The National Register. — London, England, 1816-12-23 00:00:00

IER 23. The French papers contain one most singular piece of information. They state, that the English Govern ment intends to employ the sums which they receive from the war contribution in buying into the French funds ! This, we suppose, is an ingenious mode adopt ed by the French journalists to hint what they wish. Doubtless the French Government would be very glad to procure buyers; but that the English Government, when it has so much need of its money to fill up the deficit of its own revenue, should throw it away upon so wild a speculation, would betray something more than common insanity. Saturday, we received Boston and New York papers to a very late date, to the 30th of last mouth. Congress were to meet on the 2d inst. We lately stated that the French Minister in America had taken great offence at a toast given at a public dinner at Baltimore by Mr. Skinner, the Postmaster. He requested of the Government of the United States to dismiss him. The obnoxious toast is thus given, and a most offensive one it is :—" The Generals of France in exile, the glory of their native land, not to be dis— honoured by the denunciation of an imbecile tyrant." " BOSTON, NOV. 26; " The misunderstanding between Russia and the united States, which was at first said to be of a tempo. my or trivial nature, is now declared to have assumed e most serious appearance, giving rise to long negocia tions, and connected with the appointment of Pielney, as Ambassador to the Russian Court. " BOSTON, NOV. 27. "RUSSIA AND AItENICA.—The last European ad vices mentioned, that the Emperor Alexander was in Warsaw in September List. This place is short of 700 miles distance from Petersburgh ; and of course com munications between them would not consume the time of a fortnight. As nearly a month intervened between the arrival of Mr. Coles, at St. l'etersberg, and the de parture of the Promethus, and no such communication had taken place, the public may conclude, either that the explanations made were not considered of importance authcient to require immediate attention, or that the Emperor, notwithstanding all his pacific principles, is not unwilling to quarrel with the United States. " A Gentlemen in Abington, Virginia, has received letter from his friend in N atchery Fenn, dated the 17th ult. giving the import intelligence, that a dmft was then making of a body of Militia, to go against the Spaniards." We collect from the National Intellig,encer that the following is the exact state of relations between the two Powers, as far as was known in America when the last advices came away : " Mr. Weir, Consul of the United States at Riga, is arrived at the seat of Government, with dispatches from Mr. Harris, Charge des Affaires of the United States at the Court of Russia. So much had transpired, that the arrest and confinement of Mr. Kasloff, the Russian Con aul.general at Philadelphia, on a charge for an imputed criminal offence, had, under the influence of Mr. Misch koff 's representations, created some dissatisfaction.in the Imperial Government, which manifested itself in the temporary prohibition of Mr. Harris from attending the. Russian Court, and in the orders which, it is already understood, have. terminated Mr. Daschkofrs mission in America. So soon as the Government of the United States became acquainted with the displeasure of the Emperor in the affair, no small alarm was evident at Washington ; and the late Secretary of the President was sent in the Prometheus with dispatches, containing friendly assurances of the iendly disposition of the American Government towards Russia, and proposals which it was fondly hoped would be entirely satisfactory to the offended Monarch." It is stated in the American letters, that a squadron, under Capt. Morris, is about to sail for the Graph of Mexico, to protect the trade of the United States there from the depredations both of Spanish and.. piratical cruisers. Accountsfrom Leghorn, dated the sth ult. brought by a Flanders mail, state, that the plague had appeared in the lazaretto at Tripoli ; that five persons had al ready died, and seven others were infected with the disease. The Ghenl Journal contains the following para graph :—" The prohibition of the export of grain ap pears to exist in thet. We ]curt from Antwerp, that the permits granted to several vessels which were loaded and ready to sail at Antwerp have been withdrawn." General Bernard, lute a Lieutenant-General' in the French army, is now at Washington, and we understand has accepted en appointment in the Engineer Depart ment of the American at•my. