The National Register.
London, England, 1820-08-14 00:00:00

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UNION HALL.—In consequence of information re-
ceived at this Office, a warrant was issued on Thursday
night to search the noose of a person, named Barnett,
near the Surrey Tneatre, who was accused with keeping
a gambling house, under colour of keeping a spruce
beer shop. At the appointed hour the whole of the
pose censilalus proceeded to the rendezvous, where they
pined .11111116S1011 arter ►nitch difficulty. 'Foyle first ols-
ect was to secure the woman at the bar, with as little
noise as possibl , and this being accomplished, they WO.
ceeded to the back parlour, where they heard a rattling,
as if of dice, and the echo of many voices and foot-
steps; but the door was locked. A council was held
as in what was most expedient to be done, and it was
at length agreed to force the door, by a simultaneous
effort; this was speedily put in execution, and the otli-
cers rushed in in a hotly, to the great discomfiture of
about £0 persons, who were surrounding a hazard table,
cry eintent upon the game. The officers made a scram-
ble for the dice and betting motley, the mat of winch
was that Collingliourne got eight dice and 13s. 6,1. iii
sitter, Hall, 11. 6s. in money, and a dice box, and the
Other various par is of the parapnernalia of the gambling
tame; but money to a erem aiummt, which laid on Inc
table was seized by the players, before the officers conld
approach. The greatest confusion then ensued , the
indow was Inrced out, and nvinv escaped ; but tae
activity of the Police, no less than 20 persons (includ-
ing five women) were secured, and lodged in various
places of confinement A table upon which they played
was brought to the Office; it was of very curious con-
sanction, in the ldle was a circle, marked with .13
ivory inlay, within which the dice werecast ; round dot
was another circle six or eight inches broad, appropo-
ated solely for the stakes and betting money; the rot of.
the table was allowed to be for the glasses and bottles•
The parties together with the keeper of the home, were
brought to this Office on Friday, and underwent ill
examination before It. J. Chambers and D. King, Esys•
toe presiding Magistrates. They were all held to ball.

We are happy to learn from Sheffield, that the
trade of that place has materially revives, and that
there is every prospect of a future amendment
Many able hands in the different mechanical branches
of the place, who have been fur these nine or tw‘lve
months past supported by parochial support, are now
in full work , and there is a fair prospect that mati.Y
' hundred others, now unemployed, will be taken on in
the course of a few weeks. s-
Sir Thomas Gresham, who built the Royal
chahge, was the son of a poor woman, who leti himin a field when an infant ; bnt the chirping ut
grasshopper leading a buy to the place where ii•-•
lhis life was preserved. From this eireutwonc: 11:`.
future merchant took the gras.shopper for his cres,
and hence the cause a that insect being placed u"*
the Royal Exchange.

A Clergyman in Scotland, who has for some years
officiated as Chapiain to a corps of yeomanry in his
neighbourhood, was recently placed ender military
arrest for pronouncing, in mac of his prayers, when
he was performing duty before the corps, " BLESS
THE QUEEN." We have confident hope that the
Scotch Presbyterian Clergy, in General Assembly,
will notice this attempt to interfere with the in-
dependence of their Church, which was guaranteed
to them especially by the Act of Union.
There bas been some disturbance at Ipswich, in
consequence of some of the men of the 10th regi-
ment of dragoons, stationed in that place, having
drunk the health of the Queen. They were almost
immediately secured and lodged in the guard-house,
but were afterwards released by some of their com-
rades.

The new Theatre at Birmingham is built upon
the site of that which was burnt down last year
The interior is in the form of a Lyre united to the
stage by an eliptic cove, which torms the prosce-
nium. The ceiling is a stellated dome, supported
by Grecian pillars ; the dome is divid,.d into com-
pa tments, with a fine head of Apollo in the centre.
.--The decorations are gilded relievocs on a pink
ground ; the compartments panelled with gold
mouldings. The decorations of the three tier of
boxes are from the antique; on the lower circle, a
bold Etruscan scroll is fixed; the pannels of the
other circles are divided by pilasters, ornamented
alternately with antique lyrey, caducii, and oak
ivrealhs. The columns which support the boxes
are white and gold; over each a burnished gold
bracket forms a capital, supporting a lustre glass
chandelier.

