The National Register.
London, England, 1819-03-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Asiatic. ;tlirrors to the '2lst of October state, that
Bajee ltn\v, the EX-Peishwa had arrived by the lust
accounts at jmere, and was expected at Nltittra
about the beginning of November. Apps
late Rajah of - agpore, Wits still at large, and sere-
rid skirmishes had taken pace between our troops
and pa, ties of the Ouunds, in which the former were
uniformly successful. It was stated, that Brigadier-
General Arnold was about to march agi.inst the re-
fractory Seiko, thief to the north west of Kunlun],
Tit Herat frontier had been the scene of hosti ities
between the trooys of Mohamed Shah and the Per-
sians, in w ich Mohamed was defeated, and forced
to take refuge with the Vizier at Herat. In general,
the accounts that had been transmitted front Upper
India represented affairs us . y no means in a set.led
state, nor likely to be brought into it, without the
aid and presence of a large military fence. The ac-
counts from t. eylon continued to he layout:dale
Ile troops that had voinweerel their services to
that island front the Bengal army were nearly iu
state of readiness for emir:nixie/in
DRORT-LAMB ACTORS —On Frith,/ toe Annierrsary
•
Dinner for. the benefit of the Theatrical Fund, for the
relief and support of ag,d and intim' Actors 1k11111.014
to the-Theatre Roy-al Druirtane, was held at the CO Of
London Tavern. This 'andante ittstitotiou is patronized
by the Prince Reaent. The Doke of York President,
awl the Duke of Sussex, and set era! other distingui -he'd
characters Vice-presidents The interest • which his
Royal !licitness the C lcr-i.i-Chief takes in lye-
-6.11,44 at Theatrical Meetinas, the objects of which are
to promote funds for .adinioisiering comfort to decayed
Actor-. his provtd highly beneficial to these excellent
institutions. havitar excited the public feeling in fa, ont
of 'lima wheein their earber.d•ys too Mauled so .i.oelt
to our amusement and entertainment. 'inc. Meet uta-
.was highly respectalsle, "litrthe illustiiowc Chanttuni
urged with great feeling the claims of the food orinabLe
consideration and support. The state of the Fonds wis
laid before the meeting, but we could hate wished the
prosperity of the establishment wit, etpiat to its preten-
sions to general favour. It was lace before the company
sat down to dinner The usual toafror were atven, and
there was admirable sinitiog.4proce,sconal Gentlemeo
Webb gave one or two Irish songs with great Tiro, ant
all the tocal performers exerted themselves to the tat
most. .

On Monday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Prince
Regent went in his carriage to the Queen's Palace,
where he was re eived by the Diike of York, Colo-
nel Stephenson, and General Taylor. The Regent
remained in the Palace two htiurs. inspecting the
different apartments, and.. also the Library, which is
detached from the Palace.

Advices from Batavia, to the,atter end of Octo-
ber, were received on Saturday. The market was
overrun with American traders. who' were purchas..
ing coffee with great uvidityi -oaf account uf the ap,
preaching duty to by laid otralil articles exported in
foreign vessels. The Americans pay for their car..
goes only in dollars, and their Speculatiims had ad-
vanced the price of coffee from ..6 to 24 dollars the
paid, answering to about 140 lb avoirdupois. The
new duty will be two dollars the peed. .
Papers to-the 24th of Jawoary, and letters to the
2d ult. hay, been received from Jamaica. The island
of St. Kitts. by the latest arrival at Kingston, was
described to be in a very unhealthy state, and a
great mortality had taken place. Many of the in-
habitants were quitting the colony for Nevis anti
other islands. The l-resident of the Council at •t.
Kitts died on the 11th of January, ann was buried
on the 4th. The dead' of Governor I'robyn has
been already mentioned ; Mr. Smith Comptroller of
his M4jesty's customs, has also fallen a victim to the
prevailing fever The . mortality. in Basse-terse
'alone was calculated at six white inhabitants on
each day, independent of colonred and black people.
His Excellency Governor ltosenvard, of St. Bartho-
loinew, passed a few days ut Basse-terre, St. Kitts,
in, the en r of November, and after% arils proceeded
to Nevis, where lie died on the 10th of December.
An expedition, under protection of a frigate and a
brig of war, sailed early in January from the Ha-
vannah, for the Floridas, to take possession and gar-
rison Pensataila. 'foe Sybil', frigate, having on
beard a million and a half of ilvollars, had reached
Kinglton from Vera Crux. •

The Fur packet. which arrived at Falmonth an
Tburadsy. from the Leewafd Islands, spoke on the
16th inst.. in lat. 47. 37. , lung S 33.. the American
ship UnioN; from Batavia, last from St. Helena,
bound to Cowes tin orders She
.reports that a very
bad fever had broken out'at St. Helena,. which
was very fatal ; the Admiral's ship lost a gria*t
many of her crew. Buonaparte was well.

