The National Register.
London, England, 1821-04-22 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

according a moderate Reform by the Legislature is
the only way in which a compulsory Reform can be
prevented. We are, and always have been, too
much the friends of order to countenance any thing
like what has been termed Mob-law, and therefore
do we hope that Parliament will not, by refusing
what they ought to grant, force the friends of mo.
derate Reform to join those who are the friends of
dangerous innovations.

Ministers, it is now said, object to the King's
visit to Ireland, un account of the expense, which is
estimated at 250,0001. and also the increased labour
it would impose upon themselves to answer the
numerous addresses to his Majesty. We give this
merely as one of the new rumours on the subject.
A chemist, of Brighton, has furnished the follow-
ing curious anti interesting remarks on the shortness
of human life :—Of 1,000 persons 23 die in the
birth; 280 from teething, convulsions, and worms;
35 from small-pox ; 7 an the measles; 160 of fe-
vers; 14 of apoplexy and lethargy; and 40 of
dropsy. omitting other diseases not so well ascer-
tained; so that only 78 of 1,000 attain what may be
deemed old age. Or it may be taken in another
point of view—of 1,000 persons, 260 die within the
first year, 80 in the second, 40 in the third, 24 in
the fourth, and within the first eight years of life,
446, or almost one half of the number, are cut off
by premature death.—Sickly years are from one in
four to one in six or seven to the healthy. Decem-
ber, January, and April are, from observations, found
to be the most sickly months, and June the most
healthy in the year. January is to June as eleven
to one.
T- M ,A match for stake

_RoTTING MATCHES —ft _ a good
took place on Wednesday from Newington-gate
..to
that at the top of the hill at Sutton. The distance
is ten miles, and the race excited much interest
amongst the parties: It was the Covent-Garden
trotting mare against the water.side gelding, each
rode by the owners. The mare took the lead, but
the horse soon passed her, and kept nearly a hun.
dred yards, until at Mitcham, when they were toge.
ther again, hut the mare broke into a gallop, and load
to turn on the spot. The ground here lost at about
half the distance never was recovered, and the
owner of the mare pulled up at the bottom of the
hill, when the horse was c ••• .^:nning by
about 250 yards. The ten mit. a *IT
minutes.—Another match was run on .. day
on the Brighton road for 100 guineas, M..
chester having backed his mare to trot 16 miles in
an hour. The mare broke into a gallop in the first
mile, but she did it within four minutes, after
turning. Hatt' the distance was performed in 29
minutes, and the mare kept on at a winning rate,
doing her miles considerably within four minutes.
She was rather fatigued in the last mile, but the
match was won with 20 seconds to spare.
True bills have-teen found by the Grand Jury of
Middlesex against Robert Wardell the younger, edi-
tor of The Statesman newspaper, on two indict-
ments ; J. Thelwall, editor of The Champion ; P.
Kelleher, editor of The Real Mu Bull ; and T.
Dolby.—The London Grand Jury have also re-
turned true bills against Mary Ann Carlile and J.
L. Turner, all for the publication of seditious libels.
The whole of these indictments were preferred by
the new society, established for opposing the pro.
gross of disloyal and seditious principles.
FoRGED NOTES.—The tidlowing is useful infor
'nation of the meons of detecting forged bank notes-
'rake a good note, and wet the back in any part,
with a sponge or with the tongue, and the water-
marks will show distinctly through. Wet a forged
note in the same way, and the water-marks, which
were but before slightly visible, will entirely &sup.
Isar. The above simple but certain method have
b•en tried with great success.
On Saturday, the 13th inst the races at Boulogne
stir Mer commenced. The hon. Augustus Caven-
dish Bradshaw, and the hun. Mr. St. John, were
selected us the stewards. The horses entered were
all English, and the concourse of spectators immense.
The display of female beauty and handsome equi-
pages was superior to what is usually seen on the
Continent. The next races are fixed for the 4th of
May. The French nobility and gentry derive
great satisfaction from this LsogliAA amusement, and
ninny of them have expressed their determination to
afford it every encouragement.
On Thursday morning a walking match took
place at Brixton. A gentleman undertook to walk
fair, toe and heel, nine miles in one hour and a halt:
He started on a half-mile piece of ground, and had a
minute allowed hint for the 18 turns. He did the
six miles in one hour and two minutes, and tit,. ce-
ivaining three in 29 minutes, losing the match, on
which a good sum was depending, by two minutes
only—as a whole, it was excellent walking.
!A is said that the Marquis of Londonderry is to
be re-elected to a seat in the House of Commons for
Orford, in Suffolk, on the interest of the Marquis of
I lertford.

