1818.] Dock and Canal Shares.-Political Digest. 365 Prices of Canal Shares, &c. in the Month of October, 1818, at the Office of Mr. Clarke, 39, Throgmorton Street. Div. per Ann. Per Share. L. s. 1. s. .144 9601. 5l. Os. East London 2 481. 50%. 3 0 621. Kent .18 0 2251. West Middlesex BRIDGES. Southwark 5 981. Ditto New 175.6 211. 221. Waterloo Ditto Annuities 60l. pd. Vauxhall MISCELLANEOUS. Lancaster Monmouthshire Oxford DOCKS. Commercial East India London . West India DIGEST OF POLITICAL EVENTS. For some time preceding the meeting at Aix-la-Chapelle, the democratic journalists, who, with all their reverence for the fallen tyrant, continue to bespatter existing royalty in every direction with abuse worthy of Billinsgate, ventured to deliver very alarming auguries in regard to the measures that were to come under discussion. One of these wizards had the impudence to deliver his judgment in the following terms:"While these sheets are printing, a Congress of the European despots is holden at Aix-la-Chapelle. These men having conspired against liberty since 1791, (mark this date, reader, as the prime æra of that sanguinary revolution which poured out blood like water,) and owing to the divisions which took place among the partizans of principles, having obtained a temporary ascendancy over the rights of nations, to arrange their own form of government, are holding a meeting with a view to confirm that ascendancy." Such is the vulgar and peremptory dictum of the doer of the old Monthly Magazine, in his State of Political Affairs in September, when neither he nor better informed men could possibly know what were the objects to which the attention of the Congress would be directed; and consequently, when nothing short of diabolical malice could have instigated any one to publish an infamous calumny against mo narchs who were not on the throne in 1791, neither were about to hold a meeting for the purpose here so positively specified. The result has shewn that, instead of confirming their ascendancy over the rights of nations, the assembled powers have, in fact, acted with the utmost liberality and moderation. So far from meddling with the independence of other states, they have avoided that interference which was expected; and instead of seeking a pretext for maintaining their hold in France, the direct purpose of the meeting was to release that country from the foreign armies which her own folly brought upon her terri tory. The completest refutation, therefore, of the false predictions and calumnious assertions that have been promulgated on this occasion, will be found in the following TREATY FOR THE EVACUATION OF In the name of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity! Their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of all the Russias, having repaired to Aix-laChapelle, and their Majesties the King of France and Navarre, and the King of the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, having sent thither their Plenipotentiaries, the Ministry of the five Courts have assembled in conference; and the French Plenipotentiary having made known that, in consequence of the state of France, and the faithful execution of the treaty of November 20, 366 Digest of Political Events. 1815, his most Christian Majesty was desirous that the military occupation stipulated by the 5th article of the said treaty, should cease as soon as possible, the Ministry of the Courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, after having, in concert with the said Plenipotentiary of France, maturely examined every thing that could have any influence on such an important occasion, declared, that their Sovereigns would admit the principle of the evacuation of the French territory at the end of the third year of the occupation; and wishing to consolidate their resolution in a formal convention, and to secure at the same time the definite execution of the said treaty of November 20,1815, their Majesties named [here follow the names of the Ministry], who have agreed upon the following articles : Art. 1. The troops composing the Army of Occupation shall be withdrawn from the French territory by the 30th November next, or sooner if possible. Art. 2. The strong places and fortresses which the said troops now occupy, shall be surrendered to Commissioners named for that purpose by his most Christian Majesty, in the state in which they were at the time of the occupation, conformably to the ninth article of the Convention, concluded in execution of the fifth article of the treaty of Nov. 20, 1815. Art. 3. The sum destined to provide for the pay, the equipment, and the clothing of the troops of the Army of Occupation, shall be paid, in all cases, till the 30th of November next, on the same footing on which it has existed since the 1st of