The National Register. — London, England, 1817-09-01 00:00:00

SEPT. , I. INDIA. CALCUTTA, MARCH 15.—The following is a COT net account of the negociations and operations which preceded the capture of the fort of Hattras : The fort was completely invested on the 12th, and the option was given to the commandant, Dyn Ram, to surrender en certain prescribed terms, or to stand the result of a siege. At first he appeared resolved on embracing the firmer part of the. alternative. On the evening of the 13th he sent a message into camp declaring his readi ness to deliver up the place. A detachment, consisting of two grenadier companies, with an en:,ineer officer, was accordingly sent to take possession ; but, after wait ing several hours outside the gate, it was forced to re turn, in consequence of the Rajah having changed his mind. The sincerity of his proposals now began to be suspect ed. Negociations however, were commenced anew, a second tender of submission was made, and the second grenadier battalion was actually paraded to march up to the gates, when intelligence arrived of the Rajah having a second time forfeited his word. The garrison did not exceed 2:100 regular soldiers ; the outer fort has twenty bastions ; these were very high and strong, and were guarded by forty-five pieces of artillery.— The besieging force occupied three different positi ons in front of the fort. The Cawnpore division, under the,personal command of General Marshal, was posted towards the cast. The Mattra division under Ma jor General Dunkin, to the west, and the Merut division, under Major General T. Brown, to the south. The train of artillery consisted of 50 mortars and howizers, and 24• and 18 pounders. The General thinking it necessary to put a stop to the unsatisfactory state of suspense in which the indecisive conduct of the Kajah placed them, ordered down the gallopers of his Majesty's 24th dragoons, and fired a shot into the fort as an indication that all pacificatory parley was at an end, when Dya Ram's two sons, young men in high blood and spirits, declared that it would be disgraceful to give up such a fortress without a previous struggle. The elder, a lad of twenty, having procured two lacks of rupees from his mother, paid up the arrears of the garrison on the 14th, and made them swear to defend the place to the utmost extremity. EMIGRATION NO SECURITY. —+A circumstance has recently occurred near Calais which excited much con sternation among the Fl:glish visitors in France. An Fnglish gentleman was arrested for a debt of 6001. contrasted in England. The arrest was founded upon a judgment fur the above sum, of some standing in the 'ourt of King's bench, Westminster. An exemplifica tion of that judgment, certified by the proper officer of tlie Court, attested before the Lord Mayor, dud certi fied by hint and by the French Consul resident in London, was transmitted to the Supreme Court at Paris. An exemplification of this process was then sent by the supreme Court of Paris to the Court below, with directions to send a copy of the proceedings to the party, and summon him to attcnd before it. This pro cess was accordingly served upon the party, but he took no notice of' it, and judgment by default went against him in consequence in the Court below, at Boulogne Having received information of this last step, he was advised to avoid Ling taken on execution, to enter what is called in French practice, an opposition to the judgment, which, if not done within twenty-four hours, rxecution must take its course. He was fortunately in time to avail himself of this advice, and the case is ex pected to come on fur trial in a few days. The French Lawyers conceive that the process is not tenable, and it may be readily presumed that all the persons who have run away to the Continent tc• avoid the payment of their just debts, are of the same opinion. VACCINATION--The recent epidemic of casual small-pox, has -in a great measure abated; the cases have been of very serious and fatal tendency, and more confluent than usual ; it has not spared even those patients who befinehand suffered the natural small-pox, nor those who had received variolous innoculation, nor those who had been vaccinated, all of whom have felt their insecurity ; for many, in these several depart ments, have fallen victims to the attack ! We mention this fact as a reason for obviating objections to vaccina tion ; and, we rejoice to find that the prejudices which the poor once entertained against vaccination, have almost died away—a fact proved by the many thousands of them, who prefer it tint their children, instead of ino culation, which is now asked for by comparatively very few. We refer, in this respect, to the returns from all the Vaccine EAttblisments, and front the Small Pox hospital at Pancras, where the registers are cor rectly kept. In our