The National Register.
London, England, 1816-06-17 00:00:00

111..1'011.11 IN PARLIAMENT.

Saturday a 'Meeting took place at Freemasons' Hall, to
adopt a declaration, iii imneurrence with the Hampden Club,
in favour ot a ur..re general Itepre-antathai of the People in
the Commons Homo. of Parliament. Sir F. Burdett, M.l'.
in
the Chair. Ihe Hon. Baronet, title; a few pi elatory obser-
vations, read letters from Fawke% of Yorkshire, Mr.
I.aceli, aid othirs, rel:ri lanai oidahle labs' nee.
expressing their cordial co-uperation in the object of this
Meeting.
Major Cdrtwricht, in a long .perch, maintained the neces-
sity of a'n'al Parliainenr.. and other Heft, , oliieh he con-
tended were necessary for the salvation of Va. country. it
was eNaetly two years since the fit el MAI in Ilse land met ill
that Hall to adioeate the canoe of the A friean Nitroes.
would that they were at that moineut to identify them-rives
Kith the canse of the people. The Major, at great length,
opposed die idea of triennial Parliaments, and detailed his
lemo's tat faatAlf :111111141 UM,. He further 'dated that the
Fhtamtlen Club had collzlit a conference with some leading
Members of Parliament, who. however, a week ago, dintired
that their scene of art must be within the %%all% of Parini-
rnent--wit without. He concluded by min mg, that a
ration [which he read) he adopted by the Meeting. It con-
tained. in an embodied form. the +e Annelids of bi- speech.
.1 Nil. Canning, from Watt teksh;et.., the Hes., Dhiper,
Lord Cochrane, Mr. Johnsom, and Sir Francis Burdett, alt, of
coarse, spoke in Nimbi. of Xeform, and die declaration was
unanimously adopted.

It is with concern we state to our readers, Ant the bank of
the late Stephen JCIIIIIIIO and CO. of Wellington. which roe
au
long a period supported its credit
peroltar pressure of Ike limes, lieva obliged, fur the pi csent,
to .nspend its payments --r.%dterarshai y (-hronicie•)
'The liinctiinbroke Parket, which sailed from E.d th for
the Nlediteriaman, on the -2: th of April, was lost off Cape St
Vincent's, on the ith ult. Craw saved, and the mail forwarded
L. a hired vessel.
'Else 111:14',11.1-1. of the 'Turkish garrison of infra has been lola-
, 111114 11111111'4111111 Ekimniol•, dingl Ira. v‘ejtv,l,
w.,ver.4l indi.rimfit.ll; 1,111 ,111.11.1r1.11111V exet ciseil by the Torii
toward- their Fairopeati prisoners has been rather inibistri,insly
kepi ont of view. flue instance, and thit, distinguished by no
unusual trait of ferurity, has been related by Or. Clarke. in his
late volume- At ti.eros, a town of Mated tttt •• the French
prisoners, wlacit compelled to march 1111111 the llorea to Con
o,antiamode, mini rill every erncity that the malice of their ene-
mies (mold inflict ; 11.411 a them, after seeing their drooping
emu; put to death by their conductors, because they
were nimble, thili4lol 5ie1..411,11 and fatigue, to contimie their
mte, were roma, dliird to cony the heads of their einurades
•••ielts, that an decorate return of the whole ttttttt her might be
v. isle, upon their arrival in the capital." -At Lelmito they
were (-mutinied to the edible kb in, where they were halted for
t'.e night.—" They were seen,"said tin:inhabitants, " carrying
the heads of their wives and their chi dren, and of others mho
hid Leen their companions on the road, whom the 'forks had
beheaded as fast as they fell id,/ lay the way,hecause they were
u'iabie to keep up with the rest."—lt must he recollected, in
oi Jer to ACIIOIIIII for this solicitude about the heads, that it re-
iorati is paid fur eaelt, on its exhibition to the officer appointed
for that purpose at Constaiititiople.
'The niiiiiiscr of Rade. printed at Cambridge during the last
st‘ven years, was .•92,600; of !hew Testaments, 425.000;
of
3'rayer Books, 1:11,t1i i. At (}stunt, the number of 11114 es
printed of all kiwis, was 460,390; of Testaments 3,46,000 ; of
C onaion Prayer Books. 1100,041 a, of Catechisms, Psalters, ac.
2 I'd,ooo. The value of the whale is 212,9171. Is. bd.
A young woman, named Corm ill(, a lineal descendant of the
father of the French stage, hail a benefit last Thursday at one
of the Parisian Theatres ; but though the French affect the most
devoted admiration for that tine port—tbough the day 44fper-
Commie.- was the anniversary of his birth, and the play was his
celebrated Cid - though, lastly, the young Lady het self, who
acted 6,1 the first time, came forward in the part of Chinwnt—
yet not all these circumstances, so interesting to Frimch Mut-
itination, capald excite French generosity : the house was 1111 t
ti,dr filled. It was not so in England when Comm was acted' for
the benefit of Milton's grandolatothter.
Cr P left 11 Barns(.—The Wire liridge, at the falls of Sehtlyl-
kill, Pennsylvania, is supported by six wires, Cat% 5.81115 of I
all 11101 ill diameter—three on (Well side of the bridge. These
ices extend (forming a curve) froin the garret wiallowo of
tt.e Wire Factory to a tree 011 the opposite whore, which iv
braced by wires in three directions. 1 lie door timbers are
Ciro feet long, one inch by three, sospended in a horizontal
hue by stirrups of No. 6 wire; at the ends of the bridge. mid
No. 9in the centre, from the curved wires. 'The floor is 18
takelte, wllll., of Melt board, secured to the floor timbers by
oweepi vol.r-re the rads of two boards meet; here, in
a.iditioo to the mills, the boards are kept from separating by
wire tirst. 'there is a board s.‘ Midi's wide on its edge Ma
rasa side of the bridge. to which the flour timbers are likewise
secured Ivy wires. Torre wires stretched on eart side of the
bridge along the stirrups, ti,rm a Ivirricr to prevent per:.ou,
t fahhiui otf. The floor is 16 feet from the water, and -100
first in length- The dtstatice between the two points of sus-
peusion of the bridge is -teal feet.
The *hole weight ofthe wire is
do. wood work
do. wt. -tmnt nails