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. THE HARPOONER. FURTHER PARTIMARS OF HER Lon. We have been favoured with some further particu lars respecting the melancholy loss of the Harpooner transport, by a gentleman who has within u few days past arrived from Newfoundland, and who, to use his own words, was one of the fortunate unfortunates that escaped. He gives us credit for the correctness of our statement so far as we went, with the exception of what related to the number saved. He allows that at half-past 1 t in the morning, after the ship struck, there were, as we stated, SO persons saved ; but after that period, and before the total breakidg up of the ship, there were no less than 144 more, he himself being one of that number, making together 174 souls who were rescued from the grave. He mentioned several very af fecting and interesting circumstances relative to the shipwreck. Among others, respecting the unfortunate fate of the wife and family of the surgeon of the regi ment, Mr. Armstrong.. When at length the rope was fixed from the stern of the ship to the rocks, so much beloved was this gen tleman, as well as his family, by every officer and sol dier in his regiment, and indeed by all on board, that a free passage was offered to be made for himself and family (which consisted of five) but so terrific wusthe an conveyce, caused by the ast onishing rising of the ship on the approach of every tremendous wave, that none of the family could be prevailed on to venture the risk ; and the father, submitting to his fate, determined to meet death amidst his amiable family. It was not till pursuaded by all, and under the idea that it might be the means of inspiring her relations with courage to make the attempt, that the eldest daughter was induced even to listen to the proposal of saving herself, and in deed at last she was actually forced from the poop by an officer belonging to her father's regiment. She reach ed the shore in safety, but the ship after going to pieces buried the rest of her family in the tomb of the deep. This young lady, the gentleman tells us, was to have sailed the day after he did, (having come to Portsmouth in the Persil's, Capt. Doger) ; .but he is very anxious for her safety, not having heard any account of the ar rival of the transport she was to sail in. He describes the mode of conveyance on shore as truly terrific. He was immersed three times-in the waves, the last of which, he also, quite alive to his situation, let go his hold from exhaustion ; but being then • close upon the rocks adjoining the shore, he fortunately escaped, though at the expense of sufferin g many severe bruises on his arms and other parts of is body, the marks of which he bears at this moment. Cape Pine was the name of the place, the extreme verge of which she struck upon ; and so near were they of avoiding it by doubling the point, . that a quarter of an hour's sailing would have carried them clear of all danger. When they got on shore they bad 16 miles to walk through marshes principally, and sometimes knee deep in mud, before they reached their resting-place, St. Pussy. WINDSOR, Dtc. - 20.—The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester arrived this morning at the Castle, on a visit to the Queen and Princesses, who were gone to Frog more, the weather being remarkably clear for the season of the year. Prince Leopold, on his birth-day, gave directions that every poor person and child should have a joint of meat and a quartern loaf. Each female had sufficient Cannel to make a petticoat. The Dowager Queen of Wurtemberg, our late Prin cess Royal, does not visit this country, as the public were lately given to expect. Her Majesty has been left an ample revenue by her late consort. The Prince Regent has recently presented to the Royal Academy a valuable collection of casts from some of the finest remains of ancient sculpture, partly from the Vatican Museum, and partly from that of the Louvre. This patriotic munificence of his Royal High ness has replaced various works, which in the course of nearly half a century had become almost useless, and has supplied the Antique School with many excellent examples which it never possessed before; putting it on a footing more worthy of a Royal foundation, and of the advanced state of the Arts. His Royal Highness has also permitted one of the Cartoons of Raffitelle to be placed - in the School of Fainting of the Royal Aca demy, conceiving that these admirable compositions could not fail of being eminently useful to the students under the superintendance of tire Professors appointed for that purpose. Such proofs ef the interest which the Prince Regent takes in the weltiire of the Arts must be generally acceptable to the nation ; the_: have been welcomed with the most lively gratitude by the Academicians, who have just sent his Royal Highness an Address, expressive of the- thanks of the Body for these distinguished marks of favour. Capt. Don Diego Cartes, one of the genVenien deli vered up in Gibraltar to the Spaniards, and aflenvards liberated tlmmgh the interference of our Minister at Madrid, is stated to li l ave safely arrived in London. EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF CIIURCII MISSIONS. The Liturgy of the Church of the United Kingdom, _ of which a translation was begun and completek in the Hiadostanee language by the late lamented Mr. Mar• tyn, is now in circulation in India. The occasional