The National Register.
London, England, 1820-10-01 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

The excellent Comic Oisera of Love in a Village was
repesented on Thursday night at this horse, chiefly for
the purpose of introducing Mr. horn, as Young Meadows.
This Gentleman is known to the public as a composer
as well as a vocal performer; and the absence of three
or four years seems to have been turned to good account,
as he returns to the metropolis with a voice and powers
considerably improved. He now manages a voice of
much power with increased energy. This is a great
advantage to him, as his former efforts were mainly de-
ficient in animation. He gave " Still in hopes to get
the better," in a spirited style, and highly effective strain.
His articulation was good, 311 d the general performance
as toicible as it was skilful. It was warmly encored.
His execution of " Oh I how shall I in language weak,"
reflected credit on his science and taste. It was impres-
sive, and highly melodious. He was throughout the
character, greeted by the audience in a very flattering
manner. Miss Greene played Boerne, and performed
the several airs, fitc. in a style of cultivated and musical
excellence that warrants the favourable opinion which
we expressed of her on her first appearance. Her voice
is one of great compass and much melody; her judg-
ment is very promising; and her skill is of a superior
order, though she does not appear to have adopted any
very decided style of singing. The Hawthorn of Mr.
Taylor afforded entertainment, and the audience heartily
cheered his eulogium on early hours and an active life
—he mentioned It to be " a maxim with him, that a
bale cobhler was a better man than a sick King.
A Ballet, called Annette and Lubin, was afterwards
performed by the Fareiguers from the Opera House;
and notwithstanding die adroit and skilful manner in
which they tripped it on the light fantastic toe, the
visitors of the " National" Theatre, greeted them as un-
ceremoniously as usual. This sort of reception, at what
are called our regular winter and " National" Theatres,
although not very liberal, is not unprecedented. Mr.
Garrick went to great expellee in Importing dancers
from Paris to perform in his Chinese Festival, we think
was the name of the Piece; but so strong was the oppo-
sition of the audience, that the Public would not only
not encourage them, but they compelled Mr. Garrick to
succumb to diem. On the present occasion, however,
the Opeta dancers seem to merit snore generous treat-
ment, when the laudable motive of their limited en-
gagement is remembered.

Lieences.—.lf any thing were wanting to prove the
want of the needful in the Exchequer, the docu-
ment copied beneath (which isf or the first time now
serving on every Beer, Spirit, and Wine Merchant
and Dealer) will supply the vacuum. This mea-
sure has a further political bearing: the money it
will bring in before the sth proximo, will lend a
little comfortable assistance in bolstering up the re•
ceipt item in the national accounts for the quarter,
ending that day. Some of these notices have no
name affixed to them, and we should be glad to he
informed of the cause of the omission, and also
under what Act a fine can be levied for the non-
payment of monies nut due. We shall make nc, fur-
ther comment on the subsequent very extraordinary
notice, as we have reason to believe that it will
becomo a matter of Parliamentary discussion.

(LITERAL co.)Pli
Excise-office, Sept. 29, 1820.
SIR,—You are required immediately, or ilt,e leeeipt of
this notice, to renew your Beer, Spiri., As -Vine Li-
cences, which expire on the lOtb day of October next t
otherwise the several penalties of 501. for each Licence
will be enforced.

ALARMING FlRE.—Friday morning, between twelve
and one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at the house
of Mr. Fisher, corn-chandler, in the Broadway, West-
minster, which was consumed, as were also Cook's
rating-house, Holland's putatoe warehouse, and Mr.
Cooper's an apothecary. It raged with such fury that the
whole neighbourhood was terrified for the safety of their
dwellings. A thick party-wall of Holland's house pre-
vented its extending towards Tothill-street ; hut the won'
shifting, and directing the flames towards Little Chapel
Street, several of the buildings inikred injury, as dud the
Castle public-house and the back of the tenements in
Castle-court. Nu lives are said to be lost, though Hol-
land was forced out of the one-pair of stairs window; his
st.irrant jumped out with papers to a large amount.
Tne Lea 11111?atf 111 Coach, On its way hum that fare
to London, last Friday night, was overturned. We
regret to state that two little girls, belonging to Mr.
Carr, of Drury-lane Theatre (who have so freve%ily
appeared as the yoting Princes in Richard the I hint,
with Mr. Kean, amid who had been pet-hawing those
characters at some of Mr. Elliston's provincial Theatres),
were much hurt. This, it is understood, would nut
have been the case but for the brutality of a tnan, their
fellow traveller inside, who, after the coach lay on the
ground, felt so violently anxious for his own satiny, that
instead of rendering any assistance ►o the children, trod
on the neck of the eldest in effecting his hasty flight
Irons the vehicle, and fractured her collar.bone in a
very severe manner. The children were conveyed back
to Leamington, (a distance of 21 miles from the spot
where the accident occurred) in a post chaise, and we
are happy to learn are in a lair way of recovery.