The .tateito ht of the Army &amities for this year
asHomets to .C 4,582,802 12s. 3ti. which is heart, rg0..1 to
the sittillo. itt the National revenue. after pa) Milli of the
jurt•rrst of 150 &ht. (It/try—Where •is the motley fur
the Navy, Cog Etat and the ether &Vireo et ctlerts.lo
cutucfrow. :

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Riot' iTNEWG4TE AMONGST TIIE WOMEN.

a-

rr.g.er In stubs thin .r:forinotirm pro:lured nartimpst
the fern-le r: isorwrs in Netl;,..te is not gible geneml /111 it
has been reported 141 hr On Friday %melt a distut bunco
nr lather on ::lariniog nature took place umonrt Ih. female
convicts reentence of transportation. Ptrviou h to that
day there srruwd to 1W1114144111 err insatiorditiat shewing
Ito convermenee or the measures:l:Nord to prevent the
roar user of robbing each uthi.r, mhich evists torn very great
etlel4l, 11441W1111141:1114111114 14 evample Hod I#lllll Ors of Mrs.
Fry. r :if the' prisoners had hung her Iwo shifts to dry in
site yord. but they tlis:ppeared in n short tins. and nobody
would tell ht 6a mean> A ark t search aas made. but it
11 as imfrecto .1.

Orders were inomeoliatel% issued to resort. on fatty. to '
the u-ual m tismi of int• flageolet., liv eteluaing the
irieod.oftt.econvicts No r via. it tootle kunon tit thent
thdo tar 4:vivification no receivon4 visitors 'A 41.1 1.. he vokh-
tll.lll4 crowd f them vet up a shout trunimt the input,
111 l told swpre they would pay oh' the lo fellows nit()
Ito ked them tn. Ihe lototJuit4e toed upon the ot l'il•11.111 aae
weh as ll' t 11.0 hethe arrostoomed to .peak its sh•• dot. of
feelow:, a o rtu -pint nut oot Iheir word.,
the seized to;000n .aucepa• s anol nth r • wiled.. ',ran lishinot
them in I e face of tii• o.rn who nett endeas.ourt• it to talk
totem into peaoo•e. mid .olole lII.'. w oul.t hreak I tie ..noloo,,
chair., toile- mkt every staitt4 else shut ,•r• w tut il>erf and
could be Irrohros.
It :tremor. 104111 nee..essi.% $.l ii t SfC.e In reSOlUte
Manlier. fit. Ilse 1',4111 10 cra.ll, awl I rue will
giten t the nth r rouvirtr, it no wrre ti•ectea rejoin ifs
great uumbr,s she olio rt. of the pr a I then reason
In apprehend the at tise 0pet...it..0 ;••• Of 7,- a
mons of w b./111. 111 COW., quell... • f the :mod doet and regul.r
haloit• of I'S eve ,ate, have ruts 11/111i1. stro•oo4t h Is Vt ;rib or-
dered Ilya I ell Ili the rot I ad rs shoulol he put tinder body
ire oft I enndrnwwl to the ...deal of bread am water, un-
til but 'd ednes •tio Hilo., when Is .viii ti!ey had
received fulmination e.-ought, .onol vowed :groan' unv lustre .
vi .Minn of tne laws of the 1.186,.11, they were r• stored to the
lot met privilees.

