The National Register.
London, England, 1815-02-05 00:00:00

R FAULT.

Enpence of debt
Permanent- Revenue

Deficiency .2,632,254 0 0
liecities Perace Establi•liment estimated at four _ _ _

times its amount in 1787

Total to make up
ISTIMATP ON SUPPOSITION THAT WAR TAXES IN CUSTOMS AND

EXCISE ARE TO BE CONTINUED.
Permanent Taxes
Excise • 5,903.:315 0 0
Customs 3,31iui.953 0 0

94864E18 0 0

49,‘27,2.7,27 0 0
Interest of Debt and Sinking Fund

Balance
Peace Establiblunent •• • • 14,8:34,980 0 0

Total to make op • • 31,488,994 o 0
ter EST 111LISIOI ENT OF 1787.

'nein(lin National Debt Million was
Interest of Debt

Leaving for Army, Navy, &e.&c. 6,`200,000 o 0

It is reported that Mr. C. Grant is to succeed Lord Pal-
merston as secretary at War, in the event of the latter being
elevated to the Peerage.

Thursday sennight time* vessels were unfortunately
wrecked near Aberdeen, and all hands on board, with the ex-
ception of the master of one of diem, perished.. One pf
them was the Thames smack, of Aberdeen, Scott,kwith a va-
luable cargo of goods, from London, part of which, in a a-
waged state, is expected to be saved. The crew consisted of
nine persons, exclusive of two steerage passengers. The other
two ill-fisted vessels were the, brig Caledonia, Henderson, and
schooner Providence, Findlay, the former supposed to have
six or sus-fit persons on boat d, and the latter four or five,
and both vessels coal-loaded. (..!aptain Findlay, the only
person saved, report., that he sailed from Sunderland, on
NVednesday morning preceding, with several other vessels,
Int- whose safety the most serious apprehensions are enter-
tained.

A punning Correspondent save, Reporters have omitted
to notice the apprehension of the following notorious
,cha-

racters:—

Thomas Peck, alias Doran, was indicted for stealing a
Corny, and committed to the PonPra.
James .2nick, alias JVi,nb/e Jemmy, who bad long escaped
the vigilance of the Police, and stands charged with many
otfence;, was ordered to the Fleet.

William and Richard Go!lowan, for stealing a Mare and
Fool, were committed (to take their trials in Surrey) to
Ilors.rmongtr-lane. •
Jonathan Lore, for running away and leaving his wife and
child chargeable to the patisl, was ordered to be confined in

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'OR FEBRUARY.
MoriNtsw DREss.—A !mid robe of fine canaille jaconot muslin,
fastened down tlie front with cotton ball tassels ; a flounce of lace •
or needle-wark at the. Wt, appliqued with a narrow border of em-
broidery ; long full sleeve. .confured at the hand with needle-work
or French enibroidesy ; a titlliug collar and cape, trimmed with Monti
lace; foil back, drawn to- the,shupe. A French mob cap, composed
of white satin and Witold lace. tied tinder the chin -withoelenifll
blue satin ribband, atid.ornamentedwith a wreath ofilowers. Nerk-
lace and cross of satin bead or pearl. Slippers 01 bluetit!. Glovs
of Limerick or Yolk tan.. -
EVENING Diress.--Pale pink or primrose 'coloured crape petti-
coat over white satin, ornamented at the feet with a deep holder of
toll, trimmed with blond lace and pink, or primrose coleured•rib-
band, festooned and decorated with roses ; short Lull sleeve, corn-
posed of toll and crape, with a border of. French embrah'erY; tlfir
back drawn nearly to a point, eorre•ponding to the c•tpe front of
the dres, and trimmed tomtit with blond lace; the wait very
short, and an easy hilloess in the petticoat, carried entirely round.
Necklace and drop=of pearl ; ear•drops and bracelets to corresnind.
Hair in irregular curls, confined in the Eastern style, and Id: laded
with flowers. French scarf, fancifully disposed on the Sort'.
Slippers of pink or primrose coloured kid ; gloves to correspond
(Ack#enutines Repogitury.)
1)i N N git ss.—Half high dress of white kerseymere, the hotly
ornamented with white silk braiding, and a double row •of white
love ribband quilled 'try li ll round the neck; white satin long
sleeve, made very loose, ornamented at the wrist with love ribband
to correspond with. the neck, and finished on the shoulder with 'a
white silk epaulet. The bottom of the dress is trimmed with silk
braiding to correspond with the body. The hair ilte-sed without
any ornament, in loose ringlets on the forehead, anti faste.mal up be-
hind with a knot of white ri:,band.—White satin Chaircau liras as a
ridicule. • -

EA.OrioNj

Hallhigh pelisses are trtnimed with embroidery, btaidiii2, the nill~,
sable, swansdown, and Britannia pearl silk trinimil). the last is
highest in estimation, aud is ntso much admired in muffs amid tiport,.
Mantles are not very general by themselves, but they are nun li
worn over half high pelisses; indeed the lltter cannot well he wilful
without a tippet or mantle.—(La Belle .4ssonblee.)

