The National Register.
London, England, 1822-05-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Soma or Tug CLettoY.—On Thursday last the
anniversary festival of this institution, established
for the protection of the necessitous Clergymen, was
celebrated at St. Paul's Cathedral. The Lord
Mayor, with several of the Aldermen and City Of-
ficers, together with numerous dignitaries of the
church, attended. The celebraiion was commenced
with a grand performance of sacred music, both vocal
and instrumental, at which smite of the most emi-
nent professors of the metropolis assisted. Previous
to the finale, a sermon was preuehed by Dr. Bloom-
field, Archdeacon of Colchester. The company afters
wards repaired to Merchant Tailors' Hall, where a
sumptuous entertainment was prepared for them --
A liberal collection was made at the doors.
The Archbishopr:c of Armagh has been given to
Lord John Geo. Beresford ; and the Archbishoprk
of Cashel to Dr. Alexander , the near relation of
the Earl of Caledon. Thus has the apostolical fa-
mily of Beresford, after picking and chasing every
valuable see, after it has become vacant, for the last
20 years, and after having had, at onc time three of
its members upon the Beach, accomplished one of
the great objects of its ambition, in the attainment
of the Primacy of Ireland. It only remains, . that
the Marquess of Waterford be made a Duke, and
nothing further can be asked. They already possess
among themselves, their connexions, and depend-
ants, one-fourth of the whole patronage of Ireland !
The Earl of Caledon, whose relation has got the
other Archiepiscopal Mitre, is one of the most con-
siderable parliamentary patrons in the sersice of
ministers.
A meeting of the county of Chester has been
held at Nuithwich, to take into consideration the
distressed state of agriculture, and to petition Par-
liament for relief—Chas. Wicksted, Esq. the High
Sheriff; in the chair. Mr. Davenport moved a
petition, detailing the causes and extent of distress,
and praying for reduction of' taxation, which was
seconded by Mr. G. Wilbraham, and carried nearly
unanimously, only two or three hands being held
up against it.
A true bill was returned 'on Thursday last, by
the London Grand Jury against Horatio Orton, one
I of the accredited agents of the " Constitutional As-
sociation," for an assault upon J. Wilfred Parkins,
Esq. late Sheriff of London.
Antang the articles of intelligence communicated
by the last arrivals from the I 7nited States, is that
of a fracas between the British frigate lupin, Capt.
Blackwood, and the Chinese at the village of Linttn,
QU miles above Macao. The particulars are given
in advises front Canton of January last. It uppeirs
that the frigate's boats were on shore watering,
when a dispute arose between the crew and the
i natives, who attacked the British seamen with him-
boos and other offensive weapons ; under these cir-
cumstances, it is stated that Capt. Blackwood was
lathiesd to open a fire, in order to cover the retreat
of his men, and the result was, that IS Chinese
were either killed or wounded. The frigate and u
large country ship were left lying• at Lintin, with
their boarding nets up, under the apprehension that
an attack would be made by the Dati‘Ts.
Tap: GOOD PASTeq.-411C will of the late Arch-
bishop ofArmagh has just been proved by his widow
under tiro hundred and twenty thousand pounds.
This is his Grace's personal property merely. What
his real estate may be, we are unable to say, but
doubtless the Shepherd was not without fields and
pens. Whatever the distress of Ireland, certain
spirituel gruziers there appear to have no cause of
complaint. However, it would seem that Scripture
is occasionally tortured in that quarter (perhaps in
others), and the text "feed my shcip," correptly
read " feed on my sheep," which alone can account
for what (using Burke's expression) we may call
most excellent " tallowing in the caul and kidnies"
—the flock can boast nothing like it. There is no
reason to feel any alarm about the strict ortholasy
of his Grace's successor—in this sort of sheep-walk,
he will, it is presumed, fellow his predecessor "pas-
sibes alias." The stamp of the probate was 2,000 L
a small slice, which, coming to the revenue, is the
public's share of this fat thing.
A grazier, in a very extensive line, living about
three miles from Bridgewater, two years since pur-
chased IQO wether sheep, for which he paid 475.
each ; since which, seven out of the let died
and the remainder were sold a short time since in
Smithfield market ut twenty five shillings each. The
same gruzier declares that he has within the last
year sold stock of different kinds at a thousand
pounds less than the cost price.
Fine mackerel are now selling at Weymouth, at
one penny each. It le calculated that one hundred
thousand of those fish have been caught on that part
of the coast of Dorsetshire, since the coutmenceuaent
of the season.

A grand review of cavalry will take place on
Hounslow-heath, on Thursday next, at which the
Prince and Princess of Denmark will be present.—
The corps to be reviewed-are the 9th, the 10th,
and the ltith regiments of dragoons, with the Life-
Guards and Horse Guards Blue.

