1821.] Domestic Occurrences. lamps, which, together with those of the towing-boats, which were blue, had a very singular and pleasing effect, moving along the surface of the water; and this was considerably heightened by the fantastic appearance of occasional splendid waterrockets, resembling the gambols of some fiery monster of the deep. The river was, as in the morning, covered with boats filled with company. The fire-works, which were displayed at a short distance to the right of the river, were extremely magni ficent, some showers of very beautiful rockets in particular. There were also discharges of rockets, to a late hour, from Primrose-hill. Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and the Haymarket Theatres, with the Lyceum, and some other minor theatres, were opened to the public gratis, and were crowded to excess. The Public Offices, the Bank, the Royal Exchange, the Theatres, the houses of the 79 Ministers and Foreign Ambassadors, those of the Royal Tradesmen, the Club-houses, the East-India House, South Sea House, Mansion House, Guildhall, the halls of several Corporations, and many other buildings in the principal squares and streets, were illuminated in the evening. At the Admiralty, over the outer entrance of the building, were displayed, in letters of large dimensions, the words "God save the King." In the centre a large anchor, surmounted by a superb crown, and supported on each side by illuminated flags, borne by sea-horses. On the roof of the building, over the outer entrance, were placed two grand stars, and on the top of the portico the royal standard. The whole had a most grand and brilliant appear ance. Similar demonstrations of loyal enthusiasm were manifested in all the principal towns of the United Empire on this glorious day. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS We understand that the continued pressure of the Poor Laws, and the evident inadequacy of all the remedies hitherto proposed in the administration of them, together with the hopeless and heartless tenor of the Report of the Agricultural Committee, have induced several gentlemen to set on foot a subscription of 60,000%. for ascertaining the practicability of Mr. Owen's plan as applied to agriculture. We subjoin an extract from the prospectus circulated on the occasion, and should the plan be carried into execution, it will bring to a fair issue, the comparative merit and capability of the one idea of Mr. Owen, as contrasted with that of Mr. Ricardo. Mr. Hamilton of Dalzell has offered for the purpose of the experiment, a tract of 600 acres, on the North bank of the river Clyde midway between Glasgow and Lanark. "The acknowledged benefits resulting from the system adopted by Mr. Robert Owen, in the conduct of the extensive manufactoring establishment at New Lanark, evinced by the improved, moral, and religious habits of the large population engaged in it, have induced the undersigued, to subscribe towards raising a fund for carrying into execution a plan, which shall ascertain, whether the same system may not with equal effect be applied to agriculture, or agriculture and manufactures combined. The Subscribers are not to be considered, as pledging themselves to the adoption or approbation of the more general principles promulgated by Mr. Owen, but deeply impressed with a sense of the inadequacy and baneful influence of the Poor Laws, they will be content, if they can confer on an increased portion of their fellow subjects, the inestimable advantages to be derived from a practical adoption and diffusion of those principles and regulations, which render the inhabitants of New Lanark one family of moral and religious harmony. The Subscribers feel confident, the experiment can with perfect safety be tried, without exciting any of those prejudices or objections which have been urged against them in late or former discussions. "On this basis, and with a fixed determination, that the plan shall comprise arrangements for the encouragement and exercise of every religious duty, the Subscribers are persuaded, that in inviting the attention and co-operation of the friends to the poor, in favour of the experiment, they will be effecting a positive good, as far as the immediate objects of it are concerned, independent of the incalculable benefits which would attend its indefinite extension if successful; in any event the result of the plan cannot but reward its promoters, if found incapable of extension and confined only to a limited district; where peace, order, and abundance will prevail; or should a more extended application be the consequence, the founders will enjoy the conscious