December, 1817. Art. 4. All the pecuniary arrangements between France and the Allied Powers having been regulated and settled, the sum remaining to be paid by France to complete the execution of the 4th article of the treaty of November, 1815, is definitively fixed at 265 millions of francs. Art. 5. Of this sum, the amount of 100 millions of effective value shall be paid by an inscription of rentes on the great book of the public debt of France, bearing interest from the 22d of Sept. 1818. The said inscriptions shall be received at the rate of the funds on the 5th October, 1818. Art. 6. The remaining 165 millions shall be paid by nine monthly instalments, commencing with the 6th of January next, by draughts on the houses of Hope and Co. and Baring, Brothers, and Company. In the same manner the inscriptions of the rentes, mentioned in the above article, shall be delivered to Commissioners of the Courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, by the Royal Treasury of France, at the epoch of the complete and definitive evacuation of the French territory. Art. 7. At the same epoch, the Commissioners of the said Courts shall deliver to the Royal Treasury of France, the six obliga [Nov. 1, tions (engagements) not yet discharged (acquittés), which shall remain in their hands of the 15 obligations (engagements) delivered conformably to the second article of the Convention, concluded for the execution of the fourth article of the 20th of November, 1815. The said Commissioners shall at the same time deliver the inscriptions of seven millions of rentes, erected in virtue of the eighth article of the said Convention. Art. 8. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Aix-la-Chapelle, in the course of fifteen days, or sooner if possible, in the faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have herewith signed their names, and affixed to it their seal and arms. Done at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct. 9, in the year of Grace, 1818. [Here follow the signatures of the Ministers.] We have found the above treaty confor mable to our will; in consequence of which we have confirmed and ratified the same, as we do now confirm and ratify it for our heirs and successors. [Here follow the signatures of the Sovereigns, with the specification of the different years of their several reigns.] Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct. 17, 1818. ST. HELENA. We should not have thought it worth our while to take a flight across the Atlantic for the purpose of contemplating the modern Prometheus, who, after setting the world on fire, has obtained a settlement on an island where, if he had any virtue, he might yet be happy, were it not that both he and his adherents are still panting for more blazing splendour, let who will be the sacrifice. It is the. duty, therefore, of all lovers of peace and order, to join their prayers and efforts to keep this try ubler of the earth in security till the Latined period shall come when his life, instead of disturbing the repose of mankind, may contribute only to their amusement. The KNIGHT OF THE BRAZEN COUNTENANCE, the most hardy and unprincipled of Napoleon's apologists, feeling extremely sore at having his own transformations completely exposed to public view, has endeavoured to exculpate himself from the charge of inconsistency, by vaunting his uniform zeal for liberty, and roundly declaring, that the object of his idolatry is a much better man than the associated despots, as he calls them, by whose orders he is restrained from completing the good work which he began with incessant labour and success; and which, according to his adulator, consisted only "in promoting the interests and glory of the people whom he governed." 1818.] Incidents in London and Middlesex. But every man of common sense must know that if ever Buonaparte merited this encomium at all, it was at the very time when his now most faithful knight denounced him to the whole world as a sanguinary monster unworthy of life, and who ought to be hunted out of society as the eternal enemy of the human race. With a recreant who can thus insult every principle of truth and honour, it would be almost a disgrace to hold contention; nor should we even now have deigned to notice his unblushing apostacy, had he not, while writhing under the lash of conviction, denied his own confessions. Does this enlightened and enlightening philosopher suppose that we are unacquainted with the secret springs which produced the successive changes of colour that he, in his cameleon course, has assumed? If he does, we would remind him that there was a time when he was a most supple courtier to an administration whose favour he sought by the wildest projects for the downfall of 367 Buonaparte, the ruin of France, and the