The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-10 00:00:00

JO 1.4 N ISLANDS.

A statue is to be erected at Corfu, in honour of
Lis Excellency Sir Thomas Maitland. Monuments
of a similar kind arc to be erected in honour of that
General in the islands of Cephalonia, Zante, and
Ithaca. They arc all raised by subscription, and at
the expend of the natives, as a demonstration of
their gratitude for the advantages they expected to
derive from the new constitution which his Excel-
lency was to give them. The subscription was thus
managed:--About JO months after the arrival of
Sir Thomas Maitland in the lonian Islands, and be-
flre the constitution was even known to exist, Sir
Thomas Maitland, on his return from a visit he
had paid in England, made a tour in the respective
islands, with the view to select the ten individuals
who were to form his privy-council. Sir Thomas
Maitland was preceded by some emissaries, who,
no doubt, ovithcut the Lnowledge or sanction of his
Excellency, presented to the principal inhabitants
a project for erecting bests and statues in his honour,
giving to understand, that signatures would be con-
sidered as a proof of their attachment to Great Bri-
tain, and of their respect fix the Lord High Com-
missioner, who, besides the power attached to his
appointment, possessed the greatest political influ-
ence in his own iot,ntry. In consequence of these
nt.tabers hastened to subst Jibe h.rge
,ammo:., and th;:s s;.cure the good-will of a person
to whom the future destinies of their country were
h i 4 a very singular coincidence, that when his
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Excellency had filled up tl'e appointments to the lu-
tredve posts in the lonian States, and nominated
the Knights of the Order of St. George and St.
Michael, it was found that few, if any, among the
Ibhanders, but as had contributed towards the

erection of his statues, busts, and triumphal a.clies,
obtained any of tilos.: advantages tied distinc-
iWts..

Frem amen-, the various allresses wWeli were
presented to Sir Thomas Maitl.nd ua tliis ucelthion,

• -the fvflowing is selectvil as a vrt,:iinen:-
- "iv Ilia Llcvliercy 9,r i humus Al..ttlami, Lord 11iKh Cunt-
is•ioorr, Lir.s.rrnor of Nlitit.t. Ac.
" The r.• otilient‘ or Er:l6.
tilde mot admiration Minch tit-y ntteto your Ist crlletwy,
and de anus II) 41V:ill illetnre:ves t ircuut.t•tture.
10 Vli.c:i EAceileiley rr 1111:c to t;iib I.:Ml.ll'y, 111 pro-
some the I,li. it% uI th.se .•.e itior..sell to
fart mti u • t•..ett•touti,,l as shall 1.1 once ...1171. 111111iPli
)1011101;X to )1/111 F.Xreit..llC), ~ad un 116101 A-41 (,)
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in-3,•iiiignei!, being hv Ihtir rollere:oes
wits the bon,ur of in•tkiii.; Lawn to to lnur I.Ace:l4..try II
wi of 0;4:4 e to entreat that you %. lit I e
pit...v.-a to it. r,•pt this feeble tribute of their r, and
roe it devotion.
" Vilih the most profound rtspeet,..

r•Your ,'s inns& humble and nt servir lc
" Cot fu, Nov. 9, I " ( elete tono, five s.grtuitne, )

Tuesday eretrug last, t's 11.5 Execll, rt y the S.nt-
hr-li dutcry,adur :rltl wrrt the Co-
ifing TneJtie, aotl dining the time they were in ,hi
b,4unt, on tin.ir way to their eirri.Pi.es, toe ttis with
%%inch the tu'Att is ht. with some ii.46.erieitee 55.,5
When II:S LXCelkliey werc
Icrt its darkness. This unpleasaiit dilemma, lioss.rver,
wal of short fltira:ion, tta to a few 511( 0416 the lights
IN on returned.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

1.00011.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10.