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The 15.ing of Fiance has sent a superb dress to the Prince
Regent, with tl:c Order of the Ifily Ghost; the following is'
a..descriPtion..of the dress:—
The mantle all round the border embossed with gAbl, representirt
the emblems of war, 711111 surrounded by the imperial
mantle :3-1. feet in length—the tippet under the mantle or grecia
sit:l4l3cl, the figures exactly the same as on the mantle, hilt ou a
much smaller scale—the collar oven tippet of beautiful Fiepeir
lace, valued at I.ool.—the collar cslpsposed of diamonds, riihius,.
emeralds, —the hat black t•e:vet, embossed with gohl rour,,l it,
with a beauti ul ostrich feather at the top—breeches w hit e !..as se it,. t
embroidered with silver, vair of hose of white silk—shies of ~11% tr
tissue, with roses of white satin—two swords, very beautiful, with
golden hilts—there is also a dress for his attendant, Litt not t,O supeib
As the

On the 31st December the, Princess of Wales gave a
splendid fete.to King Joachim, at Naples. The Queen, the
whole Court, the Ministers, and all Foreigners of distinction,
assisted at it. The French Papers state the Princess i, e‘-
pected to stay at Naples, till May.
The Ex• Empress Maria Louisa has presented a stron.'4
protest to the Congress, demanding her tights, and those of
her son. This was presented at one of the last sittings of
the Congress, and made a lively sen,ation.
If Buonaparte is brought over to this country, it is sup-
posed he will be made Emperor of Petty France, and reside
in the neighbouring mansion of To/hill-fcles
CITY' INTELLIGENCI: EXTRAORDINAay.---A merchant
of some consideration roturninaa to town the other murning,
at rather an unseasonable hour, detected au illicit commerce
carrying on between his aclice and sleepii:g. partners. The
consequence was as might be expected, a determination on
the part of the husband to seek a divorce on tile one hantl,
and a dissolution of partnership on the other.

THE NATI,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KINGS BENCH, SATURDIY, FEB. 4.

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THE ETNO v. usarttan't•
This was an iudichnent against the defendant for not repairing a pub.
lie budge °list- a certain canal in the county of Surrey. The defendant
hod been convicted, but a point was reserved for the Court on the
lowing gaounds :—The defendant was proprietor of the canal ill ques-
tion, and at the time of passing the Act, under the authority of which
the canal was cut, power was gi►rn to cut through roads, &c. as the
plan of the work ruielit require. TM canal passed through a turnpike-
road, and the prow iewrs erected the birder in question ; but it Was DOW
contended that they were not buand ru keep it in repair, inasmuch as it
was erected for the wrvice of the public, and, therelOre, the repairing
it was a task which the public ought to discharge. It was further con-
tended that the proprietors were nut bound even to have erected the
bridge in the first instance, no such provision being made iii the Act.
Lord Ellenborough observed, the proprietors, by cutting the road,
had destroyed the public way, and were bound to make it good Apalll,
although no mention was made in the Act of Parliament of building
bridges. In the Acts incorporating the different Water-work Compa-
nies, power was given to break up the ground for the purpose ()flaying
down the pipes—nut a single word was said of making the streets good
again, by covering the pipes and restoring a level wry for the ptitilic;
yet, lie was inclined to think, if the ravages committed by these Com-
panies, in the public thrurouglitares of the tnetropolis, were not made
pod again, and that in a more suecdy manner than had been the case 1,
on some former occasions, many of them would discover, to their cost, '
that though no provision fur that purpose was made in the Act of In-
corporation, they wire not less liable fur the restoration of that which
they had destroyed. The proprietors of the canal were ilk,' bound,
having destroyed the public highway, to restore to the public a free
passage, by building the bridge.. With r apect to the question of re-
pairing it, who, be would ask, derived advantage from it ? Did the
proprietors of the canal, who received the profits of that canal, or did
the public, who having before had a solid and level road to pass over,
but now instead of it had got a budge ? Those a hose plans required
the erection of a bridge in that !pot were bound to keep it in repair.
Thy order of Sessions which called on the defendant, as the represen:a-
tive of the Company, to repair the bridge was therefore established.

CONSISTORY COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS.

