The National Register. — London, England, 1815-09-17 00:00:00

TII E NATIONAL REGISTER. L' 602 150.000 2!)0,000 200,0t.0 }'T Lisbians Plisstai s I:liglish, II inoretions, kc. under the command ut the I)nl<t ut ‘Ve.kilgio .variat.s, Wurtcuaberl.lltrz, 80 000 110,000 A letter from Brussels states, that preparations are now making with great activity for the inauguration of the king of the Netherlands, which will take place towards the end of this month in the Place Royale, conformably to the ancient usages of the country, that is to say, in the open air. The Statcs (;e•neral will be convoked to an extra meeting of the I St h of September. The force of the allied troops now in Trance is ;:aid to be as follows the territory of fn alt - 890,000 If we add the Staff Officers and persons belonging to the retinue of the Sovereigns, the suitcs of the Generals and Officers, &c. Ste. the number of the allies in France will amount to near 1,000,000. Six persons were se►►tenced at Lyons, on tl►e SOth ult. to imprisonment in irons, some for wes►ing the tri coloured cockade since it was prohibited, and others fur seditious oi The Pruss?ans lose no opportunity of making money , they Lace advertised for sale the wooden palisadoes erected by Buonaparte round Paris for the defence of that capital. The Lancasteiian system of education is becoming ge neral in France five schools are now organising in the ca- Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Commissioners have been 1 appointed to attend Buonapatte at St. Helena. A private letter horn Pat is, dated Sept. 11, states, that the effutts to bring about the dismission of- Fondle, have alto gether failed, the King Vaving positively desired him to re main in office ; and this, it is added, at particular instance of an English pet sonage of high consideration. It is further that the. pubic funds, which fell when his disniission was talked 01, have risen, now it is known he remains in ofa Ex . e tract of a letter from Paris, September 11 :'• l6 We are 'rely anxious here tespecting the South ; at Avignon , and in the environs of Nismes tranquillity is far from being re-esta- LFsheil thedis , bailees appear, on the contrary,to, conti nue, a::d fur sevet al days it has been difficult to obtain news from thence. At Bordeaux also disturbances are threatened, and .;etims appear to be marked out, merely because they are Pro.testants. Some fears arc entertained respecting the new Chamber. Vrcm the number of persons of exalted opinions it contains, it it i s Supposed one of its fit st acts will be to overthrow the pre,ent Ministry. Much appiehension exists that we are ap proachiug a et isis," Sixty-one sail of the Warrior's convoy from Jamaica, are still unaccounted far. Upwards of sixty ships of different hurthens'are at this time cleating out at Liverpool, with goods and passengers, for the United States of America. The Barossa fi igate arrived on Ntondav, at Portsmouth, with a convoy of 74 , ) sail from the West Indies, after a pas sage of six weeks. They enjoyed an uninterrupted series of good weather. Not a ship is missing. The Kingsmill, East Indianian, is arrived at Liverpool. This is the first ship that has roomed flow India since the participa'ion of the nut-ports in. that trade. !ler cargo con sists of cotton, sugars. indigo, piece goods, and spices. She has been ab,ent abut ftfteeu months, and it is understood made a prospcn.us voyage. SEPT. lr. Parliament is certainly to meet about the middle of No vember, for the dispatch of public business. MR. PEEL AND COUNSELLOR O'CONNELL—We gave the chief points in the dispute between these two gentlemen, in last week's paper. It now appears that Sir C. Saxton hay. ing published the purport of Mr. Lidwill's communication, that Mr. O'Connell would not call out Mr. Peel, without de tailing any of the reasoning on either side that occurred is the conversation which ensued, Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Lidwill published what may be called a counter statement, in which they observed that Mr. Peel and Sir C. Saxton seemed to have preferred a paper war, to the kind of discus sion which Messrs. O'Connell and Lidwill had expected and were prepared for.—This observation produced a direct hos tile message from Mr. Peel to Mr. O'Connell, and another from Sir C. Saxton to Mr. Lidwill ; but on the same even ingsthe Messages were delivered, Mrs. O'Connell, who had by some means been apprised of the transaction, appealed to the Magistrates, and Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Lidwell were placed under arrest, and bound over not to meet their ad versaries. In consequence the four disputants have pro ceeded to the Continent, accompanied by their seconds, to decide the affair. WALKING MATCO.---The hero of the pedestrian exploit at Blackheath is an old man, v4ho has been in the habit of carrying pamphlets about for many years ; and he boasts, that during the period while he amused himself with the distribution of literature, he has seldom walked less than 40 miles per diem. Thursday was the fourth of his exhibition, and at nine o'clock In the evening he had five miles to per form—which, after taking refreshment, he completed at a quarter before eleven. W ilson is a man about five feet six inches and a half—his walk, like that of the celebrated Powel.., is shuffling; but he covers an immense space in a very shor t period. lie has hitherto been fighting under very great disadvantages, the heat of the weather—the dust of the road —and the pressure of the connoisseurs, have inconvenienced him very much. Betting is against him• It was, at Green wich, Thursday evening, four to two. • Should he succeed in the enterprise, we understand be is engaged to go 100 miles in 21• hours. The pedestrian's dress is a straw hat, very broad in the brim—a light covering of nankeen on the body, and nankeen trowsets and gaiters. With respect to the ground, he has provided, that, should heavy rain come on, he shall be allowed to walk on the green-sward instead of the gravelled road. Wilson was 'doing on on Friday morn ing. Ile is engaged to go 50 miles a day for 20 days. RIFLE SHOOTING.—At a trial of skill on Sunday morn ing last, at Chalk Farm, among some amateurs of the rifle, there was witnessed some excellent shooting at the shoulder from 150 yards, and from the shoulder and rest at 200 yards; after which Mr. Foreman, ci devant Captain in the Duke of Cumberland's Sharp-shooters, hit six successive shots from 250 yards, five of them,from the rest, and one i from the shoulder, all of them near the centre, and the last, the shoulder shot, in the bull's eye, at a target two feet in diameter and a nine inch bull's eye. Although this effopt has never been beaten, it may be considered as no far ther worthy of being recorded than to show the excellence to which rifle shooting has been brought in this country. Ve are of opinion that but few such specimens could be found among our trans-Atlantic friend , , whose boasted supe glorify in the use of this weapon has been so often and loudly vaunted. We agree cordially with the writer of the foregoing article, and recommend to Government a due notice of th►c Gentleman's skill. t~