satisfaction of having been humble instruments in so good a work." MOVING BOG. The following is the substance of a letter from a Gentleman at Clara to a friend in Athlone, dated July 4."I have paid daily a visit to the Moving Bog, and have to inform you that there are are upwards of 150 acres of corn fields, meadows, pastures and low lands covered. Its motion has since continued in a slow, but certain pace along the valley, below the ancient bridge of Inau. From its eruption, on the 26th June, it continued immoveable up to Saturday the 30th, when it commenced to spread and raise its surface as described. On reaching the lands of Roheen, the property of A. Cox, esq. the entire population of this town and neighbourhood were again thrown into extreme confusion, by a fresh convulsion of its leading and terrific front, which rolled the pasture lands mountains high before it, and pressed, with great velocity, across the glen towards Woodfield House, the seat of A. Fuller, Esq. who has, at present, nearly one thousand men embanking before his dwelling, endeavouring to direct its course in the line of Ballyboughlan. A widow of the name of Miller, is now living at Lynn, at the great age of 117 years, and retains all her faculties and senses, except sight. She has lived in the reigns of the four Georges, and well remembers the coronation of George the First. It appears by the Dock accounts of Liverpool, that 534 ships, or 34,815 tons, more entered that port last year, than in the course of the previous one. A few days since a haddock was caught by R. Dawson, a fisherman, of Hauxley, in Scotland; and sold with five others, for 3d. to a neighbour; whose daughter, on opening it, found a gold ear-ring, to which a jewel was appended, in its entrails METHOD OF PLAYING ON THE VIOLIN AND VIOLONCELLO AT THE SAME TIME. The following remarks are copied from the "Edinburgh Philosophical Journal;" "In Vol. III. p. 194, of this Journal, we mentioned the ingenious contrivance for this purpose, by Mr. James Watson, a blind Musician, from Dundee. Since that time, he has not only improved, but extended the mechanism; and we had the pleasure of seeing it exhibited before the Directors of the Asylum for the Blind, to the satisfaction of all who were present. The following account of the improved mechanism is taken from the Third Number of 'The Caledonian Quarterly Journal :'"The stops by which he shortens the strings of his violoncello have been fitted with more elegance and precision, additional springs have been added, to assist and relieve his leg in the operation of bowing; and the bow has been fastened to his foot by new machinery, which insures more powerful and steady execution. Indeed, the whole of this machinery is now so constructed, that he can play both instruments, for a very great length of time, without more fatigue than if he played only upon one. Nor is this all; for, by [July, the very nice and accurate application of mechanism, wholly invented by himself, he can perform upon two violoncellos at the same time; and the one upon which he plays the principal strain is so contrived, as to have the power and tone of two, played by different performers; so that he may be said to play three violoncellos-the principal strain upon two, and the bass upon a third. Nor is this compass limited; for the instrument upon which he plays the principal has a range of 64 semi-tones, and more could be added, if necessary." THE ENCHANTED LYRE. The This is an ingenious invention. instrument is not more than four feet long, and well proportioned in its form, and yet it produces the effect of the finest pianoforte, touched by the most brilliant and delicate finger. The tone is exquisitely soft, without being dull; and what is more singular, there is none of the formality of mere mechanical execution-the accent, emphasis, and expression, are preserved with admirable spirit and accuracy. The Lyre, in its present state, can be made to perform more than fifty pieces, amongst which are some of considerable complication and difficulty; and it is, we understand, capable of being much improved and extended in its powers. OCCURRENCES IN LONDON SIR W. SCOTT, NOW LORD STOWELL. Among the distinguished Commoners, whose elevation to the Peerage graces the late Coronation, was the very eminent Judge of the Admiralty and Consistorial Courts, Sir William Scott, who has been created Baron Stowell, It is not only in England, but in all parts of Europe, and indeed throughout the whole civilized world, that the ability with which Sir W. Scott has administered the Maritime Law of Nations is known and admired. The Judgments, which he