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On Monday morning Mr. ilopper, the garpencr
the Society of the Middle Temple, picked up 17
dead sparrows (some of them old cock-birds,)drenched.
with rain, viz. 11 within and outside the railing (4
the fountain, in Garden-court, three before his own
door, and three in the garden. Mr. Hopper has
been gardener to the society upwards of 30 'cart:,
and no such circuut,tance had occurred during that
period of

THE PRINTERS' ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.

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A mimerous and respectable Meeting of the Journeymen
Letter press Pi-inlets of London and the curium's, was held
on Monday night at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand,
for the purpose of voting an Address of Condolence rind
Congratulation to the Queen.
Mr. Johu Simmons took the chair, by the unanimuus con-
sent of the Meeting.
1t was then proposed to read the list of subscriptions in aid
of the undertaking. The list was accordingly read, which
which gave general satisfaction.
Mr. C. Waterwm next proposed nn appropriate Address.
Several of the phrases were opposed by Mr. Forbes, but
the Address was ultimately agreed to with applause.
Mr. Mercier then observed, that it was necessary to make
some arrangement for presenting the Address in a ri spect-
able manner. He reminded the Meeting that Printers were
entitled, by an Act of Queen Llizabt th, to wear hag wigs
and a sword, but he did nut recommend them to assume
those external honours. He proposed that a Deputation
should go in coaches with white favours at the breast.

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I his proposal met with some opposition.—A cry was
raised of •' No 1 nu! we will pi on foot iu t body."
Mr. Mercier reminded the adverse party that It might rain,
and a wet jacket wig not the costume they ought to wear In
the pr,•sence of Royalty. Ile concluded by moving at reso-
luti iiii ,—That the Address be presented by a deputation of
the profession: that such deputation be conveyed to the
Queen in roaches and pairs, mid that each Member wear a
white favour on the jell breast.

Mr. Waterton strongly supported the resolution, which
was agreed to.
ft was also resolved that the Committee do sit at the
Three Herrings, Bell-yard, on the Stith and
.47 I h instant,
from eight o'clock to ten, fur the purpose of receivang
Subscriptions, and the names of those gentlemen w ho wished
togo up with the Address.
A person proposed that Mr. J. T. Woolcr should be no.
minated to go up with the Address.
Mr. Waterton opposed the proposition, on the gronnd
that they had no desire to give the proceeding a political
character.

ISO proposal n as negatived.
It was Busily resolved, that the Address be printed on satin,
nod presented to the Queen by the Chairman, the Mover,
Se ler, and others.

A deputation was also appointed to wait on the Queen,
and enquire nlie.i she will be pleased to receive it.
After some further business, during which it was under-
stood that the Master Printers had no concern whatever
with the pruceediugs, the Meeting sow dissolved.

We lately mentioned a most brutal attack which
was made upon Mr. Wakley, a surgeon, residing
in Argyll-street, on which occasion the villains set
fire to his house, which was entirely consumed.—
The following correspondence has taken place be-
tween Mr. Wakley, and Mr. Sheriff Parkins:—

Kentish Town, Sept. 21, 1820.
Sin,—From the period of my late catastrophe in Argyll
Street. to add to my anxiety, 1 have been currently
charged by a multitude of malignant slanderers, as being
the person who decapitated Thistlewood and his deluded
companions in May last.
Your official contradiction of this disgusting falsehood
as Sheriff of London, will touter a lasting favour on,
Sir, your oblige') servant,
THUS. W .1K LEY.