The Lords of the Treasury issued warrants to the
Commissioners of Customs to allow the masters
and seamen of vessels belonging to Ileum:irk, Swe-
den, Norway, and Finland, to take from the ports of
London, Boston, Floll, Stockton, and Newcatle ar
ticks of British manufacture for the use of their
families, viz :—masters to the amount of QOl. add
seamen to the amount of 51. each, without subjecting
either the goods or the vessel to any duty oa that
account.

A foreign gentleman, decorated with the insignia
of several Orders, arrived at the Queen's late resi-
dence in Portman Street, on Tuesday morning.—
Information of his arrival was sent off to her
Majesty instantly, when one of her Majesty'y car-
riages, with the hervants in the royal livery, came to
town directly, and conveyed him to Brandenbargh-
house. M. Denman had also a long interview with
her Majesty on the same day.

THE GRFAT EcuPse.—Apprelicnsions, not ill-
founded, as to the darkness which may be occasioned
by the Eclipse of the Sun, on the 7th of next month,
have determined several of the Ecclesiastical Coun-
sellors of Switzerland to move that the annual
solemnity of prayers may be• transferred from that
day to the Bth. The Deputies of the Protestant
religion at the Diet have agreed to this proposal, and
the Bth is fixed for the day of prayers.
Friday morning Mr. Mash left town for Oat.
lands, to give directions respecting the funeral of
the late lamented Duchess of York. Mr. Bailey,
the royal undertaker, was there in attendance to
receive this Gentleman's orders upon the subject.—
An outside state coffin is preparing• by Messrs.
Bailey and Saunders. It is, as usual, of mahogany,
and covered wilh crimson velvet, ornamented with
gilt nails, the royal arms, and splendid decorations.
The elegant suite of apartments in Dublin Cas.
tle appropriated to the use of the Steward of the
Household, were on Saturday evening thrown open
for the reception of his Excellency the Lord Lieu-
tenant and a distinguished party of friends, to cele-
brate the christening of the infant son of Colonel
and Mrs. Chester Master, upon which occasion his
Excellency stood sponsor.

Little or no busires was transacted at Colchester
Wool Fair on Wednesday, except in Hogget Wool,
which is much sought tor, in consequence, it was
.
observed by the chairman, of the improved state 01
the Norwich trade. The fair v..lltie of the best of
other Wool he estimated at 42s per tod ; but that
of Hoggets, particularly Southdown and Leicester
half-breds, 565. Auer expressing his opinion that
the wool-tax was a necessary regulation, he observed
that though the diminution of the foreign trade last
year was considerable, it was still us good as it had
been during many of the first 14 years of the pre-
sent century Some beautiful Merino %%Yellers were
exhibited by Mr. Western, one of which was con-
sidered the finest ever seen ; its fleece was very fine,
and weighed upwards of I The Tower pro-
duced specimens of yarn spun by machinery from
half-bred Merino, one of winch contained 100 hunks
of 560 yards each ; and also one of the most curious
productions ever maaufactured in this country—
about six yards of transparent shawl cloth, made
from his Merino Teg worsted. The weight was
little more than 12 ounces

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

The election, by ballot, of fourteen trustees for
Whitehaven harbour h►s terminated most triumph-
an:ly 14 the independent inten!st. The timrteen
elected were a:1 proposed by the independent inte-
rest. Of the defeated candidates, nine, including
Lord Lowther, were proposed by the Lowther in-
terest. The popular nominees have been elected by
a majority of thitr to one over the other nominees,
in the teeth of the whole influence of the House of
Lowther.

The Queen h to receive the address of the Free-
holders of Middlesex at Brandenburgh-house, on
Tuesday next, at one o'clock ; that of the Artisans
at two; and that of the Inhabitants of Hammer•
smith at three.