services, in particalar, excited much attention among the na tives. The exact order of the Liturgy has been followed, though it was at first found to be intricate to the uatives: but it was adopted, as it was thought expedient, to prevent pre judice front any unfriendly representations that might have been made, as if the work differed from the authorised Liturgy,. Translations of the Morning and Evening Prayer into Bnllom have beenreceived in England from Mr. Bylender in Africa, of which he writes thus :—I beg leave to lay before you the translations of morning and evening prayers as they are iu the Common Prayer Book of the Church. I have kept as close to the original,•as the uncultivated Button% language would permit. I have emitted words and sentences that could not be expressed in Bultom, and introduced simpler ones; y:1 I hope I have not altered any thing material in the Prayer Book. As we hnve neither Leg/10118 iu the Old Testa ment nor Psalms, I shall make use of St. Matthew's Gospel, and hope•soon to finish St. Mark's too. We shall soon per form divine service in the Bellow toague. By the coin:tined operation of the societies, it is expected very soon to assist.. millions of a divided and uncultivated peoplato use one scrip hind form of.worship. THEATRICALS. -...- The new Pantomime getting up at Covent-garden, hr the amusement of the growing and grown-up holi day children, is founded on the well-known story of ,The Blind Beggar of Belhnal-green. DRURY LANE —Thursday evening the Comic Opera~ of Ranwh Droog,. which was revived on Wednesday evening, was repeated with increased applause. The original music, it will be recollected, was by Massingiu ; but Mr. T. Cooke has re-varnished it, and supertulded. some pkasing original airs. Miss Merry performed the part of Zelma, a captive Princess, and executed her songs with much sweetness. Miss Mangeon played Eliza. Mr.. T. Cooke and Mr. Horne, supported the principal male singing parts ; while Miinden, Johnstone, and Miss Kelly, kept the house in good humour in the comic department. The brother, whose premature death is the cause of Miss O'Neill's temporary absence from the Stage,, was an Ensign in the 103 d foot, and had just returned • from Quebec to Dublin, for the recovery of his health. He has left a widow and four children. The Lords of the Admiralty have recently made some regulations in the naval service, which cannot fail to be highly gratifying to the officers of the Navy. From the Ist of January, 1817, Post Captains, Com manders, and First Lieutenants, .when employed, will be allowed an addition of pay. Pursers to he put on the same half-pay with Lieutenants and Masters of his Majesty's Navy, with the difference of (id. per day in fiivour of the former Officers. One hundred -of the oldest Pursers to retire, to make room for these who have been acting as Pursers and Captains Clerks, who have the greatest claim on the service. Warrant offi cers, unfit. tin. service, to retire, agreeably 4o their ser vitude, in three classes, viz. ss. 4s. and 2s. per day. Masters' Mates, Midshipmen, and Captains' Clerks, who have served seven years, passed their several ex aminations, and can produce satisfactory certificates, to be allowed their pay when it is out of the power of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to employ or promote them. The number of paupers who sit down- to dinner every day at Liverpool workhouse, although the winter is only just begun, exceeds the number of any tinmer period since the erection of the building, by more than 50. A liberal subscription has been set on foot in. Glas gow tbr the relief of the poor: 40001. was obtained in twe days. A proclamation has been issued by the 'magistrates, annenneing this fact to the inhabitants; and declaring,, to those who are disposed to be dis orderly, their determination to repress all disorder, riots, and attempts at depradation, by means of the civil and military power. At Chester a meeting was held on Tliesday, to con.. alder of the most effectual means of relieving the ma dufeeturing and industrious poor. t lEarl Grosvenor ire- - mediately subscribed 20001.; and his Lordship's gem:- rolls example was followed by almost all present: Our latest accounts from Ireland present s .dismal picture of the state of that country. No manufactures, no trade, a stagnation of all the usual branches. of in dustry, continual failures ; and all these *evils wxravat ed by a violent party spirit.. The quartern loaf is now - is. 9d. and the apprehension .of a .scanity is daily be coming more general. . espy the following article - from a Newry Paper of last Saturday :—" A dreadful ' typlus firer is now prevalent among • lower elas.ses of people in Ntr.vry. The humility of the atmosphere. the difficulty of obtaining food even of an unwholesome. kind—anti the :daunt total want of fuel, -to preserve the niece ,wry degree of warmth in their cabins, have. pro- duced putrid discuses among the more indigent tants of the town, and the fever la; sxtcaded to nearly 100 " c ,r•