The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-28 00:00:00

SIR PHILIP FR.I2I'CIS, K.B.

On Tuesday evening, •tion alter five o'clock, Sir Philip
Francis died, at his 'loose in St. James's Square, artsr an
illness of upwards of her months. An express was imme-
diately sent off to Nlr. FrftinsiA, iris Son, who li-311 slita VI•II
the Earl of Misfit!. al Ick,Vollil P4lk, It is a sin•.
gular coincirionee. that this is the fourill death, Nithill a very
short period, in that e. triter of St. James's-square, via.—
Lord Beauchamp, Lord Anson, Lard Eilciaboroogli, and Sir
Philip Francis.
This gentleman was horn in Dublin, on the 224 Oct. 1740,
old style. 1)r. Francis, the 'fratislator of Horace was
lathet ; hie grantValte. r was John Francis, Dean of the Cathe-
dral of Lismore, iu It ; and his great grandfather John
Framis, Dean of Ceightiii. 'rite maiden name of his mother
was Rue, a descend.. .1 from Sir Thotnas Roe.
Sir Pailip received the liist rudiments of his education in
Ireland. In 17.10 he came to England, and was in 1753 Mace '
at St. Paul's school. lit 1736 Mr. 'henry Fox, afterward% Lord
Holland, gave hint a small place in the Seca etary of Sste's
office. Mr. Pitt, str:ta succeeded Mr. Fox, patronized him,
through the sr iminationiatii,u of his secretary Robert Wood
Ily ilia! patronage he was apt ' led secretary to Genoa
to 17511, and vt as pi esent at the captate add de !ilia;
of Cherblirgli. In 176.1 he was tit isle secretary to the Eat f
Kintioul, Ain't:is-440t ti LISI)011. o lien the Queen of Portugal
was married to her utter. In 1763 lie was appointed by ;lig
hate Lard Month', to a eonsidera ble post in the War Other,
which he resigned in 1772, its consequence of a difference
with Viscorant liarrineloit. The greatest pall of the year
1772 lie spent its travelling through Flanders, Germaliv, the
Ty rul, Fiance. and Italy. In alum' half a year alter his
retain to Euglaud, Lard Rar, ington did Itita the justice to
recommend him to Lord North, by whom his name was bk.
sorted in an Act of Parliament passed in Jane, 1773, to be
a Member of the Connell appointed for the Govettiment of
/lettgal, in conmitetion with IVarrcu a.:41 three
odiel s. '1 lie records of his limit (mutest wills Mr. Hastings,
the Goverah.r-Gesseral, ate preset veil in the hunks of Council,
the Hypo, ts of the C ttttt iiiittee. and in the Journals of the
House of Cominous. This quarrel had pi erionsly oceasioned
a duel its India, when,on tire 17th August, 17SO, air. Ilastiogs
that Sir Philip through the WO. H'i' 1,1111..n4A ht 1) cem-
nor, 17,0, passed nee mo,dlas at St. Helena, and an toed in
England in Ociolter, 17111. Oa the dissolinMo of Pat liament,
iti 170-1, lie was ,decled for Yarmouth, in lift' Ns of 11'.glit.
since that lime his Parliamentary lite has brew liCfPfe she
public. Or the 29th October. IN 16, His 11ajecy, at the
recommendation of Lord Gretivilie, wa, p1ea,,,,1 to
i I with the Order of the Bails. Ott the 22.1 of the
present mouth he expired, alter having 1/11.11 seduced to a
state of extreme debility by an excruciating disease in the
prostrate glands, with which he liad been for several p.ars
afflict.d, mid from which his age precluded all slimier of
recovery, lie li.ia left a .1.11 and two daughtela, Air.
Francis, Mrs. J.i'aesson, and Ali s.Cholmonileley. When be-
tween 7J and Si, lie initialed Nibs Watkins, a daughter of a
tiergyineln.
tic had been many years employed about an historical
sketch of his principil contemporaries.

FrWe now find, that the 1-4,igi ant, attlibuteci to the tale
Lord Elletiboroagh, was cei tautly not written by Ids Lora-
Ohl!) ; bul was understood at the time, and siiiee, to be
wriiteti by the resent 11.osil Chief Jostler of the Common
then nisi, One of the (:oitiisel for Mr. Hastings.
The Rev. Dr. if ahoiali, runviclell et l'otoisg a ',auk (by
using the 11aitie of Sir %V. (farrow), and sentenced to trans.
pot elle.' se'imight Sheerness, on
ba.iv,l the Ilariou convict ship, hootill hi New South Wales.