A hatid,ome carriage is building for her Majesty,
which will be ready by the 17th, with elegant brass
harness for six horses. New carriages are also pre-
paring for her Majesty's servants.
Advices from Buenos Ayres to the Ist of June
have arrived, but nothing material had occurred in
that city since the accounts which were dated the
8:11 of May. Don R:unos Mexio continued to exercise
the functions of Governor, and Don Al anuel Obli-
gati° that of President of the Junta. The commu-
nication with Chili was again open, and a free
intercourse once more established between the two
Governments. The dates from Valparaiso were the
94th April. The expedition against Peru, under
Lord Cochrane and Gen. San Martin, was near.),
ready to sail for its destination. Seventy sail of
transports were collected, and San Martin's regi-
ment of horse grenadiers, with a considerable body
of infantry, forming the advanced guard of the army,
were about to embark. The rest of the troops were
on the march for Valparaiso. An embargo was laid
on all shipping in the harbour till the sailing of th-
expedition. It was certain that San Martin was
in a state of communication with Bolivar, and the
first operation would probably be an attack on Guye
aquil by the combined troops of Venezuela and
Chili.

Important dispatches have been received from the
Court of Vienna by Government. It is said the Em-
peror of Austria intends to march an army into
Italy. If it is his Imperial Majesty's intention to
oppose the Revolution in Italy, we hope that our
Government will not co-operate in any such project
directly or indirectly, by sending a squadron into
the Bay of Naples.

Caution to Hackney Coachmen.—lt is a trick fre-
quently practised by hackney coachmen, to the great
annoyance of the public, even in the widest streets,
when the stand is full, to place their coaches abreast
with those on the stand, in order to cut in wherever
there may be a move by one being hired; by which
means not only is a double rank fiirmed, but, even
when they succeed in the object, the coaches are
placed so near each other as to cause much inconve-
nience, the statutedirecting that coaches on the stand
should 6c placed eWst fret, at the least, from each
other, to allow space fur foot passengers to cross.—
The drivers of the hackney chariots No. 1,141, Nu
1,127, and No. 211, were severally fined 103. each
fur this offence on Friday, on the complaint of
Shepperd, the street-keeper of Cheapside.
A person employed to cut down an ash-tree, the
property of Mr. W. Holliday of Woodplumpton,
near Preston, having observed an excrescence on
the trunk, proceeded to cut it off with an axe, when
he was surprised to find a quantity of moss in the
centre, which had every appearance of having been
the nest of a wren. Several other men were present
at the time, and on taking out the moss from the
hollow of the tree, a large toad crawled from the
midst of it. The reptile seemed very lively at firs',
but in a few minutes became sickly and powerless,
though our informant believes it. did not die. The
excrescence was 12 feet from the ground when the
tree was growing, and on examining the timber,
there appeared to be 20 years growth round the hol-
low part."
CONSTABLES AND JURORS.--.The experience of Mr
Baron Gar-.ow iu our Law, particularly in our Crilinuai
Courts, entitles his observations to be received
ter him ; but some recent observations that have fallen
(ruin him merit the most general !mute. At the differem
Assizes on toe Uullaud Circuit, Mr. Barou•Gariow
quewly took occasion to deprccaie the practice of bring-
tog Constables as witnesses inertly for the purpose 01
productuA sloleo property which had been delivered ono
their cus:ody; it was gone an absurd ty to suppose that
.he property might riot be retained by tile prison from
whom it seas s;taeo„ and who might produce it in et i•
leoce at tote trial. Human ittgetiott‘, ups Lordship ob-
served, could suggest no reasons mt. such a practice,
exept thus, of increasilig toe CllaiT.e of the prosectithro,
old thereby addiii4 to the expellees of the coulny; 01
onuecessaitly occup‘ing the time of the Grand •J or)
did of the Court ; and of running a risk of los;ng the
trifling of the property. His LoOdship also adverted to
the piactitte of Freeholders (who had hero summoned
to serve on the Juries, and who were prevented attend-
ing by illness), sending a written certificate of a surgeon
that they were so prevented; these could 1,0: he attended
to by the Court ; the proper Method to Le plusutd was
to desire any neig,ttbour who might be acquatoted with
the fact, and who %could be attending the assign, to
snake affidavit of such being the caavie of nog-attend-
'rtes.