division of the United States of America!! Then it was that the pages of his magazine blazed monthly with fierce and devouring rage, not only against the modern Attila, but the whole French nation were described by him as Vandals who merited extermination for their servility to the tyrant whom they obeyed, and cruelty to the nations who were accursed by their visits. But when the knight's hopes were disappointed by the neglect of those who doubted the sincerity of such over-flaming zeal, he, like his friend Cobbett, became again what he was before-an open, ungovernable democrat-hinc ille lachrymæ ; and having no chance of higher honours, and more lucrative advantages, he is once more an honest patriot, a humane and tender-hearted philanthropist; one who shudders at the shedding of blood, who abhors all double dealing, and who labours, according to his own account, night and day in the promulgation of knowledge, not for his own emolument, but solely for the public good!! INCIDENTS, PROMOTIONS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. IN LONDON AND MIDDLESEX; With Biographical Accounts Bulletin of the King's Health. "Windsor Castle, Oct. 3. "His Majesty continues in a very tranquil state of mind, and in good bodily health, but without any diminution of his disorder." From the bulletins issued since our last, it appears that her Majesty has suffered less pain from her disorder; but that its symptoms remain nearly the same: no perceptible change has taken place. Her Majesty frequently remains free from pain, and is again removed from her bed-chamber to the little drawing-room, where she takes her daily repast, and receives the different members of the royal family who visit her. The following particulars as to the present situation of our venerable sovereign, have appeared in a provincial journal :"His Majesty is perfectly blind, and occupies a long suite of rooms, through which he is almost continually strolling. Several piano-fortes and harpsichords are placed at certain intervals, and the Monarch frequently stops at them, runs over a few notes of Handel's oratorios, and proceeds on his walk. He dines chiefly on cold meats, and frequently eats standing. He has a silk plaid dress, and will sometimes stop and address himself to a noble duke or lord, thus holding a colloquy, and furnishing the answers. The King suffers his beard to grow of Distinguished Characters. two or three days; seldom, however, exceeding three days. His hair is perfectly white. The Doctors Willis attend with the other physicians, but not with the privacy of the King. He is quite cheerful in his conduct and conversation, eats very heartily, and enjoys good bodily health." Creation of Baronets. In the London Gazette of Oct. 3, the following persons and their heirs male are declared Baronets of the United Kingdom: The Hon. A. Maitland, of Clifton, MidLothian, and of Rose-hill, Hertfordshire, General in the Army, and Colonel of the 49th regt. H. Johnson, of Bath, Somersetshire, esq. General in the Army, and Colonel of the 81st regt. A. Farrington, of Blackheath, Kent, esq. General in the Army, Colonel-commandant of the 1st battalion of the Royal regt. of Artillery, and Director-general of Artillery and Field Train. Sir H. Calvert. K.G.C. of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-general in the Army, Colonel of the 14th regt of foot, and Adjutant-general of the forces. J. Campbell, of Inverneil, Argyleshire, esq. Lieutenant-general in the Army, K.G.C. of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, and K.C. of the Royal Sicilian Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit. 368 Incidents in London and Middlesex. Sir J. W. Gordon, of Niton, in the Isle of Wight, Knight Commander of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, Majorgeneral in the Army, Colonel of the 85th regt. and Quarter-master-general of the forces. F. E. B. Hervey, of Lainston, Hants, esq. Colonel in the Army, extra Aide-de-Camp to the Prince Regent, Lieut.-colonel of the 14th regt. of light dragoons, and a Companion of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, with remainder, in failure of issue male, to his brother F. A. Hervey, of Clarendon Park, Wiltshire, esq. and his heirs male. John Powell, of Hardwick, and of Worthen, Salop, esq. and in default of male issue, to Edward Kynaston, of Risby and Fornham Saint Genevieve, Suffolk, clerk, (brother to the said John Powell,) and his heirs male. J. Ackland, of Fairfield, Somersetshire, and of New-house, Devonshire, esq. A. Lechmere, of the Rhyd, Worcestershire, esq. Sir. Edm. Lacon, of Great Yarmouth, knight. J. S. Sidney, of Penhurst-place, Kent, esq. Thomas Hare, of Stow-hall, Norfolk, esq. Edward Stracey, of Rackheath-hall, Norfolk, esq. G. Shiffner, of Combe-place, Sussex, esq. J. Croft, of Cowling-hall, Yorkshire, esq. R. Bateson, of Belvoir-park, Dawnshire, esq. M. J. Tierney, of Brightelmstone, Sussex, and of Dover-street, Middlesex, esq. M.D. Physician in Ordinary to the Prince Regent, &c. The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household, has appointed the Rev. Heneage Finch Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Charles Burney, deceased. Mr. John Kingston, Comptroller of Stamps, is appointed a Commissioner of the Board, vacant by the death of Mr. Bindley. Alderman Atkins has been returned as Lord Mayor for the year ensuing, very much against the wishes of the populace, who clamoured in the Hall for Aldermen Goodbehere or Thorp.