J. W. Parkins, Es q. Sheriff of London and Middlesex.
No. 10, New Bridge Street, Sept. V 5, 1820.
Sitt,—ln answer to your Note of the 21st instant, I feel
myself bound to comply with its contents to the almost
of my power; but I am sorry to kaftans you, that the
whole of the disgusting business to which it relates was
conducted with so much privacy, and pertinacious con-
cealment from me, that I was not even made acquainted
with the order for the execution until the day after
(Sunday, when I went to Newgate accompanied by a
clergyman) it had been determined upon, and orders
given for erecting the scaffold, &c. by the Lord Mayor
Bridges, and my colleague Mr. Bothwell, who, accom-
panied by his Deputy, had, I terstood, been the pre-
vious day at the Secretary of State's Office arranging the
same. And as to the mail who decapitated the unfortu-
nate Thistlewood and his companions, tie was procured
for that purpose by tile Prison Surgeon, and his terms
201. agreed for by Mr. Turner, Mr. Bothwell's Deputy,
and which wages, Mr. Turner told me, were reliant to
him by the Home Department, as also 61. lie paid to the
man who held ❑p toe heads. I did out see the men %%lie
pre Ito-toed the ditty until lie appeared en the scaffold
masked, and di essctl as a sailor. By the notice 1 then
took or hint (which W 33 very particular) 1 pei eciveil I
to be in height about live feet live or six inches ; and in
answer to my inquits the other day (in conseipwitee of
your note) alto the fellow was, 51r. Tut ner informed me
that lie was a Resurrection Maw, who oloaMed bodies ter
the hospitals , and that when lie asked him if lie could
perform the tag!: of cutting off the heads, he replied, Oh
yes, that lie could do it very well, as lie was in the habit
of cot' tig nobs (beads) for the purpose of
Harlars (lec111).—.1 irtri glad, for the honour of our cone-
try's huntauity, that it was no person of respectability,
but a most illiteaate and degraded being, as was also tile
wretched individual who held up the heads of the unfor-
tunate men. In addit lett to the abuse, 1 am credibly
Wimple(' that the individual who decapitated 'fillstie•
wood and his companions was engaged by the I. tiller
Sheriff' from Yorkshire to go 'Jere for a similar put pose,
but in the performance of winch sanguinary work, Mark
Provideuce, lie has been disappointed. I cannot con-
clude this letter without beau iiig testimony to the humane
disposition of your heart ,uwartla the depraved young
moo who robbed you of your watch ott the total
when crossing the road, and bleeding Isom the wounds
indicted by the assassins and iucentliaries who laud set tire
to your horse iu Atoll Street. 1 hope this
convince every one, eves' the most mitliguant of your
enemies, that it was totally impossible any one could
mistake a gentleman of your appearance and height
(winch 1 conceive to be about live feet teii inches) fur the
person (five feet five or six inches), alto perfermed the
sauguivary duty oat 'lliistlewood and the utlieta in May
brat. I am, Sir,

• Your mat obedient humble serv4ut,
Thomas Wakley, Esq. J. 11. PARKINS, Simla.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