has pronounced, on some of the weightiest questions of this nature ever submitted to individual decision, are not only master-pieces of judicial eloquence and wisdom, considered separately, but taken together they form a code of unexampled consistency and perfection. By a singular coincidence of good fortune, at the period when our maritime rights were most violently assailed with clamour and sophistry, and when it became essential to our existence as a nation, that those rights should be placed on the immoveable basis of reason and truth, at that very period was our maritime tribunal occupied by a Judge, who, of all men that ever filled such a station, was the best qualified to perform so delicate and arduous a task. He captivated the taste by the elas 1821.] Domestic Occurrences.-Sir W. Scott. dassical beauties of his style; and he subdued the judgment by the irresistible force of his arguments. Such are the invaluable services which Sir William Scott has rendered to his country, for the last three and twenty years, as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. In the more limited, but in some respects not less interesting sphere of the Ecclesiastical Court, where he has presided still longer, he has displayed equal penetration, equal richness of mind, and equal elegance of language. Before he was a lawyer, "he was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;" and upon this clas sical foundation, it is no wonder that he soon erected an admirable superstructure both of the History and Philosophy of the Law. Hence that clearness and comprehensiveness of legal principle, which have caused many of his judgments to be regarded as authorities, even in foreign schools and tribunals; a striking instance of which occurred in the case of Dalrymple against Dalrymple, where this Learned Judge explained the Scottish Law relating to the points at issue so ably, that his judgment was recommended as a Text Book, by the Professor of that Law in the University of Edinburgh. Sir William Scott is the elder brother of the Lord Chancellor. It would lead us too far from our purpose, were we to attempt any thing like a comparison between the splendid talents of these two extraordinary men; and we therefore only notice the singular felicity which has united them through life, in the strictest affection, and the most splendid reputation; has placed each at the head of a separate branch of the legal profession; and has at length led them both alike to the honour of the Peerage. The University of Oxford has for many years been justly proud of Sir W. Scott, as one of its Representatives; but it must now transfer that honour to another candidate. We have been favoured with a copy of the following Address and Answer, which we with pleasure lay before our readers: "Doctors Commons, July 18, 1821. "MY LORD, "We the Proctors practising in the Courts in which your Lordship has so long presided, with so much honour to yourself and advantage to the publick, beg leave most respectfully to offer our sincere con gratulations on your elevation to the Peerage. "Permit us to assure you, that our admiration of your splendid talents, and of the able manner in which you have uniformly discharged the duties of your important situations, and gratitude for those marks of kindness and attention which you have at all times been pleased to shew towards us, will ever remain deeply impressed upon our minds; and we earnestly GENT. MAG. July, 1821. 81 hope, that it may please the Almighty to grant to your Lordship many years, to enjoy your merited honours. We have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, my Lord, your most obedient and humble servants," (Signed by all the Proctors.) "GENTLEMEN, "I feel myself highly honoured and gratified, by the kind expression of the great satisfaction you receive, from the distinction which has been graciously conferred upon me by his Majesty's favour, in calling me to the House of Peers. "That honour, high as it ought to be deemed by all, and most assuredly so by myself, may be justly thought to derive an accession of value in estimation, from its being so appreciated by those who have witnessed so large a portion of my publick. life, and have been, during that time, the daily and attentive spectators of the manner in which duties highly important in themselves, and occasionally more so in their public consequences, have been usually executed. "It adds very sensibly to the satisfaction I receive from such a testimony given to my publick conduct, that you accompany it with a signification of your favourable acceptance of my personal behaviour towards yourselves, in