-The new Sheriffs are John Roberts, and Lawrence Gwynne, esqrs. The British ports are now shut against the importation of corn from the Eider to the Bidassoa, in consequence of the prices being under those by which the importation is regulated. The autumnal return of house-firing, and the carelessness of servants, have caused seral distressing fires to break out during the month in different parts of the town; at one of which, in Tooley-street, two young females were burnt to death! Masters of [Nov. 1, families, and particularly those engaged in extensive business and manufactures, ought, for their own security, to visit nightly every part of their premises in which a fire has been made, and have ocular proof of its extinction. A very important advertisement has appeared in one or two of the country papers, signed by the clerk of Christ's Hospital, stating, that from the munificent donations under the will of the late Rev. W. Hetherington, and the funds that have subsequently accumulated, the Governors of that charity are now enabled to extend annuities of from 10l. to 50l. to upwards of five hundred blind persons! The particulars, which are too long for us to insert, may be had at the Hospital. We believe there are few persons unconnected with that noble institution, who had any idea of there being such a handsome provision for the aged and unfornate blind: it is intended for persons only who have been decently brought up, and have never begged alms. But we would ask how it happens that this notification is not more generally promulgated?-If there are many vacancies, which would seem to be the case, the fact ought to be advertised in every paper in the kingdom till they are filled up. The increase of crimes of late years in this country has been lamentably proved by authentic and incontrovertible documents ;* and it is distressing to find that each calendar of the Old Bailey continues progressively to increase in the number of culprits to be tried for all manner of offences. But perhaps there never was a period when such hardened depravity, such monstrous callousness to all the feelings of humanity have been manifested as at the present. We shudder at being compelled, even occasionally, to make our magazine a vehicle of horrors; but it becomes a part of our duty to hand down to posterity accounts, however brief, of certain events which must ever excite astonishment and indignation. We allude to several most atrocious murders which have been committed within the short space of a month in different parts of the country, two of which have disgraced our metropolis, and which, in point of malignity and cruelty, can scarcely be paralleled. One, which is the universal subject of conversation, was committed on the evening of the 16th, by a wretch named Dean, on the body of a female infant, four years and a half old, the daughter of two decent persons named Albert, residing near the Elephant and Castle. The murderer (an engraver out of employ, and who had been a soldier) was intimate with the family. He took the child out, on the evening in question, on pretence of buying it some apples, and in a passage close by the residence of its parents, nearly severed its head from its body with hig pocket knife. He had always shewn a re See our preceding volume, p. 357. 1818.] Incidents in London and Middlesex. markable fondness for the child. The demoniac, in a day or two afterwards, surrendered himself, and made a voluntary confession that he had committed the crime through love! A public-house-keeper's daughter, near Aldgate, having rejected his addresses, he determined to murder her, that his own life might be forfeited; but on reflection, he said he preferred killing the child, because it had less sins to answer for! The other case was that of a Chelsea pensioner, a German, 40 years of age, who deliberately stabbed his wife because he suspected her of incontinence. A third case of horror may be added to make up the climax. The body of a soldier's wife has just been found in a well at a public house at Brompton, where it had lain a month, since a part of the regiment