. •
Thv 100ti.4.1.1 ospeetvlace,St.George's,
was iitureil he means of -lit.letotelse., doling lite absence of
the family, lull 5.11,11 diiy .Ne'ouit..lll,l) ev men. Will/ carried
oil ever ot plate they could collect. 'Air. J. returned
home abo t nine o'clock, and met one of the wishes a coming
out out at the •treet door, eilh a pier eld-s snider hit at ill.—
At sight of :HI. J. he let it fall and ran als ay . The gla•s,
and the imi,e dlarined the other tolito ts, wilt.
i11M144'.1 4.114 lir ;1 uinduu :111141 'occulted.
Oa Saturday morning (tAtitglito Jri'm fling, Esq. of the town of
Witulsor. who was invited by some Merida in London to spend a
abort time with them, booked himself fur a place in the Windsor
cage coach for that purpme. He took his seat in the coach at the
)pointed time, and was very jocular with his fellow paesengers until
tit 'it. arrival at Hammersmith, where the stage stopped at the Hop-
e tavern, , hen he was seized wish u shiverne.; all ovir his ba.ty,
ist,i lost all rower. Ile was put to bed. and sort:teal assi..tance par-
C trod ; but although every kind attention mu• arfortled him, he died
in a very short time. Au inquest was held on the body on 'Tuesday
morning. Verdict—!Died by the visitatirm of God.
INTERPRETATiox.—When Lys Rose Retour was ex-
amined in Aston v. Elliott, the interpreter was desired
to pot some question to the witilem respecting (tile
Cookson, a servant to Mrs. Aston, when not
okson to be a stirname, iie tral.hlatol it IN de !a
tuisinicre.

THU NATIONAL REGISTER.

Ronanums.—The imprudent practice of whole fami-
lies going from their residence on visiting parties, or
for other purposes, and leaving no person to watch their
houses or protect their property, is fully exemplified in
the following instances of robbery, which took place on
the evening of Christmas day. The house of Mr.
Norris, Pleasant Place, Lambeth, was entered by means
of' skeleton keys, and robbed during the absence of the
of' a large quantity of wearing apparel and table
linen. The house ( f Mrs. Booth, 31, Wellingtrn
Street, Blackfriars Road, was entered by the same
means, and under similar circumstances, and plundered
of a watch and several articles of plate and linen. The
residence of Mr. Houghton, Pitt Street, Southwark,
was also entered by means of skeleton keys, and rifkd,
during the time the tinily were out, of various articles
of plate of considerthle value, and a large quantity of
wearing apparel belonging to the females of the family.
The latter robbery was committed by two men, who
rushed out on the instrnt that •,r. Houghton's daugh-
ters, who had preceded their father, entered Cie door.

On Saturday morning last, a burglary of an extensive
nature was discovered ►n have been committed in the
house of Mr. William Mackuv, of No. 44, Church
Hoad, St. George's. Mr. Mackay, who had been to
enjoy his Christmas with the whole of his family on
Friday, at a friend's house, remained there till an early
hour on Saturdoy morning, when, on their rett:rn
home, they timnd that their st •cct dour had been
forced open by a crow bar. Mr. Mackay instantly
alarmed the watchmen, who came, and they entered
the house, when the villains unfiirtunately escaped the
back way, with their extensive booty. On further
inquiry it was found, that all the d►ors, drawers, &e.
were forced open, and property to a great amount
stolen.