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DREADFUL TIKUNDER STORM.—On Monday last
Birmingham and its neighbouthood was sisited by one of de
most violent thunder storms we ever witnessed. It commenced
about half-past one, and contined till nearly three o'clock, after
having deluged the town, and left behind it many fearful tracts
arils des astating p6wer. The thunder-cloud seemed fur mime
time to be stationary over the town. The court of requests in
the High-street was struck twice by the lightning—in the Gut
instance the fluid passed down the chimney, removing some
bricks near the top where en iron cramp entered the brick-
work —in the second, it passed throagh an open window eel's
ever the head of a person who was writing at a desk, and darting
ioto an adjoining room. in which were some females and a Child,
it broke through the window Mtn the court. The child was
scorched, but nut seriously, and none of the other persons were
injnred at all. In Ilisbopsgste-street the lightning first fell
upon a chimney, a cousidersble part of which it knocked down.
About ten minutes after this the electric bolt fen upon suoilier
house, about fifty yards distant, by v. a young girl eight
years-old was instantaneously struck dead, and the mother and
two other children we.e seriously burnt. The electric Mud
seems to have entered the window of the upper room, and,
striking against the opposite wall, to have passed down it into
a cluck in the kitchen below, frost whence it traversed the
back (Jibe mother, a ho was sitting with her chair touching, or
gnarly close to the cluck, from thence to the ' reast of a cilia
alio was lying with her head on her mother's lap, then to a
second child who was leaning on the first, and then to the other
children. There were in the room at the time of the fatal a'ri-
dent thetnother and four of her own, and one of the neighbour's
children, and two men. One of Abe children was in its mother's
anus and was not hurt, bat the back and left side of the mother
was severely scorched, and she was insensible for some time.—
The child lying on the mother's lap was killed ; the oce leaning
on her last her senses and sight for some hours, but has now
recovere I them, and was also severely burnt, as well as the
third child. The neighbcur's child was also slightly burnt. It
is remarkable that the house is lower than the other looses
close to it. The lightning also appears to have struck Mr.
Harris's house, in Broad-street, twice; in the first instance it
passed down the chimney, disturbing the chimney hoards, but
doing no serious damage in the other; it seems to have bar.
attraoted by the bell-wires.—Dirwisghons Paper.
SHIP LAUNCH.—The fineness of the day attreetel
thousands of spectators to Deptford, on Wednesday last, to
see the launch of the Mussel', • 7-1 gun ship, from the King's
Yard. Several stages were erected for the accommodation of
the spectators, which were crowded several hours before the
ship went, off the tracks. There was a military guard at tire
entrance gates, besides a number of persons who were swore
as special constables, and were stationed in several parts of
the dock-yard to preserve order. Previous to her being
launched several persons of respectability, ladies and gentle-
men, were permitted to go on board to view her ; slue is a
very fine ship, her head is adorned with a full length ligure of
Admiral Russell, who commanded at La Hogue, finely carved
and painted. It is impossible fur any figure of the kind to Mt
better on the cutwater ; the rake is perfectly snitable to that ef
the stern ; she is constructed between the ports .on Sir R.
Sepping's plan, and the decks are hail diagonally ; her stern
gallery and windows are remarkably neat and plain ; and the
quarter galleries are formed in a style of workmanship th
adds considerably to her graieleur. All the ships on the riser
displayed the flags of Old England, and the colours of all na-
tions ; and the seamen vied with each other in the arrangement
of their yards end the neatness of their vessels ; the river
presented a speetaele truly pictnresquie. As soots as the *id*
began to approach the slip, the dock-% ard-men began to re-
-11101 e tiro Atoms ssbitlt supported the ship, and when the water
had (lowed nearly high enough, the usual signal was given, the
rcamioing shores were takes away, and she went off the slips
' in-the most majestic manner possible, amidst tile nuelaiiiwities
of seser ul thousand persons. The bands of music, at the ►iwe
she went off, struck up .. Rule Beitennoirs." The grandeur of
the acts! euuld nit be surpassed. The canipeny on board of
her thee came on shore, and sails were hoisted on her jury-
masts, and she dristoped down to Woolwich with a line breeze.

VICTUALLERS LTCE.NCE6--It appears, according
to returns vitade to the /louse of Commons, that in Middlesex.
1821, in 'Power division, there were issued 950 licences, of
which I l were for hooves not liceuced the preceding year, and
and one had been refused ; in Finsbury division, 363 had bet
issued, of which one was for a house not licensed the preceding
year, and one had been refused ; in llulborn division, 717 hid
been issued, of which 12 were for houses not licensed the pre-
ceding year, and four had been refused : in I.'George, Ilano-
ver-square, 179 had been issued, of which one had keen few
house never licensed before, and two had been refused; i,r St.
Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, 136 houses had been
granted, of which two had been for houses not licensed before,
and one had been refused ; and in E 3141 [Liston and Soutliwsrk
the number of houses licensed had bees 709, of which three
had not bent licensed the preceding year, and vis licences had
been refused.—:row these returns it appears that the whole
number of licensed honsea in these six divisions was in IS'Et,
3,175, nod that in 1817 the number was 3,196.
Aerial Navigation from Bundtay to London!—:t
appears by a certificate, published in the liontbay
Ga:ette Extraordinary, by Mr. Warden, Chief Se-
cretary, that a Mr. I'. Boyce had made applic akin
to the Governor of Bombay to be allowed to carry
the mails, &c. from Bombay to London, by means
of a balloon, he professing to haveldiscovered a me-
thod of giving horizontal motion in areonuutics.—
The Governor referred 11r. Boyce to the Philoso-
phical Society of Bombay. A Mr. Hudson has also
put in his claim to aeronautic fame ; and another
competitor has appeared in the Calcutta Journal tti.
Sept. '2O, where the mode of operation is explaine.l
at considerable length!!
Last Saturday morning, a wild duel was shot in
the marshes nearYarmouth, and immediately sent as
a present to an inhabitant. On drawing the entrails,
which was effected with more than usual difficulty,
a rat was discovered in the poire (so called by the
country people) with its nose close lo the heart of
the duck. The rat was nearly eight inches long
from the nose to the rump, anti the tail was curled
up very closely: it weighed 71 ounces.
The approaching Ascot Races are expected to be
the most interesting and best that have taken place
on that course. The new stand is finished, and is
not only extremely convenient for the reception of
company, but presents a fine specimen of the best
architecture.

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