
powers which might at the present moment have
availed themselves of circumstances, and by a c•m•

ph* change of men and measures have removed the
reins from the hands of those who can only disgrace
our country, to the guidance of those whose efforts
would unceasingly have been directed to replace
England in the estimation of the other powers of
Europe and the world, and to render her people
once more happy, flee, and prosperous—all this might
have been done by one effort of Royal energy—after
the neglect of such an opportunity we begin to des-
pair of any thing of the sort during the present
reign—yet we, hope to live to.see it—and this we
believe is not treason.

Gnu BULLETINS.—The following bulletins of
dates long subsequent to those of the late disputed
events in Mandy, sod referring to transactions al-
leged to have occurred farther to the south, are
contained in the Consiituliannel
FIRST BUI.LETIN.
"CI EMIL IN THE PELOPONNESUS, JULY 26.
" Char Hadje Ati Pashaw. formerly Grand Vizier, after
having joined his.fortes to those of Mabomet Pashaw at Xyla,
and assumed the command in chief, penetrated into Argolis at
the bead of between 14 and 15,000 men. Colo.otrone, who had
. arrived at Argos a day before him, attacked him or. toe 23d of
.July before that city. The first ardour of Inc Turks presented
great obstacles, but our soldiers, animated by an invincible cou-
rage,. repulsed the enemy, who retreated upon Cousopodi (near
.A roe.) The retreat produced great disorder, and oast ninny
lives.
" On the following day, the enemy continued their retreat
with greater order. Our sharpshooters closely maimed them,_
and harassed them during the whole day. In traversing part of
the mountains we stepped only upon dead bodies. The Turks
encamped at Curvotha. On the tad' they resumed their retreat
at daybreak. Our sharpshooters continued to harass them on
the passage of Camila. d corps of klaniotes advanced with
impetuosity, penetrated the rear guard of the Twice, and com-
mitted great carnage. The van guard, instead of supporting the
rear, only hastened forward on its march. On their arrival at
Tret, Malt way between Argos and Corinth)s the enmity was
forced to fight before passing the defile. An obstin..te battle
ensued. Mote than 1,500 Turks perished in it ; a great many
more were killed in the pass; 250 horses, and a part of the bag-
gage which fell into our hands, were sent to Trippolisa.
"SECOND BULLETIN.
" COAT ESSA. N EMI CORINTH. AUGUST N.
" The Turks had received within these few days a detachment
of between 5 and 6,000 men from Patres and Lepanto. Depend.
ing upon this rtinforcement, they made a show of resuming the
offensive in order to penetrate into Argolis. This was a stratagem
easily seen through. In consequence, we allowed them a tree
passage on that side, and our army proceeded to the side of Co-
Binh which is entirely cut o@: The enemy, deceived in his
' adculations flitted it 'memory to dispute with us this last pass.
The battle lasted about two hours. The Turks were repulsed
on all sides with great loss. They regained their pooiti,in in
disorder. Olathe following day, Aug. 7., the enemy, who had
no oilier alternative, resolved to three the passage, wet what it
might. Char Hedge. Ali Pashaw excited his troops to the per-
formance of their duty, and placed himself at the head of his
cavalry ; but this intrepid Pitsliaw perished in' the first ranks—his
troops *Ought with the courage of despair. At the hottest period
of the battle, a contused noise proceeded front the enemy's ranks
Antos! Areas!' (Quarter! Quarter!) exclaimed they,
• allow us to depart. We only wish to leave the Murea.' Thirty
thousand Turks remained dead on the spot. The number of the
wounded and the prisoners is not precisely known. About 2.000
of their horses, all their baggage lout munitions, together with
their military chest, view toe log& of this day. The enemy
were pursued to the neighbourhood of Corinth.

The following postscript is added to the bulletin:
" Capt. Vidala, by whose means these two bulletins have been
received, says, that up to the lath of August, the day of his
departure hum Spasm, more circumstantial details were conti-
nually arriving of the suixesses of the Greeks. Every thing
announcxl that the Turkish army was in the most desperate
position, and news were every moment expected of its complete
destruction. He states that on the Itth of August, having gone
to Argos on busin.ss, he had an interview with the Vice Presi-
dent Canacarit. At the intu»ent of their meeting, a Maniac
arrived and laid at their feet the head of Char Bads Ali Pashaw.
It was easily recogniz.d by the two wounds which he had on
each side of his Lice, and his lung beard."