was quartered there; it was discovered by the corrupt state of the water, which was constantly used. The husband (an Irishman) gave out that his wife had eloped with another man: he has since deserted. Mr. CURTIS has commenced for the third season his interesting Course of Lectures on the Structure and Diseases of the Ear. In the introductory part the Lecturer pointed out the vast advantage derived by a sole attention to one object; and in remarking the great improvements which of late years had taken place in medicine and surgery, he observed these improvements had not extended to the Diseases of the Ear, as it had done to the other organs of sense; hence there are more deaf persons in this country than in any other of the same population. He dwelt with much propriety on the great benefit derived from the establishment of the Royal Dispensary for this class of diseases, and instanced the issue of several forlorn cases; one of which we noticed of a boy born deaf and dumb, who obtained the use of hearing and speech: besides this, he mentioned several other cases which were under cure, and where considerable progress had been made; one of them, a deaf and dumb man, 28 years of age, who is now enabled to hear sounds distinctly. It is too general an opinion, he remarked, that all children who do not acquire their speech at a proper period in consequence of deafness, are supposed to be born deaf and dumb; this occasions a neglect of their situation, while the deafness is not organic, but merely temporary; for it is well known, that at birth and a considerable time after, a viscid mucus fills up the ear in the same manner as the meconium does the intestines; and until this original layer or deposition is removed, the child appears perfectly deaf, and not unfrequently has all the appearance of idiotism. The attention to this subject opens a wide field for investigation and improvement; and we think too much encouragement cannot be given to an individual who has taken up a line of practice hitherto neglected, with a zeal which is NEW MONTHLY MAG.-No. 58. 369 creditable to his humanity and feelings, and with a success which speaks high for his talent and knowledge of the subject; for it is lamentable to see, by the last Report of the Deaf and Dumb Institution in Scotland, that no less than 800 persons are in this forlorn state; and in England and Wales, calculating by the proportion of population, it is clear there must be near double that number. The annual expences of Drury-lane Theatre are reduced by the economical measures adopted by the Sub-Committee, from 70,0001. to 40,000l. a sum below the lowest annual receipt ever experienced at that house. One of the ringleaders of the journeymen Coachmakers who lately struck for wages, fearing the consequences of the bill of indictment found against him for combination, has lately absconded, taking the subscription money of the men with which he had been entrusted; it is said to exceed 30001. The Pagoda Bridge over the Canal in St. James's Park is to be succeeded by a castiron bridge, now preparing at Woolwich. The new street from the Strand, leading to the new place about to be erected adjoining to Waterloo-bridge, is to be called Lancaster-street, and the latter, Lancaster-place. Joseph Lancaster, the celebrated teacher, has arrived in New York, by the Washington, from London. We have now, it seems, four undoubted original portraits of our great poet Shakspeare, and what is more remarkable, they all materially differ from each other, not only in the features and expression, but also in the colour of the hair. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund purchase at present 122,000l. 3 per cent. and 11,0001. 3 per cent. stock four times a-week, which will absorb in the quarter ending the 5th January next, nearly six millions of stock. REVENUE. From the 5th of July to the 20th of September, 1818, the Consolidated Fund has produced 7,430,0001.; from the 5th of July to the 20th of September, 1817, it produced only 6,080,000l.; making an increase of 1,350,000l. Of this sum, 350,0001. is on the duties of Customs, and 850,0001. on the duties of Excise; the first proving the continued and increasing prosperity of our foreign trade, and the latter the increase of domestic consumption. The struggle for the occupation of the place of City Sword Bearer, vacant by the death of W. Cottrell, esq. is very considerable. Three persons of high respectability, have already offered the Corporation Ten Thousand Pounds each for the situation; but it is not yet decided by the Committee of Aldermen, to whom it is referred, whether the place shall be disposed of, or be made elective, as the late Sword Bearer obtained it by purchase for 7,0001. but he was known to have netted at least 15001. per VOL. X. 3 B |