medical observations of the season, we have to remark that the autumn fruits, to which it is usual to ascribe much of the disease commonly prevalent at this time, arc more scarce than usual ; all stone fruit has fi►iled, and even the walls, as well as the standards, have been very unproductive. Hence we auger a more healthy season on that account ; and the fever which was very rife in the metropolis, during the spring, has subsided, and left us in a better state to approach the winter. Very tat( edition of Poyneo .4 . ze of reencoo h a , beets struck utf in Dulvlin, fur the purpose of distribution aasoki.; the loser claws THE NATIONAL REGISTER. TALMA. On the return of Talma from this country, one of the French Journals preferred two charges against him, from which he has thought proper to defend himself in a letter to the Editor of the "Gazette de France." — The first charge was, that he had endeavoured to intro duce contraband English merchandise, when he landed at Calais. To this Talma replies, " My effects were ex amined with much politeness by the Donancers of Ca lais, who did not find in any respect a contravention of the laws." The second charge was that he had, ut a public meeting in London, toasted " Prosperity to the British Nation." Much as we may be surprised at that temper which would induce a French Journalist to make such a toast a matter of offence, we havelinfinitely more reason of astonishment in looking at M. Talma's defence. "To have united a political wish to that health which I proposed in the midst of persons who were only assembled to C clelwitte the arts, and particularly honour my profession, would have been, to say the least of it, a piece of lolly. To forget, under such circumstances that I was a Frenchman, would has e been more than mere absence of mind ; and this double impropriety would have been tacitly blamed even by those whom I was addressing. " It is gratifying to me to state the reception truly fraternal which I received front the Artists of London, the flattering distinction, the attention of which I have been the object, in the highest classes of society. But the profound gratitude which I feel for these testimonies of affection and esteem (ha nourab!c at once to the French Theatre and myself) have not induced me, to forget those unmixed sentiments of atl.tchmsnt and predilection which every man owes to the Canntry that has given him birth. Thus, in M. Talma's opinion, it would have been highly criminal in him, he being a Frenchman, to have wished prosperity to thaA. nation, the highest personages in which were endeavouring to do him the highest ho nour. But M. Tubuai cannot forget that he was a re publican, and though he afterwards stooped to " lick the spittle" of a tyrant, his republican feelings hang about hint still. Whether his recollections of his early career are consolitary to his feelings, we will not insult him by enquiring. There is " a small still voice," that speaks within every man whose sensibilities are not dead within him, and which will best tell M. Talma how far he hasdesersed the honour and respect which was paid him by " the greatest noblemen, artists, men of science and literature" in this country. Mr. Tramenox.—The John and Edward, for .New York, on board of which was Mr. Indedon, sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday selsnight. The following ex tract of a letter written by him to one of his friends, may not be unacceptable to our readers : " The most eventual period wt my life being at hand, viz. the bidding adieu to my native 'country, it calls upon use to leave the feeling of my heart with my friends iu Britain, now as old Neptune promomeea the moment of my departure.— The pilot is on board, and when he quits the ship, to his care I confide these lines. Yon may naturally conceive I 62.1 many outer pangs at this trying crisis. My children and their off spring cling foretuly round nay heart, and though from this hem our bodies may be separated, nay mind, to the remotest period of my existence, still will hover rotund them, To you and all nay hiends, I offer mosigrateful acknowledgments rot the abundant marks of kindness 1 have experienced sharing my long professional career; I do not allude to patrons alone, but to nay tnuoical and theatrical brethren also I give my thanks, and lament sincerely that the present fulness of my heart ren ders me incapable of sufficiently expressing them. I trust any in lustry anti perseverauce in a foreign clone may ultimately reward any speculation, so as to enable me finally to deposit any bones near the graves of my ancestors and that in the moments of my dissolution, I may have the satisfaction of /teeing nay progeny sm round me. The aneho'rs a peak.