13:4 Tbs.
33K4)

Tom! weight of the Bridge - 47u2
Four men would do the wink of a similar bridge in two
weeks of good weather, and the whole espesiee would be
300 dollars.
APPLE THEEIb.—. 11 gardener in South Wale!' says, that for the
lasi seven rais he has had fuli half a crop apples at times when
many of his neighipturs, willi tile same prospec 1,4.f0re flit.
hlonainn appeared, hunt Kral any of this fruit. :11., nalqlll.ll
Ws. as filiioWb:—'to every sorry of orchard lie milk a load of
dmiuhill straw. or orts raked from the fields. and foil it in sus
or eight Heaps, slionvit which he divided a p 4of siiliilim ,
qt.:tensing a clear day to burn it, with a brisk air It 'lot olilv
d. stroped the imtets in the laid, but killed all worms aysit
o!!ier insects that bleed moiler the muss of the trees asi,4 on the
b.rk.

FAToN TRW PFDPet•RIAN.— The moiling prespeets of aur.
,EirtLS. Wliteh had OM • thig r totorthataty matt, sint a the
r. gnmceireineot of hls l.iearnf iMitt.ttakio2, wart on Siturdity
r made, obly eclipsed by ,n apparels* railer of eircortli and
W Arne/ft avid swelling of the legs. It is also mutter of ditti-
e,:lty to Aw co,n now fta a its, few m....141‘..411.npubr.
gets
f, *snaeryurol e int r. urd considerably again-t /ant nt Übe/
.self or his `.l 1t .1011 o'clvrk lad evening
b. 'twit finished his eteecol .1.)11 Iwbonr, making in all a duo.
uut r oh

BIRTH.
The Coustrss of Cowl er, of a son.