all the intercourse to which the business of the Profession has mutually introduced us. And I trust it will not derogate at all from the feelings you express upon that ground to be informed, that I have ever been led to that style of conduct equally by judgment and inclination. I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, your friend and servant, STOWELL. Grafton Street, July 20, 1821." The Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, on the state of London Bridge, recommends an application being made next Session for a new bridge to be erected of five arches on the present site, or as near to it as possible. The expense they consider may be defrayed without any toll; the Bridge-House Estates having 112,000%. in hand, besides a rental of 25,000l. per annum. The public will hear with much satisfaction, that an Act of Parliament has passed introducing important regulations with respect to the attendance of Jurors at the Assizes. The Act gives a power to the Judges of Assize to direct the Sheriff to empannel not more than 144 Jurors, or such lesser number as the Judges think fit, to serve indiscriminately on the criminal and civil side; and to divide such Jurors equally into two sets, one of which shall attend and serve for so many days, at the beginning of the Assizes, as the Judges may direct-and the other during the resi due 82 Domestic Occurrences. due of the same Assizes. When the Jurors are summoned, they will have notice whether they are in the first or second set, and at what time their attendance will be required. Orders are sent out to Sir Hudson Lowe to retain possession of the Island of Ascension. A few days ago a 501. bank-note, which was issued eighty years ago, was paid into the Bank of England. Had it been put out at compound interest, when first issued, by this time it would have amounted to nearly 27401. The Royal Naval Asylum has been incorporated with the establishment of Greenwich Hospital. The maximum temperature of the air in June was only 74 deg., the same as it was on the 28th of April last; so that we were then two deg. short of summer heat.-It is an interesting fact, that on the first of the dog days there was ice on the ponds in the metropolis. SUMMER CIRCUITS for 1821. Oxford-Sir C.Abbott, Kut. C. J.; the Hon. Mr. Baron Garrow: Abingdon, Aug. 1. Oxford, Aug. 4. Worcester and City, Aug. 8. Gloucester and City, Aug. 11. Monmouth, Aug. 18. Hereford, Aug. 21. Shrewsbury, 28. Stafford, Sept. 1. Norfolk-Sir R. Dallas, Kt. C. J.; the Hon. Mr. Justice Richardson: Buckingham, July 30. Bedford, Aug. 2. Huntingdon, Aug. 4. Cambridge, Aug. 6. Bury St. Edmund's, Aug. 9. Norwich and City, Aug. 13. Midland-Sir R. Richards, Knt. C. B.; the Hon. Mr. Justice Park: Northampton, July 31. Oakham, Aug. 3. Lincoln and City, Aug. 4. Nottingham and Town, Aug. 9. Derby, Aug. 11. Leicester and Borough, Aug. 15. Coventry and Warwick, Aug. 18. Western-The Hon. Mr. Baron Graham; the Hon. Mr. Justice Best: Winchester, July 30. New Sarum, Aug. 4. Dorchester, Aug. 8. Exeter and City, Aug. 11. Bodmin, Aug. 20. Bridgewater, Aug. 25. Bristol, Sept. 3. Home The Hon. Mr. Baron Wood; the Hon. Mr. Justice Burrough: Hertford, Aug. 2. Chelmsford, Aug. 6. Maidstone, Aug. 13. Lewes, Aug. 18. Croydon, Aug. 23. Northern The Hon. Mr. Justice Bayley; the Hon. Mr. Justice Holroyd: York and City, Aug. 4. Durham, Aug. 18. Newcastle and Town. Carlisle, Aug. 30. Appleby, Sept. 5. Lancaster, Sept. 1. [July, sent stands less incumbered by 48,0007. than it did two years since. In the Court of King's Bench, W. Floyer, esq. convicted of certain publications against Sir Robert Peel, arising out of an election contest for the borough of Tamworth, was sentenced to be imprisoned for three months in the King's Bench prison; fined 1,000l.; and to find sureties for five years, himself in 2,000l. and two others in 1,000l. each. Tuesday, July 3. The Lord Mayor held a Court of Aldermen, at Guildhall, which was numerously attended. His Lordship reported the election of Anthony Brown, esq. as Alderman of the Ward of Billingsgate, in the room of Sir William Leighton, knt. resigned; and Mr. Brown, attending, was introduced to the Court by several of the inhabitants of the ward, and took the usual oaths and his seat. Wednesday, July 4. The new Haymarket Theatre was opened for, the first performance: at a very early hour it was filled in every part. The new theatre possesses two tiers of front boxes (being one more than in the old house), besides two rows of side boxes. The front of each of the boxes projects and forms a pannel, ornamented with a light gilt framework over a pink ground, which very successfully