Our account of the Oldham Inquest is continued
to-day up to the close of Saturday evening. The
Coroner, Mr. Ferrand, bas by his recent conduct
forfeited his claim to the praise we bestowed upon
him at first, by adopting a line of conduct di-
rectly opposite to that which then drew forth our
approbation. He has since aced like the petulant,
vulgar, advocate of the Manchester Nlagistrates
and Yeomanry.
'rl:e proceedings since hive been totally unim-
portant, forastattch as the numerous witnesses ex-
amined, on:y confirmed the thrice-told story of the
wanton cruelties committed on the disgraceful day
from which the Inquest had its origin. To this
observatlon, however, WB3 one exception in the evi.
Bence of a Mr. Simmons, a Surgeon, who deposed
that it was impossible that John Lees should have
died of the wounds he received. On being cross-
examined, however, he confessed, that he had never
seen the deceased either alive or dead, and modestly
asserted his belief, that even under those circum.
stances he was more competent to give a correct
opinion thau either of those Medical amtlemen
who had attended him during his illness and opened
the body after Lees's death !! ! Mr. Ashworth,
the Barrister, has been present, and amply
ideved that in addition to a tremendous stock of
gross impudence and total absence of •' those cour-
tesies which used to exist among gentlemen," he is
possessed of that daring spirit which will prompt
him to assert that as law which every body knows
never was law ; and as the Coroner, either from a
wish to he well with the deliaquents, or from a ti-
midity of his own knowledge, assents to his dictum
in evcri tnitig ; we anticipate that this Inquest will
not be productive of the good we had hoped—we
arc happy, however, to remember that this is not

OCT. 10..

•Ihe dernier resort for Justice, but that if the difer.
eat Indictments for wilful murder should be evaded,
there is yet abundant matter to ground indictments
under Lord Ellenborough's Act for cutting and
maiming, a conviction under which (unless an event
were to Dike place which we dare nut contemplate
the consequent* of) would, roam* a capital pu-
Lishment.

The Coroner has had the body taken up, in order
that he might have the view of it required by law,
as suggested by Mx. Harmer on a former day. A
discussion between the Comer and Mr. Harmer,
respecting the appointment of the latter, made such
an impression in Court, that, in less than an hour
and a half afterwards, nearly 200 inhabitants of
Oldham signed a requisition to Mr. Harmer, to at-
tend the inquest on their behalf. It would have,
been signed by many hundreds, but time would not
allow. Mr. Harmer also produced a full authority
from the parent: of the dedeceased on Thursday
morning, a copy of which will be found in another
part of our Paper.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday
last. On Friday the King, beftre Mass, gave pri.
vate audience to the Spanish Ambassador, and after-
wards took an airing in his carriage, and visited the
Duchess-of Berry. The French Government, it is
said, is occupied with the Reform of the Code of
Criminal Instruction, so far as concerns the security
of general liberty. Accounts from Madrid, of the
21st t.lt. state, that the sentences relative to the
conspiracy of the Ex-General Porlier, approved by
his Majesty, include 242 individuals. Several
Officers of rank are sentenced, par cont unlace, to be
shot in the back, and their property confiscated ;
but they may be heard in their defcni•e, if they pre-
sent thetuselve:;. They will not avail themselves of
this boon, for, as their doom is fixed, it would be
fully, as exposing themselves to the malice of their
enemies. Twenty other officers are sentenced to he
imprisoned, some for two, and others for ten years.
The number acquitted amounts to I id, nearly all
officers, among whom are three Colonels and thr,.e
Lieutenant Colonels. The numbers who died in the
Isle of Leon, on the Sth ult. were 40, on the 9th
3.'2, on the 10th 40, and on the II th 40. The
number of the sick is increased by distress.
Nothing is decided with respect to the expedition.
It must no doubt be postponed. On the 12th of
last month thirty-one persons died of the fever at
Cadiz. Private intelligence mentions, that a matter
is negociating regarding the Independent Govern.
mcnt of South America, Ferdinand declaring that
the Government of .the United States must agree
not to recognize any of the Insurgent Govern.
ments,before he will ratify the cession of the Floridas.
This decision, it is said, was forwarded to Washing
ton by Mr. Forsyth, in the dispatches by the Hornet
sloop of war. It is probable the American Govern•
ment will, in the end, take the Floridas, and
acknowledge the independence of the Spanish Colo-
nies.—The French Five per Cents on Saturday were
691. 95c.