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Philadelphia papers to the 21. t of March have
arrived. The Iradaiuglan Gazette, of the 20th silt.
says, " Another insurrection of a serious stature has
taken place m Mexico, under the direction of a des-
cendant of Montezuma, and that all tends to inde-
pendence and u representative system."
As bank-notes become scarce, gold is beginning to
re-appear. A vessel lately arrived at Liverpool
from America, brought gold coin to the amount of
W),0001.; anti a sum of ten thousand guineas Was
paid into one of the Liverpool banks a kw days ago.
Captain Parry gave a superb dejeune on Monday,
on board the Fury, at Depttor,t, to the Lords of
the Admiralty, and many other distinguished per-
sonages, previous to his pi-att.:leading on Ins voyage to
the North Pole.

SHIPPING INTELLIGRXCE;
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.
DEAL. Aram 16.—.Auivad this mos=kand sailed he dor
river Thames, the ia it.days haw
St. Domini. Oa tigserrat.Cril SI. Ith brat Sall M.' des
la with test rissa Math Briakees. Won.
tla P. Abairelh frith ham. based Babies.
hes seams. At the time the Lapwing fail in with this
Mass icathsre, this...
_latter was a coisplas mark and bad ea
based only am lathvbithi. James M Amin *wan wee
an bawd the pewees of human Taw m o
em
width ha has will, in sena dipes. seatis yea to
mariers the horrors to white ha mid his Mew adßeas was
s-•••11sc Three Brathers sailed as dof frm tad •
npsomsid cssdal smoothly in ha caws and Rio IC at
what day experienced a driadfai aped only la the .atorting.
A tessidadous sea burst upon dam. dm vend capsized, and was
loan 'Mad with water. The capario. wits was at the time
endeavouring to right the ship. was embed is.. the sea. sad
sunk he ever. The visai duns lay on her bast asela, sad bar.
mast sad bowfin* Mw halastly carried away. There remained
upon ths week it wens. we of Asa was the osptain's son
this yang man survival triad the eM day.. during which the
crew were just able is hasp life,widdp them by means of isms
beet root and bead. half a barrel of Sour. and a cask of, water.
On the 95th of Marsh. just as they were manthating as their
fate, and mourning the lass of the captain's ant sad this mate.
Mr. Neil, who had bath divas what is thee am/ MP* had •
escaped them. and they, were Isaing apse emit other with
horror, the thanes dweebseieed by the IfffINNIMOCe of a
brig, but she posed by theta. without nodes. sad they were •
plunged into all the horrors of bastemed despair. /Venous to
this ume all the provision' of dm unhappy crew waver amnial.
and such was their awe that they came to the aathschaly agree.
meat to cut up the body of Mr. M. Neil, the mete. part of which
they were under the necessity of eating for the purpose of pro-
longinl their existence, in the hope of waitance. On the
following day, three more of the little mew died. and one was
washed oveiboard, leaving only Janice Munson, who, by an
extraordinary providence, remained alive until the ed instant.
when the Lapwing fell in with the wreck, and brought him to •
this place to relate the melancholy catastrophe which betel his
suffeiing companions.