VIENNA, SEPT 7.—This morning at 8 o'clock,
the Emperor of Austria repaired to Wolkersdorf to
receive his august visitor the Emperor of Russia.—
At noon the two monarchs mirk their entry into
the city. The Emperor Ale:Ander had required
that nu formal reception should be given him. He
wore the Austrian uniform. His suit, more nu-
merous than usual, creates a belief that he will
remain a long time absent from his dominions.
There atrived here yesterday Lieutenant-General
Count Cernitscheff, Adjutant-General of the Em-
peror ; Count Puzzo di Burgo, Russian AmLassador
to the Court of France; Count de iotuschwierz,
Russian Counsellor of State; Baron de Sackett,
Russian Counsellor; and the Counsellors de Muller,
Matsewicz. Baron de Lebzeltern, Austrian Mi-
nister at the Court of Russia, likewise arrived two
days ago.
It appears that the approaching Congress of Mi-
nisters, as well as that of Aix-la-Chapelle, Prince
Metternich will in s_me measure orm the lune.
tioas of President. We do not know ati Y.:I bow

long the Emperor of Russia will remain at Vienna.
The departure of the two Emperors for Italy wilt
not, it appears, take place before the middle of
September. By this way of reckoning, the Con-
gress will not open till the beginning of October
An order has been sent to the Austrian authorities
in Italy, to prepare as quickly as possible at Veroiii.,
lodgings for the Princes and Ministers about to OK.
seiubie in Congress. Great quantities of precious
furniture have been rent tro►n this city to Trieste,
for the purpose of being transported thence, by the
way of Venice, to Verona. lit proceeding to Italy,
the Emperor Francis will have an interview with
the King of Bavaria, which was to take place he-
fore this, but which has been put off until this op.
portunity.

Tur COVRT.—On Monday last, at three o'clock,
his Majesty held a Court at his palace, in Pall-mall,
which was attended by Earl Bathurst, the Earl ot'
Liverpool, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, the Treasurer of the Navy,
Mr. W. Wynn, the Duke of Dorset, as Master of
the Horse, and Lord Charles Bentinck. Lord St
Helens and Sir Hillgrove Turner were the Lord anti
Groom in waiting. His Majesty held a Privy
Council, at *Well Mr. Canning kissed hands, and
received the seals of office from his Majesty, upon
his being appointed Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, in the room of the late Marquis of London.
deny. Parliament was further prorogued from the
tkh of October to the 26th of November. Mr.
Ashetun Smith was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of
the county of Carnarvon. Earl Bathurst was
President of the Council in the absence of the Earl
of Harruwhy. The Council broke up about four
o'clock. Mr. Canning had an audience of the King
before the Council, and the Earl of Liverpool. had an
audience after the Council..
Sir W. Knighton has succeeded Sir B. Bloomfield
as Private Secretary and Keeper of the Privy Purse.
Mr. Marrable still. retains his place as Clerk of the
Privy Pur-e, and Mr. Watson. Assistant Private Sc •
cretary. The latter gentleman was many year* with
the Duke of Cumberland, and has been a good deal
abroad. The Red. House, lately occupied• by Sir B
Bloomfield, is to be got in readiness, it is stated, fur
the reception of the tamily of Sir W. Knighton.
Lord Palmerston has signified his wish to retire
from the War Department, and. is to be succeeded
by Lord William Bentinek. It is added, that Lord
Palmerston is to be raised to the Englis Peerage.
On Tuesday morning, at ten o'eh ek, the Duke of
Wellington, accompanied by Earl Clanwilliain, lett
town for Vienna.

A naval captain,. in the service of the United
States of America, has just completed an appendage
to the windlass of ships, by which an astonishing
power is added to tin machine in breaking the an-
chor out of the ground, or fix any other purpose
where extraordinary force may be necessary.

Sir F. Burdett is still in the %Vest of England.
On his way from Truro to Pendarves, on the sth
instant, the roads for miles were lined with the mi-
ners and other inhabitants, who by their repeat.l
cheers testified their respect for the lion. baronet,
whose steady adherence to the genuine principles of
the British Constitution, and whose efforts to re-
form the corruption and abuses that have been
fastened upon it, have justly procured fur him the
appellation of—" The Man of the People." Sir I •
has chiefly spent the last week in viewing the beau-
tiful scenery of Mount's Buy, and in excursions to
the most remarkable places in the neighbourin
In the 3d section of the new act, Geo. IV. chap.
24, it is enacted, that in all cases where the ofilmce
of any person receiving or bu3ing stolen goods or
chattels, or any such stolen order, tally, bill, both',
warrant, debenture, or note, knowing the same to
be stolen, shall be deemed and construed to be f,
loamy, such offender shall and may be tried and coy
vieted of such telony, as well before as after the
trial of the principal felon, and whether the said
principal felon shall have been apprehended or shad
be amenable to justice or not.
DEPTFORD YARD.—The establishment of ;mi.
firer., now upwards of 1,000 men. arc to be reduced
to 400, by discharging 35 every fortnight ; all the
other dock-yards are to be reduced nearly iu the
same proportion, A considerable number of clerl.s
and inferior officers will likewise be dismissed watt
small pensions. Mr. Weddell, Clerk of the Check
of Sheerness-yard, is appointed to Deptford, vice Mr-
Mosse, and -Mr. I'ownell iioes to Sheerness, Mr.
I-1 twkes, asssistant to the Master Shipwright at
Deptford, goes to Chatham, vice Hillier. Mr. Smith,
Clerk of the Ckeek at Chatham, vice Gainer, super.
animated.
Lord Norbury's newest Pun.—A fewdays after
the lamentable disgrace of the Bishop of Cloglier,
Lord Norbury w• !: entering the Court, surrounded
by the Barristers, when finding himself unpleasantly
pressed upon, he put his hand behind him and es•
claimed, " Come, come gentlemen, no Jo/ding it'
you please:l