I Outrageous Assault and Attempt at Rohbery.—On
Sunday evening is Mr. Samuel Freame, landlord of
the Bull's Head public-house, in Peter-street, Cler-
Itenwell; was- returninß. boine, he was stopt near
the Northumberland Arms public-house, in the road
leading from Battle Bridge. to Banigge Wells, and
most brutally ill-treated by three footpads 'and be
being a.powerfut man, resisted ; he struck one into
the ditch by the side of the foot-path and cut one in
the face with his fist. The other man struck him
severnl v olent blows. with a crow bar over the bead
and breast, and broke three of his ribs, and left bins
quite insensible on the ground.—Some persons com-
ing up at The time, disturbed them, and they all
made off; and prevented him from being robbed ; he
was picked up by some pers.m, and taken home,
where be now lies in a very dangerous state.—The
doctor rated, that there is no hopes of recovery.
FooT 'Race —The match.for 100 guineas a-side,
between Rainer and the Chicken Butcher, the fastest
men of tfie day, took place on Sunbury Common, on
Tuesday over 0. piece, of ground of one mile.---The
match Was for 100 guineas aside, to do a mile aguiiist
each other. Rainer git the start, and the Chicken
Butcher kept close in with him. and led in one part
of the race, but at the latter end Rainer let loose,
and won the match by 30 yards. An endeavour was
made to stop him coming in by one of the body
snatching tribe. He did the ground in 5.-.Seeonds
under 5 minutes. Betting at starting nearly even.
A dreadful assault has been committed by. a lunatic
.I.•titer, in th hones Neuter Pr 1,11,011 one of his
fel •wv.piisimeis, by attempt it g to force a re I-hot poker
ovn ins don 1•. '1 h: 'Whist mg are particulars :
A b.mi five o'clock on 'I uesday it% ening, hiimas Foster
Gilmer vas brought to the prison by some Sheriff's
office's, chsraid out lite co six different suite; he had be-
haved whilst in their charge very inconsistently, but
t•iey imaginesl he was only pretending madness. ' Soon
ati-r 'heir departure it was et Mesa that his malady was
i •croasing; and he was ordered into a strong room,
a•id :mother prisoner. named Steck, was placed wilt
him in the room, to take career him. All the furniture •
in the room consisted of tin old table and chair, a tea-
board, and a heavy iron poker, which latter was taken
away by the officer, from prudential motives, but attain •
bromilit back by Steele,. previous to their being locked
in. filmier put the linker into the fife, and when it
was qiiil• red he proposed to Steele to commit suicide,
offeeing to become the first tictim hiniseli I rut:other,
thinking .he could, net be serious, seemed to acquiesce :
upon which the lunatic suddenly seized the poker, and
put it iron• his mouth, by which tee blunt his throat, his •
lips, arid tongue! Steele sprung ro dissent him, upon•
which he at ark, d him most furiously with the poker,
which he wanted io force iota his mouth, and struck at
him with at with two-handed:sway, by which he broke
his hat, and would. in all probability hare killed him,
had he not warded die blows with' the chair. In his
rage toe tinfintunate man hurt himself severely,. broke
several pens of the wall, aod.shivered the chair and the
lea-board .io piece's ; so that when the people orened
die door, they .foutid hint exhausted, and apparetoly
dead A regular keeper had been prqcnred for hum since,
but it is trot supposed that he will longirouble him. Tile
()Ater man, Steele, is out of danger '
On Friday se'imight, a Nketingef the Inhabitants of
Ipswich was hell at the :119ot-hall, V. n i. Butler,
seitior Bailiff, in the ('hair, who proposed a soles lII* me-
soluiimis, on which a Petition to both (louse's of I'irlte-
ment was fstandeul, playiq for a revision u' the
Code.,

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L.:111" ItiTELLIGFNcE.

COURT OF CHAN:FF.I(Y, WEDnr‘oty, llsawi24.
I'ItIVATI DEARING.

LeDY rnyvc!.suilLY VANE TCWri:NT, A• INFANT AND
A W .HD env ter, UV licit e:X r rnirnit), M. A. T 4 Y-
-IMR. Csil. M. V., V. Loan STEWART, TOL; COUNTESS

or %.nlitlsl, occur:, ANO ilrfil:1111.