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The following are the particulars of the mutiny and destruction:
of the British ship Kate, of London, fitrnished to Capt. Jones, of.
the brig Diligence. from Guidebeeper
The crew (eight in ntwohn) of the ship Kate,. C.Upt. Georo
Purdy, landed about few waist* windward of tbe Dian e. the •
teth ofJanuary. s— disk. p.m. TberAgries ea WWI'
that night, sad next imens a planter fie the neiginsewhosio
came se Mon mil lame& Shun let his hewn A beedese at the.
said planter west to lofesm tineememodamt of the meat..
Their story was mod as oath balm= the crew:. a:A..Ow •
all said •• they belonged to the Ameriem ship Retrieve, caputin.
Jacob Haws, belonging to Memo Boyd= ened WydoeK ieNr.
chants, of New York; that after is Valle 6.lllll9lllolllmeiber,
not being able to keep the ship from ell boils vary kinky. Os
captain had given olden to get the best he. -_"—, and that
they were so doing, and getting into the boot about 10 *Week at
night, when the captain's son, about 10 pews old, in tub:li:: •
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get into the boat, fell overboard, and that the captain
himself into the sea to try to save him, but they both
end the ship went down ; that after being two days asd a night
in the boat, they reached the beach near the Mole, with p at
bawd of their lives."
Nast day they ware interrogated by the judge and interpreter, .
in pommel of the Knee attorney; but they persisted in the NMI!
♦ *Maws snore three others were brought fouoi the
Mole, iota imensatotr in the sum manner, one of whom turned
state's evidence, and declared the truth ; from which it appear.
tha helonged to the ship Kate, of London, Captain George
Pinta.,, • -1.'1) had been Mattered-MA ugust lag, as Halifax,.
by the ho . Icher, /limey, and Co. fur a voyage to Berbioe
and back to na...ax: the ship took a cargo of fish, beef and
some leather, consigned to the house of Hobert Kite, of &Mice ;
they reached Berbice' where the cargo was sold for cash ; the
proceeds were put on board in two boxes, iron hooped, marked
Nos. I and s, containing 14,500 dollars. The slop sailed for
Halifax in ballast; the mate had been discharged at Bethke.
after having had sonic queue' with the captain. Six weeks after
sailing. finding constantly high winds, and in waat of provisions,
the water nearly consumed, the crew asked the ciptain what he
intended to do; the captain told them he had still some coffee.
which he would give them for their support, and that he would .
try to get to Bermuda; but after 24 hours, the winds against
them. they tried fur New York, but without success. Nest
morning. at 8 o'clock, the Bth January. three of the crew went
and seized the captain as he was walking on the deck, and tied
him; then they said that he and those that live I in the cabin must
either jump overboard or go in the jolly boat alongside. They
then embarked the captain, who wished and asked to go in the
cabin for his cloak and boots, but he was not allowed; lie ear-
nestly requested a compass. his lady also went on her knees, and .
begged for a compote, but this was refused also. His lady, with .
thee two children, one a boy two years old. the other a girl four
yeas old; Mr. Hobert Meredith, a passenger; and a mulatto
boy, named William, steward in the cabin, were fantod into the
boat, with 20 pounds of bread, two trunks belonging to the
captain, Mr. Meredith's trunk, and two oars, and nut adrift.
The crew were ignorant of their latitude at that time.
After ten days sailing tie the West lathes. Deseada is the first .
land they discovered, when two of the crew went below, and .
scuttled the ship ; the had rigged the lohg boat as a sloop. put its
their baggage and money, which hail been equally divided among
them, except the two lads, who had one share tie them both;
they lauded, as stated above, near the Mole, on Wednesday. the.
4th of January.
All have confessed their crime. About i,400 dollars have been
found, anti lodged at the Registrar's uMirx. Murdock says he
buried in the yard of the tavern at the Mole. 430 dollars; but
the money cannot be Mond. Murdock has an American prince.
non. saying he was born in New Brunswick, State cat' 'ea
Jersey, and has papers from the Grand and Private Lodges if
New York. The cook is a negro, of Philadelphia, from whence
he went in a schooner to lislifax ; his name is Philip Fi.her ;
has an impediment in his speech. There is a French lad, a
London boy, one Welshman, an Irishman, and two SOOteltilleti.
It is supposed they will be not to Barbaiariai for trial.