Wednesday a Mail arrived from Hamburg!), with
Papers to the 29th ult. They bring intelligence of
the Ratification of the Convention between Sweden
and Denmark by the Plenipotentiaries of the re-
spective Courts. Accounts from Stockholm men-
tion, that his Swedish Majesty and his son Prince
Oscar have, during their tour through Sweden,
been every where received with enthusiasm. At
Fulsen they descended into the great mine, where
the Royal Hall, as it is called, o7e hundred fathoms
under ground, was illuminated with 1000 was
tapers. High encomiums are passed on the affa-
bility and deportment of the Kinpemr of Russia at
Abo, on his return from Tornea. The Prince Re-
gent has had the military establi►hment in Hanover
diminished 16 battalions, which is a considerabla
saving.

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OCT. 10.

Intelligence of important has Wen received from
Venezuela, and from an official source. The ac-
counts are continued, which we hail already heard,
of the success wf.ivit :mead the enterprise from
Margarcttu, by the combined corps of British and
Spaniards, under Generals Urtlaneta and English.
These conunanders carried 13arcelona by assault on
the 18th ofJoly, with the loss of no more than two
officers and eleven men. The troops were instantly
re•embarked, and proceeded to the attack of Cumana.
They effected a landing within a league of the city,
where they were jo;ried by the force under General
Bermudez. while Brion's squadron blocked up the
harbour by sea. The capture of these two important
cities will give the Patriots the country as far south.
ward as tit,' river Oronoco, and the whole line of
s.a-canst to its mouth. Nor do we conttive it
possible for Murillo, in his present circumstances,
to repair the ruin thus inflicted •on his Muster's
power.

INQUEST ON WILLIAM D.ILTON.

SECOND DAY.—OcT. 7.

This day, at 1 I o'clock, the Adjourned Inmstst !trims
the body Of IViltiam Illialtou, who, it was miscued, lied
stied In consequence of wounds received from Mr. net-
dier, a constable, was resumed, at the Coach and Horses
Sons ht Deensgaie.
Mr. Milne, the Coroner, and Mr. Ashworth, as his As-
sessor, opened the Com t.
We have net forms to give the whole of the proceeding,.
We must, Mei efore, content ourselves with giving the evi-
dence of
James 6isk, a labourer, who stated, that he was in the
George and Dragon un the Bth of September. o,d Dditon
was there; lie was walking op and doers the room sinuak-
(ing. Mr. Fletcher, accompanied by somesuldiei entered
the room, and ordered N
them to shape's,. He tinned to
1)1tosi, sod said, " D--11 you, y :at reseal, I know 'Allot
you rue by scour white hat." He then struck him back-
handed, lie could not teN whether with a truncheon or with
Iris tint. He struck right and left, and Dation fell against
the tattle. Winless was also struck by Fletcher, but he
was WA hurt. He seized-Fletcher to Nevem' a repetition
of the blow, ills hat was knocked Mr, and so was Dal.
ton's, by the blocs they received. ‘t ititess was fin eed to
the dour, and the soldier's advised him to go home, which
lie did. He was perfecly sober 41111 No was Dalton.
Tile Coroner asked the Jury, If thus wished to be left
to theists, Ives% The Foreman said, !bete was nu occasion,
and in a few minutes a verdict of Death, caused by sutra-
eAtion, was gives.'!
Coroner dirceted that Mr. Fletcher should be in-
formed there was no imputation whatever against his
character.

Fletcher Itarsog entered the room, the Coroner told him
that he wag perfectly frog (wag !my !imputation of bating
at:U.l isuproptily!!!

MANCHESTER SUBSCRIPTION.—The following is
the letter with which the Duke of Hamilton accom-
panied his contribution to the above fund :
TO THE COMMITTEE Mit THE MANCHESTER