JOHNSTON, rArsrty CALLED MILLER V. Milt EH.
This wise proceeding at the instance of Sophia Johnston, spinster,
of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, against Charles William Miller,
. of the same parish, formerly a performer ..t the Circus, for nullity of
wirringe that had taken place between them, on the ground of her
minority, and a want of legal copsetit.—All the necessary facts to inv.,.
?ida'e the marriage were proved, and there being no defence on the
part of ,Mr. Miller, the inarrifie was pronounced null and void.
STONY V. PAMitTALSILY CALLED MONK.
This was a eimilae proceeding at the instance of Mr. Charles Monk,
of Aylesbury, Bucks, against Miss Mary Page, of Shadarell, fur nit'.
lay of marriage, by reason of his minority, and no legal consent. It
appeared dint the minor was born on the 10th of June, 1791, and bap.
tised at Ilerkliampstead, Hefts, five weeks afterwards. lie continued
to reside there with his parents during his youth, was educated at
Berkliampereari, and bound apprentice to a tradesman in the town ;
et the expiration of his epprenticeship his father established him in
business at Aylesbury. In 1810, he became acquainted with Miss
Page, whom he °lien met, for the purpose of courtshi at a friend's
betise in Shadwell, who, however, declined being present at the mar-
riage on account of its clandestinity. The licence was procured by
and the marriage took place by virtue of it at the Church of St
Paul, Shadwell, on the 24th of Julie, 1810, he being then only 19.
It was, however, kept secret until June, 1813. when it was discovered
by Mr. Nlonk's brother, who informed his mother, and she conimuni-
- cated it to his father. He expressed-his disapprobation in the strongest
term', and declared, that l►l-d he been aware of it, he would nut have
advanced his ton in business; and that ill as he then was, be would
take a journey of fifty eiVes to set the marriage aside. His health,
which was Ibsen very indifferent, declined rapidly, and he died not long
afLerwards. Authenticated,cupies of the entries of baptise► and mai-
d igr, and of the affidavit to obtain the licence were produced, and
the family circumstances stated were fully spoken to by the her and
tAn brothers of the minor,—The Counsel for the wife admitted, that it
w..' impossible to offer a,,y ehjection to this evidence, and Sir William►
soot bring of opinion that it 43 amply sufficient, pronounced the
marriage hull and void.

3ISTE

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.

The second Council of War of the first military division
Paris, was engaged on the 314 of January in the inve4tigat
affair which lo.a Made considerable noise in that capital,
offers two alternatives equally lamentable. Is it possible
French Officer, decorated with Orders,- a Captain on full -1,,
the prospect of soon coming into the possession of a capit
• 10.',,000 flaws, owing to his mother by an emigrant, can
mitted so atrocious a clinic as to assassinate a woman of
and no tnotive be discovered for such a cowardly attack .
thie Officer, after being seduced to a place of ill fame, assal
two men. wounded with his own knife, and another mt
weapon, for the pm pose of be ing robbed of his watch, sees
pieces of cold, and his decorations' Admitting this hypothesis
likely that the female, after leading her victim into this snag
hale herself perished by the hands of her accomplices,
striving to screen the Officer from their fury ? Stich is the
to he resolved in the trial of Antoine Sevres de St. Clair,
years, a native of Rorgoin, Captain of the Sej company
fliers, in the. 31st regiment, in venison at Paris.--The pent
he is accused of having murdered was a•prostitute, named
Kersemarker, but calling herself Madame Monnet, and 11
the appellation of the Handsome Dutehwoman. On the
November last, Monnet, who lived in the Rue Neuve des
Champs. Intel brought home with her three men, successively
course of the evening. The portereis cannot positively say
the two first were gone, when the third entered. He was
in plain r holies, wore the decorations of the Legion of Honoi
the Lilly : it was proved that this was St. Clair. The at tent'
not see hint go out any more than the others. About nine
Moimet unshed out of her apartment covered with blood,
that of a neighbour, calling for help, and expired in a few nn
About the same time St Clair went to the coffeehouse De e
where he was accustomed to take his meals. He had ,
. wound on his thumb, and his clothes were stained with Wool
• said that he had been prevailed upon to co home with a
'whose house two men had attempted to rob, and cruelly ill
him, that the female attempted to save him from the attaci
reibbers, had been thrown on the bed by one of them, who
her with a knife, and left her for dead. He added, that he has
his escape, leaving his watch and purse in the hands of the'
but alter recovering his decorations which he put in Isis
Some ene having observed that in such a case he ought te
complaint, he went to the Slew. Comminges, Commis,ary of
Two men were apprehended, hut they proved their innocence
the strongest suspicions having soon arisen against Si.. Chair "
himself delivered into the hands of justice. The sitting oft,
was occupied with the reading of documents, and the examil
of the accused. The witnesses, to the number of 04, were
beard the following day. It is believed that the most int
part of the proceedings will turn upon a contradiction wi
the accused is charged. It is said in the first moments
several persons that it was in the privy, and not in Mount
merit, that he was attacked.

A serious riot took place in Paris, on the 17th
through the bigotled folly of a priest, who, adhering
rigorous ordinances of the Romish Church, which co,
actors and actresses as excoaatnunicated, and forbir
being buried in holy ground, refused to perform the
rites over a Mademoiselle Raucour, an actress of the T'
Fiancois. The enraged multitude, on finding the
gates shut against the corpse, indignantly burst them
and were proceeding to commit the greatest excesses,
the King. healing of the matter, sent his almoner um
escort with orders to perform the required service.
appeased the people, and prevented perhaps the moss
consequences.

Chaff les Curry, ostler at the Running Horse Livel
bleu, was sentenced to seven monthi solitary confitiem,
Cold-Bath-fields, for inhumanly ducking a boy in the
yard.

A poor sailor, who had made many fruitless attemi.
obtain prize-money at Somerset-place, exclaimed it was
the first time he had been Stranded.

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