MAIIIII ED.
F. Blalaiere, Esq. R.N. to Miss White. of Acton.-1. Ilaleomh.
Esq. of Alarlbonigh, to Mist Withor, of etc Charter-hottae.—J. Pa
tient. E al. to Miss Barnes, of Collinghottru.-..t. Rouelierett, ha``- of
Wilting:eau. Lincolnshire. to Louisa. youngest dam of F. l'igoa,
Bingham. I:441. of Ante hurt,. N; hits, to Mary Hype. elan. of .1.
Duchiterlony, Esq. of Vicars lid!. Hants.—H. Browne, Eat. of Oak-
Ingham. to Anna Elia. eldest dun. of the hue Jacob Hoak, Ea+ of
Leadashedlatreet.—At Rath. the Itev..l. Moodier. Vicar of St. iilary's
Warwick. to Mari:may, yttungest dm. of the late G. [Woke. Esq.—
W. J. Lockwood, Eat. of Dews Essex, to Hachael, a.m. of bir
M. Wood, Burt. M. P. for Gatton, Surrey.
DIED.
At Malta. where he had gone bir his health. Gen. I'. Murray.—At
the College. Sandhurst, it:vel al. W. rrhirtau. Lieut. Gen. in the
French Annies.—ldeut. Cot. 1.. Maclean. Major of the Tower of Lon-
don, and resident Gavernor.—At Kite liall. Isle of White, aged is.
J. Popham. Esq. king Cie last male bran-.:li of the ancient timuily
of
Popham. in Hampshire, which is &at:ended from eat ceLltrat-d Lord
Cci f Just. and Coons. of Queen Elie. Ile was au Aldenu.„ Justice of
Peace. and many years stajor-Cont. of the isle of Wight Militia, and
one ut the Deputy Lieut. of the Altlennanbury. in his Coed
year. Mr. C. K. Iteechey.-1. Monteiro de Ahuoeda, EN. late of the
city ut Oporto.—Aged 57. Lord F. Camph.ll, brother ti the late. and
uncle to the present Duke of Argyll.—At West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Mrs. Eli:. SIIIIIII% who, by her will. directed her co in to be made of
thick oak: no covering or Orllaln 'nt whatever; it tensible, to he made
witamit nails; to be made very 1 uge and root' Ina; the lid n.g heavy
nor fattened; the mule to he in stressed and a main-its for the tasty
to lay on; instead of a slintwil, a !Wind gown anti st.wkingt.—Aged
73. the 1(a. W. H. Hariter. M.A. Vicar of St. l'eter's Carmarthen,
and Nl:tater of the Free Grammar S gosh in that town.—Mrs. Collier,
of !Ham, near Station!, aged Icr2.—Tae wifs of &journeyman baker,
in Somerset-street. Bath. Being suddenly called down stain. Alin unex-
pectedly meeting her son. just retarned from London. the joy bail
such an effect upon her, that she died whilst taking him by the hand.—
At I I idifax .1. Weatmaxott, Esq. Cap. of the lineal Stereo, ps. His death
was the consequence of wounds receive I while discharging his duty,
in visiting the garrison guards early on th; morning of the 17th of
April last, from two nom whom he met near the Presbyterian %letting-
house. carrying articles which he susp anal they had come dishonestly
by. which lie charged them with having etolen, and which, as was sub-
bermently proved. hal been stolen from the store of !Hears. Janathan
sod John T'reinain. He was on horb:lawk and alone; the dread of
detection urged the villains to abandon their plunder, and to murder
this excellent officer, in whom they viewed a witness of Clear crime:
they dragged him (rout his horse, with a sword strait him the deadly
blow, and departed. Though faint and weak front the ken of blood.
he succeeded afterwards in gaining tilt King's wharf guard, from
whom he received tile assiste.utee necessary to enable him to reach his
lodgings, where. until the time of his deal. he languished in extreme
pain, which hardly for a moment was alleviated by the consoling idea
of recovery—for
•• vain. Hope's whispers strugghal with despair."
Capt. Westm:urat was a native of England: he entered the army
in
spring 1507, served in Portugal and Spain; at the siege of Mobilo:
greatly distinguished liiimeelf by his bravery, and received a severe
wound from a grape-shot. which confined him to his qudirt,rs
months, aid f-oei which he never perfoctly recovenal.—Agell ht.
Prince Charles Jerome de Pally. Chief of one of the most illustrious
!louses of Hungary. and formerly Suprenie Chancellor of the King.
doin.—T. Muir, Esq. merchiult. of Muir Patk.Glasgsw.—ln his 19th
year, G. Sael, only son of the late Mr. Said. bookseller, of the Strand.
—C. Wright. Kai. yotmgest son of the late Sir J. Vt'Ti:dit. Bart. and
formerly of the fstth reg. of foot —At 'fnidington. Middlesex, in his
65th year, .1. Crutchfield, Esq.—At Ilaverfmdwest, Lieut. Colonel
Vaughan.—ln his (cad year, J. Newton, of Orinond-street.—At Stam-
ford, Miss M. Simpson, third dam of Alderman Simpson, an amiable
and interesting girl, aged la. She expired at one o'clock. and the
funeral her brother, a fine youth of ti, pawed the door but an hour
before.—'fitearlay. the lath of May, et her house, No. It, Coldbath-
' square, at the very advanced age of 116 years. Mrs. Jane I.ewson,
commonly called lady Lesson. from the very eteantrie manner of her
