The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-04 00:00:00

pected inhabitants to their proceedings,is enigmatical,
but that gentleman nobly redeemed his credit by
moving the resolution to rescind the former proceed.
ings. The fact appears to have been, that the four
Medicals, in want of patients, laid their heads toge-
ther to procure them, and published as the,resolutions
of a general meeting—their own plan. The first
resolution declared that a Dispensary should be
established, the second its limits (and these gentle-
men, determined to ad good by wholesale, took in a
population of more than a hundred thousand!) the.
third, fourth, and fifth, the number of officers reqLi-
site, and the sixth and seventh—
" Thai the thanks of the meeting be given to the Medical
Gentlemen who have kindly offered their services ; and that they
be requested to accept the under-mentioned appointments:—D.
!Jiving. M.D. No. 13, Bedford Row. and L. Steuart, M.D.
Mecklenburgh Square, Physicians ; S. Wray, Esq. 125. Elect
Street, Apothecary ; and
" That Mr. B. Rolls be appointed Resident Apothecary."
Here was the grand point, and these four aspiring
characters expected that they should have walla
over the course, covered with the gratitude of an
admiring multitude, into situations which wouU
have secured their future affluence. UnfortunatCy
for them, however, their expectations were disap-
pointed—their assumption was checked ; and by the
subsequent proceeding, the ground-work, we ar-
dently hope, was laid for an institution highly bene.
facial to the lower classes, and independent of the
selfish and narrow views by %%Melt these MEnic %Ls
were confessedly actuated.—ln the nomination of
the Members of the Committee we had unfeigned
pleasure from hearing the names of Churchmen and
Dissenters, Whigs, Tories, and Radicals, without
distinction, mingled in the work of benignity ; and
that pleasure was materially increased 1 y the nomi-
nation of two of the members of that fraternity
which so especially delights in deeds of benevolen.c,
" The Society of Friends"..-may they unitedly t.e
successful in their views; and if such be the case,
Islington may have cause, at a future period, to
thank the four gentlemen who " so kindly, so gene.
rously, and so disinterestedly" first agitated Cie
question.

Fracm on the North Rold —The inhabitants is
Ferrybridge have been much amused by a cce.-e
which took place lately between a noble lord, of CA;
corps diplomatique, (Lord Stewart), and a respe,t-
able innkeeper of that town. His lordship, it seems,
was not attended with prompt obedience which be
had been accustomed to receive from the Bonifaccs •
of Austria; his wall-known impetuosity burst forth,
an altercation of rather a violent nature ensued.
which terminated in the noble ambassador turning
his host out of the room. The cause of contention,
we understaod, was the non-appearance of a jelly!
When the Elizabeth packet was lately almost
wrecked in Dover harbour, two ladies were so com-
pletely drenched, that their clothing afforded scarcely
any concealment to the various paddings of late,
shawls, and other things with which they had pru-
vided themselves in France. They were of course
invited to the custom-house, and there dismAntleri
of the incumbrances that spoiled the CJhioi4r of their
F;; area.
There has lately been an extensive issue of Lad
sovereigns from Birmingham, which have been ill
circulation in London for ten days, and are Lac:!y
executed, the milling being clumsy, and the lettL.s
indistinct. The utterers pay 5s ell. for three coun-
terfeits.

Musical Kaleidoscope.—A very curious invent:La
has been made in the art of musical composition...
Cards are prepared. on each of which a bar of an •
air is arranged according to a certain rythym and
kcy. Four packs of those cards, marked A B
and D, are mingled together; and as the cards are
drawn and arranged before a performer in the order .
of that series, it will be found an original air is tb-
tained; the cards hitherto made are as waltzes, and
succeed perfectly ; the invention may be called Mu-
.sical Permutation. It has received, however,
properly, that of the Musical Kaleidoscope.
The pedestal intended to support the equestrian'
statue of the late King, about to be erected noir ase
London-road, Liverpool, has been shipped in the
canal basin, at Kendal, tlu the place of its ales:; +.-
lion. It is about fourteen feet high, and formed el
Westmoreland granite, p.ut of wuich was broaght
from Shap Fell, but some of the largest blocks were
procured in the neighbourhood of Kendal; one in
particular, containing 600 cubic feet, was taken fi•on•
a wood belonging to Mrs. Sowden, at Meal Bealt.
Fur the convenience of removal, it was br..ken into
pieces, one of which weie;lied about four tuns.
A blind woman preached at the Methodist Chap al
in Exeter on Sunday last. So unusual an c,,llr-
rnce, as may be expected, drew vgethar a 1,,!g,
consvogati;ei.