Thursday, Isaac Skelton and Emma Sketculey were
charged at Bow Street Office, with feloniously stealing
penny pieces, to the amount (4'231. belonging to James
Smith, with which he had been entrusted. He stated
that he was employed at the brewhouse of Mr. Whit
bread to go oat witu a horse and cart to collect penny
pieces and halfpence in payments from the public
houses who were in th,•ir trade. Oa Wednesday
evening he called at a public house, in Round Court, to
collect capper, leaving his cart in Vine Street, Chandos
Street. IVhile he was in the public house taking some
porter and bread and cheese, i gentleman came into the
house and informed him that his cart had been rubbed,
while itanding ir. Vine Street ; be in consequence
hastened to his cart, and, upon examination, discovered
that it had been robbed of three bags of penny pieces,
containing 51. each and two bags of penny pie_vs,
containing 41. each. An alarm was made in the
neighbourhood in consequence, and it was suspected
that the bags were taken into the premises of the
prisoner, Emma Sketchley, who keeps a house in Vine
Street. They were in conseluence searched by Joseph
Heartly, a constable, who found one of the 41. bags of
penny pieces concealed in an outhouse attached to the
house, and the most particular and minute search was
Farmed to find the others but in vain. Emma Sketchly
declared most solemnly her innocence as to any know-
ledge of the robbery, or us to the 41. bag of penny
pieces being in her outhouse ; and their being no proof'
than she knew it, and it being possible for the bag to
be placed there without her knowledge, Mr. Hicks, the
Magistrate, before whom the charge was heard, dis-
charged her as he did Isaac Skelton.
A :ew daylago, 11)0 pair o:' blankets were distribt e'
to upwards of 100 poor and distressed families residt.,g
in Rochester, Chatham, Str, ul, St. )la.garet's, Fried -
bury, and Brompton. Nlost of them were visi,c.l t.►
ascertain their want of this necessary covering, and
t'ley were found to be very much in need of it. They
have been supplied with this comtitrtable clothing fir
their beds, to protect them against the approaching
winter by the bounty of the subscribers to the Blanket
Fund. The subscription has emoinued seven years, ,
and has enabled the Committee to distribute 865 pair.
Three inquests were held on Saturday, on the W..
dies of persons who had been accidoitally drowned in
the late fig; ; one, on ;11.2 body oft harles heed, of
Woodbridge, at the Duke of Marlborough's Head, Ca-
therine-stairs ; another, on the body of John Thom-
son, at the sign of the East [lndia Dock House; and a
third, on the body of John Richard Arla:tt, at the
sign of the Old Rose, Ratcliffe Highway. The ver-
dict on all of them was—Accidental death by drowning.
The latest enumeration that has been made of the
population of Sweden, counting from the year 1813 to
the year 1818, otters a result that would appear almost
incredible, if it were not drawn from authentic docu-
ments published on this subject. According to tnem,
the population of Sweden has diminished in ,he space
five years, by 53,604 souls, viz. 38,5:7 males, and
9,977 fetnaleF.
Two hundred persons had, up to the latest acetuntF,
fa !en victitn3 to the Small Pox at the Hague, n me of
whom, it has been ascertained, had been vaccinated.

VIENNA,DEc. 3.—Tle English Painter, Sir T. Law-
rence, wh.i is expected here to paint the prtrait of
P:ince Scitwartz:liburgli, for the Prince Regent of Ewe,-
Lim!, will afterwkiails go to Rome to paint his Ilolincsb
fat: Plc for his Royal Highness,.

413

In u pamphlet lately published by the Rev. Preben-
dary Dennis, of Exeter, it is stated, that, " as late as
the summer of last year, the Prince Re cat avowed to
the Clerk of the Closet, and authorized hint to make
known, his determination to refuse the Royal Assent,
even should both Houses of Parliament pass a Bill in
favour of the Roman Catholic Claims."

%tonday, %Vardmotes were held throughout the city
of London, before the respective Aldermen. for the
election of Common Councilmen and other %Vaud offi-
cers firs the year ensuing. Out of .9.6 Words, only
three had contested elections—those of Cheap. Bread.
street, and Bishop.vate, f►r the last of which Mr.
Wooler was a candidate, but did not succeed. lude.
pendent of the three contests, a few ulttntions took
place, occasioned by death or resignation.
The King of Sardinia has given a patent for 15 year*
to Mr. Brown au Englishmen, to establish in the town
of Mendavi, an iron manufa.:tory on the English plan.
To promote the manufactory his Majesty has lent the
proprietor 20,000 francs for tell years, without inte.
rat.