—Ciatl bless you,and fare you well." The Journal General of Paris gives the following anecdote concerning the 'trial of Nlartinetz, the lea der of the Pernambucan Insurrection, front a private letter which it states to have been received front Rio Janeiro : . •• Martinez has undergone repeated intemivitions. At one of the examinations to which he was subjected the President demanded of him, floral what motive lie had arrogated to himself the title of I'm ince of Liberty? when Martinez answered, I exacted nothing from the people ; they wish to be free aual they will be so. I could not permit myself an inconsistency equal to that try which you unite the word Prince with that of Liberty. If ray pretended friends of Rio and Bahia had kept their word as I have kept mine, pa, Gentlemen of the Commission, would have been acting bet Ore me, the part which has now fallen to my lot. You tisk far my acomplicest—examine, look among yourselvm, and perhaps many of my judges will quit their seats to place tlieimielves at the bar of the accused.' " La as eat ania.; Difartt 01 \l:ta. ilrANE.l.l. — We have the melancholy task to annotinte the untimely demise of Mrs. Hugo Mey cell, the sister of the Mars !:ionew of Hertford. That match respected Lady, whoa in the at t of alighting from her phaeton. at her scat in btittfort!s:iiir, irissed the feetstep and fa to the ground upon her head, when the right temple cum jog in contact with a stone, she was killed upon the spot.—An exprewi mas sent off to Kagley Hall, which orris sal at the mo ment when the family were rejoicing at the recovery of the Marquis of Hertford. That liesin table mansion, so un,fornt ly the scene of uninterrupted teL at lids season of the year, is, in cuatsequeuce, become a house of mouri , ing. The Prince Regent, countermanded the so tiers which he had previously given for his Ilightiets's departure for Werwick shirr. EILTItAORDINANY C1.,T1^t,,1•.---Ttsesdav evening a ymme Mill, a shoemaker by trade, sal the name in Watson's court, Bethnal-green, undertook for a wager of 235. al a puhiic-house in the orighhwohnod, to eat a bullock's heart weighing debt pomade, debt pounds of ',Mettles, half a quartern loaf, and drink a gallon of porter and a quartette of gin in the space of one hour and to n .tilnutes ; lie sat Litwin to 'hie meal precisely at three o'clock, :n the prs %Loce of tot n tv prelims, each of whom contritmtt at to the e pence and to the surpe.oc of all die dr s oured ICO.I thin au , hour ! .IT9 LORD ANIHERST AND BUONAPARTE. The Caesar, which, in consequence of the loss of the Alccste frigate, recently brought home Lord Amherst and his suit' Coin Batavia, is the bearer of the latest intelligence from St. Helena relative to the health and manner of living of the ex-Emperor of France. The Camas ►aving occasion to touch at St. Helena, Lord Amherst expressed a desire to be intro duced to Buonaparte, and in spite of some obstacles which presented themselves, his Lordship, with Capt. Maxwell and Mr. Lynn, surgeon of the Alceste, were allowed to wait upon him. On the 3d of .fitly Lord Amherst was ushered into Buonaparte's presence at Longs' ood, whilst Captain Maxwell, and the Surgeon waited in an anti-chamber. It was not long before these officers were desires, to join. There was nothing in the appearance of Buonaparte which in the least indicated ill health, on the contrary, lie looks d well, and less bloated than ordinary. In his conversation with the patty, his questions were pot with his usual rapidity; indeed t h ey followed each other in such quick succession, that answers could only be given to those which appeared most marled and important. With Ids general curiosity, Buonaparte in quired of the officers what stations they filled on hoard the ship, and on learning Mr. Lynn was the surgeon, be inquired what system of pharmacy lie pursued.—" That depends upon circumstances," replied the surgeon. " I hope," rejoined the General, " it is' any other than that pratiised on this V land, for hero we have the same thin over and over 110 W - and celuuiel for ever." The conversation taking turn en the mis•ion of Lord Amherst to China, his Lordship related the canoe of its failure, which he ascribes, to the necessity imposed upon him by the Emperor, of smiting the ground nine times with his forehead; an indignity which his Lordship intimated could not be submitted to. Here Buonaparte's answer skewed the man,—" Incited! Now bad it suited my policy to send an Ambassador to the Em peror of China, I should have instructed him to kiss his great toe, and if that would not do, he might, if required, have saluted a more ofieusive part, provided my object could be attained." In the course of conversation Buonaparte said he knew of no law which gave the Powers of Europe the right of de tabling him a prisoner at St. Helena or elsewhere; and strongly urged the propriety of his present situation being taken into conside,ration by the crowned heads of Europe. Notwithstanding