319

of saving him:from dying nit the gallows, was to transport.
him, aid accordingly, he sentenced him to trampertatiots
for life.
Joseph May house was nest put to the har, charged with.
stealing a watch, on the g-ith of July, the property of
Chris-
topher Bennett. The prisoner slated, that his Counsel (Mr.
Adolphus) wars absent, and Mr. Law supplied his pace,
and cross-examined the witni sses with considerable ability.
Several witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a
g I character, and contradicted the testimony of the
prosecutor.
The prisoner was acquitted.
Thulium) Potion was indicted for stealing a gun, and after-
wards fur stealing a rabbit, and was acquitted upon both
indictments.
The following prisoners were convicted :—Mary Smith,.
fur stealing three sheets ; Mary Cook, for stealing a 11. note;
Dennis A1e,,,,,,,, for stealing six pair of boots; and Charlotte
Webb, fur stealing a gown.
PERJURY.—Late on Tuesday evening, Thomas Derry,
an elderly man of respectable appearance was indicted fur
wilful, inalichius, an tort upt perjury, in swearing an affi-
davit before Mr. Justice Bailey, the allegations in which
were totally false and unfounded, fur the purpose of procur-
ing the arrest of Mr. James Ltoyd, a respectable butcher
residing iii Bethnal Green Road.
Mr. Wells, Clerk to Mr. Justice Bay ley, deposed, that thus
/affidavit now shewn to hint was sworn to by the defend:mt.
before the Learned Judge, at his chambers in Sergeunt's Inc,.
on the 6th of October, 1519. The affidavit was read. It
stated in substance, that on Saturday, the tStli September
preceding, the defendant having had some words with Mr.
James Lloyd," was violently pushed, assaulted. kicked, and
kitockt d down, by the said James Lloyd; that be received
a violent contusion on the right arm, which totally deprived.
him of the use of it up to the time that this affidavit was
sworn; that he had a wife and two small children entirely
dependent upon hint for support. and that by the aforesaid
kicks and bruises, &e. be was rendered wholly iucapable of
procuring a livelihood."
The defendant, it appeared, hart entered au action for the
alleged assault, and the object of this effidavit was to pro.
cure the arrest of Mr. Lloyd, 10 order that he might put in.
bail. He so contrived matters too, aist Mr. L. was taken•
into custody on Saturday evening, to the :reef incoavenimace
and detriment of his business; independent of which he wao
kept in confinement until Monday morning. A suntamas
was also issued by the Judge for the defendant to she, cause
against the affidavit, which be did byliis attorney, and the
result was that he was discharged oat of custody without.
giving bail.
Mr. James Lloyd stated, that he was a butcher io Bethnal
Green Road, and the defendant lived next door to him. It
was his custom to put up a shutter at one end of his shop in
order to keep the dust and wind from his meat and lamps a 4
night, and on the evening of the 18th September, 1519, the
defendant, who appeared to be intoxicated, came up to the
shop-door where a aims was stlinding, and in an authoritive
tone, desired him to take down the shutter, or he would take
it down himself. Wititess tusk no notice of him, but stood
with his h olds in his apron. The defendant walked to and
fro its a great passion, pulled the meat about, swore that
witness had no business there, for lie had butight the premises,
and caul' al the people not to buy meat of hum, fur, if
they did, they would be sure to go to eternal d—in—t—n.
Witness told him to go in like a Al), old man,. and mind his
business. This only enraged him the more, and his wife
Caine out and told bins 10 come in doors, and not get himself
laughed at. lie at length pulled down the. shutter, and
threw it into the road. In tin tiling round he fell down, la
consequence of the exertion of throw ing the shutter. Wit.
ness went into the road and picked up his shatter, and
replaced it, but never once touched the defendaut. Ills wife
and a man came out and picked hint up, and conveyed Mm
between thins into his own house. Witnesss was at the dot.
mice of two or three yards from him when he fell, and also.
when he picked up the shutter, and he would swear most
positively that he did not touch him in any way. The de.
fend:tut returned in about half an hour with his right arm in
a sling, and renewed his furious abusive language. lie took
up a chopper from the block with his left hand. and swot
he would cleave witness's scull, and let nut his brains.—
Witness took the chopper from him, but used no violence
and then sent for a constable. B..fore one arrived. however,
the defendent went into his own house, and placing him"
self at the window, harangued the people, bestowing a plen-
tiful quantity of abuse upon the witness and laughing at the
constables, The defendant had entered an action. and
also caused him to be taken into custody, and he was is
tnitspar-street Coinpter from Saturday evening till Monday
morning.
Cross-examined by Mr. Andrews.-11e and the defendant
were unfortunately m•xt door neighb..om Defendant's wife
keeps a h.therd.t,lier's shop. Ile koosss Mr. Staineshy, the
NW goon, io the same street, and 'tunas that lie joined in
tins affidavit, but lie had not pio.ccuted him fur perjury.
The defendant was zenerally at liume drunk. Witneis
knew lie had fordo:11y been a clerk to repectable solicitors,
but he had not het'll so kid).
A number of respectable is itnesses confirmed this evidence.
Tile Jury merely tiirmilig mound in the box, pronounced a
verdict of Guilty, and the defendant was ordered into cus-
tody to await Ills sentence.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
lltcnwAY —l,aac Woulfc, S. Wherry,
and I). LI waick, wile put the liar, charged oil an in-
thctinent with stealing now the person of J. Teasdale,
a watch and appendages. The cireittnstancet of this
Case were peel harly atrocious. Time prosecutor was
walking down Portland-road on the :alum of July, chile
brim at that utile a procession of the Glass-uloweis
Coaipany proceeding tu White Conduit House, when
lie t%,is attacked by a gang of nearly fifty lilies es, wit..
fore. lily took from luiti his property; not content with
fir: ~ taey commenced and followed tap a iieties of the
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