l'he Quirinal Palace ut Rome is fitting up for the re-
ception of the Emperor and Empress of Austria.
A very intelligent and enterprising gentleman, named
!Week, has recently returned •o England, after hav-
ing successfully explored the kingdom of the Ashantees,
in which lie resided fin six mouths. During the first
halt' of this interval, he was incarcerated in a dungeon,
•:nd expected hourly to be put to death. Tlu• King of
the Ashaatees bad him often brought front his cell to
the Palace, fin the purpose of inquiring from whence
lie came and the purpose of his visit These interviews
always took place in the dead of the night, and upon
one early occasion his Majesty became quite satisfied
with regard to the intentions of the stranger, who wan
liberated, and tin the last three months of his stay he
resided at the Court he was treated with great kind-
ness. Antoug the curious and valuable articles brought
home by Mr. Budeck is a Geographical History of the
Ashantee Kingdom, in the native language, and an
account of the navels and death of Mango Park. }lo
represents the King of the Ashantees as a most able and
intelli4ent man. this observations and questions,
which were incessant, displayed strong natural dis-
cernment and intelligence, and he was particularly
anxious in his inquiries respecting the policy of the
European Governments.
fir.AVV Foes.—Tlse Metropolis has been visited since Tiles-
dr% with fogs. nearly equal in intensity to those experienced
shunt tieeyears ago. The darkness on Tue-tliv was so very
great as to be attended with rxtraur•tiaaty bietoiv vitience ;
but it gradually increased, and about four tielock it bt•cante
impossible to discern an object at the distance of it few paces.
The carriages and wag4tas moving along the streets were
not discernible ft omit the flag-ways, soil the passengers on tint
latter derived very little aid from the lights to ilia windows,
or in the lamps, as most of• the shops, from rt. 41 .1 t at ridents,
net e shut, and srvei al of the latter were extinguished by the
fug; even those whicit did burn afforded but a vet y tech'a
twinkling light, not visible mitil a near appi 'Lich. The
VIM ..unco alighted from their boxes to lead their hooves, and
the link boys were in great minim.' s to iittur no it a.,tstanor ;
but with every possible care and precaution, the passengers,
on loot mid iii carriages, seldom suceeeded in making their
way without mistakes—sod hoc•;es and carriages Iteyiently
deviated from the street to the slag ways, to the • era
&urger attic passengers. The noise; made by the people in
the streets were friglitiol ; some aliriekin4 11 OM fel roc when
surprised by the sudden approach of a horse or a carriage,
and others calling out to their fellow travellers, to warn them
of danger, or auximisly input ing their way In many
the company deserted their carriages, which temaured sta-
ilonary, the coachmen not knowing where they were.
Various sums, from halt a crown to ten Obillings,b,ere obtain' 4
oy link boys for conducting a carriage through a since
street. ltr the Ilie itylurs on the stage u vre sea' rely
to the aomeiire ; and rye° pile-ate holl•rs, iliollgil
‘t ell Ism nished t.ith fires, were: tilled and dab kellv d
by this unwelcome visit•r.

PIRATICAL CRUlSER.—Extract of a letter from hirssrg.
%ollirve W.trillop mid Co..Agrot. to 1,10y4%, ti Wichirn,
third !Sill, to J 41111% li.l),clieroy, Agtmt fur
Lloyd's at (ithrdliar

.• We beg to inform you of an otitrkgeons robbery, which has
been lately connititted by a pirate on the English ,clioseser Sir Tlai.
ni.ts Hardy, bound train Gibraltar to Trinidad. which vei...asion;sl thot
vessel to pat iu here. in order to repa.r her damaiie, and attind the
crew and passengers an opportunity of re,ioring their stock of pro.
visions and clothes. The occurrence wok place on the 13th inst. in
let 53. 40., long. ti. The pirate plundered end destroyed about one-
third of the carAo, rant of which. and the ship S StOre.,, he threw covet-
board, cut some of the rigging, and subiected two gentlemen al o
were passengers, .Ir. South :tad NI r. II ill. to shackle, and an 41,rast
siattheintug coniinenicot tin several hours. from which tie released
them to undeii.pi a mock execution, which was attended with every
painful eirconiatance of reality except tne loss of lives s that he
granted tlwia, bitt not until lie had taken front them every thing
valuable they pos.sesscd. That stieti u freebooter may not ea:ape the
of our entizers, we subjoin, tor their information, aunt
de.eription of him aril his vessel as we liar. been able os tdowiri.
•flie vessel is a ship. painted black. with a white steak, h s black
quarter-cloths, and is lig .t and lugh out cr the water, but iier guar.
lef., are not real. Sher has a bilici-;warl. four windows u, the stern,
with a star painted on one side of enli of the outer on,. She la
American i.uilt, and es NIIIVOSLII ti hese been a sehnoaer ta.se.i upor.
Her burden is said to be about 500 tents; and she carries taxies n 111 L.
carronnades with hat in t. at leest. The pirate 41111111Inlill,w calls
him elf Alinebla. Ile speaks English vely web. rather a t 111.0),
:111.4 1.. II a Mt)..t nrrlictons sere m his e:, rO. His first diner owl a
bluish excrescence under his left eye; end in the calm the .e is a
picture or engraving of the Awe: icon sshooner Kimpt capt....;:ig six
sail of British vessels. Tat seaoon..l 4114 a privateer during IL: Lae
wor, and was cohimandAl oy a 111411 of the mum tit abilei.,a, who is
as be married in Balntuotc. When pirete atteeNtal the Sir
6,, as Hardy he had a d.ig Itoi..ted thus, blue %tut,: !Ale. WWI
ne•e. showed any saber. lie did not pretend to be an
out boldly declared himself at war atilt ail 11C..013. We thin ter.
Joicc if the above, which is all W caul:! 'taro, tray 1;44 to Les
capture,"