dress. In recording this instance of nnantal longevity. some account
of her may nat. perhaps, be uninteresting to our Headers. Mrs. Jane
Lewsom was born in the year 1700, during the reign of William and
Mary, in Essex-street, in the Strand, of most respectable parents, of
the name of Vaughan. and was married at an early age to a wealthy
gentleman of the name nt Lewson. then living in the house in which
she died. She became a widow at the age of twenty-six. having only
one daughter living at the time. Mrs. Lesson, being left by her hus-
band in affluent circumstances, preferred to continue single, and re-
mained sic, although she had many stigma When her daughter mar-
ried, being left alone, she became trod of retirement, and rarely went
out, or pemtittisl the •wisits of any person. For the last 30 years she
had kept no servant.. except one old female, who died to tears ago: she
was stuxeighal by the old woinau's grand-daughter. wrio got married
about three years since; and she was succeeded by an old man, who
attended the different hotuas in the square to go of errands, clean shoes,
;Irs. Lewson took this man into her Louse, and he acted as her
steward, butler. cook, and housemaid, and, with the exception of two
old lap-dogs and a eat, he win her only companion. The house she
occupied was large, and elegantly furnished, but very ancient ; the beds
were kept constantly made, although they had not been slept in for
about 50 years. !ler apartment being only oceans:tally swept out.
but never washed, the windows were so mated with dirt, that they
hardly admitted a ray of light. A large garden in the rear of her house
was the only thing she paid attention to ; this was always kept in good
order, and here, when the weather permitted, she enjoyed the air, or
sometimes sat and read, of which she was particularly fond; or else
chatted on times past with any of the few remaining acquaintances
whose visits she pennitte.h. She seldom visited herself, except at Mr.
Jones's, a grocer, in the square. with whom she dealt. She had for
many years survived every individnal of her relatives within many de-
grees of kindred. She was so partial to the faaliittni that prevailed in
her youthful days, that she never changed the manner of her dress from
that worn in the reign of George tile First. She always wore powder,
with a large tete, made of' horse-hair, on her head, near half a foil
high, over which her hair was turned up; a cap over it which knotted
under her chin. and three or four curls hanging down her neck. She ge-
nerally wore silk gowns. and the train long, with a deep %unix all
round, a very long want, and very tightly laced up to her neck, roan.'
which was dkind of ruff. or trill. The sleeees of her gown came below
the elbow, from each of which four or five large culls were attached; a
large straw bonnet quite that, high heeled slaw a large black bilk cloak,
trimmed round with lace, and a gold-he:l4lva cane, coniideted her
every day costume for the last no years, and in which she walked round
the square; on which accuton she was known by the name of lady
Lewson. 11cr manner of living was so methodical, that she would
not drink her tea out of any other tam a favourite cup. She was
equally partienlar with respect to her knives, forks, plates. &e. At
breakfast she arranged in a partirular way the paraphernalia of the
tea tablet at thinner she also observed a general rule, and always sat
in her favourite chair. She RIWTIVS enioved an excellent state of health,
assisted in regulating her house. net never had, until a little previens
to her decease, at, hour's illness. She entatained the greatest averstet.
to medicine, and what is remarkable she eat two new teeth at the age
of 57, and never lost one in her life, nor was oche et er trouhlA with
the bath-tech. Her sight latterly faileel '.er. Siie lived in live reigns,
and was :maimed the most rata:fill living historian of the age, the
...vents of the year 1715 being fresh in her recollection. A few days
previous to her dash. an old lady. who was her neighls ur% dies! sud-
denly, which had such an diet t on ha, that she frequendy aid her
tune was also come, and she should sisal folios. She enjoyed all :ao
fat-Id:icy until that period, whin she became weak. took to he: heel
and refoand medical aid; her conduct to KT few distant relsiions was
e..ettedingly capricious, and she would never see any of them: and it
wis not utitil u ft-.v Lotus netiire her dissolution that any tenition was
n:.cernal in her temper. She was biti-ied in Runhill-fields Poryikz-
gronn 1. The flew, el procession conds•ni of a hearse and fem, and
ewe mourning ...mares, in which were Mr. Atv.httay, of thal
Lwa-
dlniketwell, her executor, and sonic relations.