It o in ;x• recollected, that this was it petition of %loc. Tay-
lor, tin. paterota: mod owl tastamentary guardian of the
(alit, pray big that his loordslyp would resise his judgment
confirming the Master's report, that a in.trria,v with the
drfendatat, Lord Stow art was a fit and pi toper one for the
as moo farts 11.1:1 emu • to her know Irolige since his
lar.lship's derision petition was hyoid on irs•merits, in
his lordship's to irate room, to the esclu,ion of all pei-ms
except the chushiel engaged in it. Ilis lordship I th:d lime
postponed his judgmeol, but yrsterday delivered his so rition
Juilgine,.l to the parties, to ihr follownti eliru t, vii.—`• That

lislordship did not see ;thy thing in the new petition that
ought to make him ch.stige his lit mer npi. tsin, a Bich COI).
tinned the Nlnster's report, that it was a nt mid pi upei mar-
riage fur the infant." Patitiou dismissed.
HIGH COURT OP ADMIRALTY, Masten 23.
111 T/16 $111? ASIA.
Sir WILLIAM SCOTT proceeded to give judgment in this
-ease to.day ; the facts of whit h, as far as he nos enah'ed to
judge, front the very tamtradictory evidence a hich had heel,
eshildted, a ere in general these:—*That the Aso 4 private
East India ship, laden principally a ith cotton, on her !mine-
yard voyage tram Bohan, y, was overtaken iu the Doh us by
the memmald • storm of the 4th of last 31areli, and a hicit
Lasted through several sure, catty.; days; that she broke from
her anchor, and her windlaN was so damaged as to become
useless; that in passing Ramsgate, lights weie hoisted, the
-one part, sot's, in order to ohtaiu assistance. and guns firi d
for the same purpose ; tnat atter pas-ing Ilamsgate, it was
determined, on consulting w rtlt the pilot. and for the purpose
of 'wising the lives II:. her 111111111.11110 crew, llll in: in uli,
including the officers, to Y• men, hesides some custom- oust-
officers a o were en 'maul, to run !:ate ashore, it then
some time after hit.h tide, which was falling fast, the aua
setting in flesh in s •ore. This was done a ithout any material
it jury to the vevvel, except uns•.npping her rudder. Now a
.]natter it comet, " bet a. ea the parties was, a hillier lights
were so hug out, and gulls filed, before she was ashore 111
after Hut it was admitted that guns were fired. Ile pre-
sumpti•,n *as, he thou. It, an•t in that he su •piirted by
the opium i of th•• nautical ;.eittlt men ns w bum he !I•,d been
assisted, coat lights a ere hung out before In that condition
esf the ship, it must have be •u• impossilsle for her to proc ed
wit bout making sigma's fur axis tow flow the shore, and
therefore she pas rd Itam•-ate w ith lig!its hung out. It ails
asserted, tout sifter being run oh shore, she lay firm and se-
cure ; iu that case, it %%Mild be difficult to account wh g •us
Isere fired at th..t time, by the d•rection of the pilot, a per-
-11011 char eel cypres-I. wish the sufrt, if the siii I. "I he boar-
men of Ramsgate, in the neighhout hood of the Pier, a ere
on the look-putt for accidents of this kind, in turtle• to rim-

der then useful but perilous ser%iecs, various ships bring at
Clint time supposed to be in dishes. On, boat was at leng'ls
got alone the 'lmre, and dragged opposi'e to the si,' on
NhiCII the vessel '.s ac a-ground. Having got the boat off
icsith the as•ist4Tice (if several persons %%110 sere on the
bekel., 5 men pioreeded io lieu ; rout roe 1.11111) In such a
night, IM s-cli a slur., and such a sea. the mere descrip-
tion of vrhirli could not II le:111 Vliiholit le roe, this w..s
a service of extreme peril awl ilitlicultv, n iiitered by n Set
Of taco accustomed to tare diviner, and to contemn it,
'with spirit and oit Is activity. The leariled Jodoe proceed-
ed ti observe. that almost immediately on their quittilig
the boat, which ,l4anitierl, but was not lost, the danger to
the ship forttioatel,, ce.iseti i hies. foie, as fur the other IS
wen, i% tiii come on board afieroitids, and certainly
rtr.vil ,f•vrte hibour at the puniiis, lie (mild only look at
swrvll.l.slt. 1:111,111'. and 11111 :is of a salvage nature.
After a res :••%v of the v:iriiitis points of evidence, lie titially
decreed 310 [(linens to 111 C 5 men s% ho first hoarded the
Ada, its money ; and 3:i01. to the other IN risen, sit
t:;e price M. Owe,. Salva4e to Ise paid on freight, in
; th,l is, 70 CAS be ing at the proportion of
It. value (6.CAI. Its I tl/ 5, and ICI. for damage done
t tht I•itAt.—Thus the whole sum given by this sentence is
Lie. Mi.