His disappointments, lie still affects great reliance on the justice of the Prince Regent of England, when unconnected with national policy, and the influence of Mi nisters; and, with this impression on Isis mind, he expressed anauxiols wish that Lord Amherst would be the beater of a letter from him to his Royal Highness, which had been pre pared some time, with the intention of forwarding it to Eng land. We have reason to believe we are correct in stating that his Lordship undertook to deliver the letter in question. It is said to be couched iu the most respectful terms; but iriscovers a soreness throughout, on account of the unne cessary restraints he alleges that he is made to undergo. The officers of the late Alceste found that he can have the range of the whole island in his exercise of riding, driving, or walk ing, provided he will allow a British officer to attend him ; but to this he objects. As it is, lie may extend his walls about I miles, but then lie is liable to meet in his perambu lations, British sentinels nt various points, who never fail to present arms to him. Madame Bertrand was seen by the British officers, and the impression made upon them was, that she was a very handsome and clevr woman. Friday se'nnight the lady of Edward Rigby, Eq. M. D. of Nora ich, was safely delivered, at his house at Fiaminghate, near that city, of three sons and a daughter. Wis. Rigby is as well as naval so coon after child-bit th ; the chitdrcii ai all alive and quite hearty. Before the With of these little ones Dr. Rigby was the father, by his present of eight lovely and healthy children, the two eldest of nllOlll are twins. Remarkable as is the above event, there .Ire circum stances w hich render it peculiarly so. Dr. Rigby is a gnat crurutfuther, and probably, never before were born, at one birth, three great atria and a great aunt —such, being the re lationship between the above mentioned parties and the in fant son of John Bantree, Esq. jun. of Colchester. Some thieves lately robbed a pond belonging to T. Wood ward, Esq. of Frimitield, of tell brace of tine carp, which had no doubt, been previously poisoned, as the deleterious drug operated in the same manlier on thirty brace of carp and tench, and a very large pike, which, after the departure of the thieves were found Boating dead oil the surface of the water. The poisoned fish that died quickly, and tell to the lot of the robbers, it is presumed, found their way to the tables of sonic of the Brighton Epicures! ATTEMPTED RODBEREI—ONE OF ME ROBBERS SDOT.-- Ahollt two o'clock an Tnesd.ty morning, the house of J. liar. roll, Esq. Thorlow House, Hackney-road, sets burglariously entered by three notorious character:. They effected th.lr entry by taking out two panels of the front door. All the fa mily, except Mrs. Burrell, hail retired to bed ; she being in the back part of the house, did nut hear them until they latit Got into the ball ; she immediately ran op stairs to her hus band, and while he went down stairs with loaded pistols, she alarmed the whole family by ringing the bells. The villains immediately, on the alarm tieing given, ran to the door to en deavour to escape; they were pursued by Mr. Millen : to a of the thieve: got a considerable distance; the third had time to get throng!, the door, before Mr. H. called to him tat stop, or he would shoot him; he paid 110 n.gar•l to the wen!: of Mr. H. ; be therefore, pursued and shot him. lit IC! int the grooml; by that time all the family were up, and wounded man was taken into the hoarse ; his companions (-- raped. Hatfield, the Worship-street officer, was thi: sent fur, and the wounded inan was conveyed to the London Hot pital, where he was undressed, and in his pocket were found a phosphorous bottle and matches, and also a bunch of pie. lock hers. He stated that his name was Win. Mitchell, •on • of - Mitchell, carpenter, Armitage-bridge, St. Catharim his informed the officer the 11•1111ei of his two companion , . They are all notoriees characters ut the tt orship-street, i'u lice Office, and or.cers were immediately dispatched to rep- , preheat() them. 'rile House Surgeon at the Loudon Hospital examined the wounded limn ' and linmd that a ball had enter ed the !nail- part of his back, passed his kiiineys,and near th e top of his rigtit thigh. The siligeon pronounced t h e w mind mortal. • HIGHWAY Ronnritv.—ltetwren twelve and one o'clock on Thisilolay J tiodding was passing up 011ord.street, tostmils his lame,. in t,ic Edgwareware-toad, • Ise was stopped by two meta with bludgeons, who demands 41 a his money. Mr. tiodditi;, with great promptitutlk knocked nine of she villains tiosi - ii; bat b 1,10 1 .1.: make t he si mond attempt, the other rsi:lian felled him with his An.. They these %irked him onmereifully, and ailcr taking ell, they left 111111 WI the ssotitid for dead.