imitates the appearance of pink Persian. On the ceiling is an allegorical representation of Morning, as Apollo in the chariot of the Sun, attended by Zephyr, appearing in the horizon; while on the opposite quarter, Cynthia, or Night, is seen retiring from his presence beneath her starry mantle. The ornaments which encircle the desigu are composed of four groupes of Cupids, bearing emblematic trophies of the different seasons. On the proscenium are various figures and embellishments correspondent with those upon the ceiling. The new drop-scene represents on the left hand of the audience the entrance of a temple of the Composite order, richly ornamented with basso relievos, and supposed to be dedicated to Apollo. The statues of Thalia and Melpomene surmount the principal entrance. On the right hand is an altar dedicated to Beauty, and flowers and ornaments allusive to the costumes of Bacchantes are also introduced. The era of the new building, as well as of the new and glorious reign of the present Monarch, are alluded to by the Temple of the Muses, illumined by the glory of the rising Sun, that spreads his beams over the whole scene. 1821.] Domestic Occurrences.-Theatrical Register. North Africa. We understand Admiral Friday, July 20. A Wardmote was held in the Tower Ward, to elect a successor to the Aldermanic gown, vacant by the removal of Sir William Curtis to Bridge Without; when Matthias Prime Lucas, esq. was unanimously elected. Wednesday, July 25. His Majesty held a Levee at his Palace in Pall Mall, which, probably, for splendour, has been never exceeded. It being so soon after the Coronation, nearly all the Governments of Europe are doubly represented at our Court, besides the number of foreign Princes and persons of distinction, and their suites, who have arrived for that purpose. The numbers present were estimated at near 2000; there were 1,700 counted, and the company came in such crowds from half-past one till between four and five o'clock, that it baffled all attempts to proceed in counting further. The Life Guards were dressed in armour, after the style of cuirassiers; two of these corps were stationed in the Grand Hall. King entered the State Apartments soon after the appointed time, and proceeded to receive the complimentary congratulations of the Foreign Princes, the Ambassadors, the Cabinet Ministers, the great Officers of State, and others who have the privilege of the entrée. His Majesty then proceeded to his general Levee Room, additionally attended by the corps of Gentlemen Pensioners. Thursday, July 26. The His Majesty held the first Drawing-room since his Coronation, at Buckingham House, where he arrived at twelve o'clock, escorted by a party of the Oxford Blues, en cuirassier, from his Palace in Pall-mall. The Duke of York, Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duchess of Kent, Princesses Augusta, and Sophia of Gloucester, all followed in full state, escorted by military. His Majesty was dressed in a field-marshal's uniform, decorated with all the splendid orders belonging to him; and after giving some private audiences, at two o'clock proceeded to the entrée room, where the Great Officers of State, Cabinet Ministers, the Foreign. Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries, were assembled. Afterwards, near the throne, his Majesty received the congratulations of the extremely-numerous and splendidly-dressed assemblage of both sexes. His Majesty appeared in excellent health, and received with the greatest condescension the numerous personages who were presented to him. The dresses of the Prince and Princess Esterhazy were decorated with an astonishing profusion of jewels, and had a most splendid appearance; indeed, nothing could exceed the 83 diamonds and feathers which decorated the elegant assemblage. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.-The following is the official account of the Revenue for the quarter ended on the 5th: Customs......... 5th July, 5th July, 1820. £.1,882,846 1821. 1,898,699 6,298,810 1,518,493 352,000 318,000 .............. ...6,620,609 ........ .....1,581,445 Assessed Taxes......2,343,380 2,328,040 HAYMARKET THEATRE. July 4. Peter and Paul; or, Love in a Vineyard. A petite Opera in two Acts (from the French); acted but two nights. LYCEUM ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. July 5. Love's Dream, a musical piece. Sprightly, and excellently acted. Has had a great run. July 14. Two Pence, a Farce. With much merit, it had some defects; but has kept its ground ever since. July 19. A Squeeze to the Coronation, a temporary trifle, but as well received as it was designed. PRO |